the suicidal deer, and kamikaze bird were easily enough to end our adventure, but bromates laughed , joked, toasted life, and spare parts, and treked on.

the topless titties were the roll up kind, so allthough dissapointed we still joined in on the bead throwing an picture taking. because we all know if you’ve seen one titty………you uhhhhh wannna see the rest of emm.

as for the sausage well i don’t think i’ve seen such an overwhelming guy to girl ratio since my last star trek convention. so needless to say i wont be back next year, but i knew that from the beginning. and now i can say i’ve been there done that.

awww the music! definitly one of my highlights! we seen a band called “reverend peyton’s big damn band” at the full throttle saloon. not everyones top choice of music, but me and LB rocked out kentucky style. and the energy they put into it was unbelievable, would be awesome to see them at a backwoods bbq!;-) we had tickets for aerosmith, but oppted to cut our losses. we’d been there a week and as it turns out that’s exactly one day too long for DTM!

the bikes had to be my other highlight. we seen every shape size and color of bike imaginable, i was hoping to see every shape size and color of girl, but hey you cant always have it all!;-) i got lots of ideas for my custom project on my bike which as it turns out starts this winter thanks to mother nature!

so the alcohol……..hmmmmm! i’m reminded of carlos mencias first comedy central’s standup. he ends his routine with a less than comedic statement about life and how we humans take advantage of everday life and just assume that tomorrow will be there to say sorry, do better, right a wrong, etc etc. most of you reading this are use to some crazy over the top story courtesy of DTM’S anticts. unfortunately i’m going to leave you with something else, i hope you all will read on anyways and take a moment to think bout what it is i’m saying. i was fortunate enough to spend my last night in sturgis at the meade county inn bed and breakfest(aka meade county jail) i got pulled over for my brake light being out due to the deer misshap. i wasn’t doing anything wrong, but i had definitly been drinking. and as we all know DTM knows how to do that, and over the years i’ve become quite the drunk driving pro!;-( i said fortunate in all seriousness, this however is the problem that i am faced with in my life. i have created a life where it is ok to push the limits of right and wrong, life and death. for what ever reason i have been extremely fortunate in that i’ve never injured anyone, or myself seriously.

buttttttttt………..have i hurt anyone from the way i’ve chose to live my life? that’s the question i asked myself a million times on my 12 hour trip home. that and why am i still alive after all the stupid choices i’ve made?  in the majority of my past brushes with the law or death, i usually laughed at how close i came only to come out unharmed an unchanged! 3 days after my first dui back in 2001 i got pulled over again drunk driving. as with all my life tho i knew the officer he slapped me on the head and told me to get home! i’m not sure if everyone is familiar with washington state laws on dui’s. your second dui is a manitory 90 days in jail!;-( minutes later after the officer let me go i was drinkin at curley’s tavern!;-( unharmed and unchanged! can anyone reading this think of the last time they changed something they do or say that has the potential to hurt someone, before it hurt someone?

i personnally can’t think of ever changing something i do until i suffer some sort of negative reprocution for what it is i was doing. so now to answer the question, have i hurt anyone from the way i’ve chose to live my life? most definitly! many indirectly, and many directly! the reprocutions are bad now, but could be much worse. i have not only shown LB, TC, LIL J, JOSH, and THE BOY, along with countless neices an nephews ,that it is ok to drink and drive over the years i’ve shown them it’s cool!;-( for this i will always be sorry! that is simply a sentence, i will follow that sentence with actions and would invite all of you to do the same. i made a pinky promis to my boy that i would never drink and drive again. sometimes in life i forget to take a minute or two to look at the big picture of life. i hate to say it, but “what if one of my nephews hurts someone else or themselves because of something i taught them was cool?” i’m sure you all know i could not live with this on my contscence. life is a gift, a gift i have often taken advantage of. before i had my boy i never realized how selfish i was with life.

we are not gauranteed anything in life certainly not tomorrow. i’ve been quoted saying i’m not perfect, but i’m the best DTM i can be! well that is still true, thankfully everyday i’m better than the day before. i love everyone of you and hope that if you get one thing from this it is………….hmmmmmm i don’t know i guess to cherish not only your life but the lives of the people you love! - DTM