The good and the ugly

I got an email from South by Southwest.

Essentially saying,

they like me, they want

to book me, but they haven't

booked me, but they want to,

but they probably can't, but they might.

I had no idea how to take that

or what to do.  I just imagined

a intern who has to send out

all those emails, and answer

all the responses, and I wrote

a song to them.

you can hear it here:

http://www.nicepeter.com/SWSX.mp3

In other news,

did you hear that Michael Phelps

was caught on camera smoking a huge bong?

The photo was published, and people are freaking out

about it.

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Michael Phelps' apology for using a marijuana pipe presents an opportunity to talk to young athletes about drug use, poor judgment and how to learn from a mistake, Long Island swim coaches said.

Long Island coaches said they would use the incident as a teachable moment, driving home the point that drugs undermine athletic performance and that Phelps will suffer the consequences of his actions, losing esteem, and perhaps endorsements.

"It's upsetting on so many different levels," said Bill Kropp, head coach for varsity boys swimming at Sachem East High School, where the swim team swelled this year with students inspired by Phelps.

"As a coach, you bring up role models, and obviously he is the poster boy of excellence," Kropp said. "It's something that he has to live with, and we have to live with as coaches and parents."

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Maybe it's California getting to me,

or maybe I'm hung up on all this

NORML legalization stuff, but can't

there be another lesson to be learned here?

That is,

"you can smoke a little pot sometimes,

and still be one of the most successful

athletes in the history of competition"

"Marijuana... it's really just not that bad for you."

Speaking of NORML, and marijuana, and such.

Did I tell you about that contest I entered into?

Well.. if I didn't...

NORML (national organization for reform of marijuana laws)

had a video contest to create an ad about legalization.

You had to use a bunch of statistics and direct

the focus of the ad at President Obama.

so..

I wrote a song,

and made a cartoon out of some

images I licensed from Istockphoto.com

The grand prize is $3,500!!!

and the voting among the finalists

takes place online.

If you would like to vote for me,

please do.  you don't have to register

or anything, just visit the link below,

read the instructions, and click on "vote now"

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7707

-p