The World of Scott Mindeaux

Glee: Acafella

Guest star appearance by Josh Groban??? Whoa.

Finn’s buddy joins Acafella??

Finn’s buddy shirtless??? OMG…

Kurt breaks Mercedes heart? He has feelings for ….

When the car wash scene came on, I turned up the volume and doing the moves in my living room with Mercedes. I hope I didn’t bother my neighbor! I’ve been watching that little clip and playing the song in my car all week, leading up to tonight’s episode.

Frankenteen? Woodland creature?

We’re going to win because we’re special…

…and I’m taller than you…

There’s alot of moms out there, right?

I came here to tell you…stop emailing me, this is a restraining order, stop sending me nude photos, stop calling me, I don’t want anymore of your edible gift baskets…

Why would a pop star like me come over and talk to you, let me tell you, throngs of screaming teenagers don’t do it for Josh Groban…

Its ok, my dad took my baby away when he found me tiara collection in my hope chest

I’m gay…

I’ve never told anyone before… you shouldn’t be ashamed of who you are Kurt, you should just tell people..

Expressing what’s really inside you…

I’m just not confident, I guess

I’m going to ask you to smell your armpits – that’s the smell of failure

For teaching a valuable life lesson – when you really believe in yourself you don’t have to bring other people down

From the top…

Memories Still Clear from October 2002 and the DC Sniper Shootings

Its now been almost 7 years since the capture of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. I was living in Falls Church, Virginia with Marc and Lee when all of this was happening. There were several clear moments during those few weeks where I was very aware of my surroundings and a few times scared to buy gas. Several gas stations in the area would hang tarps to obstruct view of the pumps from the street so patrons could feel a bit safer. It didn’t make me feel safer. It didn’t matter what time of the day it was, the killings we so sporadic and time of day didn’t seem to play into it.

It was, in fact, during the kiling spree that I found myself pumping gas and was in such a rush to get out of linesight of anyone that I drove off with my wallet on top of my car. This resulted in several months of anguish as I didn’t have a driver’s license, my social security card and my credit cards. It was then further complicated that I still had a California Driver License in my possession. I needed to fly home in order to get a new license issued, but I had the catch 22 of how do I get on the plane. I had no other forms of ID.  The California DMV sent me a blown up version of my drivers license printed in color and stamped with the seal of california printed on an 8.5×11 sheet of paper. It was quite comical. I’d be trying to get into clubs pulling out this sheet of paper and giving the story to the bouncer. They story was so fantastic that they could only believe it and let me in!

The days leading up to my trip back to California was nerve-wracking. It was just over a year since 9/11 and TSA and Homeland Security was being very strict about everything. I called the airlines and the TSA days ahead to inform them of my dilemma and I needed to make sure I got on a plane back to California to resolve it.

Needless to say the fantastic story of rushing away as to not become a target for the DC sniper and leaving my wallet on top of the car along with this oversized print out of my license made one of the TSA agents laugh.

So I digress. Well, today, they announced that John Allen Muhammad will be executed in the State of Virginia in November. This is why memories of that time are coming back to me today…