John Riggs circa 2002

I was looking for something when I ran across these older pictures of me. Oh, what a difference a few years make...

I rocked the blue hair w/ glasses to match for a few years. It was kind of my gimmick. After touching it up every weekend it got really old, not to mention expensive.

Here I'm speaking to Kaci who had a semi-hit song back then. Nevermind about her, what ever happened to Rice Krispies treats popcorn I was munching on that morning? myspace.com/officialkaci

Really? I thought that looked cool?! Having blue/blonde hair extensions and wearing a bandana with a suit jacket?!! Oh well, you live and learn. The other people are the people I used to work with before moving to Idaho... the one in the tan jacket with the curly hair now works for CNN. On one hand I'm jealous, on the other hand she never had blue/blonde hair extensions while wearing a bandana with her suit jacket.

... you gotta be kidding me! Was I "that" guy who wore a necklace even when I wasn't wearing a shirt? I may as well be talking on my bluetooth earpiece, drinking a Rockstar Energy drink while spraying Axe cologne on my barbwire tattoo. I didn't mind taking my shirt off in public for this bookdrive we did in the middle of winter (it was so cold outside.. and our hot tub wasn't working)... but c'mon now. I kept my necklace on when I wasn't wearing a shirt? I suck!

What was wrong with me?! I tucked my extra shirt into my shorts? I couldn't've just left it under our table or tucked away somewhere where the venue staff could've held onto it for me? I had to tuck my shirt into my shorts like that? If I decided to wear shorts that day (that day being the middle of summer) chances are I'm not going to need an extra shirt for any reason.

I'm in the small town of George, Washington where they have a cliffside gorge that they use as a concert venue for big-time concerts, in case you're wondering.

What makes this picture more stupid is my ridiculous lunge. I wanted to be in the shot and about level with everyone else, but since I didn't bother to crop it, I just look weird... not that I didn't in the previous pictures.

I'm bringing mullet back

This picture was actually taken several months ago. Last year I was rockin' my blonde, naturally curly hair - but with my receding hairline, the fact that the hair on top of my head refuses to grow longer than a couple inches and the notion that I don't wear a hat all the time, I decided the fun was over and it was time to chop it back to reality... but not before giving myself a sexy mullet.

I don't wear hats too often and I don't have a mullet?! Now I'll never be a country singer.

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a car-cycle built for 5

For the past 7 years, I've been rockin' a 99 Ford Escort. It's a car I was able to afford when I was working part time at a different radio station, it operated much better than my previous car (an 84 chevy citation)... Since when I bought it I was single and didn't have any kids, it definitely got the job done. Fast Forward to present day, married with two kids and one on the way... I have no choice but to give in and get a new ride. Especially one with working A/C, a working power adapter, power windows, power locks and one I don't have to twist my leg akwardly to get in.

I'm a huge sucker for free stuff. It's one of the reasons I got into radio. I take advantage of free coffee mugs I never use, I'll always grab a free pen at the bank, I'll stop by O'Dell's remotes just because I know Bonnie will have cheese sticks... Knowing this and knowing I needed a new car, I saw this commercial (on Z103.fm no less)




Great car deals - and a free Flat Screen TV?! Yo, this is definitely the best time to get a new car. To prologue an already long story, I found a great car at a great deal and thanks to Jeremy for helping me out. His little 'stake-out' operation worked out great. I won't tell you what kind of car I got (you stalker), but I do think you can see it in the commercial above... i just won't tell you which one. Big time shout-out to Wackerli Auto for helping me out!

I was happy to get rid of my 99 Ford Escort, but my wife, being the sentimental one, reminised on all the memories about it... it was the car we went on our first date with (complete with popping one of my bald tired in a town 80 miles away), it was the car we got married in, took both our children home from the hospital in, all the road trips to Seattle - and then SLC and Boise after we moved here... Lots of memories with that little car and I'd be lying if I didn't say I wouldn't miss it.

Now I just need to move out of my apartment...

Blue Man Groupn't

Today was the Blue Man Group concert in SLC. I was planning on going with my brother in law with my wife and kids coming along to swim in the pool as we checked out the concert. Of course, the snow was coming in and, to my realization, when I drive a car without a working heater with 4 live bodies in the car, the moister from condensation freezes to the inside of your window. I'm not a scientist, but I know when I can't see out the window so for the sake of safety we decided to stay home.

To "make up for it" we had lunch at TGIFridays. The manager said he heard Brad & Jeremy talk about their new Peanut Butter Pie and how he thought that was super cool. I still had to pay for our meal (as us DJs don't get free food just because we're on Z103) but he did give me a shiny, brand new stack of free dessert coupons to use as giveaways. So, in a roundabout way, if you get a coupon from TGI Fridays for a free dessert, you can thank Brad & Jeremy for mentioning the Peanut Butter Pie and thank chaos for causing the weather that made it so we couldn't go to Salt Lake.

Icicles of death

Yeah, I'm not too fond of having gigantic, deadly icicles loosely hanging from the roof right under my front door. You can't see all of'em, but they're a scary site to see, for sure.