WE MAKE HOLES IN TEETH! WE MAKE HOLES IN TEETH!
Murphy's Law NYHC
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
that is a good thing
Since we've lived in San Diego my alcohol intake has gone WAY WAY WAY WAY down. phew. Last summer was ragin. I could definitely count on two hands the number of nights I went to bed sober. Of course I knew at the time that what I was doing was pretty unhealthy(NOT TO MENTION COSTLY) but hey, I somehow ended up losing weight and have more or less gotten over the entire concept of drinking=definitely going to have fun. I mean, OBVIOUSLY I still appreciate the taste of a well crafted beer; a good, smooth liquor; and a strong wine, and I'm sure I'll over indulge many more times in the span of my life, but the days of smashing cheap beer after cheap beer on such a regular basis just for the hell of it are over.
That being said, I definitely think being in Richmond drove me to those alcoholic trends and I'm glad that I got out before it became a definite problem. This is pretty much reason numero uno why I want/need all of my friends out of that city. It's just too easy to "stop the clock" and wake up 5, 10, however many years later and say "holy shit, all I have to show for the past X years is a low balance in my bank account and a shitload of empty tylenol bottles." Yes, some of the most awesome adventures and most fun nights I've been involved in were fueled by booze, but already at 22 I'm getting over the ability to do act like that anymore and I don't think drinking HARDER until I lose control again is the right answer, so I'm just going to go ahead and say that I'm burying the shovel.
I mean, the bottom line here is I'm sick of getting hang overs. I don't know how the hell we would drink 40's of malt liquor and bottles of andre all night and then wake up the next morning feeling better than ever. Seriously, what the fuck was different in my body 3 years ago? Oh well, I'm glad because it doesn't give me an excuse to continue that doing that crazy shit. I would've been an alcoholic by 25 for sure if I had managed to keep those trends up.
So yeah, listen to yourself after a long night at the bar when you say "dude this sucks, gotta stop drinking so much" and you'll be a much happier camper.
That being said, I definitely think being in Richmond drove me to those alcoholic trends and I'm glad that I got out before it became a definite problem. This is pretty much reason numero uno why I want/need all of my friends out of that city. It's just too easy to "stop the clock" and wake up 5, 10, however many years later and say "holy shit, all I have to show for the past X years is a low balance in my bank account and a shitload of empty tylenol bottles." Yes, some of the most awesome adventures and most fun nights I've been involved in were fueled by booze, but already at 22 I'm getting over the ability to do act like that anymore and I don't think drinking HARDER until I lose control again is the right answer, so I'm just going to go ahead and say that I'm burying the shovel.
I mean, the bottom line here is I'm sick of getting hang overs. I don't know how the hell we would drink 40's of malt liquor and bottles of andre all night and then wake up the next morning feeling better than ever. Seriously, what the fuck was different in my body 3 years ago? Oh well, I'm glad because it doesn't give me an excuse to continue that doing that crazy shit. I would've been an alcoholic by 25 for sure if I had managed to keep those trends up.
So yeah, listen to yourself after a long night at the bar when you say "dude this sucks, gotta stop drinking so much" and you'll be a much happier camper.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
hm
yesterday was cool, Brandon Tim and I toured downtown and horton plaza waiting for something that wasn't actually supposed to happen. we tried on jeans, looked at shoes, laughed at the ben and jerrys free cone day line, and visited Foose at work. I'm just waiting for the union to call me about working. COME ON MONEY!!
talked to my pop last night, it was nice. ate some pho at Mr. Vo's cafe and was stoked on him giving us free dessert. gotta make it back over there more often.
i had a weird caffeine withdrawl yesterday afternoon. i hate that feeling. oh well, it passed before bedtime and i feel better today.
i can't wait for my shoes to get here!!
i also can't wait for this weekend! Brunchatise me, cap'n
THIS IS GOOD SHIT www.sandiegoartjournal.com i hope to get my act together and go to some of their events and meet some of those peeps.
talked to my pop last night, it was nice. ate some pho at Mr. Vo's cafe and was stoked on him giving us free dessert. gotta make it back over there more often.
i had a weird caffeine withdrawl yesterday afternoon. i hate that feeling. oh well, it passed before bedtime and i feel better today.
i can't wait for my shoes to get here!!
i also can't wait for this weekend! Brunchatise me, cap'n
THIS IS GOOD SHIT www.sandiegoartjournal.com i hope to get my act together and go to some of their events and meet some of those peeps.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
yes yes yes yes yes
So, after numerous people returned my interview questions on here and my facebook page, I hope you learned a little bit about somebody you might have been a little curious about. Thanks again to everybody for doing that.
What else is up...not too much, just waiting to get a call to work! stoked.
finishing up some projects around the house(bikes mainly). Our new basil plants are starting to poke their little heads out!! sweeeeet.
It has been pretty hot here the past few days. I think it's great, but a lot of people are whining!!! just wait till you hit the East Coast, mofos. GOOD LUCK
Pokez last night, as usual. Good times, as usual.
Kate and Bowen are moving back to Boston this Summer to get married and settle back down with their old friends and family. Completely understandable, but I will definitely miss them even though we have only been friends for a short period of time. Very cool people. Oh well, it's good to know that I'll always have friends in Boston (because all my current friends there are planning on moving out here, RIGHT GUYS??!?!?) good.
Man, I can't wait for The Riot Before to tour CA. Love that band. good times.
Hopefully today will be extra gnarles barkley. I dont know why, I just hope it is.
Oh man, I had a really funny idea last night that might translate on here as me being a weirdo goofball, but that would be correct. What if you were in a painting class and your teacher came up behind you with a paint brush and painted a huge F on your work. OMG I WOOD DYE, FML ROFL. indeed.
What else is up...not too much, just waiting to get a call to work! stoked.
finishing up some projects around the house(bikes mainly). Our new basil plants are starting to poke their little heads out!! sweeeeet.
It has been pretty hot here the past few days. I think it's great, but a lot of people are whining!!! just wait till you hit the East Coast, mofos. GOOD LUCK
Pokez last night, as usual. Good times, as usual.
Kate and Bowen are moving back to Boston this Summer to get married and settle back down with their old friends and family. Completely understandable, but I will definitely miss them even though we have only been friends for a short period of time. Very cool people. Oh well, it's good to know that I'll always have friends in Boston (because all my current friends there are planning on moving out here, RIGHT GUYS??!?!?) good.
Man, I can't wait for The Riot Before to tour CA. Love that band. good times.
Hopefully today will be extra gnarles barkley. I dont know why, I just hope it is.
Oh man, I had a really funny idea last night that might translate on here as me being a weirdo goofball, but that would be correct. What if you were in a painting class and your teacher came up behind you with a paint brush and painted a huge F on your work. OMG I WOOD DYE, FML ROFL. indeed.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Beth D! COACH CHUCK WHERE YOU AT? oh right there
1) What is your name?: Elizabeth Anne Demmon
2) How old are you?: 24 in 2 weeks
3) How long have we known each other?: a bit over a year
4) Where did you grow up?: sterling virgina
5) What would you say is your passion?: exploring creativity in a variety of mediums
6) What are you afraid of?: bugs, being alone in a dark house at night
7) Favorite food?: sushi, burritos, my mom's tacos and salsa, anything that we cook
8) Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: constantly on the go with the person i love until the end, and then chilling on a front porch in the south
9) What is your ideal career?: owning a coffeeshop/venue or being a travel food writer
10) What is something else you care about?: bringing as much fun and happiness into the world that i can
11) What is your favorite kind of art?: anything made from the heart
12) Tell me something you hate: liars, cheaters, anyone who does something to purposefully hurt another person
13) Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): i won a free trip to hawaii when i was 15
14) Favorite/most inspirational band?: the smiths, the clash, the ramones, the cars, the appleseed cast
15) Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: settle down? in a sense i already am. for the moment. kids? still thinking about that being in the DISTANT future if at all.
16) What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: no tombstone for me, i want to donate my body to science
17) Best piece of advice to give someone: pick your battles and make every moment count. relish in the present and don't get TOO nostalgic or forward-thinking
2) How old are you?: 24 in 2 weeks
3) How long have we known each other?: a bit over a year
4) Where did you grow up?: sterling virgina
5) What would you say is your passion?: exploring creativity in a variety of mediums
6) What are you afraid of?: bugs, being alone in a dark house at night
7) Favorite food?: sushi, burritos, my mom's tacos and salsa, anything that we cook
8) Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: constantly on the go with the person i love until the end, and then chilling on a front porch in the south
9) What is your ideal career?: owning a coffeeshop/venue or being a travel food writer
10) What is something else you care about?: bringing as much fun and happiness into the world that i can
11) What is your favorite kind of art?: anything made from the heart
12) Tell me something you hate: liars, cheaters, anyone who does something to purposefully hurt another person
13) Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): i won a free trip to hawaii when i was 15
14) Favorite/most inspirational band?: the smiths, the clash, the ramones, the cars, the appleseed cast
15) Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: settle down? in a sense i already am. for the moment. kids? still thinking about that being in the DISTANT future if at all.
16) What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: no tombstone for me, i want to donate my body to science
17) Best piece of advice to give someone: pick your battles and make every moment count. relish in the present and don't get TOO nostalgic or forward-thinking
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Second Response.
What is your name?: Nathan Webb Anderson.
How old are you?: 27
How long have we known each other?: a year or so
Where did you grow up?: Richmond, VA
What would you say is your passion?: people
What are you afraid of?: snakes
Favorite food?: lobster
Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: with my Taryn-Dee
What is your ideal career?: movie critic
What is something else you care about?: my family
What is your favorite kind of art?: paintings and film
Tell me something you hate: liars
Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): i've broken my forearm in half
Favorite/most inspirational band?: avail
Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: i've already settled down, minus wife and kids
What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: I'm going to be buried at sea
Best piece of advice to give someone: shit happens, get over it
How old are you?: 27
How long have we known each other?: a year or so
Where did you grow up?: Richmond, VA
What would you say is your passion?: people
What are you afraid of?: snakes
Favorite food?: lobster
Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: with my Taryn-Dee
What is your ideal career?: movie critic
What is something else you care about?: my family
What is your favorite kind of art?: paintings and film
Tell me something you hate: liars
Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): i've broken my forearm in half
Favorite/most inspirational band?: avail
Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: i've already settled down, minus wife and kids
What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: I'm going to be buried at sea
Best piece of advice to give someone: shit happens, get over it
DAVE DOUCET, FIRST TO RESPOND
What is your name?: David Doucet
How old are you?: 23
How long have we known each other?: 6 or 7 years
Where did you grow up?: Midlothian, VA
What would you say is your passion?:history
What are you afraid of?:spiders
Favorite food?:sushi,mac and cheese
Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: travelling
What is your ideal career?: teacher or record store owner
What is something else you care about?: my mom
What is your favorite kind of art?: photography
Tell me something you hate: ignorance
Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): one time some sirens went off and mortars were coming in, i ran to a bunker and inside the bunker was an air force girl crying, all i could do was laugh
Favorite/most inspirational band?: no idea, saves the day, count me out, american nightmare are probably my 3 most important
Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: maybe...hopefully not
What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: Here Lies David Doucet, Awesome Dude
Best piece of advice to give someone: don't spend your life wishing for time to speed up, before you know it, its over
How old are you?: 23
How long have we known each other?: 6 or 7 years
Where did you grow up?: Midlothian, VA
What would you say is your passion?:history
What are you afraid of?:spiders
Favorite food?:sushi,mac and cheese
Where/how would you like to spend the last 20 years of your life?: travelling
What is your ideal career?: teacher or record store owner
What is something else you care about?: my mom
What is your favorite kind of art?: photography
Tell me something you hate: ignorance
Share an interesting experience you've had in life(anything): one time some sirens went off and mortars were coming in, i ran to a bunker and inside the bunker was an air force girl crying, all i could do was laugh
Favorite/most inspirational band?: no idea, saves the day, count me out, american nightmare are probably my 3 most important
Do you think you'll ever settle down in the suburbs with a spouse and kids?: maybe...hopefully not
What do you want to be written on your tombstone?: Here Lies David Doucet, Awesome Dude
Best piece of advice to give someone: don't spend your life wishing for time to speed up, before you know it, its over
duh
Obviously I look up to all my friends a lot, so I decided an interesting project might be to interview some of them. maybe i'll do like one per day and just kind of see what comes out. Pro's of this could be 1) learning more about people you already know 2)finding out surprising things about people you had the wrong impression about.
cons could be 1)finding out somebody you thought you liked is actually an asshole (actually, i already know that you're all assholes, so it shouldn't be a big surprise)
anyways, i guess i'll be taking suggestions while i write out a few questions... hey maybe this will get more people reading my shit!!!
cons could be 1)finding out somebody you thought you liked is actually an asshole (actually, i already know that you're all assholes, so it shouldn't be a big surprise)
anyways, i guess i'll be taking suggestions while i write out a few questions... hey maybe this will get more people reading my shit!!!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
i love...
I was never one to say "I already have enough friends" or "I've already met all the cool kids around here" and I feel sorry for those who do. My parents taught me that everybody has something bring to the table and that some of the seemingly weirdest people you meet often end up being huge inspirations. In my 22 years of life so far I've had the pleasure to meet dozens of wacky, funny, talented, brilliant, and caring people behind some of the goofiest mannerisms and personalities imaginable.
Richmond is a melting pot for so many different types of people and I bet a lot of its residents aren't even aware of truth in that statement. It's so easy to get tied up in our own clique or scene that we write off people with different ideas or interests with stereotypes like "bike nerd", "hipster", "metal head", "hippie", "frat bro", etc. (sure, sometimes the stereotypes hold up... but it's never a waste of time to find out the truth, and you could be surprised yet at what these types of people have to offer!)
Naturally, I've done my share of judging, and even in the past few years that I've tried to stay conscious of it I'm sure I've missed out on learning things from people because I didn't give them the time of day. I do my best to keep myself open to different people though, and I can say without a doubt that some of my best friends are people I didn't initially think I'd find common ground with.
Some of the most interesting people I've met(or maybe just observed with curiosity) remain mostly anonymous characters in my mind that I might as well have read about in a story. Train hopping punks from shows at the Bonezone or 9 North.... Actors and artists from Richmond's community at parties my parents hosted when I was just a kid... Bostonians I can't explain(if you've ever been, you know what I mean), bike punks at Best Friends Days, Slaughteramas, Polo games, etc..., Soldiers in my National Guard units, and of course all those folks I've interacted with in my travels both near and far.
I love San Diego as a city and I love it even more because it is incredibly diverse and it's all new to me. I have been having a blast meeting new people and seeing how different the cultures out here are from the same ones back East.
This whole experience thus far has been nothing short of exciting.
Richmond is a melting pot for so many different types of people and I bet a lot of its residents aren't even aware of truth in that statement. It's so easy to get tied up in our own clique or scene that we write off people with different ideas or interests with stereotypes like "bike nerd", "hipster", "metal head", "hippie", "frat bro", etc. (sure, sometimes the stereotypes hold up... but it's never a waste of time to find out the truth, and you could be surprised yet at what these types of people have to offer!)
Naturally, I've done my share of judging, and even in the past few years that I've tried to stay conscious of it I'm sure I've missed out on learning things from people because I didn't give them the time of day. I do my best to keep myself open to different people though, and I can say without a doubt that some of my best friends are people I didn't initially think I'd find common ground with.
Some of the most interesting people I've met(or maybe just observed with curiosity) remain mostly anonymous characters in my mind that I might as well have read about in a story. Train hopping punks from shows at the Bonezone or 9 North.... Actors and artists from Richmond's community at parties my parents hosted when I was just a kid... Bostonians I can't explain(if you've ever been, you know what I mean), bike punks at Best Friends Days, Slaughteramas, Polo games, etc..., Soldiers in my National Guard units, and of course all those folks I've interacted with in my travels both near and far.
I love San Diego as a city and I love it even more because it is incredibly diverse and it's all new to me. I have been having a blast meeting new people and seeing how different the cultures out here are from the same ones back East.
This whole experience thus far has been nothing short of exciting.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
ok ok ok ok ok
heres whats up right now...
actually nevermind. i don't feel like recapping a bunch of boring, uninteresting things that I've been dealing with because chances are, you the reader have similar issues on your mind and don't give a rat's behind about mine! can't blame ya.
SO WITH THAT SAID LET US TAKE A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF EXITING THINGS!!!
Beth's birthday is coming up and I'm going to go ahead and say that Thursday, April 30th(her ACTUAL birthday) will be the night of the cookout!
Plans and Timelines to follow in the next few days. BE STOKED!
I have orientation with the electrician's union on Thursday. I'm pretty nervous about that but in a good way. Man, if I get an apprenticeship I am going to be very very excited. Fo real fo real. But either way, things oughta keep workin out(or at least that's what I've been told. and it's worked out so far!)
I wish I had a million dollars.
stew on it
actually nevermind. i don't feel like recapping a bunch of boring, uninteresting things that I've been dealing with because chances are, you the reader have similar issues on your mind and don't give a rat's behind about mine! can't blame ya.
SO WITH THAT SAID LET US TAKE A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF EXITING THINGS!!!
Beth's birthday is coming up and I'm going to go ahead and say that Thursday, April 30th(her ACTUAL birthday) will be the night of the cookout!
Plans and Timelines to follow in the next few days. BE STOKED!
I have orientation with the electrician's union on Thursday. I'm pretty nervous about that but in a good way. Man, if I get an apprenticeship I am going to be very very excited. Fo real fo real. But either way, things oughta keep workin out(or at least that's what I've been told. and it's worked out so far!)
I wish I had a million dollars.
stew on it
Monday, April 13, 2009
something weird has happened...
i'm not sure wtf is going on but i seem to have been paid money from the army that i don't believe i earned. i'm going to make some phone calls tomorrow to get details, but hopefully this is some sort of pleasant surprise. On the other hand, they took out $20 for an unspecified "debt". Wow, I hope I get some answers....
SWEET
ok easter weekend went like this- chilled friday with a walk at Pacific Beach with Brandon including a visit to Gohar at Buffalo Exchange and Mike at Music Trader, then of course mr frosty. went back to boen and kate's for some more wii action, complimented by some frozen pizza from albertsons. Saturday- woke up and did some laundry and a little spring cleaning, then rolled up to Oceanside with Beth to her aunt and uncles place where we hopped in their truck and continued up to Palm Springs to her g-parents house for some birthday/easter festivities.
Saturday night was a gnarly ham/cheesey potato/cake feast and then nothing would do but we play a game of Dominos. We started watching The Outlaw Josie Wales on big mike's advice. It was pretty good, but I realized about half way through that I actually had seen it. We soon retired to our quarters for some reading and sleeping.
Sunday morning- caught a service at the grandparents church, apparently their congregation had exploded with the development of the area's neighborhoods so they have a brand new sanctuary that was pretty nice. There was a decent string and percussion ensamble playing throughout the service. Afterwards the rest of the extended family came back up to the house and we had a really nice cookout(the weather was purrrrfect) good times. It was cool talking to beth's uncle mike because I had heard so much about him and he just came home from iraq. I'm under the impression there is a chance he might look into joining my unit, but I know he has a lot on his mind right now so who knows what will actually happen/ be available.
Today started nicely. I took a shower and read a bunch, complete with a bowl of cereal and cup of coffee. The weather is once again beautiful (as always!) and i just got back from the hardware store where I got some Jalapeno and Basil seeds. I'm kind of reserved about the whole "starting" seeds thing, 1) beacuse it takes so damn long and 2) because i'd rather not worry about all the what-ifs that seem to go into that nonsense, but the only option available at the time was seeds so...I just put em in.
I'm about to run up to the post office to see what this Certified Letter waiting for me is. Hopefully good news! I hate car insurance man. Now my old company is screwing up by not faxing my past info to esurance but for some reason every time i talk to them they assure my the faxes have been sent. UGH! you suck! i will be damned if i ever throw my life into the world of insurance. it's fields of business like that that make me want to believe in a satan. i hope my plans work out in the end and everything i do in life ends up costing them a fortune. motha lickas!!
ok so i need to go the the grocery and get some milk, then the post office, then I'm going to do some more work on my math tests and find some other things I need to get done. WORD!
Saturday night was a gnarly ham/cheesey potato/cake feast and then nothing would do but we play a game of Dominos. We started watching The Outlaw Josie Wales on big mike's advice. It was pretty good, but I realized about half way through that I actually had seen it. We soon retired to our quarters for some reading and sleeping.
Sunday morning- caught a service at the grandparents church, apparently their congregation had exploded with the development of the area's neighborhoods so they have a brand new sanctuary that was pretty nice. There was a decent string and percussion ensamble playing throughout the service. Afterwards the rest of the extended family came back up to the house and we had a really nice cookout(the weather was purrrrfect) good times. It was cool talking to beth's uncle mike because I had heard so much about him and he just came home from iraq. I'm under the impression there is a chance he might look into joining my unit, but I know he has a lot on his mind right now so who knows what will actually happen/ be available.
Today started nicely. I took a shower and read a bunch, complete with a bowl of cereal and cup of coffee. The weather is once again beautiful (as always!) and i just got back from the hardware store where I got some Jalapeno and Basil seeds. I'm kind of reserved about the whole "starting" seeds thing, 1) beacuse it takes so damn long and 2) because i'd rather not worry about all the what-ifs that seem to go into that nonsense, but the only option available at the time was seeds so...I just put em in.
I'm about to run up to the post office to see what this Certified Letter waiting for me is. Hopefully good news! I hate car insurance man. Now my old company is screwing up by not faxing my past info to esurance but for some reason every time i talk to them they assure my the faxes have been sent. UGH! you suck! i will be damned if i ever throw my life into the world of insurance. it's fields of business like that that make me want to believe in a satan. i hope my plans work out in the end and everything i do in life ends up costing them a fortune. motha lickas!!
ok so i need to go the the grocery and get some milk, then the post office, then I'm going to do some more work on my math tests and find some other things I need to get done. WORD!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
oh tay
about an hour after i posted that first blog brandon came over with his camera. we swung by boen and kate's place to feed The Professor and plan a night of Wii gaming, then continued on to Balboa Park to take some pictures. I haven't uploaded mine yet, but I'm sure Brandon got some sweet ones. Dude rules behind the camera.
then we went and got some Gyros at Alexi's Greek Cafe on 5th and then met up with a bunch of peeps at Mama's Bakery for some bangin Arabic coffee.
YUM YUM YUM
then we went and got some Gyros at Alexi's Greek Cafe on 5th and then met up with a bunch of peeps at Mama's Bakery for some bangin Arabic coffee.
YUM YUM YUM
lettuce see
well, of course monday we had dinner at pokez with everybody. i got some stuff done around the house.
tuesday i got some more stuff done, just about finished with my sheetmetal apprenticeship application!
we ate dinner at Dao Sun with Mike, Aaron, Sam, and Joe. Beth and I hadn't been there yet but it was some pretty fine Vietnamese food and, not unlike pokez, seemed to be another meeting place restaurant as at least two groups of either mike, joe, aaron, or sam's friends were feasting there. i think i like vo's cafe a bit more, but this place was definitely good.
today i continued with some more of my "organizing my music on my external harddrive" project. wow, it has taken a long time and will continue to take a long time for a long time now. especially as i keep adding music. yikes! i guess that isnt a bad thing though. i've been fooling around with my keyboard some more and have some decent stuff in the works. def still early stages though.
what else what else what else.... being unemployed stinks. a lot. wahh. i am going to start looking for other jobs just in case neither apprenticeships work out. I am meeting up with mike and some of his friends to go to this apparently outstanding coffee place up on el cajon blvd in a little while. stoked on caffeine!
I've started working out more which rules and feelings great again. beth and i are talking about going camping on catalina island for Easter!! It's either that, go to Brandon's family's party, or catch a ride with Beth's aunt and uncle up to the desert to visit her g-rents.
i love how our neighborhood's library has morrissey, smashing pumpkins, the beatles, elton john, the ramones, etc etc on cd for my checking out pleasure. good times.
tuesday i got some more stuff done, just about finished with my sheetmetal apprenticeship application!
we ate dinner at Dao Sun with Mike, Aaron, Sam, and Joe. Beth and I hadn't been there yet but it was some pretty fine Vietnamese food and, not unlike pokez, seemed to be another meeting place restaurant as at least two groups of either mike, joe, aaron, or sam's friends were feasting there. i think i like vo's cafe a bit more, but this place was definitely good.
today i continued with some more of my "organizing my music on my external harddrive" project. wow, it has taken a long time and will continue to take a long time for a long time now. especially as i keep adding music. yikes! i guess that isnt a bad thing though. i've been fooling around with my keyboard some more and have some decent stuff in the works. def still early stages though.
what else what else what else.... being unemployed stinks. a lot. wahh. i am going to start looking for other jobs just in case neither apprenticeships work out. I am meeting up with mike and some of his friends to go to this apparently outstanding coffee place up on el cajon blvd in a little while. stoked on caffeine!
I've started working out more which rules and feelings great again. beth and i are talking about going camping on catalina island for Easter!! It's either that, go to Brandon's family's party, or catch a ride with Beth's aunt and uncle up to the desert to visit her g-rents.
i love how our neighborhood's library has morrissey, smashing pumpkins, the beatles, elton john, the ramones, etc etc on cd for my checking out pleasure. good times.
Monday, April 6, 2009
If you follow my Twitter, you already know
Yesterday was pretty nice. Beth and I met up with Mike, Joe, and Emily in the morning and went over the Hillcrest Farmers Market. I love how there are multiple Farmer's Markets every day of the week in different sections of town here. Best city ever. So we got the good shit as usual, bread...hummus....veggies, etc. and then swung by their place with Joe's truck to move a dresser back to our place (Sweet!!)
After this, Beth and I met up with Brandon and Tim and went down to Pacific Beach again for another long bike ride. We ended up in Music Trader hanging out with Mike (who was working by this point) and I got a sweet 3 disc Genesis collection while Brandon picked up a sweet 4 disc Bowie comp. They have so much good music there. I can't even look through the indie/hardcore/punk sections without having an aneurysm. So tight. After all this, we retired to Brandon's garage for a sick cook out including fresh corn from Henry's.
Damn it I love the West Coast. no regrets. ever.
ALSO! I got a nice message from my friend Sue from NC who now lives in Washington state!! I met her and some guys she was in Richmond with for BFD last summer. Definitely good to hear that she is well and enjoying the PNW as much as I'm enjoying the PSW.
ALSO ALSO! Robby Helwig and Julia Naismith(sp? who cares, it's only that for a little while longer anyway) are engaged!!! fucking shit!! I'm stoked for them. They are old pals of mine and both just really great people. I can't wait to see what kind of things their marriage will produce. It's almost weird, but not really. I like it. congratulations!!!
runnin errands runnin errands runnin errands
After this, Beth and I met up with Brandon and Tim and went down to Pacific Beach again for another long bike ride. We ended up in Music Trader hanging out with Mike (who was working by this point) and I got a sweet 3 disc Genesis collection while Brandon picked up a sweet 4 disc Bowie comp. They have so much good music there. I can't even look through the indie/hardcore/punk sections without having an aneurysm. So tight. After all this, we retired to Brandon's garage for a sick cook out including fresh corn from Henry's.
Damn it I love the West Coast. no regrets. ever.
ALSO! I got a nice message from my friend Sue from NC who now lives in Washington state!! I met her and some guys she was in Richmond with for BFD last summer. Definitely good to hear that she is well and enjoying the PNW as much as I'm enjoying the PSW.
ALSO ALSO! Robby Helwig and Julia Naismith(sp? who cares, it's only that for a little while longer anyway) are engaged!!! fucking shit!! I'm stoked for them. They are old pals of mine and both just really great people. I can't wait to see what kind of things their marriage will produce. It's almost weird, but not really. I like it. congratulations!!!
runnin errands runnin errands runnin errands
Sunday, April 5, 2009
i wish people would comment more on my BLOG
but then again, i don't often comment on other's blogs, so it's really not polite for me to demand more.
This past week/weekend has been pretty terrific. I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird again and enjoy it just as much as I did years ago when I first read it.
I got a beach cruiser and have convinced a decent number of my friends that this summer we need should start two gangs: the Beach Bruisers (all male) and the Bitch Cruisers (all female). Definitely stoked. We will be terrorizing PB's board walk on the reg. Hopefully my asshole friends in Richmond aren't too cool to start their chapter. THIS IS ME LOOKING AT YOU WITH SQUINTY EYES!!!!!
Yesterday we FINALLY got over to the City Height's farmer's market and talked to the kids who run the free bike kitchen there. Always stoked to see people doing rad shit like that... I got some brake housing and exchanged numbers with one of the guys who was telling me about a group ride they are organizing for next Saturday. Maybe I'll be able to recruit some more Bruisers there. Hopefully they won't just think I'm a loser.
SPEAKING OF WHICH
apparently the thing to do around here is go on THEMED pub crawls. Yesterday we saw a big group of people dressed up like characters from REVENGE OF THE NERDS and I lost my shit only to be informed that it wasn't really THAT big of a deal. Man, what a good time.
AND SHOOK ONES AND HAVE HEART PLAYED ON FRIDAY AND DUH THAT WAS AWESOME. CAMADRE RULED AND PLAYED A SUICIDE FILE COVER
This past week/weekend has been pretty terrific. I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird again and enjoy it just as much as I did years ago when I first read it.
I got a beach cruiser and have convinced a decent number of my friends that this summer we need should start two gangs: the Beach Bruisers (all male) and the Bitch Cruisers (all female). Definitely stoked. We will be terrorizing PB's board walk on the reg. Hopefully my asshole friends in Richmond aren't too cool to start their chapter. THIS IS ME LOOKING AT YOU WITH SQUINTY EYES!!!!!
Yesterday we FINALLY got over to the City Height's farmer's market and talked to the kids who run the free bike kitchen there. Always stoked to see people doing rad shit like that... I got some brake housing and exchanged numbers with one of the guys who was telling me about a group ride they are organizing for next Saturday. Maybe I'll be able to recruit some more Bruisers there. Hopefully they won't just think I'm a loser.
SPEAKING OF WHICH
apparently the thing to do around here is go on THEMED pub crawls. Yesterday we saw a big group of people dressed up like characters from REVENGE OF THE NERDS and I lost my shit only to be informed that it wasn't really THAT big of a deal. Man, what a good time.
AND SHOOK ONES AND HAVE HEART PLAYED ON FRIDAY AND DUH THAT WAS AWESOME. CAMADRE RULED AND PLAYED A SUICIDE FILE COVER
Thursday, April 2, 2009
NORTH PARK PHOTOS
HEY! I just went on a long walk and took some pictures around the neighborhood. They're all flowers and architecture and nonsense of the like.
It was too annoying to post this many pics up on Blogger, so I just posted them to my Myspace and I'm going to give you a link to check them out.
ENJOY!!!
It was too annoying to post this many pics up on Blogger, so I just posted them to my Myspace and I'm going to give you a link to check them out.
ENJOY!!!
poems/writings
Okay, I'm going to post some of the stuff I found (some of them are weird enough to still be embarrassing even though I don't remember writing any of them nor what/who they might have been about) I don't have the exact dates but I'm pretty sure all are from Summer/Fall 2006...
PS- don't think I'm TOO big of a weirdo, I was drinking a lot and girlfriendless at the time. I don't identify with any of these emotions anymore!!
"bays"
When I found myself staring
across an open bay
with nothing but darkness to shadow the light
draining from my eyes
and memories no longer reminders
of anything i could ever hope to see again
something strikes my spine
harder than any physical pain
I had felt in the past
"document"
i just cant go sleep tonight
and tell myself its okay
breathing out as the world goes dark
showing everyone else
that ive spent one more day
wishing and not doing
thinking of everything i could have
maybe ill change tomorow
of course i wont
not unless i do it right now
and watch the sun come up again
able to think back on what ive done
and know deep down that
i can rest at ease
while the rest of the world wakes up to die
ill go to sleep feeling more alive
and tomrow night will be just the same
and ill remember this one in my dreams
"ft"
do you have any idea what i would give for a second in your mind. just to feel what kind of fucked up things you think and figure out if you try hard to ruin my day or if its just a punishment from God for something horrible i've done in the past. i have no idea how i let you take control of my dreams. i would do anything to have back just one second of that time you stole. playing me for the fool that i am, i just fall apart in your arms. there is nothing left for me to give but you still turn your back whenever i start to speak. i spilled my blood dying for you and you let me bleed. i'll spend the rest of your life haunting you into hatred. excuse me if this was just too forward for good taste.
"hh"
im thinking back on the day i wrote to myself
saying now it would be the future
and that things would be different
well now it seems like i was wrong
"hjdjhdjhdsakdasds"
thoughts determine what you want. actions determine what you get
"life an dlove"
i cant even say that im living in a dream
i used to know my feelings
i could describe them to a t
i knew what it was that made me sad
but i chose to dwell on it
and explore the emotion of mental defeat
i couldnt escape the typical
i couldnt get out of what i was taught
even though i thought i knew the feelings
i was still living out my dreams
but now im stuck in reality
where i hit the brick wall
of not being able to sleep
and turn these dreams into what i want
i cant find any comfot in the crazy thoughts
the answer escapes me.
i dont know the way out
but i still feel far from the pain
even though im walking down that road
trees overhead shadow my journey
shadow the sights
to make them just mine
because nobody will ever walk this path again
nobody will feel what i can feel and see what i see
but everyone thinks that
everyone knows
that its all for you
its all for someone else
why cant i find comfort in anyone else
i have my friends who im comfortable with
but its always an awkward silence when the girls come around
no i dont want to start over so i can ruin it again
i want to hurry home
heres what i wish
i could feel the pain and endure the hate and strive through the day
knowing that my heart is warm and my life exists in the a room without walls
with no worries except the pain of growing old'
i want to slow dance with you
in a dull living room with not much going on
maybe a window shade pulled down
maybe a few lamps burning in the corner
a starch dinner in our stomachs
and nothing else to worry about
excpet eachother
i want to know love
i want to feel the love
in such a way that i cant feel anything else
i cant feel anything else
i think think of anything else
i need nothing else
you are mine and i am all that you think about
we live for eachother and with eachother
but thats not real
why not i dont know i hate to give up faith
but i dont think it can work
"nono"
Yesterday I walked outside and everything was just okay
because everything was right in place
but now things are so much different
today things just arent what they seemed
so im wondering what exactly im supposed to think
and exactly what im supposed to feel
those assholes arent alive anymore to tell me how
how to live, how to be
im expecting the worst from a country of clones
and none of us were programed to think alone
we all picked our thoughts from the same bucket
and here they come now, all spilling out
and im left here to collect my feelings from
a bullshit world to tie in with my ventureless life
and you say they died for the cause
and you say youd die to have the chance
"sadldlkat"
forget your death
its over now
its all going to come together
i promised myself that i would tell myself when
i was getting to this point and id pull myself back
but my frineds, i admit that i cant do that
at least not alone
if everyhting is so much nicer when its effected by time
and if love is so much more meaningful
when its shared and not one side
"geramny"
ITS FUNNY HOW FAST A CRAPPY EXPERIENCE AT THE AIRPORT CAN CHANGE WHEN ALCOHOL IS INTRODUCED TO THE STORY
I'm listeing to Broadway musical's and getting sketched out by the old people next to me. I wonder if they realize I'm half cocked and listening to shit even they think is for dorks. I can feel their eyes pouring another shot of scotch into my Schwepps Bitter Lemon. I mean, come on, this is OBVIOUSLY a dollar store mixer. Nobody has THIS bad taste in lemonade. I'm pretty sure it looks a lot darker than it should. I'm trying to be covert, but only half of it is what the label claims. Haha, yeah blow your nose at my you old hen. I wonder if I should slow it down or eat something before my flight. It doesnt even board for another 2 hours. Eventually I'll have to go through some sort of customs. Hmm, i should probably scope that out before I go through. I'm going to need to ditch the bottle, but I wonder if i can bring my whiskey sour. We'll take this one step at a time. 8 hours of flight time. yuck. I'm so ready to relax at home for a bit. I won't bore you too much with this anymore. see yaaa
PS- don't think I'm TOO big of a weirdo, I was drinking a lot and girlfriendless at the time. I don't identify with any of these emotions anymore!!
"bays"
When I found myself staring
across an open bay
with nothing but darkness to shadow the light
draining from my eyes
and memories no longer reminders
of anything i could ever hope to see again
something strikes my spine
harder than any physical pain
I had felt in the past
"document"
i just cant go sleep tonight
and tell myself its okay
breathing out as the world goes dark
showing everyone else
that ive spent one more day
wishing and not doing
thinking of everything i could have
maybe ill change tomorow
of course i wont
not unless i do it right now
and watch the sun come up again
able to think back on what ive done
and know deep down that
i can rest at ease
while the rest of the world wakes up to die
ill go to sleep feeling more alive
and tomrow night will be just the same
and ill remember this one in my dreams
"ft"
do you have any idea what i would give for a second in your mind. just to feel what kind of fucked up things you think and figure out if you try hard to ruin my day or if its just a punishment from God for something horrible i've done in the past. i have no idea how i let you take control of my dreams. i would do anything to have back just one second of that time you stole. playing me for the fool that i am, i just fall apart in your arms. there is nothing left for me to give but you still turn your back whenever i start to speak. i spilled my blood dying for you and you let me bleed. i'll spend the rest of your life haunting you into hatred. excuse me if this was just too forward for good taste.
"hh"
im thinking back on the day i wrote to myself
saying now it would be the future
and that things would be different
well now it seems like i was wrong
"hjdjhdjhdsakdasds"
thoughts determine what you want. actions determine what you get
"life an dlove"
i cant even say that im living in a dream
i used to know my feelings
i could describe them to a t
i knew what it was that made me sad
but i chose to dwell on it
and explore the emotion of mental defeat
i couldnt escape the typical
i couldnt get out of what i was taught
even though i thought i knew the feelings
i was still living out my dreams
but now im stuck in reality
where i hit the brick wall
of not being able to sleep
and turn these dreams into what i want
i cant find any comfot in the crazy thoughts
the answer escapes me.
i dont know the way out
but i still feel far from the pain
even though im walking down that road
trees overhead shadow my journey
shadow the sights
to make them just mine
because nobody will ever walk this path again
nobody will feel what i can feel and see what i see
but everyone thinks that
everyone knows
that its all for you
its all for someone else
why cant i find comfort in anyone else
i have my friends who im comfortable with
but its always an awkward silence when the girls come around
no i dont want to start over so i can ruin it again
i want to hurry home
heres what i wish
i could feel the pain and endure the hate and strive through the day
knowing that my heart is warm and my life exists in the a room without walls
with no worries except the pain of growing old'
i want to slow dance with you
in a dull living room with not much going on
maybe a window shade pulled down
maybe a few lamps burning in the corner
a starch dinner in our stomachs
and nothing else to worry about
excpet eachother
i want to know love
i want to feel the love
in such a way that i cant feel anything else
i cant feel anything else
i think think of anything else
i need nothing else
you are mine and i am all that you think about
we live for eachother and with eachother
but thats not real
why not i dont know i hate to give up faith
but i dont think it can work
"nono"
Yesterday I walked outside and everything was just okay
because everything was right in place
but now things are so much different
today things just arent what they seemed
so im wondering what exactly im supposed to think
and exactly what im supposed to feel
those assholes arent alive anymore to tell me how
how to live, how to be
im expecting the worst from a country of clones
and none of us were programed to think alone
we all picked our thoughts from the same bucket
and here they come now, all spilling out
and im left here to collect my feelings from
a bullshit world to tie in with my ventureless life
and you say they died for the cause
and you say youd die to have the chance
"sadldlkat"
forget your death
its over now
its all going to come together
i promised myself that i would tell myself when
i was getting to this point and id pull myself back
but my frineds, i admit that i cant do that
at least not alone
if everyhting is so much nicer when its effected by time
and if love is so much more meaningful
when its shared and not one side
"geramny"
ITS FUNNY HOW FAST A CRAPPY EXPERIENCE AT THE AIRPORT CAN CHANGE WHEN ALCOHOL IS INTRODUCED TO THE STORY
I'm listeing to Broadway musical's and getting sketched out by the old people next to me. I wonder if they realize I'm half cocked and listening to shit even they think is for dorks. I can feel their eyes pouring another shot of scotch into my Schwepps Bitter Lemon. I mean, come on, this is OBVIOUSLY a dollar store mixer. Nobody has THIS bad taste in lemonade. I'm pretty sure it looks a lot darker than it should. I'm trying to be covert, but only half of it is what the label claims. Haha, yeah blow your nose at my you old hen. I wonder if I should slow it down or eat something before my flight. It doesnt even board for another 2 hours. Eventually I'll have to go through some sort of customs. Hmm, i should probably scope that out before I go through. I'm going to need to ditch the bottle, but I wonder if i can bring my whiskey sour. We'll take this one step at a time. 8 hours of flight time. yuck. I'm so ready to relax at home for a bit. I won't bore you too much with this anymore. see yaaa
So.....
Have you ever found old letters or prose or poetry that you wrote? I just did. There are about 2 dozen finished and unfinished poems/lyrics/whatever that I wrote between the ages of 19 and 20 that I stored deep on my hard drive and just located. I'm assuming that a good 90% of them were written when I was drunk because the titles are like "sadas" and "mecge" (although somehow my spelling inside the documents seems to be pretty spot on). Some of them are interesting, some are scary, all are emotional. I can tell the ones that even scared me at the time because they are labeled "Scary" or "wow, scary" and those ones are definitely kind of fucked up. Anyways, I kind of want to post them on here but I'm not sure if anyone wants to read them. so let me know if you want to and I will!!
I used to have pages and pages of journal entries, lyrics, etc stuffed in various drawers around my room...I think I'll try to locate those next time I'm home
I used to have pages and pages of journal entries, lyrics, etc stuffed in various drawers around my room...I think I'll try to locate those next time I'm home
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
.......AHHHHHHH!!!
I had my interview with the local electrician union board of directors today. It was nothing short of terrifying. I entered a conference room full of about 10-12 middle aged men who almost instantly began firing questions regarding my experiences and history as well as the standard "why do you want to do this...". I had been totally pumping myself up and I answered every question with motivation and intelligence, not forgetting a single "yes sir" or "no sir". I thanked them for their time at the end of the 10 minute ordeal and was told that I would receive a letter within the next 2 weeks notifying me of my acceptance or rejection into the apprenticeship program.
I think there were about 150 interviewees and 20 positions, so..........
I, like half of the others, wore a dress shirt, nice slacks, and a tie. The other half of the guys were in collared shirts and jeans, so I think I might have a little leg up on them.
AHH! i don't know though, I don't have any experience in this field so I just really really hope I get a slot.
They also gave me a copy of the pay scale that goes through each step of the 5 year program and I about shit when I saw that after 5 years I would be making $50 PER HOUR. that is a lot of money. that is a LOT of money. WOW I HOPE I GET THIS!!!
I think there were about 150 interviewees and 20 positions, so..........
I, like half of the others, wore a dress shirt, nice slacks, and a tie. The other half of the guys were in collared shirts and jeans, so I think I might have a little leg up on them.
AHH! i don't know though, I don't have any experience in this field so I just really really hope I get a slot.
They also gave me a copy of the pay scale that goes through each step of the 5 year program and I about shit when I saw that after 5 years I would be making $50 PER HOUR. that is a lot of money. that is a LOT of money. WOW I HOPE I GET THIS!!!
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