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Saturday, September 03, 2005

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:21:04 GMT

Well it looks like I'm about to leave for Europe. I'll be gone for well over a month. This, of course, means that Kelly and I will have gone for the longest time ever with out speaking to each other in about seven years.... Strange huh? I'm flying out on Thursday to Amsterdam for a little while, then to Budapest where we're renting a car and driving to Prague, then to Slovenia, then to Croatia, back up to Badpest, then taking another flight to Greece for a couple of weeks, then to Germany, then back to Seattle, bum around Seattle for a few days, then load up my truck and drive across the country back to Texas for my Graduate degree. I suppose the next few months might be a little busy....and expensive. I was told to expect 4 dollars per gallon in gas when I returned from Europe.

I played another show last night which turned out pretty good. There's a huge concert going on this weekend called Bumpershoots so when I first started playing I was literally playing to all of five people, but as the night progressed people started pouring in, so it was pretty cool. So I was really hungry and it was about three in the morning so I stopped by Pizza Passions and got a pizza.... don't you hate it when you eat a whole lot before you go to sleep and then you feel like crap the next morning? Well that's what happened. Anyways... I'm rambling. Be back in a few months.

Sunday, July 31, 2005

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:05:50 GMT

Happy Birthday to me. For those of you that forgot, well bollocks to you...not really. Things are going well... I've got an entire Saturday night to myself at a pretty popular bar called Molly Maguire's... which also means that my name is on the radio and posters on street lights etc. I played a show last night which also was well received, so I suppose you could say that things are looking very well. I've become an adopted family member of The Ould Triangle, so I celebrated my birthday with all new friends and playing a show, then when I came home (around 4 in the morning) I opened up my present, which my mother insisted I wait till Sunday to do (so I did, just really early) and got an amazing digital camera, then to complete the night/morning, I called Kelly and fell asleep on the phone, which we discussed ad nauseum. So there's a new post for you.

Monday, June 20, 2005

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:10:55 GMT

Long time no write I suppose. Sorry for the delay (I'm sure all of you are biting your nails with anticipation for my next post). Well I don't have too much time to write, but I can say that so far I've been to the Rainforrest, surfing, stayed at an Indian Reservation, started building an office for a retired professional skateboarder, met a guy who is deeply connected in the music scene up here and I'm set up to jam with the drummer from Alice in Chains! Kelly is in New York right now... so I hope you're having a blast and surviving your family. Don't forget to go to the MET!!!!!!!!! I haven't forgotten you Mrs. Miller, but my excite account is pretty screwed up right now... but I haven't forgotten. I haven't quite figured out how to post pictures on here (kind of like a picture gallery), so if you know how give me some pointers and I'll put up some amazing pics. I am loving it up here but I really miss my Texas people...there's just nobody like us I'm telling you. I've been all over the U.S., except for the Dakotas and Nebraska area...but come on who want's to live there? Anyways... I've been all over and Texans are by far the best quality people I've come across... and it's not because I'm bias (I am now) because I used to think that we Texans were the worst. Since that dark time I have seen the light... so all of you that read this and happen to be from Texas (I feel ALL of you who read this are from Texas)...kudos.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

Sun, 22 May 2005 04:41:16 GMT

Hey everybody. I just got in to Seattle this morning at about two o'clock (sorry for calling so late Kelly, but I told you I would... I hope you're feeling better by the way). I had an amazing road trip that I will undoubtedly remember for the rest of my life. I have loads of pictures and I'd love to put some on this page if possible. I don't have much time to write more, but I will fill those who care in on how my trip went. Adios

Monday, May 09, 2005

Mon, 09 May 2005 04:25:53 GMT

I'm out and have to have surgery and what do I see when I check my xanga page? Two entries of little relevance and support.... makes a man feel good...like he's doing his job. Anyways, for the apparent very few who read this page, I'm not going to post again till I get settled in Seattle most likely, so take care.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:39:28 GMT

Well this is it folks... I can not freaking believe what has happened to me. I just found out that I have to receive knee surgery on Friday. This is the mother of all ironies. Would you like to know why? Well, I'll tell you. I have been in the most dangerous fights, car wrecks, accidents, and all around gravely dangerous situations than anyone I've ever met in my life, but what brings me down?.... What ends up forcing me to have KNEE SURGERY?.......GETTING UP FROM SITTING IN AN INDIAN STYLE POSITION ON MY LIVING ROOM FLOOR!!!!!!!! What makes it worse is that my parents have to come up to wheel my sorry ass around... which (don't get me wrong) I love seeing them and spending time with them, but they're having to ask off work and take care of me... and for any of you that know me at all, you know that I hate people having to do that stuff because of me more than I hate Barbra Streisand. Plus I've got finals coming up (tomorrow actually) and papers and projects etc. Oh, I forgot to tell you what happened to my knee....well earlier yesterday afternoon I hyperextended my knee fooling around the house. "No big deal" I thought. So thiry minutes later I'm sitting indian style in the living room and I get up (I did the super cool move where you just pop up using your legs sans arms) and as soon as I turn around I know something is wrong because I'm all of a sudden sweating in forcing myself not to throw up and to gather my sense of equillibrium. After I gather my senses I realize that I can not move my leg either way from it's bent position at a 90 degree angle. Well come to find out, I have a lateral meniscus tear, which means that the cartilage is torn and wedged up underneath my kneecap so that I (literally) cannot straigthen my leg, nor can I tuck it up (if I wanted to squat down to pick up something)... my leg is in a perfect "L." Enough of my complaining.... I suppose I needed to vent.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:35:40 GMT

Here you go Kelly. I have a major presentation in my Senior Seminar class over Ernest Gaines' "A Lesson Before Dying" coming up and I'm pretty excited about it. I plan on illustrating the parallel between literature and music, because (in my case anyways) I always relate the two. When I'm reading a novel I pick up on an author's rythms, technique, subtleties, and the complexities of his composition that I directly relate to a musical genre and/or musician. In the case of Ernest Gaines I see his style as very similar to the musical styles of (probably the most influential bluesman of all time) Robert Johnson. Their technique could best be described as subtle but ample, leaving the reader/listener to dig as deep as they want to and take away as much as they care to. Anyways... here's a poem I don't think I've posted, it's called "Dance of the Gods"

The ebb and flow of the tides
wash against the lavendar skies.
At that point on the horizon,
where the polished plane is reached,
there the Gods dance on their wing-ed feet.

Laying back in to the wet sand,
I find relief as I exhale, observing breath nearing night,
their pillow, cloudlike forms rise on.
A sigh comes, from knowledge of expectations never reached.
Never to dance with the Gods on their tango floor of the sea.

Nor dance with their wing-ed feet

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:36:18 GMT

It's been a while since I've posted anything really relevant up.... and it looks like today's not going to be any different. I just finished making up a Philosophy test that I missed when I was sick. To try to persuade students to keep from missing class our professor makes all his make up tests essay tests (his regular tests are mulitple choice). I don't understand this. I was overjoyed when I was forced to take the essay test... I mean, what kind a philosophy test is multiple choice ?!?!?!? So that's all that's really going on right now. Just letting you know.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:06:50 GMT

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:01:32 GMT

1. What is the geekiest part of your music collection?

Ren & Stimpy CD
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge?
leftovers
3. What's your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
Can't say I have one... maybe Saving Private Ryan

4. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Wouldn't change a thing... well I'd get corrective eye surgery... but that's not really "plastic surgery"

5. Do you have a completely irrational fear?
no...not besides not being able to protect people I care about... that really does sacre me

6. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
Couldn't say

7. Are you a pyromaniac?
Yes

8. Do you have too many love interests?

ha...at times

9. Do you know anyone famous?

well according to Lacey I will be famous one day... so yes

10. Describe your bed:
a matress on the floor and two pillows

11. Are you spontaneous or planned?
spontaneous... sometimes planned

12. Who would play you in a movie?

we know that one don't we Kelly?

13. Do you know how to play poker?

yes.. like nobody's business

14. What do you carry with you at all times?
Wallet

15. What do you miss most about being a kid?

getting in trouble with no real consequences... get in trouble these days and you really pay for it

16. Are you happy with your given name?

mos def

17. How much money would it take to get you to give up the computer for one year?

not much

18. What color is your bedroom?

white

19. What was the last song you were listening to?

"If you see California" by Chris Robinson and the New Earth Mud

20. Have you ever been in a play?

yeah... all regionl and all district best actor actually

21. Have you ever been in love?

yeah
22. Do you talk a lot?
not really

23. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
yes
24. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?

sometimes...

25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?

yes... others would (and will) disagree
26. Do you spend more time with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your friends?

um...single

27. What is your ideal marriage location?
don't know... somewhere outside though... like a beach

28. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?

the piano

29. Favorite fabric?
no clue..l... denim... ha
30. Something you love and hate?

Love-playing guitar

Hate- close minded and judgemental people

31. What kind of bedding do you use?
whatever happens to be on my bed that night
32. Do you tell your friends about your sex life?

um.... sometimes

33. What's the one language you want to learn?

Spanish... well I can get by with it... but I'd like to be fluent

34. How do you eat an apple?

with a knife cutting thin circular slices

35. What do you order at a bar?

a double whiskey on the rocks and a Lonestar longneck

36. What piercing do you have?

none

37. Do you have tattoos?

not yet

39. Do you drive a stick?

No...not now anyways... I did for years though

40. What's one trait you hate in a person?

close mindedness and being judgemental

41. What kind of watch do you wear?
fossil with a thick leather strap.... I started that trend by the way
43. Do you consider yourself materialistic?

no

44. What do you cook the best?

name it

45. Favorite writing instrument?

acoustic guitar, may notebook, and a gel roller

46. Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?

never thought about it

47. Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?

depends... and don't lie kelly.. you know you would
48. What's one car you will never buy?

an Osprey

49. What kind of books do you like to read?

anything with substance

50. If you won the lottery, what would you do?

finish school... give my family everything they deserve, give to charity, and travel the world

51. Burial or cremation?

don't care.. if I die before my mom does then I'm sure she'd want a burial but I just don't care

52. How many online journals do you read regularly?
far too many
53. What's one thing you're a loser at?

dancing and socializing at clubs

54. If you don't like a person, how do you show it?

I don't know really... I try to maintain a sense of civility.. but that's about it... if it's a big deal I'll let them know, if it's not then I'm just civil

56. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people?

intimidating...sadly enough

57.What's one thing you like to do alone?

read in the bathtub

58. Are you a giver or a taker?

probably more of a giver

59. When's the last time you cried?

can not even remember

60. Favorite communication method?

face to face

61. How many drinks before you're tipsy?

ha..... too many

62. Do you think you're cute?

not really... I understand the fact that some people might find me attractive... but I don't think I'm "Cute"