| im not dead, but i did almost drown! |
[12 Aug 2003|09:09am] |
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i went camping this past weekend. it was fun but im not really the outdoorsman type. i tried to water ski. it was disastrous. i think i probably swallowed at least a gallon of nasty ass lake water and then i still couldnt get up out of the water. its looks so easy but it is anything but. its exhausting too. after i tried it about 3 times i was ready for a nap.
im going to see billy idol at kings island pretty soon. a day at the park and then billy. how sweet is that? im also going to get cpr and first aid certified to be crisis lead at work. all that means is that im the schmuck stuck giving cpr on anyone needing it at work. they are paying for the day ill be spending getting certified though. we got new peoples at work. im not sure if i like all of them or not.
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[06 May 2003|05:14am] |
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new orleans. i dont even know where to start. saw some great shows but the highlights were the ween/les claypools bucket of burning brains and the bernie worrel funkster all stars.
ween opened for les on saturday and ended up having a longer set than claypools band. although it was songs id seen them play before it was still great. at the bernie show there was a special guest appearance by none other than the great tina weymouth and chris frantz of talking heads fame. i was in the same room with 3 of the talking heads. you have no idea how happy this made me.
hit bourbon street one of the nights there. although it smells like piss, puke, and shit it was a good time. we had some crackhead lady follow us for a little while. she was trying to sell this lamp(which she had apparently just dug out of the trash). when we all ignored her and walked off we heard a loud crash. we turned around and she had just tossed the lamp into the back of someones truck. we walked faster.
i got in my first car accident down there. we met up with dustin, who lives in baton rouge, when we got there. randy and andy ended up going to a late show that nobody else went to. it ended as 6 on the am and i told dustin i get up and go with him to pick up randy and andy even though we didnt hit the bed at out hotel until 3.
so on the way we were both somewhat sleep deprived. dustin gets on this onramp for i-10 and doesnt see the yield sign that i did. apparently he though it was a 2 lane merger and failed to yield so we sideswiped this older lady. everyone was alright, eventhough that lady is saying otherwise now, and the damage was minimal. there was one scuff on the ladies car we hit and dustin messed up his front right fender. i felt bad for dusting because he was just trying to help out some friends so they wouldnt have to blow 50 bucks on a cab.
speaking of 50, i dont think that any person in new orleans who has a system in their car owns anything except for that 50 cent album. i honestly cannot count how many times i heard that song.
anyhoo theres probably more but ill think of it later.
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| another road trip |
[30 Apr 2003|09:57am] |
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we leave for new orleans tonight. im dreading the 11 hours of being a passenger but it beats driving. i will be seeing 7 shows in total over the next 4 days. it shall be great. i really wish trans am wasnt playing in louisville this weekend because i wont be able to go. sacrifices have to be made i suppose.
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| not in the mood to work |
[25 Mar 2003|08:36pm] |
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im at work. dont feel like making calls right now so im taking a break. i guess i can talk about the shows ive gone to in the last couple of weeks.
first there was godspeed you black emperor and bardo pond. great show. both bands were amazing and the venue served pitchers of beer. what could be bad about this trip? the fact that nathan payne drove. i feared for my life the entire way there and back. that boy has no sense and he made want to jump from his vehicle even though it was moving at high speeds.
then saturday i went to see the sea and cake. califone opened for them but we werent there to see it. we went to this little bar and had a few drinks first. while we were at this bar we noticed that a reggae band was setting up to play. we made the decision to come back after the sea and cake. im so glad i got to see them. they dont seem to tour very often and they are amazing live. what did kind of suck about the show was the lack of appreciation for the band. it was on a university campus and a lot of the kids didnt even know who they were. they were just there for a show. hopefully some news fans came of that show.
as planned after the show we went back to that little bar to see the reggae band. previously the bar had been pretty much empty. now it was full and we were the only white people in there. it was a good vibe though and i wasnt worried about anything. we did get some strange looks though. i guess thats what happens when four skinny white kids are dancing to reggae though.
im off of work tomorrow and thursday for more shows. tomorrow randy, cody, andrew, and myself will head to see louisville to see sigur ros. i cant wait. i wanted to see them when they played stlouis but lack of funds prevented me from doing so. the album leaf, some band ive never heard of, is opening for them. maybe theyll be good. maybe they wont. dont really care because im going to see sigur ros.
thursday well be heading back to stlouis to see the fire theft, which is pretty much sunny day real estate without one of the guitarist. i am very excited about this. jeremy enigk is one of my favorite musicians so pretty much anything he touches turns to gold for me. ive only listened to a couple fire theft songs but i did like what i heard. im not sure who is opening for them.
and finally on saturday ill be going to stlouis again, but this time it will be to see dave chapelle. that should definitely be fun. anyhoo i guess i may post about those shows after they happen.
back to work i go.......
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[13 Mar 2003|04:42am] |
livejournal is a douchebag.
i had a good entry of a pretty eventful day and since livejournal eats my asshole it decided to be gay and go back to the login page.
and that is the proper spelling of douche just in case anybody questions me.
douche n.
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a. A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.
b. A stream of air applied in a similar way.
2. The application of a douche.
3. An instrument for applying a douche.
and websters revised...
douche
n 1: a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas [syn: douche bag] 2: irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents v : direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
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| obligatory post |
[03 Mar 2003|07:24pm] |
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blah blah blah
thats just about all i have to say. im bored bored bored. sitting at work not doing a damn thing. thats not a bad thing but im stilled bored and i feel boring. its like ive lost the ability to have or be fun. i mean ive been getting out and doing stuff but its with the same people all the time and though i do love my friends there is only so much routine that i can take. godspeed and bardo pond in a couple of weeks and then about a week after comes sigur ros. after that possible wesley willis and ween somewhere. may not be new orleans now which kind of sucks. new orleans seems like a fun city. dirty but fun. oh well ill get there one of these days.
ive come to the conclusion that the sims for ps2 is the devil. i play it even when i dont want to. and then on top of that ill play it for hours. ive been writing a little bit here and there again which i think is a good thing. i dont really know how happy i am with the material but writing is something ive slacked off on for a while so im happy that ive even put forth the effort.
im better than everybody else because ive seen run ronny run.
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| home soon |
[21 Feb 2003|09:19pm] |
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friday. im at work and im so ready to leave. im finally going back at to my parents house after close to 3 weeks in town at drews. im incredibly thankful that i got to stay there but i could see that it was taking its toll on them as well as me. ill be glad to just be able to sit and relax and play the sims. if you took crack and heroin and put into a ps2 format it would be the sims. i have no idea how many hours of sleep ive lost over that game. although it never moves very fast its like you cant ever set it down. im so tired tonight though that i may hit the hay pretty early. itll be nice just to be by myself for a while. ive had no time to myself lately. lots of good shows coming up but im getting ready to leave so ill talk about them later.
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the first day of the month at work is always sweet. yet another night of doing absolutely nothing and getting paid. my birthday will be here soon though i really dont know what to do. its the 23rd and there isnt really anything special about it.
im supposed to go see the roots on valentines day in stlouis but today i found out i may not be able to go because 2 girls that i work with already requested v-day off. theyre probably going to do something stupid like stay in town and eat at ruby tuesdays with their boyfriends. i need to go to stlouis dammit.
ive already got my ticket but i guess if i could sell it to someone if need be. ive also already got my ticket for sigur ros in louisville. im looking very forward to that show. i need to find out if drew is going to that. i also may go to mindless in louisville. im really not too in to them but i think the show would be fun.
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| interpol 2 (and other stuff) |
[18 Jan 2003|12:02pm] |
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i went to see interpol again last night but ill get to that in a minute.
first of all i got pulled over for the first time ever on wednesday night. i didnt get a ticket though because im smooth like that. it still sucked though because i was right in drews parking lot when he pulled me over. i was almost there.
anyhoo i went with crystal and karen to see interpol in newport last night. the venue was a lot better than the one in columbus. interpol played just as well but the set seemed a few songs shorter. they did play the specialist again and that new track again so was cool. i got to drink more and get a shirt this time since i actually had cash. we got a room in carrolton instead of driving home. all in all it was a pretty good trip except for the fact that karen pissed and moaned most of the time which is pretty common.
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| monday bloody monday |
[13 Jan 2003|08:46pm] |
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so im at work. if you would have asked me at about 3 this after noon i wouldnt have thought id be here today. i went to my parents home out in the sticks yesterday afternoon. much to my surprise no one was there when i arrived. i figured that my dad had probaby just taken my mom to work and maybe had to run some errands in town. then it got to be around 11 at night and they still werent home. i hadnt heard anything from them because there is no phone out there. were poor. like sugar water poor. i was starting to worry but i managed to fall asleep.
i woke up to find that my parents were still not at home. now i was really worried not only about my parents well being but also about my transportation to work. if they werent there, then i was shit out of luck because i couldnt call anyone. i thought to myself that maybe there was a chance that they would still make it home in time, but by about 3 i gave up. no way to work and no way to call. thats never a good thing. it really bothered me because i do like this job. the people here say that will wear off but i dont know. its not really that new anymore and i still dont dislike it.
anyhoo at around 5 after 5 shane ended up showing up out there for me. i was amazed. apparently my mother had called him from my aunt and uncles and asked him to come pick me up because their vehicle had broken down in town. my dad said it was something about a steering column. i dont know its all greek to me. i do know that the car doesnt work now so that sucks. ill have to stay at drews for a while so i can make sure i can get back and forth to work. thats not a problem either.
well not everything in life is bad. i do get to go see interpol again this friday in newport. ive got the day off and karen already ordered 3 tickets for me, her, and crystal. i think drew is pissed at me because i get to see them again and he didnt really get to see them the first time, but hey i cant help that i can get the day off and he cant.
tonight at work has been easy. they wouldnt have missed me if i was gone. for some reason i couldnt log on tonight so i just folded letters and there werent very many of them. so mainly i just act like im busy. its not bad at all.
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| interpol |
[11 Jan 2003|06:34am] |
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yeah so today i went to columbus to see interpol. their show was amazing the rest of the day however was not.
we left at about 11 our time and after almost 6 hours of uneventful driving we arrived with plenty of time to spare. even more than we knew at the time. the venue was found easily enough and we didnt want to get lost so we just sat in the parking lot waiting. it was cold and snowing. i hate the cold more than anything i think. they finally sort of opened the doors at 7. we were on willcall and still didnt make in until around 745. when finally we did go in we went straight to the bathroom and couldnt use it because unbeknownst to us at the time 2 of the guys from interpol were in it(doing some type of drug i suppose?). we would run into them quite a few times more. the next hour or so was spent waiting for the opening band to play. they were awful. so awful that i dont remember their name. we just sat on some couches upstairs. it was cold and i was wearing michelles gloves and trying to convince hot indie girls that i was a hand model from oslo and that i worked for jc pennys. whats sad is with some of these girls i couldnt actually tell if they believed me or if they were just humoring me. either way i was amused.
after the first band was done i decided we should head downstairs and find a good spot in front of the stage. this was no easy task. the factory was packed. i was glad though because about 30 minutes after i snaked my way to the front interpol came out. the second opening band had canceled. i had no complaints though. i wasnt there to see them and i had waited long enough to see interpol.
now about interpol...
i was worried after having seen their performance on letterman. on the letterman show not only did they screw up but they were very cardboard cut outish and low energy. however when they performed in columbus it was quite the opposite. sure they didnt have the super charged mountain dew sum 41 energy but they were fun enough to watch. they were fun to watch and amazing to hear. ive not heard a band reproduce that well on stage in a very long time. everything sounded to be studio quality. im pretty sure they played everything on turn on the bright lights and the they played the specialist and a new song which i believe was called length of love. i did get worried that they werent going to play obstacle 2 though. i was not disappointed though when they came back out for the encore and played the new and then closed out with obstacle 2. had it not been so much of a pain in the ass to actually see the band this probably would have been one of my favorite shows. im going to see them next week too. i dont care if they play the exact same setlist as long as they do it as well as they did in columbus.
after the show i found out that drew and michelle didnt get to see much of it because michelle passed out not once but twice and drew had to take her out to get some fresh air. i could tell drew was upset, but he did well controlling himself, for drew.
the ride home was just as uneventful as the ride to, maybe even more so since i slept the whole way not waking until we reached rockport. by this time i was in the delirious giggly mood where everything is funny which ended up being just fine because we went to steak and shake.
so in closing i suggest that anyone that can go see interpol on these last couple of dates before they go overseas does.
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so confused and this is why.
www.landoverbaptist.org
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| the job is still sweet |
[20 Dec 2002|11:24pm] |
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so tonight at my work i did absolutely nothing. we ate and walked around and talked and got paid for it. it was pretty nice. i took my half hour break 15 minutes early and we all left a half an hour early for the night and still got paid for it. it is truly the easiest job ive ever had.
i still dont really know what im doing but i guess im doing a good job pretending. i have a feeling the rest of tonight is going to be extremely boring though. i need to find more things to do. people from work invited me to go to ocharleys but im too broke right now. ill get paid soon enough though.
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| my new job looks like its going to rock |
[11 Dec 2002|11:21pm] |
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so i went into work tonight for my first night of training. i can already tell that this job is going to be great. rachel is training me so thats cool because i know her. since i already have phone experience from bellsouth the only challenge comes in learning the unfamiliar bank terminology which i dont think ill have a problem with.
had an interesting night hanging out with drew and shane last night but ill write about that later. maybe.
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| i rock like bon jovi |
[09 Dec 2002|10:42pm] |
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i went to my interview today. i got the job. its only a casual position but ill be able to get a permanent position later. its only 25 hours a week which has its good and bad sides. less money, more time. i think i can deal with that. i start either tomorrow or wednesday.
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| not every snow day sucks |
[06 Dec 2002|05:35pm] |
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us bank called today and i was actually here this time. i talked to lori, krystals sister, and she told me to come in for an interview on monday. hopefully this second interview goes better than the first. i dont think this will be a group interview and im pretty sure shes already planning on hiring me.
shane came by and we went and ate at los cuatro amigos. great mexican food served to you by authentic mexicans!!! and they have a mariachi band. how great is that? today can only get better.
im awesome.
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| this aint no party! this aint no disco! this aint no foolin around! |
[01 Dec 2002|11:16am] |
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usually i dont care much for thanksgiving. i like to eat and i like to eat a lot so youd think it would be right up my alley right? not so. i dont know why. i just have some type of negative association with the day. maybe i had a traumatic childhood incident with a turkey.
this thanksgiving was pretty good though. i did the family thing on turkey day but i got to see all m out of town school friends this weekend so that made it especially worth while. i saw lindsey and whitney which is always nice. i saw tracy and emmy, though i dont think tracy likes me much since i said her haircolor looked better on the model in the advertisement. it was nice to see james and jo also. clint was in from san diego and drew and i and he and his brother hung out quite a bit. hes developed a similar taste in music so we talked about music pretty frequently. i also got to see sarah. she was good enough to hang out with me for a little while last night.
im not used to so much social interaction all in one weekend. maybe i should try to get out of the house more often.
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| thank you beck |
[08 Nov 2002|04:32pm] |
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im listening to the new beck album and its really good. not like other beck. not to say that other beck isnt good. its just good in a completely different way. this album is more serious. its all acoustic from what ive heard so far but whats really impessive is the long awaited display of songwriting talent that i knew he was capable of. no "i think im goin crazy, her left eye is lazy" type of lyrics on here. i suggest everyone give it a listen.
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| it smells of sour milk back here but ill be damned if im going to be the removal team |
[29 Oct 2002|02:33am] |
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been a while since i put anything in here. ill start with thursday.
thursday was that long awaited colson/olivers army/billymusic show that michael booked. i was broke so i got in for free for working the door. thanks michael. the turn out was less than desirable. with the exception of the bands playing there was probably like 10 people to watch. the bands were all really impressive and i felt bad that they didnt have a larger audience. oh well. next time MICHAEL WILL HAVE TO PROMOTE THE SHOW BETTER.
after that i went to the lizard lounge with karen and krystal. didnt really feel like going because once again i was broke. both of them kept putting drinks in my face though so it was alright. i thought i was supposed to buy the drinks for the ladies but i guess that time can be an exception. we tried to go over to drews after but he said he was sleeping when we got there. i had suspected that we came at a time when him and michelle were doing the horizontal hokey pokey but he told me later it was just because krystal was with us. he doesnt like her very much.
spent most of the weekend at my parents place. it can be insanely boring over there at times but i like to visit from time to time. i got to see my nephews for a while one day while i was over there. i dont see them as much as id like.
so now im back at home. i went over to krystals tonight and got treated to a clay mask by karen. i do believe my face liked it. yup here i am now and i cant sleep. my mind is full of indigestable thoughts so they just keep getting spit up over and over. the sour milk smell really is overwhelming and it reminds me of baby smell. not the powdery fresh baby smell but the i just puked on you because im a baby smell. not pleasant at all.
i feel like im standing completely still at a time when i should be moving forward. i dont really have any goals to work toward. i will still be joining the coast guard as soon as shane can take me to louisville on a weekday to talk to a recruiter though i think ill only be joining the reserves. still have to do the bootcamp thing and though i think it will kick my ass all over the place it would be an interesting experience. the coast guard in general would be a good experience i think.
i wish i could go to sleep and wake up anywhere that i wanted to wake up. it would be nice to be able to travel that way.
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