I need to find better ways to keep my mind preoccupied. My life gets sadder and sadder with every click around the interwebz. This also leads me to picking up the phone.. which is genuinely the last thing I want to do but next thing I know.. shit is already sent.

Not to start citing bands, but my life really is like a bad movie. I'm not going to say its sad or tragic by any mean. I'm not THAT dramatic of a person. But its late and that means its prime time for an half hearted vent..
I mean bad movie in the sense where the story is just all together poorly written. The title makes little sense. Things are left out of the story and the filler scenes are just slow and obnoxious. The actors/actresses all have potential, but are pigeon holed into some unjust role where there is little room to grow. The end leaves alot of open ended, unanswered questions, but the sequal is the last thing on my list of films to see. Roll Credits.

But hey, the soundtrack is exceptional. XD


Laura Stevenson & the Cans- A Record



Courtesy of Ryan Felton.

Oh no.. so I'm sitting at Josh's and I see his dormant ps2. 'Let me borrow that!'.. Its been a while since Ive been committed to any sort of video game or even television show for that matter. I'm afraid as soon as this blog is finished and I start re-playing Final Fantasy X (no blame for judging), its gonna be all over. I need to keep an open head and open schedule for other real things in my life or else Im wheat toast(need to watch simple carbs).

I cant stand weird moods. Its such a waste of time, but there's very little you can really do about it for the most part. For being a self proclaimed 'care free' person, I can really get tangled up in whats going through other peoples heads. Nothing good comes of it and I just slip deeper into a weird mood. Ive been trying to talk my way around it all day. My one phone buddy is a-wall doing things with her life and its sort of leaving a slight void in my day.. With the most light-hearted dose of weirdness; I think it may have been the cause to my mood being out of equilibrium. You're the only one who openly reads this stinkin' blog so I'm sure you'll be forced to hear me talk about it at some point soon. Right?

I'm ready for winter to be over. Nothing comes of it but cold weather and cold feelings. Not including stocking stuffers. Off to RPG myself into a coma.


Cursed- One

Im home..

..Only from Lansing, but it feels like Ive been gone forever! Fun does the recording trip little justice but Ill use it for modesty's sake. Im in love with making new friends, stepping up from acquaintance status with some, and just being slap happy with the old friends. I feel that most can be on my level with that. So many walls were broken down ranging from personal relationships to our punk rock. The jams turned out great, but still a ton of work to do. Looking forward to every part of it.

While we were there, we went to the bar. Now, don't get me wrong.. I'm in a good mood so read this with more of a curious tone than a critical one.

I just don't really get it. All week long you just work and work til its the weekend. You spend an hour getting ready, putting on your best outfit, to go to some place wear you get beer spilled on you and the smell of smoke fused with your clothes. Maybe, if you're lucky, some guy will look at someone the wrong way and a fight breaks out where everyone can stampede over your girlfriend to go watch it. Youll spend an absurd amount of money getting hammered so you can try and dance on some sleezy chick.. but she is just there to dance with her "girlfriends". (please dont mistake that for a personal experience). Guys come up to you in there unbuttoned pastel shirts and play ANY game they find suitable to get you home. This could potentially ruin your fun when all you want to do is hangout with your gf's. I guess you can dance? You wake up the next day feeling like garbage and consider it a good night. Then the cycle starts over.

Maybe that's ok, and I just don't understand it fully. I have plenty of friends who hit the bar but it just seems like if I try and show some interest as to why they would look at me like I'm clueless. I'm the minority. Someone.. anyone for the most part.. can approach me and ask about my lifestyle and Id be able to explain it in full. No one can seem to give me a reason to this kinda stuff.

I probably shouldnt worry about it but sometimes I get a little bored. Are they just bored with life? Should I give it a whirl? Of course not..

Ok. I owe someone a phonecall.

Listening to the new jams but Ill share it later.

No Control is recording in East Lansing this weekend! Live drums for once in my stinkin life. Im super excited but all shades of nervous. Ive been dying to record live drums for forever now. Since the PI! I guess. hehe.

Ive done nothing but search for plane tickets, fold clothes, search for more tickets, today. Slightly exhausting. Tomorrow, I get to help my father paint a living room while watching Malcom in the Middle. Fun stuff if you know me or my father.

I need to get back to making patches. Christmas is coming soon!! OO OO OO OO

Watching

Over the course of a couple days, Ive watched some considerably heavy flicks. One being 'Dangerous lives of altar boys' and the other being the new release 'Funny People'. I was completely wrapped up in both to a point where I had to tell myself to chill out. Is it a whole new level in my nerd metamorphoses where Im just completely moved by movies? I guess Hollywood is doing its job, right? Recommend both flicks.

I wish I had better structure when it came to song writing. Shit, better structure when it comes to everything in my life while were at it. Probably like one out of every six songs ill be satisfied enough to share with Danny. I blame Synt for my linear song writing. Well, I guess PI! wasnt very verse chorus at all now that i think about it. Picking up the esteban to write skate thrash after this post.

There are a few people in my picture that are a little down on life. I need to take focus off of sleeping in as well as random internet bullshit and direct towards these people. They listen to, and alleviate enough of my small problems where I want to start giving them more.

So much driving in my future months. My poor van is going to off itself. Lets hope it does it in my driveway.


Tegan and Sara- Sainthood

So I havent made an entry in a while it feels like. As of late Ive been trying super hard to not waste so much time on the internet. In lieu of the web, Ive done plenty of christmas shopping, diy gifts, movies, and thanksgiving dinners. Id say its been a semi productive week with some confidence. I slept in til three today. Gross.

All Ive been thinking about is thrashing. Its shaping up to look like i wont be playing a show until January. A month has never seemed so far away. Oi. However, im more than excited to play the shows lined up. One show even gets to be in Bay City. Dare I invite my mother? Shed love to see me play, but its just funny to think she probably cant stand any of it. How can I blame her, right?

I mean.. thats about it. I wish i had more to blog about, but unfortunately I seem to be drawing a blank on what to say. Next time will make up for it. i hope?


Blacken the Skies

I don't think I've felt this exhausted in a while.. Contrary to my normal day, which consists mainly of sitting in front of the computer in between stringing christmas lights, Ive got a laundry lists of tasks completed. Well, its not that much compared to motivated people. I woke up to a phone call, from my father, seeking some help. So I went and did some roofing (manly i know). Finally sold my drums! WEEW!

The show mentioned in a previous post was a great time! Was PI! good? Of course not. Was it fun playing? Of course it was. Tons of faces and senses of humor that I don't get to see often enough. It was a nice reminder that I do have friends. I just never hang out with them? We should work on that. This just gets me even more excited for kickball tomorrow!

Not to trail off on boring shit. But man, I'm so hungry. I almost grabbed some ramen but i refrained.. fuck it im gonna go make it. I lost this time...
I don't think I've ever been disappointed in something tasting good until now. Self control back on tomorrow.

One last thought.. Anyone care to explain this new trend that's swept kids by storm? Its called getting engaged, maybe you've heard of it. I'm not the arch enemy of happiness. No way. I'm not against loving someone, or the uncontrollable urge to be with someone. Things of that nature are crucial for living a sane life. But getting married?! There are too many other ways to live forward thinking, adult lives that don't include a wedding date. Most of my references haven't even dated more than two years let alone lived together for a weekend. There's so much more to being with someone that I think people are choosing to skip over. Whatever floats your romantic boat I guess *slurps the last of the broth*.

Sorry if this post is a tlnr case. I tried to keep it short. Snagged this record off the board today. Enjoyed it.

The Avette Brothers- I and Love and You