Its a Snow Day, So Let Me Keep My Promise
Well as promised (though delayed) I am going to post my vacation. But before I do that, one may ask, "Why not just update daily like everyone else?" To you i ask, "Why are you asking questions, can't you just go with the flow?" And because Becca would bite my head off if i didnt, its all gonna to be LJ-cuts.
First day of vacation, nothing really happened. I slept, that is kinda new i guess...but on the 24th, my cousin Tom picked my sister and I up to bring us to PA at like 10 at night after he had went to his wife's parent's New Year's Eve party. Mind you, my cousin's wife's family owns Fantasia, the catering service for weddings on Washington Ave in North Haven and also houses many weddings, one including that of my cousin. Is Sue, nominally, my cousin also; of course i consider her a cousin of mine, but is that the title...i OCD about titles, making sure everyone gets their just name. I didnt go to sleep this night until 2 or 3 in the morning, i know it was like half an hour after we arrived, but im assuming the former, since im sure we arrived at 1:30. On a different note, before we left, I finished the Sub-Job quest in FFXI, and finally got the ability to have a subjob. I started to raise the Red Mage job so that i could have curative magic and attack magic. No one cares, i know, but it made me happy.
Very good day, woke up at a decent time, when everyone wasn't awake yet. Did go down to eat breakfast right away, decided to take a shower and then linger about aimlessly until food was ready. Food was amazing, since my aunt is fucking awesome at cooking. I had (sorry Gin, and any other vegetarians) what seemed like Roast Beef (and it was roast beef damnit) but my aunt said it was something else, Ham, shitload of Corn, i think it is called Potato Millet, it was potato that resembled rice, beats me...and some Dinner Rolls that has a bit too much yeast in it making it taste kinda like beer...which i realized but couldnt put my finger on the exact taste-alike until Seth brought it up. Then I didn't feel like listening to the family arguments and stuff (Sue went on a whole rant on how religion is important but it is completely stupid...or something to the effect that God is impossible but it is important to people...i dunno, it made sense at the time, and Sue seemed to be winning the debate) I played FFXI for a bit, got my red mage to a good level, then went and stood in a corner hoping nothing would attack me when i went downstairs to get presents! Woot, i didnt get awesome stuff, but what i got was rather nice. I got 40 bucks collectively, a Girl (registered trademark of the Girl Skateboard company) shirt (it says I <3 Girl), two beanies, and some more colagne. Is it me, or does my aunt get every male member that comes to her house for Christmas colagne? Tell me Seth, how much colagne have you gotten in the last. say, three Christmasses.
After that, i went back to see how my character faired standing there, and he was dead, for like 10 minutes, so i thought, I'll leave it alone for now. Went back downstairs, found out nothing was worth waiting for, went back to play FFXI and Seth then handed me the guide to the game that he had before (after running to his car in his snazzy new snowboarding jacket) I played FFXI, while listening to Dave Chapell on Seth's computer. You should admit, he is fucking funny and a half, and then some. Well, yeah, by the end of that night, i got my red mage to like level 8 or something, and then Seth and I watched, Batman Begins. Good movie, i'll admit that to you Ethan. The guy that played Scarecrow (don't feel like going on IMDB) has he been in other movies, he should be...i enjoyed the movie, it was pretty damn good, didnt follow the Michael Keaton based storyline, but hey, a little change to the actual thing is better I guess. I am just used to the Michael Keaton version of batman. Played FFXI after the movie for about an hour, then said, Fuck it, im hitting the hay. For some reason, under my pillow was a bunch of potato chips (the actual chips, not the container), no one knows how they got there...they were Sour Cream and Onion.
RIP
Sour Cream and Onion Chips
We tried to leave today after lunch (also spectacular, thanks Auntie Trinie) but when we went onto the on ramp to the highway, traffic was backed up before the merger. day after Christmas Day thing i guess, so my cousin (since he is Tom and all) decided to offroad the car, and turn around that way. So he turns onto the grass, motions the vehicle towards the on ramp, then decided to go onto the exit ramp that goes the way we are going. So we go back to my aunt's house, and pretend its New Years day, and we are here for that. That didnt last long, i played FFXI somemore, got my character to a bitching good lvl in such a short amount of time...Left for home around 9pm maybe 10, im edging towards the latter though. My cousin sent me some good ass gear in FFXI from his character to mine since he has been playing for like two years now. Before that I also watched more Dave Chapell with Sue. Funny shit, funny shit. We got home around half past midnight, decided to get on FFXI to move my character from any place that could be unsafe if i logged in later. I then proceeded to schedule the projects I would need to be done for the next week. It was frightened, but then I realized, a project a day, then I could do whatever for the rest of the day.
Toga party! So yeah, Shayna and Jenn were planning a toga party while I was in PA (Shayna informed me beforehand, keeping me updated with what she and Jenn were planning. Jenn should have been the actual planner, since it was at her house…) Yup, Shayna and I have also started a wonderful correspondence via e-mail. It is quite quaint, and she has been e-mailing the story that she has been writing since middle school (don’t remember what year exactly, sorry Shayna) I’m not gonna to quote anything from the story, since I don’t have copyrights or anything. I doubt Shayna wants me to publicize her work via my LJ. I appreciate her work a good deal, whether any of you would, I dunno. Meagan would, because she is one of the JDA and the JDA sticks together, or so I seen. So yeah, toga party. We watched Animal House, made random comments here and there, scared Jenn’s ex-boyfriend who she brought over from New York for reasons I don’t know, and not gonna ask about. (notice how my contractions now have apostrophes, its because I started typing in Word started with this date, since I feared my internet would collapse or something). Meagan and I made Dane Cook references, which I actually doubt Jenn knew (sad, oh well) Lovely though was that after the many laughs of Animal House, we watched the animated movie, Hercules (since we were all in togas anyways was the excuse, and since Katie wanted to sing) Disney is fun, so I watched Hercules with everyone and ate the ice cream things that Katie brought with her (tasted scrumptious) and then I had to leave, since I was the only one really not able to sleep over (fortunately, I cant feel that bad, since Katie left also, but a lot later) I don’t think I played FFXI this day, but e-mailed Shayna about her story =) which I am going to add again is good, grammar bothers me though, but I was started in middle school) Oh, and we celebrated Hanukah while we were here. Shayna and Jenn sure have good voices…JDA scares me
Toga reports (guys first since its easier to type out, then the JDA ):
Alex = went with the grunge look and wore a plaid toga
Myself = I wore a cloudy day sheet (blue with clouds on it) Now that sheet is on my bed (woot)
Katie = became one of the guys since she just brought a sheet over (a good white sheet at least, have to give her that) and then wore her toga relatively like Alex and me
Meagan = decked out in a white toga, with a little brooch thing. Was very cool, she looked like she actually spent time on her toga…makes me feel bad that all I did was bring a sheet and throw in on
Shayna = Black toga and two different toe socks. Gotta love this girl, I do (once again, a girl that doesn’t date during high school, what is the world coming too?) she and Meagan came together, so they were both in really good togas, once again making every else feel bad that all they did was grab a sheet and put it on.
Jenn = Unicorns…the sheet was purple, and there were unicorns on it. End of story
I really don’t remember what happened on this particular Wednesday. Probably finished the photography project. My makeshift calendar for what had to be done in the week started on the 29th so I have nothing to base this day on. But to make this day better, since I don’t remember what day this actually happened, I can say on this particular Wednesday I got my red mage to level 15 and was finally fully able to go back to being a warrior without having to consider being a red mage ever again (hated it, too much work, not enough melee combat) I am going to check my e-mail and see what I said to Shayna on this day, probably remind me what happened on this day. Nope, checked my e-mail, it says that I told Shayna I had gotta my red mage to level 10 that day…right, and that is the day I got owned by a sheep in the game, stupid Ornery animals. I fucking beat the crap men that resemble turtles and control a good portion of territory (sp?) then I go and get owned by a sheep. WT fuckin F man…and yeah, that was basically this day I guess.
The 29th… I know something of full worth of telling happened on this day or the day before, I just cant recall what it was…makes me feel bad now that I don’t remember….Oh, random person I feel that I did meet disappeared, I am sure I knew her too, but I don’t think I actually physically met her. Hope she is okay :-/ If I remember anything else that happened on any of these days, I will most definitely come back and edit this…
Woot, today must have been the day I fucking finally got my Red Mage to level 15 in FFXI and allowing myself to never go back to it because it was hell I tell you, pure hell. Healing is not my forte in that game, I fucking have to go up and beat the shit out of everything, that is my forte. Something else interesting happened today, besides Almariet and I planning to go see a movie on Sunday, but that is…Something else happened today, What, I don’t rmember…I should have updated more often…haha, oh well, too late now. I am just a stubborn asshole = D
I think today was the day that the story of sexy_cephalopod yup…I would recommend reading it, I enjoy it…as much as Ethan has sent me as least. Today was New Year’s Eve, happy time, people out partying. Me, sitting at home, thinking about how NO ONE INVITES ME ALONG ANYWHERE! I dunno, its been that way for a while now, never understood why, but I don’t question it either, for good reason, which I don’t want to get into because it will just show how much psychosis is setting in and that im a paranoid delusional burnout of a strategic conniver that has little to look forward too. Happy New Year all = )
At night, I waged war against squids myself, and got a new fucking scythe to beat the shit out of things. It is joyous, but that is beside the point =) I couldn’t use the scythe anyways, had to be level 20 warrior, dark knight, or beastmaster to equip it. And I was only level 18.
Also noted, I am a crazy burnout fool, and Shayna story is very nice, by this date, I have gotta several chapters in and its pretty damn good. I also started to argue that Indie is dead (most unfortunate) but Shayna’s brother, who works at WPKN 89.5, argues back that indie is still alive. Here was my main argument in letter form addressed to Shayna (I said beforehand that this was meant for her brother, not her…cuz I love her and wouldn’t want to hurt her feelings if I did not have to, except in story criticisms I hurt everyone tha way equally.)
“All right...Indie, dead...period. I can understand how it can be said that Yellowcard isnt indie. He has to say that
1) Air is indie
2) Bright Eyes is indie
3) The Shins is indie
4) The Postal Service is indie
5) Adding another instrument into a band that is not usually there does not constitute an indie band
If he agrees with all or at least 4/5 of it...then he must say that Indie is dying. THE POSTAL SERVICE IS THE ONLY ONE LISTED THERE THAT IS STILL AROUND!!!
True punk, i guess you can say is dead, i can concede that. True emo, its softer and less of what it used to be. Yes, you can say it is not true emo anymore, but emo is still around.
I am not defined in anyone as mainstream. In order to be as underground as i am, one must know what is mainstream. I acknowledge that i know mainstream, and goofs on it in a different musical style does not constitute a member of that musical style, nor of the first musical style. As noted by my knowledge of Dazz Band (i can understand you not knowing them, they seem techno-ish) and Roni Size (COME ON!! he is awesome. from Bristol, England. Brown Paper Bag...) Oh, and it is arguable that Snow Patrol is indie, but id vote against it, they are good, but i wouldnt define it as indie. What exactly is your brother's defination. I would have to say if he defines it as, "When you cant say its this band means this band" then i must say that is stupid, all bands can be described that way, most of the bands listed as the factors to make those arent even indie. If you went by that defination, what would
Something Corporate
Armor for Sleep
Get-Up Kids
Sunny Day Real Estate
Stereophonics
Blur
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
Inkwell
Mashlin
Modest Mouse
Oasis
Polyphonic Spree
Verve Pipe
Anatomy of a Ghost
Evanescence
be considered. I mean really...i mean, i guess Modest Mouse, Oasis, Get-Up Kids, and Sunny Day Real Estate could be defined in that fashion, but come on...DCFC can be defined in that way, AND MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE INDIE! their airs are indie, but not their music. Those bands listed there are just bands i have on this computer alone, and this is my new computer, once i can transfer the music from my old computer to this one, i will be able to be more definate by having music clips. I know Indie is dead, no one can change my mind on that. I am defined as an Indie Kid just because i know all those bands, but I am truly an Emo Kid :'( i sit down, cry about stuff, write songs about it, and approach the mic. Once again, conceding that true emo is dead, but emo is still around.
Well, he has to admit. Ska, unfortunately off the radar (well, he doesnt have to say its unfortunate, but he has too say it is off the radar) What radar, i dont know. but its not there.”
I would like to start off this date with something that is going to change everyone’s life forever probably, unless you knew this already…The reason why the holidays have so many fucking lights. It shouldn’t be in quotes, but im gonna put it that way anyways…
“The winter solstice falls in the general time of the holidays (12/21, I believe) and thus the darkest times of the year begin since the length of daylight begins to gradual grow. Darkness is a strange thing in human life, it causes much contemplation and fantasy (dreams and…well nightmares I guess…) It also causes very morbid feelings, creating a void in a person when they contemplate so much. Well, due to these morbid contemplations, people commit suicide more often. Thus lights have been included in every single holiday around the winter solstice, making people more happy since they are not in the dark as long.”
On that note, Happy New Year again. Starting off the new year by learning something is always good. Well, I did nothing on this day until in the evening when I went to the movies with Almariet and Candace. We saw Fun with Dick and Jane which made me happy, since we were gonna see a chick flick instead, but I had persuaded them not to the night or maybe two nights before. Now, the movie was good, but it was by far nothing special. I have definitely seen better movies, but it was nice. Jim Carey is funny as hell, and I don’t understand why he and Adam Sandler do not work on a movie together. It would make very very many people happy, and I would get a kick out of it (no that is not greedy, since I consider that other people being happy being more important than my being happy, and since I don’t get to go the theaters too often, so id probably not see the movie in theaters anyways) Yeah, then I helped a friend with guys problems, seeing that I am a guy, and understand the mentality of other men.
Stupid Hucklebery Finn, been reading it since this day, and I just got halfway yesterday, hopefully I will finish it by today…probably wont because I will wnt to play FFXI. If anyone cares, I am at the part where everyone on the raft, except Jim of course, go to the muddy town and the guy gets shot since he is such a drunk and is annoying. That was chapter 20…
Ah, one half…such a good number…today is 1/3, by most circumstances, my favorite fraction (SHUT UP, I DO HAVE A FAVORITE FRACTION!) anyways, yeah. Today was a decent day. Only day of the week I did not play FFXI, since after I was done reading, I found it more important to continue helping my friend with her guy problems…
Huckleberry Finn should be shot, this book is taking me forever to get through, because I am being forced to read it. It is “pooty dern gwud tow” if I may take the language out of the DAMN BOOK! Yeah, liking it though, want to finish it now just had to get out of my system how hard it is to read, but I am still enjoying it. I got level 20 the night before, finally able to use that new scythe I bought, but the stupid quest I was on…brought the wrong item…thought since it said bring me 5 items with this word in the title, I could bring two of the same…nope, damn asshole and guide not telling me these things…I brought two of the same sword…cheap to buy which I did to get them, but it was annoying that I couldn’t finish the quest…15 minutes to walk to the place from where I had to get the items, now I have to go back and buy another thing by the similar title (which they didn’t have, which was why I bought another sword) and hopefully I can finish the fucking quest…might as well catch a fish since im in the port city anyways, right?
And, the girl who I am helping with the problems, it will be okay…I am still here to help, its amazing how similar I am to this guy, but it is sad that since he is so close, I don’t know how to get pass him as a problem. I know my weakness due to the characteristics, and he must have the same weaknesses due to characteristics…but since I overcome these weaknesses because of how I am, he would have done the same thing. I don’t know….people that are used to having control over me, are you able to help my friend. If so, give me a call, or send me an IM, and I will see if she is willing to accept your help. She will remain anonymous until she tells you who she is…
Well, there is my entry, took me forever to write…two hours…same difference…I should have just updated more often, would have been better…oh well, too late now.
First day of vacation, nothing really happened. I slept, that is kinda new i guess...but on the 24th, my cousin Tom picked my sister and I up to bring us to PA at like 10 at night after he had went to his wife's parent's New Year's Eve party. Mind you, my cousin's wife's family owns Fantasia, the catering service for weddings on Washington Ave in North Haven and also houses many weddings, one including that of my cousin. Is Sue, nominally, my cousin also; of course i consider her a cousin of mine, but is that the title...i OCD about titles, making sure everyone gets their just name. I didnt go to sleep this night until 2 or 3 in the morning, i know it was like half an hour after we arrived, but im assuming the former, since im sure we arrived at 1:30. On a different note, before we left, I finished the Sub-Job quest in FFXI, and finally got the ability to have a subjob. I started to raise the Red Mage job so that i could have curative magic and attack magic. No one cares, i know, but it made me happy.
Very good day, woke up at a decent time, when everyone wasn't awake yet. Did go down to eat breakfast right away, decided to take a shower and then linger about aimlessly until food was ready. Food was amazing, since my aunt is fucking awesome at cooking. I had (sorry Gin, and any other vegetarians) what seemed like Roast Beef (and it was roast beef damnit) but my aunt said it was something else, Ham, shitload of Corn, i think it is called Potato Millet, it was potato that resembled rice, beats me...and some Dinner Rolls that has a bit too much yeast in it making it taste kinda like beer...which i realized but couldnt put my finger on the exact taste-alike until Seth brought it up. Then I didn't feel like listening to the family arguments and stuff (Sue went on a whole rant on how religion is important but it is completely stupid...or something to the effect that God is impossible but it is important to people...i dunno, it made sense at the time, and Sue seemed to be winning the debate) I played FFXI for a bit, got my red mage to a good level, then went and stood in a corner hoping nothing would attack me when i went downstairs to get presents! Woot, i didnt get awesome stuff, but what i got was rather nice. I got 40 bucks collectively, a Girl (registered trademark of the Girl Skateboard company) shirt (it says I <3 Girl), two beanies, and some more colagne. Is it me, or does my aunt get every male member that comes to her house for Christmas colagne? Tell me Seth, how much colagne have you gotten in the last. say, three Christmasses.
After that, i went back to see how my character faired standing there, and he was dead, for like 10 minutes, so i thought, I'll leave it alone for now. Went back downstairs, found out nothing was worth waiting for, went back to play FFXI and Seth then handed me the guide to the game that he had before (after running to his car in his snazzy new snowboarding jacket) I played FFXI, while listening to Dave Chapell on Seth's computer. You should admit, he is fucking funny and a half, and then some. Well, yeah, by the end of that night, i got my red mage to like level 8 or something, and then Seth and I watched, Batman Begins. Good movie, i'll admit that to you Ethan. The guy that played Scarecrow (don't feel like going on IMDB) has he been in other movies, he should be...i enjoyed the movie, it was pretty damn good, didnt follow the Michael Keaton based storyline, but hey, a little change to the actual thing is better I guess. I am just used to the Michael Keaton version of batman. Played FFXI after the movie for about an hour, then said, Fuck it, im hitting the hay. For some reason, under my pillow was a bunch of potato chips (the actual chips, not the container), no one knows how they got there...they were Sour Cream and Onion.
RIP
Sour Cream and Onion Chips
We tried to leave today after lunch (also spectacular, thanks Auntie Trinie) but when we went onto the on ramp to the highway, traffic was backed up before the merger. day after Christmas Day thing i guess, so my cousin (since he is Tom and all) decided to offroad the car, and turn around that way. So he turns onto the grass, motions the vehicle towards the on ramp, then decided to go onto the exit ramp that goes the way we are going. So we go back to my aunt's house, and pretend its New Years day, and we are here for that. That didnt last long, i played FFXI somemore, got my character to a bitching good lvl in such a short amount of time...Left for home around 9pm maybe 10, im edging towards the latter though. My cousin sent me some good ass gear in FFXI from his character to mine since he has been playing for like two years now. Before that I also watched more Dave Chapell with Sue. Funny shit, funny shit. We got home around half past midnight, decided to get on FFXI to move my character from any place that could be unsafe if i logged in later. I then proceeded to schedule the projects I would need to be done for the next week. It was frightened, but then I realized, a project a day, then I could do whatever for the rest of the day.
Toga party! So yeah, Shayna and Jenn were planning a toga party while I was in PA (Shayna informed me beforehand, keeping me updated with what she and Jenn were planning. Jenn should have been the actual planner, since it was at her house…) Yup, Shayna and I have also started a wonderful correspondence via e-mail. It is quite quaint, and she has been e-mailing the story that she has been writing since middle school (don’t remember what year exactly, sorry Shayna) I’m not gonna to quote anything from the story, since I don’t have copyrights or anything. I doubt Shayna wants me to publicize her work via my LJ. I appreciate her work a good deal, whether any of you would, I dunno. Meagan would, because she is one of the JDA and the JDA sticks together, or so I seen. So yeah, toga party. We watched Animal House, made random comments here and there, scared Jenn’s ex-boyfriend who she brought over from New York for reasons I don’t know, and not gonna ask about. (notice how my contractions now have apostrophes, its because I started typing in Word started with this date, since I feared my internet would collapse or something). Meagan and I made Dane Cook references, which I actually doubt Jenn knew (sad, oh well) Lovely though was that after the many laughs of Animal House, we watched the animated movie, Hercules (since we were all in togas anyways was the excuse, and since Katie wanted to sing) Disney is fun, so I watched Hercules with everyone and ate the ice cream things that Katie brought with her (tasted scrumptious) and then I had to leave, since I was the only one really not able to sleep over (fortunately, I cant feel that bad, since Katie left also, but a lot later) I don’t think I played FFXI this day, but e-mailed Shayna about her story =) which I am going to add again is good, grammar bothers me though, but I was started in middle school) Oh, and we celebrated Hanukah while we were here. Shayna and Jenn sure have good voices…JDA scares me
Toga reports (guys first since its easier to type out, then the JDA ):
Alex = went with the grunge look and wore a plaid toga
Myself = I wore a cloudy day sheet (blue with clouds on it) Now that sheet is on my bed (woot)
Katie = became one of the guys since she just brought a sheet over (a good white sheet at least, have to give her that) and then wore her toga relatively like Alex and me
Meagan = decked out in a white toga, with a little brooch thing. Was very cool, she looked like she actually spent time on her toga…makes me feel bad that all I did was bring a sheet and throw in on
Shayna = Black toga and two different toe socks. Gotta love this girl, I do (once again, a girl that doesn’t date during high school, what is the world coming too?) she and Meagan came together, so they were both in really good togas, once again making every else feel bad that all they did was grab a sheet and put it on.
Jenn = Unicorns…the sheet was purple, and there were unicorns on it. End of story
I really don’t remember what happened on this particular Wednesday. Probably finished the photography project. My makeshift calendar for what had to be done in the week started on the 29th so I have nothing to base this day on. But to make this day better, since I don’t remember what day this actually happened, I can say on this particular Wednesday I got my red mage to level 15 and was finally fully able to go back to being a warrior without having to consider being a red mage ever again (hated it, too much work, not enough melee combat) I am going to check my e-mail and see what I said to Shayna on this day, probably remind me what happened on this day. Nope, checked my e-mail, it says that I told Shayna I had gotta my red mage to level 10 that day…right, and that is the day I got owned by a sheep in the game, stupid Ornery animals. I fucking beat the crap men that resemble turtles and control a good portion of territory (sp?) then I go and get owned by a sheep. WT fuckin F man…and yeah, that was basically this day I guess.
The 29th… I know something of full worth of telling happened on this day or the day before, I just cant recall what it was…makes me feel bad now that I don’t remember….Oh, random person I feel that I did meet disappeared, I am sure I knew her too, but I don’t think I actually physically met her. Hope she is okay :-/ If I remember anything else that happened on any of these days, I will most definitely come back and edit this…
Woot, today must have been the day I fucking finally got my Red Mage to level 15 in FFXI and allowing myself to never go back to it because it was hell I tell you, pure hell. Healing is not my forte in that game, I fucking have to go up and beat the shit out of everything, that is my forte. Something else interesting happened today, besides Almariet and I planning to go see a movie on Sunday, but that is…Something else happened today, What, I don’t rmember…I should have updated more often…haha, oh well, too late now. I am just a stubborn asshole = D
I think today was the day that the story of sexy_cephalopod yup…I would recommend reading it, I enjoy it…as much as Ethan has sent me as least. Today was New Year’s Eve, happy time, people out partying. Me, sitting at home, thinking about how NO ONE INVITES ME ALONG ANYWHERE! I dunno, its been that way for a while now, never understood why, but I don’t question it either, for good reason, which I don’t want to get into because it will just show how much psychosis is setting in and that im a paranoid delusional burnout of a strategic conniver that has little to look forward too. Happy New Year all = )
At night, I waged war against squids myself, and got a new fucking scythe to beat the shit out of things. It is joyous, but that is beside the point =) I couldn’t use the scythe anyways, had to be level 20 warrior, dark knight, or beastmaster to equip it. And I was only level 18.
Also noted, I am a crazy burnout fool, and Shayna story is very nice, by this date, I have gotta several chapters in and its pretty damn good. I also started to argue that Indie is dead (most unfortunate) but Shayna’s brother, who works at WPKN 89.5, argues back that indie is still alive. Here was my main argument in letter form addressed to Shayna (I said beforehand that this was meant for her brother, not her…cuz I love her and wouldn’t want to hurt her feelings if I did not have to, except in story criticisms I hurt everyone tha way equally.)
“All right...Indie, dead...period. I can understand how it can be said that Yellowcard isnt indie. He has to say that
1) Air is indie
2) Bright Eyes is indie
3) The Shins is indie
4) The Postal Service is indie
5) Adding another instrument into a band that is not usually there does not constitute an indie band
If he agrees with all or at least 4/5 of it...then he must say that Indie is dying. THE POSTAL SERVICE IS THE ONLY ONE LISTED THERE THAT IS STILL AROUND!!!
True punk, i guess you can say is dead, i can concede that. True emo, its softer and less of what it used to be. Yes, you can say it is not true emo anymore, but emo is still around.
I am not defined in anyone as mainstream. In order to be as underground as i am, one must know what is mainstream. I acknowledge that i know mainstream, and goofs on it in a different musical style does not constitute a member of that musical style, nor of the first musical style. As noted by my knowledge of Dazz Band (i can understand you not knowing them, they seem techno-ish) and Roni Size (COME ON!! he is awesome. from Bristol, England. Brown Paper Bag...) Oh, and it is arguable that Snow Patrol is indie, but id vote against it, they are good, but i wouldnt define it as indie. What exactly is your brother's defination. I would have to say if he defines it as, "When you cant say its this band means this band" then i must say that is stupid, all bands can be described that way, most of the bands listed as the factors to make those arent even indie. If you went by that defination, what would
Something Corporate
Armor for Sleep
Get-Up Kids
Sunny Day Real Estate
Stereophonics
Blur
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
Inkwell
Mashlin
Modest Mouse
Oasis
Polyphonic Spree
Verve Pipe
Anatomy of a Ghost
Evanescence
be considered. I mean really...i mean, i guess Modest Mouse, Oasis, Get-Up Kids, and Sunny Day Real Estate could be defined in that fashion, but come on...DCFC can be defined in that way, AND MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE INDIE! their airs are indie, but not their music. Those bands listed there are just bands i have on this computer alone, and this is my new computer, once i can transfer the music from my old computer to this one, i will be able to be more definate by having music clips. I know Indie is dead, no one can change my mind on that. I am defined as an Indie Kid just because i know all those bands, but I am truly an Emo Kid :'( i sit down, cry about stuff, write songs about it, and approach the mic. Once again, conceding that true emo is dead, but emo is still around.
Well, he has to admit. Ska, unfortunately off the radar (well, he doesnt have to say its unfortunate, but he has too say it is off the radar) What radar, i dont know. but its not there.”
I would like to start off this date with something that is going to change everyone’s life forever probably, unless you knew this already…The reason why the holidays have so many fucking lights. It shouldn’t be in quotes, but im gonna put it that way anyways…
“The winter solstice falls in the general time of the holidays (12/21, I believe) and thus the darkest times of the year begin since the length of daylight begins to gradual grow. Darkness is a strange thing in human life, it causes much contemplation and fantasy (dreams and…well nightmares I guess…) It also causes very morbid feelings, creating a void in a person when they contemplate so much. Well, due to these morbid contemplations, people commit suicide more often. Thus lights have been included in every single holiday around the winter solstice, making people more happy since they are not in the dark as long.”
On that note, Happy New Year again. Starting off the new year by learning something is always good. Well, I did nothing on this day until in the evening when I went to the movies with Almariet and Candace. We saw Fun with Dick and Jane which made me happy, since we were gonna see a chick flick instead, but I had persuaded them not to the night or maybe two nights before. Now, the movie was good, but it was by far nothing special. I have definitely seen better movies, but it was nice. Jim Carey is funny as hell, and I don’t understand why he and Adam Sandler do not work on a movie together. It would make very very many people happy, and I would get a kick out of it (no that is not greedy, since I consider that other people being happy being more important than my being happy, and since I don’t get to go the theaters too often, so id probably not see the movie in theaters anyways) Yeah, then I helped a friend with guys problems, seeing that I am a guy, and understand the mentality of other men.
Stupid Hucklebery Finn, been reading it since this day, and I just got halfway yesterday, hopefully I will finish it by today…probably wont because I will wnt to play FFXI. If anyone cares, I am at the part where everyone on the raft, except Jim of course, go to the muddy town and the guy gets shot since he is such a drunk and is annoying. That was chapter 20…
Ah, one half…such a good number…today is 1/3, by most circumstances, my favorite fraction (SHUT UP, I DO HAVE A FAVORITE FRACTION!) anyways, yeah. Today was a decent day. Only day of the week I did not play FFXI, since after I was done reading, I found it more important to continue helping my friend with her guy problems…
Huckleberry Finn should be shot, this book is taking me forever to get through, because I am being forced to read it. It is “pooty dern gwud tow” if I may take the language out of the DAMN BOOK! Yeah, liking it though, want to finish it now just had to get out of my system how hard it is to read, but I am still enjoying it. I got level 20 the night before, finally able to use that new scythe I bought, but the stupid quest I was on…brought the wrong item…thought since it said bring me 5 items with this word in the title, I could bring two of the same…nope, damn asshole and guide not telling me these things…I brought two of the same sword…cheap to buy which I did to get them, but it was annoying that I couldn’t finish the quest…15 minutes to walk to the place from where I had to get the items, now I have to go back and buy another thing by the similar title (which they didn’t have, which was why I bought another sword) and hopefully I can finish the fucking quest…might as well catch a fish since im in the port city anyways, right?
And, the girl who I am helping with the problems, it will be okay…I am still here to help, its amazing how similar I am to this guy, but it is sad that since he is so close, I don’t know how to get pass him as a problem. I know my weakness due to the characteristics, and he must have the same weaknesses due to characteristics…but since I overcome these weaknesses because of how I am, he would have done the same thing. I don’t know….people that are used to having control over me, are you able to help my friend. If so, give me a call, or send me an IM, and I will see if she is willing to accept your help. She will remain anonymous until she tells you who she is…
Well, there is my entry, took me forever to write…two hours…same difference…I should have just updated more often, would have been better…oh well, too late now.