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contemplated the idea of starting a new journal. i felt like it was time. dilfer is now an analyst, i find myself more entranced with the cardinals than i have been with the browns, and many of the things i wrote in this journal was self loathing bullshit, like not being able to please a specific person. so i convinced myself to start a new journal. i was trying to think of a name for a new one but i just blanked out. i put some of my favorite words and ideas together, but to find out that people have already thought of the combinations. i seriously spent (on and off, granted) 3 hours trying to think of one, but to no avail. and then i again thought about it, and now i'm kind of glad. the only reason i ended up making this one was because i was unable to log in to my previous journal. so. i'm sticking with this one. at least for a little while.
danny, jr, and i have played a couple shows, each with a new bassist. it's been weird, but i honestly enjoy playing shows. the music we make i feel is weird. i find much more appreciation in the music than i feel the listener does. and the only heartfelt compliments comes from good friends. i know most of our shows that's all there really is, but we've had a pretty good chance to get ourselves out there. it's pretty disheartening to still not be really anywhere in any scene, and see miniature tigers, a band we once leveled ourselves with when we all were into the rainbow whisper collective, now have the a display name on myspace saying "Miniature Tigers ALBUM ON ITUNES NOW!" granted, these are some serious musicians, but it makes me stop and think, "what the fuck did i do with my life for the past 4 years?" i have enjoyed and i'm more than content with life, but as far as innovation and creation i really have nothing to show for it.
i've also been thinking about quitting scribble the sky. as of late, danny has been controlling our sound, which is veering away from what i believe we once prided ourselves in: independently writing our parts with no influence from the rest of us. i think some bands sound amazing with a front man, and i think danny should play that part without actually be one. i'm there to play a melody i fell in love with, not something danny wrote. i don't know. more bullshit? maybe.
i start rio salado online on the 27th. many people i've talked to haven't had much luck with online courses, but i've decided to go against everyone's opinion and try it.
work's lame. i've been there way too long. my store manager's a dick. the hired temp that happen to be girls are way too young this year! so there's not been much to get out of working there. but the district manager has given me a few chances to get away from the monotony. i've helped set up a few temporary stores for halloween, and i drove a u-haul down to tucson a couple weeks ago. that particular task was really cool. i brought a couple albums for the ride and was paid for an 8 hour day. so it was alright.
i bought a game on xbox live marketplace called "Braid." the story is vague but amazing, and the gameplay is for the most part pretty simple, aside from the fact that you have to reverse time if you want to get anywhere in this game. but you definitely get used to it and all of the weird obstacles it throws at you. if you happen to have an xbox in your household, buy it. it is one of the most amazing games i've played. the replay value is poor, and it's pretty frustrating at times but it took me less than a week to complete it.
lately bookman's has been a second home to me. and that's pretty much all i have to say about anything.
danny, jr, and i have played a couple shows, each with a new bassist. it's been weird, but i honestly enjoy playing shows. the music we make i feel is weird. i find much more appreciation in the music than i feel the listener does. and the only heartfelt compliments comes from good friends. i know most of our shows that's all there really is, but we've had a pretty good chance to get ourselves out there. it's pretty disheartening to still not be really anywhere in any scene, and see miniature tigers, a band we once leveled ourselves with when we all were into the rainbow whisper collective, now have the a display name on myspace saying "Miniature Tigers ALBUM ON ITUNES NOW!" granted, these are some serious musicians, but it makes me stop and think, "what the fuck did i do with my life for the past 4 years?" i have enjoyed and i'm more than content with life, but as far as innovation and creation i really have nothing to show for it.
i've also been thinking about quitting scribble the sky. as of late, danny has been controlling our sound, which is veering away from what i believe we once prided ourselves in: independently writing our parts with no influence from the rest of us. i think some bands sound amazing with a front man, and i think danny should play that part without actually be one. i'm there to play a melody i fell in love with, not something danny wrote. i don't know. more bullshit? maybe.
i start rio salado online on the 27th. many people i've talked to haven't had much luck with online courses, but i've decided to go against everyone's opinion and try it.
work's lame. i've been there way too long. my store manager's a dick. the hired temp that happen to be girls are way too young this year! so there's not been much to get out of working there. but the district manager has given me a few chances to get away from the monotony. i've helped set up a few temporary stores for halloween, and i drove a u-haul down to tucson a couple weeks ago. that particular task was really cool. i brought a couple albums for the ride and was paid for an 8 hour day. so it was alright.
i bought a game on xbox live marketplace called "Braid." the story is vague but amazing, and the gameplay is for the most part pretty simple, aside from the fact that you have to reverse time if you want to get anywhere in this game. but you definitely get used to it and all of the weird obstacles it throws at you. if you happen to have an xbox in your household, buy it. it is one of the most amazing games i've played. the replay value is poor, and it's pretty frustrating at times but it took me less than a week to complete it.
lately bookman's has been a second home to me. and that's pretty much all i have to say about anything.