dude. my ipod is fucking broken. this is agonizing. i kinda saw it coming though, from the second i took it out of the box.. there's no ESP involved, i just know i don't do good with easily-breakable items. this includes babies and fine china, so it's good i didn't get either of those for christmas ( Read more... )

and i spend new year's day in birmingham. a long, long time ago, i planned on going back to tuscaloosa on the day after christmas but frankly i've become very comfortable here at home where i'm surrounded by family members i see less than i should and dear friends that i see once in a blue moon. now i'm going to go retreat to my grandparents' in ( Read more... )

i think that the most important thing i've learned this past semester is that there is a humungous gap between having ideas and being able to feasibly execute them. i've also determined that school may not be the place for me right now. i'm pretty set on what i want to do and frankly, french class isn't really pushing me towards that. so a note to ( Read more... )

the past thirty-six hours have potentially been the most productive thirty-six hours of my young life. there has been lots of coffee involved. i want to extend a very heartfelt thanks to the abby go-go guys for living close to my apartment so i can walk over there and gush about how much i love distortion when i need a break from tweaking knobs, ( Read more... )

i think i'm going to buy a synthesizer. i like making weird noises, it seems like the right thing to do. it's like how if i really liked knives, i'd buy the set i see in the damned infomercial at three in the morning every day. or if i was a firearm enthusiast, i'd buy a street sweeper. but yes, i'm probably going to buy a synthesizer and show the ( Read more... )

the creator of my favorite musical gadget told me that no one else out of the musical clientele he deals with (including one of my heroes, robert fripp of king crimson!) is doing what i'm doing with his pedal and said i was "pioneering" something. why would anyone put a pie on their ear ( Read more... )

well, let's see. what did i get today? i got an awesome old member's only jacket, a neat corduroy blazer my dad wore in the seventies and.. oh yeah! mono. i got mono. that's my favorite of the three, the highlight of my day. ... i woke up today with the terrible clogged-pipes-sore-throat-y feeling strep usually comes on with, went to the doctor, ( Read more... )

crippling shyness: check

geez, alcohol's supposed to do a number on that. you're letting me down, cheap beer!

progress continues at a fast clip! i'm very pleased. i'm thrilled to death whenever i'm in the presence of any of my friends, even though i still find the time to hole up in my apartment from like midnight 'til six or seven in the morning playing guitar and recording stuff. i currently find myself intrigued by a certain lass, and as a result i have ( Read more... )

i've hit a personal high and a personal low at the same time.
i'm alternately incredibly distressed for the present and ridiculously excited about the future.
no one ever got anywhere without taking risks.