Monday, May 4, 2009

311

song of the blog: anything 311



tonight is the first of 2 nights that i get to see 311. tonight will be 311 concert number 4 and tomorrow will be number 5. im very very excited about this show. ive been waiting for this show for a while now so its pretty awesome its finally here. the first time was in 2001 at warped tour. then i saw them on 311 day in 2002. and again but im not sure when in pensacola i believe it was. that show is actually kind of fuzzy, i remember going to the beach first and then going to the show. i remember standing outside the show. but the show itself...kind of fuzzy. dont know why.

this show though should be amazing. they're playing a much smaller venue this time. the past few times i saw them they played arenas. now theyre playing the little old orange peel. shit. and theyre playing 2 nights in a row. the only other band that ive seen multiple nights in a row was sts9 and i missed the last night show because i was broke. i was actually think back on that show and realized i didnt really have a good time at that show. but that oh well, its a memory ill have.

lets see...let me think of all the shows ive been too. its not that many.

okay:
july 25, 2001 - Vans Warped Tour
october 19, 2001 - 311
march 11, 2002 (03/11) - 311
August 1, 2002 - Vans Warped Tour
May 18, 2002 - Blink 182/Green Day/JImmy Eat World
February 15, 2003 - Hod Rod Circuit
March 6, 2003 - Coldplay
July 23, 2003 - Vans Warped Tour
July 28, 2004 - Vans Warped Tour
Novemeber 19, 2004 - Coheed and Cambria
October 31, 2005 - Coheed and Cambria
December 29 & 30, 2005 - STS9
March 5, 2006 - Coldplay
November 4, 2006 - Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think
November 16, 2006 - Imogen Heap, Levi something, and Kid Beyond
September 19, 2007 - Blonde Redhead, School of Seven Bells

Ive also seen: Jimmies Chicken Shack and Everclear, Cursive twice, Thursday, Poison the Well, I was at a P.O.S., Russian Circle show but I was a little messed up so i sat outsider and talked to some ladies. I saw the Working Title twice, Armor For Sleep......let see.......thats all i can remember at the moment. fuck now its not....i saw DEFTONES in ATL but i dont remember the date. That was an absolutly great show. they played their cover of "say it aint so" and ive got the video to prove it. I also saw Atmosphere and but dont remember the date. I actually saw them twice, once at warped tour but i dont remember which year it was. Phantom Planet was a really good show, but once again, no date. that was a really nice surprise birthday present. I got blindfolded and driven all the way to auburn, al before i knew what was up. that was a great gift. i missed the jurassic 5 show, the ratatat show and the ray lamontagne shows here. i sacrificed the last two for 311. i figured, 311 is getting at that point where you dont know if they'll do another tour around here, especially in my town, so i said screw it, im going to 311. Im going to see Coldplay again in Charlotte here in August i think. I wanted to go to bonnaroo where i could have seen: tv on the radio, band of horses, rodrigo y gabriela, galactic, coheed and cambria, animal collective, citizen cope, ted leo and the pharmacists, people under the stairs, and more. id really really really really really really like to see ALL of them. a few more than others. PUTS and Ted Leo, Animal Collective for start. Ive already seen coheed 3 times but a 4th will never hurt.

well, its time to go. ill continue this post when i return.

kudos to you 311 for putting on one of the absolute greatest shows ive been too in a long time. wow. and this is just the first night. what will tomorrow have in store for us 311 fans??? my voice is pretty sore from yelling and singing....and after tomorrow night, im probably not going to be able to speak. damn, i am still stunned at the awesomeness that i just witnessed. lets see, this group outlaw nation opened. they were pretty good. they were like...hard rock/reggae type stuff. i got a new 311 t-shirt. i miss my old 7-eleven style 311 shirt. i got it at the first warped tour i went too. it was the first time i saw 311. but it got to small and i dont remember what happened to it. so anyways. then 311 came on and they played so fucking hard. they played "visit" which i wasnt expecting. they played pretty much most of the songs i wanted to hear and i still have a whole nother show to witness. man. in fact, im just going to leave this open until then. they played "applied science" with the drum line!!! shit, i didnt think they would do that on such a small stage, but they proved that i should never ever doubt 311. oh man, i cant wait for tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

thought...

song of the blog: common ft cee-lo - make my day

it was a pretty good day. got up after sleeping for about 12+ hours. i had to be at work at 530 yesterday morning and i passed out right when i got home. i had to be there at 530 again today. i was pretty much awake right when i got to work so it wasnt bad. just a pretty slow day. straightened some pallets of tile. found an orange bouncy ball. played with that for a bit. twirled a cardboard tube. had some zaxbys. had a nice voicemail on the phone. manager meeting, which was slow today. dont have to go to work til 230 tomorrow afternoon so thats pretty sweet. actually the rest of the week.

ive been thinking about something the past couple of days and i cant really hold down a solid stance on it. im wondering if its a bad outlook on life to never expect the best. i dont mean expecting the worst, i just mean not expecting the best. if you expect the absolute best out of something and it doesnt happen, then you end up disappointed. if you dont expect the best you end up feeling slightly if not at all, disappointed. but then i think that youre avoiding being disappointed but are you missing a message or a lesson about the situation? i mean, good vs evil. out of something bad a lesson can be learned which is in turn used for good. but really, being disappointed isnt evil, and nothing good comes from being disappointed. like one example of this would be a raise at work. you go in expecting to get an amazing raise, and you end up with less than you had expected and youre disappointed, not considering the raise you got. you got a raise, be it $.01 or $100. youre disappointment blinds you to the raise itself. i dont know. ive been mulling it over and cant decide.

there is no cent sign on a keyboard...yep.

my sister spoke to my dad the other day. i haven spoken to him in 4 years now. not going to have anything to do with someone who never wanted anything to do with me. yeah, i saw him over my life, but his wife was always more important than his kids. and it just blows me away that she could do that. she is an adult, and i respect her choice in her life matters, but i certainly disagree with her decision. nothing positive will come out of this and i told her that. nothing good ever comes out of any situation that involves my dad, besides my sister and i being made. so i guess i can say ever. it just drives me crazy when he does the things he does. it blows my mind that his mind works that way. example....he wouldnt help us or my mom get a car. he said we had to get a job and buy one ourselves. okay, thats fine, alot of parents do that. now....its not fine when you buy your adopted son a car....without having a job......so he can play sports......and focus on sports...but not go to college to play sports.....i dont know, to me thats pretty messed up to me. he owed my mom $450 for something he was required to play, but worked his way out of having to pay. didnt help pay for his daughters wedding, because she told him she wanted our grandfather to walk her. man, fuck, its your fault. you need to realize the consequences of your actions. the shit you did in the past caught up. you lose the right to walk her when you werent there for her. just because your the father doesnt give you the rights of a dad. if i have my way, you'll never see austin or kassie or me. i know austins not mine, but i dont want austin to know about him. i dont want austin to get hurt. this is a pretty sensitive subject for me. hes just so ridiculous.

thats all.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

fruity loops

song of the blog: the song im working on //// the stuff im working on for the marchone website

oh how i love fruity loops, beats, loops, music. god. im having so much fun with this. i use to mess around with it, nothing real serious. but since ive been asked to make a something for this website, its given me like, motivation to actually work and practice on something im interesting in doing. even the stuff i make doesnt end up getting used, at least i have something to show for my efforts in my knowledge that ive gained in working and creating. its so nice to be able to come home and just write and create. it sure as hell beats sitting around. i feel like i could really do something pretty amazing with this, i dont want to call it a hobby, this....creative outlet. the song im working on has kind of a justin timberlake, r&b feel to it. like...its kind of dark and heavy, not in the sense of like metal, just it feels heavy. im having a little bit of writers block on it at this point. ive got like the intro, the verse part, the chorus, but i need like a bridge or an interlude or a break or something. ive been trying to figure out how i could go somewhere with the sound that gives the feel of a forrest after a rain...something kind of light, and peaceful to like mesh, but contrast with the feel of the other parts. i dont know.

this marchone project has given me a little anxiety the past couple of days. i didnt know where to begin. ive been a little confused on the direction and sound that they wanted. i started to feel like, man what did i sign myself up for. i have no clue what im doing here...but, i just kind of fucked around until something clicked....and then something else clicked....and something else. and now im left with a couple different ways to go with the thing ive made. this one is kind of funky bass, with a simple drum beat...kind of a strange funky bass synth thing going on. im trying to create something next that is kind of....light, colorful....like the pic courtney sent. i dont know, ive got the sound i want to put down, i just cant seem to pull it from my head to my computer. if only i could plug in a USB cable to my head and then just copy and paste the sound. oh well.

Monday, April 20, 2009

out of shape

song of the blog - red fang - prehistoric dog



so i went and got some running shoes and went running today. actually i walked about 80% of the time, but i did run a little. im just incredibly out of shape. i can certainly already feel the aftermath of it. but with time and practice ill be able to lower the walking percentage and raise the running. i njoyed the run though. it was nice being out side. i hoep i can go a lot longer in time. i also started lifting weights. well they arent much. just some dumb bells. about 25 pounds each. i am determined to get into shape. the only thing is im not eating like someone who is determined to get into shape. so im not sure how that will all balance out.

ive been asked to create something and i hope i can produce a worthy product. itll be nice to have something to focus on. i bought the neccessary materials because the old one wouldnt work and i could figure out how to make it work.

im going to hickory this weekend and i couldnt be more excited about it. i love going to down there. i get to hang out with my cousin chris and just shoot the shit. i dont really have anyone here in town to do that with. there are some people at work, but who knows.

not really much blog tonight.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

everyone loves to listen to the raid

song of the blog: jacob fred jazz odyssey - doves army of love

well, the title of this blog was going to be "everyone loves to listen to the rain" but i like that current one.

i was sitting on my porch, drinking a high life, just thinking about water. and i think i have come up with an excellent reason why i, me, love to be in water. both my parents were in the navy. i believe they met because of the navy. that is the simplest explination that i can come up with. i mean, when i see a body of water, i just want to jump in. its weird. now i do have some limitations. i love surfing and the beach, but i dread water that i cannot see whats under me. shores of a lake are the same way. out in the middle of the lake, no problem, well as long i dont look down. i mean, i love being in water, feeling it roll along my skin. the sensation of being nearly weightless. add that sensation to the rush of flying along atop a wave and man, i can describe it.

im thinking (hoping at least) that ive gotten through my whatever number of steps of grieving. maybe it was the book i just finished reading, or some lunar related action, but i just feel better. i feel like im ready to get going with life again.

hopefully tomorrow will be nice. if not tomorrow, tuesday. so i may get my ass running. i feel like forrest gump. over the past couple of months ive this strange urge to just run as fast as i can. its weird. its like needing something to eat, or having to poo. its like its a natural sensation.

i certainly cant wait for this weekend. im going to visit my cousin chris for some much needed R&R. apparently im going to witness the wonder of a 109" projection television. i always enjoy myself when i go down there. its nice to be able to have someone to go out and get a beer with or just sit around and shoot the shit with.

rather short tonight i suppose.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

awww man, hot dogs again mom???

song of the blog: ted leo & the pharmacists - the angels share

yeah, because they're easy...and delicious. nathons famous all beed franks are the best.

okay, tonight im going to talk about customers of the retail service.

first off IM HERE TO SERVE YOU AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT IF YOURE GOING TO BE AN ASSHOLE, THEN WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I CONTINUE TO TRY??????.

its ridiculous. i mean, example from tonight. i was asked to go out side and give an override at one of the garden center registers, so i did, and then the customer walks up and flips out on me about having to wait 20 mins and how i should make something free. i told him that i was just notified that a override was needed, his response was "well you may have just found out but ive been out here for 20 mins." which i really doubt that sir, so i just tell the cashier to make whatever it was he was getting a dollar and walked off. im not going to even try to give you my service if your going to come at me right off that bat with some shit.

i think people think that since myself as well as everyone else in the service industry, be in retail, food or other, that they think that they're better than us. man im just as human as you are. ive got bills to pay and a job to do. i dont come up to your work and give you a whole bunch of unnecessary shit. i mean, i try to give you some respect, besides the fact that ive never met you, i dont see why its so hard to give me some in return. dont get me wrong, not everyone is like this, but alot of people are. its amazing just how impatient and immature people are when they go into a retail store. its like they leave all the manners and etiquette at the door and just become a were-asshole. you like that dont you, a were-asshole. which actually makes sense, because in the retail industry we have this saying "must be a full moon" meaning, for some reason when a full moon is out, people tend to be worse than normal. i mean, im sorry i dont have the product youre looking for, leave it at that. dont make a big fucking deal about it, if i dont have it, i dont have it. bitching and whining isnt going to make it pop out of my ass. i go to best buy, they dont have the cd im looking for, im bummed but realize they must be sold out, so i wait, or i go to another best buy.

thats something else. my lowes is located about 15 minutes from another lowes, a lowes i drive by to and from work everyday. i suggest the customer to go down there and pick up the product, that store has it and they could satisfy the need for whatever it is they wanted. no no no no no, thats WAY to far to drive to get something. i do my best to make sure we have enough product, but what people dont understand, if a particular product isnt selling well, then corporate isnt going to send us a shit load. example, this guy wanted 1 piece of metal frame for glass block. the computer said we had just received 36 pcs, well yeah, but theyre on the truck that has yet to be unloaded. south asheville has it, just run down there and get it. oh no, im going to bitch and moan and leave. then im going to call back ask for someone to call down to that store and see if they have it and then go to that store and get it. you just made yourself look like a hugh douche for no reason. shit.

ive decided not to go to bonnaroo this year. hanging out with richard, to me, is more important. there is very little chance to see him since he lives on the other side of the country. i mean, yeah, bonnaroo is once year, but thats about how much richard is towards my way. and plus thats a lot of money i need to put towards rent since im paying the other half now.

Friday, April 17, 2009

3rd times the charm

song of the blog: people under the stairs - you

oh, i wish i was going to bonnaroo. im thinking i might try, but i dont know. the lineup this year is amazing, people under the stairs is going to be there and who knows if they'll ever head to the east coast again. i dont know though, thats alot of money and vacation time that i cant afford to loose. my good friend richard from la will be in atl at the end of july and i want to spend my vacation with him getting into some sort of crazy adventure like we use to. i think we've both been needing a crazy adventure. ive got my crazy mountain life going on and hes got his crazy hollywood life going on.

insomniac....me? yeah, well not really, but i mean, its hard for me to get to sleep. i mean, i could go to bed when im actually tired, but thats only after i eat lunch at work or like 3-5 in the morning. and when i have to be at work at 630, 3-5 in the morning is not a good time to be going to bed. i dont know what my problem is. its like, my brain decides that as soon as i hit the pillow, its going to turn on full blast and just pump out thought after thought after thought. maybe blog will help alleviate some of that. i thought i had the restless leg syndrome, but i think that was a mental thing more than anything. i use to have these "fits" as i called them where my body would just have spasms and freak out. but i think ive got that under control.

im going to start running on monday. im off and hopefully the weather will be like it has been lately so my first day of mission: get my ass in shape will be a good one. ive been thinking about getting into shape for awhile, and now i feel would be the best time. i mean, im single, and i planned on working on myself, so why not work on all of me, physical and nonphysical. why shouldnt i take care of my body? i mean, it make sense. i think the hardest part of this mission will be trying to eat healthier. the past few nights ive had bubba burgers, pizza, hamburger helper and hot dogs. its going to be hard to cut back on that stuff and eat better things. now i did eat a whole bag of salad the other night in between the burgers and the pizza, so thats good, i guess. i think it will be hard because im not really sure what im doing. i mean, im just going to go out to the park by the river and just start running. im going to get some weights and start lifting. got to start somewhere.

i think people give michael jackson alot of grief and in turn think his music is...i dont know. but i personally love it. they way i picture mj is not as the weird white chick guy with no nose, but has the jerry curl wearing, glitter glove motherfucker we once knew. i mean, its some bad ass music. i think one of the best songs is "can you feel it?" oh man, that song is just fucking great. i think justin timberlake tried to do a michael jackson groove for a bit then gave up. i can see why, its impossible to get to his level. or what his level was. i think ill change the song of the blog to michael jackson - can you feel it?

i hate that im missing out on monday. ill leave it at that.