untitled.

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:44:37 GMT

All is as one will allow.

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:08:10 GMT

life is good. i'm happy and grateful for everything i have and that has happened to me up to this point. i hope to find this satisfaction more often.

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:49:41 GMT

too much clutter on my friends page. i cut some people. sorry.

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:35:26 GMT

the show i saw tonight with ryan and his sis was amazing. i saw buddy wakefield (featuring rubox), alias, buck 65 and SAGE FRANCIS! it was one of the better shows i've seen but i don't think i can place it up there with tool. that was in a league of its own. still, it was exciting to see hip hop so there and live. the flow and boom of these guys rocked the house and the live band definitely boosted the awe-factor. i left with a great dose of inspiration.

back to work tomorrow. like i said before, things are getting much better. slowly but surely. and now it's time to get some sleep.

Sat, 26 May 2007 00:08:11 GMT

i love my life. my job is amazing :)

going to see tool on thursday too, yesss!

not much else to say really.

tired of wasting time on this.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:47:28 GMT

i have a cat named meemer living with me now. he's pretty cool. i've been partying a lot this weekend too. probably gonna cool down on that tonight and just watch planet earth. but yeh, spring semester is so close to being over. i got all A's to my knowledge. hmm, what else is there to say? i don't know. life is good though.

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:41:12 GMT

i got the job! woohoo :D

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:51:59 GMT

today rocked.

i went to my interview at universal and it went very well. i think my time at dixie stampede helped me stand out over the other applicants. anyway, i got a call back a few hours later (which i let my voice mail catch) and one of the hiring guys said he wanted to discuss the interview and get me to fill out some paperwork. that HAS to mean something. i mean people don't want to waste their time for nothing, right?

one downside.. i gotta start shaving my facial hair. that means no more chin hair or sideburns. waah :/ i'm going to look like a 14 year old or something.. i think it's worth it though. getting to watch professional drummers make experimental music in a theatrical atmosphere everyday is more than gratifying to me. i'm hoping some of it will stick in my mind somehow. dixie stampede music sure did. took forever to get those tunes out of my head.

anyway, on top of that, i went to an anime store and looked at comics, movies and action figures with josh and ryan. that was fun. wish i had money though..

another awesome part about today was the jamming richard and i did. it was unlike any other jam to date. i say that everytime though i think. seriously though.. it was really fucking intense/awesome. i almost want to say that we don't need a guitarist but i guess if i find the right person i'll change my mind. we'll see what happens.

what else..

today's bass class was good. i only have 1 more class to go before it's over. i feel like i've gotten a few good things out of it. i think what ended up being most valuable was the time that the class forced me to set aside for practicing. practice is definitely rewarding, even if it doesn't seem like it all the time.

blah blah..

and my rambling is done.

time to get some sleep :)

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:59:31 GMT

sometimes i think we're just monkeys trying to pretend that we're not.

what a humorous world we live in.

april fools '07..

goOoOod times!

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:33:35 GMT

i am indifferent to most things because i think drama is a waste of time. why say what doesn't need to be said? why further dig up what is already obvious unless you have a fair solution to something? i usually state my opinions when i think they're worth bringing up.. but when i feel that nothing can help, i keep my passive silence. there is no need to create anything that doesn't need to exist. i mean, why bother? in most cases, nothing is to be gained. sorry if this sounds careless. this is part of my philosophy for a reason. life is simply too short to waste on getting even or trying to change anyone's ways.

people change.. they come and go. you gotta deal with it sooner or later.

if someone is worth your time, they'll find a way to reappear in your life later on.

as i see it, what goes around eventually makes its way back around.

just have to live and let live in the meantime.

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:41:07 GMT

i'm really fucked up.. and liking it. a lot. yay for spring break!

i saw 300 today. it's a pretty good movie. i don't know if it was amazing, but it definitely wasn't bad. i think the main reason i wanted to see it was because nine inch nails did the score. i've been really into NIN lately for some reason.

things are great. really.

now i'm going to get back to being lazy. it's pretty nice. later.

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:19:24 GMT

sweet. i aced my test for bass class yesterday anddd i'm pretty sure i got a pretty good A on my music theory midterm today. things are great except for not having a job. i think i'm going to go back to chipotle and beg to work there again. seems like no one had anything against me except the bitchfuck that left right after i got fired. we'll see how that goes..

anyway, spring break is coming up next week. i can't wait. might go camping or go to the beach. something like that. the time off school alone is enough to please me.

oh yeh, i forgot to mention that i cut my hair short a few days ago. i gel it into spikes at the center kind of like a mohawk. i've been told that this is called a fauxhawk (pronounced "fohawk"). it works for now. hair is weird.

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:03:57 GMT

i had one of the best weekends ever.

on saturday, i went with ryan to see retard-o-bot. i got a little drunk and it was a fun as hell! i was pretty inspired by the bands that played so i stayed up all night watching tv and writing.

on sunday, i got up early to go to the orlando science center with my neighbors. we went to see the human body exhibit which ended up being much more than i was expecting. it was awe-inspiring! hard to believe that i was standing next to real dead bodies. they were so perfectly preserved and posed. the layers of the bodies were precisely dissected and sectioned off to show exactly how everything fit together and worked. it was a real eye-opener. the rest of the science center was pretty interesting as well. some of it seemed to be mostly for little kids but that's ok. we still had fun with that stuff too. took a few pictures (which i'm still trying to get off of my phone) which i'll probably post later.

aside from the science center, we saw a dog show, which was actually pretty fun. saw a dog jump over 5 feet in the air and break a world record. something i can't say i've ever seen before. after that we went to a small art show next to the museum. found an artist that i'll probably be buying a painting or two from in the near future. morgan steele is the name if anyone is interested. amazing painter. affordable too.

anyway, after that, we headed back and dropped the neighbors off, then we went out to dinner with nicole's parents. went to cafe tu tu tango, which is one of my favorite restaurants. the food was perfect and we all had a good time talking about the art on the walls and watching the dancers perform.

so yeh, all in all, a great weekend. now back to work. i need to study for a bunch of tests and get a job. woohoo..

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:40:53 GMT

today i had my first formal bass lesson since high school. it was pretty nice. hopefully i can get up to that next major plateau soon. my music/sound studies are still going well at valencia. i'm loving school lately but i have a little more free time than i'd like. i wish subway would call me back about the job. i also applied for an audio-visual job online which i'm still crossing my fingers for. not much else to say really. things are good.

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:16:43 GMT

my day is shot..

i got almost no sleep so i could wake up early in the morning for a meeting at chipotle to find out i was getting fired. why was i fired? i'm not sure.. but it gets worse. i studied for my sound tech class and completely bombed the exam. blah :/

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:51:36 GMT

i've been pretty busy lately if it hasn't been obvious from my lack of entries. the music program at valencia has been great so far but it definitely requires a lot of study. i knew it wouldn't be easy but i love it regardless.

i've been getting much better at playing bass too. been jamming with richard as much as possible. i redid my old bass completely and defretted it also. i now refer to it as my "space bass" because of its futuristic design and i'm even starting to favor it over my new bass even though that one rocks hard too. also got some new strings for both basses which make them sound 10 times better despite their drastic tonal differences.

the band name is xenon plane if i haven't mentioned that. richard came up with the name many years ago apparently. at first i wasn't sure about it because it sounded kind of blah to me but it's starting to grow on me thanks to some logo doodling in class. i'll roll with it until a better name comes up at least. who knows what will happen.

we've been playing what i like to call "space metal" or "sci-fi rock" if you will. that's just my stab at a new genre name. i don't know what else to call it because it really doesn't sound like anything else i've heard before. once i get some recordings, i'll stick em up on myspace or something for everyone to label for themselves. i'm anxious as fuck to get justin up in orlando so he can start filling our guitarist gap though. i don't know of anyone that would be better suited for this position. it's going to be the icing on the cake! the xenon cake that is.

let's see.. other than music stuff..

i'm getting fed up with a certain someone at chipotle. yesterday i punched a wall right before i got off because the whole day was pissing me off. normally i'm pretty level headed.. especially at a job.. but someone just pissed me off one too many times and i snapped. chipotle might not be the place for me anyway. they're getting stingey about food now and i'm hardly getting any hours. i might do work study at valencia and take a hit on my pay rate. i'm not getting much more than minimum wage at chipotle anyway. i think i get paid the least there. i requested 8 dollars an hour and have had at least 5 other restaurant jobs so fuck that.

anyway, in other news, the whole house is CLEAN! there's actually room enough to do cartwheels! also, we got through our house inspection without any problems. i think the inspector was even impressed with how nice the place looked.

my car situation is kind of sucking right now. nicole's car crapped out like 2 weeks ago or something so she's been paying part of my payments to use mine. i've been bike riding to work which is a nice change i guess. exercise is always good. i'm not sure how i'm going to get rid of the yaris though.. i want to just get an old civic hatchback but it's not likely going to happen for some time since my car has lost a lot of its value from being poorly financed, slightly damaged in the front and having almost 10k miles on it now. meh :/ maybe i'll figure something out soon.

ok, now i'm just blabbing.. but that's what's been going on in my world for the past few weeks.

if you actually read all of this, leave a comment :)

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:56:27 GMT

eh.. i'm going back to work today. wah :/

i had my valencia orientation yesterday and so far i have 1 class (the business of music). i wish it would let me finish registering though. there's so much traffic on the student access server from everyone trying to sign up at the last minute that i can't even log in to get the rest of my classes. it's frustrating!

and.. i don't know why i made this entry. i guess i just wanted to say something.

now i have to go do stuff.

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:53:14 GMT

new years fucking rocked. 2007 is going to kick some major ass and i'll see to it.

my hair is deep purple now. actually, it's called "ultra violet" but i'm liking it a lot so it's probably going to stick for quite awhile.

today i went to my mom's to watch my little brother while my mom worked and i have to say, it was pretty fun. we built some lego stuff and rocked out. yeh, i actually jammed with my 6 year old brother on drums. i don't know how he does it but the kid somehow has a natural sense of rhythm. i played some bass to his beats and we were actually able to keep in sync. it's a strange kind of connection but i think he's going to really push himself to practice so he can keep impressing me.

some more good news: i finally have a band again. a real one. a good one. and i'm going to call it a band even though the guitarist (justin) is going to be gone for a few months. i think it was just meant to work out this way. sometimes you just know when you've found the right people. i'm going to be jamming with rich and getting really tight with the drums while justin is gone and then blow him away when he gets back.

i have so much to look forward to this year. it's crazy. i can't even imagine next year.

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:18:43 GMT

just got back from pittsburgh. it was the most amazing city i've ever been to. it even tops NYC in my opinion. i think the houses out there are the best part. many of them are sitting on the side of mountains and some have the most unique architecture i've ever seen.

anyway, my xmas was nice. it's never going to be like it used to be but i'm ok with that. growing up has it's rewards. i mean, now i can legally have alcohol and a handgun. just imagine the possibilities! just kidding.

but yeh, i met more of nicole's family and they were a nice bunch. it was clear that i made a good impression.

i'm glad to be back though. can't wait til the new years party.

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:39:43 GMT

that chipotle job is most likely going to be mine. i've been hounding the managers and i think they're sticking me on the schedule very soon. i actually can't wait to work, as weird as it may sound. at this point, i'm just waiting for that "you're hired" call to come so i can be worry free as far as money goes.

more good news too. my car insurance agent called me today and told me that my insurance went down by 70 bucks. the stupid fender bender accident i got into when i was 17 finally cleared off my record. funny how something so little like that can cost you so much later on down the road.

but yeh, having an extra 70 bucks a month makes me feel much better about financing a new bass sooo i finally got one today. i love the hell out of it. it took me like 6 trips to 4 different music stores to find the right one but i knew it was the right bass as soon as i picked it up. i'm glad it was settled that way. i wouldn't have wanted to feel doubtful about something i'll be paying for every month.. like my car. wah.

i keep debating every day in the back of my mind whether it's worth it to keep my car. i could get a nice honda CRX for much cheaper.. but i'm pretty hesitant about it when i think about how bad my last 2 cars were. maybe i need to learn my lesson and not go back to a used car. with the maintenance, it would probably balance out anyway. at least in the long run, if i keep paying for the yaris, i'll have a reliable car as long as my 7 year warranty, then i'd have a long-lasting paid off car in the end.

blah blah, i don't know.. things seem like a long caving in tunnel sometimes but i know there's light at the end and i'll most likely be able to sit back later on and say i'm glad i made the choices that i am now.

i can't wait til the new years party. i'm definitely looking forward to justin coming up here to stay for awhile. i'm hoping i can go out to california with him and josh over summer. i wanted to last summer but couldn't afford it. this summer i really need to though. i'm going to miss the hell out of josh. it won't be the same around here.

what else..

i got the new zelda game (twilight princess) for gamecube and it's amazing. i wanted to hold out on it until i could afford a wii so i could play the enhanced version but i've been waiting like 2 years for this game to come out. waiting any longer might make me insane. ocarina of time for n64 was the best game i ever played and this one is supposed to be up to par, if not better, than that one. drool.

if it's not obvious, i'm going through a nintendo craze phase right now. call me a geek if you want. i don't know if it's a temporary thing but nintendo rocks the fuzz off my socks so whatever. i really want to make a so-called "nintendocore" band too. hopefully i'm capable of sinking that 8bit sound into whatever i end up doing next. just the thought of a doing a gig gives me a shivering rush.

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:57:44 GMT

today i caught myself believing that a dream was real. i could have sworn i walked out the door the other day and had snow falling all around me. i guess it never happened though. it's so weird to think that my life is no more than a vague collection of memories. with my recollection being so blurry, i have to wonder if some of my past has been dreamed up and permanently implanted. how could i ever be sure if it was or wasn't if it's all i know anymore?

blah blah. lame subject. no one cares to hear philosophy crap from me because i'm stupid.

anyway, apocalypto is amazing. i was in suspense the whole time. the new tenacious d movie is pretty good too. i can't even compare it to mel gibson's masterpiece though. go see for yourself if you care.

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:30:41 GMT

quit dixie. now looking for a new job. chipotle maybe. applying soon. tired of worrying about car payments. maybe selling the yaris. too much stress right now. feeling trapped.

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:58:54 GMT

i'm either too busy or too boring to make an entry.

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:06:50 GMT

...

BORAT!

yeh, it's a good movie.

go see it.

also, happy thanksgiving. get plumped up!

and don't forget that seconds are the best.

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:18:35 GMT

fuck yeh! the death cab for cutie show was great despite my bit of doubt. my mom and nicole loved it too. i treated them both to cheesecake factory before the show which was also really good. it's been a great night altogether.

in other good news, my room is finally all clean and my home studio has been born. of course it has a lot of growing to do, but then again, what home studio doesn't? i need to get a top-of-the-line sound card, condenser mic, high quality mixer and a million other instruments and equipment. i can already tell that this is going to be a life-long kind of collection as i find a new piece of gear that i would like to have every single day. for now, i need to keep it fairly minimal so i can survive college unfortunately, but either way, i am dancing giddily in my head right now :)