1/6/07 12:59 pmSo.. I have all but deserted this... This is the official nail in the coffin. |
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1/6/07 12:59 pmSo.. I have all but deserted this... This is the official nail in the coffin. |
9/11/06 03:39 pmThings have been busy, but at the same time pretty quiet. Most importantly is the show tomorrow night at the Generator with Social Code, Theset, Karadelle and MEDIA. If everyone who says they are going goes it will be awesome. And if not, I will still be there to enjoy the other bands. |
9/5/06 10:33 pmHorray. The first day of class. The halls were packed as expected. I must say there are a lot of Had another band practice. We are gearing up for a the show next Tuesday at the Generator. Excitement has not begun to set in yet. It never does until the day of the show. Then I am nervous as hell right up until I hit that first note, then all the nervousness goes away and it's time to rock out. ROCK OUT!!!!!!!!!!! Everything is starting up again now, too. I'm coordinating at CFUR starting this Friday ever Friday night (my show is at 5), club stuff is starting up, classes, obviously, all kinds of band opportunities. My life is going to be busy, and it's going to be awesometacular. All I need now is a girl whom I can ignore due to my lack of time, and occasionally have sex with. |
8/22/06 11:11 amWell. I finally decided to update again. I tend to go in long spurts without updating. There hasn't really been too much going on that is overly newsworthy. I'm not going to try to catch up on what all has been happening. Instead I will attempt to post entries from this date forward, and we will see how long it lasts. |
5/13/06 03:04 pmI have been unmotivated in updating, although much has happened since the time of my last update. My band played three shows in 8 days, one of which was in Vanderhoof. All three shows went well, although none recieved a very large turnout. We didn't get paid for any and actually lost money on the third show, because we were the ones organizing it. It's sort of depressing that we can't get people to come out to the shows. I don't really know how to convince people to come. My friends came up big, though, as a large portion of the crowd for the show we put on was made up of them. So my thanks to them. And despite not making money, we had a blast. Performing live is an awesome experience! Plus we made some friends with some other bands, and I think made some new fans. If you get a chance, check out www.myspace.com/thefebruarys. Their sound was amazing and they were really really nice guys. If they come through town again I would highly recommend seeing them. |
4/28/06 02:17 pm - Impecible TimingWell, thanks to a some TA money back thing that I really am foggy on the details about, I recieved enough money to make my credit card payment and put gasoline in my vehicle, as well as get a few neccesities. This has relieved a great deal of stress from me. Now it's time to rock out tomorrow evening!! |
4/28/06 12:10 amI don't think my brother quite realizes how badly him borrowing all that money from me has screwed me over. Never again am I loaning him money. And once he starts to get money inflowing I'm not allowing him to buy anything until he pays me back. It has really stressed me out during my 'relaxation' time. The time after I finish my exams and start working at that mill, that 2-3 weeks in April is supposed to be my 'do nothing, hang out with my friends, relax, spend some money I've had saved up' time. Instead it's my 'sorry I can't go out because I don't have any money to do anything', or 'sorry credit card company, I don't have any money to give you' time. Plus the price of gas is disgusting... I had been in a good mood until just tonight. Now I'm getting stressed out... Our band's shows have gone well, although both have had small turnouts. I'm hoping that the show we're organizing for Saturday brings more people out. I'm just hoping that friends who say 'yeah, I'll definitely be there' will show up this time. I have a small group of friends who really support me in my band, and I appreciate it more than they know, and normally I wouldn't be forcing anyone to come, but we just really need to make sure these bands get paid, and I have no idea how to get the word out to more people.... We shall see how it goes. |
4/22/06 09:26 pmSo apparantly I cannot be left unnatended in HMV... We were cruising around the mall, and went into HMV for a sec, and I tell my friends "it's hard for me to be in HMV because I always want to buy something". They start looking at movies and I start walking around on my own. They said they turned around for a minute and turned around and I had already bought a cd and was shaking my head telling them 'see, I told you I always have to buy something'. I really couldn't afford to buy the cd, but it was a CD I wanted, and it was on sale (as it was new). .moneen.'s new CD. It is good, and plus is useful for my radio show. Anyway, that is what happens when you leave me in a music store unnatended... |
4/22/06 02:52 pmWe had our first out of town show last night. It went pretty well I think. It was hard being the only rock band at a punk show, but people didn't dislike us, or tell us to get off the stage. My bass amp sounded good, too, so that made me happy :D. The other bands were also very rockin, so all in all it was a much enjoyable show. Would have been nice to have a bit larger of a crowd, but I wasn't the one organizng the show so I don't mind. Next up is our show on Monday. Hopefully this will draw a fair sized crowd. I'm also feeling much better today. I think the sun has rejuvinated me Super-Man style. By the way, Super-Man is a huge knob... But that is beside the point... |
4/19/06 09:49 pmI don't know why I kept thinking that I had an A- in my Statistical Mechanics course... Anyway, I got my final grades back: A, A-, B- and C-. All in all I keep my GPA at a consistant and very average 3.00. Not good, but not bad. Hopefully next year I'll be able to raise it up a bit. |
4/19/06 01:12 pmI just finished one of my all time favorite video games, Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time. I decided to go back and complete the first one in the series before completing the other two. I've gotten about half way through the second, and I haven't even played the third one yet. Anyway, I'm very happy now. GO ME! |
4/15/06 10:51 pmNot having money is sort of depressing. Even more so when you know that you should have money, but you instead lent $800 to your brother so that he could go to Mexico... Eventually I'll have money again, but in the meantime I have all free time and no money to do anything. This means that my alternatives are being constructive... Like cleaing, and working out, or practicing bass guitar.. pfft...
Band practices have been rockin. Yesterday I rocked out harder than I had in a long time. It helped that I had been playing bass for 3 hours prior to practice. I was good and warmed up. My fingers were sore today, though; not used to playing so much. Had to take it a little more easy today, let the fingers get good and callased up again. Basically we want to rock out as hard as we can the next couple shows. They are our best opportunity to start making a name for ourselves, as we didn't succeed all that well at the Battle of The Bands. Maybe if we get in again next year they won't put us first... I'm not sure why, but I've been getting these insane mind splitting headaches at very inopportune times... They spring out of no where and I'll go from feeling fine to not wanting to even move. I don't think they are migranes, because they don't last long and don't cause me to puke. But still... It's enough to make me a bit concerned. Mostly because both times they've occured when I was doing the same thing... Continuing my trend of having a paragraph dedicated to each random occurence of my mind, I've been listening to a lot of music lately. A few CDs in particular. 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie, Dredg - Catch Without Arms, Theset - Philosophy of Make Believe (I think I got that right) and Thrice - Vheissu (the album name which I still don't know how to pronounce). All those albums are spectacular and I can't stop listening to them. I've already listned the shit out of the Thrice and Dredg albums, and right now I've been listening to the 30 Seconds To Mars album over and over again. I don't often do that, I usually try to switch it up as much as possible. But to all those who like rock, I highly recommend checking out www.30secondstomars.com. I also started watching the Thrice biographical dvd 'If We Could Only See Us Now'. I like the band even more after watching it, it's very cool to see how the band came to be. It's just too bad it doesn't cover the Vheissu stuff as well. Oh well, time to have some Feeney's Irish Cream (it was cheaper than Bailey's) and hit the sack. |
4/14/06 01:35 amAlright, I am slightly less crabby... I now get to post my awesome CD list. I have some shitty cds in there, but most of those I got for free :D. I'm also posting my DVDs:
( The Awesome List )
185 CDs, 38 DVDs, 4 CD/DVD combos, and 13 CD singles, which i didn't list here. Most likely there will be many additions by the time the fall season comes back around. |
4/13/06 10:58 pmI am pissy... Today was a great day. I organized my cds (although I'm missing one) and played bass for a couple hours. Then we had a band practice. I was freaking wired and in a great mood. I was going to go out to the bar and rock and roll, because it was going to be very busy and I looked hot. I was just going out the door planning on beating the rush. Then, as the door closed behind me I realized I locked myself out. FUCK AROUND. No one was around and I ended up walking to the gas station because I had no cell phone minutes either. By the time I got someone to let me in and made it to the bar there was a ginormous line up. I said fuck that. I hate waiting in line ups, and I refuse to wait in line at the bar for more than 10 minutes. I so wanted to break something. A big stick. Maybe a broom stick. Those are fun to break. At any rate, I rented a shitty movie which I'm going to watch while drinking some irish liquor and milk which I bought to make myself happy. It's not working....
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4/12/06 04:13 pm - Done Like DinnerWell, another school year done. Just one more to go and I have a BSc. It doesn't feel like I've just completed 4 years of university. Actually, typing that looks very wierd... Especially when I have friends graduating this year and going to grad school and getting jobs. Real career-type jobs. I still feel very adamant about wanting to go to Scotland after next year. It's so far away, but in reality it isn't...
My exams went well for the most part. I rocked my Math 226 final, and sort of biffed a bit on my Phys 407 final, but I still got good marks. I also got a good mark on my report on Ball Lightning for my physic seminar course. I love doing presentations!! However, my Phys 404 final was absolutely bad. So bad. I really wish they hadn't decided to take the only 4th year level physics course that has an in class final and put that final on the first day of exams. It doesn't make any sense to me. Regardless, I'm hoping to at least pass the course. I'm not expecting much in the way of marks, however. The others in the class already emailed the prof for their final marks, but I just don't even want to know... But now I am done and I have very little to do. My band has three shows this month, so we'll be practicing for that. I plan to clean my room and car today, as they are both disgusting. Possibly reorganize my cds as I have gotten a whole thwack of new ones. I'm going to be bored, as I have no girlfriend, and I have no money to do anything. Which is why I'm hoping to join up with the ultimate frisbee league for the summer. It'll help to get me into great shape. I got my job at the mill again this summer. Most likely on the same crew doing the same job. Should be fun times. I can't wait to start getting money coming in :| I don't know how I really feel about Amanda. I like her, and she's attractive, and fun, and nice, but there isn't really a connection. And I haven't missed not seeing her the past couple weeks while I've been getting my ass kicked by school. Plus, I just don't ever have anything to talk to about with her. Even online there is just nothing to say, really. This is why I think that I will tell her that I would rather just be friends when I next see her. Now, this other girl that has appeared recently is definitely fun to talk to. I won't mention too much about her, though, because I'm sure she will be reading this. And that is all that I can think of. I think it is quite enough talking for the moment. |
4/4/06 09:12 pmAs promised..... My horoscope:
"IF APRIL 4 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Your year ahead could be very romantic. If you're single, it's a tossup whether a new flame will come from far away, or near at hand. You want to please everyone, and you will succeed rather well. The plans you make early in the year have a strong chance of coming to fruition. There should be a real feeling of destiny in the making this year. If you stick strongly to your ethics, success will be ensured." It sort of hit close to home what with my current girl situation, as well as my recent decision to try to go to Scotland for my graduate studies (a plan I had made earlier in the year). And it does sort of feel like destiny. It feels exciting. I'm most likely looking too much into it, of course, but it is sort of exciting thinking about what the next year is going to be like. Also had a daily horoscope: "Aries: Friendships are on your mind, though possibly because they are being problematic. Your romantic blood is running hot, but be sure you don't force your hand or move too fast and scare that special someone away." Again, this sort of felt close to home. It is all vague, but what can you do when it's all so fitting?? |
4/4/06 01:07 pmOh yes. It is my birthday today. Huzzah. Not that I get to celebrate it in any way, really. I'm going to be My mom always reads me my "If you were born on April 4th" horroscope every birthday. The one this year was very close to home. Not in a bad way. When I get back to my house tonight I'll have to post it and elaborate a bit more. But for now, my birthday cake is done, so it's time to get back to |
3/23/06 05:10 pmWell. Haven't updated for a while, and I actually have stuff to talk about. My prized lip piercing was sadly a bit too crooked, and the methods of straightening it were not working, so last night the piercer repierced my lip to make it straighter. Actually, she repierced it three times, because the first two times didn't work quite so well. It efooking hurt. But hopefully, once the swelling goes away, the piercing will look great. But man... Pain... On a slightly less painful wavelength, I am typing this on my brand new laptop. And in the comfort of my family room, as I bought a wireless router. It is spectacular! My band played a show last weekend. It was fun. Helping out the freebies for youth organization. The crowd wasn't the greatest, but there were enough people there that it was still a good show. Plus, hopefully, it'll lead to me goin on a date with one of the girls who was organizing it. Speaking of dates, I'm going to see V for Vendetta tonight with my friend Amanda. Not sure what'll happen between us (relationship wise) in the future, but for now I'm enjoying not being necessarily 'with' someone. Oh yes, and before the date, I have another band practice with the Hearthrobs, who are short one bass guitarist. I'm helping them out on Saturday for a show in Vanderhoof. So far they seem happy with what I put forth in practice last night. I would have liked to have a bit more than few days to practice, but what can you do? I don't feel like talking about my classes, other than I think I ripped it up (to a moderate degree) on my Advanced Linear Algebra midterm. You would think that taking a second year math course in fourth year would be easy, but not so much. I am out... |
3/17/06 03:37 pmLife has been frantic but boring. I'm slowly waiting for the end of the semester so that I can relax for four months. It'll be my first summer being single for quite a while, and I'm looking forward to it. The sickness is slowly exiting my system. No longer am coughing up a lung or having a constant throbbing pain in my chest. My band has three shows coming up in the next month and a half. Sadly, my bass amp has not been repaired yet, and I have no idea when it'll actually even get looked at. This is all that I have the desire to write about at this point. |
3/3/06 10:47 am( Oh The Horror... ) |