Stoppin' by

Saturday was awesome, for those of you who either weren't there or didn't know I was in a band we played on Saturday in the Pirate's Cove of Peabody's in Cleveland. It was awesome, Yusef turned eighteen, we played a fucking awesome show, my friend Mark let me use his GLP and I'm in love with it. Also we got people moving and cheering, it was probably one of the best feelings I've ever had in my entire life. But on another note, right after I played, I was able to see The Wonder Years, Comeback Kid, and Four Year Strong play, for free, because we played the same night, and it was fucking awesome.

Future investments:
Apple Macbook Pro 15"
Schecter Tempest Custom
Gibson Les Paul

Now, "open your mouth and put my balls in it"

Welll then!

My week has gone I suppose okay as a whole. On a good note, my guitar is fixed (just haven't grabbed it yet), classes have started, most of which I actually enjoy, and one of my best friends left for Texas.

So as for classes I have Intro to 2D Art, World of Business, Business Stats, and Art History. My favorite, yet most annoying class thus far is 2D. The reason for this being that I love learning about art theory. The reason why it blows a little bit would be the tedious "experiments" we have to do, like drawing a circle inside and making it seem like it's in front of or behind the square... Whatever, I guess it'll help in the long run? Who knows.

As for my guitar, the back strap holder totally pulled out of it and my good buddy Mark fixed it for me. Although it's done I have yet to have time to actually go and pick it up. That will happen soon because my band (Second Time Around [check us out on myspace, facebook, or twitter]) has a show on September 18th down in Kent with So Many Ways and some others. It should be a good time. 18+ though!

What with all of this good in my life, what would life be without some bad. Well I shouldn't say bad I suppose, but upsetting. One of my close friends Mike Follina left for Dallas, TX the other day. Not for vacation or anything like that, but he moved there, and it killed a lot of us. Tearfest 2010 at Yusef's house that night. It was crazy because I have never seen my friends cry and they've never seen me cry, it was weird to say the least but we are coping with it. I'm stoked for Mike to be one of the lucky few who got out of Parma, OH, this place claims too many lives. Usually people never get out of here. But he's got the opportunity to start fresh and have some good times in Texas. My favorite part about it is now I have a sick vacation spot. I can't wait to visit him.

All in all shits been decent. Also trying to record as soon as we possibly can, by we I mean Second Time Around. We're also trying to get some shirts done and other stuff for October 9th when we're playing with Four Year Strong, The Wonder Years, and Comeback Kid. Really stoked on that show, if you're interested in going let me know and I'll hit you up when we get the tickets!

A tout a l'huere!

SHOW me what you're made of!

Playing a show with my popfuckingpunk band Second Time Around (http://www.myspace.com/secondtimearoundcle) was fucking sick. Admittedly I was nervous before going on but, I'm pretty sure we did good. Not due to the fact that most of my friends said we were good, I expect that from them, even though most are brutally honest but, the fact that random people were saying we were good, like In The Day liked us, some of the Flying Free guys said we did good, and Bobby from The Promise Hero said he really liked us (granted he was plastered). All in all I'm pretty happy with the outcome of the show and big thanks to everyone who showed up and actually reads my blog.

There will be more shows to come from us and we are working on recording.

HUGE thanks to TimLeo for the big confidence boost via text after the show.

I'M GOING TO GET BACK INTO BLOGGING.

Jury Duty Recall

So I meant to post this about a week ago because Jury Duty fucking sucked. It's basically going downtown and working an 8 hour day for $20. What bull shit is that? And on top of that the buildings you're in are pretty cold so I was forced to wear a hoodie downtown, in like 80 degree weather. So that fucking sucked too. Then the case was a lame ass business dispute between like some Canadian phone company and Magic Jack. I got to see the Magic Jack dude though, his name is not Jack. However, he was quite the crafty business man. But all in all that sucked balls.

Jury Duty is something to wish upon your enemies.

Project Figured Out

So I have had way too much time on my hands as of late. Because of this I wanted to start a project. And now I know what my project will be. I'm basically just gonna build a pretty large box, like 8'x8'x8' out of wood. I will paint it white to start with, and then whatever colors come to mind after. Basically it's going to be for spray painting because, I'm going to be like 20 and don't feel like I am even good enough to go out painting, if I'm going to go out painting, I want it to look good so it's actually a favor to the community rather than a burden. I'll most likely invite anyone who wants to paint on it over as well. I'll just take photos of each piece after it's done and before it's painted over. Keep it in mind if you read this and actually are interested and maybe want to help fund it???? I hope to start building it soon, like in the next week or so.

Ewwww sticky....

Played way too much Halo 3: ODST in the past few days with Mike Poggi. Stayed up til 7 AM, slept til 9:30 AM. Went to recording, drums are done. Slept the day away when I got home. Later went to hang with Melissa and Mark. Recently checked my sticker flickr, and by recently I mean like ten minutes ago. So I'm going to make stickers again, it's decided. That's all.

Good things come to those who wait

This phrase seems to be a whole bunch of bullshit. Good things come to those who take risks and seize their lives. They come to those who actually try to make something of themselves and have goals that they are working towards. Although the phrase nice guys finish last is not entirely true either. Yes in order to get what you want in life you have to be somewhat of a dick, however you need to learn when to be a dick. I do not believe that phrase should be nice guys finish last, it should be timid guys finish last. There is no reason you can't be nice and be successful, it happens a lot, you just need to realize when a change needs to be made. That being said every one does change, regardless if you realized it yourself or not, there is always a change, may it be for the better or for the worse. I hate judging people for what they do unless it's something serious in my eyes; i.e. serious drug addiction/problem, betrayal or crimes. This summer I'm about to make myself take risks I wouldn't normally take.