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[29 Oct 2001|10:16pm] |
Argh so much shit going on lately. ill probably post more about some of it later.
I guess I am just having a very bad day.
I went to take a shower earlier, and the shower head was switched to the long shower wand that sits in a holder. This happens to face out of the shower, so when I turned on the water I got everything in the bathroom wet. That sucked.
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[22 Oct 2001|09:33pm] |
On Saturday night. much drinking went on there.
I had a very fun time. I find that I become much more social when I am approaching intoxication. I find it much easier to associate with people I don't already know. That is not to say that I can't when I am totally sober, for me it just becomes easier.
The motivation I talked about earlier is still here. It makes school and all the shit I have to do so much more pleasant.
Yet, sometimes I feel as if I talk too much and analyze things too deeply. The things I fear are rejection and loneliness. All the time I find myself thinking about loneliness and how I fear dyeing alone.
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[17 Oct 2001|07:15pm] |
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Well, I finally have my computer back. It sure does feel good to be able to go online freely again.
Lately I have been increadibly motovated. I have been very happy and upbeat aswell. It is great, I wish i was always like this.
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[08 Oct 2001|07:33pm] |
I went to see 311 last night. This was my second time seeing them live. The show was amazing. While I don't think the actual show was better than the tool show, I had more fun at this one. I liked the intimacy of smaller venues such as hammerstein ballroom and roseland ballroom. I also attribute my enjoyment to having general admission tickets for this one.
The setlist was very good. They played every song I hoped they would with just a few exceptions. This is the one band that is probably tied for my favorite band along with tool.
I had a very good week. 311 and tool, my two favorite bands, all within a week of each other.
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| Oh My! |
[02 Oct 2001|03:40pm] |
The Tool concert last night was amazing. It is hard to sum up how much talant that band has unless you have already seen them.
We left my house at about 5:15. We were running a little late so AJ's mom graciously drove us to the train station. After buying our tickets they closed the ticket booth. There was a little kid standing next to us tapping on the window. A guy walk out and yells "Play your drums somewhere else" at us. We decide to walk to the other end of the lobby and about 10 minutes later the same guy accused us of doing things in the bathrooms. We weren't even in the bathrooms. We shrugged it off and waited for the train outside.
When I arrived the opening band, fantomas, was just starting their set. I didn't really enjoy them too much. They were kind of a mix of death metal and speed metal like megadeth. At points it was painful listening to them play. They couldn't seem to controll the feedback. It was funny hearing a bunch of people scream as loud as they can "Get the fuck off the stage".
Our actual seats we paid for weren't too bad, but we ended up moving down. I would have liked to go to the general admissions area but it was supprisingly very small. They cut up the area infront of the stage into 3 sections. The section in front of the stage was the general admissions area, the middle section was the soundboard area, and the very back section was a folding chair section, which was quite possibly the worst seats in the show.
When Tool came on you could feel the energy in the room. When the lights flashed into the crowd, I was amazed at how many people were there. Heh, I have never been in a sold out madison square garden before. They played a long set. As an interlude they played a 15 minute version of parabol. Besides the music, the visuals were top notch as well. They deffinately added to the expirence. They didn't say anything throughout the whole set except right before the last song, which was Lataralus. He said something to the effect of "remember the feeling you have now. Take that feeling, mold it and use it to create something posotive".
After getting out of MSG, which is no easy task, let me tell you, we headed back to penn station. We missed a train by 5 minutes so we had about another 1/2 hour to wait. We got a bite to eat and boarded the train and went home.
It left me wanting more though. I can't wait untill the next time they come back to New York, I am deffinately going to go see them again.
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| Tool !?! |
[30 Sep 2001|11:39pm] |
Yea, um my computer is broken. That explains my severe lack of posting lately.
The Tool concert is tonight. I can't wait to see this show. I have talked to so many people and they have all said that tool is one of the best bands you will ever see, not just performance-wise, but with all the visuals and special effects also.
We are all going to meet at my house at around 5:00 then go in, and probably catch some food at penn station.
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[23 Sep 2001|09:44pm] |
Went over to AJs house last night and worked on the site for awhile.
Then I fell asleep listening to aphex's selected ambient works volume 1.
I am going to try to get a good nights sleep tonight so I wont be so groggy when I wake up in the morning.
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[20 Sep 2001|10:45pm] |
Did my physics homework. Wasn't too bad.
This weekend we have a band practice, longer than usual. We are playing on Columbus day, so we are trying to get as much practice in as we possible can. I think the show will be a success.
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[19 Sep 2001|10:59pm] |
I just put a new user pic on. I think like this one a little more than the old one.
we'll see.
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[19 Sep 2001|03:58pm] |
I don't like taking any English classes at all. Well, that is not entirely true, because I enjoy writing, but I hate the way they force books, which you don't want to read, apon you, and make you analyze then until you can't even stand to look at that book anymore.
I don't think it should be this way. I don't think the books should be analyzed to the extent they are. If they want people to read, doing all this takes the fun out of reading. Analyzing every event and theme/symbols of the book also takes away what the book was originally written for, to make a statement, and for people's enjoyment
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[18 Sep 2001|10:22pm] |
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I went over my grandmas house tonight and set up her computer. It went well, I showed her generally where everything was, got her online, and basically left then. I will go back this weekend and install office and some other stuff she may want, but at least she has a fully functional computer now. Her old one was so slow, it was almost unusable. Whenever I would go over her house I would get frustrated using her computer, but now it is fast again.
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| Aphex good |
[17 Sep 2001|08:12pm] |
I got the new aphex twin album last night. It is very good.
Aphex twin was the first IDM artist I got into and was my gateway into that style of music. A few years later, and he still does not cease to amaze me.
I walked home from school today. It was nice seeing everything, and it was good excersize. I did however end up getting lost on some back roads and I ended up pretty far away from my house. None the less it was an expirience. I think i am going to start walking home every monday, except for when it is raining.
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[16 Sep 2001|03:43pm] |
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Phew. I just finished reading Grishams The Partner. It was very good. It was filled with many twists, and held my interest throughout the whole book, which is a rare occurance.
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| Its a fucked up world were living in |
[11 Sep 2001|06:22pm] |
Man, the shit that went down today was fucked up.
It is kinda hard to beleive that all this happened. No notice, just abruptly it all happened.
Suicide terrorism is the hardest to controll and prevent.
One crazy, but strangely true thing I read today was "if we're lucky, our children will write about this day in 10 years time. if we're unlucky there will be no children". Kinda makes you think about the next few days and the decisions our government will have to make.
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[10 Sep 2001|12:25pm] |
I didn't have school today for whatever reason. I officially start school tomorrow.
I can't beleive that teachers would give us homework on orientation day. That really sucks.
Well, anyway I am trying to get my homework done now so I don't have to worry about it later.
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[07 Sep 2001|11:15pm] |
Just finished a big hockey game. Haven't played in a long ass time.
And, of all times we chose to play we choose night. We kept loosing site of the ball, and ended up searching for it a few times. It was very fun though. If only there were more people playing also.
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[05 Sep 2001|02:44pm] |
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I dont know what is going to happen with the band over the winter. It was hard enough finding a time when the whole band could get together and practice over the summer. Everyone was always working or busy. From what I hear our drummer will be working on the weekends over the winter, which will not permit us to practice on saturdays or sundays like we did last year. This really sucks. I work after school, but even if I didn't it would be a real pain in the ass to practice then. It really sucks. I enjoyed playing whtn them alot. Hopefully we will work something out.
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[04 Sep 2001|12:33pm] |
I am leaving for work in a few minutes.
I slept pretty late today. I want to get in as much sleep as I can before school starts.
Speaking of which, alot of my friends started school today.
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[02 Sep 2001|01:27am] |
The concert tonight was really good. All three bands were great.
Puddle of mud, deftones, and godsmack. Godsmack was amazing. They put on a really good show. I would love to go see all the bands again.
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[01 Sep 2001|04:18pm] |
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Godsmack/Deftones tonight. Yeah!
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