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Lows and Highs

Lows:

This is the new death cab song. Holy crap is it bad. When will musicians that I love stop deciding to be "experimental" and "different" and just write good music!!!! The same thing happened with Crime In Stereo and I have now vowed I will never watch them again.

I'm having trouble finding a job in Richmond. Help.


Highs:

Bamboozled was AWESOME.

H2O is the BEST BAND IN HARDCORE. Go here and try to tell me that their new record isn't going to blow away Go. Not that that is a difficult feat, but I'm hyped. It's been a long time since I've felt that need to run around and be stupid through a band's entire set. They opened with Everready as I knew they would and I was dead with in 30 seconds, but still pushed myself to keep going for the next 30 minutes straight. They played the two songs up on their space and I knew 1995 already from listening to it 100 times in a row after the first time I heard it, so it was still crazy. Jon Wiener was there. That was kind of weird, but cool at the same time. VIRGINIA world wide. MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH

So right after H2O killed it, then Vinnie came on with Set Your Goals (terrible terrible terrible band) to play movielife songs. As we're walking over so see him, Leah is telling me I need to slow down, and then they start playing I Hope You Die Soon. I'm not sure what happened, but I just started running. I don't think I knocked anyone over, but it was 30 more minutes of going bonkers.

Then right after that, I got to see 7 seconds for the first time. They were good, but I wish I could have seen them in 82, 83, 84, 85. I bet it was insane. That transitions me perfectly into my next topic...




ummm...seriously. NEW FOUND GLORY PLAYING HARDCORE SONGS.

GENIUS

Not only is the music good, but the lyrics in general are awesome. Chad Gilbert is amazing. Any real hardcore kid can relate to every one of these songs. "Marty Mcfly come pick me up, I need a ride. I want to see what shows were like in 83!" I've only thought about this like 900 million times. It's a sad fact that I wasn't born until 82. They took down their other song, Captain Straight Edge. That was a good one too. Not as good as Madball Rules though. So hyped. I already ordered the 12" along with the new NFG 7" and the new H2O 7". I seriously can't wait for those records to come in. AND THEY'RE OPENING THE H2O RECORD RELEASE SHOW AT CHAIN. STAGE DIVES, HIGH FIVES, MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH MOSH

MADBALL RULES
MADBALL RULES
MADBALL RULES

Matri(Cere)mony

last night was the first of three blacklisted record release shows. it was also the first show i've been to by myself in well over two years. kind of awkward. especially when ceremony covered california uber alles again and i couldn't participate because i was holding newly purchased vinyl. over all it was an excellent show and i have three new records and a shirt to prove it.

so matrimony is a song on the new blacklisted record about how the singer (George) doesn't understand why everyone wants to get married and how he can never picture himself making his life that much a part of someone else's. basically he said that he's too selfish to care about anyone much more than himself. at least he realizes it. i think now that i'm married, when people talk bad about marriage i get more offended than i used to. it's something i believe in, that God has given to us as a gift and it should be treated as such. the new guy at work, has been with his girlfriend for 4 years and lives with her and is still acting like he's not going to marry her anytime soon, and jokes about it all the time, and it kinda drives me nuts. i keep telling him he's going to, and that he just needs to do it, but he just keeps putting it off. i just think it's kinda stupid. just man up and do the right thing. grow up a little bit. not too much just a little bit. ugh, i shouldn't say that. i never want to grow up. i'm a toys r us kid.

it rules.

hello worldwideweb

like i said when i first started this blog, it was something to take up my time while i was bored at work. now that i'm no longer bored at work, the entries will be few and far far far far far between.

i got a raise. finally. came through on friday. my boss doesn't hate me quite so much. he's also taking me and a couple of other guys snowboarding tomorrow. stoked. no work. i don't have to use vacation/sick hours and i'm going riding. for free. it rules.

leah's switch to day shift has been awesome. i have way more opportunities to do things for her and she's in much much much better moods. it rules.

i went surfing yesterday and it was fun. i went with a couple of guys from church that are cool and i will greatly miss when we move back. i'm kind of in the middle as far as skill goes among us (one guy is way better, one is a little worse) so i feel no pressure to catch 100 waves like i do when i'm out with will or other people i might surf with. i plan on going much more. it rules.

i've been to a bunch of shows lately. which have been mostly good. i saw the comeback kid and crime in stereo last night. cbk was good as usual, although i can't stand their last record, but cis is pretty much terrible. their first two albums and ep were good, but the last record, man....it's just not good. too many stupid guitar effects and "experimental" vocals. stop trying to be brand new and just play hardcore. please. anyway, i saw dan from denver, and leah got to see bailey and andrew, whom she hadn't seen in years. dan is moving here next month so hopefully we'll hang out more. it rules.

i've been reading my bible a lot lately. God is not something i have really mentioned in here before, but i am now. i've been praying for a long time that God would give me the desire to want to study more and be more concious of everything He does for us, and I lately I've felt like my prayer has been answered. it rules.

a little over 4 months until we move back to RVA.


IT RULES.

Heart Attack at 30

Let's start with a playlist.

Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

x1000

That's about how many times I've listened to that record since it came in the mail last week. I love it.

Right now I'm listening to the Permanent/Resonance Split 7" since I received my turntable last week. I'm stoked on it. Took me about 2 hours to set it up because the geniuses that wrote the directions forgot the part about attaching the actual belt (long rubber band) to the drive shaft. Anyway, I got it working. The Resonance side of this record is stupid good. I've been a fan since Permanent played their last shows whenever that was all those years ago, even though then Resonance ended up back together. Oh yeah, I don't know if I've mentioned that Permanent finally broke up, which is kind of too bad in a way because their side of the record is way good also. On the other hand, Greg's a dick, Logan lives with his gf, as does James, and James apparently just bought a house. They all seem to be growing up about 2 years after Gibson and I did. Whatever...

Speaking of Gibson...James and Jennifer bought Leah and I some delicious beer and a bottle of Scotch for Christmas. Well, Leah wasn't such a fan of Scotch and I've come to learn I like anything with the word "Whisky" in the title, so Gibson and I split the bottle of Scotch one night while playing Guitar Hero III. I didn't go to work the next day. Thanks James and Jennifer!

Let's see...I might be getting a promotion, but I doubt it will happen because Oakley sucks.

We've been riding a lot lately! Waaayyyy fun! It's taken me a couple of trips to start getting my confidence back, but I'm getting there. No problems, straight riding but getting my air/rail technique and control has been a little bit of an issue. I just need to man up and bomb some hits.

My parents and Granny are coming out in a week! They will be here for 4 days which should be rad. Get to show them where I live, used to work, Cali in general. I'm getting better at the whole So Cal/Orange County tour thing. Of course all Moms wants to do is sit on the beach, but it's just too cold right now for that. Maybe for a little while, she can watch me surf or something. Maybe I'll take my dad, but I doubt he could handle it. We'll see....

Last but not least, Leah switched to working day shifts! We have wayyy more time together now and she is not nearly as tired all the time, she's been kind of sick lately, but that happens. Life seems to be better when we have more time to spend together, when we don't see each other a lot we both get testy and irritable.

interesting

so i just clicked on the little time button in the lower right hand corner of my screen (go ahead and follow along) to try and figure out how many days are left until we move back to virginia (yes, it's official we're moving back in the middle of july). so the calendar and the time pop up and i click on the month and select july (go ahead). did you notice how the cursor that tells you the date didn't move at all? i wasn't sure if maybe my computer was broken (it's been on the fritz lately) or what, but it turns out the dates in january and july fall on the same days of the week. maybe it's this way every year? nope. it's not. must be because this year is a leap year. soooooooooo..........

172 days until we start the trek back across the country!

work sucks. i might be getting a raise though.

daniel turned 21 on sunday. absolutely nuts.

leah works her last night shift tomorrow night. probably one of the best things that could possibly happen to our relationship.

i was dumb multiple times last week.

lots of people have died recently, january has not been a good month.

my friend's dad tried to anger me to the point of killing him at his own son's WEDDING. Thank Jesus i controlled my temper.

hopefully we'll be going snowboarding on monday. it will be the third time we've tried to go. hopefully this time it will work out.

did i mention i can't wait to be home? actually i didn't.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BE HOME

that's all.

It's been a long time

Oh man. Where do I start?

Well, I finished my duty on night shift. Inventory got screwed up soooo bad in the end because of multiple reasons. However, I feel the main reason was the stupid idea to use the analyst that barely speaks english. Oh well, not my fault. Dumb bosses rule.

The trip back to Right Coast was pretty awesome as expected. It's set in stone now that we'll be moving back most likely in the middle of July. So I guess I should update that profile thing to say that we are way homesick and can't wait for the next six months to end. Christmas was good. My family is totally bonkers. I feel terrible for my mom. Every time we go back I feel terrible when I leave because she is left there with no one to help her deal with the craziness. My dad does nothing but hide in his room, and my other brothers and sisters are so terribly lazy that it makes me sick. Except Whitney, but she gets up at 4:30am everyday to take Chase (her completely loser baby-daddy) to work and then she comes back and takes her two kids to day care and then she goes to work and gets home at like 5:30pm. She does this EVERY SINGLE DAY. Oh well, that's what happens when you make poor life decisions. We saw most people we needed to see. Beau Beau at starlite and Fred at salvation. Gibson's birthday was nuts, but bdays always are back there. We spent time with Peter, Morgan, Kennedy, and Steve which was good. It's always good to see the old friends that I've known for 10+ years. It's kinda crazy to think I've known them all that long now. We went up to Pittsburgh on Christmas Day which was a nice, leisurely 4 hour drive where I scored the Back to the Future Trilogy in a trade with Jenna. I also took about 25 naps. It took me almost five days to get over my jet lag. Ridiculous.

I started work again on Wednesday at my GLORIOUS new location in Ontario, CA. It's pretty close to hell I think. Oh yeah, because the move got so screwed up we had to do ANOTHER physical inventory. Of course we started the day I got back. 12 hours wednesday, 18 hours thursday, 10 hours friday, and four hours Saturday. It was only 4 hours yesterday because I had some car trouble on the 91 and my car is now sitting in the parking lot of the Subaru dealer in Chino, waiting for it to get checked out tomorrow. I think that pretty much gets me caught up. Long entry huh?