11.8.2005
Muzak
I went ahead and put another clip of me and Mike playing in Docs. The beginning is sweet. The middle and end aren't bad either.In related news, Brad is playing bass with us again, so we are no longer a two headed monster, but instead a three headed abomination. Or something like that.
10.31.2005
Oh Look, It's Halloween
I went and saw the Misfits in Des Moines. That was awesome. Jerry Only signed my (Misfits) wallet.More importantly, Mike and I have been playing a lot recently so I thought I'd put up a clip from one of our jams. It's over in the Docs section. I should really rename that from Docs to Media at some point, since I now have music there and I plan to move the movies over at some point. However, I'm somewhat notorious for laziness, so that will probably happen sometime in 2009.
8.29.2005
Suns of the Tundra
I've posted the Suns of the Tundra lryics. I have seven songs "done" so far. Like it says on the disclaimer in the actual file they're in a pretty preliminary state, so go ahead and go look at them and let me know if you think I should make any changes. What's that you say? You don't have the CD? What the fuck is wrong with you, go buy it.I'm putting up a link to Peach/Suns of the Tundra's site on the links page.
I'll be seeing Disturbed in Des Moines tomorrow night, they'll be joined by 10 Years and Ill Niño. I saw 10 Years with Static-X recently in Chicago and they were fucking awesome. On the off chance anyone reading this is going to be there send me an email, it would be interesting to meet someone reading my shit.
7.12.2005
Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age
Alright, upon further research I've found that QotSA actually changes their members a lot. The band has included at times the guitarist, first bassist, and last drummer of Kyuss, so everyone except the singer, John Garcia, who is now in a band called Hermano. The guitarist is the founding member of QotSA though, and he's always in it.Seriously check Kyuss out though. Some of their best songs are El Rodeo, Demon Cleaner, Thumb, and One Inch Man.
On an unrelated note, I'm about halfway done with the lyrics for AFI's Answer that and Stay Fashionable, which is really easy cause it's pretty much straight punk. I also started on the lyrics for Suns of the Tundra's self titled album. However, the problem with that is that I have no source material, it's entirely by ear. Consequently it's time-consuming and probably wrong anyway. I'm thinking I might post it as a work and progress and just update it as I go, since I don't know when if ever it will really be "done".
7.1.2005
Music
I added the lyrics to AFI's All Hallows EP.Go listen to Kyuss and Peach/Suns of the Tundra. They fucking rock socks off. Right off. All the way. Kyuss's bassist is now in Queens of the Stone Age. Peach's bassist is now in Tool. Suns of the Tundra is Peach's new name now after reforming with somewhat different members. I bought Suns of the Tundra's CD, it's well worth the £9.49.
5.1.2005
AFI Lyrics
I found several errors in the "Lost Souls" lyrics from The Art of Drowning. I don't know what the fuck I was doing when I wrote that one down.I also made a small change to "Dancing Through Sunday" from Sing the Sorrow and "Head Like a Hole." I also finished the Black Sails in the Sunset lyrics. There's only one part I'm not sure of, at the very end of the secret track ("Midnight Sun").
Random lyrics from Black Sails in the Sunset should be up by the end of the day. Don't sue me if they aren't.
4.8.2005
Pathetic. But funny.
I can't believe myself. I apparently am physically unable to do homework until the last possible moment. I started my Com S 362 (Due at 11:00 today.) homework thinking it would take a while. I finished two of the 4 parts, determined the others probably wouldn't take very long, and immediately stopped working on it and began dicking around. Wouldn't want to finish early. That would be disastrous.
4.3.2005
Dead!
We've just lost a great man. Someone to be admired. Someone to listen to in times of great distress. Someone with great insight into the human condition.Mitch Hedberg.
Oh, the Pope died too.
3.23.2005
Developments
Something is wrong with one of the computer's at my parents' house. I think it's the graphics card. Regardless of what it is though, I can't get the Very Proud of Ya or Thirteenth Step lyrics until I fix it. So those should be available by 2012.And now for something completely different. I think I'm going to start a journal. Not one of those wussy journals where you reflect on things or whatever, those are diaries. I'm gonna try and keep factual information, like when I meet people, what concerts I go to, what presents I give, when I buy games, that kind of thing. I get kind of pissed when I can't remember something like that, even though it doesn't happen all that often. Some guys forget anniverseries and stuff; I could tell you, to within a half hour, how long Liz and I were a couple.
3.6.2005
NFL Links
I added links to my favorite NFL teams to the Links page.
3.6.2005
Couple Things
Thing 1) I don't know what my audience is, but I get e-mails, so I must have one. If any of you guys are in college and are members of thefacebook.com, I joined it. Look me up if you want.Thing 2) The time has come to plan David's Spring Break. I don't really have enough money (well I do, but not enough that I'm willing to spend) to get plane tickets, and I doubt my car could get me to any of the country's edges, so I must go somewhere nearby if I am to go anywhere at all. Thusly, Bradley and I have come to the conclusion we should go to Chicago. Apparently there are over 9,000 clubs in Chicago. That's more than Des Moines. Not including houses, I'm not sure there are 9,000 buildings in Des Moines, let alone clubs. We were thinking we might try and find somewhere near there to camp, as that would be cheaper than a hotel. If anybody knows of anything cool to do between March 12 and 20, let me know.
2.23.2005
Links Page
I updated the Links page a bit. I removed the link to Joke Frog, since I never go there anymore. I put a link to Irritability back up, since I finally found the guy's new site. If you're wondering why you should care, here's something he made:
Holy crap, that's hilarious.
2.21.2005
When did this happen?
Why the fuck did nobody tell me the Presidents of the United States of America got back together? Holy fricking crap. I need to get me some of that right now.
2.7.2005
I'm Dying
But in a good way. How come I've never seen this commercial? It's hilarious. Check out the rest of the site some too. Those commercials and videos are pretty awesome.
2.6.2005
Damn Patriots
So I guess we can look forward to the Eagles losing three SuperBowls in a row before they finally win one now.
2.6.2005
Archives
The "Monthly Archives" are obviously not monthly at the moment. The last one went from June 2002 through all of 2003. I changed the name up there to just "Archives." I also went ahead and moved all of 2004 into an archive file. Go there if you want to catch something you missed or whatever. I'm going to go back to bed and think about calling Liz and seeing how she's doing. Just like I've been thinking about doing for 2 or 3 months.
2.6.2005
Liz
I was laying in bed trying to go to sleep when a horrible realization came over me. I began to weep. Over the past year, the best moments of my life haven't even happened. They aren't real. Many nights I dream about Liz. I dream about her being with me, sometimes she comes back, sometimes she never left. But it isn't even like a regular girl dream. It's not like we have sex, or I save her from a dragon or something. I've had dreams where she simply walks over to me and smiles. That's it. We might not even kiss. But I'm happier in those few seconds than all of my waking months combined.And then, at some point, I'll wake up. It will be horrible. I'll realize what's happened, that she's not here, and it's like her leaving me all over again. That's not the way to start a day.
When I say, "she left me," that doesn't even really encompass just what I mean. The emotion goes far beyond that. That sentence implies that she was somehow exterior to me. As if something other than me simply stopped being around me. But that's not it. She was me. All I was about, all that mattered to me, was her. When she left I left, and I definitely feel empty now. It's hard to explain just how devestating that was to me.
When you ask most people what their goal in life is, what the one thing they want more than anything, the one thing hope to have, or to have accomplished, when they die, is, they'll usually tell you something like (assuming they have an answer) "start a company" or "be a millionaire" or "write a book" or "leave something behind," y'know, something like that. Me, all I want is a family. I want a wife. I want some kids. I want to love them. I want them to love me. That would suit me fine.
And I had it! I had my wife. I was sure of it. You couldn't have possibly convinced me otherwise. Imagine the person who wanted to be an olympic medalist thought for years they had won a gold. Then one day, they find out they imagined it. It didn't happen. They don't have a medal. They're a failure, they didn't even compete much less win. That's what happened to me. One day: I am fucking jubilant. I am the king of the fucking world. I have everything. There is no possible way I could do anything more than what I am doing to be where I want to be. Next day: I'm a maggot. I'm no one, I've done nothing, where can I begin, what can I do, where do I go from here, what's happening, who am I, all the rules of reality have fallen out from under me, why have I not floated off the Earth?
I'm 19. Presumably I'll get another girlfriend at some point. Hopefully I'll even get another one I love and I can call my wife. Those are awfully empty thoughts after the concrete knowledge that whatever shit happens today, I'll see Liz soon, and then everything will be ok. For three years of my life I was happy. Hopefully one day I will be again.
2.2.2005
Can't Breathe
Apparently I have strept throat. I feel like I'm dying. God help me.
1.31.2005
One Last Thing Before I Sleep
I was at my friend Deano's house when I noticed he couldn't see the flash animations on my site even though he has a flash player. He was using Firefox as his browser. Since it's based on Mozilla, like Netscape, I'd have to assume that, like Netscape, it requires an Embed tag to display Flash content. The thing is, that's not proper HTML. The Embed tag doesn't exist. They made it up. I refuse to use it. Internet Explorer doesn't require it, so if you want to see the neato Flash animations and you can't, then try IE. If instead you insist on your non-standard, non-compliant, proper-code ignoring, arrogant little fuck of a web browser, then that's fine with me, you just don't get to see them.
1.31.2005
New Lyrics
In light of "Head Like a Hole" being so ass-kicking I went ahead and put the lyrics for it (which do differ from the NIN version by the end) up on the lyrics page. They are listed under an Other Songs page, since the song isn't actually on any AFI album.
1.31.2005
Post Title
Oh hey, it was my birthday on Monday. All I got was a hardware case for my drums.
1.31.2005
Acronym Bands
I heard A Perfect Circle's newest song, "Passive," today, as well as A Fire Inside's cover of Nine Inch Nail's song "Head like a Hole."I really didn't like "Passive" that much. Actually, I haven't really liked anything I've heard off of eMOTIVe. However, even though I bought the CD for mom, I haven't listened to the whole thing. I should probably get around to that at some point.
"Head Like a Hole" kicks my ass though. Kicks it hard and fast actually. That's probably my favorite NIN song, and I like AFI's version much more. I probably listened to that song 10 times today. I'm listening to it right now actually.
Apparently it's from the 2-disc soundtrack for GTA:San Andreas (which is the best game of 2004, hands down no question about it). For some reason it's not on the 8 (I think it's 8) disc version with all the songs. Strange.
At some point I will get the Thirteenth Step lyrics finished and posted (I'm actively working on the Black Sails in the Sunset lyrics at the moment), but I don't imagine I'll be doing eMOTIVe any time soon. Especially with that name. I hate that name. Why can't it just be Emotive? That would be only a kind of crappy name, instead of an awful one.
1.23.2005
Lyrics
I can't believe I still haven't finished the Thirteenth Step lyrics. It's been about 8 months since I started them, I just would always rather do AFI lyrics for some reason. I feel like a fucking dick. Whatever, hopefully no one is too annoyed.
1.19.2005
Jimmy Fixes
I made some changes to the song "Jimmy" on Ænima by Tool.I noticed some whispering, I put in a comment noting another possibility for one line, and I replaced an uncertain comment with a concrete lyric.
The last change was, specifically, from "{drums are too loud: something day?} memory" to "Lead me through each day of memory." Angelina <XR0CKR0YALTY@aol.com> brought this line to my attention for reconsideration.
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