chasedestroy

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:30:53 GMT

so i have been writing alot lately. my myspace is proof. i rarely do anything but lurk on this livejournal thingy, somehow its lack of buttons and sound and other things someone somewhat ADD requires leaves me feeling a bit bored. but i think i get it. tonighs ramble is fueled by redbull, ADD, and weeds.

today i rode my bike a long way (out to lakewood). it was fucking great. traveling with a messenger bag, a big bottle of water and an ipod is the way to go. I made it through the whole Cancer Conspiracy disc today (thanks jason/jack). Those guys are amazing. Post-rawk/proggy stuff with piano, sax, synths, geetar bass and drums. I like it alot, it is more subtle (ie: less grandioise) than something like, lets say explosions in the sky, whom i love, but there is something to be said about subtle. if you are reading this, you should go out and get/buy/steal/aquire/procure the Cancer Conspiracy.

i went to denver ted's for a cheesesteak with kimberley after my ride. a cheesesteak sandwich is my new guilty pleasure, they could kill me, but i figure after 12 years of being vegan/vegitarian a little bit (er, a ton) of cholesterol wont kill me, esp with my new hobby.

i probably kinda mostly sucked to hang out with cause i was soo damn pooped, i ate, and muttered/mumbled some stuff about my day. i am sure that when i get old i am gonna sound like ozzy osbourne, and will require close captioning.

it is weird to hear about kim upset about our breakup one day and then all flirty with some boy a few days later. not weird in a bad way. but weird nonetheless

fuck, more power to her, awesome. it is nice to not be a major source of distress.

what else?

drunk people @ shows really piss me off. i have been drunk @ several shows (more than i can count on all my fingers and toes) but never like some of the shit that i witness @ the 3kings tavern when working a weekend show. people just got no respect. i dont feel like getting into the details, but they are crappy.

ok, i think i am done. i got home drank alot of water and a pabst tall boy. im hoping that that will take the redbull edge off enough for me to fall asleep.

lemme see...

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:27:16 GMT

ok i woke up at 9:00 to the sound of jason tedford on the phone confirming that he will be in town for caribou... i looked outside and it was freaking snowing.

i needed to move my car (which was in 2 hour parking overnight) so i got out of the house and headed over towards it (only 7 blocks away). on the way there i get a call from a coworker who is near death sick, not good.

so instead of a day off today i am on call,so i wrote

This

to pass the time.

more to come later.

back....

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:40:26 GMT

or am i? this livejournal thingy... i dunno about it.

lemme see, the last post was almost a year ago.

i am single for the first time in years. and living in a relatively new city that i love. i have a job that i love and i have a job that pays the bills. not much is different otherwise, ok thats a lie, everything is different and shiny and new! well, not so shiny... being alone is a very different perspective.

wow. i ramble.

maybe i will come back to this.

musics....

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:54:53 GMT

so as of late i've been messing around w/ producing trancey- ebm/electro/industrial-ish tracks. nothing in the completed form (all but one that is instrumental), but somefairly good raw ideas (mainly cause my voice is waaay to nasal for the gothy-industrial thing). im considering having a go @ the proper EBM "band" thing (ie: get more serious about it and begin collaborating with other musicians).

now, where to find them.....

this may not be so easy.

on tuesday...

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:14:16 GMT

mastodon is playing @ cervante's

maybe im just a metal dweeb, but this is going to be amazing!

being poor...

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:10:40 GMT

....sucks superbad. i got paid thursday, and rent consumed my whole paycheck... stupid rent.

anyone wanna form a commune?!? i'm easy to live with (heh... ask Kim)

no show.

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:16:26 GMT

last night Silver Mount Zion played at the Larimer lounge, i went, got there early... and found out all of them will call tickets were sold out. the guy at the door reccomended that i hang out for a bit and see if some of them will call folks didnt show... after about 45 min of hanging out and avoiding eye contact with the locals i said fuck it and went home.

damn.

i REALLY wanted to see that too.

such is my luck.

yep. im tha man.

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:25:38 GMT

so yesterday the old PS2 stopped reading discs, instead of throwing a little fit, i opened her up, cleaned the lens, adjusted the height of the lens... and after a bit o tweaking... Sucess!!! Fixed that muthafucka fo shizzle.

i got a job.

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:31:41 GMT

So here i find myself with another job at a bookstore. The Tattered Cover to be exact, the prior one was Borders (that was in TPA). I've only been there one day (training... like ALL day) but it seems like a good place to work. I'll be working at the Colfax location (within walking distance from my apt) it used to be a theatre, its an amazing space, especially for a bookstore. I just wish i could take over the place for a day to record drums there (the acoustics are phenomenal). Total John Bonham hugeness of percussion is within reach! Otherwise, it's been being poor and spending a whole lotta time in front of the TV, PS2 controller. Oh yeah, i wrote a new song, very EBM-y i was kinda trying to prove a point in that VNV Nation really lacks talent and that one could use a single application to re-create what they do, i succeded, sprinkle a little bit o ronan harris over the top and you have a VNV Nation track. 266mHz (correction 600mHz), 128meg of ram and a bit o synthesis/sequencing knowlege is all it takes to be signed as an "industrial" act these days :sigh: where did all the good bands go?!?

an arrival... of sorts.

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:32:27 GMT

so, i have arrived. after 3 days of driving (long days...) I'm here in Denver. It's been 2 days since we've arrived and still no movers with our stuff. Sleeping on an air matress isn't so fun and it is fucking HOT! i guess Florida is bigger on air conditioning (which makes sense).

I need to find a job, like ASAP! Moving isn't cheap and the movers are charging us an additional $400 because they cant fit the semi down out street and will have to transfer our stuff to a shuttle to get it to our apt (bastards).

...and it is incredibly strange knowing no one, i guess you take for granted after being in the same place for 15 years that you know someone almost everywhere in a city. I have my Kimberley, but thus far Denver seems more than somewhat lonely.

so here goes nothing....

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:15:42 GMT

My first entry, whoa, the pressure... in 3 days i turn 27, and in 30 days i move from Tampa FL to Denver CO, all of this is mildly terrifying and extremely exciting. I keep finding myself saying to myself, "self, this is the last time you will (fill in the blank w an activity) in Tampa" but i guess I'm just not all that sentimental, because the impact is little to none. its weird to think that the impact is so insignificant, cause i've lived in TPA for 15 years, and although there are family, friends, and places i love here, i've never really considered TPA to be home, I've become comfortable here, but have also felt like somewhat of an outsider. That being said, I'm not sure i consider anyplace home at this point (this i have never really considered) and though it strikes me as a bit strange and somehow somewhat sad, its not going to be a crushing blow to my mood and or ego, it just never really occured to me until now.