Welcome To My Little Corner of the Institution

:: 2005 7 January :: 4.56pm

livinginaworldofpeopleisstilllonely

:: 2005 5 January :: 10.28pm

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
-Tyler
-Bob
-Goaler

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
-tclonyl
-tboblp (ichat)
thats its!

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
-my fingers
-my musical ability
-my hair

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
-dry skin
-lack of style
-i like to argue, and it gets me in trouble

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
-German
-Italian
-American

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
-quiet
-mystery of dying
-cell phone ringing (vibrate ONLY)

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
-guitars
-computer
-chewing gum

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
-jeans
-shirt
-underwear

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS:
-Rush
-Miles Davis
-Bob Dylan

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
-"Fool In the Rain" Led Zepellin
-"Knocking on Heaven's Door" Guns N' Roses
-"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" Bob Dylan

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
-shoot a revolver
-perform in ensemble
-another cuban cigar

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
-fun
-surprise, spontaneity
-intimacy

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (In no particular order):
-I play auld lang syne when warming up with guitar
-I have an extreme fear of nail files/nail filing
-I will sing any and every song, whether I know it or not no matter who can hear

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
-maturity!
-lips
-hair

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE SAME SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
-able to talk about anything

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
-play violin
-beat my stepdad at pool
-find my N64

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:
-guitar playing
-hockey playing
-pool playing

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
-Recording Engineer
-Studio Musician/Sessionist
-Record Producer

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
-Germany
-Grand Canyon (again)
-Cuba

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
-visit Jimmy Hendrix's grave in Seattle
-have someone recognize my name from a song/album/artist that I worked with
-meet a professional hockey player

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR ELSE...
Uhhh.....
whatever...lol

1 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed | One Fell Off and Bumped His Head

plainmornings

:: 2004 31 December :: 10.01pm

wow...

its been entirely too long since i've stepped into the newly "elite" land of woohu. Well Andy, I must say that the place looks good!

To a new year... God help us in what may come.

:: 2004 31 December :: 9.14pm
:: Mood: depressed

changes
I was hoping a change in the journal's outlook might prompt me more to update.
It's about time I changed the emotion anyway, don't you agree?

Still testing the colors, hopefully they go.

I hate the holidays.
No festive spirit.
No happiness.
I don't eat.
I don't really sleep.
I'm stuck with the family.
I don't see friends.
I feel un-good.

:: 2004 26 December :: 11.10pm
:: Mood: curious

Aloha Hello, Aloha Goodbye.
I'm going up to visit relatives for the next few days.

This trip will be fun. Painful, painful fun.

With Love.......
~*~

2 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed | One Fell Off and Bumped His Head

:: 2004 24 December :: 9.53pm

HOLY CRAP!!
MY DAD GOT ME A GIBSON LES PAUL CLASSIC FOR CHRISTMAS!!http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM03/Content/Gibson/PR/Les-Paul-Classic-DC-lg.jpg

that's EXACTLY what mine looks like. And for those who wonder why this is such a huge deal, go look up the price range for a les paul classic and get back to me...

:: 2004 24 December :: 9.48pm
:: Mood: pissed

geez - when is there ever a break?
Let me take this opportunity to state that I hate breaks.

Or in other words, the only thing good about breaks is not having the stress of school.

Holidays suck.

Alright I'm done.

Oh, and Merry 'Eve everyone.

With love...

2 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed | One Fell Off and Bumped His Head

:: 2004 21 December :: 10.39pm
:: Mood: confused
:: Music: "Meant to Live" ~Switchfoot

tsk tsk tsk
I find it insanely difficult to find time and will to update.

Not cool.

How do you do it Amanda?

With love..
~*~

2 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed | One Fell Off and Bumped His Head

:: 2004 20 December :: 8.18pm
:: Mood: unknown
:: Music: the static in my head

?
Something's wrong when I drive 60 down that road with the bridge in my neighborhood.

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I feel rather weighed down with a question.
Not sure. Not sure.

....are we friends?
true friends, actual real friends, friend friends

~*~

:: 2004 18 December :: 6.48pm

Hockey at 10, bowling at 12:30, I'm going to be very tired! My audition I feel went very well. If my song selection was ok I'm confident I'll be accepted without a problem. The guy said I will know around christmas. I can't wait to get the letter, no matter what the outcome. Harry Connick junior is weird looking and a bad singer...why is he on tv?

:: 2004 16 December :: 7.34pm
:: Mood: lost

lost

We are all afraid to love because we are afraid that what we love may leave someday.

:: 2004 16 December :: 1.28am
:: Mood: lost

...
I'm suddenly intensely sad.

I feel like I've drifted again. Of course I have, isn't that what I always do? But no, this time it's like....I've drifted from friends, but it's accepted and I'm not entirely wanted back.

It's like...I'm gone from that group....and it doesn't really matter. Not like I figured it would matter since in my head it doesn't....but feeling it like this is different. In my head being...before. Now in my head it does matter. It's down to the last few months. This isn't how I want it to be. I want to be in with the group. I want to know what's up. I want to be friends like we were once.

But yet again, I don't know what to do. I've told myself it's all about IMing them. Maybe if I IMed them once every day we'd get back into the swing. But...I have nothing to talk about. Such fear.

I feel like it's the wrong me they see now. They should know better, some of them have seen deeper sides of me than most. But what can I do?

Drifting.

Drifting.

Drifted.

Gone.

Shall I just call it fine as it is now and let them all go?
It will be the end, I am sure.
But even if I tried, the end would still be inevitable.

Easier to give up.
More painful to give up.
Easy. Pain.
When have I ever cared how much I'm hurt?

With Love.
~*~

:: 2004 14 December :: 10.57pm
:: Mood: anxious

boulevard of broken dreams
I'm not doing too well lately.

I really want to write in my journals...I have everything planned out as to what I want to type.....and then it gets down to me sitting here and I can't get myself to type. It's fun.

Courtney: but one good thing happend to me
Courtney: i gave up all my christmas presents to help out these 4 people (we have an angel tree in school and i picked 4 angels off of the tree and in order to help them i had to give up my christmas presents) and to me knowing that i put a smile on someone's face is much more precious to me than getting christmas gifts

How amazing is that?

Andrei IMed her and told her how godly amazing he felt that was. Scared her, but when I explained he was just a crazy friend whom I had shared that clip with, she said it made her day better and was quite happy afterwards.

Andy hasn't been online for a long while. Neither has Denver. Both came on twice this week and I've we've at least exchanged greetings.

Sometimes I wonder about Glenn. He's promised several times that he would be returning within the next few months. I think they keep him detained in Iraq. He has a son, a family. Many of them over there do.
This war is pointless now.

School keeps screwing me over. It's rather entertaining to take a step back and examine all it's done.

Second to last time I officially march with my bass drum. :'(

Lots of people have been accepted into colleges. Congrats!

Here's that survey I stole from Amanda who stole from someone else.
It's quite interesting and surprising, the things I've done and the things I haven't. Least I enjoyed this survey.
Read more..

Aye, not the most interesting life either. A bit extreme things in there (not like that, geez, traveling mainly). Lots still I should try.

With love.....
~*~

:: 2004 13 December :: 3.14pm

The final lineup for the audition
If youre looking to hear these songs, they shouldnt be hard to find on some kazaa-like program. Michelle is by the Beatles and Blue Bossa is by Joe Henderson. Of course my chord melody arrangement for Michelle is nothing like the original. The melody i refer to is vocal, the chords are the same as used in the song, and the altered chord melody is improv of the original chord melody. Blue Bossa I use the same melody, note wise, and the same chords being played on the piano in the song. I play the chords and melody in two different places for the piece, to add a little flavour and show my versatility. In a typical performance I would play in a single position throughout the song. The timing that I use for blue bossa is much less 'latin' and more jazz/blues sounding, almost swing-like.

AUDITION

First Piece:
Michelle

I. Chord Melody
Play through repeat
II. Note Melody
D.S.
III. Rhythm chords
D.S.
IV. Altered Chord Melody
D.S. al Coda
V. Chord Melody
Coda

Second Piece:
Blue Bossa
(No musical direction, play through entire piece each time)

I. Rhythm 1st position
II. Melody 1st position
III. Improv 1st position
IV. Rhythm 2nd position
V. Improv melody 2nd position
VI. Arppegio melody 1st position
VII. Melody 1st position
VIII. Rhythm 1st position