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I gave in.
Here it is. You're most likely on there, so go add me.I'll always blog here though, heh heh.
%BLOG-IMAGES%Harrr.
Now my entire band is on myspace. I may just give in and restart an account and have this domain forward to it.Sheesh!
%BLOG-IMAGES%My nerdiness knows no bounds.
Gotta go into work tomorrow... BOO! But it'll be a good thing.
So I bought another domain name and decided to do something cool with it. I don't have enough websites apparantly! I get made fun of by a friend of mine who thinks I have too many. Well that may be true, but she makes too many fruit slushie things. Ha, you get that!
So I saw some people from high school on my friend's blog page. That was weeeeeird. High school and anytime before I moved away from Odessa seems like a dream (or rather, a nightmare, heh). Most of the folks I did see looked completely different, and some the same. A select few I saw invoked insane rage! I started remembering how they just were in general: PRICKS. Not so much to everyone, just to me (at the time). I laugh at them now; most of them following the boring "template of life." You know: "Go to school, get a degree, get married, explode with babies." I don't get it! I'm not opposed to the previously mentioned activities, but TRY SOME VARIETY WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG! Har har, whatever.
So these pricks I mentioned. Yeah, they were pricks. This mostly occured in 10th grade when I was in high school band (I played trombone, har). Probably the worst year of my schooling I ever encountered. For starters, I never WANTED to play trombone. What made this even more annoying was that I was very good at it and I didn't give two shits about the outcome of my playing or competing against anyone else. I didn't even practice. Ever. Everyone else did. So I did well without practicing; better than most. They hated me for it. Haha, jerks!
So in turn they acted like pricks to me. There were only a select few people that were actually cool to me, and one of them is Joshy, our lovable Psychostick guitarist! The messed up thing was that I never (intentionally) rubbed my playing in anyone's face. I guess it was my carefree attitude that pissed them off. Oh well, go enjoy babies and marriage!
And don't even get me started about that goddamn band director. He's probably like 238641234876 years old now or some crap. FUCK that guy. Yeah, great way to teach; yell, scream, spit, and make your students feel as shitty as possible! Oh, if I could go back... so many people would get a punch in the face.
One thing I learned thoughout that shitty experience was to stand up for myself. When someone was a prick to me, I would sit and take it. When I got screamed at by my jerkface band director, I just sat there and rolled with the punches. Now, heh... fuck no.
But all that has long since passed. Felt really good to vent though. Haha... babies and marriage. I slay me.
Time for bed.
%BLOG-IMAGES%Finally, a real post!
Wow, did you miss me? Yeah I've been gone a while. I wonder if anyone actually reads these? Oh well. Most of you are probably coming from Myspace anyway. Ain't that something.
I've got a nice big fat rant here if I can manage to stay awake.
First things first: Our little 2 show tour! We went up to Hollywood for the first time to play at The Gig, right on Melrose. The drive wasn't that bad really, up until we hit LA and the road got real bumpy like. Then we cruise through downtown and make our exit onto Melrose, and it hit me...
Hollywood ain't that great!
Well, at first glance. It's dirty and overcrowded. I couldn't make a left turn! Getting parked and settled to the club made my anxiety meter explode, but nevertheless I managed to steal a spot right next to the club, towing a trailer and all. Luckily my truck can handle that kind of stuff. Hurray for FINALLY having a big, bad truck!
So we hang out for several hours, checking out the area and goofing around. I got some great stuff on film I'll use for the DVD sometime soon (hint, hint). I also snapped some photos on my camera which I'll put on the stick's page sometime soon. For the most part, the people there pretty much ignore you no matter what... until you perform on stage. :p But yeah, I saw some crazy stuff. When we walked to Subway, I saw two Lamborghini's parked in an auto store (not just that, but I saw tons of fancy cars, including TWO Vipers - I exploded). Then we walk into Subway and get food. Then a hottie walks in, ignores us all as much as possible, and goes to make out with the owner of the two Lamborghini's outside. This leads me to believe that love CAN be bought! So keep that in mind, everyone. If the price is right, you can buy anything!
Mmmm... cynical...
The Hollywood show turned out to be AWESOME. We killed! There was a good chunk of people there, and they seemed to all be entertained by us. We also got to finally play in front of the Otep crew, whom we've had the honor of meeting up with several months prior when they toured through Phoenix. Turned out that Evil Jay (Otep bassist) is a rabid, RABID Psychostick fan. It's all SO amazing. They all seemed to enjoy the show immensely, which means we did our job. I'm proud of me and my boys.
The San Diego show was great too, and some of the crazed people from the Hollywood show came to this one as well. The Jumping Turtle, which is the venue we played at, was friendly and brought in a decent number of people in. The opening acts though were not near the genre we were. The first was a lady with her keyboard. She was a really good musician, but it didn't fit the bill! Then a Dave Matthews type band played next, which was also really good... but didn't fit the bill! Then WE go on and send heavy chugs of death throughout the rolling hills of San Marcus (I think that's the town), and Seven Year Existence followed us with even more insane death heavy KILL. Strange night that was - some weird lady grabbed my ass and the bartender hit on me. At least I think she did. Har har.
Moral of the story: I did not want to come home. Going to work the next day was HARD. I can't wait to tour the US now. The only bad thing about all of this was that my voice was not used to this sort of thing. I have to work on building chops. Awww!
Anyway.
I just spent all day today working on our press kit. It's finally done, aside from me having to send in some stuff for demo CD pressing and making some glossy photos. Once all that is in, we can finally start presenting ourselves in a formal fashion other than, "Uhh... want a CD?"
I also realize that it's almost impossible for me to have a life. I WANT to get out there and date/hump chicks, but with a combination of my new job AND this ever-so-quickly growing band, I hardly have time to surf for porn go out and make it happen anymore! I think I need to start delegating stuff. Who knows. All I know is that aside from some short little flings I haven't actually legitmately dated in over 2 years. I know it's not me personally, because I freakin' rule. Well I suppose that in the long run I will reap the rewards.
For now though, I continue to press onward. Plus I think the chick in the Phoenix area are all lesbians or something. Har har, lucky for them I'm also a lesbian. Just a bit hairier and with external genitals.
Ok, I'm satisified now.
%BLOG-IMAGES%Oh, woe is woes.
There's a lot of exciting things going on with Psychostick behind the scenes. I really can't talk about them, but... trust me, they're happening now. So many things I want to announce, but I cannot just yet. :)
I think once I get to a point where I can comfortably, I'm going to move back to Texas. Hopefully I can do this within a year or two. Kinda burnt out on AZ, not that there's anything bad about it, it's just not the place for me. Austin sounds good to me. Rawr.
Gotta run here pretty quick, so I'll keep this short and vague...
My personal life has been a roller coaster. Up, down, spinny things, etc. I had exited the whole dating world for a long period of time and kept it that way intentionally. Well it's looking like I'm re-entering it, but super casual-like. There was also another potential "thing" that was going to possibly happen. Now it looks pretty unlikely to me, just based off of the general overall feeling I'm getting. The vibe does not jive.
I know that was really vague. Trust me, that's a good thing right now. :p I figured I had waited long enough, and I think it's time to fill that gap again. It's not much of a gap that NEEDS filling, but it'll help me rest at ease not really being so concerned with it.
Of course, it could end up being more of a hassle anyway. So I'll play it by ear.
Super-vague!
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Internet web!@ Next week we go to Hollywood and San Diego. I think the last time I was in LA was... 10 years ago? Maybe?I'm seriously excited. Even though they are on weekdays and we don't have a lot of promo time (ugh), I think out turnout will be decent. I also can't wait to have that "we're from out of town so bow down, sluts" feeling. :D
When we get back, there's going to be a serious amount of effort put into Psychostick distribution into stores, as well as some sponsorships and such. We want to hit the road, badly. There IS a big tour that we have a 95% chance of being on, but right now this particular tour is set back by a particular band who is recording their next album. So we must be patient and do all we can in the meantime.
I have yet another philosphical rant I want to get into, but now is not the time.
My new job has me dreaming of code.
This page is looking prettier! Look at my face!
%BLOG-IMAGES%UGH.
Well, at least I'm not bored.Jesus FREAKING Buddah.
Turns out this tour isn't coming together as I thought it would. Looks like we'll hit a few California shows, but... the big bad tour is still up in the air.
Anyway, I have to get up in about 5 hours to run, so I'll keep this brief!
I've been working myself like a dog these past two weeks, and my new job is very intense. It's kind of like being promoted from Private to General in a month. Yeah, that sounds good.
Anyway, I think I'll update one of the sections of my page just because I CAN!
I go now.
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