A few updates

So I just found out from Dan that I definitely have the job over the summer, which is both awesome and terrible. It's awesome because I may be doing something different for the company and making more, or I'm installing system like I was going to originally. Regardless I have a job though which is really nice. The awful thing is that, again, I'm not going to see my family or friends much over the summer. But I've turned Stephan over to the dark side and convinced him that it's ok to visit me for a weekend....or a week....or two weeks. You know, it's kind of a free flowing situation. =p Naturally everyone is going to have their respective jobs but if anyone wants to come up for a weekend or something you TOTALLY should. Boston's an hour away and Providence is even closer. Ladies: I hear there's a very nice shopping mall over there....

My dad's talked a lot about bringing up Tim, Ben, 'n Mom once a month just to check up on me and say hi which is sweet. Some people are just being stubborn liars when they say they don't miss their families while they're away at college. It's gonna be tough being away for my family even longer than I expected, but those visits are going to make it much easier.

On another high note, my track is currently being considered for another record label called Intuition Recordings, and there are some pretty serious names attached to that label. From what I've heard though, Menno De Jong (owner, producer) is pretty picky, so I'm not going to get my hopes up. Just the fact that a track of mine is being signed it really nice anyway. =)

I watched the Dead Poet's Society last night for the first time. What an awesome movie! Robin Williams is always going to be in my top 20. As cliche as it is, after that movie I sat out in a field and looked up at the stars. I think the reason why it's so cliche is because so many people do it. I even talked to myself, which is something I might initially label as creepy. But really, I think everyone should do it more often. There are huge differences between talking to yourself inside your head and letting the air carry it. There's no clutter in the air like there is in my brain, so it makes it much easier to methodically think about what's going on with my life.

I decided that I'm fed up with being afraid to say things I want to. It's not necessarily things that are mean or shallow, its more like the words I want to say to a girl or the honesty I should just express when I disagree with someone. I put too much weight on the idea that everything I say is taken note of by people. I talked it out last night and realized that my life's being hampered because of those things i'm not saying. Of course I'm not just going to puke all those things into this blog because that would strip them of all their power and influence on me. And that's the wrong way to do it anyway.

My Mom is a beautiful, wonderful woman. I know that the reason why I choose my words carefully and try to keep everyone happy is because I inherited the same trait from her. My Dad is a funny and sensitive guy. I know that the reason why I'm self-conscious about the clothes I wear, how my body looks, and even how I hold myself while I'm standing in an elevator is because I inherited the same trait from my dad (with the exception that he is not nearly as self-conscious as I am, unless he was when he was younger). My first thought was to say "Ok screw it there's no way I'm gonna be able to break out of those traits because its my nature. But then I decided that was just dumb. That doesn't really need any further discussion.

The people you know are so much more important than what you know. I know absolutely nothing about how to install security systems but that doesn't matter because my friend Dan had the job and told the guy I would be a great worker. Bam. There's my awesome job. It's a good thing that my future manager is a die hard Mormon with endless kindness and trust, otherwise I probably wouldn't have the job! That's another thing. APX Alarm is a privately owned company with its plentiful share of Mormons--a fact that I'm actually pretty excited about. I love Mormons because they're so freaking sexually frustrated but they're so god damn nice that it makes me laugh. I heard from an anonymous source about an anonymous honeymoon that involved over 14 sessions of intercourse. Holy. God. They didn't get tired. They got the hang of it.

So yeah, Mormons make me laugh. =D (and smile apparently too)

Cheers!

Starting up

I decided that it was time to start up the next best thing to my own website considering I can't really afford one just yet. From now on this is the place where you'll find all of the updates on whats going on with music, what I'm thinking about, and of course what life's throwing at me.

For those of you who I didn't tell yet or who don't know at all, I'm getting back into music again. Remember the time when I made up a cd of my shitty music (which was complimented by Rooney's awesome artwork)? I have no idea WHY any of you would have those cds anymore, but if you're interested in hearing more I thought this might be the place to go to. A lot of things have changed since then, and I promise you that I'll try my hardest to prevent hearing loss this time. =)

I'm not sure who I mentioned it to, but as of a few days ago I'm getting one of my tracks signed to a label. The future home of 'Slowplay' is going to be with Ampire Digital Recordings, so that's pretty cool. My suggestion is not to check out Slowplay OR Ampire Digital Recordings unless you have an open mind towards techno (this is REALLY called Trance) haha. We're working out the contract right now which means that I'm not technically supposed to give the song to anybody. But if you're really interested in getting the song and you'd rather not pay just send me a message and it might magically appear. =)

I haven't heard from the manager of the security systems team I'll be working for, so it doesn't mean I have the job yet. You're allowed to be secretly excited if I end up not getting the job, but I'll be pretty bummed for a while. Hopefully though I will get that call eventually. I also put up a few links that people would definitely be interested in, so check 'em out. Peace!