Have You Passed Through This Night? Pt. II

So today was the day when I got to interview two of the members of Explosions in the Sky and got to see them play live at the El Rey Theatre. But it was a really strange day. My interview with EITS was at 7:00 PM, so I left my parking lot at school at 6:10 seeing as how mapquest says it takes 15 minutes for me to get to the El Rey from school. Anyway, I end up at the El Rey at 6:55. I went into the parking lot and the fee to park was 8 dollars. So as I was entering I gave the worker a 20 dollar bill. He asked me if I had any change, but I told him he could just give me four dollars back because I was going to leave to pick up my friend and come back later. He said ok and ended up giving me 16 dollars back all in ones. So I ran to the venue to conduct the interview and I was all excited and everything. I shook hands with all the band members, except one who wasn't there at the time, and they just started talking to me like I was their friend. They were really nice guys. So we started the interview and after 5 seconds, I said hey let me stop this for a second to see if it is working properly. So I stopped it and we listened and it was fine. So we started over and the interview was awesome. It was basically me and them two talking for 8 minutes (8 minutes, how fiting?). So when the interview was over I left all excited and happy and went out to my car and called some people to say how it went. After 10-15 minutes I got in my car to listen to the tape. I played it and it started playing, but after 5 seconds it starting playing me practicing my questions. And it hit me, THE TAPE DID NOT RECORD!!!!! I was in complete and utter despair. My heart stopped. I then went back inside to see if I can get another interview. I went in and saw looked for them. I met The Drift, the opening band, and asked them where EITS was. Apparently they had gone out for dinner. So i started talking to The Drift and jokingly asked them if they wanted an interview. They were nice guys, but they said they would tell EITS what happened and maybe I could get another interview later. So I left the venue like a fool and waited in my car untill 8:00 when the doors would open. So at 8:00 I went in but the goons would not let me in the back without a pass. So I went out infront to get one and it turns out I had to be on a list to get the pass and I wasn't on the list. So in complete and utter despair I left the venue to pick up my friend. When i got to her school, since she had class, I waited for her. She came to my car at 9:15 and we headed on back to the El Rey. But it turns out her teacher was saying that people had plagiarized on their last essay. So she had a panic attack and we quickly turned back so she could talk to her teacher. So went back and parked and I forgot my car window all the way down (wtf?). She talked to her teacher and she ended up being relieved. So we headed out back to the El Rey and I didn't have any directions. On the way up the 10 freeway I just picked a pretty arbitrary exit and called my sister to look up the directions. It turns out I had picked the right exit after all. Anyway, we reached the venue at around 10:15ish and EITS had already started playing. I don't know how much I missed, but I missed something big I'm guessing because they never played "Your Hand In Mine" or "First Breath After Coma" which made me :( But the show was amazing. When it ended, I didn't even bother getting the interview. It was never meant to be. So I later dropped off my friend and on the way back I accidentally passed my first red light ever. But the whole way back home I was listening to Dustin Kensrue and had the biggest smile on my face. I just couldn't help loling about how awkward my whole day went. I know it doesn't sound very interesting, but it was. This was one of the most interesting days of my life. I drove almost 130 miles all around LA and came back home with 5 seconds of interview footage and a back smile on my face.

p.s. I don't like paragraphs

p.p.s. I did not proofread

Stand And Feel Your Worth

So, in my last post I said I was going to convert this into a music blog. Well, scratch that. I'm going to keep this blog to bitch and moan to my heart's content and wallow in self-delusion. However, it will likely not be updated too often because I'm not really interesting and have nothing to write about.

With that said, I now have a new music blog which you can find here. There will be downloads and links and plenty of good stuff, so stay tuned. Cheers!

Consider The Ravens

ad‧dic‧tion  /əˈdɪkʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-dik-shuhn]
–noun
the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.


Man, Fuck music! srsly! That shit is ruining my life.


With that said, I'm going to turn my blog into a music blog, starting my next blog entry. Maybe if I have an outlet for music, it won't take up all the hours of my day anymore.


lollerirony btw


oh and btw, people should be able to comment now.

Have You Passed Through This Night?

"Hey man, can I have a minute of your time?"

"Sure"

Why do I always have to say "Sure"?

Every time someone walks towards me and asks me if I they can take a few minutes of my time, I always say "sure", even though I know they are going to ask for my money and I'm going to end up giving it. It's not that I'm a douche and don't want to help anyone out, obviously I do or else I would never give them anything. But the point is, I just can't say no.

Ironically though, I just got a fortune cookie which said "Be assertive and you will win". I'm sure it's just a coincidence, which by the way a ton of coincidences happened to me today, it was quite eerie, but the fortune cookie has a point. I'm too soft.

But whatevz, my softness fed five homeless families today. I'm hoping I did too.

Strangers Die Every Day

People who say they listen to everything are uncultured savages.

Taijin Kyofusho

pt. 1

So on my way home today I saw a big Best Buy eighteen wheeler and it reminded me of something. Around two years ago I applied for a job at Best Buy and I had to take one of those psychological exams on their website to see if I qaulify and stuff. So I took it and I was called in for an interview like a week later. When I got there, my interviewer told me that I got the highest possible score on the psychological exam and no one had ever done that before, at least not in their store. But the odd thing was, even with all that said, they didn't hire me. Did I fuck up the interview that badly? I know I'm pretty crappy at interacting with people, but I couldn't possibly be that bad. I mean come on, I had the highest score ever! You don't just NOT hire that person unless his interview was a trainwreck. But whatevz, I got a job somewhere else soon after so it doesn't really matter.

pt. 2

Do you ever over-analyze something to the death of it, yet end up not using anything you thought of? When I have to do something that I don't know what to expect from it, I always kill myself over all the possible situations and think of how I can respond and act when they occur in order to not make a fool of myself. But I always over-analyze it and end up using nothing I thought of and having nothing to say because the situation was so simple. And afterwards I over-analyze what I messed up and why I messed it up. Hell, I'm over-analyzing this whole situation right now.

pt. 3

this blog made me look like a homo.

The Blue Notebooks

So I'm pretty excited that I'm going to be interviewing Explosions in the Sky on Nov. 14 for uclaradio.com. I really can't believe it, to be honest. Not many people get the chance to just sit down with one of their favorite bands and have a little chat. But besides that, I can't believe at how easy it was to get an interview. All I did was e-mail them and ask. From just their responses to my emails so far they seem like extremely nice people. I can't wait. Hopefully one day I'll get to interview the guys from Thrice. Oh how amazing that would be.

p.s. 2007 is going to pwn my face for music. New Explosions in the Sky, Thrice, and Dustin Kensrue albums? z0mgz!!!