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Yesterday, I actually experienced my head spinning and it continued to do so for 30 seconds or so. I felt like I was falling forward out of my chair when in fact I was leaning back in it. I never thought that words could affect me that much.
I am planning to have a birthday party on Friday and one of my best friends may not be able to make it which is disappointing to say the least. Coupled with my birthday always comes school, but I'll have my driver's license, hopefully, if I don't fail.
I need a drummer and/or bassist if anybody is reading this in Nanaimo and knows somebody. That'd make my year for sure, to have a band to play with, because my drummer (Kevin J. Dobson) moved to Taiwan which presents a slight inconvenience if we want to continute jamming.
"You make me dizzy running circles in my head." - Foo Fighters
my melancholy mood as of the last couple days.

Spotting the perfect moment

I am really good at spotting the perfect moment. I will see the perfect time to do something and imagine myself doing it....but....I won't seize that moment and at some later time will settle for a less fitting time. whoop dee doo. What's so great about seeing the perfect time if you are too afraid to do something about it. lol.
I had songs stuck in my head today; good songs mind you. "Will I ever get to where I'm going, if I do will I know when I am there??? If the wind blew me in the right direction, would I even care???" I didn't do much today, but I finished writing my 15th song and spent the evening with Amay, Bethany and Chip.
It is my birthday next week. Try to guess my age and the date of my birthday and post your guess. Hopefully I'll have a sweet party (details coming soon). Those of you with Labour Day plans will sadly miss out on my birthday party. :(

"Life is a privilege; thats our privilege. That's all I have to say about that right now" - Brandon Boyd

What a crazy summer

mmm what a summer. My best friend went to Taiwan for a year, I started dating the beautiful Amay, I had a couple social gatherings at my house and now my cousin is moving away to Calgary. I, regretfully, went away for weeks on end (all planned way beforehand) and now the summer has all but dwindled away. Now I wish I had a driver's license so I could drive wherever I wanted and just randomly go places w/o needing to wait for an opportune time to get a ride. mreh...there doesn't even seem to be a point for this entry. Ah the one thing that has stayed the same is music. I can still listen to music and find bliss. yay. my goal is 18 songs b4 the end of the year.
It sucks a lot that this summer went by so fast and now my last year of high school is beginning. Man I wish I was done already.
"and I forget, just why I taste, oh yeah I gues it makes me smile, I found it hard, hard to find, oh well whatever, nevermind"

Enjoy Incubus!!!

Well the title to my blog is actually a title to an Incubus album. Somehow, I've come under the impression that there is an Incubus lyric quote to suit every occasion. I've always been able to find a quote from an Incubus to convey happy, angry, sad and contemplative feelings. And it just so happens that their music is great too. I know nobody wants to listen to me ramble about how great a band is, but w/e you don't have to read this.
Ah you're still here. You've passed the most Incubus enriched part. Today was rainy and for the first half of it I just sat on a couch or bed listening to music. Then I drove home to find out that I had spent two days Amay-free for NO REASON AT ALL. How irked I was w/ myself. Well I made up for it in the evening, spending it watching the Wedding Singer (an awesome and hilarious movie everytime I see it), talking, etc.
I think being vague tends to be intriguing to a certain extent and then it begins to irk people. I believe somebody who knows how to be just vague enough to hold people's attention will be successful in life, but it is an art to be mastered. If the information you are withholding isn't actually that relevant, then you might as well just say it because I, personally, will just give up trying to find out. For me, I like being ambiguous about things which I have no intention of telling them in the first place. Just let them extrapolate, drop subtle, yet obscure, hints that throw them off and laugh silently in your head knowing that it does not matter whether or not they figure it out. Ah...I like rambling.
"What if I was just dreaming??? What if I lived in a pear??? What if I had a mustard-drenched cucumber tied to my leg and I did not want my pants to get dirty???"

Shaftage

what a piece Blogger is. It just erased my entry. from now on I'm saving it. and it was a nice one too. psht psht. Well no going to Cowichan because now I have to leave today and go there and stay till tuesday afternoon (who knows why). and I'm not even allowed to phone Amay :( :( :( that is the most unfortunate part ): anyways, hows life, well not particularly happening right now. i'm not even bothering to capitalize because this will probably be erased too. grrrrrr. Sorry about Cowichan. I feel kind of bad about that, but there is a distinct possibility that it can be rescheduled for wednesday. I also feel bad about when the movie ended last night. 'twas uncalled for on my part. :(
On a lighter note, amazingly enough, when I passed my neighbour's house today, she gave me some freshly cut flowers from her garden. This was only the second time I had ever talked to her and my day was lightened by this act of kindness. :D

"I'm on my way, I cant let go, I cant wake up, Time flies..."

...this is like the lounge version

"Black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain" - Soundgarden
"Hold me for goodbyes and whispered lullabyes and tell me I am still the man I'm supposed to be." - Smashing Pumpkins
"Where is my mind?" - the Pixies

Well what a crazy last couple of days. Curfews are a necessary evil of teenage life. hehe as for random entries, this one is quite so.

Party on Garth, Party on Wayne

Well last night I had a sweet party at my house with no drinking, drugs or sex. woot. Lots of video gaming, foosball, jamming and loud music. Does anybody think that it is weird to sweat while playing the guitar and singing??? :S
Unfortunately, some souls did not honour us with their presence and they also did not get to say a last farewell to my best friend before he heads off abroad to Taiwan for 9 months. Thank you to all those that did come; I hope you had a great time.
I'd like to say that Incubus is a really, really sweet band and I like almost every single one their songs that I have heard.

*Sigh* I love my home

Despite my outspoken views on wanting to live in Vancouver, I love my house in Nanaimo and every smell, material good and memory associated with it. I am back from a three stop trip. In Seattle, Incubus rocked the Key Arena and my repect for their band increased a lot after the drummer, guitarist and DJ soloed and after they played obscure songs off of early cds.

I'd like to say that Incubus is a very versatile, skilled and sweet band and learning their songs on the guitar is both challenging and rewarding. Regarding the Victoria stop on my trip, the Uvic campus is gorgeous and boasts sufficient residences with expansion for more.

It saddens me to know that Kevin is leaving in a mere 5 days, but we are having a social gathering in his honour at an undisclosed time at an undisclosed location for all those who can attend. Contact Kevin or I for details, but first download our songs. Last time to hear the infamous Brad/Kevin combo of sweetness.

I'm done for now. I think it is best to keep blogging quick and concise to avoid brain drain and wasting people's valuable valuable time.

back on the crapper

well I'm back on the crappy imac. WHICH JUST ERASED THE ENTIRE ENTRY RIGHT BEFORE I POSTED IT

ack. well the important parts were: music is up on download.com and I strongly recommend for you to download it.
check it out and I'll be back soon for live requests until august 20.

iMac = Icrap.

this computer that I'm on sucks so much. It won't even let me go to compose so I'm in HTMl right now. what a piece. anyways no blog updates for a week or so. Coming back on sunday. I wish download.com would update and include "music". anyways. gtg. I miss my friends so much

Concerning Blogs

#%Concerning hobbits, I mean blogs, well how personal are they supposed to be? I guess there can be any level of information disclosed in them, but if one writes everything in a blog, then what is there to talk about with people in person? Talking in person sorts out lots of things more effectively than blogs do, I find.
#%Well, we had half, two thirds rather, of a LOTR marathon last night. It was cool. The original people there were Bethany, Mike, Amay and I. Mike and Bethany left and Kevin, Laura and Foo sat in their place on the couch. I wasn't really watching the movie as much as I normally would.
#%Also, a couple of days ago, Amay introduced me to a very awesome song, "Since I Don't have You" by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. It is a cover of a Skyliners song and has also been covered by GNR. A song that I introduced her to is Wonderboy by Tenacious D. I strongly encourage you to download those two tunes as well as many of my songs. mmmmmmusic
#%Regarding lyrics to songs, I believe that different people get different feelings from the same song. In fact, I know this to be true. But, I also believe that people can interpret songs differently from the artist him/herself and gather meaning from the song in that certain way even if that was not how the artist originally intended. One characteristic of a good song or poem is that it can be viewed in multiple ways and holds many meanings. Time is of the essence, well some of the essence at least. It is 4:04 (site not found) right now. I also happen to be going south for a week. Bye
#%Anyways, I'm going to say, as I did in my last entry, that yesterday went exceptionally well. In fact, it went so well that I forgot about the gash in my forehead. It is a battle wound, but I have not yet thought up a story for it.

Quote of the Day:
"There's something about...It reminded me twice that I was alive."

Mellow or Rocking...It's all good

Yesterday (Wednesday) was cool. Did you feel the same way??? Leave comments below. Yes that means everyone.

Quote of the day:
"I can't see the end of me; my whole expanse, I cannot see. Formulate infinity, deep inside me."

Back in the USSR

Finally, I'm home from my, what seems like, endless venture. It is awesome to be back and see friends again. Manchurian Candidate is pretty good. Meryl Streep is good at making the audience despise her character (she is the antagonist so that is a compliment to her).
Well, thank you for the support of my music. It is greatly appreciated and I have submitted another song to be posted on there and should be up in a week or so for your downloading pleasure.
I hate viruses. They have some discernible commercial purpose, I guess; they keep businesses like Symantec and McAfee profitable. But, in general, they suck. I think we have one and it is messing our internet on our other computer. I'd like to say that the speed of one's computer is of little reference. I know somebody with a 1.6 GHz computer and it runs about 1 tenth as fast as our 650 MHz computer because their's is full of crap. Also, to improve computer running speed, get more RAM. Random Access Memory is where its at. 256 mb should be sufficient, but go for the redundant 1 gb. I think that is just awesome that people have RAM the size of hard drives from just 3 or 4 years ago.
Enough about computers. I'm stoked to go to Incubus on Saturday, yet another skilled band. Something random, I think some people are just born with picture taking skill, and others are not. For example, pictures taken by my brother, David, and I, neither of which have had any photography lessons, turn out quite nicely, while pictures by other members of my family, are off-center, unfocused, crooked or gimped in some other fashion. (that sentence was sweet; check it out)
I wonder if there is some article in the Privacy Act about disclosing the names of minors, or anybody for that matter, publicly on a blog or in some other sort of media. I tend to avoid doing so, unless I have the person's direct permission. It is probably legal as long as it isn't in a derogatory or defaming fashion as defamation of character is a common charge (in movays, that is).

mmmmm. RGB

Quote of the day:
"Meet me in outer space. We could spend a night, watch the earth come up."

how do you like the new layout that I made??? Repondez-vous!!!

Mmmmm...coloured text

Well I am gone from Naramata and now back at Kelowna. I'd just like to say that there is rich and then there is RICH. And our relatives borrowed a boat from people who are RICH. It was 40 feet long, costs $2000 to fill the tank entirely, has sleeping quarters, fridge and stove and has a cruising speed around 50 mph. Now that is a boat. When I age, I hope to be well-off but not rich. It would be cool to know people who have excessive amounts of money and then you can "live the life" for a day, and then go back to reality.
The Naramata fair was cool. I managed to spend no amount of money. Zilch. Nada. A big goose egg. I got food off of others who bought too much and restrained myself from buying trivial items that might be cool for one hour and then lose their appeal.
I reached my 100 downloads quota on my music download site . Unfortunately, I am greedy with this ftp transfer protocol and want more, more, more. Cmon, it is free so tell your friends and spread the goodness (well kind of) of my music. feat. Kevin Dobson on drums.
Speaking of Kevin, he is my best friend and has been for the past 3 years or so and I'm going to miss him when he goes to Taiwan on the 20th of August. I also hope he has a good trip, learns a ton and buys inexpensive Asian electronics which function twice as well as the ones we get here.
I am arriving home in two days. YAY. I miss Nanaimoites. My long journey comes to an end just to start another on Saturday going to Seatlle, Uvic and Lake Cowichan. Boo-erns.
*Beta Romeo Alpha Delta* Exiting Plane


Quote of the day:
"too late to turn back now, i'm running out of sound, and i am changing, changing, and if we died right now..."