Inside a Great Stadium

jewsmakememad @ 2005-12-21T16:40:00

2005-12-22T01:24:49Z

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Went to South America, recorded my own music, played quarters
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't know if I made one
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? I don't think so
4. Did anyone close to you die? No
5. What countries did you visit? Peru
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? A less judgmental perception of people
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? I think the first Thanksgiving show at Fool's Foundation, because it was probably the best show I've ever been to. oh and spring break.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I don't know
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't know. Summer was kind of a failure.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I don't think so. There was a week where my foot hurt really badly when I kicked things.
11. What was the best thing you bought? a bike
12. Where did most of your money go? Food and Records
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Summer and the Mount Eerie show and a friend's return from Scandinavia
14. What song will always remind you of 2005? Bob Dylan - Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather
15. Compared to this time last year, are you ...Older or wiser? Older
Thinner or fatter? fatter
Richer or poorer? richer
16. What do you wish you'd done more of? recording, bike riding, traveling
17. What do you wish you'd done less of? fighting, getting upset, sitting on the computer
18. How will you be spending Christmas? Going to a party and then going to my grandma's and then coming home
19. Did you fall in love in 2005? I don't think so
20. How many one-night stands? none
21. What was your favorite TV program? Special Victims Unit, I don't know.
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? probably
23. What was the best book you read? The White Album by Joan Didion was good. OH! Catch-22! That was the best book.
24. What was your greatest musical discovery? Thanksgiving probably. Little Wings, Deerhoof, Mice Parade, and Dilute are all very close seconds.
25. What did you want and get? to see Mount Eerie
26. What did you want and not get? to finish recording stuff
27. What was your favorite film of this year? I don't know
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was sixteen and I think I thought about getting stoned and then fell asleep. Oh but I went to the jelly belly factory that day too.
29. What would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A better summer
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? redundant
31. What kept you sane? This song by a guy that Scott room-mated with when he went to Baltimore
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I don't know. It always seems to vary, I think Alison Lohman is really attractive though.
33. What political issue stirred you the most? I think this year was the year of everyone imposing their opinions on everyone else.
34. Who did you miss? Jordan over the summer, Mike and Zane when they went to college
35. Who was the best new person you met? I don't know. That's weird.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: Don't do anything to Dave while he is sleeping.
37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "Quickly forgetting was the way that I lived my life"

The Love of Everything

2005-11-29T02:05:57Z

Hey there.
I bought a 7-inch at a Mount Eerie show a couple weeks ago that was a split with a band called The Love of Everything. Despite that I think I listen to Mount Eerie more than anything, I am in love with the Love of Everything side but unfortunately can't find any other recordings by him. I've tried soulseek and limewire and nothing and no record stores around here have anything. So if any of you have anything by him and wouldn't mind sharing I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

jewsmakememad @ 2005-09-19T02:14:00

2005-09-19T07:33:02Z

I could live in a tent on a beach in Washington with Phil Elverum and Adrian Orange. I've never been so incredibly in love with any musical endeavors of any other two people. Honestly, I don't listen to anything else anymore except for 'folkloric feel' and Mice Parade. I want to spend a part of my life underwater in an explorauroaurotorium looking at whales and sea lions.

The Intimacy of the World with the World

2005-07-20T09:11:21Z

Hey. Long time no post. Band things are kind of over August the 2nd being as Scott leaves the day I get back and then Mike leaves for college. That's weird. All the times we didn't play are all coming back to bite us in the ass it seems. Our fault I suppose.

I hung out with Briana yesterday. It had been a really long time, but I felt like it might have been the first productive thing I did all summer being as I haven't made an effort to see anyone I don't see alot for quite a while.

I've been listening to Books a lot lately. I think it might be the most creative music I've heard in a long time. I really like it a lot. Really nifty vocal samples I think.

I'm in the mood to play music. I've been recording songs on my computer, but they are all really cheesy I think. Kind of knock offs almost. I recorded a song that doesn't sound like a knock off today actually, but now I hate it. I can't ever like anything for more than a minute.

Dear Fools Foundation,
I fucking love you because you are hosting The Advantage and Old Time Relijun just a few days apart and during the summer. Meeting Phil Elverum and Spencer Seim anyone?

jewsmakememad @ 2005-04-11T22:23:00

2005-04-12T05:25:01Z

Playing music with Michael Krochta and Michael Vattuone today made me feel complete for two hours. I really hope it turns into something substantial.

Linear B

2005-04-07T02:39:02Z

Music was done for a while due to absence of drummer. Drummer back. Guitarist out. I feel fucking giddy (as seen above in my livejournal mood).

A recent e-mail I found from a friend of mine that I went to Cuba with...

2005-02-15T04:59:58Z

"Pablita what the fuck is up dude, Teon in the house. I just thought I would say hello to an old from and a fellow CUBAN. I don't know what else to say PABLO you are a cool kid, you are so many things like weird and dirty too, but overall I like you. So my friend are you having fun at home n shit. Well holla back and let me know what's good with you aiight."

From:

Oh Cuba, how I long for you sometimes.

We've got heads on sticks. You've got ventriloquists.

2005-02-02T01:20:05Z

Friday 2/4/05- McClatchy Highschool- Lilu Benefit Concert, Sacramento, CA
Saturday 2/5/05- Show at Club Retro in Orangevale, CA

You all should go to both. Because I will be among the musicians onstage comprising the Twangling Jacks. And because we are ecclectic.

Fall pictures, attempt number 2

2004-11-10T04:50:54Z

I hope these pictures work. They're from when my sister came home in late october.

Russian Laser Tag

you're irresisitible when you get mad

2004-10-27T05:44:57Z

my sister came home from college this weekend and took many pictures so ive decided to update because im gay?

russian laser tag

if you aint up on things, dr. dre is the name, im ahead of the game.

2004-10-05T01:42:23Z

i havent written in a long time. i plan to continue that textual drought, with the exception of this entry which ultimately is just shameless promotion.

DO YOU ENJOY THE MUSICAL SOUNDS OF COLDPLAY, INTERPOL, OR THE PIXIES?!!?!??!?! WELL THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th, THE TWANGLING JACKS (name subject to change based on when the rest of the band realizes that yentl or xanadu are much better names rather than naming ourselves after a shakespeare reference) WILL BE PLAYING AT THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OPEN MIC NIGHT! WE WILL BE PLAYING A COVER OF THE PIXIES SONG WHERE IS MY MIND BECAUSE GUITARIST NUMBER 2, ZANE GRIFFIN, IS SUCH A WHINEY BASTARD THAT HE CONVINCED MIKE AND MYSELF TO JOIN HIM ON THIS MUSICAL ENDEAVOR RATHER THAN DOING A BETTER PIXIES SONG. WE WILL ALSO BE PLAYING AN ORIGINAL SONG (ALSO OF ZANE GRIFFINS CHOOSING) THAT SOUNDS LIKE HIS TWO MAIN MUSICAL INFLUENCES, COLDPLAY AND INTERPOL. I WOULD MUCH RATHER PLAY OUR POST ROCK, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY/MOGWAI-ISH SONG BEING THAT THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN INFLUENCE MUSICALLY, BUT ZANE IS WHINEY SO WE WILL PLAY HIS SONG. THINK COLDPLAYS RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD SONG DOGGY STYLES INTERPOLS A TIME TO BE SO SMALL AND THAT BECOMES OUR SONG, WITH ITS EMO TITLE OF "WINTERS". IT WILL BE COOL I PROMISE. COME CHECK IT OUT, EVEN IF YOU LIVE ALL THE WAY IN BOSTON OR SOMETHING! THAT IS ALL! MIKE VATTUONE WILL BE DRUMMING AS WELL AS SUCKING ON THE DICK OF HIS PREDECESSORS! IT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT SHOW.

it should be exciting stuff. i had pictures of me in kindergarten but this computer wont upload.

there was no place like it, like coney island, when i was a youngster

2004-05-22T22:53:06Z

open mic night was pretty fucking fun. it was scott, zane and i's first real performance as a band per say and it went alot better than i had expected. we had dave up there on the keys. except, the keys werent turned on. he was just up there for show and credibility. all in all it was fucking fun as hell. i was turned up too loud though because there wasnt a direct out for my amp so i just had to guess at the volume so you couldnt really hear scotts parts too well. i was disappointed because i fucking love his solos. im really glad the ramblers played because they are one of the best local bands out there right now. scott and i were talking to them after our performance and when they told us they were actually astounded by it we fucking shit bricks. being in a band and also being a groupie is a tough job. i went back to scotts for the night and astrid and jordan came over and we watched benny and joon. scott and astrid fell asleep on the couch in oblong positions and jordan and i sat in the kitchen just talking and such. those are the kinds of times with her that i like the best.

yesterday was our last official day of school. it looks like im out of cb forever finally. it turns out im going to miss more people than i thought which in most regards sucks dick. i have to go study.

jewsmakememad @ 2004-04-26T21:23:00

2004-04-27T04:21:33Z

so, i started a god damn rating community so i would not have to do my history homework. join it niggers. read_write_rate. who wants to do the layout? promote it or something, its not too cool with just one member.

jewsmakememad @ 2004-04-24T11:47:00

2004-04-24T18:45:39Z

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"He always says, 'You make beeg joke-hah?' I love him...there isn't one damn pillow in this house that I can stand."

whoever knows what book that's from is an absolute genius.

jewsmakememad @ 2004-04-10T13:54:00

2004-04-10T21:16:52Z

..[10 Bands You Love]..
1. And you will know us by the trail of dead...
2. Coldplay
3. The Cure
4. Interpol
5. Godspeed you black emperor!
6. Cursive
7. Pink Floyd
8. The Doors
9. Steppenwolf
10. Sparta

..[09 Things That Make You Smile]..
1. black people
2. Marley's entries
3. kevin smith
4. racist jokes
5. people who make fun of ghetto people
6. my grandma
7. horror movies
8. people getting shots
9. daves calves

..[08 Things You Wear Daily]..
1. bracelet danielle made
2. bracelet ellen gave me
3. bracelet i made
4. bang bracelet!
5. pants. i mean that. i dont 'do' shorts.
6. socks
7. shoes
8. something that goes over a shirt, like a sweatshirt or a jacket. most of the time.

..[07 Things That Annoy You]..
1. the educational system
2. people who take words too seriously
3. people who think too much about relationships
4. people who start fights
5. marley
6. almost everyone at school
7. kitties

..[06 Things You're Looking Foward To]..
1. recording an actual reel for my shitty band.
2. recording an actual reel for my other shitty shoegazer band that mike wants nothing to do with haha.
3. composing a score
4. summer
5. finding someone to stalk
6. reading The Castle

..[05 Things You're Scared Of]..
1. parasites
2. performing
3. surgery
4. fights with emo kids
5. getting caught jacking off for the 3rd time

..[04 Things That Are On Your Desk]..
1. A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears. one of my favorite books
2. a picture of my first birthday
3. a cd player
4. a lamp

..[03 Movies You Could Watch Over And Over Again]..
1. Clerks
2. Max
3. Supertroopers

..[02 Of Your Favorite Songs At The Moment]..
1. Godspeed you black emperor!-world police
2. steppenwolf-sookie sookie

..[01 Person That You Could Spend The Rest Of Your Life With]..
1. scott, in a non intimate way. jordan in an intimate way. jordan is a female. even if i dont believe in that at this point in time.

i dont know how to lj cut so fuck you.

2004-04-03T22:15:48Z

so i found the camera cord so ill post pictures from san francisco and some others i found recently.

san francisco-

this is vance before we antiqued him.

this is him after.

this is what my hair looked like after a morning of being covered in condiments.

my mother likes to photograph her surgeries.

jewsmakememad @ 2004-03-28T22:09:00

2004-03-29T06:10:12Z

VIVA CUBA!

iabveha;hr

2004-03-10T05:06:22Z

inspired by adam.

http://quizilla.com/users/gooniewithaplan/quizzes/Which%20douche%20are%20you%3F

ride the apocalypse

2004-03-10T03:42:59Z

lucas whitney, the big oaf, strikes back.

Lucas: DAMN! I'm hella pissed!
Me: Why?
Lucas: Felix gets all these girls and hes friends with every guy, and it's all because he's Austrian!
Me: Maybe if you became a foreign exchange student and went to Austria you could be like Felix.
Lucas: Damn, thats a good idea. Except, when i come back i don't want to be all..'good day mate!'
Me: Jesus Lucas. You're thinking of Australia.
Lucas: Hahahhaha! you dumbass! Australia and Austria are the same country!
Me: Now i see why you were happy that your career test told you to be a brick layer.
Lucas: Well that's what i wanted stupid!

jewsmakememad @ 2004-02-26T20:45:00

2004-02-27T04:45:15Z

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die dave die

2004-02-24T06:10:08Z

so lets refer back to an older entry.
this beast, as you know, is lucas. hes the one who oh so desperately wants to be black.

the only purpose for this entry is because in class this conversation occured.

mrs. tucker:jesus only appeared to his apostles, and the four gospels are all different interpretations of how he came back and what he looked like but it MUST be true. oh and here is a quote from andy warhol.
lucas:aw! isnt andy warhol dat sophomore!
mrs. tucker: no lucas, he was a painter.

i have nothing more to say.

bones sinking like stones, all that we fall for.

2004-02-16T21:46:56Z

i do believe its a monday afternoon.

my sister started painting again and it makes me happier than ever. shes really fucking good and not in an indie 'l'arte moderne' sort of way, just in a beautiful way. trick. saturday was michelle/tracy/kelseys birthday thing. i was not aware that this would be a dance party. either way it was fun. thats not the point.

i saw asti again for the first time in three weeks or so. i hate to say it, but every time i see her i fall in like for her. its an unhealthy sort of like. im really glad she has stupid opinions (opinions that differ from my own) on things or else my like for her would be a constant abuse. instead of saying goodbye she said, "maybe next time we see each other we can actually talk to one another" withouth the slightest hint of humor. for the past few months i have refused to pursue any sort of relationship with any girls cause i guess im searching for some sort of relationship that will last for longer than a couple months, i dont know if thats the right thing to do but it seems right at the moment. i dont care enough to think on it. i do think its time i meet that girl though. winters almost over and love outside of winter is nonexistant.

now im going to go memorize the rest of fucking mark antony's dialogue in Julius Caesar.

'its different when you're lonely,
the whole world's in love'
name who sings that song.

jewsmakememad @ 2004-02-05T22:46:00

2004-02-06T06:47:20Z

new layout ♥ Sarah holesinthexknee

i wonder if anything could ever feel this real forever

2004-02-06T06:23:35Z

i think im stalking someone. although, i dont physically follow her, i just always end up near her and i think she thinks im stalking her. im listening to this cd called 'taken from a high school journal' which was my favorite album aroudn the time i met barbara. pop/punk was so god damn good. the only bands on it still enjoy are link 80 and merrick. how weird. i remember being so proud of myself too once. katharyn was relaying to me her favorite bands which at the time were nofx, bad astronaut, the huntingtons, and various others. i remember i said id heard of 4 of them and she guessed which ones they were and she didnt htink i had heard of the huntingtons and we were friends for like 5 minutes. do you wanna dance with me? all this apathy has really made me think more about the past. i dont know what hte fuck the purpose of this is. i just found all these pictures i took of me over the summer. my hair is shorter and im wearing different clothes than i would wear today. its funny how people change. its funny how people will cut their hair so they look like shit so they can be indie. its funny how stupid people are and how stupid i am for thinking myself above them.

britney spears shirt and girl's sweater. summer was weird. yet fun.

i can be fucking yanni if i want.

i liked decorating skateboards almost more than skating.

this is an alkaline trio background i made a while ago. does someone want to make it the background for my jounal?

dont forget to let your life rot you inside out

2004-02-02T01:48:36Z

i went to scotts this weekend. we were intent on actually doing some recording but i suppose intent is not enough motivation. mike and zane came over and we just played for 3 or 4 hours straight. unfortunately, zane and scott only play songs that fit the musical genre of "classic rock" so there wasnt much room for interesting stuff. it was really cool to play with a drummer like mike. hes just really fucking good and he could just do anything and make it sound good. all in all it was just one of those days where you wake up the next day and youre not unhappy that its sunday because saturday was so good.

my aunts over, she brought over two boxes of records. if she has dark side of the moon i will have a vagina spam.