news flash number 2 (more boring)

Today was somewhat uneventfull, other than the cross country meet earlier today, and let me tell you, that WAS NOT a good experience. I ran the worst race of my life, but the course was very scenic, with all the fall colors finally starting to show, so i suppose that gave it all some equilibrium.

The afternoon was a very drowsey one, i spent it in it's entirety sitting on my bedroom floor listning to music and trying to type out essays about teen films, but in reality i kept slipping in and out of deep sleep. So basicaly i'd pass out, and wake up about 2 hours later, and then try to work and fall back asleep.... So i woke up around 6 30 to my little brother telling me it was time for dinner, so i went downstairs half awake, ate, and told my dad i was going out, and left.

Tonight was a fun night, and i aplogize to anyone i pissed off, i'll talk to you more about this in person.

News Flash!!!

Coffee House went really great, and I had a great time playing with my friends. It's always a blast playing in front of people once your nervous feelings reside and you just let go and have fun with it... awsome experience, once i get pictures, i'll post them on here for sure...

But other than that....

Fall is finally hitting, and quite frankely, that makes me very happy... Fall is my favorite season, because you dont get sick of it after 2 weeks, and it's the perfect weather for me, not to hot, and not to cold. And the scenery is pretty.... awsome.

I'm very anxious to get going with my latest band, The Experience... The last time we practiced left with a great feeling of satisfaction and renewed creativity. Playing with others and bouncing off of their ideas really makes it that much easier, and it is truly a beautiful thing.

Other than that, this is just me checking up on things, and me checking out

peace (as soon as i get coffee house pics, i will have them on here)

Flasback...

It's been a while since I've posted...

My college essay for depaul is coming along... I just finished my rough draft, and it felt good, but I'm anxious to have other people critique it. SO this past weekend was the big meet in Peoria, or "hell" as i like to call it, because it always gets so hot down there during our race... I was literally in a state of "heat hysteria", where as i was in a state of panic at the end of my race because I felt like i was being sufficated to death because it was that hot... but after a couple of minutes i felt alot better.... But I'd have to say that that night was about 10 times better than the race i ran previously during the day. Carolyn picked me up, and we picked up Matt and Nico and drove to downtown Naperville. It was so much fun, just having a good time with good friends, nothing really beats that. At all. Especially after a rough cross country race. That night was a nice one. But let's fast-foward to about 4 hours later, when Carolyn had to retire for the night. Matt, Nico, and myself drove to Medow Glens Elementerey and just chilled and talked on the play ground untill about midnight, when we had to start heading home... But Let me tell you, it's weird sitting on a play ground that you know so well, that you spent many hours at with people you dont know anything about anymore.... people who i havnt seen in almost 10 years... it was a somewhat depressing and sad moment for me, sitting on the very tube slide that i slid down as a first grader, 2nd grader, 3rd, even 4th grader... It brought back a lot of memories from that time of my life, and not all of them are the best memories. I guess it was weird because my old house was about 5o yards away. As I slid down the slide in my 17 year-old body, I made my way towards the swings, which face my old house. I swing back and forth slowly, gazing into the cloudy night, wishing there were galaxies of stars and moons full of pretty colors to let me get a better look at my old house. But in reality all there is to see is a night full of clouds and a half moon... So i squint as hard as i can, and see a dark house. I smile to myself with tears in my eyes, and forever say goodbye to that part of my life, that time that made me who i am today, and head towards matt's car, where i go home and call it a night.

The Weight of Paper = The Weight of a Mountain

I feel pretty guilty about not starting my college essays yet... It's so nerve-racking just thinking about it. However, I know that I must start them sometime this week, and I need to do a good job on them.... Which I think I should be ok with, writing is my strong suit right? Let's hope so....
Before I went to bed Friday night, I spent about an hour just scribbling down notes, ideas, and little poems/hikoos, (i think that's how you spell that) that talked about myself and what I'm feeling right now, and also went into detail about my past, and what I want to do with my life, ect. Not to mention I also wrote down ideas of what to write about, so hopefully if I continue doing that I will be ready to start by the middle of this week.... But heres a list of schools that I plan on applying to:
NIU, Depaul, ISU, SIU, and I've already applyed to Northern Michigan, and i've been accepted, and I REALLY like that school alot, so i'm pretty stoked about that.... So at least I know that I'm accepted into one....

The Happenings of my music scene

So Now I will most likely be performing at Theatre Central's "Coffee House", which is pretty much a really cool thing that the school throws together each year that let's anyone show people what they have to offer in terms of song writing, poetry, and little skits. As of now, I am for sure playing with my two good friends, Anne and Delbert. We will be covering a Kanye West song, "When It all Falls Down". That should be a lot of fun, and i'm really looking foward to it. Anne and myself also really want to do something with a long time bandmate of mine, Connor Rice. Last night Anne and I were just really chilling to some songs that we would want to cover, and we both decided that we really would like to do the song, "Rollercoaster Ride", by Belle & Sebastian. So, I guess time will tell about how that turns out, but I have a really good feeling about it...
Lately I've been very satisfied musically, I just performed for my essay writing class a few days ago, and even though I was terribly nervous, it felt really good to show people sides of me that I could never show them elsewhere besides through music. What I'm really exited about right now is the new band i'm in, The Experience. It consists of Me on guitar, Connor Rice on guitars and vocals, John Lewis on Bass, and Brian Riely on drums. The first practice was so satisfifying and amazing, I really have a great feeling that the band will be the most successfull one that i've been in. Another reason why it felt so good was because i just came off a run with my ex-band, The Postmaster Generals, and It just felt really good to start something new.
So I guess this will set the beginning of something new, a new chapter to my life, although it may be short, I am looking forward for the times to come.

That is all i have, untill then,

peace and love