boring machines disturbs sleep

i just spent an hour or so playing with my bass, my new distortion pedal and grant's digital delay pedal... it was fun.

i want a digital delay pedal.

christmas at 4863 N. Talman

the roommates and i exchanged christmas gifts tonight...

grant got me this awesome poster:


and jamie got me this equally awesome jim lee batman t-shirt:


and then we proceeded to feast at lincoln square's finest in thai cuisine, Opart Thai House. all in all an awesome night!

is it too late, is too late to change my mind?

i'm selling the ampeg svt amp head that i JUST bought.

go here and bid away!

i've decided that i want to get another hartke 3500. that thing was a champ... i only got rid of it because i traded it in to get my '75 reissue jazz bass(my dream bass) and i used jeremy's amp on tour. the ampeg is just too heavy and not what i'm looking for tonally.

soooo yeah. i'ma sell this sucker and get another hartke.

did you get your disconnection notice?

i'm getting tired of 8 hour drives to nashville. i love BEING in nashville... but the drive is becoming very taxing. at any rate the sincerity guild had a show at the muse this weekend. uhmm... interesting place. the christmas lights on stage were a nice touch though. that is until i got the headstock of my bass tangled up in them somehow during our performance. i thought it was a pretty sloppy performance but the energy was there and people seemed to dig it. plus i finally got to catch a live set by our labelmates apollo up! they were very very good. then sunday consisted of the long drive back home but not before making a stop at IHOP with aaron and leslye for some delicious pumpkin pancakes! mmmm! too bad i almost died twice on lakeshore drive as i was getting home due to an obvious lack of driving skills from two separate indivduals. i thik i almost contemplated an act of road rage.

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"soundtrack for a trip to nashville" by brett andrew miotti:
12.15.03
(side a - the drive there)
the mercury program/maserati split
cave in - antenna
the cure - wish
aerogramme - sleep and release
chavez - ride the fader
fugazi - end hits
the mercury program - from the vapour of gasoline
the prayer chain - mercury
john coltrane - a love supreme
(side b - the drive back)
isis - oceanic
john zorn and naked city - live at the knitting factory
my bloody valentine - loveless
sianspheric - the sound of the colour of the sun
sonic youth - murray street
polvo - celebrate the new dark age


i'm a dork.

another world, where the birds always sing

i must confess. as i was watching the hebrew hammer(hilarious!) on comedy central last night i was also flipping back and forth between that and the finale of the average joe. that adam dude got a bum deal. he should have been picked by what's her face. not that pretty boy. just goes to show that nice guys finish last.

anyway... i umm... got accepted for my first major credit card yesterday. i've always dreaded having one. too many horror stories of credit card debt. but it was time to get one of these plastic little devils and start building some credit. plus, it'll be nice to have in an emergency, i suppose.

broke.

i'm so broke right now. i just got paid yesterday... but after paying rent, paying some money towards my guitar center credit card(evil!), paying for a speeding ticket on the way to nashville last weekend and buying lunch yesterday i have 50 dollars to last me for 2 weeks. and, erm, i'm supposed to drive to nashville next weekend for a show.

i'm so so sooo terrible with money. i am a compulsive spender. i've really struggled with managing finances forever.

this is going to be a long two weeks. i'm probably going to have to borrow money from my roommates or one of the 'rents. i HATE borrowing money.

i'm excited about this:

THE BOXSET - 300+ MINUTES WORTH - CONTAINS...
THE CURE - JOIN THE DOTS - B-SIDES AND RARITIES 1978-2001 - THE FICTION YEARS

apology accepted.

communication is a beautiful thing. and so is love. and so is forgiveness. it's not fun being angry and it IS alot of fun growing with a friend and learning more about eachother. so to you... thank you! i love you!