fuck art let's kill

Tue, 15 May 2007 04:28:56 GMT

so! my week of paid vacation is over and it was awesome!

i went to the fjort a couple times for parties and fun... it was cool because it was warm like last summer... plus i smoked a joint for the first time in over a year... it was ok i guess

i found a place on oxford street and i'm moving in 2 weeks! it's a one bedroom and it's unbelievably beautiful and i'm fucking stoked to live by myself in such a nice place in such a nice neighbourhood

and on friday, christian, kerri, stacey, greg and i drove to montreal which was super super super solid!! we stayed at greg and jef and mackenzie's super awesome apartment and the night we arrived we had sweet sidewalk-and-boombox hangouts; then on saturday we went around the city-- it was my first time in montreal and i instantly fell totally in love, and i want to move there really bad; i bought records and ate food at various places, and the weather was really nice; i saw a show at casa del popolo by myself while the other cats were seeing blonde redhead; all the girls at the bar were unbelievably beautiful but totally not arrogant like the beautiful girls in halifax (probably because everybody is beautiful so they're not better than anyone else);

anyway it's been a great vacation

i think maybe i'll not get internet in the new place... i've not been using it very much and halifaxlocals is really annoying sometimes, with all the people in bands scavenging for shows at every opportunity, like vultures on a dead body, or personal injury lawyers in a hospital... and also facebook is really sad because i have to see how shitty all my schoolmates' lives are now

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:43:19 GMT

time to fucking update this shit!!!!!

i moved back to dartmouth and i am saving a shit load of money

i'm working a tech support job now at convergys, making more money than i ever have, and hanging out with really great people there

i paid off the last bit of outstanding balance on my eastlink account, making me completely 100% debt-free for the first time in like a year

i'm playing lots of world of warcraft with the little free time i have

i have hyper-simplified my life and overall things are good good good!

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:11:48 GMT

i have not updated on livejournal for a long time

i'm working at convergys, it's good so far

christmas was good even though i hate christmas

we have free heat again

me and derrick went to select sounds and i bought 90 dollars worth of records

things are good

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:50:07 GMT

this show was awesome-- switzer, torso, dog day

after the show craig came over and we cooked the vegetables that were taped onto his body all night... beets are really good

today neal and i did literally nothing for 9 hours, playing videogames in my room

tomorrow will hopefully be more productive

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:37:10 GMT

quantum suicide and quantum immortality are FUCKED UP

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:12:16 GMT

the last few days have been totally solid

tuesday me and neal and jenny and lindsay went to value village and i bought a bunch of room decorations and i decorated my room with them, then christian and alfred and dale and marty came over to do the spincycle album art, and i cleaned the kitchen and the living room and my room (and my closet), and then me and mary watched rules of attraction

yesterday i went job hunting all afternoon, then went to supper at gus' with derrick and lindsay, and then lindsay and i just went around visiting people and hanging out, and bought salsa and dip and chips and ate lots of gross stuff

and today i brought my guitar to musicstop to get new strings and a whammy bar installed, and then the spincycle/scribbler/attackmode/coquephoques show was awesome!

and now i'm home

lately i cannot fucking construct sentences, everything i write is a huge run-on sentence

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:54:57 GMT

soooooo

finally i am done with subway, after giving my 2 weeks, 3 weeks ago, i am done, my last shift was sunday and i am super glad i'm out of there

after hiring a nazi who puts people in the hospital and then makes me come in for shifts, then hiring a crackwhore who stole all our money and skipped town, i think i'm happy not to be a part of that anymore

and i think my sleep pattern has gone back to slightly normal-- a couple nights ago i had a nap at 8pm then woke up after midnight, and couldn't get back to sleep until 10 in the morning; then last night i went to bed at midnight and got up at 11, so i hope my body clock will now be like a normal human being

this week my life has been watching boy meets world and playing morrowind

last night i saw the special noise show at the one world, i keep forgetting how awesome they are (were)

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:03:12 GMT

man shit, what has been going on

i got hit by a car on my bike about 3 weeks ago

i quit subway, the night hours are fucking with my head too much, i just want a day job, and somewhere closer to where i live, and something that isn't making food for assholes

dead hookers did a really fun show at the one world

i've had the last 3 days off and it has been fantastic

and just now fucking rocco jumped out our second story livingroom window and sprained his paw

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:30:06 GMT

dead hookers are in the show listings in the daily news

are they even allowed to print those words?

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:56:12 GMT

NOISE SHOW!!

MARK "PANIC ATTACK" ON YOUR CALENDARS

torso (analog noise) cd release feat dead hookers (my band), broken deer (lo-fi noise), d/a/d/ (singing saw noise), and scribbler (dude noise)

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:05:53 GMT

today was the first day since the accident that i haven't been totally bummed out and upset

i was woken up by lindsay and newwave and neal and jenny, and then i went to taz and got some records, then went downtown to get a new bike!! my new bike is so sweet i am totaly stoked about it! it's a 1 speed and rides sooooo smooth

then i ran into ryan livingston and we hung out for a bit, and i bought some sweet cd's

then brian called me and said he had 2 extra tickets to american hardcore which started in the next 30 minutes, so i went to the paperchase to ask tobias if he wanted to come see it, and his boss let him off work to go

anyway american hardcore was awesome, tonnsssssss of people i know were there too

and then we went to gus' for gilbert switzer and taberfucks which was really awesome and full of energy and lots of fun!

so yeah good day!!!

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:50:33 GMT

i cried for the first time in literally 7 years, at work, really really hard for 3 hours

just couldn't deal with all the exhaustion and stress and awful awful people

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:05:54 GMT

i ran into a moving car today on my bike

i was coming down a hill and a parked cab backed up right in front of me and i slammed into it face first at full speed

i had to go to the hospital and get stitches on my face but i'm fine aside from some aches in my shoulder jaw and legs

ouch

my manager told me not to work, and to take 30 bucks from the till to get a cab to the hospital

anyway the hospital was awesome and really interesting and i actually had kind of a fun night there

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:35:16 GMT

it was an amazing day for everybody at the north st household,

i got up early and cleaned the entire bathroom.. there was a layer of grey mildew shit on the bathtub and it took me 45 minutes to get it all off, but now it's spotless

then i saw a note from mary saying "guys, clean the fucking kitchen" so i totally cleaned it all over, and then cleaned and vacuumed the living room

lindsay came over and her and jenny and neal and i went to taz and then to cousin's for lunch, and then i had a refreshing nap

THEN all of the residents worked together and cleaned the main hall and the front lobby so now the entire house is totally fucking ridiculously clean

and then on the way to rockin4dollars i went to work to pick up a cd i left there and i got my PAYCHECK which i wasn't expecting for another few days!!!!! unexpected 440 dollars is awesome!!!!!!

then rockin4dollars was good duuhh

anyway what else has been going on,

i actually really really like my job, i get to be alone, listening to my own music, reading a book, and making a few sandwiches,, and for the first time i actually care about my job, and doing a good job at it

except saturday night fucking SUCKED because all the dal students on pub crawls came and there was a lineup from 11pm to 3:30am nonstop and i almost passed out

other than that, nothing huge going on, just relaxing with neal most nights after work playing videogames and listening to music

gooooooooooooooooooooood times

oh and since summer is over i am allowing myself to listen to goth and industrial again, since last summer all i listened to was the stuff and now i have no nostalgic music that reminds me of that time, so i restricted myself this summer, i know it sounds stupid

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:15:40 GMT

well shit, i guess i'd better sum up my summer since it's now september

in chronological order

- got a job at subway
- moved in to north st with shean mary and derrick
- got fired from subway
- got a job at superstore
- started the dead hookers with craig
- learned how to shoplift
- did smart patrol at ckdu
- cut my hair into what is apparently called a deathhawk
- discovered hanging out on the roof
- stayed up all night and all day with shean and travis watching 24
- quit superstore and remained unemployed for most of the summer
- got my amazing bike, and broke it the day i got it
- stayed up all night with shean and brett and swan at chocolate lake
- lots of fucking barbeques!!!!!!!!!!!!
- more barbeques
- lots of shows
- lots of parties at our house
- barbeques at our house
- barbeque parties at our house
- buying way too much music
- brian moving in, then neal moving in
- got a job at subway again

anyway it has been probably the best summer ever for me, for serious, i met so many incredible people and had so many totally amazingly sweet times

can't even put it into sentences but this summer was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:48:04 GMT

i haven't been up on the new music these days, so i decided to download a bunch of new releases, and after listening to each album i find myself repeatedly disappointed with this year's (and the past few years') music

sure, having weird instruments and weird mishmashes of styles and being "experimental" is all fine and good, but how about some good melodies or solid songwriting

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:43:20 GMT

work tonight was awesome, it was dead so i spent 90% of my time reading the illuminatus trilogy, and derrick meghan and troy came in and gave me sushi

i've been living off tips for the last week, i haven't touched my bank account

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:59:24 GMT

alright let's do this

Anything you regret? a couple minor things

Ever spit at someone? i don't think so but i want to before i die

Ever kick something living? another person i guess

Ever thrown up because you cried so hard? no

First thing you did this morning? listened to music, had a smoke

Last thing you ate? dairy queen

What's something you look forward to most in the next 6 weeks? neal coming back!

What's annoying you right now? the fact that i'm so tired but shouldn't go to bed so early because it would fuck my sleep schedule up

What's the last movie you saw? blazing saddles i guess

Do you believe in long distance relationships? no

Where is the last place you went? speakeasy

Been cheated on? no

Do you think that someone is thinking about you right now? maybe?

Choose one you have (love, beauty, creativity): creativity

Are you a friendly person? i hope

Are you keeping a secret from the world? nah i'm a pretty open book

What were you doing at 9 last night? workin'

When is the last time you saw your dad? a few days ago

Song that makes you cry? my bloody valentine - soon (at least that's what comes closest)

Are you a normally happy person? yeah

Is your self-esteem low? no way

It's easy as ABC...

[A is for age]
20 almost 21!

[B is for booze of choice]
none

[C is for career:]
sandwich artist

[D is for your drug of choice]
nothing except nicotine

[E is for one essential item you use everyday]
stereo, cigarette rolling machine

[F is for favorite song at the moment:]
the jesus and mary chain - sometimes always

[G is for favorite game:]
videogame? deus ex

[H is for Hometown:]
dartmouth

[I is for instruments you play:]
piano, i guess guitar but not really

[J is for favorite juice?:]
sobeys no name grape juice!

[K is for kids?:]
no way

[L is for last hug:]
tonight, theresa came back

[M is for marriage]
not happening

[N is for nickname:]
creon, c.s. panther

[O is for overnight hospital stays:]
none knock on wood

[P is for phobia's:]
ugh furniture stores, and "i feel free" by cream

[Q is for quote:]
fuck it i don't know

[R is for biggest regret]
not going for the german chick in high school i guess

[S is for singing:]
i'm down

[T is for time you woke up:]
2pm

[U is for underwear:]
don't wear it ever

[V is for vegetable you love:]
onion

[W is for worst habit]
smoking i guess

[X is for x-rays you've got:]
hahaha always x rays or xylophone

[Y is for yummy food you make]
fried vegetables in cooking wine and shit

[Z is for zodiac sign:]
libra

Don't lie, now

About You:
.:. high school: prince andrew high
.:. junior high school: eric graves
.:. elementary school: bel-ayr
.:. favorite soda: ginger ale
.:. favorite band: don't have a favourite band but probably throbbing gristle, swans or my bloody valentine
.:. favorite animal: puppies and kitties
.:. favorite fruit: apples
.:. favorite weather: sunny and breezy with planes flying overhead

Do You:
.:. have a girlfriend/boyfriend: no way
.:. think others find you attractive: don't know, don't think so, don't really care
.:. like someone: not really
.:. want more piercings: no
.:. want a tattoo: maybe a psychic tv symbol, or the discordian symbol

Random stuff:
.:. criminal record?: nah
.:. any piercings and where?: none
.:. how old do you act?: 20, with hints of 15 and 35
.:. do you have any pets?: we will have a cat soon!!
.:. do you get embarrassed?: nah

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:12:54 GMT

oooookay so i hooked up shean's old huge 3 foot tall speakers to my stereo and now i have massive walls of sound surrounding me at all times

the left speaker is on top of my 5 foot tall cd bookcase so it's really high up almost touching the wall

oh and i hooked my computer up to the stereo so even music on winamp sounds massive

edit: this is awesome

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:26:10 GMT

i have

dinosaur jr tickets

piano in my bedroom

a black eye

new cd's and records:

and a fat paycheck on saturday!

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:31:15 GMT

well i walked into a job yesterday and started working the same day, the subway on argyle was looking for full-time closers so i told them i worked at subway before and they hired me, i worked my first shift last night

after working a shitty high-stress job at superstore, i appreciate how easy and chilled out subway is, especially closing-- tonight i work an 8 hour shift from 8pm to 4am all by myself, no pushy bosses telling me about policies, no idiot coworkers talking shit about themselves and criticizing me-- just me and the occasional customer, and a book

last night i had the best sleep i've had in months, i hadn't been sleeping very well because i was always up thinking about how i'm going to get money and/or a job, always worried, but now i don't have to worry and i'm unbelievably relieved

shean's gone so barbeques have gone way down, it seems that i have exchanged crazy fun every night for the ability to sleep and be secure financially, and i don't really have a problem with it, i had an amazing summer, probably one of the best ever, and now i'm ready to work my ass off and get money saved up

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:15:15 GMT

two awesome fucking things:

1. my roommates
2. tonight's dead hookers set

we fucking KILLED that garage party!!!!! i thought it was going to be a lame party where nobody liked us but it ended up being a lot of solid strangers who totally dug what we were doing! by the end we were smashing all our garbagecans and our french horn and generally ripping shit up, it was awesome, i think it was the most concentrated and intense dead hookers set so far, even though we didn't write any songs for this show at all

shean's super drunk and being punk as fuck, it's awesome

and me and derrick and shean just had a big dude session with lots of bro hugs and high fives

and brian is moving in for sure! fucking we are gonna have so many slumber parties with matching pj's yeaaaaaaaah

shit is pretty sweet right now, this past week has been kinda stressful and uncertain, especially financially, but everything is coming together really awesome and the last remaining thing i have to take care of is getting a job and i'm doing a pretty good job at looking for one

so yeah!

bbq party to end all bbq parties at our house sunday fucking be there!!!!!!!

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:15:10 GMT

so we have still been having barbeques every day so if you want to come over just show up 6107 north st!!!! it's lots of fun and lots of food!

i have a job interview at convergys this monday so i hope that will go well, the only problem is i stupidly quit superstore without notice so i somehow have to explain to them my situation with superstore because they apparently call every past employer

i had a jam today with nathan and it went so well, we just jammed out 5 or 6 full songs of perfect ambient bliss

it's really really nice to be working with people who have the exact same musical vision as i do

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:14:19 GMT

i feel lately that i should be at least making some kind of effort to ask girls out, but it's so hard because i just don't want to make the effort or go through the trouble of dating, plus i generally just don't like girls enough to ask them out,,. and if i do meet a girl and think "hey i guess i could date her" they usually end up being fucking nuts or have boyfriends or i end up hating them after talking to them more than twice

the thought of being alone relationship-wise for the rest of my life does not scare me in the least

but yeah fuck, we have been eating like kings at the north street house!!! steak every day!!!

oh and i think i might hitchhike to the eric's trip show! fucking stoked if it happens!!

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:01:38 GMT