This is worth passing on.

So it's been a couple of days.

A very EXCITING couple of days, that is.

We had our Long Island show on Sunday over at the Crazy Donkey. 300+ people. Got a chance to play some tambo on TC's set and sang some Oh's. I think both went pretty well. They did so well. A lot of people were psyched to see them too. Afterwards we went over Apps and then I headed over to the studio. It was pretty good - I headed back to school early Monday morning. I still feel out of touch with school friends since I am gone each weekend.

Monday was the day. I was on Room Raiders at 5:10 (supposed to be 5:20!). It was crazy. 130+ notifications on Facebook, 60 text messages, 10 missed calls, 30 ims and 40 friend requests. Most importantly for me, though, was the fact that the band tripled in plays, and since has been going up each time the episode airs.

But the worst thing is I have been enormously stressed the past couple days with school work so I had two terrible headaches. For now, I am okay...for now.

Oh VT, you are beautiful.

I am blogging from the wonderful state of VT. We played a place called Knapps tonight. So cool - much better than expected and the people that work here are amazingly nice!
Stay just performed a killer set and Teamwork's up next. I love those dudes.
J-to the V also played tonight. I love him and Ryan very heterosexually...;-)

Anyway, we got into a minor bump today with some kid driving in MA. We are all living easy though obvi.

I am SO pumped for the local show tomorrow with Mae. Like, amazing. I don't even play in this band but I am going to be so happy to see them play in front of all of our friends we leave every weekend. Hell, even my friends will be there. Again, I can't say enough how much I appreciate these guys and how hard working they truly are is amazing.

SO I recorded bass tracks for the Promise two nights ago. It went....so well. I actually knocked out 4 songs in about an hour and a half. That isn't too bad considering I didn't have bass parts before then so it went by so well. It was a little nerve wrecking because I am playing in a band with a previous member of TGAD that left originally on bad terms with me - and we recorded with Santo who also was iffy with me for a while. It's great to have them back to being good friends with me and I am definitely looking forward to whats to come. It's a relief to finally be playing again and hopefully, even though it won't be 100% what I used to do it will still be great to hit that stage again on Mar 22.

Anyway, I guess I will update more later.
Dob's Love Army (www.dobslovearmy.com) is underway. I am going to be doing a seperate blog for the touring experience and TC fans so I might not be able to blog ALL the time here - but don't miss me too much. <3

Time flies...

So the title is exactly what I want to talk about.

Time flies somedays, but sometimes doesn't.

I don't want to jinx myself but time has really been flying ridiculously.
I go away Friday-Sunday nights. I come back to campus late Sundays or early Mondays. I go to class Mon-Thur. Then back on the road again.

I feel like class just started yesterday for the week - but its already Thursday.
I am so excited about this, but I know it won't last. After TC takes their break in Mar and Apr I have to stay on campus. Lame.

I am now thinking since we are already in the 4th week of school and I haven't learned much, this is not a good sign.
Time may be flying but my brain is still on winter break. I know 2-3 of the classes should be easy this semester. However, one or two of them could be hell.

Today was exciting

I'll update more about my weekend later...BUT

I got back from Maryland at 430AM last night.

I slept at Nate's house.

I woke up at 9AM to shower.

I got on the subway around 10AM.

I got to the MTV building by 1040AM.

I wasn't allowed in at first until the other security guard came. Then I had a dressing room. I sat in there and watched Not Another Teen Movie until they got me at 10 to noon. I went in and shot my last scene afterwards. I was done at 12:16PM. I literally ran from 44th to 34th for Penn Station. I grabbed a ticket and ran onto the train at 12:27PM as the doors were closing. 

My dad had the car at the train station. I dropped him off on a road and he walked home.

I stopped by TC's practice and showed them the bracelets and I saw some secrets they were working on. :-x

I drove from 135 to 454 (end of Northern State) in approximately 15 minutes. I also evaded a state trooper radar. 

I got to class AT 2:20. Afterwards, I went and filmed quickly in the SUV for one more shot for MTV - they drove out to me. I got to the next class 15 minutes late. Now I am ending my last class of the day.

I am shot. 

v-day woes

Via mobile phone...

So here we have it. Valentines day. Completely overrated as the years go by.

I remember when it was middle school or elementary and we would get cards for the class. No offical favs but I would always pretty up the girls card I liked more.

Now I was in a relationship for 3 yrs in a row. Then had another special valentine. Last year was lonely. This year the same.

However I'm on the road so its not as bad because I get to meet cool random people. But that doesn't mean the thought hasn't crossed my mind.

Lifes been weird recently I have been lonely but there is nothing I could really do to help it. I'm too busy to hold a relationship nor can I find someone on the same level as me. I'm not high up there I'm just saying I'm not connecting with anyone.

This year won't be different but at least ill be with some of my best friends. But ill have a space saved for someone special.

I wish

I could blog about my dreams. But I forget them too quick. But they are rather vivid. And parts stick with me a lot of the day. I get night terrors 2 times a week at least.

Anyway, today was a beautiful day. I love the spring. It's close, but still far away. But today reminds me of why I love it. Its a time to be happy - it gets warmed, things grow, and people are just nicer I think.

It brings me back to the old days when I used to be a very unhappy teenager and the Spring is what saved me each year. I would love to go more into detail but I think I am going to keep those thoughts as private as I could.

That brings me to my next thing - Valentines Day is just around the corner. Last year I drank alone, or with a couple friends. The year before I had a valentine, and years before that I did as well. Again this year I don't have one. I also am not going to be on the Island. I think that being away with TC will keep my mind off it, for the most part. Minus the whole driving in the van and thinking about things as we drive thing. But yeah.

That is right around the corner. Facebook is interesting - a lot of relationships ending so close to the holiday. I think I won't be the only one in the boat this year.

Yeah.

School is no longer fun.
What happened to the boxed lunches?
What about recess, making art projects, etc?

It's all a thing of the past. Now its all about paying money out of my pocket to get an eduaction - by doing papers that are many pages long - reading a ton - and doing a million different assignments day by day.

Granted we are supposed to be learning, not have fun, why can't some of these classes at least ATTEMPT to be appealing? I am sure there would be a greater success rate if they were able to keep the interest of the students and didn't make things strict.

On top of that, it sucks that J-school is so annoyingly nitpicking about everything. I don't want to write for a paper - so why do they treat me like I am going to?
I am either going to manage a band, be a promoter, or in the closest j-school position - write for a rock magazine. Not work in the stupid news.

Stupid Homework

I understand that you pay for college to learn.
But then when it comes down to it, I think that students should do it however they want.
Yeah, I am sure there has to be an understanding of what to do and show that you have learned something to pass. Grades are important - but homework is dumb, most of the time.
I think that sometimes professors like to load you up and not realize you have a bunch of other classes.

That sucks.

I just finished writing a ton of things. Mainly for one Journalism class. He gave us a ton of stuff to do. It meets every Tuesday and Thursday. Last week he gave us 5 assignments to do in between those two days alone. In total that was almost 2,000 words. That is a lot of different thinking processes.

Also on top of that there is another class that makes no sense and it is just a DEC requirement. Its so dumb how they make you take these stupid pointless classes. It is all a sham - why else am I going to need to know ANYTHING about caribbean slavery? I can't wait until I am 50 and realize oh I never did anything with that class.

The government controls this stupid education system and just steals my money. Well my parents. But still, I have to pay it off down the road. Bitches.

Tired.

So, I love Mae. I am so psyched that we get to play with them on Feb 22nd. I am currently on a kick.
"Destination:Beautiful" is such a great record.

Anyway, we played a Sweet 16 tonight. It was fun! Danced a bit got to be famous.

Tomorrow we are heading to CT to play a big Trackside benefit show. Should be good - we got a lot of fans in CT and I haven't been up there in a while, so I get to see some friends.

I also will be starting ANOTHER blog for class - it will be based solely on the music industry and my history and thoughts on everything. I love when people have to listen to me.

Where's my asian friend?

So it is all falling into place.

Over CMJ I spoke to my friend over at Epic records. He mentioned Blink 182 was going to get back together. He could have been pulling my leg, but he said he was serious.
I kept the rumor in the back of my head, and was excited.

Then the crash happened.
Then each of them mentioned side projects.
Then it was announced that they will be 'presenters' at the Grammys - as a group.
Now there is this.

I could be wrong but either something will happen Sunday, or will be announced Feb 22, the forth anniversary.

Granted I don't think bands that 'break-up' or go on 'hiatus' should reform so soon - but this is different. This is a band that has always been one of my favorites, naturally. They also are one of the few that had a fun time playing all of their hits unlike some bands as they get older (see: Brand New, Fall Out Boy...)

Anyway this is amazingly exciting news. I guess now its time to play the waiting game! :-D

MySpace

So I created ANOTHER myspace. No I am not one of those weird folks that have a million profiles. Its another band I started with Dave and some friends. We are currently adding people, so I think you should check it out:

www.myspace.com/thepromiserock

It's great because now its official. We have our pictures, our layout, and soon, recordings.

It will be fun. I don't expect to tour. I don't expect to be famous. But I can't wait to get on the stage again on Mar 22. :-D

100th post! YEAH!

So I went to the Univ Cafe last night.

Bar scenes are not my deal. I cannot really approach girls, or even people to meet because its just so strange. Instead, I just sat back with some friends and then every so often looked out on how creepy people are.

The reason I can't go up to people is because I see how others do it. They walk up to people and like be weird and dance or move in on their style and its just wack. I don't like it.

The dancing was cool last night, but I didn't really do too much. I drank more and socialized. I did meet a couple of girls last night which was fun - and I met some of my residents which was also funny.

But like I said I have a friend that goes up to all these girls in hopes of getting with them but sometimes it comes off sleezy - or maybe it doesn't and its just me. Either way I know I can't change that.

Ballin'.

Classtime

I am currently in class right now and attempting to type this without making too much noise. 

I think I am going to have to reformat this so I get more of you talking on here - and I don't have to talk about my life. 

I am going to walk with my camera and try and upload a minimum of 5 pictures a day to tell you about my life in pictures. 

I also am looking to write on specific topics, so if there is something you want me to write - let me know. 

The new band myspace is almost up. I am so excited. 

SO GET READY FOR A MAKEOVER! 

Happy Belated Groundhog Day!

Well, apparently there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Surprising, especially with today's beautiful weather. I had driven back to SBU with the windows wide open. Of course I still wore the same winter attire - a hoodie.

Spring makes me happy, and I can't wait until it gets here. Its amazing to think about things that will be happening in March - because that is so soon. It will be the middle of the semester already, tons of travelings, and a lot of things to do. Sooner or later it will be May and I will be off on the road.

It's all very exciting when time flies. I hope I don't miss out on anything as it goes by so quickly. Winter makes me very depressed. But not like dangerous or anything - just saddened. I'm usually very unhappy.

Today I was in such a great mood. I can't wait. :-D

This blog was sloppy and disgusting. I am sorry. I need to catch up.

Yeah, baby, yeah.

So blablaba the Steelers won.
I rooted for em, only because of Nates constant pushing of them. Good for him, good for them. It was actually a pretty interesting game. The two ridiculous plays - 100 yard touchdown and the other like 50 yard one - pretty insane. I can't run that far and that fast.

I gotta go back to school tomorrow. I realized this is pretty depressing. I go in for the week until Friday and then leave again at night. The same routine for the next 3 weeks. After that I have to stay out there for a bit. Very lame. Classes are starting to get annoying ALREADY! I am not looking foward to anything.

Gambling is my downfall. I lost a little bit of money today on the game. Boxes alone, too. I probably should have bet on the game - mostly the Steelers - but oh well. I love gambling but then I complain when I lose it. Speaking of, I need to get down to Atlantic City in the next couple weeks.

Eff my Life

So I really try and keep up to date, but sometimes I fall behind. Then sometimes, enormously behind.

Anyway, this was the first week of school. Majority of the classes are cool - and some I look forward to. There is one class though in which the professor doesn't speak English all to well. Its for a DEC so I am hoping to attempt to tough it out. However, there is always a chance of it turning out like my other DEC class did last year (C+!)

I was on duty for the one day - Wednesday. I am looking forward to this whole, one day a week thing rather then randomized. I think I definitely got hooked up - I am off Thursdays, and most Fridays. I also am on only two weekends in the semester. The rest is all for the band and whatever shows I still have.

Today we played in NJ and it was super awesome. We had played that venue once before, but for a lot less people. This time the place was pretty packed (100+?) and The Years Gone By and Racing Kites - two NJ bands - played. It was great. I met this really rad girl too. I also drove to the venue, so that was a little bit tedious, but the road always has me thinking. No van this weekend because it broke. Boo. I am super excited for the tour plans we have for the summer.

Anywayssss - that is about it. I need to make some more pointless posts to catch up for the Jan days I missed. Lame-o. GO STEELERS (thanks Nate..)