Once again!

I need someone.
I need someone to hold me down.
Keep me focused.
I have been all over the place on my own.

After watching Pleasantville tonight I am unsettled.
I have been in this room alone since early Saturday morning - and I couldn't go out tonight because no one was around to hangout. I probably just didn't look hard enough. I had quite a bit of "me" time this weekend. Normally that would be a good thing, but it only leaves me bored and my mind wanders. It hasn't been a good thing.

Spring break is only a couple days away. If I could get through these days I could make it home alive. And ready to be refreshed.

We are going to tour next week. Crazy, for sure. I am excited. It just might be a bit stressful since I found out I might have to drive too. That's good too in a way because its more of a stress reliever for me while I am on the open road. It also stops me from drinking which I think recently has become a problem.

Only time will tell. But for now, Blackpool Lights and the Get Up Kids will do.

quick rant

i pushed.
i don't know where i failed.
i tried to hard maybe?
it was new for me.
i want to go back and fix things.

but what is broken?

i'm listening to some music in my room alone. that is definitely the problem
"i'm feeling directionless..." thanks tegan&sara. "....all you need to save me..."

okay i'm done with this for now.

Hrm

I am not sure.

Everything is going okay - I have been the most stressed I have ever been this week. I really wanted to let loose this weekend. Thursday was certainly a good day to do so - but I got way too drunk.
I pretty much felt like crap all day. I had the strangest night tonight - lots of walking and just chillin. Cops everywhere. Pretty crazy though.

Now here I am, once again..alone. I am listening to some music, which certainly calms me down. But with the whole relaxing thing I wanted to do this weekend I wish I could do with someone.

There are just too many obstacles.

I am really psyched to be playing again. We actually just planned a four day tour April 5th-9th. Random, but I can't wait to play out again. Its been so long. I don't even care if there are a ton of people there. If there is someone - that is good enough for me. I think this could really do well.

Soon enough TC will be back up and running again. Might get stressful. We shall see. I still gotta plan their tour. Or at least part of it. But they haven't been around in one place so its hard to start it without them knowing whats up. When I put my all - I need to complete it. I got a lot of things going for the summer. And it feels like its just right around the corner. I'm pretty pumped.

My mind is just all over the place. Sometimes I feel like I am going to break. Things are normal, but just I'm not sure.

Social Networking Dangers

Both of these are amazing. Watch them. Enjoy them, they are the story of my life.

Twitter: It ENDS RELATIONSHIPS

SO...in amazing celebrity news....it is reported that Jennifer Aniston has broken things off with John Mayer because he spent way too much time on Twitter.

People claiming to be friends of the actress have told Star magazine that she finished the affair after discovering Mayer, 31, spent hours on the networking website, despite telling her he was too busy to get in touch with her.

Read the full article here.

In related news, I highly suggest following John Mayer on the site. He is hilarious.

Yes!

So I played my first show in two years (aside from the TC thing last October...)

Thanks to everyone that came out. For realz. It was sick.

And I hear that there might be another reunion show this year BESIDES matchbook romance and blink 182.

I gurentee SHE will be ALL SMILES when she finds out. ;-)

But for now I am going to throw myself off the balcony because the Internet stresses me the fuck out.

Blogfight!

So, Buddy from Senses Fail has recently spoken out against BrokenCYDE or whatever its spelled (how inconvenient are the capital letters...seriously!!):

"Yeah, I slam them every night because in no way, shape or form do I back anything they do or say and I am embarrassed that kids these days are into it and am sad that kids these days are exposed to it. There is absolutely no substance whatsoever in their songs and no passion in anything they do. It is the musical equivalent of a snow cone, bland tasting frozen tap water loaded with sugar, yet colorful, that will give you a brain freeze, melt all over your hands leaving yourself dissatisfied and sticky. They seem like pretty harmless guys but if I don't voice my opinion on what I think about Brokencyde then I have no right to ever speak up about any other injustices to the music scene in the future. There are only going to be more Brokencydes in the coming months with Millionaires, Breath Carolina and countless other mindless white suburban hip-hop "acts" popping up. I never thought Id say this but this new wave of horse shit makes me look back and not hate Atom and His Package because at least he was original. I know I am not going to change anything, there will still be 14 year old girls that like their colorful merch and there terrible club beats but if I can make one person at least question the authenticity and integrity of singing the words "let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now" then I think it is well worth the effort."

It is AMAZING. Mainly cause I am not a fan of the band too, and I don't like a lot of the new music that is becoming popular. If that doesn't do it for you...Anthony from Bayside's response from his tumblr...

"Hell yeah. Buddy sent me a text message about this the other night. This is hillarious. Me and you on Warped this summer with all this nonsense dude. We’ll sweep up the fucking streets"

And if that isn't enough, there is now more or less a petition to get them off Warped tour. View that here.

I think its amazing, because I LOVE Internet drama. Bands like BrokenCYDE have been hurting the scene. I have a similar feeling about a certain group of synth-pop bands. It is true every so often you will catch me listening to someone with synth, but sometimes its way to much.

This was too good to NOT post. It's a shame Bamboozle has the band covering a "crunk'd" set. LAME.

I'm old

Hellz. It's my birthday.

I have received over 200 comments on my wall. WOW. Now if I could only get that many hits on the other sites...

But seriously, the response has been overwhelming.

I am still figuring out how to manage this blog, and the other blogs. I think this one has to be more personal - about feelings. Dobslovearmy.com is going to be more fun cool things I find online. I realize blogs don't have to paragraphs long. I could get away with just a simple link to another site. Maybe a couple comments on the situation. Werd.

The days are coming closer to hitting the stage again. Mike came to our practice last night. A little strange, but comfortable none the less. I like my life. I like where I am at right now. I just now have to make sure I do everything correctly. Don't fuck up.

I'm bad

I haven't updated in this. I'm falling into a trap. SHAME ON ME.

I got back to school today from my recent weekend home. I had my birthday party on Friday. It was interesting. I got to see a lot of people, deal with shit. Good times. But I appreciate everyone that came out and had a good time. I have some of the best friends in the worldddd. <3

Saturday I bummed around with Lenny and we did some errands, then went to the Ale House. that was fun I got to see a bunch of other friends I haven't seen. Afterwards Lenny left and I got to hangout with someone I don't get to see often and it was nice :-). I also watched the most unfunny episode of Fresh Prince of Bell Air. It was on the BET network. I think their commercials were very racist - there were hardly any white people!

I am back here at school though, and I have just been sitting playing on the computer, listening to music.

My birthday is in two days. It doesn't feel like it...at all. I don't know what it is. Maybe when Tuesday comes around things will be different. But for real, I don't know. Things are different for me this year.

I need the school year to be over. Its really getting in the way of all the things I love and care about. I also am probably half-assing a lot of the work. I have fallen into a trap that I cannot get out of. Sucks.

BTW - first show next Sunday for my band:
www.myspace.com/thepromiserock

I am so excited...and nervous.

Double Life

So I was sitting in my Poly Sci class today.
And it hit me.

For the past semester I have lived a double life.
Mon-Thurs I am here. Studying, working, learning.
Fri-Sun/Mon mornin I am on the road. Random states, meeting random people. Playing music for people.

It's amazing to see that for one day you could be a 'rockstar' and the next there are a million different things you have to do that aren't related to the job anymore. Especially school. No one knows. Everyone in that class room has their own story.
And this is mine.

No one will ever know, unless I outright tell them.

It's rather...interesting.

I miss this..

I actually clicked on some old TGAD vids and stuff. Again, looking back.

But NOW looking forward I am so excited to be playing some music again!
Dave and I always had fun - and I think this will be no exception!!!

Anyway, I been pretty busy with my life over here. Doing a ton of work. Only thing different - I am not sleeping. I haven't really slept much in the past week. I stay online and just chill. That's it. WTF?

I don't have super late classes, so thats good. I can't believe its Thursday already.

It's my last weekend with TC until May!!! Basically all the other weekends with the exception of next weekend I am going to be staying at school. I haven't stayed one weekend. Crazy.
mostly
I am excited for things to come, my party thats coming soon. I can't wait to be around all of my friends again. And it will also be my last show I officially booked. All of my friends bands. Good times.

:-)

Annoying Facebook Stuff

So I hated applications when they started.
But I have grown to accept Mafia Wars and Bumper Stickers.

...Now there is THIS:



This STUPID photo...has given me over 100+ notifications. People tag a million people in this. Because of that a certain number respond back. I get notifications whether they are meant for me or not.

ON TOP OF THAT...I have been tagged in 3 of them, at least. And just recently a new one like this. That's a ridiculous amount of people commenting.

Now that really grinds my gears!!

So LI is for Lovers.

Today was absolutely amazing.

Once again - we played the Vibe and they did so well. TONS of kids - did well in merch. One of the best moments was during Red Letter - Nate didn't have to sing.

I was so proud what these guys have made themselves into - and again I am so glad to be a part of it.

The weekend was really good. I hung out with someone who I NEVER had the chance to in the past and probably had one of the best times I have had in a while. I hope things can continue working out how I see them happening.

I got DOBFEST 2.0 happening March 13th - so psyched.

Two other big things are happening: I am hitting the stage with my new band March 22. We gotta practice. I am super excited, though.
ALSO - there are rumors of rerecording some old TGAD tracks. :-x