it's been a little while

i'm pretty sure that nobody looks at this anymore, but i thought i'd take a break from my journal and post something here instead. not much is new, still slinging produce at the finest super target in charlotte (the only one), going to my psych class 2 days a week (it's over soon!) and spending my days off reading, playing music or watching movies. still haven't really met anyone in the area that i feel like hanging out with or anything, there's some alright people at work, but they're all on different pages than i am, or so it seems. it's good though, i'm enjoying the quiet and relaxation and i've been playing a lot more music recently as i'm slowly buying some decent recording gear. fun stuff. anyway, i'm tired and have class at the crack of 8am. time for sleep.

best weekend ever.

this past weekend i went on a three day trip with two of my good friends, benji taylor and zach stewart, to three venues in tn to play some music. what followed was pure awesome.

we started out from charlotte, driving to nashville, playing at cafe coco on thursday night (not yet having practiced together) and hanging out with some of my friends that showed up. the next day we secured a practice space, ate amazing burritos, had some local brews, and played a show at the frisky berry in franklin, tn to a very small but thankful crowd. the next day brought us to knoxville's preservation pub for the best show of the weekend. it was a nice place, good sound system, friendly crowd, just an overall great experience. you should probably go ahead and watch the video here to see some stuff from the trip.

I was in Nashville for a year and a half, then back in WV for just over a year. I wonder how long this whole Carolina business is going to last. I wish I knew I would be just as well off without a degree as with one, I'm ready to move on with life, but I think my best bet is to just stay here and get that finished. Oh well. How is everyone [aka, the two people that read this] doing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfGyBi8sLno

Oh Charlotte

Things here are hot and stormy, weather-wise, not life-content-wise...that would probably be an awkward post. Speaking of awkward stuff, I went to the doctor today and he was pretty creepy. Trust me. Not much to say really, I'm spending a lot of hours at Target as they're training me in various areas, learning Benji Taylor songs for the TN trip in two weeks and trying to track down the elusive Sonia Maki mother's day gift. Hope you're all doing well.

PS:
Here are the dates for the Benji Taylor stuff
May 21st - Cafe Coco - Nashville, TN
May 22nd - Frisky Berry - Franklin, TN
May 23rd - Preservation Pub - Knoxville, TN

If you're in the area come out for some good music and good times.

God Bless the Colbert Report

If not for the comic relief, than for the fact that last night The Decemberists were on there and played one of my favorite songs of the new album, well about half of it anyway. Hope you enjoy.

"Oh God I need it. I was was wrong again. Take me to the river and make me clean again. Oh my God, make me clean again! Oh my God, let me see again!" - Manchester Orchestra - The River

I'm trying to figure out how to be the person I was created to be. I'm tired of being unsatisfied with what I have when I'm so insanely blessed. I'm tired of worrying about where I'll be next year, the year after, etc. I'm tired of having these ideals of how my life has to go for me to be happy. I'm tired of being so freakin lukewarm. I love Jesus Christ and I'm going to start acting like it.