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4.27.2004sometimes people just suck
let's see... 27-17=10.
ten. as in "days since i last wrote anything." as in "jon is a lazy fucking motherfucker." ok, not entirely. i got a new computer on tuesday, courtesy of my friend marcello. ultimately, i waited about three months for the computer, so as you can imagine, when it arrived, i pretty much tore into the box so i could open it up and start playing. sadly, i ripped open the box and discovered that the dvd/cd-rw drive was pretty much wrecked. so, rather than do the smart thing and put in a claim with fedex, i said "fuck it" and drove to a computer store and bought a new disc drive. there was no way i was going to have fedex come pick up the box, take it back to their shipping plant, examine it, and send it back to marcello in colorado, just to have fedex tell me they weren't going to pay for the damage. plus, then marcello would've had to fix it and send it back to me, and there's no reason to believe that the same exact thing (or worse) wouldn't happen a second time. so, here i am on my new kick-ass computer, and i'm a happy guy. after being out all day and night looking for the replacement drive, i finally got back home and fixed the computer. there were a couple of minor glitches here and there over the 24 hours that followed, but by thursday the computer was in fine shape. the only thing that i had left to do was to take all the files off of my old computer and put them on my new one. that only took like four days. what a frigging pain in the ass that was. since then i haven't been doing too much except working. so, i really don't have any good excuse for not blogging yesterday. oh well, it wasn't the first time and i'm sure it wont be the last. i got my first non-college article published last week. it's in lofimag.com, a philly-based indie rock mag. i highly recommend checking it out. not only to read my interview with jonah matranga, but also to check out all the other cool articles and band info listed on the site. there is a lot of hard work that goes into that mag, and it's definitely worth a few minutes of your time. hopefully, i will be doing more of this sort of thing. i really enjoyed it and had a ton of fun. as a direct result of doing that article, i got free tickets to the onelinedrawing show in new york city last monday night (the 19th). i met up with this girl, delia, who i was introduced to through a friend. now, don't jump to conclusions ("it's a JUMP to CONCLUSIONS mat!!" ....... sorry). it was totally innocent. we just hung out and went to the show. but it was definitely fun, and i have a new friend who i can visit in new york, so that's cool. the show was really amazing. if any of you ever get a chance to see onelinedrawing, or jonah's new band, gratitude, in person, you've got to go. i've never been at any kind of event where i felt such an overwhelming emotional connection with everyone else in the room. there was definitely a strong vibe going on, and it was incredible. i'm sure i sound gay right now, but, i mean, you really should just experience it for yourself and then you'll know what i'm talking about. i've been hanging out a lot with some old friends from high school (and even junior high and grade school) recently. my friend dan and i became reacquainted with each other through friendster.com. that's pretty freaking weird, because the thought never even crossed my mind, when i signed up for that site, that i would meet an old friend who i haven't seen or talked to in years. strangely enough, i did, and it's been nice to have someone from my home town that i can go out with every now and again. i also ran into a couple friends, mike and adam, from junior high and high school, respectively, when i was out one night. about a month later i called them up to see if they wanted to hang out. we went out to a few bars and a party or two, and before i knew it, i was in "the loop." it's just strange how this has all worked out. i mean, i wasn't even that close with these guys when i was younger. i grew up with dan, so i knew him, but never spent time with him outside of school. the same is true with adam. i hung out with mike a few times in junior high and high school, but i was never great friends with any of them. now we're hanging out all the time. it's just funny how people change over time. i think that i probably changed more than any of those three, considering who i was at 16 and who i am now. but still, if you had told me a few months ago that this is how things would work out, i would've thought you were so crazy that i probably would've whacked you in the head with something blunt and heavy to try and make you sane again. speaking of insanity, what the hell is wrong with the yankees? they lost six out of seven to the red sux, er, i mean sox. then they get their asses whipped tonight by oakland. this team is really starting to piss me off now. i can't even watch them. i trying to prevent myself from even being reminded that it's baseball season right now. that's how upset i am. i wouldn't care as much if the red sox sucked like they usually do. but they actually have a good team, so i'm even more perturbed than normal. anyway, back to non-baseball matters... i can now burn my own cd's. it's only taken me about five years to get a computer with a cd burner. congratulations to me. so, i don't know if this blog entry is interesting or funny, but, hey, i'm just happy i'm back into the swing of it. more soon... p.s. - apparently, the yankees ended up winning tonight. i just found out that they scored six runs in the eighth inning to win 10-8. i could've just edited what i wrote earlier, but it would've ruined the flow of my disgust. |
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