Straight up awesome:
today concluded my 2 days of bass camp, and it was hard at times, but enjoyable at all times. Bass, BBQ, and Manring... half way to Heaven.
Here are some pictures from today - I blurred out the chronic slappers in the background, because anyone that slaps that much should be hidden (except for the girl in front - she was cool) There's Manring there, he was really polite and considerate of everyone.





Manring performed tonight at the Bazz Bonanza concert (I never claimed this camp wasn't nerdy) and it was awesome. He used an E-Bow on a fretless bass. He also had hipshot tuners on both the headstock and the bridge, which made for some crazy tunings which could be switched every which way in the middle of songs.. And, he had this big blue Boss box, with everything from envelope filters to loppers in it. It was absolutely amazing - some of the sounds he made sounded like nothing I've ever heard in my life

...I am working to fix everything i've done wrong in my life.

...I just had to go BACK to work at almost 8 at night, after I had already eaten dinner and was just winding down. Not to mention my whole day sucked horribly.

Duuuuddeee. that's rough. I'm sorry that your day sucked... and that your job sucks. Sounds like you're working hard to better yourself though - I wish you well. Sincerely.

Me and my dad have been looking into ways to bring my car insurance bill down a bit so I can look for a new job. Good news is, my bill came down by about 80 dollars now! So that has definitely eased my financial burden a bit. Now I can actually find a new job and look into school.

Does that mean you were working to finance your car as opposed to attending school?

Do I need to write a major synopsis of what my job is and what I do and the reasons why I could not attend school due to said job?

And do I need to also write a blog explaining how much I wish I never financed this car?

No, I dont. My life is my life. I've made stupid decisions and i've paid the price through my job, which has basically ruined my life.

I dont need to explain my life or my choices to you, just know that I am working to fix everything i've done wrong in my life.

Sorry if I sound like a dick. I just had to go BACK to work at almost 8 at night, after I had already eaten dinner and was just winding down. Not to mention my whole day sucked horribly.

I wasn't being nasty, just sympathising. That sounds shit.

I know, and that's why I apologized in the end.

The day started off pretty bad. I did an intense workout, 3 hours, and still didn't feel better.

Then I went downtown.

The big city of Chicago is a humbling place. I walked around, saw thousands of people, and generally felt euphoric. It helps a lot to clear your head when you can remind yourself of the true insignificance of it all.

I love the Chicago skyline. I miss that city, I cant wait to go back one day soon.

Banksy's new work:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7662627.stm

That's very funny, not to mention ironic (especially when you consider that there were people looking at the exhibition who had their dogs walking around with clothes on). His views on people's treatment of animals are incredibly insightful. While I'm not vegetarian and I don't think killing animals for food is unjust, I do see how wide the gap is in terms of their treatment. Why do we give dogs caviar and send cows to the abattoir? It doesn't really seem to make sense until you consider that they were purpose-bred as pets and food respectively. And it's horrible that we use the power we have to exploit animals for our own intentions.

Also, the fact that we pamper our chihuahuas while there are eighteen year old kids sleeping in bus shelters is similarly shocking.

The day started off pretty bad. I did an intense workout, 3 hours, and still didn't feel better.

Then I went downtown.

The big city of Chicago is a humbling place. I walked around, saw thousands of people, and generally felt euphoric. It helps a lot to clear your head when you can remind yourself of the true insignificance of it all.

Looks nice - Although if I'm in a bad mood, the last thing I do is walk in a place with a lot of people. I feel like i might snap someones neck. xD

And that Banksy piece is awesome... Kinda freaky how realisic everything looks though... (Which, is kinad obviously the point.)

Yeah, I agree with you Amber. The last place I'd want to be when I'm feeling down is in an area thronging with people. Although I get very frustrated when people in my (relatively small) city don't try not to bump into you. I guess isolation is just preferable for cunts like me! And I don't really like to think about the insignificance of my existence. I like to think about the things which make me important to the people in my life instead.

Looks nice - Although if I'm in a bad mood, the last thing I do is walk in a place with a lot of people. I feel like i might snap someones neck. xD

It's hard to explain. Basically it's part distraction, part altruism(?). I get to enter a stream where a million lives intersect, and each one views others as an object. This stream gives life to the city. the city lives and breathes through the people in it. When you're walking around, surrounded by skyscrapers and tons of people you've never seen before, you start thinking, and things kind of fall into perspective for you. And you know that you can reach out and touch any one of these individual lives at any point in time. This reminds you of the fact that you're a human, no different from any of these other people. Without them, and just you, the city wouldn't function.

I'm ranting, and being philosophical, but you see the line of thought I'm going down.

Going to be posting my first Opeth cover video soon. The song is "Hope Leaves" off Damnation. Not 100% perfect, but close. Not too many mess ups.

[JuZ]

The day started off pretty bad. I did an intense workout, 3 hours, and still didn't feel better.

Then I went downtown.

The big city of Chicago is a humbling place. I walked around, saw thousands of people, and generally felt euphoric. It helps a lot to clear your head when you can remind yourself of the true insignificance of it all.

Was in Chicago a couple of weeks ago... beautiful city, great to bike around.

Looks nice - Although if I'm in a bad mood, the last thing I do is walk in a place with a lot of people. I feel like i might snap someones neck. xD

It's hard to explain. Basically it's part distraction, part altruism(?). I get to enter a stream where a million lives intersect, and each one views others as an object. This stream gives life to the city. the city lives and breathes through the people in it. When you're walking around, surrounded by skyscrapers and tons of people you've never seen before, you start thinking, and things kind of fall into perspective for you. And you know that you can reach out and touch any one of these individual lives at any point in time. This reminds you of the fact that you're a human, no different from any of these other people. Without them, and just you, the city wouldn't function.

I'm ranting, and being philosophical, but you see the line of thought I'm going down.

Nope, I totally see what you mean - That is what I see when I'm in a good mood.

It is strange how people view things so differently... It's all cool though.

Living in a huge metropolitan area is not something you can understand until you do it. A lot of people who have lived in the country or the suburbs and maybe visited a large city occasionally have trouble grasping the magic of it. It scares a lot of people away. But it's magical, no doubt. A misanthrope in the big city is possibly the most unappreciative person in the world. Even if something is bugging you, it's so easy to get swept away in a different stream and be taken higher.

I love the Chicago skyline. I miss that city, I cant wait to go back one day soon.

Was in Chicago a couple of weeks ago... beautiful city, great to bike around.

Find me and I'll buy you a sandwich.



It is a colossal beast, and can be very intimidating, but it's a beautiful thing.

Find me and I'll buy you a sandwich.

As long as it's one of those ridiculously good Italian beef sandwiches!