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  • 4:21 PM (CST)

    Still feeling sick, but lunch was good.  I hope I'm on the mend.  Our bassist suggested that I start drinking tea.  Perhaps.


    Basically been working all day.  Listening to music, catching up on stuff I got from the duder and myself.


    Recieving an INSANE amount of teragrid emails since NCSA switched over.  Like, 10+ a day.  I had to make a separate folder in Outlook to dump them in.  Ridiculous.


    Looking forward to the SG BBQ tonight.  bringing deviled eggs.


    Ciao







    Currently Listening
    At War With the Mystics
    By The Flaming Lips





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    Meds
    By Placebo





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    Clean
    By Shane & Shane





    9:27 AM (CST)


    ugh...definitely sick.  woke up feeling like hell.  had to mow the lawn yesterday, which made things even worse, I think.  I can barely talk...I don't know how I'm going to sing this weekend


    Yesterday kinda sucked.  Work was a bummer, and I'm frustrated about a lot of stuff.  I feel kinda lost.


    At least the diet is going well.  Too bad YQ is having Papa Dells for all of us today b/c she passed her defence. 


    Actually, that's a good thing.  Congrats, Y.  I'll just have to go easy on it.  Or not.  Being a fatty isn't that bad, is it? KP?


    hehe...j/k.


    Ciao







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    Black Sheep Boy
    By Okkervil River





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    Young for Eternity
    By The Subways










  • 2:49 PM (CST)

    Day 2 of the crazy diet.  So far, so good.

    work's been slow.

    sleeping at the Hub tonight. 

    feeling sick.  we have a show on Friday, and I sing all day Sunday.  Not a good sign... :(

    Subways album roxor.

    Ciao






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    Young for Eternity
    By The Subways










  • 4:36 PM (CST)

    Crazy weekend, squeezing in all-GK12 day meetings, dinner parties, early-morning praiseteam singing and leader's meetings.  Got the GK12 newsletter and Summer Festival preview for OpeningBands.com done.


    Day 1 of my crazy diet.  Trying to trim off all the pounds I've put on since this lazy year began.  booya. 


    It's been a good day.  Got some stuff going this morning.  Had a fairly pain-free meeting.  blasting JM.  Not too shabby.


    ECM tonight, then...hanging about I guess. 


    JOHNNYORK SHOW THIS FRIDAY, MAY 5.  WE NEED TO PRESELL TICKETS, $5...SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING!  It's at IMC, which is BYOB, pretty cool place.  $5, 7PM (we'll go on a bit later than that...), good times!  We've already been forced to buy 20, so if we don't sell them, we're out cash!  so help a rockstar out :)


    ...come and fashion me until every part is how you desire...







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    Abandon
    By Jason Morant





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    How To Save A Life
    By The Fray





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    Young for Eternity
    By The Subways





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    Standing in the Way of Control
    By Gossip





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    St Elsewhere
    By Gnarls Barkley










  • 12:51 PM (CST)

    Hard day, mostly b/c it kind of a long night.  nothing bad but, in fact, good.  just, hard. Working from home on my lesson for tomorrow, then hopefully working a bit on the newsletter for our all-day GK12 meeting on Saturday. 


    Finally updated my "new in the pod" section.  It had been awhile... a whole new rotation's worth.


    Seoul Train screening tonight for LiNK.  Please come.  7:30, 269 Everett Hall.  It could change your life.  Many of you share the same blood, same language and, once upon a time, you shared the same country.  Please come if you can.








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    Never Take Friendship Personal
    By Anberlin





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    Clean
    By Shane & Shane





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    Abandon
    By Jason Morant





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    How To Save A Life
    By The Fray





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    Black Sheep Boy
    By Okkervil River





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    Black Sheep Boy Appendix
    By Okkervil River











  • 1:31 PM (CST)

    You're right Pheonix...good album :)


    Everyone, stop jocking my hot d/l speeds!  one at a time please!





    12:59 PM (CST)


    Phew...look at 'er go!


    Work...blah.  SG tonight.  CUCC after. Baking cookies.  trying to figure out how we're going to pre-sell tix for our May5th show.  Good times.

    I'll write more later if anything exciting goes down. 

    Ciao!






    Currently Listening
    How To Save A Life
    By The Fray





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    Never Take Friendship Personal
    By Anberlin










  • 10:53 AM (CST)

    Sittin in a GK12 meeting.  Wireless internet...hot stuff.

    Crazy weekend.  Went to an Excel thing on Friday-Saturday, then my band had a (really bad) show on Saturday night.  It just wasn't a good booking, frankly.  But whatever...any news is good news.

    Sung at 9:15 and 11 on Sunday, lunch at Dos, then took a sweet sweet nap.  I have got to take more naps.  I don't know when naps stopped happening in my life.

    My lawn desperately needs to be mowed.  My evening is cleared tonight, so i think that might happen.  Except...it's been raining and everything is soaked.  So um maybe not.  Could be a halflife night.  whoot!

    getting fat.  not-whoot!  I need to start going back to the gym.  I remember when my xanga consisted almost entirely of entries like

    "went to the gym today.  Good workout.  Going to the monkey tonight. good times."

    Can't maintain anything forever, I guess.

    Band's got a week off in terms of shows, but I'm not sure how I"ll be able to do with rehearsal.  We've got an all-day GK12 meeting on Saturday, and I'm trying to have my CFC buds over for dinner before some of them leave. 

    Maybe one of our patented shortstack weekday practices will be all we need.

    I'm not agreeing to play any more frat parties, that's for sure!

    Ciao!






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    You in Reverse
    By Built to Spill






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    Everything All the Time
    By Band of Horses










  • 5:40 PM (CST)

    Not a bad day...got up a little late.  Took care of some bookkeeping stuff at work, and mostly prepared for my lesson tomorrow.  I'm doing a think on fuel cells, actually, and I'm still working on it.  Ok, I haven't been working on it all that much.  I need to get myself in gear b/c I'm pretty tired and would like to get to bed sometime soon.

    Obviously didn't go to the Hub today.  Working from home.

    Had band practice around 7:30, but it was pretty short.  We didn't get that much done - just kinda fooled around and practiced the one song I wrote.  Didn't get to C-notes....can't really do much w 1 guitar. 

    Again, we've got a show this Saturday.  I'm just going to put everyone I know on the guestlist, which will get you in for free.  If you don't go, then you don't go!  easy peezy.

    Been listening to some good music lately. Really need to update my music header.

    Not much else to say.  Gotta get back to work.  Have a good one peoples.

    Ciao






    Currently Listening
    Everything All the Time
    By Band of Horses





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    And
    By Ayumi Hamasaki





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    You in Reverse
    By Built to Spill





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    Show Your Bones
    By Yeah Yeah Yeahs





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    Abandon
    By Jason Morant

     










  • 5:40 PM (CST)

    Busy weekend.  Baptism went well.  I didn't erupt into flames, which means I'm not the antichrist.  That's a relief.

    Lots of singing on Sunday too, which was a little hectic b/c I went to bed kinda late Saturday night due to some hassle with my testimony.  Still, everything went well.  Had Arbys for lunch.  that ruled.  I've become a huge fan of Arby's Reuben sandwich.  It's kind of expensive, but crazybus good.

    Had a meeting today that I was a little anxious about, but it went well, much to my relief.

    We've got a show this Saturday, at a frat party.  We can get people in, though, and there's no cover.  It's BYOB, though.  Let me know, cause it should be pretty cool...hopefulyly we'll have a new song!  I think we're practicing this Thursday, but we'll see if that works out w/ the diamante. 

    oH crap...speaking of which, I need to go pick up the 4-track from him.  man it's been a crazy waterday trying to do the handoff of that thing.  too many meetings and other such nonsense.

    How's it been going here?  I haven't been blogging much, have I?  I'm sorry about that.  I just...i dunno.  don't have much to say these days.  I'm pretty happy.  I'm doing well.  Work is kinda eh, but I can't complain.  I do wish MST would post more, though.  I think I'm his #1 stalker.  Also, update your webpage with more pics, lovemachine!

    Ok, that's it for now.  I'll do an album update soon too...lots of new stuff in the can.

    Ciao!






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    Ringleader Of The Tormentors
    By Morrissey





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    Show Your Bones
    By Yeah Yeah Yeahs





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    Dying to Say This to You
    By The Sounds










  • 12:40 AM (CST) (Saturday-Sunday)

    No time for a full update right now, even though there's tons to say.  Just wanted to note that if anyone wanted to come see me get baptised tomorrow at CFC's Easter service, it's at 12:30 in FOELLINGER HALL, not Lincoln like I'd originally thought.  When all this is done, I'll probably post my testimony, which will explain some of all this...crazyness :)


    LONG day.  Good band practice. Awesome show last night.  Got my taxes done.  Got my car registered.  Still no IL license.  one thing at a time.


    Gotta sing at UAG tomorrow at 8 and 9:30 services before heading to CFC for the Baptism service.  Sound-check at 7:15.  Aiya.


    Ok that was a pretty good, if not matter-of-fact, update.


    Ciao and g'night :)










  • 12:29 PM (CST)

    Getting my free dental checkup today from one of the hygenists in my SG.  It's at Parkland...hopefully I don't have anything funny going on.  I feel good, anyway.


    My band's got a show tomorrow night, at IMC (the old post office in Urbana), and it starts at 7.  We probably won't be on till way later, though.  Come by if you're not busy with Good Friday. 


    I HAVE to do my taxes either today or tomorrow.  Saturday I've got the morning planned to finally take care of all the car stuff I've been holding off on (license, registration, etc etc).  I still need to sell my other car too...aiya.


    Was on the GK12 interview panel yesterday (and Friday).  GK12 is the teaching program I'm involved in.  It was interesting yo be on the other side of the "table."


    The last few days have been really crazy with scheduling.  Until last night, I'd only been getting 2-3 horus of sleep, since last Friday night.  Last night I did a little better.  Got back from CUCC at about 3:30,. but I slept till 11 this morning.  It isn't that much, but I feel a lot better.


    The Yeah Yeah Yeah's are playing in Chicago tomorrow night.  I'm so sad I can't go (Johnnyork has a show).  Although, if we didn't have the show, I'd be at UAG, so, either way, it wouldn't have happened.


    Ok that's it...gotta go to my appointment! 

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