so here i am, don't know how to say this...

let's play the game again where you guess where this quote comes from. i like this game. remember there are eprops and cool points at stake.
2 eprops and 25 cool points to dad who attempted to answer the last guess that band quote on the last post.

i feel as if a great burden has been lifted off my back. the real inspector hound is over. we had three great shows. to all those who showed up at 10:30 on thursday night... thank you. that was the perfect audience for opening night. my mom and my sister and both sets of grandparents came down yesterday to see the show and i was very appreciative. i love my family so so much.

ojk played again on friday night at the justice jam. i had a load of fun playing. we ended up selling around 20 cds which makes me much happy. we played a new song and karma had its way with us. i accidentally sent my guitar flying through the air and was unable to catch it before it hit the ground and paul broke a string all while playing the new song. o well. it was sweet and my guitar is ok.

yesterday we finished up the real inspector hound and striked (correct usage maybe struck, i'm not sure) the set and proceded on to perkins. going to perkins with the cast after a show is always o so much fun. i love unwinding after acting, it is on my list of top 100 things. i just made up this idea of a list of top 100 things, but i think i am going to stick with it.
immediately after perkins walhof jeremiah kenny and myself went set out to find a movie theater that was playing aqua teen hunger fors colon movie film for theaters. despite me becoming more than angry with sioux city and crying out because of the lack of parking and craziness of the streets the theatre was found. i literally chuckled for 1 hour and 30 minutes. i found it immensly entertaining.

this morning jeremiah and myself particpated in the 24 7 prayer for dordt college. it was a very neat experience. basically at least one person has been in a room praying for dordt college all week long. i am very glad i participated.

i start job shadowing for my summer job tomorrow. i am a little nervous, but i will get over it.

to conclude i would like everyone to know that i just got my first A on a theology test.

this photo is funny.

the ones that carry never back down

those kids play with passion.


playing on saturday night was probably one of the best things that has ever happened to me. we were told that it was one of the best sets we have ever played and i would attribute that to one thing. we decided to pray before we played our set.
musically i played all sorts of things wrong, but we played the hardest we have ever played in our entire lives. thanks to everyone who came to watch us and bought the cd and rushed the stage when we were done, best feeling ever.
a face for radio a voice for silent film is now available for purchase. conctact us in some way if you desire a copy.

friday night i went with a group of comedy leaguers and performed for pella Christian's after prom party. we did a short show early in the night that went ok. the only characteristic that they wanted to see us act out was terrets. we politely declined. we then played a show at 2 am. i was tired, but i would consider the show to be a great success.

i woke up this morning sick. i still feel sick and it isn't very pleasant.

i have a big presentation tomorrow morning and once that is done i will be a happy man. it was one of those assignments that we have had for so long that it just hangs over your head.

for ten points the title of this blog comes from what band.
hint #1, jeremiah just bought their cd because he was in sioux city. he literally has no money but still felt compelled to purchase it (2 eprops to jeremiah to throw it back to the crappy xanga days)
hint #2 they are the only band whose name i have capitalized in my blog ever.
that was a fun game, i'm glad you played.

aside from the mystery band i have been listening to a band called 1997 who are apparently laura's friends.
i like.

you've got that seed in you

so lately i have been keeping a raging ball of stress hidden inside me. i don't get really mad very often, but when you combine stress and me letting people down an ugly side. i don't like being angry and stressed and on top of that feel like i'm letting people down.

i am currently in 2 different plays and it is making me panic. i seriously have not done any homework over the last 3 days because i have been so busy with the show. stress.

that is all in the way of complaining, people don't need to read about it because i do it enough in real life.

other than stressful things i have been enjoying my life. ojk finally practiced again. it was the first time since we recorded our cd and songs did not go terribly well, but paul wrote another new song and i am a big fan of it. we are playing shows the next 2 weekends and there is much excitement in the air. we are hoping to have the cd ready by this saturday. i have been burning cds like crazy so hopefully it all comes together.

i have been having a lot of good conversations about theology and Christianity in general. i'm starting to develope a new sense of what it means for me to be a Christian. all the struggles i have been having are starting to get resolved and i am excited about what is happening in my life. i am no longer afraid to go into the ministry and am starting to figure out what i want to do. it is good feeling.

i have blog syndrome as i am now going to call it. i have all these good things to say and then i forget them when it comes time to share them with the world wide interweb.

i did finally get my physical done for my occupation this summer. i also got a shot. i wanted to kick chair very hard because i hate shots so much.

time to continue work on lines and stressful things.

i am currently drowning in a pool of new music. jeremiah jake and myself decided to take a little trip to acquire as much new music as possible. we came away with the following cds:
jake bought the almost- souther weather
jeremiah bought lovedrug- everything starts where it ends
and i boughtthe academy is...- santi along with haste the day- pressure on the hinges.
sadly i was not able to pick up MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER (the only reason this is capitalized is because yelling their name is the only appropriate way to tell of them). i was pissed that i did not come away with that cd, but haste the day has sufficed my need for loud explosive music.

i remembered this past weekend why i enjoy being a sound man. i ran sound for peasants big show in the bj haan and they were nothing but a treat to mix for. they listened to me when i asked them to do things and trusted that things were sounding fine in the audience. they allowed me to do what i had to without making stupid requests and the show sounded great. it was a great experience and i hope to work with them again.

i have decided to not complete this blog till tommorrow at some point so hold on:

i realized today exactly how busy i am. i have been trying to schedule a physical for my new job and cannot find a single afternoon that will work for them and me. i have been trying for a while now and it shows no sign of figuring itself out.

busy.
i have decided that i am no longer going to stress out about the play because it is just for fun. no one is getting credit for it, it is just for fun. i am going to put everything i can into this play, but i am not going to stress out about it because i want it to be fun.

it kindof makes me very happy

i would like to start by saying that i hate global warming for 2 reasons
1. it tried to bypass the nice cool months of spring and go straight to summer. several days it has been up around 75 degrees and that makes me sick. i love the sweatshirt and jeans weather and get upset when it gets hot.
2. i dislike global warming because it's not real.

there are finally some new recordings up on myspace/purevolume. there is a link to the right of what you are reading that says ojk. i suggest clicking there. it will take you on a magical musical journey. the cd itself should be ready to go in a little while. we are still working on design stuff, but i can assure you all that you will want to put it on a pedestile.
while on the topic of music, i should announce that i have been writing some new acoustic stuff and could potentially record it soon. more details later

i have a lot of lines in this play that i have joined and am already overwhelmed. panic!

i should get a girlfriend because i plan on getting married at some point. it's not that i hate being single, i would just like to date someone. it would be low key, no pressure, just for fun. if you are this girl apply somehow. disclaimer: some applicants may be denied in the nicest way possible.

i lead songs in chapel this morning. i played guitar and was the lead vocalist. yep. i am trying to be more confident in my singing ability.

(any one who inserted the words "at the disco" after the word panic! in their heads should slap themselves on the wrist one time. i set a trap for you and you fell for it)

and i will conclude with this thought: go and listen to ojk and buy the album so that we can make it big and i can make enough money to survive off the band and when the band has run its course i will settle down with my wife and be a youth pastor somewhere. that is my current plan for life and without you all it would not be possible. so thanks in advance

great success

i am very excite because at this exact moment i am listening to operation joykill's breakthrough release "a face for radio a voice for silent film" at least i think that is the title we agreed on. it sounds awesome. i can't wait for all you readers of my blog to hear what we just did in a studio setting. everything really does sound great. here is a recap of the last few days.
monday: i was still at home. i went to casey's dads visitation and it was pretty sad, but casey seemed to be ok. hats of to him for handling the death of his father so well.
tuesday: journey back to sioux center. we had a brief ojk practice and then immediately left for sioux falls to start the first day of recordings. we kicked it right in the butt. we finished the drum tracks as well as the bass tracks. hats off to phil and walhof for rocking with some consistency. i celebrated.
wednesday: this day had lazy spring break written all over it. we did not have the studio booked so i did pretty much nothing. i realized that my finger nails were uncomfortably long. all my roomates had taken their clippers with them. i went to wal mart because i really wanted to clip my finger nails. i located a clipper and took my usual stroll through the cd aisle. i found that the movie taledega nights was on sale so i made purchasings of that. i then went to the video store and rented magnolia because i have the option of watching it for a class. i laid on the couch and watched the movie. lazy day.
thursday: basically thursday was spent listening the the tracks we laid down on tuesday and finding all the little oopsies that we made and then fixing them. technology is amazing. you can do pretty much anything with that little computer thing. many parts were fixed with a few clicks of the mouse. some parts i had to replay but i had not problems with that. paul then did the same thing with his guitar parts and the started vocals. our good friend elliot was in the studio to offer us fun. we accepted his fun and it was had. we then went to a little concert. sparta and moneen and private drive were playing in sioux falls. the show started right around when we were done in the studio, a sign. we went. private drive was good. moneen was mind blowing and sparta was again lackluster.
friday: again we find ojk in cathouse studios. friday was pretty much vocals. for the first time in a long time i was nervous about doing something related to rock music. i am not the best singer, but i managed to amaze myself and i was able to lay down some good vocal tracks. paul is good. he only needed one take for most of the songs and they sound amazing. mike our super producer then mixed and mastered all the songs right before our eyes and we walked out of cathouse studios with an amazing product. here is the happy part. in total this whole project cost around $450. that is so much cheaper than we expected. now we just have to make copies and start selling them. recordings should be up on myspace/purevolume shortly so be sure to check those areas.
i then went to a midnight showing of the new ninja turtles movie which i will rant about later.
we then went to paul's to listen to our product and low it was very good.
happy times.

you can't go home again, you can't go home again.

so much to blog about and so much time.
this is going to be a long one folks so hang on.

let us start with the show jeremiah walhof and i went to. i will be brief by saying that maylene and the sons of disaster and haste the day were amazing. everything i could have hoped for. it should be noted that the 2 Christian bands on the bill owned the crowd. i will aslo note that the rock in papillion (a suburb of omaha) is a fantastic place to see a show.

thursday morning i had a test in theo 216 and boy was i unprepared. it took forever and made me sick a little bit.
we had band practice thursday afternoon and i felt it was one of the best practices we have ever had. i got that feeling that i get when we play good songs for the first time on every song. so much energy in such a small room, we are ready for the studio.
immediately after i hoped in sir acura and started the treck home. my stop in pocahontas was pretty typical. i did stray away from purchasing the traditional sukist and ritz with cheese because i really wanted a moutain dew. for those who do not know my stop in pocohontas is very ritualistic. i always stop at the casey's and use the restroom and then purchase a sunkist and ritz with cheese costin me $2.48. i am boring sometimes.

i arrived home safely. a lovely chat was had with the familia.

friday i went to cedar falls with my sister to purchase some tougher guitar strings. i did. i put them on my electric guitar and was more than pleased. i then proceeded to break a string on my acoustic guitar. i was mad. i did not purchase strings for an acoustic guitar. luckily mom had an extra set and i put them on and was pleased.

here is where the poo hits the fan:
i recived a call from my good friend casey. i was thrilled because i thought he was going to be out of town. he was not as thrilled to be home. the reason he had returned was because his dad had passed away. this was not totally unexpected, but still a major shock. the real kicker is his mom died 2 years ago. he has pretty much lost all interest in Christianity and i am not going to force it on him at this time. i really don't know what to say or do, so we just hung out like nothing was wrong. we laughed and had a good time. please pray for casey, he needs all the help he can get. in a way this is another God thing. the one weekend i come home i am able to be there for my friend.
it still sucks a lot.

today i ate with my grandma and it was ever so pleasant. i am going to call her the cancer slayer. you would never know that she has something inside her that could kill her. she is recovering nicely and her attitude is unbelievable.

i really don't know what to say. there has been a lot of crappy things happening.
it is starting to seem like every time i go home weired unfun things happen. granted it is nice to be home for people when these sort of things happen, but it makes me not want to come home and just stay in sioux center where i can put these sort of things out of mind.
i am an adult now

i am listening to straylight run which is where the title comes from.