john.

another boring post

90snomad — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:58:47 +0000

it’s a thursday night/friday morning. the majority of street is brimming with partying, but i here i am hanging out in my apartment not really doing anything aside from listening to music and getting sleepy before i head to bed. it’s been an extremely sunny, productive day for me and i’m taking tonight to unwind. at the same time, i have also taken tonight to regain some energy because i’ve been plagued with shitty spring allergies or something along those lines. i’ve spent the greater portion of the past three and a half hours laying on my couch, listening to the newest “architects” album, and doing some reading. it’s a pretty hot date that i’ve shared with some sinus pills and vick’s vapo-rub (aka my saviour).

no montreal for me this weekend… last minute school-related issues on brandon’s part left me with no one to go with, and since this isn’t a trip that i could completely cover on my own and still be able to pay bills, i am in wolfville for the weekend. i do believe there’s some drinking going on at some point, but for the time being, i’m just going to relax and enjoy the days that i had booked off.

currently reading “the pirate’s dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism” by matt mason. it’s a good read so far and i recommend that you search it out… you can download a free copy somewhere, so google that sucker.

i’m going to do some more reading then head to bed. i’m getting my car’s oil changed in the morning so i want to get in my coffee before i have to hit the road.

it’s a quickie

90snomad — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:06:09 +0000

i finally have internet hooked up in my apartment. this is a pretty sweet deal i’ve got to say, and the place feels even more like my own little home as the days go by.

i don’t really have anything to say right now, but i will direct attention to the right side of the page that has a few new links. i finally caved and set up a “flickr” account, so it is linked, as well as my band’s myspace. i also updated the “buy, download, or steal” page about two days ago. check it out for some good music.

it’s really warm outside today so i think i’m going to go be productive and clean out my car or something… can’t spend my day boarded up indoors.

orange rolls, angels’ spit

90snomad — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:21:03 +0000

so i’m living on my own now and i’ve got to say that i’m really enjoying it. things are quiet in my little bachelor apartment, but it makes me appreciate conversation a lot more when i get to have it. i’ve never been a real big fan of instant messaging, text messaging or anything like that, but now verbal communication means a lot more. for some this would probably be really strange and even lonely, hell, who knows, maybe i’ll become really sick of it before i even know it, but for now it’s pretty nice.

having people over is nice as well, i’ve had quite a few visitors and the general opinion is that i snagged myself a nice little apartment. who is proud of their apartment hunting skills? i am, i am.

tonight i’ve spent my evening post-work hanging out in my apartment listening to some sonic youth and reading blogs. i’ve been reading a lot of tobi vail’s blog lately, it’s really cool. i’m also reading tour journals from bands like the go team (the old go team from the early ninties, not the one that’s big today) and heavens to betsy. makes me want to hit the road, but i know i’ve got too much going on here so i’ve got to stay grounded for the time being. brandon and i are going to montreal next week though; driving up, spending the weekend camping out and hanging around the city… should be a good time for sure.

the valley is beautiful but i’m really doubting what is around here for me. i love the scenery, i love the feeling of living out here, but it really is such a conservative little area. people piss and moan about their homes, i know, i’m probably one of the many (though i make it a point to rarely do that). today i felt really suffocated by it all, i wasn’t acting like myself for most of the day, but i just couldn’t shake the feeling. uprooting for a little bit is going to be good… i need a change of pace, so i am really looking forward to moving to antigonish for two months come july. i know it’s not a big chance, but it’ll be good just to be in a different area for a bit if anything else.

living alone makes me a victim to my own thoughts… i think myself into a corner.

i’m trying my best to keep things moving in my life though. my life right now consists of working, hanging out at my apartment, driving up to the halifax-area to see people, and a lot of that kind of stuff. i spend most of my time either in my apartment or in my car, so i really can’t complain.

four hundred and sixty-six words, most of it rambling. seventy-six now. go me.

king procrastinator right here

90snomad — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:51:25 +0000

the show went really well i’ve got to say. relatively small turnout (the number sitting somewhere in the forties), but i can’t complain. it was nice to get up and play in front of people again; even nicer to play bass at a show again. spent my whole day yesterday in the halifax/dartmouth area. helped brandon’s dad move his motorcycle, picked up my new camera (a 35mm minolta), sold my mini fridge, had breakfast/lunch with brandon, and hung out with the guys in the band prior to the show.

when i finally got home last night i was majorly pooped and so happy just to be able to lay down in my bed and pass out… ended up sleeping for about 11 hours which was very nice.

i will admit that i have done basically no packing/sorting since i’ve moved back home. i’m hoping to jump on that today, but who knows what will happen? i’m building a bookshelf with my dad today, so the sorting will more than likely come after that.

“the intruder” opens this friday. i’m really excited, but at the same time nervous; comes with the territory i guess, but i’m just really hoping this turns out to be as spectacular as i have been seeing it in my head.

time to have a coffee and enjoy my sunday morning.

super combo finish

90snomad — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:32:46 +0000

day of two or two consecutive days off this week. this feels good, and i’ve been pretty production i have to say. yesterday i changed the tires on my car, had rehearsal for “the intruder”, figured out costuming for the show, moved out of residence, got most of stock trading stuff worked out, and had a great breakfast at 11 pm courtesy of meal hall.

today i slept in about an hour later than i had wanted to, did some banking stuff, and was supposed to go to my room inspection for residence… i’m a tool though and accidentally left my car’s lights on, so my battery died in the petro-can parking lot, and i had to search for a boost. by the time i got out of there i was amazingly late, and had to get going to band practice.

first show with the band this weekend in windsor and i’m excited to say the least. we’ve got our shit together which is really good to have when going in for our first show. to top it off, we have an eight or nine song set which helps out greatly.

tonight will be devoted to unpacking things from residence, sorting things, figuring out what i’m going to sell/give to charity, and hopefully be able to spearhead packing for my move next week. it seems like where my busy school life stopped, my busy personal life has picked up, but i’m not complaining… would rather have errands to run than sit around on my ass eating pogos to pass the time.

found a wicked band on tobi vail’s (drummer from bikini kill) blog: “explode into colors” from portland. check them out at http://www.myspace.com/explodeintocolors

they’re just what i needed tonight. this is good organizing music.

let’s get ‘er done.

i know you’re itching to hear from me

90snomad — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:15:22 +0000

minifest was hectic but rewarding. i’m just getting over the most sleepless three weeks of my life so far, but i’m pretty pleased with what i’ve been able to accomplish. the year is wrapping up and while i’m glad i have four and a half months to kick back a little bit, i am definitely going to miss the theatre company, and cannot wait until september rolls around.

rehearsals for “the intruder” are going well. we’re off book really, really soon (like this friday soon). here’s hoping all goes smoothly. i feel like i have a really short time frame, but considering what i’ve seen done this past school year, it seems like i have all of the time in the world.

i’ve been kind of building a list of goals for the summer break in my mind. currently i’m looking to:

figure out how to do, and make a camera obscura (better yet, turn my apartment next year into one)
learn to play the ukulele (since i have one kicking around)
go to montreal as i’ve been planning on doing for a while now
write more, draw more
actually put away some money
go to mushaboom… finally (i’ve been taking about it for way too long now)
rock the holga as much as possible

i don’t know if i had mentioned this, but my holga 135 came in and i love the little beast. she comes everywhere with me and never complains a bit

goal for this weekend: catch up on sleep and do my world religion reading. i’m going to go work on one of those right now… the one that doesn’t involve reading

blue in the face

90snomad — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:02:45 +0000

so i actually have some free time this afternoon… i almost can’t believe it

this week has been pretty crazy. when up in dartmouth on tuesday night, my car’s alternator went out on me, leaving me, brandon, and his friend shane stranded in a petro-can parking lot. bran and i ended up taking a bus back to his place, i stayed there tuesday night with him, then bussed back in the morning to get my car to a garage. rolled my car down the hill (with the help of a mechanic’s truck) to a garage and waited for them to do the repairs, it was all done at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. i had missed my class that day and was late for work, but it’s all good… next step is to put a new fan belt on that sucker, then get the crack in the windshield fixed. cars cost a lot of money, but it will all be worth it; i also need to get it checked out before i drive to montreal in may.

worked quite a bit this week, had a considerable amount of school work as well so i haven’t had much time to really do anything. met with students at horton on friday to talk about the play i’m directing. holding auditions on wednesday afternoon before i have class, and casting the show that night. i have to get my design plans worked out, while it’s not much, i would rather be ahead of the game because i have submit a script with tech notes within the next month or so for the in-house technicians. “machinal” is almost over, i’m running sound on the show tonight, then ushering tomorrow i do believe. the strike is tomorrow after the show, then cast party so that should be nice, although i doubt i’ll be drinking all too much. theatre pubcrawl is this upcoming friday anyway, so i’ll make up for the cast party then.

need to finish my reading for world religion and conquer my music tech assignment so that i have a bit of free time this weekend… if only i had money though, stupid alternator

i’m going to go try to finish this assignment before my call at the theatre

by the way, the band has a show on april 25th in windsor… more information soon

this one goes downhill quickly…

90snomad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:37:18 +0000

so i’ve been listening to a lot of norma jean’s new album “the anti mother”… really good stuff. hadn’t really given it much of a listen to, then a few weeks ago when i was out driving with brandon he played the song “robots 3, humans 0″ roughly sixty-thousand times and it took days for it to get out of my head. sad thing is, i’m listening to it right now.

aye, another busy week ahead, captain. my one class was cancelled today, as was my meeting at horton high about the play i’m directing there. i guess i’m going to have to head in some other day this week… ah, i’ll work it out

homework, reading, and all of that fun stuff is sucking away my free time. i’m devoting tomorrow night to actually being social, then the next few nights i either work or have to work sound on machinal, so i may be doing some homework in the booth… long-hand i guess.

i don’t think that there’s much more for me to talk about at the time-being. looking for a place to stay in antigonish this summer while i’m up working at F.A.S.T. (festival antigonish summer theatre), aside from that, i’m a horrible, boring person.

i’ll write more when i have stuff to say and i’m not so tired.

public service announcement time

90snomad — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:18:32 +0000

dear people that are my facebook friends

stop joining these “R U PRETTY OR R U UGLY? LET US TELL U” or whatever groups. i open up my facebook, i see people posting scathing comments on pictures, and i’m too weak to just skip over that kind of stuff (facebook is for lurking after all). i’ve accumulated a few helpful pointers those who are posting pictures of themselves in these kinds of groups, though. enjoy.

people go on these things to trash other people. they will trash you. if you don’t care about trashing like you say, then don’t respond to insults.
you’re posting photos of yourself and inviting people to criticize. you do realize you’re using the internet, right? people have a lot of gall once they’re protected behind a computer screen. don’t be surprised when they go “OMG YR NASTY”
if you get caught up into a whirlwind e-argument with somebody, please don’t say “well you don’t even know me…” or something along those lines. unannounced to you, people judge you every day. do they know you? no. are people going to judge you anyway? yeah. the whole point to these groups anyway is to blindly judge people, right? so don’t be surprised when people blindly judge you. welcome to the internet, people don’t get to explore the depths of your personality and understand your subtle quirks when they’ve only ever seen your facebook page. don’t expect them to be able to either.
“big words” or grasping to come off as eloquent won’t get you anywhere. arguments don’t magically gain merit once you funk-up your syntax. condescension isn’t going to get you anywhere.

i just want peace and harmony back on my facebook page, people. throw me a bone here.

in other news, the show is going really, really well. come see “machinal” at the lower denton theatre ASAP. for more information check out http://theatre.acadiau.ca

also ordered a camera from lomo today. i’ve got a 35mm holga with a coloursplash flash coming my way within the next few weeks (it’s just got to be shipped and the paypal has to go through). pumped beyond belief.

i’m also tired beyond belief.

pardon me while my head explodes

90snomad — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:59:22 +0000

so where has my head been this past month?

between band practice, the show opening (on wednesday may i add) along with theatre busy-work, school work, work at staples, NSSSA stuff and everything else, i have been run off of my feet. in fact, i shouldn’t even be writing this right now because i have a midterm, a test, and an assignment due tomorrow. i’m finished the assignment, comfortable enough to do my test, but have a huge amount of reading, reviewing and all of that fun stuff that midterms entail left to do.

things have been working out well lately. i got the festival antigonish job for this summer, and i am slowly but surely conquering all of my busy work to be done. as it stands, i’m 3/4 of the way through my first year of university which is a bit scary when you think about how quickly time has passed, but at the same time, i cannot even begin to say how happy i will be when the last day of classes rolls around because then i can relax a little bit. well, after exams i guess. not that i don’t enjoy, but it will be nice to catch up on sleep.

speaking of sleep, time to not get any.