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http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/27369226/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:52:18 PDT My Account in case you wanted to add me as a friend or whatever that is. This is only going to be for the thing, if you want to see my musical tastes. I answer each question pretty thoroughly.


01. How did you get into 31? (Weezer/Red Hot Chili Peppers)
This one was a tie...and to be hoenst, I can't remember when it comes to RHCP. I think I learned how to play Around the World, Rollercoaster of Love, Higher Ground and Californication on bass when I was taking lessons back in 7th grade, and that started it. Weezer...Say it Ain't So was the first song, and I think that was on the radio.

02. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (In Flames)
Jotun...ah swedish metal. I just remember how dark and ominous the voice was in the verses, and how awesome the guitar riffs were.

03. What's your favourite lyric by 29? (The Beatles)
Wow...talk about tough choices. I really can't say. Though I've always loved the simplicity of Michelle, and the french in it

04. What is your favourite album by 46? (Mayday Parade/New Found Glory)
Another tie, and Mayday Parade has one album and an EP, but the album is better...and New Found Glory's self-titled album is basically a classic in my eyes, soundtrack to my junior high days lol.

05. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Darkest Hour)
All seven they've ever released, including their Archives compilation of demos and such from their formative years.

06. What is your favourite song by 45? (Mayday Parade/New Found Glory)
The tie is at 45, and they skip 46 so that's why there's this...Mayday Parade um, damn, depends. Either "Miserable at Best," "If you wanted a song written about you, all you had to do was ask," or "Three Cheers for Five Years." NFG - Hit or Miss, all the way baby.

07. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? (Say Anything)
A few -- Mackdaddy, Where the Hurt is, About Falling, A Boston Peace, Sappy, Until the Bombs Wipe out The Sky. most of which are off the stuff that was before their "debut" album. They were amazing at being Emo before Emo was being used as a descriptor.

08. What is your favourite song by 15? (Gogol Bordello)
Haha...so many of them make me dance whenever they come on. But Wonderlust King or Start Wearing Purple (because of the la-da-da-da-dah! 's in the chorus).

09. What is your favourite song by 5? (Muse)
Tough choice again...Map of Your Head, Dead Star, Map of the Problematique, Citizen Erased, Space Dementia, Plug in Baby, Micro Cuts, Muslce Musuem, UNo, Overdue. Definitely not Knights of Cydonia. I hate that one.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Soul Coughing)
A few...let's see. Disseminated is impossible not to dance to in goofy fashion, Mr Bitterness is great too, and The Idiot King. A lot of them make me happy because of how relatable they are, even the sad ones make me feel happy to be able to feel so much genuine depression from them, if that makes sense. Examples of that is "True dreams of Wichita"

11. What is your favourite album by 40? (Murder by Death)
Hm, tough choice again. But "Who Will Survive, and What Will be Left of Them," a concept album set in the southwest about a town where the devil gets shot in the back, then comes back to take revenge on them, told through the eyes of many different characters, is incredible. The last song "The End of the Line" has such a power behind it when he sings "I'll be waiting for him this time, I am stronger now and I can fight it." And Killboot 2000, where all the children are turned into zombies is pretty fucking incredible. "Carry their little bodies to the cemetery ever so gently" Plus they mention Tucson in it haha.

12. What is your favourite song by 12? (Sufjan Stevens)
Damn, I'm not good with choosing just one..."Come on! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream" was the first I fell in love with, but "chicago," "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" and "Casimir Pulaski Day" are way up there too.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33? (Five Iron Frenzy)
First heard them in Phoenix Boys Choir, from some of those guys. I remember the first time I heard "Every New Day" I got chills down my spine (literally). That kind of reaction to music is always incredible.

14. What is your favourite song by 37? (Death Cab for Cutie)
This one is easy--"Styrofoam Plates." It's about the death of a father who left the family, and how the kid reacts to it. Nothing beats the strength of the line "I won't join in procession that's speaking... ]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/27253272/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/27253272/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:27 PDT

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Yup, life's good.






















P.S. I probably shouldn't joke about getting married, since apparently there was a tiny rumor about me actually being engaged or something...I think putting up the new "middle name" on my facebook as Vanillabear made people think I'd married into some strange new family where the guy takes the name. Like 10 people asked me about it as though it was a serious name change.

Further Edit - The fake love vows we posted on facebook for just a little bit to watch as my friends freaked out.

Joban Dale
Hey honey, my phone isn't working so don't worry if you can't get through. I'll get it fixed ASAP, but for the time being: I know white is the traditional colour, but I saw the most beautiful outfit...it was red! I'll show yo...u the photos I took of it (secretly, hehe!). We could do a theme -- east meets west? I wish you could ditch the tux and go for a shevani, but maybe that's pushing it.

I'm so excited! xxx

Brett Vanillabear Larson
Whatever you want, dear...although, me in a shevani, really? haha. But I know you've been dreaming of this day since you were a little girl and I want to make sure everything is perfect for our big day!

Joban Dale
Aww! Well don't make it too perfect or we'll be in debt for the next few years LOL

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First of all, $400 (or even the $300, if it comes to that) would really help me out with my financial situation. And secondly, though it's vain, I'd kind of like to have that pat on the back as I'm leaving the U.

This brings about my poll, as I took the time to read the work of the judge, Orlando White, and am now questioning whether my general love poetry will be that appealing to someone who writes works like this. Makes me wonder if I should include some of my more odd-ball, expiremental nonsense verse stuff, or some of these oddly formed bar poems. But this is why I ask you, my watchers, what you do when submitting to a contest...how much does the judge influence the work you pick?

Deadline is October 3rd, so I'll be carefully weeding through the slosh of my gallery and picking out some of what I believe to be the strongest poems (also taking into account the thoughts of you all about catering the judge or not) and then I'll probably ask for your opinions before compiling the three poems and sending them in. In Spring there will be another opportunity like this, but it's only like a $50 prize, so I'm putting a bit more stock into this one now.

P.S. My last journal, I had been drinking again, and my ex showed up at my bar again, but this time I just went home and sulked in depression instead of drinking myself into oblivion (hence why I could actually type correctly this time). I'll be ok, and I'm in no way thinking about hurting or killing myself.

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She wrote her email at the end of the poem so we can possibly "collaborate"...I mean, I know normally it's their job to make you think they want you, but last time I checked, most don't give out any personal information like that. I found that funny, at least lol.

Though not my first experience at a strip club, this was my first experience at this particular building which just so happens to be literally a streetlight west of me, and I have to say it felt more cute than sexualized this time. Watch out, the next series I'm going to do is going to be stripper with the heart of gold poems or something hahahaha...(sad thing is I'm lonely enough it might happen).

Anyways, managed to spend more money than I meant (go figure) and now I feel exceptionally broke. But at least I had a decent night for once, even at the expense of my already strained bank account.

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9-9-09 and before 9-9-99. It would have been awesome if I was born in 1990, because then I would have turned 9 on 9-9-99 and it would ahve been 5 times the awesome 9 ness, but alas, I turned 12 then. Still, not too many people get to have golden birthdays, let alone two.

And, since it's a wednesday, I don't have class, so I'm going to see 9 (the animated movie from Tim Burton) and then just relax and get fucked up in the afternoon cause I can.


I already know that my parents got me GH5, which I'm going to get this weekend when I visit them to celebrate my bday. My ex is getting me Refusing Heaven by Jack Gilbert, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite poets to read lately, and the black guy who I call Chocolate Bear and who calls me Vanilla Bear is getting me Season 8 of Scrubs. <---If that sounds racist, you've never watched Scrubs before.

I'm hoping that 22 is a better year. Let's just say, when you can listen to "A Long Decembner" all year and feel like it relates every moment, you know you're not having the best of times. I'm saying a prayer to Saint Francis that something good comes my way soon, cause I'm tired of waiting.

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In honor of the multitudes of drunken bar poems, why not give you 9 random facts about the drink that started it all...


Whiskey

The origin of the term whiskey comes from usquebaugh (Scottish Gaelic) or uisce beatha (Irish Gaelic), again coming from Old Irish where uisce means "water" and bethad means "of life." Thus, whiskey is the "water of life." (This even goes further back to the Latin phrase "aqua vītae.")

The first written mention of whiskey is in the Irish Annals Of Clonmacnoise, dated around 1405. It records the death of a chieftan at Christmas from "taking a surfeit of aqua vītae."

Whiksey does not age in the bottle. It's "age" is only effected in the time from distillation to bottling.

Tennessee whiskey, of which Jack Daniels is a prime example, distills in a similar style to bourbon with only the slight difference produced by using a sour mash instead of a %51 corn (maize) mash. They also reuse the cask barrels, unlike bourbon distilling. In 1941 the US Government officially recognized Tennessee distilling as a style unto itself.

The word "whiskey" has had a few variations of spelling. Originally, it was only spelled "whisky," but at a time where the market was flooded by poorly produced Scottish whiskies, many American and Irish whisky makers added the 'e' to give their products an elevated class of quality. Today, Scottland, Wales, Cananda and Japan traditionally use the spelling "whisky," while America and Ireland use "whiskey," although...

A directive of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in 1968 specifies "whisky" as the official spelling of the United States. They allow labeling with the 'e' in deference to tradition, and most companies in America use this spelling. The exceptions are those of Scottish heritage which are now produced in the states, such as Maker's Mark.

There are over 5000 types of Single Malt Whisky, 90% of which produced in Scottland.

India distills their whiskey from molasses, instead of a malt/grain mix. This would be called rum in every other part of the planet.

In many parts of Latin-America, "whisky" (wee-skee) is used as a photographers cue to smile, much like the American phrase "cheese."

Fun stuff eh? If anyone wants to know, I drink Gentlemen's Jack by Jack Daniels on the rocks. A little more alcohol content, but still smoother then regular Jack.

Oh, and seriously, emote people need to make a damn whiskey emote. I'm tired of seeing :whiskey: not show up, but and is there.

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http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/26257772/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:12:00 PDT Poetry and Prose Gallery. I'd really love your thoughts.

Ghost Writing

So, you may have noticed my poll a while back about black cats. I guess I ought to explain that...I'm not normally one for being superstitious of anything--I'll spill the salt and not think twice--but recently I've had many odd experiences with black cats that has got me a bit jumpy.

Twice in one week, in different locations, did a black cat run across my path as I was walking towards a door. I also came home one night at 3 in the morning to find a black cat facing me, seated on the welcome mat to my house. It stayed there for a few minutes, just staring at me, while I waited for it to move. This same occurrence happened as I was driving down a very narrow and straight road. A black cat just sat in the street for a bit watching me approach, then moved out of the way as I got closer. There have been several (and I mean at least 10) other appearances of black cats within the last month.

Now, as I said, normally I don't care too much, but this amount and the actual events of them staring me down directly on my path is the reason for the poll. It appears barely any of you share my sentiments, but I'm curious as to now, knowing the reasoning behind it, if any of you find that as odd as I do?

Anyways, I don't think I ever mentioned how my date went with the girl from the crazy party I had a while ago. To be as direct as possible, it was a date of mixed signals and I still don't really know how it went. There were some great moments, and some moments where I thought she was avoiding me. But that could have been because she was having to host a party that her roommates decided to throw the same night...I can't really go into it without it taking forever, so I'll just say that I had high hopes going into it, and now the butterflies have managed to disappear. There's still a chance we'll hang out again, but I think I landed in the oh-so-familiar friend zone, the "hey, you're nice and you like the same movies and music as me, but let's just hang out and talk about that stuff without any possibility of intimacy" zone, haha.

It's hot as balls out here in Tucson. I've actually decided not to go out of my house just from feeling the cloud of heat upon opening the back door while letting Daisy out to go to the bathroom. She'll go do her business for a minute, max, and I'll go to pet her and her fur will be hot to the touch. Sometimes I hate living in this place. Thankfully summer is half over. By September it'll be back to a normal heat.

Oh, exciting news: *DailyDeviants is back up, and I should be getting another ~six-words prompt up today .

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10 Things I Wish I Could Say To People:

1. I'm still in love with you, but you absolutely destroyed my life this past year.
2. Just because I have a car, doesn't mean I can drive you everywhere.
3. How come you always manage to date the girl that I was talking to at a party, and not seem to realize that it bugs me?
4. Are you even interested in me, or can you just be honest and say stop calling?
5. You always go on about how great your band is, and I've shown up for 10 of your gigs, and helped vote for you in contests, and yet you never can make it to any of my shows or help me when we need votes for something.
6. You are my only friend right now that I can just talk to. Every one else I have to cater to their needs. I really hope things with your father work out.
7. I'm tired of your mixed signals...
8. Are you flirting with me? Because you just broke up with the guitarist in my band and, ya you're hot, but that's a definite no no.
9. Not every girl out there wants to just have sex, dude...You're 29, almost 30, don't you think it's getting a bit old, not having to remember names after about a week?
10. You are the only thing that keeps me alive right now. If you'd stop eating my garbage and my socks, I'd love you forever.





Nine things about myself:

1. I'm having issues deciding what I believe in anymore.
2. I drink Gentlemen's Jack Whiskey on the rocks.
3. I can't stand it when I'm trying to have a serious conversation and people keep making jokes. 5 minute meetings that are stretched to an hour are not funny.
4. People seem to think I'm cool with getting made fun of a lot, but then when I'm having really bad days, they continue and it really seriously hurts me.
5. I know nothing about cars.
6. I sang Soprano II in an all boys choir when I was young. The first song I learned was Somewhere over the Rainbow, and it was the last song I sang with them. I cried when I left the choir.
7. I dislike shopping. I know exactly what I want, I see it, I try it on, and I buy it. Done. No "oh maybe this, oh maybe that." I want this, it fits, it's bought.
8. Water has a very significant meaning to me. A lot of important events in my life have some inclusion of water.
9. I can't stand being alone anymore...

Eight ways to win my heart:

1. Talking about books
2. Being smart enough to hold a conversation with me without having to ask what words mean when I use "big" words.
3. Being patient
4. A love for music, no matter what genre.
5. An openness to my eccentricities.
6. Reading or singing to me.
7. General kindness
8. Passion

Seven things that cross my mind a lot:

1. My loneliness
2. My weight
3. What I'm going to do with my life as a writer
4. My failures in dating
5. Brittney
6. My grades
7. How alone I am

Six things I do before I fall asleep:

1. Uh, I don't have any rituals. I just go to bed.
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4.
5.
6.

Five places I want to visit:

1. Boston
2. Seattle
3. New York
4. Assisi, Italy
5. Lyon, France

Four things I'm wearing right now:

1. haha, I'm not wearing anything right now
2. but seriously,
3. I'm
4. naked

Three bands that I listen to often:

1. Alkaline Trio
2. Bayside
3. Mike Doughty/Soul Coughing

Two things I want to do before I die:

1. Believe in love
2. Find some kind of inner peace

One confession:

1. I'm terribly tired of the cyclical feel of my emotions. I am so lost in the sadness that my highs seem higher for the brief moments they happen, but the inevitable crash back down makes things worse. I don't know how I can keep going like this. I'll be a very depressing, bitter man by the time I'm 30 if something doesn't change soon.

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We got second.

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A lot of people were pissed and thought we had deserved to win. Really, it came down to us and another band called The Endless Endeavor. The sad thing is, they've been together for years, and just finished off recording a CD, and thus probably didn't really need the $500 and 20 hours of free recording time as much as we did. We were planning on using that studio time to get a nice EP to hand out at shows, and the money for getting shirts, and instead we got $100 that we think might go towards band shots. The crowd kind of battled in chants, our fans screaming "Eden, eden" and the other's saying "endless endless," for a while, but in truth, it was a really close call. I think they gave it to them because the band was doing a video shoot with a professional crew, and the venue wanted to look good in it oh well. Thankfully, these guys were really nice and jumped on stage and called us out and said that they loved our set too and made us come out for another round of applause, and were generally nice to us and didn't rub it in our faces.

As for the afterparty, well it started around midnight, and my roommate had gone out to the bars so it was just me taking care of about 40 people that quickly got very wasted and very rambunctious. A pornstar showed up (no one too famous, but she'd been on at least a few covers of some magazines), and general chaos was insuing when I heard a loud knock on the door.

The cops. He asked me if there was anyone under the age of 18, and I was honest and said I had no idea, because 90% of the crowd was people who followed me home after my band's show, and I hadn't been keeping track of age. He was actually understanding and said something like "that's generally how it happens, but just know that you could be cited for giving alcohol to minors." Another guy came out to help me talk to the cops (this was my first time and I was scared shitless), and he asked for my friend's ID, and we told him he was literally a week away from being 21. After making me try and get anyone under 18 out of the house (there was none, or at least anyone under pretended they were older) he just said keep it quiet and left. I'm still shocked he didn't mind that there were a bunch of under 21-year olds that had been drinking, but I guess our honesty paid off.

[speaking of young ones, I'm about to lay some heavy cussing here, so sheild your innocent eyes!] At this point I just wanted people out of my house--after rocking out as hard as I did, I was mentally and physically fatigued, and this was the last straw. Unfortunately, people didn't seem to get it when I asked them to leave, I meant now, not when they wanted. So I spent the next hour wandering around trying to clean up, hiding the iPod so no one could play music, and generally trying to cut the party out from under them haha. But of course, I walked in to my bedroom and found some guy who had been switching between smoking weed inside my house (!!! outside, dumbass) and chugging beers had thrown up right under my desk area. And instead of cleaning it up, he was watching as my guitarist's girlfriend, who is 9 months pregnant, mopped it up for him. I told him to get the fuck out of my house and instead he just walked into the living room and asked for another beer. I was too frustrated to deal with it, and at that moment, someone showed up with cocaine. About 4 or 5 people partook in it as I watched in shock and awe. Finally, people started leaving except the guy who threw up in my bedroom, and out of nowhere he started whistling and yelling about bullshit, so I tried again to kick him out. The convo went like this Me: "what the fuck are you doing?" Douche: "don't tell me what to do, it's my fucking house." Me: "no it's fucking not, it's my fucking house, and you threw up in my fucking bedroom so you need to get the fuck out now." I have never been so close to seriously punching someone as I was then. Thankfully, the rest of the party left and he went with them.

Party like a rockstar, and we're just a humble local band. I think I could have enjoyed it more if it wasn't my house, and my roommate had been there to help me manage. Now I know why these kinds of parties normally happen in a hotel where no one cares about cleaning up or any of that.

The only good things from the night was the fact that not one, but two girls threw their bras on the stage for us and that before things got crazy I actually did get the numb... ]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/25857588/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/25857588/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:26:35 PDT that fresh feeling. I have a strong urge to go buy a loaf of bread (If you've read the book, you'll know).

Another good thing in my life right now is my band. We've got another really big show tomorrow and I'm getting all anxious and excited.

P.S. If you haven't heard our new song, "La Tristesse (L'attente d'un ete)," go listen now cause it rocks. It's quickly becoming my favorite song.

My car broke down last night, or at least it wouldn't start. Good thing was, it broke down in a parking space right by my favorite bar, O'Malley's. I mean, we're talking literally across the street. So I started early, trying to drink away it's odd recalcitrance, and ended up getting pretty plastered. But surprisingly enough, I had a really great time this time. Most of the time when I drink, I get really inside my head and deal with things, so I'm a generally serious guy...but that's probably because I drink alone a lot and don't have many other options. Last night, I saw a bunch of people I knew and managed to let loose a lot and have some good old fashioned, drunken fun. I actually had to use a taxi to get home (first time I've ever been in a taxi in my life) for a $6 fare haha. But the best part is, today I woke up at eight in the morning (I've usually been sleeping in until like 1) and I've been deep cleaning the whole house. Instead of a hangover, I've got this renewed vigor in me that is very refreshing. I'm hoping it'll last a while now.

Cheers to lasting happiness.

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All I can say is I'm not going to tell anyone what happened, and that includes even some of my closest friends on here. I've spent quite a few hours working on how to beat this, and the best thing I can do right now is to acknowledge it happened and know that if I tell someone, all it will do is make me relive it and let it win again. So please, don't ask. Nothing personal, it's just what I need to do to move on. About all I will say is that no one physically died, but it sure feels like it right now.

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not yet begun

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read)

Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman

The Last Night of the Earth Poems (Anthology) - Charles Bukowski

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney

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I'll post my reading list later.

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P.S. This new journal set up will take some tinkering with to figure out properly.

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Wow. Just, wow.

Who did this? You sly dogs you. When I get back from school and all I'll make sure to write a real journal about this. All I can say now is 5 years ago I never would have thought I'd get this. Thank you to the staff for choosing me, and for everyone who's been there for me and helped me with my art. I'm so glad I decided to join this site and work with everyone I have. Tears of joy, my friends . Tears of joy.

And if it isn't too much of a bother, if you sent in a suggestion or something and are willing to share with me please do! I'd love to thank you personally and well, I'm also just curious as to what people whisper about me behind my back haha

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Band is still going well, we're writing two new songs right now that kick ass. Man that thing makes me so happy it's ridiculous. The show tomorrow with Trust Company should be...uh, well, interesting at least. That band dropped off the face of the planet (at least, in the music business) and so we were unable to sell $14 tickets to see some unknown band. Hell, I wouldn't have payed $14 to see them if I had the option. So who knows, could be an alright show, but I'm thinking not.

Speaking of music, go watch the video for Sarah Bareilles' Gravity. I found it by listening to one of my favorite bands, Four Year Strong, who covered her other song Love Song, so I went and watched her video of it and there was a pop up for her new single "Gravity." Anyways, that was my way of saying I don't normally listen to this kind of music, but this video is absolutely breathtaking.

Seriously, watch the video. The song is shitty, but the video is possibly one of the most interesting videos I've seen in the past 5 years, no joke. The cinematography is outstanding--it's one continuous shot for a 4 minute song and basically she's walking down a street and people are walking around using props and things like flashlights and lit up umbrellas to create these amazing visual effects all around her. Watch it in Hi-Def if you can, it's just so crisp it leaves me in awe. I have to wonder how many times they had to do it before they got the one 4 minute take to work.

And if you want more fun music to listen to, hit up Bada Bing! With a Pipe by Four Year Strong cause the video makes me smile a lot too.

Turned in my Imitations for Whitman and Bradstreet, finishing my imitation for Emily Dickinson but I'm about to shoot myself. I have found I can't stand Emily Dickinson. I just can't. Her fucking syntax with those hyphens as "breath marks" or whatever the fuck they are destroy the way I read her poems. I read "A Bird came down the walk" and noticed for 4 stanza's there's only one period, though sometimes her breath marks are where periods would be and others it's almost non existant so I can never tell how long to stop and I get lost trying to figure out which line belongs to which sentence and AH! I've never been a fan of her type of poetry in general, and now she's just pissing me off. I'm entitled to hate some writers, otherwise I'd never have a favorite myself so say what you want, but I'm pretty sure I officially hate her writing haha.

Oh, and turns out the Persona magazine I got published in, ya, the cover texture was found on deviantart, Untitled Texture-CXVIII by *aqueous-sun-textures. I talked to the design girl about it for the rest of the night. Actually thought we were hitting off, got her number to be like "hey I enjoyed talking to you about this kind of stuff maybe we could collab a bit for digital art/fuck each other blind one day" (I didn't say the last one out loud haha) and of course she's got a boyfriend. Shoulda guessed though, she was too hot to be single. So I'm probably not going to call then, even for just the digital art stuff .

I'm also a little disappointed in the presentation of my piece in this edition--Naked Kiss, if you don't remember which one I'm talking about. Turns out they were alternating between white paper with black text (normal, clean professional) and grey paper with white text (awkward, somewhat blurry and unappealing) and I got a grey paper one next to a white paper poem on the other side (so no cool picture on the opposite page like the past two years). Makes the poem a lot less cool looking. Oh, and everyone there put it in the magazine under the impression I'd purposefully shaped it like a penis, so I had to mention before I read it at the opening event's reading that I did not do that on purpose--I did make a joke that Frued would probably think otherwise which got people laughing, and I actually really liked reading that piece out loud. But I'll upload that a little later today into my scraps.

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I can't believe it's almost the end of the semester at school here. After May, I've got one more year of college and then...whatever. Like a really open ended whatever. Scary that I'm basically 3/4 done with college now.

I'm working on an imitation of Whitman and Anne Bradstreet right now, which I'll post once I go over the draft with my professor like we're supposed to. The Whitman I'm kind of enjoying, the Bradstreet not so much. She's not that great of a poet in the first place, so I'm having a hard time trying to dumb down the language, keep it clear and most of all keep her funky ass meter intact. It's driving me up a wall.

P.S. Go listen to this song (but ignore the video), it'll make your day. It makes me smile at least.

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More pictures of my band were added to our myspace page, including pictures from us playing the fair with badass rides in the background and such. I'm too lazy to find them and link directly, but they are really really cool.

I'm really digging the critique feature now. It's basically the bomb, and I can't wait to go through all 150 deviations and write real critiques for them (i knew there was a reason I let them pile up ).

Here's to hoping life doesn't get in the way again anytime soon. I'm trying to catch up on posting my completed poems in the past few weeks on here, but I'm still having a hard time focusing enough to type them up. A few of them are all completed except I have to research a word or find the IPA symbol for something, and until I do that they aren't ready to be added, and I'm constantly forgetting to do that until way late at night when I'm all cozy in bed and not wanting to move.

Speaking of my bed, Daisy has decided to sleep on the other pillow I have every night with me. It's the cutest thing in the world. I'm so glad I got a dog, she's been the savior of my sanity during these rough times.

Hope to see ya'll around a bit more now

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Edit: Oh wait, is this just April Fools? But I got a random thing when I was uploading the deviation that still remains frustratingly Untitled that said because I was a premium member, I can call for critiques? What the fuck was that? Part of the joke or ? I'm so lost.

Oh, for the third year in a row, I am officially published in the literary undergrad magazine on campus, Persona with my piece Naked Kiss. Score! For publication was re-titled "The Kiss," but I mean, three years in a row. I'm excited.

More poems have been finished, but not loaded here yet. I swear when things clean up I'll do a massive uploading of pieces.

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Little update on the band though, we did win first in the battle of the bands. Check out the pictures here.

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Ah! Look at what ~laura-beth467 did for my band! Awesome! I've been trying to get you people on here to do some of that kind of stuff, and I'm glad someone finally did .

Speaking of, I have a show tomorrow...with strippers. Yup, there are going to be strippers on polls while we are playing. How fucking hilarious is that? I just want a picture of one of them with me playing. Something that shows, "look, I really played with strippers" so that when I tell people the story later I have proof haha.

Our battle of the bands is coming up and we've almost sold out of all of our tickets. I'm pretty sure we're going to pwn the other bands there. We've listened to the competition and there isn't much, plus I'm also pretty sure we have the most people coming, and it's judged by the audience reaction. So...more people=louder for us=win. heh.

We also just got added to play a show with a band called Trust Company who did the song Downfall (the link is to their video) back in the early 2000s. They kind of disappeared after that CD, but they're making a comeback and I used to fucking love them so it should be cool meeting them and everything. Plus, we kind of have somewhat the same kind of music going on...sometimes heavy rock, sometimes chilled out.

I'm just excited to be getting up on stage and playing again. It's the best feeling in the world.

Oh, I'm on spring break now. So I'll probably be catching up with the deviations that have piled in my message center and such. But my internship with Chax Press has me typing up a 50 page, 4 Act Play by someone who they're doing something for. Apparently, normally they make the the author send in an electronic copy, but he's really old fashioned and doesn't have one, and he just battled back from cancer so Charles (the head guy at Chax Press) didn't want to be like. Congrats! now type up your piece. Which means it's my job. But oh well, should be interesting, at least.

I'd say I'd post pictures of the shows when I get them, but the one with strippers might be a bit too mature content for you youngins But I'll keep you posted.

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/23635525/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/23635525/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:04:29 PDT The bum on 4th Ave vocalized
"All the Lonely People"
in fatigued baritones.

Across the street
I sang along,
lugubrious,
filled with Tuesday night wine.

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Da related:

I just joined the team over at *TheFavoritesProject. Which is exciting, even more chance to feature great lit on DA, adding to my continued fun working with =DailyDeviants.

I'm also going to help `GaioumonBatou judge the literature side of My-Dark-Desire's up-coming contest. I'm pretty sure she's keeping the details of it all under wraps until a bit later, but if you look at that list of prizes you'll hardcore, wake up and again.

I'm being devious while gearing up for the =derivablezero's critique contest. Be prepared.

I'm thinking about cleaning out my gallery soon, there's a lot of fluffy pieces in there lately. Which leads me to my next point.

Non Da:

I just cleaned out both my Yahoo and student email accounts of what I reckon to be roughly 10 years of emails combined (I've had the Yahoo one for a long long time). That took almost all day. But I found some little treasures buried amongst the spam, including a random poem I wrote and sent to myself from someone's iPhone (what the fuck was I on when I did that one?) and an email from my ex that just said "remember, I love you," sent roughly about the time I was thinking about breaking up with her. Looking at it now has such a nostalgic, halcyonic feel to it, it's almost sad. Hmm.

I'm already enjoying the new Arizona Ambassador job, as I got to sit in the "suite" (really just a cubicle sized room with two computers) and talk to one of the senior members--chilling and such, and I must say it feels nice to start fresh with some people this late in college life.

I got songs stuck in my head. Viz. Bayside's "The Ghost of Saint Valentine," Punchline's "How Could You" and Hit The Lights' "Save Your Breath."

I went looking for a video of the last one, but the video is really stupid and I was disappointed. Much like the video for Death Cab For Cutie's Grapevine Fires video. The thing I loved most about this song was the sincerity, and serious quality of the lyrics, but the video is all 2D cartoon-ish, with a dogs barks of "arf arf," and actually all text being "drawn on" with what looks like chalk, which totally undercut the beauty of the words in my opinion. It just didn't fit. I wish I'd never seen the video, so I didn't have to think about how much I dislike the visual presentation of the song every time I listen to it on my iPod.

Gah, I'm getting long winded again. New webcam picture of me and Daisy up. I'm proud that in the little time I've had her, I taught her sit, shake, lay down and hug, plus! She just learned fetch yesterday! Oh, and I've also taught her all of the commands in French, too, because I'm a french nerd like that. And who doesn't love a bilingual dog? I mean, come on.

Still feeling happy though. I sold a ticket for my band's show to Sylvia, the bartender at O'Malley's that I've mentioned in a few recent poems and have a small crush on . I know, I know, what about the other girl (Courtney, if you must know)? Well, I'm kind of feeling like there's nothing wrong with keeping my options open. I hope ya'll agree, heh.

Ok, ok. I'm out. I'm "super sereal this time." (<--anyone?)

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Go buy one of them, there are tons others that are less user-specific if you wish. I know I still drink tea almost daily out of my Nice Assonance mug from `bananaprincess. I'm excited to have one with my name on it Thanks, Kate!

Now onto more me stuff.

Well, I heard back from the Orientation Leader job that I wanted to do this summer, and unfortunately I didn't get the position. But! I have other fun activities that sprung up recently and so here we go with that.

First, I'm now interning at Chax Press, a local poetry press in Tucson. Some of you might remember I aplpied there last semester but couldn't work because my schedule conflicted, but this time I don't have class until 4 on TR, so I was able to do it. My first job there was helping to score and fold and compile pages of a chapbook in order so that they can be stitched. I know that sounds repetitive, but honestly, my OCD took over and I peacefully lost myself in the monotony. It was wonderful. And apparently, for every book I work on, I get a free copy at the end of my internship (), which is great because most of the books I've purchased from readings I've been to in the area have been done by Chax. So I'll probably be enjoying what I get, when that arrives.

I also have a training for my Arizona Ambassador thing and I'm excited to meet my new co-workers. I am really in the mood for new friends right now.

I am powering through my reading list right now, and feeling great about it. If you haven't read Watchmen, I highly suggest it. Especially before seeing the movie, as I am starting to agree with those comic nerds who said it's "an unmakeable movie," as the sheer amount of character development and depth in this graphic novel is so great I know that Hollywood is going to cut some of it out. Otherwise, the movie would be 3 hours long. I think Frank Miller is the best director for the job, considering his success with Sin City and 300, but still, I don't feel like the movie will be able to achieve the level of greatness the novel.

I'm getting excited for the battle of the bands with Last Night in Eden, as that rush of being on stage, especially at a large scale venue (not just our practice space) is going to blow me away. I know it is, because even playing that practice space show I was lightheaded and shaking a little with all the adrenaline.

Oh, and the part most of ya'll are interested in.

Date went well. Very well, in fact, in my opinion. We spent a good hour and a half talking, even after we had finished eating, and she came back to the house and met Daisy, who, of course was adorable. At the end of the night, there was a kind of hesitation as she was leaving that seemed to say "are we going to kiss?" but I decided not to go for it. I called yesterday and talked with her for another 20 minutes and we've kind of set up another date-ish thing watching Dead Like Me (the TV show we talked about a lot on our first date) together. I'm not putting too much into this, as she said she enjoys being single and just kind of dating, and has never felt that "I want to be with this person as much as possible," but I admit, having the slight butterflies back for the first time since my ex is nice. God, if all I get out of this is that first date I'd be fine just knowing I got back into the field and appeared to do ok. But admittedly, I'm praying for a kiss. I can't remember my last decent kiss...I have kissed three girls since my ex, but two were really sloppy and disgusting and one was like kissing a wall.

Funny story to go with this though, I definitely got a number from a girl at a bar who when I texted later about meeting up for a drink responded with "Hey, i would hat sounds fun but I have a boyfriend. I guess I didn't mention that in my drunkenness huh? If I didn't I totally would tho u are a cool guy!"

Man, you ladies crack me up.

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Now, onto why I'm in enough of a good mood so as to name this journal wee and squeal like a little fangirl (although I said I never do that on ^StJoan's poll--oops )

The happiness has not ended. February, you rock my socks. Kind of ironic that my most depressing poem got a DD (and thus brought me happiness) at the start of my realization that I'm happy.

Daisy's cold has cleared up, and I gave her a bath for the first time. I'd never had to deal with a huge dog like that before. When I say bath, it means more that I had to get in the shower with her and hold her between my legs so she wouldn't move, then proceed to shampoo her without her escaping (she did escape twice, but I'd locked the bathroom door). And drying took forever! But! But but but but! ONce she was dried I used the FURminator (like a big brush/razor that removes dead hair and skin cells) and now she is even more pretty and shiny than before. She's so cute it kills me. We definitely slept together last night in my bed and I couldn't help but smile.

My writing is progressing. I have some pieces I'm editing before submitting, and more ideas that haven't gotten fleshed out yet. But I'm so inspired lately, I can't even begin to tell you. I also wrote a bit of random prose while at O'Malley's (my favorite bar) that was shit, but at least I'm attempting to write some prose again...don't want to get too rusty since:

I've started plotting out a novella. I have about three pages of character development and plot ideas, but haven't started writing anything into sentence form yet.

Oh, and for one of my papers in 19th Century American Literature with my favorite professor (Nathanson) we can do imitations of the poets we're reading instead of writing a 5 page paper--how exciting is that! I'm going to try and do Anne Bradstreet and Walt Whitman. I have my ideas for them too, so when you see something Whitman-esque (or at least I hope it will seem Whitman-esque) you'll know. Speaking of Nathanson, he definitely knows my name and has referenced some of my thought processes ("Brett said something last class about x, let's talk more about that") and even made a joke or two at my exspense. That must mean he likes me lol

And, last but not least, I think I'll be published (for the third time) in Persona, the literary undergrad magazine at the University of Arizona, where I go to school. They emailed me about my piece Naked Kiss and asked if I can change the name to "'Kiss' for publication." Woops, I think someone let the cat out of the bag early. That's cool though. I think it's an interesting piece, minus the fact that I know I have some abstractions in it ("pure oxygen is a drug"=meh).

I also cleaned up my house again on sunday and did all my laundry, and spent 4 days cleaning out my message center down to a few deviations--which meant responding to the 180 favs and 90 comments on December . I'm being so productive!

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AND AND AND! After a long, three part application process including at least 3 separate interviews, I was hired by the University of Arizona to be an "Arizona Ambassador," which is basically a tour guide for those thinking about coming to the UofA. Which means, if you're in high school and are thinking about colleges, you should tour UofA solely to see me at my touring best. I have a feeling I'm going to meet a lot of new friends (there's only like 30 members in the whole thing, so getting in is a privilege too) and show my love for the school to people...what more could you ask for? Oh, ya, that's right, an interview to be an Orientation leader over summer where they pay me $200 a week just to help move about campus incoming-freshman and their parents for a few hours each day. I hope I get that one, it'd be a pretty secure summer job to have in this economic climate, and I'd still have a decent amount of free time at night.

Oh, and!

I have a date. (<-- that emoticon is normally way to girly for me to use, but it actually fits right now...I know, shocking, right? http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/23263169/ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:05:15 PST
Happiness -

I just realized that I'm doing good lately. Granted, Valentine's sucked, but other than that I had a great little show with my band, I have a great new companion in Daisy (even though she's sick now and taking her to the vet cost more than what I payed to adopt her ), I'm exercising/getting out of the house more because of Ms. Daisy, and because of that and eating better, have even lost a few pounds.

Mom always said those Fish Oil pills with Omega-3 fatty acids and some good old fashioned exercise puts you in a naturally better place. Perhaps I really am doing alright. I'm not even listening to my normal depressing rock bands--Bayside, mostly, they're my broken heart music and if you're in need of some, check them out.

I'm also writing more, and taking the idea of it as a profession a lot more seriously as well. Bought myself seven cheap books related to the writing field thanks to Amazon.com and a gift card I got for Christmas. Let me know if any of you have read these books/have any thoughts.

A Poetry Handbook - Mary Oliver
The Pocket Muse Endless Inspiration: New Ideas for Writing (No. 2) - Monica Wood (I have number 1 already)
A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words: Image-Driven Story Prompts and Excercises for Writers - Phillip Sexton

On Writing - Stephen King
A Book of Surrealist Games - Alastair Brotchie and Mel Gooding\
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile - Noah Lukeman
and the one I'm most interested in (heard good things),
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose - Constance Hale

Should have some fun reading to do with that.

Oh, and because I'm the everlasting Edward Scissorhands fan (I have every movie poster they made for it, the trading cards and *sigh* a doll) I also got myself:



Which is seriously, the only male t-shirt from that movie, like ever. All the other ones are ladies shirts with cheesy love lines, and, normally I'd disregard that, but they have the ladies cuts to them (lower necklines and the sleeves that end at the roll in the shoulders).

School's going decent, I've kind of gone through the first set of tests and have been recieving some good grades, so I'm looking forward to a nice GPA boosting semester. I'm even getting to talk to my American Lit in the 19th Century teacher a lot, which is good because I was thinking about trying to get him to write me a letter of rec for grad school, and h... ]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/23131124/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/23131124/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:17:01 PST


DAISY!

My new dog. I'm so excited, she's sweet as can be and refined like a good East Egger should.

For those of you who don't know, I've always considered Gatsby to be the literary character most closely resembling me (slight party guy, but really does it all for the love of his life that he can't have, the ever-lasting romantic) so getting a female dog and telling myself I wanted to name her after a famous literary character, well, Daisy just fit. Funny coincidence, I'd settled on that name for a girl (and either Keats or Gatsby for a male) and her name from her previous family was Mazey, so she responds to Daisy easily enough.

She already knows "go to your bed" (although first she jumped onto mine until i repeated with emphasis on "your") and I got her to sit, once. Haven't heard her bark once, either, not even when we went for a walk by another dog that barked at her. Makes me wonder if she has a voicebox at all?

Oh, and I definitely got her a green collar to symbolize the green light from the book . How much more nerdy can I get?

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Maybe my mom was right...but I'm scared for my life of dependency. And I'm not going to clarify what she said unless I really trust you.

I'm thinking more about getting a dog. I need a companion at this point, and I'm tired of looking for it in the girls around me.

This is such an odd fucking week. Who else needs a drink?

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22705630/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22705630/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:57:32 PST AGMeade tags me. Go figure

Post these rules.
Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
No tag-backs.

Hmm. So, down to it.

1. First thing that some people might remember from my lovely DD poem I See Snakes When I Close My Eyes is that I suffer from ophidiphobia, which means I'm afraid of snakes. Deathly Deathly afraid of them. To the point where seeing pictures of them makes me run from the room (literally, I threw a calender across the bookstore at school once and bolted), I get uncomfortable even talking about them for more than 30 seconds, and I frequently have dreams of piles upon piles of snakes, will wake up in the middle of the night and kick off the sheets violently, search through them all, under the pillow and the bed in order to assure myself I'm alright. I've even had hallucinations of them and physically made myself feel them on me. And by the time I finished writing this little bit about how much I fear them, I was actually twitching in my chair and breathing sporadically. So please, it's not funny to me at all if you make jokes about that.

2. TV shows are my guilty pleasure...including ones that perhaps are "atypical" shows for men to watch. I mean, don't get me wrong, all the boobies and sex in Californication from Showtime are awesome, and comedies like Scrubs and Chuck are great for light humor, but I really loved the family drama Everwood, and subsequently, Brothers and Sisters (both written/produced by Greg Berlanti). Even...dare I say it, Gilmore Girls has its appealing moments to me. That could stem more from my sisters obsession with it, but I never minded watching the series straight through whenever she had a break up (it's tradition almost). Oh, and I gave up on Heroes. I used to be a huge fan, but it got too filled with product placement including my favorite, when a character was in the African desert--"Hey, can I use your cell phone" "No service--I don't have Sprint." ... Ya.

3. Could be an obvious statement, but I love Chardonnay. Favorite brand at the moment is Rodney Strong. following closely behind (for the cheap price, and also 2007's wine brand of the year, critics gold medal winner of 2007) Barefoot's Chardonnay and Saint Francis' Chardonnay. Which leads me to number 4.

4. I'm not very religious, but Saint Francis and me share a special bond. My middle name is Francis, named after my grandfather (who was named after Saint Francis of Assisi) who passed away in 2002. He passed along a simple medallion of Saint Francis that I wore around my neck for 5 years, and randomly it fell off one day while I was skating to class. When I noticed it was gone, I cried. Thankfully, I found another one exactly like it and had it blessed by a priest. On my road trip, I said a prayer daily to my grandfather and Saint Francis to help me through the times I'm in and for a safe journey. I have even had very other-worldy experiences that always have relation to Saint Francis or my grandfather--feeling him with me when I sang on the steps off the Omaha beach memorial in France, going to church with my girlfriend at the time and singing his prayer set to music, and recently, watching the sun come up and shine through the clouds when I was writing about him on my road trip.

5. I'm turning into my father. It's true. I get really passionately upset about stupid things for no reason and then apologize profusely 10 minutes later.

6. Sometimes as I'm walking along, I just want to let all my muscles stop moving and fall to the ground and not get up...or just scream as loudly as possible for no reason. Even when I'm happy.

7. I have a terrible problem with revisiting excruciatingly embarrassing moments in my life and try to hide my discomfort by stretching my fingers out as far as they go, rolling them, pinky first, into a fist and then flipping my wrists around and repeating a few times i... ]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22593919/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22593919/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:01:43 PST
Speaking of journals, though, I wrote about 65-70ish pages in a travel journal on my trip and I'm in the process of typing them all up and posting them in my blog. So far, of the three week trip, I'm at 17 typed pages after 3 days. This could take a while. I'll keep ya'll posted though.

School started yesterday, and my classes seem fairly nice. I'm taking:

FREN 432 - French Translation
ENGL 488A - American Poets of the 19th Century
ENGL 455 - Teaching English as a Second Language
LING/PHIL 211 - Meaning in Language and Society

So far, I've had all of them except ENGL 455, and I'm feeling pretty good. ENGL488A, the american poets one, is being taught by a professor that I've been hearing since my English 101 class that I need to take a class from, so I'm excited for that one the most. The LING 211 class seems like it's going to be an easy A, especially after I already took another higher level LING class last semester and got a B+ in it only cause I stupidly missed an assignment or two. Objective, scantron tests and very little homework--oh my. I haven't had a class like that since Freshman year, and I was a baller back then (heh, I called myself a baller).

For those of you who think my journal title is a bit early, you don't live in Arizona. Here in AZ, the weather is already picking up and feels more like spring than winter. This is my favorite part of the year, where the wind and the morning still have a chill, but it's a nice luke warm temperature by mid-day.

In more club related news:
~six-words has a new writing prompt here, words chosen by me this time. If you don't know what six-words is, I encourage you to take a look. It's a simple exercise to write (in any form) the six words given, in order, as fast as you can. Kind of flash poetry with a few more requirements.

I also was recently appointed a position on the Literature team in the very wonderful club =DailyDeviants. This means I help pick out writers to feature daily, so if you have someone you think deserves some attention on here, feel free to note me with suggestions and I'll do my best to check them out.

Ok, now to work more on typing up that journal. Where's my wine?

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I should be returning on the 9th ish of January, and will get to your comments/replies/favs etc when I get back.

I'm hoping to sign on and find my page flooded with love while I was gone, but perhaps that's being selfish .

Don't worry, those of you who were worried about me being safe. Mostly I'm staying in hotels, and I don't plan on doing anything TOO crazy, even if my mantra for the trip is "just say yes."

Again, check out and add my band on Myspace. If any of you want to do some really professional looking graphics (with our name on them somewhere), or know someone who could do some cool banner like things for us, do them/send them here. Listen to some songs to get the feel and just go crazy.

Alright. I'm out. See you in a few weeks.

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22115135/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/22115135/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:55:22 PST my music myspace page, so if you missed but want to hear it, there it is. And it shall be for download as well, for those who want to keep a copy. I had a bit of a problem tracking the guitars (yes, I'm playing the guitar as well as singing the song) because of some hiccups from my comp that happened and got the timing off for a few seconds, and my vocals were done in one take because I thought I'd be too late to turn it in, but I think it turned out ok. The streaming quality wasn't the greatest for the song when it was played for the contest either, so listening to it in full stereo awesomeness with seperate guitar tracks (playing similar enough though) playing for each ear, as I recorded it, would be...awesome. You can go over to =Lit-Resources to see the results of the voting, and if you haven't voted yet, I encourage you to do so...whether it's for me or not.

Also, my rock band, Last Night in Eden set up a myspace page to get the word out about us. I'm (lead) singer and bass player for them, so check it out and let me know what you think. Add us on there if you wish as well.

In the light of the band, I'd also like to ask for anyone who works well with graphics to see about maybe making us a banner, or some kind of graphic to use on our site. It would be greatly appreciated!

Christmas is almost here, which means my road trip is too! I have been busy trying to find a couch to crash on through the site couchsuring.com but if you would like to let me chill at your place sometime while I'm on the trip (route found here). I'm leaving the 26th and I should be back at around the 9th. I'm getting more and more excited for this as the days pass.

Anyways, again, go vote in the Karaoke contest, listen to my music and tell me what you think!

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I've uploaded my route into the scraps, but here it is.




I'll put dates and stuff up when I get back from work tonight. I'll be late if I spend more time on this journal right now.

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/21622887/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/21622887/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:16:20 PST I normally don't care much for pageviews, but this one feels special.

PLEASE, if you get it, SEND ME A SCREEN SHOT or something. I might do something special for you

Not that.

I know what you were thinking, you sicko


EDIT: Hahahaha, I came to check my messages on DA and got the 10k myself. Maybe that means I should treat myself to something special. I'm in need of that right now.

P.S. Check out my good friend on here for a long time, =anextraordinarygirl, or Wendi. Show her some love. Especially this piece, which was inspired by all my crazy nonsense verse stuff.


(It's a poem, not just a picture)

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Cool shit huh? *Flutterings basically rocks the fucking house.

OMG!

I'm submitting to Persona, our literary undergrad magazine on campus, for the third time this Friday. Still deciding which pieces I want to go with. Any suggestions?

Met an interesting girl last night, which is nice because I've been hung up on the ex for too long (has my depressing/angry break up poetry tipped you off any?). Maybe something good will happen with this girl. Whatever.

Later.

P.S. Check me pimpin' the Deviant Art hat in the webcam shot. I seriously have worn that hat to class (and around) almost every day this semester. Got lazy and stopped doing my hair, now it doesn't stay up when I spike it because it was so used to laying flat under my hat. Oh jeez, I just rhymed. Shoot me.

P.P.S. I wrote a terrible, terrible, absolutely hilarious to the point of tears, as in it took me half an hour to type up because I was laughing so much at myself I couldn't hit the keys, poem about my "pride for the University of Arizona" called (oh lord this is bad) University Pride. Lollerskates. It was for a job thing where I do the campus tours for prospective students. I'd be good at the job, but the application requested a "creative project to show your pride" and that was all I could do. It rhymes and it's terrible. Hence, it's going in my scraps. Ok, seriously now, bye.

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/21350785/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/21350785/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:23:31 PST Check out the latest post if you wish to know what's been up.

I'm not really sure what else to talk about right now, I'm continuing to post things from my poetry class and stuff, just getting too busy for much else. Getting closer to passing into 5 digits on pageviews lol. Kind of a milestone I feel.

Oh, I'm helping to moderate a club now, ~fortheloveofwords. So check that out as well, submit something, watch us, or whatever you feel like.

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And if you were thinking I could quickly fix it by either A) getting a new battery or B) getting a new AC adapter, both cost around $150 (yes, even the AC adapter is 115 or something like it) which is too expensive for my perpetually broke college ass.

My mommy is sending my adapter down through the mail tomorrow and it should arrive by the weekend.

Until then, peace. I'll upload the two poems I wrote for my poetry class this week when I get my adapter.

Oh, and bug me about writing something in my blog again. I haven't written anything there for almost a month, which is nothing short of ridiculous.

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I don't really know how to tell you this, but you're a loser. I think I realized it when we skinny dipped outsie of Chicago and I saw you sit on Bill Clinton. I'm sure you're frostbitten and man enough to understand that I had a sex-change. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your left ear as a memory. You should also know that I will tell the authorities about the cocaine abuse.

In pain,
=Drunken-Splice

(Rules of the game)

Tagging

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I just need a bit more time to get into the swing of things and I'll be good. I promise I'll make a comeback soon.

P.S. Heroes had their Season 3 premier, and they definitely quoted almost half of W.B. Yeat's "The Second Coming," one of my all time favorite poems at the end of one of the episodes. I just stood there and was like "Fuck...ya!" I love the show like a million times more because of it.

Also the last poem I submitted is about the same poem, or at least my afterthoughts of it.

Oh, and I'm still alive from the turning 21, but for those who wish to know, that whole week was a blur. I've never had so much alcohol in all my life combined before. Ridiculous. I'm in the process of finding a good Chardonnay right now, if you have any suggestions, let me know. I like an oaky, buttery taste. So far my favorite is the Rodney Strong one.

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w00t. The birthday to end all birthdays...except not really cause I don't want to die at 21. But you know what I mean.

Cheers

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So many messages to get through. Can't do it all, might have to clean sweep and start over soon. Hope I didn't miss much.

The best place to keep following me is my blog, where I just wrote about my spelunking adventures in the caves of Arizona, and my encroaching birthday.

Yup. I'm almost 21. Weird. September 9th, so ya. Buy me something from the shop or something. Haha, just kidding.

I need to get back in the chats.

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Speaking of my place, I put a picture of it up as my webcam, just cause I can.

Still working on my Paris stuff, getting it into one PDF file and cleaning things up. Still trying to talk to the guy at Chax Press, but that should be happening any day now.

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In the mean time, check out my blog. I've posted a bit more.

And listen to Gogol Bordello. It's amazing Slavic-Folk music haha.

EDIT: I am moved in and everything is set up, but I won't have internet until later in the week. The only reason I am able to update this now is I'm on a school computer. Anyways, I'll post a few pictures of the new place when I get a chance to. Working on getting all my Paris stuff into one pdf in the order I want them to be.

Also, the internship place just wants to meet me in person to make sure I'm not a crazy, but otherwise I've got the gig. Sweet deal!

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/19709760/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/19709760/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:33:25 PDT Movements in Paris, which is the tentitive title for the chapbook I am thinking about creating out of the better parts of these poems.

But I need your help to let me know which ones work, what I need to work on before I decide to bust this thing out into print. So please, since I haven't begged this hard in a long time, and since I've been pretty dry up until this massive onslaught of words, please please please some comments would be appreciated.

I'm sending in an email to a local Press where I might be able to get an internship, Chax Press, where I will learn the skills needed to make my own chapbook. That is, if things follow through according to plan. Worst case scenario, I make one for just myself--a nice and pretty collection of my Parisian best. Better scenario, I sell it to a few of my friends at the UofA and some select few who want me to mail it to them. Which includes my grandma in San Jose, CA. Lolz.

Alright, enough of the talking, let's get reading. I tried editing as much as I could while I was there, but maybe now I'll have had enough time away from them to really tighten things up on this read. Cheers.

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Step one of two done. At least the blog is started back up again and I'm in the mood to continue doing that. Maybe I'll keep to my promise of daily updates now that I'm back home and have stable internets.

Next, poetry. I swear to God its coming even if I need to lock myself up in my room today and finish haha. Alright, wish me luck.

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]]> `Drunken-Splice http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/19519803/ http://Drunken-Splice.deviantart.com/journal/19519803/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:50 PDT cfosgate for the design and all.

I'm still cleaning up my room and going through all my clothes (getting rid of stuff from like 7th grade), but when I finish I will begin the long task of typing up my poetry and submitting it. I know I know I'm being selfish considering there have been many opprotunities for me to put them up so far, it's just a daunting task considering how much I have to write. But I promise, they will be arriving shortly.

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I keep promising a blog, but it my internet connectivity problems started the same day I wanted to write something on my blog. Thus, frustrated by spending like an hour just trying to connect to the site, I gave up. I have some outlines on my computer though, so expect something HUGE. As in GINORMOUSSSSSSESINESSLY GASTROPHICALLY BIGGGGGESTESTEST...ya, that big. Oh my, the wine is getting to me.

PARTY!

Chin-Chin. à votre santé. (P.S. That's cheers in French haha)

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