[Miscellaneous]

Originally Posted by Skeeter

I'm beginning to get the feeling no one reads this.

But I do :-\

The coffee house went well. "Useless" is usually a good song to open up with, fast-paced, happy sounding, with a decent vocal ending to get people into the set. I sang it well and nailed the guitar, though it is an easy song to play. "Emo Kid" brought the crowd back down again into a mellow feeling until the second verse and chorus that hit a bit harder. Than I got the whole crowd into it with my version of "Karma Police," introducing it as a sing-along-song. Messed up the falsetto a bit at the beginning of the end, but I stuck it out and got compliments on it at the end.

The big show stopper was "Sleep a Sailor." It's easily my best song. The groovy verse riff got everyone into it (I could see people nodding their heads and a couple people were grooving in the back), and it went perfectly. There's a part where the song seems to end before I go into the almost-screaming "I am not afraid" bridge (which is sung an octave lower on the recording). I nailed the notes and was quite proud of myself. Got a lot of compliments on that song. Mostly I was just happy that I hit the notes with a growly screaming kind of sound. It apparently sounded good.

After that, had an 11:07 Comedy Improv workshop that I ended up partially leading. It was a lot of fun, we welcomed some new people to the crew and got everyone excited at the prospect of upcoming improv shows. Looks good for the upcoming shows.

I'm glad the coffee shop went nice and you screamed well. See, all that nervousness for nothing. I always tell myself, "no use getting nervous because nervous or not, it's going to happen anyway." Of course this never really gets rid of my nervousness, but it makes me sound tough.

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Skeeter

The recordings are cheap and there's plenty of mistakes in them. Keep in mind I'm in my dorm room and can't really cut loose on the vocals. Also, people kept coming into my room to try and talk with me.

That's why I hate recording in my dorm room. I can't really let loose and get into it, because of the apprehension of my roommate barging in and wrecking it.

[Skeeter]

Yeah, it's a pain. I love performing; even though I was shaky, I nailed my little guitar solo in the middle of "Sleep a Sailor" getting a few cheers from the coffee house crowd. I don't know, performances just seem to bring out the best in me.

[Josh]

Yay for performing. I miss those days. Hopefully the ol' band will get it together so we can do some. That's what I really want...

Josh.

[Skeeter]

I felt like being a sheep and copying everybody else:

I. - Song Titles.

1. Are you male or female?: Young Man Blues
2. Describe yourself: Narcolepsy
3. How do some people feel about you?: Semi-Charmed Life
4. How do you feel about yourself?: Under The Floor
5. Describe your spouse girlfriend: Only Hope
6. Where would you rather be?: In the Garage
7. Describe what you want to be: Buddy Holly
8. Describe how you live: Only In Dreams
9. Describe how you love: Wonderful and Sad
10. Share a few words of wisdom: Don't Be Crushed


II. - Alphabetical.

A - Act your age? Rarely.

B - Born on what day of the week? Hmm..it was a Friday according to www.earth.com/calendar.

C - Chore you hate? Yeah, washing dishes.

D - Dad's name? Gary.

E - Essential makeup item? Uh...yeah, definitely a guy.

F - Favourite actor? John Cusack

G - Gold or silver? Gold.

H - Hometown? Chilliwack, BC

I - Instruments you play? Guitar, Drums, Piano, and a wee bit of bass.

J - Job title? Student.

K - Kids? Hope so.

L - Living arrangements? Tiny, tiny dorm room.

M - Mom's name? Gloria.

N - Need... Self-Control.

O - Overnight hospital stays? Yeah, when I was two or so. Messed up my hip.

P - Phobia? The dark.

Q - Quote you like? "If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation."
Tom Stoppard

R - Religious affiliation? Christian. Calvinist Mennonite.

S - Siblings? Much older brother and sister.

T - Time you wake up? Early to late afternoon.

U - Unique talent? "There is nothing new under the sun."

V - Vegetable you refuse to eat? Tomatoes. Wait, that's a fruit. Yams.

W - Worst habit? Procrastinating. Definitely, definitely procrastinating.

X - X-rays you've had? Almost broke my foot one time. Had X-rays for that. And my hip when I was two. Other than that, just at the dentist.

Y - Yummy food you make? I grill hamburgers for a living.

Z - Zodiac Sign? Virgo.

III. - Onion Girl Guy
Layer One:
Name: Daniel
Birth date: August 31, 1984
Birthplace: Chilliwack, BC
Current location: Langley BC
Eye color: Blue/green.
Hair color: Dirty blonde/light brown.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145 lbs
Righty or lefty: Righty.

Layer Two :
Your heritage: English/Scottish/Austrian/Jewish - Canadian.
The shoes you wore today: Not yet.
Your weakness: Kryptonite.
Your fears: Heights.
Your perfect pizza: Ham, pepperoni, pineapple. Or chicken alfredo.
Goal you'd like to achieve: Kick ass across the world with my rock and roll band. Get married. Have kids. Raise them to be awesome.

Layer Three :
Your most overused phrase on AIM: Don't use AIM or any other IM service.
Your first waking thoughts: Ah! Oh it's Katy. (She woke me up staring at my face. It was freaky)
Your best physical feature: My nipple leaves.
Your most missed memory: Worst...question...ever.

Layer Four :
Pepsi or Coke: Coca-Cola. But I'd take Pepsi Twist over Coke any day.
McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King. I grew up on Burger King.
Single or Group Date: Stupid question. There has to be at least two for a date.
Adidas or Nike: Adidas. Better soccer equipment.
Lipton ice tea or Nestea: Nestea.
Chocolate or vanilla: Gummy Bears.
Cappuccino or coffee: Tea.

Layer Five :
Smoke: Nope.
Cuss: Occasionally.
Sing: Huge range, horrible singing voice. Yet I want to make it my career.
Take a shower everyday: Normally.
Do you think you've been in love: I hope so.
Want to go to college: No. But I don't have much choice, do I.
Liked high school: Yes.
Want to get married: Yes.
Believe in yourself: Sometimes.
Get motion sickness: Yeah, but only because I insist on reading in the car.
Think you're attractive: Occasionally.
Think you're a health freak: No.
Get along with your parent(s): Most of the time.
Like thunderstorms: Could care less.
Play an instrument: Thankfully.

Layer Six - "In the past month...":
Drank alcohol: Nope. Community standards here at TWU insist we don't drink.
Smoked: Nope.
Done a drug: Vitamin-C?
Made out: Nope. Katy and I have abstained from kissing thus far.
Gone on a date: No...
Gone to the mall: Yeah...bought some CDs.
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: Uh...no.
Eaten sushi: No.
Been on stage: Yes. Played a coffehouse just a few days ago.
Been dumped: No.
Gone skating: Ooh, it was just over a month ago.
Made homemade cookies: No. Eaten homemade cookies, yes. Didn't make them though.
Gone skinny dipping: No.
Dyed your hair: No.
Stolen anything: No.
You sound boring: Sonuva...

Layer Seven - "Ever...":
Played a game that required removal of clothing: Strip Pool. Billiards. Whatever.
If so, was it mixed company: Nope.
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: No. Never been drunk at all.
Been caught "doing something": No...
Been called a tease: Don't think so. At least, not in that sense.
Gotten beaten up: No.
Shoplifted: No.
Changed who you were to fit in: Don't think so. If I did, it was long enough ago that I don't recall.

Layer Eight :
Age you hope to be married: 20-30. Somewhere in there.
Numbers and names of children: I only have the name of my first daughter picked out: Ajital. It means "daughter of dew" and that's what my initials spell.
Describe your dream wedding: Out in beautiful field, with flowers surrounding and mountains in the background. And there'd be a swing band.
How do you want to die: Quick. There can be a little pain, as long as it's quick.
Where do you want to go to college: Australia. But it's a little late for that now!
What do you want to be when you grow up: Kick-ass rock musician
What country would you most like to visit: Italy.

Layer Nine :
Number of people I could trust with my life: At least three of my friends, and hopefully my immediate family
Number of cds that I own: 150-180...haven't counted recently.
Number of piercings: One. Upper left ear.
Number of tattoos: None.
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Many times. The school garden program sent in the names of the winners every year. Not to mention the soccer games that my Dad wrote up (he was the coach).
Number of scars on my body: A few. I have one from a hug, one from a marshmallow, and one from a card game. Wussiest scars ever.
Number of things in my past that I regret: All that has happened in the past has brought me to where I am today. Don't think I'd want to change who I am.

IV. - Randomness.
[Spell your first name backwards]: leinaD
[How old?]: 19
[Where do you live?]: Chilliwack/Langley BC, Canada
[4 words that sum you up]: 5+2+8+9

DESCRIBE YOUR-

[Wallet]: Tan Quiksilver wallet with a lovely picture of my girlfriend in it. And a cheque for $120. w00t!
[Hairbrush]: I have a ram's horn comb. It's from Vietnam.
[Toothbrush]: Boring.
[Jewelry worn daily]: Switchfoot necklace and horseshoe earring.
[Pillow cover]: Blue with femmy flowers on it.
[Blanket]: Blue with random splashes of a darker blue.
[Coffee cup]: Leaky.
[Sunglasses]: Broken.
[Underwear]: Black and white boxer-briefs.
[Shoes]: Cheap.
[Handbag]: Heck no.
[Favorite top]: My "GIVE WAR A CHANCE" t-shirt. Christian bookstore in the U.S. Has a lovely little American flag on it.
[Favorite pants]: My ripped and faded blue jeans.
[Cologne/Perfume]: Old Spice
[CD in stereo right now]: Billy Talent - Billy Talent. A moment ago it was Chasing Furies - With Abandon.
[Tattoos]: None.
[Piercings]: One.
[What you are wearing now]: Mossimo t-shirt and shorts.
[Hair]: Long, light-brown, and wavy.
[Makeup]: Heck no.

WHO or WHAT (was/is/are) -
[In my mouth]: Morning breath. In the afternoon.
[In my head]: Brain.
[Wishing]: Katy was here.
[After This]: Eat.
[Talking to]: Myself.
[Eating:]: Saliva.
[Fetishes]: Ew.
[If you could get away with it and murder anyone, who and for what reason?]: No.
[Person you wish you could see right now]: Katy.
[Is next to you]: CD Binder.
[Some of your favorite movies]: Magnolia, Office Space, Adaptation, Monty Python: TSFTHG, Star Wars Trilogy, Zoolander.
[Something you're looking forward to in the upcoming months]: Summer.
[Do you like candles]: Yes.
[Do you like hot wax]: Uh...
[Do you like incense]: Meh.
[Do you like the taste of blood]: Never tried blood...
[Do you believe in love]: Geez, makes me think of Cher. Gross. But yes.
[Do you believe in soul mates]: Not really.
[Do you believe in love at first sight]: Unlikely.
[Do you believe in Heaven]: Definitely.
[Do you believe in forgiveness]: Heck yeah.
[Do you believe in God]: Uh-huh.
[What do you want done with your body when you die]: Stuck on a spike as an example to other rebels.
[Who is your worst enemy?]: Myself.
[If you could have any animal for a pet]: A ferret. Or a monkey. It would have to be a clean, non-feces throwing monkey.
[What is the latest you've ever stayed up]: 72 hours straight.
[Ever been to Belgium?]: No...
[Can you eat with chopsticks]: Yes. But I don't use "proper" technique.
[What's your favorite coin?]: $1000 bill.
[What are 5 cities you wouldn't mind relocating to?]: Auckland NZ, Calgary AB, Oamaru NZ, Cairns Aus, Austin TX, Los Angeles CA.
[What are some of your favorite pig out foods?]: Pizza, candy hearts, gummi bears, sour keys, sour worms, basically any candy that isn't chocolate.
[What's something that you wish people would understand?]: How Christ died for their sins.
[What's something you wish you could understand better?]: Myself.
[Anyone you miss that you haven't seen in a long time?]: Some of my friends from New Zealand that I lost contact with.
[What's one thing you want to make happen for tomorrow?]: Go home.

[Skeeter]

At home with my parents right now. Actually, my Dad's out playing soccer and my Mom's hosting a School Gardens meeting so I'm kind of left to my own devices. Which is cool with me.

I don't know if I've said this enough: my girlfriend is awesome. Saturday night we stayed up until 6:30 in the morning (when the sun rose) just talking, cuddling, hanging out. It was lovely. Then Sunday she came up to my room and woke me up because she was going home. Her's was a lovely face to wake up to. I'm so glad I'm going to be able to go down to her house to see her on Thursday. That's going to be nice.

Katy and I haven't kissed yet (and by kiss I mean with lip smacking. Kisses on the cheek don't count in our "agreement") simply because we don't want to go too fast. She's still a freshman, even though she's barely half a year younger than me, and I'm still a sophomore. We both agree that the purpose of our dating relationship is to see if we are to marry, and with that as an end goal, we don't want to rush our way through before we're fully ready to get married.

Still, we've talked about kissing, and pretty much decided we're ready. The weird thing is, her Mom and Dad want me to ask permission from them before we kiss. Well, mostly her Mom. Anyways, does this sound like a weird thing? Especially since they didn't require that I request permission from them before we started dating...oh well, I'm going to be at their house on Thursday and Friday, which is a time as good as any other to ask.

My music of the moment is Isolated Incident by The Blamed. I'd forgotten how much I like this album.

[Josh]

Ah, kissing is definitely a blessing from God. Just be careful (I know from experience) that once you kiss, it opens up a lot of bad roads. Keep your head on straight.

Josh.

[Skeeter]

Since I'll be kissing a girl, my head is definitely on straight.

That's why we're waiting. We don't want to open up those...roads too soon. How do you open up a road?

[Jo Mo]

Man those surveys are time consuming. Now I am going to have to go to bed it is getting very late.

[Josh]

Originally Posted by Skeeter

Since I'll be kissing a girl, my head is definitely on straight.

That's why we're waiting. We don't want to open up those...roads too soon. How do you open up a road?

Go down. You know I meant go down. Open up/Go down... it's all the same, right? It took me a while to understand what you meant by the first comment. You're such a freak.

Josh.

[Skeeter]

"What would people think if they hear that I'm a Jesus freak."

Got a truck today. My Grandma is the coolest elderly lady ever. She's decided to give up her license and with it, her truck. It's an '88 Ford Ranger, in near-perfect condition. She's used it so little (has only 82000 kms on it) and pampered it so much that there's literally nothing wrong with it. It does need a CD player in it, but that's about it.

So now I have a truck. Of course, I don't have my license yet (my Learner's expired over Christmas) so that's a priority. Anyways, I'm happy.

Listening to Radiohead - Hail to the Thief. I really, really like this album. Eating dried pears. I really, really like dried pears. Drinking tropical juice. It's okay.

[Skeeter]

While going to get the truck, my Dad and I stopped at my bank so I could deposit a cheque. It's a nice feeling having money in my bank account. Then I went to the used book store and spent some of that money.

Bought myself "Kierkegaard's Way to the Truth" by Gregor Malantschuk since I'm interested in learning more about Kierkegaard now that I'm taking Existentialism and this promises to be an "introduction to the authorship of Soren Kierkegaard." Should be fun and exciting.

Second book: Plato's "The Last Days of Socrates." It was cheap and I like Plato's style. Should be an interesting read.

I then left the Philosophy section, considering it was mostly pseudo-psychological babble and moved into the Christian section, which was almost worse. There were few books worth getting, but I did find a few copies of Oswald Chamber's "My Utmost for His Highest" that were in decent condition. Bought myself the one that appeared to be in best condition for the least money.

I grabbed myself a few comics as well. Nothing special, just some old Legion of Super-Heroes stuff, but it made for good reading in the afternoon.

Furthermore, I wrote a chorus this evening. I posted it in the Songwriting Forum for all those interested. I was excited, as it's been a while since I've written a good song, and I really like the chorus I've written. Got a nice chord progression for it as well. I'll hopefully finish it within the week.

[Jeffrey]

Maybe they want to make sure that they are aware of the physical involvment of their daughter. Not that they don't trust you, they just may feel more comfortable knowing you're being honest (which you are).

[tropicana]

So now I have a truck. Of course, I don't have my license yet (my Learner's expired over Christmas) so that's a priority.

Stupid BC licensing laws. Seriously. I have to post the little red L in my back window for a full freaking year before I'll be able to replace it with the little green N.

Your girlfriend's parents are probably just concerned about thier little girl getting into what they might consider to be a serious relationship. And since asking them before you kiss her is important to them, you should do it. People tend to like you so much more once they know that you're honest.

[Jonular]

Originally Posted by Skeeter

I could deposit a cheque.

Are you French Canadian?

~Jon