Time Wears You Down

I'm in a Book!

2009-04-12T00:01:15Z

Ok, not really. However, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear the dude on the right is me:

Boredom

2009-04-05T00:02:42Z

After cleaning the apartment and straightening stuff out, I decide to once again catalog my shirts. The current line-up is as follows:

108 5
Ambitions 9
Another Breath 1
Answer, The 1
Anthony Raneri 1
Backup Plan, The 5
Bane 13
Blacklisted 1
Bouncing Souls, The 3
Boysetsfire 3
Break, The 1
Capital 2
Casting Out, The 2
Ceremony 1
Coheed and Cambria 1
Crime in Stereo 24
Cursive 1
Damnation AD 1
Dead Hearts 2
Death Threat 2
Earth Crisis 1
Embrace Today 1
Ensign 1
Equal Vision 1
Faded Grey 2
Fairweather 1
Fallen from the Sky 8
FC5 1
Floorpunch 1
Four Year Strong 1
Full Blown Chaos 1
Gallows 2
Give Up the Ghost 1
Glassjaw 1
Go It Alone 1
Good Clean Fun 1
Gorilla Biscuits 2
Gospel 2
Greyarea 2
H2O 9
Have Heart 8
Hope Conspiracy, The 3
Hot Water Music 1
I Am the Avalanche 11
Ignite 3
In Arms Reach 1
Indecision 1
International Superheroes of Hardcore, The 3
Jawbreaker 1
Kill Your Idols 1
Killing the Dream 2
Know the Score 1
Life in Your Way 3
Lifetime 3
Love Is Red 1
Martyr AD 3
Modern Life Is War 9
Most Precious Blood 1
Movielife, The 3
My Revenge 1
Nerve Agents, The 2
New Found Glory 6
Outbreak 1
Over My Dead Body 1
Paint It Black 4
Promise, The 3
Rise Against 2
Rise and Fall 1
Rites of Spring 1
Ruiner 1
Said Radio 1
Scraps and Heart Attacks 2
Set Your Goals 2
Shai Hulud 2
Shark Attack 2
Shotpointblank 1
Silent Drive 1
Silent Majority 3
She Rides 1
Since You 1
Snapcase 1
Soul Control 2
Stay Gold 2
Suicide File, The 2
Sworn Enemy 1
This Is Hell 5
Thursday 3
To the Grave 1
Token Entry 1
Trial 3
Triple Threat 1
Turning Point 1
Underdog 1
Verse 8
Vinnie Caruana 7
Vision 3
Welcome to Your Life 2
What Feeds the Fire 1
Where Eagles Dare 4
With Honor 26

That comes out to 291 shirts for 99 different artists. And now, I nap.

I'm Not Dead Yet

2009-01-23T16:05:09Z

Just realized I haven't updated this thing in over a year. Expect something more substantial to be posted later on today. (It had better be substantial as I'm counting on it to carry me until 2010!)

I've Been Hoping for This for a While

2007-12-03T02:59:36Z

So, With Honor is playing four shows in the northeast in January, with Todd. Although I've never been certain this day would come, I'm so very happy it is. As cheesy as it sounds, this band is responsible for some of the most important aspects of my life, and to have a chance to have a proper goodbye with them is something that I greatly look forward to.

Testing, Testing, 1-2-3

2007-10-07T16:02:41Z

So yeah, a year has passed since the last time I used this darn contraption, but I figured that I should make an update just in case anyone out there's still watching.

First and foremost, I recently started a new job. I now work at a call center for Hartford Insurance. It's not an amazing job, but it's far better than the one I had before it, so I really can't complain.

Secondly, as it seems the habit is between my entries, I got a couple more tattoos.

And those are pretty much the only big changes since the last time. Still straight edge. Still vegan. Got a year older, but that happens all the time. Now that I've updated everyone on my condition, I'll be leaving now. Maybe I'll stop in and check this thing more often. Maybe.

Holy Fuck, An Update

2006-08-01T23:32:41Z

So yeah. Since my last update, new car:

New tattoo:

And new busted eyebrow:

O RLY?

2006-05-11T05:56:45Z

Ya rly.

The New Murder by Death Rules

2006-05-06T05:28:36Z

http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=6FB31DED1FC123A6

So so so so good.

Srsly

2006-04-13T05:26:06Z

If you don't like that CD, there's a heightened chance of you sucking.

Some Stuff

2006-01-11T23:01:29Z

It's been a bit more than a month since the last time I updated, so here's a very brief run down of things.

- Crime in Stereo/Killing the Dream
- Jaredfest
- New Year's Bowling
- With Honor/This Is Hell

Things to come soon:

- Hopefully Crime in Stereo on Saturday
- This Is Hell/Blacklisted/Crime in Stereo/How We Are and Strike Anywhere next month
- Strike Anywhere/With Honor and Comeback Kid/Ignite/First Blood in March

Also, tomorrow will be exactly one year after I got my septum pierced. In two months, though, I went from this:

To this:

Not that much of a difference. :D Good thing I didn't gauge any of my others like that.

That's all for now.

Little Me

2005-12-02T04:39:55Z

And this time, the picture quality doesn't suck.

Hey Look, It's My Car

2005-11-17T07:33:45Z

I finally got around to putting a couple more stickers on my car, so

The New Room

2005-11-14T07:02:00Z

Boredom + Moving =

2005-10-30T18:25:21Z

Seeing as how I move next Sunday, I've been wrangling up all of my possessions over the past few days. While doing so, I figured I might as well document my band shirts once again.

108

American Nightmare, (The) Answer
(The) Autumn Offering, Avail

(The) Backup Plan, Bane, Bane
Bear vs. Shark, Blacklisted, Bold
Bones Brigade, (The) Break, Breathe In

Cast Aside, Cave In, Chain of Strength, Champion
Coheed and Cambria, Coliseum, Comeback Kid, Comeback Kid
Comeback Kid, Comeback Kid, Converge, Cursed, Cursive

(The) Damn Personals, (A) Days Refrain, Death by Stereo
Death Threat, Descendents, Dredg, Drowningman

Ensign

Faded Grey, Fairweather
(The) First Step, Full Blown Chaos

God Forbid, Good Clean Fun
Good Clean Fun, Gorilla Biscuits

H2O, Have Heart, Himsa
(The) Hope Conspiracy, Horse the Band
Hot Cross, Hot Water Music

I Hate You, Ignite, In Arms Reach

Kid Dynamite, Kill Your Idols
Killing the Dream, Killing Time

Life in Your Way, Life in Your Way, Lifetime
Love Is Red, (The) Loved Ones

Martyr AD, Mental, Modern Life Is War, Modern Life Is War
Most Precious Blood, Most Precious Blood, (The) Movielife
Murder by Death, Murder by Death, My Revenge

(The) Nerve Agents, No Knife

Outbreak, Over My Dead Body

Paint It Black, (The) Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
(The) Promise, (The) Promise

Reach the Sky, Rise Against
Rise Against, Rise Against

Scraps and Heart Attacks, Scraps and Heart Attacks, Shai Hulud, Shark Attack, Shotpointblank
Sick of It All, Silverchair, Silverchair, Silverchair, Silent Majority
Since the Flood, Since You, Slumlords, Stay Gold, Sworn Enemy

Ten Yard Fight, Terror, This Is Hell, To Kill
To the Grave, Trial, Triple Threat, Turning Point

Underdog

Verse, Verse, Vision

(The) Warriors, Welcome to Your Life, Where Eagles Dare
Where Eagles Dare, Where Eagles Dare, (A) Wilhelm Scream

With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor
With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor
With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor, With Honor

(The) Backup Plan, Bane, Comeback Kid, Death by Stereo, Death by Stereo
Embrace Today, Hot Cross, Most Precious Blood, Murder by Death, Scraps and Heart Attacks
Stand & Fight, This Is Hell, Underdog, With Honor, With Honor

Another Awesome Pic

2005-10-27T20:51:24Z

You see the upside down dude? Yeah.

The Stryder Had It Right

2005-10-25T00:30:59Z

"
The Stryder
My Plastic You

How could I be so scared? Feeling like I did.
With my feet touching your feet under your sheets, I was feeling like a prince.
But you live on the mainland and I'm stuck on an island and the distance makes me sick.
That's why I dream of being able to touch you,
baby this relationship is held together by weekends; weeks apart, it's getting really bad.
My teeth smile so seldom that it's tempting to grind them
Long Island makes me mad.

It must be something that you do.
Cause baby I am gripping the telephone
I am holding my plastic you as tight as I can.
I won't let go
I hold this telephone feeling like a kid.
It's like a microphone, try whispering secrets into it,
And I am tied to this phonecard, cause you're on the other end.
This is my millionth phone card so if I kiss you just pretend that you tasted me.
I'm in your mailbox.
I got a little lonely at home
So open your mailbox."

A little backwards, but still true.

So Yeah

2005-10-22T06:55:57Z

A little much?

So I Changed My MySpace to Where I'm Moving To

2005-10-21T21:30:53Z

Time to get requests from a new bunch of stupid people. First example:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=32685956&Mytoken=734F06B2-4F43-107C-1AE1134303F5258017824835

Let us wait for more.

All's Well That Ends Well

2005-10-12T21:38:35Z

Seattle turned out fun. That's all that matters.

PS:

I hate airports

2005-10-09T15:36:42Z

I have spent the past twenty two hours stuck in the seattle airport. i'm hungry and i'm freezing. this blows

posted via wmlj

Seattle Countdown: 3.5 Days

2005-10-05T06:12:36Z

This weekend will be the source of much fun.

Watch This Video, Suckas

2005-10-03T17:02:03Z

Lo Hi Mov

It was a very fun time.

Summary of the Week

2005-09-19T06:17:28Z

Las Vegas was fun. The new With Honor is amazing.

Vegas, Baby, Vegas

2005-09-10T04:01:50Z

Four days from now, I shall find myself in Las Vegas. Oh yeah.

What a Week

2005-08-26T01:02:46Z

So yeah, starting from last Thursday:

Got off work at 1am. I drove to Allentown around 2:30am. After getting a bit of sleep, I drove to Philadelphia to pick Becca up. Traffic was a pain, but I should've expected it. Once we got back to Allentown, we went to the movies with my father, my sister, and my niece to see March of the Penguins. Despite some ridiculously sad parts, I enjoyed myself. After that, we went back to the apartment to get some sleep.

Friday:

We went and got some groceries at Wegmans some time shortly before noon. Kevin showed up around 3:30pm, and after a little bit, we went in search of a mall that was about twenty minutes away, but to no avail. After that, we drove back to Allentown to catch Rise Against/From Autumn to Ashes/Comeback Kid/The Loved Ones. We got in as The Loved Ones was playing, and they are pretty damn good/funny. Comeback Kid was as good as usual, and it was nice to see them play Partners in Crime and Our Distance. The barrier at the club was not fun, though. Also, the stupid fashioncore kid that called CBK emo and said he wanted to hear some hardcore like FATA needed shot. And on that note, FATA sucked a lot, though I must say, their new record has one good song. One. Anyways, Rise Against was excellent as well. After we left the venue, we got a message from Kaley that her and Lauren had got in to Philly. We drove to Philly, picked them up, and got back to Allentown around 3am. We watched some TV and got some sleep.

Saturday:

After getting some food to eat, Kevin went back to NJ and me, Becca, Kaley, and Lauren headed to Philly. The first show we caught was 108/Champion/Betrayed/Good Clean Fun/Outbreak. We missed part of Outbreak's set, but it was still good. Good Clean Fun was fun (duh). Betrayed and Champion were great too. After seeing 108, I realized just how dumb I was for not listening to them sooner. So damn good. After that, we picked up a friend of ours, got some Chinese food, and caught Lifetime/108/Smoke or Fire. Smoke or Fire put on a pretty good show. 108: same as earlier. Lifetime was fucking spectacular. Played everything from Jersey's Best Dancers and most of Hello Bastards. After that, we went back to Allentown and got some mad sleepage.

Sunday:

We spent most of this day sitting around and watching Law and Order. We went to the mall that we couldn't locate on Friday and I bought A Dirty Shame. We watched it back at the apartment. So good.

Monday:

We left for NYC around 2amish. We got to CBGBs around 4am. We staked our spot outside the venue and were joined shortly by some other people. It was a long, sun-filled wait outside the venue, filled with frequent trips to my car for food/water/etc., but it was worth it. We got inside at about 7pm. First up was Take My Chances. Very good, Backup Planish stuff. Then Voice in the Wire went on. Reminded me of Bear vs. Shark meets Hot Water Music. Grey Area put on an amazing show. They covered 7 Seconds - Young Til I Die, and I must say, it was one of the best/most appropriate covers ever. Lastly, Kid Dynamite came on and fucking tore the place down. Most of the self-titled and a good deal of Shorter, Faster, Louder, including Ernie from Grey Area coming out and helping with the cover of Token Entry - Birthday. After the show, we drove to Becca's place to get some sleep.

Tuesday:

After we spent some time at a tattoo shop run by Becca's friend, I left for Atlantic City to catch Rise Against/From Autumn to Ashes/Comeback Kid/The Loved Ones again. The main differences worth noting were Ryan from Outbreak doing guest vocals with Comeback Kid for Talk Is Cheap and Rise Against playing Tip the Scales, something I didn't expect I'd ever see. I began the long ride home around midnight and got home around 5am.

All in all, it was a fucking blast. No Hellfest didn't stop me from having a lot of fun and spending some time with some really good people. I leave you all with a picture in closing: