On September 10th I preordered the new BraveSaintSaturn CD. I was informed that it would arrive on or before the 15th, the day it came out. However for some reason I didn't receive it until today.














I also ordered that sweet tshirt too.


but as a result of it taking way longer than it was supposed to ship I also got this:














A handwritten note on the invoice from their vocalist and a sticker from his old band. Haha.

Some off color things you may not know about me:

I always fold my fast food wrappers when I'm done eating.

I feel really self conscious about how skinny I am.

I hate it when people touch my straws. I don't even like to touch them myself.

I'm afraid that I will get strangled by my blankets while I'm sleeping.

I never wear shirts to bed because they could strangle me too.

I hate talking on the phone because I feel like someone could be listening in even though I know no one is.

I never feel like my art is the best I could have done; when I finish a piece I see all the things I could have done better. That's why I love music as an art form. If I decide to change something I can change it an play it differently the next time. A lot of traditional visual art you can't do that with, you simply have to start all over.

I can easily sleep for more than 12 hours.

I want people to think I have problems color coordinating, because I'm actually really good at coordinating them. I just coordinate them to clash.

I think this is the most incredible video on the internet, ever:

There are subjects that are far too big for me to really take in and grasp in their entirety. Truth is one such topic. Defining what truth is is incredibly difficult. I really can't even begin to say what is or isn't true.

I like to think that the things I feel in the deepest parts of me, even when my mind is screaming the opposite or everyone is saying something different, are the truest things. And I think most of those things are something, that if everyone stopped and listened to that part of their self, would agree are true.

I don't want to even begin to touch what things I think are true and which aren't, on the internet especially, because as soon as I make a claim I know someone will disagree and I don't know that there is a way to actually prove either way. I think the best I can do is to discuss it with the person, but I don't feel the internet is the best for a real dialogue.

There are truths. I think everyone knows that deep down. I think that even if we all disagree about what they are we all know there are some out there.

I used to listen to the band Mest a lot in junior high and high school. I recently read that they are getting back together. I started listening to their stuff again. It's funny how music changes for me as I get older. There are some bands that I still get goosebumps when I listen to their new songs. But the majority of music I liked in high school and especially junior high, just doesn't do it for me anymore. Even the stuff that I still really like to listen to doesn't get me excited when it comes on. I don't know. I wish I could just expand my taste instead of having it change. I like to love lots of music, it just means that I never have a shortage of stuff to listen to.

A few albums are coming out that I'm really excited about: Kanye, Jay-Z, Fall Out Boy, and I'm still waiting for my copy of the Brave Saint Saturn disc.

It just occurred to me that I haven't been able to listen to music with out some sort of other back ground noise in a long time. All summer I've had fans on in my room so the music has that behind it. In the car I have car noises.

Music is far better when there isn't other noise to distract from it.

I like to be clean shaven...

I like to be clean shaven. I never really have intentions of maintaining a beard. But I have a week off from work and work is the only reason I have never had the option of growing a beard, so I'm going to see how sweet I can get my beard. I'm on day 3 now. I didn't take a picture on day one because it was just normal, but I have for day's 2 and 3. They're up on my myspace. And after next sunday I'm shaving it all into a mustache. It's gonna be bonkers.

anti-meridian

A long time ago I was a wholehearted fan of a band name Five Iron Frenzy. So wholehearted that I loved they're side projects as well, though looking back a few of them didn't really deserve that love. However, one that does deserve that love is Brave Saint Saturn.

I have been a huge fan of this band, maybe even more than Five Iron, since they first started off. They are incredible.

Monday they have a new album coming out. This is their first in 5 years! I'm am more excited about it than any other albums coming out this year (well with maybe a few exceptions... FOB).

Check them out.

I never used to like this band. Then I heard this song.




Its rad how many cameos are in there. A couple of which I never would have expected. I want to be in a music video...