Six Hundred and Fourty Two

Actually that's probably inflated by about 20 because of my use of blogger to transport drafts of papers...but impressive nonetheless. And to think I was going to delete this blog. Actually. I think I still might. Start over again. Or change the URL. When I get home....I'm going to do that. New blog. This one will still exist...just under a different URL because i do love this URL. It'll probably be something stupid like....oldblog.blogspot or whatever.

I'll have a link to it on my new blog. Actually....you could just click on my profile. Actually. I'm going to do it right now.

How Many Pages....

have I titled Humph. Really. Come on Zach. New title.

I was bored so I came back. I'm still banned from UG and it's really pissing me off now that I have internet.

I've given up hope on youtube commenters... "Fender Vs. Gibson" some guy: All of the worlds best players play gibsons! If you're good you have to play a Gibson."
My response condensed: Hendrix, Clapton switched, Hendrix switched, Mark Knopfler, Peter Green, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page recorded Led Zep I and Stairway with a tele, etc.

and then he was like. wait...I thought Hendrix played a flying V. For one concert he did... and then he was like no...he always played one. And I was like look up woodstock hendrix. And he was like YEAH! that's a flying V retard. And I was like it definitely says fender stratocaster on the headstock.
There's my guitar geekdom for the day.

Still bored...but at least I have a computer with internet. My grandma has one with dial up that won't even let me access Gmail. Wasn't dial up usurped by broadband in like...the mid 1600s?

I still have my ipod too....but I can't listen to any music unless it's through headphones. So much for Grandpa's EPIC sound system.

I played this 3000$ taylor acoustic at guitar center a few days ago. Drool. I really wanted that guitar. It was so nice. Grandma underestimated how much it would cost to get a guitar when she took me out shopping for one. oh well.

Just about to go out book shopping and going to starbucks. Woo. I get to get off my fat ass for a while. I've done some MINOR running...but it's TOO FUCKING HOT in Murrietta. It's really nice here, but I bump into someone every 5 ft. But I'm going to run today. A lot. And I've done pool running. That's fun, but it takes a lot of pool running to get me tired. I guess that's a good thing. All i drink is soda and water here. That's probably going to hit me when I come back home and do more serious running...

"With his tongue firmly in his cheek, Kid Rock also says he doesn’t agree with the one-sided argument against file-sharing: “I think we should level the playing field. I don’t mind people stealing my music, that’s fine. But I think they should steal everything. You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off, they’re not going to miss it.”

Will this rocker be taking his own advice? Probably not. “No, I don’t steal things. I’m rich” he said. "

Time to go.

Humph.

Not really liking California at all. I don't really do anything but sit around and read. I finally got a guitar which I'm borrowing from my cousin Jimmy so that should make things better. Pat is taking me out to Barnes and Nobel later so I can get myself a book because I read all my other ones.

Now I'm with my cousins in my aunts time share. It's pretty damn nice....like those things you see in commercials.
ONLY 9000$ A NIGHT!!!! We'll even throw in a free towel. Yeah...it's pretty nice.

I got to drive the Miata, and I left skid marks on the driveway. I'll take pictures next time I drive it with this car buff. Oh. And best of all....it made my trip out here. I got a PERSONAL tour of the Fender Factory. Personal. One guy led ME around through all of their factory. Nice.

School's Out.

But I'm kind of pissed off today. Don't even know why. Probably something with White. I know, I'm done with him. You know why the test is going to be hard mr. white? Cause you DIDN'T TEACH US ANYTHING ON THE DAMN EXAM.


Ugh.

California soon. I don't really want to go for two weeks. But I have no choice. So I guess that's that. Dammit. I really don't want to go for two weeks. That's a REALLY long time to not be around anyone my age. I'll see my cousins a little...but still. That's a really long time to be without my guitars too. Apparently we're going to rent one?

I don't want to go for two weeks. 1 week sounds good. 7 days. But I'll be gone for 14.

I feel trapped in the house. It sucks. I have a guitar lesson tonight at 7:30. But that's about it.

Can't do anything here.

No response from Andy.

UGH!

California.

Going to California on the 15th. Be gone for two weeks. Text me? Call me? I shall have my phone.

And a mazda sports car.

Hum

Need to replace that angry post. Forgot my ipod...so I'm just seraching google, because I can. It takes forever to load the songs though...

Bored still. Need to take an SOL in like...an hour. Almost NO homework tonight. Latin vocab, and first draft of my This I Believe essay. I don't know what I believe. Music drives life. Idk. That's too cliche. And i just used IDK. Fail.

Screw school. So tired of it. I think we have like...2 more weeks left. So like...9 days. Or something.

Mr. White and I are finally on good terms. I feel like David and I are the only ones who know what we're doing in our labs. I end up setting up everyones labpros.

But I don't feel like blogging anymore. Glad I'm not alone with that.

O.K

Need to find somewhere else to eat lunch. ALONE!

I might go to the courtyard and sit by my self on the other side. TIRED OF EVERYONE.
Well almost.

SOL

's and this computer suck.

I've had to try to get blogger to work like...6 times. I hate this keyboard too.

Bye

....

Everyone.

Everyone.

In my class. Annoys me.

Same old, Same old.

Tired as usual. Tired, tired, tired. That's all I am all the time. Tired. AP is over at the end of the week, that'll be nice. Track is over for me the 15th cause I'm apparently slow. Then everything will be okay. It feels like we got a ton of worked dumped on us in English. That's okay. Just one more week till I can do it. I'll have so much time when AP and Track are over, then it'll be okay. But not now.

I'm getting really annoyed with people today. More so than usual. Like REALLy annoyed. I'm finding it hard not to...take action. Especially them. Not them them, but the other them. Look at me using pronouns like a girl. That annoys me too. I'm feeling kinda sick. My food tastes wrong. maybe it's the tomatoes.

We have to work the THMS meet today. That's good. No work. A little more rest. When I get home I'm going to play guitar, because I want to dammit. I don't do enough of what I want anymore. I should probably just wait a week. I'm probably going to guilt trip myself into studying for AP. I just did guilt trip my self. No guitar tonight. STUDY FOR AP.

I'm kind of pissed off I qualified for the 2 mile. I hate the 2-mile. I still haven't run a district time at a meet bigger than a trimeet for the mile, so I won't be running that. I guess we have enough fast milers anyway. What will I be doing...the only events I'm actually qualified in are the 400 and 2 mile. No. Wait. Just the 2 mile. 2 mile and 800. Well... I might have it for the 400. But anyway. My two LEAST favorite events, and I have to run them. The only thing I hate more than the 2 mile is the 800. Unfortunately I'm somewhat good at the 800. I still suck at the 2 mile. 11:08? What the hell is that. Actually. I could have run sub 11, but I fell asleep on my 5th lap. 89. Ouch. I wish I could run that 1200 again. Loughran is pissed at me, and rightfully so. I could have run faster than that. I know I could have. But the pack went out so slow and I didn't know what to do, because I've never run a 12 before. So I was relaxing, then Loughran was like break the pack! So I did, and I lead for like...300 meters, then the pack broke and everyone ran past me. I tried to race back, but I didn't really, so I got us in 6th. Tony took it, got us in 7th, Hayden took it, kept us in 7th, Dan got it and ALMOST put us in 3rd, but got us 6th. I could have started us in 3rd. Whoops.

Ugh....11:11 on this computer. Which means 12:11. I need to study for AP. But I can't sit down and do it. But I'll take those 2 practice tests in my bag, and go from there. I've done good on the online ones....SHE IS REALLY ANNOYING TODAY.

"No...." Ahahahahaa

VMI

I got a medal. And threw up, and had a splitting headache, and ran a 30 second PR, and got Loughran mad at me.

Dogwood Classic

The race sucked. We got Destroyed.

But the rest of the meet was fun. Hung out with Andy all day. Got a MEGA slurpee. Hid from rain under a tree. Hah.

Bundles of fun.

Good day. Bad meet.

English made my day today. Going outside and playing Red Rover. Awesome.
Track was awesome.

I got a new pair of spikes. I shall call them....The Diablo spikes. They are vicious.

That's all.


Dogwood classic tomorrow.

Ugh

Feeling like CRAP. I think I'm sick. I semi threw up last night, then more than semi threw up. I slept well, but I've felt kind of icky all morning. I felt really bad in chemistry, but I thought it might be something else. But now in English I'm getting like....chills and then overheated. My lunch made my stomach ache, so I gave some to Aleina. be right back, I'm going to get a sweatshrit. ok. So my stomach is really upset, and I'm really hungry, but I'm feeling too sick to my stomach. Track practice is going to suck. At least we're just doing pictures, and maybe a little running. I hope that means no workout. I'm too tired today. I just feel weak. Whatever. I'm just going to rest until Dogwood. If we have a workout I'll just chill. Ugggggh.

eh

Eh. Meet was ok. I got destroyed in my first 400. I was completely off balance when the race started and it just went downhill. My 800 was ok, but could have been better. My leg of the 4x400 was really good though. I brought my team into first, and beat Parker with a 57:6. Pr.

Other than that, I feel kinda crappy.

Hah!

I like how Karl just deducted my man points.
You made me lol Karl.

Stop

No offense. I'm sure you had a great time.

But STOP talking about it.

Exhausted.

I'm flat out exhausted. I got 4th in the 800 today, and like...tied with a bunch of people for 4-6 in the 200.

Soo tired. I'm going to do some homework and go to bed.


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That pisses me off too. Jesus christ people. Don't be all friendly to my face if you don't like me. You're not going to hurt my feelings. Tell me you don't like me. Stop smiling to my face, and hating me behind your back.

Hey

I have a tracker now. All you people that visit this blog. Leave a comment and say hey.

You person from the U.K and you two from Canada. Leave comments!

Oh.

By the way. She hadn't annoyed me yet today. Until she made that IGNORANT annoying comment.

Way to go.

Boring Day

No one is here today. No one to talk to.

Mr. White was really nice to me today. He yelled at Michael, but he was nice to me. See, that makes me want to be nice to you.

There needs to be salt in Penton's room. That's the one thing missing. Salt. Goulash is not the same without salt. Or maybe I'm just craving salt. Hmm. That was a good talk Joy. I feel better.

I don't want to go to track practice today. We're going to have a workout. I feel like that's all we do. Workouts!

up to 11's. The I played guitar for the first time in 2 weeks last night, not counting the variety show. It was good. My electric feels really nice compared to acoustic. I want to bump the strings on my strat. PRS can stay at 10. But I really want some SRV tone out of my strat. Eric uses 10's, but he has really thin tone. I wonder if that's just his pups. SRV uses Texas Specials and Eric uses...well he used lace, and now I think he uses SCN noiseless. Either way his tone is too thin for me. I mean it sounds good. But it's thin. I want THICK. Who else has thick strat tone... Rory Gallagher...and....Hendrix. But he uses a fuzz pedal. My fuzz pedal has good and bad days. Yesterday was a bad day. Ah! Frusciante has thick tone. Hmm what's the same about all of them? They all use Marshalls.

I wonder what it is about the atmosphere that affects tone. I can definitely tell a difference on different days. Maybe just because I'm a tone freak, not a plug n play.

I'm going to go now. Methinks.

2008 variety show.

Read the "about the video"

Meet

Was okay. Ran a decent mile. 5:05. Ran a really good 800. Ran an awful 400. Balances out I guess.

Hmm

This mouse is sticky. Disgusting. DISGUSTING.

She's even more annoying than usual. Shut up!!

School is being annoying. Mr. White implied I was gay today. But we finally got on the same page. No prom for us. Chem was actually fun today. English is kind of sucking. As usual. I have events production today. Very nice.

Track meet....4x400, 800, and mile. Except in the reverse order.

I'm going to make this blog public now, but no anonymous comments. I know who they are from anyway.

I actually only have a little homework tonight. Well a little compared to the amount I usually have.

Might text post how I do. Like anyone cares.

Fuck

Rumors. Like really. Shut the fuck up and leave me alone.

That.

Really. Really pisses me off.

ZCF.

One More

When I should be doing homework.

All Along the Watchtower

I'm going to learn violin god dammit. I don't care if I want to smash it every time I pick it up. I'm going to learn violin.

Screwing Around.

Damn...

Been A While

All I've done this "break" is homework, track, housework, hang out with Andy once, and play guitar. Lots of homework mind you. Whatever. If I keep working at a steady pace I should be done on Saturdayish. Jessica comes home Sunday so I know after 3 I probably won't get any work done. Aw shit. Track meet on Saturday. I'll make sure to have the papers done Friday night, and check them Saturday after the meet.

Hmm...ran a 5:36 by the way. Slowest since...Gym in 06. No one was there so I came in 4th.

I hope Loughran doesn't put me in the Saturday meet. Then again, it doesn't look like there's going to be anyone here, so I'll probably get double entered or something. At least he'll put me in like...the 4x8 and maybe 4x4. Open 8? Fuck no. I hate the open 8. Who is going to be here that's faster than me in the 400....Smead, Jake....Is that really it? Oh Dan. But that's just based on practice today.

If the lights weren't out in the basement I'd go play guitar right now....but the lights are out in the basement.

http://youtube.com/user/ZachThePillager

There's some cool stuff on there. And some not so cool stuff.

Shower time. Meant to take one after practice, but I was doing homework.

Post Script:

Check out the Raconteurs new album. I think it's better than their first. With a few exceptions like Level, Steady as She Goes, and Store Bought Bones.

Yeah.

It has been a while. We did 400 meter time trials yesterday in track, and a tied for first with Brett and Keith with a 58.8. That's a two second PR for me and while I was trying, I didn't actually think I'd do good. All the band/choir people are going away tonight. It sucks. But Andy and Anthony will still be around. I'll just hang out with them when I'm not doing homework. I've done so muchy writing in the past like 30 hours. I wrote that damn long AP essay, and then the English test was 12 discussion questions. I also need to do my picture analysis and short story for english. So tired of writing. Notes for Amsco 16-19. I also need to put together the last notebook we'll ever do for that class. It'll be fun to go back and find some of that stuff. Ugggh

No chemistry. That'll be nice. If I feel like it I could do some latin vocab, but that's all.

I'm not sure what track is going to be like today. 1600m time trials? Hopefully not. 400's are easy. But I'm not sure I'm in shape enough to run a mile race.

I'm going to go to lunch now. Bye.

Forensics

HHS got first. Byah.

Maria and I got 3rd, and I have a shiny bronze medal.

We're going to states. Not byah.

Woo.

-Tueting talking about penis'- have you seen David!?(greek guy)
Someone-yeah He's right there. (pointing to d jordan)

Hmm

AP lock in was amazing. Stayed up all night with Andy, John, Tim, Parker, Jake, Chris and Matt.

Shrug, Shrug, Block. half second pause. 3 hands fly to eye brows, Chris gets up and begins to pull his pants off and run.


Hahahaha one of the best games of silent football ever.

Nothing to really say about it, except some REALLY funny stuff happened. Like Jake cracking his crotch on those chairs. Or Joy thinking Jake had herpes.

Ahahahah great night. Just thought I'd blog.

Messed with my amp today trying to get cream tone. Class A power, everything on 10 including volume, tone on 3. Sounds just like Clapton.

Let's Start a RIOT!

mr. White went crazy today.... he took away like ALL of our classroom "Privileges." This is not a democracy! It's a Dictatorship! And it's no longer a benevolent one!

So as of now:
No more extra credit videos
No more test corrections
No more 2 try quizzes

The room is now a lab, no food or drink may be in the room, or you go to jail.

We will no longer have demonstrations, but we still must write.

No one may talk during Mr. White's time.


Fantastic.
He also kept saying there are a few people in this class and it's all
their fault. Wink Wink Nudge Nudge Jake and Zach. He looked at meeverytime
he said that. What the hell did I do? I acted like a smart ass when I
answered I guess. But I haven't answered any questions in like 2 weeks
because he was like Aww Everyone, is Zach self conscious? I'll make sure to help him with that or something. Fuck you. I am self conscious. So I just don't answer any more. The classroom is a lot more quiet now. Whatever.

Hmmm. I wonder if I'm going to get Deezer blocked by the school if I keep using her at school.

I think I almost blew out my speakers last night. I was trying to use the effects loop to bypass the power amp and just use the pre-amp.
It was great, until I tried to unplug the pedal from the loop. POP!
Since it bypassed the power amp, all the volume was based on the pedal
volume, so it wasbasiaclly the clean channel maxed out when I unplugged it so it made a very loud bassy click. Whoops.

Not much to say today. Going now.

I tried

to edit the Termites blog. But I failed. Andy! You must continue the story. I have no inspiration.

JESU! She is so annoying! One more full day of school....

Mr. White flipped out on us this morning. He was like I'M BREAKING MY BACK FOR ALL OF YOU AND ALL YOU DO IS WHINE!!! In college your professor will hate you! You will be in a class of 500 students, they won't know your name, and they will do the absolute least to teach you that they possibly can!

Okay Mr. White, not all of us are going to UVA. I wonder if Bridgewater even has 500 people in one dept. Probably not. But then again, I'm not going to Bridgewater.

Blah, I have a little bit more homework than I usually have. Blah.

I don't know what to write about.

I took the first vocab test this semester that I haven't gotten 100 on. I know I didn't get 100 because I left one blank. But this is the FIRST one I won't get 100 on. Fantastic. The intern student gets to see all my now bad grades because I don't care as much. At least we only have her for 8 weeks.

Harrumph. Almost time for the lock in which is going to rock. I'm reaaaally reallly bored. If you couldn't tell. No guitar for me tonight. Maybe I'll play some Acoustic while I'm...doing something that doesn't involve my hands. Reading! I can do it while I'm reading. Very Nice.

I like my strings. Elixir mediums with a heavy top end. They are....2 weeks old? and still sound brand new. Then again, they also cost 13$. I actually think my Martin phospher bronze sound better, but they sound better for about 3 days. The 80/20 elixirs aren't as....I don't know. I guess I just like phospher bronze, and not 80/20. I wonder if I can find phospher elixirs. I shall go look. Actually...maybe mine aren't even bronze. Maybe they are nickel or something. They wouldn't tell me what the core material is, but it's a silver color, not a bronze color. Well I prefer bronze to nickel! Hmmm I want to get a set of 80/20's now. Supposedly they sound great, but they won't last very long. Martin sells an 80/20 pack for like $5. That might be worth checking out.

Almost time to go. Buh Bye,

600th post.

I just finished my English writing SOL. It kind of sucked. The prompt was...really boring, and I had to work to get something out of it. It took me about an hour and 15 minutes to plan, and write two drafts, which isn't bad. I got to skip Chem today thanks to the SOL. Mr. White is probably going to be mad at me. Like I had a choice.

I'm really hungry again. I ate everything in my lunch except the strawberries, and I don't feel the least bit filled. Hmmm I just checked Nipe's site. Apparently I went to their last show as the Karl Rove. That's kind of cool. I really wish iPods were allowed in school right now. I'd be listening to some Book of Kills. It's really nice stuff to jam with because the music is relatively simple, and it has a good beat to solo over. I can generally figure out how to play one of the songs after listening to it and playing along once or twice.

I'm really sore. But still in the wrong places. My arms were sore yesterday, and then we hit the weight room, and I got really sore. My quads ached a little when I got up this morning; enough to hinder my walking, but not really that bad. Lunch is going to end in about ten minutes. I wonder what we're going to do in track today...It's a pretty nice day outside, I wouldn't mind going for another distance run. We're probably going to do stuff on the track though. Well, that's not too bad. I don't mind working on the track. It's really nice that I don't have to run faster than I want to keep up with the pack. It's the other way around. I can run however I want, and the pack is right behind me. I won't be so happy in a week when all my friends who went to states come back, because then I'll have to run fast again, but it's nice to be able to relax now.

My hands are raw from the warm ups we do on the track. They were actually bleeding yesterday, so I'm not sure how it'll be today. I'll probably wrap a bandanna around them so it doesn't hurt as bad. I like being the oldest runner runner around, although it does entitle doing some extra work. "Fichter, take them 12 minutes out, and then you can run back at your own pace, but keep a pack for the first 12 minutes." or "Hey Fich, take them to the weight room and show them the basic stuff." It's kinda nice. I'll have to give up my Captain type stuff at the end of the week. But at least it means I won't have to lead stretches anymore.

Just a few more minutes. I'm still really hungry. Let's see what Penton has for sale....

Get down....do you think I'm kidding? GET DOWN!

Bored in lunch again. I have first lunch today because we have some stupid SOL. JOY! Will it really take us the entire class? My only homework tonight is going to be studying for Latin, reading some chemistry, finishing...what's it called...the awakening, and reading a chapter of the Great Gadsby. Oh and whatever AP homework we happen to have. Like a chapter of Amsco or something. Speaking....I should check Tuetings blog. Blaaah nothing. Still nothing. I wonder if he's here today?

Okay, so Loughran ran us through core, sammies, and all this other crap in an attempt to make our core sore. Guess where I'm sore. My biceps, triceps, shoulders, and calves. Way to go Coach. It sucks because I can't lift my bag up. I have to like throw it on to a table and then pull it on to my shoulder.

I want Loughran to let us run distance today. None of that sammie shit. I wanna run DISTANCE. I wonder if he'll put me in charge again today. That was kinda fun. It'll only last for a week. But it was fun. I raised the action of my strat last night. It sounds a lot...It sounds more like classic strat bell tone now. I had it set to be a shredding guitar that I could sweep on easily. Now it's pretty hard to sweep, but it sounds great for blues and jazz. My PRS is pretty sweet for jazz too. Neck pup with the tone rolled off.

I've been looking into a JCM-800. I really like the tone out of them. Then someone had to go and recommend an Orange rocker30. Fanfuckingtastic. That amp is BEAUTIFUL. Well. It looks awful. I hate the orange tolex, but it sounds like GOD. The marshalll is sweet too, but the Orange beats the Marshall at it's own game. The gain is a little sharper on the marshall, which is what I want. The Orange has a really nice clean channel, but the Marshall has a decent one. I don't know. Worth saving an extra like 500 for an Orange and cab? Or getting the really nice Marshall. I'm sure I'd be happy with the Marshall. I like Eric's JCM-900 a lot. The 800's are supposedly a little nicer too. I'd need to get a...reverb tank though, because I don't think the 800's have em. They came out in the 80's! Come on! But they have a master volume which is sweet. I'll never use the gain channel. Well I might, but a cranked Marshall just sounds so much better.

Not Working

I don't really have the energy to work. I don't care enough right now. It's going to suck when I get home, but it doesn't right now. Actually...if I judt don't get online then I'll be okay. I'm trading writing vocab words for blogging. I'm going to get like 3 more done in the next 15 minutes. SHE IS SO ANNOYING!! She almost uses IM talk when she's talking in person, and she's so ignorant, and IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. Anyway. She's not talking now, so it's okay. My pen busted this morning. It's really annoying.

Woo I already got 3 more words done. Score. He's really annoying to, but I can put up with him. Just not her. Track is going to suck today because Loughran is going to run me through the basics which I hear every year, and apparently he's going to be a jerk for the first week of practice or so. Wonderful.

laaaa....8 more minutes or so. Mmmk did like 3 more. I know most of these words, it's just finding a useful definiton. But dictionary.com rocks. There's another one that's better because it gives the original root if it's from Latin, but I can't find it again. Oh well. Now I have them all written down so I can give Ashley her sheet. I wonder if I'll be able to read my writing... probably not.

Lala.... I want to go run. Now. I don't want to go to events. Well I do. But I want to go run more. I'm actually in the mood to really run again. Verrry Nice. hmmm he really annoys me. He acts like he knows everything, and like he's everyones best friend, and knows everything about them Hm. Kind of like me. If I'm like that, kick me in the face please? It's so annoying.

That's what she said Jokes are also getting really really annoying. I still used them for a while, but now that people say them to EVERYTHING, it's a pain in the ass. Like seriously. Some of them are completely stupid. Dan makes occasional good ones, and a couple other people do. But everyone else makes them sound RETARDED.

Got to go.

Are You Going To Scarborough Fair?

Hung out with Jessica last night. She wanted to watch League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Ahahah Sean Connery. "Sometimes a woman needs a SMACK"

Tueting's blog is like...down? I haven't been able to get to it all morning. Looks like I finally got it though. I've been playing around with my amp a lot today, trying to get good tone.

I really don't know what do say. I have a headache, and I've had one all morning and afternoon. Computer probably doesn't help. I'm going to finish my Huck Finn portfolio in a little while, like at 7 or something.


I'm still obsessed with the song Scarborough Fair, and it's still very hard to play on guitar because I refuse to use a capo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYHDQHQDS-4

He better be using light strings. They sure look like it.

I really don't know what to write so I'm rambling. Ah he does use light strings. Extra light he said. Ahah! I can almost play it with mediums! Just not as well. Work on it for 20 minutes a day maybe? That should help a lot. If I can put 20 minute to it.

I am going to go do some Huck Finn now though.

La.

I'm at lunch. We have another sub, it sucks. I'm trying to write my project stuff, but I am using my blog because I can't use my email.

I'm trying to blog more, but I don't have time, and I don't really feel like it.

Bored.

It's lunch time. I have two minutes. No Jessica today : (

No ones responding to my texts. I'm talking to Lauren....

She's really annoying. Not Lauren. The other she is really annoying me. She thinks she so's wise and mighty. No. She's an idiot. One minute. Then again...that's my perspective. Look at my english vocab.

Lunch over.

Better

Feel better.

Went out with Jessica and got a smoothie, then walked around the arboretum for a little.

I wanna have an ADVENTURE!

But the cursed freezing rain and dark stopped me from meeting Andy.

Can't Think of Any Lyrics

Off day.

I'm not feeling too good. Kind of tired, I feel really really hot. Like fever hot, but that's probably just because my amp is raising the temperature of my room 10 degrees. My couch is like..burning under my back, but I'm too lazy to move. I would like to know why my calluses are STILL weak. You figure they'd have recovered after my time of not playing, and then jumping straight into acoustic. I played this morning/afternoon until the skin on my fingers was torn up.

Kind of want to go do something. Get out of the house.

Let's just say I'm having a bad day. I don't really feel like blogging about it.

Goodbye.

<3

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/gibson-jimmypage

Caught In the Crossfire. 591 btw

I'm sitting in Mrs. Pentons room during lunch, because the courtyard is always locked now. It was open yesterday though! It was snowing! I really don't want to have school tomorrow.

Please no school? Pleeease.... Blaaah. I haven't played my electric guitar since... it's been a while. Monday? Well that's not a while, but it's longer than usual. I have a piano lesson today, which I haven't practiced for...at all....but at least I can read the music and probably figure it out....blaaaaaaaaah

Maybe I could just pull out a guitar lesson. I can site read like crazy on guitar so maybe that would work, but I'd rather have a piano lesson. Because I like piano. I KIND of want a keyboard, so I can play late at night, because my piano with the damper is still to loud. My guitar on the lowest volume is too loud too. I was playing last night hoping I wouldn't get yelled at. Trying to get a good cream tone. I can get one with my amp cranked all the way up and a pro-co-rat pedal. But that involves making the neighborhood shake... I used to kind of get one with mid 10 treble 8 bass 6 with a pro-co-rat. The gain on the amp is pretty low, and the rat is maxed out.

ZMmmmeh. Lunch ends in like 10 minutes. Blahblahblahblahblah. Whats does I has for homeworks? Huck Fin....anddddd maybe some AP? Menoknow. I don't care either. I'm going to go on a run.... somewhere. I wanna run to hell. That'd be cool. It'd be too hot though, and I hate running in the heat. I'm probably just going to go to the arboritum, or be lazy and drive to hillandale. That would be REALLY lazy though.

I should go correct my latin story.

Mmkbye.

Like a Fire Alarm

I actually have almost NO homework tonight. I have to read about 30 pages of Huck Fin, and I have a chemistry chapter. I could do some early work on my Latin vocab (which I will) and reread a Latin story (which I will). I really want to take a nap. I'm really tired. So I think I'll do my Huck Fin reading and then sleep a little.

This chair is really comfortable...and there's a heater beside me. But no blanket to be found. Whatever. Cold is for sissys.

Am I the only person who actually likes Huck Fin? I really do...I would just rather read Insurrection or something.

I'm really hungry. Like really hungry. Mom ate my lunch today! But there's nothing in the house that's HOT to eat. Actually... I considered scrambling myself some eggs...that would be good. But I'm too lazy to get a pan out. Ummm... cereal is cold but I could have some cereal...and go look for a blanket.

But now I'm going to read the ballad and read huck fin.

Lol cat

Procrastinating.

This essay for English is the most annoying thing I've ever written. I couldn't write it when it was due friday, and I can't write it now, when Mrs. Penton gave me the entire weekend. There's just something about it. It makes me feel stupid trying to write it...and I don't wanna be stupid.

Meh.

Good day yesterday. Skipped the cast party really to go play in the rain with Jessica and Tim. Mmm thank you lighter for burning bright.
*5 mins later*

I'm still trying to write this bloody essay. I might as well BS it and sound like an idiot. Every other paper I've written in that class I've received an A on, and 3 of them have been 100's. Blaaaah. What ever. I'm going to go BS it.

Back Stage

So I'm back stage for round one of Beauty and the Beast. I tried to sing for the first song, and my voice is shot. I started coughing on the first note, and the last one I did was like yodeling my voice cracked so much. Not singing at all for this performance. Hopefully I can tonight though.

Got 2nd in forensics. Whcih seems good until you learn there were only 3.

I'm no longer allowed to talk. So wonderful.
I'm not going to sing the rest of the show, and maybe not next show.

Be back?

Today

Meh, I'm too wired to sleep. Today was a pretty good day. The musical was great, but I wasn't too pleased with my own performance. I never am. Rodell and I had an awesome jam session, but an acoustic guitar unfortunately can't match a 7 piece drum set. It was really fun though. I thought Snow was going to kill me. He snuck up on me, grabbed my shoulder -my heart jumped- and he was like Jam hard! Whew. Relief.

Bed time now though.

Cause You're Head is Underwater

Not much tonight. AP english essay demo thing, and studying for Latin. I tried to learn Crazy on You at my lesson today, and it's the first time in a while I've been aggravated with guitar. I can usually play anything I want. But not this song. Eric thinks it's because I use extra heavy strings cause they sound great with chords and the stuff I write, but they are a pain in the ass with anything soloey.

Eheu! time to go to musical.

Anthony Todd and I are writing an epic story... in Latin.

Smead wins for yesterday.

-super high falsetto- I'm not gonna write you a love song! Cause you're head's underwater!
...stop drownin'!

Humph.

My stack of college mail piles on every day. Leave me alone! I'm trying to make it through junior year. I don't even read the emails that say "Radford! Ranked no.3!" No...you definitely weren't.

But I must go do's the homework.

Latin studying.
3 chem sheets
APUS Bailey notes.

Sleep somewhere in there.

I'm shaking.... like really bad.
Exhaustion much?

Fuck. This. I. Am. Going. To. Bed. Fucking. Sue. Me.

...

hey LOOK! AP TEST TOMORROW TOO!

God. I. Hate. This.

I want to fucking go to bed.

I actually kind of want to just cry.

Blah

It is 12:16

I still needs must:

Read Charlotte Temple
Read something on writing intro paragraphs
Read some OTHER essay
Learn 30 latin vocab words.

Fanfuckingtastic.

Mmmk.

Trying to actually get some poor attempt of a blog out, when I'm actually worried that I'm procrastinating on my homework. Even though I only have a lab report, and an AP document. I could easily do both of those tomorrow, but that kind of thinking gets me in trouble. I've been getting back into running recently, and I'm actually in relatively good shape....it's kind of weird since I haven't run since...late December. It doesn't even wind me to go run 35 minutes. Now that's not very much at all, and I haven't really had time to do anymore, but still. I'm going to try and do like... an hour today, or something longer than usual. Not sure where I want to go though. Hillendale is probably my first choice although I am getting kind of tired of those trails. Burned out on the Arboretum....burned out on Harrisonburg really. I could drive to West VA and run! Not. I want to run somewhere in the woods. Douthet would be perfect.

I really don't want to run. Like really. But I know I have to or I'll regret it track season, and I'll have a bad season and be slow and ugh. I'll probably drink down a couple of glasses of water and head off to Hillendale. No. I really don't want to go to Hillendale. Where the HELL am I going to go! I refuse to run on roads because of my knees and back. Hum. Aww nice.. It's getting cloudy, that'll make it colder! Yes! I actually kind of want to now. Hmmmph. I still don't know where to go (it's been a few minutes). And still....jesus.. I have NO idea, and that's uninspiring. Hmmm Andy said he found a cool place by his house. That still involves roads, and a relatively nasty hill.

I wonder if Swaz would let me run on Monday. No Way In Hell. Ah, I should go to HHS to help build too... I've been helping for 20 something weeks. Meh. I'm going to go run now.

FTW

Tired.
Homework.
Musical from 3-10.
End of Story.

Thank you, and good night.

Meh

I've been told to post. So post I will.

Rehearsal was long and tiring today, again. Hung out with Jessica after.

Now I'm working on my college homework.

Bout to go take a shower.

kthnxbye.

Okay, I lied. I'm being forced to blog longer. Hmmm, who's gonna win the superbowl? Well my homework first of all. Actually maybe I'll be done by then. Hopefully. I'll probably just be studying. What's the half time show going to be? Meh. I don't know what to write. Seriously.

So I'm going to go do my college work.

This Made Me Chuckle

Well

I'm making progress in my homework.

Done with the scarlet letter.
12 more pages og Bailey
One more chapter of Amsco
One sheet on grammar
Study for a Latin quiz
and that big bloody project.

Yes. That's progress.

Taking A Little Break

From this...shit load of homework. Due tomorrow, that I have yet to do:
>Write a 2 paragraph essay about my strong and weak points as a writer
>Finish my chemistry reading
>Do my Bailey notes (Friday)
>Do my amsco notes (friday)
>Study for a quiz in latin.

Fucking A. I feel like I'm missing something.

Ah. Yes. The god damn vocab.

At least putting my guitars away worked.

Bad day. Headache. Too much homework. But no one wants to listen to me complain. So i'm going to take a shower and start on that homework.

Meh

Long long long rehearsal today. Especially working with NJP. She's toned down this year though, which is nice. I did all the AP homework that would have been due of friday today, and tomorrow is going to be dedicated to the stuff due next Friday. Blah.

I actually toned back the gain on my amp today, and since I'd been listening to Bob Marley none stop since seeing I Am Legend, I did a couple of jams to I Shot the Sheriff. I love that song. I think I like Eric's version more, but Bob Marley is amazing.

Blah, no more to write.


Ah, and here's a video with my strat. It's all explained in that little title. The fact that compressing something from 300mb to 5mb kinda hurts quality. Oh well.

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I got a new watch....it's identical to my old one....except it's smaller. I swear it's smaller. I think I got a womens version or something.
Oh well, it's almost nice that it's smaller, I don't even know I'm wearing it. Maybe my old one will show up at some point, but I've checked everywhere I can think of...my hands are pretty irritated from handling the grout my dad was using on my bathroom with bare hands. It's not even that annoying, just a small itching sensation that the second I scratch starts to burn like hell.

Trying to conjure stuff out of thin air because longer posts would be nice....

Long musical rehearsal tomorrow...oh joy. I'll be working on gluing Tueting's room....and playing guitar, and maybe a little bit of homework. I have a minuscule amount of AP, but it still needs to be done, and I just don't feel like doing it. I think my ipod's now limited battery is going to run out during rehearsal, and I'm not going to be happy, so I might well bring my charger tomorrow. Mmm time to empty trash. Be right back. Mmmk.

I'm supposed to out with Matt to help him get a bass sometime....but I don't think I can. I've got rehearsal till like 5 Monday and Tuesday. Might as well do it sometime next weekend.

I forgot how good new strings sound, considering my PRS's were 6 months old, and my strat's were 2.

I'm getting more out of my book than blogging though, so I'm going to go read.

...

Where is my watch!!?

No Title.

So, called almost everyone in Harrisonburg on my phone, and no one answered. Well, Ben did, but he was with some friends. So I was like hmmm....well might as well call Aleina. Glad I did. Had a really good time. We went out to Starbucks and got coffee...well I got steamed milk with a shot of vanilla...but still. And went to see I Am Legend. Love hate relationship.... Love the idea. Hate how it's executed. Love the dog, Hate how they kill it (fuckers!) Love Will Smith.....ah...umm.. hate the freaky things, love the lady who saves him, hate the references to god. Love how scary (suspenseful) it was, hate how scary (suspenseful) it was. Love the Shrek and Bob Marley references.....they were absolutely PERFECT. Ahhhhh.... hate how it ends so abruptly.

Probably one of the best movies I've seen it a long long time. Why the dog?!?!

Grrr!

Anyway. Happy, and scared to death.

Night.

Epic

So.

In light of Ben's amazing youtube video, I figured I'd post my own. It's kind of a test of the amps Ben and I use I guess.

Last day of semester 1! And the beginning of hell.... Get ready for latin III, English 11 honors, Chemistry honors, and APUS. Woo! Whatever. Something will happen, and this semester wasn't very long anyway.

Got into a snow ball fight during lunch. Andy had an epic block with a plastic lunch tray, although it was a slush ball, so it still splattered him. Got Anthony with one too, right in the shoulder. Andrew and I were trying to splatter a little snow man that we made, and out aim was seriously failing us. I tried to hit Anthony by aiming at Andy to his left, and I ended up hitting Gregg on his right. That's how bad my aim was today. Gregg flipped me off!!! Yay!

All the classes flew by today. Maybe because I didn't come until like 10 in the morning, and I could have come later. But today was a good day! And I'm just stalling until my video uploads...




http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5249911130864255023&hl=en-CA I found this interesting...from the Religion thread on Ultimate Guitar.

So much for freedom of religion.

So.

Grrr. Thinking about him just RUINS my night.

Homework, and bed.

Delay Tomorrow?

Pretty please?

Snow Snow Snow!

My toes are numb from shoveling.

But snow still makes me happy.

Snow snow snow!

Stop Bitching.

Stop bitching, I'll make a long post sooner or later. Well, you aren't really bitching, you're prodding. Matt is going to bring me his mic that is nicer than mine, and I'm going to try and record some nicer stuff. I don't really want to post stuff that everyone is going to read anymore, because I don't want people to read it....obviously. So it'll have to be something...inconsequential. LIKE WHAT i'M DOING RIGHT NOW....WITH CAPS LOCKS. Except I don't have time, because the bell will ring in exactly 10 minutes. Ah, I also can't rant on my blog, because so many people read it now, and ladia-dadi-fuckin'-dah.

I broke a nail yesterday, which really sucks, because they were all actually perfect. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, I'm going to leave that typo. I thought I was holding the shift key. Actually, it looks like I was. Gwah, 6 more minutes, I have NOTHING to say. Mrs. Kauffman just came in to check on us. I like her. Even though she called Andy an it, and told me I should cut my hair. Crazy woman. Grrr. Time to go, I was messing with my colors.

Receding back into my shell now.

Blaaah

Currently ignoring the last 10 problems of my algebra review. The ones I didn't get done in class. Oh, Ben, (I'm at school or I would facebook you) I like the Strokes although I only know the song Reptillia.

Blah, time to go work.

Nikki

Just spent the last hour jamming with Jake in the auditorium. Used Akash's SG. It was awesome. Except that the amp I used had to be turned to 10

Tiiiiired

I haven't gone to bed before 12 once this week. Blah. I'm actually starting to drag now. If I didn't have late arrival I'd be screwed. So next semester, I'm screwed. Got last in forensics again. That's getting old. I don't think it's me either, judging by the score cards, no offense intended to Maria. Not to mention it's not a very good piece. I got my sem 1 midterm done which is good. It was easier than they make it out to be. I've got an Algebra test today, and I can't even keep my eyes open. Good thing I pwn logarithms or however Mr. Turner decides to spell them today. Fuuuck...bell is ringing. Algebra homework time.

Proud of My Self

I put new strings on my guitar, and completely tuned it by ear. I hadn't thought to check it, and I got home and looked at my tuner. My E was a little flat, but the others were right on.

Byah!

How Much? Not Eenough....

Still haven't had my tests activated....I don't think the emails to go the sub, so I'll have to go talk to her tomorrow if it's not activated by tonight. I kinda need to take these. It's amazing what an extra 10 minutes of sleep can do though. I woke up at 9:30, felt awful went till 9:40, felt great. Well....better. I forgot my bandana today, so I'll be uncomfortable in rehearsal. Either I can wear my hat, or...deal with it. Whatever.

Wooow

I'm so tired....

I fell asleep around 4 yesterday, and woke up at 9 I think. When I tried to go back to bed I ended up rolling around till...the last time I saw was 2 something. I felt like I'd finally fallen asleep when my dad woke me up for my guitar lesson. Grrr... I know I'm not gonna sleep tonight anyway. I'm going to do my AP tomorrow, and my Algebra in second block, or maybe first if I go early enough. Russ is going to get my Cheese Enchiladas tomorrow from El Charro, and I'm going to pay him in quarters because I have more than I know what to do with.

Homework time?

no. Fixed amp time.

Mmm(?,!,...)

I've used that sound a lot this weekend. Anyway,

Anthony Todd. Hurry up and write chapter 6. Anyway,

Ignoring the last section of my APUS homework for right now, because I don't feel like going back downstairs to get my Bailey. I know I'm lazy, but still. That AP breakfast tomorrow is going to slaughter me, because I'm really not sure I can get up at 6. But I do have a guitar lesson after that, which will be awesome. Need to take an acoustic guitar though, and I really don't want to leave any of my guitars in the car, so hopefully I can leave Belle in Swartz's room. Does that have a(n) 's? Or would it be Swartz'? Nah, that looks wrong.

I'm convinced PRS is a Les Paul, Strat, Tele, SG god mix. It's thinner than a LP, thicker than an SG. It's got tone like an SG on the bridge pup, but not as biting. It's middle selection is like a Les Paul kinda fat and warm. It's neck pup is like a tele kind of, and the coil splitting is like a strat's 2 and 4 position. Although it doens't sound as good as any of those I mentioned, because it sounds like a PRS. So there's my rant for my guitar for the night.

Time to go back to work.

Blah

Really...really....really tired. I still can't go to bed early, even though I'm getting up at 7. I figure I'll get tired enough sooner or later. Been doing a lot of recording, but I'm still failing at getting good acoustic tone with that mic. I'm really wanting a condenser mic, but I don't have 40-50 to throw around, and that would be for a cheap one. I get a guitar lesson bright and early at 8:00 on Monday morning. At least I'll have my amp fixed by then, and I won't have to use the low jack. Hmmm, thanks to that breakfast on monday, I'll have all of my AP points. But now I've got to go review my economics. Joy. Edit: Nevermind, I'd rather blog for now. "Economics is the science that studies how people make decisions about scarce resources to meet their wants and needs. Economics is all about choices." It'll be nice to take the sem. 1 exam, because it's EASY.

Musical is going well, for now. I won't have to deal with NJP until tuesday. Although I'd actually rather have her I think. Maybe? I'm starting to get a sore throat, so a break would be nice. Nipe has a concert coming up, but I think he's just playing Plague Dog stuff, which I like, just not as much as his stuff. He might throw a Karl Rove cover or two in, but still. It might be worth going...except it's on Tuesday. Well it's obviously worth going, it's a live concert. But it might not be worth losing the sleep and homework time.

I still really want to play violin better, but I get so aggravated I can't play anymore. It's so much harder than piano and guitar. Grrr.... I guess it's impressive I can sound out the october songs, and transpose them to piano, and write them out, from a violin. But I still want to be able to play.

fuuuuck.

Amery <3

555

Shit load of new recordings.

Some are better than others.

Metallica, Me, Kid Rock, Karl Rove.... I think that's it.

I did the into to One, which is kinda weak, but I think it's okay.
Did So Hot, by kid rock....the only thing that's worth is the first solo.
I did....two of my songs which I had yet to record with Audacity.
Aaaand.... I covered some Karl Rove songs.

Quote

"Originally I thought I was going to move to canda if I got drafted. But I decided to take the lesser of two evils"

Tueting:Give me your man card.
Andrew:I dont have one


Let's do women shall we! ~Tueting

Couple of Interesting Youtube Videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwW2912o3A&NR=1
Andy and I could do a better job that this guy, not to mention the bad grammar and spelling.

It's January First

And I'm tired as hell. I've been slowly eating a way at my Historiography of Slaves, and I have to really concentrate, or I don't get ANYTHING out of it. Last night was rather fun, unlike last year, when it rained....all fucking night long. I got to see Rachel and Sean for the first time since earlier this summer, and Camila and William for the first time in god knows how long. Andy and I saw a really good classic rock cover band called Royal Blue or something, anyway, they were impressive.

Uhhh....the fireworks were not very impressive this year...

Saw Mark and AJ earlier in the day, and we went out and around. Taught AJ some things about guitar. Like all the cool noises of an electric guitar come from the amp. Then she thought that made you not a guitar player, if all the sound came from the amp. But there's the fact that all the sound comes from the player, through the guitar, into the amp. But whatever.

Blah. I'm really just trying to waste time, because my mom is sleeping, so I can't play guitar, and I don't want to do homework. I'd sleep too, but I know I wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Bah! I'll go surf ze interwebz.