Well here is my 2nd post of this blog. Today was pretty uneventful. Woke up and went to work. After work came home, had some dinner, and just hung out messing around with my new laptop. I am still trying to figure out all the programs and functions and what not. This is my first mac of my own, I have used macs at previous jobs but have never owned one.
Today I did buy tickets to see Alkaline Trio (my favorite band) in Las Vegas at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on March 31st, which will mark exactly 9 years to the day that I went to one of my first punk shows ever that happened to be at the Joint. That show was Bad Religion, Unwritten Law, and Dance Hall Crashers. I went to that show with Jeff and some of his friends. I was only 15 at the time. It was the first time I ever went into a mosh pit, the first time I ever crowd surfed. I remember we took my moms car to the show and since the show was on March 31st and the show got out around midnight, which means it was April 1st, Jeff wanted to call my mom and tell her that something was wrong with her car to mess with her, but I don't think he actually did. I haven't been back to the joint in several years, probably since 2000. I did see The Killers are the Hard Rock Hotel last October, but that was in the outside amphitheater. I'm excited for this show because it is called the "Occult Roots Tour: Early Songs for Eerie People" which means they will be playing all their older material, which they don't play enough of lately. Funny to think how first time I saw Alkaline Trio was with about 10 people at a record store in Las Vegas, 7 years later they are playing some pretty big venues.
I also need to buy tickets for Belle & Sebastian w/New Pornographers @ The Wiltern on March 18/19. I used to go to shows all the time, from little independent shows to big concerts and be in the know about the latest bands to come out and what not, but lately in the past year or so I haven't been so much into it anymore, which really kinda makes me sad when I think about it. Something I was/am so passionate about that I have pretty much just given up. I am lucky now if I go to a show every couple of months and even then it's rare. Also now when I go to record stores I am totally lost on what I want to buy. I really need to get back into it all. I did go to a show on Friday at the Troubadour. I went to go see Lifetime with Dan. It was cool, the show was awesome and I haven't gotten to hang out with Dan in a long time. We used to hang out all the time and go do karaoke and go to shows, but I've been so busy lately with all this shit going on that I haven't had time. I am also not the greatest when it comes to calling my friends, or anyone for that matter. There has been long periods of time where I have totally ignored everyone, it's not on purpose, it's just that I tend to get extremely high anxiety, and then the longer I don't talk to someone the worse it gets. I think my friends are used to it by now.
I've been playing a lot of poker lately, which I like a lot because when I am there playing than I don't think about the things that are going on. I used to go to the bar all the time to get away, but I haven't been in about 2 months now, which is good considering I used to go on average 5 times a week. Actually I haven't been drinking nearly as much, and when I have gone out to bars with friends I haven't really had much to drink, and there have been times I didn't even order anything but a coke, which is a pretty big deal for me because I love the alcohol. I am just trying to get my life straightened out and organized. I also signed up to go back to school. I start next week and I have yet to figure out what classed to take. I do have more units than I thought I did from when I went before. So I figure if I take 2 full semesters I can transfer and hopefully be done within a couple of years. It is going to be weird going back. I remember when I went before that there were people that were my age now in the classes and I thought they were kind of old and now I am going to be that creepy old person in the classes with these 18 and 19 year olds. Oh well.
Tomorrow(well today actually) I have a meeting at 10:30am the WPT(World Poker Tour) to go over the program that I will be using for the job. I am so excited to start this new job. I really hope that it leads to something much more.
I'm a bit disappointed that there weren't new episodes of Scrubs on tonight.
Currently watching: Ali G In Da House(on mute)
Currently drinking: tuaca
Currently listening to: Murder City Devils
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