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I will be adding more pictures to the site shortly. thanks.
August 10th... late at night, or early in the morning.
Today was spent searching out 50 cent vinyl at every thrift shop in Phoenix and the valley today. I found some pretty cool ones though, some old Beach Boys... including Pet Sounds, The Kingston Trio's "Where have all the Flowers Gone", Dave Brubecks Greatest Hits, and The Guess Who.
So it was alright. I am getting bored as hell here. I am ready to move on. I should be in Portland soon. Atleast I have caught up on all the movies that I missed in the theater. So my Pop knowledge should be enlarged by this summer. That weezer video that has been playing recently on television is amazing. It is my two favoritest things in the whole world whirled together like a giant scotty oreo blizzard. I mean shit, Weezer and Kermit the frog in the same three minute period. The only thing that could have made it even better is if they would have covered "It's not easy being Green." Sadly this video has been one of the highlights of my life and has me eyeing my stuffed kermit the frog and thinking to myself, a baby t-shirt could possibly fit him, and I am sure that with a cut out and some spray-paint, a W could be written on it. God... save me from this abyss I have found myself in. Shortly I will be pushing small children down wells like the Violent Femmes. That was the best Weezer video.
I got my diplomas today. It seems weird that that whole thing is over.
I am in the process of overhauling this entire site and will begin work shortly on a site for sweater records for andy... which hopefully will be a little more integrated and professional than this site.
If you have not listened to it yet, go out and get the Damien Jurado cd. It is so good.
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August 2nd, 2002
I am finally touching the webpage again after over a month of stepping away from it. I am still enjoying my job with graphic records, there always seems to be a million technical problems with the machines that keep me busy and interested. Most all my days have been spent in front of a computer for 8 hours, so the last thing I have wanted is to sit in front of one when I get home. I am making mad money though, with no real bills, so I should be pretty set when I get to moving again. James, I am sorry I have not emailed you yet... I promise I will.
I have been building quite a mountain of shit for the move. Chairs, record players, records, like ten pounds of coffee... you would think I was preparing to build a group home or something. Ethan continues to get bigger and bigger. My Aunt Belle in Vegas passed away this morning. This through a kink in my Grandfather's wedding plans, it was supposed to be tommorrow in Vegas, but he got married last night. So no trip to Vegas to see any family. Sometimes I don't understand the way he works. I only hope my Aunt is in a better place. I have come to the conclusion I will never understand the way my grandfather operates.
I have made this the year in which I will live for me. I no longer need to take orders from others. I feel like I have been strapped down to a goal for way too long, since I can remember and I think this has often left me out of many opportunities for growth. So this is the year of no goals. It is the year of no forthought. I hope it goes well. I guess anyone who reads this will see.
6/21/02
This is my brand new nephew. Ethan Atillo Deckwa. So that makes me an uncle. He made it out on his due date... with a full head of hair, which he definitely did not get from my brother's side of the family. These pictures are from just a few hours after birth. I promise he is unbelievably adorable.
6/15/02
I start my government job in a little more than a day. Don't know quite what to think about it, either it will be a great and rewarding experience, or it could be shear boredom. I think I will take either at this point. I am at the point now where I just need to get out of the house. This all is such a gray area... the past few weeks, and I want it to end. Anything would be progress at this point. I have seen so many stupid movies in the last few days, probably more than I could count.
As I am sure you all can tell, i got my computer set up out here in Arizona, so again I can listen to music and communicate with you all. It is weird, I am already starting to think about the next move. Finding furniture, lamps, dishes... tons of stuff that I don't need in the least, but it seems what is appropriate at this juncture. I have been touched by a song on pedro's last album called Indian Summer. I think it perfectly sums up how I feel.
Anyways, I am beginning to miss all my college friends, and am hoping we all stay in touch. Talk to you all again soon, just keep writing emails and I promise I will respond... eventually:)
6/10/02
I graduated. The whole mess was almost overwhelming, but I guess I made it through. The exhibit of my thesis work went well. Graduation was alright, if not just way too long. Moved out of my house. Went home and saw my grandfather for a day, and then drove cross-country with Nami. Yet another trip. It was a good time. We stopped in New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the first day. Spent the second day driving through Houston and San Antonio. The last day was spent going through El Paso and Tucson, until we got to Phoenix. Now I am here in Phoenix, preparing to unwind and start a mindless job for awhile until the next big move.
Thanks to all the friends and family who came to graduation, it meant a lot, even if I did not have as much time with each of you as I would like, or the chance to tell each of you in person.
I am going to miss a lot of the people that I have spent the majority of the last five years with. But again, I guess that is part of moving on.
Talk to you all again soon.
5/10/02
Re-doing this, I found several records that needed to be added. Top ten records of this past year.
10. Weezer- The Green Album
9. Modest Mouse- Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks
8. The White Stripes- White Blood Cells
7. The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
6. The Anniversary- Your Majesty
5. The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicious
4. The Dismemberment Plan- Change
3. Deathcab For Cutie- The Photo Album
2. The Strokes- Is This It?
1. Pedro the Lion- Control
Close calls.... B.R.M.C., Trail of the Dead, Radiohead, Milemarker, The Shins, Built to Spill, Clinic and Stereolab.
5/5/02
hmmm.... again quickly, studio is going well... I remain on schedule and just hope and pray that it all turns out the way I plan. Andy's concert involving the butchies is this coming weekend and I hope him the best, if it was not for my thesis and impending graduation I would be there. I think last count thirteen people are coming that I know of... not exactly sure how I am going to handle that. Maybe family during the day and go out with friends at night. I have a feeling it will all add up to sleep deprivation and a nasty hang over.
Just got the second half of the spring break pictures, so hopefully they will make it up here in a day or two. I have been thinking over a couple of comic ideas the last couple of days, so hopefully this summer when I have a little free time I can set to work developing them into short pieces.
Job hunting has been unsuccessful so far, all the firms I have been looking at have put a hold on hires until the market turns up again.
4/28/02
Done with the design end of thesis. At this point it is touch-ups to the book and starting on the final presentation for the exhibit in late May. I hope it all turns out well. I made some academic fraternity for g.p.a. or something I guess it is good, but I feel like I should go out and buy some penny-loafers, do a couple of keg stands and ski off of the roof of my house. Why does it have to be called Tau Sigma Phi?
So everything seems to be going good. School work continues to feel like it is going to overwhelm me at any moment but I guess I'll deal.
If anyone has not heard the Hives, you should, it is great. Kinda mod-punk or something. Has anyone even seen the pictures I put up yet? It seems a lot of people are visiting this site, but no feed back. I know that it is pretty lame, but the only way I can make it better is if I hear from you guys about what you want to know or see. For the most part I just do this whole thing because it is quicker and easier than emailing everyone.
Hopefully the whole thing will be a little easier to navigate in a week or two, I am probably going to switch the site over to frames.
I saw the scorpion king. It was awful... but it reminded me of watching all those horrible b-movies with Joe over the past few years, I got a kick out of it.
4/14/02
Today I got about half of the pictures from the trip up, the majority of these being from newport and the coast. I guess that is about all I have to say today.
4/8/02
Still sick. I am feeling horrible. I don't know what it is, but one day I will sleep for 24 hours then I can't sleep for days... back and forth like this forever.
Thesis has taken a turn for the good again. I am starting to once again get excited about my project. This is especially good considering I only have about two weeks to finish the design end of everything.
I have been listening to a lot of Clinic and the dismemberment plan over the last few days. That and sleeples nights spent in front of Mtv 2. It appears that rap has taken over yet another music channel. I hear they are making an mtv Jamms channel to, will it ever end?
First batch of Portland pictures should be up in a day or two.
4/07/02
Sorry. no pictures of Portland and Newport as of yet.
Been feeling slightly down in the dumps lately. It might be related to graduation and the immense pressure that is thesis and the act of finishing it. To many questions are still up in the air. I have a cold and it has me feeling like I am going about everything in a bizarre, half-awake daze. Now mind you, I am still accomplishing things, but is just that I am beginning to feel extremely overwhelmed by everything. Jobs, moving. finishing school. frustration. endings. beginnings. and no knowledge about how any of them will pan out.
I wish I could just jump forward three months.
I really want to go to the west coast. I hope it works out. I need a job... but I don't want it to have to be in Atlanta. Oh, how I don't want it to be Atlanta.
3/29/02
Well, tomorrow is my birthday and I will be 23... I almost can't believe it... that is starting to get a little old. I mean, that makes me relatively old to still be in college, most everyone I know now is younger than I.
Anyways, I just got back from Portland and it was amazing, I am sure the pictures will end up on the site.
I saw my father, and even though he was not doing great, he told me that his health was much improved over the last few months. I still hold out hope that UCLA will be able to give him a transplant. They all seem to be taking it in stride and my two little sisters seem to be managing well and staying strong. After five years of not seeing them, they have grown so much.
The city had so many concerts, bookstores, cafes, and music stores that I started to feel that I did not even want to go back to Savannah to finish the quarter.
3/12/02
I continue to be amazed with the latest record by the dismemberment plan. It contains some really interesting tracks. Enough of that I guess.
The quarter continues to count down... only 11 1/2 weeks left in my college career...eh. That's it for now, gotta get back to work.
coincidentally I had the best poppy seed muffin ever this morning. so it has been a good day.
3/11/02
Today you may happen to notice that I have put up a few of my horrible comics from a number of years ago. I think one of them appeared in the first Tyoewriter issue from several years ago. Anyways, there they are... hope you like them, if not, oh well. hopefully I will get those prints up in a few days as well... I continue to slack I guess.
I went and saw Death Cab for Cutie and the Dismemberment Plan last night at the Cotton club up in Atlanta. It was a blast and both bands played amazing shows. I have a newfound appreciation of death cab... they always sound so quiet on their records, but they can definitely rock.
Two days left and studio will wind down and out for a week. can't wait. If you have not listened to their new one yet( this especially goes for Alexis and James) you should listen to the anniversary. it is great.
Anyways, I guess that is it.
3/9/02
Shortly this quarter will be over and I will be on my way to visit my dad, stepmom, and sisters, as well as bum around Portland for the better part of a week. I am hoping to do all of the touristy shenanigan's and come back to Savannah with a million pictures of buildings and stupid signs and stuff.
I would like to thank everyone who did not get many replies to emails from me over the last couple of weeks, everything has been very hectic here and I am glad you all have been patient ( I promise I will email you soon) Studio is wrapping up, so you will hear from me again for awhile.
I have moved down the street from where I previously was and am now living with another architecture student. My number has also changed so if you want it, email me.
It is really weird to suddenly have free time again. I don't really know what to do with myself.
Elliot Smith seems to be following me around lately.
2/17/2002
Again, I have been slacking. Thesis goes I guess... did some work today and once again got screwed over by kinko's. You think I would learn by now.
I have been spending today primarily reading design magazines and listening to Tom Waits and Death Cab For Cutie.
My Intaglio print turned out well and my professor seems to have liked it. Eventually I might post some of them here on this page. It is probably time that I took down the stupid pictures of Savannah and put something better up in their place.
Thursday, the fourteenth of february... Valentines day.
I am feeling quite pathetic today. Every single person that I know and call a friend is out on a date tonight. I am sitting here writing this, because I obviously do not have a date. So instead I talked on the phone to my grandfather, and then Andy called and we talked for what must have been 2 hours about indie rock and staying up in Greensboro for the summer to make some cash-money.
It sounds like a good idea and would be much better than going to moultrie.
I guess the day has not been all that bad. Skipped a class and spun records all evening instead. Sometimes I think that as long as I had music, that that is all I would need to have a good time.
I really am pathetic.
Today is... the sixth of feb.
I have decided that this will be my spot to let everyone who is interested know what I have been up to. I guess you can call me lazy or a slacker or whatever.
Not too much has been going on as of yet... I am in the middle of the quagmire which can be called by the name of Thesis. I just cannot seem to get motivated at all and find myself for the most part sipping coffee and staring off into space when I should be designing, or atleast acting like I am accomplishing something. Don't get me wrong, I am ezcited about my project, I am just doubting how much theory is involved. I am worried that my project is turning into just another design problem and not an issue of real thought or meaningful architecture.
Enough of the whining though, I am looking forward to a change of housing at the end of the month. The details are not all worked out yet, but I will be moving down the block. I have made some monoprints that I am happy with... I might even put them up here at a later date.
I guess that is it for now.