Raiders of the Lost News ARKive!

RAIDERS OF THE LOST NEWS ARKIVE!

Sunday 10/10/04 2:36 pm 2004 Y'AAAAWWWLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't do much yesterday. I sat around eating shaved ham, baking cookies and drinking beer. It was fabulous. Weekends mean so much more now that the soup of school is back on. Contrast is a good thing. I later went over to Camille & Jodie's place at Goose Holla to watch moving pictures with some dudes. Watched SNL. Got tired, came home and raged on some drifters.

Today (so far) I met my parents and my grandpa at the Olive Garden in Clackamas. It was weird because I don't know that area of Portland well at all, and I ended up getting Shanghai-ed into Clackamas Mall (across the street from the Olive Garden) and I was driving around its labyrinthian lots trying to find the best way out. I was driving by JC Penny and I saw my dad walk out and sit down outside. I rolled down my window and yapped, "Hey, Dad! HEY! How do I get out of here?" He pointed me in the right direction and said he'd be over there once my mom came out. Then, in an even more bizarre turn of events, I saw autistic Peter from my old cartooning class walk out of JC Penny too. Weird.

When I got over to the Olive Garden, my grandpa was already waiting outside, and I guess my parents didn't get a chance to tell him I was coming too because he was surprised. I ate a lot of food there. That place is freaking expensive though. I'm glad I didn't pay for any of it. Freaking $20 for a bottle of wine!! The wine wasn't even that special...not $20 special anyway. Jesus. Anyway, now I return home and I think I'm going to walk to Powell's and maybe Pioneer Place to see a movie. Eh?!

Final thought: My grandpa is basically Dick Cheney, except my grandpa won't cut your throat in your sleep. Or spew acid into your face when you startle him.

Saturday 10/09/04 12:04 pm 2004 Y'ALL!!!!

Yesterday I had my IMG survey class (the class where all the media departments come together to make a creative project in groups). The groups are made up of two people from each of the four media programs (radio, TV, photography and graphic design). I normally hate working in groups, but my group is wild. There's an somewhat older lady (from the photo program) and a hip & suave 20-something salesman (graphic design program) that are the obvious leaders, along with a really enthusiastic tall nerdy dude (TV program) and a snowboarding smart ass chick (TV as well). Whoever else is supposed to be in my group from radio wasn't there today, but I think it's Fanch. He's a very dominating and manipulative person to work with. Should be interesting. The salesman dude is interesting because he's the complete opposite of me personality-wise: proactive, talkative and a self-described compulsive networker. I could tell he's from the business school of team work, brainstorming and constantly trying to figure out a solution. Man, I wish I was like that sometimes. He's my hero. I'm stuck with these people all term. It's going to be weird, but at least these people seem into it.

Mondo Hollywood played at Chelsea's house last night. I kind of felt like crap all night, but I think it was all in my head. I don't know why my mind was torturing me, but I was really low on energy and eventually I just kind of felt gross all over. I think a lot of it was just the before-playing tension. Once we started playing (and after), I felt better. It was in a dirty basement, which is the best kind of place to play. There was a good crowd and we loved them up. We played our big epic for the first time and smoked it. We played four new songs actually and they all went well. The Shaky Hands played after us and they were awesome. I think they defeated us. I went home shortly after the music portion of things and I was able to park right in front of my apartment building when I got home! The first time since I moved in that I've been able to get that good of a spot!

Final thought: What's a ruffian?

Thursday 10/07/04 10:11 pm 2004 Y'ALL!!!!

Looks like I might be able to intern at that recording studio. Sweet. Jeff Young said it's "possible." But I'd probably need to start this term, ASAP. Otherwise, I'll start interning next term I do believe. I had to buy a Bible today for class. Those things are freaking expensive. And I didn't even really need it. Goddamn God for stealing my money! Umm...band practice too...not a notable day. See ya, freaks.

Final thought: Candy canes and eggplant?

Wednesday 10/06/04 9:07 pm 2004 Y'ALL!!!!

I just spent the last ten minutes cursing at my computer because its time has come and gone for recording. I just wanted to record two simple keyboard tracks on New Times And Fire Road and it couldn't even handle it!!! My recording setup was so much better when it was on two computers. Ever since they were compressed into one in May 2003, I've had constant trouble with n-Track. Ask anyone who's seen me work with it. Stupid. Piece. Of shit. I'm going to retire this computer from recording until I get a better setup (don't worry fellow Ecto artists, it won't be too long hopefully).

Wednesday 10/06/04 7:23 pm 2004 Y'ALL.

I had my Pro-Tools class today. That is such a sick program. Our teacher works at a sweeeet recording studio a few blocks away from here. I wanna hook up with the dude and help him out there or something. It would be rad to be an intern or even like an assistant recording engineer at an actual studio. I think next week I'm going to give him The Albatross Project to show him what I can do. Then his eyes will bleed from its immaculate beauty.

When I got home, I remade the Sacramento Gold album art since Merrie requested a copy. I haven't even made a copy of it for like two years. It was pretty straightforward, except I realized I messed up on the spines after I made copies at Kinko's and then when I fixed it and printed out a new template, the printer ran out of ink. That pissed me off. The Gemstone Rap EP is even more of a pain in the ass because I need color ink too. I think after I get Merrie a copy, that CD will be officially out of print. It's just too much of a pain for an EP that, frankly, isn't all that good. I also made her a copy of Honey, I Shrunk The Meat Grinder, which is an easy one to make since I don't even need a jewel case. It's a 2001 classic, and it still holds up today (yeah, my futon!). It's my Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Jodie, if you get lonely, then call me or IM me. We can watch Devo videos, or rage on some bums. I know I'm most likely not of the MCC readers that you are referring to when you tell them to call you, but what the hell, we only live a few blocks apart anyway eh? Ehhhhh? cough. sneeze.

Final thought: What's a club?

Tuesday 10/05/04 9:17 am 2004 Y'ALL!!!!

I'm staying home from classes today. I came down with a cold yesterday. It hurts to drink liquids. I went to bed last night knowing I would wake up feeling even worse. I made myself get up and take a bath but after the bath I felt like a freaking zombie. Every step I took made me feel worse (similar to when your face is melting, only it's physical and not mental). So I emailed my teachers to tell them I won't be in class. I'm missing two quizzes, which sucks, but what are you going to do. Eat cereal? Well that's what I did. My flannel still smells like beer on one part of it. Laundry is going to be exciting this week.

Yesterday we had band practice but we didn't play for long because Jeff had a date with a fox at the Fox Tower. After Jeff left, the rest of us worked on my song "Need Someone." Again, I had to sing and play guitar and Nick played drums so I could run them through it a few times. We recorded a really bad demo of it, just so Nick and Carl can learn it some more and Nick can get a feel for the lyrics and melody. Now that I've heard a demo (a really bad one), I think it's a good song. I wasn't so sure about it before yesterday, but I like it mucho now. After that, the three of us met Camille and Jodie at the Blue Moon. I also went over to Camille and Jodie's place later, but it wasn't too exciting because I started feeling like crap about then.

This Friday MoHo is playing a basement show at Nick Delffs' girlfriend's house (Chelsea be her name). That should be fun as a big pig on the squirrel cages. Nick Delffs said that there will be a ton of people there. If we get a turnout like one of Jeff and co.'s basement shows, then that would be awesome. There's no beating the Skidmore basement shows. I can't wait to fight a clown with brass knuckles.

Final thought: What's a lathe?