Tuesday, August 08, 2006
I was pretty bummed out last week because I took somewhat of a hit on the Ghost House/Joel and the Last of the Neighbours show. Not living in Halifax certainly puts a damper on trying to put posters up for the show. Posters went up, but maybe not enough and the turnout wasn't so great. I don't know if it was because the bands weren't a draw, it was a Tuesday or I just need to get my shit together and do a better job of promoting. Clearly it's more the latter.
The bands were awesome and B.A. played a pretty inspired set and did his best to cheer me up. I ended up losing about 100-120 dollars on the show. It especially sucked that people that I know came to the show, drank beer and watched the bands for 2 hours, but claimed they were just stopping in to say 'hi' to someone so they wouldn't have to pay.
I guess that's just nitpicking, but it just makes me feel like a chump.
The night was an all in all bummer. I sat by myself for most of the night and contemplated how the day had taken on so many sitcom aspects. By the end of the night I felt so stupid that I couldn't talk to the bands that had come. Joel's a pretty awesome guy and one of my favourite musicians, but I felt embarrassed about the show so I just tucked my tail between my legs and headed for Gerry's.
Kara, whether known to her or not, did an awesome job of cheering me up on the walk home.
The next day, my parents telephoned me to tell me that one of the places I had applied to called to set up an interview. It made me feel a lot less useless. I sound as if my self worth is tied to my pay cheque and, of course, it is. It's just hard to apply for jobs, month after month, and get few or no responses. It's ridiculous, though, because there's so many awesome things going on in my life right now. I guess I'm just not used to not working steadily. I continue to focus on what's the matter with my life and not what's going right. I think it's easy to get stuck in a rut and not atone for mistakes if I just keep going over the things that have gone wrong.
I need to get off that street and learn to work it out to a different beat.
The bands were awesome and B.A. played a pretty inspired set and did his best to cheer me up. I ended up losing about 100-120 dollars on the show. It especially sucked that people that I know came to the show, drank beer and watched the bands for 2 hours, but claimed they were just stopping in to say 'hi' to someone so they wouldn't have to pay.
I guess that's just nitpicking, but it just makes me feel like a chump.
The night was an all in all bummer. I sat by myself for most of the night and contemplated how the day had taken on so many sitcom aspects. By the end of the night I felt so stupid that I couldn't talk to the bands that had come. Joel's a pretty awesome guy and one of my favourite musicians, but I felt embarrassed about the show so I just tucked my tail between my legs and headed for Gerry's.
Kara, whether known to her or not, did an awesome job of cheering me up on the walk home.
The next day, my parents telephoned me to tell me that one of the places I had applied to called to set up an interview. It made me feel a lot less useless. I sound as if my self worth is tied to my pay cheque and, of course, it is. It's just hard to apply for jobs, month after month, and get few or no responses. It's ridiculous, though, because there's so many awesome things going on in my life right now. I guess I'm just not used to not working steadily. I continue to focus on what's the matter with my life and not what's going right. I think it's easy to get stuck in a rut and not atone for mistakes if I just keep going over the things that have gone wrong.
I need to get off that street and learn to work it out to a different beat.
MC Plus + seems like a good idea in theory, a Computer Science Major who raps about ASCII and programming...ok maybe he doesn't seem like a good idea at all. I thought, however, that he'd be an interesting novelty.
His page (www.mcplusplus.com) is terrible, featuring gaudy fonts and an unimaginative layout. The songs aren't much better. Really boring, pedestrian beats, a voice that's less interesting and flatter than Atmosphere's and personality that's somehow more annoying than Paul Barman and terrible lyrics like:
"I'm not the lord of linux, I'm laughing out loud"
and
"I'm hot like zebra gism"
His 'hit' "Myspace Pimpin", proves that nerds can be misogynists too as well as featuring his trademark, obvious lyrics over terrible beats.
Apparently he has a rivalry with fellow nerd, Monzy. That rivalry has inspired a dis track by Monzy called "So Much Drama in the PhD". All this proves that nerds make about as easy a target for disses as Billy Talent.
His page (www.mcplusplus.com) is terrible, featuring gaudy fonts and an unimaginative layout. The songs aren't much better. Really boring, pedestrian beats, a voice that's less interesting and flatter than Atmosphere's and personality that's somehow more annoying than Paul Barman and terrible lyrics like:
"I'm not the lord of linux, I'm laughing out loud"
and
"I'm hot like zebra gism"
His 'hit' "Myspace Pimpin", proves that nerds can be misogynists too as well as featuring his trademark, obvious lyrics over terrible beats.
Apparently he has a rivalry with fellow nerd, Monzy. That rivalry has inspired a dis track by Monzy called "So Much Drama in the PhD". All this proves that nerds make about as easy a target for disses as Billy Talent.
Sometimes I wonder why I feel sorry for myself like it's some sort of national pastime. It makes me feel like a frustrated 14 yr old. I really should stop acting like one.
