Late Night Painting

So why am I blogging 12:31 EST on a Thursday night? That’s because it’s another Thursday night, painting for a class that meets once a week with a teacher that doesn’t really teach us how to be artists, but tell us how we’re doing everything wrong. What makes it worth while, you ask. 3 credits is one thing. But having only one class on a FRIDAY takes away all the fun. I guess the only reason I go there is to make quick, witty jokes about everyone’s works. Well, I guess I’ll go back to watching Seinfeld. That show always makes things better.

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About the Band

The Landing Party Consists of:

The Vocal Stylings of k3n,

The Guitar Riffs and Solos of +Em and j$h,

The Bass Grooves mEt (pronounced Emmett),

and the Beats and Rhythm of yours truly, eHs

Our names are spelled that way because it’s cool, duh. The name was decided after we were able to agree on a common interest, and that’s the pirate life. We all live 10 minutes away from the ocean, and one of us is an amateur/professional sailor (that would be K3N). Thus the Landing Party. If you don’t know what a landing party is, it’s a group of about 5 sailors/pirates that go to shore first to recon, bury treasure, or steal stuff. There’s 5 of us, so yeah, it works out well. We are a very recent band, starting this year. We have all been involved in music for years now, K3N and m_et singers (and both bass players), + M has played piano and had guitar lessons for 5 years now, Josh plays the trombone, bass, and guitar and is mostly self taught. As for me, I started on the piano young, then got my first drum set at like 12, but was uninterested at the time, so it was sold. Then I picked up the bass, and then the harmonica for a few months. I then proceeded to buy a electric violin just because I thought it was cool. It didn’t work out that well. On top of that, I bought a ukulele, never learned it, just looked nice. Then I got a guitar from my uncle, 1985 Gibson Sonex 180. I really enjoy playing the guitar.

Around the end of last year, we all got to talking about getting together and jamming. I had a rather cheap drum set, so I was candidate number one for drums, plus I was expert in Rock Band on Drums. Finally, we decided, “Hey, let’s start a band.” And here we are today. I’m saving up right now to get a new set. I just bought some sweet Zildjians (ZBT) and a Tama throne. Expect lots of pictures of us and our gigs!

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Living Off Campus: Pros & Cons

College is fun, when you get to live on campus. When you don’t, college life doesn’t really live up to the expectations you here of in high school. The friends, the parties, the fun. All lost because one has to commute. Then again, why pay another 10 thousand to live 15 minutes away. Hey, with that money I could buy a cheap, 11-year old car to get me to and back to the campus. And I get to work too! Isn’t that just great. For some, college is just a way to get away from their trapped life back home. With parents, responsibility, other things that suck. You can do what you want, when you want. Don’t want to go to class. Just sit in the quad all day. There’s a party tonight? I’m there. On campus, you make decisions, and you have to learn to life with the consequences. There are some pros to living at home. You get to sleep in your own bed, meals every day, get to keep your big wide screen hdtv in your room, don’t have to share anything, and best of all, a private bathroom. What’s better than that. Either way you take it. You go to college to either: A) have fun, or B)learn. Which is weird, because I am neither having fun or learning. Anyway, it’s cool to be able to walk around with a collegiate lanyard. And, of course, college chicks.

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The First of Maybe Many

Hello there. This is my first of maybe many blogs aimed towards informing friends and family of everything going on around me. I hope the stories you read here are fun, entertaining, informative, and maybe even provoking. So have fun, enjoy, and respect.