So the new episode of The Office was amazing...

quite possibly one of my favorites to date. I loved Michael's decision to pretend he is Survivorman for a few days, take off work, leaving Jim in charge. Another memorable bit was when Jim was talking about how Michael celebrates birthdays by surprise every time. Of course, Michael makes a fool of himself in front of the camera the entire time in the wilderness while Dwight stalks his every move unbeknown to him. I also like how they brought a totally different aspect to the actors' styles by making Jim's decisions unpopular to the majority of the office. Then, at the end, Jim and Michael have almost a mentor-apprentice style conversation that alludes to Michael not being as big of an idiot as we all think.

Disappointing News

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/r_l_stine_reveals_slappy

SPRINGSTEEN

Bruce Springsteen's "Magic" is definitely one of my favorite albums of 2007. Another is the new Radiohead album, but there is way too much that I could say about that album and none of it would make any sense.

Springsteen dominates with his voice and his songwriting. Simple melodies that just work for a badass tune. I like all of the songs, but my favorites are "Your Own Worst Enemy", "Girls in Their Summer Clothes", and "I'll Work For Your Love". He has a very distinct rhythm for the way he writes his lyrics that is strictly debonair. Check it out.

Shibitty Dibitty Do

That's "scat" for "Good day to you". Anyway, Today was uneventful mostly except for this one event. I had band practice with 2 dudes from Belmont who were interested in my shits (my music), and so we got together and jammed out some tunes. Turns out these boys know how to butter their bread. Anyway, so I think we probably jammed Kinda Feels Like You out 6 or 7 times and called it a day. I really look forward to bringing some naked material in and trying it with the band before I record it.

RIDDANCE

Hail to the Cheese

Stephen Colbert is definitely one of my favorite actors of all time. He does some of the most ridiculous things that actually affect politics and the "politics of politics". His show, the Colbert Report, is on Comedy Central. You can watch alot of the show online at www.comedycentral.com. He recently announced that he is running for President of the United States as a Republican AND a Democrat in South Carolina. He's also using his television show to report the news about his own presidential campaign using an endorsement from Doritos. However, it's completely legal since he's using the Doritos endorsement money to fund his show, which covers his campaign and also acts as his entire campaign strategy. Check him out.

DRA does it again.

The subject is the Ryan Adams concert held at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on Shocktober 23rd, 2007 A.D. (yes, on this very faithful night).

If there is any way to describe the ass-whooping courtesy Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, I would say that the ass is very "bruised" and "bloodied". The Cardinals ripped and jammed through some great DRA tunes. My favorite was when Ryan played the piano for the only time that night for "Rescue Blues", during which Jon Graboff whipped out an electric guitar from behind his pedal steel stand and proceeded to electrify the air in the room with his graceful tones. He looked like a white B.B. King... with blonde hair... and glasses. So not really anything like B.B. King, but he was playing a hollowbody.

Return of the Blog

Uh... hi.

I've decided to start posting blogs on here again. I don't know if anyone will ever read this.
Moving on, politics are going all over the place these days. I wonder what would happen to our country if we got rid of the parties. Just a thought.

I've been playing Paper Mario on my Nintendo Wii. I had to buy a classic controller to play the game because it was originally designed to be played on the Nintendo 64. Anyway, the game is really fun and the dialogue is hilarious. In one cut scene, Princess Peach reads Bowser's diary after sneaking into his room and one of the entries was: "Dear Diary, today I stole the Star Rod from Star Haven and used it to beat Mario and now I'm invincible! Cool!" There are alot of humorous characters other than Bowser, though. The Koopa Brothers are turtles that wear headbands and have a strange resemblance to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, these guys seem to be dunces. When you start fighting them, you hear them scrambling around and "shushing" each other until they appear as a wooden version of Bowser which could also be known as "Trojan Bowser". They also worry about "how cool they look" constantly. It's a ticklish sort of humour.

Consider this blog: returned.

Norah Jones pick up the phone...

... come on home to your lover's place you'll know my face and remember my name and maybe we can be...



...together...


...forever.

Almost Summer

It's almost summer, school is winding down. I'm a senior, which means I'll be moving on to another walk of life. I would say I'm ready for that.

I played twice this weekend and sang alot, so my voice is a little worn. But whatever, it's all in good fun.

JTW confirmed wingnight for tuesday, so that's another good thing. Also, he said that he reads my blog (interesting...).

Happy Mothes Day (Yes, Mothes Day)

That title is dedicated to Henry Heisey and Owen Heisey. I only include Owen because I wouldn't know Henry if I didn't know Owen, and Owen showed me the video where Henry goes to TJ's Country Place; ridiculous.

Moving on, Ginger and the rest of our family celebrated Mothers Day today. Michael's gift was getting up at 9 to go get Ginger some Starbucks. I, however, laid in bed. Michael also wrote her a note that said:

"Thanks for being our mom and sorry you have to put up with all the bad behavior (Amy). I've tried to do all I can, but it's not always easy being the best. Love, Michael" (abridged)

I didn't get her anything until Mothes Day morning when I got one of my senior pictures (she has the exact same picture blown up in our kitchen) and wrote a note on it. It said:

"Happy Mothes Day, dude. I love you even though you're a stubborn woman. - Daniel" (unabridged)

Happy Mothes Day.

Saturday, May 6th

The Moonlighters (me and my band) are playing a show. We're still figuring out if it will be a full band thing, still not sure. Anyway, we'll be playing some songs and having some fun. Show up!

Recently

I've been into Demolition lately. (Ryan Adams) Mostly the quiet, genius, acoustic songs. I have also been trying to write a bunch of songs in the same sort of style.... the songs on that cd are so good. The lyrics are captivating and the music plays a perfect counterpart, especially the unconventional chord voicings. yah...

The Blues Jr is the voice of Christ.

Almost. Jacob and I worked on I'll Bring You Roses today, and it turned out pretty sweet. I have been honing my guitar skills and working on a solid, smooth feel. This is now possible because of this little beauty.



It can do wonders for you. This is all thanks to Matt Huber. I'm not really sure where Matt is... I haven't spoken to him in a while, but I HAVE been using his amplifier. Anyway, big thanks to Matt and Fender.

P.S.: JTW - when are we gonna have Wing Night? It'd be a huge event; I'll be there.

Dear Apostle John

Thanks for writing a sweet book of the Bible! I hope that I can get past your first chapter, and move on to the rest of your great work. Also, do you remember when I memorized the 3rd chapter of your book?? Good times. Anyway, keep on spreadin' the word, brotha.

April 22, 2006

We played at the Wild West Auction tonight. Me, David Julca, Bronson Duke, Jacob Snyder, Allan Van Cleave, and Nate Rowe. At first people were angry because they couldn't hear the people trying to make bids. I think we turned ourselves down about 3 or 4 different times. Anyway, it went pretty well and we got some more people that wanted us to play other events and stuff. I think that's probably the best thing that came out of it -- or the 30 dollars in tips we made (pretty cool). We also got a $25 gift certificate to a book store. (I'm gonna go buy Perelandra by C.S. Lewis just because) And the other dudes are getting gift cards to Chipotle. That's it... have a good night.

National...

...Catch a squirrel and tame it day! No but seriously, John Paul Haydocy has done the impossible. It's hilarious.

Bethany "Babe"/"Bee"/"B"/"Babeany" Gibson

She is a smashing woman. She loves art, poetry, good films, and literature. She also loves Jesus in a strange way that your normal conservative Christian would not. Anyone out there who thinks they know much about Christians, I urge you to forget all of it. Because it is true... there are Christians out there who probably share your same beliefs and dilemmas (i.e., Iraq, Homosexual discrimination). I have been thinking about this alot because I have realized many of those who are not of the "Christian" title seem to think that anyone who is of the title supports Bush and supports the imposition of our government and Christianity on the rest of the world. Surprise! this is not true. Anyway, this is just something that has flooded my mind for the past few hours. Also, I've been working out a bit... just push-ups and crunches and walks and runs and jogs. Whatev


Goodnight, and Good Luck. (movie)

My brother, Michael.

What the HELL is going on with this new year?

Yeah, it's really not that bad. I just thought it would be funny to make that the next title considering I haven't posted since New Year's dawn. Anyway, I don't think much has changed since my last post besides that my brother has started a new "thing". Anytime he starts talking to someone (he'll begin to talk - then) he will respond for them with a deep sort of voice. Typically the response includes a "dude" somewhere in there. For example, I'm sitting on my computer and Michael walks in - (Michael) "Hey come look at this." (Michael as me) "No dude, I'm talking to my friends and you're not my friend you're my brother."

yup, new years sucked.

juuuuust as i predicted. i was heading north on 23 when 2006 came around, i didn't even CARE. anyway, so allan van cleave said dick clarks an idiot because during the countdown he said "13...12...8" and continued and finished the countdown early and right after the 6 on 2006, it actually became 2006.

PATHETIC