| R.I.P. Steve McHale |
[Jan. 18th, 2007|07:59 pm] |
Yesterday, January 17th, 2007, my dad, Steve McHale, passed away in the morning.
He was the best dad a son could ever have.
He was taken from this lifetime way too soon.
The world has lost a truely wonderful person.
He loved his family and friends so very, very much.
He will be missed by family, friends, and mostly by me.
I love you and I miss you Dad.
This isn't goodbye.
Just see you later.
Say hi to Grandma and Princess for us.
And keep an eye out for us.
We love you Dad.
Steve McHale
~ July 9th, 1956 - January 17th, 2007 ~
Thank you to everyone who has shown their love and deepest concerns for us. It is very helpful in these times. I love you all very much. |
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| So I've come to a conclusion..... |
[Oct. 1st, 2006|11:01 pm] |
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I've always waited around for friends to come to me with things to do. I have now noticed that doing things that way isn't what it's cracked up to be. Or in other words, that way isn't working out. So I've decided that I will now be the one that starts up the conversation and I'm gonna start putting myself out there and talking and start meeting new people. I always had that "Sleeping Beauty" mentality. I always thought that the one I would fall in love with and marry would come to me. I've found out that it doesn't nessicarily happen often, if ever. So I've decided to stop moping around and get off my ass and do something about it. I'm tired of not having friends close by to do something with. I mean, I have friends, and I love you all to death, but a good majority of them either live 30 minutes to 2 hours away or live in another state or across the country. It really sucks when I talk to my friends online or on the phone and I think "Wow. This is person is really cool. I wish they lived here or I lived there so we could hang out and do stuff together." And it sucks because I work 30-40 minutes away from my house, so I know people there, but not back home. Same with the shows I go to. I've met some really cool people and some who are now best friends, but it sucks that I have to drive 30 minutes to an hour and a half to see those best friends. So starting now, I'm taking on a new lead. I'm gonna start talking more and doing more things locally. Cause I'm sick of being stuck at home and not doing anything. I'm gonna start doing things more differently now. I've been stuck here for over 4 months due to family things. That kind of put our whole lives on hold. And now that someone pushed the unpause button, I'm trying to get everything back in motion and trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. Right now, I feel like I'm at a crossroads with 3 or 4 different paths in front of me and I can not decide which path to take. But I guess that that's part of life and we just need to take time to figure it all out. We'll see what happens. I'll let you know how it works out. And if you read that whole thing, you deserve a freaking medal. haha. Anyway, I just thought I'd throw that out and get it off my chest. We shall see what the future will bring. I hope you all are doing well and taking care of yourselves and each other. I shall talk to you all later. Have a great night/day/afternoon wherever you may be in the world. Take care.
Mike. |
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| The last two weeks... |
[Jul. 31st, 2006|10:23 am] |
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| | The Shins - Oh, Inverted World | ] |
Hello Hello.
How is everyone LJ land?
So I can't remember anything rememberable from the last 2 weeks or so.
But the last couple of days were good.
Oh wait.
I remember something.
Me and Kyla saw the Flaming Lips in Del Mar the other week for free.
It was pretty awesome.
It was really packed with people too.
I'd probably say about 4000.
Maybe.
There was a fountain in the middle of the crowd.
And everyone just started getting in it.
So me and Kyla did the same.
The water was nice.
People started climbing the middle piece of the fountain.
Security started getting pissed and got everyone out.
And we definetly saw some a tittie or two there.
Funny.
We watched them from upstairs.
It was still pretty good.
Oh yeah.
Pedro from Napoleon Dynanite introduced them as well.
It was pretty cool.
Besides the crazy crowd, good times.
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So the other day, I got to hang out with my good friend, Bobby Bo.
He use to be June's tour manager and now he's doing the Victory Street Team.
I hadn't seen him since November.
We met up in Oceanside and got some delicious In-N-Out.
He gave me some good advice on being a tour manager.
He's such a good dude.
I let him crash the night at my house.
It was really great seeing him again.
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Saturday wasn't too bad of a day.
I met up with Kyla after work in Oceanside.
We hung out my house for a little bit.
We had a music swap session.
It was pretty good.
Afterwards, we drove down to San Diego and got tickets for the Rx Bandits show.
Then we went and got Chipotle before the show.
I forgot how awesome it was.
After we ate, we went to Soma for the show.
Met up with Kim and Julie.
I was surprised when I saw my good friend Evan from Salt Lake City.
I hadn't seen him for almost a year.
It was really great seeing him.
The Rx Bandits played a pretty solid set.
People started smoking and I wasn't too fond of it.
I mainly tried to focus on the performance of the band.
But the smoke started getting to me and I got a headache.
No good.
Ah well.
Still good times hanging out with friends and seeing old ones.
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Not much else is new.
Other than upcoming shows.
Paulson.
(Twice).
Bloc Party!
Then Peachcake.
(Twice).
I'm excited for all those shows.
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Got a bunch of new and old music.
Belle & Sebastian.
Broken Social Scene.
Dashboard Confessional.
As Tall As Lions.
ActionReaction.
Gym Class Heroes.
Bright Eyes.
Thursday "Full Collapse".
Death From Above 1979.
The Flaming Lips.
Matt Pond PA.
mewithoutYou.
The Shins.
I have alot of listening ahead of me.
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That's basically it for now.
Until next time.
Peace.
Mike. |
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| An update of sorts. |
[Jul. 13th, 2006|08:35 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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| | Umbrellas Illuminaire | ] |
So right now I'm shirtless and have my jeans rolled up.
I know you know you think it's hot.
Well truth is, it is rather warm here today.
Too warm for clothes.
So yeah.
Basically.
Ummmm.
I went to Warped Tour in Pomona last week.
It was decent.
Saw Sherwood. (Best band of the day)
Gym Class Heroes.
Hellogoodbye.
Hit The Lights.
Motion City Soundtrack.
Thursday.
Saves The Day.
Meg & Dia.
The Academy Is.
Plain White T's.
And a little bit of NOFX.
It was hot.
And too much walking, I must say.
At least I didn't have to pay $7 for parking cause the campsite was right across the street.
And I walked to Warped Tour.
It was alright.
The walking part, that is.
I saw a good amount of friends.
All and all, Warped tour was ok.
Saw my Dad a bunch of times while I was up North.
I just wish this whole thing would just be done and over with.
I want him to come home so we can hang out again.
Now they're saying that he won't be fully recovered until around October.
Dammit!
I want it to be over with already.
:(
Peachcake is in LA finishing up songs for the EP coming out this Fall.
I wanted to hang out with them while I was up there.
But the producers said it wasn't a good idea for me to hang out in the studio with them.
Ah well.
One of the producers lives down here.
So maybe they'll come down here before they leave the state.
We'll see.
Got some new music.
The Graduate Horror Show.
Absolutely steller.
Andrew W.K. I Get Wet.
Party hard!
The Hush Sound Like Vines.
Eh.
Park Building A Better _______.
Decent.
Umbrellas Illuminaire.
Currently listening to right now.
That's about it for now.
Just mainly been working and hanging out.
Till next time.
Mike. |
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| Hmmmm. Why not? |
[Jun. 26th, 2006|09:41 pm] |
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| | Mute Math "Obsolete" | ] |
So, the last couple days have been alright.
Saturday night, I met up with Brianna from work at the beach.
We chatted and walked around the entire beach.
It was good getting to know her more.
And good exercise.
Sunday.
Worked during the day.
100+ degrees.
Ouch!
The fan at Zoowerks was basically blowing hot air.
It was no bueno.
After work, I met up with Ilene, Mike and Sam.
They were at this hardcore fest at Epicentre.
I hung out with them while they ate Carls Jr.
It was cool to see them again.
Last time I saw them was at the beginning of the month.
Went and got In-N-Out burger and animal style fries.
Delicious.
Went and saw Damiera and Cordova.
Cordova was from PA.
So we chatted about PA and everything about it.
Good guys.
Damiera was really good.
Dave the singer didn't sing much because he had a cold.
Plus when he did sing, I could barely hear him through the system.
But the musicianship was absolutely fantastic.
Those guys are wicked talented.
Not a bad show.
Today.
A cleaning lady came to our house.
So I left the house for a couple hours to get out of their way.
Went and saw Nacho Libre.
It was alright.
I probably should've waited to rent it.
Ah well.
It was with a free pass.
So it's alright.
After that, went down to the pier and just relaxed.
I must say that "Brothels On A Hotel Bed" by Death Cab is a great song to listen to while sitting at the beach and reflecting on life and whatnot.
It was a very relaxing time.
Came home.
Had a steak dinner with Mom.
We then went grocery shopping.
Always good times.
And now here I am.
Just thought I'd do a quickie.
Talk to you later.
Mike. |
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| I would like to... |
[Jun. 22nd, 2006|09:02 pm] |
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| | Frou Frou "Flicks" | ] |
...see my dad be fully recovered right now.
...see gas go way the hell down. Remember when it was $1.27? I do.
...have a job that doesn't require driving 50 miles everytime I go to work. I love working at the Animal Park right now, but the whole distance thing sure does suck.
...figure out what I wanna do with myself in the future.
...eventually get out on my own and have my own place, but I feel scared at what the future will bring.
...have friends that live locally. I love the friends I have now, but I would to hang out with friends and not have to drive 30-50 miles to see them.
...see my old friends from back East.
...travel all around the country. Hell, why not the rest of the world?
...see her.
...be with her.
...stare at her pretty brown eyes while we lay in bed.
...be happy.
Sorry for the depressing sounding rant. Just feeling a little lonely right about now. |
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| Weekend Recap. |
[Jun. 18th, 2006|08:50 pm] |
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| | Anathallo - Floating World | ] |
I went up to City Of Hope to see my dad in the hospital and to see my Aunt Joyce one last time before she flew out on Thursday.
We had a good dinner at the Old Spagetti Factory.
Their strawberry lemonade and garlic cheese beard is crazy delicious.
As well as the spagetti.
Said goodbye to Aunt Joyce.
It was great seeing her again.
I stayed at the camper we've rented for a month in Pomona.
I chatted with Ashley for about 5 hours or so.
I enjoy our conversations.
The next day, I went back to the hospital to keep my dad company for the day.
I gave him his Father's Day present.
It was some DVDs of Red Skalten, The Three Stooges and Abbott & Costello.
He loved them.
It was good to be there for dad when he needs me more than ever.
I'm gonna go up there tomorrow and keep him company.
I worked Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday was crazy hot.
Plus it was the start of Summer hours.
So that means for hours for me until I have to be with me for 4 days at a time.
But yeah, more hours will be good.
Next week is Steel Train and if I get my shift switched at work, Damiera.
I'm very excited to see those bands.
Espcially Steel Train.
Those guys are too good.
Damiera will be good too.
I hear great things about them from various sources.
Their record is so incredible.
Can't wait to see them.
But yeah, just thought I'd do a little LJ for the fudge of it.
Talk to you soon.
Mike. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2006|08:58 pm] |
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| | The sound of her voice on the other end. | ] |
So, it's been a while since I've actually wrote on here. So I guess I'll give you a quick little rundown of what I've been up to the last 3 months or so.
MARCH.
My job at Cirque du Soleil ended in the beginning of the month.
Hung out with Peachcake for 10 days in various states.
Rode and lived in a van for a week straight.
Got a little taste of life on the road.
So far, I love it.
Expierenced the phenomenom known as SXSW.
Seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
Driving.
Broke up with Kelly.
Lame.
Life goes on.
Highlight shows of March:
Steel Train @ SXSW.
Limbeck @ SXSW.
All of Peachcake shows @ SXSW.
Satisfaction @ Epicentre.
Motion City Soundtrack @ SOMA.
APRIL.
I was suppose to go on tour for a month with Peachcake.
Some last minute things happened and I couldn't go.
Bummer.
They said they'd take me out on tours in the future.
So, that's good.
Began job searching.
Not much luck.
Did a job as an extra on the set of Veronica Mars.
It was long and boring.
16 HOURS!
Hung out with June for 3 days.
I forgot how great the Format was.
And I discovered how amazing Anathallo was.
Good times.
Had a dance party with Limbeck and other friends.
That was really good.
Not much else happened in April.
Highlight shows of April:
The Format/June/Anathallo in Pomona and LA.
Limbeck @ OCMA and Chain Reaction.
Peachcake in San Diego.
Angels & Airwaves @ Chain Reaction.
MAY.
FINALLY got a job.
I sell tickets at various places in the Wild Animal Park.
I get to see animals (ducks, mainly) everyday.
It's great.
I've met some good people there too.
I like it.
Started talking to a really great girl.
Too bad she lives 3000 miles away.
Other than that, not much happened in May.
Not many shows either.
Highlight shows of May:
Peachcake Dance Party in Temecula.
The Audition @ Chain Reaction.
MC Lars @ SOMA.
JUNE.
Hung out with my good friends in June and The Junior Varsity.
TJV played "Do You Mind?" twice for me.
So good.
After those shows, I saw what was probably one of the best shows I've seen in a long, long time.
The line-up was...
Sherwood.
House Of Fools.
Paulson.
And Get Back Loretta.
I danced and had a great time watching all of those bands.
So much fun.
Definetly in my Top 5 favorite shows ever.
My dad was admitted into the hospital this month to undergo his treatment for luekemia.
My aunts Joyce and Nancy flew in from Pennsylania and Florida to see him before he went in.
It was really great seeing them again.
I hadn't seen my aunt Nancy for about 3 years or so.
She looks so much like my grandma now.
It's cool though.
It's gonna be a long road till my dad is full recovered and everything.
I'm more than confident that he's gonna be alright in the end.
The more and more I talk to a certain someone,
The more and more I want that certain someone to be here with me.
This whole distance thing sure does suck.
At least we have something to look forward to in the future.
But yeah, basically.
The Steel Train Band is coming in 2 weeks.
I'm super stoked.
It's gonna be good times as always.
Maybe another BBQ like last year.
We'll see.
I get see Damiera on the 25h in San Diego.
I'm excited to see them because they're incredible.
Can't wait to see them.
So yeah.
This is the return of the LJ by Mike.
Expect more in the future.
Until then, take care and love each other.
Mike. |
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| Update from the Road: 3/10 - 3/13 |
[Mar. 13th, 2006|10:30 am] |
Hello everyone,
I just thought I'd update everyone on what's going on right now. After the last couple of attempts to type this up, I finally get a chance to do this. Here's what went down over the time period of the last couple of days.
FRIDAY 3/10:
I started my drive to Arizona at about 11:30am. My original intentions were to drive to San Diego and take the 8, but my mom checked the weather forecast for the area around the 8 and she said that there were gonna be snow blizzards and 3 to 4 inches of snow falling. So, I got an alternate route.
I drove through alot of towns in Riverside County. Mainly the Temecula, Hemet area. Got up to the 10 and started the long drive. I drove through Indio where they hold the Coachella Music Festival every year. It was cool to see that. It was really cool driving by yourself and seeing the open road and parts of America you rarely get to see. The skies and everything were just unbelieveably awesome. I took a bunch of pictures so I might do a picture blog on here at the end of my trip.
Stopped at the Flying J and got gas and some Wendy's before the Arizona border. The sky and clouds were pretty awesome there too.
I got into Phoenix at about 6:30 and headed over to the Brickhouse where Peachcake was playing. I helped them sell merch for their show. They played with Polysics (from Japan) and Los Abandoned. It was a pretty good turnout. I'd say probably about 70 to 80 kids. Peachcake put on a pretty good set. Alot of kids were getting into it. Didn't really watch of Los Abandoned's set. I talked with them afterwards. They were pretty cool people. Polysics was something else. They were kinda like Devo but full on rock and punk like. They were good the first half hour, but they started get boring after a while. I think they played for about an hour and fifteen minutes. I think that was way too long. But then again, they're from Japan and I guess they wanna get the most out of each city. Ah well.
After the show, we all went back to the Peachcake house in Tempe and hung out. I met Jesse's cat, Sebastian. He was one of the coolest cats I'd ever seen. Seeing and playing with him made me miss my cat, Simba. I'll be back soon enough to see him. We watched Waiting for a little bit. Funny flick. We talked alot about music and their new record. I can't wait to hear it. Had alot of Domino's. It was tasty. Went to bed around 2:30 or so.
SATURDAY 3/11:
Woke up and showered around 11:30. We started packing and getting everything ready for the next week of shows. We had a show in Tucson and we were suppose to be there around 2, but we didn't leave the house until 2:30 or so.
We got to the venue at around 4:15 or so. The show was at Club Congress. It was a venue/bar/hotel. I had heard stories from beforehand that this place had some haunted room or that the whole hotel itself was haunted. We walked around the hotel a little bit. The place had really cool artwork all around the place. We took pictures all over the hotel in hope to find ghosts in the picutres. No luck. We went upstairs and there was an entrance to the rooftop and we heard a squaking sound coming through the door. Me and John walked back down, but Jake stayed up there. Jake all of a sudden comes running down the stairs saying he heard some say "Please help me!" We were kinda freaked out about it, but we forgot abouit it. We back up there later and we found out that it was just a storage room above the hotel and that it was most likely someone in one of the rooms nearby. It was still creepy.
We started setting up for the show. Peachcake was suppose to go at 6:30, but something happened with their equipment or one of the cables and start 30 minutes late and only played 20 minutes. There wasn't many kids there. Probably 25 tops. We packed up everything after Los Abandoned played.
We were really hungry, so we went to this pizza place a few minutes from the venue. I think it was called Brooklyn Pizza, but it was pretty good for the most part. They had garlic knots, which I didn't have in forever. They were pretty good.
After we ate, we started our long, long drive to Dallas. We drove for about 5 hours or so until we stopped in El Paso and got a hotel. We went to bed at 5 in the morning.
SUNDAY 3/12:
We woke and showered and checked out of the hotel at around Noon or so. Jake's eye had been bothering him the last couple of days. So, we went to a nearby hospital and had him get checked out. We were there for about 3 and a half hours. A band that Peachcake played with before called The Kurk stopped by the hospital and hung out with us. There were a couple little boys there waiting on their sick sister and we gave them free cds and autographed them.
Jake got out of the doctors around 4:30 and we all were straving. We all went to this Mexican restraunt called Barrigo. It was pretty cool. The menus were wood pizza plates. I got the chicken enchiladas. They were decent. The refried beans were amazing.
Afterwards, we said goodbye to The Kurk and started our long drive to Dallas at around 6:30. We made many various gas station stops and whatnot. We continued to drive throughout the night.
MONDAY 3/13:
We made it into to Dallas at about 6 in the morning. We had drove for about 11 or 12 hours. We were happy we made it though. We started looking for a hotel and we thought we saw the JFK assassination memorial, but we were wrong. It was apparently a tree of hope or something. The setting and everything looked like the JFK memorial with the book depository across the street from the memorial, but it wasn't the real deal.
We stopped at a gas station and asked if there were any hotels around the area and multiple crack addicts talked to us. Before we left the gas station, Stefan noticed that there were a bunch of birds sitting on the same telephone wire. There was probably about 30 birds on the wire. As soon as we were pulling out of the gas station, we saw this huge flash of light come from behind us. Apparently, the telephone pole exploded and barbequed a bunch of the birds. It was absolutely insane.
We started looking for hotels all around the area. We found one hotel that $19 per couple and the place looked like one of those abandoned hotels you see in scary movies or like in that movie "Identity" where 10 people all of a sudden start dying. It looked really bad.
We found a Hampton Inn in Downtown Dallas. $100 for today and tomorrow morning, but we get a free continental breakfast, which I might add was fucking amazing!, and free wireless internet. That's how I'm typing this as we speak.
So, the current status is that we're in Dallas, TX, were playing a show tonight at 6, everyone is sleeping, I'm on the internet and I need to get some sleep before the show. If we get another hotel with wireless internet in Austin, you'll probably be seeing more of these in the next couple of days. So until then, I hope you enjoyed my update, if you made it that far, and you'll hear more about soon enough. Talk to everyone soon. Love you and miss you!
Mike. |
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| So I guess I'll update this thing. |
[Oct. 15th, 2005|11:58 pm] |
So It's been a while since I've done this whole shindig and not a whole lot has happened.
I haven't been to a show in almost 2 weeks.
But the next 4 weeks will be quite eventful.
13 SHOWS!
2 of them are STEEL TRAIN!
I'm excited.
Found out that My Getaway will be recording from now to the Spring next year.
And possible U.S. tour in March.
So that's got me excited.
If they do a show in December, I'll try to fly out there and catch it and hang with them.
Hung out with Janelle in Temecula.
We hung out at Madlins for a little bit.
Went to the local movie theatre and saw Wedding Crashers.
It was my 5th or so time seeing it, I believe.
Janelle's first.
She liked it.
Good times.
Saw Waiting with Kyla.
Hilarious.
Other than that, I've been working and hanging out and playing online games and burning cds onto my iPOD.
Exciting, eh?
Well, there will probably be lots of updates in the future about my next 4 weeks.
Until then.....
Mike.
PS. Look at my calendar on Myspace and see what shows I'm going to. Let me know if you're gonna be at any of them. Later alligator. |
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| Pretty much the best weekend ever. |
[Oct. 3rd, 2005|12:26 pm] |
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| |  dirty | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Socratic - Lunch For The Sky | ] |
This weekend was such a blast.
4 shows in 3 days.
Friday, I saw Rx Bandits in Anaheim with Kyla.
They played a really good set.
The new songs sounded really good.
Their new record comes out in March.
Can't wait.
Jaz and Janelle were at the show.
It was good to see them again.
Saturday, I drove up to Temecula for the rest of the weekend.
Went to the Tractor Race.
Bill got in with a VIP pass.
Free food and drinks. Awesome.
Watched my good friends in Dusty Rhodes play.
It was great to see them again.
After the Tractor Race, I drove around Temecula a little bit.
Ended up walking around the mall.
I finally found the Facing New York record.
So I bought it.
Good stuff.
Went to Madlin's and watched Peachcake play an absolutely insane set.
Those guys are crazy.
Afterwards, we all went to In-N-Out for some delicious burgers and fries.
About 10 kids from the show were there too.
Matt drove over too.
I was gonna meet up with him sooner or later that night anyway.
After we got done eating, we all went outside and had huge dance party in the parking lot.
It was the best thing ever.
One of the guys was taping it.
So hopefully, it'll end up online or on dvd.
That would be steller.
Some guys kept calling us fags and one even wanted to pick a fight with us.
"People are idiots."
We were gonna take the dance party over to Matt's house cause he has a fog machine, lights, lasers and all that jazz, but Peachcake were gonna meet up with Forrest from Hellogoodbye up in Huntington Beach.
Oh well.
It was still good to see them.
Me and Matt drove to his house in Sun City and I crashed for the night.
I kept waking up cause of Matt's roommates.
Ah well.
Woke up the next day around 11.
Some guy rang the doorbell and asked If I wanted to get the dent in my truck for $40.
I told him no.
He said "No really. I can fix it right now. On the spot."
I don't really care about it and it doesn't affect anything with the truck.
Matt put a bunch of records on my IPOD.
They're all awesome.
Drove back to Temecula for the 2nd day of the Tractor Race.
Got there around 12:30 or so.
Julie and Lynn were there.
It was good to see them again.
Limbeck showed up around 1:30.
It was great to see them again.
I met John, the new drummer.
He's cool.
I talked with Jon Cheese for a little bit.
That guy is awesome.
I watched this guy named Shawn Mafia play.
He was dressed as a 40's mafia boss.
He was funny to watch.
Michelle showed up before Limbeck played.
Limbeck played a great set.
Whenever Limbeck plays, it's absolutely steller.
Samantha showed during Limbeck's set.
I'm glad she came.
I said goodbye to everyone and left.
I stopped at a gas station before I got on the freeway.
Julie and Lynn stopped at the gas station too.
A lady was having trouble with truck.
We all decided to help her.
We tried giving her a push start.
Nothing.
We tried jump starting it with Lynn's van.
Nothing.
Tried jump starting it with my truck.
Nothing.
The lady went and got help from other people.
At least we tried help her out.
Then I said goodbye to Julie and Lynn.
Drove home.
What an event-filled weekend.
Thanks to everyone.
So today I'm gonna call some temp agencys and see if I can get some part time work out of any of them.
Then I work at 6:30.
I haven't showered in 2 days.
I think I'll take one now.
Later.
Mike. |
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| Alrighty, Kyla. I'll update my livejournal. |
[Sep. 24th, 2005|08:29 pm] |
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| | Jimmy Eat World - Futures | ] |
So, It's been about 2 weeks and a half weeks since I updated this thing. You can thank Kyla for getting me to update this to kill my boredem. So here's what's been going down in the past couple of weeks. I'll try to remember most of it.
Saw the Redwalls, OK GO and the Gun Shys in Anaheim with Kyla and Bryant.
Good show.
The Redwalls live performance kinda disapointed me.
Oh well.
Went to Denny's.
Had a fake birthday for Kyla.
She got free ice cream.
It was fun.
Saw the Spill Canvas and This Day And Age in San Diego.
Awesome show.
It was good seeing This Day And Age again.
After the show, me, the High Voltage crew, This Day And Age and The Spill Canvas ate at Denny's.
Steven rode over with me.
We listened to live Steel Train.
He enjoyed it.
Saw The Academy Is, Spitalfield and Halifax in San Diego with Kyla.
I saw so many people that night.
Tennie, Sam, Whitney, Ilene, Shelly, Mike, Gabe, Melissa, Michelle.
Kyla kept calling me Mr. Popular. Haha.
Good sets from all the bands.
Kyla finally got me to try to horchata.
It's ok.
Sorry Kyla.
Saw Acceptance, The Receiving End Of Sirens and Cartel in San Diego with Kyla.
The show was sold out, but we eventually got in after some people left.
Sam, Ilene and Mike were there.
Good show.
I was planning on going to AZ to see Reannan.
But she would be out of town the weekend I come down.
We were gonna go see Iron And Wine.
Oh well.
She's coming to LA.
So maybe we'll meet up somewhere.
We'll see what happens.
Saw Satisfaction in San Diego last night.
They were so amazing.
Sarah came and we hung out for a little bit.
But Satisfaction was so awesome.
Tuesday is Melissa's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's.
It's gonna be awesome.
Next weekend is gonna be a busy weekend for me.
Friday: Rx Bandits in Anaheim with Kyla and Chelsea.
Saturday: Dusty Rhodes during the day and Peachcake at night.
Both in Temecula.
Spend the night in Temecula.
Sunday: Limbeck in Temecula during the day.
It's pretty much gonna be one awesome weekend.
Might hang out with Janelle tomorrow.
See what happens.
Now I'm just gonna say things that are awesome and things that stink lately.
New Juliana Theory record is awesome.
Getting paid is awesome.
Getting fewer hours at work stinks.
Not becoming June's merch guy stinks.
IPOD is awesome.
I can't think of anything else say.
So I'll leave this update at that.
Take care.
Mike. |
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| Bandages, Bandages, Bandages |
[Sep. 6th, 2005|06:37 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  happy | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown | ] |
Saw Rx Bandits and The Exit on Sunday with Kyla. It was awesome. It was good to see the Exit again. Last time I saw them was over 4 years ago. They played an awesome set. Rx Bandits were amazing as always. I met Lisa Huey, she was taking pictures of the show. I met Frank too. He works at the bank across from my work. It was cool to hang out with them. Me and Kyla left before Finch played and got Denny's cause we were starving. I got the Meat Lover's breakfast. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, and hash browns. So good. We went back to meet the guys in The Exit. I just met Ben. He was cool. Ilene and Sam surprised me and visited me at the show. They wanted to go get some food with us but we already ate. I felt kinda bad about that. Oh well. There's always Thursday for Spill Canvas.
I've been hanging out with Kyla the last couple of nights. She's really cool. We watched some movies and exchanged cds to burn and whatnot. It's cool to have a good friend one minute away from you.
Tomorrow is The Redwalls and OK GO. Kyla and Bryant are coming. It's gonna be awesome.
Thursday is The Spill Canvas and This Day And Age. It's gonna be good to hang out with the guys in TDAA again. I've missed those guys. I can't wait to see The Spill Canvas play. Their new cd is purely amazing. Mike, Krys and Gabe are going to the show. Can't wait to hang out with them again too.
So now I'm off to get applications to several grocery stores. Later alligators. |
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| 7 to 1 |
[Aug. 30th, 2005|11:16 pm] |
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| |  jfklsdf | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Facing New York - "Full Turn" | ] |
Friday, I worked and then met up with Kyla. We hung out at a small coffee shop in Carlsbad and watched drunk people dance. We walked around downtown and I was wearing my Montrose High School track jersey and a man stopped me and asked "Are you from Montrose?" He said he was from Dimock. Dimock is smaller than Montrose. That was really weird to meet someone from Dimock in Carlsbad. Small world, ain't it? We went and saw 40 Year Old Virgin. It was my second time seeing it. Funny as always. We left and went home.
Saturday, just hung out and went to work. Nothing special.
Sunday, worked and then drove to San Diego to see June. Meet up with Mike, Ilene, Shelly and Sam. It's always good seeing them. June played first and kicked ass. I hung out with Bobby and Tim most of the night. Watched a little bit of Halifax's set and most of Underminded. Underminded is pretty much the only hardcore band I like. Tim got me upstaris and I got to watch some of the show from upstairs in the VIP section of Soma. It was pretty cool. After the show, I said goodbye to June. They'll be back in October/November. Should be fun. Afterwards, me, Mike, Ilene, Sam and Shelly ate at Denny's. I was so hungry. It felt good to eat that night. I got a free piece of pie, courtesy of Issa. After that, we all went home. Good night, good times.
Yesterday, worked. Nothing special. Slow as always.
Today, met up with Kyla. I found out that she lives literally one minute away from me. That's crazy. We're pratically neighboors. We went and saw Red Eye. It was ok. Went and got Chipotle. Delicious as always. Went to her house and watched some music dvds. Hung out and talked. She had to leave for class at 5 so I drove back to my house. Played some guitar. Changed the strings on my electric. Went back to the theatre and saw March Of The Penguins before we got rid of it. I was the only one in the theatre. Nice. It was really good. Some of the parts in it were really sad and you couldn't help but feel bad for the poor things. But hey, that's nature. Nothing we can really do about it. Still good. Came home and here I am.
Laters. |
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| Anything to get an answer... |
[Aug. 26th, 2005|01:44 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  frickin' tired | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | JUNE - If you speak any faster | ] |
So it's been a while since I've updated this. So, I'll just do a brief summary of the past week or so.
Flew to Pittsburgh.
Hung out with Mike.
Bought Sin City and the Drive-Thru Bob Dylan tribute. Both amazing.
Saw Kicking and Screaming at a dollar theatre.
Watched Mike's band practice in his basement.
Met up with Anna Marie.
Had dinner.
Talked with Naimah on the phone for an hour.
Missed Steel Train in Morrisville. :(
Flew back home.
Slept from noon to 7.
Saw 40 Year Old Virgin. Hilarious.
Worked.
Drove to Fullerton.
Saw June play. Rockin' as always.
Stayed at their friends house in Santa Ana.
Drove around looking for food.
Silverstein came over and hung out.
Went to sleep at 3.
Woke up at 7:30.
Rode with June to their Cal State Fullerton show.
Helped them unload/load and whatnot.
Another awesome show by June.
Drove back to their friends house.
Said "See you guys Sunday."
Drove home.
Showered.
Worked.
Updated LJ.
Peace. |
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| So... |
[Aug. 14th, 2005|09:47 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Limbeck - "Let Me Come Home" | ] |
it's been awhile since I've done this thing. So I'm gonna be really brief. Plus I vaguely remember alot of what happened last week.
Saw Allister. Good show.
Joined High Voltage Media. Taking pictures for them now.
Saw the Victory Records tour with The Audition. Good show. Hung out at In-N-Out afterwards. Good times.
Worked alot.
Saw Limbeck twice. Absolutely amazing.
I'm leaving for Pittsburgh tomorrow to hang out Mike and to meet Anna Marie. I'm so excited. I haven't see Mike in over a year. I can't wait to hang out with that kid again.
I better get back to packing. See ya in a week.
Mike. |
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| A Clever And Witty Subject Title |
[Aug. 4th, 2005|09:17 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | still breathing | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Juliana Theory - Emotion Is Dead | ] |
Last week was so much fun. I talked about half of it in my previous post, but I'm gonna give you the rundown of what I did last couple weeks.
Saturday 07.23
Worked.
Saw Todd Glass in Irvine with my folks.
Went to Dave and Buster's.
Won a stuffed Peter Griffin doll.
It's awesome.
Sunday 07.24
Worked.
Saw Reel Big Fish, Punchline, and Zolof with Mike, Ilene, Krys and Gabe.
Great show.
Monday 07.25
Worked.
Picked up Alex in Del Mar.
Went to Kim's bonfire in Mission Bay.
Played Duck Duck Goose.
It was fun.
Good times.
Tuesday 07.26
Kim and Michelle picked me up and we headed to Long Beach.
Ate at Hole Mole. (prenounced Holy Moley. I don't know how to put accent marks on the E's)
Saw Adam Panic and Peachcake.
Really fun show.
Stayed the night at Michelle's house.
Wednesday 07.27
Woke up.
We all went to the grocery store to get ingredients for vegan mac and cheese.
Got back to Michelle's.
Kim and Michelle made the mac and cheese.
I had Fruity Peebles.
Went to a couple beaches.
Made a sand castle.
It was fun.
Drove to Newport Beach.
Saw Adam Panic and Peachcake.
Another really fun show.
Kim drove me back home.
Said goodbye to her before she left for Australia.
Fun 2 days in Orange County with fun people.
Thursday 07.28
Worked.
Missed Adam Panic and Peachcake in Temecula.
Friday 07.29
Worked.
Drove to Anaheim.
Saw Peachcake.
Peachcake is really fun to watch live.
Talked to their tour manager, Jeremiah.
Gave me some advice on being a tour manager.
He's wicked cool.
Say goodbye to Peachcake.
Met up with Megan.
Ate at Denny's.
We had a good talk.
Just hanging out.
Drove back home.
Saturday 07.30
Drove to Chula Vista.
Went to Mike and Ilene's High Voltage Festival.
It was eh.
Bunch of hardcore bands and scene kids.
Oh well.
Afterwards, me, Mike, Ilene, Shelly, Sam, Brenda and Jamie went and got some good cheap italian food.
I got cranberry juice and spagetti and meatballs.
Yummy.
Hung out and talked.
Say goodbye.
Drove home.
Sunday 07.31
Worked.
Monday 08.01
Day off.
Relaxed.
Tuesday 08.02
Bought the new Houston Calls record.
It's awesome.
Worked.
Missed Dashboard in Anaheim.
Wednesday 08.03
Worked.
Thursday 08.04
Worked.
I'm selling a bunch of my CDs. If anyone would like some, let me know. They're all $5 or lower. Check out the list here.
Allister is tomorrow night.
I'm excited.
Till next time.
Mike. |
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| The E button on my laptop sucks |
[Jul. 26th, 2005|01:28 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | stinky | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Iron And Wine | ] |
This past week has been amazing.
Last Monday, Me, Kim and Michele drove up to LA and met up with Reannan, Richard and Chelsea. It was really fun. We went out to eat at Doughboys. It was good. I got the Waffle Stack. It was good. We went back to Chelsea's friends house and told many Steel Train and Limbeck stories. It was great.
Last Tuesday, I saw Dusty Rhodes in Anaheim. It was a decent show. Their set got cut short. That was lame. Afterwards, we all went to Kyle's apartment in Fullerton and hung out for a while. We sang several Dusty Rhodes songs. It was great. I love hanging out with those guys and gals.
Saturday, I went to Irvine with my folks and saw Todd Glass. It was really funny. I told Todd the story Mike told me about him. He thought it was funny. Afterwards, we went to Dave and Buster's and played lots of games. I won a stuffed Peter Griffin doll in a claw game. I love it. Good night.
Sunday, I drove down to San Diego to see Reel Big Fish, Punchline and Zolof THe Rock and Roll Destroyer. It was really fun. It was at House Of Blues. That place sucks. $20 tickets and no cameras. Lame. Met up with Mike, Ilene, Gabe and Krys. It was good seeing them all again. I hang out with the guys and gal in Zolof. It was really good seeing them all again. I just typed that sentence twice. Oh well. Good night.
Last night, Me and Alex went down to Mission Bay for Kim's bonfire. It was beyond fun. We played Three Flys Up, Ultimate Frisbee, and Duck Duck Goose. I met alot of cool people. Michele from Anaheim was there. It was great seeing her again. It was a really fun night.
Till next time... |
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| Walking on the ceiling of the sky |
[Jul. 16th, 2005|11:33 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  rockin' | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | new My Getaway demos | ] |
This will be a short recap because I vaguely remember last week.
Traffic School sucked on Sunday.
Work sucked.
Applied at Sea Pointe Resort.
Hellogoodbye/The Rocket Summer/Houston Calls was really fun on Wednesday.
Hopefully, on Monday, I'll be hanging out with Kim, Michele, Richard, Reannan and Chelsea in LA. That'll be really fun. I'm excited.
I'll be seeing the guys and gal in Dusty Rhodes Tuesday. So, I'm excited to see them again.
That's all she wrote. Later. |
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| so yeah... |
[Jul. 8th, 2005|02:29 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | full | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | I Am The Avalanche - "Dead And Gone" | ] |
This is kinda becoming a weekly thing instead of a daily thing. Oh well. Here's the week recap.
Friday
I don't think I did anything special Friday. Just worked. Nothing more.
Saturday
Saturday was so fun. Kim met up with me at my house and we drove down to Del Mar for the fair. We met up with 3 of her friends. I don't remember any of their names. Sorry. We pretty much walked around and looked at stuff and ate some food. Afterwards, me and Kim went to Carl's Jr. and met up with her friend, Alex. He was wicked cool. He's in a band called Averian, formerly called A Dead Giveaway.
So, me, Kim and Alex all drove up to LA for the Fuck Yeah Fest. Michele was already there. I introduced her to Kim and they both hit it off really good. Michele is too funny. We went to Burger King and had some food. I haven't had it in forever and I wasn't really pleased. Oh well. We went to where Dusty Rhodes was playing. It was in a French resturaunt. It had a cool setting. They put on a good set. There was quite a few people there. Afterwards, we walked around some more. Kim came across this truck selling vegan food and she absolutely loved it. We talked with the guy taking orders and he was really cool. We went back to the venue where Limbeck was gonna play and we told some people about it and one told us "Yeah, we were just there. The guy taking orders, that's little Mark from Home Improvment." We were all shocked. We told the guys Limbeck and we all went over and asked him. Sure enough, it was him. Him and his wife started their own vegan diner and catering company called Play Food. I think that's pretty cool.
After Kim ate several vegan quesadillas and drank several organic black cherry sodas, we went back into the venue and watched Limbeck play an amazing set. It's always fun watching them perform. It was Kim's last time seeing Limbeck (maybe). Robb said something about playing a show on the 21st. Hopefully, that will happen. What a fun day in Del Mar and LA.
Sunday
Sunday was pretty crazy. Worked till 5:30. Drove up to Temecula to see Dusty Rhodes. Their friends from Kansas played the show too. Paper Airplanes and Solagget. They were really cool guys. Dusty Rhodes was kinda off. It wasn't one of their best sets. Oh well.
Afterwards, we all went to Pecos's house and had a huge party. Everyone was drinking and it was really funny watching everyone getting drunk. Everyone was swimming too and I must say that there was too many drunk naked guys running around. Jeff from Paper Airplanes was probably the most drunk out of everyone. When he got of the pool, he freaking fell through a glass coffee table by the pool. Luckily, he only got cut on his foot. Thank goodness he didn't get cut anywhere else. After that happened, he kept asking me "Hey, did I fall through a table?" I kept telling him "Yeah, you did." To which he replied "Ah fuck, man." It was my first "drinking" party and it was quite entertaining for me.
Monday
Did alot of sleeping. I got home from the party around 4:30 last night. I did alot of relaxing around the house. I should have done something cause it was 4th of July. I feel like an idiot for not doing anything AND missing the fireworks. I am kicking myself in the ass as we speak. Me = idiot.
Tuesday
Worked.
Wednesday
Worked.
Thursday
Yesterday was really fun. I went up to Anaheim to see I Am The Avalanche play at Chain Reaction. I met up with Jaz from LA. It was good to see her again. The first band was pretty cool. They were called Whole Wheat Bread. They were an all black gangsta fast pace punk rock band. I thought I'd see anything like it. They were really entertaining. The next three bands all sounded same and played the same old screamo/hardcore crap that everyone else is playing nowadays. After those three horrible bands was the Break Up. They much better than the last three, but they werent really my thing. The singer was really cute. (The singer was a girl, by the way) She had a cool hairdo going on with half black, half pink with a pink shirt. She reminded me a bit of Rachel from Zolof. I Am The Avalanche finally played and they were absolutely phenominal. Melissa and Michele were there. It was good seeing them again. I talked with Vinnie and Brett from IATA after the show. They were the coolest. Vince and Angie were there too. I talked with them a little bit. They're gonna be at Reel Big Fish in San Diego on the 24th. That'll be fun. It was a really good night last night.
We'll I'm making myself cut this short cause I have to shower and go to work now. later. |
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