How Min Found His Groove

So today I promised my self I would wake up early and do some chores and be productive today. Two out of three ain't bad I guess. I did a bunch of chores and I was very productive but I just didn't wake up early. 10:45 to be exact. For some reason my biological clock wouldn't let me sleep any longer. I got a bunch of things done but I wasn't able to finish my room so I am hoping to finish that tomorrow along with getting some of my hair trimmed off. Also, I promise myself I will get some exercise in tomorrow. After that, no other plans, I think...

Today after I got a bunch of things done I sat around waiting for my parents to get home so that I could mail my x-box 360 and laptop in to get repaired. I sat around reading one of my library books then I got tired so I took a short nap. I didn't fall into a deep sleep because I kept waking up and I kept asking Dick, who was on the comuter with Jon, if Mom and Dad were home yet. I later found out that they had been home for a little while. After that Nick came over and we got some Melee in and then dipped over to the Taco Bell. Place is grubbing son. Then we trucked it over to GameWorks in Minneapolis since Thursday nights is their ulimited play night. My trigger finger is damn sore! Jon whooped us all up in the racing games all night and he did very well on the shooting games too. Overall it was a very successful adventure. You know you had a time when 3 hours seems like 30 minutes. Aside from all that fun, the best part is fitting all your friends into one car, turning up the music really loud and just rocking out. Lots of Senses Fail, Underoath, Taking Back Sunday and From Autumn to Ashes, and even some rap! tee hee!

I read that there is this mid-west bus service that allows people to ride from city to city for sometimes a buck. I thought it was to good to be true and when I checked the website out, it was. The cheapest ride I could find was $15. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. It would have been damn sweet if there were $1 bus rides from city to city. When I read the article, I thought I might have found my summer calling. I serisouly was going to pack a couple bags of some essentials, look up some dirt cheap motels, and just hop on a bus and record my trip. I think the experince of just living a nomadic or vagrant lifestyle would be awesome. So maybe I'll check the website out again and if I do find dollar rides to Chicago, then to New York, I plan on doing it.

Last Saturday there was a surprise birthday party for an old friend. After Jon and I got done at Red's graduation party we drove over to Josh Miller's house for his birthday party. I got an invitation from his sister like a week before and I was actually kind of surprised because I didn't think J.Millers family knew me that well nor did I think I would actually be one to get an invitation. It was a very fun night. I got to meet some new people and catch up with an old bud and I fully talked him into going to Warped Tour this year. We played a game of wiffle ball and it was fucking sweet! I love me my wiffel ball. Towards the end we sat around a bon fire and cooked up some marshmellows and just chatted. What is it about a bon fires that puts conversation into my mouth? Its like the fire is alive and it just streams energy into my soul. Before we left Jon and I got some ping-pong in. After we met up with Mitch at my house and watched Donnie Darko. Mitch seemed to like it. Again after the movie there was further discussion on what it could be about.

I'll end this blog with one last topic. This has happened before and again it surprised me. During rough times in my life, it has never been my close friends that have helped me through it, it has always random acquaintances. I guess that would be the best way to put it, I'm not that good at speaking and writing american, haha. Out of no where, people offer someone to talk to or just some words to cheer me up. Just because they felt like it? I have no idea, but their timing is always perfect. So I've been question myself, have I really put good people around or have I just lived this lie and thought all my friends were good people only because I was to loyal to search for other friendships? I can only compre my friends with my friends, because I never searched else where. There is a point, for me at least, when you have so many close friends, it becomes difficult to explore other people because there just isn't enough time to go aroud. I believe in spending time with loved ones and being loyal. So if all these people I know, but not all that well, are helping me, but my friends aren't, do I really have the right people around me? It does make me wonder sometimes.

Fuck it, one more topic. The AP issue from two months ago featured a band called Saosin and it was a very good read. There were a couple of things that I really enjoyed reading about. There was this one part where the memebers shared their favorite show and one of the stories really struck me. One of the members lost his Father prior to a show and he thought about not playing that night but decided to go through with it. That night the band became brothers and everyone played for the one members Dad and for the band member. During one of the songs, the band all started crying after some lyrics were sung because it was perfect for the situations. I don't remember fully, but it might have been, "I will find a way without you," from Seven Years. I think it would be amazing to share that type of bond with a group of friends. Where everyone is on the same page and evreyone is supporting each other and throw the beauty of music into it and you got the ultimate mix. Just reading about it made me want to cry.
They had a seperate part in the article where they followed the lead singer of Sasoin, Cove. Cove was not a founding member and was actually a replacement. There is some drama between Saosin and the lead singer if Circa Survive because he left the band while Saosin was sky rocketing. But Cove and Anthony of Circa Survive are friends and Anthony, I believe his name is, has helped guide Cove. Cove claims he hasn't always felt comfortable with the other members of Saosin because Cove is not your stereotypical rock star. Cove is a strait-edge rockstar and while the other memebers are out partying, drinking endless amounts of liquor, fucking girls and doing drugs, Cove avoids that and I respect him so much for that. I think it sucks being around people like that and I'm around it that much and I think I would go crazy if I had to be around "glam rockstars." It is nice to see that there are still some people who are able to resist peer pressure.

Anywho, a little bedroom clean up and then bed time for me. Oh, and a shower, I love me my showers.