4.29.2004
 
It's always raining in my head...
Why is it that days have the tendency to put me in a bad mood? Not a bad crabby mood or anything, not mad either. It might have somethin to do with the Clancy book I just finished that ended with the heartbreak of a main character. Could it also be attributed to the lack of sleep last night? Dunno. I don't feel like dealing with anything at the moment. It could have somethin to do with the rain. Even tho I enjoy it, sometimes it has a bluening ["blue-in-ing"] effect on one's spirits. I just had fun with friends, why am I like this? Granted, I had to be home early so I couldn't bowl with them, just watch. That was kindof a bummer, but just being there was definitely good. Much better than any of the alternatives. I wanna just get in my car right now, and drive for a few hundred miles. No particular destination. Just driving. I guess it'd be cool to have a friend with too I guess. Maybe after reading that book, I just wanna be alone for awhile. Reading stories like that [especially when you weren't expecting that sort of story, but a military novel] sometimes makes me want to go live someplace with no connections to anybody. Off in my own 100 acre section of Wisconsin, maybe with a dog. Maybe not even a dog. Just me, a small trailer, large pickup truck, and my Bible. Just a place to be away from all the crap society presents continuously. I know you're probably like "Dave, that sounds like such a dreary existence!", but hey, that sounds kinda good sometimes. I am no longer afraid of dying, just of making people sad in the process.

Now to clarify, I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not mad at myself. I'm not depressed. I guess one of the triggers for this mood could be the fact that the guy I sold our old family van to last month died on Tuesday. Just entirely randomly. Not in a freak car accident or anything. He had a lung disease or something that had been diagnosed as terminal like 6 months ago. We had no idea. I met him cause I put some parts from an old Mustang on my aunt's curb and he stopped by to pick them up. While in the driveway, he saw the van in the backyard with the For Sale signs in the windows and bought it for the grand sum of 100$. Since then he has returned to my aunt's house several times to help fix things. He spent 3 hours there just Saturday, fixing her tractor and lawnmower. For free. When my aunt called me today and tole me that he died on Tuesday, I was shocked. It made me think about his situation. He knew he was dying. He refused to stop doing stuff, instead living to help out other people. Then on Tuesday, he died laying on his couch. He was living with his mother, taking care of her. Just last month, his mother's parents died. This all wouldn't be so bad if I had known what he believed. I hope that someday, I will see him again. He was a good guy.



To give credit where credit is due, that title is from a Staind song. It just seemed appropriate cause it's raining right now and that pretty accurately describes my feelings. I couldn'tve put it better.



To explain those pictures, they don't really mean anything. They were photography assignments if you must know. I have alot more where those came from, but I got tired of smallening them and uploading them.


posted by dave @ 10:55 PM


4.28.2004
 
I promised...
So here you go. [yes, I know there appears to be no understandability at all in any of these pictures, but that's okay. There's not sposta be.]



posted by dave @ 10:00 PM


4.27.2004
 
A great deal about nothingness...
Having a cold sucks. It makes you want to sleep when you aren't supposed to. All I had to say was Hello. And that my band practiced/recorded today. It was cool. If you wanna hear it, save this target. I recall that I had something to blog about, but then when I sat down, it totally left my mind. Seeing how it wasn't important anyway, here's some pretty pictures I took to entertain you instead:



Wow, it's already 10:30? Ok, I'll save some for next time. More pictures to come, I promise.


posted by dave @ 9:51 PM


4.22.2004
 
The State of Blogging Address...
Blogging used to be cool. What happened? Now it's more of a burden. Not really fun. I think I ran out of stuff to say. That might have somethin to do with somethin. During my spring break it was fun...that was like 2 weeks ago. I used to make the rounds and check everybodys blog every day when I got home from school, but then I guess I kinda lost interest. I think my economics project movie took up a lot of my time recently tho. We'll see. Now that this computator is in my garage, it'll be a little different. Dan and I are workin on gettin a studio up and running in here. It's a little more difficult than you'd expect. Isolating a room is very very hard to do right. But back to blogging. I want to blog more often. I want to have stuff to write about. I want more than just Dan to read it, cause if it's just him, I might as well just email him on his new gmail account from my new gmail account. [hah, I figured it out Dan] Anyway, it's getting late and tomorrows another crappy school day. I'll write the next time I think of somethin to write about.


posted by dave @ 10:39 PM


4.20.2004
 
It's a distinct possibility...
Sure, you guys can see it. I gotta figure out a way to do that tho. I spose I could get a bunch of tapes and copy it to them for y'all. That'd take a long time. Or, I could just burn you the VCD if you knew how to play it. It's good to be done with that project. As much as I enjoyed it, it's good to have free time. Now the only problem is that I have nothing to talk about. owell. Maybe if my partner in blogging wrote somethin, then you'd have somethin to read.

I do wanna get into larger scale video production. This summer my neighbor and I are gonna make a semi-full-length movie. It's gonna be a blast. I'll tell you all about it and maybe even make a trailer to show y'all. I have nothin else to talk about. Wait, one more thing. I think Amber should start/join a blog. I'd read it, cause she's more learned in the Scriptures than I am and she teaches good. Whaddya think? Would you guys read it?


posted by dave @ 5:32 PM


4.19.2004
 
[insert sigh of relief]
It's finally done. The first movie to ever be done by Jaquetapus Productions is as done as it's gettin. I like it. I spelled my friend's name wrong in the credits tho. I just noticed that after I burned the VCD. Good enough for me. He won't be seein it. But more importantly, now I can blog again. I have free time. I think I spent a total of like 20 hours editing that movie. It's 16minutes46seconds long. I know it all quite well.

To answer Amber's question, today was really good. I did my challenge, [actually yesterdays, but I'm catching up] the project's done, it looks good and now I can get to sleep before 2am. This is good.

Time for bed. Have a nice day/night/afternoon/whatever.


posted by dave @ 11:05 PM


4.13.2004
 
I can too write...
Here I am, once again
I pour out my heart to all you who read posts
On this fancy page
It don't matter that I
Don't have nothin to say
That's cool or new
Still y'all are faithful to comment
'Bout alla that stuff that concerns all of you
Even though it's been said
Just last week by that Han
Or in sweet sweet lyrical form
By a band they call Staind
Or them Dream Theater guys...

See? That was original. Bet you haven't heard that version before. I didn't have nuthin to say, so I decided to make fun of myself. Have a wonderful day.


dave's friend's car of the post: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T - He's selling it on EBay. Buy it cause it's cool.


posted by dave @ 8:26 PM


4.12.2004
 
mmm...blog......again...
It's that time again. The time when you all gather around my feet as I sit in my nice rocking chair, ready for storytime. Then, in keeping with the old guy analogy, I forgot what I was saying. Crap. Well, I guess I could always tell you another story. Ok, here goes.

So, I wanna play cello. This was spurred on by a Dream Theater song that's really good. It's got a cello in it. I learned the cello part on the guitar sortahalfway, then I forgot most of it. [just to clarify, no, even tho I may look the part, I'm not a pothead, just forgetful] Anyway, today I was sittin at our piano with my laptop, preparing to write out the music for the aforementioned cello part in this Dream Theater song. Then I remembered I can't play the piano. Ok, no big deal. I can peck out the general feel of it and translate it to music. Here arrives problem #2: I can't read music. Hmm...ok, so I gave up after that one.

Then I got to thinkin about my car. I dunno if I'm a fan or not. Yeah, its got the styling part going for it, but it's so sluggish. And it doesn't have the cargo space a sluggish vehicle should. Granted, it's really freakin comfortable for long [even 6 hour +] trips. Like a couch with a v8 and no heater. [yeah, the heater's still bwoke. I fixed it to not blow steam out the vents anymore, but then last week the little lever that decides where the steam came out got stuck in the "Def" position. That means I'm always gettin cold air in the face. Thas not good when it's cold out. Anyway, back to the story...] I'm thinkin either a full size Chevy cargo van [you know, the 12 passenger size without those pesky seats for the other 10 passengers] or an El Camino. Now if I went the Chevyvan route, it'd be an early 80's G20 [sorry Dan, I don't want an Astrovan] with an auto and a 350. If it was an El Camino, it'd be [preferably] a 68-70 with a 4 speed [auto's ok] and at least a 396. [454-502 better] Then I could haul alla my crap and leave some big black marks whenever I feel the need to. Whaddya think? I'm likin the El Camino idea. [not a Ranchero Dan, that'd be a Ford] So here's my choices:

1. Keep the crapmobile, save up for something real nice [2-3 years]
2. Keep the crapmobile, throw a bunch of money at the stock 307
3. Keep the crapmobile, drop in a 350 crate motor
4. Sell the crapmobile to sister, get a G20 van
5. Sell crapmobile to sister, get El Camino

I like #5...mmmm...400hp truckcar...


posted by dave @ 8:54 PM


4.10.2004
 
oops...
RedHott62884: you didnt blog about me not being able to blog

Yeah...about that...I had already blogged a few hours before the time you requested I blog, so I decided to put it in the next post, which just so happened to be delayed until now.

Note from the editor: Bekah's broken. Her back's messed up. She has a legitimate excuse for not posting much recently. She can't sit at the computator for that long. Thank you for your time.

Ok, back to busyness. I watched the 2nd half of The Blues Brothers tonight, and I've officially determined that that was the best movie ever made. Ever. No questions. Anywho, now I gotta see the whole thing. I missed the first half. The next time weall get together, we should watch that movie. Very wholesome too. Not the second ones with the strippers. The first one. The good one with John Belushi. Good movie. I'm done, I gotta sleep now, cause tomorrow's Easter and I get to run sound. It'll be great.


daveakregotbored: (salutes) "Dismissed."


posted by dave @ 9:47 PM


4.08.2004
 
mmmm...
I read this in Car Craft today and totally had to share it with you guys. Cheeks, you'll appreceate this one. They do these In and Out Lists that readers write in. I like them.

In: The '05 Mustang
Out: Econo-bubble cars.
In: 400-plus hp, union-built, American iron, cement-sizzling, straight pipes melting the plastic off the fenders on the rice-burner you just blew the doors off of...
Out: Forgetting what you were ranting about.
In: All the great information I get from Car Craft.

-Jerry Blair, Prescott, AZ


I liked that even tho I'm gonna get hassled about using something unorignal for my blog. I have no original material to write about. I still need a faster car. Mine needs a new rearend. But now I have something else to save up for. I wanna learn the cello. Just cause there is this cool Dream Theater song on their new cd [which you were supposed to buy, as I recall] that has a really cool cello part. I love the cello cause it gets so deep. This song featured what I think was the bottom of it's range, a low D. [sorry Priscilla, I was mistaken about it being a C before, I forgot my guitar was tuned funny] I like it. Any cello would sound sweet thru Dan's new mic and preamp. I guess any stringed instrument would...it's a nice mic. And preamp.

I needed something to write about, so I'm gonna suggest that any of you people who are interested at all in cars get the magazine Car Craft. It's only somethin like 10$ for a year subscription and it's the best car magazine I get. [and believe me, I get alot] I cannot wait to get out of high school. It'll be the best. No more crap to deal with. I will definately miss the Rock tho, cause I like it and I like Giles' leadership. He's cool. Always knows what to say, and what the right way is. Truly a man of God.

Anyway, I had a car in mind for my car of the post, but then I remembered I don't do that anymore, so I was kinda bummed. So I'm gonna do one.


dave's car of the post: 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R. There were only 300 of these made. They're sweet. 385hp and 385lb-ft of torque. They only came with the 5.4 and a 6 speed. They also got the cool side exhaust and the ground effects. Can't forget the nice wheels and giant wing. All good.


Ok, on to bigger and gooder things. uhh...I get to go on a field trip today. Right now I'm sitting in our liberry at school during my 2nd hour studyhall and I can't wait to get out of here. We get to go to Navy Pier after 3rd to go see some crappy Shakespeare play. Doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun, but there is one good part. We have 75 kids going, but only one chaperone. Just one. And she's the englilish teacher nobody likes. It'll be quite interesting cause we need 2 buses and the last time I checked, she can only be on one at any given time. Has much potential for chaos. I'm good at that. Then I get to go home, and uh...do nothing for a few hours, then tomorrow, we get to finish filiming our movie! Hopefully...it'll be good. Fast cars and bad guys can't be a bad combination. We might have a little trouble with the explosions part, and our guns don't look very real...but I do have an entire cd of gun sound effects. That should make it better. Anyway, I need to get to doing something or I might get in trouble for doing nothing.


posted by dave @ 9:29 AM


4.06.2004
 
Close encounters with the GT kind.
The Mustang GT kind that is. A really freakin fast one as a matter of fact. I borrowed my friend Josh's Mustang for the movie we're making. Wow. You hafta hold onto the steering wheel when it downshifts. It doesn't push you back, it shoves you back. Plus it has the loudest Flowmasters on it. [drools] Sorry Chevy guys, and fellow Mopar addicts, but for late model cars, Ford's got the best exhaust tone. No contest. Vipers aren't v8's so they'r in a different category. I saw one today. He was having fun, you could tell. Every time he popped the clutch, I heard squeals and saw faint black marks. It was freakin loud too. He must have had a performance exhaust on there, but he had ugly gold wheels on it. What a waste. Anyway, I need a fast v8 rwd car. With a manual. Today's Mustang was an auto, which was a bummer. It made up for its shortcomings. 0-60 in less than 5.7 seconds, and I can attest to it. Let me tell you, I merged quite a few times. Punch it at like 15 and 70 zips by in too few seconds to count. All you're doing is holding on to the steering wheel, trying not to slide into the backseat. Man. And that's not even a 12 second car! I need a fast car. No doubt about it.


posted by dave @ 6:52 PM


4.04.2004
 
aaaaah
I wrote a biglong post on my real computator then Intornet Exploiter crashed then the computer crashed. I freaking hate microsoft. [more like microsucks] It already crashed once today and lost most of a song Luke and Dan recorded today. I fixed it tho. Took a few hours. Bah. Forget it, I'm exhausted. I'm goin to bed. Maybe I'll rewrite that stuff later. Here's some Winterfest pictures you've already seen.



posted by dave @ 8:35 PM


 
Today Rocked.
Very. I got to run sound. The offeratory was really cool. Lots of electric guitar. Then I went home and recorded a song with Luke and Dan. Then my computator decided it hated all of us and erased all of the stuff we did. [all the audio files were there, but not in order or anything, with all of our edits missing] So, I pieced it back together and it's sweet. Luke wrote it. It's a great song. Anyway, then I made fun of my sister cause she was playing neopets and neopets are stupid. Then I watched my little brother play some game on his Game Cube for awhile, bugging him to let me play GT3. Then I realized I should blog, cause the last time I did it was April 1st, and its now April 4th. Speaking of which, you know what that means? Today is 04.04.04! Pretty sweet huh? I realized that today, and if Dan writes about it, you'll know where he got the idea. [I tole him while he was here] Meanwhile, uh...I don't really have anything to blog about. I'm kinda sad that my spring break is over. I kinda wish it'd be longer. I guess that's what summer's for. I do need somethin to do, so maybe school'd be good for me, even though I hate it. I do recall somebody named Bekah saying she'd blog today, yet I don't see one for some reason...I know you guys have been checking this site every day looking for somethin interesting to read. I've been doing other things, ok? I don't know what Bekah's excuse is...maybe that she's not on spring break anymore. But anyway, I'll continue writing about anything and everything that's on my mind. Which equates to very little, so maybe I won't post very often. I'll hafta think about that one. There was something I wanted to talk about but I cant remember what it was. I like Dan's new micropohone...and the preamp is sweet too...I love my POD Pro. That thing's amazing. I freaking hate Sonar tho...[that's the software that crashed on us] It snaps to measures when you're trying to move audio clips around!! Drives me nuts. Maybe if your Evan and you have Sonar and you know how to turn off said "feature," you should comment and tell me how. All I gotta say is I can't wait till Dan gets Pro Tools. [the best recording stuff ever...as far as I know] Well, I'm outta stuff to say.


posted by dave @ 8:18 PM


4.01.2004
 
Not an April fools joke.
Cause they're dumb. "Ha! Gotcha!" also equals, in quite a few cases, "Hah! I embarrassed you/hurt your feelings/made you feel stupid!" It's better to be nice. Practical jokes are, for the most part, just mean. Can you think of one that's not? I spose Gile's elevator things aren't mean, but those aren't really practical jokes. Seriously, think about it. How many times have you pulled a practical joke that didn't hurt somebody's feelings? [or at least had a very dangerous potential to]

I'm not speaking out because somebody did something stupid to me. I'm speaking from the other side. The side where I have hurt people's feelings for a laugh or 7. Yes, haha, it can be funny, but at who's expense? Sometimes we just suck. I hate people alotta times. Just people in general. They don't understand that other people have feelings too, and that other people aren't just there for our enjoyment. [unless you're talking about clowns or entertainers...I guess they are just there for our entertainment] But think about it people. People are fragile. It's just how we are. We might not show you what's goin on in our heads, but there's somethin there, believe me. I know I'm probably speaking after most of your April fools jokes have happened, but if you did pull one, go think about it.

For once the title didn't lie. I'm not pulling an April fools joke because if I did, somebody'd be either hurt or mad...otherwise it'd be so stupid, it'd be worthless. I coulda been like "Due of the lack of interest, as of today, 17martians will stop posting." and then allay'all'd be like "hey! don't stop, we listen!" and it'd be stupid, cause I wouldn't really be stopping cause I love talkin at you guys. I'm not stopping. I won't for a good long time unless I get a really really good reason or a decent cash bribe or something. And even then, I'll explain myself way too well, so there'll be no room for argument. I think Bekah likes posting here too. Oh, speaking of the fact that Bekah posts here, I was thinkin about pulling an Effin-style idea and putting a picture of either me or Bekah at the beginning of every post next to the title just to make sure you knew who it was who was writing. Good idea? If I eventually try to do it, I'm sure it'll be with alot of help from Dan. Anyway, I'm done talkin atcha.


posted by dave @ 7:43 PM


 
While in the spirit of pictures...
I started to feel bad, so I got rid of that picture of Dan. I decided to put up another picture, but not one anybody hasta be ashamed of. You guys know who this is. He's cool.

That kid's cool. His dad is the coolest. I prolly shoulda got permission before I put his picture on here, but only Rock people read this crap anyway. Have a nice day.


posted by dave @ 1:41 PM


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