This Land is Mine
Ah yes, so the weekend festivals went fine, playing late in Greenfield on Saturday with Big Kids at the People's Pint was a lot of fun, was pleasantly surprised by them playing in Worcester the following Monday as well. Seriously, one of my new favorite bands, just incredible. The show in Amherst was long and exhausting, but also had it's moments, finally got to see Id M Theft Able (new record, "Babb's Bridge" is really great), and probably my second favorite Grey Skull set to date. I felt really good being around those people; Teddy, Steve, George, Jeff, Dan, Zach, Sarah, Julie, Lisette, Dooley, David Russell, plenty more that I'm forgetting. I don't know if it's just because I rarely see those folks or what, but man, I don't know, I felt like I was in my "zone", so to speak...also, Sam Phillips, have you been reading this, you sneaky pete?
My sister and her husband showed up around mid-week, we had a party for all the family out here on the East coast to finally meet them, those that couldn't make it to the wedding last summer (which was a lot). I had a surprisingly good time at this event for some reason, I guess because it really had nothing to do with me and it was outdoors, no real intense stress or claustrophobia like at Christmas (haha, CLAUStrophobia, get it?). Shortly thereafter, they all booked it to Cape Cod, and I'm just trying to keep myself sane at this point, reading, working on the Pak cassette (received materials in the mail, silkscreened covers look beautiful!), and going to the movies with Joe Bastardo, who I am very pleased to be spending time with as of late. We saw Ponyo (amazing) and 500 Days of Summer, which I don't know if I should proceed to get into right now, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. I'll just say that I thought the execution left a little to be desired, but the overall idea and the general motifs of the pain were pretty spot-on. I couldn't relate to the main character, but I fully related to what he was going through. Listen to the song "I'm Not Saying" by Nico, you'll get the idea of what men I know are dealing with these days. I'm sure I've made this point a million times before, it's absurd for me to even attempt to articulate it in a livejournal entry, I'll have to sleep on this one.
That all aside, I will admit, I am having trouble knowing where to progress from here. I realize that a major change is needed in my life, and soon. The only things that come to mind are employment or education, and with the latter comes the question of where and for what? The problem is, I really have no idea. I like to think that most of the time I know how to do what when, but I'm at a loss, any recommendations?
All I know how to do is think.
My sister and her husband showed up around mid-week, we had a party for all the family out here on the East coast to finally meet them, those that couldn't make it to the wedding last summer (which was a lot). I had a surprisingly good time at this event for some reason, I guess because it really had nothing to do with me and it was outdoors, no real intense stress or claustrophobia like at Christmas (haha, CLAUStrophobia, get it?). Shortly thereafter, they all booked it to Cape Cod, and I'm just trying to keep myself sane at this point, reading, working on the Pak cassette (received materials in the mail, silkscreened covers look beautiful!), and going to the movies with Joe Bastardo, who I am very pleased to be spending time with as of late. We saw Ponyo (amazing) and 500 Days of Summer, which I don't know if I should proceed to get into right now, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. I'll just say that I thought the execution left a little to be desired, but the overall idea and the general motifs of the pain were pretty spot-on. I couldn't relate to the main character, but I fully related to what he was going through. Listen to the song "I'm Not Saying" by Nico, you'll get the idea of what men I know are dealing with these days. I'm sure I've made this point a million times before, it's absurd for me to even attempt to articulate it in a livejournal entry, I'll have to sleep on this one.
That all aside, I will admit, I am having trouble knowing where to progress from here. I realize that a major change is needed in my life, and soon. The only things that come to mind are employment or education, and with the latter comes the question of where and for what? The problem is, I really have no idea. I like to think that most of the time I know how to do what when, but I'm at a loss, any recommendations?
All I know how to do is think.