I am mainly writing this as a way of putting off studying for my chemistry midterm. I was gettin' super pissed off cause I wasn't understanding some of the stuff I should so I decided to take a breather.
I wrote my first midterm last week, and I am kinda weary about how I did on it. When I started writing it I thought it was a breeze and ripped through the first few questions with relative ease, after that was a multiple choice section that I was kindy sketchy about, I knew the answers to probably about 3/4 of the questions but the teacher worded the questions very oddly so it was hard to choose the right answer, even if you knew the shit that the question was asking...if that makes sense. So I finished the test feeling pretty good and had a bunch of time to look over my test, which is a good thing because upon rechecking it I found that the first question was asking something completly different from what I answered (if you want to know, the question was to draw the molecular make up of a trans fat, I had drawn an unsaturated fat). I had no idea what the actual answer was and tried to make it up but I doubt I will get any marks on it which sucks since the question was outta 10. After that fiasco I scoped the rest of my answers and started to get sketched out about it cause when I reread the questions I started 2nd guessing some of my answers which is never good. I didn't change to many cause you always gotta go with your gut but I will still be weary until I get my test back. Also, I had no idea what the trans fat drawing was supposed to look like so when I got home from writing the test I checked the text to see and it wasn't even in the book! I checked my notes as well and there was nothing and seeing since I haven't missed any classes I don't know how I was supposed to know the answer to that question...weird.
After my midterm was done I had the rest of the day to hang out, which I did. That evening a show was going on downtown Van. Vanguard was playing with Slingshot, Life in Hand and Bodyguard, so I was planning on heading to that. Before the show Hoontaar (Hunter) invited me to Bo Khang with him and some others and that place rules so there was no way I was gonna turn him down. I made my way down there and a big group of us went to the restaurant and enjoyed an excellent (although expensive) meal and then rolled to the show.
Bodyguard was setting up when we got there (we missed some other band that I can't remember) so I took some time to say hi to a bunch of friends that were already there. It was kinda weird at the show since all the people that I knew dispersed into groups with like 3 people I didn't know so I was kinda left without anyone to talk to or trying to join a group of people that I didn't know. It was kinda a bummer but whatever. Bodyguard played a good thrashy set, some people were moshin to them and gettin into it, which I liked cause usually people don't feel this band. Life in Hand set up after them and I was excited to see them since I hadn't really listened to them before and a bunch of people had hyped them up to me. They played a rad set, lots of energy and they sounded real good. Vanguard played 3rd and people really got into them, kids were moshin'. I missed a couple of their songs cause I was waiting outside/walking to meet Lennea who had just got off her shift at Red Robin. When we got back we watched a couple more songs before they finished. I forgot to mention but the show was at The Sweatshop, which is a skatepark in the basement of a skateshop so in between sets we could watch kids skate the mini ramp they had down there. Dylan tried to get me to try it but I declined since I suck at skating and would just make a fool of myself and probably get hurt, not worth it. Slingshot took awhile to set up so me and Lennea mingled around and talked to some people while we were waiting. Mike Jakes and Shane told us a pretty wild story that involved a friend of Shane's, Amsterdam and a couple dead girls. You can ask about it if you want the full story (it's worth it). After the story Slingshot started playing and I decided to sit this one out and not sing-along due to the fact that the Bo Khang was not sittin stellar in my gut so I just found a place to stand and watch. The guys played pretty much all their material including a few new songs which sounded awesome and a cover. It was a good set and everyone was happy. After the show me and Lennea headed home pretty quick as it was getting late and Lennea hadn't eaten anything all day.
Saturday Lennea went to Abbotsford to hang with her family so I just hung out at home all day solo. I pretty much did nothing but laze around and watch the UFC and baseball. I actually started to feel super gross so I decided to go for a run and get some exercise. I actually surprised myself on the run and went for way longer than I thought I would be able to. I paid for it when I got home though and felt super sick and had to lay down for like an hour.
Sunday was pretty much heart break central for me since the Red Sox lost in game 7 after having the crazy comeback in game 5 and narrowly winning game 6. I fucking hate Tampa Bay, especially BJ Upton and Evan Longoria, seriously fuck those dudes. Also, I can't stand all these douchebags that are cheering on Tampa and talking like they have been pulling for them all season cause they are the "underdogs." Give me a break, the team has had no support all season and even when they were 1st in the division they couldn't sell out at their home field. Now all of a sudden that they are playing good in the post season they just have all these band wagoner fans that had no idea who 1 player on the team was before the beginning of the series with the Red Sox. Seriously, go watch soccer you band wagon fucks. Anyways, I never thought I would cheer for an NL team but I hope Philly wipes the grin off all you idiot Tampa "fans."
Next year Sox will win it.
Pretty much that sums up everything exciting that has happened in between updates. I guess I should get back to studying now, ugh. Wish me luck on my chem midterm.
-Dan
Monday, October 20, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
October Spawned A Monster
So the Through the Noise tour which I was waiting on for awhile now just rolled though Van a few days ago and I must say it was pretty goddam wild. For those of you that don't know the tour is currently making its way across Canada and the lineup is stacked! Grave Maker, Outbreak, Shai Hulud and Bane are all on the roster so if you dont make it out to one of the stops you are really missing out! (Misery Signals and Comeback Kid are on the lineup as well...if you are into that kinda thing.) The Vancouver show was at a venue called the Plaza, which is more of a club than a venue for a hardcore show but I guess since it was a big tour the promoters wanted it at a big popular venue. Me and Lennea headed to the show and had to wait in a real long line to get in. Once we got to the front we had to shell out 22 bucks to get in, which is pretty pricey if you ask me but whatever, I get to see some rad bands. Once we got inside, Grave Maker set up pretty quickly. Their set was hog wild. Dudes were mashin' hard and the guys had alot of energy on stage which was alot of fun to watch. That band is quickly becoming one of the bigger sets in hardcore. I figure I should put this in now, but Grave Maker got in a pretty hefty van accident on their way to one of the stops after their Kelowna show and probably won't be on the rest of the tour, and if they do make it back to play some of the later shows then they are some tough mofo's. If you want more info on it I'm sure you can read about it on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/gravemaker). Hope all the guys can make a speedy recovery!
Back to the show. After Grave Maker played Outbreak set up, I was super jacked on seeing them as they are one of my more liked bands and they definetly delivered a fun set. Lots of kids singing along and having fun. Although they didn't have their regular guitarist and the guy filling in didn't rep the solos as hard which was kind of a bummer. Shai Hulud played 3rd and alot of the Vancouver kids weren't into it which is kind of odd to me. Hulud has been around for a long time and lots of bands that came up after them were influenced alot by them and I don't think Hulud gets the credit they deserve. Granted, their latest album was kinda meh...but their old shit with Chad and Geert on the mic is minters. That shit is some of the stuff that got me into hardcore back when I was in grade 8 and it is definetly still a good jam. If you disagree, stop reading now.
The 4th band to play was Bane and they were the band that I was most jacked on seeing, no doubt about it. I've been listening to Bane for a long ass time (back before I even knew what hardcore was and I just considered them an ill punk band) but I had never gotten a chance to see them before. So I was super jacked on that. They played the craziest set of the night by far. Kids were going off, singing along and stage diving everywhere. They closed their set out by playing "Can we start again" and right at the beginning of the song I was up on stage attempting to get the mic, but I got mobbed by tons of kids in the process and fell off the stage with everyone ontop of me while I was still holding the mic. The mic chord got wrapped around my legs and I was on the ground with a bunch of kids on me and more kids stage diving on top of them which was pretty scary. Eventually everyone got off of me and some people were trying to help me up but I couldn't even stand cause the mic chord was still around my ankles and people were pulling on it trying to find where the mic went. It was pretty sketchy laying on the ground trying to get a mic chord unwrapped from my ankles while kids were stage diving and moshing all around me but I finally got that shit off me and continued to enjoy the last bit of the song. After Bane finished me and Lennea decided to head back home. I kinda wanted to stay for Comeback Kid cause I do enjoy Turn it Around and I'm sure they would have played a bunch of songs from that album but I didn't wanna wait through Misery Signals, so we just packed it in.
Saturday night I was supposed to go see Horizons and Ill Intent play but I totally pulled a weak ass move and stayed home to watch the Red Sox game. I thought it would be done by the time Horizons/Ill Intent played but it ended up going into extra innings and being hella long, and I couldn't just walk away and turn my back on my team! So if any of the Horizons dudes are reading this....which I highly doubt, I am sorry for not making it out. The Red Sox ended up losing by the way, total bummer.
In other news, I have been studying pretty hard lately since I have midterms next week. Hopefully I can manage to do fairly well on them. Also, my birthday is coming up in a couple weeks which I am psyched on since my family is coming down and me and Lennea are going with them to David Copperfield, its gonna be all magical n' shit. Wicked. Halloween is also coming up which is gonna be rad (I hope) so you people from Vernon should plan a trip to Van so we can all party together!
Anyways, that's all for now. October has been good so far and after my midterms it only gets better!
- Dan Slay the Rays!
ps. everyone should scope this band, im hyped on them latley. http://www.myspace.com/badfuckingmouth
Back to the show. After Grave Maker played Outbreak set up, I was super jacked on seeing them as they are one of my more liked bands and they definetly delivered a fun set. Lots of kids singing along and having fun. Although they didn't have their regular guitarist and the guy filling in didn't rep the solos as hard which was kind of a bummer. Shai Hulud played 3rd and alot of the Vancouver kids weren't into it which is kind of odd to me. Hulud has been around for a long time and lots of bands that came up after them were influenced alot by them and I don't think Hulud gets the credit they deserve. Granted, their latest album was kinda meh...but their old shit with Chad and Geert on the mic is minters. That shit is some of the stuff that got me into hardcore back when I was in grade 8 and it is definetly still a good jam. If you disagree, stop reading now.
The 4th band to play was Bane and they were the band that I was most jacked on seeing, no doubt about it. I've been listening to Bane for a long ass time (back before I even knew what hardcore was and I just considered them an ill punk band) but I had never gotten a chance to see them before. So I was super jacked on that. They played the craziest set of the night by far. Kids were going off, singing along and stage diving everywhere. They closed their set out by playing "Can we start again" and right at the beginning of the song I was up on stage attempting to get the mic, but I got mobbed by tons of kids in the process and fell off the stage with everyone ontop of me while I was still holding the mic. The mic chord got wrapped around my legs and I was on the ground with a bunch of kids on me and more kids stage diving on top of them which was pretty scary. Eventually everyone got off of me and some people were trying to help me up but I couldn't even stand cause the mic chord was still around my ankles and people were pulling on it trying to find where the mic went. It was pretty sketchy laying on the ground trying to get a mic chord unwrapped from my ankles while kids were stage diving and moshing all around me but I finally got that shit off me and continued to enjoy the last bit of the song. After Bane finished me and Lennea decided to head back home. I kinda wanted to stay for Comeback Kid cause I do enjoy Turn it Around and I'm sure they would have played a bunch of songs from that album but I didn't wanna wait through Misery Signals, so we just packed it in.
Saturday night I was supposed to go see Horizons and Ill Intent play but I totally pulled a weak ass move and stayed home to watch the Red Sox game. I thought it would be done by the time Horizons/Ill Intent played but it ended up going into extra innings and being hella long, and I couldn't just walk away and turn my back on my team! So if any of the Horizons dudes are reading this....which I highly doubt, I am sorry for not making it out. The Red Sox ended up losing by the way, total bummer.
In other news, I have been studying pretty hard lately since I have midterms next week. Hopefully I can manage to do fairly well on them. Also, my birthday is coming up in a couple weeks which I am psyched on since my family is coming down and me and Lennea are going with them to David Copperfield, its gonna be all magical n' shit. Wicked. Halloween is also coming up which is gonna be rad (I hope) so you people from Vernon should plan a trip to Van so we can all party together!
Anyways, that's all for now. October has been good so far and after my midterms it only gets better!
- Dan Slay the Rays!
ps. everyone should scope this band, im hyped on them latley. http://www.myspace.com/badfuckingmouth
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Octobrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Ok so the shittiest thing just happened...I spent like the last hour of my life writing a blog and I accidentally clicked a link and it went to that page and erased everything I had written. I'm choked right now that I have to redo this, ARGH. Anyways, this will probably be quite a bit shorter than it was going to be originally but oh well.
So I haven't been doing much lately other than study tons and going to school. I had a math final today which was sketchy. I have to have at least a B- in the class to move onto the 2nd half of the class which should be easy but I SUCK at math so I'm sketchin. Lennea is super bummed on my always studyin too cause we never get to hang out anymore which bums me out also :( The study factor has also been hampering my gaming and comic book reading which is seriously weak. Hopefully things will slow down soon...which I know they won't cause midterms are comin up, ugh. I hate school, it's so shitty.
In other shitty news my bank account got hacked and some skid jacked nearly 1000 bucks from me and I had to go through a big ordeal with the bank to cancel my card and get my money back. Things are squared away now but it pisses me off that some fucker just got a grand from me and gets away with it. Some people are super shitty and I hope they die.
One thing I am hyped on is the fact that it is now October. It is by far my favorite month out of the year. It has evvvvvverything that is great. First of all, the weather is amazing and I can wear a T-shirt and short combo or a hoody and pants and be comfortable while wearing either, minters. The MLB playoffs have also just started which I love because I get to watch the Bo Sox do their thing. They are going to win it again easily this year (even though they are losing to the LA Angels right now) and if you dont think they are...bring it up with Ramsay and he'll fight you. The NHL season also starts in October and I'm psyched on that cause I have missed hockey over the summer, hopefully the Canucks can do good this season with all the changes they have made, I am planning on making it to a game or 2 this year so if anyone would wanna join let me know. October is also rad because it has my birthday on the 23rd, so feel free to send me some gifts. Halloween is at the end of the month which is the 2nd best holiday of the year (1st is obviously christmas) and im excited for that cause I want free candy and to party. Anyways, for those reasons, October is the best month of the year and if you don't agree take a long hard look at this picture.
In my original post which got deleted because I clicked the link above and went to the pic I had a big write up here about NHL 09 and MLB 08 The Show. It talked about how rad both games are, I discussed my characters I made in the Be A Pro modes, and I pretty much spent a bunch of time hyping both games but I really don't want to write it all out again cause it is not really important and super nerdy, but I will say that the main reason I wrote it was to hype it up so my friends would get the game and get PS3 online and play against me (Ramsay and Kyle) so yea, you 2 should get on that ASAP.
JASON BAY JUST HIT A HOMERUN!! 2-1 RED SOX!!
Anyways, I didn't have much to say this time because I haven't been doing much other than playing a bit of video games, studying tons, going to school and trying my best to spend time with Lennea that doesn't involve me doing school work in one room and her hanging out in another. So yea, hopefully shit will slow down soon and I can have some more free time to do stuff outside of the house. Also, I am planning on taking a trip to Vernon sometime soon, so Cam and Ramsay get ready to hang! Thats about it for now and thanks for reading even though this blog wasn't the most exciting.
GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX!
- Dan
So I haven't been doing much lately other than study tons and going to school. I had a math final today which was sketchy. I have to have at least a B- in the class to move onto the 2nd half of the class which should be easy but I SUCK at math so I'm sketchin. Lennea is super bummed on my always studyin too cause we never get to hang out anymore which bums me out also :( The study factor has also been hampering my gaming and comic book reading which is seriously weak. Hopefully things will slow down soon...which I know they won't cause midterms are comin up, ugh. I hate school, it's so shitty.
In other shitty news my bank account got hacked and some skid jacked nearly 1000 bucks from me and I had to go through a big ordeal with the bank to cancel my card and get my money back. Things are squared away now but it pisses me off that some fucker just got a grand from me and gets away with it. Some people are super shitty and I hope they die.
One thing I am hyped on is the fact that it is now October. It is by far my favorite month out of the year. It has evvvvvverything that is great. First of all, the weather is amazing and I can wear a T-shirt and short combo or a hoody and pants and be comfortable while wearing either, minters. The MLB playoffs have also just started which I love because I get to watch the Bo Sox do their thing. They are going to win it again easily this year (even though they are losing to the LA Angels right now) and if you dont think they are...bring it up with Ramsay and he'll fight you. The NHL season also starts in October and I'm psyched on that cause I have missed hockey over the summer, hopefully the Canucks can do good this season with all the changes they have made, I am planning on making it to a game or 2 this year so if anyone would wanna join let me know. October is also rad because it has my birthday on the 23rd, so feel free to send me some gifts. Halloween is at the end of the month which is the 2nd best holiday of the year (1st is obviously christmas) and im excited for that cause I want free candy and to party. Anyways, for those reasons, October is the best month of the year and if you don't agree take a long hard look at this picture.
In my original post which got deleted because I clicked the link above and went to the pic I had a big write up here about NHL 09 and MLB 08 The Show. It talked about how rad both games are, I discussed my characters I made in the Be A Pro modes, and I pretty much spent a bunch of time hyping both games but I really don't want to write it all out again cause it is not really important and super nerdy, but I will say that the main reason I wrote it was to hype it up so my friends would get the game and get PS3 online and play against me (Ramsay and Kyle) so yea, you 2 should get on that ASAP.
JASON BAY JUST HIT A HOMERUN!! 2-1 RED SOX!!
Anyways, I didn't have much to say this time because I haven't been doing much other than playing a bit of video games, studying tons, going to school and trying my best to spend time with Lennea that doesn't involve me doing school work in one room and her hanging out in another. So yea, hopefully shit will slow down soon and I can have some more free time to do stuff outside of the house. Also, I am planning on taking a trip to Vernon sometime soon, so Cam and Ramsay get ready to hang! Thats about it for now and thanks for reading even though this blog wasn't the most exciting.
GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX! GO SOX!
- Dan
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