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Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts
Day 315 | Sunday, November 8 | 2009
New and Temporary Wheels...I am assuming a lot, however, to think that people know me, want, or expect anything out of me now but that's how it has felt for a while now. As time passes by, it gets less and less and I feel like I can create music again and I have become a lot more comfortable with it. It was just so suffocating (in a way) to be part of the band that I was in because I felt a lot of pretense of how things were supposed to be...
I am hoping that my time off has served me enough to be comfortable with my own voice and my own style without having the constant feeling of subordination.
Either way, I have agreed for real this time to play and I am going to have to do it one way or another. I just hope that these inner voices don't get the best of me and make me helpless, hopeless, and lost.
In other news...
My dad came to Athens today and was able to fix my car -- at least to the point that it started and he drove it back to Cincinnati to the mechanic's. I am going to drive his truck for the next week in return. My dad, what a guy.
Later: I realize now that I was distorted in thinking that I was under a 'constant feeling of subordination' while in the band. That is just not true. If it was ever anything like that, it was only a very rare and fleeting feeling of subordination -- and it only came from one of the four (or sometimes five) members of the band. The only other times it happened was when money was discussed and I don't even want to elaborate on that. It's not worth it.
Also, I was a little off in saying that there were always pretenses in playing in Southeast Engine. That is not true either. I would venture to guess thought hat every band has some level of pretense (sometimes this is functional) operating at hand. Things get to a point in the politics of a band where people are expected to behave according to a certain power structure and it was that subject to which I was referring. It doesn't necessarily make anyone good or bad; it was merely a factor that contributed to my departure.
Day 271 | Friday, September 25 | 2009
Romanian Feast!..Tonight Caitlin, Leslie, and I got together for our weekly meal. I made Romanian Pilaf and Romanian Bean Mash. It turned out really great! It was all vegan too :)
Life is good and there are some exciting things that are about to happen. Dad comes tomorrow for the afternoon and the next week is sure to be great.
Day 243 | Sunday, August 30 | 2009
Mom and Dad Sleeping...Here is a picture of my parents sleeping on the blow-up mattress in my living room. They spent the night in order to help me. (My place would be a mess if they hadn't helped me move in this summer so much).
Today was another great day. Worked/cleaned some and then met up with Caitlin for lunch. Parents left at around 4 and then I got to spend some much needed catch-up time with Matt. Matt came over, returned some of my musical equipment, we played a little music some, talked about motorcycles, listened to music and then he left. Later, Caitlin and I met up with Evan at Casa in which he bought us both dinner.
Which brings me to say....Evan has got to be one of the most generous, nice, and caring guys I have ever met. I am lucky to not only have him as my friend, but also just to know him.
Day 211 | Wednesday, July 29 | 2009
Dad...10 hours of work. Not a lot of breaks.
Here is my dad at 11:00 PM.
It is nice to have Caitlin here though I have not really done anything today except studying.
Day 168 | Tuesday, June 16 | 2009
Aunt Ninfa...All I remember about today was spending time around West Chester and Liberty Township. It was really nice to be around family. I wish that I would have posted a picture of my godmother and godfather (Ceci and Hector respectively). It was such a joy to see them. Pictured above is my Aunt Ninfa (my grandfather's sister).
I believe today was also the day that my Aunt Ninfa and Uncle Jim left on their way back to New Mexico.
Day 81 | Saturday, March 21 | 2009
Follow...Last night was a late one. Up packing until about 3 AM and then woke up just before 7. I wasn't able to get the amount of work I would have liked to have accomplished; Ecuador is getting closer and closer and I am having to abandon some of the ambitions I wanted to reach before departing.
Oh well.
Lunch today was really nice. Caitlin's folks and Robin took me and my brother to Olde Mohawk's in German Village. So delicious. I had the Mother Mohawk's sandwich and so did Dustin.
Life is moving so fast right now. I am going to miss Caitlin so much and it is making me a little scared. I know that everything will work out and that we will get to talk to each other but also we will make it out despite the distance. Caitlin played me a new song she had written for me and it just extended and confirmed all of the love that I have for her. It's inexplicable right now for me to verbalize what she means to me but I would not be the same without her.
I am here in West Chester with my mom and dad (and brother) right now. Tomorrow we will do some essential errands and other preparations for my trip. My brother is getting married in June and I think tomorrow (or Monday) I will be fitted for the tuxedo I will be wearing as his groomsman.
Day 10 | Saturday, January 10 | 2009
Jeff and Clare...
Today Caitlin and I put up some plastic covers on my bedroom windows, in an attempt to preserve some of the heating in my room. It isn't that cold but I presume it will get a lot colder as Winter progresses.
It was nice to talk to my parents today at length about some of the things that have been on my mind. I am looking forward to them being close by again, which will be happening soon.
Today was well spent -- with good friends at a pot-luck dinner at the Bruce Manor. The Bruce Manor is the name of a house on West Union street where a lot of local DIY (do it yourself) house shows are held. Musicians and other performance artists from all over the continent have come through to play to an intimate gathering of friends and/or otherwise associated people who dwell in Athens and beyond. Anyways, it was nice to see Larry, Jeff, Clare, Julia, Nicki, and Jaime and so many others.
Caitlin and I are now working on our respective school work at the library before we go to bed. I am feeling overall well and I am hoping this feeling lasts for a long time.
Day 2 | Friday, January 2 | 2009
To a Happy and Safe New Year....
Here we are -- Uncle Jime, Gretchen, Dustin, Mom, Dad, Caitlin and Me standing in my parent's new house. I hope this year is a good one.
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