2.22.09-Birthday "Meeting"

Today I had a small scale birthday party at my house. It was pretty fun. It consisted of Myself, Evan, Devon, Rachel, and Jason. Lot-o-people. Anyway, we watched a movie, and then we just sort of chilled out in my room and listened to music. I like having friends over. I should do it more often. I think I will...

Anyway, I didn't really get any meaning out of todays events. Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to another life lesson or something like that. Today is the end of February Vacation and the end of the mind-numbing boredom. I'll probably have more to work with once stuff actually starts happening again.

I'm done for tonight.

~David

2.20.09-K Dell Party!

Today I attended a super mega ultra party at my friend Kate's house. It want from 7 to 12. It was epic. Here is a list of  the activities that occured:

1. DDR
2. Guitar Hero II
3. PIZZA
4. More Guitar Hero
5. More DDR
6. Pool
7. Ping Pong
8. Fooseball
9. Odd Dancing (Pavels baselines)
10. Happy Gilmore
11. THE END!

It was a pretty good party, with lots of fun people. I do feel kind of bad about missing open mic, but it was worth it. And I got fed, so that was pretty good. Sadly my post must come to a close here, for I have work in the morning and I need my sleep. It's way past my bedtime.

Isnt it past your bedtime too?

~David

2.19.09-Just Another Thursday

Over the past couple of years I have come to a conclusion: Nothing much ever really happens on Thursdays. Normally I don't do that much on a regular day, but I tend to do even less on Thursdays. It's kind of the oddball day of the week for me. I woke up today in a quiet house, so I just lay in bed and waited for people to start stirring. When at 10 O clock nobody stirred, I looked around to see what was up. Nobody home. I was alone. At first I thought that it was a pretty sweet deal, cause I could listen to loud music and eat till I burst and stuff. That was fun for about an hour and a half, but after the 2 hour point, I got really bored. And I mean really bored, like I cleaned my room so I would be doing something bored. Like I called my mom to see where the hell she was bored. It was scary. Soon they came home, and the boredom ended. Then we went to the movie theater and saw the movie Coraline. It was great. Oh how I love the work of Tim Burton. It is because of that man that I tend to like somewhat creepy things. You know, skeletons and such.  All of his movies are great. I give it 5 stars.

Also, I finished the book Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist today. I also give that book 5 stars. I also give both of the authors 5 stars. I can honestly say that their book is my favorite book of all time. I highly recommend it.

I have decided that I am now going to also be a book/movie critic on my blog. What else do I have to do on an odd Thursday.

Until tomorrow/early Saturday

~David

2.18.09-Snow[storm] and Blindness

It started snowing again today, and just when the sun started showing up daily again too. So that was no good. However, there is only about two inches of it on my driveway, and I'm ok with that.

Anyway, today I watched a very strange movie titles Blindness. It was the most sickening, rotten, perverted, and horrifying thing I have ever seen in my entire life, and I think I just might be scared for life. I have never felt so sickened by mankind itself. It went from civilization right to savagery. Sex for food rations, rape, death, and filth. And the worst part of it was I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I had to know why. And at the end of the film no answers are even given.

So, in conclusion, if a friend or someone ever says to you, "Hey man, I just got this great movie on DVD called Blindness. It looks awesome. Wanna watch?" , state as strongly as you possibly can how much that you do not want to even look at the disk itself and then slap him/her across the face. Do whatever is necessary to not watch it, because afterwards, you wont even be able to look in a mirror without feeling a wave of disgust.

A good nights (mornings) sleep should do me well.

~David

2.17.09-Free At Last

Finally I am out of the house!!!! Fresh air, the voices of other human beings. It truly is bliss.

I saw Devon for the first time in a week today. I am very happy about that. We hung out, went to dinner, and then hung out some more. It was nice. However, I realized how much I missed her after just a week of not seeing her. I am going to have to get stronger if I am going to last while she is in college. I'm going to have to get used to not seeing her. It's going to be hard to do. It's going to be painful, but it has to be done. I am not the type to let a relationship die because of a silly thing like distance. No sir.

And I didn't really do anything else today. I got invited to a really awesome party, and I got a new pair of sneakers that I really like, but that's about it. And, considering there is about 1/2 and hour left of today as of right now, I don't think I will do much else accept tell you readers of mine that I'm not going to do anything else. Sometimes I wonder why I tell you people my life, and then I remember that I want you to get something from it, and because I have nothing better to do at 11:30 ish at night.

I need a life.

~David

2.16.09-Worlds within Words

For those of you who care about my physical well being, I am feeling much better than yesterday.  However, I was still confined to my house all day...again. Thank God for television and the Internet. And books. Having clear sinuses has cleared up my views on books:

Books are great.    {accept for all of the ones that aren't, such as:

   Lord of the Flies

   A separate Piece

   1984   

these are some of the worst books of all time, and if you can help it, never ever under any circumstances read even a sentence of any of them!!!}

Anyway...Books are wonderful. Some can be boring, or maybe even somewhat bad, but for the most part, they are good. This applies especially to those with good imaginations. I had a lot of time to read today and I, having at least a fair imagination if I do say so myself, found myself deep within the stories I read. I think that it is amazing how, if you let it, a book can completely consume you and you become a part of it. Its thoughts become your thoughts, and the memories and actions of the characters become your own. Your opinions on certain subjects can be altered by books. Some books could even change your life. And, behind every book like these is a brilliant writer. maybe someday my words can have this sort of affect on others.

Go get some sleep, you insomniacs!

~David

2.13-15.09-Friday The 13th (part 1 of 2)

Hello. I know its been a couple of days since my last post, and I cannot apologize enough. I have been very sleepy over the last couple of days and now i am sick so I have been posting less often. So I have decided to sum up the past couple of days in one post. 

Friday:

I know that Friday the 13th is supposed to be unlucky, but I don't think so. I think its fun to see other people think that it is unlucky. I don't believe in most superstitions, including this one. This day consisted of Fun at Open Mic and The Office. I was actually one of the first people to arrive this week (which is strange, because I am usually late to events that I cannot take myself to) and that felt good. Staying at Borders from 6 to 10 is fun, because if your luck you will get kicked out by one of the crabby employees. I haven't had this happen to me yet, but it almost has many times, and I look forward to it with much enthusiasm. One weird event this Open Mic was that a strange man ( who had no fingernails of his own, by the way) was illegally recording the performances. I think in the end a contract was signed, but I cant be sure. All I know is when this nail-deprived man went up to preform, I got my friends to boycott with me and we did not watch him preform. Other than that weirdo, the performances were stellar. 

After Open Mic, Rachel, Allie and I went to Evans house to watch The Office for 2 hours. It was funny. 

Then, late that night/early the next morning, a previous conflict was resolved, and I'm not going to tell you what it was. 

Above all, the final event of the day proves that Friday the 13th is not unlucky. Sometimes it can be even better than most days.

Saturday

All that I really did on this day was work. I am a proud employee of Roch Bros. (I am just saying that to be nice, I'm not very proud). This 5 hours of working outside gave me plenty of time to think of what to do to celebrate Valentines Day with my girlfriend. The way I see it, the day itself is not all that important. The important thing is to take at the very least one day in the year to show your love and affection for your special someone, and NOT with silly little mass produced cardboard Disney valentines. Those are for friends! 

Today (Sunday)

Today I have fallen ill so I have been at home all day long. I also woke up at about 2:30 in the afternoon. I would like to expand on a previous idea of mine: being alone. I have indeed discovered something much worse. That thing is Confinement. Being confined to one place for a full day is not fun, especially if that place it at home with your annoying family. The only things keeping me alive are food, water, TV, and the computer. I have been mostly downloading music and then not listening o it. Its been rather boring. At least when your alone your allowed to leave where ever it is that you are. I haven't even been let outside. I miss fresh air and humans that are not my mom or my sisters. Ill just have to wait it out.

Patience is a virtue.

Until tomorrow (when hopefully Ill feel better)

~David 

2.11.09-Day of Solitude

Today was an odd day for me. Devon was not in school today. Rachel and Kate were in the pit orchestra at the middle school. Evan had jazz band and was talking to our band director. So, for about 3 hours,

I was completely alone.

It was very quiet. I didn't even have homework to preoccupy myself with. nobody around to talk to. Nothing to listen to. Just...nothing. Empty hallways, Empty rooms. The loudest noise I could here was the burning of gasses in the fluorescent lights above. Being alone for such a long period of time let me think about things that I don't or cant think about while I'm with other people. Today I learned something about myself: I do not like to be alone. It has to be the worst feeling to be completely alone. I now appreciate the company of others more than I ever have before. 

I also have advice for all of my readers out there. If you an help it, do not ever let yourself become alone. Try to be around friends especially. If you don't have any friends, then go make some. If you only have a small number of friends, then go make some more! Talk to family, talk on the phone, talk to strangers (and, if anyone asks, I'm not the one who said talk to strangers). Just don't confine yourself, because if you are left alone long enough, strange things can begin to happen. You can become disgusted with yourself. You can slowly lose your mind. You might even start imagining that other people are there, just to fill the void. And if you ever do find yourself alone, make sure you always have something to occupy yourself with, because that could be the only thing that could save you from your own mind.

Sleep soundly, my friends.

~David 

2.10.09-A New Age

I apologize for not updating yesterday. When I get home from the festivities, I was much too tired to go onto the computer. The day itself was nice. Presents, Friends, a very enthusiastically decorated locker, cake, and a movie. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Anyway, I am now officially 16 years old. It's an interesting feeling. It's not that I physically feel older now, but mentally I do feel a certain change. I am not a kid anymore. Immaturity can no longer be an excuse, and now I must act my own age. I now have to be more responsible as a person in all aspects of my life. I have to start deciding who I am and what I want to do with my life, because there isn't much high school left. I know that there are going to be tough challenges ahead in this year of my life, but I am going to face them head on.

16...It's an interesting feeling. I guess I'll just have to get used to it.
Until later this evening,

~David (16)

2.9.09-End of Childhood

Today is my final day of being 15. Although I have thoroughly enjoyed my time being this age, I am looking forward to 16 with great enthusiasm. 

A lot has happened to me in the past year. Here is a list of some important and memorable events that occurred in my life at the age of 15:

• I started to listen to Rock and Metal music
• I went on the greatest school trip ever with the band
• I met and began dating the girl of my dreams
• I went to NYC
• I made Wind Ensemble
• I survived the summer of 08 without doing ANYTHING
• I survived Band Camp
• I started my second year of high school
• I had a great time in Marching Band ( Halftime IS Gametime!!!!!)
• I saw Chris Botti and others at Symphony Hall
• I saw Apocalyptica LIVE in concert
  
• We won the thanksgiving day game
• I preformed in an honors wind ensemble
• ...I got braces...
• ...I got a pallet expander...
• I MADE SENIOR DISTRICTS
• I preformed at Mechanics Hall
• BUSH IS GONE
• Obama is President of the United States
• BUSH IS GONE
• ...GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I made the blog that you are currently reading

Yes, this past year has been the most wonderful year of my life, and I will miss it greatly. But I believe that the next year will have even more in store!

Signing off for the last time as a 15 year old,

~David

2.8.09-Blue Sky Full Moon

As my eyes focused this morning, the first thing to come into my view was a beautiful yellow sun surrounded by a completly cloudless blue sky. It was a rather enjoyable scene to wake up to. Also, I could hear birds chirping. Spring is comeing, and there is nothing we can do about it. After a couple of hours I went to my weekly MetYSO (Metro West Youth Symphony Orchestra) rehersal. 

And then I came home, and that pretty much summs up my day. Today was pretty much a lazy day for me, which left me plenty of time to reflect over the events of this past week.

 

Today I decided that I am going to have a weekly review and evaluation every sunday night. This is to be my first one:

I have been thinking alot about change this week. Many changes are on their way and they are coming fast. Like I mentioned earlyer, spring is comeing. Every year, I notice how the overall atitude of people changes for the better usualy. People have already began acting differently throughout this week. Unfortunatly, as the spring enters our lives, the graduating senior class prepares to leave them. This saddens me greatly, because many of my friends and my "lady friend" (don't ask) will be leaving me. But, on the brighter side, I thought of how my friends and I will become the cool upper classmen in time, and that even though many of my friends will be gone, I will still have good friends nearby. 

This week ends with a beautiful full moon, as if to symbolize my full understanding of change.

Goodnight.  

~David

2.7.09-The Building and The Phantom

I have had a good day today. It has been better than most lately. First of all, this morning, maybe at around 12:30, I helped to get two good friends of mine befriends with each other again. when I regained consciousness at 10:36, got ready for a building day at the high school. For those of you who don't know, the high school of witch I attend is putting on Bye Bye Birdie in early March, and I am a member of the Tech Crew [building and such]. I arrived at the school at around 11:15 and was immediately put to work. Moving walls, using drill [witch I cannot seem to be able to do], hammering, and holding walls upright for two full hours just to put it against a wall in the end. That part of my day was not so good. After my wall holding dilemma, I went off with my friend Rachel [whom witch is mostly responsible for the mere existence of the blog that you are currently reading] and goofed off. After a half an hour my girlfriend Devon [the stage manager of the show (she's kind of a big deal)] showed up and soon after that Evan [my friend and trombone-playing partner in most to all music groups that I myself assosiate with]. Soon after that we all went to lunch together. Somehow the subject of the Phantom of the Opera got brought up, and Rachel stated that she owned the movie. In less than ten minutes we were on our way to Evan's house, DVD in our possesion, to watch it. I had never seen the movie before today, and I loved every minute of it. After the movie we said goodnight to Evan and Devon proceded in dropping off Rachel and myself at our indevidual homes. When I stepped into my house I, as I do every night, began to ponder over what I have learned from my experiances today. It diddnt take long to figure it out...

Today I have had a good day. I rediscovered the true beauty of friendship. Once you have a true friend you have them for life. They will support you and care about you. And when you are with them, you can take off your "mask"  and let your real self show.

And to all of my friends out there,

Goodnight!

~David

2.6.09-Open Mic Maddness.

Conflict.

It's everywhere. It's everywhere you look, everywhere you listen, everywhere you are. 

Tonight was Open Mic. Open Mic, for those of you that don't already know, takes place every Friday night at Borders on Route 9 in Shrewsbury from 6 to 9 (until further notice). I am a regular attendant of these social gatherings, and I am proud to say so. Anyway, tonight was interesting. The first sign of oddity on this night was when I got into Adva's car and a certain ghost of my past was in the back seat. It was rather awkward, for I knew that she was thinking about our former feelings for each other, and that she wanted me back. Now I am never going to go back to that, but at the same time I don't want to be mean to her or make a scene. It's very awkward, especially now that I know that she lives right down the street from me. 

When we got to open mic, there was nobody there due to the fact that open mic now goes from 6 to 9 instead of 7 to 10 because now Borders closes at 10 instead of 11 because the economy currently sucks. Anyway, at around seven the usual crowd began to show up, including a close friend of mine. Unfortunately he has been a bit down lately. I have been helping him through it, but sometimes I just don't know the right things to say. This tend to have a loss for words whenever I am trying to comfort people, which I have been doing an awful lot of lately. Many things have changed in the past few weeks, and now I am observing how these changes affect my friends lives as well as my own. 

Conflict.

It's with troubled peers, and goes hand in hand with reminders of past relationships and mistakes. It's everywhere you look, everywhere you listen, everywhere you are. It's everywhere.

Always yours,

~David

2.5.09-First Entry

Hello.  My name is  David. If you don't know me, than I really don't know what you're doing here. Anyway, I have never had a blog before, but this is probably made obvious by this first lame entry. In the future I hope to become better at this

Anyway, here are some interesting things that have happened this week:

• Rossi was busted
  
• Rossi is a creeper
• Rossi is a CREEPER!
• half day con lots o guitar hero
• more snow (grr)

And that's pretty much it so far. I have heard peers say that they always knew that there was something up with Mr. Rossi, but personally I never got any weird vibes from him. It just goes to show that you never really know a person until you see what they search for on the Internet. Until next time,

~David