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(i hear 2 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) thing [11 Sep 2005|12:31am] [ music | some radio station ] So I don't use this anymore. I can be found at inhuman_a_bomb

(i hear 2 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) PROUD [07 Sep 2005|06:44am] [ music | 4:33 ] I'm proud of myself, I just made myself an awesome lunch. a Vegan turkey and sprout wrap with some hommus. Although now I need to find something else. What to do what to do... I'm kind of bummed about marching band from 3-6 after school. Oh well.

(i hear 5 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) skool [06 Sep 2005|04:14pm] [ music | Taking Back Sunday - Head Club ] So today was the first day of school. My Strongbad messenger bag got a few compliments. Overall though, I realized that most of the people from school who I wanted to see this summer, I saw. There are just so many people who I would rather not see at all. Not that I hate them, I just don't enjoy being in their company at all. Most of these people just seem, empty, like they live from trend to trend and are always worried about what their other trendy friends will think of them. Whatever though, it shouldn't bother me, so I'm not going to let it. I was pretty pumped to find out I got one of the big lockers in the FL wing (The seniors are put into a lottery for the good lockers) so I'm actually going to use my locker this year. I like all of my classes, they just don't have cool people in most of them. Physics is going to be awesome though. Mr. Newall is already going to be a blast I can tell, and I really like physics, and I have some cool people in there too. The only thing I don't liek are my hollow days. Every Red B, D, and E day I have two study halls in a row, right in the middle of the day. That would suck, but fortunately dave has a study hall the same time, so those days we can take lunch breaks with any other cool people who have the same study halls. Thats only for the first half of the year though, the second half I have Piano 2 with HOSIC so that will be pretty sweet. After school we all went to Staples where I bought the Space Pen (note the caps). It's basically the best pen ever. Then we went to fort williams and decided that henry jon tom and I are buying ninja outfits. We are then going to have an awesome ninja movie, and sometime we will all wear our ninja suits to school. Possibly even have a Ninja themed skit in the talent show! It was all inspired by oru awesome games of shogun showdown. We played near the forst by the rocks, so there are all these paths and places to hide. Once time I was waiting for someone and I jumped out and almost ran into this girl who I scared the crap out of because I appeared out of the bushes and I was yelling. It was fun though. Then once I was in hiding on a cliff waiting for henry, I was only being held up by a root I grabbed onto. He rounded the bend in the path and I jumped but Ilost my footing so he had time to attack and kill me, then I had to fall down the rest of the hill. I also discovered that with my logn hair, and my green shirt, I blend in with the bushes perfectly. Well the bushes out in the sun, the shady bushes not so much. But it was a great time. Now I'm going to go listen to some music and maybe do my physics homework.

(i hear 1 voice in my head - whisper in my ear) update [05 Sep 2005|10:58pm] [ music | Foo Fighters - Virginia Moon ] So I bought some more school things. A Hoodie Sweatshirt that says "VEGAN" and some pins. they are sweet. And summer is officially over. I took one last summer longboard cruise around town, and it smelled like school. I can't really explain it, but it did. I have to go to school early tomorrow to meet with my guidance counselor about changign some classes. If at all possible, I would like to take Chamber Singers (I auditioned and made it, just couldnt fit in in my schedule) Or possibly Maine Studies. This is Mr. Brogan and Mr. Chapins last year. It's fitting that they are leavign at the same time. I will be the last class that Mr Chapin ever ushers onto the field on june 11th. Those of you non SPHS folks don't get it, you just have to see Chapin, his gestures and motions are truly one of a kind. Those two are going to be missed a lot. Seeing as I'm not tired, whenever my mom makes me go to bed I'm watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

(i hear 2 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) lalalala [04 Sep 2005|04:32pm] [ music | Tennis on TV ] *&*Bands Yes or No*&* Created by lonelylyssa and taken 886 times on Bzoink .x.Yes or No.x. Linkin Park not so much anymore Simple Plan no Good Charlotte no A Perfect Circle yes AFI yes! CKY no Slipknot no Mudvayne no Metallica no Limp Bizkit used to ICP no Dark Lotus no Twiztid no The Used yes 12 Stones no Alien Ant Farm no Blink 182 yes Bon Jovi no Bowling for soup no Chevelle no Coldplay yes Cold yes Creed no Dashboard Confessional yes Dave Matthews Band yes Default no Disturbed used to Staind no Godsmack not really Evanesence a little bit Eve 6 yes, but i used to listen to eve 6 CONSTANTLY Everclear no Fall out boy yes Finch yes Finger Eleven no Greenday yes Guns and Roses no Hoobastank no Ill Nino no Incubus yes! Iron Maiden not anymore Jack off Jill no Jet no Jurassic 5 no Korn no Lit no Lost Prophets no Marylin Manson yeah sometimes Matchbox 20 not since i was little Maroon 5 no Mest no Minor Threat unfortunately no Murderdolls no Mushroomhead no Bush no Nickleback not really Puddle of Mudd no No Doubt no Ozzy Osbourne no POD no Pearl Jam no Pink Floyd fuck yes Powerman 5000 no Queen meh Red Hot Chili Peppers yes REM no Rage against the Machine YES YES YES Rise Against just that one song Rob Zombie no Rush no Seether no The White Stripes yes The Hives no The Vines no Shinedown no Smile Empty Soul a few times Sneaker Pimps no Something Corporate yes Stone Sour no Sound Garden no Story of the Year not anymore. i miss story of the year now... Sugar Cult no System of a Down YES Weezer FUCKING YES Taking Back Sunday FUCK MOTHERFUCK YES Thursday yeah The Darkness oh yeah The Offspring of course Three Days Grace i don't remember who these guys are... 3 Doors Down not anymore Trapt no Train no Unwritten Law no Vertical Horizon hells yes Yellow Card no Tricky no Third Eye Blind fo sho The Living End no Switchfoot no Smashing Pumpkins yeah yeah yeah yeah Smash Mouth when i was little and in california Sevendust no Black Sabbath yes HIM YES Social Distortion no Killswitch no Journey no Harvey Danger only flagpole sitta Create a Survey | Search Surveys | Go to Bzoink Everyoen needs to go and find the music video "Sleep Now In The Fire" by Rage Against the Machine. It is amazing... And I guess it was actually directed by Michael Moore. I'm not always a fan of him just because of the way he portrays his information. I'm not saying he's incorrect, I'm just saying sometimes he just seems liek he could put it in a slightyly better way. I still think he is awesome though. A little interesting thing about the music video is that after they filmed it, RATM was arrested. Could it be that they were mocking the economic powerhouse called the United States by filming such a great music video in front of the New York Stock Exchange? YEAH RIGHT! Now back to cleaning my room. It actually looks halfway decent now.

(i hear 3 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) School Shopping [04 Sep 2005|02:16pm] [ music | Primus - Mrs. Blaileen ] So seeing as school starts tuesday, and monday all stores are closed for labor day, I decided to start and finish my school shopping today. All of it was done in about 30 minutes. "But Matt, how could you shop that fast?" Well, my mom is away camping, so it was only my dad and I. I ended up not buy any shorts because I really have plenty, and the only ones they seemed to have were crappy "faded jeans" that looked 10 years old. I want new jeans to look new... And now for the extensive list of my shool shopping for my 2006 Senior Year: 1 George Romero's Day of the Dead t-shirt (olive green) 1 Taking Back Sunday t-shirt (bright green, about the color of my walls) 4 1" Binders. I don't really know if I will need 1" at all, but I went with it. 10 Mechanical "grip" pencils 16 dividers and the best item on the list... 1 Strongbad Official Messenger Bag!!! I successfully resisted my moms attempts to make me get new shoes. My dad tried today but I convinced him that the shoe stores at the mall wouldn't have anything that I would like and if they did, I doubt they would have it in my size. I take a size 14 now which they may have had, but still, I didn't want any new shoes. And I also picked up Less Than Jakes "Borders and Boundaries" and Primus' "Tales From The Punchbowl" at Bull Moose Warehouse. I've been listening to a bit of LTJ lately, and they kick some major ass. And Primus will always rule. And we might be having an impromptu party over at Dave's tonight, which would be awesoem if it were half as cool as the last impromptu party at Dave's. Either way I'll get to han gout with the guys at some point which will be a good break from the monotony of the final moments of summer. I sitll haven't gotten to hang out with Emily or Claire at all since they've been back from camp which sucks, but now that summer is basically over, everyone won't be hectic as much anymore.

(i hear 2 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) Full Metal Jacket [03 Sep 2005|09:38pm] "What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?"

(i hear 1 voice in my head - whisper in my ear) ouch [03 Sep 2005|01:59pm] [ music | coheed and Cambria ] I was just woken up from my nap rather abruptly. I was having a very peaceful nap, when my dog decided he wanted to take a nap on the same couch I was on. So he leaps up onto my chest which made me jump out of my deep sleep. And now my chest hurts. But it was still a much needed nap since I was up til about 2:30 last night and my dad woke me up before he left this morning to tell me what I already knew. That he was going to go camping with my mother and brother. Oh well.

(i hear 3 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) primer [02 Sep 2005|01:13am] [ music | Foo fighters - Another Round ] So I found this timeline for the movie Primer. I'm thinking Tom and Mell may be the onyl other ones on here who have seen to movie, but just look at it. it is absolutely insane. http://neuwanstein.fw.hu/primer_timeline.html

(i hear 3 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) [01 Sep 2005|11:03pm] new LJ can be found at inhuman_a_bomb I'm still using this one until I add all you awesome people to the new one. which will take soem time. but add it!

(i hear 2 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) update [01 Sep 2005|08:08pm] [ music | The Mars Volta - Cicatriz ESP ] So I'm thinking of making a new LJ. I want a cooler username than this one. I'm thinking possibly the_human_a_bomb (it's from this Manga I read last year where this guy coulk take of his head, throw it at an enemy, and it would explode. Hence the human a bomb) Maybe something along those lines. I should read a lot until I find something catchy that I like. I had a few more names a while ago but i forgot them, so I'm brainstorming. Oh yeah and I want everyone to know about the amazing fortue cookie I got a few days ago. I went to eat with Dave, Nick and Natrix and I got a fortune that said "Financial hardship in you rlife is coming... Enjoy!" That made my day. I've also decided I am going to pay attention to spelling from now on. Maybe even perform an actually spellcheck!

(whisper in my ear) update [01 Sep 2005|04:30pm] [ music | Coheed and Cambria - Time Consumer ] have you noticed my subjects suck? but I guess I was wrong about the feeling of IMPENDING DOOM. And I had forgotten how much I like Coheed and Cambria

(whisper in my ear) arturo sandoval [01 Sep 2005|12:56pm] [ music | Arturo Sandoval - Blues For Diz ] Arturo Sandoval is amazing. He makes me want to continue my music career (among other things). I wish I could skat like him. Or maybe play trumpet one tenth as good as him, because I would still be phenomenal

(i hear 1 voice in my head - whisper in my ear) [01 Sep 2005|12:07pm] [ music | Primus - Here Come The Bastards ] I'm so fuckign bored, I need something to do so I might go lognboarding. It's getting to that point where school sounds like a good change of pace, and everyone is busy but me. which means I'm eternally bored.

(i hear 1 voice in my head - whisper in my ear) ... [01 Sep 2005|01:03am] [ music | Jeremiah Freed - How They All Got Here ] i have a bad idea of what happens next... And my mom is making me go to bed even though I'm not tired. I guess she doesn't know that you can't sleep if you aren't tired. I'll maybe read some more che. I haven't in quite some time

(i hear 4 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) [31 Aug 2005|01:10am] [ music | The Mars Volta ] So today was the marching band cookout. We finished the show, and did a complete runthrough of all of it. It was bad. At oen point I went in the completely wrong direction, and since I'm the lead trumpet player, all the other trumpets followed me. I missed a note completely in my solo (along with a few chipped notes) and then just stopped playing because it was just bad. but we got the show done. It's really gratifying to have that out of the way. I talked to Andy afterwards, because he's heading back to college soon so this was his last night with the band. He's gonan come to the shows as much as he can, but he's pretty much done. He asked me today if I was using my own valve guard. I told him that I was using Mark Tipton's and he said he was wondering about that on the way over to band today. He said if I didn't have it, he was goign to talk to Dave about getting it for me because I guess it means a lot more than I really thought it did. I guess Mark Tipton knows who has had it from what year to what year, who they passed it on to, and he keeps close tabs on it. so Andy didnt want to let that stop. And He said I shoudl have had it last year since I played lead in jazz band, but David just kept it for himself because he was lead in marching band. Whatever. it doesn't really bother me. He told me that he sort of went through the same stage of being really discouraged about all the band stuff that sounded exactly like what I had just a few weeks ago. My freshman year, it was basically him and adam, but they got the band to second place at states. Now it's lookign like this year its only gonna be me and beaver. Franky isnt doing jazz, and dave is done with all band. Not even wind ensemble. So I knwo it'll be me and beaver anyways. I'm really hoping this new freshman, Francis Manuel does it. He is very good, but he did football over marching band. So we'll see if he signs up for it. maybe a little pressure wouldn't be so bad for him haha. I got the thing from Andy that he wanted to give to me, but i won't talk about that because it's trumpet stuff. and seeing as there are non trumpet people out there... you can't read about it ^_^

(i hear 8 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) dreads [30 Aug 2005|12:19am] [ music | The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares (This Is The Haunt) ] So even though today left me utterly exhausted, I can;t sleep. So I've been playing Halo2. Although for the past hour or so I've been working on my dreadlocks. I don't think anyone would really notice, but I ripped apart a few of them. In a bunch of places, the roots of the dreads have formed into one, so I have a big fork dread. It's not too noticeable, but it might be when they are longer, in maybe a year or so. I tore a few apart (extremely painfully might I add), but I left one on the back right top part of my head alone. I want to have at least one funky fork-tipped dread. I also combined 2 of them to make one bigger, more cooler dread. So now I have to leave the rubber bands on it for a month or so, and hope it works the rest out on its own. I switched a few beads around to cover up a few loose crazy bubble things on some of the dreads. Bubbles are the only way I can describe them to non dreadheads. It's basically where some hair bunches up, and shoots out the side of the dread, then I have this loop/bubble thing. They are actually pretty cool, but one some of them it causes the dread to become an "L" those are the only ones I don't like. I've definately decided AGAINST cutting the dreads. Mine just have character. An awful lot of it ^_^. For a while I was thinking I'd cut them because my hat at work was really harsh on them. it kept them wicked loose. I was definately going to wait until after senior pictures though. but now I'm just gonna roll with it, and if they want to be crazy, they can be crazy. crazy dreads make aweosme dreads. At oen point, after I mooved a bead around, it was on one dread in such a way that it made it stick straight out. I just left it for a while, but then it went back to its old normal layign down self. For spirit week, I'm taking wire to my dreads and makign them all stand up on end. I've been tryign to do some crazy things with them, but thats crazy enough for wacky hat and hair day. Thsi one thign I read about (on one of my LJ dread communities) involved twisting each dread until it made a little knot/spiral on top of your head that made them all lay down flat in a bigass spiral pattern. I tried this out. I stopped after the second dread however, because the first one spontaneously unravelled at a VERY high speed and hit me in the eye. And it really hurt. Dreads are awesome. I wish more people I knew would get dreads though. Oh yeah, and I need to put back one of my beads that I had to take out for the SOAD concert. I had to take it out because when I go flail about, it woudl always hit me in the eye. and it was my rectangular glass bead that was quite heavy. in other words it would have been dangerous.

(i hear 5 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) things [29 Aug 2005|11:15pm] [ music | Nirvana - SMells Like Teen Spirit ] So I;m listenign to CYY right now, and The DJ (Matt Perkins is on) said something about the VMA's. I don't recall it exactly, but It was basically like "I don't watch the VMA's (Video Music Awards) because I am a firm believer that you can't compare two different bands, and say that one has better music than the other. I don't care who you are, you just can't". FUCK! I've never heard it put better. Music can't really be bad. Maybe there isn't an audience for it, or maybe it won't sell any big records, but it's all about what the creators of this artform want to create. if they create something, thats music, no matter what it sounds like. that's why i hate being asked what my favorite band is. musics always different. even within a bands own scope, each song is its own thing. im not making sense. but maybe you get the picture?

(i hear 6 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) he's back [28 Aug 2005|10:40pm] [ music | Texas Is The Reason - Johnny On The Spot ] So I'm back on the computer now. I have to talk abotu one of the most amazing things ever. SYSYEM OF A FUCKING DOWN! So we drove down to worcester (Tom, his dad, and myself) and were in a good spot in line. the show kicked off around 7 with a band called Bad Acid Trip. They were released under Serj's record label, Serjical Strike Records and they were produced by SOAD's guitarist Daron Malakian. At first these guys kind of didn't seem cool. The lead singer sounded like he was trying to be Serj, which wouldnt have been cool. After a song or two I got a better feel of what they were going for... FUN. These guys knew how to rock. Their lead singer looked liek he could have been Johnny The Homicidal Maniac if he was a rock star. He had a cool mohawk with this one braid that went crazy when he was going wild onstage. he would crazy dances and shit, and you could tell they were having a blast. I fugred if they were good enough to open for, and be produced by SOAD talent, they deserved at least a chance, I gave it to them, and they won my support. if I didn't have 3MB free on my hard drive (my music one that I need to switch over) I would definately download their music. After a 30 minute set, the Mars Volta came onstage. I have heard a few of their songs on the radio, but i wasnt a fan or anything of theirs. I was thinking I might recognize some of their stuff. I was wrong. But I was not disappointed. These guys blew my fucking socks off. They came out onstage and without saying a word launched into what would be one of the most memorable experiences of music I've had in quite a while. first off, these guys had style. I don't mean the type of clothes they wore, although those were pretty sweet too. But they knew what message they wanted to send, and I think EVERYONE got it. They basically flipped out for 45 minutes... nonstop absolutely amazing jamming. The lead singer always looked like he was about to collapse, or liek he was having sex with the mic stand. he actually reminded me of jim morrison quite a bit. just his mannerisms and such. They didnt say a word or really even acknowledge the audience (which was going crazy by the way), but they made up for that by their talent. They reminded me of pink floyd. Their guitarists had some jimmy page esque solos, and their instrumentation was quite awesome. Their songs were like pink floyd with everything to the whoa-oh vocals that sounded like they were right out of "Great Gig In The Sky" to the awesome tenor solos. When I witnessed the Mars Volta, I witnessed greatness. After about 45-50 minutes SOAD finally came on. How they started was absolutely breathtaking. When they were changign the set (which was a while, but it was worth the wait) they had a curtain with the cover of their new album "Mezmerize". Once the lights dimmed, all you coudl see was the outline of Daron holding his guitar. He went into a solo rendition of "Soldier Side". The only lyrics in the song are: "Welcome, to the soldier side, Where there's no one here but me, People, all grow up to die, There is no one here but me..." it was both visually and emotionally stunning listening to that and seeing just the silhouette of Daron. like on the album, at the end of soldier side, they went into B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs) and the curtain dropped. for a little bit Serj(lead singer) sort of looked bored, but after a while it was all the intensity I was expecting. The crowds were probably the most intense I've been part of. but it was so fun. I basically completely let loose. sometimes I found myself thrashing about in oen of the pits, and other times I foudn myself standing completely still with a dropped jaw. At one point Shavo (bass player) was using his bass as a spotlight. a light was on him and he was shinign it into thecrowd. I was so close that at one point he shined it on me and just sort of grinned and pointed right at me. it was awesome. later on he tossed out a water bottle, and I GOT IT! I didnt notice, but it was still half full, so when i put it in my pocket to hide it from rabid fans, i just soaked all my money. Here is the setlist. They played a perfect mix of new and old songs, and i dont think i coudl have designed a better setlist myself. SOLDIER SIDE BYOB REVENGA KNOW NEEDLES DEER DANCE SUGGESTIONS PSYCHO CHOP SUEY KILL ROCK N ROLL SAD STATUE VIOLENT PORN MR. JACK CIGARO COCAINE BOUNCE ATWA FOREST LOST IN HOLLYWOOD QUESTION! WAR? PRISON AERIALS TOXICITY SCIENCE SUITE PEE SUGAR And now I'm off to bew. or to play some halo2

(i hear 5 voices in my head - whisper in my ear) im back [28 Aug 2005|10:41am] I'm back on the computer now. SOAD was fucking amazing, I'll update about the concert later tonight after work. and is anyone interested in seeing bright eyes?

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