Friday, April 11, 2008

Once more, with feeling.

Clutter. Even a precious possession can be set aside, misplaced or forgotten. Another less important object carelessly placed upon it, and another, and another, until it is buried. It is easy to become overrun and all that surrounds us consumes our sanity, our energy. Soon, you are unable to find what you had only a few weeks ago considered relevant. What a fucking mess.

It is usually in haste that I will begin to rummage through the piles. The need for immediate clearance prompts the overhaul. But rationale overrides rage and I trade trash bags for storage boxes. All that has been sorted out is neatly preserved. I am certain six months from now I will be digging through the boxes.

But for now, space has been cleared and I found my jacket.





The Burden of Elevation

I can no longer stand in front
and throw my fist at you, intent
on hearing every word, captured
in the moment spinning out of control.
But, I miss this like second nature
and then again, I was always more
comfortable slightly out of focus.




p.s. what the hell another won't hurt.

2,359 comments:

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Anonymous said...

MOTHEREFFER?

Anonymous said...

Oh man, I suck!

Anonymous said...

DAMN IT!

resurrected wreck said...

How many times do i have to tell you, K, I love you for your mind



























And that you bumped up my career.

Anonymous said...

I'm to the bridge.

My favorite part.

resurrected wreck said...

Bridge?

Anonymous said...

Well, since we're here.

Hahani Mai by Kekuhi Kanahele.

This is the song to the Hula we're rehearsing. It's one of the most gorgeous and awesome songs I've pretty much ever heard. It's about doing it.

I took a really long class from her once, in chant and Hula and history. She's kinda famous in the HUla community and before the class I ended up in the elevator with her. I could not speak. Like, famous people don't really affect me but for some reason Kekuhi Kanahele made me just totally clam up. I stood in the elevator pretending I didn't know who she was, and that I was studying my curriculum. O_O

I am a ridiculous creature.

Anonymous said...

WHERE'S THAT CONFOUNDED BRIDGE?

Anonymous said...

I have a question.

Do you guys listen to music while you read?

And if you do, doesn't it make sense that you'd be actively using both hemispheres of your brain at the same time?

I only ask this, because I should be reading right now.

Anonymous said...

resurrected wreck said...

How many times do i have to tell you, K, I love you for your mind



























AND THAT WE HAVE SOOOO MUCH IN COMMON AND YOU ARE SO AMAZING AND WE BOTH LIKE THE SAME THINGS AND YOU ARE SO HOT AND SMART AND YOU WEAR COOL CLOTHES AND YOU HAVE NICE HAIR, AND YOU ARE SOOOOOO COOL AND ALL MY FRIENDS LOVE YOU TOO, YOU FIT RIGHT IN WITH US! YOU ARE SO HARDCORE!




Awww, thank you honey!

Anonymous said...

I can't listen to music while I read or write. But when I attempt to draw or paint* I can't not listen to it.
















*FAIL

resurrected wreck said...

It's one of the most gorgeous and awesome songs I've pretty much ever heard. It's about doing it.

0_0

farawaysoclose said...

hello lovely family!!

hi mayo, SS! toe nails SS?????? i have just seen that!! won't tell you my profession but hey it does involve toe nails!! ok so i told you....oh well!!

look i'm back with my exclamation marks!! didn't want to feel the wrath of the princess!!

resurrected wreck said...

AND THAT WE HAVE SOOOO MUCH IN COMMON AND YOU ARE SO AMAZING AND WE BOTH LIKE THE SAME THINGS AND YOU ARE SO HOT AND SMART AND YOU WEAR COOL CLOTHES AND YOU HAVE NICE HAIR, AND YOU ARE SOOOOOO COOL AND ALL MY FRIENDS LOVE YOU TOO, YOU FIT RIGHT IN WITH US! YOU ARE SO HARDCORE!

That's the longest Sharpie message I've ever read? I mean, where's it gonna fit?

*waits for it*

Anonymous said...

*closes eyes just in case*










Hey FASC!

resurrected wreck said...

Hullo, FASC! :D

farawaysoclose said...

hi mustard and RW!!

i'm not saying it!!

Anonymous said...

I'm not thinking the ice is working, RW.

What do you think?

Bellatrix said...

Wanna laugh?

The other day I bought Muse's "Harp" and while I was driving back home I decided to listen to it. So I took one of the two records and put it in my car music player and...nothing! Not a sound came from it!
I was so angry I was about to come back to the store, but then I noticed something:the record I had put in was actually the live DVD...


The record is great though! ;)

Anonymous said...

Hi, FASC! How are ya?


That's the longest Sharpie message I've ever read? I mean, where's it gonna fit?

*waits for it*



Oh man, now I can't. It's too obvious.*

























MY ASS.

Anonymous said...

I'm not saying it either!

Anonymous said...

Bella,that's classic. :)

Bellatrix said...

Hey faraway!

Anonymous said...

The record is great though! ;)

No way! I totally popped that thing in today, too!

It's way past awesome. It's epic, wouldn't you agree?

Anonymous said...

Guys! Listen to that Hawaiian song. It's about doing it.

resurrected wreck said...

I'm not thinking the ice is working, RW.

What do you think?


On the gum, Mustard? We shall have to wait and see, I guess!

Bellatrix said...

I agree!
I agree!
I AGREEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Shit, I'd love to see them live!

sdock10 said...

Motherfucker, I missed it.

My dude is no Bob Villa..

just sayin

resurrected wreck said...

MY ASS.

*nods*

My day is complete.

And now, I must head off to watch movies & pig out. Have a great afternoon, all! :)

farawaysoclose said...

hi bella!! that is so funny!

hi K!!

I'm not thinking the ice is working, RW.

you gotta put it in the freezer overnight anon!!

farawaysoclose said...

bye RW!!!

Smoke said...

I'm friggin' bored as hell.

>_<

Bellatrix said...

Bye RW!
*HUG*

Hey S&V and sdock!

Anonymous said...

Have fun, RW!

Welcome back Smoke and Sdock!

sdock10 said...

Hey Bella!

Hey Smoke!! I just got my shelf put together.

It's a tad bit on the wobbly side.

I'm wondering if my house is not level.

Surely it can't be the construction of the shelf itself...no.

Smoke said...

Hey!!!!!

Smoke said...

You shoulda let me put it together. I could have done it right. ^_^

My son is evil and he must be destroyed. >_<

Anonymous said...

resurrected wreck said...

It's one of the most gorgeous and awesome songs I've pretty much ever heard. It's about doing it.

0_0


Oh yes, well, tons of Hawaiian songs are about doing it. :)

Gotsta go feed my dogs, back in a few!

Anonymous said...

LOL Princess!

Anonymous said...

*hollers at LHM to run!*

farawaysoclose said...

hi solly and princess!!

Smoke said...

I swear to God I don't know who is full of more drama.

Me or him.

O_o

Smoke said...

Hey FASC! Did you see the note I left you about your exclamation points? Did you?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sdock10 said...

So this thing supposedly holds 464 cds or something like that...I wonder who stacked those fuckers on there and counted. hmmmm...

If I were really bored, I would put them up alphabetically by musical genre or something.

Nah, I'm not that bored.

Smoke said...

464?

WTF? Why not 500?

That just doesn't make sense. Shit like that pisses me off.

Anonymous said...

464 is obviously a much better number than 500.

Or, what really gets me, is why a serving of anything (potato chips especially) are an odd count. 15? Why the hell can't you eat 16?

Bellatrix said...

"If I were really bored, I would put them up alphabetically by musical genre or something."

My father's friend does it! He's musician and he has,like 200 cds put up by their release year!

HE'S CRAZY!

Smoke said...

Solly,

Let's go to the movies.

farawaysoclose said...

Hey FASC! Did you see the note I left you about your exclamation points? Did you?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message was received princess! i will not disobey you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smoke said...

Good! ^_^

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

There ain't nothing worth a shit playin at the movies.

Guess what I have figure out?

I need more cds!!

0_0

Smoke said...

I know you have 464 cds. You do, right?

Who gives a shit about what's playing. Let's just go!

Don't make me growl. >_<

sdock10 said...

Apparently...no I do not.

I need more.


I don't wanna go to the movies. We have to save our monies for B'mingham! 'member???

Smoke said...

Screw you! You suck. >_<

Anonymous said...

Rent a movie!

Happy medium!

Anonymous said...

You know what?

Yesterday was my one year My Chemical Romance anniversary.

This was the journal entry of me hearing them for the first time.

Anonymous said...

I'm reading right now, whilst listening to music, and I'm comprehending. Can't ask for more than that!

sdock10 said...

That is so mean. Listen to her and she knows that I'm right. She knows there is nothing good playing and nothing we want to see and she would be blowing 20 bucks.

Fuck, I broke a nail.

Damnit man!


Smoke...don't be all pouty!

Smoke said...

I found out today there is a whole list of movies that she's never seen.

I was like O_O.

Anonymous said...

Yesterday?

April 12, 2007

This summer will be two and a half years, I think? I don't remember the exact day.

I was watching Fuse and "I'm Not Okay" came on. That was the beginning.

Anonymous said...

April 11, 2007 obviously.

I suck at comprehending calendars.

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

Okay, you can go buy Clerks and we will watch it at my house tomorrow. How does that sound? Yes, yes?

Smoke said...

Awwwwww, how cool. I wish I wrote stuff down so I could go back to it. I remember seeing 'Helena' for the first time on tv and actually stopping what I was doing and watching the video. I was kind of speechless. A little weirded out but intrigued at the same time. Still didn't even know who they really were then.

Funny.

Anonymous said...

"I'm Not Okay" was the first song for me, too. ^_^

It really brings me back to this time last year.

Smoke said...

Smoke,

Okay, you can go buy Clerks and we will watch it at my house tomorrow. How does that sound? Yes, yes?


Wait, what? You told me to save my $20 but then you tell me to go spend it? STOP TRYING TO CONFOOZE ME!

Anonymous said...

Princess, I'm obsessed with keeping dates and thoughts and reasons and happenings and also pictures. I have to know the exact date I did this or that. I don't know why, it's some kind of neurosis.

This time last year was a really, really sucky time and MCR was one of the bright spots. I fell in love with their music, but it was Gerard's comment about women that made me give them a listen to begin with.

And I found that because I'd seen an interview with Jared Leto where he mentioned MCR and said that they were awesome, and what a bunch of nice guys they were, and that he was a fan. And I thought, "He's got pretty good taste in music, lemme google this band."

The search somehow turned up that famous quote by Gerard and, well, that was it.

That's why I'm so sad that he didn't mean it or has changed his mind.

sdock10 said...

I have a poem written about the first MY Chem concert Smoke and I went to...I wrote it down so I would never forget it.


Smoke,

I'm just playin...You can come to my house tomorrow and watch LOTR or LOTMS! I will let you choose.

Smoke said...

Smoke,

I'm just playin...You can come to my house tomorrow and watch LOTR or LOTMS! I will let you choose.


You are trying to confooze me, you hobbit.

Smoke said...

Awwww, snap! The race comes on tonight! ^_^

Whoop! Whoop!

Tony's gonna win.

sdock10 said...

Umm, doesn't it take a hobbit to know a hobbit?

Yeah, uh huh that's what I thought, you hobbit.


Helena was the song for me and it still is....that was the beginning.

farawaysoclose said...

Yesterday was my one year My Chemical Romance anniversary.

cool K!! i'm not OK was my first vid also! but i pushed them to the back of my brain for another year or so before i let them in!! and well then it was kinda life changing!!

Smoke said...

It was always so funny to be listening to Revenge because everyday I'd pick my new favorite song. I was like, OMG, there is like not a bad song on here. That is still one of the best albums ever.

Hands down.

sdock10 said...

Hands down...and I've listened to a lot of albums.

Hell, I'm so old...I still call them albums.

Revenge rules, but I do the same thing with Bullets and Parade. A new fave every day.

Bellatrix said...

"there is like not a bad song on here"

I totally agree.

Anonymous said...

Revenge was my favorite. ^_^

Anonymous said...

I think it's really awesome how this band changed the lives of so many people. That's not something an average, everyday person can say, "I changed someone's life today." You can hope that you will, but for it to be on a widescale basis, it's kind of unheard of.

I've never really thought about it, but I think I'm unlike other MCR fans wherein this band didn't really change my life, they only helped reinforce it. They helped to reinforce values I already had and made me see that goodness and kindness can happen even in this profession.

What they completely changed and altered for me were my thoughts, opinions. They were central, next to another band, in instilling my neverending love for sounds.

I frequently get upset at what has happened, and I believe with good reason, but I can never take away my thank you's for them and what they've done.

Eh, that was long-winded. But, anyway...

farawaysoclose said...

i love revenge princess!! what's your fav track?? really.... if you could only listen to one track off revenge before you die which would it be???






mine would be it's not a fashion statement it's a fucking deathwish......it's such a hard choice though!!

Smoke said...

Revenge rules, but I do the same thing with Bullets and Parade. A new fave every day.

No doubt. Revenge is just special though. ^_^

Venom is on Revenge and I ♥ Venom.

I frequently get upset at what has happened, and I believe with good reason, but I can never take away my thank you's for them and what they've done.

Exactly. ^_^

Anonymous said...

What they completely changed and altered for me were my thoughts, opinions.

Wow, Blogger seriously ate part of my sentence! WTF?


...altered for me were my thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and ear for music.

Anonymous said...

FASC:

One word.


Venom. :)

sdock10 said...

What this band did for me was bring back my love for rock music...it had been so long since a band and it's music moved me. With this band, I felt it and I still do. It's been that way for the almost 3 years.

They still give me chills, I still get excited, it's still brand new to me every time I hear it...when that stops for me, then I will move on.

sdock10 said...

A favorite off Revenge...

excluding Helena


INAFSIADW

or

Venom

How can I choose??? Arrghhh

Smoke said...

*Gerard growl

VENOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

farawaysoclose said...

oh fuck i love venom!!!! but no i've made my choice. you really have to think as if it is the last track before you die!!

so from bullets it's so fucking hard but it is demolition lovers for me!! such a hard choice though!! keep thinking that you are going to die and this is the last one!!


black parade!!!.........god how tricky cos it changes....i think hand on heart right now mama!!

so hard!!! i love sleep so much also. but the first time i heard mama i was just like oh my fucking god!! you didn't seriously just do that did you???!!!

sdock10 said...

Bullets...fave?

Honey

followed by:

Our Lady of Sorrows
Drowning Lessons
Headfirst
Demolition Lovers

Fuck, I suck at this.


Parade...

Famous Last Words
Sleep
Disappear
Mama

Bellatrix said...

My favourite song?That's tough...

I really don't know, I love the whole record...

Anonymous said...

Well, since we're here, this was the day I figured out how totally hooked I was.

This is what I wrote that day, exactly as I wrote it; it was April 14th last year:

"Today was superfine. Tai Chi, Hula, the usual Saturday firsts. On the way home I had the windows down and the musi blasting. (More on this later.) On the LIE I hit 80. I didn't stop singing or seat-dancing the entire way; I was tired when I got home. People in the cars next to me started singing and dancing, too, some of them waved at me. Or, maybe they were making fun of the crazy-haired, speeding, spazzing idiot.

Home, I had a sandwich and phoned Chrissie to see if she wanted to go out galavanting, or as she calls it, "retail therapy." Which is fantastic, not just galavanting, but galavanting with Chrissie, who was my first and best best childhood friend. We lost touch through those really rough teenage and early adulthood years, then we reconnected when she and her husband Tim moved into Gram and Gramp's old house across the street. Yet, we don't often have time to really hang out with each other, so this was really nice. We went to Wild By Nature and then Target and Agway (where I got a 20 # bag of dog food for 3 bucks, I kid you not. And some plants.) I told Chrissie, "I have to show you this song" and then I showed her "I'm Not Okay I Promise" by My Chemical Romance (more on this later,) because it's kind of our theme song. Well, Chris and Tim are going through hell trying to adopt and Chrissie has been really stressed over this. We decided that it was okay to not be okay, even if you're 34 and it should be okay. And me, well... Anyway, we talked a lot, kinda like we should have been for the last few years. So we decided to go galavanting more, when we have the time.

So yeah, My Chemical Romance got me. It started, I guess, when I read Gerard Way's apparently famous "Hey, girls, you are beautiful" quote. So famous now that if you google the phrase "Hey girls you are beautiful" there are tons of links, but for those who don't feel like doing that, here is the entire quote: Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise. That's all. Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You're good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it. You are gorgeous, whether you're a size 4 or 14. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person, as long as you respect others. I know it's been told hundreds of times before, but it's true. Hey, girls, you are beautiful. Last week after I read that, I printed it on the back of a picture of said singer and hung it up at work with a message for all the girls to turn it over and read it. Because where I work, we're all always beating ourselves up over how we look: too big, too small, too lumpy, too pointy, etc. I mean, there is a lot of self-loathing. That quote inspired the idealist in me. (OTOH, it made the snarky pessimist in me go, "LOL @ beautiful people trying to tell ugly people not to beat themselves up, Yes Gerard I realize you were fat and miserably abused in high school, but try being unfixably ugly and see if you're saying the same thing then.") I don't know what the context was--whether he planned it or wrote it or said it in an interview or just off the cuff--but it doesn't matter because after all, he said it. And that pretty much rules. (He also said of rock music: Women being objectified . . . so many bad things that are just inherent and ingrained in it that don't have to be that way. and Hey listen up! All you racists, sexists, homophobes, and just plain *ssholes, we've got a message for you...GO THE F*CK HOME! We don't want you here, don't buy our merch, and don’t listen to our music. If you have our CD, break it. We don't want you and we don't need you here. Hurray for that. Even though Kurt Cobain said pretty much those same things about fifteen years ago.)

So I downloaded a few of their songs as you know, fell in love with "I'm Not Okay I Promise" and a handful of other songs. It takes me a good few days to really love a song and I hit critical mass today with a bunch of them. So it was that song, "Helena," "It's Not A Fashion Statement It's a Deathwish", and the hilarious "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison" that made me spazz on down the road at 80MPH. YKWTDTGLUIP really effing tickles me, with lines like "my cellmate's a killer, they make me do pushups in drag!" and the eerie giggle at the end, which from what I understand is not Gerard Way, but rather Bert (insert "his middle name is Phil" joke here) McCracken from The Used. (Bert McCracken = the guy who shoved Meghan out of his way after the Taste of Chaos show when he was being dogpiled by fangirls. Meghan = Not Impressed By Bert McCracken.) Which actually disappointed me because Gerard Way does have an incredible giggle, (the likes of which you can find on youtube,) so infectious it could have come from Plum Island, and so childlike that I swear to god a fairy is born everytime he does it.

The music I guess has been called emo or screamo or scene or whatever, but guess what? It's just straight up punk. And they are fantastic for singing along. (As much as I try to sing along with 30STM, I'd really rather just listen to them because I don't want to sing over Jared, and I can't anyway as he is too fantastic.) I know if you like 30 Seconds to Mars it's not cool to like My Chemical Romance, but screw you. Like Dr. Ruth always says: "If it feels good, do it." It feels good. This band, this message has me by the throat, in the best possible way."


Yup, so that was that.

Smoke said...

Bullets:

Honey

Parade:

Famous Last Words followed by House of Wolves

I think. O_o

Anonymous said...

I totally have a journal entry for the day I first heard "Sleep" too.

I cried like a little bitch the first time I hears "Sleep."

Anonymous said...

And I was driving. I had to pull over.

Anonymous said...

Favorite Bullets:

"Demolition Lovers"

Favorite Revenge:

"Venom," then "Desert Song"

Favorite TBP:

Lyrically, I guess I'll go with "Famous Last Words." I have issues with it now, but anyhoo.

Musically, I think I'll go with "I Don't Love You" and "This Is How I Disappear" as a tie.

Right before the chorus of IDLY, there's this riff that Ray plays that I never picked up until, like, the mid-part of last year, and I had this really funny Eureka! moment when I heard it. It was like opening a present you've always wanted at Christmas.

During the bridge of "Disappear" when Gerard's singing in his falsetto, Ray's lead playing behind him is perhaps one of the most beautifully eloquent parts on that record. I love it to pieces.

Then

sdock10 said...

Has anyone heard any reviews or comments about the show last night in Utah???

Anonymous said...

I cried like a little bitch the first time I hears "Sleep."


I know we shared this stuff last October, but it never hurts to remember where it all began.

After I picked the record up, I was driving back home, shaking the entire way from the power of it all. I made it back, then I sat in my car and listened to "FLW." I had a breakdown right there. I felt like an idiot.

Smoke said...

The Sharpest Knives! I forgot about that one!

I love that one, too!

sdock10 said...

I still have moments like that when I listen to them.

Moments where I am so overwhelmed emotionally that I start physically shaking.

farawaysoclose said...

thanks K for your memories!
i think we all felt the same at the beginning!

guys you have to pick as if it was the last song you could hear before you die!! just one!!


i know it's fucking hard!


anyway i love you guys, i love chatting to you....and now i have to go and be with him there on the sofa.

i will be popping in briefly tomorrow morning (UK time) but then i have guests staying for 4 days. great mates so all time will be spent with them from early morning (bloody kids) til very late at night (too much booze!!) so i won't be able to pop in!!anyway i will miss you all. you too mayo and SS!


love to you all!

Anonymous said...

Bye FASC! Have fun!

sdock10 said...

And then when Smoke and I went to Tampa for The Black Parade concert...oh my, we left out of there screaming and smiling.

It was the most perfect concert experience ever.

And I've been witness to some concert sing alongs, but My Chem fans win. It's unreal.

Bellatrix said...

Right guys, I have to go. Tomorrow will be a loooong day...

Thanks for the chat,family.

Take care everyone.
See you tomorrow.
Love you!
*HUGS & KISSES*

Smoke said...

Bye FASC! Say hello to Mr. Bloke! ^_^


Despite some of the stupid stuff that Gerard has done or said, the fact remains that this band is special. I really believe that. All of them. There's just something about the music and the words and when it all comes together, ya know?

sdock10 said...

Bye FASC!! I can't pick one...I just can't...nope.


The Sharpest Knives heheheh..does he still call it that?

Anonymous said...

Moments where I am so overwhelmed emotionally that I start physically shaking.

I know. People must have thought I was a raving lunatic that day. I had the biggest What-the-hell?- This-is-ingenious smile on my face.

Mostly, I just couldn't believe what it was I was hearing. I had never been exposed to this new version of old-school rock until them. It was eye-opening for sure.

Smoke said...

Bye Bella!

Solly,

Tampa was perfect. PERFECT. It couldn't get any more perfect. I'm just kind of sorry I didn't pay more attention to Muse. :(

I can still see Frank as he walked off the stage. Awwww. He totally waved at the Princess. I know he did. ^_~

Smoke said...

I don't know if he does or not, he hasn't asked to hear it in a while. ^_^

Anonymous said...

Heehee, MCR + Cutlery! ^___^


Re: Sleep:

Well, see I'm neurotic, and I used to be a ridiculous insomniac. I mean like, three, four hours of sleep. It hit critical mass right before my Grampa died, like about six months before. I would, like the song said, just lie there and see people I loved dying.

Right after Grampa died, weirdly enough, I started to sleep really soundly.

But once in a while I'll have those phases again. My brain won't quit, and all it does is just make up horror stories about people I love dying. It gets really bad.

Now I've figured out that my subconscious is telling me, "The last time you had this problem, someone you love did die," and that makes me panic even more.

The first time I heard "Sleep," I was saying goodbye to my friend Brittany. She was going home to Hawai'i because her Mom had just been diagnosed with cancer. That day, we had a going away party for her. It was April 15th and it was rainy, dreary, miserable (I usually love rainy days, but this was a bad rainy day.) I was going to see her the next night to see her off, but that day was our group goodbye. I pulled up to the restaurant that afternoon just as "Mama" had ended.

We had a misererable, depressing lunch that day, during which we found out that our mutual good friend Jane could not make it because her father had a few hours left to live--he also had cancer, but advanced. He actually died that day.

Driving home from that was my first time listening to "Sleep" so obviously I had a lot going on that day. The people I love, their people were dying. My best friend was going away. It was just awful and terrible but then "Sleep" came on and all of a sudden I thought, This band, they get it. They have been here. This guy who wrote this lyric, the one who sees people he loves dying, he gets it.

Well, and that was it!

Anonymous said...

And I've been witness to some concert sing alongs, but My Chem fans win.

Um, I also cried then, too.

To hear fans singing the songs, it's amazing to hear.

I would love to be in the band's shoes when it happens, too. I wonder what it feels like onstage.

farawaysoclose said...

Desert Song

i fucking love that one mustard!!!!!!!



I know we shared this stuff last October, but it never hurts to remember where it all began.


in true UK time zones i missed that convo!!!! sorry!

Has anyone heard any reviews or comments about the show last night in Utah???

sorry solly but no!!

The Sharpest Knives! I forgot about that one!

god i know princess!!

Moments where I am so overwhelmed emotionally that I start physically shaking.

love you solly!


gotta really go.....mr bloke is looking at me with hate in his eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

By Bella, bye FASC!

Anonymous said...

Goodbye, Bella!!!

See you later!

sdock10 said...

Totally special...I agree. Smoke and I have been fans of music since we....well, before we were born and this band is just different.

And can I just go on record to say this:

Frank Iero is music and passion. That dude just gets it. His love of what he does shines through always. When I watch Frank play, I think to myself..."yeah, that's the way I would do it." Because really there is no other way.

sdock10 said...

*waves to Mr. Bloke*

Hi!!

Anonymous said...

The dude gives it all he's got every night. I don't see how. Total respect for him and his abilities.

Anonymous said...

Agreed re: Frank. I think he's a true empath and he seems as if he feels things all the way to his core.

Smoke said...

Yes, Yes, Yes.

Frank = passion. Nobody else makes me want to play guitar like he does. And I know I would suck at it. ^_^

I still think 'Sleep' is the most important song on that whole record.

sdock10 said...

This talk is making me so excited for Alabama. I can't wait to see them again. I get the biggest shit eating grin on my face just talking about it.

Scared to brave the mosh pit? Fuck yeah, I am.


I'm hoping they might change it up and play Venom or Fashion Statement or Our Lady of Sorrows....I think if they play Our Lady of Sorrows...well, I might die a little bit.

Smoke said...

If they play Venom.....

I will be trampled to death because I will pass out.

sdock10 said...

Yes, that is my fear...becoming so emotionally frail that I fall out and get stampeded to death.

Anonymous said...

When they play "Venom," you guys gotta scream Finger Skillz, mmmkay?

Smoke said...

Or let someone stomp on my foot and just out of reflex I elbow them in the jaw or something and start this massive riot and then Frank yells at me to squash it and then I would die.

O_O

Yeah, I wouldn't do that. ^_^

Smoke said...

Finger Skillz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smoke said...

Where is Fim?

Anonymous said...

You gotsta.

Make him feel the Toro Tinglez.

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

Dude said we could drive his truck if we wanna...

Ummmmm I dunno.

sdock10 said...

Where is Betty today?

Anonymous said...

Oh! I forgot to mention it.

An anon posted a Portland review that wasn't really a review this morning.

They spelled Frank's last name wrong again. >.<

Anonymous said...

I dunno where Fimtastic is.

Probably cooking up some dirty scheme. ;)

gnothi seauton said...

Good evening Mayo.
Good evening All.


I see we are all reminiscing.

Is everyone well?

Smoke said...

Smoke,

Dude said we could drive his truck if we wanna...


WTF? Is he smokin' crack or something? He must be ASSuming that you are going to drive and well, ummm....no. And if I drive it, God forbid something actually happen to it and then there'd be hell to pay. >_<

So, yeah, I'm game. I'll totally drive the shit out of it.

Smoke said...

Hey there, GS!

sdock10 said...

I want to know what songs they played...dangit! How hard is that for people to do?? Grrr.....

Smoke said...

Kalifornia comes on in like ten minutes! Whoooo!



I count 1...I count 2.....I count 3 and you know what? It wasn't there.

sdock10 said...

Hey GS!

How are ya?



Smoke,

The truck just seems so uncomfortable and I dunno why, but how redneck would we look?

gnothi seauton said...

So hello to * squints * Kapunua, Mustard, Sdock and Smoke.

Did I miss anyone?

Anonymous said...

Hey GS! Nice to see you!

Smoke said...

The truck just seems so uncomfortable and I dunno why, but how redneck would we look?

Solly,

We are riding straight through Georgia to Al-uh-Bam-uh.

We would be out of place in anything but a pick-up truck. X_x

Smoke said...

Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside, 'round the outside, 'round the outside....

Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside, 'round the outside, 'round the outside....


Al-uh-Bam-uh!!!!!!!!!

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

Good point..and he did just put fresh new tires on it...so we might want to think about it for realz. I still think we must leave the night before, but that's just me.

Road trip!! Hells yeah!

Anonymous said...

Finally given up?

sdock10 said...

Oh Smoke

Do me a favor and go to frightfurnace.com and watch the commercial for that place.

Please please...it's creepy.

Smoke said...

Who gave up and what did they give up on? O_O

Is it really creepy? Really, really creepy?

EEEEEEEEK!

Okay, brb.

sdock10 said...

Given up what exactly??

Anonymous said...

Hiya GS!

OMG, not Kalifornia! O_O


"Earlie! You're mean!"

sdock10 said...

Jules,

Kalifornia RULES!!! I have watched it a least a gazillion times.

Smoke said...

Okay, we're going to that effin' place to see MCR? O_O

Kalifornia! Damn, it doesn't start until 6:30.

I can't call you Lucy, Lucy's dead. I'll call you Shelly. Hi Shelly!

Anonymous said...

Err, I won't judge.

;D

Brad Pitt actually kinda freaks me out.

Smoke said...

Brad Pitt was an awesome psycho.
And I think Juliette Lewis is funny as hell.

^_^

sdock10 said...

That movie makes me laugh. I love it. So does American Psycho...but anyhoo...I never claimed to be in great mental health.

This shouldn't shock people.

Anonymous said...

Actually, she kinda freaks me out a little, too. But I can do a wicked impersonation of most of her characters. O_O

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

Sloss Furnace is creepy right? Did I lie? Ghostesess live there..it's been documented.

Smoke said...

That's gonna be cool. ^_^ Maybe I'll get one on camera. Whooohooohooo!

As long as they don't try to hitch a ride back to Swamptown with us.

sdock10 said...

Oh they are gonna hitch a ride alright...right to your soul.

muahahahhhahaha


I better STFU actually.

Smoke said...

Ummm, please do.

Jeez.

Smoke said...

Scorpio (10/23-11/21)Strike up some deep conversations with strangers today -- and find a new alliance

Anon, would this be you? O_O

sdock10 said...

Do me! Do me! Do me!

What does mine say?

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I flaked.

What's Kalifornia, and I'll reiterate: Who is doing the giving up, and what it is being given up?

I'm full of questions. :/

Smoke said...

Libra -
Be prepared to give a little more today. Good thing flexibility is your strength.


O_O

Anonymous said...

You said, Do me! Do me! Do me!.

Just thought I'd play the part of Capt. Obvious right now. ;)

Smoke said...

Kalifornia is the scary/psycho movie with Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis and David Duchovny. Is that how you spell it? Anyhoo...

It's coming on Fuse at 6:30. I ♥ that movie.

Anonymous said...

Oh, well!

That ties in perfectly then!

Smoke said...

He-he-he. I saw that, too, Mustard. ^_^

Anonymous said...

what does it say for pisces smoke?

sdock10 said...

Well Mustard, it always helps to be flexible I suppose. Relative to my horriblescope.


Mustard, You've never seen Kalifornia? Oh my...

gnothi seauton said...

Brad Pitt freaks me out too.

Before I forget:

SS
I was watching Doctor Who earlier and in this episode he time travelled to Pompeii in 79AD ( Whoops! Bad move!!! ) Anyhow, he and his assistant Donna are walking around the market and she notices the signs are in English and suspects that they are on some film set instead.
The Doctor informs her that the TARDIS automatically translates for them wherever they go and they are actually conversing in Latin.
So Donna then says:
" So what happens if you speak in Latin? "
So she goes up to a stall holder and says " Veni, vidi, vici " and he's like " SORRY LOVE, I DON'T SPEAK CELTIC " in that voice specially used for foreigners.

Now I know this is one of those ' had to be there ' moments but it was seriously funny. And it made me think of you.

Just wanted you to know.

Smoke said...

I'm gonna go back and tell the horrorscope people they were wrong. That anon is the only 'stranger' that I'm gonna be able to talk to and they won't talk back to me. >_<

Anonymous said...

No, I've never seen it.

Am I missing an intrical part of American culture?

Smoke said...

Pisces (2/19-3/20)Are all of your irons in the fire getting too hot to handle? If so, then get help!

There ya go! Ummm, sounds like you might need some help! O_O

sdock10 said...

Smoke,

An anon just asked you to read their 'scope for Pisces!!

Pay attention!

Smoke said...

You pay attention, Solly. I already posted it!

sdock10 said...

Mustard,

Uhhhh no, I don't think so, but it's funny as hell. Brad Pitt makes a great killer.

Anonymous said...

thanks smoke. That sounds right to me. I'm scorching at the moment.

Smoke said...

Uh-oh. O_O

Smoke said...

Even under your armpits?

MissTottenham said...

Hi everyone, how are you?


Well this evening I decided to wax my bikini line with some wax strips. The wax is incredibly sticky and doesn't want to wash off.

Now my knickers are sticking to me.

Anonymous said...

well, if it sounds like i need help then you best come and rub some cream on me cos i am to fucking hot and in pain. seriosuly, i hate the piggin sun.

now i am going to have a shower cos i need to try and cool down.

sizzle sizzle sizzle

Anonymous said...

everywhere

Anonymous said...

oh and the anon is not me.

Smoke said...

Oh my! MissT, that sounds icky!

Fim,

Awwww, did you get you some aloe?

Smoke said...

Well, you two have something in common! ^_^

sdock10 said...

Oh sweet Jeezhus...we have creamy Fimble and sticky MissT...Niiiiiice!!


Fimble, what's the piggin sun?


Hey MissT!

Anonymous said...

Well this evening I decided to wax my bikini line with some wax strips. The wax is incredibly sticky and doesn't want to wash off.

Now my knickers are sticking to me.


This had to be repeated.

So, now we know if there's a nuclear blast, it will be rats, your yellow knickers, and whatever's stuck to them! ;)



Hey Fim! I'm sorry you're in pain! I hate getting burnt by the sun.

Smoke said...

What would be good for supper? Somebody tell me because I don't have a clue. Oh! Did you tell K that we saw the juice with acai in it?

^_^

MissTottenham said...

Hi Princess, solly and mustard.

How are you girls today?

sdock10 said...

No, I forgot to tell her that.

Smoke said...

I'm good, MissT. How's you? Aside from being sticky and all?

sdock10 said...

I'm okay, MissT.

How are you other than the stickiness?

sdock10 said...

We have to stop doing that.

Talking the same...dressing the same.

Smoke said...

My Leathermouth shirt didn't come today. :( I just knew it would.

I am sad because of that.

Anonymous said...

does anyone know what was sharpied on Gerard's arm at Bamboozle?

MissTottenham said...

I'm doing good thanks girls. But every time I need a wee I have to peel my knicks off.

Smoke said...

I don't, Anon. Sorry.

MissT!

I'm sorry but that is funny! ^_^

sdock10 said...

Anon,

No one can seem to find any pics that show it. It's one of those great mysteries.

Smoke said...

It said....

"I ♥ Smoke"

Hee-hee.

Who knew that Gerard loved NASCAR?

MissTottenham said...

Thanks princess.

It's like I have to unwrap myself like a sticky bun or something.

Smoke said...

Awwwww, what would get it off? I'm trying to think of something but I don't know.

Acetone?

sdock10 said...

Heheheh, Princess you are funny.


Anon, have you found any pics that show any part of it at all?

sdock10 said...

Uhhh, I wouldn't put acetone that close to lil LuLu.

Anonymous said...

Why do the guys from Muse take a shower together?





THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT.

sdock10 said...

Exsqueeze me?

Muse does what?

gnothi seauton said...

Maybe we'll have to put Miss T in the freezer with the chewing gum. Seems to be the solution to most sticky problems.

Hello Foggy.

Anonymous said...

My mom, being the awesome person that she is, went, taking all my Umbrella Academy comics with her, as well as buying the special edition with the cover Gerard drew when she got to the store.

After an hour of standing in line with screaming fan girls and such, mom finally got to Gerard, which took much longer than it should have since people were rude and decided it was ok to cut (for shame).

Gerard was sitting in the back of the store, hunched over a table, with sunglasses on. And, for all the people who give him a hard time about wearing sunglasses indoors.... think about this. The lady in front of my mom walked up to him, shoved a camera about a foot in front of his face, and took a picture, with the flash on. He'd be blind by now if it weren't for those Ray-Bans.

Anyways, he shook her hand and asked her name, and my mom mentioned she was there on behalf of me, who had class, to which he replied "It's good she stayed in class." Here's the rest of the not-verbatim conversation that sorta went like this:

Mom: Yeah, she's an art major at the University. She wants to intern this summer at Dark Horse.
Gerard: That's really great!
Mom: How do you stand the screaming?
Gerard: You know, I don't know.
Mom: Well, thanks a lot, and enjoy your stay in Portland.
Gerard: Thanks! I really like it here.

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