DC road trip & NYC in a few weeks

Yo blog stalkers. I have made it my personal vendetta to make this a better blog than the last one, so let me go ahead and get things started off on the right foot...





Man, that kid gets me every time. So today, the bandmates and I are traveling north to our nation's capital to lay down that funky beat in DC with our friends, No Second Troy. You should probably check them out right now... You can read the rest of my blog later.

Ok, you're back. Seeeee! I told you you'd like them. On with the blog.

Last night I actually indulged in some downtown Raleigh fun for my friend Dawn's birthday. I decided that I am not a HUGE fan of speakers that hang low from already low ceilings, blaring "I Want To Rock & Roll All Night, And Party Every Day." Frehley's wailing never sounded so live. Like I was actually inside his Marshall stack. It's 10:30am and all I hear now is "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah." I don't think that was KISS's (KISS'?) intention when they were rockin' stadiums back in the day. Oh well.

I've also recently decided that I don't care too much for people who don't practice what they preach. I've found myself doing it sometimes. For example (small scale), I'll tell my roommates to clean the dishes when they cook something, but then I'll cook something and leave the dishes there for a day or so. On a larger more meaningful scale, friends will point out, in a loving way, life-deteriorating flaws you possess, at which point they help you fix them, or you fix them yourself. That's part of the role a friend plays. However, when that same person turns around and does the same exact things they pointed their fingers at you about, well, to me it just doesn't make much sense. Again, I think it's part of the human condition. I read recently a great book, "Blue Like Jazz," and there's a part where the author, Donald Miller, talks about how it's human nature to wish bad things upon others. It has something to do with "not wanting others to get 'ahead' in life." I guess it's a subtle form of jealousy, right? Miller says, "when we're born, we have to be TAUGHT to do the right things. Just like if there weren't any cops, there'd be anarchy." He also mentions that there are some people who don't think this applies to them, but those same people drive slower, I guarantee, when there's a cop following them as opposed to when there's not. Great book. Go read it.

Ok, my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. Off to DC. Hopefully will have a good story to tell...