Archive for October, 2000
Even The Losers
28 October 2000Ugh… Relationships suck. Right now, I’m anticipating my two best friends, one male, the other female–someone I myself was somewhat interested in, are going to hook up pretty soon. I know I’m better as friends with her, anyhow, but it is a little stressful losing out to my best friend. And then there’s the fact that she’s my second best friend. So who do I talk to about it? I don’t have a categorized list of best friends. To tell the truth, I’ve pretty much just been relying on the two of them in the friends department lately. Oh well.
Oh, the subject is a Tom Petty song. It happened to be playing when I started writing. The chorus goes, “Even the losers get lucky sometimes.” So there is hope for me :-P
Scream Party Here!
19 October 2000All right, I’m throwing a Scream Trilogy party in my dorm tonight. It’ll probably be just me by my lonesome self, which is good, because how else should one watch a scary movie? If you’re around, though, and wanna catch a peek, feel free to stop by.
“Friends”
17 October 2000Aha! The knack is back… for my songwriting. I sat down and in about fifteen minutes got almost all the words down for “Friends” (previously titled “What Friends Are For”)… As soon as I wrap it up (four lines left) I’ll put it on the site.
P.S. To any of you who are female friends of mine… The song (surprisingly) isn’t about you. Granted, it’s probably fueled by some general frustration, but the object of my character’s “affection” in the song is completely fictional.
Quote of the Day
16 October 2000I am trying to invent my own quotes, to leave my small little mark on the world. So… I purposefully categorize this one under “Quotes That Almost Make Sense.”
“Ignorant people should not speak of ignorance, for they know of it beyond comprehension.” - Thom
Anyhow, I am so thankful for Bill giving me a sub-domain, I thought I should encourage you all to visit his own site, The Tech Report.
I Think I’ve Finished “What Do We Do?”
12 October 2000Yes!!! If the title doesn’t ring a bell, it’s one of the many songs I’ve written. I’ve had a verse or so left to write for the song, and have writers block for so long… A year at least… But tonight, I just sat down and tried to write something and, miraculously, the final, much-needed words came to me. I added a verse and extended the final chorus. I may add some type of bridge, but even if I don’t, I feel comfortable to say that “What Do We Do?” is completed.
The creative juices have been flowing a bit lately. I’ve started a couple of new songs as well. “What Friends Are For” is a sarcastic piece from a guy to his female best friend, and I musically expect it to come out with a bit of an old-Blink-182 sound. “Special People,” admittedly almost too much in the style of Bloodhound Gang, is the product of mental illness… literally. It’s very sketchy right now, but let’s just say I’m flying this baby over the cuckoo’s nest.
Also concerning my music, I think I’m going to try to record a few songs “unplugged” and put them on Thom’s World in .mp3 format. So, if I do that, everyone has to download them, spread them all over Napster, and try to help me find a record deal! :-P
Hopping on the Bandwagon to the Future
9 October 2000Well, I have some pretty major news about the site. Bill has been nice enough to give me a sub-domain at The Tech Report, so the new address for Thom’s World is: thom.techreport.tv Not only can you use that address to get to the site, but you can also specify that address in Quake III Arena to join my local server. (It’s Free-For-All by default, but I run Capture The Flag at times.) Hopefully, I’ll add some other neat features to it as well. Just not yet.
In other news… Older news… Yet more important… I have my new computer! It rocks! Thanks once more for a job well-done, Bill.
Life @!%$# Sucks
4 October 2000(That’s a quote from Dante`.) It doesn’t suck for me, directly… but it sucks right now for a few of my friends, and that’s every bit as bad. Dante` found out that he’s not going to see his girlfriend this month as he’d hoped. (She’s at college in Texas.) Also, Clarisa is “not feeling ambitious” about things in general… There’s more, too, beyond these two examples, but I needn’t go into any further details. I suppose this whole adjustment to college is playing a large part of it, getting to us all in different ways. It sucks to see so many of my friends feeling like this. I wish I could do stuff to help them, but so far all that I know I can do is just be there for them. I’m here, guys.
New Pictures
2 October 2000Not much to say, today. I’m at home in Mesa today. I was moderately productive and scanned some pictures in, so I I should have them added to the site this week sometime. So far the only pics I’ve scanned are from graduation parties from the beginning of the summer, but if I get any more scanned, I’ll let everyone know.
P.S. I think my family just likes me to come home so I can do chores…. argh…