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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
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10:13 pm - I'm coming home again
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I am obsessed with Graduation. It's so good. "Big Brother" almost brought me tears. It's a great album to run to. Kanye West is a genius. I don't even like rap that much, but this..This is great. "Homecoming" is probably my favorite track. "Good Morning" is also great. It's all good in Universe City.
Second semester begins on the 22nd, and I'm very excited. I had a great first semester. I should end up with all A's, which would be a first since like 3rd grade..Stupid chemistry....Anyway. Second semester means we're halfway through! I would still rather not be at school. I'd rather do stuff that will matter in 5 years. Grades aren't forever. Music is.
Speaking of music, I wrote a song called "While I'm Loving You, You're Hurting Me". I wrote the first verse and the chorus and I was like, "John Mayer NEEDS to sing this song." I can't. My voice won't fit it. It's possibly the best song I've ever written. I don't usually say my own songs are good (that's Kanye's position), but this..This is good. Real good. JM's gotta sing it. I will get it to him. Some how. Feel free to help in any way you can. I'm not one to say my songs are good, but lately I feel like I've struck gold. I like it.
Celtics lost tonight. It was a let down. We'll be alright though.
I don't like this unseasonably warm weather. It's not good. I mean, I love that I got to go run in shorts and a t-shirt yesterday, but something's fishy. Tornadoes? In January?! Scary. I don't like it..It's not sitting well. I think I've got a song.
I've been working on guitar so much lately. I was so in the moment today that when I stopped, I was actually tired. I was like, "I need to go sit down now." I think I'm getting better every time I practice. I've been so good with music lately it's crazy. And I love every second of it. Come on, Berklee....
current mood:  confident
current music: I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)- John Mayer
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| Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
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9:42 pm - Amy On Amy And Basketball
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I'm surprised it took me this long to realize this. Anyway. One of my favorite qualities about myself is that I know my weaknesses and things that I am not good at. I'm also able to accept that there are many things I'm not great at that I love, but I find a way to get involved with them in an area that I am good at. For example, I'm not a stellar basketball player, but I can manage the team. I can play the guitar a bit, so I play the National Anthem before the games and serenade the crowd at halftime. That's about all I have to say about that.
We beat McAuley tonight. Actually, we crushed McAuley 61-45. To go to McAuley, play them at home, and beat them that badly--that's a good sign for us. We are a good team, we just don't seem to know it. I think we do now. Our schedule is fairly easy for the rest of the season. We could go to the Western Maine Finals--at least the quarter-finals, maybe semi-finals. State? Who knows? Everyone's even except Deering. And they're only one step above the rest.
Basketball's one of my biggest inspirations. Kind of ironic...Anyway, I had to remember this throughout the game:
There are empty seats tonight
It's not like it was before
Nobody wants to pay the price
They just want the score
That, to me, was too good to forget. I think I'm gonna call it 'Intensity'. What sparked that, you might ask? Well, at last year's Biddeford/McAuley game, the gym was PACKED. There was no room. Literally. The two best basketball players (and teams) were facing each other. The Tigers, lead by the great Emily Rousseau and the Lions lead by the 6' 4" center Ashley Cimino who was one of USA Today's Top 50 players--she's currently at Stanford. We lost by eight points, but it was a great game. No one went home crying. This year, neither team is truly great. There was plenty of room. The atmosphere--at first--wasn't fiery or intense. In the beginning it was an average game. It got heated later. That is how I write a song. If I hadn't told you what that was about, you'd have a vague idea. But only vague.
Have a nice night.
current mood:  jubilant
current music: Prove It All Night- Bruce Springsteen
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| Monday, December 31st, 2007
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3:32 pm - New Year
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Personally, I think celebrating going from December 31st to January 1st is possibly the dumbest holiday ever. It's an excuse to party, but there are already plenty of reasons and excuses to party so why add another one? New Year's Eve is only fun if you're famous or between the ages of 21 and 35--if that.
I really haven't done much lately. I've written a few songs, played guitar, played Wii, got 107 lines in Tetris, and caught my annual cold. I only get sick like twice a year, and I always get the same cold at the same time. It's almost gone now.
Haha, oh yeah, on top of my unenthusiastic attitude toward celebrating the New Year, I got my period today. So that doesn't help matters. I do have a guitar lesson. Thank GOD I have a guitar lesson..Otherwise I'd go out of my mind.
While I'm here, I could give you a blip of a song I wrote last night. I think I will. Here's the second verse to my latest song "You're Throwing It Away":
You had so many chances
But they slipped between your fingers
Now all that you have left
Is the emptiness that lingers
Feedback is appreciated.
I'm gonna go play guitar while I wait for my sister to return with the car.
Happy New Year.
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| Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
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8:28 pm - Have I done one yet?
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current mood:  tired
current music: Backstreets- Bruce Springsteen
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| Monday, December 3rd, 2007
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5:11 pm - So
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So I had my interview and audition for Bekrlee this weekend. Overall it went very well. I'm not in the mood to elaborate for the millionth time. Only Bob will receive every detail because if it weren't for him, things wouldn't have gone so well, and he needs to know that. I will say this: there hardly any other girls there, and no other guitarists so that's a big plus.
I decided that I don't hate school, I'm just bored with it. It's always the same. Yeah, I have a pretty sweet/easy schedule, but still. Half the time I already know the answers. It just gets annoying. Next semester will be better. Some more challenging courses, no more college stuff, and baseball's around the corner.
I've been writing a lot of songs lately. A lot of songs that people aside from myself would enjoy. At least I like to believe they would enjoy. Maybe if I get a camera I'll join the rest of the world on YouTube. It could be very good for me.
I have become so much more attached to my guitar lately. It's hard for me to put it down. I'm always listening or watching or playing music these days. Whether it's Bruce Springsteen in Barcelona, John Mayer's Any Given Thursday, or Crossroads, I'm watching a concert. If I'm not watching a concert, I'm playing guitar. On the off chance I'm not playing guitar, I'm just listening to music. Or reading about music, or writing about music, or... I can't help myself. It's become permanently rooted in my system, more so now than ever before. There's always an idea going on in my head. It's an amazing thing. It really is.
Today we had no school, which also meant no guitar lesson. Normally I would be at Bob's right now. However, unsafe travel conditions ruined the latter part of my day. So now you get to read my ramblings. I apologize. Dinner's soon, so I'll be done before you know it.
Sometimes I feel like a geek--a guitar geek, if there is such a thing. More often than not, I spend my nights down in my basement playing guitar while my friends go out. I do get out a lot though. The past few weekends I haven't though. It's been a guitar-focused month for sure. And it will probably be a guitar-focused-rest-of-the-year. No, scratch that: A guitar-focused life. A life dedicated to music in all its aspects. Be it guitar, songwriting, or music business. My life revolves around music. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
current mood:  lazy
current music: Covered In Rain- John Mayer
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| Friday, November 16th, 2007
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11:07 pm - It's Almost Time
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Sunday's the day that everything changes. Sunday is Bruce Day. I was lucky enough to meet my hero, but now I get to see him in action. I can't tell you what this means to me. I never considered Mick Jagger or Keith Richards or Eric Clapton or even John Mayer my hero. Bruce Springsteen is my hero. As much as I love the musicians I listed above, none of them compare to Bruce Springsteen in my eyes. He is pure rock n roll. And he has more fun and passion than all those guys combined. He's just incredible. Incredibly incredible.
He is everything I want to be, and so much more. I shouldn't even compare myself to him musically. I've listed the commonalities we have already.
I just can't help it. I'm addicted and I'm in love.
current mood:  excited
current music: Seeger Sessions DVD- Bruce Springsteen
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| Saturday, October 27th, 2007
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12:11 am - I Hate School
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I mean it. I really don't like school. I love learning, but I hate school. I hate the guidance dept (with the exception of Mrs. Charland), I hate the facilities, I hate the rules, I just..hate everything about it--not the people, or not most people. Everyone's telling you what to do all the time. They tell you what you should like and what you shouldn't. You're forced to take classes that you don't want to take. They tell you about things you should've known at the start of school at the end of a term. It's a place where many incompetent people manage to make a living. Or at least that's my perspective of it at the moment. And probably for the rest of the year.
As you can see I am angry. Very. Very. Angry.
I feel like I'm getting the shaft here. Yes, I am a student, but school isn't my only interest--nor is it my only option for education, despite what others say. My main focus in life isn't school. It's music, and right now the Red Sox as well. Six hours a day of sitting in chairs that are bad for your back listening to someone talk seems like a waste of time to me. Bruce Springsteen says in his song "No Surrender":
We busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record
Than we ever learned in school
That's how I feel, and have felt since September 4th, 2007. Day one I had already developed a dislike for school. In particular my school. You can call it Senioritis, but it's not. It's discontentment with everything that BHS stands for.
For example, at Parent-Teacher Conferences, one of my teacher's said, "She could have an A, but she doesn't have her priorities in order," or something along those lines. So is that teacher saying I should put my guitar on the back-burner and study and do work all the time? Give up my passion? It sounds like it. I don't care about the A's and B's any more. I don't care how high I score. I care about what I love, school is something I do not love. I leave at every opportunity I get. Whether I manage to have a complete early release or if I just go out to lunch... Either way it's okay because I'm not in those walls. I'm not a rebel, but I'm not a conformist either.
I know that high school, for me anyway, will not be the best time of my life or the glory days. I participated in everything I could. There were definitely a lot of high points and memories, but there are greater things out there. I can't wait to see what awaits me, and everyone around me. Some will probably never leave this place. Others already have a foot out the door.
It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' out of here to win
current mood:  angry
current music: Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen
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| Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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5:02 pm - What do you say?
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Seriously, what do you say? Senior write-ups for the yearbook are due tomorrow, and I could put so much in there. So many things have happened over these last four years that it's hard to limit myself. I'm considering putting just a bunch of lyrics and a general thank you, but I've done too much in and out of school to be that brief. I'm definitely putting some lyrics in..definitely Springsteen lyrics. He has become the soundtrack to my life--with the help of Billy Joel, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and yeah, I'll throw Elton John in there. But it's mainly Bruce. I'm thinkin' I'm gonna put in this:
Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop
I'll be on that hill with everything I got
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost
For wanting things that can only be found
In the darkness on the edge of town
Maybe not the last two lines. I also might put this:
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine
The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands
That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland
Probably not...
"Badlands," a personal favorite may fit:
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
talk about a dream
Try to make it real
you wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
for a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
I'm not gonna put this, but this is what will happen to the majority of my class:
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
and I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
but I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
a little of the glory of, well time slips away
and leaves you with nothing mister but
boring stories of glory days
Now I'm just throwing ideas around:
Meet me in the fields out behind the dynamo,
You hear the voices telling you not to go,
They made their choices and they'll never know,
What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie,
What it's like to live and die.
Let's try out some Billy Joel:
From 'Keeping the Faith':
Still I would not be here now
If I never had the hunger
And I'm not ashamed to say
The wild boys were my friends
Oh
'Cause I never felt the desire
'Til their music set me on fire
That's about all I have for Billy Joel.
Beatles?
There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
I've gotta go. One of those will fit.
current mood:  contemplative
current music: For No One- The Beatles
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| Friday, October 12th, 2007
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9:35 pm - Above and Beyond Passion
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You know you've gone beyond having enormous passion, dedication, and obsession when the most important paperwork in your life is due in less than three weeks, and you're watching the Red Sox.
Maybe I do need to prioritize a bit more.
...Nahh
current mood: calm
current music: Red Sox Game 1 ALCS
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| Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
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6:54 pm - Signs
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I need a new layout. One that's much more me, and not so generic.
So I've decided that I'm going to major in Music Business at Berklee. Bob and I talked about it, and something happened today that solidified it. Here's the story:
When I got home from school today I threw my stuff down by the table where I always do. The mail had already come so I was looking to see if there was anything for me--there wasn't. The cover of NewsWeek caught my eye, it was powerful women in America and in the world. I noticed Rachel Ray on the cover so I was like, "I have to see this." I walked into the den, flopped down on the couch and just opened up to a random page, and who would it be? Not Rachel Ray, but Julie Greenwood, President of Atlantic Records. So of course I had to read it. That, my friends, is a sign. A sign that I need to go into the music industry definitely, but more so a sign that I will one day work for (and potentially run) Atlantic Records (how cool would that be). Working could mean being signed by them, working in the recording process, producing, advertising..Anything. But that was just..it.
I need to do this.
At my last guitar lesson, Bob and I talked majors. He thought I wanted to be a Performance major, and I told him no, that Business is where it's at. I saw a light in his eye and everything changed. One of his really good friends, Stephanie Kellar, is a professor at Berklee in the Business program. So he was like, "Okay, well, this changes..everything! You know what, I need to set you up with a lunch date with my friend Stephanie who is a professor in the Business program."
Also, Berklee has the best Music Business program in the world. The world.
It's good to know the right people. Be a good person, play guitar, and good things happen. I had really thought about going to Berklee for songwriting, until Bob was like, "Not a good idea. Look at your heroes..Did they go to school for songwriting?" No, they didn't. Maybe it's just something you're born with. The songwriting gene. Like the go-gene as we call it in my family. My mother, myself, and my cousin Dale all have the go-gene. We like to go places. We don't stay home often. Either way, I'm glad I have that. I don't need someone to tell me how to arrange my lyrics and chords, I already know how to do it.
current mood: jubilant
current music: Hungry Heart-Bruce Springsteen
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| Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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9:01 pm - How does he do it...
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Billy Joel..How does he do it?
I'm young enough to still see the passionate boy I used to be
But I'm old enough to say I got a good look at the other side
I know we got to work real hard, maybe even for the rest of our lives
But right now I just want to take what I can
Get tonight
While the night is still young
I want to keep making love to you
While the night is still young
I'd like to settle down
Get married
And maybe have a child someday
I can see a time coming when I'm gonna throw my suitcase out
No more separations
Where you have to say goodnight to a telephone
Baby I've decided that ain't what life is all about
Oh
While the night is still young
While the night is still young
I want to try to make the world brand new
While the night is still young
Rock and roll music was the only thing I
Ever gave a damn about
There was something that was missing
But I never used to wonder why
Now I know you're the one I needed
To make things right again
And I may lose the battle
But you're giving me the will to try
Oh
While the night is still young
Because the night is still young
I've got a lot of catching up to do
While the night is still young
While the night is still young
I want to try to make the world brand new
While the night is still young
Maybe it comes with experience...
current mood: hopeful
current music: The Night Is Still Young- Billy Joel
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| Monday, October 8th, 2007
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3:21 pm - Manhattan School of Music
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The Manhattan School of Music. I thought I might like to go there. I really looked into it and even started the application, actually I did probably 75% of the application. Then I really looked at it, and I realized that its 88% classical and 12% jazz. The jazz guitar department is so small--three professors. I stepped back (I've been stepping back a lot lately) and looked at the whole picture, and realized there is no way I would last there. It's too small, and too classical. I don't want a conservatory. So there goes about 75% of my options.
Thankfully, there's Berklee. The one school that's moving away from jazz. Now don't get me wrong, I do like jazz, but not enough to study it.
I like blues, hence the username. Many people wouldn't know that I really like blues because I never talk about it. That's because I like Bruce Springsteen more.
Anyway, so there goes one alternate choice. Not that I want to go anywhere else, it just makes my parents and others feel better knowing that I applied to more than one school Even if I could spend the money that I will be spending on applications on Bruce Springsteen tickets. I swear, I am going to be psychologically damaged if I don't get floor tickets.
current mood: weird
current music: I'm Still Standing- Elton John
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| Friday, October 5th, 2007
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11:50 pm - Two
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Two bomb threats in less than 24 hours. I wasn't scared, just bored. Honestly, get a grip on life. Other than our "Code Blue" last year, nothing serious has happened at the high school. It's ridiculous. Get new ideas to get out of class. Or just drop out of school, and make everything easier.
Also, I don't think it's October. It's too hot to be October. 85 degrees and sunny is not post-season baseball weather. It's confusing the critters.
I think I'm on a lyrical breakthrough. Things are really piecing together. Who says I can't be something? I've worked too hard not to be something.
I made a sign for my concert tomorrow. This one may actually work. JM would've worked, but it was confiscated. And Pete Townshend said yes, I just couldn't understand what he said afterward. Bruce. I'm putting all my money on Bruce to come through for me. I put all my faith in him. He doesn't let me down. Ever.
I work 5-10 tonight. I am quite tired. And dirty and smelly and I need to shower but I'll wait until the morning.
This town really does rip the bones from your back. I need to get out while I'm young. While I still can. It's just like being in a permanent rut for the most part. I have the world to roam, and I'm gonna do just that someday.
If I were more alive I'd post lyrics. But my memory is dead at the moment.
current mood: tired
current music: The Ties That Bind- Bruce Springsteen (and the Red Sox game)
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| Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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9:54 pm
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Life is good. But for me, it's rarely not good. Good is generally an understatement of my life. It's great.
School's good again. Had a bit of a rough spot last week. That's all taken care of now. All my classes are running smoothly again.
For my economics class we are allowed to do a job shadow somewhere in the area. Well, there is nothing musically-related really in the area, and getting to Gateway Mstering would be a hassle. So I decided to job shadow my favorite person alive's husband--Al Dutremble. He teaches at the Middle School, and I've never been to a middle school. It should be pretty fun. I'm pretty excited for it.
People have been telling me lately that I shouldn't put all my eggs in one basket. That basket for me is Berklee. My parents and friends have been saying things like, "What if you don't get in? Then what?" "What if something happens?" "What if this?" "What if that?" Life is "what if". What they don't understand is that I have no place else to go. Yes, there are other music schools. But there is no other school like Berklee. No other school can give me what Berklee can give me. You don't know what it is. I do. I really feel home when I'm there. When I'm in Boston I feel home. Fenway Park, Berklee, the Garden, the Orpheum, Beacon Hill, the Esplanade..I need that. I need it all. I need Berklee--more than you will ever know. I need Berklee.
While watching 'Grey's Anatomy' tonight, I was thinking about becoming a doctor. Not actually becoming a doctor, but just what it takes. I could never do it. I get too attached to things. I would be Izzy if I was on 'Grey's'. Then I was thinking what I do takes just as much as what they do. Music saves. It heals. It makes people feel good. It captures energy, emotion, passion..anything you want it to in approximately three minutes. Nothing else in life can do that. There is so much more work than what you see on stage or hear on a record. That's a person's life. He or she is putting his or her life on the line for you to enjoy. Think about it. What I do is a lot harder than it looks. Writing a song is not easy. Lyrics, melodies, harmonies, under-lying messages, meter, rhythm, a lot goes on that you don't know about.
I was also thinking that I should be across the tracks right about now. I miss that place. Soon. Soon I'll be back there. I just don't want to feel like I'm imposing. I always get told the opposite. So maybe I should listen for once, and just call again next week.
I really should finish my essay, but I don't feel like it...
Life is all about "what if". What if things don't go according to plan? But have you ever stopped to think what if things do go according to plan? Am I the only optimist left in this world? Sometimes I feel like I am. Well, no. Bruce is an optimist when it comes down to it. I believe in a brighter tomorrow. My glass is always half full. I'm the what-if-things-do-go-according-to-plan kid. I'm the picker upper. I'm the one that when I'm sad, something is terribly wrong. I believe in the Red Sox. I sometimes question if I believe in the Red Sox more than I believe in God. That's a whole different entry. As well as the Bruce Springsteen vs. God entry. Yes, I do believe in God, but I believe in other things more.
I'm thinking I'm just gonna leave it at that. I could go on forever tonight. I might, too, that's why I have to stop.
current mood: contemplative
current music: Levon- Elton John
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| Friday, September 28th, 2007
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12:02 pm - Help Me Find the Promise Land
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On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back into town
Driving cross the Waynesboro county line
I got the radio on and I'm just killing time
Working all day in my daddy's garage
Driving all night chasing some mirage
Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge
CHORUS
The dogs on Main Street howl
'cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land
I've done my best to live the right way
I get up every morning and go to work each day
But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold
Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode
Explode and tear this whole town apart
Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart
Find somebody itching for something to start
CHORUS
There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor
I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm
Gonna be a twister to blow everything down
That ain't got the faith to stand its ground
Blow away the dreams that tear you apart
Blow away the dreams that break your heart
Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted
CHORUS
I believe in a promised land...
current mood:  crushed
current music: The Promise Land-Bruce Springsteen
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| Monday, September 24th, 2007
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9:44 pm - I did it
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I did the impossible. I got Springsteen tickets. I shouldn't complain, they're very good seats by most people's standards. I've just been spoiled lately..front row John Mayer, second row to the Who, great seats for Clapton... I'd trade them all for front row Bruce. I need to get one general admission ticket to Bruce. I need front row. I had so much emotion last night I even wrote a song. Take a look:
My Last Fight
This is seriously
Life or death
You just don't know it
But it's all I have left
Nothing in this world
Could even compare
I'm going all out
I'm gonna get there
Because this is my last chance
This is my last fight
So don't leave me right now
Cause I'll need you tonight
And if you go right now
I'll drown in my sorrow
So don't leave me alone
I'll need you tomorrow
This is my life
And I'm not ready to die
So please, please
Please just try
Come on now believe me
You've gotta come through
I'll do anything
Anything you want me to
Chorus
I just need to hear you
Hear what you've got left
Just need to see you
See what you've got left
Up those sleeves
Come on now don't be a tease
Chorus
Leave honest opinions.
current mood:  creative
current music: American Skin (41 Shots)- Bruce Springsteen
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| Saturday, September 15th, 2007
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10:49 pm - Alright
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Alright. Wow, it's been a while. Or at least I think it has.
School's good. Actually, it's great. I love my classes. I really really love them. Student Council's good. Volleyball is fun. Mrs. Shaw and I have spent a lot of time together. We basically have an MAS-Mutual Admiration Society. I really love and respect her, and she basically feels the same. She knows that I really hated chemistry and volleyball last year. Well, I will never liked chemistry, but my feelings towards volleyball are a bit better, even if I don't play. I manage. Literally and figuratively I manage.
Guitar is still the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I may lose a lot of playing time, but I have a lot more inspiration now that school's in session. I feel like I'm a songwriting machine. And these are actually..I don't wanna say good, but they're songs people would listen to. I'm really excited about these, and can't wait for an opportunity to play them. I'm gonna play them my way-solo electric. Not all of them are intended for electric guitar. The ones that are, yes. The ones that aren't, I'll borrow an acoustic. I'd love to get a band together. I put an ad on craigslist.com so I'll see how that goes. I actually had my first paying gig today. I'm feeling pretty good about it, too.
You know, come to think of it, I really am a lucky person, in more than one way. Yeah, I do win just about every local contest, raffle, or game. But I'm also lucky on a bigger scale: I know exactly what I want to do and how I'm going to do it. Most kids lie on their beds, staring at the ceiling thinking, "What am I going to do for the rest of my life?" I'm fortunate enough to not do that. I just need to focus on what I want, and getting it. Becoming Bruce Springsteen may not be possible, but everything else is.
Speaking of Bruce, I'm gonna get to meet him again! And this time I'll be able to say more than "MynameisAmyMantisandIplayguitarandmyteacherBobThompsonisbestfriendswithBobLudwig"
Can't wait to see him LIVE!!
I really do try to mimic Bruce to a degree. Why do you think I play a Telecaster? Why do I wear a bandana? Why do I not write overly complex songs? Because I can, and because of him. Also, overly complex songs just don't appeal to me. I prefer stuff everyone can relate to. AKA Bruce Springsteen. The Blue Collar Rocker. My hero.
A lot has happened this week. No going into too much detail, but it has been quite long in a sense. School flew by. Other things didn't. I played the boring version of the National Anthem three times-got paid for one of them. I didn't get a chance to run. And I won't tomorrow, unless I get up fairly early. I'm just looking forward to Monday. Guitar lesson day!
Alright, I'm gonna go play guitar.
current mood: alright
current music: Living Proof- Bruce Springsteen
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10:46 pm - What Do You Have To Say? - Music: My First Favorite Band
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The Beatles! Circa 1994-1995. I was roughly 4 or 5 years old, and my mom grew up in the 60s and would play the Beatles a lot. So I learned to love them.
current mood: chipper
current music: Good Love is On the Way- John Mayer Trio
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| Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
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10:33 pm - School
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School was good, you know, for being school. I have great classes, and I'm really excited for..well, I don't even know. Bruce? Yes? Definitely. I get to see him twice!! And maybe THREE TIMES!! My mom said I can take a day off school to go see him at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN! Ahhhhhh!!!!! She's great. I really love my mother, especially the fact that she understands my addiction to Bruce because she had a similiar one with Paul McCartney, and relapsed when we were at the Red Sox game.
School also provides tons of inspiration. I have several ideas on where to go with my current song. Julia, you know what I'm talking about.
Tonight was the first volleyball match of the year, played a new version of the National Anthem (thanks, Bob). Once I polish it..it's gonna be killer. I'm not sure if I miss playing volleyball. After last season I never wanted to see a volleyball again. Plus I have dreams to remember and goals to accomplish that have nothing to do with volleyball.
Bruce also fills any current void involving sports..or anything. Bob says I'm addicted, and he's right. He also said that there are a lot worse things I could be addicted to, and he's right there as well. I had a 3 hour lesson yesterday. It was great. He's great. The world needs Bob. Just like the world needs Chris Rock.
And Bruce.
And you.
I think I have a song brewing. I'm gonna start posting them soon, or I hope to.
current mood: artistic
current music: Streets of Philadelphia- Bruce Springsteen
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| Friday, August 31st, 2007
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4:33 pm - Wow
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While I was watching Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live in Barcelona today I was thinking, "Wow, I met him. I met Bruce Springsteen."
I don't think that will ever sink in.
My mom needs to leave so I go upstairs and watch Bruce in high definition while blasting Bruce in 5.1 surround sound.
I can't get enough of him.
In other news, school starts Tuesday. The only good thing is that I can go talk to Bob (Mr. Petrillo) about Bruce because he's met him as well. Also, that means that September 22nd, October 2nd, and November 18th are getting closer. Those are 3 crucial dates. You know who I'm talking about..He's all I ever talk about.
current mood: excited
current music: Lonesome Day- Bruce Springsteen
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