Stop This Train

I haven't updated in a while. I try not to thinking that if I hold off, I'll have more to write about. But I really don't. Life has been boring and predictable lately. I have met a few new people who have kept me entertained, but for the most part, my days are spent at home, not having anything to do.

This past weekend I got out a little. I went to a friends birthday dinner on Friday night. It was pretty fun. We ate at Benihana's. It was a little out of my budget seeing as I have been out of work since I got back from tour. So I just got a small roll of sushi that I didn't even finish. Me eating sushi, I know, its weird. After that we hit up some white trash bar in Coral Springs. It was entertaining watching people dance, especially the old bald guy who was going nuts. I think he thought it was still the early 90s and the Vanilla Ice moves were hip, he was wrong. We went to Jesse's for a little after that, then I went down to Hard Rock to pick up Taylor. I haven't talked to her in probably a year, but we finally talked and solved everything and it was nice to spend time with her again. We hung out for a couple hours before I dropped her off at home. I got home around 5 and went to bed.

The next day was the Miami game against Oklahoma. We went down way too early for me, because everyone wanted to tailgate and get drunk. Obviously not my thing. I sat in a chair for 3 hours hating my phone for not working and just counting down the minutes till kick off. I ate half of a 6 inch sub and drank a coca-cola classic while everyone else was downing beer through funnels and what not. We finally made it into the game. I haven't been to a game since early last season so it was nice to be back. The game started off kinda rough, we turned the ball over twice falling behind 10-0. We came back and scored on a pass to our tight end Jimmy Graham who used to play for the basketball team. Weird. He dropped some passes last week so it was good to finally see him catch one. We went in to halftime down 3. The Miami band is still not very good. They played Michael Jackson songs, but you couldn't really hear them. The second half started and our cornerback Brandon Harris quickly caused a turn over when he hit their quaterback causing him to fumble. We took the lead a play later on a pass to Epps. We scored again later on when Jacory Harris connected with Travis Benjamin on long pass. Miami didn't score again. Oklahoma came back and made it a close game, but thanks to Javarris James running for 150 yards, Miami held on for a 21-20 win.

Tradition

After the game, everyone was going nuts. Miami hasn't been this good in years so its nice to see some excitement in the team again. They are ranked number 11 again. Sorry for all the sports talk, I had to make my dad happy cause he reads this thing too.

Sunday I went out for my Grandma's 79th birthday. I think thats how old she said she was. We went to Bahama Breeze which is like a Caribbean Grill. I had some fancy wood-grilled pork covered in cheese and spinach with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was pretty good. I also had some fruit salad thing that was awesome.

Monday was a boring day. Just hung out at home watching tv. Gossip Girl. Tuesday I had a job interview in Miami for Red Bull again. They told me they didn't have a job for me at the time but that something might open up soon. I wasn't gonna wait around. So yesterday I went for a job interview at another company where I used to work and got a job there again. Working with some friends again so that'll be fun.

Tuesday I went to the American Me show in Lake Worth. They were good. All the other bands weren't. Hung out with those guys, Mean Pete, John Warden, and Cassie for a while. I also went to the show in Miami last night with JW and Josie. We got there just in time to catch American Me and they only played 4 songs before the show got shut down by the fire marshall. I guess there was some drama before they played and someone called the cops and the cops shut the show down. No word on whats gonna happen with the venue yet. The guys in the band came back here to shower and swim in my pool for a little. They left pretty early this morning to make it up to Tampa for their show tonight. They are awesome dudes so if you haven't checked them out you should do so.

Other than that, lately the only major thing I've been doing is working on this benefit show for Outlet Through Noise. I got involved with them through Mean Krystin. She said something about coming to Florida, I was curious as to why and where she was gonna be, so I hit her up, she explained everything about the charity and I offered to see if Bishop would play. We jumped on the show but had to drop off a couple days later due to prior engagements. But in the meantime I started talking to a couple people from the charity and was really interested in what they are doing. They have some amazing people involved in it and I wanted to help as much as I could. So after Bishop dropped, I offered to try and book something down in South Florida for the same weekend. November 6th is the date I'm working on. I have the Talent Farm booked. Finalizing the bands now. I will post all the information as soon as its concrete. I'm really proud that I can help with such a good cause. I respect all of the people involved with the charity immensely. I also found some good friends through it also. I have been talking to Lauren everyday and she is awesome. Her and Krystin have some of the most entertaining stories I have ever heard. My life is in no way as crazy as theirs are. They are both amazing people also. I hope I get to see them both really soon.

I've been really stressed lately about money and finding a job. I also felt like I was losing one of the most important people in my life. But slowly everything has been getting better. I found a job that I start next week. So I will finally have a steady paycheck again. I also worked everything out with the person I thought I was losing and thats good again too. So I'm slowly starting to feel better about everything. I have a show Saturday with My Complex Island at Solid Sound. It's gonna be weird. We have practiced once since I've been back. It was good but the band seems to be falling apart. Everyone has their own thing going on. I guess time will tell what happens. Now that I took this job though, the ability to tour isn't really gonna be there, so I feel like I'm finally gonna have to grow up and get settled as an adult. Sucks but thats life. Not everyone can be a rockstar.

I guess this is growing up.