Weekend

Its not a great Idea to go to bed late on a saturday night, because then you can't get to sleep on sunday night, which makes it hard to get up for work on monday morning (which is normally pretty hard to do on its own)

This weekend was mostly filled with hanging out and helping my buddy Chris film a 5 minute short movie.

He did this video too, its pretty sweet, and the band is really good too. Get into it.



The Leftovers "Dance With Me" from Joel Messer on Vimeo.

Also once the winter goes away Boston is so filled with sand its like living on the beach . . . . a really dirty disgusting beach.

Coincidence or Fate

I am not sure which is at work.

Lately i have had to ask the question a lot more. Just little things I guess, like I was supposed to be at that place at a certain time. For instance the other day I decided to go thrifting and on the first used bookshelf I found a copy of On the Beach (for $.99) a book I took out of the library and loved. . . see like 2 posts down. Later in my thrift book searching I found another book on my list of things to read. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Another example: I was trying to figure out what to use my birthday money for, and I decided I wanted to get an accordion which are really expensive it turns out. My Godfather (thats right) has played the accordion forever, so I consulted him on the matter, and showed him a used one I had found online. He proceeded to tell me he had 3 and that I could borrow one to start out with! I never expected that and I am so psyched about it!

So Accordions, Coffee Cups, and thrifted books. Is life coincidence or fate. I like to think lately they are little messages to keep me going.

Coffee Cup Messages

Starbucks has "The Way I See it" Quotes on all of their coffee cups.

Today I got one that I found to be appropriate and introspective rather than inspiring.

Upon getting off the train and finishing my drink I threw the cup away, immediately realizing I shouldnt have done that.

The jist of the quote was. . . something about commitment being feared (in work, play, and love) but actually freeing your mind from emotional tryanny. . . or something like that.

Anyways it made me think. . .

Brilliant book, with an incredibly emotional ending. Everyone should read this.

This is pretty cool. Some kid made a Frank Miller style Charlie Brown comic.

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/03/11/frank-millers-sin-city-meets-charles-schulzs-peanuts-in-schulz-city-that-yellow-shirt-shirted-such-and-such/

Thanks to Sean Bombs for showing me this.

Also I wish I was better at listening to different types of music all the time. I seriously go through genre moods.

Like i will listen to only folky, singer songerwriter stuff for like 2 weeks and then start listening to stuff like saves the day and hey mercedes for the next.

Anyone else have that problem?

I guess thats why they have shuffle. . .

Its weird that one thing can change the momentum of your whole day. Of course I am talking about a specific situation but i think that it is applicable to everything.

The best is when its positive, which this situation is, and then it makes your day all the better. . . like the way a nice summer day is.

On that note, Boston is teasing us with spring and I want it.

There is a really good quote in my google quotes of the day ap

"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past." - Robertson Davies

something to chew on. I guess mostly for me to chew on.

So many great lyrics from Kevin Devine that can be relevant to me. . . sometimes I just like the way words sound in songs even they are the exact opposite of what I am feeling.

I think the age of the song lyric away message has done this to people.

can't wait for Brother's Blood.

I doubt anyone is, but if you are reading this let me know or leave a comment or something!

Also this is awesome and I want to do one.



I have always said I wanted to do a matrix lobby scene or gunfight scene remake.
So bad but so good.

I think I like old movies and older things. I am totally watching the movie Spartacus right now and I think its awesome.



Also I am read "On the Beach" (great so far) written it the 50's. I dont know just the language and the way people acted and treated each other. Its probably all bullshit and not the way it was, but I am a dreamer and in my mind it seems really cool.

I think weather effects my mood like nothing else.

When I wake up on a dreary morning such as this one I feel dreary.

Also today makes me dislike daylight savings. Waking up before the sun is not fun at all. . . hopefully this will correct it self.

It's later than it needs to be . . . yet I don't care.

Tonight I should get to bed around 10 - 10:30 rather than 11:30 - 12.

This is amazing.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=boston

I find this to be hilarious

Great book. Read it last weekend and couldn't put it down.



The movie version on the other hand dragged.

Everyone should join this.

http://www.bostonsos.org/

There are two ways to look at life.

The happy and the depressing. The glass half full or the glass half empty.

The mind can be your eden or your prison

In the end nothing ever changes. . . but everything does.

Why does not going out on a Saturday night make you feel like you wasted a weekend.

Sundays are awkward for me. Struggling between enjoying a day off (that's mostly filled with errands) and the impending doom of Monday. . .


currently reading: On the Beach - Nevil Shute
currently listening: Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood