Sunday, May 3, 2009

...May Flowers

-May 27th. Spet the day away again. My body has been trying to heal. -May 26th. Slept most of the day away. -May 25th. Spent 13 hours in a car till we got home in Salt Lake to find home in our beds. -May 24th. We woke up for the last and final day of Rain Fest. I don't think I would have ever said this, but I was so glad it was the last day and there wasn't one more. My voice is completely gone right now, my neck and collar bone are fucked up, I have about 6 Van Classic shoe marks on my back, and I completely miss my mother and late conversations with Kayla. We woke up at a good hour to get ready and have some food. Once everyone was ready and fed we headed down to the venue. We were a little off our schedule than the other days but Ivan and I were still at the front of the line. While we waited outside; Ivan and I headed over to Domino's to get a pizza. We split this amazing pizza and had some good laughs with our Pepsi and Orange Soda. We scarfed down that shit and headed to the doors. I ended up spilling pizza all down my shirt and got some on my shoe. So I wasn't too happy on that one. The doors opened up within the hour and we all got in perfectly fine. This last and final day of the show was fucking crazy. Every band was off the chain and was way too crazy for the place. We had more time to kick it in between sets. We found out some interesting news and I've lost a lot of respect for someone. The bands were amazing again. Broadway Calls was so fucking ridiculous. Trash Talk, Grave Maker, etc. They all did an amazing job. As of now we are sitting in our hotel getting ready for bed. We have check out tomorrow at 11. We will be leaving way earlier than that so I will see you readers tomorrow. Oh by the way....Dan sucks so we don't have too many pictures. -May 23rd. I woke up and thought that we all had slept in past the show. I looked over at the clock to see that it was only 11 a.m. It was such a good relief. We all woke up and made some sandwich's, got ready, brushed our teeth and headed out the door. We got there about an hour early and kids were already lined up at the door. We kicked it for a bit until they opened the doors and things started moving. We headed down to the venue and hung outside for a bit till they opened the doors again. Once again all the bands did an amazing fucking job. Q-Fresh was cooking up some mean Bbq and Ice Cream out in the streets. We kicked it with some bad ass kids and had a good fucking time at the show. What a good fucking day. -May 22. We woke up around 9 a.m. We got up and had some peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Everyone got dressed and brushed their teeth. A few of us ran back and forth from our room to Kimmeh's to pick up Otter Pops. Everyone was finally getting done getting ready and was doing there own things. Derek and Jake bounced after they woke up to leave to Seattle for awhile. Kyah, Ivan and I walked around to different grocery stores trying to find Polaroids for my camera but could find nothing. Ivan and I ended up getting food at McDonalds. Everyone out here in Tacoma are so friendly. I was filling up my drink and the dude next to me started asking me how my day was and all that friendly stuff. After we ate we headed back to the hotel. Once we arrived we found no one in our rooms. We called up everyone to find out that they headed over to the Mall across the street. So Kimmeh, Morgan, Kyah, Ivan and I all headed over there too meet up. It was an ok little mall. I picked up a few Seattle Mariners bracelets and found out some of the best news of the day. KEN GRIFFERY JR. has returned to my all time favorite baseball team. So you better watch out. After we decided to head back to the hotel to grab some things and head down to the show. We got stuck in traffic and everyone was driving slow as shit. We seen some amazing trees and some dope ass graffiti along I-5. We finally arrived to the venue about 3 or 4 hours early and just kicked it. We checked out what was inside and found some old ass shit. I bought an Allegiance Vinyl, Sinking Ship shirt and a Bracewar shirt. The day was already an amazing day with just that. We kicked it for a few more hours until they opened the doors. They finally opened up and let all of the pre-sale ticket holders in first. Finally we Ivan and I got in because we had to pay. The show was pretty much speechless. I don't even know where to begin with how amazing all of the bands were. Sixes, Gone but not Forgotten, Poverty Bay Saints, Ill Intent, Vanguard, Lewd Acts, Killing the Dream, The Warriors and Wisdom in Chains were all fucking amazing. We kicked it with Lewd Acts for a bit and than chatted with the singer of Killing the Dream. One of the nicest guys ever. The show was fucking nuts. Best part about it is there is still two days left. The ones who are missing out on this; I am so sorry. It's so fucking amazing. -May 21st. I had to go to school for a bit so I could go to my class that I need to graduate. There was an assembly in between 2nd and 4th. I went to 4th and did absolutely nothing but play games. Finally 4th period was over and it was time to grab some lunch and bail out of school. I left school to find Justin waiting in the parking lot. I jumped in and we headed down to Brian's to pick up Ivan. We arrived at Brian's to find Ivan drowsy as fuck. Cody was packed with his clothes and food and he delivered the bad news that he could not come with us to Tacoma because Kimmeh bailed out on him. Which is really fucked up.. We had to part our ways and head to my house so I could grab my bag and money. We pulled up to my house to find that my Mom was home as well. We chatted for a bit and cracked some jokes. I made a second run through my things to make sure that I had everything I needed and we were on our way to the car to load the stuff. After my things were packed it was time to head out to Dan's to pick him and Evan up. We arrived a little later than we expected due to Construction in Sandy. We arrived and we loaded up the cooler with Ice, drinks, meats, and other things that needed to be cold. I stacked that shit like a tetris king and it was finally time to hit up McDonalds and fill up with gas. Within the hour we were on the road already bumping Tiefighter and laughing our asses off. The rest of the drive consisted of good ol hardcore music, pit stops at random gas stations, food, talks and good ol laughs. And you can't forget the near death experiences. Once we pulled into Oregon we chased down a train that was in motion and it was probably one of the best lines I've seen. I finally got to see a Plant Trees on a freight. Which was funny because I was looking at a bunch of his stuff on Flickr, earlier that day. Finally with the estimated time of 12 hours we finally reached our destination. We drove around Tacoma for awhile checking out the city and looking at the venue. We drove around the city a little more and seen this homeless guy that appeared to be dead. He was passed out in the middle of the road. Defiantly had to be a highlight of the day. We finally decided that we would drive over to were Kimmeh, and the other kids were staying. It took us a good 4 to 5 hours to find this fucking hotel. We kept getting false directions by the locals and there was a bunch of anger in the car. In this adventure of finding this Hotel, we drove by the dock and kicked with the boats, we seen more trains than ever, a bunch of nothing, and some scummy punks. We finally arrived at the hotel around 6 am and called it a night. -May 20th. I have court today and it's going to be a pretty busy day. Gotta do laundry and pack my bags. We leave tomorrow! -May 19th. Today was Kayla's birthday! After school she arrived to pick me up. We listened to some Hour of the Wolf and headed home. We actually ended up racing my brother home and I; of course beat him. I ended up falling asleep and taking a power nap before Justin showed up. Justin wanted to head downtown to Pibs so he could pick up some clothes. I woke up and put my shows on and we headed down to Pibs Exchange. After Justin picked up some sweet shirts; including a Life Long Tragedy shirt we bounced over to Noodles and Company for Kayla's Birthday Dinner. We ate and chatted for a bit and than a good friend (Brian Wilson) showed up to work a little late. Once the food was settled and it was time to move we headed over to Brian's to watch some movies. A few hours went by and Kayla had to leave. We had to drive back to my house so she could get her things and her car. We said our goodbye's and than went to Sunset to kick it for the night. Everyone ended up showing up and we had pile ons in the parking lot, skate sessions, and other things of the source. It was a pretty eventful Tuesday. -May 18th. I woke up this morning to a day which I wanted to do nothing but lay in bed. I also had to leave a beautiful women I call mine in bed, asleep and content. I don't know what is going on today. Hopefully I will get some of that damn homework done that I've been needing to do. So far it's a good day. AND I found this just barely. It made me laugh because all of my friends and family know how much I am on FLICKR!! So here's a laugh for today! After school I came home to fall asleep for a power nap. I woke up around 5 to get up and keep the day going. I got a few calls confirming that Dan P. was having a Pool Party. My family ordered in pizza so Kayla and I drove down the street to pick it up so we could all eat. We picked up the pizza and headed home to eat pizza and watch the Sandlot. After words we headed over to Dan's to spend the day in the pool. It was a very nice day. -May 17th. It was hiking day for Kayla and I. We got ready for the day and filled our water bottles up with water and ice. Nato showed up in the process of getting ready for the trip; so we invited him. We got everything ready and finally got a hold of Ivan and asked if he wanted to come along. We drove up to the point and we started our Journey. We are all out of shape but we had a blast. We over looked the valley, jumped over broken cars, laughed and watched Ivan run down a hill. It was a beautiful day for a Sunday Hike -May 16th. Kayla and I woke up pretty early and had breakfast. We ended up getting ready for the day. We ran down to Smith's to pick up some Groceries and headed back home to eat. -May 15th. Today was Arts Fest at my school. I got checked out around 9 to go home and pick up Kayla. We came back to my school to hang out for a bit and check some things out. I ended up taking 3rd Place in Photography for my school. The same images that took 2nd and 3rd at the Fashion Place Art Show. We ended up leaving around 11 o clock to get some Noodles and Company and talk over a meal. Once we were done eating my Mom was on her way to come see the Arts Fest and my photos that were entered. We stuck around for a bit to see my friend Jew do some Poetry and it was way too good. Good Job Jew! Afterwards we headed to my place to hang out for a bit, and than to Brian's. They were all leaving for the show and I wanted to go to Graffiti Fest. We decided we would go to the show and headed down there with everyone. The show didn't seem like it was going to be that great so we drove Four Blocks North to the Free Speech Zone to hang out with the homies. There was live paintings by Coup, Aster, Mask, Endur, Phuze, Riktor, Demr, Dust and than a bunch of Hippies and live music. It was a pretty eventful day. My camera ended up breaking later that night. The lens won't come out so I have to get it checked out. It ruined the night for me and I went home to eat and pass out around 10:30. -May 14th. Pretty much this is for the day. Kayla comes in town as well tonight around 7. Way to stoked. -May 13th. I really need to finish my drawings for credit. I need to get an extended time period. Yet it's one of those days where I want to do nothing but glue my face to the window. This isn't exactly how it is in my city; but it's pretty close. Photo Cred:Tom Sykes -May 12th.Just another day wrapped up in the blankets. Photo Cred:Austin Durant -May 11th. Kicked it at my house all day and hung up things on my wall. Did some homework for my stupid packet and fell asleep waiting for Kayla to call me back. -May 10th. It was mine and Kayla's 7 month ann today. It's been one hell of a time; and I've loved every second of it. I can't even begin where to explain how happy I am with you Kayla. I was hanging things up on my wall and stumbled upon some drawings that she had drew. They were dated with the dates and times. Those were about 3 and 4 months ago and it made me smile to read the words that were on the backs of these papers, and know that we still say them today. We have grown to be in each others lives, and have been welcomed in each others families. Happy 7 Months Gorgeous. I'm still face first in the dirt, I'm still your biggest fan; yet I'm still yours. I love you -May 9th. I woke up around 4 in the afternoon to call up the boys to see who was going to the show. We arrived at the show and Chance played first. After they finished up their set Kimmeh showed up and lit the garbage on fire. It swarmed up in a big flame, making it so we had to leave. We left cause half of my friends have warrants and didn't want to get involved with the pigs. Once we arrived at Anthonee's we found out that these metal head kids were talking shit when we left. One of the PAAP kids told them "I wouldn't talk shit on them because they will come back and fight you!" So we showed back up and I called it. We would confront the kids and they would deny it. Anthonee got crazy and started yelling as usual. Hit a fire crotch, some bitch called the cops, cops showed up, we ran, they beat us to the front door and asked what was going on. We told them what was up and they Documented a few kids; including Anthonee. Told us why so many cops had to show up. There was about 12 or 13 cars that showed up with multiple cops. After we had everyone back with us we bounced to Anthonee's for a minute and than to Dan Price's to meet up with everyone. We headed over to Sun Set after wards to hang out and than I called it a night. It was a pretty eventful day. -May 8th. I didn't go to my last periods and ended up going to donate Plasma with Nato and Nico. We were there from 12 till about 5 o' clock. Nico and I walked around for a bit while we waited for Nato and checked out a legal wall. After we drove down to Nico's so he could get yelled at, and take a shower. Later in the day we met up with Justin and Nato and Taco Time and than bounced to go pick up Ivan. Later in the night we went to some party with Justin and than went to Sun Set Coffee to play Capture the Flag. That lasted till about 4 o' clock A.M. -May 7th. Drove around and went hiking down at Sun Crest. Nato and them got lost and went to the wrong side of the valley. So Kimmeh, Justin, Braden and I went hiking for a few hours. It was probably one of my favorite hikes. We found some Government type of Bomb Shelter thing. We lied at top of this mountain on our backs looking up at a black blanket full of hole punches. It was honestly one of the best things I've seen in a while. Sat up there and talked and made wishes on shooting stars. We ended up leaving the mountain to come home and I arrived around 6 A.M. in the morning. Than had to awake and go to school at 7. What a terrible day. -May 6th. Probably just kicked it at Sunset. -May 5th. I was going to rant about something but it's been over a week so this is it for the 5th. It needs to be Memorial Day so the pools can open up and I can go swimming. -May 4th. I'm sicking of hearing about this Swine Flu non-sense. But Melanie did catch a good photo. So credit to my family of Melanie Sparks. I got this from my friend Sara and I had to steal it. So to all of my readers go here.(http://www.bringtheawesome.com/) -May 3rd. I didn't end up going to bed till about 7:30 this morning. I woke up around 9 o' clock to Tyler and Casey making some grilled chicken. I got up and had some chicken with the fella's for breakfast and lied down afterwards. I fell alseep listening to Casey name off Area Codes and have Tyler and Torrey try to guess them. I later woke up around 4 to head over to Tyler's and go back to sleep. We headed over there and just talked about life. It was one of those life talks where everything seems so important. My Mother came and picked me up around 6 and we drove over to Sheila's to meet up with Lorenzo. He didn't show up so we watched Seven Pounds and had Ice Cream. It was a very relaxing Sunday till later on..... -May 2nd. I woke up at a good solid 2 O'clock. I got online to check my stuff and get back at Tyler for Casey's Birthday BBQ. Within a minute after hitting him up he called and checked if I still wanted to go. I told him I had to get ready and I would meet up with him at his house within the hour. We had to kick it at Tyler's for a bit till the party got started. We checked out some old ass magazine's and worked on some canvas. We headed over to Casey's around 7. The party started off slow but as the night grew into it's depth of darkness things started going. It was a damn good party and I crashed at Casey's. Happy Birthday Old Friend! It was very nice seeing you. Also it was nice meeting everyone tonight and seeing a bunch of old friends. -May 1st. Finally Friday after a week that went by half quick, and half way slow. I came home and took a nap for a few hours and than hit up Harry to see if they were all still going to the movies. They were so I told them I would be on my way over. Before I headed on over I headed to help my Grand Parents back their stuff into their car so they could go stay with my Dad. Once they had left my Mother and I was on our way to dropping me off. It took us a minute to find the house because they just barely built that part of the Neighborhood, but we found it. We hung out at Zac's till everyone got to the house. I played Terrance in Chess while we waited and kicked his ass. Shortly after the game everyone was gathered up and we went to go see Xmen Origins. It was an amazing movie, and very well done for being played off the Comic Book. They could have done Deadpool better and the accent of Gambit but it was very good. After the movies we went and picked up Joey in the rainy weather. Joey was an idiot and went to the wrong movie theater and missed out on the movie. So we all gathered up at McDonalds to eat and kick it. Once the food was in our stomachs we went back to Zac's to play some Halo 3. I pretty much owned all night! Harry beat me once and that was in Swords; first round on 300 gravity. It was a pretty good night. I'm a little upset that my favorite month is over; but May is just as good. There's still a lot of rain in May and that's all we've seen so far. April showers brings May Flowers. Photo Cred to Melanie Sparks.