I can't do anything right.

A day.

Today turned out to be fun. Had an eye exam this morning (whaddaya know, my vision still sucks), ended up getting some snazzy Ray Ban specs though, so it's all good. Just kinda chilled this afternoon, which was nice I guess. Tonight I went to see my friends band, Envoy to the Open Fields, which turned out to be a fail because I was late and missed them. However I got to check out Groove Juice, which was an awesome jam band. Such good musicians. Afterwards, I raced around with Josh for awhile, then met up with some friends at Chipotle. Pretty much it, just headed home and chilled after. Decent day.

Burn my bridges.

You know what annoys me? People with an unjust sense of entitlement. I don't care who it is, or what station in life they occupy. You come into this world the same as everyone else, kicking and screaming and with no dignity. Funny how people forget that as soon as they accomplish something or rise to a position that society has deemed to be powerful or respectable. This can be an issue with police officers, thinking a uniform makes them better than those they serve, lawmakers, politicians, teachers, whoever. Entitlement can cause problems even on smaller levels though. People take things for granted, like friendship for instance, and feel that they're entitled to being treated nicely, even as they walk over you, because of a history the two of you share. Funny stuff. Had a person who I used to call a friend run into me tonight, and he later messed with my car, which isn't really a big deal, but then made fun of my friends and who I was with, and somehow felt angry when I told him off. Apparently he felt entitled to a kind response even though he didn't dignify me with even a civil one. Really frustrating stuff, left me wanting to hit something.

Sorry. Deep breaths. I don't usually get mad.


Otherwise, it was a pretty good day; got college shopping finally all done, hung out with a few good friends, watched a good movie, cruised around, went to Waffle House...fun stuff.

Memorable.

Why this picture you may ask? Because 1) this is a happy looking, content kid. Both of em actually. And besides a couple things I've been a happy, content kid this week. 2) the name of the website where it apparently originates makes me laugh. Also the kid looks like he has twine around his arms. Twined sausages.

Busy week so far.


Monday: Band practice with Will and Grayson, then sleep over/almost wing challenge/stand up comedy with Will and Gray. Good times, chill day.


Tuesday: BEACH STYLE BAYBAY. Richmond hardcore reppin' it at VA beach. Sand mosh. Traffic two steps. Awesome POA/Tiger's Jaw show that night too. One of the best days this summer for me.


Wednesday: Slept in really late, lunch with mi madre, helped set up and threw down at the Pushing On/CCP/Deadbeat show that night. Small, rough group of people there but still fun. Hang out at the Village Cafe with Ian and Grayson afterwards.


Thursday: Busch Gardens with Kim and Ricardo, awesome. Rode all of the good stuff cept Apollo's Chariot (thanks rain and lightning). Bottom's Up afterwards mmmmm, then hanging out at Ricardo's.


Friday: Really relaxed day, which was nice. Just hung around at home, wrote some tunes and talked with Grayson later on for a little bit, but mainly just chillin'. Kinda needed a day to rest, it was good.


Saturday (today): Got to hang out with Kim, which is always good, we've both been kinda busy this week and haven't seen each other all that much. We just goofed around, gorged ourselves on mexican food and ice cream, almost saw Inception again hahaha, and watched some movies. Really good day as always with her...I always say this but I'm seriously fortunate to have someone like her, not to sound sappy, but yeah, just saying.


This sums up today:


Eric: He's searching for her pot of gold right now...
Kim: Eww Eric you're disgusting!
Eric: What!? What'd I do?
Kim: What you just said!
Eric: Huh?...So? I didn't say anything!


Fits of laughter.


Really awesome week, seriously.

BEACH STYLE

Outrageous fun. Me and about 18 - 20 other friends all rolled down to Virginia Beach today, both to just chill at the actual beach and support POA at a show with Man Overboard, Averman, and Tiger's Jaw. We took 4 cars down, and of course I was a driver, and as should be expected, I got myself lost on the way to VB, but managed to catch up with everyone else quickly, so it was no biggie. Not too bad of a drive honestly, even with my friend Alex peeing in a gatorade bottle and throwing it at a truck. Once we got there we shotgunned some Arnold Palmer, played with knives, and two stepped in traffic, typical stuff, then headed down to the beach. Really nice day to be at the beach, plenty of waves, sunny, not too hot. We all swam and rode the party waves and played football and stuff, good times.

Afterwards we pool hopped to clean off, then went down to some pizza place. Really good food, maybe just cause I was starving but still. Next the whole group headed down to Skate High for the show (we barely made it, speeding through VA Beach kinda sucks but we had to make it on time). Cool venue, it's basically a pretty big indoor skatepark with a stage set up. After we helped POA set up, they played; really really good set, and everyone in our group threw down, pretty awesome. The other bands that came after were awesome too, Tiger's Jaw in particular was great.

After the show, everyone helped pack up, we hit up Mickey D's, and headed home. The ride home sucked, 50 minutes at least in stop and go traffic, awful. That and I could barely keep my eyes open, big thanks to Taylor Swift and Akron Family and Arnold Palmer for keeping me up.

Overall one of the best days I've had this summer. Can't go wrong with a day of beaching it up with friends, punk, and general craziness. Awesome.

Downer/Upper/Whatever

Picture completely unrelated, anyways...



Downer: Sometimes I suck (that's what she said) at conveying my feelings. I either hold things I feel inside, which I'm getting a lil better at not doing i think, and end up in a bad/frustrated mood because of it, or just mess up trying to explain what I mean. Kinda aggravates me, but hopefully the general intention of what I'm trying to say comes across as planned. Wish I was more eloquent or something...eloquent's not the right word but it's closest to what I mean. Maybe "expressive" is better. Dunno...oh well.


Upper: That's pretty random though, considering I've been really happy all summer more or less. Couple things have bummed me out I guess at one point or another, but that's regular for anyone. The past few weeks in general have been great; honestly this whole summer has been awesome.




Everything's pretty much fallen into place. I'm happy with myself a fair amount of the time, I've been seeing my friends a bunch, made new friends, gone to a bunch of awesome shows, and all of this while being lucky enough to have someone who I can pretty much tell anything, and who honestly seems to care about me and what I have to say, even when I'm being lame or annoying. It's funny; I've known this person for two years, and had basically constant contact with them, but I'm still just as excited and interested everytime I talk to her or we hang out as when we first met...not many people I know who I can hang out with all day then talk on the phone to for hours on end at night and still have plenty to talk about. We've done a ton of awesome things together, and even though we're going to different colleges, we're gonna stay together and try to make it work.

Life is good.

Also, Pho Tay Do. Check it out. Any young whippersnappers looking to take their date to a classy restaurant with 5 Star staff, amazing "fried shrimp/wonton" (read: fingernail/noodle - brain) soup, and clean air with NO SMOKING...NO SMOKING...NO SMOKING (this time, in crayon!) need to look no further than Po Tay Toe. Highly recommended.


Also, last word :)

Today ->

Today was great. Woke up feeling happy and rested (went to bed relatively early, aka 3:30am, pretty amazing I know), found out I had to go lift some heavy stuff to help a family friend move but it was cool. I ended up getting a record player and mini fridge out of it so that was awesome, and I don't mind helping anyways.

Later, Kim came over and we ended up checking out the Museum of Fine Arts down on Boulevard. It was way cool, saw some weird stuff, made fun of paintings/people, found a fine metal rod in the parking lot...huhuhuh. All in all a really good time o' course. Next we headed down to Galaxy, had some deep conversation, laughed at little kids running into doors, got scared by flushing toilets, all that jazz. Typical Galaxy stuff.

After eating we checked out all the swanky houses around there, especially the Ferris Bueller one, that was shweeet. On our way back to the West End we stopped in to see a kinda creepy abandoned shack near Kim's house, which was alternative but cool. Then we went to Deep Run Park and goofed off on the playground there and the "AbstractPlayground", where I managed to make Kim sick from spinning her on the tire swing. Great boyfriend. After that we had a slightly awkward trip to Brusters, headed to Blockbuster, got a chick flick (which was actually good, yeah I said it) and relaxed and talked the rest of the night (in about 15 different accents).

Really good day.