Soundtrack To My Life

SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE

So heres how it works:
Open your choice of music player [iTunes, Limewire, Kazaa, ect.] and put it on shuffle. Press play. For every question type the song thats on. And when you go to a new question press the next button. No cheating. Ready?GO!

Opening credit: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Waking up: Tomorrow - Ryan Adams

Average day: All Night Long - Joe Walsh

First Date: Same - Snow Patrol

Falling in love: Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene

Fight scene: Out Of My Mind - John Mayer Trio

Breaking up: Bliss - Muse

Getting back together: Duet - Sigur Ros

Secret love: Brown Sugar - Ryan Adams (Rolling Stones Cover)

Life's okay: To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high) - Ryan Adams

Mental breakdown: Stab - Built To Spill

Driving: I Can't Remember - Mogwai

Learning a lesson: July, July - The Decemberists

Deep thought: Nothing Gets Crossed Out - Bright Eyes (so perfect)

Flashback: Hard Way To Fall - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

Partying: Ten Gallon Ascots - Tapes 'n Tapes

Happy dance: Battlestar Scralatchtica - Incubus

Regretting: Buddy Holly (Acoustic) - Weezer

Long night alone: Reasons To Lie - Whiskytown

Death scene: Old Soul Song (For The New World Order) - Bright Eyes

Some Art From Jo's Sketchbook

Quiz...

Two Names You Go By:
1. Jordan
2. Jo

Two Parts of Your Heritage:
1. Welsh
2. Scottish

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. JNCO shirt
2. Tom & Jerry Boxers

Two Things You Would Want in a Relationship:
1. spontanaiety/adventure
2. mutual understanding

Two of Your Favorite Hobbies:
1. Playing Guitar
2. Listening To Music

Two Things You Want Really Badly At The Moment:
1. Love
2. Food

Two pets you had/have:
1. Tuxedo, Cat
2. Shasta, Cat

Two people who will fill this out:
1. Person ?
2. Me haha

Two things you did last night:
1. Played DnD
2. Slept

Two Favorite Places to eat:
1. Pubs
2. Pirate Chips

Two People that live in your house:
1. Matt
2. Jay

Two things you ate today:
1. Cran-Raspberry Muffin
2. 3 meat Samosas

Two people you Last Talked To:
1. Matt
2. Mike

Two Things You're doing tomorrow:
1. Work
2. watching x-men

Two things you should be doin right now:
1. having a shower
2. I dunno making dinner?

Did I Forget To Mention...

how awesome the new tool album is? Because it's so damn good. And you can spend the entire CD tripping out with the cool 3D artwork in the packaging. Very Cool. Yeah I gotta say much better than the new Pearl Jam even though that album is really good. And I finally bought Walk The Line today cuz I found the special edition again. Umm yeah got a new battery put in my watch that's been dead for like a year. That's cool. It's a nice watch i'm glad I can wear it again. I think I'm gonna go to Improv tonight. Let's see if that gets awkward at all. If it does I'll just keep not going after tonight. Why does one stupid decision have such far reaching consequences in so many areas of my life. This thing will not die. It's like cancer. Even if you rip it out there's still some left deep down rotting you from the inside.

Cannonball

This is not meant to be taken as anything but some mild introspection. I'm learning to take a step back and look at my actions from the outside and how they affect those around me. I'm doing my best. I hope you guys have started to notice at least a little difference when hanging around me. I think I finally realize what kind of people I want to surround myself with and unfortunately for some this will mean that I will be civil and friendly but not intimate. I need to be able to trust those who are closest to me so therefore I believe your friends should have earned your respect to the point where you can trust them above all. I'm tired of being a destructive influence on myself and I finally realized at Alleah's party that who I want to be is not the guy I have been. Thank you to those of you who didn't question my moments of solemnity at the party but accepted and talked with me you have taken giant steps up in my respect. If you're at a party going around and giving people a hard time because they appear to not to be having as good a time as you think you are having I think you are missing something. My entertainment and enjoyment is not your resposibility. I get more annoyed when I'm out just kinda hanging out but not being wild and crazy and people rag on me for my personality. I'm not a raging partier. I'm more of a quiet, contemplative observer whether drunk or sober and I hope people can accept that. The other night at the 70 below I was basically attacked for my drink choices and the fact that I wasn't being loopy and drunk. I got this comment "What are you like 70 years old?". Why does "enjoying our youth" have to mean getting blasted and acting like complete morons? I've been there and done that and it never gained me any sort of real emotional connection with those around me. I guess what I'm really looking for is a real love. A love that will feel so natural that I can just relax and silently bask in it while giving equally back. I'm tired of games. Games don't get anybody anywhere, just back here where I've been for way too long. I guess I didn't need another kind of green.

"It's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball."
~Damien Rice

So I'm Buying...

100+ mpg
70 km/h top speed
Insurance: $20-$40 per month
Gas: Full Tank = $3.50

and this little ditty from barbs Blog:


Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is.

How many songs? 1041

Sort by artist
First artist: 54-40
Last artist: Yo La Tengo

Sort by song title
First Song: (Nice Dream) - Radiohead
Last Song: Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Sort by time
Shortest Song:
Two Way Tie at 1:02 = Sunshine and Clouds and Everything Proud – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Our Spring Is Sweet Not Fleeting – Of Montreal
Longest Song: Fear Satan – Mogwai 16:17

Sort by album
First Album: A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
Last Album: You Forgot it In People – Broken Social Scene

How many songs come up when you search for "sex" - 3
How many songs come up when you search for "death"? - 14 (Come on I have a Death Cab Album on here)
How many songs come up when you search for "love"? - 80

Walkin' On Sunshine

How fuckin' nice is the weather right now? This is kick ass. I'm heading down to Barsby in a bit to check out whatever play they're putting on right now. Just sitting here listening to tunes and vegging out. No new news to share so I'll cut this short.

The Woman Of My Heart's The Apple of Your Eye

Yah, so I'm going to see Bright Eyes in Victoria on June the fifth and I'm sooo excited. Bright Eyes will kick so much ass!!

AMMENDMENT:
Turns out Dashboard Confessional is playing JULY 9th not June so I'll be able to go if I can find someone to come with me and split a room/hang with me for two days. Tasha I'm looking in your direction.... :P

Hmmm...

So I feel bad that I said I'd come to Tasha's b-day party and then realized with where she lived and my lack of a vehicle there would be no way I could make it back downtown for work this morning at 7 am. Sorry Tasha. I would have loved to have come if circumstances were different.

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Am I Living It Right?

Today....YES!! This was an awesome day. Today I planted a tree. Today I bought a printer/scanner/copier and printed out my tatoo design. On the way to buy the printer we were driving up commercial street and we were stopped at a red light. Matt was checking out some girls on the left side of the road and I said "Screw that!! Check out those two girls with the ladder on the other side...damn!!" And it turns out to be .....duh...duh...duh.... Meghan and Lisa. HAHAHA!! So anyway. I get back home, set up my printer and all, and then decide to take a walk downtown, catch some sun, and say hi to Meghan and Lisa who are working on Kidz Fest. So I head down there, say "Hi". Feel awkward, and leave. Yah. So I walk to Maffeo Sutton Park and run into my buddy Steve who works at Music Maxx, and is one hell of a guitar player and sound guy. So we head to Steve's new place which is like two blocks away from mine and pick up his acoustic, head to my place, pick up mine, leave the cases behind and jam out on our way down to the waterfront again. We chill on a picnic table for like three hours just jammin' on tunes we know and having a ball. Good Times. Head back up to his place and on the way two really good looking girls are sitting on the patio of the Timmy Ho's and they Yell across the street at us "Come serenade us!!" Now I was all up for it but Steve was being all whiny cuz he was hungry so we never crossed the street to wow them with our madd skillz yo. Anyway, get back to Steve's, play some more guitar, and discuss the demise of both of our relationships. We both slept with other girls while on a break. hmmm. We eat some rediculously spicy Tacos, have some fries, and some Appleton's and Coke. Then chill and do some tech work on his Bass players axe which is sounding all fucked up. We change the intonation and it gets slightly better, at least enough so it won't sound like ass tomorrow night at the Queens. I get kinda tired so I head home and here I am. All-in-all a pretty awesome day. Thanks for prettying it up Lisa and Meghan. Love you guys hope you had fun with the rest of your gig.

Later Y'all,

Love yah......

Jordan

It's Alright To Be A Res-Tech

I'm sooo happy. Me, Ky, and Megs all got Res Tech Positions at Mal for next year which means I'll finally have a key!! Woohoo!! My first training gig is one June 2nd. Leon offered me a gig with Anthony for Willy Wonka for 3 days but I'm working so it looks like Ky will get that. Oh well should be cool for him. I really can't wait to get back to school next year it's gonna be awesome. I miss everybody already. It's so weird spending so much of your time with people and then suddenly having all this freedom. I miss the Theatre. Oh well I'm having a kick ass time hiking, and climbing at the romper room, and just other random summer style adventures.

Later Y'all,

Jo

15 Honest Thoughts About 15 People

1. I respect you more than anyone but only recently have I been able to crack the shell of your self-defensive attitude. You are the kind of person I could see being long-term friends with.

2. Your maturity level is not what you think it is. You have a lot of growing up to do.

3. I have no respect for what you did, and you should be overwhelmingly relieved you somehow got away with it. You have an ego that doesn't match your abilities. Learn some modesty and you might just achieve something.

4. You are genuine and kind-hearted, everyone likes you, and you deserve it. I just wish you'd be more serious about plans you make with people. If you keep not showing up it could jeporadize our friendship.

5. You are too nice for your own good. Everyone needs intimacy, I think you need to let people in past the facade. I'd give anything to know what you're really like deep down.

6. You are in a hurry to get your life going and you're missing the scenery along the way. Slow down and enjoy your youth while you have it. Make some mistakes you'll be better for it.

7. You need to cheer up and realize that you have friends who love and support you. There is more to life than what you have been dwelling on. I think when you change your focus what you've been striving for will come to you.

8. Stop sending me Christian propaganda. I made my choice years ago and the “christian message” is not what I need in my life. I miss you and I hope you're well, I love you.

9. What kind of monster did you turn into, we used to be so close and then you became completely egotistical and threw it all away. We used to have such a good time, where did the fun-lover go?

10. You are so enthusiastic about your own realizations about the world and adopting concepts that others have come up with you are starting to lose your own identity. Step back from the gimmicks and take your insights as just that. Your moments of clarity need not be broadcasted to raise your own esteem.

11. You need to stop being his defender he is old enough to do that himself now. You have to recognize the weaknesses in your friends in order to better understand their strengths.

12. I wonder where you are, you obviously couldn't care less.

13. You need to stop apologizing for everything you do and get some therapy for your completely depressed self-depricating attitude, it's not that we don't like you we just get depressed whenever your around.

14. You need to get off your ass and get out of the house and stop living in regrets. Be less selfish and lower your ego you might have more friends and less aquaintances. You need to pursue your goals rather than stating them and seeing the path and never taking the first steps towards them. You are strong (and you know it) but maybe it's time to show a little weakness and humility.

15. You need to grow up...fast. Stop relying on others and stand on your own two feet.