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Well I went to bed around 12:30 to 1 last night. Since I didn’t have Microeconomics in the morning, I decided to sleep in and go to Accounting at 9:20. Well my alarm went off at 8:30 like it should have and like always, I got up, hit snooze, and got back in bed to be awoken in 7 more minutes. Well for some reason, that second awakening never came. I heard Joel get up around what I figured was 9 because he had class as well. For some reason though I still stayed in bed. I finally awoke, looked at the clock and it was 11AM. Oops. Talking to Joel later in the afternoon he said that he didn’t hear his alarm and actually got up at 9:30, missing his class as well.

Well I eventually got out of bed and went over to the laundrymat to get my nice clean clothes. After that I went and started popping some pills… Sudafed, Advil, Claritin, Calcium and a packet of Emergen-C it was about 11:10. At this point I realized that I was in no way going to make it to class at 11:20 (Math this time) and so I took my own time getting ready. While sorting out my clothes I happened to have Switchfoot’s newest CD, ‘Oh! Gravity’ cranked up nice and loud. The song titled ‘Faust, Midas and Myself’ came on and I was amazed. The lyrics are nice and simple accompanied by a light melodic background. What really struck me though was the imagery that the lyrics provided. Check them out [sorry.. kinda long]

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This one’s about a dream I had last night
How an old man tracked me home and stepped inside
Put his foot inside the door and gave a crooked smile
Something in his eyes, something in his laugh
Something in his voice that made my skin crawl off
He said I’ve seen you here before, I know your name
Yeah, you could have your pick, of pretty things
You could have it all, everything at once
Everything you’ve seen, everything you’ll need
Everything you’ve ever had in fantasies

You have one life, you have one life left to leave

I woke up from my dream as a golden man
With a girl I’ve never seen with golden skin
I jumped up to my feet and she asked me what was wrong
And I began to scream, I don’t think this is me
Is this just a dream or really happening

You have one life, you have one life left to leave

What direction, I’m splitting up
This is my personal disaffection
What direction, what direction now

I looked outside the glass at golden shores
Golden ships and masts with golden cords
As my reflection passed I hated what I saw
My golden eyes were dead and a thought passed through my head
A heart that’s made of gold can’t really beat at all
I wanted to wake up again without a touch of gold

What direction, death or action
Life begins at the intersection
What direction, what direction now

I woke up as before but the gold was gone
My wife was at the door with her night robe on
My heart beat once or twice and life flooded my veins
Everything had changed my lungs had found their voice
And what was once routine was now the perfect joy

You have one life, you have one life left to lead
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So after my nice relaxing morning, I had an exam in Speech which went fairly well. I just pulled up my grades and I got a 80%. Not too bad, I can live with that. I worked from 2:30-10:15 tonight. A long night I must say. The event went perfectly and we got lots of compliments. My only messup was accidentally grabing the knob for the camera feed instead of my headphones and turning it completely off for 5ish seconds. Luckily the cameraman was also including a ambient mic so everything should be fine on that. While it was totally my fault (and I am probably the only one that cares or will ever notice it) I will also say that this was the first time I have run Behringer board before. While it was quite nice and pretty they do a few things that are just a bit odd. To name a few, the console is flat (instead of sloped like most Mackies), only 1/4″ outs and no XLR, the meter doesn’t accurately show the sound output, etc. Some nice stuff though was the fact that the Aux Sends (labeled Monitors on this board) were controllable via a fader versus a POT which is the way they are on every other board I have ever mixed with.

Alright enough of that, I think it is time to go to bed. Having been sick the past 5ish days, I am just worn out after today. I will probably end up sleeping till 1 or 2 tomorrow. Should be grand. Well more to come eventually. I defintely recommend checking out the newest Switchfoot album Oh! Gravity because it is just sweet.

Nite

So yeah… not so good on the mid term. Not only is Microeconomics boring but that exam was just confusing. 50 multiple choice questions… ones that the prof probably didn’t even write. All of our quizzes and homework were just copies of the sample test bank questions. It really bugs me when profs are that lazy… it is just ridiculous. He also just essentially teaches the chapter… not really making up anything for himself. Just retells what the book said.

Well anyway… glad it is over. One class down and three to go.

So back to my fascination with Anberlin… here are the lyrics to the song called Inevitable off of their album titled Cities…

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Do you remember when we were just kids,
and cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?
School yard conversations taken to heart,
and laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not.

I want to break every clock.
the hands of time could never move again.
We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives.
Is it over now hey, hey is it over now?
I want to be your last first kiss that you’ll ever have.
I want to be your last first kiss.

Amazing how life turns out, the way that it does.
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love.

I want to be your last first kiss that you’ll ever have.
I want to be your last first love that you’ll ever have.
Lying here beside me, palms and eyes open wide,
I want to your last first kiss for all time.
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This song is just so incredibly beautiful… especially the chorus talking about stopping time. On the special edition of this CD/DVD they have the making of video. For this song they show how they recorded the toms. They used a live room at a studio and had like 6-8 guys all playing the toms at the same time. Then their drummer does the off beat stuff. It sounds incredible… I have listened to this song so many times… amazing.

Well I best be getting to Accounting. Peace-