Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Testing

Well today some good news finally came my way. I got a callback from St. Louis County, (I turned in my application last friday), and I'm going in for the first round of testing with the county police October 21st. So now I'm set for both the city (November 7th) and county (October 21st) police departments first rounds of testing. If I can just be thorough and clear headed, test well... then I'll have done everything I can to get myself into the academy. I'm also sending a resume to St. Charles Police, who is hiring, and I am applying to Jefferson City Police, Columbia Police and Missouri Highway Patrol. My theory is that by hitting all the main agencies, sooner or later I'll get on at one of 'em.

This weekend is 2 NJN shows. The following weekend is Family Weekend at Truman University with my sister! I feel like things are getting a little better.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Im There Pics

Wow, pics posted already!















We never get many good ones of me, so here's another from the Street Sounds show...








Thursday, September 21, 2006

Im There, Not Yet!

Despite having to carry our gear up to the second floor of a convertered old school-school house, last night's show at the Lucas School House was not only the best and nicest venue we've played yet, but from what we heard after the show it was one of the best sounding. It felt like it, everything was just clicking last night I suppose. We haven't practiced in a month, but we've been playing shows every week and really, that's probably the best practice.

The Lucas School House, located in Soulard at Gravois and Allen, is a converted early 19th century schoolhouse. It is set up for banquets and being rented out for events like last night's launch party for www.Imthere.com. We played with a couple other bands for this launch event that was a lot of fun. This place was amazing. Hardwood floors, granite topped tables and bars, leather couches and chairs, a stage that was the perfect size for us and what I was told was the best sounding sound system and live sound engineers that we've played with. Oh, and they have a full size outdoor patio and outdoor bar with sound outside for the bands upstairs. Oh, and the 1st floor has a screen the size of one from the movie theatre that they broadcast the bands from upstairs, downstairs. Yea, it was bad ass. Hopefully we'll get some pictures from the event, but the pics have been in short supply lately...

Monday, September 11, 2006

Pics from the Cowboy

Marty is totally slacking off. The first pictures we've got in months come from about a week ago and were taken by a professional photographer. He was professional because he got the pictures to us after he took them...



Friday, September 08, 2006

Post Birthday Thoughts

One day post-birthday and I'm getting ready to play this show tonight. I should be excited, but I'm not. Brian's band is going to be there, theres a good chance a bunch of guys I knew from highschool might be there, it should be a really great night. But since I found my breaking point with work, I feel as if something in me has changed.

Last weekend I was so depressed I was getting sick. And if someone asked why, it made me feel even worse because it seemed an impossibility to put into words an appropriate explaination. I was so angry last weekend, and since then I have calmed down and have cleared my head, but something still lingers there that is pulling me down. If only slightly, I feel less than what I should, and I don't feel happy or content at all.

In my overanalysis of the whole situation I think it is very possible that after a talk with my father, I found myself feeling a notion of being too far behind, from where I should be in my life. Like that quagmire of finishing school set me too far back and while I watch my friends go off and do things with their lives, I have yet to still begin mine. I've still just been sliding by.

I'm making real consolidated efforts to change that. I'm the first to acknowledge that I got lazy after graduation, but I'm getting my applications in order. I'm trying really hard, but as my father said, I need instant gratification. And no matter how much effort I put in lately, I still feel like I've lagged behind where I should be and that I'm such a fuck up.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Platter

Shows

Come see us friday at the Ten Mile House, it's a day after my birthday so that makes it like a birthday show!