well here i am downloading the new the spill canvas album, one fell swoop, on dial-up. I just cannot wait until I get home to get it. ive been listening to the demos for way too long, I need the real deal. only 4 ½ hours left. Haha. I am patient; I need this! I wish it was in stores… it is much easier to just go out and buy it. im sure I will anyways… this album will be my favorite for a long time.

Here is a little recap on what I have done and discovered the last few days in good old naples, florida. Yeserday my dad, collin, connor and I played 18 holes of golf on a small par 3 golf course. I played reasonably well for never playing that often. I had many pars and a birdie. With a couple of really nice drives and a chip-in, I think I should play more. Just need to work on my putting and short game. My dad came in first; then me, collin, and then connor (oldest to youngest). Connor, being only in 6th grade, played really well. He drove the ball further than collin on almost every hole. I think we are going to play again tomorrow.

If you have never been to naples, well it’s a pretty wealthy area with almost every restaurant and retail store you can ask for. I’d have to say its full of old-timers retiring with old money, and not the most exciting place on earth. But then again I think it would be more fun if I was with my friends than with just the family. Next time I really need to bring along a friend or two. Not saying that the family is bad… but after so many days at the pool, games of losing in poker to younger brothers, long games of rummy, and no ‘real’ freedom to do what you want… it gets old. I think one week is a long enough time. I think tomorrow we are heading to the thrift stores. Haha. I guess they have some of the best down here. So that should be cool. Overall, this vacation has been super relaxing. I guess that’s what vacation is all about; getting away from the real world and spending time with the friends and family (with emphasis on family).

Oh, almost forgot; the title for this post. It is another line from the spill canvas. I really can’t wait for this download to finish.

wow. 4 am and im still up. as most of you may know, i am on vacation. its pretty sad how i need this dialup and the internet. i just need to stay connected some way and form. I can’t even go two weeks without it. haha. the last few days i decided to redesign frozenglow because i got so sun-burned that i needed to stay inside for awhile, and there is only so much to do inside. tomorrow i should be good to go back out in the sun and swim. i told my sister to wake me up tomorrow so i could go running with her on the beach... umm yah i don’t think that will happen as of right now. who knows maybe i will feel great with 5 hours of sleep. yah right. the new design is finally done. i just need to add the rest of the content. hope you like it. but right now its bed time.

oh yah; the title for this post probably doesn’t make sense to you. i am listening to the spill canvas and it is one of my favorite lines from hail the heartbreaker. its so real. i can relate. ;)

my brothers, dad, and i leave for naples, florida today. yes, we are driving! we are crazy. the ladies are flying; mom, grammy, carolyn and kyle (haha). i wonder how long it will take us this year. we don't mess around and stop for sleep; we drive those 25 or so hours straight. i don't know if im ready for this. oh well, it should go well. what's crazy is that we are staying down there for 2 weeks! thats almost too long. yah, too long without high speed internet. =\ looks like im goin cold turkey... its sick how addicted i am to to my music/computer/internet combo. i have some serious problems. haha. i might be able to get on dialup for a lil bit and make a few blog posts.

it should be pretty fun though. when im back im sure you will know that i went on vacation. i still can't believe that we will be down there for 2 weeks. we are staying at my dad's friend's condo on some golf course and has a nice private pool. we aren't that close to the beach... but thats alright. im ready for the hot hot heat, nice weather, and relaxing. see yah in july. ;)

this past weekend ryan, nick, and i went to bowling green state university. we stayed at one of ryan’s friend’s place friday and saturday. We pretty much just partied all weekend. good times with good friends. we thought that the little trip was so much fun that we should do it again just more hardcore. on the way home, we made a list of places we want visit this summer or next. our goal for this summer is to make road trips to all the places we want to visit on the eastern side of the united states, and next summer take three weeks or so to visit all the places we want to visit in the west. we heard that this is the time in our lives to do this sort of thing… so why not do it. you only live once, might as well do it right. plus, what is more fun than to explore the country with your best friends.

in the car, we also started talking about nick’s small business he wants to get off the ground; DNlighting. a home and landscape lighting company he started. nick pretty much has his company all set; with logos, pricing statements, business cards, brochures, and experience to make anyone’s home look nicely lit up at night. ryan and i want to get involved to not only get this thing off the ground, but blow through the roof. there is no doubt in my mind that we can get this to be an awesome summer job that for some people could be their real job. we are each very different but talented individuals; nick is the most organized person i know. it’s not hard to say he is a perfectionist through his organization, which definitely is a good thing. he is majoring in architecture at penn state, and loves it. his talent and involvement in the field is unbelievable. then there is ryan; easily the most popular kid in high school and college i know. and i honestly don’t know one person that doesn’t like him. he can talk his way in or out of any situation, and can make people do what he wants though being himself. of couse he is majoring in marketing at miami university. and then there is me, the tech kid. i will be of course making the website and helping out with the technology part of it. three best friends working as a team with different traits will make this a successful business. we are all pumped about trips and the business.

yesterday i went to see copeland with nick. it was amazing as i expected. aaron copeland can sing live just as awesome as in studio. awesome first time... for me to see them live. we missed the first band playing... oh well. the other opener was an indie band called rainer maria. they were a trio with a chick singing. i was surprised how good they were and i never heard of them. the weekend otherwise was fun. went out with sloppy and dilis, and later met up with big c. its nice to be hangin with the old buds again. i think this weekend the crew and i are headin up to BGSU for the weekend. i donno, ry's got some buddies up there that are turning 21 and such. its always fun with sloppy. today was hard as hell getting up. carl was over until 3:30... so we both didn't get a good night sleep. today at work i kept busy with some stuff they gave me... then i started to work on the new album review website. we came up with a name for it; stereosprout.com. and the crew that im doing it with are really pumped... theres about 6-7 guys that already started writing stuff. i got the design done and im workin on the coding =\... im not a fan of programming. after work i did my daily workout. wow was it hard... probably from the lack of sleep. tonight i started an audioscrobbler account... i donno why. i guess it's pretty cool. now you can see what kind of music i listen to all the time. ;) today's lyrical title is from forgive durden... one of my favorites.

lets see... yesterday i got home from work and crashed on the couch... i didn't wake up till ryan called. i didn't get my daily run in. =\ very disappointing. looks like i have to do extra today. last night i spent the night over ry's. we pretty much just chilled outside and drank a few brews with a fire goin; good times. work went pretty fast today. i have a new project to work on... well sorta. i wouldn't call it a project... just busy work; i am filling in information in a database. ry's having some people over tonight, so we will have a lil party goin. im happy its friday, i need the weekend. i still need to get tickets for the copeland concert on sunday ;). i think i will go tomorrow... i just want to make sure its not sold out... i still need to see who is going. my brother said he cannot take off work... but he will try again. nick is for sure. and there might be a few others that might wanna go. im pretty pumped. the lyrical title for today is from the first song, 'sundays' off the new daphne loves derby album. i <3 it.

i was an two and a half hours late to work today. i guess thats what i get for goin to bed late as hell and expecting my parents to wake me because i don't have an alarm clock. my boss really didn't care at all, which makes me happy, but i better not make it a habit. i met up with an old freind from high school for lunch. we went to the winking lizard which is right next to digital day, so i walked. ryan is a good guy... i really need to start hanging out with him, i never really did in high school either. i guess its because he lived about an hour away. he like the music i like, always a plus. i found out from a friend that copeland is playing in cleveland at the odeon on sunday... i had no idea. and i thought i researched all the concerts i wanted to go to this summer. i guess i missed one of my favorite bands. crazy. im going to that for sure... if all goes well. after i found out i listened to everything copeland has... god i love that band. the title for this post if from an old copeland song off their ep. great stuff. after work i ran again; i can't believe my work ethic. it feels so good to workout everyday... im sleeping like did in high school again... i guess thats why i was late almost everyday in high school. carl is over hanging out and gonna spend the night. hes off tomorrow from work. lucky. im goin try and go to bed at a decent hour tonight... it won't happen though. it never happens.

today i was late an hour to work today. i was up till 4 last night. nick and carl came over and we hung out and played red alert until the wee hours in the morning. i felt like shit when i got in my car this morning. once i turned on my music, my mood and feelings changed right around and i was singing to the early november. haha. im still workin on the same stuff at work. i got home i fell asleep pretty fast.

this weekend im gonna hang out with tom for the last time before he moves to chicago. =\ we are having another family get together on saturday at our place. that means lots of lil runts running around screaming, but i love'em. pete my cousin is in town from the west coast... so it will be good to see him. hes always been a big role model in my life. im actually gonna get some sleep tonight. good night.

im so beat its unbelievable. tom and i shouldn't have watched that movie last night. wow. i think i can fall asleep sitting here in front of all my co-workers. i wonder how long it would take for them to notice if i did. we watched donnie darko, it was a first for me. i'd have to say its an awesome movie. crazy; the kind of movies i enjoy.

i have decided that every weekday for the rest of summer i am going to run and lift 3 times a week. yesterday was the first day i started this and it felt good, today im tired as hell but i will still do it, im gonna stay committed. at least i hope.

looks like i have to make dinner for the younger brothers tonight... ill probably just throw in a frozen pizza or something easy. my mom went to milwaukee for a few days for work and my dad went somewhere outta town and honestly i can't remember where, all i know hes coming back late tonight so its not a big deal.

work pretty much sucks. these last few days ive been working on this one site... just re-developing it (no design work) and ive probably had every problem you can think of. the last few days ive been so frustrated. oh well, i pretty much finished getting it to look and work right. now i just need to add content, the boring part. the lyrical title for todays post is of jamisonparker... i've been listening to them all day and had to use one of my favorite lines. ok, i've had my break. back to work. =\ oh I forgot to mention, i took off the photos section of the site and replaced it with a philosophies section, basicly its things that i think about.