_frozenglow

Thinkin' of Winter

2007-01-14T01:48:00.000-05:00

Of course it’s been a long time since my last post. What else is new. I am staying busy as always. I have a couple big projects I am working on outside of school; The University of Dayton puts on a big research event where all the departments are given a chance to shine and it's called Stander Symposium. I am working with a few other very talented designers to design the event's identity system, brochure, posters, and website. It is really exciting, and I am sure we put together some good stuff. I am also almost done with the university’s Rec site. I did the whole design in CSS and everything works well, and i know they are happy about it. Their old site was horrible. I am glad I could make the university look a tad bit better. I was also chosen to design a bookmark for a big dinner event for my boss and will be printed at mass amounts, so that will be pretty cool too.

Other than that, I am just hanging out enjoying my last year here in school, and trying to make the best of all the cool classes I am in (Graphic Design 1, Graphic Design 3, Multimedia 2, eMarketing and the Internet, and eh American History. Always have those not-so-great classes. it's ok.

I have been working on the new version of frozenglow (v5, so crazy), I am still not sure if I want to upgrade, but if I do it will be entirely in flash. You can check out a sneak peak here.

My posts title is from joshua radin – winter (a great song and music artist). I really wish it would just snow instead of this grody rain. I would like to hit the slopes this year at least once. We will see, I guess.

You can strike a match but it still might not light…

2006-07-30T01:18:00.000-04:00

Long time no post. No kidding; here’s a little recap of what’s going on with me… I am finished with my religion class I took this summer, last week was my last week working at digital day, but I am still working on a couple freelance web projects, and right now I am on vacation in Naples, Florida with the family for this week. Next week I am heading up north with Brice to visit Tom for a week, and then I have ½ a week before I have to be at school. This next month is going to be sweet; I am very much looking forward to it all.

While I am looking forward to it, I still have to get a lot of stuff done: ic3designs still is not done, my cornhole boards still aren’t done, frozenglow needs to be updated pretty badly, along with about three web projects I need to finish… and those are priority. I have the intention to get all this stuff done, but in reality I don’t think it will happen (at least not all of it). School will start back up faster than ever and I will not have time for any of this. Eh, do what yah gotta do, I guess. I’m sure taking three vacations, hanging out with my friends, camping, spending time with my Texas cousins, going to two weddings, all my freelance work, working, taking classes, entirely redoing my room, painting the house, going to a few concerts, and everything else I have done this summer can be my excuse for not finishing my own projects; so I really shouldn’t be complaining. This summer has really been awesome, I guess I just don’t have time for everything I planned. But, maybe while here on vacation I can get a jump start on ic3designs… who knows.

I guess you can say time flys when you are having fun (and staying busy). I do miss school and all my friends I have not seen all summer. I wish I got together more with my UD friends. Hell, I wish I spent more time with my home friends too. (I guess some of that is my own fault and that the busyness factor got in the way.) But really, I don’t think there is a way to explain how excited I am for this school year. It will be un.believ.able.

The title of this post is from the new Thursday album. Amazing stuff.

With broken means through open doors…

2006-06-04T16:59:00.000-04:00

It’s been way too long since my last post. (or that’s what I’ve been told.) Here is a clip from a conversation with tom today:

flea0816: your fans have gone cold turkey!!!
flea0816: i broke out into hives this morning
DTM icebox: i know
DTM icebox: hahaha
flea0816: must.
flea0816: have.
flea0816: froglo.

So here it is… finally, a new post: This weekend I put some time into revamping tom’s blog design and plugged some of his personality into it. His posts are hilarious and needed something to reflect his “chronicle of an outrageous life.” He was thrilled with it when I showed him, which makes me happy. Now I only need to work on my own site (ic3designs). Soon enough, my friends. Soon enough.

A couple of weeks ago I redid my whole room; including painting the walls two toned (light gray for three walls and darker gray for the remaining wall along with the closet), getting a bigger desk, and redoing my closet. It turned out nice; it is much more my style. Now I am always in my room rather than the basement, go figure.

I started work last week. I am working again at DigitalDay Creative Group and doing some freelance stuff from home. It works out well. Also my summer online classes started last week. I am taking Physical Geography with a lab and Worldly religions or something like that. The best part about these classes is that they are online… meaning I don’t have go to class except for when the test comes around. I hope I can keep up with the material. I ordered my books online and still haven’t received them. I hope they come soon so I can start studying before it’s too late. I’m sure I will be fine though… or hope.

This morning my brother, Collin, had his high school graduation ceremony today. I can’t believe he is going to start college next year and be with me. I am pumped about it. We are having is graduation party in about a month and with that comes a lot of prepping. Yesterday I helped my dad dig holes for our new deck extension that we are building. It should turn out sweet when we are done. Also, this week I need to paint the front of the house. The last project that I am taking full responsibility on doing is building a cornhole set for the party and afterwards. I need to figure out what I am going to paint on the boards… well actually I need to build them first then worry about the design, but it will probably be a logo of some sort, something original.

That’s about it... I am super tired and probably going to take a nap.

[The post title is from Northstar; one of the most poetic lyricists I know.]

I see that summertime is near, when all my troubles disappear…

2006-05-08T01:40:00.000-04:00

The school year is officially over, and now I am officially a senior. It is so hard to believe, but it is reality. This year was a blast. I am sad it is over, but I am really really looking forward to next year. My brother will be going to Dayton, and I will be finally living altogether with the crew, and on campus. I recently changed my concentration in my major from computer imagery to graphics design, so I am also really excited about my classes as well as my living situation next year.

Tomorrow, I am heading to Daytona for the Dayton-to-Daytona trip. I am looking forward to it. This will be the first time for me on the trip, and I am sure it will be nothing less than amazing.

As of right now I do not have a job for the summer. Pretty disappointing, but I have a lot of freelance stuff I can do to make some money and add to the portfolio. I am also excited about going home not only to see everyone but to redo my room. I plan on making it a really nice place to get work done but also give it some style; clear it out, paint it, and start over. I am going to make a road trip to PA with Carolyn and Kyle to Ikea for a new desk and furniture. I’m excited about it.

Other than that, nothing that new is going on. The title is from Sherwood; one of my favorite songs that gets you in the mood for the season.

'Cause you were always right behind me…

2006-03-16T04:37:00.000-05:00

It’s good to be on break, but I guess my spring break just came at a bad time. I’m not saying that it’s not nice to be home, because it is very nice to be home with the family. It’s just everyone else’s break is on a different week or all my friends have gone somewhere for vacation. But I did get to see carl and nick because our breaks overlapped last weekend, and today I hung out with my cousin Rob who just graduated from BGSU. So that was cool to see all them. Going down to Tennessee this week fell though because I don’t know why… I think it’s because my roommate, matt (cheetos) can’t be without his girlfriend for a week. Whatever. I’m kind of glad it did fall through; to be perfectly honest I was getting a little homesick and what a better week to come home than after a week of hell. It’s kind of crazy how last week was so stressful because all the tests and all that was due, and now this week I haven’t done anything and haven’t had to worry about anything except to maybe get a haircut (I think I will go tomorrow). I was looking forward to spend some time with my older sister because I never see her anymore, but this week she and her boyfriend, Kyle, went to Las Vegas for a little vacation. I guess today she won $1,500 on slots. My dad said she thought the machine stopped working, but really she just didn’t know she just won. Haha. I’m happy for her though… she’s the one who deserves it more than anyone. Carolyn and Kyle will be home Friday night I think, so at least that will give me some time to see them. Collin, my brother, has a birthday on Saturday; so I’m sure the whole family will go out to eat somewhere. He’s turning 18 and it’s scary. I can’t believe he will be in college next year; hopefully at Dayton with me.

Today I took my little brother, Connor, out shopping and out to Chipotle for a belated birthday gift from me. We went to Kohl, there was a huge sale; 70-80% off. We got a whole bunch of stuff. I spent 50 some dollars and together had over 5 shirts and 4 pairs of pants. Normally I spend more than that much on one pair of pants. It was crazy; that store is sweet; usually always has good deals. I guess you can say I’ve been somewhat productive with the shopping and stuff. Also I have been working on the new webdesign for eve-trade.net. I came up with a design (check it out here), and the owner really likes it; makes me happy =). I started building it out in code tonight. I’m a little less than ½ way done. But I don’t think I will get around to working on ic3designs this week like I planned. Oh well.

Wow it’s already 4:30 am. My sleeping schedule is all messed up. Tomorrow hopefully I won’t sleep-in too late; I need to get a haircut. I also will be attending my friend’s, Paul, dad’s wake tomorrow and funeral on Friday. He passed away Sunday night; really sad because he was so young and it was all of a sudden. I haven’t talked to Paul all that much since high school, but I still feel that I really need to attend. He a good guy, and I’m sure he and his family will appreciate the support in this tough time.

Wow this was a long post. What can I say; my mind just won’t stop flowing. Haha. well I probably should hit it even though I’m not tired at all. This posts title is from some old school stuff; Count the Stars. I got their albums today after forgetting about them for years. Really catchy stuff; I can’t get that line out of my head now. I guess you just have to hear it. =)

I'll sleep with one eye open, maybe you'll save my life.

2006-02-16T02:15:00.000-05:00

I haven’t posted in awhile… here’s the update on my life: I’ve been busy. Yah, I changed hosts, thank god. The last one I had I could not stand. Sorry that my sites have been on and off for while… I think everything is stable now. I have a couple big projects I need to start and/or work on; I’m looking forward to it though. I made some process on ic3designs, but now that I have a new priority project (eve-trade.net, who is hosting me now =]) ic3designs will be on hold for a little longer. Other than that… everything is SOS (same old shit). My pops uses that acronym, haha.

Title is from the New Amsterdams; one of my favs. Oh I got my 3 t-shirts I ordered in the mail today; the get up kids, new amsterdams, and limbeck. Good stuff. It's late and I think it's time for me to hit the sheets.

Electrocute my thoughts and put myself in standby…

2006-01-22T16:47:00.000-05:00

A lot of stuff has been going on lately. Last night drew turned 21. All I can say is that it was nuts… good times. Cheet and Mallory also turn 21 this week as well… more celebrating to do. =)

School has been alright; there’s always classes you like and dislike. Eh, what you gonna do. I haven’t had much time to work on my own stuff… I have a list of stuff I want to get done like the new ic3designs. Also the roommates and I need to start working on the new fiberglass beer pong table… I still need to come up with another design; we were thinking either a James Bond 007 theme or some crazy 80s tv show theme like the price is right or something nuts like that. We need to figure it out. It would nice if we had it done before this next weekend, but that won’t happen.

I woke up this morning to find a crazy email in my inbox… tom sends me the most outrageous messages:

Subject: A HILARIOUS MOVIE

HAHAHA DANIEL
I SAW "A COCK AND BULL STORY". It's so mest and British. It's hilarious. See if you can find it anywhere--I think you and Tets would love it. It's mest but it's 1337. Mest1337.

<3 <3 <3
CREEP CREEP CREEPY TOM

I couldn’t help but laugh soo loud in front of my computer screen. I really want to check that movie out... I'm sure its awesome. I rarely talk to tom now that he has been in England… but when I get messages like this it is great. Haha.

Other than that nothing really is all that new… I really need to get started on my school work. =/ The post title is from action action, a crazy indie band with a synth. Give them a listen.

Let it snow…

2005-12-24T04:37:00.000-05:00

I was bored so I decided to make my site snow with xmas being right around the corner.

My break so far has been nice… I worked a little bit to make a few extra bucks, I’ve been hanging out with my buddies a lot, and just relaxing and eating a bunch of awesome homemade food and holiday desserts. Tomorrow, or should I say today, is Christmas eve and my family is getting together here… so that should be fun. I actually haven’t seen my relatives all break. I am looking forward to seeing everyone.

Well, it’s late and I need to hit the sack. Just wanted to put an update in because I haven’t in so long or feels it. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas!

And I will be the king of the sky, and you can wonder where I land...

2005-12-02T12:51:00.000-05:00

Things are coming to a close. We only have 3 more days left of classes and then finals until the semester is over and break Christmas break starts. Un.be.lievable.

This weekend will be insane with lots going on... projects, papers, parties, etc. It should be a good one though. I am definitely looking forward to it even though I have a lot to do. I really wish I had some free time though. I really want to work on my own design work, websites and stuff. Well, I will have time for that over break. Not much going on otherwise.

This post title is from Northstar. I love them... absolutely great tunes. Too bad they broke up. I am looking forward to the release album of Cassino... Nick and Tyler’s new band. From what I have heard its awesome stuff.

I’m ready when you are…

2005-11-26T21:09:00.000-05:00

I can’t believe my thanksgiving break is over already. It was busy but very nice. I didn’t do any homework at least yet. I think tonight I might try and get some done. It’s just been crazy everyday. I came home Tuesday night and my whole family was here including my cousins, carl and kyle, and my sisters boyfriend kyle. Wednesday i went over salapa’s place to hangout with ryan and nick. I really wish I could have gotten to see them more. My family had thanksgiving at my grammy’s house with that whole side of the family. It’s always nice to see the little runts and all the aunts and uncles. we ended up just spending the night there and the next day we went to see my mom’s uncle gene. There my brothers and cousin kyle taught me how to play euchre… so that was fun. Today my family and I went to see ‘a christmas carol’ at playhouse square in Cleveland. It was good; the family’s season traditional. We went out to some Italian place for dinner afterwards. It was good. Tomorrow I leave back for school at 2… un-be-live-able.

The post's title is from the band brighten… a great new group I discovered this week. I love their sounds and lyrics. I have been listening to them nonstop... and that song was stuck in my head all yesterday. You can listen to their whole ep at breakingcustom.com. good stuff.

21 and invincible, can't wait to screw this up

2005-11-14T13:41:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I turned 21. I cannot believe it. It feels great to finally be an official adult with all privileges that come with it, but at the same time I feel old and responsible. Being good or bad. I donno. I guess just sometimes I like being the kid I’ve always felt I was growing up.

This weekend was awesome. I don’t think I could ask for a better birthday weekend. Friday, the party at the college park girls’ place was amazing. I don’t know how to repay everyone for all the effort that was put in. It really means a lot to me. My brother (Collin), his friends, and my cousin (Carl) came up Friday and Saturday. I think everyone had a good time and was happy to have them come. Saturday, I went to see Beth perform in an opera workshop with the other girls. She did very good and is quite a talented one… definitely in the right major. Overall, the show was very successful and enjoyable. Later we went out to the cast party, and I felt a little out of place but at the same time very welcomed. Beth got the whole music crew to sing happy birthday for me… which was very nice of her. =) Later Janna, Kim, Beth and I ended up going to the fieldhouse, a bar on brown street. It was much fun. So… like I said I don’t think I could have had a better birthday weekend.

This week is looking pretty crazy, but I think I can handle it. Lots going on academically.

The title for is post is from the something corporate song, 21 and invincible. Pretty much fits some of my feelings for being this old now.

When the sun sets around me, my daydreams confound me…

2005-10-28T01:40:00.000-04:00

And the long nights surrounds me,
You turn me around...

Hrmm… its been awhile since my last post. This last week has been hell… what’s new? Always looking forward for the weekend, too bad I have a load to do. I really should have tried to been a little more productive today. Oh well.

Listen to this story… errr… read this story. Haha. After my digital illustration class today I was about to head home to grab some grub before my art history class and while unlocking my bike lock my key wouldn’t turn, and I ended up breaking the key off. I was thinking at the time, “good thing I have this extra key in my book bag.” So I end up trying that key and ‘snap’ same thing… that key breaks too… so I’m just standing there thinking that I will never get my bike off this damn rack now that this key is now stuck in the lock and it wont turn. So I went to the KU information desk to see if someone could help me. I ended up calling maintenance and the lady said that they couldn’t do anything to help me. She recommended that I call public safety… and so I called them. The public safety lady tells me that she sent out a cop and that I should wait by the rack. So I was like sweet… I’m getting my bike back. After about 15 minutes of waiting for the dude… he finally shows with absolutely zero tools. He says “what seems to be the problem over here?” really carelessly. I was thinking to myself, wow this lady just sent this cop and he doesn’t even know why. So I tell him that my bike is pretty much locked up for good unless I can cut the lock off… and he says, “so how do we know this is your bike? I need proof. I’m not here to help you steal a bike.” What an asshole. Only a dumbass would go to a cop to get help to steal a bike. I said, “well, I have the broken end of the key right here with the lock name on it and the other ½ is stuck in the lock. Is that enough proof for you?” He says “ I can easily get a broken key from home.” Okay this cop is quite the asshole. He says there’s absolutely nothing that he can do and says “I don’t know what to tell you? Sorry I can’t help.” and turns around and leaves. So I’m like sweet looks like I’m going to have to steal my own bike because no one in this whole fucking university can help me. I called my roommate, cheetos, to tell him my crazy situation and ask him to bring home some tools from his work because he is a mechanical engineer. He said, “Yah, no problem. I will bring home a hacksaw and we will bust out your bike when I get off work.” So later we went up there and sawed off the lock. It was unbelievably easy… its kind of scary how easy someone can steal a bike. So then we went to walmart and I bought another lock… a different brand of course. This one has a lifetime warranty like the last… I wonder if that means 3 month lifetime rather than 2.

That was pretty much the interesting thing that happened to me today… oh yah and I got my costume at the thrift store with Tom, Andrew, and Grant. I’m going to be a golfer. It’s a pretty classy costume if I say so myself. I got these sick plaid knicker(?) pants, a pink polo, an 8 iron golf club, and this grody whitish sweater with a golfer on it. Haha, this should be a pretty swanky Halloween.

The lyrical title for the post is from aqualung… really really awesome chill stuff. If you like keane or coldplay… listen to aqualung!

When the sun sets around me, my daydreams confound me…

2005-10-28T01:36:00.000-04:00

And the long nights surrounds me
You turn me around

Hrmm… its been awhile since my last post. This last week has been hell… what’s new? Always looking forward for the weekend, too bad I have a load to do. I really should have tried to been a little more productive today. Oh well.

Listen to this story… errr… read this story. Haha. After my digital illustration class today I was about to head home to grab some grub before my art history class and while unlocking my bike lock my key wouldn’t turn, and I ended up breaking the key off. I was thinking at the time, “good thing I have this extra key in my book bag.” So I end up trying that key and ‘snap’ same thing… that key breaks too… so I’m just standing there thinking that I will never get my bike off this damn rack now that this key is now stuck in the lock and it wont turn. So I went to the KU information desk to see if someone could help me. I ended up calling maintenance and the lady said that they couldn’t do anything to help me. She recommended that I call public safety… and so I called them. The public safety lady tells me that she sent out a cop and that I should wait by the rack. So I was like sweet… I’m getting my bike back. After about 15 minutes of waiting for the dude… he finally shows with absolutely zero tools. He says “what seems to be the problem over here?” really carelessly. I was thinking to myself, wow this lady just sent this cop and he doesn’t even know why. So I tell him that my bike is pretty much locked up for good unless I can cut the lock off… and he says, “so how do we know this is your bike? I need proof. I’m not here to help you steal a bike.” What an asshole. Only a dumbass would go to a cop to get help to steal a bike. I said, “well, I have the broken end of the key right here with the lock name on it and the other ½ is stuck in the lock. Is that enough proof for you?” He says “ I can easily get a broken key from home.” Okay this cop is quite the asshole. He says there’s absolutely nothing that he can do and says “I don’t know what to tell you? Sorry I can’t help.” and turns around and leaves. So I’m like sweet looks like I’m going to have to steal my own bike because no one in this whole fucking university can help me. I called my roommate, cheetos, to tell him my crazy situation and ask him to bring home some tools from his work because he is a mechanical engineer. He said, “Yah, no problem. I will bring home a hacksaw and we will bust out your bike when I get off work.” So later we went up there and sawed off the lock. It was unbelievably easy… its kind of scary how easy someone can steal a bike. So then we went to walmart and I bought another lock… a different brand of course. This one has a lifetime warranty like the last… I wonder if that means 3 month lifetime rather than 2.

That was pretty much the interesting thing that happened to me today… oh yah and I got my costume at the thrift store with Tom, Andrew, and Grant. I’m going to be a golfer. It’s a pretty classy costume if I say so myself. I got these sick plaid knicker(?) pants, a pink polo, an 8 iron golf club, and this grody whitish sweater with a golfer on it. Haha, this should be a pretty swanky Halloween.

The lyrical title for the post is from aqualung… really really awesome chill stuff. If you like keane or coldplay… listen to aqualung!

You're much sweeter than me by far

2005-10-04T08:44:00.000-04:00

I can’t believe I’m up this early posting a blog… I guess there is a first for everything. Since last Friday, my life has been pretty ‘xtreme,’ which is a good thing for the most part. Friday I got pretty sick for some reason; flu, achy, fever, and sore throat. I stayed in that night and just attempted to redesign ic3designs. I think I need to change around a few things… some say that the title is amateur, so I will mess with it a lil bit. Satuday was pretty awesome, even though I was still kinda of sick… pretty much hung out with the crew and then went to kim’s 21st birthday party… which was awesome. I was pretty crazy that night, but it was so much fun. I ended passing out on the couch at Tom’s place; pretty much my weekend bed. I felt pretty sweet that morning. Haha, it was worth it. I ended up sleeping almost all day too… and the rest of the day I didn’t really do anything else homework wise thinking I was pretty much caught up. I realized I was pretty wrong and that the projects I’m working on are going to need a lot more time. Last night tom, andrew, drew, and I went to borders to pick up a book drew needed (which they didn’t have), got some taco bell, and got me to watch this show called prison break. I’m not a tv person at all… but I think they got me hooked. When I got back, within a ½ hour brice Ims me telling me that his computer is franked and he need to get some caffeine to get his machine back on track and then get his homework done. At this point I have nothing done… and gave in to go with him… so we just spent a few hours drinking rockstar engergy drinks on the porch at his place until 2ish… and when he drops me off so i could do something productive that night. i ended up going to bed around 4. not too bad.

The rest of the week is going to be insane, but I think I can handle it. The only thing that’s pissing me off is this sore throat I have… I really should get it checked out so I don’t have strep or something crazy like that. I’m looking forward to get home and seeing my family… I miss um. I know my parents miss me and are always telling me to come home whenever I get a chance. I love them so much. I just need to find a ride. Carl said he would come pick me up from BGSU, but that’s 3 hours out of the way and would rather have someone from here let me bum a ride. We will see what comes up.

But right now its class time… and I need to get running.

if only i could feel less indifferent, then maybe i could be more existent

2005-09-30T02:20:00.000-04:00

lately my life feels like its been a drag. I don’t know why either. I’m having a great time at school; I love it here. The past two weekends have been really fun, school is going well… most classes at least. I guess you can say I’ve felt somewhat lonely around here. My roommate Johnny goes home every weekend… and now that cheetos (my other roommate) has a broken leg he ends up going home every weekend as well. And pete is still in DC co-opping. But whats sad, we all do our own thing when we are all here. Rachel (cheet’s girlfriend) is here with cheet for the first half of the week and then leaves to go home… and that’s pretty much the other reason matt goes home is to be with her. Then Johnny goes home every weekend just because he does for some reason… always has. During the week he spends his time talking on the phone with his girlfriend. So it feels like I have my own place, which is nice at times… but I wish I had someone around all the time that I could hangout with on a daily basis. Now that I think of it… andy, a friend that is in the same major as me, is kind of in the same boat… we really should start doing stuff together. We both live here at irving commons. And he has one roommate that’s never around as well. The weekends are another story though… usually tom or brice picks me up Friday and I end up hanging out with that crew all weekend, which is great… love hanging out with that whole group. And even that has a problem in itself: a place to stay at night. Every weekend I end up sleeping on couches and for the most part its great that I have so many places to stay, but my bed would be nice sometimes.

I don’t really know what is going on in my life right now… I mean I don’t feel like there is a spot for ‘me’ in this world, if that makes sense. I don’t have friends or a significant other to spend everyday with. My best friends from home I never see or talk to. It’s kinda sad. I donno… next semester will be different with pete around I think… and then next year WILL be awesome because I will be on campus again, and hopefully living in a house with all my friends. I’m not saying that this year isn’t sweet already… my awesome friends always are cool as hell about picking me up and its ‘the best time in my life’ hanging out with them. I’m blessed to have such great friends. I guess I just feel far, disconnected, and lonely at times and really don’t know how to feel about it.

The title is lyrics from the band; terminal. Really awesome group… totally sets my mood in general lately. To leave on a positive note… here are some lyrics from terminal that really expresses my weekends. Haha…

lets stay out all night
go everywhere we took
live while we're alive
and take the world for more
for more

when the sun is coming up
and we're still hanging out
it's never been so nice to have someone around
who believes in love

couldn't we all use the company
when days don't last
couldn't we stand to hear someone say
we're not all bad

lets not make it home tonight
because days don't last

im going to bed now. goodnight.

‘cause you’re the only song I want to hear

2005-09-14T22:36:00.000-04:00

The art Chicago trip was pretty sweet. I got to hangout with all the awesome art students and meet a couple new ones as well. We saw a lot of cool art… definitely worth seeing but I’m pretty much art’ed out for a while. Both nights I spent over my sister’s boyfriend’s apartment, just chilling out with a few brewskis, talking, and watching football. My sister is at home taking classes at Case Western for her Graduate Degree. I am really happy for both of them… really the perfect couple. Plus, Kyle is quite a badass older brother. He even takes care of me. :)

This week has been close to being in hell catching up on all my work, but fun nonetheless. Last night Tom, Brice, and I went to the waffle house (rofl-house) at 3 in the morning. It was quite an interesting adventure, as all things are with Thomas J. They screwed up our orders… my waffle, hash browns, and hot chocolate was $2.79. Too bad I slept through my marketing class this morning. =/ Oh well, it was worth it.

Cheetos, my roommate, is back from resting at home and is hopping around everywhere on his one good leg. I don’t think I have seen him use his crutches yet. Haha, what a character. He co-oping again, so things are much more lively around here. The girls from 311/309 college park came up to give him a care package, and there were some cookies and stuff… we were out of milk so I just got back from getting some at UDF for the gimp.

Some bad news I received this weekend; my friend, Kim, lost her father from a heart attack. The funeral is on Friday, I wish I could go but it’s just too hard to make it up to St. Louis with all the stuff that’s going on. I wish Kim and her family the strength to get through this tough time. I also hold my prayers for them in my heart. I understand how hard it is… my dad lost his father when he was 17 years old. This just reminds us all how precious life is… don’t take a second for granted.

This week had been extremely busy, but it is going fast. I’m glad tomorrow is Thursday. I’m looking forward to this weekend; like most people. My title for this post is from the new death cab for cutie album; plans… the song ‘soul meets body.’ Great song, and album; relaxing and lyrically moving. When music gets me thinking about my own life… it is automatically good in my book. And this song gets me thinking.

Did you notice when the clock stopped running?

2005-09-04T14:43:00.000-04:00

Lets see… nothing all that new is going on in my life... schooling and such. This three-day weekend was a nice break. I should be doing homework and doing something productive, but I felt that I needed to spill some of my thoughts. For how lame this sounds, I think this blog is a very positive thing. I reflect on my life and when I do this I can see my life from almost outside and not take things for granted. I think that is positive.

Next weekend I’m going to Chicago for the art trip. I went last year and it was pretty awesome, but for some reason I feel ‘not accepted’ when I’m with the whole art crowd. There are a few people that are going on the trip that I feel really comfortable around and I really like being with them… but for some reason I feel like an outsider with the rest of them. I hate how I do this to myself… I think I just make it worse because I make myself feel this way when I shouldn’t. Oh well, I shouldn’t worry; it will be a good time.

My title is a classic from mae. I love them so much… I haven’t listened to them in awhile and it just sounds so good right now. They are definitely one of my all time favorites.

i'm thinking i'd prefer not to be rescued

2005-08-26T16:21:00.000-04:00

First week of class: done. This semester is gonna be a busy one; probably one of my hardest and most time-consuming. All my classes seem pretty cool, just some seem like they will be really hard. I am taking 18 credit hours... which is plenty, I think. I hope I can keep up. Here’s a brief synopsis of my schedule and how I think things will go:

MKT 300 - Survey of Marketing
Seems pretty easy… involves lots of group work. But I have a few friends in my group/class so it should work out well.

MUS 205 - Music, Instruments, & Technology
So far it has been interesting, the stuff he talks about I’m already lost… in octaves and crazy stuff like that. But the little quizzes on what we listen to, I can pick up really easily. Should be a good class.

CMM 111 - Informative Public Speaking
For those who know how much I like this class… well let’s just say I royally suck talking in front of people. I’d rather take a hard as hell math class than take this 1 credit hour ‘blow off’ course.

VAD 312 - Visual Form
Seems like a pretty cool class. The professor is out of this world, but seems to know a lot about graphics design. I can see the projects taking a lot of time. From what I heard it’s not that great of a course, but I will try to think positively. The class itself is not bad; plus, all the familiar faces make it more enjoyable.

VAD 218 - Computer Illustration
We are learning how to use Adobe Illustrator. Should be a pretty awesome class because I love learning new programs. The professor knows what he is doing and is very good.

VAH 383 - History of Visual Communication Design
Your typical art history class with a twist of modernism… should be the best kind of art history class. But I still tend to fall asleep very easily. I have decided not to buy the book… I hope it works out. Especially, because I don’t like taking notes in this sort of class.

MIS 494 - Advanced Web Development
Oh my goodness… lets just say I might go nuts taking this class. I am one of two undergraduate students in this course. The rest are grad students. The course seems very very hard. We need to know many programming languages, and I don’t know ¾ of the ones we need to know. If I stick to it (which I plan) I hope I can pull through with all the other stuff I have to do.

There it is… my schedule for the semester. I hope I can hold on. I don’t know about getting up for 9 o’clock classes every morning either. Today I almost didn’t get out of bed. =/

For all those wondering about the progress of the beer pong table… it’s been idle in our family room for a lil bit. The painting is pretty much done, just needs a few touch ups… but we still need to sand the corners round, and make it nice and glossy smooth. It will for sure be done for Andrew’s 21st next weekend.

Whoa, this was kind of a long post… the title is from the song Jack’s Mannequin – Rescued… it is about ending a bad relationship, but in my case… I am relating that line to how hard my schedule might be this semester and how I really don’t want to drop a course to make it easier. I love the song though… along with the rest of the album.

shelter me oh genius words, just give me strength to pen these things

2005-08-21T11:40:00.000-04:00

today is the last official day of summer for me. classes start back up tomorrow... 9 am every morning... and i have class on fridays this semester =/. i lucked out the last couple semesters. I’m excited though… lots of awesome classes, great people, and crazy parties. This weekend was pretty awesome; we’ve been busy playing a lot of corn hole, building our crazy beer pong table (which we are painting today), and relaxing before the stress of classes begin. The table what we are making is gonna stay at tom’s place… and was his idea… But we are building/painting it at my place. What the table is going to be is the logo for the strip joint from the sopranos, “Bada Bing!” Haha, one of Tom’s classy ideas. Friday we bought the board and sketched the logo on, yesterday we bought the paint and paintbrushes and such, and today we paint. It should turn out pretty sweet.

Lately I’ve been listening to the new cartel a lot, and that’s where I get my title… from “The Minstrel's Prayer,” probably my favorite song on the album.

If you're not getting answers, Ask better questions

2005-08-16T00:24:00.000-04:00

Well, cartel finally leaked; It’s heaven to my ears… except right now I think I have an ear infection. It is really annoying. I think it’s from all the swimming in Tennessee… I guess it could be swimmers ear; makes sense. I will go make a visit to the health center tomorrow before work, see if they have anything to say about it.

Today I went to that KU manager training. I got there an hour early… the email said 8 in the morning, so that’s what I did… but it started at 9. Waiting up all night for the new cartel was still worth the 4 hours of sleep. The training itself was aright. I felt really out of place, everyone else there has people working under them… and there is me, the one working by myself in a closet. All the “team-work” activities are fun and all but I don’t think they apply to my position at all. Oh well I got paid to do it, plus free KU catering breakfast and lunch.

After work I cleaned some more… I’m making this place look good. I picked up groceries and more cleaning supplies with cheet today. We bleached out the fridge… looks good now. Only gotta mop up the floors… and this place can actually be in a DTM-approved living condition.

Today as I was listening to the new cartel (all day), it got me thinking about the music I listen to and how much I love it… and how much music I have downloaded for free without giving the music artist anything. I know I buy a lot of t-shirts and go to plenty of shows. But there are so many artists that I don’t give anything to but still love them. I felt like I needed to contribute more today; I bought about 100 dollars worth of band t-shirts today. For how much I like buying the actual album… I hate how I have nowhere to put it. The last album I bought was copland – motion… and it is sitting at home on a shelf and has never made it to a cd player, because it already had it downloaded to my computer and ipod. The album art is cool and all but… when you have SO many albums, it honestly is just “clutter” to me. I guess I am one living in the 21st generation… listening to music through my seven 6.1 surround sound computer speakers, and carrying 40 gigs of music everywhere I go with my ipod. Well today, 7 artist I have never seen live or bought anything of their stuff… just got some of my money. (Plus I think the band makes more from a t-shirt than from the cd; cheaper to make? i think.)

Today was a pretty good day otherwise… I hope this ear thing will go away. Well I will see what the doc has to say tomorrow.

The greatest escapist the world has ever known

2005-08-05T15:37:00.000-04:00

I haven’t posted in awhile. Well the weekend I went to Chicago… it turned out awesome; it's just that simple. A couple of days ago I bought a bike for school… just a lil bmx. I thought I should get something because I am about 1-2 miles from campus now. =/ so I got a small bike, something easy for transportation. Today is my last day of work, and this weekend I really need to get my stuff together for school. I leave on Sunday. Can you believe it? I can’t.

Umm this week has been really crazy too. I am trying to do as much as I can with my friends and getting ready for school. I went to see the new willy wonka with nick and ryan… don’t see it, its bad. We all didn’t like it. well, we were going to see wedding crashers (which I heard was awesome) but we were running late so we saw willy wonka. I like the original much better. On Tuesday I went to a hardcore show with ryan Maxwell… it was kinda crazy but pretty good as well. I’m more of the mellow kinda person, but this was pretty sweet. Between the Buried and Me has some really badass guitarists. Carl was over the other night… we had a classic lan of halo; Good times with the greaser. Oh and I had lunch/dinner yesterday with an old friend from high school... John Fauser, my good old kicking buddy. it was good to see him, he's a good guy.

So much to do and so little time. I will be busy tonight and tomorrow getting my stuff ready for school and Tennessee. Should turn out to be a good time. Until then I hope to hang out with my friends from home as much as I can.

The title for today comes from the song escapist from brandston’s newest. I love that album. This song really reflects me I think… I tend to be the greatest escapist.

Cause things will never be the same

2005-07-28T21:03:00.000-04:00

Oh I want that cartel album now! I’ve been listening to the demos on repeat. i guess the new album is supposed to be the best pop punk album of the year. I’m excited. some much good stuff is out now though. new emery is very very strong. I like it alot. :)

I finally got my Andrew McMahon orange wrist band that says "I will fight." so from now on you will see it on my right arm until he is 100% healed from his disease. (Which he will, of course).

Last night I decided to buy a baseball cap. I have a few but nothing I really like. I ordered a plain custom fitted hat. Its plain white in the front and in the back has 'ic3' in light blue. I hope it turns out cool, and not lame. Should be cool… if not I dropped 20 which is just like any other hat. I donno… I wanted something different. I’m sick of wearing hats of sports teams, clothing companies, and stuff like that... I wanted something different. I guess we will find out when I get it next week.

Tomorrow: Brice and I head to Chicago to visit Thomas J, Carolyn, and Kyle! PUMPED!

Tear me open at the seams, Take everything you need...

2005-07-26T16:55:00.000-04:00

Take my heart if you like the beat,
Take my lungs if it's hard to breathe, to breathe.

i haven't posted in awhile. where did i leave off... oh warped tour! all i can say is wow. i saw a few of my favorite bands, in particular... the spill canvas, saosin, thrice! all three where SOOOO good. i can't pick which one was the best. i might have to say the spill canvas just because i love them so much. what’s amazing is that they are one band that dress like normal people, express musical lyrics and emotion more than any other band i know, and only about 50 people came over to see them play. it was unbelievable.

guthrie left sunday to see his other grandparents. jordan is still stayin at our house for the rest of the week. today is what.. tuesday. yah. carl will be over tonight. he doesn't work on wednesdays. i should call up nick or sloppy cuz i have less than 2 weeks left living at home. =/ summer went too fast. i guess thats why you gotta enjoy every minute of everyday. Other than that not much is going on. I need to start putting my photography up on the site… maybe tonight I can do a lil of that. The lyrical title for today is from cauterize. I love their new album… but this is just how I feel right now and it from their old album. I feel better to give than receive a lot of the time. And I feel the need to give myself away today for some reason. Maybe I will do something special for my mom… she deserves it. maybe I will clean the whole house. =) I guess it makes me happy to see/make my friends and family happy.

In my memory, I wrote you down in ink

2005-07-19T16:26:00.000-04:00

This past weekend my friends and I went to Penn State, where nick goes to school. It was fun. Big campus. I don’t know if I could handle it… really nice though. We went during the craziest weekend at Penn State, Arts Fest. I guess it’s the biggest event of the year, when everyone comes back. We got two parking tickets… there was absolutely no place to park. Other than that, we pretty much just partied with all nicks friends… and went out to a few other places.

The last couple days I haven’t slept much at all. My cousins from Texas are pretty much living at my place for 2 weeks. It’s crazy because we all normally stay up really late, just how we are, every summer when they are in. I’m a night owl anyways but this is insane late every night. But the thing is… I work everyday fulltime and that means zero sleep for dan. Kind of sucks… but when you want to spend time with them this is the best way. Who needs sleep anyways? Umm not me.

I was looking at my calendar and I noticed my summer is almost up. Unbelievable. I have one more weekend at home, and everything else is booked. Here are the big events until school starts back up:

Thursday: Warped Tour
Saturday: Lindsay’s graduation party (maybe Waking Ashland and Gatsby’s concert.)
Next Friday (July 29th): going to Chicago with Brice to visit Tom
Weekend after that (August 6th): Moving my stuff back to school… then heading to Matt’s Vacation house on the lake in Tennessee for a week.
August 15th: Required meeting for work at KU… working the rest of the week.
August 22nd: First day of classes start.

And everyday in-between I will be working, hopefully getting golf in, and just hanging out with my friends before this summer is up. =/ Title for today is from a new emery song… wow I love them. I cannot wait for their new album and to see them at warped tour. :)

This Is For Keeps

2005-07-14T20:34:00.000-04:00

Lots to talk about… Believe it or not. Lets see where to start… umm my cousins are in from Texas. Guthrie is my lil homeboy when it comes to music. We are pretty pumped to see a lot of awesome bands on Thursday; warped tour. I’m also taking my brother and my other cousin, Jordan. Should be a good time with good music, of course. Other plans on the agenda… well this weekend nick, ry, and I are taking a road trip to Penn state to see what nick’s life is all about during the year. Road trips with these young guns are nothing below average. Always… always a great time. So I’m definitely looking forward to that.

I got my camera already I won on ebay. I got it for $120 total. Pretty good deal. The camera is in good shape and I’m exited to get a collection of images on my website. Today work was boring as usual. I went to lunch with Ry and his brother, crazy Kyle. We went to the Winking Lizard. I got a burger as usual. It’s nice to go out for lunch every once in awhile… its kind depressing eating a packed lunch in front of a computer screen everyday of the week… and ry keeps things fun. Linda, a friend from Dayton, stopped in work to pick up some software she needed. Always nice to see a familiar UD face every once in awhile. For how much I love home, summer, and old friends; I’m looking forward to this school year. And what’s even better is that my friends from home have cars… that means more visits and more road trips. :) Tomorrow is Friday and I am in a really good mood. Tonight I will probably hang out with ry, c-wood, and maybe nick... i gotta give him a ring.

Oh yah… check out the look section. That is where I’m posting my image galleries. More stuff soon… Keep checking back for the goods. Oh and the title for the post... i'm listening to my favorite the spill canvas song, and thats it.;)

I almost forgot... Tom and I found out this 1337 prog that allows us to play red alert 2 online with the same keys. oh shit this is bad news for everyone else. from now on we don't have lives. so if im online and im not talking... well i'm at war. haha

I am aware, I've been misled. I disconnect my heart, my head.

2005-07-10T22:45:00.000-04:00

I can’t believe this weekend is over. Yesterday Brice came up. We went to Ashley’s boyfriend’s, Jeff, 21st birthday party. It was fun. We came back today and just hung out for a lil bit before Brice headed back to Columbus.

Nothing really that new is going on with me. I decided that I want to get my own digital camera… instead of borrowing my dad’s. I want a really good one, but like all things I don’t want to spend money. I really just want one so I can start a portfolio of images for my site. I want something small and that I can carry everywhere easily. I really should spend money and get a really awesome 4-5 MP camera… but I think I am just going to ebay the one Tom has. It is a Canon s110 2 MP digital camera. I can probably get it for around 100 bones. Yah 2 MP doesn’t sound all that great… but for images for my site it will be fine. When my digital imagery 2 class rolls around, I will have to upgrade. But the images the s110 produces are really sharp and good quality images for 2MP. We will see what I can get on ebay.

I keep listening to Jack's Mannequin; the more I listen the more I love it. Every so many days a newer song is leaked from his new album that comes out August 9th. I can’t wait for the whole thing. The new song, I’m Ready; it pretty much has been on repeat, and it is where i got my title. really true in my life... sometimes i wish i could turn off my feelings and my thinking.

when everything is wrong, we move along.

2005-07-08T01:47:00.000-04:00

i don't know why i’m so down right now. its not like i had a bad day. i just feel really depressed. its not like me at all. i don't get it. i’m counting on tomorrow to be a good day. what’s weird there's absolutely no reason for me to be down. =/ i had a good day at work. i got home and i talked to my best friends bout weekend plans and just the usual. I got a scholarship for $2,000 for some tech thing I applied for before the semester was out. I’m really happy about that, but for some reason im just in the dumpster right now. on the bright side of things… tomorrow is Friday, and im definitely gonna do something with my buds tomorrow and the weekend. Saturday brice is coming up to visit. So that defiantly a plus. My awesome cousins from texas are coming up on Wednesday. They will be here for three weeks. Good stuff. Fuck this! why am I down?!?! Screw it. There is absolutely no reason. *smirking* Life is too short to be down. : ) and it is amazing how music can change the way you feel. This new all-american rejects song just clicked in… Move along, Move along, just to make it through. Well I have to go to bed. I will be thinking positive… and dreaming of my awesome life and how good I have it.

2 hours later: tom completely made my day (or night) what a champ. haha. : )

Some days all I do is watch the sky

2005-07-05T02:44:00.000-04:00

today is my last day in florida. =/ For how relaxing this vacation as been, i am looking forward to getting home. i wanna see my friends and get back into the groove of things. i’m surprised how much time i spent online while i was here. i thought i wouldn't get to see a website this entire trip. i guess i was wrong. the amount of work i did on my website was remarkable. i think it is my best website yet. there is one thing that i was hoping for this trip... and that was to be a little tanner. i thought for sure two weeks would get me really dark. oh well no biggie. i still got a lot of sun. tomorrow we head home, the 22 hour depressing drive. i am sure it will go well.

If you didn't already know... Andrew McMahon, the lead singer of Something Corporate and Jacks Mannequin, was diagnosed with Leukemia. he is one of my favorite music artists and i am praying for the best... like most fans. when i get home i am going to order an orange remembrance band that says "i will fight" from his song, watch the sky, from absolutepunk.net. they are doing a good deed by supporting him like this. so the next time you see me, i will be wearing it.

the chemistry between us could destroy this place

2005-07-02T23:58:00.000-04:00

First off the list… the spill canvas = absolutely amazing! Be like me and go out and buy their new album, one fell swoop, when it comes out august 9th. You will not be disappointed. Checkout the new songs on their purevolume page! Yes, you guessed it… the title for this post is from one of the new the spill canvas songs called staplegunned, of course.

Like I said in my previous post, that we were going thrift store shopping... well we did today and yesterday. I bought two really nice $2 collared button-down shirts that are label names and probably worth more than 60 dollars each. (brooks brothers and ralph lauren) definitely a good buy. My brother found a really preppy bright pink polo, yellow golf pants, and orange shorts. The dollar he spent was well worth it just for the laughs. I sware the pink polo is something straight from abercrombie and fitch.

Here is my goofball brother, collin, on the golf course posing for j crew. He decided to grow out his facial hair while on vacation. What do you think; amish prep? Yeah definitely. You can checkout a few more photos of him here: 1 2 3. haha.

Other than all this craziness, not much has been going on. I just realized that everyday so far this vacation I have taken a nap. Today was the first day I did not. So I think that’s why I’m more tired than usual right now. Tomorrow we are hitting the links again. I am looking forward to it. :)

if i could sleep forever, would you still be in my dreams

2005-06-30T23:27:00.000-04:00

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.

it's not like i think about you constantly... so maybe i do

2005-06-29T04:07:00.000-04:00

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. ;)

destination: beautiful

2005-06-23T11:49:00.000-04:00

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. ;)

road trips and our own business

2005-06-20T17:40:00.000-04:00

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.

i'll be floating out at sea. waiting for periscopes to spot my worn body.

2005-06-14T01:35:00.000-04:00

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.

and what does it take to believe in all the things you believe?

2005-06-10T17:04:00.000-04:00

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 can see a million colors fall from heaven, dripping into the sunset

2005-06-07T23:26:00.000-04:00

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.

i set my clocks early 'cause i know i'm always late

2005-06-03T00:05:00.000-04:00

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.

if i said your smile's all that mattered, would you save my life

2005-06-01T13:37:00.000-04:00

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.

sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is

2005-05-30T04:50:00.000-04:00

its almost 5 am and im not tired, but im goin to bed after i post this because i don't want my hours to be all outta wack. i know im giving in. my lyrical title for todays post is of the arcade fire. probably my favorite indie band besides the 'corns (the unicorns). i love saying that. tom got my sayin it and its awesome. the weekend was pretty fun so far... i went so a cousins graduation party yesterday and saw a few of my crazy relatives. ashley, my nextdoor neighbor from school was there... such a small world, i guess her family is good friends. so it was cool to see her there. my one cousin, matt, who is 26 years old is quite the character... he probably acts like hes 10 years younger and likes hangin around us younger crowd. pretty cool guy. after the party a couple of us went to see the last star wars. i actually was impressed, and im not much of a star wars dude.

today got up for mass at 12, played a few games of red alert dos with carl, and lost. yah he beat me pretty bad, it was fun though. i also helped out pops paint the garage. i was crazy and should have been wearing glasses... after i was done my contacts had tiny little white dots of paint all over them. i looked like an alien or something. tonight i had nick and sloppy over. us three and my brother went up to chagrin falls for the blossom time festival or whatever... good food. we came back here to watch ladder 49 (depressing movie that had no plot) and played family feud on nintendo. good time other wise. ry left and nicks stayin over. collin and nick both fell asleep while watching tv after the movie and i am the only one up; playin a lil day of defeat. fun game. and that bring you to now. if you got that far, thanks for reading about my pointless blog on my plain as hell life. i donno why i even do this. oh also if you care, which you don’t, i updated the playlists page. gives you a tiny taste of what kind of music i like.

you can breathe, but the air is running out

2005-05-26T23:59:00.000-04:00

umm today i didnt really do anything, i took another day off from work cuz of my mouth. well i put away all my school stuff finally, so thats good. other than that i just watched an online tv series called the scene. wikipedia defines it as a collection of poorly produced, made for pvp network tv shows in which the jun entertainment group tries to capatilize on a ficitional account of a software piracy group. i thought it was pretty interesting. haha i watched all 8 episodes they have out, can't wait for the next one. if you don't know already the scene is the piracy underground where 99% of pirated movies, songs, video games, etc start out. There, thousands of pirates upload, download, and trade files (often illegally) using FTP sites. From there, the files make their way onto the peer-to-peer networks, that so many know and love. yah it may sound lame to have an online soap opera about internet piracy, but i like it cuz its real.

yah another lyrical title. i absolutely love the stuff ive heard from jack's mannequin, andrew's (of something corporate) side-project. i can't wait for that release in july i think it is. well, im goin back to work tomorrow. i should of just taken off tomorrow too and have a super long weekend like my buddy ry said. oh well, i need money.

new the spill canvas = amazing

2005-05-25T17:51:00.000-04:00

yah i today one of my buddy's hooked me up bigtime with the new the spill canvas demos to their new album. holy shit they are amazing. i think they are gonna be on repeat for a long time. the spill canvas is one band that shows total emotion and feeling in all their songs, it's what i love and it totally blows me away. i cannot wait to see them at the cleveland warped tour.

my mouth is healing pretty fast i think. im not in pain really at all. i finally ate some food today; jello, soup, and mashed potatoes. yah i already lost some weight. my dad asked how georgio's oven fresh pizza (the best and my favorite pizza) sounded for dinner... dad yah sounds really good but guess what, i can't eat it. =/ oh well. carl said he was gonna come over later tonight and buy me icecream. he's a good guy.

let's take the moon and make it shine for everyone

2005-05-25T01:41:00.000-04:00

i got my five wisdom teeth pulled today. yah five! i guess i had an extra behind my back left; weird. my aunt said "so thats why your so smart;" right aunt beth. ;) i am actually not in pain all that much and i haven't taken the drugs they gave me, yah im a hardass. i really don't want to take those things and be all drowsy. those kind of drugs make me sick to my stomach, and id rather be in pain then be out of it.

carolyn's graduation

2005-05-23T23:35:00.000-04:00

this past weekend my family and i went to chicago for my older sister's graduation. she earned her undergraduate degree in nutrition and dietetics from loyola university in chicago with honor of summa cum laude. i am very proud of her, and hope for the best when she goes for her master's at case in cleveland. it was nice to see her and kyle, her boyfriend. i am kind of upset she won't be living at home this summer, but i guess this is just another reason to visit chicago.

kyle is one hell of a photographer. haha

tomorrow, i am scheduled to get my wisdom teeth pulled. yah im so looking forward to this.

just talk and i'll listen, talk and i'll listen

2005-05-20T15:51:00.000-04:00

i couldn't think of a good title for today's post so i just took a line from one of my favorite watashi wa songs called with love from me to you. awesome band that broke up earlier this year. just started listening to them again; awesome lyrics, great band.

today went pretty quick. work was pretty boring, i just talked online and worked on my site the entire time. after i leave, im heading off to meet with some guy my dad knows that wants a website done. this will be my first real client for ic3designs. ;) later tonight i will probably have tom, carl, and nick over to chill and maybe watch a movie. tomorrow im leaving with the family to chicago for my sister's graduation. should be a good time.

new look, new website

2005-05-19T19:24:00.000-04:00

i decided to redesign frozenglow and make it a somewhat useful website. i plan on keeping it up-to-date and not a dead site like the old one. i plan on adding a whole much of shtuff such as artwork, photos, and whatnot. i guess im also doing this because i have the time. i am working full-time at digital day creative group and as of yet i rarely do anything. today i didn't do anything but work on my own stuff. yah its cool to get paid for working on your own stuff, but i have a feeling it will get old fast. hopefully they will have some cool projects for me to work on soon.

my blog got hax0red

2004-10-19T18:19:00.000-04:00

some bum was real 1337 and hacked my blog and wrote this:

Simiens Crew de Volta, Enquanto Hover fome Guerra Morte Simiens Existi

its been awhile

2004-10-12T17:00:00.000-04:00

yeah. umm. that pretty much says it. i haven't posted a blog in forever. well heres the update: UD is sweet this year! VCD is definitely the right choice in major for me. I've been super busy with my projects and such so i guess thats my excuse for not posting, not like it really matters. who reads this shit anyway....ummm yah, no one cares about my freakin life. i think its more for me; a journal and reflection on my life.

ive been listening to some good music lately though: this day and age, limbeck, motion city soundtrack, this providence... all primo stuff! i can't wait until the new motion city album comes out.

sophmore year

2004-08-21T00:46:00.000-04:00

im here in dayton again for another school year. i moved in the other day and our new appartment is awesome; tons of room. i love it. i also have been playing alot of cs: source; the new counter-strike under the half-life 2 engine. its so cool. other than that i haven't been up to all that much, just relaxing before the year offically starts. i am excited.

sleuth

2004-08-04T13:59:00.000-04:00

listening to: Senses Fail - Steven

haven't posted in awhile... thats alright i guess. busy busy busy. summer is coming to an end, an im not liking it at all. ive been super busy with work, ku site work, getting ready for school, and just the daily chaos that comes up. i am hoping i will have some free time soon, this weekend if im lucky (yay i get to work on my site or something). i haven't seen nick in a freakin long time. my best friend and i rarely see him. i guess we are just different schedules is all. he was going to come over last night, but it got to late... like 11 and we both have work in the morning. im looking forward to school, believe it or not... well, sorta. im looking forward to seeing friends, moving into a new apartment, and taking some classes. i ripped the movie sleuth last night into xvid format. i haven't tested it yet. i just might have to tonight.

rainx0r

2004-07-31T01:07:00.000-04:00

listening to: Anadivine - The Timid Gentlemen

its pouring right now! and all of a sudden i got really hot and tired, i mean what the freak. i got off work early today because they had nothing left for me to work on, and i was done with everything else i was working on. i got my liteon burner today and its awesome... loud, bull crap, people are mest. im still waiting on my lovedrug album and copeland t-shirt, kinda pissed how slow they are. tomorrow i guess my family and i are going to some resort for the weekend, so i guess that should be kewl. the greaser (carl) came over and we played a lil red alert 2. it was a close game... i won though. w00t w00t. too bad if tom was playing we would have all lost almost instantly. thats about it for today.

just a lil tired

2004-07-29T12:33:00.000-04:00

Listening to: Copeland - She Changes Her Mind

i am just a lil tired today, shouldn't have stayed up till 4. 'smart dan, real smart.' oh well. life goes on. i lose track of time when im working on computer imaging/web design very easily. I was working on an anadivine wallpaper, you can check it out at frozenglow.deviantart.com if you wish. i think they are one of my favorite bands, along with like 50 others. i am definatly looking forward to receiveing my mail today.... i ordered the lovedrug album along with a copeland t-shirt off of themilitiagroup's website. good stuff. more music to add to the collection, thats what i say. i really need to get crackin on the kennedy union site. i keep putting it off; maybe because i work almost full time at wris. i was thinking maybe i should post the current song i am listen to while i type this thing... yeah i will. highly recommend checking out any song i post.

tools of my trade

2004-07-28T18:30:00.000-04:00

alrighty. if you wanted to know or not, here is what i use on my computer:

01_ winamp - music (minimize to tray please)
02_ y'z dock - application launcher
03_ multipatcher - custom explorer skins
04_ mirc w/ nonamescript - chat/downloading
05_ gaim - instant messenger
06_ iphile - system icon changer
07_ firefox - browser
08_ thunderbird w/thundertray - email
09_ smartftp - ftp prog
10_ k-lite codec pack w/ mediaplayer classic
11_ bsplayer - divx player
12_ newsbin pro - newsgroups
13_ bottler - irc search downloader
14_ logon loader - bootscreen changer
15_ y'z shadow - adds shadow to your windows
16_ notepad2 - html/css/code editor
17_ tagscanner - mp3 tag changer/renamer
18_ alcohol 120% - virtual cd drive
19_ winrar - extractor/unzipper/zipper
20_ nero 6 - burner
21_ photoshop - imaging
22_ office 2003 - school work
23_ ventrilo - talk over the web
24_ spybot - spyware busta

theres the list. my goal is to get most of this stuff (freeware) on frozenglow withdescriptions and tutorials, but until then you can use this. now for my daily news; well nothing much. today at work was pretty 1337, got to work with and learned alot on flash. maybe frozenglow 3.0 will be entirely in flash... that would be insane. i think later tonight im gonna do a lanx0r with thomas j... lil exchange of data and maybe a lil gamin. we will see.

burn baby burn or crash and burn

2004-07-27T20:47:00.000-04:00

"This drive is extremely noisy (sounds like a plane)" - newegg customer

i just bought a new lite-on burner for 25 bucks off newegg. i need a new one, i think my old 12x TDK is a goner. i hope this drive is as good as most reviewers said it was, even though most said it was a loud burner. i could care less if it was as loud as an air horn for the time it takes to burn a cd on a 52x burner. lite-on is a good company for burners (so i hear). well we will find out in a few days when it arrives. 25 buck with free shipping is a steal of a deal; i was only kind of disappointed to find out they only have black colored drives. oh well, as long as i can burn my cds with quality and speed im happy. no matter how loud it is for those 2 minutes.

the rest of my day was pretty good. same old same old.

bloggin

2004-07-26T14:34:00.000-04:00

well. here i am trying a new thing; an online journal, blog. to tell the truth i've never really got into reading or writing blogs. i mean, whats the point? so people all over the world can read what you did that day!? It is quite creepy, as my freind tom would say. i guess thats what makes it cool. oh well, ill give it a shot. to spend a few minutes spilling your mind with your recent thoughts might actually be a good thing... at least for me. i really don't know how this would be helping anyone else. here we go, my life on the web...