Hey everybody I have a huge favor to ask o you all!

The following link is a contest entry video of "Becoming The Bull" I submitted to try and win a Dan Jacobs signature series guitar through Atreyu's TPR play off contest. Please do me a huge favor and go vote for my video so I can make it to the top 5! It will take a few minutes to sign up, but it would really help me out. I found out about the contest late and there are only 3 days left, and I need at least 60 votes to make it to the top 5 (Dan will pick the winner from the top 5 people) , so please vote for me and spread the word to your friends and ask them to vote for me too. I think I have a real shot at winning if you could just take the couple minutes to vote for me. Thank you all so much, I greatly appreciate it and it really means a lot to me!

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So it's been a REALLY REALLY long time since I've gotten on and been able to post anything. School is kinda kicking my ass so far so I haven't had too much free time. On the plus, I tried out for a band and made it in!! I would really appreciate it if you could all check out the band and spread the word to your friends! http://www.myspace.com/realdarktorchanthem Thank you! Other than that not much is new. I'm probably gunna transfer back down to Denver next year. This small town stuff is killin me! Sorry to cut this short, but I gotta get to my homework! Hopefully I'll be able to get on more often! Bye

I've just started school so I won't be on here as much and updates will be scarce . Sorry people! I'll miss you guys and I'll post as much as I can!

Lately, everyone around me has been really stressed out or sad or mad due to things that have happened in their lives recently. It sucks seeing people I care about hurt. But I am glad I am able to help them through their hard times. But at the same time, as I think about it, I almost never get stressed. It's making me feel like I'm abnormal or something. Or maybe it's just cuz i'm a really patient person and I don't let stuff get to me easily. Or maybe I'm unknowingly repressing all of it and my head will just pop off one day haha. That wouldn't be good. But oh well, whatever it is, i'm glad that I am able to lend a shoulder to the ones I care about. I guess in a sense I am kinda stressed just cuz everyone is coming to me with their problems at once and it's a lot to handle. But I don't mind. I'm a really good listener and I like to do what I can to help. It makes me happy to know I can help brighten someone's day .

In other news, I am done with work for the summer. Cruefest was my last show and it was fun! There were a lot of interesting people there. And there was also a woman who came to the show with nothing on but a short skirt and bandaids on her boobs! Awkward haha. I think she really wanted to get backstage and meet the bands . I gotaccepted into school and will start my music major in a week! I'm so excited! . Hmmm, what else. Ummmm, o yea, I got the new Winds of Plague cd today and the new Job For A Cowboy cd last week. Both are really good! Within this week I should have access to a computer so I'll try my hardest to post a picture blog for you all!
O and also, I hurt my toe a couple weeks back. And I attempted to perform surgery on it cuz I HATE doctors! But yea, I failed miserably and it got infected ao I had to see a doctor anyway. I had to get a shot in my toe! OW!!! But yea it's getting better now .
But I still hate doctors. Grrr. Well that's all for now. I love you all and goodnight!!

This is an experimental blog to see if I can put pictures up with my phone. If so, you'll get pictures more often .

EDIT: looks like it doesn't work . Phooey. Well off to bed I go. Cruefest tomorrow! Update soon . Nitey Nite!

Allllllllllllllllllllll right, it's finally time for my way overdue update! I know, I know, you're all like, "Damn, it's about time you finally tell us what's going on you asshole!" No, just kidding it's probly more like "Pshh, I don't even know who you are! Why should I care that you're still alive?!". Haha, anywhoo, here's what's been going on in my life lately.

So last time, I mentioned my excitement to work Mayhem Fest and to get to meet Marilyn Manson! Well, Mayhem was AMAZING! With a capital A!....and m,a,z,i,n, and g...It was an exhausting show to work though. People went through so much water that day, probly around 200 cases (a case is 24 bottles) in an hour! I was doing a lot of running back and forth and barely had any chances to sit and take a break. On the plus side, I got to watch most of the show since the stages were right by the stands where they sold water. And I did get to meet Marilyn Manson! He's a really awesome guy and he was nothing like how I expected him to be. I also met, Matt Heafy of Trivium, Adam of Killswitch Engage, and the vocalist of God Forbid, whose name I don't remember. I'm so happy that I got to meet them and watch most of Mayhem! Marilyn Manson puts on such a great live performance. He is truly an entertainer.

After Mayhem, I ended up having a week off, which ended up working out very nicely cuz my friend from the navy came to town for the week. He only gets to come home 3 or 4 times out of the year, so it's always nice to see him. While he was here, we discovered themost underground concert venue I've ever been to! We both wanted to go to a concert, but there was no one playing that we had heard of, so we decided to just pick one of the shows we never heard of. The show ended up being a bunch of hardcore bands (Mother of Mercy, Title Fight, and some others) at this venue called the blast-o-mat. The blast-o-mat was literally a garage!! That was by far one ofthe coolest shows I've ever been to. So the rest of the week consisted of going to more shows at the blast-o-mat and late nights downtown at the 24 hour coffee shop.

Then, back to work for Rod Stewart. I'm not really a fan of Rod Stewart, so that show was kind of a drag for me to work. It wasn't too busy though so it wasn't horrible. I was wrong, I worked Aerosmith and ZZ Top yesterday. Cruefest is actually on tuesday. But last night's show was crazy! It was sold out, so there were over 20,000 people there! I've never seen so many empty beer kegs in my life at the end of the night haha. I was on my feet delivering kegs and other drinks and food all night and had maybe 15 minutes to sit and eat something. I didn't even get to watch any of the show cuz I was so busy . And by the end I could barely walk at all haha. Thank god I got the day off today. So far I've spent the day trying to learn Six by All That Remains on guitar. I'm failing haha. I tend to pick songs that are too hard for me just cuz they sound cooler and more fun to play. But I'll eventually get it! Speaking of which, I'm still open to suggestions for a name for my guitar. So far I'm sticking with Charlatain (pronounced Shar-Luh-Tin). So lemme know! Well that's my update! Thank you all for reading and I love you all! You guys are awesome

Hey everyone I'm REALLY sorry that I've been a ghost lately! I've been super duper busy. This is gunna be a short one sadly, but just letting you all know I'm still alive. I worked the Rod Stewart show today and I work Cruefest on Saturday. After that, I PROMISE you will get a longer blog with real updates and I'll reply to my messages and leave comments and all that fun stuff. And I never break promises. I'll even put my guitar on the line. If I don't keep my promise you can burn her (just the thought of that makes me shudder). Speaking of which I need to name her. I'm thinking Charlatain. What do you think? Any sugestions? Lemme know! Well that's all for now. Goodnight everyone!

Working Mayhem Fest tomorrow!!!!!! Yay! So excited! Gunna meet MANSON!!!!!!!!!

Damn, it's been a while since I've posted a blog! Sorry people, I've been pretty busy lately and just haven't really had time. This is my first day off in a week haha. But anyway, here's what's been going on:

1. Work, and lots of it! But I actually like my job for once

2. Earth, Wind, and Fire concert with Chicago. It was a really good show. I also found out that one of the guys in Earth, Wind, and Fire graduated from the same high school I graduated from! Also, I almost got beat down by one of their bodyguards while delivering ice backstage. Roid ragers are scary haha.

3. New Kids on the Block concert. That show was horrible! I wished I had gone temporarily deaf. On a plus, there were horny drunk women everywhere. On a minus, there were horny drunk women everywhere.

So pretty much, my week has been Work, Eat, Sleep. But that's ok haha. On Sunday I get to work MAYHEM FEST!!!!! I'm so excited! Can't wait to meet Marilyn Manson! Yeaaaaaa!

On a side note, in the little downtime I had between work and sleep, I learned how to play Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold on guitar! I know, not a big deal to some of you, but I'm not particularly good at guitar so it made me happy . I tried playing it a few months ago and couldn't, so that actually means I'm getting better! One step closer to being on stage and spreading my music!

Well thanks for reading everyone. How are you guys doing?

I just saw Bruno. I am speechless. My brain is melted. I no longer want to live. Work tomorrow. Good night.