an overload of senses + laments. GGKTHNXBAI

Its 4:52 now, and I'm in Ciara's room working on a plethora of work that needs to be finished for tomorrow.
Procrastination wins again ( as shown by writing this post now instead of later when it should be done).
I guess I just need to vent.

Thursday: Castle was fun as usual, as a joke I wrote Silent ill on the request sheet, obviously they didn't play anything, it would be weird if somehow they managed to get one of our songs, but still, hopefully it will happen.
One day.

Czar on Friday was fun as usual, I ran into Laura and her friends there which was a surprise because they hardly ever go there. We danced a bit and hung out, it was a pretty routine night.

On Saturday, Ciara, John, and Kitty went to Sensory Overload at the honey pot that Clint and the rest of Creative Loafing was working, and we had a pretty good time. I met up with Jon, Cat, Addie, and Gina there. I also saw some of Clint's work friends who are also super nice. Unfortunatly I didn't see as much art as I expected to, but I still had a good time regardless. I was planning on going to the Orpheum, but I just wasn't feeling it by the time that Sensory Overload had finished. I walked back to campus from Ybor with John, where we had a good talk and he made me feel better.

I'd like to thank my friends again for helping me out during my frustrating times, and dealing with me complain about my life despite everyone's problems and frustrations.
I appreciate all the advice, even if it contradicts each others.
I love you all.

In other news, I'll try to be as brief about this as possible, yet I don't expect it to.
I know you read this.
I hope you read this.
And despite your intellect, there are more mature ways about going about this.
If I wronged you, I apologize, yet I would expect you to tell me like an adult instead of avoiding me like the little girl your making yourself out to be.
I don't want to come across as angry or bitter in this passage, but this venture was short lived, and hopefully for a good reason, that is still unknown to me.
Remember that I still stand by the words I said and will continue to say.
If you want to burn bridges between us, including you and my friends, then I honestly won't stop you. Enjoy your weekends, continue to party the hardest, and try not to drive yourself off the dance floor just because we crossed paths at some point in time.
Hopefully one day we can sit down and discuss this like rational adults who have ambitions and lives.
You will continue to speak in poetry, while I'll continue to sing in prose.

In need of getting my groove back

This weekend has been filled with a bunch of inconveniences as usual, but with some quite awesome moments.

But I've also been extremely grateful for having really awesome friends here in Tampa help me out immediately despite my inconveniences. Thank you : Ciara, John, Clint, Cat, and I apologize to whom I've forgot to mention.

Dear internet,
When re-reading my past first few postings, it sounds like I am a pretty negative person about most things who wraps things/events/people in sarcasm, but I assure you internet that I am not a negative person. You've just caught me at a somewhat frustrating time. I apologize. plz forgive me.
Sincerely,
Max.

On Friday, after doing a bit of drinking, Clint and John's friend JP and I went to Czar, unfortunately we could not get out there till the last hour, but it was still nice to see the regulars there and dance a little bit even though I had sobered up immensely and was unable to tap into my usual groove.

I must get my groove back.
Somehow.

Saturday: Saturday was pretty routine, hung out/drank with everyone
Meant to go to the Orpheum with Stephanie, Cat, and Desirae, but for some stupid reason it was specifically 21+ for the night so we couldn't get in. Which is a shame because I was looking forward to seeing people I know. The girls dragged me to Czar which was vacant, and I soon left them after that due to not having enough cash or any interest to go to Gbar.

I called Clint to tell him my situation, and without question he came to pick me up and I bought him some super tasty Lucky Strike Ciggerettes for being such an awesome friend to come pick me up, for some reason I've developed a strange tendency to buy ciggarettes when I'm drunk and then have one and then never smoke the rest. Is anyone interested in some lucky strikes?

We then went to that Alaskan Taco place where we dined on good food and I ran into one of my club regular friends which was cool and I saw Sir Bob Evan's girlfriend who worked there, who is super nice.

On Sunday, Clint and Ciara and I went to Sam ash, where we played on guitars and synths for a while. I played on my dream synth with an incredible Vocoder and it was quite amusing when Clint called his mother using the vocoder, she thought he was a robot.

After that we went to Petco where we played with ferrets and looked at kute animals and said that every animal reminded us of John.

We also tried going to the mall so I could get some new shoes that weren't beat up or had holes in them, but unfortunatly it was closed. This weekend will contain new shoes.

That night I departed from the gang for a while to do some work and then when I returned to Ciara's room, I brought my copy of Salo because Clint asked me to, but it was kinda hard to watch as a bonding experience being that the movie is about rape and torture.

Yesterday was also pretty routine up untill my phone fell, and had to go to the apple store to wait around a bit to constantly check facebook for an hour and a half before getting called to the Genius Bar because I didnt want to make Ciara wait with me and I thank her for being a great friend and driving me and such, I sometimes feel like a burden because I have no car here. After they "fixed" my phone, Clint and Ciara picked me up and then after we dropped Ciara off, Clint and I went to this incredible burger place that Clint was telling me about previously in the week called Square One Burger. Absolutly amazing, its a make your own burger place, but like with super interesting sauces and combinations such as wasabi and sun dried tomato mayo. It was absolutly amazing.

When I got back to my room after the incredibly satisfying meal, my phone started wigging out again. and now I have to bring my Iphone back again tonight. I'm honestly going to punt a child if this continues to happen.

First week back

This picture represents the many love triangles between a group of people that I am acquaintances with. I think CK was supposed to be the Tabasco sauce in the middle of it all.

This week has been a bunch of ups and downs for me I'm not sure if its more ups than downs, or the opposite of that, its probably an equal amount, balancing the pro's and cons of the week.

The first night back when seeing Ciara and Clint, somehow my keys fell off my carabiner and ended up getting locked out of my room at 2:30 in the morning. I then called Clint again and we hung out and drove around till about 6:30 in the morning and sang along to hillariously old corporate pop punk that Clint's mom had made a mix cd of in the car. We also ended up driving some dude to a hotel near USF who was trying to find a bus station at 3 in the morning. I passed out on Clint's bean bag chairs and ended up sleeping through both my Monday classes. It was quite the exhausting day which lead into the night.

I also created a trend that every time John is out of his room while I am in his room, I will change his computer background to a different picture of a cat in a sink from catsinsinks.com

Someone also stole my medication which is always respectful and nice.

Saint Patrick's day was a good time. Drank with the college famiy, it was nice to indulge in some good beer for a change. John's friends came down from Jersey to come visit him and they are also super nice as John is. I visited CK for a bit that night which is also great cause CK is a great guy.

Unfortunatly this week up untill now I've had the worst headaches and found it hard to collect myself mentally. But stuff happens. Misunderstandings also slightly bum me out.

On Thursday, besides sleeping all day in Ciara's room because for some reason I was a mess, not a emotional or drunk mess, but just exhausted. Later that night, I went to Castle to dance with Laura and her two friends from her hometown back in MA, they were both very nice and fun to hang out with. I had a good time seeing people that I had not seen in a while =)

Today, Clint being the good friend that he is, drove me around while I accomplished errands with Doctors and pharmacies and then we went to guitar center again we played around on banjos, synths, and guitars for another two hours straight. It was also goofy to see a carnival right outside guitar center which was super carny and over exaggerated many things such as chicken tenders and big prizes.

It made me smile to see a graviton.

My mom also sent me weird goofy shampoos in the mail.
Now I can seduce many while smelling like a Belgian Waffle.

Clint and I soon after guitar center went to Tijuana Flats where we got dinner and conversed which is always nice.

I hope that the weekend brings better things when we all go out to Czar tonight and possibly the Orpheum tomorrow :)

Being home pt.2 : The Empire Strikes Back

Today was my younger brother's birthday which was nice, earlier this week I got him the Criterion Collection edition of Dazed and Confused, a book called Brocabulary (which I saw and had to get it for him) and something else which for some reason escaping my memory. My memory isn't usually this bad, damn.

I picked my brother up from school today and brought him to the mall so he could exchange one of his gifts for a different size. I was looking at shoes aimlessly while he meticulously chose a different pair of sunglasses that fit him better.

Later on that day my family and I went to Houston's for dinner which is always amazing but for some reason I kept getting a headache. Oh well.

it also turns out that I was turned down for my internship to the Hirshorn this summer.

AWESOME.
I was super excited for it, and now I have to figure out what I'm doing with my summer.
Oh well. Its life.

I soon met up with Chris and had a wonderful recording session which ended not too long ago, where we talked some future plans over and started planning out and recording a new track =).
Bathrooms are apparently awesome for recording vocals.

We decided to take some pictures for fun/hype spreading?

I dance while I record. Don't judge me.

Chris and I have a lot to do for the future of this project and we are planning on releasing a full length album and we hope to have some tracks up on the internet as soon as tracks are mastered. :)

In other news, I return to Tampa on Sunday and I'm very excited to see everyone :)

Being Home

Being home for spring break is nice, yet a little arduous.

I was able to see a bunch of my friends before they went back to school which was nice. Arian, Lewis and I went to Rio which is always a highlight of my homecomings where we feasted upon Mexican food which is only meant for kings.

I heard some things a few hours later though from a contact back in Tampa that I'm not sure if I should take to heart or even believe. Shit is way too confusing for me to make a conclusion but for the meantime I'll think positively and believe that for the most part people are naturally good.

Later, to celebrate Lewis' birthday, we all hung out at Lewis' place and celebrated with him with wings.

The next day, I spent the day with my younger brother where we went to Louisiana Kitchen, which was nice and another one of my homecoming highlights to see Carlos and feast upon his delicious food.

Soon afterwords, my brother and I went to the comic store where I got the recent volume of Scott Pilgrim, and a copy of Black Hole, which is one of the most interesting graphic novels I've ever read. It's only inspired me more to write/create a film based around the horror and idea of an STD.

I'd figure that the most recent book of Scott Pilgrim would make me feel better and slightly less confused , but for some reason it made me question my situation more and left me in a state of flux. Scott Pilgrim always for some reason was a guiding light through dark days but ugh, now I'll just have to wait for the next edition. Yet, it was still good, and a super depressing climax to his story. Thanks Brian Lee O'Malley.


After getting some clothes, my brother and I then saw Watchmen, and Watchmen being a huge influence in my life as it is along with a majority of work by Alan Moore. I was a bit skeptical going in to the movie based upon the other piles of shit that have been poorly interpreted and adapted from Moore's work, but as much as I believed ( and still do) that Watchmen is the most faithful Alan Moore adaptation, as it was almost frame by frame, character by character, apart from a few things from the plot. I enjoyed the film and have alot of respect for it, but I didn't love it. It didn't bring me back to the first time I picked up the book in 6th grade. It didn't make me question society in the way I did upon first reading it. The sex/action scenes were a bit extended probally by pushy producers. The thing I did love about the movie besides Snyder's interesting visual work was how well the actors fit into their roles. The movie was so well cast and well acted to a point where they didn't make the roles their own ( which can be a good thing and a bad thing depending on how your viewing the film) but assumed the identities of these flawed heroes.
I just really want to see the original cut of the film, the way that Snyder really wanted it but was forced to edit it down (still long theatrically though) for general audiences.

Meanwhile, I am procrastinating alot from doing a plethora of research/homework I need to do for school, and I am also quite vexed due to not recording yet which I really need to do.

sigh.

Awesome Day/cuddlefest 2009

"Today was a good day."- Ice Cube

This past Saturday was one of the best days to happen in quite a while, it was a consistent series of events which reaked of victory.

After a somewhat successful yet uneventful night at Czar, I woke up at two p.m to go meet Catarina and her boyfriend for some breakfast. In the caf, I ran into Clint and CK who I asked Clint if he would assist me to drive me to CVS for my meds. He complied and after Cat left with her boyfriend I joined Clint, John and CK who were all glad to see me after a interesting night of tasty beverages.

After breakfast, I ask Clint if we could stop by Best Buy so I can finally pick up Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job season 2, and Clint asks me if I want to go to guitar center, a question which in which the answer is always "yes."

After Best Buy, we were at Guitar Center for a full two hours, playing on numerous guitars, banjos, synths, and drum machines. Some super cool blues guitarist commented on my fast fingers while I was playing a few death metal riffs and he showed me some of his incredible blues playing.

This blues-man wore a hat with the 813 area code on it.
I wonder if it was in case he forgot.

Once again, Guitar center failed me by not having the Korg synth that I've been wanting, but I played on a beautiful moog and I felt better.

Clint and I spent the rest of our Guitar Center time playing on this beautiful Gibson Firebird and talking to the head of the guitar department who drives a hearse and has a coffin in the back of her car. I wonder what she keeps in it.

After Guitar Center, we went to CVS so I could get my meds.
While waiting for the medicine to be ready, we found a collector edition Star Trek pez dispenser set and played with a really awesome bouncy ball in the aisle only to discover that both Clint and I are both quite bad at catching things.

I would totally eat candy that came out of William Shatner's neck any day.

After CVS, we went to Tijuana Flats where we both got tasty Mexican food :)
On the television, we saw the greatest invention re done.

The Snugglette: The Snuggie for children.

Now kids can be just as hip as adults=)

While we were eating, the waitress and Clint had quite an interesting dialogue.

Let me adapt this for the screen.

Clint(19) and Max (19) are eating and enjoying Mexican food. The Tjuana Flats waitress(19-23) walks confidently to the table.

Waitress
Hey guys, is everything allright? Do any of you need a refill?

Clint
(Creepy and staring)

Do You need a refill?

Max's jaw drops and the waitress's face turns from friendly to sheer terror.

Everybody laughs.
FIN.

After dinner, Clint and I came back to campus to go our seperate ways to change and shower. Then we went to Ciara's room to meet up with CK to partake in nightly activities.

Clint decided to be a good friend and drive CK and myself to the Orpheum for sink or swim.

CK drank.
I danced.

I ran into Stephanie and her friend Brittany which was nice and we all danced for a while :)

Then in a sudden twist of fate, on the dance floor I suddenly run into the waitress from Tijuana flats who served us tasty food only to receive a creepy question from Clint.

Awkward for her.
Awesome for me.

I then apologized for Clint's actions despite how awesome it was.

I then met this wonderful girl named Victoria, and she already knows that I think she's super awesome and adorable =)

After the club closed, I ran into another friend who I hardly ever see, which was also really nice. I then invited Victoria and her roommate/ friend Tami back to CK's room for more drinking and hanging out, Stephanie and Brittany also came to join us as well.

The night ended with almost all of us passing out in CK's room.

The next morning, Victoria gave me super Tasty potato and Zucchini pancakes that she had in her car :) and I brought some doughnuts back to Clint who passed out on the couch.

Many hours later, after breakfast with CK and Clint, I did laundry and hung out for a while until I saw Slumdog Millionaire for the 5th time with Victoria ( Still amazing after 5 times) and then we met up with John, Ciara, and Clint at Starbucks for coffee and conversation.

It was a wonderful weekend =)

It was the first time in a while where I had an honest wonderful day where every event was better than the last.

The WTF blanket, now making you a better dancer.

This past year since I've been in the city of Tampa, a good amount of my weekends have revolved around the activities of drinking and dancing . About two weeks ago at Czar ( a club in Ybor) I go to the bathroom to wipe my face from all the dance sweat to see this man in the greatest invention since the printer press, The Snuggie.

For those who are not familiar with The Snuggie, its directive is to be a blanket with sleeves, but it looks like a robe that you wear backwards (which for some reason reminds me of a Sith Lord) .The fact that this man was not dehydrated from dancing in a blanket made me a very happy and impressed person. Complementing him on his fashion style, I asked this gentleman why he was in a snuggie. With a drunken slur, he responded with a single word:

"Comfort"


He then, walked away onto the dance floor with his hands extended as the 8th MSTRKRFT remix of the same song played. I then had a daydream where Snuggies became the next big clothing trend, having them come in different patterns and colors, changing the history of fashion forever. People would wear a different snuggie for different events and times of the day.
Wouldn't you wear a snuggie to a bris?

Forget your ugg boots, shutter shades and keffiahs.
The snuggie is the future.

Introductions

I started this blog as a cathartic and personal rant so I guess its necessary to tell a bit about myself.

I'm a student at the University of Tampa pursuing a Film Degree so I won't have to work a real job as an adult. But on a serious note, Film has been a life long passion of mine and I have spent a huge portion of my free time researching and learning about films and the culture behind them. I have spent just as much time learning about music as I have with film and I think I can say that I know a good amount about it.My genre preferences range from just about everything, from death metal to Bjork, with electronica, hardcore, and post hardcore thrown in between.

I am originally from outside Washington D.C and I still believe it to be one of the greatest cities in the country, if not the world. It will always be my home.

I honestly have no idea what to say next. Hopefully you'll learn more about my interests and personality as this blog picks up.

Farewell