saturday, the 13th.

my interview with Phil Bensen (www.myspace.com/philbensen) is up on Hot Vibes Magazine's website. Please go check it out. It is not labeled with my name, just know that I did the interview =] heres the link : www.hotvibes.com

in other news, i began school a couple weeks ago and it's back to the same grind, as usual. i'm sending in my first article assignment back to my editor for The Torch, my school's newspaper, tonight. i'm going to be turning 19 at the end of the month. i need to do laundry and clean my room. i'm listening to coldplay.


i want to leave new york so bad. at least just get in a car and drive away for a few hours. i need civilization to disappear for just a few human seconds. it's easier to collect the pieces of myself if there's no one else to distract me. sorry for the ramble, my dear blog, but that's what you're here for.

other upcoming events, besides my day of birth, is this friday's photoshoot with the band. check 'em out: www.myspace.com/fallofthealbatross and hopefully daniel radcliffe.

my theory.

i can honestly say that i don't thrive on music or movies or art. i thrive on life and every aspect of it: friendships, love, experience. i've only just begun to notice how robotic everyone around me really is. they all listen to the same music, watch the same tv shows, rave about the latest fashion trend. although, don't get me wrong, i definitely get in on that, too. i'm guilty of all the things i'm about to mention but now i just think that there's way more to life than that. if we're stuck trying to discover new music but always remain in the same genre, what are we really trying to discover? if we watch the same tv shows and same generic movies, how are we really still being entertained? if we go out and buy the same clothes and dress the same way as everyone else, are we really any better than the people we critize for being so bland? no, we're not. from the way i see it, we all want to be different in some way or another, but we all end up in a mold anyway. we want to be edgy, so you do drugs. half the world does drugs. you want to be pure, half the world is pure. you want to scream and be obnoxious, well guess what? there are so many more people JUST LIKE YOU. if we stopped concentrating on what we do, who we want to impress, and what we have been MOLDED to act, we'd be happier people. we'd be healthier people. we'd be real 'individuals'. we wouldn't look at the next person's jeans and envy it. we wouldn't go to a concert because EVERYONE is going to be there, but you.


...and then i wake up.

Oh, summer.

i'm currently listening to the latest album by those freaks called the jonas'.

it's been a WHILE since i've blogged and bumping into russell (http://www.2rusty.com/) the other day randomnly on 34st inspired me to update my blog so that i keep all my memories fresh and alive...now if i can only remember what happened since july 19th, lol. here i go...

i've done a couple more interviews and these are probably my last ones for the summer. Here's a few pictures from my interview with indie label 785 Records band from Jersey, Article A (www.myspace.com/articlearock). Joe, another band member, was MIA because he was parking their humongous van and we all know parking in Manhattan is ridiculous. They had a show at The Bitter End that night. +1 picture on facebook.

And my big interview with My American Heart (www.myspace.com/myamericanheart) before their Blender Theatre show with Secondhand Serenade. The interview was just with Larry, the band's lead vocalist, by the tourbus. +1 picture on facebook.

Then remember my first interview with Honor Society (www.myspace.com/honorsociety) ? Marie and I went to their big show at Knitting Factory. Super proud of those guys cause Popstar Magazine and MTV showed up for coverage. Oh, yeah, and so did the Jonas Brothers! (yeah, wth?!) In this picture you only see Joe and Kevin, Nick's sitting down on the zebra couch, that diva.

But here's the most important picture of the night:

Then this past weekend was JB-filled. It was the weekend I've been waiting for, literally, months. And I don't think I've ever been more satisfied. +8748326 pictures on myspace/facebook but this one's my favorite.

OH and THIS! Guest performance from Robert Shwartzman from ROONEY (www. myspace.com/rooney) He made my night, forreal. I've seen him TWICE and have YET to meet this guy.

I'm really not sure what else to blog about. I've just given you the lowdown on my life this past month. It's been quite a summer and it's been one of the best I've ever had. Thanks Fate <3.>

everyone's aching and everyone's breaking.

"Lemme tell you something, kid. I learned a long time ago not to trust anyone but yourself. You got in this business and got with these people for the same reason they're here, too. That, of course, means they did the same shit you did. Maybe even worse shit. Worse shit, can you believe that? Now go take your pity and whining back home and leave it there. Everyone's aching and everyone's breaking, just trying to do what they wanna do. You're not the only one trying to live their dream."

"I wonder what would happen if I screamed 'JESSE MCCARTNEY right now."

So it's been a while since my last post. I hope you've downloaded the magazine by now (if you haven't, there's a link in the previous post). I shall now recap you (or moreso for my own personal memory) on the last few weeks.

I am now a volunteer writer/interviewer for Hot Vibes Magazine (http://www.hotvibes.com/). To give you some insight on this online magazine, it's been in existance since 2001 and has interviewed the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Jesse McCartney, Plain White T's, Jonas Brothers, and The Spill Canvas since it's opening.

Thanks to Heather, one of the editors, I was able to go backstage at the last show of the Demi Lovato / Phil Bensen showrun at the Blender Theatre. That was a great experience and very cool. I just sent my interview transcript to Heather and it should be up soon! I'm pumped for it. Maybe if I'm bored enough I'll put up some of the video from the interview. But for now, here's some pictures...

All the better and nicer pictures are on my myspace and facebook so don't forget to add those if you haven't, you stalkers.

I've also thrown a BBQ where it rained and had fun celebrating my best friend, Priscilla's birthday with black lights and glowsticks (both of these notes are for me). Then on the 5th, Marie and I went to our 3rd (and Ali's 1st!) Honor Society show and had too much ridiculous fun terrorizing a hotel and the band. On the 6th was the Greg Raposo show (or now known as RAPOSO). I'd like to call it the opposite of Dream Street in all possible ways including better music. Good for him, although it was a slightly frightening experience.

Besides my concert weekend ife, I am off this week from work and LOVING it already. Today I went to City Island and had some grub and celebrated my brother's 15th birthday =]. Tomorrow will be 'family day' which includes Madame Tussaude's and off-Broadway madness! Then after months of waiting, I am seeing John Mayer in concert! <33333

That is all I am willing to share. For an unedited version of all my weekends and my life, you must call me. Don't have my number? Sucks for you.