October 2009
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am i seriously alone on this?
11: 13 AM
me: dude
me: do u know why
Philip: Yo
me: tumblr is spelled the way its spelled
Philip: I do not
me: damn
me: does this not bother anyone?
Philip: I bet it does...
me: did you ever wonder why its spelled that way?
me: i mean it makes no sense.. its like a typo
11: 15 AM
Philip: I have no freaking idea
me: but u never thought it was a big deal?
me: or wondered about it
11: 16 AM
Philip: Can't say I have...
me: weird!
11: 17 AM
me: i would think of all people, it would drive you insane
me: 'tumblr'
me: wtf
11: 18 AM
Philip: I think it's just a name
11: 19 AM
me: yeah but its missing a vowel
me: its not an acronym
me: and i don't think its "tumb L-R"
11: 22 AM
me: damnit phil
1st entry
look at me, i have officially entered the tumblr realm.
and it has been awhile since i’ve blogged. nearly 9 years have gone by since my blog “reflections” on the old geocities pages was active, before wising up in 2005 when i started blogging on myspace and blogger.com. but even those stints were short lived. so lately i’ve been impressed with all these...
March 2008
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January 2008
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April 2007
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“More than anything, I just try to not lose my motivation. Sometimes, you have to...”
– Steve Nash
September 2006
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WatchThis is a mini video documentary produced by Gavin McDevitt of The Teenage Symphonies, documenting their first trip to California together, in August of 2006…focusing in on the search for Eric’s beloved “Borders Chai” tea that is only available in select Borders’ Cafes. See the blogs “Tragedy with a capital Tea” and “REUNITED and it TASTES so...
August 2006
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Tragedy with a capital "Tea" by Eric
Current mood: determined
everyone has their rituals. whether they take place daily, weekly, monthly, annually or even sporadically..whenever, whatever they may be. you name it. one of the things that i like to do whenever i get the chance is drink tea. but not just any tea. chai tea. and not just any chai tea. Borders brand chai tea. (insert trademark sign) this fine drink was first introduced...
June 2006
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GR stands for Graduated
Current mood: accomplished
so i logged onto my school’s website tonite and clicked on my “registration profile” to view the following information: Student Information: Your Start Term: 1999FA Semester Level: GR Overall Academic Standing: GOOD Your Appointment Time: Current Time: 10:24PM 06/21/06 Restrictions: You have no registration restrictions. all i gotta say is i beat...
October 2005
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chill out out
Current mood: calm
“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.” (1 Peter 2:23) We as people don’t normally take insults in stride without wanting to get a jab in ourselves. Our first reaction is to retaliate with words of our own. Insults are demeaning, they’re...
September 2005
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September 15, 2005
Current mood: calm
Shwin and Christian pick me up from work, and it’s Thursday evening. We’re headed back home. After a brief dialogue, the car stereo is the only thing that we can hear. We’re quiet, perhaps some of us still a little hungover from the previous evening. A mutual “sigh” ensues, and then i say.. “Man, last night was such a great night.”...
June 2005
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A Game of Patience
Current mood: calm
Everyday you learn something new. Today gave me a lesson in understanding the importance of patience, and it came from the most unlikely source. So there’s this videogame that we play, called “NBA LIVE 2005”, which is essentially a basketball simulation game on nintendo’s gamecube. It plays and feels like a real basketball game at your fingertips....
May 2005
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Back In Boston
Current mood: content
Got back to boston last night, after about a 5 hour drive with my brother. I overslept yesterday and got to the studio around 10am and started mixing hardcore. I even found myself adding some guitar parts in the process. After 2pm, I realized that I wasn’t quite getting the mix that i wanted and that if I were to just settle for it, then i wouldn’t be happy with...
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Studio Diary 11
Current mood: accomplished
Another very productive day. Got to the studio around 10am and was pretty much there for the duration of the day. Left the studio at midnight. I am in the final stretch, as mixing is almost complete. My brother just came into town to pick me up to go back to Boston, so I will be leaving tomorrow afternoon at some point. I’m kinda bummin about that..but...
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Studio Diary 10
Current mood: mellow
Got off to a late start today but it was very productive. Pretty much mixed for about 8 hours today and did a few overdubs. “Movin’ to the West Coast” is sounding pretty sweet. I’m excited. Of course, I needed Allen to tell me it was good because by the time he showed up around 1am, my ears were shot. Attempted a few vocal takes for the piano track...
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Studio Diary 9
Current mood: contemplative
It’s 2am, and I just got back from the studio. Got up @ 9:30 today and was working by 11am. Another very productive day. It’s crunch time. Finished bass, all the remaining guitar tracks, some gang vocals, hand claps, and more. I’m not out of the woods yet, though, I still have lead vocals to lay down for the last track, a bunch of backgrounds, and a...
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Studio Diary 8
Current mood: calm
got back about about 45 minutes ago..and i must say, we are approaching the home stretch. today was a very productive day. Allen and I went over bass parts and he laid down his part for “Dream Girl”. In addition, we added a few more guitar tracks for that song, that really helped to bring the verse and bridge to life. Unfortunately, my Vox AC-30 freaked out in the...
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Studio Diary 7
Current mood: drained
Just got back from the studio. Another long, yet productive day. Spent most of today writing lyrics for the untitled track, and this is what i ended up with: “dream girl” distant love i’m dreaming of a time when things between us weren’t so sad can it be my fantasy a different situation than we have Chorus: when i’m fast asleep at night your...
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Studio Diary 6
Current mood: good
Well, I missed a day, but a brief recap: Yesterday we layed down the majority of the guitar parts for “Movin’ to the West Coast”, and also a couple for the untitled track. Today, Allen and I started out attempting to write lyrics for the untitled track, but that didn’t quite work out. So, I’m just going to work on them on my own tomorrow. Today...
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Studio Diary 5
Current mood: anxious
actually i wasn’t in the studio at all yesterday. Allen had to get up @ 6am for a previous engagement and was pretty much gone until I saw him around 10 that evening at the bowling alley. The Western Sky was getting paid to do a show at a post-prom party here in Pen Argyl, at the bowling alley, and what an interesting experience that was. The last time i was at an...
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Studio Diary 4
Current mood: relaxed
It’s been another long day. Not as productive as i would’ve liked but it went well. Allen and I began guitars today for the untitled track, and it’s sounding sweet! We set up my AC-30 and Allen’s Deluxe Reverb down in the garage with a room mic to pick up some ambience if we choose. We’re getting some pretty righteous tones, man. haha. Things...
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Studio Diary 3
Current mood: sleepy
Another productive day. Got up around 8am, got to the studio around 9 or 10, and was doing drum editing until around 3 or 4pm, and then hit up some grub with Allen. Philly Cheesesteak…i must say that this is the first cheesesteak that i’ve had in Pennsylvania, so I wonder if it represented what a real cheesesteak is like, since I’m in the same state as...
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Studio Diary 2
Current mood: tired
So today i got up around 7:30am and was over at Light in the Dark by around 8:30-9ish. Josh, Allen and I began setting up the drums and mics etc, spent some time getting drum sounds and by noon we were recording! The drum sounds we got were just as good, if not better than the ones that we got last year. Nice, big, roomy sound. Made quite a few revisions with the drum parts,...
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Studio Diary 1
Current mood: artistic
well, here i am in Roseto, Pennsylvania preparing to record my EP. I arrived here on the evening of Saturday May 7 via rental car. It was a pleasant drive up from Boston. Anyway, so far things have been going really well. For those that don’t know what’s going on, I recently took time off work so that I could come down here to record my EP before I start...
April 2005
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first blog on myspace..
Current mood: blah
well, it’s my day off today and i figured i would post a blog. it’s definitely been awhile since I’ve done this. first time i ever started an online journal was in 2000, and then i stopped at some point in 2001, and then started up again in 2003. I guess i work in spurts. Anyway, spring is finally here. I can tell because my allergies are starting to kick in....
June 2003
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Preppy live @ The Skybar
On June 3rd, PREPPY rocked out at The Skybar for a short and sweet set consisting of the following songs: 1) intro 2) fascinated 3) second grade 4) happy 5) passing notes 6) new distraction 7) caroline Being only Preppy’s second show, as you can see, the set was nearly identical to the M.I.T. show, with the addition of one brand new song called “new distraction”, played...
May 2003
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New York City and the Pink Tassles
Well well well, here we are, a month later, and I’m finally deciding to update. Sorry for the delay, but I’ve just been really lazy. So much has happened. Well to start things off, I graduated. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Grammy winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves spoke at our graduation. Pretty neato. My parents came into town for the ceremony and stayed for a few days. So every...
April 2003
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BLINDED
Yeah, “Blinded” is the name of their new single. Sure, “Blinded” has a subtle reference to the band name. But last night, my eyes were wide open in awe of how many hot girls i saw at the show. It was Shwin and Christian in one car, and me, Allen, Joey, and Zania blasting Avril Lavigne in another car. We headed out to Worchester to catch Third Eye Blind, live @ Holy Cross....
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DOWNLOAD PREPPY LIVE
Well, here it is. For your downloading pleasure, the entire set of preppy’s first show @ M.I.T. Please excuse the poor quality, as it was essentially an audience recording *cough*bootleg*cough* ahem, but hey better than nothing, right? Enjoy! Preppy: Live @ M.I.T. Theta-Chi Fraternity 4/11/03 fascinated (live) + intro second grade (live) happy (live) passing notes (live) caroline (live) ...
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PREPPY, LIVE @ Theta-Chi
Well last night, the party was kickin’ and the smoothies were pourin’ as PREPPY played its first show ever at the Theta-Chi Fraternity @ M.I.T. After two brief rehearsals, both taking place the day of the show, and the day before, Preppy played a short but sweet set of prep classics including: fascinated second grade happy (star corps academy) passing notes caroline it was a good...
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Blue City, 1m6: "Hit and Run"
At last, here i am about 7 days later, and i’m happy to say that much has been accomplished. The music for my short film “Blue City” was written and recorded in about two days. My director didn’t think that I could pull it off, because we’re talking about a project that was supposed to take about a month to complete. But alas, I completed it. I was essentially writing...
March 2003
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"I hear my mom comin', I gotta go to bed.."
that’s right, the quote is from the movie Jerry Maguire, as stated by Ray (Jonathan Lipniki). What a great movie. It’s definitely one of those that you can watch over and over again, and still be moved each time. I don’t care that it’s a romantic comedy..it’s frickin great! Hehe.. But anyway, so it’s Monday and I just got through a weekend of working at the Gap....
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R.I.P. BACKUPP
Yes, it’s true. The “Backupp” Honda Civic is gonna have to go. Don’t have the time to fix it, so just decided to take a loss on it and try to get whatever I can for it. Tristan launched the auction today, so we’ll see what happens over the next 10 days. So sad, because it was such a good, reliable car; in great shape, and only had 54k miles on it. Hopefully it can...
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Back in Boston
So I’m back. It’s Sunday and I woke up about an hour ago. I got back yesterday at around 3pm, because I missed my flight (yes, again) in the AM. Haha..my flight was at 8:35am and I was totally prepared, I even got to the airport a good hour before departure. But the lines were soooo loong, it was unbelievable. Then, i’m standing in line for 15 minutes and learn that they are not...
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"Take the Money and Run"
So I turn on the television this morning while eating breakfast and I’m flipping through the channels, when I encounter some old flick from 1969 called “Take the Money and Run”, starring Woody Allen. I’m about to flip over when i see this gorgeous girl on screen. Then I just viewed in awe. Sure her acting was pretty bad, but she was so freakin cute. Kinda like a Natalie...
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Sweet Home Virginia
Well let me rephrase that. Sweet Home Northern Virginia, DC Area. There. That’s better. I ain’t no farmer. So I arrived back on Friday morning. I actually missed my flight due to the slow “T” ride, but I was put on standby for the next flight and it was all good. It’s good to be home. Been spending a lot of time with family and keeping up to date with one other....
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"I've got a brand new crush.."
..”i don’t wanna mess this up gotta take my time, just take my time..” just a little excerpt from an up and coming for reasons unseen song that Allen has been working on. Definitely started running through my head after around 2pm today. Good song. Anyway, all i can say is that I met a beautiful girl today… ..for the second time. She may not have remembered the first time...
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Mmmm...Chai..
Today after classes I decided to go to Cambridge Side Galleria and get a nice 20 oz. cup of hot chai at Borders. To this day, I still haven’t found a place that makes chai like Borders. Starbucks…yuck. Tealuxe…eh. I seriously think i’m becoming addicted to to this drink because over the past 2 weeks I’ve gone to Borders at least 5 times, not to mention I bought the...
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Imrie House almost up in Flames
Okay, so it’s about 10am as I’m about to get out of bed, when i hear a popping sound. I look at my alarm clock and the numbers are flashing off and on. Then I see smoke coming from my computer, along with the popping sound and the smell of burned plastic and wires. I get up immediately…i see the light of my computer flash on and off, until I see the light fade out. I start to...
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Return of the Reflections
Well, what do you know? 17 months later..and i’m back! Funny how in these previous posts, i was working at the gap…because shortly thereafter..i quit! But guess what…this past Sunday, after a 17 month hiatus…I started up again! Gotta start making some extra cash..my monthly allowance just doesn’t cut it. It was good to see that some of my old co-workers are now...
October 2001
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Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Just woke up, listening to “sky fits heaven”…feeling good, got about 8 hours last night which is great and was much needed. Supposed to meet briefly with a professor @ 10:45, to discuss some things, then it’s off to vocal class…i can’t wait. Haha, i wonder what I’ll be singing in class today… Gotta get ready, so I can actually get some breakfast...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2001
Tuesday night, just finished making some phone calls to some family and friends. Reading the news, this anthrax thing is pretty scary…and I just read how the Wizards have now lost 4 pre-season games. Bummer. Game against the nets tonite…hopefully we’ll win. Been feeling weird all day, actually for the past couple of weeks i’ve been feeling a little weird. Just a lingering...
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Friday, October 19, 2001
Well it’s Friday morning…or afternoon shall i say, and I just got back from dunkin’ donuts for breakfast…got up @ 11:30 today and am about to do my laundry. Fun stuff. Well last night was really cool…me, allen, nate, brian, and this girl jess drove out to worchester to catch the anniversary/superdrag show. It had been a rough day, it was a cold night, and a loong...
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Monday, October 15, 2001
“It’s sunday, and it’s 12:30…and I’m just waking up. Ben and Maricel left early this morning @ 4am…and now I need to get ready to work @ Gap for a loooong 2-11pm shift. Fun stuff. My freakin hard drive got damaged last night somehow while attempting to burn a Mandy Moore CD which i didn’t even want in the first place. Consequently, my mp3 collection is...
March 2001
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March 25, 2001
9:20am as I just finish waking up to “Anything for you” by 3eb like I do every morning. Hopped out of bed just in time to turn off my stereo before the loud part. Didn’t want to wake up Andy. Checked my computer and received some IM’s from Tris. It’ll be great when summer hits again and we’ll able to hang out again. Just moved back into 402 on Friday night....
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March 20, 2001
It’s quarter past 11pm and I’m taking a break from all the recording I’ve been doing so I figured I’d update. I moved into Allen, Nate, and John’s room on Friday night. This room is totally rad. So cool of those guys to let me use it. I’m getting a lot of work done. Well…so far I’ve finished one whole song. I just finished up the vocals and...
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March 15, 2001
Well it’s 1:35am so technically it’s the morning of the 16th. But anyway, I just got back about 15 minutes ago from chillin with Sara, and I’m still feeling the effects. Bass Ale. I had a pretty good time. Met up around 7:30 and chilled and watched Friends, and some other television shows. Around 9:30 we went over to this french restaurant/bar type place called Marche over...
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March 12, 2001
It’s just past midnite as I finish conversing with Sara over AIM. She insists on having a color, so there ya go!! Purple, just like Barney!! Haha. We’re gonna hang out this Thursday before she goes back home for break, so that should be cool. Just finished talking with Bulldog Eric and a couple other peeps. He sent me a couple tracks of Testament which are super heavy with some...
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March 10, 2001
9:25pm and I just got back from work. What a loong and busy day. Our goal was something like $15,000 and we made over $25,000. We were short staffed too, so women’s register was hectic. Met some co-worker named Beth. She’s one of those girls that think that they’re something special and just too cool for you. I tried to be nice to her but she just has this obnoxious sort...