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I Feel Displaced [11 Jul 2009|08:48pm] [ mood | lonely ] [ music | Fort Minor ] I feel distant and lonely when I'm at home, and I feel distant and lonely when I'm abroad. I honestly wish giving up was a viable option, but I press on, press on, press on... :Peace Love Unity: It's me and the moon she says - Something Corporate Make a Martyr out of Me?

Detour On Trip [11 Jul 2009|01:54pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | Explosions In The Sky ] So my mom, my brothers, my grandpa and I are headed to Cape Canaveral to see the space shuttle launch right? Well, by the time we get there, we get a call from my aunt saying they postponed the launch for 24 hours. WTF, we think. So, after pondering our options, my grandpa decides "let's go to St. Augustine for the day and then see the launch tomorrow". So that's where we are...St. Augustine. Definately, NOT what we planned, considering if we did I would've brought a bathing suit and my skim board for the beach. Shit. :Peace Love Unity: Yeyo: The check's $56 Brian: I'll pay Yeyo: You have money? Brian: Yeah...I have $3 dollars. Yeyo: lol Make a Martyr out of Me?

My Comics Now Have A Home [11 Jul 2009|02:10am] [ mood | tired ] [ music | Eyes Set To Kill ] Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: http://thehtweeklycomicstrip.blogspot.com/ All the comic strips will be posted there from now on. Whenever there is a new episode (and by new, I mean anything past Season 2), I will post the link here. When Seasons 1 and 2 are completed, I will post the link here informing everyone here that an entire season is now available. I will continue to be the source of sarcasm in the workplace, and the legacy lives on... :Peace Love Unity: BRUNO! - Bruno 1 Executed; Make a Martyr out of Me?

My Comics Need A New Home [09 Jul 2009|06:58pm] [ mood | contemplative ] [ music | Panic At The Disco ] So, like my last entry said, I can't do my comic strips at the store anymore because apparently, I'd get written up for them (no, I'm not fucking kidding). That being said, I wanted to get you guys' opinion: should I continue to post them on LJ or should I find another medium (website) to post them on? I am definately going to continue the series, but considering my LJ contains other things too, I was wondering whether or not I should make a seperate Livejournal or even a Twitter to showcase the new (and old) strips. What do you guys think? What should I do and where should I put them? [edit] I found this place: http://comicfury.com/. What do you guys think? I'm open to other suggestions too. :Peace Love Unity: :gurgle: - Alex's stomach 3 Executed; Make a Martyr out of Me?

The HT Weekly Comic Strip, Season 2 [08 Jul 2009|02:00am] [ mood | awake ] [ music | She & Him ] The 2nd season of The HT Weekly Comic Strip, in its entirety, can be viewed underneath the LJ cut. ( The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 2 ) While I do feel that Hot Topic is no longer the same place I onced loved, I have become deeply, intensly grateful for all the friends I have made, and there's not a damn thing a stupid apparaisal, retarded manager, or fucked up DMs can do about it. I was told to take down the HT Weekly Comic Strip, and I was told Jeff found out they were online. I took them down at the store, but I have absolutely no intention of stopping the comics. Season 3 will be posted here, followed by Season 4, and then the world primiere of Season 5. Now that they are online, I can now do the comics completely unresitricted...as if I had restrictions anyway. Mike made it clear to me and it all makes sense now: Hot Topic is just a job. There's no reason to try to stand up for the company's supposed values, because they don't have any values to stand up for. I will not compromise my values and my beliefs, but this company isn't even worth the fight. I'm still in the company, but I left the HTLJCommunity. I don't know how long I'm going to stay at HT, but I do intend to ride it out for as long as I can, until they either fire me or I leave of my own accord. :Peace Love Unity: Joowansomepastries? - George Make a Martyr out of Me?

What To Do With The World [04 Jul 2009|12:35am] [ mood | frustrated ] [ music | Alexisonfire ] My mom had the pleasure of hearing me rant about work and how much JC is full of shit. I wish I had transcribed it, but I'll just say this: words just aren't enough to express my disdain for the people handing down the orders when they have no idea what it's like to be in my position. They have no right to get mad at me for being cynical when I've worked for a company for 3 years and I get treated like I'm standing in front of a fan while someone's pouring a bucket of shit into it. What do you expect me to say, "more please?". Give me a fucking break. :Peace Love Unity: JC: Just like everyone else, I aim to take over the world Me: I don't aim to take over the world, I aim to take the world down with me 3 Executed; Make a Martyr out of Me?

June's Quotes ('09) [01 Jul 2009|12:54pm] [ mood | full ] I'm not capable of love - The Ataris Andy Richtor: Hollywoo sounds catchy Conan O' Brien: Yeah? Well it's gonna have to be (referring to them accidently destroying the D of the Hollywood sign) Me: Where are my keys?! Jon: Ok...I guess you've suffered enough (reaches into pocket) Me: ?!?!?!?!?!?! Jon: I'm just kidding I don't have it Me: SONOFABITCH This song is about the undying love and undying hate that alcoholics have for each other - Me, introducing my cover of The Mountain Goats' No Children HT Employee: Do you need a chair? Me: Oh, no no, that's what the strap is for The private does what the general says, the general does what the president says, the president does what the first lady says...so, so they say - The Dear Hunter This is going to be a long trip - Me I wanna pull you up from your hair and hang you up from the heavens - The Dead Weather ...He killed her - Alex I feel like Jeff Goldblum - Me, while high I got my Blink-182 tickets! Awesome. Brandon texted everyone to see if we could all hang out again. I said I was down, and that I'd control myself. I've started writing some new INHC material. Speaking of INHC, I may or may not be playing at my store again sometime soon. If I do, I'd really like people to come out. I haven't heard from Yanette in a while, and I miss her. Come to think of it, I haven't heard from Melissa in a while either. I miss her too. I'm about halfway done with The Complete Sherlock Holmes vol. I, and I must say, it's awesome. Since reading it, I have become alot more...deductive with things. Needless to say, I'm no Sherlock Holmes, I don't even have the cool accent. Anyway, that's what's been going on lately, atleast the interesting stuff. Anything else? Um...I learned how to use Microsoft Excell...woo, exiciting. :Peace Love Unity: I don't want to hear anymore about Kelly, her trip to Hawaii, or her lack of calculus skills - Me, refering to a hypothetical argument in philosophy class 2 Executed; Make a Martyr out of Me?

They Always Come In Threes [26 Jun 2009|01:51am] [ mood | thirsty ] [ music | Nine Inch Nails ] In the span of a week, the world lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Faucett, and Michael Jackson. My sympathies go out to their families. The world has lost 3 great entertainers. In other news, tomorrow is going to be something to remember. I'll update about it when it happens. :Peace Love Unity: ...He killed her - Alex Make a Martyr out of Me?

The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 2, Episode VII [19 Jun 2009|10:14am] [ mood | bored ] [ music | The Mars Volta ] I'm having a hard time juggling between Family Guy, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and The Tonight Show. I'm trying not to miss an episode of Conan, but I haven't seen TDS and TCR in like a week, and completely missed with Stephen Colbert was in Iraq. I'm currently watching last night's Tonight Show, watching The Dead Weather perform (Jack White's 3rd band, AND he's planning a solo album. The man does not sleep!). I dunno what I'm gonna do today, but I wanna do something. The other day Alex, Danica, and I went to Jordan's house and had some Smirnoff Green Apple (which was awesome), some Hooka, and some arguments with Jordan regarding how he acts around Alex (he's too touchy-feely and he flirts with her like crazy, which makes Alex feel uncomfortable as well). He says he doesn't know what I'm talking about, but I think he damn well knows because he wasn't acting like that with Sonia or Sonia's sister or what have you. Either Krystal doesn't care or she's too dumb to notice (and I don't believe that because nobody can be that oblivious when you see your boyfriend doing it right in front of you). Anyway, so I spoke with him and I guess we won't be hanging out with them for a while. Alex and I need to find another couple that we're BOTH friends with and both know (I knew Bob and Alex knew Sonia prior to them getting together, so that worked out very well). Of course, there's always the curse that every couple we hang out with breaks up, so it's just a matter of time before Jordan and Krystal break up and we find another couple to hang out with. Maybe Alex wants to go to the beach today... :Peace Love Unity: I wanna pull you up from your hair and hang you up from the heavens - The Dead Weather Make a Martyr out of Me?

The Dear Hunter/MewithoutYou @ States Theatre, And Disney [15 Jun 2009|11:31am] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | Taking Back Sunday ] I've been in Orlando since the 10th in a combination trip of going to Disney with Alex, Jordan, and Krystal (I'll get to that later) and going to see The Dear Hunter and MewithoutYou in St. Petersburg. The show was definately the highlight of the trip. Let's get to the pictures first, before I talk about the rest of my trip: ( The Dear Hunter & MewithoutYou @ States Theatre ) So that was the show. Now onto the trip. I had spent the week prior filled to the brim with stress and frustration about the trip, with my mom wanting me to spend time with Chris and Michael and Alex wanting me to spend time with her, Jordan, and Krystal. Guess who I spent most of my time with? The trip, while having it's nice and awesome moments, I feel, was a total failure. If Alex and I weren't fighting about one thing, we were fighting about another, not to mention that Jordan constantly flirted with Alex and, while she didn't flirt back, she didn't do anything to stop it either. This was usually in front of Krystal, Jordan's girlfriend, but God forbid that I even utter one word to her, lest Alex get pissed. By the end of the trip, I was sick of the both of them (Jordan, yeah. I don't know Krystal very much, and it's not like she was annoying, but I wouldn't mind not knowing her). I'm sick of only hanging out with Alex's friends. I'm 20 years old, what the hell am I doing constantly hanging out with these fresh outta high school kids? Alex wouldn't want to hang out with any couple I know. All my friends we've both hung out with have all been guys, and she gets pissed if any other girl is brought into the mix. While up there, she got mad at me, and I got so frustrated and overwhelmed that when we got to the hotel, I stayed outside the room, smoked several cigarettes and cried. ACTUALLY cried, for the first time in years, and just when it seemed that she finally understood what I go through, the internal suffering I undertake in order to keep this relationship afloat, she gets mad at me again over something on the way back home. So I left her house and waited outside for my Mom to pick me up since I left my car at home. I had to work that night doing inventory (which is the WORST shift EVER), all while not being sure if Alex and I could ever function again. The status of our relationship is still up in the air, but here's what I told her last night: "I can't be with you, and I can't be without you. I'm stuck and I don't know what to do". If I'm the one doing to the breaking up, why am I the one who feels like shit? It's like she doesn't care that she's losing me. She tells me that she's never going to be the one I want so she's letting me go. I don't want her to let me go. I want her to fight for me like I had to for her. I don't want to be with anyone else. I guess we'll find out if I'm single in the next couple of days, this relationship will either build itself back up or collapse for good. :Peace Love Unity: This is going to be a long trip - Me Make a Martyr out of Me?

The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 2, Episode VI [10 Jun 2009|08:51am] [ mood | awake ] [ music | The Dear Hunter ] And now, for the exciting conclusion of The HT Weekly Comic Strip! 2-Part Special: Adam Vs. Josh! I'm going on a trip today, a trip that has caused me ALOT of stress. I'm gonna be seeing The Dear Hunter and MewithoutYou in St. Petersburg with my brothers, Chris, and Michael. I'm also gonna be at Disney with Alex, Jordan, and Krystal. I just hope the trip goes smoother then planning for it did. I'm looking forward to it. Oh, The Dear Hunter's 3rd album, Act III: Life And Death, leaked on the 8th1 I got it yesterday and I'm in the process of listening to the whole of TDH Act I and II before delving into Act III. If you haven't heard of The Dear Hunter (this is for any of you who have added me and haven't heard of this awesome band or read any LJ entries I've had praising how awesome this band is), it's time you checked them out: http://www.myspace.com/thedearhunter. Seriously...go check it out. See you guys later! :Peace Love Unity: The private does what the general says, the general does what the president says, the president does what the first lady says...or atleast, that's what they say - The Dear Hunter Make a Martyr out of Me?

The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 2, Episode V [05 Jun 2009|05:02pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | The Mountain Goats ] Totally forgot to do this! My bad. :Peace Love Unity: HT Employee: Do you need a chair? Me: Oh, no no, that's what the strap is for Make a Martyr out of Me?

HT Local Static @ Sawgrass Mills [05 Jun 2009|04:53pm] [ mood | full ] [ music | The Dear Hunter ] I got invited to play again some time in the future. This was the first time I played in front of the big HT and Shockhound banner. Here's the setlist: 1. Jack Terricloth 2. Careless 3. The Optimist And The Razorblade 4. Mrs. Ellison 5. There's A Ghost (In My Head) 6. Handguns/Blue In The Face [/Alkaline Trio cover] 7. Money Back Guarentee 8. No Children [The Mountain Goats cover] 9. No One Here Gets Out Alive 10. Everyone Loves Yanette (Reprise) 11. Leaving Here, pt. I Yesterday was nice. Alex and I went to the beach with Jordan, Krystal, Madelina and Carl. Then we saw Up with Jordan and Kyrstal. Up was awesome, Pixar can do no wrong. It's just really sad. :Peace Love Unity: This song is about the undying love and undying hate that alcoholics have for each other - Me, introducing my cover of The Mountain Goats' No Children 1 Executed; Make a Martyr out of Me?

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