Andrew Speaks/Types

So, I’m really sorry for not blogging yesterday. I guess I broke my all year streak that I was going for. But it really wasn’t my fault. My mom took my computer out of my room before I got a chance to write it, and it turned midnight before I got it back. So, no breaks. That kind of sucks. I’m gonna try and make this an every day thing, though, no exceptions.

Since I didn’t get to blog yesterday, I’ll make it up to you by sharing something more personal. This is probably a bad example to show my writing with, because this is the first time I’ve ever wrote something like this. It’s less poetry and more prose, but not 100% prose. Also, it won’t mean anything to you or translate over to other people well.. Just so you know, don’t try and figure out what it’s about, because it will only make sense to me. I promise. There’s some parts that might apply to life, but for the most part it’s just things that connected in my head at the time. I wrote this without thinking, really. Anyways, this “poem” is called Non-Stop Congeniality, and it’s about a touchy subject for me, I wrote it last night. That’s all you get.

Before I share my “poem,” though, I’m gonna go ahead and tell you what I’ll be writing either today or tomorrow. I went to my friend Michael’s birthday party, and someone brought rock band. (Sweet!) No drums, which was what I wanted, and I wasn’t gonna try guitar cause I suck at all guitar-based games even though I’m a pretty good guitar player, so I sang. It had “Go With The Flow” by Queens Of The Stone Age, one of my favorite bands, ever. They’re really great. But, anyway. I think I did a good job. We got a video of it, although it’s all of the screen. You can still hear me, though. I’m converting the video into a format that youTube will understand right now. So expect that soon. Here you go for today.

NON-STOP CONGENIALITY
by Andrew

I had misplaced my options and became
stuck with this road
I’ve said it before a hundred
times too low
the number written on my arm
will be giving me ghosts
as the red 3 a.m. throws it’s
off-white glow
all the notes that had broke
this promise switch to anew
a greatest miss, a greatest hit
a figure of you
my pen could never erase your
badly-drawn other half of self-portriat
currents run, though my shining
hint lays away from the flow
a water molecule to drench my head in
to break my bed in, to break my bread in
it’s such a long story to be told
through my glass of the future and the present
your arm by your side mocks
the boat doesn’t rock
the paper doesn’t fold, just contrasts
more bold ink down
down down down to the other side
of that perspective shot of
a guitar that I used to write our baby
a lullaby before it became yours
if I’m ranting I’ll stop
if it’s falling I’ll drop
anything for love
oh, anything, anything for love
I have watched the way that it has
gone for years
the feet fear to take
another feat of nature
beast of nature, a kind of lord of the flies
type of nature
carpet cold, story old
story told to your son to your son and your son
the eyes go plop when they chase the
vault, to those who drop
I’m sorry for wasting this page
but now the goldest of ages is dead
a cable cord to plug my voice in
a dead weight to close the empty space
in my arms with
would that risk losing you
untrue, a glow of interactivity
system for your pleasure
pick up the weather
move it someplace else because my
scribble scrabble dibble dabbles
all the way down the
punctured scary evidence
scary slash sad and a thank you
a hello a goodbye an adieu
a french word for tough luck chump
lucky cussing tongue for a few seconds
I’ll take it back and get a refund
when I’m done, oh how I’d refund
anything or love
oh, anything, anything for love
and it’s red
maybe blue
I love

Last night, my friend Ben, his friend Seb, and I had a listening party for the band The Mars Volta, and we listened to almost all of their discography. Trying to describe The Mars Volta is really pointless and won’t convince anyone about their sound, so I’m not going to try. So, here’s my plug: listen to The Mars Volta.Anyway, back to the listening party. What we did was we all got into a group conversation in MSN messenger, then made identical playlists, and started them all at the same time, and listened all the way through, discussing throughout. Now, this playlist was massive. If you want to know how massive, check this out. 

 So that’s our playlist. 37 tracks, 4 hours, 52 minutes, and 1 second long. We started at 9:30 PM on 03/01/08, and ended roughly at 2:22 AM on 04/01/08. Epic. Very epic. But now I’ve promised myself not to listen to any more Volta until 01/29/08, the day their new album gets released, to get myself stoked for it. I just hope I can make it…Remember how I said this party was with me, Ben, and Seb? Well, Seb is in a band himself, called Fallen Justice, and they’re in Ontario, and he convinced me to put a plug to them in this blog too. Here’s their youTube video of them covering Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” Take it away, boys.One more goody for you. Here’s a track off of The Mars Volta’s upcoming album, The Bedlam In Goliath. The sound quality leaves much to be desired because this is a rip of a music video, but it still really kicks butt. The song is called “Goliath.” Enjoy.