This phrase is uttered so much in aol im speak it’s almost as if it were habit. There are lots of ruts people get into. I try to avoid them. Unfortunately, I’ve learned that I’m just as guilty as the next person. A typical conversation with a long lost friend usually goes like this…

[friend]: Whats up?
[Me]: Nada, working and djing
[Me]: What’s new with you?
[friend]: same stuff

I don’t know how many times I’ve heard Brandon mention his distaste for small talk but I finally realize it. Although I’m guilty of the same thing. I don’t know how many times I open up a dialog with someone with a simple “y0″. If I have done this to you in the past, I apologize. Although I’d be lying if I said I’ll stop doing it. I have a few friend that don’t use instant messenger programs. It’s quite amazing, I used to think these people were those that were afraid of computers. Perhaps they just didn’t trust them. I now come to realize that in general, if I’m going to talk to someone for more than a couple short things, I’d rather make my cell phone bill go up.

In a way, this very much reminds me of people that don’t answer their phone but always text message. Do you fear direct human interaction that much? Sure there’s a time and a place. Perhaps you just want to know a short answer. Entire coversations? I’d hope you’re at work or doing something where a phone isn’t acceptable.

Maybe it’s because I feel like I grew up using the internet as a medium for social communication so much that I’m revolting on my own now.

Anyways, (there’s another thing I like to add to posts here and in forums) I’m going to try to start updating this page more. Ever since I pointed out to Brandon that he needs to update, he’s been posting like a mad man. I should at least try to keep up.

Music. It’s always been a huge part of my life. I remember back when Damon had a party when we were 14 and I brought my cd player. I was intent to dj. Also another childhood friend of mine always wanted to start our own mobile dj company, Starlight DJs. We had a logo and everything. If a new song came out, one of us had it.

One thing I regret about my past is never taking music lessons. I signed up for piano lessons once. I was supposed to show up but never told anyone about it and forgot about it. I sometimes wonder if I had gone to my lessons how it would have changed my life. Would I have played for 6 weeks and dropped it? Perhaps I would have started to dj earlier in my life. Perhaps I never would have gotten into djing and did something else, who knows.

Either way, I know in 1999 I saw an ad in the newspaper that forever changed my life. It read “Looking for DJs. Great pay, will train!”. Attached to it as a number I called. I had just graduated high school, was working 2 jobs at McDonalds and the Board of Education. I could use some extra weekend pay though. From the first show where I watched drunken cops sing 8 different karaoke renditions of Ring of FIre to the last time I spun for a crowd, I know I made the right choice.
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January was pretty good for dj gigs. All told I’ve had somewhere to spin every weekend for the past 4 weeks but that comes to an end here. A friend of mine from Green Bay, Elvis came to visit for last weekend. We spent both nights downtown. The first night hitting up clubs, the 2nd night was all about dirty funky beats. It seems as if every time I touch the turntables, I’m spinning a little better than the previous time. I wish I could express how much I love djing, it’s just one of those things that sets me free.

The past few nights I’ve gone to bed and woke up with what felt like the aftermath of a migraine. I hope it’s nothing serious but it’s kept me out of work the past couple days. I felt like I had the flu along with it yesterday. Gotta love cold chills and feeling like I’m going to toss on top of all this. Hopefully I’ll be better off tomorrow.

Im still trying to decide what i want to do for content here. Then once I decide, I’ll actually have to put something together. Perhaps I’ll start writing essays or something of the sort to actually make it worth someone’s time to drop by. Until then, hasta.

So far I haven’t gone to sleep before 5am this year. Last night was a pretty good night. Jared, Brandon, and I went up to a house party in Ramsey. A local band, Makeshift was playing in the garage. Downstairs Mustang Sally, DJ Faber and myself kept it funky all night. I like to think I represented Nascent Numen properly. It was awesome to dj with 2 other djs that spin the same kind of music I do.

Alot of crap has been going on in my life and as usual, I feel broke. It’s like you always adjust your life to live within your means. The holidays have come and gone, I’m without a reliable car. It’s one of those times I couldn’t sleep, so I came here. I really need to start updating more. I could go trendy and say it’s a New Year’s resolution. While I don’t have a resolution list I’m going to share here, I have a few things I want to change in my life. Those things aren’t for me to share here though and then be judged later if I can meet the metric.
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There’s a dj from St. Louis who’s name is Justin King. He used to be owner of djjustinking.com but not it’s turned into another page asking for your search query. I used to laugh reading his page. It read “ As if the Gods are handing him bolts of lightning, every record Justin drops is another rumble in the storm. Last night I had a dj gig where people came to dance. People came to have a good time. I didn’t have the best slot on the schedule, but I also didn’t have the worst slot and was playing opposite a huge rave across the city like last time. While the gods weren’t handing me “bolts of lightning” it was one of the best dj sets I’ve ever laid down.

It was also the last time I’ll see one of my good friends for quite a while. I met JJ chasing me down after I passed him on Mesabe. He heard me pass him and heard the supercharger, and had to find out more. Since then he’s grown to be one of my best friends. He has the charisma of a comedian and when I first moved here was one of the only people to come and visit me. When I went through a rough couple weeks last spring he was the friend that stood by me and helped pull me out of it.

This time last year I was 2 days away from moving down to Minneapolis. Unsure of lots of things, just sure that I had recently left Irresistible Ink and felt I was going to a better place. To reflect back, I like to think I made it out of Superior. I’ve taked about the “superior vice” before and I’m glad I’m out, even though I still miss my friends. I’ve made new ones, and seen other good friends leave. It’s part of what makes you stronger right?

Burnt.

I woke up today and hit the snooze button. The crappy part is I couldn’t fall back asleep. I suppose that means I should have felt good but I slept rather poorly last night. I decided to get up and cook myself a decent breakfast. Stumbling over like Shaun of the Dead I pulled open the fridge door and pulled out some bacon and eggs. After 3 years at McDonald’s, I’m a pro at making eggs. Back in the day I could crack 4 eggs at a time. I’m going to let everyone in on a secret though. The bacon is all precooked. Maybe since then it’s changed but back in my day (circa 1998-2000).

Anyways, I started cooking the bacon and that was the start of how I learned it’s quite impossible for me. I’ve microwaved bacon and that turns out well. It could also be because I bought very cheap bacon. I know I bought cheap eggs and my eggs turned out perfect though. Then again, I dont think you can really buy crappy eggs, just smaller ones.
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I’m in another one of those funks that I talk about. You know, that ones that make me type here. I’m sitting here, about to go to sleep. Kind of makes me feel like Doogie Howser. Well sans the commodore 64 style background with bright white text of course. Anyways, I’ve been on a money crunch. I’m probably worse off than I’ve been in quite a while. I’ve cut back going out to lunch and for the most part have been buying groceries and eating at home. I’ve stopped going to car club meets, and to be honest it kind of sucks. World of Warcraft seems like a good substitute to pass time. I also signed up for Blockbuster Online tonight. It’s $30/month but it will keep me from going out and spending money.

Speaking of going out, Jared, Bob, and I went out to Spin saturday night. It’s kind of what started my mood I think. I’ve left alot behind, I still wonder about Duluth. Hell the other day I let the thought of moving back creep into my mind. Maybe I finally am starting to realize I don’t get to hang out with those friends like I used to. I never talk to Gabe, Jeff, or a few of my friends. I talk to some others more like Brandon, JJ, and Brad though. It’s a change. I know I’m better off here though. I can’t dream to make this much in Duluth and I have some very good friends here.

Since I brought up good friends, one of my best friends down here is going to be going to Iraq soon. It really sucks because he’s one of the guys I look up to here. He’s the kind of friend that has only helped make me a better person and he still is. We’re going to be putting a web site up for him to keep in touch with everyone while he’s gone. It’s the least I can do for the things he’s done for me.

Anyways, my head is pounding, and I feel like I’m going to puke so I’m off to sleep.

Ever since I moved down here I’ve had a guilty pleasure. Papa John’s pizza wasn’t something that we had in Superior/Duluth when I lived there. My roommate and I ordered some one night and I was instantly hooked. Those that know me well know that I’m not a big pizza fan anymore. I’ll eat it here and there but I absolutely hate Pizza Hut. I’m also not a big fan of places like Pizza Luce. Decent pizza, but not worth the cost. Papa Johns modified the way I look at pizza. However.. it came at a cost.

2 weeks ago I was enjoying a quiet Sunday vegetating on the computer playing World of Warcraft. Yeah I know what you’re thinking, how geeky is that. I told I was going back to the geek side. Anyways, that’s another post some other month. Sean and I were hungry and I had some money I received from djing the night before. Being the good sumaritan that I am (that and lazy as sin) I ordered us some Papa Johns. for $17 we had an extra large pepperoni pizza to our door and 2 cold 20oz bottles of coke in 15 minutes. Score! We made the pizza disappear relatively quickly and then it hit me. My lungs felt like they were going to explode. Nothing but pain. I was keeled over at my computer, my party complaining at me that I wasn’t holding my own in Gnomeregan. For 2 hours I sat there, suffering. Then I burped. It wasn’t like a quiet, I was trying to hide it burp. I’ll put money on it that the fat ho downstairs even heard it. If she had plates on the wall, it’s quite possible they rattled. The pain in my chest was gone, yet I was left with the side affect of a sore lung. Probably from expelling what ever the hell you’d call burp gas.

So fast forward to last night. Sean and I once again were sitting at the house, this time spinning records before we had to go down to Mell’s. We decided to order up some Papa Johns but this time I did it online. It’s amazingly simple. They store your info, you pick what you want from the menu, and in 45 minutes you’re supposed to get your pizza. Wrong! 5 minutes after placig my order, my phone rang. Due to a tornado warning, they’re not making any pizzas. We couldn’t pick our pizza up, they were just shut down. Turning on the TV, I was quite hungry and starting to get a stomach ache. Watching the weather, we noticed that the warning would be over at 8:00pm. With only 15 minutes to wait, we sat there, hoping for laziness to prevail. Six or so records later, Sean made the call. They were still closed even though the warning had been lifted 5 minutes ago. I had considered at this point making some Kraft Mac and Cheese but like I said, I was feeling lazy. I was sick of it, the warning was lifted, why the hell could I not have my Papa Johns. After 10 minutes passed I called with Sean’s phone and asked if they were making pizzas. They had just started. 30 minutes later, I had put down 3 slices of Papa John’s pizza, and the lung pain came again.

I don’t know what it is about Papa John’s pizza. I think I determined that mixed with coke, it’s a killer combination for me. Burping tends to alleviate this problem but it’s like my body doesn’t tell me to burp. Either way, I still ate my pizza, and actually plan on going home to eat the left overs. Booyaka.

Yes I know, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted but hell barely anyone comments anyways. Makes me wonder if this thing is even on. Webninja is meant to be my personal journal, when I have time to update it I do, so with that in mind, it doesn’t matter that nobody has really replied.

Anyways, things in my life have been crazy. Back in April I took on the task of organizing Autovations for MNSC. At first I thought that it’d be easy. As crunch time wound down, I found out how stressful organizing 23 people showing at a car show can be. In the past 2 years I spent plenty of time working on my car. By plenty of time I mean 6-10 hours cleaning and preparing it at the show. This year I managed to spend about an hour on my car and I was there more than anyone else. I was the first person there and the last person out the door this year as far as our club is concerned. The trouble paid off when we took home the best team participation trophy. I learned alot about myself during the week, as well with who I can trust and who really trusts me.

As usual my life in the summer is in high gear, it’s why it’s difficult to find time to post here. Between cars and djing I’m never around the house to do things as simple as laundry. I’ve been considering moving to the 3rd shift here at work. I’d work 9pm-7am Monday-Thursday. The big difference is I’d get a 15% raise. A few years ago I took a look at how much money people are making doing jobs and kind of planned out how much I want to make by certain ages. If I take this job, I’ll hit my goal for what I want to make by the time I’m 25.

One I can switch my schedule over I think there would be plenty of benefits to the shift. First off I’d have more daylight in the winter. I’d get home, probably sleep till 12-2 and then actually see what it’s like outside. Once snow is on the ground this includes snowboarding. As it is I work till 6 which means if I go to Hyland I can’t be on the hill till 7. Since they close at 9, that’s 2 hours when I’m paying for a full day. Plus once I leave work Friday morning, I don’t have to go back until Monday night. That’s one hell of a trade off if you ask me. The biggest problem I’ll have is trying to fix my sleep schedule.

When I had just graduated and was just working 2nd shift at McDonalds, I had all day to do things. It was a weird difference. I’d sleep late, wake up and take care of the things I had to take care of for me, hell I even was working out daily. I think going to 3rd shift will do this. I’ll have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and part of Friday for myself, then the weekend for friends. My DJ “career” will suffer a bit since getting a weekend gig is a hell of alot harder than something during the week but with Sean and now Jake as part of Nascent Numen, I’m not worried.

Life has been one of those busy things that just doesn’t want to slow down enoughf or me to type up a post anymore. In fact for the second time in a row I’m typing this because I’m playing the role of insomniac. I can’t sleep. I feel like there’s an acid burning in my stomach. I have far too much on my mind.

Sean and I have been pushing our djing pretty hard since my last post. We’re djing every other Wednesday at Mell’s Beauty Bar downtown. We’re calling the night stigma. We ordered up the flyers and they should be here any time. We’ve also picked up a side gig working for a guy named Gene. From what I can tell hes a promoter or photographer for a bunch of models in the Minneapolis area. So far we’ve djed twice down at Lord Fletchers for the Hawaiian Tropic Swimsuit contest. We’ve gone through the preliminary rounds, now we just have to do the finals next Thursday. From the sounds of it Sean will be handling the mixing and I’ll be mcing the event. Who would have known I’d get to rock the mic again.

I’m somewhat leery about having my car ready for Autovations. My cell phone just went up poop creek and it’s my only method of communication. I can either pay around $100 for a new one or use this as the time to hop providers. I’ve done lots of research and should be going with T-Mobile tomorrow. In the long run I’ll save $40/month over Cellular One plus I’ll have a 1 year warranty on my phone. The flip side is that it’s going to still cost me some for a new phone plus an activation fee so right now, that’s going to suck my Autovations money dry. Autovations has seemed to always come together at the last minute so hopefully this year will be no different.