Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in

death.

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:40:26 GMT

death is final.
i knew him for 4 years but never got to meet him.
he touched so many people and left them all too early.
30 is too young to pass.
31 is too young to be widowed.

you gave us so much, Jason. we can't thank you enough. i'll never stop playing, writing, and recording music thanks to you.

Rest in peace, Jason Mashburn(1975-2006)

interesting day...

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:16:19 GMT

...and night as well, i suppose. i met bruce campbell today at his book signing. it involved a whole lot of odd happenings/craziness. it's been kind of a long one, and it's 3 in the morning but i'll try to recap.

*getting way lost in the twin cities

*taking forever to find the book store, finding it, realizing it's the wrong one

*walking way too far in the wrong direction on campus to get to the right book store

*meeting a crazy old mute man who either wanted us to read his newspaper or take off our shoes

*waiting in line for not all that long, spending time with some rad geek friends

*MEETING BRUCE FUCKING CAMPBELL

*running into an old friend i hadn't seen in years

*gorging ourselves at Chipotle

*waiting in line a while for the screening of Campbell's new movie

*watching Campbell speak and said movie(the movie was really bad, but in a wonderful way)

*almost getting locked in a parking garage for the night

*dropping around 100 bucks

more happened. it was a strange day. i'll fuck your friends page over some more and conclude with a picture of an old/fat bruce campbell and myself looking like i'm trying to seduce him...

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:56:12 GMT

i feel like updating this i suppose. yesterday i played my first show with the new band. it was short but went pretty well. the highlight was having one of my favorite bands come out from california to play the show as well. even better was spending some time with them after the show. along with a great show and some free merch i've made friends with some really great guys who all happen to be in a band i love. a huge thanks goes out to Graf Orlock and i hope to see them again in the somewhat near future.

this in itself seems kind of lame and not much of an update, but aside from this not a whole lot has been going on. things are well. i'm still very much in love with no signs of stopping. i'm hoping for a good nights sleep. hope everyone is well.

also, just before i hit "update journal" my entire left leg fell asleep from my toes up to my ass. this does not feel good. i thought i would add that.

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:09:08 GMT

no longer a teenager...kind of strange. it was howevever, a wonderful birthday.

OH FUX

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:24:43 GMT

yeah, my night was pretty cool i guess...

edit: i ran into Amy! was great seeing her. had been forever. off to class...

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:33:00 GMT

ugh...just...fuck.

that's all.

fuck.

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:57:54 GMT

i don't really have a lot to say. i'm sick of school. very much excited that mandi is coming to visit tomorrow. going to miss her while she's gone to new york and such. lately i've been making vocal noise. it started as a joke and a few friends really liked it.

it's bad when i can't even bring myself to do homework on something i like. i have to write a 2 page paper on Rushmore for my design class. i mean...i got to watch one of the greatest comedies ever in class and i still can't bring myself to do the assignment for it.

sleep has given up on me. among other things.

hot damn under pressure is a great song.

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:24:37 GMT

all nighters are not fun and never a good call.

i'm going to feel like shit tomorrow.

other than that, things have been pretty good. breaks and holidays and whatnot have gone too fast, but they've been alright. my new band is slowly getting started. been nice having some downtime and some extra time to spend with mandi. the warm weather is so nice. can't wait for it to be warm and stay warm(though i'm sure i'll complain about that, too after a while).

if this is written really weird or doesn't make much sense, keep in mind that it's currently about 5:30 in the morning.

hope everyone is well.

let me know.

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:50:06 GMT

i'm on spring break and i'm beyond bored.

doesn't help that all the people i'd like to hang out with don't have break until next week.

someone give me something to do.

blah.

WYKIDTRON!

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:12:01 GMT

so...an update

i went to a show last night. i saw 3 Inches of Blood at the Warehouse in La Crosse. Canadian old school metal in a tiny club of about 60 people? fuck yes. it was much fun. i got a badass shirt:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/andyhel/3ibshirt.jpg

this man has a very high voice:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/andyhel/3ib19.jpg

and one of the best parts will take some explaining. okay, so it's a booze free venue, which is awesome. instead they have crazy drinks from all over the world(includeing a japanese soda with a marble in it called Ramune). well they had another beverage that looked familiar. one of my favorite zombie movies is a japanese zombie movie called Biozombie in which the zombie disease is spread by a chemical weapon disguised as a soft drink. well this familiar looking beverage was an irish energy drink at the venue that looked like the one from Biozombie and i was so right...

so yeah. i was pumped about that. and it tastes good! so far i'm not a zombie...

we got kind of lost coming back...being lost through backwoods wisconsin towns is CREEPY. no good. but yeah, fun show. good times. things are good. the weekend was nice, some lovely downtime with mandi. went much too fast. i have more pictures if anyone cares to see. otherwise, i think i've taken up enough of your friends space...

holy shit, is that another update?

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:49:13 GMT

hey livejournal.

not a TON to say, but i feel like an update.

today was mandi's birthday, so once again happy birthday to her. came home and spent some time with her. wonderful as always. we went to penetrations and i got my nose pierced. i used to really not like nose piercings and now i have one...

i'm really tired. last weekend went too fast and i pulled an all nighter last night. still very glad i came home to see mandi. makes it seem like the weekend is that much farther away, though. i'm so sick of school.

oh well, things are still overall pretty good. hope all is well with everyone.

this really is an update

Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:20:57 GMT

yes, i'm writing in my livejournal.

you could consider this an update, i guess.

i don't know why i haven't really written much in here, i just haven't.

i got some bad news today in that i was kicked out of my band. they decided they don't need 2 singers anymore and i no longer have a spot. i'm playing one last show with them on the 19th. this hit me rather hard. i put a lot of time and effort into the band and it meant a lot to me.

in other news, i'm really lucky to have some wonderful people in my life. most of my evening was spent in a good mood thanks to Mike and as always Mandi. words can't describe how much she means to me and how lucky i am to have her in my life.

that's about all, i guess. miss me, livejournal? i'm going to make my way towards bed and hopefully eventually fall asleep. i could talk about more but quite frankly i don't really feel like it. goodnight.

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:36:00 GMT

haven't updated in close to a month again.

haven't had too much to say i guess...would have just been a whole lot of "school sucks" posts.

i've been really stressed. no motivation. little sleep. fucking myself over. really good stuff.

today i don't even care about school. after class i came home for one reason. to spend some time with Mandi.

today is our one year anniversary. it's hard to believe. the time has gone so fast. it's amazing we've been together a year now with really no problems. it's been really great, and there are no signs of stopping. i'm incredibly lucky. i'm in love.

so i suppose that is enough sentiment. hope everyone is well. too much to do and too little time/motivation. and with that, andy signing off...

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:25:57 GMT

hey.

a quick update:

i quit suncoast tonight. didn't want 2 jobs anymore, especially not over the holidays.

i've been sick for 4 or 5 days. combination of cold/headache/stomach stuff. all kinds of fun.

friday i get to see GWAR. for free. i'm not a big GWAR fan by any means...but it's a FUCKING GWAR CONCERT. so yeah, i'm pretty excited for that.

school kinda sucks. i'm still the king of procrastination.

i'm really lucky to have mandi in my life.

hope everyone is well.

SAMHAIN!

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:22:28 GMT

happy halloween, all.

aside from the fact that i should have made more plans ahead of time, it was a good weekend.

friday night i worked and stuff.

saturday i saw Evil Dead 2 at Davie's theater. fucking AWESOME. made Mandi come too...hopefully she didn't mind too much.

in case anyone missed the 100 Scariest Movie Moments on Bravo...it was one of the greatest things i've ever seen on television. lots of good(and randomly odd) people talking about excellent horror films. horrah.

today i dressed up a big(as myself...shot in the head). spent some time with mandi. not a whole lot, but a good day.

what a wonderful time of the year...

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:16:39 GMT

i haven't updated in a month.

oh well.

anyone miss these?

i'm in psych right now...class hasn't really started so i'm listening to music having a wild cherry capri sun(still my new addiction).

i don't really have much to say. college is still kind of weird. i've made one good friend, and that's pretty much it.

i've been in love for a while if some of you don't know this. that makes me happy.

i'm pretty tired.

i want to lay down and watch the directors cut of dawn of the dead.

blah for school.

i'm(obviously) rambling with nothing to say...any questions?

hope everyone is well.

you got it

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:48:18 GMT

it was a good weekend.

went home friday evening and met up with Mandi and some friends(Randi and Pat) at perkins, then went back to my house. i made a fort. it RULED. 6 chairs, 7 blankets, 5 pillows, and 2 yardsticks later...fort. everyone was making fun of me until it was done...then they all wanted to be in it with me. fort picture(aka look at how cute mandi is and how lame i look):

saturday was good as well. slept in, went to lunch with my friend Nick, ran around, watched a movie. saturday evening Mandi, Nick, Ben(oh god), and Tony came over and we watched C.H.U.D.(Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers for those not in the know) and it fucking RULED.

sunday, mandi and i went and saw Garden State which was so so SO good. everything about it was just...ugh. awesome. love it. if you haven't seen it, do so.

spent some time with friends(yay), lots of mandi time(double yay), and chilled the fuck out. all in all a very good weekend.

Karated explosion!

oooohshit.

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:59:09 GMT

i just got SOAKED.

3 minutes away from the dorms on my way back from english class it starts to POUR. i'm changing my SOCKS as i type this becuase i was that wet. great.

in other news...i'm starting a grind band with Tony. FUCKINGGRIND.

look for Chest Missile coming your way in january '05.

wet.

check it out

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:44:38 GMT

the amniotics are now up on HXCMP3

in other words, go listen to us.

http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/16032/

i say go for "3 Ninjas Kick Back." one of the best recordings we did, and it's got some more of me on there. i do the second lines in the first verse and the second lines on the chorus.

enjoy?

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:22:14 GMT

i just typed up a weekend wrap up...and accidentally deleted it. fuck.

my computer is fucked up...viruses and shit.

friday mandi came and got me and we went to the cities to see HORSE The Band. we met up with my good friend Tony(yessss...Tony rules.) and my friend Matt. we watched the first band, skipped the next 3(typical metalcore bullshit and such, anyone?), went to a coffee shop and stuff. HORSE The Band was by far one of the best live shows i've ever seen. incredibly fun, energetic, tight, and just fucking amazing. i'd pay a lot of money to see them play again.

saturday and sunday:
came home as my sister and brother in law were home for a weeding. that means Ruby was there as well. yay. spent some time with them, and some more time with mandi(always wonderful). i don't really want to get into any other specifics...no more typing. going home tomorrow evening as i don't have class on tuesday again.

i have an addiction to wild cherry capri sun.

bad.

hmmmmmmm?

and the beef will rise again

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:52:15 GMT

show tonight!

imma see HORSE The Band :D

sure, all the other bands will suck, but i can take that when after all the shit i get hardcore with nintendo keyboards. fuck yesssssss

mandi is swinging by menomonie and we're heading to the cities. horrah! mandi wins :]

yeah, so...i'm in art history. i'll stop writing this...

the kids are losing their minds...

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:19:20 GMT

johnny ramone died :[

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6014362/

rest in peace.

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:02:57 GMT

okay, so school can just go ahead and die.

blah.

aj;elrjaiehr;aheoa

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:49:00 GMT

FUCKING SICK.

i just killed a BIG FUCKING SPIDER in my room.

FUCKING SHIT I HATE SPIDERS.

i don't even think i can sleep now...

fuckfuckfuck

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:54:19 GMT

my alarm didn't go off this morning, and i missed psychology. would have missed the art history class i'm in right now had my roommate not come back from class.

i'm going home for a bit today. yay. :]

college is fucking weird. and it's still school. and that sucks.