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Dave Shaffer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Location: Mansfield, PA
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some poetry
Desiderata

1927 Max Erhmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
weekends
Monday. 5.16.05 12:41 am
At last, the long-anticipated report of my past weekends!

School got done for the year at 5 on Wednesday, and instead of packing, I went out and drank at Mark's Brothers, for Wednesday is $0.35 wing night - or so we thought. My friends and I got there and whaddaya know, they're all out of wings. ON WINGS NIGHT. FUCK THAT PLACE. So I meet up with the music majors I went there to hang with, and a group of us go to this place they call the Bear's Ass or something. It's in Blossburg and the bar itself sucks, but at least they have wings. So we're eating, and then the great Rich Cummings and his crowd all show up, and having eaten wings, we head back to Mark's Brothers. Rich and I have martinis while everyone else is drinking their sissy Long Islands (I love Long Islands), and those do us in. After a beer or two after that, we leave and I stub my toe real bad on the sidewalk.

I should point out that I was supposed to be packing my shit to go home Wednesday night, instead of drinking. HEY. You only live once, right? It's not like I was gonna get an F on my Packing To Go Home 101 Writing Intensive final at 8:00 am on Mars.

Thursday comes and my mom calls me at 7. I wake up still a little drunk and a little more hungover and she informs me that I have to be packed in an hour. So an hour passes and predictably, I'm 5% more packed than I was when I woke up still drink and hungover. Albeit less hungover. Oh well. We get home and the first order of business to take care of is the registration and title transfer of my Jeep to me; we do that and voila, the fuckin' Jeep is legal! It's a good thing.

I don't remember what happened Thursday night but I imagine it involved cleaning the car and/or drinking. I've been doing that a lot lately.

Friday. Woof. Friday was a hell of a day. In the morning, Rich Cummings called me and we met at the gas station to transfer THE GOODS. The goods being his drumset. He took me out to breakfast and we conferred some information about the show I was supposed to be playing for him tonight, and at the end he says something funny: he hands me $30 and says "Hey, here's 30 bucks. Now just don't forget to show up." Like I'd fuckin' forget. GOSH. I spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for my big trip and getting pumped for the show, and finally the hour came and I left for Williamsport. I got there with no hitches with the truck (knock on wood), got the shit in the door of the Bullfrog Brewery with no problems, and thus began my night.

Okay, so a little background. Rich asked me if I could sub for him with his band Black and Blues, and not being a man to turn down an opportunity to play drumset, I said sure, I'd do it. I got to the place we were playing and met the band members and they were all totally chill guys. Just mega cool, and the lead singer greeted me by saying "Hey, tonight you're in the band, so you get a free meal. Also, what kind of beer can I get you?" What a way to start an evening, huh?? I ordered my stuff, got set up, and promptly started jamming with the bass player, and man, if I had been worried about playing with these guys beforehand, just listening to the bass player groove with me set my mind totally at ease.

In fact, the only thing that set me off about anything that night was that I went to the bar and asked for a whiskey sour. I've been fond of those lately, so I thought it'd be cool to top off a great night with a great drink, and the bartender looked at me weird, left, and came back with an AMARETTO SOUR. For those of you who don't know, an amaretto sour is the wussiest of wuss drinks. It's just bad news in a bucket, because like, you order that drink and the bartender already thinks you're a pussy. Even if you're a girl. I know women who would excommunicate other women for drinking amaretto sours. Anyway, I gulped it down and went to the other bartender for the rest of my orders that night. The second guy I talked to remedied the mistake and gave me a real whiskey sour with none other than Crown Royal. Which RULED. That was a drink to behold. Damn was it good!

Oh, and shut the fuck up if you're going to pick on me for liking my kamikazes. Mike Mangini drinks kamikazes and if they're badass enough for him, they're badass enough for me.

Anyway, I played the show and it rocked. That's all I can say, and I hope I get to play with these guys again because I wanna rock out like that again! However, my evening was not over. Rich finally showed up around 11:30 and I headed out the door after listening to his awesome drum solo. ONWARD TO LOCK HAVEN.

See, I had been drinking a little bit, so I was a tad nervous all the way to Lock Haven, but I got there with no hitches and I met up with Sarah and had the BEST FRICKING WEEKEND EVER.

Seriously. We went right to sleep on Friday and then woke up bright and early Saturday and had nothing but wicked fun all day. It's been a fricking long time since then and my short term memory is going anyway. But I think we drove around a lot and my car stalled all the time and fuck the Jeep because it must have known I had a hot chick in it or else it would have behaved. Sunday was just another awesome lazy Sunday morning and we just hung out! This is such a lame appraisal of the weekend and I swear to God it was great. Just trust me on this, fuckers. I went home Sunday and apparently I had about 50 feet left on my truck before I ran out of gas, or so my mom said after she ran out after having driven those 50 feet.

However, that was three weeks ago, and it's time for this entry to be done. The past two weeks of my life have been awesome too and they're in the next.
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