February 2012
25 posts
The top ten records on iTunes are amazing right now: Adele, lots of Whitney, Civil Wars, and Drake. Dream.
Th'end.
You might know me as the guy who is killing it right now in regards to songwriting and guitar playing.
Valentine's Day
I’m single. So, get at me for tomorrow night. I have a lot to offer and I won’t tell anyone we met.
Truth Today
The bad news is sometimes the good news.
Some Mistakes Were Made
Sometimes, there are just conversations that I’d rather not had. Sad what things become. Sad that words are used to form sentences to form barriers to hide insecurity and pride.
Kill the Ideal Man. You are not a slave to duty or image. Live freely because you are free.
Well, I’m pooped. Worked all day, just finished up about 30 minutes ago.
Lots of (bitter) observations. Praying God will not give me such a critical spirit. Sometimes seeing past what most people see leaves a lot of room for pride and doubt.
I feel like I’m getting back to the way I was circa 2006. Good to be back. Love the youthfulness and joy I’m feeling. I love seeing me...
Commitment Ceremony
To be committed to someone or something means there is a part of you that is always moving in the direction of that object. So, no matter what circumstances surround you, there is joyful certainty and relief, because you don’t have to float about in menial daily activity that pulls your heart nowhere. Even if the certainty is in the mystery (“I don’t know where this is going to...
Stop.
We’re up to our necks in love!
Joseph & Joseph Record Out Today!
Joey and Trae are my best friends. The most life-giving and awe-filled conversations I’ve ever had have been with them.
Last summer, all three of us would hang out almost every night. We would ride around in Joey’s car, driving through Green Hills with the windows down, listening to very early recordings of Joseph & Joseph. Even then, at their rawest forms, I thought the music...
THE ALBUM - RELEASED!
josephandjoseph:
Since November of last year Joseph & Joseph deliberately simplified their lives. One Joseph took time off of school, and the other Joseph stopped touring. They decided to ferociously focus all their attention on creating a record that gave them a sense of purpose and hope. This album is the fruit of their labor. Please enjoy!
DOWNLOAD FOR FREE AT:
josephandjoseph.org
Shit. You guys, I left my Tapout hoodie at home and now everyone’s going to think I’m the biggest pussy. Good news is I have my Under Armour beanie so people know I mean business.
Less talk, more rock.
January 2012
19 posts
All The Gloria Record everything.
Pretty Neat.
This is only $185? It’s by Ralph Lauren’s new Denim & Supply sub-brand thingy. Not sure how sold I am on it yet, but here it is.
And here’s somebody wearing it:
Thoughts Today
Interpretation, meaning, and explanation are the first steps down a path of un-understanding.
How do we interpret a puzzle piece by itself? How do we give meaning to one line of a book? How do we explain an ocean by a glass of water?
We don’t see the whole picture. Our past resolutions and present tensions have no power over us. We are not who we imagine we are. Our purposes and...
Frnds4Lyfe!!!!1
My roommates, Joey and Trey, have been away in NYC for the past few days to celebrate their anniversary. Which, is awesome. They return tomorrow, and while I am missing them a lot, their absence taught me a lot about my friendships.
I’ve written this before, but one of the reasons I think friendships are so important is simply because my friends remind me who I am. When I am alone for...
Recurring.
There’s been a constant question this week in the life of Mr. Joey: What are we made to be?
It’s tempting to talk about what we’re not supposed to be, because tangents of untruths could be expressed forever. But this is the problem when talking about the meaning of life, because there is so much evidence, knowledge rather, of what we’re not supposed to be, that what we...
Revised.
I was going to post something entirely different, but here’s all I have to say tonight: If you are aiming for something that can be given to you by the hands of men, then aim higher.
In light of expectation and approval, we will never be good looking enough, smart enough, strong enough, or quick enough.
We will never value who we are if we keep pretending that success means getting...
MLK
Watched Roads To Memphis on Netflix in honor of my man, Martin Luther King, Jr. I learned a lot about Dr. King’s life before his death, and also a lot about James Earl Ray. Pretty good documentary, and the b footage and commentary are really, really inspiring. Watch it if you can.
The Looking Glass
The subject that takes up 99% of my thinking is the dynamics of relationships. This is no surprise, considering my personality is Number Five on the enneagram. The people who have this personality resort to withdrawing from the world in order to understand it; in order to feel prepared in an inconsistent environment. When the writers of these personality types refer to “world,” for...
If any of you has Netflix, watch Hey, Boo. Documentary about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Almost finished and I don’t want it to end.
Do you love me enough to let me go?
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True Story.
At work. I’m talking to someone, and a lady in her fifties or maybe early sixties, walks up and says to me, “Quick, tell me where I can get a bottled water.” As I started to explain, she backed up, rolled her eyes, turned her heels and started to walk away. So, I said, “Are you going to let me tell you?”
She pauses. Turns around. Looks at me weird. Fine.
...
So I float on my back
Down rivers of my dreams
To ease my mind
Thoughts incomplete
Like my dreams
I do the things I don’t want to do, and I don’t do the things I want to do. Why?
December 2011
19 posts
I Am You; You Are Me
Lying on the windowsill of her room was a torn-out page, from a journal, that had the alphabet written several times on it. It was a game she played to convince herself she wasn’t losing her mind. On the very right side of the page, the alphabet stopped halfway at M. I’m not sure if she stopped because she wasn’t being challenged, or because she couldn’t remember the...
Things I Will Never Understand
The toe shoes. Also, the shoes with the crazy heel that’s supposed to tone your legs and ass.
Having your mouth open while eating, or any excessive mouth noises while eating.
Yoga chic. This look is SO GROSS.
Goatees.
Any plastic surgery that’s not for real, medical reasons.
Why anyone says Tar-shay, Hot-lanta/ATL, Wally World, Nashvegas, or totes. All of these words are...
Finally.
I’m home. Great time with family. Love them all. Tired.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
