| maybe i'm just picky, but |
[12 Sep 2006|06:41pm] |
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I hate people that laugh unneedlessly loud at movies, especially Woody Allen.
Sleeper is a good movie and funny, but you shouldn't errupt at every single joke. The idea that you're a weird little girl with a red wool beret and army jacket that laughs sooo hard and was so annoying before the show just gives me the impression you're trying to prove that you understand his jokes.
Those people better not ruin the Michigan Theatre master of comedy series for me. If she laughs through Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein like that, I'll kill her. She better not even show up to Harold and Maude.
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| Last Message from the Homestead |
[29 Aug 2006|07:08pm] |
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The Best Imitation of Myself |
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Today is my last day at home before I move off to college. I've got a lot of things and I'm pretty nervous about getting settled in.
On the brightside, Randy Newman is coming to Michigan Theatre October 15th. Taylor and I have tickets! Its going to be an amazing show. Just him and his piano.
I hope all you people in high school had fun on your first day.
If any of you ever want to contact me or send me anything for any various reason, feel free to call my cell phone (1 810 580 8308)
My mailing address is:
WILLIAM STANTON
416 STRAUSS HOUSE
EAST QUADRANGLE
701 EAST UNIVERSITY
ANN ARBOR, MI 48109-1245
yup yup
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| in the process of cleaning... |
[26 Aug 2006|09:14am] |
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Alphabet Street - Prince |
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I've found some things I'm willing to give away. I was cleaning my room out for college and gathering things I need and tossing things I don't need. If anyone would like any of the following please let me know...
- DW Drum Stickers
- Paiste Cymbal Sticker
- Berklee College of Music Stickers
- one Crate AMP sticker
- I might hold onto or give away "Quad Logic" by Bill Bachman
- Modern Drummer Magazine August 2003, unopened!
- the black Essential Elements book for Keyboard Percussion
- Mel Bay's Electric Bass Method
- The Illustrated History of the Electric Guitar by Michael Heatley
- the book that was Allison's and I somehow got "What My Mother Doesn't Know"
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| going to a wedding! |
[03 Aug 2006|11:43pm] |
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Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens |
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i'm going to be up north at my cousin's wedding this weekend and then on vacation to chicago
i'll be back on the 15th but if anyone needs to contact me in the meantime you can reach me temporarily at
1 810 580 8308
everyone should see Harold and Maude by the way
it's a fantastic movie!
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| We Live in a Beautiful World |
[30 Jul 2006|10:33am] |
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 it's summertime! |
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Don't Panic - Coldplay |
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I hate going on instant messenger. In some respect it feels as though I’m signing away my consciousness every time I log in like a sci-fi movie where I transfer all of my living energy into a robot whose job it is to social with other robots representing my friends. I get so bored with it and I’ve started to learn how to be free while being on the computer. It helps to carry on my dreamy lethargic feeling I get after I’ve finished reading for a while on the family living room couch.
Today I read a good deal of Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. At first I thought, “It really doesn’t and probably won’t have the same affect without his voice telling the story,” but after a while I just forgot whom I was reading. I loved Dinah, The Christmas Whore. It’s a wonderful short story and I’d recommend it to most of anyone that would understand it and appreciate it for what it is.
I am inspired at how a man can write very interesting stories off of their teenage years like David Sedaris did in Dinah. It makes me very happy that someone can write and express themselves with such clarity and definition of a unique moment while at the same time making you recognize your feelings as a teenager are universal and you don’t need a story of a keg party or sex after prom to accomplish it.
I wonder if one day I might be able to write like that; if I’ll have to think hard to throw in one-liners that sum up so much character. I could use how, as children, my brother and I would refer to a meal our mother would make as slimy noodles and green ball beans and how my brother continues to the phrase well into his teens even as approaching the age of eighteen. I could also somehow throw in how my neighbors, which all have different last names and so I can’t refer to them by a single title, are hard pressed for money and luxuries. Together the family consists of Emily, the hauntingly ghost-like daughter, the father Terri, the nameless and less ghost-like mother, and two sons called Sam and Tony. Sam is younger than Tony, but still older than Emily. Emily is in elementary school, Sam in high school, and Tony off in the world.
My brother Zack went through some of his time in high school with Tony and was only able to remark, “he’s a fantastic writer.” I guess that’s all we needed to know about him. He’d walk to work at Walgreen everyday and he worked very long hours. Just knowing he’s a hard worker and a good writer is good enough and I myself wouldn’t mind being characterized in simply that. He moved to California to be with his girlfriend, which is going to school out there. I wonder if he’ll be a famous writer one day and capture the lives of the generation swept aside by the technology boom or the business-minded future of most suburbanites. He could even do it in a Kerouac style. It’s funny that I mention Kerouac. I guess there’s a prestige and honor done to Tony by me making this comparison even though I started reading On the Road and finally allowed myself to stop, but I realized I was spending more time making excuses for me to enjoy that book rather then just let go with my first reaction which was I really didn’t like it that much at all.
all to say for now.
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| i still like everclear |
[25 Jul 2006|09:08am] |
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Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley |
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so, i've been depressed like the lot of you. Livejournal is a depressing place. It seems people only write in the sad and down moments of their life which I guess makes sense because when you're happy, you're probably enjoying it rather than blogging about it. Thinking about how everyone is depressed actually cheers me up. I'm not sure if thats a twisted thing. In a way I feel as though I just want to be different or just someone that people can look to. I guess that might explain why I'm happy when others are sad and sad when others are happy. Well, thats better.
I honestly think I've been losing my mind and I've grown to the point where I'm questioning my mental sanity everyday. I watched A Clockwork Orange yesterday. I liked it a lot, especially the use of music and how it was filmed. Well, I guess i liked everything about it. I thought it was unsettling, but I really didn't find it as disturbing as a lot of people said it was or I wasn't as disturbed as I should have been, but I think thats point of the movie. I was talking to Zack about it and it became clear that the whole theme of it is regarding free will. Should people that choose to use free will to do harm have the right to free will.
I've been wanting to read a lot more lately. Cosmopolitanism by Kwama Antony Appaliah (i'm sure i mis-spelled something in there) is what I'm reading currently. It is recommended reading for the residential college. I think it's very interesting and raises some great questions about behavior and belief. Essentially, the book is just a guide on how to be open minded and why its neccessary. The one thing that stuck with me from yesterday is that people can't realistically talk with relativism. Its pointless to in the end just agree thats what right by me is not always right by you. There's no point in speaking then. Of course, this isn't to say that people don't and shouldn't have their own different points. It just means that we need to try and create a basis of beliefs that encompases the rights of everyone and doesn't support discrimination. All in all, we need to respect and have an actual understanding of other ideas and themes and we need to use conversation as a tool to understanding one another rather than just agreeing people are different. I feel like I'm rambling and I know i didn't do the idea justice. It's much better described in the book which is very well written. I hope that I get it lol. I think I do, I just can't explain it without sounding conceided and forceful. You really just have to read it for yourself.
I feel like I've ruined a lot of relationships with people. I feel bad about it, but in a different way. I am in some respects, happy with where I am, which I guess means I'm happy with where I've been. I just hope that I'm able to avoid such stupid problems in the future. I also wish I could write upbeat music. I've been writing and playing music nonstop and it's all depressing.
On a lighter note! Zack found the transcriptions and audio clips from the infamous 'Buddy Rich yelling at his band' tapes. They're hilarious. I wont bother putting the link because most, if any, of the people that read this wont care. If you do though and are interested, just IM me sometime.
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| woop woop |
[23 Jul 2006|08:38pm] |
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Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful |
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I'm sorta bored.
I want to do something
someone do something with me lol
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| A rainy rainy Friday |
[14 Jul 2006|06:21pm] |
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Susan's house - Eels |
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I'm about to go to a grad party. I'm sitting in my cool air-conditioned dining room listening to music and chatting online. For more than I moment, I've been able to maintain my spirits. My days have been full of nothing but boredom, but in this moment, I don't care. I just feel good. I ignore the small things i keep telling myself to try and bring me down, but I just feel good.
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| UofM Orientation |
[13 Jul 2006|11:00am] |
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I didn't like the first day of orientation too much, but I loved the second and third.
The advisors and kids I met from the RC are by the far some of the nicest people I've met. Very exciting!. The advisor that helped me with scheduling was awesome for doing things like putting me into a closed class I liked that she wasn't supposed to put me in. She got the over-riding code and did it anyways saying in the end it didn't really matter.
I also met with the assistant dean at the music school and so all in all my schedule is this for the fall semester:
- The Personal Essay (RC class studying writing personal narratives and reading david sedaris, wells, james baldwin, and others)
- The Art of Film (analyzing and studying film - we watch a movie every tuesday night)
- World Religions: Near Eastern
- double bass lessons
- campus orchestra on double bass
- into to music theory for non music majors
overall its 18 credits, but I don't think it'll be that hard considering some of those music classes are supposed to be easy. I also met some really cool people there and it was fun.
I couldn't be happier in that respect, but I find myself getting depresssed a lot easily and over stupid things. I need to work on an attitude adjustment.
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| Hoorah for Macs! |
[07 Jul 2006|04:49pm] |
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April Fools - Rufus Wainwright |
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I got a MacBook Pro
and I love it.
I also got a linksys wireless router and so I have internet through out the house
After lots of experimenting, I have pretty much transfered all of my music to my new computer along with installing Microsoft Office.
Life's good and relaxing. I feel like living it up
I'm going to a Steve Miller Band concert tonight lol. My dad wanted me to go with him and so I am in exchange for him buying the router.
Dylan's coming too.
Yesterday, I was in Ann Arbor and ran into Jessica's parents while they were at the parent orientation thing. I talked to them for a while and then walked around Ann Arbor for an hour and a few minutes.
I couldn't be more excited about college in the fall. I know I'm going to enjoy it.
I will also be attending the jazz lunch breaks at Trixie's from here on out.
.all for now.
.call if you want to hang out, I'll be more than willing. I'm getting a cell phone soon, so it'll be easier to contact me.
~Will
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| sitting in front of my fan, |
[04 Jul 2006|10:35am] |
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Matisyahu |
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So, I had a small bonfire last night and thanks to everyone that came. I wish we would have followed through on some of our plans though. I also enjoyed the ghost stories. involving barry bonds.
I watched Ghost World today. Steve Buscemi did a great job acting in it. I've been watching more and more movies and I catch myself paying attention to how well the actors doing. One thing I hope to do at college is to try acting.
Jessica, can I have copies of those Big Boy pictures?
I know i can be happy if i try.
Happy Fourth of July, by the way.
can't wait for college! I'm sick of feeling trapped here.
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| whats wrong with me |
[01 Jul 2006|10:58pm] |
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Will I Ever Find a Love - Tower of Power |
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i'm in a bad mood
probably too much loud music
thanks a lot Ray Davies
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| :( |
[28 Jun 2006|02:26pm] |
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Baby - Rufus Wainwright |
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bye bye, my little blue beetle
we'll be seeing a lot less of one another
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| life's pretty good |
[24 Jun 2006|08:26am] |
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The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Tom Waits |
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Yesterday, I went to my cousin' wedding. It was very nice one and now I feel sentimental.
I also have discovered my new love, Tom Waits.
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| bored |
[20 Jun 2006|03:49pm] |
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Brian Wilson - The Barenaked Ladies |
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I have been loving summer very much.
I'm the happiest I've been in a very long time. I feel free in many respects.
The idea of college excites me much much more than it worries me. I learned today that I can fulfill my requirement for an arts class at residential college by taking bass lessons. I can also get a dual major, one from the music college and one from LS&A. I can also design my own major through the RC.
I hope everything is well with everyone. Thank you to everyone that came to my graduation party a week or so ago. It was a great day for me and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I LOVE BIG LOVE! Big Love is probably my favorite tv show as of now. It's really the only thing I've been watching on tv in the past few weeks and I've caught up with on-demand and I've seen all of the episodes so far. So, I'm an official fan now.
This past weekend I enjoyed playing the shows I played. I had lots of fun. Sunday, we went to my uncle's house to celebrate fathers day. Surprisingly, I got a long great with all of my extended family relatives and was somewhat open around them. We held good conversations and it wasn't awkward. It felt really nice to finally feel comfortable around them. Monday night, I hung out with Jessica. I was glad to see her back from tennessee and i'm jealous about all that went on at bonaroo. Jessica, I can't think you enough for the gifts you gave me!
Bay-o-Rama is here again. AND i'm not excited! I hate the fish fly festival. But I sorta enjoy some of it.
I am playing several shows with Papa Baba and The Picnic Spirits. If anyone wants to go to some actual shows done by famous bands, please let me know. I'd be more than willing to spend good money to go see anyone.
i'm just so very happy, but a little bored at this moment.
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| what's new, William? |
[05 Jun 2006|08:35pm] |
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Slop - Charles Mingus |
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last night was fun
aand I graduated
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| back to updating |
[06 May 2006|05:46pm] |
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Beautiful Boy |
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so, I'm coming back to the world if livejournal
i'm ready for a fresh start at this summer
and i'm looking for something interesting to do
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| i'm not one for posting lyrics, but hey!....... |
[06 May 2006|07:40am] |
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You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care, But don't stare
Because he's still there
Lamenting policewomen policemen silly women taxmen
Uniformed whores, They who wish to hurt you, Work within the law
This world is full, So full of crashing bores
And I must be one, 'Cos no one ever turns to me to say
Take me in your arms, Take me in your arms, And love me
You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care, And say a prayer
Because he's still there
Lamenting policewomen policemen silly women taxmen
Uniformed whores, Educated criminals, Work within the law
This world is full, Oh oh, So full of crashing bores
And I must be one, cos no one ever turns to me to say
Take me in your arms, Take me in your arms
And love me, And love me
What really lies, Beyond the constraints of my mind
Could it be the sea, With fate mooning back at me
No it's just more lock jawed pop stars
Thicker than pig shit, Nothing to convey
They're so scared to show intelligence
It might smear their lovely career
This world, I am afraid, Is designed for crashing bores
I am not one, I am not one
You don't understand, You don't understand, And yet you can
Take me in your arms and love me, Love me, And love me
Take me in your arms and love me, Love me, love me
Take me in your arms and love me, Take me in your arms and love me
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| welll |
[26 Mar 2006|09:33pm] |
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The Song is Over - The Who |
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i wish i could start high school over again
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| today was great |
[22 Feb 2006|11:54pm] |
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How You See the World - Coldplay |
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I had an incredible time today
I had a wonderful lunch time experience with Chelsea. Thanks for the fun and rousing game of mancala
Coldplay was incredible
I really love How You See the World
Fiona Apple is literally insane
she was screaming at the top of her lungs the entire time and just twisting her dress. she looked possessed and her drummer looked like Warrick Brown from CSI.
I got out of the palace in less than 30 seconds!
thanks jason and nicole, for the wonderful coldplay experience
Fix You was incredible from floor seats at the palace!
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