...people seem to be paying attention to this little blog.

I have been given a few compliments on doing this blog. People really seem to like the idea of finding something new each day to give your day a better perspective. I seem to have inspired a couple people to do something quite similar. In the land of internet trolling, hate speech, youtube violence and who knows whatever else happens on this big 'ole "series of tubes". I started this just a couple weeks ago on a whim. I am loving it. I must say, there are trying days. Ones that make me think "I'm not going to be able to find a positive thing for today"... and quite honestly, I have had a few things I just can't post on here because I try to keep it clean and my lady would kill me if I posted it.

For everyone else who is new to this page, or just happened to stumble upon it... look back at your day. Was it really that bad? Was there nothing good about it at all? Sometimes the bad does seem to outweigh the good, but I think that if you go with sheer numbers, there is more good than bad. Bad just happens to really catch your attention because it disrupts you from doing whatever it is you wanted to do. There are always a couple ways of looking at things. Maybe you stubbed your toe on the way to the kitchen to get a slice of pie that you were looking forward to... you still made it to the kitchen, you still had that pie, but damnit... your toe hurts. That's the part you remember. Because whatever it was happened to be in the way and disrupted what should have been something simple that would bring you joy... you now have a negative attached to it. We dwell on it. News articles, tv shows, music, most of them deal with negatives. So many things are out there devised to make us think about the bad.

So, stand up. Go look out the window. Is it sunny? No? It will be soon enough. And that is something to look forward to. Is it raining? Well, guess what, it will help us out this spring when all of our flowers and lawns start to grow.

Take the day in. It's actually a good one once you get past the distractions.

...I think I finally understand my classes.

I think I finally get both of my classes. It took me all the way until midterm to figure them out, but I am on the brink of pulling back out of my rut for them. On an even more awesome point, another one of my classmates said he'd lend us a hand/another eye just in case we need someone to go over some stuff. That was very nice of him. I'm glad we have someone else on our side to help bounce things off of. It's going to help down the line I am sure. For the other class,  I just finished my midterm. It was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Four questions? Easy sauce. Now, thank god it was an open book/take home exam as well or I would have not done so well. But, this is a nice professor and this class is really more like my Microsoft classes that I took a while back. It's all about how you might be able to do things one way, but it could be done another, it's really all how you look at it and is it right for that person/organization.

All in all, good day of school.

...I got put in my place.

Now, while it might seem this is a negative, this is actually a positive. I haven't really kept up on my end of things like I should. I need to take pride in things I own, even if it won't be for much longer. I have to focus, stop making time for stupid shit like Call of Duty, and just get it done. I like to relax. Who doesn't. But I have so much to do that once I really CAN relax, it will be that much more enjoyable.

Thank you to the one who called me out today (you know who you are). I love you for it.

...I am moving forward with getting out of this house.

It's not that I hate living in this... yes, actually I do hate living in this house. There are 8 bad years and only one good year I really like about this house. I spend more time in just a couple rooms than I do the rest of it, and that is a shame.

So, I have my appointment to get an estimate on how much flooring is going to cost me throughout this place, and we'll go from there. Once I have that I can start working on painting and all of that jazz. I am going to be planning on a painting party. I know I can't do all of this myself, so I will be putting out the call for helpers. Food and drink will be provided and such, so keep an eye out for the call to paintbrushes!

...I started practicing for our April shows with TheDarkClan and 16volt

I've been practicing a lot lately for our shows coming up. We have one on April 15th with The Dark Clan and Red This Ever for John's birthday show.

The next one is on the 26th of April where we once again open for 16volt. They have a new album coming out and they are doing a CD release party in Milwaukee. It's going to be a fun time.