Author: Pearl L

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super windy out

it’s super windy out… it’s kind of scary. =(

strange as it might be, i’m more scared of wind than I am of thunderstorms. thunderstorms seem turbulent, but at the same time, it’s as if there exists a struggle for peace. there is something soothing in the sound of rain, in its unique rhythms, in its cleansing nature. strong winds, however, offer no such calm. winds seem like invisible, angry forces, ones that rage against other invisible forces and aren’t easily assuaged.

moments like this kind of make me wish I had a guy in my life.. .. .

time to go to bed. i’m done revamping the website for tonight. the scribblings section is more or less revamped, poems and rants have been reformatted. sorry, no new poems fer y’all to read.

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realization of the day

I figured out why I talk so fast. it’s because I have to trains of thought going on in my head at the same time. I can literally carry on conversations with myself (can you tell? I’m EASILY AMUSED) with the two trains of thought going on in my head.

so I’ve decided: I think too much about retarded stuff. clearly, I need to channel my energy in more productive fashions.

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late night rant

nervous energy, can’t concentrate.

do you know how that is? you’ve got lots of stuff to do, but you can’t sit still and do it. gosh, it’s the curse of this hyperstimulated world we live in. no, it’s not enough stimulation to operate heavy machinery on the freeway (i.e. a CAR), one has to have a cell phone at their ear too. people, we just gotta slow down!

i’ve heard people tell me this before, but I didn’t realize it so much until I was changing my voicemail outgoing message today. I speak very quickly! my gosh! but when I say things, it sounds really slow to me… I guess I’m just very impatient in getting my thoughts out. I think I just let myself get ahead of me from time to time. 0_o

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Dashboard Confessionals at the House of Blues, W. Hollywood

what an amazing band. what an amazing live show. I think this show has had the best energy since those U2 concerts I went to last fall. at no other show did the audience (a completely SOLD OUT audience) sing along to nearly every song with such emotion. it’s amazing to see people connect with art so well…

great audience interaction, great musicianship: the drummer was terrific and fun to watch, the guitar licks were tasty, the bassist and the lead guitarists were great with the audience… it was truly a fan’s show, and every song was a knockout. A+!

openers were mediocre. the first band’s name I don’t even remember, the third band — anniversary — was severely disappointing. they had some sound issues, but all in all, I couldn’t get into their music, which seemed kind of bland, though noisy, nor were they particularly fun to watch. unfortunately, these were the longest openers. the crowd was quite glad to see them off the stage.

the exception to the mediocre quality of the openers was ben kweller. kweller started off with a rocked out version of vanilla ice’s infamous anthem, “ice ice baby” with more funked out attitude and chilled out drawl than the iceman himself. afterward, a backing band arrived on stage and accompanied him in an all too short (maybe 6 song?) set filled with funky melodies and interesting harmonies.

what a neat emo night. =)