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About Me

DAVE YOUNG GUITARIST, PHILANTHROPIST, ORDINARY AVERAGE GUY -Guitarist/songwriter for THE SOVEREIGN STATE -Working toward bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems - Business at Bellevue UniversityGOALS FOR THE SUMMER -Gym -Skydiving -Concerts -Mountain biking -Getting away from home for a while -Music projects
"Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world." -Thomas Guthrie
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY

My Interests

Friends, all things music, a good movie, a good book, the list goes on...

I'd like to meet:

Artists, Superheroes, and the Next Big Thing

Music:

My musical tastes range from jazz to trance to post-hardcore...but I tend to find something I like and stick with it In no particular order: The Police U2 Van Halen Acceptance 30 Seconds to Mars Joe Satriani Alice in Chains Incubus Crystal Method Far-Less Big Wreck Pearl Jam Dredg Blindside Further Seems Forever Stone Temple Pilots Radiohead Michael Hedges Panic!At the Disco Classic Case The Used Soundgarden Mute Math Faith No More Steve Vai Mad at Gravity The Who Glassjaw Minus the Bear Sevendust Finch Massive Attack Nine Inch Nails Copeland Head Automatica Paramore Muse Queen The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Sparta Led Zeppelin Finger Eleven

Movies:

I like all kinds of movies, but I'm a comedy fan from way back, so give me laughter any day.Some favorites: Usual Suspects The Breakfast Club Smokin' Aces The Italian Job Young Frankenstein The Fountain Shaun of the Dead Fracture The Big Lebowski High Fidelity Trainspotting The Count of Monte Cristo Caddyshack Swordfish Lucky Number Slevin Four Rooms Snatch The Prestige Just Friends Boondock Saints Casino Royale

Television:

I don't want much TV anymore since I'm pretty damn busy, but if I did, it'd probably something like this: LOST MASH X-Files Just about anything Comedy Central ...and Designing Women (I'm kidding about that last one, I swear!)

Books:

At the moment, when I'm not actually reading a book for class, I'm reading some of these: Stephen King - Duma Key William Gibson - All Tomorrow's Parties Beginning C++ and The Beatles Unseen Archives (Thanks for letting me thieve it for a bit, Meg!)

Heroes:

Eddie Van Halen Joe Satriani Michael Hedges Steve Vai Andy Summers The Edge John Scofield Dean DeLeo Guthrie Govan Wes Montgomery Shawn Lane Paul Gilbert

My Blog

Downpour clarity

I know that I can be the broken record in a lot of my writings...whether rambling about my currently positive path and hopes for achievement to come or moments of regression into self-doubt and remind...
Posted by Dave" on Fri, 02 May 2008 08:42:00 PST

Ender

I love hearing that one random song that puts you back into a great place in your life or that evokes memories of someone close, even if only for a moment... That's all I had to say...
Posted by Dave" on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:31:00 PST

Self-insight, past and present

I think these words are something that we can all apply towards to ourselves at some time or another, whether "now" or "then" and really see our choices for what they may be/have been.  The answe...
Posted by Dave" on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST

A rainsoaked monologue at 10 am

Sealed up, not falling down There are days and ways much better than this I've placed the race inside this face Cannot foresee the things we miss        Simple, save...
Posted by Dave" on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

Rebuilding the Machine

Anyone who knows me knows that I am, at my most basic, a positive person.  I’ve been dealt shit before but I can take it&it just makes the person a little more resilient, steel-skinned and,...
Posted by Dave" on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:56:00 PST

The seven steps

Seven always seems to be a magic number, and through some self-insight, I’ve found that these things only reinforce my drive to push myself.  ShapeSubstanceDirectionRecognitionAffirmationL...
Posted by Dave" on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

What is it about sex that makes you think?

  First, let me dispel one thing....no, this blog was not written right after I had sex.  THAT would be different....and disturbing to say the least.  "What’re you doing, honey?"&...
Posted by Dave" on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:43:00 PST

Time to rest this weary mind...

Okay...well, it’s only KIND OF time to rest my mind.  I’M DONE WITH GUITAR TRACKING FOR THE SOVEREIGN STATE PROJECT.  It’s been taking up so much of my thought process for ...
Posted by Dave" on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:32:00 PST

Latitudes, longitudes, minutes and clicks

You should make amends with you,If only for better health.But if you really want to live,Why not try, and Make yourself?    -Incubus, "Make Yourself" Will I ever get to where I'm going?...
Posted by Dave" on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:19:00 PST

Farewell to lost causes

  The biggest piece of my New Year's resolution has come into play.  I'm doing everything possible to shed the excess and put my creative energies into the positive.  In layman's terms:...
Posted by Dave" on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:35:00 PST