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About Me

.to write love on her arms. here's some info for you nosey people - i'm derek, duh.
- i'm 19
- i have the most amazing girlfriend ever - i play guitar for a band called kill ketura, www.myspace.com/killketura
- i work at a vet clinic in springfield, and its the best job ever!
- i go to school at NOVA in woodbridge (yeah, the g-hetto life)
- i have an odd addiction to green tea...
- i LOVE sushi, come eat some with me
- add shoes and guitars to the addiction list
- i like my girly pants, so deal with it
- i hate smoking, drinking, and drugs
- i try to be positive... +++
- i don't stress out very easily
- i like mostly everyone
- i don't care if you like me :)

Use these, biznatches.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

people who lack drama, and billy corgan.

adopt your own virtual pet!

Music:

i like almost anything... but here are my current top ten favorite bands and albums:

red jumpsuit apparatus
don't you fake it

mae
destination beautiful

the smashing pumpkins
machina

imogen heap
speak for yourself

dredg
the writing on the wall

sugarcult
start static

playradioplay!
unreleased

paramore
all we know is falling

all time low
coffeeshop soundtrack

panic! at the disco
a fever you can't sweat out

Movies:

that thing you do

the lion king

the village

anchorman

saw

Emperor's New Groove

THE LITTLE MERMAID

Television:

family guy

twenty four

the office

csi

law and order

parental control

Books:

anything by stephen king, or deen koontz.

Heroes:

Kristin (girlfriend

Sarah (best friend)

Dan (brother)

Darren (brother)

*not pictured*
Dave (brother)
Dallas (brother)

My Blog

is this where local music is headed? stupid cops.

Some of you might have heard, but half of Set it Straight was arrested today for protesting the Redding Police Department shutting down the show in the middle of our set. We were playing a Skate demo ...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:23:00 PST

Vertical Fest '06 (with pics)

Dusty, dirty, and exhausted. I just got back from a weekend at Vertical Fest 2006. For the first time ever, my band was actually playing a large festival instead of watching, it was amazing! We played...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:57:00 PST

A night in the life of derek & friends

A few pictures from a random friday night in Springfieldddd. (i'm uploading more, be patient). This was all initiated by chipotle and a lack of funds to go to the movies with, hahaha. CAR CLIMBING! E...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:18:00 PST

.to write love on her arms. (read)

I found this online the other day, its really cool. go to www.myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms for more info, but this is the (true) story its based off of. go support them and buy some of their shirt...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:29:00 PST

stolen from 325894375758 people, do it?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO iF:" I said I liked you:" I kissed you:" I lived next door to you:" I started smoking:" I stole something:" I was hospitalized:" I ran away from home:WHAT DO YOU THiNK ABOUT M...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:40:00 PST

Terminal Fest 2006

I'm running this show... everyone should come! I can get you cheap tickets... message me :) Terminal Fest 2006When:Doors at 2:30PMFriday August 18thWhere:The Warehouse in Lorton(Pohick Bay Church)835...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:49:00 PST

tour journal- day 7

at 3:00am we finally decided on a grocery store parking lot to stay in about two hours away from DuBois PA. We slept until about 7:30 or so, and we arrived in Dubois around 10:00am. Dubois is quite a ...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:56:00 PST

tour journal- day 6

ah, another day on the tour. on the way home from the show last night to one of regret me not's band members house, we had our first run in with the cops at about 1:00am. we were pulled over on a smal...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:55:00 PST

tour journal- day 5

today just goes to show you how quickly things can change, for the worse, or for the better. we awoke this morning around 10:00 in our lovely hotel room, well rested, and well showered (yay!). we chec...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:54:00 PST

tour journal- day 4

tour journal- day 4 so we got a little more sleep last night that we did the night before! we pulled over at a rest area/truck stop at about 12, ate a mcdonalds and were in bed (seats in the van) by 1...
Posted by derek (deqek?) on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:42:00 PST