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About Me

Drummer for Early Next Year. Stats:
Drums: 11 years
Bass:8 years
Guitar: 7 years.
I dabble with keyboard and trumpet but i'm not as dilligent on those instruments. Random facts about me you may or may not care to know:
-Very independant.
-I have a turtle on my keychain
-I live with three boys
-I've gotten to where I am today by practice
-I'm not sure of who I am or where I'm going, but for now I'm pretty happy where I'm at.
-I get frustrated easily with people who do not work to their potential.
-I tend to bury myself in work when I'm frustrated. Better to focus on something beneficial than what's bothering me.
-I'll teach you any instrument I know how to play, and I'll love doing it.
-I started taking vocal lessons, and I love it. Practice makes perfect, and thats what I strive to be.
-I don't royally suck at skateboarding. Love to do it, but I won't be at the top of the vert ramp anymore. I want to keep my ankles, thank you.
-My friends mean everything to me.
-I'll randomly eat a bowl of vegetables for a snack. and no, I'm not a vegetarian.
-I work in a call center. I've heard that I have a "sexy voice." and really, no. I don't. You're just a lonely gamer who is estatic that the opposite sex is talking to you.
-If it has violence, I like it. Secretly I'm a crazed UFC fighter.
-I am constantly losing my cell phone.
-I have a magic xbox that has all the old nes, snes, genesis, and n64 games on it. -I've noticed a lot of negativity in my life recently. I'm going to try hard to box that out and turn it into something good. new music to come soon...
-Sometimes we put up walls. Not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to knock them down.

My Interests

Playing music. I skate, play video games, play basketball (and other sports) but playing music is my passion. No day is complete without playing music at some point.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who will simply understand.

Music:

Thrice, Thursday, A Wilhelm Scream, Every Time I Die, Unearth, The Hippos, The Spill Canvas, Ill Nino, Unsung Zeros, My Hotel Year, Alexisonfire, Motion City Soundtrack, Cobra Starship, Evergreen Terrace, Fall Out Boy, The Acadamy Is... As I Lay Dying, BigWig, Blink 182, Horse the Band, The Impossibles, (old) Incubus, Matchbook Romance, OK GO, Piebald, The Progess, Sublime, Yellowcard, The Mooney Suzuki, Weezer, The Rentals, Saves the Day, 311, +44, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, Bleeding Through, Avenged Sevenfold, The Living End, Lupe Fiasco, Outkast, American Football, The Format, The Clash, Nirvana, Sneaker Pimps, (old) Unwritten Law, Chiodos, (old) Hoobustank, Pennywise, H2O, Sum 41, Link 80

Movies:

Anchorman, Cube, Requiem For A Dream, Josie and the Pussycats, But I'm A Cheerleader, All of the Indiana Jones movies, X-men, Mars Attacks, Dirty Love, Equilibrium, Donnie Darko, V for Vendetta, House of 1000 Corpses, Dawn of the Dead, Jay and Silent Bob, White Chicks, Spirited Away, The Princess Bride,

Television:

If I'm actually watching tv, its cartoons. Love em. I like all the "adult" cartoons like Family Guy, South Park, and Aqua Teens, but I love my kid stuff too. Rocko's Modern Life, Angry Beavers, Ninja Turtles, Darkwing Duck, Chip N Dale... The "real" shows that I watch are Heroes, Lost, and of course, Ninja Warrior!

Books:

Me read bad.

My Blog

Dont tell me Im sick

OK. Heres the deal. This is my blog, and i get to do what i want with it, yes? RIGHT. SO. That being said, here are the guidelines: If you are actually interested in what i have to say, thats great. Y...
Posted by JoAnna on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:06:00 PST

getting closer...

There's only two days before my performance, and I'm not even close to being confident in my routine. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to end up winging it. I know I know how to play my instrument. Well...
Posted by JoAnna on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:08:00 PST

Quick unedited

I haven't written in a while. My notebook has been missing me, so this will have to do for now. its a little scattered. At the top, the air is calm The storm brewing underneath. The people scream, th...
Posted by JoAnna on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:56:00 PST

Remember.... this is fun.

Geez... I've been so wrapped up in this contest I signed up for. For those of you who don't already know, I signed up for the Guitar Center Drum Off that's happening on Sept 12th. I get 3 minutes to s...
Posted by JoAnna on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:23:00 PST

never trust a mechanic.

So, those of you who know me, know that my car has been dying for the last month or so. I finally took it to a mechanic, and dropped $1200 into it to have it run again. Well guess what.It still doesnt...
Posted by JoAnna on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:59:00 PST

i didnt keep up so well

Yeah, I said I was going to try and keep up with Wes as far as updating about recording... I didn't do so good. BUT....We're finished! and we're all happy with what has turned out. I don't know if I s...
Posted by JoAnna on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST

recording updates part ii

Hello again,salutations from recordsville. It was day six today, and it was the guitar's turn to shred it up. Both Wes and Doug got a lot done today. Much more than any of us expected. We literally sp...
Posted by JoAnna on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:09:00 PST

and the recording continues

Hey everyone, I figured I would try and keep updates just as often as wes, considering that I'm here 100% of the time for this production.We're in day five of recording, and we've run across our first...
Posted by JoAnna on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:42:00 PST

running myself ragged.

I've been out of work for a whopping three days and I've managed to exhaust myself daily. I'm finally allowed to start exercising again (Since Friday), but now my body is so out of shape that a quick ...
Posted by JoAnna on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:42:00 PST

dreams...

I've been dreaming a lot lately. If you know anything about me, you know I'm infatuated with dreams. I constantly look up and research the little things about them. Like, what water represents in a dr...
Posted by JoAnna on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:47:00 PST