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Name: David
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Houston
Birthday: 10/17/1981
Gender: Male


Interests: any and everything creative: creating art, whether that be visual or aural....writing, listening to, writing, and playing music, painting. i even design some clothes and things every now and then--and nope, not gay (so that probably means i suck at it)!
Expertise: maybe a more accurate and applicable way to answer the question would be "expertise we desire." i hope to one day be an expert at portraying my actions, thoughts, stories, philosophies, feelings, emotions, in such a way that people sense and experience exactly what i am (or at least what i want them to). that's someone who knows how to create. not just creation for the sake of art and entertainment, but creations which accomplish something, which prove something, which evoke such passion, such stirrings within, that we are left moved, disturbed, changed and can never go back to that place of ignorance ever again. perhaps this happens more than we realize but even the knowledge of such innate beauty would inhibit it from ever occuring again. perhaps ignorance truly is bliss....
Occupation: Student
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Saturday, January 22, 2005

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By Damien Rice
if i was gay (which i'm not, sorry boys) i think i would marry damien (not that he is or anything, just sayin)
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hey guys, sorry for the delay.  my laptop crashed.  which had all my stuff on it.  i had most of the things backed up on a thumb drive/memory stick/etc--they really need to find a universal name for those stupid things--but i lost that a couple months ago, i have a new thumb drive/stick, but haven't got the time to back everything up on it yet, so triple  plus some.  i had to pay $200 just to get the tech people to look at the laptop, just in case they might be able to recover my data and restore all my info so i wouldn't have to lose everything.  that $200 was in addition to the $350 extended warranty i bought with the piece of shit.  so let's get this right, they have to keep it to see if they can fix it cuz they don't know what's wrong with it or if they'll be able to restore my info, but yet they "know" it's a software problem that isn't covered by my warranty??  what the hell is that?!  i just bought it, paid over $2K for the damn thing at the very end of august (receipt says 8/29), so that means not even 5 months old and it has already crashed.  i really, really, no--really, hate technology with a passion!  it has to be the most bittersweet, love-hate relationship in my life.  i hope i don't ever have a relationship that is more so!  (unless it's sour candy or something, and not that kinda relationship )  well, just lettin ya know what's going down. cuz i know you are just sitting there on the edge of your seat, frozen in anticipation, waiting for my next entry to ignore.  haha!  jk.

in the meantime, here are some pics for your viewing pleasure (or something ).  i cut my hair (my bangs were longer).  so now i'm takin a poll to see if people think i have a mullet or not.  you may have seen my post on dave the roman ho about this, but i have free premium trial over here, so this is where my pics are stored, so i thought i might as well let ya see em since nothin else is goin on.  if ya want more story and commentary about em go check out the roman ho.  well i guess that's about it for tonight.  laters.

 


Friday, January 14, 2005

hey guys!  real entry #1!  cuz I don't know how much I'm gonna be around computers this long weekend so i won't keep ya waiting, but satisfy your literary palates in the meantime--well, at least try anyway.  we'll start light.  it'll get deeper, longer, and more weighty soon.  this one's a funny song, but i think it has more to it than most goofy songs, if you're really faithful and been readin dave the roman ho for a good while, then you might remember this song, but it's still worthy of a repost.  it seems to be a goofy lighthearted song at first glance, but you can dig as deep as you want and uncover various layers if you wanna, a couple of ya already have the privaledged information of my analysis and intent, so don't spoil it for everyone else!  especially andrew who helped me write the song, he's my melodic collaborator, that dude can write melodies!  and i suck at em.  ha!  well, at least sub par to many....  i'm more lyrical and conceptual.  also it's better with the music, sets the mood more effeciently, it's kinda a cheesy 3/4 fast country waltz beat or something ridiculous like that.  definitely not along the lines of the slow song you're hearing now!  ha!  so mute the music and sing along to the rhythm of boom chick chick at about 160 beats per minute.  ha!  got it?!     ok, shutting up and moving on.  here tis:

 

  Jana Lane

 

  Well I’m in the van in the middle of Jana Lane

  I’m glad they finished her makeover

  Just sitting in the turn lane of Jana lane

  Not turning—but pondering what’s in a name

  So much more than what we realize

  

      Oh Jana Lane where do you go,    I just don’t know

      When will you dead end?   I wanna see around your bend

      You got a facelift and new friends     

      But you shouldn’t let them run over you like that

      Oh Jana, Jana Lane, this is my heart I bear

      Don’t you care?   Oh it’s just not fair

      Jana Lane should lead to Tucker’s Hardware

  

  Sitting in the turn lane of Jana Lane

  Not turning—lights shining into some rich guy’s house

  With too many windows and not enough blinds

  Oh he’s so proud of his perfect life

  In his perfect bed, with his perfect wife,

  Dreaming their perfect dreams,   or so it seems

  I wouldn’t want to wake them, oh no,   And let them breathe

  The bleached white collar of society’s standards

  Starched stiff to choke—

  Unrealistic, unremitted, unrequited expectations

  I’ll never wear a tie,   Cross my heart and hope to die

  Oh I must get going down my Jana’s Lane     (repeat chorus)

  

    Oh Jana Lane where do you go,  I just don't know
 W
hen will you dead end?   I wanna see around your bend

     You got a facelift and new friends     

     But you shouldn’t let them run over you like that

     Oh Jana, Jana Lane, this is my heart I bear

     Don’t you care?   Oh it’s just not fair

     Jana Lane should lead to Tucker’s Hardware

 

            Oh no, tell me it’s not so

            Where did you go my sweet Jana Lane

            They swept you off your feet, And took you so far away

            To the foreign land of nonexistence,  Stolen from me

            Oh it’s so lonely here without you,  This can’t be true

            How could they replace you with the greedy Space Center Blvd

            I travel down this trail with nothing

            But sharp scents and memories, carving a new hole in my soul

            Where only the remains of you,    My sweet Jana Lane still  linger there

           Oh ‘tis such a tragedy

           Knowing that Jana lane will never lead to Tucker’s Hardware  

 

      Oh Jana Lane where did you go,    I just don’t know

      Is this the dead end?    I never saw around your bend

      You got a facelift and new friends

      But you shouldn’t let them steal you away from me like that

      Oh Jana, Jana Lane, this is my heart I bear

      Don’t you care?    Oh it’s just not fair

      Oh I know it’s useless,   But I still wish that somehow, someday

      Jana Lane would lead to Tucker’s Hardware.

 


Thursday, January 13, 2005

<--  my attempt at artsy photography.  haha!  creative photography is the only creative thing i've found thus far which i have horribly failed at.  hmm...

is the music gonna be distracting?  like in the sense that it sets too much of the mood, and will keep the writing itself from dictating the sentiment like it should?  i guess i could trust you guys to mute if need be, but then again we're almost always listening to something when surfin through xangaland anyway.  hmm.  what ya think? 

stay tuned.  first story coming soon....




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