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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 @11:50 AM

This One's for You Ashton (She told me I should post more :P)

-massie

Friday, February 23, 2007 @10:11 PM

23


so i just got back from the theater.

saw "the number 23" tonight.

AMAZING!

jim carrey has truly out done himself as the character he portrays in the movie.

a movie about pure madness... or is it?

great plot, clever twist and a spell that's cast on the entire audience is what's given throughout this entire movie...

it is quite humoring hearing how everyone started to find some 23's of their own after the movie was over but they were not alone.

i'll admit, it was quite strange driving home and seeing the number on:

license plates
gas stations (diesel - $2.39)
a man walking the street in a basketball jersey with the number 23
even my cd player played track 23 the whole way home...
and now. just like walter sparrow (jim carrey), i myself am finding the number everywhere.

my birthdate:

7/6..
7+6=13

add my current age: 19
1+9=10

10+13=23

and yes even my name...

using the letters of the alphabet to the numbers that they are in order:

J-10
O-15
S-19
H-8
U-21
A-1
-------
these numbers added up = 74
7+4=11

M-13
A-1
S-19
S-19
I-9
E-5
-------
these numbers added up = 66
6+6=12
...
...
...
11+12=23...

i'm so doomed but i loved the movie and suggest it to anyone questioning whether or not to see it...

-massie

@3:10 AM

The Rest of My Life


every now and then, one of my favorite bands will create a music video so amazing that i have to share it with everyone.

in this case, i have just discovered the video to Less Than Jake's "The Rest of My Life" needless to say, it was off of their last album which i didn't pick up until recently. however, they never cease to amaze. there's really nothing that can be said about this video except for that it's so true. the more we bring so much hate and drama towards each other, the more childish we get. it's not until we can forgive each other that makes us adults. but if we just continue, we just become childish again. that's what's so amazing about the couple in the end that they threw in. ENJOY!



also! i know that my page cuts off stuff on the right but i cant figure out how to increase the size of this portion of my page. but anyways i love the quotes used on this video. they use two by Alden Nowlan and are as follows:

"The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult..."

and the one at the end says:

"...The day the child forgives himself, he becomes wise."

-massie

Saturday, February 03, 2007 @8:12 PM

Johnny X


You are not alive yesterday, you are not alive tomorrow, but you're alive at that moment; if you can grab something, for that moment... you have a chance...

-massie

@8:09 PM

Muse


No One's Gonna Take Me Alive!
The Time Has Come To Make Things Right!
You And I Must Fight For Our Rights!
You And I Must Fight To SURVIVE!

-massie

Thursday, February 01, 2007 @9:26 AM

Lady in the [Nostalgic] Water


so, i've been feeling weird lately. ever since i saw lady in the water by m. night shyamalan. i couldn't quite put my finger on it until yesterday...

while at work, i went about my usual routine of fixing up my sections and then did some chatting with good ole' j.v. when suddenly a regular comes in with her little girl. most times that this woman comes in, she has one of her kids and they insist on candy :) while her mother listened to a cd on an lvs (listening/viewing station), her little girl came up to the counter with a box of candy and talked to j.v. j.v. being a father himself, talked to the little girl the way all dads talk to their young innocent ones. then her mother came up and was ready to go and placed her cd on the counter. while j.v. started to check them out, the little girl placed her candy AND a playstation 2 game on the counter as well. usually when the kids do this we ask the parents first and she said that she was buying it for her... she'd made the honor roll :) i proceeded to help j.v. and get the game from the place where we store them and gave it to him.

now, when the transaction was finishing up, the little girl then asked j.v. real excited, "is the game in there huh huh??" he opened it and showed her and she lit up...

the smile, the happYness, the jumping up and down, the cry of "YAAAY!"

then it hit me like a ton of bricks...

why do i feel so strange... long story short, i've been having the biggest case of nostalgia i've ever had. when i saw that, it reminded me of myself when things like that were purchased for me. and it reminded me of my dad, little did i know that i had joined the "club" with monica and j.v. as we have all lost our fathers.

so after this girl and her mother leave, i turn to j.v. and say, "do you remember when you used to do that?" and almost instantly we were on the same wavelink. nostalgia. i've never wanted to be 5 years old more. i'm almost 20. i feel like im thinking like a 50 year old. what happened? i've been to busy not paying attention to things and it bothers me.

that's what took over me that night i watched lady in the water. the whole message was that, man had forgotten how to listen. and watch. but, every so often, some one will. the significance will be nearly overwhelming...

so how do these things connect?

the lady in the water, is a child's book written by m. night for his children...

using his keen since of intellect, he is teaching his children, first hand, to always pay close attention to everything that happens around them...wow...

i guess you could say that it's things like that, that i live for. things that take me back. but then again it's also saddening. i can never be 5 again. i can never see my old kindergarten and elementary friends again. i can never see my dad again. i can never LIVE those moments again...

-hold on to what you live for. sooner or later, it will let go of you. but just because it let go, doesn't mean it won't come back for a visit every now and then...

-massie

ABOUT ME



The name's Josh. Music is my muse, my inspiration, my life. I play guitar. Performing is one of the things I love to do most. Welcome to my blog. It's full of numerous thoughts. Some good, some bad, some don't make sense at all :) Hope you enjoy!



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