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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I was waiting for the H&M link to show up in my inbox. It has yet to be in my electronic possession, so I think I really did send in the wrong e-mail address. I've given up on it and set my sights elsewhere. I'm focusing on my first day at Coach tomorrow. Should be a full day of lifting (they're still under construction). But I'm getting a lot of hours, so it's all good!

Yesterday I worked from 11-6 and it was my last day at Banana. I'm going to miss the people and the work was fun, but I know I'm going have fun at my new job too. After work, I was supposed to go hang out with some friends at Zelda's, but that fell through. I got to downtown Toronto thanks to my Dad driving me down (sure beats the Subway) and killed time in Starbucks by drinking a Passion Iced Tea and reading fab and Xtra magazine. I read every single article and only an hour had passed. To kill even more time, I went next door to Statlers and listened to some live music.

After that, I walked into a convenience store and bought a disgusting Sobe Rush to stay awake. I knew it was going to be a long night and I was already fading at 9:30. I sat outside of a Vietnamese restaurant and drank my drink. As I was drinking it, a random guy standing outside of the Subway restaurant asks, "Are you Edward?" I say, "Yes... why?" "This guy wants to know." The stranger steps to the side and I see a friend I haven't seen in over a year who I met in Windsor! Such a small world. The stranger is his boyfriend, and they are very much in like with one another. We caught up while they were waiting for their food. So nice to run into people like that.

Following that lovely chat, I went back to Starbucks and read even more. Having stared at every article and picture in the magazines, it was 10ish and I knew something was up. I called my brother to see what he was up to and he told me he was heading to a birthday party that night after work, so I decided to ditch the gay night and go hang out with him (I'll find out tomorrow if some of my friends even got there). I went to the restaurant where he worked and sat at the bar. I ordered a drink and saw the grand piano being abused by a drunk patron. I asked if it was possible to play the piano, and the bartender told me yes, but right now it's being used by a customer. He was trying to play Heart and Soul.

A little aside: my primary objective was to impress the patrons and the bartender with my awesome skill because this is the bar/restaurant that has celebrities and expensive food. This was the establishment that my brother was pulling strings to get me into so I can perform. This was my big chance.

I used the drunk's Heart and Soul as an opportunity to get on the piano. I said to him, "Hey, you're playing Heart and Soul! I'll play the bass line if you play the melody, or whatever you want!" and he agrees to do it... so he stands up and grabs the microphone and starts drunkenly singing Heart and Soul with made-up lyrics. We then bust into Girl From Ipanema, Red Red Wine, and to bring it all home, Coffee Cakes. Coffee Cakes is an improvisational song that was tossed at me by the drunks. I didn't know what to do, so I played the Mini-Wheats commercial song instead. He drunkenly sang, everyone was impressed. Mission accomplished. My foot is in the door for a gig.

My brother arrived shortly after and we drove the bartender home (if he foots the bill for gas, why not?). We then went to a birthday party for our friend, stayed there for a while, played some guitar hero, had one shot of liquid cocaine with the birthday girl, saw some friends from California's, made some new friends and then went home.

Today I went to Cambridge with my Brother Unit #1. Before leaving, I finished the melody on one of my songs. All it needs now are some lyrics. It'll be recorded soon. Or I may just save it for my demo. On that note, I was looking up grants that the Canadian Government supplies for music and producing, and there are quite a few. I just got to make a CD and get it out there. The rest is up to the panel of judges.

Anyway, back to Cambridge. Not much to tell. I jammed with my brother's friends, played some Rock Band, discovered a drum machine (and made a sick beat with it) and went home. The ride home however, was interesting. This random truck kept tail-gating us, speeding up to pass us, slowing down far ahead and then being behind us again. We were on cruise control, so we never changed speeds... but this guy was acting very peculiar. Hopefully he'll get pulled over for his weird driving. After the truck episode, we got to talking about my music career and my future. I really feel that if I can get my hands on proper equipment, I can make it big. My family knows I'm destined for greatness, so why not spend time pursing it instead of taking the long route and doing 3 years of a Gerontology degree that I will not end up using because I have the potential to be successful? I talked about it with my Mom and we are going to discuss it at length further tomorrow.

I have a long day ahead of me: work from 8-5, Vocal lesson at 6, big discussion about the future at 8. Wish me luck.

P.S. As you probably have seen, I've got a new song posted. It's a little repetitive but fun. It's a tribute to Tommyheavenly6's Lollipop Candy Bad Girl. I call it Sucker Sweet Horrible Boy. Enjoy.

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3 Comments.


ah i like tommyheavenly6!

oh well, all the best!! how long have u taken up vocal lessons?
» renaye on 2008-08-18 01:10:59

Haha, Heart and Soul. That's the only thing I can really play on the piano anymore. :P
» randomjunk on 2008-08-18 01:55:54

Thanks!
Yeah, tomoko kawase and her incarnations rock.

I've taken vocal lessons for 3 weeks and I'll probably continue until it ends in early October.

Heart and Soul is fun in the right circumstances. When you rescue drunk people by playing it, it's pretty awesome.
» eroosterton on 2008-08-18 10:57:25

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