Sunday

I think this Sunday is worth blogging about. so here it goes.

My day started out with getting up at 7:30 go to snowboarding. one of the reasons i wanted to go is because snowboarding always gets my mind of things/lets me think about a lot of things. and i wanted to take pictures haha. I left here at around 8 and got to The Canyons at about 8:30, which is pretty early. I got a good parking spot and went up. i spent a couple hours on the Super Condor/Sun Peak side of the mountain, and the snow was fairly good, which made me want to hit some powder. so i headed over to 9990 and decided i would do some hiking, which i had never done before. the hike was short but surprisingly tiring, so i rested at the top for a little, taking some pictures and stuff (the picture ^^^ is of the gate before you go into the back country) and then crossed over into the uncharted territory..aka, the back country DUN DUN DUN. it was awesome, the powder was like knee deep, but it was kind of melty and i fell a couple times and had a hard time getting up because my hands would sink into the snow.

after the exhausting back country trip i decided it was time to go, so i got home and showered, and went and picked Randi up, cause i said we'd hang out. we drove around for a while and showed her 'the hill' and we went and visited Tyler and got some Day's Deli food. mmmm yummy. after that we went for another drive, this time around Midway, just talking about everything, which was a good thing, because i felt i needed to get a lot of things out to someone. and i'm pretty sure she felt the same, so yeah, good drive for us. our drive took us around Valley Hills and as we were coming down, we saw Erin, Mike, Derek and Britta standing on the Valley Hills sign, so we stopped. Derek came to the window and i totally agree with him that you implied getting food with him guys. gosh. so we took Derek to Wendy's and he bought himself some food and bought me and Randi frosties. While we were there, we decided to go to Derek's and play some drums (well that's why i wanted to go anyways haha) then we got tired of me playing drums, so we took all of Derek's change that he found and went and bought stuff in Smith's.

one thing i've realized is that whenever you don't want to remember something/someone, little things that remind you of them always come up. blah.

No Love, (a little more clear Hannah?)
Berto

....what Randi said.

basically.

so i got my license on Thursday and got to drive around. i still had to find the place where i would drive to for the first time with my license, so i asked Jennifer about it. well the next day she gave me directions to 'the hill' and told me she left something for me there. i was quite anxious to find out, so right after i got my license i went to 'wash my car' and got it. it was a box full of little things that reminded Jeb of me. awwww, it was the best thing ever, and now i have a cool story about my first time driving with my license haha. so thanks a lot Jeb, i owe you..something cool.

Friday i drove to school and almost couldn't stop at at stop sign because of the snow, almost hitting a car, but thank goodness i didn't. after school Mike, Tyler and i drove to Tyler's house to 'study japanese' and 'fix his printer' neither of which we got accomplished. we got bored and drove to Mike's house to drop off his stuff, but it turns out he couldn't go, so Ty and i went to Subway then headed for enano's to get ready for Kenny's partay. we showed up at Kenny's house and at some point lurpe started braiding my hair and Kenny's dad said something about it not 'being right' haha, i'm pretty sure he thinks we're freaks. we headed downstairs after 'surprising' Jimmy and watched Tyler and Jake do movie scenes with hammers. around 8 ish Mike and i left to pick up Sarah because we had promised her we would hang out with her (lets just say i was kind of anxious to leave). we drove to Smith's and played some tag, then she said she'd buy us frosties, so we went to Wendy's. we sat there and ate our vanilla frosties and talked about stuff, then we decided to go to the lake. we drove down there and just parked and stared at the lake/sky/stars and talked about life and how crazy and complicated it is. just one of those talks, you know? while we sat, Krystal texted Mike and told him that we should go to her house, so we did and hung out with her for a while, until Mike got a call and he realized he had stolen Jeb's keys haha. so we drove back to Kenny's house and gave them back so everyone could go home, and we drove up to 'point' (not following you Jeb). did some more sitting and talking there then i drove everyone home and went home. it was an alright Friday.

Saturday i woke up to Andrea (my little niece) nagging for some cartoons, so i spent most of my morning watching Spongebob and Jimmy Neutron. i showered then picked up Mike to go to the thrift store. he bought a Dave Matthews band shirt and some other german shirt haha. we went to the DK lounge after that and a Ranch burger each. mmm tasty. i had to go home at 2 so we could go eat in orem, but we didn't end up leaving until like freaking 4. i got back home and called people to see what they were doing. no one answered so i just sat around until i got a call from Randi that they were at En's watching a movie. so i went over there and like right when i got there we decided to go to Randi's house haha, so we get there and start watching the Prestige, which was an amazing movie that i really enjoyed(the following statements displays sadness for those who might be confused)...and i might have enjoyed it more if...well, i just wont say anything. the whole time i was just like....wanting to leave, but pretty much the movie kept me there. after a while, i could watch the movie without..thoughts in the back of my head(end of sadness), but i didn't get to finish it cause i had to go home.

Not Love,
Berto

P.S. you people should come support us band nerds at our concert on Tuesday. it's at the middle school and it's at 6:30 p.m.

St. George

So the trip to St. George was fairly fun. Highlights: stopping at a gas station on the way down and loading up on food. stopping in Cedar and eating subway. getting there and finding out how warm it was. seeing a bunch of sweet cars, i swear everyone there has an awesome car. the girls winning their first game, then getting the rest of the day to do whatever we wanted. walking around St. George taking tons of random pictures and doing nothing. eating a Cafe Rio. playing Halo in the room. having everyone (including girls) in our room playing guitar hero. opening the door with people standing outside while Mike had his pants down and yelling "Mike's naked!". Fiesta fun center: racing the go karts. extreme putt putt. being a pimp. winning like 400 tickets. beating Micah at basketball. getting the extremely soft cuddly puppy awwww. "landom". Micah getting kicked out of the mall for putting Icy Hot on the toilet seat. getting Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear Solid 2. Strawberry banana julius...mmmmm. making fun of trent. seeing Steven (mr. Siggard's son) running around in the street at midnight when bedtime was 11. "death!!!" like the whole time from Jimmy, man i love that kid. waking up to Muse. playing more and more Guitar Hero. stealing people's sun glasses and running around with them. cheerleaders yelling at us (not in a negative way) even though we're losers. walking around 10 pm in 62 degree weather. Zaz telling a girl he liked her hair and her walking away fairly fast. getting along with everyone great (except David the freaking retard and a couple of other people). taking pictures of Mike sleeping on the bus. the sunset.

yeah, pretty sweet trip if you ask me. and Mike. haha. not completely it, but you get the general idea. i hope band tour will be like this, cause it was great fun.

yaya blog.

Not Love,
Berto

Random

I'm in such a weird mood...i mean i'm blogging when i just blogged like a week ago...weird, eh? i guess i don't really have much of a subject, so it'll be quite random.

You know what? i really like Zwan, and I'm rather disappointed that they're not together anymore, BUT Smashing Pumpkins getting back together pretty much makes up for that, even though who knows what they new stuff sounds like. I really hope that i will get to see them live, although I'll probably end up having to travel somewhere for it because almost no one comes to Utah. At least I'll have my license (a week from Thursday!) and i get the Jeep along with that too. yay.

Who knew playing drums could be so hard? oh yeah, i did. haha. i seem to be improving at quite a fast rate but i still don't get how some drummers do it cause they're so dang good. Maybe I'll get there some day with Postcards From Hell, but who knows, maybe I'll just stay this crappy lol.

I just noticed something...I'm the only guy out of the people that we hang out with that has a blog. go me i guess. haha, and yay for our awesome little group of bloggers.

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So that's it for today, I'm thinking I'll do more blogs like this instead of cramming it all into a big one haha.

Love,
Berto

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*(this blog has been redone like 5 times, hence the date on it, today is V-day[lame])*

I really haven't gotten many complaints about not blogging, which makes me wonder if you guys even miss me blogging. gosh. just kidding.

So tomorrow is Single Awareness day and I'm not particularly excited for it. It always just reminds me of my loneliness which isn't a fun thing. i was thinking about maybe sending some (1) cupid gram(s) to some (1) people (person), but i ended up not doing it mainly because it was kind of hard with people (her) sitting right there and because i just thought it best not to. (i wrote that yesterday so now i say it doesn't matter cause it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyways)

The Jack's Mannequin concert was last Thursday and Britta, Michael and I went since everyone else was lame and didn't go. That's okay though because they're the ones that missed an AMAZING concert, here's how it went: That day after school i went home with Mike and we waited around until 4 ish so we could walk down to Britta's to wait for her dad go get home and give us a ride. He finally got there and we were on our way to SLC for the concert. we got there at a pretty good time. the line was barely around the corner (for those of you that have been to In The Venue) and not into the street like Hellogoodbye was for you guys. They let Britta in just like that and searched Mike and me and we were in. As soon as we were in i went and bought Hannah a shirt (because she asked me to) and went and stood by the stage. Everything was all set up and we just waited about 10 minutes before what i thought was the sound check people came out. well it turned out to be the first opening band and they started playing right away, which made me pretty happy. everyone pretty much just stood around for the first couple of songs and started getting into it after a while. i remember the bassist/singer had a sweet blue bass with flowers on it and one of the guitarist had like a semi-hollow body telecaster. i didn't find out their name until later, which is Get Back Loretta, and i ended up liking them quite a bit. Next came The Audition (i didn't know any bands going except JM) and they were also quite good, as with Head Automatica...they were okay, but GBL ended up being my favorite of the 3. That's all i'll say for the concert because you probably will have heard everything from Britta by now..anyways moving on.

hmmm...random thought time: who the heck came up with the idea for those kiss cupid grams? if you liked someone why would you want them to be kissed by someone else?

I got a digital camera which I'm pretty excited about cause now I'll be able to take cool pictures and the such. I'm particularly excited about taking it with me when i go snowboarding, some of the views up there are absolutely amazing and i can't wait to show people that don't get the chance to go up there.

random thought 2: I think it's kind of a waste for people, especially students, living in northern Utah to not go snowboarding/skiing at least once. i mean come on people, we have the greatest snow on earth, why not take advantage of it? a lot of these people that didn't do it during their youth might end up doing it later and paying tons more for the same experience you could've payed hundreds less for. makes sense, doesn't it?

The Dragonforce/Killswitch Engage/Chimaira show is coming up and i'm dang excited for it. This one wont be a giant spoonfest though, i'll probably end up breaking something. Sound stupid? yeah it is, but it's amazingly fun to go to a show like that lol.

i think that may be it for now.

Love,
Berto

P.S. I get my license in two weeks!!! yay!

Lyrics

yeah, copying Hannah's post yet again, well here's a bunch of lyrics for you, and yes, there will be a lot of pumpkins (some explicit content might follow, ye have been warned):


" If We're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to f***ing sink
No one seems to notice, No one even blinks
The crew left the passengers to die under the sea"
- (the) Rise Against (that no one knows)

"Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That you're deserting for better company"
- The Postal Service

"Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to Heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving
Set the controls for the heart of the sun"
- Pink Floyd

"Our knives say "we're making way for this, the ending."
Stay back, turmoil is across-the-board.
It is making way for... a gaping tear is opening.
This, this is our last broadcast.

We're wrecklessly looking for the truth,
And we'll tear this place apart.
Theres hope for us yet.

Hope is there."
- Norma Jean

"If you choose to pull the trigger,
Should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere
Far away from here"
- A Perfect Circle

"Numb and broken,
Here I stand alone,
Wondering what were
The last words I said to you
Hoping, praying that I'll find a way
To turn back time,
Can I turn back time?"
- Killswitch Engage

"The sound of love is oceans far away
And I can love and I can check your faith
The sound that beckons me is from your heart
And I can't begin to say cause I don't really know
Just where I've been
every desire
my heart gives in"
- James Iha

"Oh maybe, we were made
We were made for each other
Ahh, is it possible for the
World to look this way forever?"
- Jack's Mannequin

time for the pumpkins:

Stand Inside Your Love:
"You're everything that I want and ask for
You're all that I'd dreamed
Who wouldn't be the one you love?
Who wouldn't stand inside your love?"

In The Arms Of Sleep:
"sleep will not come to this tired body now
peace will not come to this lonely heart
there are some things i'll live without
but i want you to know that i need you right now"

Tonight, Tonight. had to put it all because i love it:
"Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of you
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, and believe , believe
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
We’re not the same, we're different.
Tonight, tonight, tonight
So bright
Tonight, tonight.
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, and believe, believe.
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there's not a chance tonight
Tonight, Tonight.
So bright tonight, tonight.
We’ll crucify the insincere tonight (Tonight)
We’ll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight (Tonight)
We’ll find a way to offer up the night tonight (Tonight)
The indescribable moments of your life (Tonight)
The impossible is possible tonight (Tonight)
Believe in me as I believe in you,
Tonight, tonight, tonight,
Tonight
Tonight…"

Daphne Descends:
"with the sugar sickness
you spy the kidnap kid
who kids you to oblivion
it's the perfect hassle
for the perfumed kiss
he makes you miss him more than home"

Hello Kitty Kat:
" Love to love to love what you adore
I can give you anything, but please let me
Be your everything... please"

Mayonaise:
" Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pocket full of sorrow
Run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
Somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream"

Jupiter's Lament:
" Gone, long gone
Blink and I'll be gone, gone, gone
Leave this world of wrong, wrong, wrong
Leave it far behind

And although my secret's gone
I'll try to carry on
If I must, I'll get along
Without you"

Soma:
" I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
I'll betray myself
To anyone, lost, anyone but you

So let the sadness come again
On that you can depend on me, yeah
Until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah
When God sleeps in bliss"

Rocket:
" Bleed in your own light
Dream of your own life
I miss me
I miss everything I'll never be
And on, and on

I torch my soul to show
The world that I am pure
Deep inside my heart
No more lies

A crown of horns
An image formed deformed
The mark I've borne
A mark of scorn to you

Consume my love, devour my hate
Only powers my escape
The moon is out, the stars invite
I think I'll leave tonight

So soon I'll find myself alone
To relax and fade away
Do you know what's coming down
Do you know I couldn't stay free?"

That's it for now, and yeah, it's a lot, but they're all good. i really have nothing else to say (well, type).

Love,
Berto

The Year

this is the first song i listened to this year "The New Year" by Death Cab For Cutie:

so this is the new year.
and i don't feel any different.
the clanking of crystal
explosions off in the distance (in the distance).

so this is the new year
and I have no resolutions
for self assigned penance
for problems with easy solutions

so everybody put your best suit or dress on
let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
as thirty dialogues bleed into one

i wish the world was flat like the old days
then i could travel just by folding a map
no more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways
there'd be no distance that can hold us back.

there'd be no distance that could hold us back

so this is the new year
___________________________________________
i thought it was quite fitting.

So 2006 is over and i really don't know how i feel about that. A lot of stuff happened, maybe some stuff that shouldn't have, and a lot of stuff i was hoping would happen, didn't, but that's mostly cause of me. and to quote another blog (Britta's): "Let's do everything that we weren't brave enough to do last year. Let's love without holding back. Let's think less about what other people think. Let's make every single day one to remember for the rest of our lives.
Well, here's to the new year. I'm not just going to sit here and hope that 2007 will be amazing. I'm going to make it happen. Are you up for it?" and to answer, Yes, i most definitely am.

*steal*

for those of you reading this, you might have read some before, but i had a hard time coming up with my own haha. so it wont be nearly as long as some.

Remember when...


we played the emoticon story game?

we had the best group for a dance ever?

we stayed up talking until the early hours of the morning?

we would visit Days like every day?

i owned everyone at halo?

we would share lyrics to good songs?

beeeeeeeep.

you almost ran me over that one crazy friday?

we practiced karate moves on him?

we'd have the w's?

she thought i was a trash can?

you were really happy at me playing that song on the drums?

we were excited we both knew death cab?

you got all that Mountain Dew for your birthday?

we went to her house and walked to the empty lake?

you let me play with your hair for once?

we played ping pong outside?

someone stole your hugs i got you?

you'd beg me to blog?

we had that Tetris tournament?

no one came to our band concert(s)?

french music, barefoot, speeding, bandana thing.

you tried to get me to go to prom?

we painted on her car?

i made up that one word and you laughed?

you drove me home and pulled some amazing driving skills?

we went snowboarding and you got a girl on your lap?

we decided to start a band?

we broke the cymbal?

"it's like wearing death!"?

we started playing and everyone left?

we raced around like crazies?

everyone had someone but me?

i had the best ride buddy ever?

we painted our faces and were the best fans ever?

we would fight when he wasn't looking?

i told him we were already married?

you were embarrassed by our cheering?

we'd share our problems and help each other?

we had arguements about who loved who more?

i'd steal your glasses?

we kept calling him during announcements?

hmm..that's an okay list for now, i'll probably expand on it later.

Love,
Berto