Something I picked up at Amoeba |
This baby will be coming in the mail in a few days! |
My return from my mission has stopped weighing so heavily on my mind (which should be a huge relief to anyone who had to endure that time in Alaska with me...) By the way, I apologize that I was horribly anti-social and depressed on that trip... I was just kind of overwhelmed, and now things are going a lot better. My medication is pretty good, and after a slight hypo-manic episode (still on-going, and it's wonderful!) I'm back in the driver's seat.
The Homeless Boys at Velour (I'm the kilted monkey...) |
I have also started a punk/hard blues/jam band with my friend Timmy (bongo and djembe drums), Skratch (a 61-year-old, homeless instrumentalist and vocalist) and myself (bass, occasional vocals and occasional guitar, and very occasional keyboards (not yet)). We have played two open mic shows at Provo's Velour Live Music Gallery, and we will be competing in Muse Music's battle of the bands which starts on Will's birthday (Oct. 24th) with a show at Muse at 8 o'clock. I am getting a good friend of mine, Noah Jackson, to paint us a flyer that we will be distributing to advertise the show, and it's going to be a lot of fun (especially after we have won!! Although some sucky, adorable indie band will certainly beat us out... C'est la vie in Provo...)
Anyway, my life is going great! I don't have a job, but I am earning some gold going to school; I have no girlfriend, and I went through a wonderful mutually agreeing break-up with Mimi with no resulting hurt feelings! Miracle possibly... I'm going on awesome dates and listening to a lot of music. Last weekend I took a road trip with four friends to Los Angeles to see Philip Glass' famous minimalist opera, "Einstein on the Beach," and it was marvelous. I then spent upwards of $320 at Amoeba Music in LA (not a penny of which I regret). I'm also planning on doing a research project to earn a $1500 for Berlin, and I will be researching German punk music through Christian Asplund of the music faculty. I also plan on learning first-year Arabic and then starting to learn Turkish next fall, and I can get an amazing scholarship from the government for that (full tuition+$5000/semester!!)
Life is good; I love Jesus; I hope you are all doing so well
Love, Peace, and Joy from this strange land of milk and honey, Provo, UT...
--Henry (Hal)
I'm going to use this for a Magical Mystery Tour |
P.P.S. My parents finally caved in to their lustful desires and bought a sky blue, manual transmission '88 BMW 325i for $4000. I haven't driven it yet, but it will soon become the mega-date-machine.
P.P.S. (I know this is gratuitous... Sorry) You should all like my band's FB page, "The Homeless Boys," and I would also love it if you followed our blog! Thanks! It is almost always I that does the typing on our FB and blog haha. I'm the publicity guy :).
http://thehomelessboys.blogspot.com/
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