What’s been happenin’

            Well folks, things are pretty slow. Fortunately, there are plenty of things to keep me busy around my parent’s place…

 keeping the yard nice

watering the cattle

cutting tree limbs

 

I also do other miscellaneous activities that dad needs done around the homestead. For instance, the other day after a grueling morning back workout, I got home only to be commanded by the old man to dig 5 post-holes in what has to be the rockiest soil the world has ever known. My back is pretty sore. Thankfully my hands are still calloused enough to endure the punishment I delivered to the rocks with the crowbar. I’m also thankful to the Frye boot company for making quality durable products. 

        Now on my property we keep about four cows, and we, therefore, have barbed wire fence. We also have a white vinyl fence. Needless to say, I’ve dug a lot of the holes for the corner posts. When I was digging the post-holes the other day, it took me 20-ish minutes to dig one stinking hole. There was a rock that had the roots of a 100 year-old oak. When your crow bar looks like this you know you have rocky soil. 

 

            Doing work like that makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something though. Whether it be finishing the yard, digging post-holes, or running down the driveway after a loose horse with a feed bucket because my sister isn’t competent enough to tie a good knot around the fence post. 

This place has been my sanctuary lately.

Whenever there’s a still night, I light up the fire pit, light up my pipe, sip decaf, and contemplate things. Every now and then a friend or the old man joins me, and we discuss random thoughts, and share old war stories.

 One of my best friends got married last weekend. 

There he is attempting to get through the song he wrote for her. He dated her for 6 or 7 years or something crazy. It’s pretty cool really. I’ve always had this theory that if you have a significant other and your friends enjoy his/her company…he/she is probably worth keeping around. Make sense? I think so. So my friend really scored with this chick…no pun intended. She’s great and I love her! He’ll probably read this at some point. Here’s what I’ve learned watching their relationship over the years…I should’ve found some 8^th grader to date when I was a sophomore in high school. Turns out it can be a pretty good investment.

 

So I found this under a rock the other day. Cool huh? Yeah…that’s right…I’m not afraid. 

ehllo mate

This fall…

6 Integrated Accounting – which is accounting 1 & 2 mashed into 1 semester.

3 Principles of Marketing

3 Audio Engineering 1 – finally!

3 Some religion course

1 Guitar lessons

1 Guitar mechanics

17 hours…woo hoo! It’s all over the place, and I basically had no other choice but to have classes in the afternoon…which I’m not too fond of.

An analysis of myself…

Coffee keeps me as regular as a swiss commute train.

I’m a procrastinator. What if I get all my work done early so I can have fun later only to die right after I’ve finished my work? I would never to enjoy what it was I wanted to do afterwards.

I probably won’t get to make a decent living doing music for awhile after college…I mean I may get lucky, but let’s be realistic. I’m totally cool with that too…I’d rather do what I love than be stuck or forced to do something else.

I’m more determined since I moved to Nashville. You can either let the town motivate you to be better, or you can let it chew you up and spit you out.

If I were a doctor, I would be strikingly similar to House…minus being an athiest. 

Guys that try to be sensitive make me nauseous…I roll my eyes at them. It’s the ridiculous expectations from females (not all females, some females) that came from watching chick flicks that have eroded masculinity to what it has become today. 

I like hanging with people who know what they want in life, and don’t need a constant reassuring presence. I mean…all people need encouragement, but needy people are just annoying sometimes ya know? Am I a bad person? I’m going to take into account that since you’re reading this you know me, you know what I’m talking about, and you probably agree.

I think I have some sort of A.D.D….why mother never had me tested…I don’t know. Like I said…I procrastinate

Personalized license plates…yuck.

I think I’m better with my bluntness than I used to be…I hope.

I don’t like it when people that try to censor me…I find it very annoying.

Alright folks…I have a paper to do…see ya! ( Will I immediately start working on it after this? probably not )

Every now and then…

Sometimes I think about my future. My career path isn’t one where I can merely fill out a resume, tell them I have a college degree, and get a job. I do my best to live for today, but I just can’t help but wonder. Mainly because I don’t want to be stuck the rest of my life doing something that I hate. That fear is what drives me to do a lot of the things I do; namely, moving to Nashville. Under that fear is the fear of not being good enough, or knowing the right people…etc. It gets to me every now and then. 

Then I think about whether or not I should’ve moved out here. Maybe I could’ve played it safe, got a business degree from wherever, and got a job and done music on the side. All that said, Nashville just feels like home now…it felt like home maybe a month after I moved. Sometime just feels right to me about cruising down 24 into Nashville. It’s good to know you’re in the right place, and even though I doubt every now and then, I know that I’m where I’m supposed to be. I can’t imagine being anywhere else…and the thought of being anywhere else is depressing to think about.

-Tyler Jewell

Nothing…

A few of my “devoted” readers (and whenever I say “a few” I mean a few as in 3) have bugged me about having not blogged in awhile. 

I’m going blank because I literally have nothing to say. Nothing interesting going on here. School is stretching me right now…I feel stretched and stressed in general lately. I’ve been kind of blah really…nothing too exciting at all to be completely honest.

I like the new Keith Urban record…I think it’s great.

Still listen to lots of Steely Dan these days.

Getting more into songwriting.

I want a guitar with humbuckers…like an ES-335 with a bigsby.

I’d also like a smaller amp…I love my amp, but it’s too heavy. Need another one…a smaller one. Preferably a mid 60’s Fender Princeton reverb or something of that nature.

That pretty much covers what is going through my mind right now. Can’t believe I’ve been in nashville this long. It’ll be a year this august…whew.

What to do?

I often have this dilemma friday nights. There are a ton of gigs going on right now, but it’s Tin Pan South week, and it will be super crowded. I think I’m going to sequester myself in my apartment tonight, and try to write some music. Maybe do nothing else…I haven’t done this yet and I’m always having these melody ideas. So instead of killing my brain in front of the computer screen or the tube…maybe I’ll write me some melodies and some lyrical content to go along with it. 

*munch* This Jersey Mike’s sandwich is very good. The italian sub…I recommend it.

Some things I’m excited about right  now? 

- More than likely going home next weekend, seeing the family, and going fishing with dad.

- John Mayer is working on his next record…this excites me a lot. 

- My best friend getting married next month, but I’m mainly looking forward to his bachelor party.

- I’m really looking forward to being done with this semester and not having to take Intellectual Properties or another math class ever again.

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If you guys haven’t seen the “Turtle Man” video yet…I would encourage you to go to youtube and do a search for “Turtle man”…it will be the first video that shows up. It is hilarious…I wish I had a friend like that. 

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With that ladies and gentleman…I’m off of here!

 

Cheers,

Tyler

Church Sign

“Yeah! This will make us look like we don’t live in a naive bubble! 
All them secular music listeners will be lining up at the door!”

I’ve lost it.

There was a time. A time when I could write great papers without having to do tons of preparatory work. That time is over. This third year writing class…it’s tough stuff. Subcultures of epistomological…blah blah blah new media…AHHHH! I feel like it’s going right over my head. I can’t wait to see what my professor thinks about my first draft and how incredibly lame it is.

Late

Well I’m a little late on this new U2 album, but today…as of about an hour ago…I am a proud owner of No Line on the Horizon. Now I’m not going to write a review. All I’m going to say is this: IT’S U2 YOU MORONS…GO BUY IT! They never disappoint me, and besides that…I love the Edge…he’s like a guitar player picasso or something. I love the way that guy plays, and you should too! 

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On another note…I love to make fun of pointless Christian traditions, church signs, pictures…you know? I will write a blog about stupid church signs soon. I might just start posting a different blog each week of a different church sign with a sarcastic imaginary conversation b/t some people who see the sign. How does that sound?

Now let’s relish in the beauty of this picture…

Look at sweet and sensitive Jesus holding this baby lamb…
I’m just wondering who thought it would be a good idea to make Jesus not look Jewish…what a stupid picture! I wonder where his “I vote republican” pin is…I figure if the artist would go this far with his interpretation of Jesus…he may as well add that too. 

***disclaimer: I’m not making fun of christians, infact I am one…I’m just making fun of cheesy christians things***

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I’m supposed to be finishing up a paper…I need to write 4 more pages, but I just can’t muster the BS to finish it. Must…complete…must…complete.