On Friday, January 9th, 2009, the Bulldogs FC traveled down to a windy Huntington Beach, where we would make history in a match vs. Brethren Christian.
The biggest enemy for the boys was the full-size field, something we have never played upon at our humble campus. While the size brought fatigue to the boys, our conditioning also kept us in the game the entire time. Brethren Christian got up 2-0 in the first half, and as half-time came and went, the boys were ready to leave everything out on the field. We fought back, won a few battles, and were able to score the first goal in Bulldogs FC history, off the foot of Michael Simonian. This lit a fire underneath the rest of the team, as we pressed with fervor against Brethren Christian, trying to find the equalizer. However, while it was a day of history, it would not prove to be the day of our first win, as the score would remain 2-1.
I am severely proud of the Bulldogs effort, and find no regrets in our first game ever. A job well done, boys.
(sorry I don't have any photos from the actual game)
Next up, I wanted to highlight a few Compact Disc purchases I have made in the past few weeks.
Sunny Day Real Estate
Here are three records from the old 90's rock band, Sunny Day Real Estate. I have been a huge fan of Jeremy Enigk for awhile, now, and felt it was time to add his old band's records to my collection. They are an alternative rock band, and Jeremy has often been credited with creating the genre of "emo." However, do not associate this band with the whiney/screamo/lame/un-moving music in the past few years. Enigk's songs, especially from his latest record, "World Waits", can actually move you. The music itself can bring about certain emotions just from listening. I'll spare you from getting really in depth about how great Enigk is.
The Reign of Kindo/ Atonement Soundtrack
The Reign of Kindo is, well, better than any band you've heard on pop radio. They are complex and talented musicians, but their writing style comes through in a way that won't scare off listeners who "don't get" jazz. My brother wrote a little blurb about them after he saw them. You can read that here
The Atonement soundtrack is hauntingly beautiful. Perhaps you can feel some of the emotion better if you have seen the film (which, at first, I thought was no big deal, but then kept thinking about some of the themes, and starting thinking, "hey, maybe that was really good."), but one can still enjoy the lovely and dark piano melodies. Also, they cleverly incorporate a type-writer sound into the songs as a percussion instrument of sorts, which is an allusion to one of the characters from the film, Briony (love that name!), who wants to be a writer. Anyway, it's good stuff.
Speaking of type-writers, my family was at my Aunt's house for a Christmas/Paul's birthday celebration, and my sister (-in-law) started talking about how she wanted a type-writer. My Aunt then proceeded to say, "oh, I have two." So we went to the garage and got out this sweet old type-writer, which was really heavy. So it was funny how that worked out.
For my next segment, I'd like to give an ode to some of my clothes. What? I was trying to get rid of some of those t-shirts I have and love, but never wear, so I decided I would give them some honor through my blog, so that their memory would live on, but I could have more space. You know those kinds of clothes you never wear, but say, "I can't get rid of that, that's from when...." ?
So here are a few:
This shirt is an Indian and the number 5. I don't know why. One Christmas, my aunt got me a shirt from Structure(s)? or something, so I needed to return it, and you could only exchange it for something else. So, being in high school, I believe, I found the one "weird" t-shirt in the "semi-fancy" store, and claimed the Indian 5 as mine own. I wore it maybe 6 times. Farewell Indian 5.
This is a t-shirt from the Pizza place, Oregano's, which is in Arizona. A group from church drove there to eat Pizza and see a Dodgers/DiamondBacks game. The funniest part of the trip was when Geoff was shaking a ketchup bottle, and it opened, and spilled all over Mark. I've worn this shirt 5 times. I got it about 6 years ago.
This one is from my Tanzania missions trip. These were our t-shirts for one of the activities, the 30-Hour Famine we did with HOPAC. I liked the shirt because the footprint is in the shape of Africa. However, I've maybe worn it once here in the States. I got it a year and a half ago.
This shirt is from my first Vans Warped Tour that I attended in 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. We saw Weezer, MxPx, NoFx, Green Day, and discovered Thrice from a cassette tape that Josh Leffler found on the ground.
This shirt was bought for me by one of my best friends, Matt Calamia, when he went to Florida to visit the DisneyWorld resort. I believe he got
it from the Indiana Jones stunt show. I love Indiana Jones. But I never wear this shirt anymore, (except for the day I saw Indiana Jones 4).
These last two shirts are emotional for the same reason. You see, I had a shirt that was too small. It was the shirt I received when I first joined the Wild Wingers Kids Club. It was a Youth Large, and I am a Youth Fat. So, I cut out the graphic I wanted to wear, and I sewed it onto a shirt that fit me. Yes, I can sew. My blue one was the opposite case. I received a New York Rangers shirt that was too big for me, so I cut out the logo, and proceeded to sew it to a smaller shirt that I would wear. Yes, I sew. However, I don't wear these anymore because I have other Kids Club shirts, and I don't watch the Rangers as much as I used to. (I watched them in '94, when they won the cup, and I played on a team called the Rangers, who won the city league championship. Word up to the West Covina Rangers, Fall '01!)
I just spent the day in Hollywood, where I attended Hollywood Church, which is a church plant my friend Rob helped start. We had a swell time, and they even provided a chili lunch. I then met up with my brother at Amoeba Records, where I proceeded to spend 3.5 hours and $74.57. However, $24 of that was for my brother's birthday present, a Radiohead vinyl (Ok Computer, i think). I was able to score 10 cd's for $50. They are as follows:
Calibretto 13: Adventures in Tokyo (annoying acoustic-driven folk-rock)
The View: hats off to the buskers (I'm pretty sure this is a really good alternative band that Josh L. new the members of)
Garden State Soundtrack (lots of chill, existential sounding songs.)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Soundtrack. (Whimsical and beautiful)
Mozart's Requiem (I sang some of it in high school. Dies Irae rocks the house)
The Essential Ella Fitzgerald (it has "summertime" AND "Mack the knife")
Dashboard Confessional: The Places you have come to fear the most (I'm starting to like Carrabba now)
Denison Witmer: Philadelphia Songs (only artist I've never actually 'heard.' However, I've heard a lot 'about,' and it's on the same label as one of my favorites, Unwed Sailor. And the packaging was great)
The Myriad: Prelude to Arrows (A great band along the lines of Muse's kid brother)
Roadside Monument split EP (Johnathan Ford's (Pedro the Lion, Unwed Sailor) old project)
Gomez: Bring it on (I saw the singer sing at the Hollywood Bowl, and I dig it.
I'll let you know if any of these blow my mind.
Thanks for looking at this incredibly long post. Now go take a nap.
your friend,
Donny
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