Dear Readers,

the last two days I have been dealing with car issues.. my car was pretty messed up and I had to send it in to the shop. since nobody was available to pick me up, and I am too young still to rent a car.. I was forced to walk all over until someone could get me. my mom was nice enough to let me borrow her car to go to school yesterday morning. I live on a sort of "ghetto" street and so I parked her car quite a ways away from my house.. when I woke up to go to school and walked to her car it wouldn't start.. the key was jammed. I shook the wheel like crazy and tried to get it to work but it just wouldn't.. after a while I decided that It must have some crazy security device inside so I tried to call. after no answer and sitting there until class was about 15 min in I decided to walk to the coffee shop. It was actually a pretty nice walk and I have a video with lots of footage to show you all. so please enjoy!

DEAR READERS,

Life is funny sometimes. when it seems like everything is going down down down, something good will happen.. and in most cases I don't know how to deal with the adjustment. like when I realized that Steph and I weren't going to work out, Alannah came back into my life.. or how when she left, Molly came into focus.. its strange the way that all of this stuff goes down. after Molly and I were obviously not going to work out I moved to Los Angeles.. it was great.. I would go out and party and wouldn't even have to drive, all the best food.. everywhere! and constant entertainment in all genres…. then… I got fired from my job..

after that the stress started.. so I went to school.. I though that I would at least get some grants that would help me get by until I got my stuff together. unfortunately on account of our screwed up government regulations I wouldn't be eligible for financial aid until it was too late.. luckily I had understanding parents.. or should I say.. parents that were willing to help.. to pull me bye. but this last month it was looking like I was going to have to pack my stuff in the old covered wagon and head back home..

a good friend of mine hooked me up with a employee from LAMILL.. a place that I have wanted to work at since I moved to this "little town" and have been trying hard ever since to land the job…. she led me safely into employment.

so now I, Trevor Martin! can say that he is a Bar-back and future Barista at LAMILL coffee & tea.. and I fucking love it!

if only my alarm clock could give me caffeine injections

Dear Readers,

lately I have been having some real trouble waking up on time.. which has led to me missing a lot of class.. which sucks.. I blame my severe depression, and lack of enthusiasm. but in all trueness I am just pain lazy. today I was smart enough to reset my alarm clock after it woke me up.. but had I not, I would still be sleeping right now..

I am so thankful for the wonderful world that is coffee. I remember being in elementry school, and waking up early so my sister and I could walk down to "limelight Java" and grab a few quick fixes… we were in freaking elementary school. sure they say that children who have a taste for coffee at such a young age will most likely be a heavy coffee drinker by the time they are adults. I had no idea it would reach this level of obsession. the only thing better than drinking, buying, smelling, and buzzing on coffee, is making it.. and lucky for me I may have found a way to do this professionally.

My friend Lindsey has an in at LAMILL. this is a high end coffee shop/cafe by my house, which I have been applying at, and contacting with no results since I move here last may.. it has been my dream to work here even before I lived here, and I basically moved to the area on account of the good coffee, and concert overflow.. so Lindsey hooked me up with her friend ( who I will not name on account of just meeting the person and not knowing how they feel about being posted on some silly blog ) and she needs to train a host so she can move up to server.. so she asked me to come in on sat.. (tomorrow) and shadow her as a host.. I think if I do a good job then I will get the position.. if I get the position it wont take me long to become a barista.. this is something I have been wanting to do for sooooo long.. I have some experience on account of training a bit with "flourfusion" and of coarse the secret book that my sister gave me, which I honestly cannot name on account of BIG TROUBLE! if anybody finds out that I have it… not for me of coarse.. she is responsible, but it doesn't matter anyway. in a few months she will be far off in a tiny little Japanese land… anyway I am really into coffee and I feel like I am finally getting the opportunity that I need to do what I love, in the place that I deserve to be associated with.. LAMILL.. I hope to gosh that you choose me as your new family/team member..

lately I have been taking some long walks through my neighborhood. you see such strange things in Los Angeles.. such unattractive yet, very interesting images. Silver-lake is particularly strange.. it is very much a young community, but there is this ghetto side to it. like soho but closer to the ground.. people here are primarily dumb.. and by people I mean the SILVERLAKE people.. the Hipsters, or scene kids, or BERKGRADS (as me and my sis call em')

they are very into themselves, and very fashion oriented. a lot of the local band are doing basically the same thing, with the real difference being in the tightness of their pants, or the pointedness of their little boots. don't get me wrong, they are good people deep down, it just kind of sucks when "SHEIK' is the new "POP" most of these kids look like they would be on drugs, or some kind of freaky freak.. but when you talk to them you can't tell if they were born in beverly hills, or Malibu. anyway it can get pretty repetitive at times.

any way, I am going to be late for school if I don't get my butt in gear so until later,

have a good day

bye now

Trevor Martin

Yesterday, and the blogging restraint that the government has to put on me every once in a while

Dear Readers,

Yesterday was pretty Okay. I went to get my hair cut at my appointment… 11:00 but when the lady answered the door she said she was buys and for me to come back in an hour. instead I walked a few blocks down to some other place. it was a little more "hip" than the other place.. which when I am getting my hair cut I don't usually like to be attacked with electronic music. but the place turned out to be pretty good… I mean they cut my hair right?

Then I went home to take a shower, and I went out to put some applications out.. I need a new job. I can' t stand these lawyers anymore. so I ended up walking all the way to the junction and back up Hyperion. I am kind of sore now but I think I am going to go for another walk. maybe up glendale the other direction. but right now I need waffles and coffee. I think I better get myself moving. I want to check out atwater rehearsal studios tonight. supposedly they have soundproof rooms, I have been working on this song that I want to record. If I can finish the thing by tonight I might have a new song for my little project.

In Regards to Early Dolphin and the Echo Curio

DEAR READERS,

Last night after a long, drag out battle with my self confidence, I decided to go to the Early Dolphin Record Release. The Venue was "echo curio" which is one of the deciding factors on account of it being right by my house and one of my favorite places to see underground music…. Yes even more than the smell!….. much more than the smell. I like the art, the smallness, the way you see the cars passing by outside, or how it is right in echo park and all the strange hot dog selling guys are everywhere outside, or how it is BYOB… and all that stuff.

The first time I went to echo curio was to see the amazing

Tiny Vipers. I had bought her new album just before the show,

and had fallen in love with her last one far before the show.

since I had never been to the echo curio I had no Idea what to

expect. I had to ask like two guys before I believed that it was

actually BYOB. I drank a great big Sapporo and chilled out on

the floor to watch one of the most amazing shows I had ever seen.

Jesse Fortino can really sing, and play that guitar as well. she

seems to bring a voice out of both herself, and her instrument, that can best be described as "the voice of a goddess".

she humbly went through her set, song after song, without saying

a word and by the time the show was over nobody knew exactly

what had just happened in front of them. the show was stellar!

Any way last night I was awoken to a alarm on my phone informing me that I had to see the early dolphin show tonight. I hit up facebook, and other forms of communication to find somebody who would want to enjoy the show with me but nobody ended up committing. so I went alone. Going to a show alone for me has always been kind of an unsettling/educational thing. I mean when I do anything I feel awkward enough but when I am at a show all by myself I just don't fit in. I guess I kind of feel like people are staring at me, saying things to each other like, "who's this asshole with the camera" or "look at this guy taking pictures" or "YOUR TOO CLOSE TO ME DUDE"… actually that last one somebody really said to me last night.. the fregging door guy. which seems like a horse shit statement considering he works in a venue that usually fills beyond capacity… get used to it "DUDE". So anyway I mustered up the courage to go it alone. and I felt awkward just the same. one thing that was incredibliy different was that this was my first time seeing drums played in this venue. I have only seen two other shows here (the first being tiny vipers)-which is solo acoustic, and the second being some weird noise thing that was percussion-less. anyway the sound of cymbals and snare I noticed really stand out in this place, when they were doing the sound check I remember saying to myself, "that guitar is way too loud!" but when they started playing it was totally drowned out in the heavy hissing of the cymbals. they fixed the audio after the first song and the place seemed to be screaming at you from all sides. the place really fills up with sound..

The first band to play was a band called "the spires".. and they were awesome.

They were a trio, two girls(rhythm) and a guy that took good care of the guitars and vocals. the guy sort of reminded me of Bill Callahan in the way he sang and played, which is funny becuause he actually made a reference to Callahan when they were sound checking. think of if you mixed Smog with the Poppiness of Josh Rouse and then realized that you were in a dream. that is the feeling that this band gives off. very punchy rythems, simple yet fitting, with sloshy guitar solos and dancing vocal melody. this band ended up being my favorite of the night.

The Next band on the lineup was the group that I went to see. They were called "early Dolphin". really good band. they remind me of wilco, yet sometimes remind me of BJM. which in my opinion is a pretty strange mix. anyway they really blew me away as well. the singer guy must be a little crazy. they rocked out and then blew away. the whole thing seemed pretty brief. but I guess I had been waiting there for music to start for like an hour and a half. luckily the liqour store across the street knows some great ways to spend your time between set breaks. although most of my time was spend collecting photos and b-roll footage. I really like the photo I have here of these crazy "bottle nosed" dogs.

Finally was the amazing pop ensemble "THE FRENCH SEMESTER" which could be better described than the Description by my friend Lindsey.. "THEY ARE CUTE" some of the best LO-FI underground Pop music that you can get right up to your face like this. they were really good. the vocals were way too low the whole time. which sucks because they have cool lyrics and cool vocal harmonies. us (the audience) kept telling them.. but nobody ever fixed it. any way they were really loud in general and it came as a perfect finale to the show.

after the show I was starving and scraped up just enough money to go to del taco. but they fucked my order up by putting the devil "dairy" on my burritos even after confirming that I had said "no cheese" and when I got home and realized it was far to late for me to venture out and fix it. so I just went to bed starving. and to tell you the truth here I am in the morning still hungry and blogging. I really need to get some grub. anyway hope you all enjoy the video and I hope next time somebody will be more inclined to come along.

Video Coming Soon!!!

SPD

SPD=no beer, lots of gas company shit, and hours of trying to catch a leppy.. enjoi

In Regards to LifeMixes and Fail's

This morning I woke to the sound of my "wake up(alarmclock-mixtape)-[you see I have a Playlist created for every day.. they are sort of the soundtracks to my life]

anyway I realized that I had a essay conference to get to with my english teacher.. it was mandatory. I rushed out of the house and to school.. when I got there and knocked on her office door she invited me in… asked me to sit down and wait for a few min.. when she came back to me she sat down and said- "so what is it that you need to ask me?"

I said "don't we have a conference today"

she looked at me for a moment, then she said "trevor conferences don't start until friday"

DURRRR

anyway after that I just sat in my car and drew out this comic journal to better describe the situation.

also I got a new IPOD recently. which has put me back into the constant music running through my veins lifestyle. anyway I have always been into the whole playlist thing. wether I put whole albums on it, or just mixtapes, or whatever I always try to fit it into my life and what I am doing or going through… for example if I am flying to chicago I might make a playlist with a bunch of chicago related songs or artists, if its raining I may put rainy day songs, and so on.

anyway I think I will start posting lists of my playlists so you guys can get an idea of what I am talking about.. so here is todays playlists as of this morning!

Wednesday Wake-up (alarm clock mixtape)

smog-"morning paper"

Abigail Washburn-"coffee's cold"

Neil Young-"out on the weekend"

tiny vipers-"fell in a well"

Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle-"is there any way out of this dream"

Widespread Panic-"walkin'(for your love)"

Xavier Rudd-"let me be"

Joanna Newsom-"bridges and balloons"

Emmy the Great-"The Easter Parade"

Crystal Gayle-"don't it make my brown eyes blue"

Cat Power-"who knows where the time goes"

Drive to School (mixtape)

Frank Sinatra-"I have got a crush on you"

Fountains of Wayne-"radiation vibe"

Bruce Springsteen-"wrecking ball"

Bill Frisell-"crazy"

Shiina Ringo-"17"

Tom Waits-"tango till they're sore"

Vic Chesnutt-"gravity of the situation"

Intellectual walk to class from my car (mixtape)

Bob Dylan-"mr.tambourine man"

Vic Chesnutt-"what do you mean?"

Wilco-"woodgrain"

and finally the "study your japanese" (mixtape)

fishmans-"seasons"

shiina ringo-"mr. wonderful"

Number Girl-"Young girl 17 sexually knowing"

fishmans-"walking in the rhythm"

fishmans-"long season"

cocco-"sleeping prince"

ONTJ-"buddaha is my CO-PILLOW('till I die)"

Van Dyke Parks-"Calypso"

Utada Hikaru-"wait & see"

UA-"かすかなしるし Hiroshi Fujiwara feat.UA"

Fishmans-"weather report"

anyway happy SP day.. talk to you all later!

QUASI (VLOG)

Dear Readers,

Last night me and Dave went and saw Quasi for the first time. it was really great. only $10. the show took for ever to start up. I had a few beers ( which costed me more than a few dollars ) and got a shirt. the band was pretty much amazing. They are all such natural musicians. you can tell that they are compforetable with what they are doing. even though it is rather loose. but in the loosness there is this sense of confidence. like they are perfectly off beat/or out of tune/ or just out.. and they know it! anyway I am pretty much beat from all shinanigans reguarding last night. but don't take my word for it… see for yourself!

In Regards to Vlogs

Dear Readers,

this here vlog was some footage of the night my sister came to visit.

I wish happy meals looked like this...

Honestly though, if fast food was actually yummy and good for you wouldn't life be sooo much easier. I'm always in a rush and in need of food and there are few items for vegans like me while we are on the go.. or in the moment. if one day I could design a happy meal it would look something like this picture above.

.. what about you guys?.. if you could make your own happy meal what would you put in it? and also what do you think of the idea of healthy fast food?.. do you think it would be a good idea? do you think it is even possible?… tell me… I want to know!

CLASS *dun dun dun(orchestral score)

Dear Readers,

Today I finally faced returning to my english class. which I haven't been to in like a week! She didn't even notice I was gone.. she doesn't even take roll. its kind of a joke. I have already read most of the works that we are covering in class, aside from a few short stories and stuff. she isn't a very nice person either. kind of self obsessed and far too unimportant for her own view of herself. she read to us a letter that Bill Gates wrote.. the content was something like "advice to the youth of today" it was in regards to our generation of young adults and what we have become. some points were pretty good, and all in all it was a fun piece of info.. one thing I noticed though, it was only valid to upperclass, semi-popular, or sub-/urban kids who had opportunity. I realized right at the beginning that it was going to be directed towards kids who are maybe in their first years of college or almost there, who have parents who would pay for them.

I thought at the end that she would start asking about points that made his advice one sided, and opinionated.. but at the end she just said "pretty good eh"…

I couldn't believe it… I thought that the essay was all in all a piece of Crap (pardon the lang).. it did have some fun points and stuff but it was basically one sided and seemed more like a "you kids today" type of thing.. he even ended it with something like… "be nice to the nerds, one day you may be working for them". I felt like raising my hand and pointing all these things out.. but since I was trying to blend my absence in I just kept my mouth shut. plus last time I argued a point with her she just acted mean and immature. so I would rather save myself the red face.

anyway the parking lot of my school was total poop.. It took me forever to get a space. really! it actually took over an hour and a half to find a space. and I pay like 90 bucks a quarter for this. its pretty much a rip off. I was at the point of almost leaving and skipping my classes once again. but no more!! no longer can I wait until life gets better to take care of business.. because it never gets better.. or at least it never stays good enough for you to run things smoothly. it seems like I learn this every year, and I have to relearn it every time things get tough.. but the fact of the matter is that I have to keep myself in gear. no more putting things off.

I am supposed to go to OC again tonight and record more. I am sick of driving out there but what choice do I have. anyway I might skip out tonight and finish writing this song that I have been working on but I can't really decide. as of now… I desperatly need a shower and that is my next stop.. maybe I will check in later on. but until next time…さようなら

more on the subject of me!!

Dear Readers,

Yesterday I recorded more music at Daves place.. I am about to go to school and should really get moving. today I am probably going back to Daves house to record more. but maybe not. I am spending quite a bit on gas which is way too expensive as it is, but to be hopping back and forth from OC to LA is pretty crazy. anyway I really can't sit around and blog for too long because I don't want to waste another class day in the parking lot. so I will be back soon and until then… BYE BYE

Last Night

Dear Readers,

Last night Just before I made my decision to stay inside and do nothing I received a interesting text… a while back me and my friends were interested in a local band called "the living sons" who were friends of my friends. anyway they would constantly throw these warehouse parties in huntington beach and it would be full of fab underground, and underaged kids getting high, fucking in dark corners, drinking until they were ready to make bad decisions, etc.. and playing in the background would be "the living sons". anyway after a while the warehouse got shut down on account of the property owners "changing their minds" or something.. basically we knew the end would be inevitable but it always sucks when it happens. anyway after that I saw them play at a house party or two and then didn't see them until last night… after all the parties it just didn't seem like it would be as much fun to see them in any kind of real venue.

any way the last I had heard they were on the border of breaking up and moving on to different bands.

well the text I got last night informed me that my friend Manny had joined the band as their bass player and could get me on the list. I went and checked it out. the club was strange. "Cinespace theatre" or something. the crowd was very weird as well. I remember walking in and "Guns and Roses" was blasting so loud I wasn't sure if I would be able to stay. but I got used to the shitty club music. or that everybody was smoking inside. there was free vodka but I had a burrito that didn't agree with me pre show, so I wasn't going to take the risk of a popov nightmare. any way the show wasn't all bad. I really like the new music more than the old stuff. it seems less guitar driven but the songs sound different… more progressive I would say.

all in all it was a pretty good night. until later… bye now

A Rainy Day

Dear Readers,

Today Started Early, with my usual immediate consumption of coffee and about an hour of Vinyl therapy Starting roughly at 8:30am. after I pumped myself up with Ethiopian pressed brew, and some mr.T experience.. I was ready to hit the streets. I met Lindsey down at Intelligentsia where I consumed even more coffee, and then we walked to the Silver lake Farmers Market. I bought some Herbs to Plant mostly MINT's which I enjoy cooking with fresh mint over most fresh herbs so I am stoked on my decision. Hopefully they will flourish over the spring season so I can harvest them in the mid summer. I also got some CATGRASS which I can hear is being enjoyed right now. after all that we went to the Rock-away-Records and got a few good albums. then went to my place for yet another cup of joe! : /

then I left LA to head to Dave's place

where we would once again start working

on our record which we started months

and months ago. and haven't worked on

in months and months. All in all I think

it went pretty good. we didn't record much

but at least we are getting back into the songs

and stuff, plus we started a new song which

means that we are writing again I guess.

also I filmed most of what we were doing

which is cool becuase we always talked about

trying to document the sessions in some way.

anyway after all that I went to my moms house

to find that she was having some rediculous

wine tasting party. and everyone was pretty

drunk. finally I ditched that place and am safe

at home. happy and ready for some extreme sleep.

so until next time….. Goodnight

SCHOOL/VINYL with a Parking lot's View

DEAR READERS,

I cant help but think that there are none yet! but who knows. Today I spent way too many hours in the language lab at my school. I like learning Japanese. I have put some thought in taking up other languages when I am confident in Japanese, but it just doesn't seem like it would be as fun to learn French or something.

maybe Chinese.

Lately I have been getting back into my cooking routine. which is nice. one of the only consistent things for me in this world is food. It is so relieving to know that no matter what happens to me in a day, that no matter what I may be feeling emotionally. my taste buds work the same shift every day, and they always work their hardest. I guess sometimes I get stomach aches and stuff, but it still tastes good. that is the joy of cooking. fixing your day with a delicious meal.

I have been sick for about a week now and its really bumming me out. I haven't had enough energy to do all that needs to be done each day. and at the same time I don't have enough time to just sit around and get well. so I have been overworking myself, and that has prevented me from a full recovery. but what can you do? right?. Classes are hard as shit, and rather boring, all except Japanese.. I guess they can all be interesting, but I really am taking the most boring classes yet. I got a student parking pass which is cool and all.. but most of the time there aren't any spots available anyway, and I end up sitting around in the parking lot with jaunty eyes, searching desperately for a spot.

My sister flew in yesterday. she needs to get x-rays and tests done so she can get a visa for her residency in TOKYO. she is so lucky to be able to do this, and personally I don't think its fair that she gets to go and not me. but I am kind of happy for her behind all this bitterness. Last night I went out to meet up with her and she had gone to hang out with her friends, I woke up at midnight to her calling me to let her in, and then I pretty much just left since it was so late. we are supposed to go to see our father this evening but that kind of thing is pretty much impossible to maneuver. what with my Dads struggle to make a plan, and my sisters lack of enthusiasm, and me stuck in the middle just trying to get it over with.. in most cases it just doesn't work out. I don't really remember exactly but I have videos and pictures to prove that at one point we actually were a family that spent time with each other. now we are all grown up and trying to deal with just living our own lives.

to clear something up, I bought Joanna Newsom's new record "HAVE ONE ON ME" (which in a previous post I had informed you all that I had downloaded the leaked record) so I just wanted everyone to know that I wasn't lying when I said that I was going to purchase it when it came out. It really is a wonderful record. I listened to the whole thing back to back, last night while drinking sake. it was so great. and there is something special about listening to it on vinyl. I mean I was captured by it the first time I listened to it. but it felt different listening to it on a needle.

Are there any vinyl collectors out there. if so tell me why you love vinyl so much, and maybe tell me some of your favorite albums that you like to experience under the influence of the needle… and I don't mean while taking drugs intravenously!

:) march

DEAR READERS,

March is here and I predict goodness!

although right now I am sick and pretty uncomfortable, I am rather happy. some good albums

are coming out this month and some pretty good concerts are coming up as well. plus I am

in school, and things aren't nearly as bumpy as they were the beginning of last month. any

how I hope you all had a good first day of march and lets just see what this wonderful month

has to offer…… does this sound like BULLSHIT? well it is!

lets just try to get through okay guys.

GINGER HERB RAMEN

DEAR READERS,

The first thing you need to know in order to cook Ramen (or any Japanese Style Dish) is this.. FOOD IS ZEN! and in order to make the perfect Ramen you must give it every part of yourself.. all your attention.. you must become the Ramen…

in Japan Ramen is taken rather seriously. most authentic Ramen houses have OLD FAMILY RECIPES

which are kept very secret. the only person who can know the recipe is the cook. there is usually one cook, and he works the entire day. unfortunately most authentic Ramen Recipes have meat in them.. :(

but who's to say that a good Ramen has to have meat in it..

Well lucky for you I have made a perfect recipe, that is easy to make, and meat free.. and what says ZEN better than GINGER HERB?

so here you go folks… enjoy!

INGREDIENTS.

____________

KONBU-( DRIED KELP )

water

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup fresh ginger minced

2 cups-vital wheat gluten

2 tbsp ginger spice

2 tbsp garlic powder

2 tbsp onion powder

2 tbsp mirin

2 tbsp chili powder

2 tbsp fennel

2 tbsp lemon zest

2 tbsp gumbo file

2 tbsp dried chipotle

2 tbsp black pepper

2 tbsp rosemary

2 green onions

&

a handfull of SOMEN or CHOW MEIN or RICE NOODLES

GINGER WHEAT MEAT:

*first mix one tbsp of each of the herbs with the vital wheat gluten.

*mix the water, mirin, soy sauce

*add the liquid mixture and the dry mixture while stirring with your fingers

*now knead the mixture with your hands until it becomes like a sponge, and the liquid is completely

soaked up.

*now pick off small pieces and place into a large pot(TIP- pieces should be about the size of a cherry)

*fill the pot with about 8 cups of water and 1tbsp of

all the herbs on the list, 1/8 cup- minced ginger and some kind of seasoning sauce of your choice. (if you like sweet, use a sweet sauce, if you like hot, use hot sauce)

*Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer, cover and let simmer for about an hour.

*strain and set the broth aside, cover the seitan and set aside.

GINGER HERB DASHI:

_______________

*first take a full strip of KONBU and 1/8 cup minced ginger and let sit in 8 cups of water for 30 min.

*then bring water to a low boil for about 10 min

* remove Konbu and add the broth from the WHEAT MEAT

*let boil for another 5 min

FINAL STEPS

____________

*boil 8 cups of water and add the noodles of your choice.

*pour broth into a bowl, add some noodles, and put the wheat meat on top

*you could also add some steamed vegetable if you want.

**remember to slurp your noodles, and enjoy..

SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK

Dear Readers, I am sick. sick, sick, sick. and very uncomfortable. I stayed in bed all morning and now its almost 10am and I still haven't showered or done anything really. Okay so I just fed the cat. anyway yesterday I watched movies all day and fell asleep rather early. today I think that I will start making the Ramen recipe that I owe you. I think Ramen will make me feel a lot better. though I may have to go to whole foods in order to get a few key ingredients. but either way I don't think the task will be too much for me to handle. especially with my in room kitchen set up that I have been working with. its really nice to be able to cook in your room, even though it can be kind of cluster f*#$ it is still nice for me to avoid going up and down those stairs. I originally got the idea from my sister who has lived in dorms and now has a microwave and coffee maker in her room to avoid pissing off her house mates, who from what I understand are against microwaves. any way, yesterday sucked. all I did all day was edit footage to put up online where nobody would appreciate it anyway. at least I am fucking making something. its funny how nobody cares that I am making these films, I doubt that people watch them all the way through if they even care to click the link in the first place, while at the same time they send me mafia war and farmville app invites like its the best thing in the world. I don't care though.

last night I had a dream that I was taken to an old irish town. I was taken there by men in suits, who I assume were supposed to be irish men, but they were dressed like Hasidic jews. anyway when we got there they took me into a huge palace. or mansion. I can't really remember if it was a palace or just a huge house. but when I asked why they had taken me there they told me I was a true son of the lord and that I would have to remain in the estate until I was old enough to rule the land. I tried to explain to them that I had no knowledge or urge to rule a kingdom but they kept telling me that same thing…"you are a true son of the lord and you will rule the kingdom" I still don't understand exactly what they were talking about but anyway, they wouldn't let me leave. I don't remember what happened next but I do remember that an old friend "kristen" was in the dream and also a few kids from my woodworking classes when I lived in San Diego. it was a pretty strange dream and waking from it was a relief. the old irish men kept trying to shove me into this dirty bathtub and told me "a true king must be clean and shaven in order to properly rule the land" I remember feeling very uncomfortable about this and trying to leave.

aside from that, I am a very dirty boy right now, and in order to properly make good Ramen tonight I am going to have to jump in the shower. so please excuse me folks...

that is if there are even any readers at all.

Poll Results for my next RAMEN RECIPE!

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Ginger herb 3votes

Hot chili 2 votes

and the winner is GINER HERB with 3 votes

not many votes but I thank all of you who did

participate.

Stay tuned for the recipe

A LOST VIDEO ZONE EXPERIENCE-by. Trevor Martin

When I found this footage I was shocked. I couldn't believe it, I guess you could say I was overjoyed. even though the footage isn't that great, and I only had a small portion of it, I knew that is was footage that I might never have a chance to get again.

I originally wanted to use a song that was actually playing during some of the footage,

the song "the grid" by. mike gordon and leo kottke. but I no longer had a copy of the song, and I am pretty sure that their music is protected. so I decided to go with the BJM song. which in the end I think makes for a cooler soundtrack choice.

I apologize if the vlog seems to go nowhere, for the parts without music, I literally played all the footage I had of this event, unedited! somewhere in my stolen computer out there is the rest of the footage from this time period. but its likely that I will never have them again.

so this is the only real records I have of this time period. though the videos may not reach out to most of the people who may come across this video. I know that a few of us will treasure these clips for what they are, and for what they represent in our lives.

at times I look back at the past and think, you know I am sure that I would have cherished those days if I had taken more pictures or videos. thats why I do these vlogs and blogs and shorts anyway. someday I may be looking back at these, and I think it will be comforting to know that I have a good representation of who I was, or what I was doing. anyway hope you enjoy the video even a little bit. :)

A LOST VIDEO ZONE EXPERIENCE from trevor martin on Vimeo.