Trip to the music fantastic

Mobile blogging vol.3

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:42:56 GMT

I am once again I Utah.
Snowboarding, food, friendship etc.

Right now I am with a group taking full advantage of what the wii was made for. Mario kart and wii sports.
I feel a huge sense of distance everytime I leave sj.
Understandable there is a great deal of distance, physically, but whatev. It's just a feeling and fortunatly my robot heart has no time for such things. Regardless a this very moment I am highly entertained and thinking of you while I lol.

if i were i transformer ....i'd be............... Perceptor

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:29:36 GMT

where have the weeks gone. Watchmen is almost upon us. Yesterday I was thinking "man, by the time that movie roles around, well have lost a chunk of the year. . . . .............. . . . ......". The extra dots were me slipping into deep thought, possible thinking of guitar or maybe some crude sexual fantasy . The kind where I have a shower and deep condition my hair.

But I digress.

Its been busy. I haven't been romantic with my guitar properly in almost a week. AND i just dropped 150 on a little box to help me record. ... granted its not hear yet. But still.

On a great note. Ashley bought me Ice cream.

On a sad note California is fucked financially.

I leave for Utah pretty soon here. Gonna go snowboard and relax and eat unbelievably bad food. In the sense that its not good for me. It tastes amazing.... just you know.

I met this lady yesterday who had a significant other in Ireland. It got us talking. You see i had already been talking to her, but as a employee/customer kinda thing. Once Ireland got brought up we started talking. and let me tell you. SHE was full of beans. Now I can't possibly describe her properly here. But she was just alive. It was amazing. We were laughing back and forth and i was genuinely interested in what she had to say. Turns out she had also survived cancer. well hopefully. She said she was down with kemo. Which explained her AMAZINGLY curly hair. Anyway what I am really trying to drive home is that. A. she was unbelievably full of life. B. completely in love with her irish co pilot (she went over 8 times last year) and C. she had survived cancer.
She is amazing.
She got that little pizaz that I could only hope to have shine through when i meet people.

in one piece

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:51:28 GMT

We enter day five of the great 180 ...... of my life that is.

Two boxes of junk have been removed from my living room, along with one box of garbage. I have been doing some kind of exercise everyday to perk myself up and to help me sleep at night. And I bought an external hardrive. Next a shredder. ... you know to shred my bills and personal stuff that all my "companies" like to send me.

I left the country for two weeks, and then I came back. I drank an unbelievable amount of guinness. Theres no story to tell there, just that it happened and now I am trying to work it all off.

voiceless

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:46:26 GMT

Larynfuckingitis

At about 11 whilst watching a movie with my roomie, I noticed a most curious thing. I was no longer able to breath. So at my urging, via hand gestures and strained looks, to be taken to a hospital we promptly fled into the night. Five minutes into the journey and we had to pull over. The oxygenless party that my body was having also meant a violent and grotesque barf fest was in order. I immediately lost the only food I had put into my body, not only an hour before, all across the cold dark concrete. My second favourite shoes ending up being a casualty, along with my favourite pair of jeans.

To pinpoint where this viral infection came into my life would include careful analysis of all the things I have done these past few weeks.

1. Worked with sick people, some of whom described these symptoms.
2. Hung out with sick people, some of which described these symptoms.
3. Played a show in the saratoga hills on a saturday night and forgot to wear a jacket.

Either way, it happens without fail. Every time I go to Ireland something happens to me.

steady diet of painkillers, antibiotics and steroids will fill in the next two days.
Ive been in bed now for 4 days. FOUR days. I am incredibly bored, xbox is no entertaining. I can't eat. And I can barely walk (painkillers, second time ever being on them)

HARUMPH.

Best Show Ever

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:56:59 GMT

Need I say more.

It all finally came out right.

1 week 2 days till I leave.
I need this trip so bad.
I want a good Irish guinness, my friends, my family, a tangle twister and to quote a great friend: "I want smoochies"

Show definitely maybe

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:36:38 GMT

I am scheduled to make an appearance this saturday at the blue rock shoot in saratoga.

14523 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, California 95070
Cost: free!!!

7pm

Dominic Miranda
Robert the Robot

Its my first real show in a while, and also my first time playing with Dominic in a long time.

Should be fun .

Robert

Oh what fun

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:55:59 GMT

For as much as it didnt feel like christmas, the actual day itself was a lot of fun. It was small and humble and the gifts I got were amazing. Particularly the new pair of my favourite converse, which I did not ask for, my mom knew that I loved em and took it upon herself to find another pair online (they are not standard chucks, these ones have been from as far as I can tell discontinued ) So yay mom. But it wasnt about the gifts. Not to sound cliche. But it was time spent with my fam that mattered most. But I digress.

Last night was a Laidlaw Rosie combo. One of the best combos in my little world. There was a good amount of alcohol, plenty of apple pie (none for me thanks) and very little sleep. so. yeah. it was a great night. But I confess.

T- minus 16 days until I leave. I need to change my voicemail.

My sleeping sched sucks. It requires a lot of work. Mainly me going to sleep early and waking up at a reasonable hour.

Mobile posting 2.0

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:08:17 GMT

So I am now leaving the airport, just got into Utah. About to get some grub at scone cutters, which is one if the reasons if I ever chose to move to Utah, I would.

I'll be here till Sunday at which point I return to San jo to work on paying of my BRAND NEW MACBOOK.

Yesterday was nuts. I'll have to elaborate on it later.

iPhone posting 1.0

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:29:22 GMT

mobile posting test test

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:33:49 GMT

The weeks tumble slowly towards Christmas, leaving any hope of getting my desired macbook in its trail of memory dusty stuff. I did however make the more mature decision to purchase a plane ticket home. After five long years Robert will return to the mother land and reestablish connections with his loved ones and friends.

From what I hear my cousin is on the verge of working himself into a coma, and my best friend can't stand where he lives. So hopefully I will be able to inject a little love into their lives.

If all goes well I can pay off the ticket well before I go there and will be able to survive Christmas also.

Somethings still missing though.

A macbook ? perhaps.

But, and I don't mean to sound paranoid, I am unfortunately usually right about these things...something wicked this way comes. And its going to kick my ass.

On the brighter side, last week served as a reminder that I am still human. As I shared a coffee with my long lost bestest friend ( I have many best friends by the way, I often refer to them as my inner circle or to put it simply "those with my best interests at heart"). things didn't end so well between us. She went her way and I went mine. What I didn't know was her side of the story. And what baffles me the most is trying to come up with a good reason as to why things went so south. I am not an asshole. I know I am not a bad guy. Ill be nice to almost everybody. But as Irony would have it I was the biggest jerk to one of the most important people I had back then, and could have still had in my life had I not be so young and foolhardy. It was very tough to hear. But it was right to have everything put in its proper perspective. I deserved to hear it. Perhaps now I can let it go, not that I thought about it much, but it was still lingering.

whew did not expect to get into boring details about my social life.

I guess .......ummm......I was trying to say love the ones you got. .???

Much love

Wow

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:25:21 GMT

The band returns after a six month hiatus. Our first show in quite some time will also be our first in San Fransisco. I've been wanting to play outside of San Jose for a while now. Theres not much here for a band like mine. I think we'd do better in Cities or places like Sacramento.

Regardless.

Music is a wonderful roller coaster that I have been enjoying again greatly for the past few days.

It keeps my mind off of the more stressful things I could be thinking about.

Also it's looking like no Halloween party for poor me. I will be outside of San Jose.
The question is whether or not I want to drive back and forth that night.

Ugh my head is going to crumple up like paper. Between lectures on the moral impasse that exists when I choose to wear a beenie at work, or mysterious texts that result in overthinking.

Thank goodness I got the weekend off.

Heart Ache whoot !

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:05:37 GMT

I was going to start with some wishful thinking.

How do I find/create(?) the long sought cure for a wounded heart. Dare I say broken I might create the impression that I am doing horribly, which happily I am not. But none the less.
Now of course there are some cures for a wounded heart, surgery, a healthy diet.... but I digress: not the problem(s) I am discussing.

I was going to start with some garbage like that.

But in the time that I was thinking about posting I have in fact found said cure.
It does exist.
All you lonely soles want no more. For it is here. And I plan to share it with you.

An Irish Breakfast.

What is this you ask? Well to all those unfortunate to not have been raised where I was. Let me share.

Irish Bacon (Rashers): Fried
Irish Sausage : Fried
Eggs : Fried
Heinz Baked Beans: Heated
Toast w/ Butter : Irish butter of course

Put em on a plate and enjoy.

Now one could argue that this jumble of goodness will only cause more damage to the heart...
well if your thinking like that about anything Irish then in the words of my good friends waiting at home, you can "fuck right off". YES ! this meal is terrible for you but it tastes amazing. I believe it would be comparable to the concept of "Soul Food". might not be the best for you physically but hot damn if it doesn't sooth the soul.

Additionally you could argue that this is a variation of an Irish Breakfast and not The definitive Irish Breakast. Well like all great things it has been taken and modified over the years. My mother for example grills her bacon and sausage, I had a longing for fried.

Music/my guitar has become front and center in my life again. I intend for it to stay that way forever this time, and I pray that its the one love that doesn't grow tired of me.

Go have your soul food. And if you don't know what that is I suggest searching your childhood.

Hella Called it

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:12 GMT

Warp Core Breaching

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:13:35 GMT

Oh shinanegans. See my instantamazons post on the warp core breach. Needless to say I was messed up right proper.

The weekend has been amazing, albeit, well albeit. But it was amazing none the less.
I haven't been that drunk or messed up in a while. Its always more comforting to drink with people you know and trust. Hence my drinking crews are very select and elite.

Earlier the week before I had a coworkers goodbye party.
It was the first time I kareoke'd, I probably misspelled that but my posts are so few and far between I rarely care about spelling. I did, PYT, THAT LOVING FEELING, um that one Spice Girls song.

The point is, there has been a lot of fun lately. Incredible amounts of fun. and 100% jackass free. Meaning no one gets dumb drunk and ruins it for everyone else. Its just been fun.
Its a really nice feeling. THe past four months have been a great boost in fun having.
I mostly attribute it to the new job. I have met some amazing new people, which in tunr leads to amazing nights out and comic shopping. I keep pretty busy, and I stay mostly sane.
Also the job doesn't mind that I am a complete nerd, so it serves as a sudo outlet for my inner nerd, and I get to act all Robert like and nobody seems to think less of me for it.....unless their not saying.Ha.
The music suffered a little bit. But really who's listening BA DUM TSSH. Its okay though its mostly for my own sanity and not glory. Its like being a painter and painting, only I do it with guitars and rock and roll. BUt if I am out being busy it normally means I am being happy.

If you stand in bathroom with the lights out, and say Bloody Mary five times, Cyndi Lauper appears and finger dances.

Ahh relief

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:20:56 GMT

I have mixed two tracks that are awaiting vocals and I am disgustingly happy with them
Two songs remain to be mixed and the BAM vocals. This is the most fun I have had recording in a long long time. ... oh the guitars. So its a little rockarolla project I am doing. It'll be full band, with the help of a computer on drums. But its coming together so nicely. 4 song demo, with lots of heavy guitars and ambient delay and wookie roars and OH. I just really like it. Which is one problem I have had with music lately. THe songs themselves are a lot simpler then what I would typically write. With the acoustic thing I sometimes tried to do too much and it often held me back. This is just a nice little rockarolla diddy, and it makes me smile.

In other news, I have a stack of DVD's that I am trying to work through but time is a wailing demon to find these days.

Oh and I want this

"starscream wait, i still function"

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:08:07 GMT

Shinnangens

This weekend was a productive/ fun time.

I got to sleep last night which is always good.
"One good night a week" I always say.

After this week the madness will temporarily end.

Oh crap i never posted and I have been logged into LJ for over 24 hours

whoop

more to come

There is a party in my tummy yummy yummy

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:10:34 GMT

So the "Robert Kinsella Rock Project" proceeds as planned.

A three song sampler full of beets, scratchy guitars, and yelling )the likes of which I have only done on a handful of songs(, will appear.

I have been working pretty hard lately, the fruits of that labor are starting to pay off. However my artistic output has been hurting. My song writing is down to a "whenever I get around to it phase", and the two comic ideas i have in my head will have to remain there until I have time.

So here is the order of the day.

1. Rock Project: 75% complete
2. Hiphop Samply Project: In the formulaic stages
3. Comic Book One w/ Manuel: Pending
4. Comic Book Two: Need to talk to josh about colors, also need to draw it.
5. Comic Book three: Laidlaw drop out of school.
6. FallstoLawrence Revival: Where is Blake.

Okay now take that list and mash it with social life, work and GF and you have a good Idea of how busy I am, and why the creative faucet is running dry.

Michael Turner R.I.P

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:56:59 GMT

The comic book world lost a true hero a few days ago. Michael Turner at age 37. From what I understand it was cancer related. For those of you not familiar with his work, he is the artist behind launching and skyrocketing Witchblade.

In recent years he launched his own company called Aspen which produced the well received "Fathom"

In my opinion he is one of the raciest artists for female characters, but his rendition of Batman in Superman/Batman vol 2 is probably the coolest fucking batman I have ever seen see cover below.
I tried to find an image of the Batman scuba suit he did, which is just wow........ anyway. Heres to you Michael. Thanks for all the great work and keeping my imagination alive.

PC HELP

Thu, 22 May 2008 01:55:47 GMT

Not trying to be a scrub,

but does anyone out there have a 400 - 450 watt powersupply that they are not using and would not care if I put it to good use.

Cheers thanks.

Robert

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:17:45 GMT

I hate fighting.
Fighting is lame.
I hate arguing.
Its even more lame.

Sometimes I wish I was a whale.

Harumph !

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:19:28 GMT

I mixed a new demo today, probably to used at my upcoming show in some kind of sampler format. I think I have finally decided on my new name. Well see. Its scary going for changes sometimes, when your so used to something, even if it is a ridiculous campy name. Its my name. Its my band. Still though time for change. Here is a newer better flyer.

My buddy josh is also playing that night.

Should be good.

Ro

Music for all you lonely soles ......

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:46:33 GMT

get it ???? cuz your shoes are bored from not tapping.

Come on out, all three of you !

Best show

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:51:03 GMT

Our show at Nickel City got canned. Basically another show got moved to our location. SO all the bands that were playing at city got told to fuck off. So.. the drummer of Disguise came through and we moved the show to his house. Packed about thirty kids into a garage and had a three band show. Amazingly no cops showed up.

All in all I think it was our best show.

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:08:29 GMT

October sucked right up until the end. When my friend Barry came to visit. It was a grand two weeks. I had not seen him in almost three years. Hes just like i remember him. We rarely keep the same friends we had when we were three. I am very lucky. Were talking 21 years of friendship.

Music.

Playing in San Jose is hard. I don't mind living here, but I can't stands the state the scene is in. So .......random road trips to la or sf if the opportunity arises. I am recording one new EP with mr murr my musical lover. A slow process as a result of our lives but there are six songs waiting over there. I have also started home recordings again. Perhaps somewhat inspired by "Either/Or" or maybe even iron and wine i am going to see if i cant hammer out a mini album based off of new songs. I just finished the acoustic track for one and I really like it. I mean yeah its lacks in some audio quality but I have always been a fan of those organic little recordings with all that spirit and spunk.

Also look for a name change. I am still thinking about it, but I don't think it is a bad idea.
The blog name will remain as a nod to the once juni

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