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Well, I guess I screwed up the MJ blog (sort of). I don’t know. Maybe? I didn’t mean to. I feel like I had good intentions. I just like talking about things. I know we’ll all be friends in the end, so why shouldn’t we. It’s understandable why Scott’s against it. He’s always against confrontation (not always, but you know Scott). But it’s also no surprise that I’m instigating the (healthy) confrontation. I’ve always been that way. It’ll get worked out. Still, I hate that it tends to go this way when we “debate”.

Why are controversial things so enticing to talk about? Is it just me? I just like discussing. I think you really learn what people are like when you do. I think it breeds intimacy. and I suppose I just crave that with people I love. What does that mean?

Anyway… let’s see, Jess and I got tickets to Bonnaroo and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t TOTALLY pumped about it. I just can’t wait. Three solid days of music. Music is an interesting thing. Music has become a language in my life. I started out learning the basics and over the last decade or so I’ve just been learning all the in’s and out’s and techniques and what have you. It’s beautiful. I’m on my 3rd instrument (the guitar) and I just love it more and more each day (referring to music and the guitar). Just like it’s nice to be able to write out your thoughts to express emotions and feelings, I’m at the point where I can play music to express those things. But they aren’t “thoughts” that come through on an instrument… I don’t know. It’s something deeper. I wouldn’t even know how to put it into words. But it’s great.

Hmmm. I had no intentions of writing all that.

That symbol up there is from the movie Me and You and Everyone We Know . i give it a 6.3. It was a good movie, but certainly of the independent film genre. (the wikipedia link explains the symbol. it's a pretty funny part in the movie but you wont get it unless you see it (or talk to me).)