Beautiful Broken

Friday, July 16, 2010

10:24AM - Bad news. rl happenings

I'm not even sure how to start. My Dad's dead. He passed away sometime last night. When I came home a little after 11, I found dried blood on the kitchen floor, and Daddy slumped over on the toilets seat in the upstairs bathroom. There was blood all over the floor. He has vericose veins, and they've been an issue lately, he's been bleeding from his ankle. He had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and Mom said they cauterized that vein in his leg. The EMT said he bled out fairly quickly, and I know he's in Heaven now, with Papa. The thing is, he had time to get upstairs, and try to treat it himself, he could have called 911. Or he could have called me to say there was something wrong-I would have called 911 myself and had them come check on him.

I'm still in shock, and I think my Mom is too. I can't believe he's gone; he drove me nuts sometimes, but he's my Dad, and I love him so much. Mom's bedridden, and that means it falls to me to take care of all the legal stuff, which I can see is a daunting task, and I'm not sure where to start. I'm taking things an hour at a time right now, waiting on the cleaning service the police officers recommended to come and deal with the clean up.

I think my cat is traumatized too. She was huddled on the living room floor when I came home, and she's been hovering around me and very clingy.

Current mood:

numb

Current music: Burn, by Cassidy Haley

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

4:24PM - So there's this musician...

His name is Cassidy Haley, and he's awesome.

Cassidy Haley is an independent, singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. His new CD, The Fool, comes out on July 13. His music is a mix of pop and modern acoustic rock. The Fool is a groundbreaking, captivating album. His fans are spreading the word about The Fool so it can be heard by as many people as possible. Generating interest and publicity are important. Sharing the music is essential.

That means pressing at least 2,000 CDs, printing thousands of promotional posters and postcards to distribute and creating more opportunities to get the word out about Cassidy and his music. Since he’s a completely independent musician, the money for these needs is scarce.

Please visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cassidyhaley/give-the-fool-the-wings-to-fly for an opportunity to help The Fool be successful. Kickstarter.com provides an easy place for fans to support their favorite artists, like Cassidy, by making a donation and earning some really cool rewards. Pledge just $30 and get an autographed, early release copy of The Fool!

Plus, the person whose donation gets the total to $4,000 or above gets a signed lyric sheet of their choice. The person who gets it to $4,500 or above gets a "mystery package" full of goodies and a signed lyric sheet. And the person who makes the pledge that gets it to the final $5,000 mark will get the choice of having a song written about them by Cassidy Haley or having him cover a song they'd like to hear!

Please, donate today and know that you are supporting a creative, talented artist and making the musical landscape a more beautiful place for everyone. For more information about Cassidy Haley and to hear his music, please visit www.cassidyhaley.com.

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

10:17PM - Meme!

You're on my Friends List. I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other (or think we do). Short answers or long, whatever you want to say (or not) is cool. Copy from here and then repost in a comment. Then repost the empty questions on your journal.

The questions:

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink, what would it be?
05) Favourite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any tattoos and/or piercings? What and where? (And why, if you'd like to tell.)
09) Worst habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favourite sport?
12) Are you naturally optimistic or pessimistic?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you (that you're willing to share here)?
15) Tell me one weird thing about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Clowns: Cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
22) What colour are your eyes?
23) Have you ever been arrested?
24) Soda/beer: Bottle or can?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favourite place to hang out?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe in/appreciate romance?
33) Favourite and least favourite foods?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Current mood:

relaxed

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Friday, December 18, 2009

1:37PM - Wow.

Went to the The Night 89X Stole Christmas concert last night. My first 30 Seconds to Mars concert. Oh.My.God. Just, wow. Waited through four other bands, who were pretty good, but Mars is who I was there to see, and I was not disappointed. They had so much energy and enthusiasm, and the set was great-they did some songs from A Beautiful Lie, some acoustic, which was really awesome, and then finished with four tracks from the new cd, This Is War. I screamed myself hoarse, my voice is so raw right now. Spent most of their set standing on the armrests of my seat in the balcony. They were signing the new cds after, so that was cool as well, but the venue people kinda rushed everyone though, barely had time to say hi. Got to talk to Tomo for a minute later though, when he was down in the main lobby-got a hug from him too! the whole band are really sweet guys, and I had so much fun, I was so wired when I got out, I was up until 4am. They've only got a couple more US shows, then it's off to Europe, but Jared said that they'll be back in the US again in the spring and I am so looking forward to it. And I added to my collection of Mars merchandise (three necklaces, wristband, keychain, patch and tshirt) with one of the This Is War T-shirts and a hoodie. And I've really gotta go leave a thank you note for lisaroquin because she's the one who got me hooked on the band.

But wow, what an awesome night!