On December 30th, I embarked on a trip to England. I made sure I had a window seat. I wanted to witness something spectacular in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, 30,000 feet above planet Earth. A dolphin, perhaps an extraterrestrial, maybe I would even see God. All I saw was a red sheep as the plane descended into Gatwick airport in London. There is a possibility that I was overtired and the red sheep was just me hallucinating. Sometimes I think everything in my life is a product of my own imagination.

Everyone asks me what my favorite part of England was. Everyone thinks I went on some crazy vacation but honestly I just went there to see my girlfriend. I see it like walking down the road to visit my girlfriend, except she lives 6,000 miles away. Butttt, since everyone wants to know: Girlfriend, her family, London, Thriller musical, crisps, tea, platform 9 3/4, castle, Liverpool, The Beatles, Anfield, puking. My favorite part was seeing my girlfriend.

Yesterday I woke up in the middle of the night looking for my girlfriend despite the fact that I’ve been “home” for a week. It sucks, but the 3 month wait for 2 weeks with her was totally worth it. I don’t regret a second of it.

I’m still convinced my life is nothing but a dream. I will always follow my heart even if what I do is “irrational”. To me, not following your heart is irrational. It makes no sense. I’d rather die than not follow my heart.

No song of the day, but here’s a bunch of photos.

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It’s a chilly night in Las Vegas and I’m snuggled under my fussy red blanket. My neighbor’s flashing Christmas lights are trying to give me a seizure.

I have some good news *rubs hands together*, the semester is over and I am done writing my new EP! However, I’m flying to England to see my girlfriend on new years, and I simply can’t imagine myself not writing a song about the whole experience. It’s a huge event. I haven’t seen her in 3 months and I’m flying across the world just to see her. IT’S A LOVE STORY BABY JUST SAY YEAHHHH. :p

Anyway, in no particular order, I’m going to describe the new songs. The song names aren’t final at all. They’ll most likely be changed.

Dandelion – Have you ever lost all hope in a person, a thing, or life in general? I have. This song is about that. It’s probably the most depressing song I’ve ever written. It took about 10 minutes to write it, 4 months to perfect it. I finally put the finishing touches on the chorus. It’s full of beautiful metaphors and not “I want to slash my wrists” or anything like that. I don’t like writing sad music, but it’s how I felt at the time and I’m not going to change my music to please everyone. I want to be real.

In My Sleep – I wrote this in my sleep. I woke up and I already knew the lyrics, melody and most of the chords. It’s about life and love. It really shows my insecure side. It’s very Death Cab/Bright Eyes/Beatles/Radiohead influenced. I want to grow as a musician so I’ve been expanding my influences. And yes, I mentioned Radiohead. You probably won’t hear it though, but I can. I’m very excited cause it still sounds like “me”, since it’s still acoustic.

Long Division – Cheesy love song about me going all the way to England to see my girlfriend. It’s quite catchy and “poppy” like my old stuff, but also different.

Untitled – Yup, I have no idea what this is about. I guess I haven’t finished writing it afterall. This has the potential to be the “single”.

Okay, I’m sure I have another song but it managed to slip my mind. I guess this is what happens when your mind is filled with thoughts of Lucky Charms, unicorns, and panda astronauts.

I should probably shut up now. You should become a fan of me on Facebook because I will be giving away my cover of “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas” only to my fans on Facebook.

Song of the day:
Space Dementia by Muse

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I’ve had a cold for a few days now, which meant no school, which meant boredom. I was on a quest earlier to find out why people sneeze, so I typed “why do” in the Google search bar. Some very funny suggestions popped up.

I’m simple minded so this amused me very much. I spent the next hour typing words into Google and being amused the suggestions.

And yes, I did find out why people sneeze.

Sneezing is basically ‘nature’s broom,’” says Dr. James Banks, an allergist and immunologist in private practice in Arnold, Md. “It is a way our bodies purge foreign matter that has invaded our noses.”

I’m still sick so I can’t record. I sound like a dying cow. It’s upsetting.

Keep spreading the word <3 I’ll leave you with the song of the day. I dedicate this to all the Irish people that were cheated out of the world cup.

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Sooo, as you know, I’m always writing. It’s what I do. First I’m going to release the Christmas song, then maybe a new demo. But there’s going to be a delay in any releases after that. The reason is I want my music to sound perfect and full. I’ll be adding bass, probably a lot of keys, and strings (digital strings unfortunately), tambourine, you name it. I might go as far as adding drums but probably not because I don’t have a drumset. So just expect more songs like A Picnic on the Moon.

Just because I’m an acoustic artist, it doesn’t mean my music has to sound so dull, and it’s bugging me that it does because I can play every instrument. But I also don’t want to make it sound like my “other” music project, Dear Pacific. That would be awesome, but I don’t have a band to make that happen. Nor do I want one.

I like producing my own music, but this time I’m literally going to get an alter-ego and pretend I’m producing the artist Starlight Incentive. Hi, my name is Bryce and I’m producing Starlight Incentive. Don’t laugh! This is serious shit! We’re working as a team. Sergio will show me demos and I will add the finishing touches. :]

Modern Warfare 2 is getting to my head. I can’t believe I took a break. Back to killing innocent people!

Song of the day: Plays Pretty For Baby

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I saw The Friday Night Boys, Hello Monday, We The Kings, and All Time Low today. We The Kings only played 4 songs because Travis Clark had a 102 degree fever. Travis is a BEAST. That’s real dedication. It’s not the first time he impresses me. He played an acoustic set in a bathroom once for some fans that missed the show.

After a band plays, they usually play music while the next band is setting up. They just so happened to play “All The Small Things” by blink-182 and everyone was singing. I felt like I was at a blink show, not to mention I was wearing my blink-182 tour shirt. ;]

All Time Low were amazing, of course. My favorite part was Jack’s bra “collection”. The picture below is from another show but it was pretty much the same thing. It started with one bra and pretty soon every girl was throwing their bra.

It was a fun night. I’m exhausted though so I’ll have to shut up.

Song of the day: Please Play This Song On The Radio by NOFX

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One day, I will die. I have a few requests for when I die, actually, they are demands.

This isn’t final, but I’d like to be buried with my guitar. Unless times are rough, and selling it is the only way to pay for my funeral. After my funeral, I want a party. I know I’ll be “dead” but instead of stuffing your face in a pillow, drenching it with tears, I’d much rather have everyone throw a party. I want everyone to celebrate the great life I led.

Out of all my requests, there is one in particular that I really want. If you don’t listen, I swear I will haunt you in your sleep and bite you. At my funeral, someone better perform “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab For Cutie. The lyrics mean a lot to me. Unfortunately, I don’t believe in heaven or hell. I say unfortunately because I guess it’d be nice to go to heaven. The place with the clouds and grapes (I’d probably go to hell though, where Satan would rape me brutally). I assume Ben Gibbard thinks the same based on the song’s chorus:

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I’ll follow you into the dark

You’re probably thinking, “What the fuck?” But I promise I don’t want to die, nor do I want to kill myself. I actually appreciate life very much, especially after watching the documentary Dear Jack. I suggest you buy it on iTunes, the proceeds go to cancer research. Death happens, and it’s a part of life. Just carry on and pass the butter. No biggie.

Speaking of death, I wrote a letter/song to Michael Jackson in my new songbook. I’ll explain why I wrote him a song in the future. May he rest in peace.

I’m going to a concert tomorrow. I’ll probably blog about it unless it sucks.

Song of the day: Swim
He wrote this after surviving leukemia. It has a very strong message.

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MySpace says I’m a woman, how rude!

Just because I think Sailor Moon is extremely fun to play, it doesn’t mean I’m a woman. No seriously, it’s really fun. I downloaded it to take the piss out of Sailor Moon but I love it now.

Anyways, I have childhood memories of me playing Bevis and Butthead and I’ve been wanting to play that game again. I’ve been looking for this game for ages, but I finally found it. It’s really fun. Bevis’ “weapon” is burping, and Butthead’s weapon is farting. This is the most mature game I’ve ever played.

I used blackra1n to jailbreak my iPod in case you are wondering how I can play NES/Sega games on my iPod. I’m not responsible if you break your iPod. Use at your own risk. ;]

Enough geek talk. I accidentally bumped into the Latin Grammys last night while trying to buy tickets to see All Time Low and We The Kings. I have never seen so many people in my life! And that’s not a good thing. I got panicky. By the way, It better be a damn good show cause I paid $23 for the tickets.

I have the worst throbbing headache EVER so I’m going to stop typing for now. I’ll be blogging regularly so stay tuned. :]

Song of the day:

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In an attempt to satisfy my alter-egos, I’m going to start blogging. But, blogging is tough when you don’t have a life. Seriously, I have no friends. I think it’s hilarious how I can post a bulletin saying “Will you be my fake wife?” and get about 50 replies, yet I have no real friends that I can hang out with on a Friday night. At least not in Las Vegas (EDIT: With the exception of one which I haven’t seen in months. I love my friends back home, don’t be offended if you’re reading this). In a way, my egotism is a desperate attempt to cure my scarring loneliness. The weird thing is, I actually hate attention. I hate my birthday. I tremble at the fact that I could one day be famous. Yet, it’s still my dream. I’d rather be famous after I die though.

My life is as simple as 1-2-3. Simple is a huge understatement.

1. School: I wake up at 6am and self-medicate with ridiculous amounts of caffeine. I hate every class except for music appreciation.
2. Girlfriend: I met her at my first blink-182 show this summer. Yes, I fell in love with the girl at the rock show. She also lives on the other side of the world. We are both convinced we met at a previous life.
3. Music: It keeps me alive. Without music, I would have killed myself 2 years ago (I’m serious).

If you’ve read this much, then you’re awesome and you just might care about my music. Unfortunately, I go to school and I fucking hate it. It holds me back from doing what I love. But I will try to record a song next Wednesday. I also need to record a Christmas song that I wrote. It’s not exactly the happiest Christmas song in the world. Here’s a line from it: Life’s a game of Russian roulette and you don’t know who’s next. Charming, eh? It goes from depressing, to cheerful, depressing again, cheerful again, holy fuck I don’t want to die, ends cheerfully.

Oh and please, do not feel sorry for my loneliness. I’ve managed to brainwash myself to think that it’s what’s best for me. I don’t want too many distractions.

Lyric and song of the day:
I’m proud of my life and the things that I have done, proud of myself and the loner i’ve become. You’re free to whine. It will not get you far. I do just fine, my car and my guitar.

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1. Look legit
2. Fake your MySpace plays
3. Auto-tune
4. ????
5. PROFIT!!!

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Hello, my name is Sergio.

I’m 20. Old enough to go to war and kill someone, not old enough for a beer.

My friends live in Cali and my girlfriend lives in England, so I’m a loner.

I’m an introvert, unless I’m hyper, and when I’m hyper I scare people away. Not really a good friend-making formula.

I’ve played in punk, ska, metal, and powerpop bands. I prefer being solo, but I’d never say no to jamming with my homiezzz.

I’m an observer and I love reading people’s body language. It’s like having psychic powers.

Despite this boring “about me”, I’m really immature and I laugh at 8th grade penis jokes. I blame my favorite band, blink-182.

I love life, but I hate the world.

I’m atheist, sorry to disappoint you. I respect everyone’s beliefs though.

I hate technology but I’m still a geek (mac fanboi). Seriously, I think technology has sucked the soul out of our population.

I need a monthly adrenaline rush or I get anxiety.

I air-drummed for a year, and when I played a drum set I was pretty kickass. I’m afraid the same thing didn’t happen for air-guitar.

I’m a pacifist but I used to train mixed martial arts and I’m not afraid to knee you to the face. Don’t be afraid, I’m really nice.

If I could be any super hero I’d be the Procrastinator.

I can’t sit down like a normal person and write a song. I’ve written songs when I’m bored in class, when I’m driving, when I’m sat in the backseat of a car staring at the stars, when I’m overtired at 3am and even when I’m asleep.

I urge you to follow your heart, no matter the consequences.

My favorite cartoon ever is Rugrats.

You’re probably really bored by now, so I’ll shut up.

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