It's Dark Inside

I love this song.

"Demons" by Imagine Dragons has one of the most personal choruses I've ever heard. Great band overall as well.

"When you feel my heat

Look into my eyes.

It's where my demons hide.

It's where my demons hide.

Don't get to close.

It's dark inside.

It's where my demons hide.

It's where my demons hide."

 

Yeeeeeaaahhhhh!!!!

BLACKHAWKS!!!!!

That is all. 

The Countdown to Awesome.

I started putting the finishing touches on my vacation in August by purchasing my tickets to Flashback Weekend. It's a horror convention in Rosemont, IL which happens to be taking place in the same hotel that I booked a room at for the main reason for this vacation. Wizard World Chicago!
From August 6th to the 14th, my itinerary will be jam packed with awesome!  First, a trip to Six Flags Great America on the 6th to kick things off.  The next day will be spent packing & getting last minute things together.  Then on the morning of the 8th I'll head to Rosemont to check into the hotel and check out the first day of Wizard World.  The 9th will be spent "Con-hopping" between Wizard World & Flashback helping my friends at forcedviewing.com track down celebs to interview. 

Then, the 10th.  Oh man!  The 10th is going to be..........

Morphenomenal!

 I have a meet & greet with JDF, the Green Ranger on the 10th at Wizard World!  I am VERY excited for this opportunity.  This will more than likely followed up by more time at Flashback and celebratory drinking for meeting one of my childhood heroes.  

The 11th will be checking out of the hotel, spending some wrap up time at the two cons, and then it's off to the North where I will spend the 11th to the 14th camping.  

46 days & counting!  

  

Welcome.......Again.

So, it's been a while since I wrote anything on Blogger.  If you've visited my page before, you'll notice I've done a bit of....redecorating.  My blog was previously titled "Dark Hunter's Forest."  It was started during a really, really miserable period of my life.  I had to force myself to write the couple of meager posts that populated this page for more than two years.  Much has changed since March of 2011, and I am happy to report that I have made my way through the dark forest and came out the other side a better man. 

And as you can see, I burnt that sumbitch to the ground!  :-P

A divorce, a firing, a broken heart, and a bout of temporary insanity pretty much sums up my 2012.  I stand before you all a more focused, driven, and most importantly....happy person.  I have rediscovered who I was pre 2006 and built upon that.  I have rediscovered my inner strength and have found strength from those closest to me.  I am not where I want to be yet, but I know I will get there.  My way. 

So, why the redesign?  Quite simply, because I wanted to start over.  I have a lot of things running through my head constantly.  I need some place safe to express them.  My blog in it's former state was NOT that place.  As I said, it was created during a dark time while I was in a dark place.  I am no longer in that dark place.  Which is why I "burned down the forest" so to speak.  I deleted those two meaningless posts, and decided to start fresh.  The theme I chose also fits in with where my mind has been lately.  I have finally found a good creative outlet for myself.

Behold!

I have found an outlet through music.  I am learning how to play guitar primarily, but I also picked up a drumset because I love beating out rhythms and letting it take me wherever it will.  The keyboard you see is simply a controller that can plug into my iPad or PC & produce piano & synth sounds.  My goal is to bring the skills I learn together & actually create something.  I have also begun dabbling in songwriting.  My iPhone's become an invaluable tool for songwriting ideas since anytime I get an idea for a lyric, I whip out notepad and jot it down. I recently downloaded an app called Evernote, which can sync up with my iPhone, iPad, and PC so I can access my ideas anywhere.  Once I get proficient enough, I would like to start a band & rock the world.  Or, at least the neighborhood.  I will be using this blog as another tool to share songwriting ideas and acquire feedback.  Because as I've learned from my job, feedback is love.  :-P

Dark Hunter's Forest has been destroyed.  And from the ashes, a new chapter of my life has begun.

Welcome to Hunter's Stage.

Enjoy the show!