sick turkey esquire advice yellowcard

So last night I ate at a restaurant with a friend of mine, I had a turkey burger. This morning I woke up and discovered that the turkey wasn’t dead yet. It was alive and it wanted out!

In other words, I was sick on both ends. I tried to get some work done, but all I could really do is read the newest issue of “Esquire” that I picked up last night. I got it because it has interviews with some of the worlds most successful people about what they’ve learned in life. Stuff like: “A variety of things don’t work out; KEEP GOING!” by Jack Welch and “I once went to group therapy. Everyone their blamed someone else– their father, their mother, their agent. When it got to me I said, ‘You’re all full of shit. You’re going to be here forever! Look in the mirror, you are responsible for every mistake you make.” from Burt Reynolds.

I like to hear things like that because I value advice from people who have been there and done that. I feel like sometimes I don’t have all the wisdom I need, so I take it where I can get it. Burt Reynolds also said, “I can tell a young person where the mines are but he’s probably going to have to step on them anyway”. I’m pretty sure I fall into that category too. I take advice from people, see how it plays into my own view of the world, and then make decisions.

Besides reading the copy of Esquire, I also watched videos on youtube. I rarely ever just spend a couple of hours exploring the site and finding cool new videos, but that’s what I did today. In between puking.

I looked at a lot of Yellowcard videos because I think they are my favorite active band. Blink 182 is still dear in my heart, but of course they are broken up, so Yellowcard is it. Pretty much every song is great and I identify with almost all of the lyrics. Based on some of the ups and downs of 2007 for me, their newest album really resonates with me.

Here’s what the singer had to say about the album, Paper Walls:

“…very much a record of hope and finding yourself again. It’s after you’ve come through all of that – going to the height of it – and picking yourself back up again. And by “hitting rock bottom” I don’t mean in record sales or fame or any of that shit. I mean personally – emotionally…Paper Walls is the story, the feeling, of what it’s like to be out of those holes, looking back, no regrets, but smarter and having grown through them.” (source)

so yeah, I really am digging Yellowcard right now and I found this video on youtube: