soce Midwest Mini-Tour in May!!!

Yeah!!! I am super excited about going on tour in May!!!! I would love for you to come to one of the shows if you live in the area!!!


Thursday, May 8
8pm
Opening up for Scream Club
Melody Inn
3826 N Illinois St
Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.myspace.com/kuntcollective


Friday, May 9
8pm
Opening for Pressure Comedy
6318 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.myspace.com/bubbamuski


Saturday, May 10
8pm
Homocore Minneapolis Show
Featuring soce, TORI FIXX, nancy drew crew and eddie f
Zombie House
Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.myspace.com/homocore


Sunday, May 11
8pm
Featuring soce, Hey There Cowboy, Tori Fixx, Nancy Drew Crew
Pi Bar
2532 25th Ave S
Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.myspace.com/mplspi


I believe most shows have around a $5 cover.

When a server says, "Anything else?"...

I used to get a little upset when I put in my order, and my server said "Anything else?" or "Is that all?"

I would think, "What, that's not enough? You want me to order more??"

But I've come to the realization that for the most part, servers don't care how much you order. What they really want to know is if they can go ahead and enter in your order, or if you need more time. It can be a huge pain if they leave you and then you have to flag them down to give them a longer order or if they ring you up in the register, and then they have to ring you in all over again because you added some additional items.


So they're not necessarily saying "that's it?? you're so cheap!" They're generally saying, "Is it okay if I go ahead and enter in your order, or are you should I wait for you to decide what else you're thinking of getting?"



good times



Love,
soce

How badly do you want it???

There are certain things in our life that we must have, such as food, water and rest, and we need to make an active effort to acquire them. However, there are other less dire but possibly more emotionally resonant desires that fill our brains with thoughts of hope, anticipation, anxiety and despair.

It's interesting though because many of these items or situations we're hoping for are nice, but not always ultimately necessary, and when we get what we want, we're not always very satisfied. So sometimes it pays to slow down and enjoy the moment.. to decide that whether or not we achieve the desired result, things will simply work themselves out.

I find that certain people, tv shows, corporations, stores etc etc will end up bonding with me, and others won't. You can sort of tell in advance who's going to make the connection, but you can never be positive until you've given it a shot.. Sometimes they won't be able to give you what you initially wanted, but your relationship with them may have unexpected positive outcomes.. For instance, you may end up finding another person, tv show, corporation, store etc through the first one, and that may lead to other opportunities and so on.


I know that it's very easy to get caught up in the moment and want to have everything right now, today, this instant, but sometimes you're just going to have to wait and see what happens. When it finally does, hopefully it'll be everything you've always wanted it to be.



Love,
soce, the elemental wizard

soce CDs in stores all over the world!!!

I'm sure that many of you know that you can purchase soce CDs online or download them from iTunes, as well as directly from me-- as a side note, if you purchase them directly from me, I throw in free stickers and cards as well, plus I'll be more than happy to autograph them if you request--


But did you know that you can also purchase them DIRECTLY IN STORES!!! So for all of the people who are afraid to shop online or don't have their own credit cards, now is your chance to grab a piece of me!!!


Just ask for me by name.. soce, the elemental wizard. And here are the UPC codes for my two albums:

I'm in My Own World
634479685125

The Lemonade Incident
837101094221


Right now, I am on Super-D One Stop distribution. This all may seem kind of confusing, but basically all you have to do it:

1. Go to the store.
   
   
2. Ask for them to special-order my CD.. show them my name, the CD title and the UPC code.
   
   
3. If they're having trouble finding it in their database, tell them that I am on Super-D One Stop distribution.
   
   
4. Pay them the money for the CD.
   
   
5. Come back a few days later and viola, you have a brand new soce CD, with no internet purchasing involved!!

There are thousands of stores across the world that can special order my CDs using Super-D One Stop distribution. If you would like to buy my CD, please let me know where you live, and I will give you the full list of stores in your area / state / country. Remember, you probably WILL NOT find my CD sitting on the shelves... So you will need to go to the cashier and ask them to special-order it for you.



I know it sounds totally confusing, but other people have already done it (and I have gotten $$ from Super-D for their purchases), so I'm positive that it works!!!



thanks again,
see ya 'round,
soce

ho boy it's time for another soce conversation

"hi"
"how's it going"
"i'm great"
"that's awesome"

"you're great too"


"thanks!"

"why are we talking"

"because one of soce's friends told him that he likes when soce of that people or other such things have talk with each other and all that"

"okay, k-e-w-l"

"this conversation has amazing plot"

"i wish all of soce's posts were conversations"


"i hate politics"

"meh too"


"i hate a lot of stuff"

"that rulez"

"yeah.. heh heh"


"y r u laughing"

"cuz you are so generic"


"yeah, that does it 4 me 2"


"i like kissing"


"nice"


"want a soda?"


"okay sure"


*pop* *fizzzzz.....*


"yeah that was great"


"i like lemon soda"


"does that even exist"


"yeah, i think so"


"this conversation is long"


"yeah but it hasn't really gone anywhere"


"i wonder if it contains any zingers"


"yeah who knows"


"stop saying yeah"


"you shut up, jerk"


"ha ha you said 'up-jerk'"

"okay and what does that mean"


"idk"


"ftw!"


"lol"


"bye"





hey.. I'm just tryin ta make ya happy :-)

love always,
soce

Ayo this is how I normally advertise myself:

"Please come to my live shows.. they are listed on my myspace page! Also, please buy my CDs from CD Baby or download my music from iTunes! I also have soce t-shirts for sale!!

And here is how I would advertise myself if I were using the well-known "shock and surprise" method, combined with the "have nothing to do with your product" method that tv advertisers seem to love to pull off these days:

SHOT of a man running down the street being chased by five deadly black attack dogs.

FLASH PAN of him crossing a busy intersection.

He JUMPS onto the hood of a car and leaps off into a flip.. The car CRASHES into another car, with a huge screeching of breaks and smashing and breaking of glass.
Man RUNS UP STAIRS. Cool visuals of the staircase.

Pulls into apartment. His mom YELLS at him:

"HOW COULD YOU FORGET YOUR LUNCH!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK!!!"

"I'm sorry mom, I've just been under a lot of pressure lately."

His mom yells more (the yelling is what you'll remember):

"YOU BETTER NOT FORGET AGAIN OR I'M GONNA KICK YOU OUT OF MY HOUSE."

The man turns and JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW, dodging clothes lines and laundary on his way down.

Somehow he lands on his feet and into a CROUCH.

There is an EXPLOSION.

He looks down at the ground, and then he looks up at you, the viewer.

He SMILES and says, "Do you know.."

Do you know..

Do you know what

RELEVANT

Relevant

relevant

material

Material

MATERIAL

is???


The screen goes black.

What is RELEVANT MATERIAL???

Find out now at

RelevantMaterial.com

What's up with GRANOLA???

Seriously, why does it seem so healthy, but it's not??? I mean, it's got whole grains and oats and all that, but it also seems to be completely loaded with a whole lotta fat and sugars! What a let-down! But I still eats it all the time! Cuz I doesn't knowws any bettas!!!

Righteous Anger

At some point in life, someone will do something that will make you so upset, you'll just want to give that person a piece of your mind. Before you do however, maybe think it over. I know that you want to lambaste that person until he cowers, hugging your knees and begging for apology.

But it is just as likely that he will get angry at your accusation and yell right back at you, making things worse. Or, if he is hyper-sensitive like me, he will mope about the rest of the day, crying about it on the inside and whining to all his friends about how someone scolded him.

This person was probably NOT out to annoy you, and you'll probably never see him again, so why engage in an unhappy dispute? Why not use that same energy to bestow a compliment upon an unsuspecting stranger instead? There's already plenty of negativity in this world, but there's never enough love being casually tossed around.


Let's all spread some more love.

Don't Call Me. Ever.

Ha ha ha.. Don't confuse obnoxious with truthful, aight? While others come across as overly friendly, but end up being lame, I try to come across as pragmatic and hope that you can see the love that lies beneath.

There are two things I love doing.. exchanging emails and hanging out with my friends and hot guys. I am not really into talking with people on the phone. It's a conversation that never really begins or ends. I used to think that I sucked at it because I was shy, but now I realize that it's because most of the time, I don't have anything to say.

With email, you can hit someone up any time about anything. It can be long or short, and that person can answer you whenever s/he wants. You can go back and forth or not.. 'sall good.

When I'm on a date, I've clearly set aside a portion of my life to spend with this person. We do things together, we look at each other a lot, maybe we flirt, it's a lot of fun.

But when the phone rings, I'm always in the middle of doing something else. I'm either at work, so it's awkward to talk about personal stuff, or I'm at home, and I'm trying to eat supper or work on music or animation, and I'm not in the mood for talking. Sometimes I will be lying on the couch, and I'll call someone, but then THEY'RE usually out with their friends or eating dinner or so on. It's difficult, and it rarely works out.

The only people I really enjoy conversing with on the phone are my family and close friends. We're so close that we can jabber on and on about pretty much anything, and it's fun and exciting. I love everyone else, but if they live in NYC, then I'd rather just hang out face to face.. and if they live far away, then I'd rather just stick with emails.

The phone is best for organizing events.. "where are you?" "I'm on 40th and Lex." "Hey, are you free on Monday?" "No, Tuesday is best." "Okay." and so on.. not as much for "What's new in your life?" "Um... where to begin...?" ha ha ha


So remember, I do love you!!! In fact, by laying out a proper framwork, I'm making it easier for you to love me in ways I will appreciate the most. And of course, as with everything I say, there are plenty of exceptions to this rule.. nothing's written in stone. I'm curious.. maybe do many of you feel the same way? Or just the other introverts?



take care,
love, soce

My SECOND music video!!!

Yay!!

http://www.greathiphop.com


Please show it to all of your friends and have them show it to all of their friends and so on and so forth!!

diet tips

Here are some things I've come up with or heard elsewhere:

1. Only eat when you're hungry. I have a pretty small appetite.. generally restaurants have huge servings, so I have no problem with using the doggie bag a lot. I find that once I'm no longer hungry, I eat much, MUCH slower, and suddenly every bite is a huge struggle. At that point, it's just not worth eating any more.. better to save it for later, when I'm hungry again.
   
2. Drink plenty of water. It's good for you, and it makes you less hungry. Don't go crazy on the water, but well a few glasses throughout the day.. unless you're of course trapped on the highway, walking through a rich neighborhood or anywhere else where you'll have a hard time finding a place to pee.
   
3. Exercise. I like to take plenty of walks throughout the week. The best time for some cardio is right when you wake up.. it makes your whole day so much better. Plus you'll be hungrier, and you'll get to eat more, yay! You'll have air in your blood, and your metabolism will be higher.
   
4. Try some fruits and vegetables. They are our friends! Give them a shot! Just a few at first.. maybe more later!
   
5. Go easy on sweets and fats. Treat yourself, but don't go crazy. Like, you could have a slice of triple choco molten lava death cake, but then maybe don't follow it up with a milk shake. Sweets should be something really special, so if you have them all the time, then you're just eating them and not enjoying them.

So that's the gist of it. Eating should be a celebration. Something you do to enjoy and love. Variety of food groups, healthy food.. don't just eat for the sake of eating-- it's good to eat throughout the day in small portions, as long as you're eating healthy things (like don't snack on cookies or candy but try veggies or fruits)-- so that way you're never crazily starving and gorge yourself.

I'm definitely not perfect or anything, but sometimes I think people want to make changes in their life-- they're just not sure where to start, and it can seem like a huge deal when its not. word--


love, soce

What makes someone hot?

I'm often curious about this myself, because it was like a big step for me to decide that I'm into men and not women. But then I feel like it was almost an even bigger step for me to come out as being into larger men ha ha!! Gays across the world look at me like, "What??"

But yeah I'm intrigued because while I'm definitely into all sorts of guys, and I don't have any particular type--there are some normal and/or small guys I'm totally into as well--80%-90% of the time, I'll be into guys who fall in the 180lbs-280lbs range, give or take a bit... So it's a little weird for me, because I'm only ~150lbs, so I probably wouldn't date myself if I somehow saw myself out in the streets...

Anyway it always weirds me out how two people can look at the same person, and one's jaw will totally drop, while the other won't give a second glance. It's not as big of a surprise when I'm w/ a straight friend, and he gets all googly over a hot woman and I don't, but it never fails to make me laugh a lil bit when I'm w/ a gay friend and he looks at a skinny dude and starts gasping and fawning. I'm like, "Man, what's wrong with you?" and he's like, "Yo, what's wrong with YOU!!"

Nothing is wrong with either of us.. I just don't fully understand.. I mean some people like horror films, and some prefer comedies... Some like chicken and others prefer soy products-- tacos vs masaman curry-- democrat vs republican... I guess taste in people somehow seems more personal because my heart rarely does flips over the food I eat. Like, I may claim that the macaroni and cheese I had last night was "as good as having sex", but at the same time, I don't lay in bed at night fantasizing about macaroni and cheese. But maybe I should.....

New Superhero: Shirtless Man!!!

Hey what's up. I was walking down the street this morning, and I saw some dudes holding up a corner store. Being the brave fellow that I am, I strolled into the store, ripped off my shirt, tie and white tee and cried out, "There's no need to fear! Shirtless man is here!!!"

"Look out for my super powers!!"

"Stunning good looks!!"

"Powerful deoderant!"

"Nipples of steel!!!"

Needless to say, the crooks handed back the money and ran off. The store owner was all like, "Oh thank you shirtless man, but you know the rules... no shirt, no shoes, no service.. please leave."

Yay!

I haven't posted in here forever!! Let's see.. there's exciting things going on in all sides of my life. Work, music, play, friends, guitar, myspace, lj, t-shirts, photography, piano, violin.. man.. I like making lists.

I've been having really active dreams lately, so that means that my mind is on the move again. I even had a dream last night where I was eating all of these delicious cookies, cakes and brownies.. and that almost never happens!!! Usually, I see a tray full of them, and then the moment I start eating them, I wake up. But this time, my mind actually let me experience the delicious taste of them. It's funny.. when I was dreaming, I was like "Oh, all this sugar and fat.. it's bad for me!" But then when I woke up, I was like, "Yay! I got to experience the great taste of baked goods without intaking any actual calories, lol!"

love,
soce

New Post!

Wow, bet you find that pretty exciting. Let's see. How 'bout a game:

1) Touch your nose.
2) Touch your toes.
3) Wiggle your pinky.
4) Hop up and down on one foot.

5) Now, run around 4 blocks, making sure you only take LEFT turns.

6) Shake your fist in the air.

7) I hope you've printed this out, right? You can't be sitting at your computer while you do this.

8) Finally, crouch down. Down to the ground. And then count to 7. Then leap, Leap, LEAP high, high up into the air!!


Congratulations! You've become a kid again!

Repeat as necessary.


til next time,
forever yours,
love, soce

soce MUSIC VIDEO!!!

Hey!! This is my first ever music video. Enjoy!!


http://www.socetew.com/sad.htm


Please tell your friends!

yours, soce

I have no life.

I was sad at the idea of putting comments on Matt's blog as "Anonymous", so I just went and got my own blog. But I probably won't post to it too much because I have like a million other blogs and websites out there. Even so, I have no life.