2002-05-21 | DREAM THEATRE

Damn...

I don't want to be famous, but I want to be rich, very badly. I want the money, for security, mostly.

I'm not very extravagant. I don't want much if and when I am rich:

*A reliable brand new automobile with air conditioning, and a 100 cd changer, but not with crazy bass. I hate bass. I like the even, surround sound...sound. I like clarity, mixed in with a little bass. It's essential for me to hear the vocals. I'm a lyric man.

*Possibly another reliable back up car, just in case the other one is in the shop, or broken or something. I don't like fancy cars at all. I would consider a jaguar, maybe, but I probably wouldn't go any more extravagant then a Lexus.

*A nice stereo in the house, and every album that i've ever wanted on vinyl and cd (and whatever the new audio future is when I'm finally rich) I do want an 8 track player, too. And a super 8, and a beta max. I will bring back the beta max!

*A big screen tv, with an amazing DVD collection (and whatever the new video technology is...), satellite dish, so i can watch every baseball game that I desire.

*A girl.... Oh wait! I already have her!

*My own record store

*A paid off house in a quiet neighborhood (but a neighborhood that has all the essentials near by.... my favorite restaurants, etc... I don't want to live in the country or anything like that)

*A small basketball court indoors, so I can shoot around, and a nice outdoor area where I can play catch with a baseball and a glove, and a friend

*An indoor hot tub (Stephanie doesn't want an indoor pool)

*Air conditioning in every room of the house (I only want a couple rooms. I need one extra room for all my awesome movie posters: Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Godfather, etc.., and magazine clippings, and concert ticket stubs, and fliers, and all kinds of stuff.)

*I want a few other minor things, but I can't think of them right now. I want T-shirts from all my favorite bands, and some nice comfortable surf shorts to wear around the house, and more pairs of shoes. I've rarely had more then one pair at a time.

.........

It sucks, though. I don't want to be like super famous, but I want to be successful, and the things I want to be successful at could make me famous. Movies, Music, Writing. Writing would be the safest. I could wear a disguise on the back of my books. Like a giant Rollie Fingers moustache, and a gigante sombrero.

I wouldn't mind being like "Brett Gurewitz-famous". He makes a ton of money, and he has a cool job, and he's not highly recognizable. And fans in "our" community are alot cooler. You know what I mean by "our" commmunity right? The cool people. I'm not talking about the Dursts and Motollas, and all those jackasses. I want to be good, but I don't want to become something like that.

I really need to be in a band. It makes the most sense. I can still write, and I get to let out my agression on stage, and through my music. But I have a feeling, one day, one of my screenplays will be made into a movie. I just have these amazing visions. I know I will collaborate on something that will leave a mark on the artistic universe.

Anyway.....

It's nice to dream.

Don't wake me yet...it's almost to the good part

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