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and once again im left here fighting tears away...   
09:36am 17/06/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: across five aprils - through the pain
so i did it
i graduates high school. it hasnt really hit me yet but i think its one of those things that doesnt really hit you. maybe when i leave for college it will. SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY 09' BABY! i cant wait. im probably going to end up getting an apartment with ferren and its gonna be awesome. anyone can visit me anytime they want.
i cant wait to leave for boston next year with my arwen boys. its going to be incredible. too bad im leaving on of the greatest people in the world. but i think we can make it.

heres a few things i learned in high school that i didnt know going in:
-you will not get stabbed by black people
-there isnt fights everyday
-the quarter back of the football team isnt the coolest kid in school(infact from what i hear hes a huge dick)
-he is not dating the head cheerleader(most of the cheerleaders are gross anyway...no offense)
-pep rallys suck
-dances are not the highlight of the week
-the av kids dont get wedgies everyday (only paul patrick)
-there are no bullies to give you swirlies and take your lunch money
-there are no classes on the beach in cali
-everyone is ugly
-people who wear those jackets with the big m on them look like retards
-your best friend is most likely not going to die
-there isnt a diner down the street where everyone hangs out and listens to the juke box
-youre not really in love when youve been going out for 2 weeks...so shut the fuck up
-and most importantly BEING IN A BAND DOES NOT GET YOU LAID (sorry ethan harrison but its true)

so high school wasnt like it was in the movies or in TV. infact it was better. i know everyday i thought to myself "school sucks i cant wait to get out of here." but im a little sad right now. its been a great ride with some of the greatest people i know. i met kris arroyo, b-rice, andy bills, and j-ro in high school and those are some of the greatest people ever so it was all worth it.
i dont know where im going with this so im gonna stop.
05' BABY WHAT!

<3 dave mcdoo
 
     

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i guess saying how you feel is going out of style...   
10:17am 05/06/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: AHWIN
NEW ARWEN MUSIC!!!

http://www.purevolume.com/arwen


listen and tell me what you honestly think and try not to be too mean.
 
     

18 Lonely Nights | Without You...

 
vacation all i ever wanted   
05:07pm 02/05/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Reach the Sky - Sadness Alone...SHAMOUS WHAT!?
this vacation was amazing
simple as that

friday - funnn show/beer/arwen party at b-rice's
saturday - work/andy bill$ b-day party/beer
sunday - work/britannnnny
monday - i wish i could remember
tuesday - underoath = amazing
wednesday - band prizzy/partaaaay at my house/sleep over with brittany ;-) and my favorite people/weed/woke up the next morning to find g-town sarah in my living room...last person id expect to be there pretty funny
thursday - another shin dig at the mcdoo household/way too much fun/tons of beer/drunk with amazing kids/labyrinth/parents didnt expect a thing...morons
friday - band practice...new song is boss/brittany
saturday - show at snhu = great times/tons of pizza
sunday - work = frustrating/dark crystal

only one more month of my high school career...
and i cant wait...this summer will be the best ever
tour?

im finally dating brittany after gettting some stuff out of the way (LOLZZZZZZ)and its awesome. she is awesome. friends are awesome. rock n roll is awesome. beer is awesome. summer is awesome. college is going to be awesome.
 
     

36 Lonely Nights | Without You...

 
And after all, youre my wonderwall <3   
01:22am 23/04/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Mae - Breakdown
i never update this thing anymore.

all the shows weve played in the past week have been amazing. the show tonight had some really good times and im gonna leave it at that. playing at central was great. we got a great response and i got to see alot of old friends. the haverhill show was equally as great. i was excited to see making it right again. they were sooooo fucking good. faraway played "juliet, remind me to thank you" which made my night. tbm sounded alot better and tighter with anthony on the sticks. hes a cool kid. in law and ethics when we had to talk about our favorite black people i talked about him. because he is indded my favorite black person.

ill admit it. i was kinda nervous for the battle of the bands at my school. dont ask me why because i dont know. i have never ever been nervouse for a show before. every band that played was amazing. i never fully realized how talented memorial is.
so we ended up winning the battle for the second year in a row! red on the day in second, larry bird in third, Alwayz + 4eva in fourth, and the streetlight years in 5th. im not sure how the other bands placed.
i was really excited about that. i dont know how to say this without sounding like a jerk but i almost feel like we earned it. we busted our asses off for the past year (wednesday was our year anniversary of being a band). weve played countless amounts of shows and played our hardest every single one of them. weve delt and have gone through with alot of crap. but it feels really good know were memorials band of choice.

we have another show on the 30th. check out the myspace our purevolume page for the info. its for charity jerk!
were working on a new song and once its done well be recording the 3 new songs.

and oh yea
i met this girl...<3
 
     

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show me the night is simple   
05:01pm 11/04/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Paris Texas - Gemini
the past few days have been amazing.
enough said.

boston is an amazing city and i cant wait to be there next year with my boys. im gonna have the time of my life and everyone can visit me whenever.

so we have 4 shows coming up in next 2 weeks. id love to see all of you at atleast on of them...

Thu. 4/14
Central High School
207 Lowell St - Manchester, NH
5:30 - $5
W/ The Stompin' Charlies + More

Fri. 4/15
New Directions(formerly Exit 23)
246 Winter Rd - Haverhill, MA
5:30 - $7
w/ Making It Right, Faraway, Ambry, and The Bedroom Mile
flier - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/mcdoogally/flyer4_15.jpg

Mon. 4/18
Memorial's Annual Battle of the Bands
1 Crusader Way - Manchester, NH
5:30 or 6? - $2
w/ all of memorials finest
*everyone make sure you go to this one*

Fri. 4/22
The Artspace
1 Center St - Gloucester MA
5:30 - $5
w/ Easton Legacy, Why Versus Rome, and The Day The Dreamer

i absolutly love playing shows. playing music that i love and have passion for has to be the greatest thing i could ever do. i wanna do this for the rest of my life.
 
     

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katie holmes is a very young respectable girl...and im gonna see her tits   
09:20pm 27/03/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: The Getup Kids - Mass Pike
whoa long time since i last updated
so since my last entry weve played some kick ass shows. we played in gloucester mass with a great band called the mark. they were really talented and insanly nice kids. i hope to play with them more.
last thursday we played at west for their battle of the bands. we came in second but thats ok. i kinda thought we were better than the band who won because we had original stuff but they were still talented and it was their school.
that same night i bruised sarahs larynx. she bumped into me and my arm hit her in the throat. i swear these things only happen to me. since i owed her she forced me/tricked me into seeing the ring 2 with her. not exactly my idea of a good time but whatev. i had my eyes closed the entire time because what i dont see wont scare the living crap out of me.

in the past week i also got into college. woo. i got accepted into bentley, suffolk and unh. i havent heard back from lesley yet but its ok because its a bunch of lesbians at that school. and not the cool kinda lesbians...the "i hate dudes" kinda lesbians so fuck that. i decided on suffolk. this way i will be about 2 minutes away from everyone in arwen so we can stay together. and thats all i really want. were all gonna major in rock n roll.

i hate how everyone is being weird about prom. everyones getting all crazy over getting one and its still really far away. its not even that big of a deal. if you were to ask me "hey dave if you had to pick the the worst night of your life what would it be?" id have to say "well prom night." i hated prom last year. no offense to laura because she is totally different now but id rather be justin greenburg and have to get a shot in my ass than relive that night again. but im gonna end up going because im a senior and ill regret it if i dont.

were gonna record soon. its gonna be boss
 
     

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you and me, you know that we, were always funny in a car crash sort of way   
06:43pm 12/03/2005
 
mood: naughty
music: Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash
i cant even see what im typing right now...because my glases are in a thousand peices
why you ask?
well it all started last night. we played a fuckin SIQQ show in Seekonk mass with the northwood the cadence so long december cant face the falling(a girl band that is wicked sweet, a rarity i know...hott as well) and waving at strangers. i was really proud of our set and every other band did amazing. after the show we got dominos. 5 for 5 special is totally boss. then we went to this girl annies house who lives on the west roxbury/boston border. she had such bands like fall out boy and finch stay there before so we felt privilaged to be staying there, her house was huge and it totally rocked being there. huge thanks to julie, annie and annies mom. you guys rock.

on the way home i decided to have seth drive because i was tired. a very large truck decided to make a u turn and then overshoot and have to back up. since this happened the car infront of us stopped quickly. we then braked and because of the snow and slush we crashed into the back of her car. the airbag deployed and crashed into my face leaving a few scars and breaking my glasses into a thousand peices. the airbag also succeded in kcocking me unconscious. the powder from the airbags got in my eyes and it was horrible. i couldnt open my eyes for awhile.
i picked matt murray to ride with me to the hospitol because i wouldnt have it any other way. i guess hes always wanted to ride in an ambulance. im glad i could make your dream come true buddy. the emts had to be the funniest people ever. they were making fun of me but in a funny trying to calm me down way, like calling me a pussy when the iv hurt me and telling me to shut up if i complained. the crazy irish guy in the back with me was making braveheart comments after her found out i was scottish.
my car isnt too bad which is good.

im really sorry to matt and katlynn who i was suppose to bring to the show tonight. but because of all this i couldnt bring you guys.sowwy :-(

it was all a crazy/pretty sweet expericence i guess. im just glad that everyone in the car is ok. i dont know what i do if anyone was hurt or dare i say it...killed.
 
     

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LAST MINUTE SHOW   
01:19pm 04/03/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Ambry
hey everyone were playing a last minute show tonight and all of you should go

The Crossing
381 Main St - Sandown, NH
Show at 6 - FREE!
w/ Arwen
Ambry
The Mourning Sky
+ 1 More

www.purevolume.com/arwen
www.purevolume.com/ambry
www.purevolume.com/themourningsky

i havent seen ambry in forever.
im excited.
 
     

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tonight we plan the grand massacre   
10:43am 28/02/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Straylight Run
lets start this off with last week.
last last friday was my birthday. 18 bitches. it was a fuckin amazing time. the show was incredible. tsy northwood were amazing and faraway completely blew me away. and i turned 18 on the 18th so this is my lucky year and it was a great way to start it off. we played one of our greatest sets along with a brand new song which i am very proud of.
the critic show saturday night was just simply amazing. they had so muche energy and it was the best ive ever seen them. ive been waiting for that moment since august. they have to be one of the best live bands ever. i bought a scratch ticket that night and the bitch didnt even card me...i was pissed.
during the week eric quit the bedroom mile and then got back in because hes a little bitch.
alos during the week blink 182 went on a haitus so in other words there gonan break up. this hit me pretty hard. they are the reason why i am into the music im into and my lie is pretty much music so you could say blink made me who i am today. they aslo paved the way and influenced a good amount of the bands out there today.
this past friday we did the senior auction. we played chingy one call away and the oc theme song. the chicks loved it. we went for $165...whcih was the second highest group next to probably the hottest girls in our grade. our group and there group bidded on eachother but were both outbidded.
friday night we played an incredible show in mass. playing out of state infront of a bunch of new kids was amazing. the people there were really nice and all seemed to really like us. faraway, skyview drive, a bettter fall, lights out irvine and a few other bands played and they were all incredible.

were going to record a short 3 song demo shortly so be on the look out for that

<3
 
     

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eric mile....we hardly knew ye   
12:22am 23/02/2005
 
mood: crushed
music: The Bedroom Mile
so recently eric st. cyr quit the bedroom mile...
why you ask?
we may never know?
im really taken back by this. TBM means the world to me and theyre like our(arwen) little brothers and we love them very much. every show with them was incredible and things will never be the same without eric or TBM around.

this entries purpose is to let eric know what a mistake hes made and let him know how much you guys love him and the bedroom mile. so everyone reading this leave kind words of eric and TBM to make him change his decision to leave the band.



i know you far too well
you could never leave this behind
 
     

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dont talk to me...im not as deaf as i am blind   
03:08pm 13/02/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Cartel - Last Chance
this weekend was pretty boss. show on friday was sick...alot of fun. sing alongs are great. adora was a great band. TBM is always great to see. thanks for everyone who showed up.
saturday i got to work really late and my managers didnt care at all. i think for some reason they like me because they yell at everyone else for really dumb things. i then hung out with chris spanos matt and andy. i saw sarah mary for the first time in while and im really glad i did. after that we just drove around and had a really good time. its weird because i have this problem with excepting new kids in our group of friends. usually they annoy me fast and i dont talk to them again. but chris fits right in and is a super great kid and i consider him my very close friend even though ive only known him for a month.

next friday i turn 18! i dont want anything for it..or atleats nothing that you could give me. just got to the show that day and wish me a happy birthday.


i miss faraway so i cant wait for the upcoming shows. we also have shows in mass coming up that should be totally killer!

i need to beat final fantasy 7 before i finish high school or i cant go on living.

and girls? fuck girls.

all hands on deck
dont abandon the ship
you never know what this could of been
 
     

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So Chris is passed out in the bathroom...   
10:15pm 07/02/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: The Critic - Comprehension
ahhhh shit was this weekend incredible. 3 day party at mike d's contained some of the greatest moments of my life.
on friday it all started. it didnt start to great at the red arrow. i wish i could not get involved in it but im glad people undertstand that matts my bro and id do anything to make sure he didnt get hurt. like misey signals says "blood is forever".
other than that is was a great great night. matt murray and sara rossi have to be the cutest thing ever. i got wasted for the first time in a while and it felt great. im really glad to have the friends ive had. im really glad to have new friends like chris spanos one of the radest kids ive ever met..and one of the most single so watch out ladies.

Saturday night was the greatest night ever. i had to work early but i didnt mind. saturday night i was suppose to go to sarah's semi. i got the hint a while ago that she didnt want me to go with her and that she lost interest so i really wasnt expecting to go. she conveinetly forget to make any contact with me at all about the night so that was pretty lame. i completely thought the exact opposite of her and i felt that she had different feelings for me but whatever fuck it. your ship has sailed hunny...theres no second chances.
instead i went to the larry bird show. they did amazing!!! godspeed? tuck's new band minamata and antietam were incredible. super dancy and i like that. i then went to mike d's. the place was full of my best friends, the rest of the bedroom mile are bitches so only eric showed but i love that kid. i also caught up with an old friend that night and took care of some unfinished busisness..hahaha ;-). Chris was passed out every night fucking lightweight. matt cooney is the angriest drunk ever but i <3 him.

Sunday i worked all day and then went to mikes for a little bit. Justin Greenburg...im dissapointed in you. i guess the pats won the super bow...i dont think anybody cared.

so yea in arwen news we got some new material coming your way. we also have 3 shows coming up this month and one in april and hopefully hundereds in between. check the purevolume site or the myspace for all the info.
were also doing the senior auction on the 25th so save your pennies girls.

<3 Dave McDoo
 
     

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Everybody's dancing in the moonlight.   
03:46pm 18/01/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Rufio - One Slow Dance
This weekend was awesome.
I got my van on friday and she is the love of my life. I have yet to name her...it just needs to be perfect, you know how it is.

Saturday was the show. I had so much fun. i just love playing and wanna do it forever. novacaine and streetlight years plates great. A band from Cali called day by day played and i enjoyed them alot. they were really really nice too...sorry i could get you guys any weed :-(. and the northwood. i love those boys. they are so talented and so amazingly nice <3. i hung out with some of the boiz after and chris spanos...because chris spanos is the man.

Sunday night i brought sarah to the semi. she looked incredible and like always i had a totally awesome time being with her. we danced the night away and we were easily the hottest couple there(even hotter than you j-ro).

A FEW SEMI PICS I STOLE FROM TARA<3 )
 
     

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where will i be tomorrow? where will i be next year?   
04:59pm 11/01/2005
 
mood: nostalgic
music: Spitalfield - 5 Days and Counting
so i didnt go to school today and i found myself reading my friends old live journal entries...dont ask me why. it was mainly matt murrays jounal because hes awesome. but anways...i realized how much all of us have changed in the past year(s). some are bad changes but most are good. it was only a year ago and it seems like a lifetime. we all thought we were the coolest we could ever be. some thought they had found the loves of their lives and now could care less about those people. people thought that what they were doing made so much sense and looking back on it it made no sense at all. peoples opinions and thoughts on certain subjects have done a complete 180. just everyhting about all of is different.

and all of this made me think. were am i gonna be at this exact moment next year? 2 years? 3 years? what am i gonna be doing and how will my life be different? do any of you ever do that. i do alot. maybe too much. yea, i think i think too much. i mean last year i was in a horrible band destined for nothing and nowhere( but thought the exact oppsoie at the time) and i thought we were the greatest and i couldnt get any cooler. and now i look back on myself and realize i was so wrong. and the funny thing i feel the same way about arwen right now but i know ill look back a year from now and make fun of myself.
2 years ago i thought i was "in love". i know i was no where close to being in love. now when i hear kids at school talking about how there so in love with people it just makes me laugh. i know that a majority of them will end up hating and eachother never talking to the other person again.
isnt it just crazy how things can change so drastically in a short amount of time?

but anyways this weekend should kick ass:
show on saturday
semi with sarah on sunday<3
i dont have plans for friday though...who wants to change that

<3 dave mcdoo
 
     

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this is what life is all about   
04:58pm 01/01/2005
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Death Cab For Cutie - New Year....how original
god damn was last night amazing. so much shit. and it was all incredible. i love being with those people. i seriously have the best friends ever.

so lets recap 04
- the birth of arwen in april. possibly the greatest thing to ever happen to me
- death of 3dl :-(
- played a crap load of shows with some of the most amazing bands ever...the critic, the bedroom mile, making it right, ambry, faraway, the cadence, the northwood, a loss for words, the modern day saint, larry bird, the street light years, tct, campton, lost city angels, the stompin charlies, scream hello, the mourning sky, red on the day and the list goes on and on...you guys are amazing
- death of the summit :-(
- the critics last show - totally awesome fest and boy was it totally awesome
- jersey kids
- i got fired from a job i actaully liked
- music
- losing seth wingate
- bears and moose
- BO SOX
- went to my first prom...yea
- liked girls, didnt like girls, was like by girls, was no liked by girls
- amazing crusin trips with the crew
- bedford shoppes
- went to some of the best shows ever especially the early november and spitalfield
- those 3 days during the summer...
- andy bill$
- birth of larry bird and the streetlight years
- matt mcdoo got laid...oh wait
- met the bedroom mile...i <3 those kids with all my <3
- Rock N Roll
- met some of the greatest people ever

yea i know i forgot a bunch of stuff that made this year what it was. it was an amazing year. but 05 will be even better.
i just wanna thanks to everyone who made 04 the best year ive eevr had so far. so many thing that could not have been possible. i will never forget you and what you did.

______________________________________________________________________________
so this is the new year
and i dont feel any different
the clanking of crystal
explosions off in the distance

so this is the new year
and i have so resolutions
for self assigned penance
for problems with easy solutions

so everybody put your best suit or dress on
lets make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
lighting fire crackers off on the front lawn
as thirty dialogues bleed into one





 
     

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X mas X   
02:50pm 27/12/2004
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: Rockin around the christmas tree
X-mas was pretty sweet. i got everything i wanted and thats always good.
my brother got me girls pants...im gonan feel so weird returning them its gonna be like "umm..these dont fit."
hopefully gettting a new bass tomorrow. mine is waaaaay too metal and you know what they say about metal basses...

so yea im looking foward to vacation so far its been pretty sweet.
Thursay i hung out with sarah. shes an awesome girl and im really glad i met her.
i dont really remember the next 2 days cuz i was drunk with murray.
last night i went the b-ball game then almost died a million times in cooneys jeep. it was sick.

so yea arwen shows coming up equiped with maybe some new material...
Fri. 1/7
The Crossing- St. Mathews Basement
381 Main St - Sandown, NH
Show @7 - FREE!
w/ The Bedroom Mile
+ 2 More

Sat. 1/15
Alexander Carr - Derry, NH
1 Pierce Ave
Show @6 - $5
w/ The Northwood (they fucking rock)
The Street Light Years
+ Novacaine

http://www.purevolume.com/arwen
http://www.myspace.com/arwen
 
     

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AMAZING   
06:41pm 19/12/2004
 
mood: Rock N Roll
music: TBM, TSY, #33
Wow...last night. Absolutely incredible. The show was probably the best one ive ever played. We sold the place out, sold 44 of our shirts and sold/gave away a bunch of demos. But most of all I got to play with my best friends in the street light years, larry bird and the bedroom mile(thanks for the gift guys...we love you). All of those kids are incredible.
Everyone who came out to the show is amazing and we love you so much. I couldnt ask for a better crowd. I hope you enjoyed the show and the new stuff.
Also thanks to whoever bought merch from any of the bands.

...after the show i fell asleep...<3


PICS FROM THE NIGHT OF ROCK N ROLL!!! )
 
     

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!SHOW!   
03:40pm 14/12/2004
 
mood: accomplished
music: The Drive
ARWEN
Saturday 12-18-04
Alexander Carr Cafe
1 Pierce Ave - Derry, NH 03038
Show @ 6 - $5
w/ The Bedroom Mile
Larry Bird (the far reaches)
The Streetlight Years
+ 1 More

so make sure you attend this show.
all proceeds go to the New Horizons food shelter. so come to help out the needy and some local rock n roll bands all at the same time. ;-)

and yea if you havent joined the arwen lj community and the new arwen space:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/arwenband

http://www.myspace.com/arwen
 
     

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Sears? Fuck Sears   
02:20pm 05/12/2004
 
mood: mixed feelings
music: Dave McDoo - Fuck, I got fucking fired from my job...shit!

SEARS IS ON FIRE! LET'S DANCE!

so yes. i got fired from sears. see, i work or worked with these girls, and they like to use a ton of coupons and get stuff for super cheap and i sometimes ring them up. so they fired the 4 girls who did the coupon thing and me, even though i didnt do shit except ring them up. i think maybe a harsh warning would of been they way to go but i guess thats not the sears way.
its weird because its rare to find a highschool kid who enjoys his job. but, i really enjoyed it there. not so much the job really, but the people i worked with. i made some amazing frienships there and i hope that i can keep them. alot of the managers were assholes but youll find that wherever you go, but some of the coolest people i ever met work there and im sad i cant be a part of it anymore. well fuck it, i get paid for my vacation hours which is almost 2 weeks and i got paid for the rest of the night after i left. so pretty much sears paid me to watch lord of the rings, so jokes on you bitches.

i can still hear the conversation in my head...

Derrick: Mrs. McDougall, this is Derrick from Sears, your son David got caught up in some stuff at work and we had to termintate his employment here.
Mommy McDoo: What? Like Drugs?
Derrick: No....coupons...


haha, fucking ridiculous
 
     

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HEY HEY! WOOAAAHH-OH!   
09:54pm 25/11/2004
 
mood: thankful
music: Halifax - I Hate Your Eyes
thanksgiving...

yea i have alot to be thankful for. My fam, chaz, carol, sarah and of course matt mcdoo...i dont know what id do without all of you. im also thankful for the girls in my life who make it amazing. i <3 u. also im thankful to anyone who has ever gone to an arwen show, bought an arwen cd, or just listened to us on purevolume. you people are seriously amazing. we do it all for you guys.

but mostly im thankful for the 4 greatest friends anyone could ask for...


Matt, Mike, Kris, and Seth i love you guys so much. i couldnt ask for a better 4 kids to be friends with and play with.
*tears of joy*
 
     

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