where to begin...

fire.

work.

family.

friends.

appointments.

concerts.

summer.

LIFE!!!

sooo.... all i can say is that I thank the good Lord above in heaven i still can call this shack a home, and that no lives were lost. i definately now know a line between "important" stuff, and "material" crap that can be replaced. also....... word on the streets is that renters insurance only runs about $6 per month... maybe i will look into that.

so anyways... im here @ home during in what 'normally' is a working time for me, and out of any time im to work for edison this would be the time for them to get their 'bang for their buck' so-to-speak. crazy, crazy amounts of work and OT are there for us. most of it mandatory.... but not when you are summoned to jury duty. argh. so i get there and guess who is the LAST name picked????? .........."Matthew Burch" do we have a "Matthew Burch here???"

so i take my seat....this should be interesting. i am not legally supposed to talk about the case... but its known that here in the town of avalon everybody knows everybody so the best canidates are those who know the prosecuter (fish & game) and the defendant (a local fisherman) the least. anyhow. Lord help me in this one...

gotta go.

matt

chaos quickly approaching...

so tool - being the best band in the entire universe blew my socks off yet again. i went down to san diego with a good buddy of mine... joe taylor. he and his fam reside up in portland. it was awesome spending some time with him. it makes me remember just how much i miss hanging out with him. anyways. just got a pair of tix to the kroq weenie roast @ the irvine amp. should be fun. normally cassie and i go with a couple other folks but this time around it looks like it will be a date with me and the mrs. should be good.
i am really looking forward to this summer. i am happy at work. (exept for the politics) cassie should be home alot more. descanso beach. spearfishing. bbqs with the scanlans & co. vena's boat??? overall i couldnt ever imagine that we would end up here... thank you Lord. now give me a home to own...

-mb

smells like summer...

more and more tourists are lining the streets as I try to go downtown to the grocery store or the mole. its great to know that spearfishing along pebbly beach is just around the corner. yee-haw.
so when cassie comes back from the mainland on thursdays we tend to go over our seperate agendas and mesh them together. between work, friends, and mainland trips sometimes our calendars have a few conflicts. lately its been a headache with a concert (tool!), birthdays, mothers day, a wedding, + all of the other goolosh that normally happens.
Lord help me.
anyhow... I have a million other things that are floating around in my head that I just want to vomit out right now, but I have dishes to do now... yeah for me.
-insanely yours,

Matthew

thank God its done...

...the last night I spent the night in my own bed was 6 very long days ago. I am so happy to be home. Cali Haz. Waste school in San Diego filled with nights of the Barona Casino, a long night trying to stay awake for Hot Fuzz (Hilarious), another tattoo session, a bday night back again in San Diego, a day with the family & friends today... and then finally the 5:45 back to Avalon... home sweet home.
so during my tattoo session I was introduced to "Blaqk Audio". Fans of AFI? you know you are if you are now trendy, or you were a fan from the beginning. (omg, they have other albums???)
anyhow... check them out on the cult/myspace. its really good electronic/synth rock with Daveys vocals. I think the guy is talented and im happy to see another creative side of jade & davey.
until the next one...
mb

San Diegoooooo.........

So at work we generate alot of Hazardous waste and I have been asked to attend a "California Hazardous Waste Generators Compliance school"... basically I learn alot of goolosh about not dumping oil on the road or into the ocean and where to send our drums, yada yada yada...
This will be my second time around doing this particular class. Last time it was in Manhattan beach. I stayed at a nice Marriott there. This time its @ the Handlery hotel in San Diego. From the internet photos it seems like its a neato place. I hope to go to Harrahs in Rincon for the nightly poker tounaments! Boo-yah! Im leaving tomorrow on the 11:45 and wont be back until Saturday the 21st. Its going to be a long one... hopefully I will come back with more money, more knowledge of Haz. waste, and another tat from Dave Quiggle. The only downside to all of this is that its yet again more time away from the wife... not to thrilled about that one.
Anyhow... peace out

-mb

MUSE!

boo-ya, mo-fo's!
time for some great beef & broccoli & knights of cydonia!
on the 3:45 to the LBC then off to Inglewood, where I will put on my bullet-proof vest, then see the show.
My mom is having reconstructive breast surgery tomorrow morning (since her double masectomy last year due to breast cancer) All prayers are appreciated.
Back tomorrow on one of the last couple boast to Avalon. Peace!

-mb

HE HAS RISEN!

Its Easter Sunday, and I havent been to a church service in a few weeks now. I had major conviction come over me yesterday when a good friend of mine told me he went to church with his girlfriend and was really moved by the presence of God. My buddy has good character, and yet I havent really shared God with him. I know he needs a personal relationship with the Lord. I have known him for years between two jobs that we share together and now years later its his new girl that takes him to a service. Why am I so selfish? It so much easier to tell jokes than to talk about wether or not you believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior. I need to clean my act up. I swear. Its not right. I drop a wrench, and then *bleep*. I spill a glass of milk, and then again... its really getting old. I remember exactly when and where I accepted God into my life. Its so fufilling. He quenches. I thought to myself yesterday that I hadn't attended a service in awhile so why would I want to go on Easter Sunday- just like the people who I DIDNT want to be like; a "Sunday Christian". (Anybody remember Value Pac?). Nonetheless... a dude who shows up twice a year- for Christmas and Easter. Lame!!! But guess what? Im turning into that. I wish so much that I could own a personal helicopter and fly over on Sunday mornings to Calvary Costa Mesa for service. I need to get my crap together.
On a lighter note... MUSE on tuesday!!! Im really exited for this. A little PF Changs action before, then some Knights of Cydonia for dessert... cant get any better.
keep it real!!!
-matthew