joshlaceyisdead

okay so as some of you know (more thanks than i can give go out to the people who actually recognized it on sg), today is my 21st birthday. Isn't that supposed to be significant? Well apparently the list of people who it was significant to was limited to my dad, myself, and my friend tiff. I had the plan laid out for everyone (i invited maybe 7 people) to meet up at the continental circa 9 pm for drinks since it is my baptism in to legal innebriation. Well lets just say it was Tiff and I until 12 AM until one person showed up. Dude it was pretty gnarley. Now, mind you, I am here for a reason. I am here to be successful and to make money. I have goals. I work like 70 hours a week for a REASON. I am not phased by my not having close enough friends for them to actually show up to a celebration. What I am phased by is all my friends from back home (Boston, my real home) hitting me up and SINGING happy birthday and telling me how much they miss me and these awesome people do not get to see me and celebrate even though they would give almost anything to have the chance. Not that I am the missing link to them but at the same time I grew up with these people and I am actually appreciated with them. I see now more than ever that I am not here to make friends. Working in the music industry is cool but it requires an inordinent amount of focus and drive. I am here to simply see my goals through and stupid incidents such as this are just a meaningless distraction. I realize time and time again whenever I live by anyone elses parameters I seem to get burned. Its a me-first basis all day every day now. No more banking on people. I've always been the one to pave my own road and I will continue doing so until it reaches the promise land. If you're not me, you're in the backseat. Sorry everyone.
Thanks again to anyone who said happy birthday, it only takes a second to make someones day a tad brighter.
Josh