Nik: The English Are Coming. (9:00pm)

My aunt just got back from England. She bought me a new hat.

I just sat in my PJ's watching the Pro Bowl all day. It was a relaxing day.

-Brink

Nik: Big Ass Santa. (10:00pm)

We have this light-up Santa at our house. He's there year round. I like him. His name is Beauford, named after my grandmother's Santa.

-Brink

Nik: Take Me To Your Dealer! (11:00pm)

Went to see Methlaab tonight. The show was amazing, as always. Saw some old friends there, and made some new ones.

Methlaab played the song about highschool that I really like, which I was pretty stoked about.

Got Subway afterwards and chilled out at Tim's. It was a pretty successful night.

-Brink

Nik: Fucking Trolley. (8:15pm)

Played darts and watched the BBC today with Sam for the better half of the day. Gordon Ramsay has started to influence my fucking speech.

-Brink

Nik: Nude Towel Woman. (3:30pm)

Today was my first day of classes. Can you tell? Does it look like it?

I need an attractive girl with big, round eyes to pose for me in a towel for a portrait I've had floating around in my head for a few weeks now. Let me know if you're interested.

I had a friend tell me once that the worst mistake you can make is to think that you're alive, when really you're asleep in life's waiting room.

-Brink

Nik: Are You A Dreamer? (6:00pm)

Jermaine and I made music today. It wasn't beautiful music, or even good music. Hardly even mediocre. But it was music.

School starts tomorrow. I'm nervous.

It's good to be nervous, right?

I always want to write something meaningful here. Every day. I feel like that's a tall order for 365 posts. Maybe I should just spread it out and not stress myself so much. But I really want this project to be important. Every day.

Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming is dead, no one does it anymore. It's not dead it's just that it's been forgotten, removed from our language. Nobody teaches it so nobody knows it exists. The dreamer is banished to obscurity. Well, I'm trying to change all that, and I hope you are too. By dreaming, every day. Dreaming with our hands and dreaming with our minds. Our planet is facing the greatest problems it's ever faced, ever. So whatever you do, don't be bored, this is absolutely the most exciting time we could have possibly hoped to be alive. And things are just starting.

-Brink

Nik: Waking Life. (9:00am)

I woke up and took my photo today just so I could get back to bed. My classes don't start for another 72 hours.

My mountain of blankets hides my naked body (for your sake). I haven't actually slept naked since I can't remember when. It felt so good.

-Brink

Nik: Our House. (6:30pm)

I've currently been listening to a lot of Madness. I want to create something that's not music, because right now I've hit a creative block trying to write anything worth listening to.

Any ideas?

-Brink

Nik: "Black Flag?" *PUNCH*! (11:59pm)

This was the last full day of Tim's winter break. We had fun watching FailBlog and moisturizing tattoos.

I had a pretty wild break, and I have to say most of me is sad to see it come to an end.

Back to school.

-Brink

Nik: Banana Pajamas. (9:00pm)

I went to a party last night. A costume party. Everyone had to dress up as their favorite animal. I was a penguin.

This guy was a banana in pajamas with a laser pointer.

I had a great night.

-Brink

Nik: I Had A Kid Today. (10:45pm)

I went to Kuma's Corner with Rachel, Sam and Tim tonight. This man, whose name escapes me at this time, offered to buy a round for everyone, because he was 37 years old and had just had a child.

Why this man was shit-faced drunk at a bar on the night of his child's birth is beyond me. But almost immediately after he had offered us a round, he found and told security that we were trying to hustle him into buying us drinks.

The mood swing happened out of nowhere, and before things could keep getting even more out of hand, two of the biggest waiters on staff ushered him outside and wished him a good night.

The burgers were amazing.

Props to Kuma's. I will be back again.

-Brink

Nik: Victims of Life. (11:00pm)

If you stick one end of an 1/8th inch jack in your output, and one in your input on your computer, you can record things from anywhere off the internet or anywhere else on your computer as long as the sound is passing through your sound card, and you'll have an mp3 of it.

That's how I do it.

-Brink

Tim: [Untitled #6] (9:00pm)

Nik: Starting All Over Again. (9:00pm)

I've started on my new album. I was happy with the first one, so I figured "why not try it again?"

-Brink

Nik: Camera Focus. (9:00pm)

Back home. While getting my studio ready to record, noticed that we have more screen resolution charts than I would know what to do with.

If we ever do shoot that film I was talking about before I left for Kalamazoo, we're going to have the sharpest focused cameras in the world.

-Brink

Nik: E'rryday I'm Hustling. (4:30pm)

I played a lot of pool in Kalamazoo. I want a pool table in my house now.

-Brink

Nik: Nuclear Blue Drink. (7:30am)

Today we had our first bit of confusion! Tim thought I meant 7:30pm, and I thought we had agreed on am. Our mistake, won't happen again!

Breakfast for dinner, anyone? How about some nasty looking blue drink to wash down your stale pancakes?

That's what I thought. The cup remained full.

-Brink

Nik: Going to Kalamazoo. (3:30pm)

I took a weekend trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan to visit some friends. (That's why the blog has been lacking over the past few days.) We're back now, I assure you, and the trip to KZoo went off great. I stopped by Highland, Indiana to grab lunch with Kelly, and she insisted we take two cars.

-Brink

Nik: Woman on Balcony. (11:00pm)

Tim, Sam Taylor and I all hung out tonight. We wrote a movie. Watch for it to drop some time this summer. I'm serious about getting it made.

Nik: "Guys, Do We Have Any Drums?" (10:00pm)

Korkarlan practiced today without our lead singer who was on a spirit quest for most of the day and couldn't make it to practice. Instead, we recorded a bunch of instrumentals. After a few good takes, we decided to end the night with a cover of "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie. We had never practiced it before, didn't have any drum tracks to go along with it, Tom was going to play bass instead of guitar, and I decided that I was to be the lead singer.

After we had finished (destroying, raping, killing, ect.) most of the song, I yelled at Ryan to take it out with a guitar solo to melt the minds of anyone still listening.

What followed made the baby Jesus weep.

You can find it on:

www.myspace.com/korkarlan

Sorry world, for unleashing that upon you.

-Brink

Nik: Ghosts'n'Albums. (6:15pm)

I finished my album today. Here comes the shameless self promotion:

Download it at:

http://www.mediafire.com/?urwzn4z2jny

I'm pretty proud of it.

I had a bad day today. Something just didn't feel right. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

-Brink

Nik: I Wake Up Most Days. (11:30am)

I heard some time ago that it's probably a good idea to do something you don't like once every day. For me today, that meant going into my basement with all of the lights off, alone, to do my 365.

I've been scared of my darkened basement for as long as I can remember. It's an old house, the basement's not particularly finished, and it's cold. But, as we are all adults here, (Don't believe me? Check the content warning on our blog now) I decided it was time to put my fear aside and face it, "like an animal that might have to be killed."

Be proud of me. I am.

-Brink

Nik: Winter Sun. (2:30pm)

I ate lunch today and when I returned to my room, I smelled summer. Wet, rainy breeze; warm air. I smelled it.

I looked out the window. I could almost see it, too.

Almost.

-Brink

Nik: Cycles. (8:15pm)

My whole life happens in cycles. First are times where I'm the most popular guy in town. That will last about a week. And then, my phone won't ring for days. Nobody wants to hang out. Busy, busy, busy...everyone but me. And then I'll get an invite somewhere. A party, a show. Something to go to. I'll meet some new people. The cycle all of a sudden repeats itself.

My life breathes. In, and out. In, and out.

And out, and out, and out...

-Brink

Tim: Decay. (6:30pm)

As I waited for my brothers show to start tonight I was baffled by the fact that it was six thirty and I felt like I was living in Norway. I have also been noticing myself becoming fascinated with urban decay and the ugly landscapes that us humans have created for ourselves. I found this moment beautiful somehow despite the brown wall I was looking upon.

-Rabbit

Nik: Angry Windowlicking Snow Shoveler. (6:30pm)

I showed my dad the music video for "Windowlicker" by Aphex Twin today after having watched it myself last night for the first time ever with Tim and Sam Taylor. My dad was really disturbed by it and then I guess he got angry at me for showing it to him because he immediately ordered that I shovel the snow outside.

My dad never asks me to do any chores unless I have something important to do at the exact same time that that he asks me, or he's having a bad day/is in a bad mood and needs to take it out on somebody. I couldn't shovel at all today though, because I've been really sick.

I think I'm coming down with a cold.

-Brink

Tim: Brews. (11:15pm)

Today was a long day but sometimes the only way to properly end a long day is to kick back with a few brews with Nik and Sam, some Mike Patton music and it was time to get a little wild.

-Rabbit

Nik: Like A Plucked Chicken. (11:15pm)

I don't even know where to begin with this one. Tim and I were hanging out with Sam Taylor and it came that time to take a photograph. We realized we weren't actually doing anything interesting, so Sam decided to get up in front of an open window and moon us while looking outside.

It was one of those nights that no matter how many words I try to use to describe it, it will never sound just right.

-Brink

Tim: Necropolis. (3:30pm)

As I drove by this cemetery today I could feel the death. The harsh lines and textures I could see from the car on the this grey afternoon gave off a vibe like no other. I feel like I have not seen the sun in months.

-Rabbit

Nik: Contents of A Wall. (3:30pm)

Memories that you can tack on a cork board:

1. "No Deachunter" (No Age, Deerhunter and Dan Deacon) ticket from a show in Indiana over the summer.

2. Post-It notes I don't remember collecting at a party. (All is love. Lets make better mistakes tomorrow.)

3. A painting of a tree in a pot from a friend.

4. A photo of Jared from the Black Lips at Logan Square Auditorium.

5. A tattered setlist from the Nuclear Power Pants at Co-Prosperity on Halloween.

6. Raggedy Ann and Andy. (I love you.)

7. Crystal Castles (with the Bang Bangs) ticket from the Bottom Lounge.

8. Information regarding a gallery opening I made a fool of myself at.

-Brink

Tim: Recognizance. (2pm)

Today I began the hunt for the rooster that awakens me everyday.

Plan: To find and eat the enemy.

I have found the location of the enemy. He is located two doors down in what appears to be some sort of hut. Two fences and a door separate us.

More on this later.

-Rabbit

Nik: The Sound Of Fear. (2pm)

Tim and I decided to do an early shot today, (to prove that we actually do wake up before the sun goes down.)

I watched "Trainspotting" last night. It was an incredible movie.

I should be cleaning my room right now, but it all seems so pointless when there is so much music to create. I've been listening to the Eels again all day and am feeling very inspired. My grandpa's actual birthday is today, so I'm going to go out and visit him later today since I missed the party.

I can't hear the sound of fear!

-Brink

Nik: Up In The Air. (8pm)

I never noticed how brown and ugly movie theater seats look, but now it's all I can think about.

Elisa came with me to see "Up In The Air". We hid a bunch of snacks in her purse and two cans of lemonade for the movie. It was a huge success. (But I made the people behind me really mad with my flash when I took this photo.)

I need to live with no attachments one day. Just for a year. Go wherever, do whatever. Just because I feel like everyone needs to feel that lonely once.

-Brink

Tim: Stillborn. (8pm)

Today I opened my refrigerator to find that I am a father. I have actually birthed life.

- Rabbit (Proud New Dad)

Tim: Soul. (4:30pm)

The concept of the soul has come up in conversation quite a bit lately. It is a subject that seems to be controversial among those that I know. There is a word for soul in all languages which interests me because it is a concept that has been around most likely since people have existed. The concept of soul is on my mind and I seem to not be able to avoid these conversations. I believe in consciousness. That is all.

-Rabbit

Nik: The Moisture King. (4:30pm)

The Muzzlers (Jon Kaplan, Andrew Nelles and I) had band practice today; the first one in quite a few months. We have been together for 4 years, and we finally finished our 3rd full song today. "The Moisture King (Comes For Us All)", a song about redemption. (And quite possibly mattresses?)

The moisture king was originally intended to be Andrew, but quickly turned into the black angel of death and the whole song jumped off from there. We'll be posting the song to our MySpace later tonight after I mix and master the final tracks down for the web.

Some basketball player broke his tibia and fibula and the bone was sticking out of his skin and I don't think he'll ever play basketball again. That's something I learned today that I did not know.

-Brink

Tim: Change. (8pm)

After the thirty dollars I spent at the grocery store on food for the week this is what remains. A Vincent van Gogh mug full of change. This is what I have to live on and most of it is pennies.

-Rabbit

Nik: Head Pain. (8pm)

First of all, I know how to focus a camera. Secondly, I didn't focus my camera today to prove a point. I've had a migraine since 2pm today and it won't let up no matter how hard I try to tell it to go away. I've been walking around in some kind of hazy world all day and no matter how much Aleve I take or how much sleep I get, I can't seem to shake this thing.

I missed going to my grandfather's birthday party because I was trying to sleep it off. Happy birthday grandpa. I'm really sorry I missed it.

-Brink

Tim: I Can Swim, Happy New Year Jesus Lizard Style. (Midnight)

This is a photo of David Yow announcing the end of a decade and a happy new year at the Jesus Lizard show at Metro directly before the band launched in to the song Seasick. Yow moments after this photo was taken jumped into the crowd screaming "I Can Swim!". After this song was completed Yow stated that Seasick was the third song to be played in 2010.

Happy New Year!

-Rabbit

Nik: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride. (Midnight)

Happy new year everyone. This is the first post on my behalf of Tim and my joint project together. While he was away at the Metro for Jesus Lizard, I popped by the Congress Theater on Milwaukee to see Girl Talk. I met my friend Laura there and we spent the night dancing away to Girl Talk. The band that opened for him was amazing, but I don't think that the hardcore Girl Talk fans appreciated it as much as I did. They were really strange.

Anyway, I hope you all had a good one as much as I did. Till tomorrow.

-Brink