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here...homesick...getting a lot of work done though...i had a dream about you...yes you...it was nice...comforted me while i was so far from home...i'll be moving back to NY once the band gets rollin...there is so much awesome news...i wish i could tell you...i wish i could tell everyone...but i cant...not yet...only you would understand anyway...you've been through it all already...you get it...you got it...anyways...i'm gonna take a nap...might go see Glassjaw tonight...it might be good to get out of the house...i feel a lil couped up sometimes...i almost passed out today at practice...i just got all fuzzy and had to stop playing..it was weird...just wanted to thank you...bc of you, i'm doing what i love...music...you gave me my first shot...rockin a red guitar...it was the best...it's where i came from...that red guitar is home..my beginning...and for that, i owe you everything...wish you were still here...i miss you everyday...

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Danny Fitz...yea yea

new life...it's so cold in the D

it's almost time...i'll be leaving my home in NY for a new temporary life in Detroit...i'm moving in with Todd to get the new band up an running...i'm excited and yet a little scared...i'll be leaving some people who i care so much about, but it's something i NEED to do right now...and i hope those people don't give up on me while i'm gone...it's the one thing i'm afraid of...

too long...

i am and will always be Danny Fitz...unless, of course, i change my name to Danny Knuckles, or Danny Muerto...

i lost my way a while ago, and things got weird and hectic and i guess i just stopped caring, and stopped writing and just lost my drive...but i'm finding it now...finding out who loves me, and who i love, and who i am and where i want to go...it's weird how it takes 28 years to find all this out...and who knows, i might wake up a couple years from now and realized that it took 30 years to find everything out..and then 35, then 40 and so on and so forth...but right now, i'm 28 and im seeing what i want and i'm not letting anything get in the way of it...life is weird like that...sometimes you find 2 things that seem so perfect but they're far apart and you need to make choices and neither choice is the right one, or a better one...they're just choices, and i hope it all works out and we can deal with the distance while i'll pursue music...i'll only be a quick plane ride away from home, and with technology, it's split seconds apart...anyways...i'm looking to move to detroit to meet back up with Todd(singer of drive by)...one of my best friends...we've been emailing songs back and forth and developing a new sound that we will be unleashing on the world soon...as soon as i get out there and we get our heads together and record...we're calling it Razor Ribbons...it's rock with a twist...you'll hafta hear it for urself...we'll leave it up to you to name the genre...

but anyways...i'm sitting at home right now, about to get coffee...i will be taking my van, Drive By's old tour van...it's seen better days, but gets the job done...i'm still addicted to coffee...but i've cut down the drinking to almost nothing...with the occasional beer here and there...it's been roughly 3 years without a cigarette as well...and i'm trying to smile more...i feel that is the key to life...you see people smile and it's contagious...surround urself with people who make you smile, and you won't have time to be down...anyways, i'm not right a self help book here...i'm just blabbering with a computer in front of me...so i'll stop

hopefully i don't neglect this page...and i'll be able to post more and more and document my travels and such...until next time...

-Danny

21 Days of 'no complaining' and 'keeping negativity out'...starts NOW

i wanna start writing again...i wanna write about EVERYTHING again...i think i just might...i've been sooooo busy recently...but im gonna cut out the bullshit, and make time for writing...i like writing...i miss it...i miss you...i think i'll write...i think i wanna start writing again...i think i'll do it...

Happy New Year!

I might still use this blog...but i just started a tumblr and i don't know how to link the two...so check out my tumblr blog, bc that's what i'm going to be using...it's www.dannyfitz.tumblr.com ...Drive By also has one...it's www.drivebyunite.tumblr.com ...i just made a personal FACEBOOK page..but that's ONLY for people who i know from my town...and people i grew up with...no disrespect if you sent a request and i didn't add you...nothing personal...

it's 2010...and it's time to move foward...happy new year everybody...

hey, i just woke up...it's around 1 now but i've been up for an hour i think...i'm still a lil groggy, b/c it's sooooo coooold...it's time for some coffee or tea and some oatmeal...i've been drinkin TEA a lot...it's a good change from the millions of cups of coffee i drink a day...and my brother got me hooked on oatmeal...it's good for your heart...so yesterday i was surfin facebook and this girl that went to my highschool changed her 'facebook status' to "does anyone want to buy a macbook"?? so, because i'm the most random person ever, i contacted her and met up at Finnegan's and bought myself a macbook...and now that is what i'm typing this on and i love it..it's so smooth...it's roughly 2 years old but it's near mint and it's a macbook...they're always good...i'm still learning lil tricks though...but i'll get it down soon and become a full fledged Mac Guy...

I used to get pissed when people filled up photo albums in facebooked labeled "photobooth"...to me it was a waste b/c you keep taking the same friggin picture, over and over with stupid effects...i like real pictures...Chris Perino takes good pictures...i can stare at them and enjoy them...i can't look at your head stretched and skewed for 754 pictures straight...
wow, i think i was more angry than i thought...haha...anywayes...here is a pic i took...just one...

i'm tired...

I'm tired...

if you don't know this about me already, i'll tell ya...i play guitar in Drive By, but when i'm home, i'm a normal dude...i have a job...i'm a bartender...i work at a Bar and Grill which goes by the name "Finnegan's Grill"...fitting b/c i'm Irish...but this past week was crazy there...i worked last Wednesday(Thanksgiving Eve..aka the biggest party night of the year) it was packed...as it usually is...then i got to work Thursday(Thanksgiving) which wasn't as packed b/c most people eat too much turkey and pass out, but there was a healthy group a friends in the area who kept their binge-eating under control and decided to come out for a couple drinks and watch the New York Football Giants play...it was cool, very laid back vibe...i took off Friday and rehearsed with the band...we wrote another new song...remember? we're writing a new record...spread the word...Drive By is writing...NOT sleeping...well i sleep a lot, i'm very much like a bear, i LOVE sleep...anyways...
Saturday morning we rehearsed again, then i got home, picked up my broski(brother aka deathair) and we head over the bridge (Tappan Zee) to pick up two standup arcade games we had purchased from this dude...WWF WrestleFest and Sunset Riders...once we got home and put the games into our garage i had to take a shower and head straight back to work, i was workin a party at Finnegan's...once again, it was a crazy fabulous night...This guy Mike i know throws extravagant parties with red carpets and whatnot, so i work that party and got home at 5AM only to hafta get up at 10 and be back at work at 11:30 for SUNDAY FOOTBALL!! it was a slow day and night because the GIANTS had already played on thursday and the JETS played early...so it wasn't a busy day at all BUT i was on my feet all day slangin dranks and hot wings...

so....

...i'm tired, i think i'm gonna play some fiddle...or maybe watch some Monday Night Football...or watch season 5 of 'rescue me'

later ya'll

The Danny Arcade...

I would like to start blogging again...what do you think? i've been kinda down recently so send me some love and let me know i have a reason to keep writing my thoughts down on this spot...

i've been down b/c i ordered a fiddle on Ebay, and it's STILL not here!! I'm pissed...i wanna start learning NOW!!! haha...i apologize for being a lazy dumbhead and slacking on you...i'm really sorry, i need to keep it up...keep me aware of the fact that i get lazy and slip on what i need to do...thank you

that will be all for now, i'm craving Hot Wings...later kids!!

Danny Fitz (aka Danny Arcade) haha oh yea, it's a new thing i'm getting into...standup arcade games) i'll talk more about that soon...

Bone Jorn-oh...

i just got off the phone with Todd...the two of us are going to paint my parent's porch...i think T-money and i could use some QT and might as well make a quick buck...generally, we'd just paint the porch for free b/c it's family, ya know? But my parents have a sweet wrap around victorian style porch...it's a lot of painting...

i'm also growing a beard...not only do i love having a beard, b/c it's fun and burly, but my sister is getting married at the end of October...and i think it'd be funny to have an epic beard to go along with my date, Jaeson Hertzberg...what do you think?

i'm tryin to finish up on 'Heroes: season 3" right now so i gotta go load up the netflix and be gettin to that...so i bid thee farewell...and get your ass to the theater to see 'Inglorious Basterds'...it's one of the best movies i've seen in a really long time...Humor/Gore/Plot/Directing...it's got all the good...go check it and let me know what you think...

love you all!!
Danny Fitz

hahahahahahahahahahaha....

Dead Rabbits and Little Girls...

i just got home from Vermont...it was very nice...i went biking the WHOLE time...ha...ate some delish spicey cheese from CABOT and took a tour of the Ben & Jerry factory...all in all it was a good, relaxing time...we stayed in a creepy but nice B&B in Stowe, VT...it was the Green Mountain Inn...that's right...like Green Mountain Coffee...so outside our room there was a picture of a creepy lil girl...and she is now my new secret lady...i love her...and i don't know her name...if you think you know what her name 'should be', let me know...make some guesses...here she is...

before i left for VT, my boy Anthony gave me a tattoo...he is the artist that brought us my ghost tatt...remember 'Boo'? well now i have a sweet dead rabbit on my leg...here it is...

haha just kidding...here's a couple...

there's the stencil and here is the finished, raw and bloody end

Slap Prank gone RIGHT...

This is incredible...

i'm so tired...i don't know why? it may be because i drink a lot of coffee...but i'm tired none-the-less...so i think i'll go for a quick run...i like to run through the woods...it's peaceful...first, i'll eat my cheerios. I love my cheerios...

I just heard some good news...not so much for me..but for family friends...the Grazioli's just won 2 million dollars and 2,000 bucks for life...how rad is that? Congrats to them...Toni, Dave, Mark, the Mr. and the Mrs...

The National League should have won the All-star game last night...bullshit!!!!

ok it's time to head to the woods...later

Here's a picture of an extra dirty pickle martini...Boobie ordered it at Finnegan's and i thought it was delish...yes...i sipped another man's martini...haha

Greenhorns...

i'm back...'from where?' you ask?...my computer got a virus...it was named 'Security System 2009'...i knew something was wrong b/c i never installed any anti-virus program in my comp...so when this program said i had a virus and started scanning on it's own i knew somethin was up...so first, i screamed like a little lady, then, i unplugged my battery. I screamed again in a lower tone b/c my computer was still on and the virus still scanning, i ruled out a ghost and determined that my power cable was still plugged in...i unplugged that and finally stopped the virus from scanning into my computer...i was too late however..this virus was slowing down my computer, even though i hadn't clicked the button to activate the actual virus...it had already gotten in and was expanding...so i had to reboot my windows XP...oh yea..you didn't know? I'm Danny Fitz, and i'm a PC...so now i have my computer back and it works fine...i did however lose EVERYTHING that was on my comp...well, everything i hadn't backed up...how shitty is that...?

and now...i'm watching "the Deadliest Catch"

hey...

yesterday was rad as hell...we played a free show in front of the Kensico Dam...the dam is a huge landmark in my hometown...it's a HUGE rock wall cutting off the water from the resevoir which is actually New York City's water supply...yea that's right...so yea, we showed up at around 4PM and were welcomed by very friendly County Parks crews...there was a blow-up movie screen that was roughly 100 ft high...enormousness...ha...just to the right of this monster outdoor IMAX screen which would be playin the cult classic "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" was this transformer...uh huh...a transformer...it was a big rig trailor at first...then before you know it...Megan Fox and Shai Labeouf ran past us and the trailor became a stage...it...transformed...and that is where we would play...the show was fun...but the sun was brutal...i felt sunburn occurring as we rocked out to some of our new jams...Jae and Chris joined Todd and I singing the acapella ending of "No Way"...that's correct...you don't know the song..that's b/c it's new...

we played with our friends band LOVE and LOGIC...click the link and check them out...and spread the word...Drive By might wanna take them out on tour and we want you to know their songs too...hit em up and tell em that you heard about them from Danny Fitz...oh and give me some tattoo ideas...my boy Anthony(founder of REBIRTH) is gonna hit me up with some new ink...but i can't think of an idea for a sleeve or a pant leg...got anything for me?

goodbye diary...

Dear Diary,
haha...i just wanted to do that...i will never start another one with 'dear diary', don't worry. How is everyone? i'm sure i lost millions of my loyal readers b/c i'm super duper lazy and don't blog as much as i used to when i was on tour...it's mainly b/c i'm not sitting at my computer 24/7 like i would be if i were cramped up in a van with the dudes, eatin beef jerky and drinkin redbulls...(i actually don't drink redbulls anymore..they're really bad for you)...anyways, we've been home for a while workin on a new record, playin some shows here and there...and makin some money...yes, band dudes do have to make some money while they're home...my job/life is music...but if i'm not touring, i'm not working...so i bartend at a bar in town called Finnegan's...some of you may know of it b/c we took some of you there after a hometown show...it's a good time...we actually have played there twice and both times were crazy shows...much fun had by all...we were thinkin of playin again soon before we start recording our new songs...but we'll see...i work there everyone Wednesday and some random shifts if they need help and i'm not in jersey with the band rehearsing and writing...or playing softball with my Co-ed town rec team, "the Dead Rabbits"...pretty awesome name, "don't cha think?"...it's from the movie 'Gangs of New York'...Leo DiCaprio's gang, they hang the rabbit in the center of town to let everyone know that they are there...it's bad ass...and we have a really good softball team...last year we were the 'Go-Gettaz' and took first place in the season and won the playoffs...so there! but if anyone has a softball team and wants to challenge us, let me know...we'll beat you...haha...

hmm...what else is goin on? i just woke up, and allergies are completely winning the fight over my sinuses...my head is pounding and i feel all stuffed up and heady...I'm blogging now, but i'll make some iced coffee in a bit to wake up while i eat some cheerios, maybe even cheerios crunch? i don't know, haven't decided...I'll prolly hang out on the porch and read for a few and probably check the baseball games and make some small bets...gotta bet on the dodgers...Manny is back and the Mets and I don't really get along these days haha...I'm actually going to the Mets/Dodgers game tonight...I'll be rockin my LA hat...i haven't been to Citi field yet...but i heard it's nice...i made it to the new Yankee Stadium first and it was absolutely beautiful...larger than life...you can legit see the whole field from anywhere and even while you're walking around the stadium...that was the first time i found myself rooting for the yankees...i was more rooting for Mark Teixiera though, b/c he's on my fantasy team...ha...

so what has everyone been up to? i don't have facebook or myspace anymore so i don't have instant contact with anyone...but i wanna know how everyone is and what everyone is up to? i'll prolly only get like 3 people responding but it's a start lol...that just means you should get out there and tell people about my blog...start an Army of Fitz's...ya know...go on to myspace and facebook and every other networking place and tell people to come here...free cookies and milk!

oh we have a show at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, NY this thursday (July 9th)...we go on at 6PM and our friends band goes on at 7 (Love and Logic)...and after that there is a big movie screen showing "Madagascar: escape 2 africa"...it's gonna be random and fun...so if you're anywhere in the area..come out and hang low...

goodbye...diary

Daniel, where have you gone?

Is it weird that when I can finally sleep in, I can't seem to get comfy in my bed and I toss and turn and end up just getting up and starting my day...but I have nothing to do that day...but every other day that I have something to do early, whether it be work, band practice, or a coffee date with Jae(yea, that's right...we like coffee...a lot...), I seem to be in the perfect position to never want to get out of bed...I just sink into my mattress and my body goes numb and then...RING A LINGA...my alarm goes off or someone calls my phone which i always sleep with on and next to my head...just in case of emergencies...how come i can't get comfy when i have nothing to do? And...why am i soooooooo comfy when i hafta get up? Can someone answer me that...?

I should start writing down all my dreams...I think that might make for some good blogging...though some content might be too extreme for some ears...but maybe i'll just censor a little...I'll start that soon...I have some very entertaining or twisted dreams...you'll see...this is your first warning...welcome to my head...

oh bla dee

i woke up this morning...got my coffee and sat down at my computer to check my fantasy baseball team...yes...i'm a dude...anyways...i was just chattin via text, mainly b/c i don't have facebook or myspace, and i used the phrase "young grasshopper"...it wasn't more than 2 minutes that i opened up the internet to check my team stats...OH! my team's name is the Bronx Obam-ers...but that's not important...ok..where was i? ah nevermind...i forgot...goodbye...



oh yea...ok so coffee, texting, 'grasshopper'...ok..so the phrase 'young grasshopper' is from the TV show 'Kung Fu'...main character - David Carradine...now that we have all that clear...i opened up Mozilla Firefox which is my internet jammy...and the front page story on AOL was this..."David Carradine
Dead at Age 72"

F'in weird...

"there's no place like you"

yes...i AM all right...some people have asked if i'm 'ok' due to some of my recent decisions...yes...i'll be ok...my last post was just a copy and paste job...my friend had sent it to me because she thought i could use comfort in knowing that i'm not alone...and i'm not...though sometimes alone seems more fitting...that last post was nothing more than me passing it on to whoever feels like everything is crashing down on them, when they finally thought that 'maybe', everything was going right...that's how i feel right now...i finally thought that everything was falling into place, that everyone involved was on the same page...and then...nothing. I have a feeling there is some misunderstanding...and rash decision were made...but isn't that how all of our problems start in the beginning? rash decisions out of love, hate, anger, spite?? isnt that what gets us in trouble the most? i FINALLY learned to love and live and let go and give myself up...surrender to it all..and...nothing.

i've recently deleted my facebook and myspace pages...not to be sketchy...but just to make life easier...i find myself with more time to do productive things..i don't browse when i'm bored...now, i get unbored...i go running with Jae...i have a catch with my bro...i play guitar...i sing...i sing a lot now...i write...i write about you...someone told me recently that i don't smile enough...and i said to them...i smile...but not as much as i used to...i can't seem to find enough to smile about...i smiled a ton when i thought you were back...but i used to smile at funny orange cars...and masterbating monkeys...and red guitars that got me back into music...i smile at farts...thoughts of lil blonde spikey haired kids with orange shorts on...(not in a creepy way)...i also smile at mexican families running through basketball courts with sparklers on the fourh of july...i DO smile...it's just rare...something has to be really amazing for me to smile...

drive by is writing new songs...and i love every one of em...i think you will too...can't wait to let ya'll hear em...

i hope all is well with everyone...be safe on this holiday weekend...see you soon

-Danny Fitz