ONE WEEK until my 3 best friends and I take off to drive to New Jersey for The Bamboozle festival!

Who else is going?!

wearethekidsblog:

Ragged Mag is looking for street teamers to help out at The Bamboozle Festival!

Street Teamers will be needed to help with band signings, assist with taking photos in our fashion photo booth , pass out Ragged magazines, and also help promoting various social network contests we’ll be running during Bamboozle.

Please send an email with your name, contact info and which day you would be available to help Fri,Sat, Sun to evanpierri@gmail.com

* Street teamers will be let into the venue in exchange for their help (AKA no buying tickets!)

This is a great opportunity if you want to help out with working at the upcoming Bamboozle festival. I worked with American Rag over the summer and they are an awesome company. You’ll have a lot of fun!

evanpierri:

When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle,

When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,

Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
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A professor stood before his philosophy class 
and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions –
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else —The small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ He continued,
there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So…

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

‘Take care of the golf balls first —
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled
‘I’m glad you asked’.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
There’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.’

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TRUTH

Not Syndicate or music related, but a good thing to think about if you haven’t seen this story already.

Happy hump day followers!!

After a big retail campaign for The Naked and Famous, the label hooked me up with two tickets to enjoy the show tonight! This will be my first show of the week and I’m pumped to be seeing all of the bands on the bill for the first time! Have any of you attended the show or plan on it? Who are you looking forward to seeing?