tag:forrestday.com,2005:/blogs/thoughts-by-dayThoughts by Day2017-01-15T16:29:56-08:00Forrest Dayfalsetag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/32762282014-11-11T00:13:21-08:002022-05-26T02:22:18-07:00Tue, Nov 11, 2014Been awhile. Things are cool, just released the EP a week or so ago. I'm still de-stressing... not so successfully. Every record pretty much destroys me. I consider myself pretty mentally durable, but finishing my records breaks me down. My girl says I need a vacation and she's right. I might take one after the Monterey release party. She's so sweet for telling me that. She suggested I take a few days to myself in a cabin somewhere and just sleep and get some real R&R. I'm probably driving her nuts, I get so obsessive and one-track minded. It's hard to wind down and be normal.<br> Bumped into Chuck Billy today and had a good talk about getting my bands business tight. He's the fuckin man, cool ass dude. Can't wait to see his band live. Live 105 played a song off Familiar Company last night, it was awesome to hear it on the radio. I walked around Lake Merritt and tried to handle all the chores and errands I have to do. Pretty good day. Oh yea, Half Moon Bay was awesome saturday night. Badass crowd. I was very drunk during the show. Thats real rare, I prefer to be sober during performances, I think its more real and authentic. But god damn, it's fun to liquor up and rock too. So fun. OPL is always a good time and they treat me real well.<br>Hope you are well in this moment, if you've read this I have blown you a kiss from afar....Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/26233212014-02-21T11:48:22-08:002022-05-21T02:15:56-07:00Fri, Feb 21, 2014It's been too long since my last confession. Today I am struggling to get my day started, I need coffee. My sister made me cookies and I feel sick from eating too many. I'm a sucker for peanut butter cookies. I was going to leave for the studio earlier but have been sitting here watching actors acceptance speeches on youtube and getting misty. Warm and fuzzies. What the fuck am i doing! I need to go bite into this day and take advantage of the good weather. Tomorrow morning I am having a reunion with my high school band. It's been 15 years since we have all been in the same room. This band is probably the reason I do what i do and I can't wait to jam. <br><br>see yaForrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/25717132014-02-12T21:13:19-08:002022-09-10T02:28:29-07:00Wed, Feb 12, 2014It's been a week since my last confession. Did a bunch of work in the studio today. I played the piano and sang a new song on my camera, I'm going to upload to youtube soon. I'm focused on writing and recording the new album. If I keep up this pace there will be a new record in no time. Really loving the piano. I am exhausted. Shouldn't even have bothered typing this thing. Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/25304712014-02-05T20:53:59-08:002023-12-10T08:56:31-08:00Wed, Feb 5, 2014Hello Diary<br><br>Wrote lyrics this morning then went to my friend Judy's house. She's making me a custom FD ring. So dope. She's very talented. Judith Hoff Brooks is her name and her brand. After that I went to the dog park with Paige. A dude there recognized me as a singer and said hi. That was cool, he said he was a big fan, he was nice and his dog was cool too. He told me a couple years ago he was a bit of a groupie and came to lots of shows. I asked why he stopped….haha, it was kind of funny. There was a cute little pit there and I was asking who's dog it was. Turns out it was nobody's dog. We took her home for a bit and fed her and gave her water and let her play with Mickey. She was so sweet. We decided to take her to the animal spot where her owner may look for her. I left the animal control people my number and told them not to kill her. I said call me before that happens and I'll find her a home.<br>Tomorrow we have some big shot industry people coming to our practice to see about us. Interesting, they seem really cool too. We all talked about it as a band last night. Someone said something that sounded nervous, then Nick said "they're pursuing us." I liked that. I added that we are gold, and they are gold miners. There's a million gold miners, not a lot of gold. I feel like Doogie Howzer. Good Nite<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/167ea81962a3e1b20b5d535c30b09a295e3f8f0d/original/ring.jpg?1391662093" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br> Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/25236862014-02-04T22:51:43-08:002022-05-21T02:45:24-07:00Tue, Feb 4, 2014Hey Diary<br><br>I just bit my tongue really hard. Some blood. Shitty. Amazing amazing amazing practice tonight. New shit is outlandish. I CANT FUCKIN WAIT TO PLAY THIS SHIT LIVE<br><br>Made some good money today, that's always nice. Justifies my keyboard purchases. My new keys are the shit. Yamaha CP-33. I should keep this a secret, but I'll say it here. It's MAGIC. Feels like a real piano and it's got real thunder. I'm writing a lot. So nice, and so puzzling and gratifying. Tonight we talked about how people are probably being tortured somewhere tonight. Grim. I don't know why we spoke of that. I should mention I'm high. Weed to be specific. I'm not an everyday puffer, but once in a while I smoke in creative situations. (I have a CARD for all you cops out there:) Shit's legal now anyway. <br>Now what do i say, I just outed myself. I guess I'll throw in the towel on today's entry. <br><br>My favorite breakfast right now is Brown Sugar Kitchens pork hash with a biscuit. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV<br><br><br><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=dbffb08fdb&view=fimg&th=14400cd7bd3679e3&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-gJgb6QXjAH5nyG1KGX-DnRvzAXSFVFMpH0E6lPc2E-0E_tV8vmiE-yjLkr99sLR1AxdwcR6gcQoFeDlJFMCEqvVjL8r1nJUuwbqCVxpeBPVBFgwu019S8a1E&ats=1391582875130&rm=14400cd7bd3679e3&zw&sz=w1029-h555" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Displaying photo.JPG" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/25067232014-02-01T19:26:29-08:002021-12-26T11:09:59-08:00Sat, Feb 1, 2014I decided to sleep in today. I was supposed to go to the studio today at ten to record something, but decided I'd rather play piano. I had a weird day. Depressed I guess. I was making up really sad music. I decided to walk to a coffee shop. I brought headphones to play the music I was making up while I walked. I haven't listened to music in public in a long time, since high school i think. It is quite a disconnect from the world. It made everything real poetic and pretty, but I don't like it after all, and won't be making a habit out of it. When I got to the coffee shop I decided I no longer felt like coffee and walked back home. Sweet. Like I said, weird mood today. I came back and made some words to it, and I came up with a chorus that I love. After I sang the chorus a hundred times I felt a lot better. I grabbed mickey and took him to my neighborhood dog park. It brings me a lot of happiness watching him run and play with other dogs. He is very sensitive to my music. I have two sad songs that he howls to when he hears them. Its crazy, literally every time he hears it. He doesn't like his daddy sad, it makes him sad too. He's my heart. He likes the song I made today. He rested his head close to my keyboard to watch and listen I took a picture, I'll put it below. I'm happy I made a new song and that it had the power to turn my day around. <br><br>Goodnite<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/c60b1e5961c6e7e64522dd78b1faaea8d8e34fa1/original/shit.jpg?1391311565" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24977392014-01-31T01:30:43-08:002023-12-10T08:44:39-08:00Thu, Jan 30, 2014Dear DIary,<br><br>INCREDIBLE practice tonight. All that shit I wrote yesterday sounds so good with the band. It's really haunting and pretty. Best practice in years, I can't wait to record it and play them live. The band sounds SO good, some amazing musicianship on these new tracks. That's 3 new songs for the next record almost finished. I have a bunch in the pipeline too. I'm thrilled to feel like this is some of my best work. We are going to try and not play any of the new shit live until the record drops. Fans of our live show have known all the songs before the records have come out. Except FULU. Whoa, I've been trying different breakfast places based on this thread I started on Facebook and I ran into the dude with no legs that danced at my show last saturday!! Fucking crazy. I asked him if he was down to do a video, he said yea. He told me he's done Tosh.0. Nice guy, great taste in breakfast restaurants. Place is Cafe M in Berkeley. He danced at my show in concord, small worlds. After that Paige and I took Mickey to Point Isabel. Love it there. Gave him a bath after and now he is even more huggable. Sweetest, best dog I've ever had. I'm exhausted. Goodnite<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/0b04d573eaf155e45a290998aca30068a8e13000/original/isabel.jpg?1391160262" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/6544cfb213e7226003f8178527b986202bc217f1/original/bath.jpg?1391160269" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24907532014-01-29T23:10:13-08:002022-04-29T11:14:04-07:00Wed, Jan 29, 2014Dear Diary,<br><br>I ate too much today. I feel fat as fuck. Time to get active again. I quit smoking and lost 50 pounds in the beginning of last year. Since then I've gained 35 back and started smoking again. SHIT. Had a great time at my dad's birthday hang. We got good BBQ and I bought him ROKU so they can watch Netflix and all that. I've been writing a bunch. THANK GOD. I bought a really nice keyboard for home and that has been amazing. I'm writing really pretty piano music, finishing lyrics, and making new sections to songs I need to finish. I feel fucking great when I am writing. When I am not, I feel incomplete and not productive. It's a little frightening sometimes, knowing I'm just waiting for music to come to me and generally don't force it. It's like the rain this year. All I can do is hope it rains, and be there with a few buckets to catch some for myself. I think I will always have a fear of losing this channel of creativity. I've asked some really talented friends of mine if they ever worry about it. They say no. I wonder if they are being honest. Damn, they probably are. Good for them though. I guess I just kind of feel like it doesn't even come from me sometimes. Like its a ghost that visits me and one day they'll vanish and leave me alone. But by then I will have no idea what to do with myself. I love thinking about what I'd do though too. Would I become a firefighter? A politician and really try to change the world? There's an infinite amount of things to do and for the last 15-20 years i've been all consumed with music. I always thought I'd be famous, and travel the world rocking fat crowds. Do I still think that? I don't know. I don't care as much. I've just surrendered to doing what I do and appreciating what I have. Which is a rich life, a great band, and amazing fans.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/bddbf4a7a8cc154501977fe0773377c5eb9413d7/original/unnamed.jpg?1391065697" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24844442014-01-29T00:45:26-08:002023-12-10T11:24:46-08:00Tues, Jan 28, 2014Dear Diary,<br><br>I went to a breakfast place recommended by someone on Facebook today. It was good, really good. Paige really liked it too. From there I went to the studio and wrote some nice lyrics to a song I've been working on. I needed two more verses and I wrote one and a half. Pretty fucking close. The song is going to be called "the most fucked up person i know". After that was band practice, which was cool because we were able to rehearse and learn the stuff I had just written. My verse is really hard rhythmically. It'll be easy peezy by tomorrow though. We worked on only new material tonight, which is so nice. We usually are rehearsing for a show and don't make new shit a priority. Plus Nate hasn't been drumming long in this group, so it's been SUPER important to go over the old shit as much as we can. After that, Nate, Nick and I went to watch Nick's friend play hockey in downtown Oakland. I had a great time. Hockey is pretty rad. They tied. Ties are lame in sports. Afterwards we waited outside for Max and we felt like groupies as the players left the building. It was funny. I'm home now, and I am going to watch something on TV and go to bed. It's my Dads birthday tomorrow. I have to go buy a present in the morning and hopefully finish that song too. What else…..my sister is dating some wacko shithead but ended it finally I hope. Thats another story…..<br><br>Love,<br>Forrest<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/0127f31b8c7152f5ec61b942f8873305c4f2e714/original/richard.jpg?1390985506" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24775722014-01-27T21:20:52-08:002021-12-26T11:13:44-08:00Mon, Jan 27, 2014Dear Diary,<br><br>Today was alright. Ran errands mostly and then bought my sister a birthday present. She couldn't believe I brought over wrapped gifts and a card. The trick is to go to gift shops I guess, cause they wrapped them for me, and I looked really responsible and caring. I am caring, I just don't always show it in the way people ( girls) want me to. Went to a nice dinner at Scoma's with my family. Actually the place has gone down hill. The chowder isn't the best anymore. And the fish was overcooked. Tonight was the 1st time I've ever been paranoid about radiation in my fish. I've never really tripped on it, not on mercury either. Whatever. My pants feel tight today too, fuck. Time to get active. Spencer and I are gonna play basketball on wednesday. I have to get my cardio going or I'm literally going to die during a performance. I explained it to someone recently, I spend 90 minutes hyperventilating every time we play. My flows are so long sometimes that it's a real fight to keep it going with my heart rate up. I think even someone in great shape would have a hell of a time doing what I do. Sometimes I think about all the brain cells I must be killing at every show. Maybe that's why I feel retarded most the time. I feel inspired. I feel hopeful again too. It's been awhile. This business can be exhausting and so discouraging at times. It's easy to get jaded. I feel a great sense of relief to have a positive outlook on my career again. I have to just keep on doing it. I'll always do it. I surrendered a long time ago to the fact that music is not a choice for me. It's just what I do. And every dog has it's day. And shit, I've had some great days, shows and experiences I'll never forget. I'm so thankful for what we have. The best, most passionate fan base I could ever ask for. The sense that I have truly shared myself with people, and that they feel me and send me love back is something I will never take for granted. We are all fucking crazy. It's beautiful. We just have to accept each other. We shouldn't need anyone to be anything other than what they are, or that's on us. <br><br>Love, <br>Forrest<br><br><br><br>Shopping for my sister<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/0119c1028743278984bf8e750ee752f33f490bca/original/unnamed.jpg?1390886640" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24707282014-01-26T19:57:33-08:002023-12-10T08:56:31-08:00Sun, Jan 26, 2014 Today was a nice day. I had breakfast with my friend Spencer. We went to IHOP. It was good, we got all you can eat pancakes. After that we grabbed Mickey and went to the dog park. Watching dog's play is so entertaining. Mickey made a new friend named Rowdy. They wrestled nonstop. Made me think about how disgusting dog fighting is. It's great watching them play, one doesn't need to end up dead. <br> After that I fought with my girlfriend a little but made up real nice and then went to Sankey's Bday BBQ. He refused to call it a birthday party, so I showed up with giant balloons to make his party look cheesy. hahahaha I love sank and his wife and baby. I held River for probably 5-10 minutes. He pooped while I was holding him and it was pretty awesome. High pressure poooping, two big pushes from the little guy. Then he spat up all over my shirt. Love that guy. After that I felt like we had bonded. Me and River are way cool now. I call him "Mighty River". <br>Paige and I are gonna watch a movie now and chill. Awesome weekend. Tomorrow is my sisters birthday, I need to buy her a present. We are going to Scoma's, the best seafood in the city in my opinion. Been going there my whole life for special dinners. In fact, my mom used to go there when she was a little girl. Okay, signing off….<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/1dff8154672aa219c2eb662db7f3aa9bc6aa837d/original/meandriver.jpg?1390795022" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><br>Love,<br>ForrestForrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24676612014-01-25T23:06:38-08:002023-12-10T09:22:59-08:00Sat, Jan 25, 2014<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/129805/64b50843b2276926f9e15279619aa093c7b7b5b3/original/winterbrew.jpg?1390795251" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Dear Diary,<br><br>Today my band played Winter Brews Fest in Concord. It was pretty awesome. This dude with no legs came on stage completely out of the blue and started dancing. Really dancing though. He jumped off the stage onto some concrete and then jumped back up and continued dancing. I've never seen anything like it. I'm sunburned and a little heat exhausted. Seriously, from a WINTER fest. Global warming is in full effect. Met a lot of nice people after the show. Took pictures and we sold a ton of CD's. There were some older ladies that tried to seduce me. Being a musician is hilarious. I laugh because I'm 33 and overweight, yet these young 20 somethings are into me. HAHAHA<br>I'm happy in my relationship though, and I'm not a cheat. <br><br>It was Sankey's birthday today and I forgot to humiliate him onstage. People commented that we sounded tight, I quietly disagreed. Fun show, but we didn't do our best.<br><br>I'm gonna go. I'm about to eat pizza and watch Machete part II. My girl is out with friends tonight. <br><br>Love,<br><br>Forrest<br> Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24642262014-01-24T19:35:17-08:002023-12-10T08:56:31-08:00Fri, Jan 24, 2014Dear Diary<br><br>Spent the day figuring out how to create the shop on this website with Nate. I also started organizing all these beats and snippets of demo recordings so I can really start tackling the next record. Business minded today. I actually feel like a pair of old dog's balls right now. I'm going to go eat. <br>Tomorrow we are playing a beer festival in Concord put on by the Brewing Network. Super awesome guys.<br><br>I took a lot of pictures today of Lisa Marie Johnston wearing "Forrest Day" gear for the shop. She was awesome at modeling, and I'm really grateful she was willing to do it. It got me going about photography again as well. I was getting real into it a little ways back, but then got distracted by getting robbed and moving. (That's a whole other story I will one day tell) Pictures can be so beautiful. People can look so beautiful in them. I'd like to start photographing people more.<br><br>I can't wait to eat. I've been couped up all day working here and I'm turning into a true weirdo. When I start considering looking at porn I'm done, time to go home!<br><br>Love,<br>ForrestForrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24569542014-01-23T16:40:39-08:002022-01-26T23:50:53-08:00Thu, Jan 23, 2014Dear Diary<br><br> Last night I slept great because we got our bed frame fixed. Amazing. I have been taking care of business today and pretty much kicking ass. I bought the lady behind me some coffee today to be nice. She said, " Doing a random act of kindness huh?" I almost felt belittled the way she said it. I told her that I'm not a good person, and that I'm trying to make up for all the bad I've done. A few people laughed. I felt very funny. <br><br>I have band practice in a couple hours, but I'm gonna head down there now and do some writing. I have been writing so slow. Sometimes I'm afraid my creativity will dry up. What if I already finished my last song? Finishing things is hard. Feels like the last 10% is the hardest. The rest is the fun part.<br>Anyways. Forrest Daytag:forrestday.com,2005:Post/24514452014-01-22T21:22:05-08:002023-12-10T08:56:31-08:00Wed, Jan 22, 2014Dear Diary,<br><br>I made a new website tonight with my beautiful girlfriend. She did most of the work. We are watching American Idol as we do this. We have been cringing a lot and feel pretty disgusted. Do we really need another poop star? I mean pop star? <br><br>This country has gone mad. Too bad music is in such a dark age. <br><br>Hooray! I made a website and a diary. Blogs are for hogs.<br><br>Love,<br>Forrest<br> Forrest Day