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so...i'm pretty sure that things are over. but it was a good three days. thanks for hanging up on me. without letting me get a single word in. even if things went horribly wrong (as they have already) i'd still be ok. and i know you will be too. i see the significance in this. you've helped bring me closer to something that was almost lost and distant, forgotten. so for that, i thank you. and i also thank You. for being a super awesome mega wonderful amazing You. -dustin |
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[[ "From where I stood you looked like an angel So I didn't move until you walked out the door" ]] this is the biggest thing i've ever faced. but i know You'll be with me. and with her. love You, thank You. -dustin [i love this song] |
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tonight was wonderful. even if things were glitchy at first. you're wonderful. we can make it. i won't let you do this alone. thank You for giving me this opportunity. You are truly amazing. i love You. -dustin |
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hey everyone, i have some good news and some bad news... let's start with the bad. over Christmas break, my apartment was broken into on-campus. luckily, they couldn't get into my room, but they did manage to get into my roommate's. they stole his dvd player and his xbox and completely trashed the place. the bathroom mirror was smashed outside our front door, my lock was broken/jammed. i found all of this out on monday when i had packed everything into my car and drove back to school. i had to call my dad because i couldn't get into my bedroom so he came up with his toolbag and we basically had to pry a screwdriver between the lock and the doorframe and kick the door down. so i grabbed the stuff in my room and threw it into his truck since my car was full. i left a note saying i was moving out so the other guys wouldn't be worried and then i went back home. the next day (tuesday) i went back to the school to talk to the housing director..and it turns out my room had already been filled before i "officially" moved out. they gave me another room but had no keys for it. on wednesday (yesterday) i went back to school and talked to my advisor about switching my classes to online classes. so we got all of that taken care of and then i found out i had to get a petition to be released from my housing contract. so i got that form and went home. today (thursday) i went back again, this time to turn my filled out petition into the records office. the good news * i noticed a really cute girl at school on tuesday. and i overheard her whispering "he's so cute!" to her friend. * i am no longer paying for internet. * i'm taking all online classes * i got the nerve to talk to the cute girl. her name is jessica. * we talked on the phone all night last night and as of today, i am no longer single. * things are back to normal for me (though, i try not to express when they're abnormal) i love You. i always will. thank you for everything. take care, -dustin |
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[["i don't mean to bother you, but i'm in distress. there's danger of me losing all of my happiness. for, i love a girl who doesn't know i exist and this..you can fix."]] i'm stuck home babysitting my sister and her boyfriend. because my parents like to assume i never have anything planned. i miss you. why'd you have to move so far away? if i only knew how you felt. if i only knew whether or not you noticed me. the cookies at dave's playing jenga, and card games at your house watching movies i miss you. time to finish the website i started over a month ago. [["i know between the two of us, her heart we can steal help me...if you will"]] goodnight everyone, -dustin |
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"..we speak of songs as if no one else knows." hey everybody, i just posted a new song on my electronic page. it's called "another day in space" i figured for this whole electronic/techno project i'd stick with modern age stuff haha. space..computers...yeah... anyway, let me know what you think! it's the first one on this page: http://www.myspace.com/dustinralston thanks! have a good night! -dustin |
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heyy everyone. well, last night i backed up all of my important stuff and reformatted both of my hard drives on my computer. haha so now i have 8 dvd-rs and one cd-r worth of files i need to sort through and put back on here. ehhh...it'll be worth it. oh. i was also invited to this website called "PIEinEARadio." it's basically an internet radio station for home recording artists and stuff. i also got a new page at their "TAKEourTUNES" website. i'll post the link when it's done.  other than that, i've been trying to re-master a bunch of my songs so i can put them online and get this new cd rolling. no word on the acoustic show yet..but when i go back to school next week i'll definitely let you all know! umm..that's it i think. i'm hungry. and i wish i would stop waking up so late everyday. (darn.) that's all. have a good afternoon! -dustin |
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i need to get up. i've been sitting on this chair for hours on end. hmm, my mp3 player is fully charged. i started another electronic song tonight. no lyrics yet. but it's coming along. i'm also trying to organize an all-acoustic show at my school. i don't know how kids in that town can survive without a booming youth music scene. i miss you. -dustin |
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i love this band. mostly this cd by this band. Figurine - "Heartfelt" waay too many good songs. well not too many. but man, they're all so great! both lyrically and musically. my crush moved back to school. because classes start tomorrow for her. many many songs on this cd remind me of her. and it makes me sad, in a happy way. like now that she's out of my "vision," i can finally move on? i don't know how to describe it. i woke up this morning feeling new again. like i'm back to my old self. this whole break has thrown me into some weird tangent version of dustin ralston. it feels good to be home again. thank You for everything, God. ..for bringing me back. love You. happy new year everyone, -dustin |
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..it makes me feel so blue.. there i go again. quoting my own lyrics. anyway, you are leaving soon. and it does make me blue. but, who was i to think that something could spark? you're leaving on the first, which makes my stomach twist everytime i think about it. you promised we'd look at Christmas lights together.. it won't happen. you already told me you're staying home tomorrow to rest before you drive back to school. ..five hours away. "and i go for it everytime; hook, line, and sinker.." i guess it's a good thing afterall. keep my head on straight. (that's just something we say to make us feel like nothing's wrong, like we're not hurt.) i guess there's always spring break. and summer. .the past presents the future. goodnight world, -dustin |
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Mood: i taught myself this song by ear on piano. music: jon brion - strings that tie to you |
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after a very very brown christmas...four days after to be exact...it's finally snowing in duluth, mn! it's been so dry here. i was skateboarding just a couple days ago. i love when things fall into place. i think Someone is setting up something great for me. i hope you come with today. more so, i hope you agree to seeing me tonight. my friends know now. well, they're your friends too. i like you. i hope you like me too. i'm going to go shower and cut my hair. take care everyone! -dustin |
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the title says it all. i made a few electronic songs this week. still need to mix some things a little better though. i like you. a lot. i hope my dream comes true. -dustin |
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happy birthday, Jesus! i love You. -dustin- |
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hey, well, i'm home now. only i have to drive back to virginia again today so i can get my check from work. which is annoying that i have to drive all the way there and back but oh well. my sister is in the bathtub..and i really have to pee... so the past few nights have been a blast. wednesday night we had "cookie monday (on wednesday)" at jess's house. we made sooo many. including gingerbread vietnam war veterans (red food coloring on the wounds and all!) after that we all cuddled on the couch and watched the wedding singer, my favorite movie of all time. i left around 9 because i had to go back to virginia to take an 8am final. which i past with flying colors! i don't think i've ever written so much on an essay test before. hopefully it's right haha. then, i slept after the test. then went to work at 3:30. i guess i didn't have to but no one told me. oh well, extra money.  after work, i rushed back to my apartment and threw all of my crap in the car, computer and all and hit the road. well first, hit mcdonald's. then the road. came home, unpacked, setup my "studio" in my bedroom, and took off to maddie's for her christmas party movie night. i forgot how nervous i am around large groups of people that all know eachother and i know about two of them. it was fun though. me and the people i did know hung out downstairs and watched movies all night. laura apparently liked my shoulder since she wouldn't rest her head anywhere else..both nights. haha she even complained when i moved to go sleep on the other couch. she said i smell good. like soap. haha. the roads were completely ice so we all boot skated for a little while and then decided to sleep over. so we didn't die. we watched saw, and played alladin on SNES. watched clue play by itself on SNES then watched the butterfly effect and finally fell asleep through the pink panther...which was at about 3:15am. then we, the basement crew, ended up waking up at 6:30am because kirstine's phone rang. maddie was asleep on the floor in the hall haha. well, we all got our stuff together and hit the road, scraping our windows first of course. and then i vaguely remember having a conversation with my sister, when i got home, about christmas presents, but i think i fell asleep during it. oops. (sorry sis) anyway, i slept from about 8:30am until 1:00pm i'm so beat. i'm going to go shower and eat and take a trip back up to virginia to cash my check. have a wonderful holiday break everyone! -dustin |
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hello all, so..for easier "readability" and "prettyness" i've switched from 5 blogs per page to one blog per page. just a minor cosmetic change. nothing huge. if you want to read my older blogs, just click the "lessons in history" link at the bottom. one of these days i'll sit down and figure out what's wrong with my archive page. (when you click the previous page link it goes all the way to september 2004) well, i'm off to play nintendo. have a good day everyone! -dustin |
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"i find romance when i start to dance in boogie wonderland." tonight was a blast to say the least. there was a dance at the school...which i ended up going to because i had nothing else to do. turns out, my friend mallory showed up after i got there. and basically...we danced the night away like the nerdy white kids we are. (we even had the glasses to prove it!) dustin ralston can dance...who knew? so, me and mal walked outside afterwards and caught snowflakes on our tongues and shoeskated on the frozen sidewalks. she seemed bummed that the night was over. ..so was i. why does everyone in school have to be in a relationship but me? oh well, the night was a blast while it lasted. haha there may be something to this whole "social scene" thing....nah.  sleep sweet aeonity and world. may your dreams be filled with visions of dancing sugarplums. (or whatever else best suits the upcoming holiday season) -dustin- |
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it was so much fun! me and jake littler basically took the stage. along with clayton and my roommate DJ did a freaking awesome job beatboxing!! my songs: * you remind me of home (ben gibbard) * complicated (avril lavigne) * i want it that way (backstreet boys) * a lack of color (death cab for cutie) * earth angel (the penguins) i think i did one more but i can't remember. jake did a couple bluegrass songs and then we managed to get overdrive on my acoustic guitar so he did a punk cover of "leaving on a jet plane" (which sounded awesome!) clayton and mallory did "time of your life" by green day. DJ beatboxed "frosty the snowman" (that was so awesome!) i can't remember the next person's name but he did some beautiful classical piano songs. overall, probably one of the best experiences i've had. i love making eye contact when i'm up there. because no matter what, the person's face just lights up. especially with the people in the back. i love making people happy the entire show was spur of the moment which made every second of it wonderfully complicatedly smooth and perfect. ahh i love this feeling. -dustin |
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..without a love of my own. ok so maybe i don't have to go yet. there's a dance tonight at school. i wish i had a date. i don't even like dances, but it would still be nice. i cut myself shaving today...that's what i get for shaving blindly in the shower haha. i was invited to some sort of concert/interpretive dance thing that's going on in hibbing tomorrow night. it's $10 to get in but that's ok. i've really been making a lot of new friends lately. which is ...hard for me to do. perhaps it's the newfound fame from the open mic. or maybe i'm just learning to trust human beings again.. i don't know. it's just really...conflicting? i mean, i like feeling like i'm part of something. but i've gotten so used to being on my own the past 4-5 years that it's really hard for me to adjust. i contacted a record label in minneapolis today. i haven't heard from them yet. i don't know why i did that. i don't want fame. i don't do what i do for money. or to be well-known. or falsely idoled. things are..indescribable. but all in all, i love my purpose. or at least the part that's been discovered thus far. but most of all i love You. thank you for the gifts. even the broken ones. without them, i wouldn't be where i am today. -dustin |
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hello, i posted a new song last night on my myspace. and people have been telling me it's their favorite so far (which i hope is a good thing.) i really put a lot of work into it. i actually used compressors and limiters on every track instead of just one limiter on the master. i love the mixing/mastering part of recording. the normal recording part is soooo boring haha. though, mixing can be taxing on the ears. i have to get up and take a break after an hour or so. i can't wait until christmas when i get my keyboard and hardware mixer!! open mic tomorrow!! it'll be my second one. and i haven't decided what i'm going to be playing yet (shoooot.) i'm thinking either "brand new colony" or my new song that i wrote yesterday. or maybe an old song of mine. or i was thinking of "happy birthday to me (feb. 15)" by bright eyes ..but i thought that might be too depressing. i dunno. i'll work some stuff out tonight. time to go! -dustin |
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you came up to the desk to grab your card and go. just like you have so many times in the past.. but this time, you stopped. and you looked at me. and i grew nervous. blonde hair, blue eyes. beautiful. you smiled as you leaned in and said "great job singing the other day." i smiled. "it was really great," you softly continued. you seemed shy. i smiled bashfully and replied with a thank you. and as butterflies climbed into my throat, you walked out the door. ..now, if i only knew your name..... -dustin- |