can you pick the drummer?
Full name? Michael David Tozer
Eye colour? I don’t even know, Greeny-brown… I’ve been told it changes
Hair colour? Brown
Height? 176cm (last time I checked)
Piercings? None
Best friend? Jake
First thing you notice in the opposite sex? Confidence
Last movie you watched? Can’t even remember… Treasure Island maybe
Last thing you ate? Beef Snitty
Last time you cried? Last night… yeah shocking I know
Favourite colour? Blue, Red
Favourite food? This is the hardest question - I’ll go with pizza
Favourite drink? Coke
Favourite place? Hamilton Island
Favourite song? SO MANY SONGS
Favourite movie? Green Zone
Person you’ve met recently? Harry… think I met him once before but never talked to him till recently
Person you have the best conversations with? Jake, Kyle, Nicole, Taz
Person who is alike to yourself? Jake
Person you trust the most? I dont even know any more…. believe it or not, Jake
Person you miss? Evo, Pop and Jonno - so much
Favourite band? FOO FIGHTERS!
Favourite TV series? Big Bang Theory I suppose
Worst habits? Procrastination haha
Nickname? Toey, Toes, Toeinator
One wish? To be happy
Website you spend the most time on? Facebook… sadly.
Place you wish you could go? I can go anywhere if I work for it…. but no where in particular :P
can you pick the drummer?
Tat design for the side of my abs (or lack thereof). The shark symbolises power, fearlessness and strength. The shark is a symbol of protection, it is the saviour of the sea. They say that in near death experiences at sea respect for the shark will allow it to protect and save you. This has me written all over it, especially the last bit haha. Pretty happy with my effort at drawing a shark too.
Bottom line this will stand as a metaphor to overcome my fears and be strong enough to get past any fears you may have, it is also a reminder to protect those close to you. It is also, through superstition, to give me protection and safety while I am sailing. This also stands as a metaphor to keep pushing through the hard times, sharks are resilient fighters and will die for what they stand for - it is motivation to, when things get tough to, ‘find my way home’ (sharks are territorial and always know their way home), and get through the hard times… such as now.
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My tat design I’ve had for over a year now - People are cynical about band logos but the foos mean a lot to me, the first song i ever learnt to play was Learn to Fly, the first song I ever performed live was Monkey Wrench and from then on whenever I have felt down and just shit in general nothing picks me up like making a playlist and thrasing it out on guitar. The lyrics have some real meaning to me too. The flame symbolises eternity and cleansing, the fact that the flame will always be there will symbolise that the power of music will never die, it also symbolises that now matter how dark your days get, it will eventually lighten up. The guitar pick basically crosses the two over saying that guitar is in my blood haha.
Bottom line of this meaning is that whenever you pick up a guitar pick and start playing (could be playing foos), the flame lights up your day and gets you out of your darkest shadows and cleanses your soul. This is what the power of music can do.
Design Copyright of Michael Tozer. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or use of this image without consent is illegal.
I know what you’re thinkin’
We were goin’ down
I can feel the sinkin’
But then I came around
And everyone I’ve loved before
Flashed before my eyes
And nothin’ mattered anymore
I looked into the sky
Well I wanted something better man
I wished for something new
And I wanted something beautiful
And wish for something true
Been lookin’ for a reason man
Something to lose
When the wheels come down
When the wheels touch ground
And you feel like it’s all over
There’s another round for you
When the wheels come down
Know your head is spinnin’
Broken hearts will mend
This is our beginning
Comin to an end
Well, you wanted something better man
You wished for something new
Well, you wanted something beautiful
Wished for something true
Been lookin for a reason man
Something to lose
When the wheels come down
When the wheels touch ground
And you feel like it’s all over
There’s another round for you
When the wheels come down
When the wheels come down
When the wheels touch ground
And you feel like it’s all over
There’s another round for you
When the wheels come down
When the wheels touch ground
And you feel like it’s all over
There’s another round for you
When the wheels come down
How am I meant to be happy when everything I wanted comes with a price? I used to be happy, I had everything I wanted. Hope for the future in terms of careers, good friends, good sports, good girlfriend. Now most of that is gone, I don’t know what makes me happy anymore. I don’t know who I am. I don’t know who I want to be. I don’t know what I want to do. I just want to be happy, but how can I be happy when I don’t even know what makes me happy anymore. Before sailing I always looked forward to it, now I don’t. When I used to go out with mates I looked forward to it, now I don’t. When I used to think about my future, I was happy, now I don’t. Why must we be forced to make life shaping decisions so quickly when I don’t even know who I am anymore.
Whenever I think about doing something else, there’s always that bit of uncertainty. How do I know it’s for me when I thought everything before was?
Grrr I’m just so stressed right now, I don’t really know why because I thought I sorted myself out. I just need a shoulder to lean on, a shoulder to cry on when I need it like right now, and now I don’t even have that anymore. FML. I just want to be happy, is that so hard? Oh well, there’s only one way from here and that’s up!
/whinge
Dave Grohl: “Hi, my name’s Fred. I’m a plumber. I’m really good at fitting pipes. I can’t even fucking swim man.”
Never is there an interview where he doesn’t make me laugh haha
Deleting all these messages that say stuff like I love you and I miss you and other compliments is fucking killing me.
Mine have been all over the place today… woke up fairly happy knowing I was going to get out of the house for a while. Went to the music shop to play around with guitars and a few drumkits, was very chilled and a good start to the day. Saw my beautiful girlfriend, though not for long. Get home and all is good. Start thinking again, oh no that’s dangerous. Feel confused and sad again, skip lunch. Work on the boat for a while, takes my mind off things so it’s getting better again, then get inside while paint dries and the confusion comes back. Eat half my dinner and play guitar for an hour and a half. Nail it and shred fucking hard, come off on such a high, it feels like nothing ever happened. Read and relax a bit, watch the footy and i feel down again.
Fuck this, I can’t win.
Home all day tomorrow, I don’t know if I can handle that again. Beach here I come.
“Every kid deserves the opportunities that I’ve had. Every kid deserves all the things that I’ve received through music. When I think about the clean slate and when I think about the kids in school that have a clean slate, I think that we should do as much as we can to give kids the opportunity to discover music because it can change our lives for the better. Forever.”
- Dave Grohl.
So we won the nab cup this year without a single loss. A sign of things to come? Maybe not this year, but come a few years time this team could be the next dominant side!
There is lots of young talent (and old) and the nab cup proved they can play and perform under pressure, but the question is, how well will they perform under the pressure of the premiership season? I think well. Though this season is not premiership material, or top 4, but definitely an improvement on last year. We can easily make the top 8.
So much potential this year, and where do I start? The big names for the year are obviously Thompson and Van Berlo, who will both be high possession winners. But then come the surprises, Sloane, Walker, Tippett, Dangerfield, Callinan, Mckernan, Talia, Lynch, Henderson and injury prone Porplyzia. They were good last year, too, but this year under a new coach, their potential is likely to be harnessed. Put these together with senior players Vince, Van Berlo, Thompson, Johncock and Doughty - this team definitely has the potential to take on the greats.
Sanderson is doing great things with this team, bringing footy back to what it should be compared to Craig’s robot men. Attacking football, offensive, high tackling, no handballing shit. That’s how it should be and that’s how every premiershp team has been, Brisbane in the early 2000’s, Geelong in the late 2000’s and Collingwood 2010 and onwards and now it’s Hawthorn.
I’m looking forward to seeing what this team will achieve this season under a new exciting coach. Go get em boys!
PS, good Dreamteam picks are Dangerfield, Porplyzia, Thompson and Lynch.