this is old stuff. may to august 2000
01:10 PM | 00.08.29
I am making a mix CD for my trip back home. It should help me get through my 12 hour drive in the middle of the night. So, I bet you are wondering what songs I put on it, right? Well, here they are anyways:
01 Chrono Trigger- New Zeal (OC Remix)
02 DJ Qbert- Organ Donor
03 Kid Koala- Nerdball
04 Kid Koala- Scratchcratchratchatch Side 1
05 Kid Koala- Scratchcratchratchatch Part 2
06 Reel Big Fish- Gigantic
07 Less Than Jake- History of a Boring Town
08 Weezer- Suzanne
09 Blink 182- Enthused
10 Offspring- Gone Away
11 Goldfinger- Here In Your Bedroom
12 Lo-Fidelity Allstars- Battleflag
13 Green Day- When I Come Around
14 Less Than Jake- Nervous in the Alley
15 Weezer- El Scorcho
16 Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
17 Blink 182- Carousel
18 Blink 182- M&Ms
19 Blink 182- Dick Lips
20 Less Than Jake- Look What Happened (the Last Time)
I did have a lot less songs, but wanted to fill the whole CD up, so I decided that a few extra Blink 182 and Less Than Jake songs never hurt anyone. The first song is a really awesome song, a remix of the Zeal music from Chrono Trigger. It can be downloaded from http://remix.overclocked.org.
Well, I have a lot of homework to do today, and have yet to go to Student Orientation class, so I should be going now! Only two more days!
11:20 PM | 00.08.27
*sigh* IT happened again. That's right. I'm talking to a nice girl online, who I haven't met, but have the possiblity of meeting. We are having a nice flowing conversation, and then I send her my picture.
Bad move.
((Ryan, you stupid idiot! You shouldn't have sent her your picture! What were you THINKING?! You thought she was ready? You thought she was nice enough not to care what you look like? Oh. Yeah, after talking to her like TWICE. Geez... Now she is not even talking to you! The conversation has ceased. No more talking is commencing.))
Umm... hello? Is anyone there? I'm sorry, am I interrupting something? Oh, no, it's ok. I understand, you were just talking to somebody else. Soo...
((Quick! Think of something interesting to say, maybe you can pick it back up. Geez I can't believe you sent her a PIC! That is certain death of a conversation for one, and any chance of ANYTHING else too!))
what ... kind of ... music do you like?
((No!!! What kind of question is that?!))
Oh, yeah, I like it too. ....
((Ok. No recovering from that one. That's two bad moves out of two. Why did you send her a picture? You know that can't lead to anything worthwhile. Other than her not talking to you.))
Umm... so..
((Come on... one more chance! You can do it!))
Ok... well I think I am going to bed
((*sigh* I knew you couldn't do it. Not even online.))
I hope my picture didn't scare you *too* much, hehe. Goodnight!
((Yeah, real smooth. Ass.))
03:24 PM | 00.08.27
Hi kids! How is everyone today? I have yet to study for a test I have tomorrow in History of the Modern World class, but I decided to update instead! Isn't that nice of me?
Well, one of my friends is off to China for a year soon. That is so weird. I won't see her for a year! Not that I see her all that much anyways, but it still has that funny feeling. The feeling can only be described as the feeling that you get when one of your friends is going halfway around the world to live for a year. Anyways, just wanted to say 'bye' to her! So bye Cate!
There are only FOUR more days until I go home! School days that is. And Tuesday doesn't really count since I only have one class. So THREE more days! I am so excited. I need a break from this stupid college thing. Four days of maxxin' and relaxin' is surely the thing I need right about now: the beginning of the EIGHTH week of college. *sigh* College. How doubleplus unfun. Haha... just a little joke for all you AP Lang Comp students. And Orwell fanatics.
Well I better get to studying. I got a 91 on the last test in there, though, and other people in my same class got in the 30's. HOW?! It is so easy! Well, maybe I just have a thing for History. You know, I was thinking if this whole engineering thing is really for me. I would do so much better at a liberal arts school, where they didn't emphasize math and sciences as much as literature and writing. Oh, how I would love to have a writing class about now. I mean, look at all the writing I do on here! I know it's not "professional" or "mature" or that it doesn't "make sense" or that it isn't "interesting", but at least I am writing! The only, and I mean ONLY, reason that I am here at Kettering is because of the co-op. But will money matter if I am unhappy for five years of my life? Maybe, if it is a lot of money =P No! That is the wrong way to think! Happiness should come first, and money will (hopefully) flow generously later. So, should I change schools? Become a writer? A 'starving artist'? Or stay here, where I will be secure, yet unhappy? Hmm... tough decision.
But these are the things in life that make it life, ya know? Should I head down this path or the other? This choice will affect the whole rest of my life. Oh well, no time to think about that right now. I have to study! I hope everyone is having fun at school! Don't worry- before you know it High School will be all over, and you will be having the same problems and uncertanties that I am! Hopefully not though, I would not want to have anyone else go through what I am right now. It really sucks.
11:01 AM | 00.08.23
I want to do something big. "Big" meaning: takes a lot of time, effort, and thought. I want this to be something that is tangible, but still encompasses me. Something like writing a book. Or making music (although intangible, it is something to do). I have been thinking about this for days.
College kind of sucks, because it pins me between two things. My philosophy of having fun, and not doing things you don't want to is threatened by college, something that is not fun and something that I don't take too much enjoyment in. How can I? It is a waste of five years of my life, to something that is not much more than a glorified high school. The social part is the only thing that matters, anyways. And I am not much of a social guy. Well, back to my statement. College pins me between my philosophy and the real world. The real world says "You HAVE to go to college and get a degree. Do this, and I will reward you." So, give in and give up my five years to the system, thereby going against my philosophy, or quit college, and say "screw you" to the real world.
Or is there a happy medium somewhere? This is what I am trying to find right now, but everytime I try, evil college keeps popping up, and showing me how much it sucks. I have given it a chance, and I figure that I will keep giving it chances until I graduate unhappy and degree'd. Then, I will have some fun.
I promise myself.
11:22 AM | 00.08.21
Let me count the hours that I haven't had sleep for... 1... 2... 24. Now, let me count the hours until my Calc 2 mid-term... 5. Am I tired? Surprisingly, not yet. I don't know why I didn't go to sleep last night, maybe because of this test, but it just seemed like a million things were going around in my head at once, and I couldn't stop my brain from thinking about EVERYTHING. Soon enough, I heard the good old bell tower ring in the 6:00 hour. That is, 6:00 AM.
It's not like I didn't try to sleep, from about 2:30 AM - 6:30 AM, I was laying in my bed, restlessly. That is hell. You wouldn't understand if you have never experienced it. What was I doing up until 2:30 in the first place? Studying! I think I have this Calc 2 thing DOWN, but I sacrificed lots of sleep for it. Oh yeah, I haven't eaten since about 1:00 PM yesterday either. Why no breakfast? Because, I didn't have time to go get it! I think I am the only person in the world who doesn't go to sleep and still doesn't have time for breakfast.
Less Than Jake is extraoridinarily good study music, by the way.
09:45 PM | 00.08.18
Hey everyone. I am at home at 9:45 on a Friday night. Why? Because, of circumstances beyond my control....
Well, actually I chose to stay in. See, I had to go out to Target earlier, and one of my friends wanted to come, so I invited him. We went out around 5 or so, I think. So we went out, did our rounds at Target, Borders, Wal-Mart, etc. Then, we drove by the discount movie place to see what movies were playing. We decided to see Gone in 60 Seconds at 9:00.
Well, I actually thought the movie was at 9:30, so my friend came in my room at about 8:15 or 8:20 and said "Look what time it is." And I go "Yeah? It's umm.. 8:20", thinking we had over an hour before the movie started, and then he left. Then at around 9:50, he came back in and said "It's too late to go to the movie so I'm going to go play basketball." I asked if the movie was at 9:30, and he corrected me and told me it was at 9:00. So, I was a little mad, because the way he said this (all really fast, without pauses) made it seem planned. I mean, we had plans. You shouldn't just break them off.
So, I decide to stay in all night. Just one of my decisions. I have a lot of homework, so I thought I'd read the book I was suppose to have read by today. In about half an hour or so, my friend came back in my room and started messing around. Then he found another guy and came in and asked if I wanted to do anything. I declined, and he started saying things like "Come on, don't stay on your computer all night. Do something productive." This is one of my biggest pet peeves ever. If somebody decides (not) to do something, just let them be!
Well, I don't know. My friend has been kind of irritating me lately, just the way he acts and things. Whenever I go into his room, he hits me with his nunchucks. And he always makes references to gay people and things. I asked him why he calls me a fag all the time, and he said "because I think it's nasty. and you are nasty. so you are a fag." Okay, whatever. I don't think being gay is a sin or whatever. Oh yeah, he is Catholic. I dislike most Catholic people or any organized religion people because they way they think is so obviously impressed upon them, and not their free will. Kate is an exception that I can think of off the top of my head. Well, back to my friend, I think he is naive, and hasn't matured as much as he should have by this age. He is still acting like he is 14 or so. One example: I have talked to him about the girl that I like, and obviously he knows that I like her, but he always says I should hook up with a girl from our unit. He always says that I like her and things. I mean, she is a nice person and not bad looking, but I just like somebody else now. And it seems to be like he is the one that likes her, since he always is hanging out with her. So, a childish thing to do: say that somebody else likes a girl that you really like, but aren't allowed to (you have a girl who you like back in your hometown)? I think so. I could talk forever about the things that he says or does that piss me off. I don't know, maybe it's just all cumulating tonight. Maybe the movie thing was the thing to push me over the edge.
From another view, this could also just be everything getting to me right now. We are halfway done with school, and I am kind of in the same slump that I am in January. If you know, January was one of the most horrible months of the year for me when I was in High School. So maybe that is it.
Or maybe it's things like him constantly telling me to download an N'Sync song, and calling me a "f---head" (he usually doesn't curse) because I don't.
11:21 PM | 00.08.13
Whoa... so close to exactly 24 hours in between updates! Just wanted to say that I posted a new survey thing, in case you wanted to know a little more about me. It will also be linked in the me section.
survey thing
Tonight, when I was filling out the survey, it felt weird to put down 'Kettering University' as the school I was going to, and saying that I was finished with high school. Maybe for that second, I realized how far along in life I was already. How much I have accomplished. I have only been 18 for a little over a month, but I am already done with most of the schooling that I need to go out and conquer the world. Only about 5 more years, and for some reason, I feel really happy right now. I know I am not doing the greatest in my classes, and I need to study, but heck, I am in college! I just need to get my degree. It's kind of all downhill from here. I realize I am rambling, but I have all this stuff inside of me, happy or not, that needs to get out! Happy happy happy. I am happy that I am in college.
11:24 PM | 00.08.12
Today is Saturday, and I got nothing accomplished.
Joe and I went shopping, to Target (a new mini-alarm clock that tells the date and temperature, some new white t-shirts, a new swimming suit, two bottles of mousse and one bottle of spray conditioner) and Borders (new Transworld Stance magazine). I have been using my credit card quite often lately, ordering things online and using it at the store. I don't know why, either. Just spend spend spend. This is probably a bad thing.
There is SOMEBODY playing guitar, and you can hear it in the courtyard (the big open space that my dorm faces). They are trying to play What's My Age Again? but I think that is waaay too hard, especially for them- they can't even figure out Smells Like Teen Spirit.
I have updated the japan trip 00 page a LITTLE, so don't expect much. Just a little rambling. I still haven't gotten word about my domain, so I think I may try to sign up again. What is a good name that I can get this time? Last time, I decided on www.twoam.com, as in 02:00 AM, not something else. This was only because it was about 2:00 AM when I signed up for it! Amazing! Plus, I like the number 2. Anyways, I think it is kind of a stupid name, and I couldn't think of anything else.
They raised the washer prices to $1.00! Outrageous! Now it costs $3.00 for two loads of clothes, washed and dried. Ehh... not *that* bad, but still Outrageous! It *used* to be $2.50.
So, tomorrow is Sunday. I will be studying/homeworking all day. No fun =( See, my theory was that I would go out and do stuff on Saturday, ya know, have fun. Then, on Sunday I would stay in and study. I think I am getting shafted when I don't do jack on Saturday, and study all day Sunday. Oh, and the guitar player is playing Creed now. I think I'll shut my window now.
12:19 PM | 00.08.10
I went to Borders yesterday, and came out with: PSM, aMagazine, and Entertainment Weekly. Still-to-come list includes Giant Robot #17.5 half-issue. I want to order some more things, like zines and stuff, but don't really know where to start.
Greg mentioned a magazined called She that had a (ko)GARU (gal) article in it. I might have to pick that up. Also, I need a bigger, more powerful fan. The small desktop one I have now is too loud and not big enough!
I have been working out lately, not lifting but just trying to tone my muscles and lose weight. I have been running around a mile (not lately, though), and rowing 1000-2000 meters. I have also been working on my abs, doing sets of 80 crunches and other things like this. I think it has been helping, and I definately notice some loss of fat. yay.
Oh yeah, every Monday and Wednesday a group of people gets together in the aerobics room of the rec center, and we all breakdance for an hour or two. It is fun, and breaking is a good workout. I still suck, and I still can't do any power moves, but hopefully by the end of this term I will be able to break with the best of them... or not.
Well, I am going to take a power nap and then study for a chem quiz! College is so fun! =D
02:43 AM | 00.08.09
Well, it's been one of those weeks...
Lets start off with the crash, it was last Friday, and I was downloading some codecs for Windows Media Player. Of course, it crashes so I restart my computer. Funny thing is, Windows won't boot up anymore. Hmm... interesting. I log into DOS and see that my whole Windows directory is screwed up beyond belief. So, I decide to install Linux to try to save my files that I need, and then I could format my drive. While Linux is installing, it asks about my drive partitions. Since my drive was already partitioned, I figured I was looking at the partition. So I told it to erase everything. Funny thing is that, it was looking at my whole computer. I guess the partition tables got messed up too, so I ended up erasing everything.
Sure I was mad for a while, but then I just took it lightly, and moved on with my life. There were a lot of things that I miss, mostly the irreplacable stuff like my emails and bookmarks... but the mp3s and all the other stuff I can get again.
So, while I was computerless for 4 days (today being Tuesday, and I just got it back up and running again, thanks Compaq Support team!) I did a lot of thinking. I realized that I wanted to get a domain, and start writing there. Not just these updates, more like a ... I don't know. I would have big articles, but still do this. It would be something different. There isn't even a name for what I want to do yet. Then, hopefully people would read. Instead of just my friends and stuff, you know.
I appreciate everyone reading this who does, but I want to get out there... I want to be able to write to the masses, not a closed circle of people.
So, I have been thinking. Why am I up so late? Because I can't sleep... again. I have had many almost-sleepless nights now, and I can't figure out why.
I want to create.
05:54 PM | 00.07.30
Toys toys toys...
I bought this: Nerf Splitfire, and am looking at many other ones to buy. Joe got the same thing. I also got a package of refill darts, that clearly say "Mega-Darts" on them, but are actually Micro-Darts. Go figure.
Playing with Nerf toys is so fun... oh well. I better get back to studying now.
02:30 PM | 00.07.30
Hi everyone... it's Sunday afternoon and there is nothing to do! I could study for my Man-Pro (Manufacturing Processes for the Kettering-ese uninitiated) test, but I already did! For like half an hour too. That is a long long time... for me.
I think I am going to Toys'R'Us today. I don't know why, I just want to buy some toys. I think I am feeling too "grown up" or something, you know, being in college and all. I just need to buy a nerf gun and shoot some people. Hopefully Joe will get one too, and we can have wars!
Yesterday I slept until 4:00 PM. Crazy. I didn't do anything special either. On Friday night I rushed with Sigma Nu fraternity. They are small (12 people), but pretty cool. I would rather stay in a small frat house, big ones seem too... intimidating? Is that the word I'm looking for?
Oh yeah, the new Newsweek is all about the "New Asia", a pretty interesting read if you ask me. I also see on the Giant Robot website that they have two "half issue" supplements for the last two issues... those bastards, keep making me dig in my pocket! I guess I'll have to order them now...
It's been raining here all weekend. I heard that it was hot and miserable in Iowa. That's one (of the many) things I DON'T miss about Iowa: the crappy hot humid weather.
Maybe this weekend...
07:26 PM | 00.07.25
Well, I am supposed to be at the Japanese class now, but since the lady did not email me *where* it was going to be, I didn't go. I walked around the campus and Academic Building for about half an hour, and after I didn't find it, I quit. I am going on Thursday for sure, though... I think. If they tell me where it is!
Well... how is college going? It is just getting up to speed now, it's 3rd week Tuesday right now. We only have 12 weeks, so I am ¼ done now! Yay for me. I think I will finish out pretty strong.
I don't know, I am bored now. I should go do my Chem lab or something. I guess this is it, then.
09:16 AM | 00.07.21
I figured something out: When I go to bed at 1, I am not as tired when I wake up as I am when I go to bed at midnight. Could it have something to do with those sleep patterns that I learned about in Psych? Or, is it just a product of circumstance last night? Either way, I was up last night and before I knew it, the clock was glowing 1:00 at me. So I went to bed, and this morning it was a lot easier to wake up than usual. Maybe I should try this more often.
In other news: I don't know. I don't have Manufacturing Processes class today (in case anybody was wondering why I was updating during a scheduled class time), so I came back home (that's what we call our dorm here... well, Joe does), and decided to update. I don't know what I am going to do this weekend, or tonight even. What I don't want is to sit in my dorm. I want to go somewhere. I've exhausted most of the shopping places around here already (malls, stores, etc.), and it has only been 2 weeks! Yikes! This town need something more. Maybe I can take a road trip somewhere tomorrow, but I am not sure...
I might have homework or something.
Well, I don't know about Japan. I miss it a lot still, and miss the people a lot still, but I think I am getting better. I am going to start taking a Japanese conversation class here (hopefully, if they get enough people), and I hope that will help me. They say they have it every term, so that will be good. Every three months I can get some conversational Japanese in, which will help a lot, I think.
Well, I gotta go get ready for class. Only three more hours of class today!
11:00 PM | 00.07.17
Hey there! Ah, I am eating food. I am really hungry and tired today for some reason. After I woke up, I was instantly tired again. I lived through my first three classes, ate lunch, and took a nap. Then I woke up for my two afternoon classes, lived through them, came back, took a nap and ate dinner. Then Joe and I went to Borders, I picked up some magazines (PSM and ToyFare for those who care), and we went to McDonalds. We both got two McChicken sandwiches. We ate, then went to work out. After that, I came back to my room, heated up one of those little microwavable bowl thingys with chicken and noodles in it. I was *still* hungry, so I am eating Cap'n Crunch now.
Whats wrong with me! Make me stop eating!
In other news: there is this girl. I hate her. Everytime I try to talk to her, it's just like talking to a wall. I wish she would die. Seriously, it's like she is so much better than me, or her time is not good enough to waste on me. I said 'hi' to her tonight, and still have gotten no response. Don't you just hate some people?
... I don't *really* wish that she would die. I just wish that something would make her feel the way she makes me feel: like a piece of dirt on her shoe.
05:44 PM | 00.07.16
Geez, it's already the 16th! Wait, I don't know what I mean. It's only been a week since I've been here, but it seems like so much longer. I think I meant to say "Geez, it's only the 16!" or "Geez, I'm stoned"... just kidding.
Well, what has been up? Ehh... not much. I met this kid here named Joe, he's pretty cool. We be chillin' and stuff. I've seen three movies already, Romeo Must Die, X-Men, and Shanghai Noon. X-Men was pretty good, actually. A bit better than I thought it would be. I'm anxious to see if it can beat MI:2's $92.8 million weekend. I am doubting that, but who knows!
Anyway... enough of my movie nerd-ness, college is going alright. Yesterday I was going to do homework all day, but ended up sleeping until like 2 PM, and getting up and bumming around. Joe and I went to the mall, and to see Shanghai Noon. Don't worry, the mall here is horrible. This whole town is kind of bad, everything is small and the roads are horrible, and the streets aren't labeled very well. Oh well, it's my home for half of the next 5 years, so it will probably grow on me.
I am taking a break from homework now... I have been doing it for about 3 hours. Ugh, I forgot how much I hated doing work. I can't wait until after college, no more homework for the rest of my life! Only 5 more years! Ugh, that sounds like so long. It's kind of depressing, just starting something else in my life that I know will take up a great deal of time (5 WHOLE years!), but I know that I have to do it. Besides, I'll only be 23 when I'm out of here, that's 7 whole years to do whatever the hell I want! Then get married.
So, email me! I get bored up here quickly. Talk to me! Please? Oh yeah, I'll try to update the obsessions section every time I update here, because I'm sure to have some new things I like to do. I am fickle like that.
The food is alright, too.
10:51 AM | 00.07.11
Well, I am here.
It is alright so far, pretty boring, but classes start today, so hopefully the homework and stuff will keep me not bored.
Yeah, I have met a few people. We have chilled and talked and stuff. It is pretty fun here. I will update the college section shortly with my mailing address etc, in case anybody wants to mail me something, or just for good measure.
I can't think of anything else to say. My mind is gone. I wish I was in Japan.
06:46 AM | 00.07.05
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
Eh... I am not trying to be modest. It is my birthday. One of the most important birthdays of my life; my 18th birthday. Ah, I feel so old. It seems like only yesterday when I was a decade old. Now I am "legal". He he he >=)
Other news? Not much. I leave for college TOMORROW, and I still have jetlag. Last year I had it for a week after I came back. Well... it has been... um, well, I don't even know how many days it has been since I got back! Geez...
If you haven't noticed, my noctournal lifestyle has had some effect on this page. I have played with it some, and put a few more of the sections up. I created obsessions as simply a date and whatever I was "in to" or "obsessing over" at that date. I also created the japan trip 00 page as a devotion to the trip, and the college page so people could find out all sorts of wacky info on the college that I'm going to (TOMORROW), how to contact me at the college, etc.
Well, maybe I should go do something constructive now, like start packing or something. Or go get my new driver's license. I don't know how I am going to smile yet, but I think I am going to do a slight sly one. *sigh* all these decisions.
01:47 AM | 00.07.03
I am back.
It was really fun. I might make a webpage devoted to it, since I don't think that just talking about it here would give it it's proper credit. I should just say I had some of the best times of my life there, I left a lot of friends (and a little sister), and want to go back. BAD. I envy Greg and Ryan who are staying there an extra 9 days.
I also have jetlag like a BITCH.
But, in better news, I got a new puter! It's a Compaq Presario laptop, and it's pretty badASS. 600mHz pent III with 96 megs of RAM and 13 gig HD. I think it will suffice for my college computer.
I am kind of tired. I hope my jetlag is going away.
My first host family was unforgettable. Mostly because of my host sister, Yuki. Ah, I felt so close to her, like she was my little sister. I didn't feel like just a guest in their house. I miss her and her family the most, I think. Well. I guess I have these pictures to tide me over. Yuki is coming back in October, so I will see her then. Except she is staying in JOHNSTON. Boo. Anyways, I'm tired. I'll be going to Michigan on Thursday the 6th of July, in the year two thousand. So, I won't see anybody until the end of September. ;_; I am sad. And tired. I think I should go now.
02:32 AM | 00.06.13
Tomorrow I go to Japan.
Okay, so it's being technical saying 'tomorrow' since I haven't had the sleep for today yet. But, still, only one more day until Japan. I can remember when it was 50 days, or 100 days until Japan. I can even remember coming home last year. One of the first things I said was "I'm going back next year." I was right.
So do you want to hear about the Blink 182 concert? I'm sure you do! We left at about 8:00 AM from Des Moines, and arrived there at around 11:30. We chilled at the Mall of America for a while, mostly at The Sharper Image. That store is awesome. If you are ever at the Mall of America, go there. They let you play with all the stuff in the store. Let me tell you, after sitting in a car for a couple of hours and walking around the Mall for another one, nothing feels better than sitting in one of those thousand-dollar massage chairs and letting them do their work. I promised myself I would buy one when I had a little more money to spend.
Yeah, so anyway, we got to the stadium (Midway Stadium, to be exact) at ... oh, I'm going to say 2:30. I don't remember exactly when. The doors opened at 4, and I remember that we waited a while for that. We got there a little late, but got to the front of the line quickly. We (oh, I forgot to define this. Nick Caligiuri, Mike Christansen, and Daren Ho) were about 3 people from the front of the line, so we were pretty close. When they opened the gates, we got felt up by the security people and handed our tickets over, then RAN to the stage. A coveted 2-person-from-the-front spot was our prize. Now, only 2 more hours until the first band, Fenix TX, came on, and it was already beginning to get REALLY REALLY hot. Lucikly, the security people were nice enough to hose us down with water. So, our wait began...
To make this a little less boring, I'll jump right to Fenix TX. They were a pretty good band, nice and extra poppy like Blink themselves. I saw a glimpse of Mark Hoppus off-stage while Fenix was playing what seemed like an unusally short set. Oh well, the next band was Bad Religion. I saw these guys at Warped a few years back, and they rocked then. They rocked now, too. Everyone was jumping and pushing and just having an awesome time. Bad Religion put on a great show that lasted a while too, it seemed like about double the time of Fenix TX's set. After their set, another half-an-hour break was ahead before Blink 182 came out.
I first saw Mark come in from stage right. Then, Tom from stage left. The pushing began. By now, I had inched myself up to the front of the huge crowd (a couple thousand maybe?), and was being severely crushed. Now is when I think I'll whine about concert etiqutte. I don't think half the people there knew how to act at a concert. This is why I hate big concerts. The college-aged wife-beater wearing kids just push themselves to the front. More than one time, I felt a hand come in and grab the ledge right in front of me, then before I knew it a person was there, and I was pushed off to the left. Also, water was a valuable commodity, and people should share it. Some people did share it with me, giving me a bit of what little they had, but others just ignored my requests or took the extra water they had and dumped it out. The final thing is, at concerts if there is a pit or something, when people fall down, you pick them up! Blink even stopped the concert to tell the people this. Just be nice to everyone and they will (hopefully) be nice to you. Now, back to my story.
Blink 182 played an awesome set, composed of about half new and half old stuff, which was a surprise. Travis, the drummer, was out with a broken pinky, so the Fenix TX drummer filled in. He was pretty good, but I didn't pay much attention to him. I was more interested in the on-stage antics of Mark and Tom. They seem like they were meant to be onstage. They made jokes off each other smoothly and could talk to the crowd easily. They didn't seem nervous at all, and played all their songs perfectly. It was a really good show.
We left at about 9, but didn't get out of the parking lot until 10 or so. Stupid parking. My clothes were soaking wet with: (my personal equation) 50% hose water, 25% my sweat, and 25% other people's sweat. We stopped at Burger King to get some food and I drove home in Nick's car to let him sleep. We arrived back in the good old DSM at around 2:00. After dropping Mike and Daren off, I came home, took a much-needed shower, and washed my clothes. It was the first time (and probably the last time) I had ever done laundry at 3 in the morning. I was excited. Then, I went to sleep for about 11 hours. All in all, the concert was good. I saw a band that I hadn't really heard before, but think they are cool now; an old-school punk band that still rocks today; and one of my favorite bands of all time...
... and I saw a lot of naked breasts. That was good too.
But truthfully, I really enjoyed it, and it contributes to (probably) the coolest week of my life: Sunday I got to see Blink 182, then from Thursday-Saturday I am in Japan. Oh yeah, Tuesday is Deena's birthday, so that can count too. How much better could one week get?
I won't update this for about two and a half weeks (for obvious reasons). I will, however, try to email some of you loyal readers out there while in Japan. I am not going to update tomorrow (today?) so, I guess this is goodbye. Be good to each other, and I will talk to you reader-types when I get back. Stay cool and have a great two and a half weeks without me!
10:56 PM | 00.06.04
I am playing with the HTML on this page. I found out how to do lots of cool stuff, so I am trying to optimize this page while making it look exactly how I want it to! Here is where I am right now:
HTML 4.01 Specification
02:38 AM | 00.06.04
Bitches abound. They are all over the place. If there is one thing that I hate, it's people who run conversations into a wall. Have I already talked about this?
I am talking to this girl who I don't know, trying to get to know her to possibly become friends or something. Every attempted conversation with her is ground to a halt by her short, direct answers. Hey, what's going on? Nothing. What are you supposed to say to that?! *sigh* Oh well... I just wanted to be friends. I didn't want to start an online relationship, I didn't want to start any kind of relationship other than a healthy friendship... but...
Whatever. I should just let it go, but I can't, just because it is so ... confusing! That's it. It is one of the most confusing things ever. Girls who give me the aura of not wanting to talk to me, although they don't even know me. Anyway... I don't think I'll ever talk to this girl again, because I am not going to IM her. If she wants to take some initiative and IM me, then that's cool. Cool, if she actually holds a conversation with me and not with everyone but me.
Have you ever had someone complain to you that every conversation they have with you is the same? Well, maybe it wouldn't be if you would f-ckin say something more than one word long.
02:10 AM | 00.06.04
Okay. I decided to replace pages. Why? Because, I wanted to. I am the most IMPATIENT person in the world, so I couldn't wait until after Japan to do it! I will put the old stuff up soon in the past section. I still need to get all that stuff (over there on the left) up and running. Only about 0% of it is up right now (not even the email one... sad), so a lot of work still needs to be done. Fear not, though, because I will be working on it and tinkering and stuff. If you come here, and come back and things have changed, don't be afraid, it is just probably me messing around.
Why I'm not agnostic
Being agnostic is being one who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God exists. Hey, I believe in God wholeheartedly. I just don't like all the organized religions. I just don't like how everyone is so close-minded about the religion issue. Even atheists. I don't like them because I think being atheist is taking an easy way out. Just saying that "oh... yeah, there is nothing higher" is too easy. Life is so complicated. On the other hand, it is quite simple too, but I think that something did have a part in making us. More later. I am tired again.
01:17 AM | 00.06.02
Just lettin' all y'all get a sneak peek at this thingy.
this is NOT going to be a blog.
I'm still playing with the format some... maybe make the blue bar a little bit thinner. I was going to have images
for those links over there, but hey, they look pretty damn cool. I still need to figure out how all the bloggers do that thing where links are all cool and not underlined and stuff. In the about section, I will explain lots of stuff, like why this isn't a blog (blagh) and what I plan to do with this journal. Ok... how bout a little explanation of stuff? present is this page you are reading- the present stuff. obsession is a section that will be devoted to my weekly/biweekly/monthly obsession (right now: Perfect Dark for N64). It will have a nice little blurb about whatever I'm devoting my time, energy, and most importantly MONEY to, and why I feel I should do so. Just a little thingy. past will showcase the page that I have now (tetsuo's haven), a page that I have had for almost 2 years. It went through little cosmetic change, and I felt that I couldn't just erase it from existence. I needed to honor it still! past might also have all my failed webpages that I created out of boredom. me is about me. Simple enough. Sort of like the now-defunct Ryan Ingram FAQ, but better. Hopefully, links and email are self-explanitory.
Well, I hope that is enough of an explanation for you guys out there. The term "guys" includes girls too, all you girls. Man, it's late. I'm tired.
07:54 PM | 00.05.31
Back again with a vengence!
07:22 PM | 00.05.31
Hi Wog.
Thanks for letting me use your frames, sort of. I didn't mean to steal. So this is what this part is going to look like. Neat. I will add some links and stuff to the sidebar there... some fancy thing up top. Some little thing at the bottom. But for now, this is it. I hope you like it.
This is a link (opens in new window)
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