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Jul. 11th, 2004 @ 04:51 pm
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Time flies, I've wasted alot of time this summer. I should start getting to the things that I wanted to get to like studying my Japanese, writing some scolarship essays, recovering the sleep I lost over the school year. The only thing I've actually done is work, so far I've made a bit over 300 dollars, and I've spent 73. I'm visiting some people in pittsburgh this weekend so I should be spending more. I'm hoping I have 500 saved by the end of the summer. I have a 3 things I'm saving up for. Namely: a new camera, an iPod, and an apple iBook or PowerBook to take to college with me next year.
Things I've Learned While Employed
- Suburban white women who ask for double paper and double plastic are trying to compensate for the insecurity of their marriages with the security of their groceries.
- Every time I look at my watch I slow the rotation of the earth on it's axis
- ARTVOICE has some pretty cool articles in it
- "I'm workin" is the best excuse to avoid going somewhere with someone you don't want to see
- The more you smile the less you realize that you could be sleeping
- Just cause money may be the source of all evil doesn't mean that no good can come from it
Mood:  blah Music: ZAZEN BOYS - Cold Summer |
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Jul. 5th, 2004 @ 11:18 pm
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( Frustrations )
The rest of the post would go some thing like this: Music, Work, Japanese, Sleep, blah, blah, blah.........
So I'll just leave it at that.Mood:  frustrated Music: Kiyoharu - Yami |
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Jul. 2nd, 2004 @ 12:02 am
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Luna Sea is the best band ever. Period. |
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Jun. 28th, 2004 @ 11:42 pm
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My Job isn't fun but it's easy and it pays. First paycheck Thursday. I've worked about 46 hours, so I'm two days away from Two Hundred Thirty dollars in my pocket. I hate to say it but the thought of haing money makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I'd love to say that if got rich I wouldn't buy a hummer, and some expensive clothes, and a really big house, but I'd be lying to myself. I have no idea what I'd do if I was raking in the dough like Oprah. All I know for sure is that I wouldn't put myself on the cover of my magazine ever friggin' month, cause that must be like the epitome of vanity.
I like the Beastie Boys, they're fun unlike alot of the other music I listen to. Their not so bad on the mic either, for some reason I just brushed them off as some white boy joke rappers, which they kind of are but they've done some pretty intresting stuff using old school hip hop sounds. For some reason I don't like all those glossy productions on most rap albums, I love creative sampling and the fact hat it's alot more complex musically, but I kinda miss tho old school rhyme schemes and heavy scratching.
I kinda feel like I'm forcing this post so I'm gonna stop. Peace and Love!Mood:  amused Music: Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want |
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Saul Williams is a fucking genius
Jun. 21st, 2004 @ 09:09 pm
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The Passion Part Dux is almost done filming. Perhaps it's done by now I don't know =P. I ran into a mailbox while filming yesterday, and almost broke myself in half. It still hurts and there's a little scar some bruising on my right side. It doesnt bother me if I don't think about it though. The movie is looking good, major props to Matt and Zack. I start work at Tops Markets on monday. I want to figure out a way to psycho analyze someone based on there food purchases and write a book on it. I'm sure there's a way to do it.....
I got some Zazen Boys MP3s, and they rock. I think I like them better than Number Girl (the band from which it's vocalist/guitarist and drummer hail), it got that spoken word kinda thing going on. It reminds me of Common, all his raps sound more like spoken word set to hip hop beats, Zazen Boys is like Beau Sia (if he spoke Japanese) over indie rock. Speaking of spoken word, new season of Def Poetry soon, hurrah.
When I havent been listening to Zazen boys it's been Fugazi and At the Drive In. I like the fact that Fugazi's songs are so friggin' easy to play but sound so interesting. On the other hand Omar of ATDI is insane, I was trying to play One Armed Scissor on guitar, and couldn't get all the rythms and fingerings down for hours. One Armed Scissor has some really smart songwriting, in fact the entire Relationship of Command album is just as complex as a Radiohead album. It's a pitty I never got to see them live. I got to See Omar and Cedric when I saw The Mars Volta in Octomber, but ATDI's music is soooooo much more energetic. The Mars Volta is energetic, (that was probably THE most exciting show I've ever scene and will probably ever see in my lifetime) but all the instrumental interludes are distracting.
One of these days I'll start a band...
Jun. 19th, 2004 @ 10:41 pm
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I got a job, 3 finals till junior year is over, and lots of other interesting things to say. I would post but I'm to lazy to type. I'll just do another survey quiz thingy.
If you could have only 10 albums in the world, what would they be?
- Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
- Luna Sea - Never Sold Out
- Radiohead - OK Computer
- Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
- Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
- The Back Horn - Shinzou Orchestra
- Weezer - Blue Album
- SADS - The Rose God Gave Me
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
These ones almost made it: Bugy Craxone - Northern Hymns, The Roots - Things Fall Apart, The Beatles - Revolver, Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Jay Z - Unplugged, Dragon Ash - Lilly of Da Valley, Common - Like Water For Chocolate, Plastic Tree - Puppet Show, At the Drive In - Relationship of Command, Talib Kweli & Hi Tek - Train of Thought, RATM - Evil Empire, Zigzo - add 9 Scuicide
Jun. 15th, 2004 @ 07:00 pm
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| How to make a otaku2099 |
Ingredients:
3 parts friendliness
1 part humour
3 parts ego |
Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add wisdom to taste! Do not overindulge! |
Jun. 14th, 2004 @ 10:21 pm
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Believe in god: yeah, but not like he's described in the bible
Sleep with or without clothes on: just my boxers
Like to travel: yeah
Think you're attractive: meh, I'll let you decide
Ever have the falling dream: I have a recurring one that involves tennis
Have stuffed animals: their in a box somewhere, I haven't really touched them since I was 10
Do your own laundry: yeah
Own a furby: nope
Believe in the devil: meh, it's possible
Like guys or girls: girls =d
Like long or short hair: generrally shorter hair, but I'm not too particular
Have a job: I do now =D
Keep a diary: meh other than this .... no
Wear make-up: ha...umm, no
Like school or h/w: schools cool, but homework is annoying
Like long surveys: yeah
Love someone at the moment: yeah
Who: Family, Friends, You
Have you ever...
Had sex?: heh....ummm....<.<......no
Skinny Dipped?: nope
Made yourself throw up?: nope
Thought of suicide: nope
Done drugs?: nope
Drank alcohol?: yeah
Gotten drunk?: meh, not really
Fallen for a friend?: not a very close friend
Smoked Weed?: Someday maybe, but no
Gone on a diet?: no
Tried to lose weight?: no
Stolen: yeah, it's actually a pretty funny story
Jun. 12th, 2004 @ 01:24 pm
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I am such a loser
Jun. 9th, 2004 @ 10:44 pm
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Skipping school for the third time this year. To lazy to wake up today and dad's out of town so I didn't have to. Hopefully I'll get down to business and do somework today. Things have been ok. I have a couple goals set out for the summer. All are very achievable. I want to keep my self working on things this summer so I don't get lazy. If I'm busy over the summer than I won't feel pressured when I have work to do in school. I'm a naturally laid back and lazy person, I complain about being bored but in actuallity I like boredom. That's about the only thing I want to change about myself this year.
I feel kinda bad about how I treat some people, there nice enough people but I just hate to be around them. I spend alot of time brushing them off, being kinda cruel to them, all in an attempt to get them away from me. It's like I think I'm better than them. Makes me feel like I'm an asshole.
Lying is bad. Even telling little white lies. I should stop telling people lies to get them off my back, or make me look better. It's a stupid thing to do.
Edit:
I'm running for NHS president, I could win, but I'm not sure if I'm good for the Job. It's mostly because I'm irresponsible with just abput everything else I do, why would I be different when I do this. Plus my four opponents are all one the top 5 ranked students in the school I'm probably somewhere in the 20s if not the 30s. I'm planning on writing my speech today, maybe I'll post it.
May. 25th, 2004 @ 11:24 am
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"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
May. 17th, 2004 @ 06:08 pm
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Sleep is a good thing. I should do moresleeping but I have crazy amounts of filming, studying, homework, and un to do, and I can't do it all and get enough sleep any night of the week. Lots of Jay Z in my CD player this week, some Radiohead here, some Mos Def there, and some Luna Sea on the side. APs next week, so pray for me.
May. 1st, 2004 @ 02:25 am
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You don't know how much work I have to do in the next 2 weeks. I really wonder how I dug myself a hole this deep.
@_@
Apr. 21st, 2004 @ 10:57 pm
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I had $32 on monday, now I have 2? I spent 20 on developing the pictures I took in Chicago, and the rest wasted. I still have a $25 check for my article in the buffalo news. I didn't want to cash it, but it looks like I may have to. Money is no fun when you have any. I'm really busy, school resumed on monday, and filming stated for The Passion of the Muindi: Part Dux. I haven't had time to fill any job applications at all, and I haven't started reviewing for the AP Chem test either.
On plus side, I saw Kill Bill Vol. 2, a fantastic film. Not as action packed as the original, but pretty awesome. My mom bought me James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, I haven't gotten to read past the Introduction, but I think I'll like it. Finally, I made the top 50,000 into the national merit scholarship thingamajig, though I doubt I'll be in the to 16,000.
Apr. 20th, 2004 @ 06:11 pm
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I should stop making promises I can't keep. And I should keep the promises that I can. If I did that I'd feel alot more relaxed, that could've solve just about every problem I've had in the past 6 months.
Apr. 18th, 2004 @ 02:27 am
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( The Swan )
Apr. 17th, 2004 @ 01:08 am
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People always want an opinion on something, but hate it when people are very opinionated. I can never truly find that happy medium. I either feel very strongly about something or I don't really feel much about it at all. I don't really have much of an opinion on things that aren't so important. When people ask me where to go to dinner, my answer is almost always "I don't really mind" or "wherever you'd like to go". That gets on alot of peoples nerves for some reason, they feel as if I have an opinion but I don't want to share it. Let me state it for the record I REALLY DON'T GIVE A DAMN. Then there's the when people ask me to interpret something, you know what I mean those things that go "My friend said ... What do you think he means?" or "My parents did ... What should I do?". Alot of the time I say I don't know, and that also gets people angry. There's two reasons I say that. The first reason is because I really don't know what I would do, either because I've never been put in that situation, and would never put my self in it. Second, I feel that you should make your own decision because I only have your side of the story, and I can't tell you what to do if you may be putting things way out of perspective. Plus why do you want my opinion on this? I've never been in this situation.
If I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do it. If I didn't ask for your thought about it don't give them to me. Especially when my actions will have no effect on you, your friends, your family, or you life. If I ask for you opinion and you don't give it to me I can live without it. I'm not one to push people for their thought. I was always of the mind that if you have something to say you should make the decision of when to say it. I just hate it when I'm pressured for my feelings. Their MY feeling, MY personal feelings. I think I have the right to keep them to myself.
Then again, I always feel kinda sad that people aren't so open. Sometimes I wish that everything could be laid bear. That Everyone would know the motives behind everyones actions. Peoples actions can always be miscontrued because there's no real way of knowing what anyone was thinking about anything, and there's no way of fully understanding them if you could get his thoughts down on a piece of paper. The secret nature of the human mind is the source of most of the worlds problems.
I could even take this in another direction. Would I like to livein a world where everyone understood everyone, where everyone was equal, where all problems are solved. I don't think I would, because what's life without struggle. I hae poverty, hunger, violence, and hate. But without the ugly how will we remember whats so fantastic about beauty. Without death, despair, and depression, how would we cherish life, hope, and happiness.
I'm not sure about any of this, what do you think?
I took this from Kenji's LJ
I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.
Apr. 15th, 2004 @ 03:26 pm
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Relaxing day today. Spent most of it listening to music and watching TV. I tried to play my PS2, but video games don't get much of a rise out of me these days.Chapelle Show's second season is over, this season it was incredibly popular, last season it seemed as if nobody watched it. This season was as good as last.
1360 on my SATs again. Last time it was 690 verbal 670 Math, now it's 730 Math 630 Verbal. Urrgh... I figure I'll take my SATs once more. Third times the charm right. I should've studied more the second time. No use killing myself over it now. This year was pretty lukewarm academically. Junior years supposed to be your most important year in terms of college applications too. Hopefully they'll see how hard my schedule was, and hopefully I'll do good on all four of my APs. I know I'll be good in US History and Calc, Computer Science looks easy as well, I'll get 4s or 5s on those. Unfortunately, I think I'm on course for a 3 on the AP Chem exam. I also got one more semester to get better grades. I definately didn't butcher my chances at getting into a good college this year, but I definately didn't improve my chances.
I like Kiyoharu's solo album. In fact I'll go as far as saying that I love it. It's unlike anything he's done with SADS, and it's nothing like his Kuroyume stuff either. It's got this pop sheen on it, but it's not really a pop album, it's not so much rock. It's catchy, it's mellow, some tracks have a groove that you could probably dance to, some have jazz infected drum and bass rythms. It's really enjoyable. The tracks flow well from one to another, while no two songs are the same they all have the same feel. It's really quite lovely.
I'm gonna let my hair grow out a bit, people keep saying I should grow a Fro, maybe I'll try it out. I don't think I'd look that cool rockin' one, but it'd never hurt to try. That's one of many things I need to do. I'm gonna put up a little list to keep me on task.
To Do List
Get a Job (I REALLY mean it tis time)
Sign Up fo SAT IIs
Buy Review Books for AP Chem and AP Computer Science
Write Article For NeXt
Put out the next issue of the School Paper
Grow a Fro
Start Excersizing
Buy a new Camera (preferably an SLR)
Apr. 15th, 2004 @ 02:57 am
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