123101
happy new year, everyone (anyone)!

tonight, i went down to the party at jeff's place with john, johnny, jon, and eric. paul was there, along with mark, steven, andy, constantino, kim, and heather. we were there for only an hour.

after that, we went around waikiki looking for things to do. john wanted to get out into the crowd. while eric, complaining about his sore throat, wanted to go home. eric was the driver, so it was his choice...

i came close to spending the start of the new year at home.

122501
merry christmas!

122301
hung out with eric, norman, jon, and a couple of girls from u.h. we went all the way down to hawaii kai to watch vanilla sky. one of them asked me if i knew how to speak korean. i said, "not really." but she interpreted that as a "no." she called me an "anti-korean," which i took no offense to. jon and i understood all those not-so-nice things that those girls were saying to each other... about us.

eric couldn't stop making less-than witty comments the entire night. the girls would react to practically every statement with an awkward silence. it got so bad at one point in the night that one of the girls said, "you're retarded."

why do i get the feeling that we're never gonna see these three girls again?

121901

"thanks mom for not having an abortion."

- the vandals

i love looking around waikiki international market.

me: how much is this?
lady: that's 25 dollars each.
me: ok, i'm gonna go look around first. i'll come back...
lady: i'll give it to you for 22 dollars.
me: no, that's alright, i'll come back. (starts to walk away)
lady: (grabs me by my arm) 15 dollars!
me: (laughs)
lady: if i give it to you for this price, i'm losing money.
me: alright. (hands her 15 bucks)
lady: you wanna buy some necklace?
me: no, this is fine.
lady: or some plates?
me: no...
lady: ok then... thank you! (pats me on my shoulders)

on my way back, i got to hang out with some punk rock kids in waikiki. one of them asked me if i had pot. another asked me if i had change. both questions were bluntly answered with a "no." the one who asked for the pot wanted to try out my skateboard. he was just skating around the street when a security guard came up and told him that it was illegal to skate there. i left after that.



i've been listed as the top 25 member of aa!

from michelle's (aa_gutterpunks) page:

whatever member points i had was donated to that numbnut mark kim (aa_punkrockers), so i hope one day he becomes motw. but judging by what kind of people are always chosen for motw (the losers!), it will be a great surprise if i see mark's dorky face when i log on. *teehee*

dorky face? hmph. :*(

120901
last night was the 2nd annual punk on a rock. the show was a disappointment, but here's a review anyway:

another sluggish saturday afternoon, but i was anticipating a great show. had some time to kill so i decided to walk there. on my way, i ran into some other guys, brandon and mike, who were going to the show also. one of them made an observation: all three of us had wallet chains on. brandon was saying how it was all a big trend. mike said that it wasn't. i had nothing to say. i've never really given it much thought. i mean... the wallet chains, the spiked hairs, the studded belts, the bondage bracelets, and those stupid, stupid ball necklaces... so much for anti-conformity, huh? i mean, at the show last night, i saw four other people who were wearing the same afi shirt that i had on...

oh, wait... i'm sorry, it wasn't my intention to start a punk rant.

halfway to the venue, brandon and mike went on a detour to check out a guitar. "see you at the show" was exchanged (and i did run into them a few times during the show), and we split. i walked a little faster because it was starting to rain, sort of feeling glad that i got to meet some new people in "the scene."

by the time i got there, the 86 list was already playing. they were rocking it... AGAIN. in fact, they were the only band who "rocked it". the other four bands were a bit of a disappointment.

next up was the old-school punk legends, youth brigade. they finished off their set by saying, "this song is anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-sexist... fuck all those nazi motherfuckers!" then they played the anti-racist anthem, "sink with california."

the swingin' utters came out next and started off their set with "five lessons learned," which was great. but the set went downhill from there.

the bouncing souls was a little better. the pit was crazy. i went in, got shoved around for a few minutes, and then i got my butt out of there. i think i'm getting old... either that or i need to eat more. i think it's probably both.

each band played about a forty-five minute set each. it was close to six hours of punk rock. sounds fun, right?

after the show ended, i went out to see a whole bunch of police officers standing outside. i think some of the guys got into a fight or something. everyone just stood there trying to figure out what was going on.

the end.

120101
lawrence was going down to the mililani walmart to recharge his phone card, so i followed him. whenever i go there, i like to stop by the toy section to try out all the skateboards. you know, those $30 shitboards i could probably break to pieces in less than 5 minutes.

the fun stopped when an employee (with the blue walmart vest on and all... oh, the aura of authority!) came up to me and said, "hey, no riding in the store, yeah." it was a statement, not a question.

"sorry," i muttered under my breath, picking up the board and putting it back on the shelf.

i'm going back next week to do it all over again.