043002
fun things to do in a final:

bring a pillow. fall asleep until the last 15 minutes. wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking," and do some gibberish work. turn it in a few minutes early. get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "i've got the secret documents!" talk the entire way through the exam. read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. if asked to stop, yell out, "i'm SOOO sure you can hear me thinking." then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is. walk in, get the exam, sit down. about five minutes into it, loudly say to the instructor, "i don't understand ANY of this. i've been to every lecture all semester long! what's the deal? and who the hell are you? where's the regular guy?" run into the exam room looking about frantically. breathe a sigh of relief. go to the instructor, say "they've found me, i have to leave the country," and run off. for math/science exams, try using roman numerals. every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam. upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing loudly, say "you don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? days of our lives is on!"

042802
friday was paul's 19th (uh... 22nd) birthday. we threw a hotel party just like we did last year.

we didn't do anything special. everyone was finding their own things to do. be it getting drunk, playing cards, playing video games, playing on the ukulele, smoking weed, socializing, singing, or getting the "mack on." i mostly just kicked back and played video games... mainly because i don't drink (and i haven't touched alcohol for over a year now), so i had to find other things to do. thanks johnny for bringing down a box of pepsi... i think i drank at least 5 cans that night. eric, on the other hand, got drunk as fuck (or at least he acted like he was).

the end.



042002
went down to the maze, a rave club down in waikiki, last night. eric talked to the club manager and handed him a copy of the technologist ph. d cd. if the club manager gives eric the okay, eric, johnny, paul, and i will have the embarrassment of passing out demo cd's there next saturday.

the release date has been postponed, so the cd will be available at tower records (ala moana location only) and chepos on monday. go check it out if you're in hawaii.



anyway, we didn't do much last night. of course, it wouldn't be a complete week without us going around making trouble, and pissing someone off on the street in the process. two weeks ago, it was that waitress at viet cafe. the week before that was an elderly woman at ala moana who nearly slapped me, eric, and paul on the back of our heads. i'm not even gonna mention what happened THIS week...

we hungout at the parking lot until the cops kicked us out. i was pretty tired, so i was glad to go home and get some sleep. i was all refreshed up this morning, so i went down to borders to study for the exam on monday.

after that, jon and i went down to the show at the bakery. the sticklers, decent, tinklepotty, the 86 list, potluck, cactus corner, and rocky played. on the flyer, it was called the "outdoor punk rock music festival." what festival...?! there weren't any more than 30-40 people there. and some of the kids left, saying they're going down to the show at pink cadillac's instead.

rocky, a metalcore band, was the first band up. although their style of music isn't what i'd normally listen to, i thought that their music was pretty damn good. the singer was pretty emotional (although slightly depressing)... with the screaming and everything.

cactus coner was pretty good also... though they sounded like all the other pop punk bands out there. they were giving out free cd's after their set. i'm always down for free stuff, so i grabbed myself a copy.

tinklepotty was, by far, one of their strangest band i've ever seen. they are a two piece mathcore band—a dude with a hokey mask on (!), screaming his head off while playing on the drums... and female screamer who played on a trumpet and a cello (not both at the same time)... the crowd stood there staring at the band with a look that asked, "what the fuck?!" there's something about that band... after awhile, you start to realize how brilliant they are. well, either that or they're just fucking annoying. i'm not sure.

the 86 list played an awesome set. i think they pretty much sang all their songs. and fuck yea... parking lot mosh pit. it was a little disappointing because i thought that more people were gonna show up for the 86 list's LAST SHOW... but i had fun anyway. i'm gonna miss that band.

the end.

041102

"there was a caveman who did some amazing things... but nobody here gives a fuck. and in a thousand years they'll feel the same with all the things you've done."

- the vandals

finished with all my midterms. not only that, i also finished writing up two term papers.

i have consumed ridiculous amount of coffee this week.

040502

"i'm coloring outside your guidelines. i was passing out while you were passing out your rules."

- jawbreaker

go read arlene's article.

punkguy76 has recently submitted an article, also.



eric's cd, technologist ph. d, is coming out on tuesday. from my understanding, it'll be available at chepos for $7. if you live in hawaii, please go support him. it's got a little bit of everything... from trance, house, techno, hip hop, etc... it's VERY good. and i'm not just saying that because he's my friend... *cough*

get it while he is still "underground." get it before he makes it big. get it before he "sellsout," you fuckin' poser.

040102