The gadjits

these guys are gonna save rock. think of rock n soul.. thats all i have to say.

man, its been real wet today in columbia, and it doesn't seem to be getting any drier for a while. its been a while since the bottom of my jeans have been this wet..

starting to expand culinary horizons again.. cooking is like a science, you need to work and rework your stuff constantly if you want stuff to be good and stuff..
well.. thats all i really have to say as of now.. i'm not feeling that deep lately.. and maybe thats a good thing. i was super depressed last sem..
take a look at my clothes these last few years, all black blue or grey.. the clothes even looked depressd.. so, im happier now i think...
i'll let you all know if anything changes in that matter.
  ¶ 1/31/2002 12:12:00 AM 0 comments

  well... my plans for february are going as planned.. Im gonna attend maasu and Im gonna follow an awesome band named the anniversary for a couple days on their next tour.. imagine that.. seeing the anniversary more than once in a week! i'd be a super happy kid..
so.. yeah.. if you wanna check them out.. I forgot how to post links... but, yeah.. go to www.anniversaryrock.com
time to study..  ¶ 1/29/2002 04:25:00 PM 0 comments

  MAASU

That organization, right above me, right now is the bane of my existence, I love MAASU. I think its a great idea to get a bunch of Asian American college students together and work towards the improvment of our community. SO there, blah, my shameless plug for the week.

Onto other topics..
I apologize fervently for my lack of blogging, I can't come up with any excuses, because its early in the semester and the courseload isn't bad at all. In fact, after today, I will be ahead of schedule for the first time in ages.

Well, classes are fine, I have at least one friend or at least accquaintance in each class. Oh yeah, I have even a few cute girls in my class, but, I am and will continue to be an idiot when it comes to girls so don't expect some blog from me stating that I scored a date for the weekend.

It seems trivial that you're supossed to meet the girl/guy for you in college, I don't see how it can happen. In between classes, homework, and other daily trepidations of life, when is there time to meet "my girl"? maybe when I finally leave this place I will find her, or maybe tomorrow I'll bump into the girl who will become the love of my life.. who knows? For me, the most honest, best way to deal with these "trivial" pursuits of my life is to really ignore them. I don't want to pursuit a phantom hope or dream only to let it smack me in the face later on. So, attention girls... I am not going to go after you.. its too much risk and hurt and embarrasment on my part.. so, you'l have to come to me. If that sounds arrogant, i'm sorry, I don't mean it to be, its just that I am sick and tired "tha game" dogg.. i should devote my free time to hanging out with friends and following bands on stupid road trips.. ahh thats the ideal life.. but, hey if any girl wants to accompany me on these ventures, more power to me and her.. just don't expect me to be chasing you around campus trying to get a date..  ¶ 1/27/2002 09:47:00 AM 0 comments

  i'm looking at my poster of MLK Jr on my wall and thinking about him.. i think of what he's done.. what other great leaders have done.. and I start to wonder , will I ever be able to do something great? that makes a difference?
then I think, i'm not out of college, and I shouldn't wish for something like that b/c that would be totally pretentious of me..
but anyway... MJK was a great man, not perfect like some people try to portray.. but he was a great man.. what he did.. .. well.. can't always put it into words..
school starts tomorrow at the early time of 12:30! ahha.. yeah, you can hate me now.. but, hey thats what I get for tweaking my schedule..
there's not much to talk about.. i'll write more once something happens
  ¶ 1/21/2002 10:52:00 PM 0 comments

  blah.. back in Columbia..
the trip was not too bad.. listened to some music.. sped.. fun stuff like that
of course.. instead of unpacking , I did everything else... impromptu jam session with Drew, cooked some tofu... watched a movie..
I planned to be unpacking now.. but.. well, you know i'm not.
i have good hope for this semester, and I wish you all luck as well
buh bye  ¶ 1/20/2002 09:07:00 PM 0 comments

  man, I feel bad for friends who get screwed over by the "man".. i wish you luck my friend with dealing with the deans of mizzou..
after some work, i believe my archiving problem has been dealt with.. if not... i will work some more, for you, my faithful readers...
in the meantime.... write me a letter dammit.. give me feedback on how pathetic my life really is...
your friend,
alex  ¶ 1/18/2002 09:12:00 AM 0 comments

  erica have you read this yet? haha  ¶ 1/17/2002 09:17:00 PM 0 comments

  "you're two floors down, getting high in the back room..."

only a few more days until that move down to como. i feel refreshed..and as usual I have these pie in the sky plans for self improvment... lets see if this actually follows through.. I hope it does .. I have given myself a good opportunity to work out after class and not be impeding on anything.. so lets see how that works
I have started another book "yellow" by Frank H. Wu.. think of W.E.B Dubois' "souls of black folk" , but this is all about Asian Americans and our place in the color line of society..
i am excited to go back to school, and at the same time do not want to go back yet... im gonna be all alone here again for awhile.. my dad is going back to california..and he still has not decided wether to move out there or stay here... I will support anything that makes my dad happy.. although... through my own number crunching... it would be more economically beneficial to stay here and have his wife move here.. the cost of living in Cali is so high, even a high wage that he has been offered would go as far as it would go here..
oh well.. back to reading and laundry.. I'l see you guys later..  ¶ 1/17/2002 08:17:00 AM 0 comments

  "and at your funeral, I will sing, the requiem.."

one night in columbia and look what happens. good conversations, tearful recounts of life, beer, playing cards, fighting, playing drums... all in one night.. and the night has not ended yet. we are still in this cauldron of emotion that this group of friends from High school are having. its too much sometimes, being forced to choose.. enought about that..

girls are trouble, but its trouble I want..

alex
sorry, i'm inebriated and my rants are not making sense..
i haven't made much sense lately..  ¶ 1/14/2002 10:15:00 PM 0 comments

  "sweet marie, theres a hole where your heart should be..."

that damn song by the anniversary is stuck in my head.. and I have yet to master the drum tracks on that song, its very frustrating.
this weekend has been one of gastronomic delights, so, counting my chicago weekend, its been almost 2 weeks of enjoying very good food. and probably quite a few pounds as well. i need to work out again... first semester was super slacker mode to the max.
oh yeah, that poem earlier... never bet on mizzou basketball. just when you think you can't lose, Kareem and clarence fuck it up for you. one olan of action : egg kareems car... oh yeah, i am that immature. i know that it was my fault that I bet my hair, but dammit, i thought we were good. look, we lost to depaul!
oh well, even though I was so close to achieving my hair dream (think Robert Deniro in Mean Streets), the shaved head is actually not that horrible. it looks clean and my face looks less doughboy-ish.. so maybe it will be a good thing? only time will tell.
time to educate myself in filipino history, nothing like watching videos with family, always a great time.
one week to go... hope you are all ready to hit the ground running..
peace
  ¶ 1/13/2002 05:43:00 PM 0 comments

  My hair is gone.
lost in a bet.
while I was watching "tommy" the tigers were spent
the illini were happening they came up strong
fuck you mizzou, time to hit the bong

and ode to my longlost hair...
  ¶ 1/13/2002 08:03:00 AM 0 comments

  its been a while my dear friends my first post of 2002
first off, happy new year, I hope everyone had a great time, I did
thank you minna and yujin, and christine, and everyone else who made my trip very fun and enjoyable..
i can't wait to visit chi town again..
hope you liked your christmas present minna, haha, you can be a spy kid anytime now!

my cousin walter comes in tomorrow, i love this guy.. one of my coolest relatives.. i hope I can show him a fun time in the good ol USA
welll, im still trying to combat further KC boredom by reading and catching up on movies and friends.. email me if you wanna chill sometime..  ¶ 1/08/2002 08:58:00 AM 0 comments