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Thursday, March 21, 2002
 
1) go mizzou elite 8 man!!!!!
2) spring break
3) vegas, here i come

What a week, here I sit, a little buzzed and happy about mizzou's win over ucla. I'm also happy that im done with class for a while. so, tomorrow is all about chilling, playing basketball. Saturday I drive home, take care of some stuff. Then monday afternoon vegas here I come.

I really don't have many expectations, I just hope to have some fun with friends and get away from the monotony of school.. I am not relying on this break to cure my slight case of depression, but im sure it can't hurt.

Its awesome, my friends are getting blogs as well, so its even easier to know whats going on in the lifes of my friends. I really miss talking to my friends alot so, blog helps out.

Check out my best friend brandon's blog out on the left..

well, time for blog later.. i promise, at least one more before vegas
i hope everyone has a great week and be safe all of you!
 
Monday, March 18, 2002
 
Its been a while my friends, its been a while.

I guess 3 out of 4 good midterms isn't bad. I just need to work harder and be able to say I did well on 4 out of 4 finals. I'm not too worried, but I need to work harder. That means, no more late night screwing around like right now. I need to organize my time better (after spring break of course).

I went home for the first time since Christmas. It was kind of strange, whenever I go back, something is different. When something is new, that always means that something is gone. I still can't believe my beloved childhood baseball field is gone. Its like that stupid madonna song. Its so damn true, I have so many memories of that field. I remember my mom and t-ball tournaments, I remember home run derbys with the neighborhood kids, I remember holding my first girlfriends hand at that field. Its just so sad, I don't have innocent times like that anymore. It is just impossible to do so. Now, everything I do has some sort of slant, some sort of agenda, no matter how much I try to avoid doing that, it happens. geez im off track.. ok. Well, whats in place of my baseball field? 1) goodyear tires 2) professional building 3) Sonic drive in. Its really pathetic, when the government is now saying that children need less indoor activity and more out door activity... they sell the field to a private developer who puts in a really unhealthy restaurant =(, life is too ironic.

I didn't realize how much I missed my dad. I could tell that although he spends alot of time in california, he still misses erin and myself. I kind of stopped worrying about him when he met his fiance, but he still needs us as much as we need him. It was so touching, I made him dinner saturday night, and I could tell he was enjoying it so much, in fact, for me as well, it was the first time in a long while that I didn't have dinner alone. I have been real lonely lately, even amongst friends.. being with my dad helped me out alot. when I left last night, I was just so glad he was on the phone with his fiance. It's still hard to take seeing my dad fade out in the background when I drive away from the house. I always wonder whether he is smiling or whatever, and I always get teary eyed. call me a pussy, but I think about stuff like that. But, in the end..we are both happy right now, it kind of sucks though.. we won't be able to share our birthday together. (oh yeah, for those who do not know, in some rather strange almost fiction like circumstance, my father and I have the same birthday, March 26) Even though we'll be on the west coast together,, he'll be in LA and i''ll be in Vegas. I'll at least drink one (or a few) for good ol pops and for mom.

St. Patricks day was a fun day.. the festivites started at 11 am and ended late night around 9.. it was pretty pathetic.. we couldn't leave KC until 10:30 or so to sober up.
but, im starting to get tired , i'll tell of my st.paddys adventures some other time.
take care,be cool and click on my buddies bloggers... they are definately more talented and interesting than I am..
bye
 
Thursday, March 14, 2002
 
goddammit!!! one more test to go and I am not wanting to study. so here I am, sitting in memorial union, with a laptop writing on this fucking blogger. whats wrong with me? I did well on my anthro midterm but I believe that is making me biased on my skills. SO , must end this blogger tonight and study. wish me well faithful readers.

have a good st paddys day and drink the green beer
 
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
 
is this broken? I can't seem to be able to load my own webpage.
 
 
I really need to stop smoking and drinking coffee at the same time when I am stressed. I have finally begun to realize that smoking usually does NOT calm me down, it actually has the reverse effect.
I was really uptight all day about my anthro midterm which will be in about 6 hours Central time. I was having that feeling that you are super rushed, and In a hurry, yet, I had nothing I had to do. I couldn't sit still, and I had this disgusting melancholy feeling.
Of course, I am never one to fully get crazy, for tonight was a show with the Promise Ring! yes, the Promise ring, one of my musical heroes, played to a small yet enthusiastic crowd tonight. Sadly, it was a school night during midterms , so the turnout was not as good as it could have been. It was such a great show. They played their new stuff from "Wood/Water" and it sounds great, very "jam" band sounding stuff. And of course, the boys played with their heart on their sleeves and ran through their more popular older material. This show tonight, although long and late starting, was a perfect remedy for my mid term blues. But, of course, more studying is needed so I will leave you with this blog.
oh yea, davey, the lead singer/guitarist, who happens to be one of my musical gods, I was able to have another conversation with him like last year, only this time, he signed my copy of Giant Robot!
take that all you haters!
alex
 
Monday, March 11, 2002
 
Its so refreshing to be able to talk to a person, and that person can see through all your bs and crap and really be able to give you good advice. Man, I love my dad. He's always been a straight shooter, whether I appreciated it or not is another story, but talking to my dad is sometimes all I need to get my head out of my ass, or sometimes to just brighten my day.

We all seem to forget, and sometimes too late, that our parents were once like us. I know its hard to believe, but there is actually a chance that my dad went through the same things as me. And in fact, my father went through more shit than I ever will. I am one spoiled bastard when you think about it. Its this fact that I hope to make my dad (and mum) proud. I love my dad so much, and he's given me so much, especially after my mum died. I owe about everything to him and I hope to pay him back ten fold.

I never get to see him anymore, but i'm glad that the circumstances are good ones. he is always with his fiance in cali, so I'm glad that my dad is finally being happy. My dad genuinely deserves every bit of happiness that he can get, god knows how much happiness he has given to others, its about damn time that someone gives it back to him.

but, I digress.. i seem to be on the verge of another change in goals and attitudes.. i mean, law school is still the big pantheon of achievment that I wish to get, but damn, I would love to go to cooking school, maybe own a restaurant someday.. , maybe i can be a cooking lawyer? dream on alex, dream on.


what is it about pavement that I love so much. Is it the interesting music that they play? is it the lyrical genius of steve malkmus? is it the geeky yet assertive nature of the band? i think its both.
jesus, i sure have a knack for creating blog's with no sense of continuity whatsoever
at that, i bid you adeiu
alex
 
Sunday, March 10, 2002
 
current playlist on winamp:
remy shand- message to my love
pavement-stereo and shady lane
patsy cline-crazy
d angelo-brown sugar
weezer-mykel and carli and Dope Nose
black heart procession- blue tears
platters- earth angel
ben harper- steal my kisses
cranberries-linger and ode to my family
ozomatil- chango, cut chemist suite, and super bown sundae (peanut butter wolf remix)
shai- if I ever fall in love

wow, what a waste of space.. sorry guys. I've been listening to some older stuff lately. I guess some of those songs bring me back to those awesome times in H.S. THe times when it was tennis season and we had friday practice and it was warm and lazy and we would be out there for hours just hanging out and chilling. The tennis girls would be out to watch us and we tried to impress them...ahh..those were some fun days..
I remember when some of my friends and I were always singing that Shai song, and we somehow thought we actually sang well. haha.. good days., good days

So, I guess I haven't had exactly super happy days lately, and playing these songs just helps me remind me of good times. I'm not depressed or anything, but I just have that general feeling of "blah" that school can sometimes bring. i think its a combination of school, lack of social life, and the ever changing weather. you know how they say in missouri "if you don't like the weather, wait twenty minutes" and dammit, its exactly like that.. once the weather clears and i get re-dedicated to school, I'll be in better spirits, hopefully.
well, i better study some more.. scholastic endeavors prevent me from fully involving myself into the highly addictive world of blogging. I don't want to fall into the blog trap.
 
Friday, March 08, 2002
 
DAMMIT! It never stops!
here kiddies, is another fucking quiz that this guy has taken.
I dont even know this movie that well, but well enough to take this quiz
so here you go, ladies and gents..

Which Empire Records Character Are You? Find out @ She's Crafty
 
 
jeez... i haven't had any good content for all you special readers lately.
the thing is, If I am depressed or happy, i'm just too damn busy (or too afraid) to confront my feelings and write them down.
I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that , the girl for me is a long time away. and thats fine. I've also realized that my life will change quite a bit when my father gets married. i know I don't want it to affect me, but when your house has been the same for 4 years and all of a sudden, two new people move in, its gonna change things. shit, the feng shui will be all messed up +_+
anyways.. I apologize for the lack of drama in my life, in fact , i'm quite happy. I will finally get to see my dad for a little and my dog next weekend. I will get to see my other friends and of course, st.paddys day. Hey, on this day, i'm an honorary irish man
so, i wish good luck to you all this upcoming week. If you are participatin in any weekend craziness, be safe, and invite me to do something!
bye
 
 
Holy shit man, I am A-1 fuckin sore. Too much activity, not enough stretching is the formula for an unhealthy musculoskeletal system. I really need to lay back, pop a few ibuprofen and settle into the couch.

Im glad I got to play tennis on Wednesday. I got my arse kicked, but, tennis always makes me happy. I gotta start practicing again, christian and I will be going for USTA doubles again this summer.
well
me sleepy
g'night
 
Thursday, March 07, 2002
 
new look...
yea or nay?
let me know
 
Wednesday, March 06, 2002
 
Hey all, thanks again for your guestbook entries. One request though, if you want me to write, give me a working email address! I tried different combinations for you Christina , but to no avail. -_- but, all is good.. just get me a working email addresss and it should be all good.

Other than that, I have a test today.. in about 10 hours..and I need to study a bunch more.
so, I need to get off this computer sometime soon.......preferably now..
i smell like smoke, I am tired, and I have a test. not a great combination..
oh well... things somehow work out they way they are supossed to work out in the end..
this shit at least keeps me on my toes..
alex
 
Monday, March 04, 2002
 
well hey , who doesn't like taking weird little quizzes. this one complimentary of kat's blog

 
 
 
 
YELLOW



You are very perceptive and smart. You are clear and to the point and have a great sense of humor. You are always learning and searching for understanding.




Find out your color at Stvlive.com!


 
 
sweet, getting some response on my guestbook..
thank you all who have written on my guestbook.
oh yeah... check out my friend Kat's blogger. she's from chi-town, and one cool modern lady..
if only i could hang out with her more often..
so.. be a cool kid and click on the link to Kat to read all about her daily life..

so, yeah, Im in a mac lab at school. slowly doing my sociology field work notes... its gonna be a long day..
take care all, more blog later..
 
Sunday, March 03, 2002
 
A few days ago, I had the most horrible day. I couldn't stand my classes, I just wanted to curl up in a ball and go to sleep. Yeah, a few days was the anniversary of my mom's death. My god, has it already been, what, 4 years? man, its still depressing. It seemed that all this crappy stuff always comes into packages.. late bills, school registration, stress, and oh yeah my mom's been gone for 4 years.
what does it feel like? it feels like a cannon ball that got bounced on my chest.. its too fast and painful to cry just yet, but goddamn, it hurts like hell.
I was mad for so long, not at her, but just at life in general. I was sad to see my dad so unhappy and depressed all the time. And I was mad that me, the momma's boy, had no mom anymore.
I'm so happy for my dad, and I hope he finds happiness in his new wife. I totally accept her and I hope she is happy and makes my dad happy.
I still cannot forget my mom though, its too hard to list every essence of her, but many who know me know all too well how great that woman was. I miss her alot, and sometimes I swear I feel her around me. I believe in my mom more than I believe in God sometimes, and i believe in my mom definately way more than I believe in an organized religion.. sorry if I seem angry, but, when things get taken away from you, things begin to look different. I wish my mom would be there when I meet the girl of my dreams, when my heart gets broken, when I don't know how to handle my kid, to spoil my kids, to yell at me to get my life together....
i still haven't cried about her since that fateful night.. is that bad? my dad said I was a stoic, that I did that to keep the family together.. maybe it worked, but at what cost? sometimes I feel like i'm at the fray, all these mind numbing daily events of life get to you after a while. I just hope my mom, or at least the thought of her will keep me going and not let petty bullshit stand in my way.
you know one thing I cannot stand? its when kids don't have any respect for their parents, especially their mother.. if only I could tell them that they are being total fucks for yelling at their mom, that its one of the greatest things in life to have a mother who cares for you... maybe one day I will.
in any case, let this be known to others... if you die tomorrow.. i hope you lived a life worth living... don't be obsessed too much with petty bullshit. focus on the important things, family, friends etc..
in any case, Mom, I miss you, I love you, see you when I get there
 
Saturday, March 02, 2002
 
woke up to a hazy field of white, no not drug induced.. but I did see a large quantity of snow fall on the ground
took a while to do anything productive, i did watch some movies today
went to library and read some stuff for a test
now , im going back out.. i sure hope nothing bad happens
 
 
damn.. i keep staying up to fuck with this shit

anyways.. I have added a guestbook for my little modest blogger..
so.. please.. leave a message.. nice or not.. preferably nice..
and It'll be interesting to see what you have to say..
but in all honesty.. im pretty sure I know who reads this.. but it would be nice to be surprised
 
 
by the way.. I gotta shout out to my other roommate ed's blog
its new and full of fiction
so check out my links section or just click here
ED's Blog!

maybe I'll write some fiction that is totally not up to par with ed's but.. it would be fun to give him grief and give him some competition.. it's good for the kid..
 
 
jeez.. once again.. I come home drunk.. but with no girl, and no real stories to tell
I did meet a girl tonight though!..... but.. of course as my luck would have it, she is not single.. but, it is friend potential and that could lead somewhere..
anyways..this girl was beautiful.. i'm talking to this girl at harpos and she was saying how drunk she was and saying how she had that asian red face going on.. i thought she was poking a little fun at me.. so I say "you're not asian are you?" and she says." actually, I'm half Korean" , man, she was beautiful.. anyways.. she is really cool and she called me adorable.. at first I didn't like that word.. adorable is for puppies and stuffed animals and other things that don't get laid.. but then i ask her If this adorableness will ever get me a girl and she enthusiastically said yes!
so.. there is hope for alex'
maybe I need to go out clubbing some more
well... i sit here a bit sad and lonely.. nothing but the warm iridescent glow of the computer monitor to guide me on my way towards computer enhanced journal keeping..
its sad really.. but.. swell.
i should sleep soon.. another day of hard core studying awaits me.. I wonder what my other friends did tonight?
did I miss out on anything? maybe, maybe not.. but I was glad to hangout with my friends tonight.. at least I can say I talked to a girl.
 
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