Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch are like clubs, yeah? In their disctinctly-smelling retail stores, they've got their bright colorful clothes and dance music pumping out their stereos all day. They should really have their own retail dance clubs. Admittance is granted to those wearing Hollister/Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirts. If you don't have one, you must trade in the shirt you're wearing for the duration of your stay. In addition to being a bar/dance club, there are also Hollister/Abercrombie products sold there.
This would open the door to nothing at all. It would just get all those people in one place at the same time. Then they could just be there, away from me. Good night!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
2009: A Year in Mem-BORE-iam
Yes, I know, and clever title. You only get the highest quality here at PAS.
2009. What an effing year it was for me. For some reason, the good seemed to go hand in hand with the bad through the entire year, even for people that weren't me! I want to go ahead and list a couple of things that made this year incredible and incredibly stupid. I'll start with the bad, which I don't usually talk about. I figure no one's gonna read this anyway.
BAD THINGS
• I had not one, but TWO possible relationships go down the gutter and become nothing. The first one involved someone at school, the second one involved someone at home. The first one involved a girl that ended up going for another guy within a week, and the other involved a girl who pretended to be someone else online in order to "get to know me better". Take a guess at which one I now hate forever.
• I lost some friends over some pretty unimportant things. At least in my eyes. Friendships I truly wanted to keep. I know we can't control how people will feel about us, but it just sucks to know that somewhere someone dislikes or even hates you over something trivial.
• I had to pay quite a large sum for a friend's computer repair because it was broken on the set of a short that I was directing. It sucked mostly because of the money. The guy is super cool and we had a good discussion about what happened. I lost another friend in the process, though.
• My grandmother died. The first close relative I've had pass away. It was a real traumatic experience, and I'm still upset about it. I also have to see my grandfather, who I know is having a very hard time dealing with it. It hurts very much.
• 2009 saw a great many important people pass. Actress Farrah Fawcet, musician and inventor Les Paul, actress Brittany Murphy (still can't believe it), politician Ted Kennedy, musician DJ AM, musician James "The Rev" Sullivan, and, of course, Michael Jackson. Their passings, along with many others this year, were a shock to all who knew and revered them, and it definitely had a deep effect on me.
• My brother and I have become far removed from each other. He has become this other person who I barely know and never get to speak to on a personal level. He just goes and hangs out with friends and smokes pot and my parents and I have to deal with his overly rebellious bullshit every single day.
GOOD THINGS
• I became crazy involved in the theater department at San Jose State University. In the Spring, I made my theater debut and played an old war veteran in a Clue-esque production called "Murder Mystery" it was so fun! Next was 3-Day Plays, in which short one-act plays were written, cast, directed, and acted in front of an audience in 3 days. Pretty insane. I was in two. In the Fall, I took part in a staged reading of a brand new play, and I got cast as a LEAD and a major role in two plays! That is super crazy.
• I discovered a wonderful band known as All Time Low. They are pretty awesome, and their guitarist Jack is a huge Less Than Jake fan. They are awesome and I suggest checking them out.
• I learned about and became a cult follower of a film called "The Room", one of the worst films ever made. I now own it on DVD, own a shirt, and have both attended and co-hosted a screening of it. All this year.
• I got to see The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in Anaheim, one of the greatest ska bands to still be alive and going strong.
• I got to see Journey live in concert for free. That in and of itself is amazing. Top 5 Moments of 2009 automatically for sure.
• I was lucky enough to see my all-time favorite band Blink-182 take the stage and perform again since their hiatus in 2004. Twice. It was so amazing and fulfilling, I almost cried. It should also be known that I spent more money on merchandise on that first show than any other concert in my life. $211!
• I went to some concerts that I would have normally not gone to, namely two metal shows. One for the band Slipknot, and the other for the animated band Dethklok. Both were some of the most intense, fun, energetic shows I've ever been too. I look forward to expanding my musical horizons in 2010.
• I started writing more for film. I even adapted a funny blog post into a play script!
• I officially started a band that is in the process of writing and recording amazing songs that will be spread throughout the world. We are called Time To Renew. I play guitar and sing. It is a dream come true.
All of this is just what I can remember right now, in the wee hours of New Year's Day.
Now, this post is called "2009: A Year in Mem-BORE-iam", but really 2009 can't be categorized as good or bad for me. It sucked and it was awesome. It was literally a 50/50 year for me. It certainly wasn't boring.
Bad or good, though, 2009 has come and gone. It is the dawn of a new decade (literally), and we all need to let 2009 stay back and not get in the way! With this new decade comes new decisions and new goals that we all want to accomplish. I think that now is the time to take a hold on life and GIVE IT ALL YOU CAN. I don't know about you, but I am excited as hell to get this new decade rolling.
"Maybe it's not my weekend, but it's gonna be my year. And I'm so sick of watching all the minutes pass as I go nowhere. This is my reaction to everything I fear, and I've been going crazy. I don't want to waste another minute here."
Happy New Year, everyone. And good luck to all.
2009. What an effing year it was for me. For some reason, the good seemed to go hand in hand with the bad through the entire year, even for people that weren't me! I want to go ahead and list a couple of things that made this year incredible and incredibly stupid. I'll start with the bad, which I don't usually talk about. I figure no one's gonna read this anyway.
BAD THINGS
• I had not one, but TWO possible relationships go down the gutter and become nothing. The first one involved someone at school, the second one involved someone at home. The first one involved a girl that ended up going for another guy within a week, and the other involved a girl who pretended to be someone else online in order to "get to know me better". Take a guess at which one I now hate forever.
• I lost some friends over some pretty unimportant things. At least in my eyes. Friendships I truly wanted to keep. I know we can't control how people will feel about us, but it just sucks to know that somewhere someone dislikes or even hates you over something trivial.
• I had to pay quite a large sum for a friend's computer repair because it was broken on the set of a short that I was directing. It sucked mostly because of the money. The guy is super cool and we had a good discussion about what happened. I lost another friend in the process, though.
• My grandmother died. The first close relative I've had pass away. It was a real traumatic experience, and I'm still upset about it. I also have to see my grandfather, who I know is having a very hard time dealing with it. It hurts very much.
• 2009 saw a great many important people pass. Actress Farrah Fawcet, musician and inventor Les Paul, actress Brittany Murphy (still can't believe it), politician Ted Kennedy, musician DJ AM, musician James "The Rev" Sullivan, and, of course, Michael Jackson. Their passings, along with many others this year, were a shock to all who knew and revered them, and it definitely had a deep effect on me.
• My brother and I have become far removed from each other. He has become this other person who I barely know and never get to speak to on a personal level. He just goes and hangs out with friends and smokes pot and my parents and I have to deal with his overly rebellious bullshit every single day.
GOOD THINGS
• I became crazy involved in the theater department at San Jose State University. In the Spring, I made my theater debut and played an old war veteran in a Clue-esque production called "Murder Mystery" it was so fun! Next was 3-Day Plays, in which short one-act plays were written, cast, directed, and acted in front of an audience in 3 days. Pretty insane. I was in two. In the Fall, I took part in a staged reading of a brand new play, and I got cast as a LEAD and a major role in two plays! That is super crazy.
• I discovered a wonderful band known as All Time Low. They are pretty awesome, and their guitarist Jack is a huge Less Than Jake fan. They are awesome and I suggest checking them out.
• I learned about and became a cult follower of a film called "The Room", one of the worst films ever made. I now own it on DVD, own a shirt, and have both attended and co-hosted a screening of it. All this year.
• I got to see The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in Anaheim, one of the greatest ska bands to still be alive and going strong.
• I got to see Journey live in concert for free. That in and of itself is amazing. Top 5 Moments of 2009 automatically for sure.
• I was lucky enough to see my all-time favorite band Blink-182 take the stage and perform again since their hiatus in 2004. Twice. It was so amazing and fulfilling, I almost cried. It should also be known that I spent more money on merchandise on that first show than any other concert in my life. $211!
• I went to some concerts that I would have normally not gone to, namely two metal shows. One for the band Slipknot, and the other for the animated band Dethklok. Both were some of the most intense, fun, energetic shows I've ever been too. I look forward to expanding my musical horizons in 2010.
• I started writing more for film. I even adapted a funny blog post into a play script!
• I officially started a band that is in the process of writing and recording amazing songs that will be spread throughout the world. We are called Time To Renew. I play guitar and sing. It is a dream come true.
All of this is just what I can remember right now, in the wee hours of New Year's Day.
Now, this post is called "2009: A Year in Mem-BORE-iam", but really 2009 can't be categorized as good or bad for me. It sucked and it was awesome. It was literally a 50/50 year for me. It certainly wasn't boring.
Bad or good, though, 2009 has come and gone. It is the dawn of a new decade (literally), and we all need to let 2009 stay back and not get in the way! With this new decade comes new decisions and new goals that we all want to accomplish. I think that now is the time to take a hold on life and GIVE IT ALL YOU CAN. I don't know about you, but I am excited as hell to get this new decade rolling.
"Maybe it's not my weekend, but it's gonna be my year. And I'm so sick of watching all the minutes pass as I go nowhere. This is my reaction to everything I fear, and I've been going crazy. I don't want to waste another minute here."
Happy New Year, everyone. And good luck to all.
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