They Don't Call Me Champ Status For Nothin'!

My classes go as follows:

MW 10:00-11:15 MUSIC 120... My teacher is pretty nice. I have to play the recorder in my class. How odd is that? Should be fun nevertheless. I do enjoy music. I pretty much listen to it every day.

MW 11:30-12:45 POLY SCI 100... My teacher is a comedian. He walks back and forth with a microphone in his hand across this lecture hall crackin' jokes left and right. I have this class with Daniel. Shouldn't be too bad. We decided in that class that we are gonna start a kickball league at our school. That should be pretty damn fun. I call THIRD BASE DAMNIT!

MW 02:30-03:45 MATH 132... This class is easily going to be my hardest. I have to actually go. The tests are worth 25% each... three regulars and a final. Homework will be assigned but not collected or graded. Now who actually does homework that isn't mandatory? Looks like I'm gonna need to step it up a notch and do it FOR ME. Hehe, let's see how long that lasts, or if it even starts.

TR 10:00-11:14 GE Oral Communications 100... Givin' speeches. I'm not too bad at it. My speeches usually get good reactions. I have 'em rollin' on the floor. That's just how funny I am. And contrary to belief, this class has nothing to do with blowjobs. Yeah... I don't get it either.

TR 02:30-03:45 HISTORY 131... I have this class with Daniel AND Micah. I'm sure I'll get a lot done. The teacher can't pronounce Daniel (she said Danielle) but she can pronounce Crescitelli?! It's pronounced CRE-SIT-EL-EE. c'mon. She called me Thomas Bashir. C'mon. We have a lot of business majors in my class, and one history major. Micah. Everyone looks at him and he said "What? History's fun!" Daniel and I start crackin' up. Silly ass Micah. I love it. I met a girl named Jennifer in my class. We had to introduce each other. She told the class my name was Sam. We had a good joke about it. From now on, she will call me Sam, and I will refer to her as Bertha.

W 05:30-8:15 FILM STUDIES... I haven't been to this class yet. I'll keep ya posted.

Friday I hung out with Ursula. We went to dinner then went to visit her cousin, then we all went to visit their friend. Interesting time.

On Saturday, I worked for nine hours. Nothing eventful happened really. No screaming rabbis. Well Talia was there in the morning and I dropped her off at her house, and there were some pre-pubescent hookers walkin' around the mall. Ya know those skirts that are really tight around the ass then flair out at the bottom? They usually have a few layers or so? They're really in now I guess... and these little girls think that they can wear tube tops and skirts to show off the landing strips and get guys or something. I don't really get it. I mean, how the hell do their parents let them walk around like that?

Tina and Lara came over to The Wine Connection. Lara was 20 minutes late, and didn't have the decency to call. I mean, she knew she was gonna be late... c'mon Lara. c'mon. We went to the 7-11 and picked up some Lotto tickets cuz my dad wanted me to. It's a $95 million jackpot right now.

So after that, we picked up Dora and went to Red Robin in the UTC.

We then all went bowling. It was Tina and Lara against Dora and me. Tina got the high score each time... and they beat us each time. It was sad. I broke 100 twice though. I got 123, 112 and like 89. Ouch. I need to work on my stamina.

We then went to see Deema, Dora's sister. She was at some party off the 52. It was an asian party... if that makes any sense. We met some guy named Reagan there. We went straight to the kitchen at the beginning... and there was this guy there that was getting this ice. He said to Lara "I love Power Ranger ice!" I was listening to this... but I didn't think much of it. I've heard more ridiculous things at parties. He is a 4th year at Muir. Nice guy. We ended up going outside and this crazy bitch started throwin' up. It was all up in her hair... all over her shoes. NASTY.

We met up with Reagan again. We talked Power Rangers... I was Tom the Green Ranger, he was Jason the Red Ranger... Tina was Kimberly the Pink Ranger... I assigned Lara to be the Black Ranger... and Dora was the Yellow Asian Ranger... much to her shagrin. How funny is it that the balck ranger was black, and the yellow ranger was asian?

Though Tina may be the cooooolest sister in the world, she doesn't know shit about music. She owns IN REVERIE... but chooses to listen to the Dixie Chicks. The Dixie Chicks are simply fuel for the ANTI-INBREEDING fight.

and his name is DESTINY.

Yeah... I don't know either.

Went to work yesterday for a fiesta. That's spanish for "a bunch of middle aged people who don't really get along but pretend to for the good of the company." It's so awkward. Everyone just sits there and makes brutal small talk. It reminded me of Initech.

Dave Matthews show last night. It was pretty good. I got a little lost on my way to pickin' up Angela. It was my fault... but hey, it worked out OK. We then picked up Patrick Moose and rolled down to Chula Vista. Glorious place. The show was pretty good. I only knew three of the songs. They didn't play any of my FIVE favorite songs. C'mon! Well Carter Beauford, the drummer, is amazing. oh yeah, and the rest were good too.

We all hung out in the parking lot afterward cuz there was just too much damn traffic. Screw that shit. People need to learn how to merge and drive and shit. Idiots.

We went to In-N-Out aftereward. We all seemed to have a good time.

I worked yesterday. It was fun. I saw a rabbi yelling into a cell phone at Tony Roma's. He made me laugh. He was talking about stocks. He had a funny looking baseball cap on his head. It was missing the bill. It was pretty small too.

I went to the Curiosa show with Matt. We got there early. We saw Michelle and Bryan there. They are nice. We also saw Allie and Nicole there. I don't know who they are. The first band we saw was:

Mogwai: They are from Scotland. They are Scottish. They don't sing. They just play. That was fun.

Scarling: I think Kelly Osbourne joined a band. They were not good. Bryan kept heckling her, saying she looked like the singer of that band that sang "and I said hey-e-a-e-a... a what's going on?" She had a stain on her crotch. Matt and I laughed. That was fun.

The Rapture: I didn't mind them. They had a guy who just played the cowbell. It was loud. The singer wore a yellow shirt. That was fun.

The Cooper Temple Clause: They had accents. They were from the United Kingdom. They talked funny. They had a keyboard player and a synth player. It was weird. Their guitarist used a bow on his guitar for one song. That was fun.

Interpol: They are great in person. They had pretty lights everywhere. They didn't play my favorite song. Their singer has a great voice. This mexican guy next to me asked me if I liked them. I said I did. He said they were good. That was fun.

Cursive: They are great in person. They didn't play my favorite song. Tim, the leader singer has a very good voice. The drummer is left handed. He has a backward set. He had his ride on the left, his hi-hat on the right, his snare between his legs, his floor tom on the right, and his hi-tom on the right. He used his left foot to hit the kick. Gretta, the cello player had a funny looking cello. It was just the frame and the strings. That was fun.

The Cure: They played for two hours. They had so many lights. It was so bright. I saw Robert Smith. He has funny hair. They are good live. Very good at playing music. He has a great voice. They didn't play my favorite song. The guy two rows in front of me was with two girls. He kept trying to make them kiss. I thought only boys and girls kissed? Oh well. It was weird. He got them to. My wee wee was all of a sudden stricken with rigamortis. That was fun.

I bought a Cursive shirt, an Interpol shirt, and two Cursive CDs. I spent $65. I went out to dinner with Matt and Michelle after the show. That was fun.

So I got back from my road trip today. It was a helluva time! I hang out with Micah still, but I don't really see Matt and Paul as much as I used to. Especially Paul. I used to see that kid every day in high school, and a lot during the summer. But now the frat thing is consuming most of his life and I don't get to see him too much. I used to see Matt a lot too, but he is a very busy kid. We always have a good time when we get together though.

So we left at like 6am on Thursday. Matt and Micah picked me up, and we picked up Paul. We all went to SMART AND FINAL together to go buy snacks and food for our long haul. We got an economy sized can of Chef Boyardee's Beef Ravioli, a six pack of Pringles, a large carton of Goldfish, and some cheese. We drove up through Big Sur, but there were no campsites available. There was a car show with a bunch of italian cars in Monterey. There were all these Aston Martins and Ferraris that kept passin' me while I drove. My dream cars just flyin' by me... what a rush.

We ended up spending the night at a hotel in Monterey. We ate at Denny's. We ate at Denny's five of the seven days on our trip. Wow. That's a lotta Denny's. But hey, it's cheap... so it works. We stayed at a campsite in Monterey the second day. It was five minutes from downtown. We all toasted the site, and went explorin'. We walked around this little river for a bit. I got pretty fucked up in there, let me tell you! Fade-erade is everyone's friend.

The next day we found a campsite in Big Sur. We had a good ol' time over there... playin' games and talking and listening to music. We watched a lot of Family Guy as well. Matt had the DVDs with him, and he brought a TV and a PS2. We played a whole lotta Mortal Kombat as well. Anyway... we left that campsite and went up to Yosemite. We found a nice rushing river on the way up there and stopped for a swim. It was cold as hell, because we were at like 8,000 feet or so. We got our campground and built a fire and made food. Had some fun... some fun.

The next day we went to Yosemite Valley and rented bikes. We rode around the valley and found a nice place to dive off rocks. It was a lotta fun. We found a huge log, and Matt and Paul rode around on the log for a while. It was quite erotic. That night we made a HUGE fire. There was this British guy who came up to us and told us that he was leaving and he couldn't take any of his food back with him on the plane, so we could have it all. We thanked him and got his food. There were a lot of canned things. We took a can of kidney beans and threw it in the fire. Matt and I climbed this huge rock above the fire and filmed from the top. It exploded after about five minutes. It was fuckin' loud as hell. It was louder than a car backfiring. Sounded like a huge shotgun. It was great.

The next day we started driving towards Las Vegas. We ended up getting there around 8:00pm because apparently there was a flash flood on the 136 and the 190, so we had to go down to Barstow then back up the 15 to get there. What a pain in my ass. We ended up staying in the Travelodge Motel because I guess you have to be 21 if you want to stay in a hotel with a casino in it. $59 a night ain't too bad for a room. We all took much-needed showers, then went off the strip to Hooters. It's a road trip tradition dontcha know! We went back to the hotel and Matt and I chilled there while Paul and Micah cruised the strip for like a half hour. Vegas doesn't really impress me that much. It's too damn hot.

In the morning, we went to see Paul's friend from his frat. Paul was there two weeks ago and left his camera there, so we had to get it. We then ate at SONIC BURGER. Their burgers and fries are actually very good. The shake I got was very sweet... it was as S'MORES BLAST. Craziness... s'mores in liquid form? What will they think of next? S'mores in breakfast pastry form? Someday... someday.

We then drive to Chino to go visit Ric. He's a nice guy... I like him. I never really talked to him that much until I went out to lunch with him and Micah, then hung out with him at Micah's house for a bit.

I was then dropped off at my house and I said my goodbyes.

I said bye to Joel too. I'm gonna miss you Joel! TAKE CARE BUDDY!

It's weird to be home again. I'm waiting for things to get back to normal. I have a pretty busy schedule ahead of me. Time to play catch-up.

Scott and I came up with a brilliant name for the song we wrote. Brilliant. Look up.

Today I woke up and went over to Scott's house at 10:00. He, Jason and I finished up recording the drums for our four songs. This way when I am gone, Scott and Jason could finish up the songs. We finished up our first song completely, without lyrics actually. Them songs better be done by the time I get back you two. You know who you are.

Our game sucked. I finally got put in LF. I think I did well. I didn't dive at one ball that I guess I could have got... but I did catch a pop fly and make three good grounder plays. Oh well. I'm not playing next week cuz I'll be gone. See how they do without me now! Who's expendable now bitches?!

We (Tina, Grace, Lara, Alex, Talia, Olivia, Kayla, Chris, Angie, Noah, Phil and myself) ate at George's Burgers afterward. Not too bad. The ketchup sucked though. Don't think that that's not possible. cuz it damn well is.

I went to Scott's house. Hung out for a bit... nothin' big.

I'm leaving on Thursday. At like 4:00am. It should be a great time... it will do me some good. I don't hang out with Matt and Paul nearly as much as I used to. I'm really looking forward to going. It'll be good for everyone in San Diego too. It'll give people here a chance to miss me. Maybe it'll do us all some good.

1. Your middle name spelled backward? miraK

2. Where were your parents born? My dad is from Syria, my mom is from Kuwait

3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? J-J-J-Jitterbug… by Wham!. Don’t judge me.

4. What's your favorite restaurant? Red Robin! C’mon… tastes great and affordable, what could be better?

5. Last time you swam in a pool? Memorial Day. I went to the Stapley residence and swam with Alex and Patrick and Chris. Chris, Patrick and I had a style diving contest. Patrick won, hands down.

6. Have you ever been in a school play? Boy have I. I was a narrator in Snow White, the page in Cinderella, Lost Boy #1 in Peter Pan, and I was a narrator for Stations of the Cross.

7. How many kids do you want? Two… definitely.

8. Type of music you dislike most? Country

9. Are you registered to vote? I think I did. Or maybe I signed up for the draft. I don’t remember which.

10. Do you have a car? No… I have a truck. I’m cool like that.

11. Have you ever ridden on a moped? No. and Lara, when have you ever ridden a moped?

12. Ever prank call anybody? Yeah… it loses its novelty too quickly.

13. Ever get a parking ticket? Nah… how hard is it to park?

14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? I think that skydiving would be fun as hell… and I would rather do that over bungee jumping, but I mean… I don’t like rollercoasters, but I wanna skydive? What the hell is wrong with that picture?

15. Furthest place you ever traveled? Monaco… it’s a little bit further east than France is.

16. Do you have a garden? Yes, but it’s a secret.

17. What's the size of your bed? Queen. I’m sassy like that.

18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? Ehhh, more or less. I could get by.

19. Bath or Shower, morning or night? Shower in the morning… but I have been known to take baths occasionally. They’re fun!

20. Best movie you've seen in the past 6 months? Napoleon Dynamite… no contest.

21. What's the next movie you want to see? Probably Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. I am sure I am forgetting about some great movie. Oh well.

22. Chips or popcorn? Hmmm… depends. Probably chips cuz there are so many different types.

23. Most cherished possession? My drums. No question. I don’t own my truck… but even if I did, I don’t know that it would be better than my drums.

24. Premarital sex? Yes please.

25. Are you a good cook? Some say yes… some haven’t tried my food.

26. Orange or Apple juice? Orange juice. I mean, who puts vodka with apple juice?

27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with? On Monday I went out to In-N-Out with Tina, my dad, Grace, Lara, Patrick, Chris and Angie. Afterward we went to Denny’s for dessert.

28. Favorite type of drink? Bottled water.

29. Best thing in the world? Friends and family.

30. Have you ever broken a bone? I’ve broken my skull once.

31. Have you ever won a trophy? Good ol’ Stagecoach rec league doesn’t let any kid go home empty-handed. But trophies that I have actually won? My soccer team came in second, my basketball team came in first place, and I won the Rain Gutter Regata in Cub Scouts. I assembled a boat and used a straw to blow it across a gutter faster than anyone else. Damn I’m cool.

32. What is your favorite board game? MONOPOLY and TRIVIAL PURSUIT. It’s hard to find people that like Trivial Pursuit… but it is quite fun. I’m quite the dick during Monopoly though. Sam can attest to that.

33. What is your dream car? Ferrari 360 Modena, steel blue. Or maybe a steel blue Ashton Martin. OOOOH.

34. Ever order an article from an infomercial? Not once.

35. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi

36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? No… I wish. Someday we’ll get those Wine Connection T-Shirts. Some day

37. What is the last thing you bought at a pharmacy? Axe deoderant body spray and scratchers

38. Who are you going to marry? My future wife.

39. Who would you like to meet? My mom’s dad.

40. Do you believe in love at first sight? Hmmmm… I don’t know about that. I don’t think you can tell much about a person from looks. So I’m gonna have to say no to that one.

41. What features do you find most attractive in the opposite sex? Humor, compassion, intelligence. Oh yeah, and willingness to allow you to penetrate her anus. That’s always hot.

42. Where would you go for a romantic evening? My pants?

43. How many pairs of shoes do you own? I wear five. I own six… not including cleats or flip-flops or fancy shoes. Those don’t count

44. Last song stuck in your head? “Woe” by Say Anything. Great song. “I can’t get laid in this town without this pointy fuckin’ shoes!”

45. Any pets? Soon. Soon.

46. What's your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character/skit? Hmmm… there are a couple. I enjoy Christopher Walken’s “THE CONTINENTAL”… and Walken in THE BLUE OYSTER CULT skit featuring the famous cowbell scene.

47. What is one thing you would like to learn to do? play guitar

48. What do you do when you are bored? Call somebody or go online

49. What is one thing would you want someone to appreciate about you? That I tend to think of others over myself. My compassion…. My humor

50. What is something you are grateful for today? My family, friends, and track jackets

51: Something totally Random about you.? Instead of biting my nails, I peel back the skin on my fingers. Disgusting huh?

52. What did you do today? Not a whole lot so far. I brought Ursula breakfast at work cuz it’s her birthday. But I got quite the day ahead of me.

53. What color is your toothbrush? My electric is white with sea green accents, along with a yellow ring around the actually brush. Now I know what your’e thinking, and YES… it’s supposed to be yellow. Asses.

54. Would you rather be a good song writer or a good singer? Hmmm…. That’s a great question! That’s really tough. You can have a good voice but your songs could suck… or I could have great songs and a not so hot voice? So the real question is : Would I rather be Clay Aiken or myself? Hmmm… not the first time I’ve pondered that question.

55. Favorite Artist/Group? I can’t decide between Saves the Day and The Get Up Kids. They’re both too damn amazing.

I had to drop off my TV at this guy's house this morning with my dad. Straight up shady.

I worked for a bit. A little sweepin', a little cleanin'... a little blah.

I then went to Scott's house and recorded. Jason brought his friend Kim there and she watched and took pictures. We roughly recorded three songs. Not too bad actually. We'll record s'more later. Mmmmm... s'mores.

I picked up Michelle and went to the HIVES show. The first band THE REIGNING SOUNDS was God-awful. The drummer just kept playing sixteenth notes with the bass constantly. Like about 3/4 of the time. No joke. It was hideous.

SAHARA HOTNIGHTS is a band of four girls. Not too bad... much better than The Donnas. The singer and bassist were pretty hot, and that's always good.

But The Hives... oooooh. They were DAMN good live. Probably one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Definitely. I'd go on, but I'm sure Michelle will write a lot more about it.

Hmmm... I got to listenin' to some new music recently, and here is what I think of it.

Muse- Absolution: Very good. I decided to see what Michelle and Scott were talkin' about, and I like it. Indeed.

The Killers- Hot Fuss: Haven't listened to it enough, but it's not too bad of an album. SOMEBODY TOLD ME is a great song, I guess that's why it's all over the radio.

Hawthorne Heights: C'mon Alex... I'll give you OHIO IS FOR LOVERS, but the rest is a Senses Fail rip off.

New Homegrown Songs: Sound exactly like everything else they come out with... but I still like it.

The Snake The Cross The Crown: I like their stuff... it's growin' on me each time

Fear Before the March of Flames: No.

Halifax: Just got signed to Drive Thru... I dig 'em. They'll grow on me.

Between Home and Serenity: Screaming and melody... can they co-exist? Check it out.

Punchline: I read somewhere that they are the new BRAND NEW. C'mon now... they're good, but c'mon. Scotty... there is a piano song on their www.purevolume.com/punchline song. ALL PIANO. and lyrics. But more piano.

What the hell have I been up to for the past few days?

On Friday I hung out with Kristen at night. haven't hung out wit her in a bit... it was quite refreshing.

On Saturday I had to wake up early and help my mom clean the house and make dinner for our family gathering at night. I then had to go to work while everyone was partying at my house. I got there and everyone was there. The party was for my mom's cousin who came in from Michigan with her family. They're a fun group of people. The kids are Mary, Deena and Issa. Fun stuff. Issa was tryin' to pick fights with everyone. We filmed it and took a lot of pictures. Issa is an animal. He bites and licks...

Yesterday I hung out with Scott. We went to Guitar Center and then Panda Express. We hung out for a bit, gabbin' about everything. EVERYTHING. I then came home and didn't do shit... just sat around makin' CDs. Scott came over later and we watched THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Then we went to the theater and watched THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. We got into the lobby and we were walkin' toward the theater. I just got off the phone, and I was handing Scott some change that he had let me borrow. I told him that he could buy some candy from the vending machines, and I went to look at it, and he walked into the theater. We walked up and sat in the middle. We watched some previews... then all of a sudden an American flag came onto the screen. I didn't think much of it... just another preview. Then it said DENZEL WASHINGTON... MERYL STREEP... and I said to myself, "The Manchurian Candidate" is already in theaters, that's odd that they're still showing previews for it." Then I said to Scott, "Wait, that theater are we in? We're in the fuckin' Manchurian Candidate theater!" so we got out and went to see BOURNE SUPREMACY and had to watch the same previews again. Damnit Scott... that's what I get for following a Brit. If people followed the British... they'd all be German. Yeah, I said it.