Washing hands

So a while back, I saw a band loading into their van on the way to my grandma's house. Ever since then, I've really wanted to know which band that was. Today, I randomly stumbled upon a San Francisco band called The Stone Foxes. I looked through their pictures and there it was, that house on the corner of the street my grandma lives on! THEY WERE THE BAND THAT WAS LOADING IN THAT DAY!! AWESOME?!!! Their music's not bad either. It's pretty bluesy and all badass.

That house actually holds some significance in my life I guess. I used to spend all of my Summers in San Francisco with my grandma since my parents had to work and didn't wanna leave me home alone, so I saw that house a lot. It has this really odd dog house-like entrance on the side of it and I've always been intrigued by it. I don't know why. It's just really weird entrance.

Once again, I hate being wrapped up in things I don't wanna know. I think I mentioned this in an earlier post. My friend is dating this girl that my other friend likes. Used to like. I really don't wanna dig into that situation more than I already unwillingly have. All I know is the one that isn't dating her fucking hates the one that is dating her now. I should've used names. Fuck. T = one that is dating her. J = one that isn't dating her. You really don't give a shit about this but I'll go on. When I heard about it at first, it was kinda awkward. I didn't think a whole lot out of it because I didn't think J cared a whole lot anymore. Then he made some comments a few days ago about T and it all kinda came together. I haven't seen them talk to each in a while. J is always making rude comments about how the other two are always on each other. Okay, I really don't care now. Har har har.

I had one of those mornings today where I just did not/could not get up. Like I literally just couldn't open my eyes. It wasn't even because I was tired. I have to wake up and make waffles for my Neurobiology class tomorrow. Hooray.

-Allan

Grandpa sweater

The Rasputin Music in downtown SF has the coolest elevator ever. They actually hire a dude to stand in there so "the crackheads and stuff don't just come in and go crazy". Not that you really could. The fucking thing was like the size of a small shower stall. Awesome nonetheless.

Johnny Depp played such a minor and not super important role in Chocolat that I totally kinda regret watching it. It was an okay movie, but way too "we all lived happily after and AIDS never happened" for me. Maybe I'm wrong. Fight me over it.

I've had a rough day. I have no clue why, but I decided to spend the day shopping with my friends who were trying to take advantage of the whole Black Friday bullshit. Let me just say that people will spend enormous amounts of money on stupid shit if we make them believe that they really need it. Like really? $150 for a fucking plain hoodie with some stupid logo you can't even see because it's on the inside? You can get one for like $20 and you could never tell the difference. Like people actually stop you to check your clothing to make sure you're rolling in designer shit. And stop sewing hoods onto everything. If you're too much of a bitch to wear a hoodie under a leather jacket or some other sort of jacket, go die.

I mean, whatever, it's your money and you spend it however the fuck you want, but the fact that you don't even stop for a minute to be like "Eh...maybe I really don't need another $300 fork warmer" is kind of scary.

Yea, I really didn't have to go. I did get a copy of the Florence + the Machine album and Silent Hill 2 so I guess it was worth it. I do have to say the actual artwork on the Lungs CD is kind of disappointing. It's not cool. It looks super boot-leg. The rest of the packaging is all pretty and stuff. Why the hell did they go that route with the actual CD? That's my only complaint about that.

Can we also stop hiring people to shred on some stupid Disney Channel teen pop sensation's albums? Please? Like there was a point back in the day where shredding was just being abused and all that grunge stuff came along and like no one wanted to solo anymore. Now that playing a billion notes per second is cool again, everyone is fucking doing it and abusing the crap out of it. Fuck off Demi Lovato.

I'm all complaints today. And everyday. I blame the shopping.

-Allan

Turkey's are forever

Happy Thanksgiving! Unless you don't live in the States...or Canada. I guess. There's like a Canadian equivalent to Thanksgiving right? Is that suppose to be two words?

Dun duh dun duuuuunnnnn!!!

CLICHE POWER!!!!

Things I may or may not be thankful for:

-banana protectors
-Zooey Deschanel
-coffee
-this body
-you for taking the slightest interest in me
-me for taking the slightest interest in ________
-Mum
-Dad
-Steve?
-not Steve
-everything instant

...

That was fun.

The first thing I did this morning was write a poem in my head. I don't write poetry so I don't understand why I did that either. It's not good. It's about girls. Everything is about girls.

Apologizing to Lauren wouldn't make much sense

-Allan

First one, I love you so much more

Here's a video. I'm not actually gonna talk about anything. Why the hell am I posting then?

-Allan

Electric eel

watchlistentell

They're doing some pretty cool things over there. Makes me wanna move to the UK. I probably wouldn't fair very well in the UK.

I made this awesome paper banana in math today. Yep. I make my parents pay a ton of money so I can make "Thank You" cards in math. Well, we only spent like the last ten minutes of class doing it so I guess I shouldn't talk shit about it. My "card" was a banana. I didn't actually direct it to anyone specific (which we were all told to do) so I'll probably lose "This kid is taking my class seriously" points from my teacher. It'll hopefully just end up going to a fan of bananas (which is what I wrote).

I'm fiending for some Silent Hill. The next time I go to a video game store, I have to snag a copy of 2 and 4 so I'LL HAVE ALL OF THEM THAT DON'T SUCK!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! Apparently 5 sucks. 4 kinda sucks too, but Eileen Galvin is awesome.

Get me stuff by Bukowski for one of the many days in December where you have to buy me things to show me you care. :D

It's funny cause it wasn't a witty comment at all.

-Allan

No Postage Necessary

Love.

New layout? Sorta-ish. Halloween colors? No way?

I snagged the picture for the banner from something. I've already forgotten where it's from. If you feel the need to sue me for copyright infringement, tell me. We'll settle it like we did back in the day.

Russian Roulette.

-Allan

Pale Blue Eyes

Today's been a weird day. Weird is the wrong word. I could go watch a movie right now, but fuck it. I rather sit home and not be out wasting money.

High school cross country has officially ended for me today. Hooray?

It kinda sucks to think of a lot of things as my last whatevers in high school. It sucks even more that I really don't give a shit. Haha. I would like to leave here. Even if I end up crawling back here broke and a complete failure. I gotta at least make those bad decisions and blow my rent on cheap crack that I won't even do first.

December's coming fast. I have to realize what it is I want out of anything now. I can't keep up this whole sit around and pretend like I'm following along business much long. Hooray for growing up and having to worry about that kind of shit.

Please don't serve me a wet burrito without a fork. I paid like 8 bucks for it. C'mon.

-Allan

New Moon?

I guess I really do hate change. Sure, I can adapt, but fuck it man. They don't pay me enough to.

I'm so cool because I got rid of my facebook. I'm telling you this because you'll think I'm cool after reading it. Blahbedy blah. What sucks is that I apparently can just log in and all my stuff will still be there as if I never left. That's sneaky facebook. You clearly know that I can't resist you. It's like taking the alcohol away from the alcoholic and telling him he can have it back if he asked nicely.

Golden Silvers. Good band. I'm too lazy to go link them and stuff, but if you care you should go check them out.

I will see New Moon one way or the other. It just depends whether or not I want to offend everyone in the theater with me or wait until I can do it in the safety of my own home.

WOO!

-Allan

Pearl Yam

I believe it's a common consensus that the freshmen class this year are just a bunch of assholes. Even the smart, "dorky" ones. I really could care less how long it takes for your goddamn nuclear missile to strike Russia. You really do not need to walk down the hall screaming about it at the top of your lungs and disrupting a bunch of classes.

I've all of a sudden become very interested in the song "Baby, You Wouldn't Last A Minute On The Creek" by Chiodos. I wanna learn to play it instead of doing work. I find the intro to be uber hard and the rest of the song to be kind of a joke. Jason Hale will come beat me up now.

I think the more I joke about seeing New Moon at midnight, the more it will actually come true. I don't think I can contain myself in public if I have to sit through 2 and a half hours of that crap. I might just have to fight everyone in the theater with me.

Goodnight.

-Allan

Quiet sounds alarm

I had this weird dream last night that a rattlesnake bit me on my ankle and like everyone refused to take me to the hospital. I have no clue if this says anything about my future. Probably not. Probably.

FUN.



Don't you just love fun.?

I hate people who don't listen. The kind that don't even for a second take what you say into consideration. Mostly because they think they're better than you. The only way I can combat this is to ignore them. Being mean is just a waste of time and energy.

Today was one of those days when I just get super bummed out at how fast kids are growing up. By that I mean learning about all that naughty, naughty stuff 8 year olds used to giggle at. Those damn 8 year olds are probably shooting up crazy shit and doing crack now. It's 2009.

The above comment also just makes me feel freaking old. I'm 17, but I feel this enormous gap between me and like someone who is a year or 3 younger than me. I have a hard time picking up references to 80's stuff as it is and I take crap for that from friends and older people I know. Kids these days are just like "What?" to like anything remotely not in the 2000's. They don't get it. Let's hope we all die in 2012. Haha.

I meant that in the best way possible. I'm generalizing, but give it a few years and no one under the age of 20 will remember anything pre-twitter.

Sigh McSigh Sigh.

I'm totally about to see New Moon at midnight. WOOO!!!

-Allan

Sweet talk

Dear and the Headlights was amazing! I bought a hoody (because I desperately need a hoody) and it's amazing!!! THEY DIDN'T FUCKING PLAY "WILLETTA" THOUGH!! WHAT THE HELL MAN!? Or an encore. They were running kinda late so I guess they couldn't fit one in. The crazy Asian dude who was just feeling the shit out of the music was hilarious. He was standing like right in front of the stage grinding up against his girlfriend the entire time and just yelling a ton of shit out and just moving around non stop. It's one thing hearing their songs on CD, but seeing it live and the whole band just going off makes it so much better. The only issue I had was that they weren't very entertaining in between songs. Jarrod Gorbel of THT is fucking hilarious and most other bands I've seen tend to slip a joke in here and there, but they were just like "We love being in San Francisco..." or "Were going to play a song called..." PLAY "WILLETTA" NEXT TIME!!!!

I'm sorry if that paragraph is hard to read.

Ghetto ice cream truck outside! GHETTO ICE CREAM TRUCK!!!

-Allan

Old Man Chicago

If you're not honest about your desires, you're probably not gonna get what you want. Or your ride will start driving off while you're waiting in line to buy what you want and you end up not getting it.

Of course, I'm talking about a mail-order bride. I was at the mail-order bride store.

My friends are planning a trip to Europe. I refuse to go because of two reasons. There is no way in hell I'll come up with about $3.5k. Even if I graduate and my parents somehow fork up that much money to just hand over to me carelessly as a graduation present, reason two will just not allow me to go. There are enough people going that I really dislike that it would be a waste of all that money to tag along. I'm the type of person who will just be bummed the whole time knowing they're around. Yes, I do not really have to talk to them nor do they really have reason to talk me the whole time, but their being there will just bug the hell out of me. Plus, these people are there to just fuck whatever they can and get drunk. That would leave me to be the voice of reason for everyone. Not a good idea.

No, I have nothing against drinking and fucking random people. I just hate stupid little boys who use it to look cool.

Done cakes.

-Allan

Time To Pretend

"Creep" by Radiohead and "She Doesn't Get It" by the Format basically sum up how my life feels right now. Yes. You do the math and get back to me so I understand what I'm talking about.

I went to a Best Buy yesterday. I tried to find the Florence + the Machine album. They did not have it. I looked for any Circa Survive album. They didn't have those anymore. I looked for the Good Old War album. No. Anthony Green? Fuck no. Thank you stupid people who don't like to buy CD's for running record stores out of business. I don't care how much easier it is to click a goddamn button and download all your songs from some website. It is not the same. You get nothing tangible out of it. There's nothing to hold or look at. Some of those CD sleeves are fucking brilliant and totally . All you get from iTunes is a few files and maybe some pdf with the CD sleeve scanned in. Screw that.

MGMT is great. Guess I'm a little late on that one huh? I bet you they're gonna break up now and I'll never get to see them live.

-Allan

How the vampire got AIDS

They have Domo-kun stuff at 7-Eleven. Now Larry with the sports.

I stumbled upon a band today while looking up lyrics for something. They're called Alberta Cross. They're rad. They play kinda blues-y rock and roll. Sound vaguely like the Raconteurs. I love random advertisements telling me to do things.

The field trip today was horrible. It was kinda fun when we were at the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, but it went downhill as soon as we got to the other place. I'm officially done with field trips.

I would really like a giant hollow-body guitar. Something like a Gibson ES-135 or ES-350. Except those are really expensive now because they don't really make those anymore.

I just wanna be Jarrod Gorbel.

Psh.

-Allan

PS. I raped and pillaged this from someone who's name I will only mention if she pays me enough!


A - Age: 17
B - Bed size: holyfuck
C - Chore you hate: taking out the dead hookers before Friday morning
D - Don’t eat: Plastic
E - Essential start your day item: Eating tooth paste
F - Favourite board game: Trouble
G - Gold or Silver: Gold cause it makes me feel richer
H - Height: 5'8" ish. Maybe 8'6" Who knows?
I - Instruments you play(ed): Guitar, box cutter, trash can, cow bell, salt shaker, pepper shaker (?), flute, piano, tissue, and cantaloupe.
J - Job title: Assistant to the Regional Manager
K - Kid(s): Hella
L - Living arrangements: Wherever the cops don't tell me to not pee on.
M - Mom’s name: Sonia
N - Nicknames: Anal Girl
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: That one time I was pregnant
P - Pet Peeve: When I open my mouth to speak
Q - Famous Movie Quote: "Go into your cave and find your power animal"
R - Right or left handed: Righty loosey
S - Sibling(s): Bob Dylan, Gwenyth Paltrow, All of the Polyphonic Spree and Broken Social Scene
T - Time you wake up: 6:30ish... 7 if I'm feeling lazy. 2ish if there gots to be somewhere to be
U - Underwear: Skin
V - Vegetable favorite: I don't know what my vegetable likes. I'm sorry
W - Ways you run late: I forget how to stand up
X - X-rays you’ve had: X-rats YOU'VE had?! >=O
Y - Yummy food you make: Box-shaped mushy meat crap
Z - Zoo favorite: FAT PEOPLE! o,o

Because I don't want to learn about turkey vultures...

I've been really tempted to take up smoking. Not like crack or anything crazy. Just cigarettes. That would technically not make me straight-edge anymore, but I still wouldn't drink or do drugs.

Maybe it's just because tobacco doesn't make you trip balls or impair your decision making. Haha. Maybe it's just because my dad smokes so fucking much and it's just rubbing off on me. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE SMOKING IS RAD!!! >=O

I'm prone to making bad decisions. Yes.

Guess what? I called it. Turkey vultures don't really make a sound. Babies make this horrible hissing noise and adults occasionally will make it too, but they play it cool by keeping quiet. BOO YA! No dumb bird calling for me tomorrow!

Ten months later...I'm an alcoholic crackhead.

-Allan

The Fuck Whisperer

I GET TO GO ON A FRENCH FIELD TRIP TOMORROW!!!! French III, IV, and AP are going into the city to watch some movie. What movie? I don't know. Madame wouldn't tell us. I don't care. I GET TO GO ON A FIELD TRIP!!!

Then there's a field trip on Wednesday too. That one's less exciting since I miss an entire day of school and more Neurobiology to go observe raptors (eagles and shit).

BUT WAIT!

There's more?

I get to take a field trip to Wal-Mart! Except I don't think we can get a hold of anyone important to arrange a tour of the facility with us so were just gonna go in and wander. It ties into what my History (Asia Rising) class is going over now, but I don't care to explain.

There's a glassjaw/Rx Bandits show next Friday. Then there's a Dear and the Headlights show on that following Saturday. I think I'll go to the latter since I like them more, but fucking glassjaw and RxB on the same stage is gonna be hella sick.

I probably won't get to go anyways. The first quarter of my school year is over and that means interims! Those are never happy pieces of paper.

-Allan

Ancora

This is Craig Owens. You probably know who Craig Owens is if you've been reading this thing for a while.

I didn't do anything for Halloween. Nothing really happened for Halloween. I didn't really see anyone trick or treating. Is that not hip anymore? Overall, it doesn't seem like people try all that hard for Halloween anymore. I remember when like every house in this neighborhood was all decked out in Halloween decorations. Now it's just 2-3 neighbors who barely even bothered to carve their pumpkins.

All my friends are out getting drunk and shit. Haha.

I don't mean that.

I don't tend to stay up late anymore. It's overrated and I like my sleep. That's just my excuse because I just don't have it in me to stay up past like 11 pm. Thanks coffee. I have no clue why I'm telling you this other than the fact it's almost 2 am.

Flop flop flop.

-Allan