Going Away to College and Booze "Fun"

Dammit...JoMo and Nunes are gone...and now it's my turn...
Starting tomorrow my new home will be:

Brittany Residence Hall
55 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003-6173
Room BR-0705W

I hope my roommates are cool, they sounded nice when I talked to them on the phone and through e-mail...

I've spent the past week spending as much time with my friends and family as I possibly could...just having a good time...I love them all and I'm going to miss everyone...

Got a Pink Floyd bootleg from some guy in Britain..."Hangar Rehearsals"....it's not bad...listening to it now...

On Tuesday....JoMo, Dan, Nunes, and I went to Raxx (it's called Raxx for 2 reasons) in West Hempstead...
It was karaoke night....good atmosphere...

Thursday was Joe and Nunes' last day, so we tried to round up as many people as possible...
It worked to some degree...
Hung out with JoMo, Nunes, Dan, Nicole, Raul, Edwin, Joe Nesto...
Threw a stack of Dorney Water Park coupons out on Hempstead Turnpike...(that's not the craziest thing we did that night)

Went to Stop and Shop and stocked up on beverages...
These beverages contained a magical substance known as alcohol...
Fuck man, I'll cut to the chase....we all got smashed at Edwin's house (his parents were out)...
Everyone was out of it...and I learned that I have like...ZERO tolerance...
I had like 2 Smirnoffs and I was fuckin' gone...
That Asian thing where my face turns beet red...hands too...
Felt like throwing up, but kept it down...
Poker and SeeLow and Asshole...
Some puking...then while Dan and I were in the backyard for fresh air, two cops came out of the shadows...
I was fucking scared but too gone to realize what was happening...
"Is everything alright here?", one of the cops asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine..."
"Yeah..."
Dan and I just tried to play it as cool as we could...
"We'll take it back inside, don't worry, we're okay"
Shined their flashlights, then they were gone, just like that...thank god they didn't come inside, they would've seen the gambling and empty beer cans...
Then people went home...Joe and Nunes had school the next morning...
Nicole walked home, I kept her company on the phone till she got home safe....
No one was in any state to drive...walking home was my only option...
Stayed with Dan and Edwin until 5am....until they sobered up a little...
Dan and I walked to Newbridge, then we split...
Walking home like that was not cool...stopped at 7-11 for a liter of Poland Spring...
Then walked all the way down Falcon...scary...
The sound of sprinklers and the occasional noisy dog...
Got home at 5:30...went to sleep at 7...I'm thankful that my parents were at work...

Well....that was a crazy night...
A night that I won't forget for a while...
We just had to do it though...
I don't know if that particular night was the best night to do it though...
But, shit, I learned some things...
My limit is 1 drink...no more....
I'm going to try to stay away from that stuff when I'm at NYU...
It's just not worth it...
Drinking to get drunk is stupid...there....I fucking said it...it's dumb...I hate it...
If that's what college is like, I hate it already....
My parents put all this trust in me, and paid a shitload of money....
I can't blow it all away...
Got stay focused in college...
It's far too easy to fuck things up now...

Accordian Crimes Progress: 247 out of 431 pages
(got until September 1st to finish it)

"Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves"
~Pink Floyd, "Echoes" from the Hangar Rehearsals

Harmonicas, Chaos Theory, and Pornography

This is it...
The last week before going away...
*sigh* Makes me sad...

Haven't written in a while...
What's been happening?
Well, the day after the concert I had the "concert hangover"...you know, ringing ears, sore feet, the whole works...

I bought a harmonica harp from Sam Goody...an impluse purchase after seeing an Aerosmith CD that came with a free harmonica...
Yeah, it's one of those things that I've always wanted to learn, but never got around to doing...
A lot of the bands we saw at the concert incorporated harmonica solos into their songs...
I think that's what made me want to get one...that and I've been listening to a lot of Dylan lately....
Yeah, I can play the best damned version of "Oh Susannah" that you've ever heard....
Learning the 12 bar blues....
Bending on the harmonica is a bitch....

The harmonica came with a little instruction manual...
Someone tell me that these "tips" don't sound like something else...
Straight from the manual:

Tips for Successful Harp Playing
Good Habits To Perfect
1. Move the Harp, not your head
2. Make an airtight seal (between your lips and the harp)
3. Keep your mouth moist and relaxed...
4. Accent notes by tapping your tongue
5. Be patient with yourself
6. (My favorite).....use ALL of the hole....

Bad Habits To Avoid
1. Don't fill up with too much air; blow it out
2. Don't turn your lips under, keep puckered
3. Don't get discouraged

Google is pretty powerful...
You can type a couple of words like "rat", "bucket", and "blowtorch", and it'll come up with the movie with a scene in which those objects were used...

Yep, Mike's in Michigan right now...won't be back until after I leave... :(

The Butterfly Effect was better than I expected it to be...
It has like 5 different endings...one of them in particular was very predictable..."Do I know you from somewhere? Wanna get a cup of coffee?"
It deals with Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect that was in Jurassic Park...when a butterfly flaps its wings in China, it could cause a hurricane/earthquake on the other side of the world...
Someone actually worked out some crazy step-by-step way it could happen...here...it could also happen in reverse!
Crazy concept...chaos=orderly disorder...

Went to Yip's Birthday on Saturday...
For his present we decided to get him stuff you could buy only once you're 18...
A "survival pack", if you will, made up of the following: cigarettes, lottery scratchcards, a porno mag, and a roll of singles....

I felt awkward going in and asking for a pack of Marlboro Reds...lol
I realized it until now, but....holy shit, it's really hard to find porno magazines....
We went search all over...one shop closed right after we walked to the door...
Finally, at Waldens bookstore we found a Playboy and we made a big scene...
Yes! I got it guys! You pay for it! I'm not paying for it, you pay for it!
Then the cashier guy made it worse...
"Don't be embarassed of buying this...I have a subscription...this is not porn, if it was, we wouldn't carry it...it's a "gentlemen's magazine"....and I have to say the pictorial is done very tastefully..."
lol...wtf?

Ran outta there and drove to Yip's party...
Snacks, poker, brief breakdancing (Jin), and White Castle...
And it turned out that Yip already "read" that magazine....dammit....

Started packing for college...

Reading Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes for school...
I can't stay awake while reading it....it's THAT good.... :)
Must finish it before classes start...
I don't wanna get started off on the wrong foot...

Accordion Crimes Progress: page 65 out of 431 pages....

"I said 'I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed'
'I like Lou Reed' she said sticking her tongue in my ear..."
~the Pixies, "I've Been Tired"