i see you crying and i want to kill your friends.

all the best groups are scottish.� i was just thinking of how the smiths used to be one my favorite bands when i was 16, but at some point the place in my heart that used to belong to them got taken over by aztec camera and prefab sprout (well, i guess they are kinda scottish-esque though they were actually from north england).� there are some very good reasons for why that happened, and most of it has to do with my opinion of morrissey changing for the worse.� but.� you know.� it's a long, boring "thing" i shouldn't go into too much detail about.� but now, why did i just spent $20 on the dvd collection of smiths music videos?� i don't even own a dvd player!!� i think morrissey is a laughably dramatic and monstrously unattractive guy (who simply has a nice haircut), and i went out and bought a disc containing an hour's worth of film footage of him and his ugly mug prancing around in unbuttoned puffy shirts.� w/t/f, please!� somebody, please explain my mental malfunction. if i'd been able to find an orange juice music video, i'd have gladly bought that instead. i mean, at least orange juice are scottish.

i received a copy of shenmue as a gift. i flipped through the manual a little, only to discover that the story is set in yokosuka! what a funny coincidence. because that's where i'm from. i wish i could go there again. i miss yokosuka, tokyo and yokohama. it's a suburban harbor town across the bay from tokyo with narrow streets that lead up into the hills and away from the waterfront. it's not what americans think japan is like. it's different. there are so many places i've never been, that i'd like to go to. and so many places i've already been, that i'd like to go to again. my friends have collectively been doing a lot of travelling, and i've been stuck in neutral for a couple years. one day i'll see europe. and the middle east. and down under. and asia again. you know what? i love california. life here is good. but i want to see the world, pronto. i guess i might just go to club lovely tonight, instead.

later - ok, so i skipped cub rubbly.� i only had $4 cash and didn't feel like dressing up anyway.� while i was napping, kate IM'd me and said "hullo?"... "poop"... and then left because i was asleep. i hope she's enjoying new zealand.

for once, it seems like everyone else is having more drama than me. maybe i'll celebrate this milestone achievement by calling up some of my friends in sacramento and asking them if they'd like to go play mini-golf with me, and perhaps a pizza or something.

birds in yokosuka