"Where did I go wrong? I never needed this before...."

I'm in a better mood this time, even though it's raining. I'm listening to Live's "Secret Samadhi" right now. I haven't heard it in a long time and I'm remembering why I used to love it. Seriously, this disc didn't leave my boombox for months back when I was in junior high. It's odd to think that their album "Throwing Copper" (you know, the one with "Lightning Crashes") came out a decade ago. Nirvana's "Nevermind" came out in what, '91, and Kurt Cobain has been dead for 1-0. Holy crap, it's been over ten years since elementary school. Not that 'it feels like it was just yesterday' or any of that crap, but it definitely seems strange to me that it was so long ago. Weird. So weird. Man, now I feel old.

Anyhow, things are good. School continues to annoy me, mostly due to my complete lack of work ethic. I've gotta write a paper over Thanksgiving break, which is pretty crappy. HOWEVER, I'm way excited to head home for turkey day. It's going to be great to be back in the beautiful Yakima valley and to hang out with my hometown buddies and see my parents and my brother....yeah. I really can't wait. I'm going to be spending a day or two at the University of Puget Sound with Zacky first, which should be good. (All you NYU kids who don't know this guy, I feel sorry for you. Hell of a dude. You'll get to meet him Spring Break if you're in the city.) The only bad part about this trip home is that my parents sold my car. The Great White Hype: R.I.P. I'm gonna miss you buddy. (Is it odd that I considered my Jeep to be one of my friends? I honestly did. It was a good vehicle, and we went through a lot together.) But my mom got a new car, and one of the old ones had to go. I just wish it had been her crappy van instead of The Hype.

"Insomnia and the Hole in the Universe" just came on. This was my favorite song when I first got the album; now I think I like "Gas Hed Goes West" and "Turn My Head" more, but this is still a good track (despite the fact that the lyrics are nonsense). Ed Kowalczyk just has such a great voice...sorry, I'm rambling. This is why people shouldn't have blogs. Put them in front of a keyboard and they just start going on and on. I guess I'll do you a favor and cut myself off, even though it's already too late. Time to go either memorize lines or play guitar...although knowing myself, I'll probably take a nap instead. My bed is mighty comfy....

Alright, take care of yourself and have a wonderful day. *Big cheesey smile.*
OH! And HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

In the beginning....

...there was Byron.

So this is my blog, apparantly. I probably won't update this thing very often, because I've got better things to do with my time, just as you probably have better things to do than read it. But since I'm a procrasinator and I always look for any excuse to put off doing my schoolwork I might actually post somewhat regularly. Maybe that's your reason for reading this drivel too, in which case I'll do what I can to keep you mildly amused. I'll make this first posting long enough that it'll at least take you a bit to read it.

Things going on in my life: well, if you don't actually speak to me often enough to know at least some of what I'm doing, it's kind of creepy that you're bothering to read this. Honestly, stop it ya damn e-stalker. For those of you who know a little bit of what I'm doing but want to know more (and come on, who doesn't want to know more about me?), here's your quick update: Lately I've been spending a lot of time at rehearsals for the play I'm in. (Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare. I'm Don Pedro, and the show runs in early December.) I'm trying to practice my guitar as much as I can, but I usually get distracted by my roommates and end up playing Super Smash Brothers on GameCube instead (it's the most addictive video game I've played in a long time). I've been avoiding schoolwork since...well, freshman year, to be honest. Midterms sucked (although somehow I did okay on them). I have absolutely no desire to ever do schoolwork; however, nor do I have any desire to enter the 'real world' and get a job (that I will probably hate), especially since I have no idea what I'm going to do. *Sings* "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid...."

So that's enough whining for now...on that topic at least. In further whines, my female situation is fairly crappy, although that's nothing new. I'm frustrated by the lack of attractive single females here at NYU, and I'm further frustrated that every single promising situation I've found myself in recently has ended badly. And by 'recently' I mean 'in college'. And by 'in college' I mean 'refrigerator'.

OH, one other recent thing that completely sucked: George W. Bush was re-elected. I honestly don't understand how the American public could be so stupid. If you hold a different opinion and would like to hold a rational discussion about this, feel free to contact me. I'd love to debate with anybody who voted for this imbecile. (Paul, you are an exception. You and I have nothing further to debate....although I did say "rational discussion," so if you can try that then let's have at it.)

Next item: if you know me at all, you know that I'm a big fan of music, and a big fan to the extent that I communicate emotionally through music more than is probably healthy. With that in mind, here's my current playlist: Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil"; David Gray - "This Year's Love"; Coldplay - "The Scientist"; The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"; Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"; Stabbing Westward - "Waking Up Beside You"; Counting Crows - "Anna Begins"; Remy Zero - "Fair"; Frou Frou - "Let Go"; Counting Crows - "Goodnight Elisabeth"; Stabbing Westward - "What Do I Have to Do?" (For those of you who either don't know these tunes or are too thick to get emotional subtext, this list means that I'm bummed about my current female situation [or lack thereof]. What else is new?)

Sorry that this is starting to become such a downer. I'm not usually like this, as you hopefully know. The songs I'm playing/learning to play when I'm not practicing scales are somewhat cheerier: "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell (or C.C., whichever version you prefer); "Where the Streets Have no Name" - U2; "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits.

Alright, so I'm gonna wrap up this first one on a happy note. Yesterday I went to Coney Island with my buddy Mike to help him with his photography project and we got the privilege of witnessing one of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen. It was truly amazing.

There ya go. Peace.