The Agrinautica

   Right now I'm in the computer lab on campus. The one in the basement of Oslon, because the other one has like.. windows and things like that that are bleh-hurg. This one is nearly silent except for the steady sound of airconditioners.. it actually sounds a bit like a really muffled waterfall. And in general it has this aura of like.. being in the basement. Good times.


   Last night I was at the A Fire Inside (AFI) show until until 2:30. Blah. But I got paid $40 for it. For the last two hours or so of being there two other entertainment council guys and I were helping load-out the equipment. So $40 for two hours, $20 an hour.. sounds good to me. One of our guys was this guy I've never seen before who's only reason for being there was to see the band. I found that kinda lame.. he disappeared at one point to get his picture with them, and absconded with set lists like a kleptomaniac. What a man-groupie.
   And speaking of which, I have NEVER seen so many people wearing a bands shirt to their show. I mean.. I hate to be all like a scene snob and all but.. no, you just don't do that. Your there, we know your a fan, especially if you dress like.. every freakin other one of the fans.. you want to seem like you're in the know, wear a shirt of a band closely connected to the band thats playing, like a Tiger Army shirt to the AFI show or something. Apparently Vanessa and Sachi and whomever filmed a thing called "Poser Disposer" outside, where they interviewed all the poser-punks they could find. I can't wait to see that. And man.. I have never seen so many fights break out at a show either. These AFI kids have a fairly violent way of moshing right? And then there were these bros there that as usual didn't really understand the point behind the moshing, and then they'd feel like some AFI kid moshing next to them was attacking them and start attacking back and yea. It happened a bunch.
   We TOTALLY didn't get backstage passes, us Entertainment Council people, as we usually do. It sucked they treated us like ::gasp:: everyone else. Except we all got into the show for free. Still though.. like the three of us that were helping pack away the equipment weren't even allowed back until the show was over. I think that was a bit overly fascist.


   Tuesday morning there was a major fake ID bust in the dorms. According to the aggie: "Authorities entered residence halls in groups of about 10 officers who had their weapons drawn, residents said." notice not only was it ten officers, which would have been overkill to begin with, but "GROUPS of ten officers." Did they suspect this kid was peddling military grade weaponry as well??
   Word on the street is that they found 500 fake IDs in there, and various drugs possibly including crack. General suspicion is that when the janitors in the res halls entered the dorms to "search for mold" during break they became aware of the criminal empire this freshman was trying to create.


   Lessee.. I've dropped the history class.. I'm going thirteenxunitxcore.
   Our first short story for the English class is due next wednesday. I want to write something that directly focuses on the issues I've identified in the teacher: of someone defining their existence by making sure everyone thinks of them as the epitome of a particular genre of person (in her case, "artist"). It would be easiest I think for me to make it about a hippie, because more than any other type of person, being a hippie is exactly that: its about being a hippie. But thats too similar to what she is I think. So I'm thinking right now maybe I'll write about a punk.. I've heard plenty of stories about people who introduce themselves as "I'm a punk" or "I am hardcore" and god knows there's a lot of posers out there. I should watch SLC Punk to prepare myself hehe.. for the umm 511th time. But yea.. and its something I know enough about to make it work.. hell maybe I'll even make him work at IHOP.
   The goal is to ideally directly make the teacher question her own behavior, but its very important that she have no idea I am writing it specifically about her.. if this works out it would be wonderful... first assignment, emotionally destroy the teacher.. yea thats about on par with my usual behavior.
   I'm thinking it'll proceed something like a greek tragedy.. in the begining life will be going very well for our protagonist.. and then something will come up that'll make him feel like he's not very punk and cause him serious issues... maybe the entrance into the story of someone who's like.. twice as punk as he... I dunno I really gotta work on these details but.. yea. It'll be very subtle of course.. this deconstruction. If anyone has any thoughts or advise I'd love to hear them.


   In other news the Dominion of Blehtahepdakorum is once again classified as "Iron Fist Consumerist as opposed to "Corporate Police State." We are in the 70th percentile of fastest growing economy (ranked 29,932 out of the 105,086 nations in the world), and leading our region of Aardvarkia in economic growth. In addition to the Grand Duchy of Mumsimalia, an "inoffensive centrist democracy," the "democratic socialist" Republic of Sfergedburg has recently become affiliated with our region.


current mood: everything will be okay.

current music: None, I'm in the computer lab; but there's a vague emo song in my head.. no idea which.. I think it might be a weird mixture of several. weird.