"All my dreams are just islands in the sky..."
I think I've got it all figured out now.
People just don't like me. Thats what my problem has been. Those that do like me just don't know me well enough. duh. why didn't I see this before? I feel stupid for not realizing it

I'm lonely. Very lonely.

But besides that...
School is treating me well. Somehow I have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods of band, so each morning I start off with three hours of playing time. That can be a good thing, but for the most part it's going to suck. Oh well. After band, I have my hard day, which consists of AP English Lit and AP Statistics, and then my easy day which consists of Health and AP Art History. I'm content with my schedule, although all my real classes are in the afternoon when I'm the most tired.

I also figured out that I'm working 21 hours at work next week. With seven hours of school each day, 5 hours of band camp each week, and atleast 6 more hours of getting to and from school I can forsee some sort of overtiredness and me going out of my fucking mind. I hope all turns out well.

I'm all hugged out. Too many hugs today

I'm done
-A.J.

I just realized that I haven't been listening to enough jazz lately.... much less playing enough jazz on my sax. Sad.

I also just realized that this is going to be my last Adult Swim of the summer. This will be my last ATHF of the summer. It seems like just yesterday, or rather the summer after sophmore year, flipping through the channels, seeing a talking box of fries and watching with interest. Sigh.
So sad...


One more thing:
I don't smoke. Fuck you Dom! Fuckin stoner

I am officially registered, and am now a senior at Atlantic. Fuck yea! I also "moved" to Delray, but thats not important.

Mrs Fontaine helped me set up my classes. She rox. Hopefully it will all go through. Heres the classes I picked:

Band 4 Hon
Jazz 3 Hon
Jazz 4 Hon
Health
AP English Lit
AP Stats.
AP Art History

Hopefully somehow they'll get the jazz things right and give me two band classes and a jazz class but call one of the band classes jazz. Who knows? I was supposed to take a no class, but since I dont drive and no one that lives near me has a no class, I decided to take art history. I hope it won't be too bad. I've heard some interesting things about Mrs. Stenner.

That is all
-A.J.

Like OMG. Im going back to Atlantic.
yea, for real. I am.

in other news:

name: A.J., Arthur
age: 17
reason for woohu username: Its the same as my screenname. I'm not very creative
aim sn: or fwa shere
reason for aim sn: got it from my nickname, Orf, which I got in Hawaii at the Polynesian Cultural Center during dinner. You, your brother, Devin Ganesh, David Warren, me, and a few other people were talking about how to screw up a child, mostly by the crazy names ya could give it. I mentioned the name "Orf" and it became my nickname for the rest of the trip, and seemingly the rest of high school.
do you enjoy reading my woohu: yea.
why: I have no life, so I live vicariously through other people, and reading about them in their journals. Plus you write some good stuff.
intresting fact about you: I'm not very interesting, but my bedroom is cooler than any other bedroom I've ever seen, so by all means: my room > everybody else's room, and therefore my room > your room.
weird fact about u: I don't actually hang up my clothes, I just kinda leave them in a big pile on my desk and throw them in the dryer before I wear them.
quote: "The best quotes happen randomly, and don't follow the word quote."
will you post this in ur woohu: it looks like it
if you see me out in the streets would you say hi: yea. I'd buy you a Boston Kreme Donut.

-A.J.

I just realized that its 12:00 and I just missed Family Guy. damnit

Some girl that was crowd-surfing landed on my neck on Saturday. It hurt for a few minutes, but it felt allright afterwards. I woke up this morning, and holy fuck it hurts like hell. Also, I was getting in the shower this morning, and I got hurt again. Ya know how theres the caps to shampoo, where if ya press down on one side, the pther side pops up, and the shampoo comes out of the side that popped up. Well this morning, as I was in the shower, I went to wash my hair, and as I pressed the top on the shampoo, from the other side a gob of shampoo with god-like accuracy hit me directly in the right eye. Holy Fuckin Shit that burned. My eye was tearing, burning, and I was freaking out all at the same time. After rinsing it out quite a few times and adding eye drops I was all better, but it is still all red.

My neck still hurts, but I guess I'm just lucky that my mom works for a Chiropractor, which allows me to go for free. Speaking of my mother....        she was in my dad's work truck the other day. She decided to go with him on a job, because she had never been. That was all fine and dandy, but like all International 4700 trucks, the cab sits over 4 feet in the air. Theres a set of stairs to be used to get in and out, as well an attached bar to grab. Its not that hard. But my mom, clueless as she is, didn't realize the truck sits 4 feet in the air, and as she was getting out, she just stepped out blindly and landed on the steel steps which are attached to the gas tank. Apparently this knocked the wind out of her and had her on the ground in pain for a few minutes. She fractured her rib cage.

Come on now, how can ya not realize that you'r getting out of a truck that is 4 feet in the air? My mom is just dumb. Period.



Im tired.
<3 A.J.

I think that is the greatest name out of all the albums I have in my collection.

So friday afternoon, I was in the gym, nearing the 45 minute mark while on the stationary bike. My mind started to wander as the CD I was listening to came to an end, so I decided to check out mlb.com on the internet screen to see what was up. Turned out there was a Marlins game that night, and rookie all-star pitcher Dontrelle Willis was pitching. I hopped on to nextel.com and text messaged my dad to see if he wanted to go to the game. Oh the technology! We went later and got the Publix special, two seats in the left field Club section for $18. Super.

The Marlins had an incredible comeback from being down 6-3 to the Phillies in the seventh to an 8 run eigth inning. I saw Mark Richman, or Richmond, or whatever sitting in my section. I really hate that kid. Okay, maybe not hate, but I really dislike him. I didn't get to sleep until 6:30 the next morning, and I had to be up around 9 the next morning.

Warped tour was decent, but not great. Not as fun as last year; though it was nice to walk around by myself and see the bands I wanted to see this time. Suki and I were two out of the twenty lucky people who saw The Know How's three song set in the tent stage. They are definately an underappreciated band, with a strong horn section. Big D and the Kids Table also played a great set in the tent, which was much more than I expected. They're a little too hardcore for my tastes, but still good. The Mad Caddies aren't a very good band, but they did play a great set. I was entertaned, but not impressed. Polka is only cool once.

The Suicide Machines - I've been a huge fan of theirs for well over a year now, ever since I picked up their used album for $8 at CD connection. I've yet to hear a bad song other than New Girl, which isn't a bad song, but just too pop-ish. I wasn't interested in seeing the Dropkick Murphy's play, so I went to the adjacent stage and got myself a spot against the front wall to see the Suicide Machines, who were going on next. I was front row center, and really fucking excited. I started to get sick halfway through Dropkick Murphy's set, and had to sit down on the floor and catch my breath and try not to throw up. I made it through just fine, and as the Suicide Machines went on, me and everyone around just went fucking nuts. It was packed as hell up front, but well worth it. They played a lot of their older songs, which was just fucking awesome. He really knows how to work the crowd. Twice he came and stood on the wall right infront of me, and let us sing. It was soo great, I wanted to go mosh and skank, but to get into a pit I would have to give up my spot up front, so I gave up on that idea. For the last song, he let the crowd choose, so he looked right at the kid next to me, and the whole group of us just screamed out for S.O.S. Oh man that was great. I have to say that was one of the best rock sets I've seen since Green Day, although during Green Day I was out in the grass at Coral Sky, which is nothing compared to being in the front row. I met the band at their tent later. They are real nice guys.

After that there wasn't much more I wanted to see besides Jess Than Jake. They were very dissappointing. I'm not really down with their new album, and they were one of the more popular bands so it was packed like fucking sardines. I wasn't impressed with them, and then some girl who was crowd surfing landed on my neck. it hurt, BAD. I left after that happened, and they were the last band I saw.

this year was nice and plesant. I only saw the bands I wanted to see, and didn't have to suffer through crappy bands or bands I didn't like (NOFX last year). Someone said that Pepper is a really good rock/reggae band, so I'm a little upset that I didn't get to see them, as well as Thrice. I'm not really Thrice a fan, but I did want to see them. Oh well. It was nice to not have to tag along with a stoner that has bad taste in music. Fun times.

Woke up, worked 8 and a half hours today. Came home. Wrote this Journal entry. Wrote this sentence. Then this one. And this one too.

Then clicked update and left.

Oh man.
First off, I have to say that anonymous comments are rad as hell.... even better when none of them make any sense.

Secondly, I've been pushing my parents to get me the tenor sax I want. Since Mars is gone, I haven't found any music stores that sell the brand I want. Damn you Sam Ash and Guitar Center. But I did find a bunch of retailers online that do; ones that also give credit so I can make payments that I can afford. The MSRP on the one I want is around $2500, but since the sax I want is still new on the market, it's priced much lower to push sales... around $1000 less or so. So this one site I kind of trust, musiciansfriend.com, had it listed for $1219, which is a fair price. But while searching to find a better price I stumbled across music123.com. This site is a lot nicer and easier to trust, and they had it listed for $1299, although that said that they beat all competitors’ prices. Even better, I found the website from some fucking ghetto music shop in CT which had it listed for $1189. That is a great price, but I would never want to order from them. So I sent that back to music123.com, and they beat that price by $20, which is $130 less than their original price. Score. I'd soo order it from them, but I just hafta be nice to my parents to get them to help me get credit.


Wow, that was a pointless entry.
-A.J.

*update*
The name of my game is scamming.
I just sent the price that music123.com beat to musiciansfriend.com to see if they would beat that price. This seems like a nice back and forth cycle I can work. sweet

Oh man. I've been listening to a lot of Surf Rock lately. Its dandy.
I just said dandy. Jeez that’s scary.

Well this morning I was having the strangest dream. There was this quiet country house that had a nice wrap around porch, and a Court TV camera crew with a group of reporters busily running around trying to get a glimpse inside. Some coked up woman inside was trying to commit suicide, and her husband was running home as he had just heard that something serious was going on. As he approached the house, a Court TV news reporter ran up to him and blocked his entrance to the porch. The reporter was forcing a document in his face, as the man furiously asked where his wife was. The reporter asked the man to sign the document and afterwards he could see his wife. The already infuriated man signed the document without looking at it and ran toward the door of the house to find his wife. Unmentioned to him, the document gave Court TV permission to broadcast his wife's suicide on television, which was already in progress. The reporter had a sly smirk on his face as the man ran to the door. He thought nothing of it.

So then I arose from my slumber to see Suki standing on the side of my bed trying to wake me up. Somehow she broke into my house to get me up to go to lunch... well breakfast for me, but it was 12:30 in the afternoon. Crazyness. Dreams are fun.

I'm out
A.J.

I woke up this morning and had a strange desire to play this album. Every time I put it on, it reminds me of how great life was last summer when I bought it. I sure miss those days, and the amazing feeling I'd get that comes from being on top of the world. I miss that more than I can believe, because this summer has no feeling. It's just worthless. It consists of sitting here wasting my time, going to the gym wasting my time, and going to work wasting my time. I don't have anyone to talk to anymore. I can't even say I have any friends. Theres always people that will talk to me every once in a while, but theres nothing else. Jeez, I hate this summer. I'm starting to hate my life. Pretty soom I'm just gonna hate me. I wish I wasn' there. I need to get away

I was just watching NYPD blue on court tv, which is my new addiction. I love this fucking channel. Well on this episode, the man Steve Egan admitted to murdering his son Brian. Interestingly enough, Brian Egan gave me a nod hello today, and also asked if we could have sex. I guess that means he’s over the whole "his girlfriend of over a year broke up with him to go out with me" thing, which is good. It wasn't exactly my fault. He seems like a cool kid.

Hmm, that was a change of pace for my journal. I just found that kinda interesting; but it's not like I have anything better to write here. Same old boring life. I'm going to Bush Gardens this weekend with the fam. I can't wait (sarcastically).
Well, I'm out. Hope everyone has a cool fourth.
-A.J.

Maybe a change is comming...
Hmm, where to start.... It’s been a while since I've written anything worth reading. I'll give it a shot this time though.

I think I am finally starting to turn my life around. I swear, since November, my life has gone straight downhill until it just couldn’t go any further. It was just a series of devastating events and depressing moments, but now close to every aspect of life has changed since school got out. I've gone from pissed off and depressed to ultimately peaceful. It’s so strange, but hopefully a change in me will create a change in the events surrounding my life. When you're on the bottom, there's nowhere to go but up, and I think I'm already starting to move. I just hate how I've been neglecting my sax lately. The guitar has been getting all my musical attention, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I do a good deal of playing and I study out of my theory books at least once a day, so I'm still improving in musicianship, but my saxophone skills are going to the shits.

Also now I’m really starting to dig this band Authority Zero. I've heard of them before, but never gave their album a good listen. Thank you CD Connection. I looked on their website and it said that they are playing at the waterpark in my home town of Keansburg N.J. tonight. Good stuff. They kinda remind me of Lucky Boys Confusion, which is a decent band as well.
So thats about it

Much Love,
A.J.

So its the middle of the night writing in my journal and I'm depressed. How cliched . Been this way for a long time now. Not tooo much of a big deal though. What teenager isn't depressed?

Onto brighter news....
I have three years of tax returns that I never filed, totaling almost $400. I wasn't really sure what to do with my money. I was stuck between buying a decent drum set (which would be cool as hell to have) or saving up for a new tenor sax (which is actually something I kinda need). But while surfing the internet this week, I found something new and appealing to me. My mind is now made.

Yamaha WX5 Wind MIDI Controller

Holy fucking shit. An electronic sax.... looks like a clarinet
A good one too. Midi, wind systhesis, reed control. This fucking thing's got the whole deal. Oh man. Apparently it senses how the reed is played, and the air, and.... man, this is just friggen cool. It has all positive reviews from users. And its only $600. Only half the price of a lower end tenor sax. Oh snap I am soo getting this.

mmm.... getting a good dose of classic rock
I need someone's help.

It was time to change the strings on my electric. I noticed that the part behind the bridge that the strings go through (for lack of a better name) was lose, and rattled while I played. To remedy that, I had to take off the bridge and tighten the screws with a philips. It was all fine and dandy until I had to put the bridge back in place. I did it wrong, and now I can't restring the guitar until I get it back in right. I understand how it goes in, but I just can't do it with my lack of experience fixing guitars.

So if anybody out there knows how to put a bridge back in, the right way with the hex screws and those fucking springs on a strat... actually a fake strat, but a stratocaster based guitar nonetheless, I would really appreciate the help and owe a serious debt to that person. If you can help me I will love you forever.
Luckily I can still play my acoustic, but I would like to have my electric in working condition

Much Love,
-A.J.

Good times, good times. Wow, seeing soo many people I haven't seen since December. That was great. God, I love you ATL kids.

Line of the night:
"A.J., you look like you're on heroin.... good stuff" -Drew

mmm. 60's music

night,
-A.J.

"Is it because, we got the 89 vision?...."

I'm gonna steal a line from Dave.
Spanish River Band concert = teh sux0r
yea... we didn't do so hot, but a buncha people were telling me that my solo was awesome, but in all truth, I thought it sucked. It may have been good, but it wasn't like "wow, A.J.'s rockin out" good. nothing compared to sellout. I think people were just happy that it wasn't Lauren Robbins playing a long booring solo again. heh

So I was invited to go chill with the seniors afterwards, which was weird, because I barely know any of them. Wish I could have. oh well. Actually, wait. I wish I coulda went to the ATL band concert. That would have been more fun. I miss my jazz band. ::sniff::

Theres a brand new Forest Green 2003 BMW M3 sitting in my driveway. ::creams pants::  Too bad its not ours. Grrr. Omg that car is sooo fucking sweet. Like whoa. Its going up to CT tomorrow afternoon. Damn, I soo wanna go take a ride in it. Oh well, Maybe in another life.

Can't hardly wait for tomorrow night.
-A.J.

I don't have much to say.
I don't know what to say.

Hopefully seeing everybody at banquet on friday will make me feel better.
Trying to get out of my rut

Control mechanisms from essay #2 can blow me
So yea, ap bio wasn't that bad. not that bad at all. Sucha surprise.
And I didn't study at all!
I think I only answered about 85 questions, which isn't bad because those were questions I knew were right. The essays were pretty easy, except for #2. That question can fucking blow me... and also the chi-square one. I haven't done chi-square in two years, so I likely did the math wrong, but oh well. I answered the question right. I'm pretty sure I passed.


We finished about 20 mins before school got out, so i went over to subway and got a madd good sub. I was soo hungry. I went to cd connection after I got off the bus, and totally scored two used 311 cds. Thats pretty rare, Transistor and From Chaos, used. Good score. Listening to them put me in a good mood.

So friday and saturday were great. thanks Dave, Steph, and Sara. you all are awesome to the extreme.



"Stabilizing the world's entropy by never doing anything,"
-A.J.

Cram it up your ass

gah. air conditioner = broken ):
it wasn't so bad last night, because I have the only room in the house with a ceiling fan, score, but now in this late afternoon-midevening time of the day it really sucks. Luckily one of my dads clients runs a commertial refrigeration company, and is gonna hook us up. It's too fucking hot in here damnit!
sorry

So today was interesting. most of my classes were empty due to the large amount of juniors taking the english exam. lucky me. I did nothing almost all day. History was the greatest tho. The three of us that were in class today got to watch Family Guy and listen to crappy 80's rock. Its soo great to have teachers that are only about 10 years older than you.

I also found out that that Caroline girl in my jazz band class is Robert Szabo's sister (Abe, from the bus). She got all crepped out when I told her more than she ever wanted to know about her brother. hehe.    Yes, so that was my very uneventful day. The Simpsons are on

-A.J.

"Every day I wake up, just a little bit more feelin' like a dog in the yard because it's just how we are. And every day I wonder if it's over when I wake up I realize no it isn't, and break down the w
Today is my "ap" day. I took the day off to study up for bio, so I don't end up with a 1. I really don't know any of it, but history..... I'm pretty sure I'll pass. Im not worried.

This is soo gay though. I skipped school to study for bio. This is as dorky as the time I skipped Hall's class to study for bio. Its funny how I never learned anything in that class.... I've had two bio teachers this year, and neither of them has taught me anything.
Fuck Bio.

So today I hope to read both my bio review books, hope to go to the gym, hope to be able to actually workout without any pain, regardless of my really bad sun burn, hope that Vivi and Jess get their votes for their offices, and hope that Sara b has a cool birthday.

that is all
<3 A.J.