Tuesday, August 27, 2002 :::

Top Five Albums of the Year
Finch: What it is to Burn
The Used
Blindside: Silence
Mad at Gravity: Resonance
Thirty Seconds to Mars: Welcome to the Universe

Life is superb. SUperb! attitude truly is everything.

Sometimes, good fortune is sprung from misfortune. Picked up a new JVC stereo with my $100 best buy gift certificate last friday (courtesy of the wonderful staff at Gainesville Place), and the sound quality in my car is 10 times better than it ever was with my old AIWA. I'm extremely psyched about that... - and to add to it all, Drew bought the same stereo for his car. Great roomies think alike...

Dad and I saw Dream Theater, King's X and Joe Satriani at the House of Blues friday night - utterly amazing show. Dream Theater is absolutely incredible...possibly THE tightest, most talented band out right now. PERFECT live. For me, the best part of it all was just watching my dad's reactions during the show... - the jaw-dropping...the smiling...the shaking of his head out of utter disbelief... - it's really cool to finally be able to share a band or two with my dad. Before the show, I was lucky enough to meet the opening band, King's X, who i've been listening to for years. I was just hanging out by their bus, and Doug, the lead singer, came over to me to see what was up. He handed me some plastic cups, told me I was helping him, and brought me on the bus, so that was supremely kick-ass. Casual convo with the band while Doug prepared some pre-show vodka. rockstars, man...rockstars. awesome guys, though...nice enough to search their bus for a sharpee, since all i had was a pen. i just wish i hadn't had to flip through my cd booklet to remember the drummer's name before asking him for his autograph. dumbsmack...

Gainesville is really starting to feel like an official "home away from home, " and that makes everything so much more comfortable and relaxed. Classes seem pretty rad so far, especially psychology. It was nice to see that Rebecca, an old friend from Astronomy, was still alive, since Drew and I hadn't seen her online all summer and were almost convinced that she had died. Before psychology started yesterday, the professor put on "Human Beings" by Bjork, so instantly, I had a good feeling about the class. I'm confident that it will carry throughout the rest of the semester.

While on campus today, there was a Rock 104 booth with several people gathered around it, so i stopped by and picked up some free stuff. They were saying that cds would be given out to anyone who would do something crazy, so i asked "how crazy?" and they told me...so i accepted the mission, and when the first car stopped at the nearest crosswalk, i walked over to it and motioned for the driver to roll down the window. lucky (or unlucky) for me, she was pretty cute. after the window's decent, i asked, with an accent that surprised myself, "Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?" She smiled, and said no...and i returned to the Rock 104 booth, welcomed by cheers and applause...so that was pretty rad. picked up a cd, which i have yet to listen to... - a band called "Breaking Point." it was either that, or Offspring, other crap/stuff i had, or a shirt. the experience was enough for me, though... - i never do stuff like that. i'm so high on life lately, it's nuts...

oh, made a new friend today - her name's Nicole, and she's in my Italian class, so i'm sure that this will prove useful during the semester. she seems nice... - first year at UF.

Roberson has an AWESOME girlfriend! she's real cute, smart, and has a truly amazing voice. better than most female vocalists on the radio, and probably the best singer i've ever met. can we say "duet?" rock on, Ashley...

Drew's gettin' over a little heartbreak, but i'm confident that he'll be fine by the end of the week. For those out of the loop, he met a girl over the summer, named Lauren...and she's pretty awesome, but she doesn't want drew right now...and he definitely wants her. She sees him as someone she could marry in like, 8 years...but she wants to meet other guys right now... - not ready for anything serious, which is totally understandable, but shitty for drew. that kid NEEDS a helping hand, if you know what i mean, and i'm sure you do...but in all seriousness, he's definitely ready for and deserving of a girl...as long as she's worthy of my approval.

should be able to post something about that all-important decision that i mentioned in my last post by this weekend...

ciao ciao...

-aj

::: posted by AJBrotz at 12:00 PM

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