The Den

Duuuuude

Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:28:15 GMT

I got the Metropolis 2000 dvd on Friday. It is so awesome. And now when I make my lame attempts to play along with DT, I can have the dvd going on my computer, and I can imagine that I am jamming with JP!!! Yeah!!!!

Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:57:06 GMT

Are You A Person Who Hits Things?
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Yarrrrrr

Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:51:54 GMT

Which Famous Pirate Are You?
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Because Erin wanted me to put this in here:

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:59:21 GMT

moldycoyote7 (9:20 PM): but i know i can trust you, and i feel safe and comfortable telling you anything
moldycoyote7 (9:20 PM): i would hope you could feel the same way about me
UCLAngel19 (9:21 PM): i do
moldycoyote7 (9:22 PM): it just takes practice. i was always more open with my family than you were, so i guess it was easier for me
moldycoyote7 (9:22 PM): but you are doing so well. i am really proud of how much you have opened up to me and how much you trust me
moldycoyote7 (9:22 PM): you are such an amazing person, erin, and i just love you more than anything
UCLAngel19 (9:23 PM): aww josh
UCLAngel19 (9:23 PM): you're making me all teary and twitterpated
moldycoyote7 (9:23 PM): so are you. maybe i am just riding your emotional wave. but whatever it is, it is a nice sensation
moldycoyote7 (9:24 PM): i'm just glad that after this long i can still make you feel that way
UCLAngel19 (9:24 PM): so am i
moldycoyote7 (9:25 PM): thank you so much for everything erin.
UCLAngel19 (9:25 PM): thank you josh
moldycoyote7 (9:25 PM): i don't even know how i could've lived without you in my life
UCLAngel19 (9:25 PM): i love you more than anything
UCLAngel19 (9:25 PM): i honestly do
moldycoyote7 (9:25 PM): i know. and i love you just as much
UCLAngel19 (9:26 PM): thank you for everything
UCLAngel19 (9:27 PM): and i am so glad that we are going to be together forever
moldycoyote7 (9:27 PM): believe me, so am i
moldycoyote7 (9:27 PM): i couldn't go on any other way

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:34:05 GMT

Yep. What a weekend. Hehe, I love you Erin.

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 05:38:31 GMT

Hey, why didn't you guys tell me to shut up?

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 05:37:56 GMT

Sittin in the control room waitin for the break, waitin for the break to eeeeeeeeeend!!

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:47:39 GMT

Sittin in the control room, waitin for the break, waitin for the break to coooooooooome

I like guitars, a haiku:

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:47:00 GMT

LTE is cool.
Dream Theater is likewise cool.
So is BÖC.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:25:48 GMT

"AWWWW, Ratty McFatty is so cute"

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:08:51 GMT

I love you Erin

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:08:20 GMT

Wow. Yesterday was Erin and my 6 month anniversary. It is amazing that we have been going out for so long. Yet it seems that the time has just flown by. It is an exhiliarating feeling, being with the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, and knowing that she feels the same way. I am happier with Erin than I have ever been in my life. My only regret is that it took us so long to realize how perfectly we fit together. We complement each other so exactly some times that it's scary. Even though it has been only 6 months, it somehow feels that we have always been together. I feel so at ease with her. I can talk about anything, and I know she will listen. We even finish each other's sentences at times. And who else can I recite episodes of simpsons with? All I can say is that which I said at our first kiss, way back at New Years: Wow. I love her so much, and am so happy knowing that she loves me too.

"EMO"

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 01:03:39 GMT

Over the past few months, I have noticed the emergence of a new type of "music", known as Emo music. From what I can tell, it is music based on punk, but it is supposed to be amazing because the people who play it put so much emotion into their music. And the way it has gone, I have gotten the impression that the so called emo-kids and the nation of pop listeners in general have decided that if you know how to play your instrument well, you are automatically excluded from including emotion in your music. I read a review of black rebel motorcycle club and jimmy eat world (or jimmy eats it, as i like to call them) and they were lauded as the future of rock and roll because they play with such raw emotion. But I cannot escape the fact that they are just devoid of musical playing ability. After listening to Scenes From a Memory for the zillionth time, I was listening to the last track, Finally Free, and I thought about how amazingly emotional their music is. Not only are they all true virtuosos, but they have this elusive quality called "emotion" in their music. The same is true when I listen to a cerebral BOC song, or a wild Steve Vai solo. Watching them play, you can see how deeply involved in their music just by the expressions on their faces. I gave it a lot of thought, and concluded that those who can play their instruments better should automatically have more emotion in their music. First of all, they have devoted their lives to their instruments, proving that they have a profound love and understanding for them. Secondly, having such skill at their instruments should allow them to more adroitly articulate their emotions through their music. I don't know what I am trying to say. I guess I am just saddened that the spirit of rock and roll has been suppressed, allowing bands like linkin park to be called true rockers, while groups like Dream Theater remain largely unknown and unappreciated for their ability to blend their immense talents into music that can evoke such powerful emotions in a listener. Maybe I have misinterpreted the ideas behind the new "rock and roll". Or maybe, with the speed at which bands form and fade into obscurity, no one actually has time to learn how to play. Whatever is true, I hope beyond hope that one day our country will once again come to appreciate true musical ability.

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 06:32:14 GMT

It is really 2330. Weekend here. Weekend good. Erin likes to sing that seal song from batman forever. No homework now. 2 more midterms and then done until the end of the month. I hope whoever is reading this is having a good weekend and is doing well on midterms. Man, today was a long week.

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:40:03 GMT

Gosh, every time Court of the Crimson King comes on it just sends shivers up and down my spine.

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:31:48 GMT

Oh yeah, this also deserves an entry. The only thing good in fluids is Brian the Not-So-Foul making fun of the stupid kids who open their mouths and ask stupid questions. It's like they think that asking questions will get them a better grade in the class. But why would the professor give them better grades for being stupid? Go figure.

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:23:23 GMT

School is stupid isn't it? It always keeps us from having fun and going places and doing things. And midterms are stupider. Especially fluids midterms where the professor tells you it's going to be a completely conceptual test. I bet you he used to be a KGB agent from like east germany or something. He is so good at messing with our minds and making us think it's a trick question when it really isn't. Take this for example. On thursday, someone asked about a problem with a dam and moving water, "In this problem, does the hydrostatic pressure also have to be taken into account?" And our professor replied, "I'll get to that, but first I have a question for you: In this problem, do you think the hydrostatic pressure also has to be taken into account?" See what I mean? AAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:57:53 GMT

Man, Rudess and Petrucci make such a great team, don't they?

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:30:57 GMT

I am bored. I want attention. Someone comment in my journal to give me attention. Or not. Maybe I'll just go play guitar until Zach comes back in the room.

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:32:12 GMT

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. What a night's sleep.

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:28:53 GMT

All right! Done for the weekend. Accept my sympathy, those with Friday classes.

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 03:09:50 GMT

I have recently discerned the usefullness of all of my classes this semester. ME106 exists to allow me to do my ME102A homework, ME102 exists to allow me to do my ME106 hw, EECS 100 exists to give me nappy time, and ME134 is there just to make my life difficult. Does anyone out there know how to do a convolution integral? Actually, does anyone out there know what a convolution integral is? Blech. School sucks. My only real motivation in class is to not get called on by my fluids teacher. I feel like that guy in office space, a movie that I appreciate more and more as time goes on. I hope that isn't what my job will be like when i get out of here. Then again, that's probably hoping for a lot. OK. Back to homework. I hope the three of you who read my journal are happy that I decided to post something. Okey donkey, if you know what I mean.

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:34:41 GMT

Thanks to Erin for my supah cool new lj icons.

Scabrous Pirates to you too

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 07:45:18 GMT

Haikus spawned during a conversation with erin about pirates and haikus and stuff

avast scurvy dog
me timbers have been shivered
arrrr davy jones arrrrr

Apparently her haiku book says that haikus should capture the essence of nature. this one captures the essence of my wallpaper

a wormhole to home
swirling bright infinite mass
all colors of life

And because erin requested it, a sonnet about pirates:
(I believe in iambic tetrameter, and check out the cool pattern in the 1st words of each line!!!)

A Piratical Ode to Erin

I want to rape and pillage now
to drink the blood that flows and how!
to davy jones locker GO!
i won't regret to kill you, NO!
wherein my scurvy dogs reside
they'll make a cloak out of your hide
they'll walk the plank and won't look back
wherefrom they'll launch a grand attack
a parrot's squawk is heard around
it echoes, booms, and then resounds
it tells to all they're going to die
a gruesome death; a fearsome cry:
"avast me mates surrender ye
cause it's a pirate's life for ME!!"

Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:42:50 GMT

ok. enough screwing around with this for now