hey gang, well spring break has officially started, which means a) i only have 4 more weeks of class when i get back?! jigga what, im pretty sure i just got here… b) time to party like its spring break 2004. the lead up has been a tad stressful, dropping a class, pulling an essay out of my ass, etc. but that has made it all the more sweet, now i can enjoy my 10 days of drunkeness in peace. tomorrow morning we leave bright and early for hervey bay, where we get in our 4wheel drives and go camping on fraser island for a few days. then we’re takin 2 days to drive up to airlie beach, where we proceed to get on our beautiful catamaran and float around the whitsunday islands for a few days, scuba diving and exploring islands when we’re sober enough.

see ya in 10 days with pictures and stories a plenty.

hey there.

bored? check these out:

Noam Chomsky - The Resort to Force - A really good article about the US and taking over the world, from the godfather himself.
10,000 Ways of Saying No - A great article about the RNC protest and why dissent is important.
Three Cheers for Reality TV - Good article on the good and bad of reality tv, rather than the “reality tv kills braincells” you usually hear.
stopbushproject.com - a collection of good anti-bush graffitti and whatnot, such as these

well i dont really have much to update, except for a pretty nice little sunday. everybody stumbled out to the pool, hungover and miserable, had a few beers and a few laughs, a little pool volleyball (our housing complex is turning more and more into club med). for some reason we then decided to go out at like 4 in the afternoon. weve heard that this bar “fisho’s” (fisherman’s wharf) is really great on a sunday so we thought we’d check it out. this bar is like the perfect bar, right on the water, you can see the sunset, its this huge long circular patio, live bands on either end. i guess the tradition is to finish off your weekend there, you start nice and early sunday afternoon so you can enjoy the sun and then get to bed at a good time so you’re fine for monday. it worked for me, i got wrecked, had some delicious street meat, and was in bed by 10. perfect way to end the weekend, i’ll take some pics next time we’re there.

other than that, ive just been writing essays on pop culture and chinatown and postmodern crap and blade runner… aaaand gettin excited for spring break. here’s the site for our cataraman. its huge! and has a hot tub! check out the photo gallery

cant wait. hopefully it will make up for how jealous i am of everybody back home doing o-week. i’ll make my own o-week and limit myself to just a couple hours of sleep a night. and not drink. riiiiight.

ps - i know its not very “hip” to like michael moore, he’s “soo last week”, but dammit if i dont respect the man right now. first off he wrote a serious of really good articles from the republican national convention:
Why Democrats shouldn’t be scared, 9/3/04
Don’t send more kids to die, 9/2/04
The Ebert and McCain show, 9/1/04
The GOP doesn’t reflect America, 8/31/04

AND there was a poll done that while 80% of people who see the movie are already kerry voters, 100% of people who come out of the movie are kerry voters. that seems a little drastic, but this movie IS having an effect on the election.

AND he’s not submitting farenheit 9/11 for an oscar for best documentary so that he can release it on video/dvd before the election so more people can see it. say whatever you want about him having his own bias (of course he does, so does fox news) or his methods (about time we had some in your face journalism, well journalism isnt the right word…) but this is a pretty good example of how he isnt in it for the money, because an oscar win (he was pretty much guaranteed to win, no documentary has EVER had such an impact or such an audience) would of meant way more money for him. it was funny how the big media spinned this into “oh he’s just trying to win best picture,” when he just mentions that as a joke, since documentaries dont get nominated for best picture. aaanywho, way to go michael moore, perfect example of using the media hype machine against itself.

so another week, another game of poker with the guys, another day spent reading by the pool listening to pink floyd, and another nite of free beer followed by puking in the bushes. these are the kinda routines a man (well, boy) can get used to. not too much is goin on, spring break is coming up, which means i got 3 essays to write before then, but then it’s time to “par-ty down?” “YES!”

oh and i got into another film festival, its called 20000 leagues under the industry and its in cleveland in october. yeah thats right, im taking america by storm. one tiny independent film festival at a time.

oh and my sister is pregnant, and she might have the kid while im still here, how cool would that be? uncy andrew….

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oh my god these are all real. god help us all.

well the goldy locks are gone, instead im going for more of an amish boy band look, whadda ya think? my roomate cut it, did a pretty good job considering she had never done more than a trim.

so im watching the news with some of my american friends and theyre showing coverage of the republican convention. low and behold, the mighty arnold comes on and i burst out laughing. “haha man your country is stupid.” not much they can say to that because arnold actually said, no word of a lie:

“To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: ‘Don’t be economic girlie men!’ ”

oh man its so funny and so sad.

anywho, here’s a fun link: listentoamovie.com
they have a huge collection of movies and tv shows that you can listen to instantaneously and for free. for instance, maybe you gotta work on an assignment all nite long, no worries, you can listen to office space, austin powers, old school, and a few episodes of saved by the bell to pass the time. check it out.