i got back from the vermont trip on sunday, had one day of rest away from the same people in which i slept and played guitar hero, then met up with all of them again for new year’s eve. much drunkenness and joy was had. we even went skating. it was quite fun. then i made out with minh and lots of pictures were taken. crazy drunk people.

i’m really glad that i decided to go on that trip last minute. it turned out to be one of the best things all year. i need to be with those people more often. it’s always a good time.

now it’s a new year and i need to get a job. boo. i’m in holiday/vacation mode. let’s be honest, i’m always in that mode. however, i’m certain that after i pay for the trip i will be broke again. i did get some awesome snowpants and boots out of it, so i guess it’s worth it. and of course the memories.

now i’m off to play guitar hero again because i’m super cool like that. it’s how i roll.

oh yeah, happy new year and holidays and all that!

i think this will be the first new year’s eve i’ve spent alone since the 1999-2000 switch. and boy howdy do i deserve it. i think i’ll get drunk with my incubus dvd, like i did that one time. it was fun. am i a sad individual? you bet.

“if you never take it seriously, you never get hurt. if you never get hurt, you always have fun. and if you ever get lonely, you just go to the record store and visit your friends.” i should live by those words. i kind of do.

there’s too much good music out there. too much good indie music that no one’s heard of and don’t have available on a torrent. i want the agent sparks album, but it’s like it doesn’t exist. i’ve been trying to download feist for the past few days with no luck. and these are the famous examples. i could do with less mars volta though. i’m all for concept albums, but that doesn’t mean the whole album has to be in the same key and essentially the same song broken into thirteen tracks. i guess i prefer rock operas to concept albums, even though they’re too similar for me to be able to tell the difference.

as you may or may not have noticed, i’ve been listening to more mellow stuff. that, and incubus. always incubus. i’ve been enjoying instrumental, atmospheric, folksy, trancey stuff. it’s good to just sit and mull with happy melodies dancing in the background.

on a completely different note, my vocabulary has gone down considerably. a year ago i was using words like sagacious. i had to look it up when i read it now. i didn’t know i even knew that word. oh well. i’ll probably learn a new word that’ll push that one out of my head.

update - i might just sleep through the whole midnight thing. i’m finding it increasingly difficult to keep my eyes open. i wish i could get depressingly drunk, but i don’t think i have the energy to do it. if i had red wine i could, but i don’t.