Valentine's Day

San Francisco- Valentine's Day Pillow Fight


Feathers and dust flying all around
Bodies jammed together
An indeterminable green gas...?!
Frantic white pillows all around
Smacked in the head by random people



Fun times XD

Polysics concert

Last week, I went to see Polysics live in San Francisco (few days after the Utada concert). The concert was located at a little venue called Bottom of the Hill in a sketchy-looking part of the city. Inside were dim lights (some Christmas lights hung around the stage), a bar on the right, and a narrow walkway in the back that opened up to a larger pool room. The opening bands were quite good- the second band's songs all sounded about the same, but their live was energetic and fun. The female vocalist really seemed to love her bubble gun and was obviously either drunk or high (or both) judging by the spacey way she talked. I haven't listened to many Polysics songs, but that didn't matter because they sounded AMAZING live! Though separated from the moshers by a row of lame people who didn't move to the wild power of their music, the live was still very fun overall. They were very interactive with the audience, and I could really feel their energy on stage.

-Updates-
I think everybody should take a 1/2 year or a year off at some point in their life.

I've been getting to work on time without caring much about what time it is. In the morning, I ride the 51 all the way to campus, reading Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood. I walk to work with no rush and without checking what time it is, and then I do some boring office work while listening to my ipod.
When I meet with people, I'm not in a hurry to leave to do work or go to class, and I can feel myself relaxing for once.

In my free time, I've been trying to draw more in my sketchbook. I figure it will be good practice just to draw as much as I can. I've only got one life to live- might as well squeeze out as many drawings as I can while I'm alive!

Utada concert and other updates

Last week's weather was terrible! I love stormy weather, but I hate being caught in it.
Lately I've only had work on campus (still working part-time) while everyone had classes to go to. I've been spending my free time reading Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, practicing guitar until my fingers hurt like crazy, drawing in my sketchbook, watching movies and TV show, cooking, and occasionally meeting up with people. It's been such a long time since I've been able to relax during my break! Winter break has always been full-time work on campus, and summer breaks have been either summer classes or internships/volunteer work.

Last night, I saw Utada Hikaru perform live at the Fillmore in SF with Cy. One of the best concerts I've been to (The Pillows and the Killers are still my favs)! The audience was friendly, no long waiting in line before the concert, had a fairly good view and nice spot under the AC, and concert didn't end too late. Utada is amazing live, and it was just a really fun concert overall!





It must be great to be able to convey your feelings through singing/songwriting/playing an instrument well.. Music has such amazing power. Curious how certain sounds and tones make you feel a certain way :)