it seems that the powers-that-be have neglected to inform my city that it is now officially fall. Thus, the scorching heat continues....thus my general sense of apathy and laziness continues. It's been hard to find the motivation to do homework much less update this journal - I'm going to try and get better about that. Not that I have anything exciting to really talk about. In fact I can summarize my life quite nicely with just this:

• lots of coffee


• some rock'n'roll (Elvis Costello and Phantom Planet at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland this Saturday)


• am happy that the Sopranos and Gilmore Girls are back in full-swing


• reading, reading, reading


• writing, writing, writing


• eyestrain, eyestrain, eyestrain


• more coffee (black of course)

Last week's show at Old I was fun - despite the fact that I heard a million and one covers of "Dead Flowers", many of the bands really pulled it off. And, of course, the Groovie Ghoulies - with Cory on guitar - were awesome. They managed to take some obscure stuff and rock it out w/ typical Ghoulies flair. Other acts that I thought were exceptionally good: Sonic Love Affair and Victory Gin. I'm not normally much of a Victory Gin fan but they had Mel from Luckie Strike on vocals and they wiped the floor w/ "Gimme Shelter".

The rest of my weekend was pretty much spent studying - oh except for Sunday night when we went over to the Ghoulies house to help celebrate Kepi's birthday. Members of the Helper Monkeys, Secretions, Mallrats and Riff Randalls were there and a good time was had by all...

If I was a really good journal girl I'd link to all of these bands but it's hot and I'm apathetic and lazy.....