...I'll be there..." I'm having trouble thinking of lyrics by any other band right now. 5 points if you can guess the song and why, 10 if you can do it without making a smart ass comment.

I seem to have failed in avoiding arguments for the Olympics. Last blog, hippy put Jim Morrisson on his top 5 singers list. I tried to stay neutral, but Elmis got pissed off because I ignored his opinions in the process, in opposition to where he always responds to your opinion, and never just stays out of it (what I usually do). Let's get something straight about that argument:

Jim Morrisson was talented, a great musician. But yes, he was overrated. He's not one of the greatest of all time and probably wouldn't be considered that if he were still alive. Elmis was write, he wrote pretentious lyrics, and was not the best songwriter. Yes, he succeeded because he was backed by great musicians. But all in all, he was talented and shouldn't have that taken away, he just shouldn't be given the title of one of the greatest.

Just when my grandma leaves town, I have to head to New York to visit my dad tomorrow. He's been calling at 10 in the morning to wake me up, and the first time my mom answered, she yelled at him about how fukcing stupid that is and I can sleep until 12 if I feel like it. Then we started ignoring the phone. I was up at 10 usually to watch beach volleyball for the Olympics, and was up at 2:00 to watch indoor volleyball. Indoor finally gets a good time slot starting on the 14th, where USA plays Bulgaria, home to Matey Kaziyski, the best hitter in the world. Should be good. If you're bored, check it out, it's at 8:00 PM pacific time, so it will vary to your time zone.

Speaking earlier of my dad being an ass, let's get into that. My dad is one of the most egotistical, self-centered, and selfish people I know, but I still have a good time visiting him. I don't know why I hate playing tennis, he makes me do it anyway. I don't like riding bikes (only person in the world probably), he pressures me to and is forcing me to in New York, although I'll get out of it like always.

I probably just have fun because we go to Six Flags and see movies a lot because we both enjoy that. The trip is only for three days so I'll be fine. I'm bringing my computer, so I'll still be active here, b!tching about everything I don't agree with as usual.

I just realized last week how quickly the Summer has gone by. It feels like two weeks ago I got out of school, yet it's been 7 weeks, and I have only 2 left. I have three days in New York, then I get back and have my SCVC (volleyball) "camp" (not a camp, just go to the practice gym every day and practice). I'll have fun with that. In 12 days, I have the Radiohead concert, which will without a doubt be the highlight of my Summer and possibly make up for how short it's been. The tour stats have been calculated on a site Lock showed me, that I can't be bothered to post, and the projected setlist looks bright. They haven't played "Fake Plastic Trees" much, but I'm up for anything. I'm liking "Street Spirit", "Climbing Up the Walls", and "Paranoid Android" about as much these days, and listening to "All I Need' (a guaranteed play) more and more. Only two days after the highlight, I have to return to school, which will suck for numerous reasons:

1. Freshman year. I'm not nervous like most are, I'm more excited, but the place is huge and will take adjusting to. I'll have classes with volleyball teammates who I haven't been to school with before. More than that though, I'll merge into a high school with people form three different middle schools.

2. It will suck my volleyball and vertical jump training away. Volleyball practice is something I love and something I need, but finding time will be hard. I started a vertical jump program to get my jump up, and after one week, I'm up about an inch and a half already, which is helping, I can probably grab a basketball rim on a great day. I need my inches to start on the team where I'm disadvantaged by height. I can beat out all but maybe one player in hitting, so I'm pretty safe, but on the 8' net, I'll need to be safe.

3. It's school. Come one, school sucks in the first place.

4. Late nights will be forced not by choice. It's like they said in that sh!tty book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", that everything is fun when it's a privelige, but once you have to do it, you don't like it. Homework will keep me up to 1:00 as usual, after I piss around for five hours after school.

5. Wake up 4 hours earlier. School starts at 8 o'clock.

6. I have no idea how I'm going to get to school. I hope I'll get driven, but I might have to walk sometimes, which will suck.

7. I have to finish Summer reading. I have to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, which is a good book, but with the Olympics on, volleyball tryouts approaching, last minute enjoyment in, I don't want to be reading. It's the last two weeks where I wouldn't be forced to read, and I'll have to.

8. Volleyball doesn't start until Spring. That means I'll have to deal with the pissy Physical Education where your 300 pond lard bucket classmates act like they're good at a sport they suck at. I hate when people try to play when they suck, it just interferes.

9. Less free time = less guitar time. It's inevitable, I always lose some of my chops when school starts. I'll have less time to buy records, less time to see concerts, and...you get the idea.

10. I have to go to school with the sh!t head punks again. I have to go to school with the now Sophomores, who will undoubtedly continue their stupidity and close mindedness to any music that has a solo or more than three chords. I hate them.

And only three good reasons:

1. I'll see my friends every day.

2. Volleyball, not being until Spring, has distant tryouts that give me plenty of time to break my goal of a 40" vertical jump. This means my chances ofstarting are even higher than the already high chance due to little competition.

3. Lots of music. While I won't have time to buy new albums, doing homework gives me tons of time to listen to music, and sneak off and piss aroundthis site.

As you can see, I'm trying to be optimistic about my school return (or should I say advancement), but it just won't happen. School sucks. Sadly, I'm part of the brainwashed people Shadow talks about who is fixed on getting great grades, going to a great college (Pepperdine hopefully), and even graduates school possibly. For some one who has extreme interest in guitar and high talents in volleyball, I sure seem to dismiss the fact that I could have moderately to very successful careers using those interests without an education. Although I also want a good education, I really want to play college volleyball, which helps lead to the national team, and further on, the Olympics. There are other future jobs I consider that involve education, so I'm brainwashed, and fixed on academic success.

Political note: Obama's announcing his VP pick soon by text message to those who requested (including me), Obama leads in polls by an average of +4.8%, and McCain destroyed his credibility and chances at winning with his incredibly stupid "World's Biggest Celebrity" ads. His poll numbers lummeted on the day that ad ran, according to Real Clear Politics. Things still look good. The state polls are close, although the Electoral Map projection based on state by state polls gives Obama a +80 vote lead.

I think Obama's running mate will be none other than Evan Bayh. If I'm correct, I will be entirely pleased with his pick, as Bayh is a great senator and would fit Obama's team perfectly.

I've decided that once I beat Okami (which will be very soon, as I'm almost done), I'll go back and beat Zack and Wiki: Quest For Barbaro's Treasure (one of the most pleasant surprises for the Wii, very challenging), and then buy Worms: Armageddon, and download it on my PC (if I can get it running, or just use the main computer in the house, but it won't work on Mac). I demoed them all, and liked them all except Worms 3-D, but Armageddon stood way far out there, and I had much more fun playing it. Definitely the best PC game I've played, although tht's very few. If it's too expensive, I'll get Worms 2, my second favorite which costs only $15. Worms World Party was fun too, but Armageddon was by far the most fun, and the same price.

In case you didn't know (I didn't until I read it on hp's blog, a discussion between Elmis and Shadow), Worms is a game where you command an army of worms against an opposing, and in a turn based strategy style, battle each other with Bazookas, Homing Missles, Grenades, Nepalm, sheep (:lol:), flamethrowers, and many more. Addictive, and very strategic. Involves a lot of precision.

(The game's a lot "cuter" than they make it look, but still badass)

I've decided, that after a discussion on Indie's blog, where I asked for some new bands, where both Elmis and Indie suggested Wire, I will buy "Pink Flag", likely while in New York. "All Music Guide" and "Pitchfork" both gave it a 5 star rating, and Robert Christgau (donkey, but occasionally is useful) gave it an A. It got an AMG album pick, and had high user ratings on iTunes. I listened to it, and it was pretty raw, intentionally under produced proto punk sort of stuff. I thought it was great, so I'll pick it up. It wasn't what I thought it would be when Elmis first mentioned it. I was expecting a more alternative, less guitar oriented sound, but this is far from that.

I haven't been keeping up on albums much recently, and I've got a little spare cash. so I'll grab this and something else in New York.

I also loved "Velvet Underground and Nico", so I might buy "White Light/White Heat" soon, as well as "My Iron Lung EP" and "I Might Be Wrong EP" by Radiohead, both of which I can get.

I need to get to sleep, gotta wake up at 9 to do my jump program, eat, and hop on a plane. I'll see ya around.