Rivera Maya. Some resort. Saw Tulum and went snorkeling for a bit. Finished Lord of the Rings again and ate a lot.

Yeah, four day Model UN thing. I was on the Special Political and Decolinization Committee. We debated organized crime and opium production in Afganistan. People utterly fail to understand economics, but that's ok, and I got to see the wonderful city of Chicago which happens to exactly resemble Gotham City. The museum of art there is exquisite and rivals the Musee D'Orsay in its collection of impressionist paintings. It's a nice city, from what I've been able to judge (mostly just the area around Millenium Park).

Some more from my adventures out west over the summer.

oh noes!

I miss Wyoming.

Most peopel who were in New York when 9/11 happened seem to think that the US response to it was appropriate. They say 'you weren't there' if you disagree. Some guy who's killing himself over a girl who's not giving him much will say 'you just can't understand how wonderful she is' to his friends. That whole ethos argument in terms of "I have seen the front lines" is not a solid logical argument.

I got a bunch of money and a Wii and some new headphones because my old ones got stolen. A ridiculous amount of people have said happy birthday to me today. facebook really works wonders. I did crew today. We were in the weight room and then did bleacher relays. I'm sore but it also gets me high. My dad made an excellent dinner and cake for me. I'm going to buy RE4, Umbrella Chronicles, and that Mario game for the Wii, and probably the zapper as well. Life is good.

Do you like classical music? Well, here's the entire album of De-Loused in the Comatorium done by a string quartet. Enjoy.

http://www.marcluu.com/audio/The%20String%20Quartet%20Tribute%20to%20the%20Mars%20Volta/

Enjoy, it's very well done.

Rightly so. I got Assassin's Creed and Halo 3 (finally). Pretty decent. I went to DC Christmas day. I spent the day with my aunt, uncle, couple of cousins, my dad's parents, my dad, and my two sisters. My uncle explained the lunacies and idiosyncracies of the pharmacuetical industry. That was neat. I went the National Gallery, though mainly only saw the Hopper exhibit. I can't stand his style. I can never get over those impressionist paintings of church facades at the National Gallery and at the Musee D'Orsay (admittedly the Parisians have got far better stock). I bought some Bukowski stuff and some Welsh stuff. I had brought down my Yamaha classical guitar and my wonderful and expensive headphones and my iPod. None of these were Christmas acquisitions. I was in a rush to get back home as there was a party that night. I left the car open. Our stuff got stolen. A lot of it. Nothing was broken, just taken, as the car was open. We should be covered by insurance. It's the violation of the thing. I now have only my Strat. I got a new iPod. I didn't really miss any of the stuff, though. I spent a lot of time at one of my friend's house, where there is a twelve string Guild and then a Strat and a pool table and a nice TV, and lent him my Xbox, as his red-ringed. Good times. I'm also seeing some girl as of last night. It's been a good break but now I have to catch up with reality. I stopped showing up to crew practice when I stopped going to school (on account of the break) and I didn't hand in some very major AP Comp assignments the day before break. So that's how I'm spending today before I resume the winter routine tomorrow. My birthday is in a week, abouts.

Since the bass and drums usually are synchopated together, I wind up scrolling with the rhythym on the page. Aren't you glad I didn't make a topic about this?