Apologies to those who assumed I was dead for the last week. Actually, it wasn't much far from the truth as I've spent more than a desired amount of time in Grand Rapids, Michigan playing a concert. Observations of the midwest as a first-timer from California?

Fuck that's a lot of snow.
If almost half of the world's entire population is Asian - where the fuck are they all?
Fuck that's a lot of snow.

I feel unfortunately left with absolutely no desire to ever travel in the vicinity that lies between the two coasts. Call me a snob...

I actually didn't miss Berkeley at all until I saw this picture on Stan's website. The Marina. Our favorite spot. Myung and I must have spent hours here over the course of our three years - studying, talking about chicks, discussing some mindless obsession.

The cynicism of disappointment, the rebirth of love, the cycle of stupidity.....and another year begins. What have I learned from 2004? Nothing really, see me again 2006.

Though it has virtually become cliche to diss the clicheness of new year's resolutions, I'm gonna be cliche in dissing the clicheness of dissing the clicheness of new year's resolutions - I'm gonna make one!

This year, I resolve to be selfish. Being selfish has always been a problem for me, and it gets me into a lot of trouble when I give more than I have, on both a pragmatic and emotional level.

Oh yeah, and I'm gonna quit smoking. heh. That one's been in the works since Michelle gave me the patch in 1998.

Anyway, I'm getting ready to leave the Bay Area, after having made a whirlwind week visit for the first time in years. Thanks jaakko/steve/dave/jerry for the memory-inducing alcoholic campfires, a staple of our childhood that I hope we continue til we're 70.

Well, I don't feel old yet. Even though Jerry did get engaged, you fucking sell-out! Taking this year one day at a time.