Avril Lavigne
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Archenemy of one Douglass Grant.
5/4/03
wow, car shopping is hard. i thought i was going to get a chevy malibu until
i found out they were big piles of shit. now i think its gonna be an acura
tl. i uploaded this site onto the uga server:
(http://www.arches.uga.edu/~dgrant/index.html)
ill update it there, this site will not be updated any longer. butch acoustic
show is this saturday, im excited, peter gabriel is a week after that. better
than ezra in july as well as our lady peace. 99x is actually making OLP
open up for one of the worst bands ever, three doors down. tdd sucks ass
and olp deserves more. 99x sucks nowadays, they play eminem and the white
stripes. i saw the singer from the white stripes on a guitar magazine with
a heading that called a new guitar god of something like that, i wanted
to vomit and blow up the world. people listen, you may think that since
they are different and retro that it makes you a hardcore music enthusiast,
but it has been done before and it took a whole lot of other people's money
to get them played at all, no talent was involved, seriously, their music
is god-awful shit. my friend brandon tried to tell me that even though i
say im into so many different types of nonmainstream (non u.s. mainstream
music) like hawksley and peter gabriel, i really am not because i dont like
the white stripes or arrested development (mr.wendell). wow, good logic
there. who knew i wouldn't like to listen to pure shit. i finished american
psycho (the book), unbelievably good, and now im reading 'less than zero'
which is the only bret ellis book i have yet to read. anyways, im going
to look for more cars, cheers.
Doug Grant's Guide to Survival
my life has changed so much it seems. lets start with what
some people see as a streak of bad luck, in order if possible. first, my
dad decided to change the oil in my buick and in the process broke my gear
shifter, then he tried to say that i had broken it earlier and tried to
place the blame on him, thanks dad. next, my sister sideswiped the entire
left side of my car one night and didnt tell me until i was rushing to get
to school on time and i couldnt open my door, thanks julie. so my car looked
like absolute ass and it wasnt a rose garden in the first place. then, this
girl stole my cell phone at school and sold it or traded it with one of
her friends so i couldnt get it back (this dumbass (whose first name is
angie [email me if you want her full name] actually changed my voicemailbox
answering machine and left her name on it, so i knew who she was and when
i confronted her she lied right to my face). i turned her in for being so
fucking stupid but the school administration was lax and didnt do a damn
thing, so i had to get a new phone, same number by the way. later that week,
my laptop was struck by lightning and i had to send it off to get it fixed,
thus explaining the lack of updates. days later, while driving with my friend,
Rush, i ford windstar decided to stop in the middle of the road and let
someone out of a parking lot. i wasnt following to close but it was raining
and even though i had lots of room we slid right into them, totaling my
car, bye bye buick. the front end was gone, ill have pics up soon. i dont
care about the car really, im just happy i didnt kill rush, myself, or even
the dumbass driver in the car ahead of us. but these are all like a nice
little graduation present from God and his wonderful sense of humor.
last saturday, i graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School, booya! then i got really messed up at a hotel with a bunch of people. ive been living comfortably with all the graduation gifts ive been getting lately. ive got a new cell phone, got my laptop back, and im getting a chevy malibu very soon, word. maybe all of my bad luck was for the best. and the family guy dvd is phatastical.
So many things...
two weekends ago i went to allstate chorus in Savannah, GA.
to sum it up the best i can: people were fighting with each other and it
really annoyed me and killed any fun vibe that i was looking for. but the
concert was great and the last song performed made me tear up. ill have
plenty of more chances to live it up in savannah when i go for georgia music
educators association conventions. so that was that.
last weekend was my senior prom. I had a great time with my date. It was so much fun to see all my friends all decked out and putting on the ritz. we ate at the cheesecake factory in perimeter and i was somewhat worried about the weather, tornadoes have become very apparent lately. we got to prom in time to do the senior walk which i didn't really care about:
Ashley: Doug, we're gonna miss the senior walk if you don't
drive faster.
Me: Fuck senior walk!
Ashley: *laughs*
prom pics coming soon
so prom was cool. and now i have to focus on graduation. i dont think its possible to fail any of my classes now. i will feel alot better when the two choir concerts are done next week. Show choir is doing the time warp, i get to be riff raff, boo ya! im writing songs all the time, i actually wrote a cool one today when i got home, its called "deep" but you'll have to wait a little bit to hear it cause its not completely done, who knew right? seven days or so left of high school.
currently listening to: Thicke - A Beautiful World
currently feeling like: wanting to sleep for three years
Breakin' with old and/or retarded people
yes, so yesterday (wednesday) was my fifth day of straight
work during the break. since most of the kids around here went to florida
for spring break, im stuck here working with the decrepit old people and
the job-coach (somewhat/completely retarded) people. oh man it was hell
because it rained everyday too. at least i didnt go to florida cause from
what i here, the weather is total shit there too. dammit, i am so broke.
¡Oh Yeah!
Spring Break
well, here we are. spring break. the time when we everyone goes to the beach
or some foreign country just because they can. however, im stuck in kennesaw.
why you ask? no funds. i also need money for prom, allstate chorus, dates,
college, etc.. but dont think that i am upset, i have plenty of fun scheduled.
i recently finished Glamorama, which is insane
and perfect, you must read this book, its awesome. next im moving on to
House of Leaves and finally American Psycho.
ive found a new appreciation for literature this year for some reason. three-fourths
the way is rehearsing new stuff for summer shows. im getting my shit together
for uga. the fact that im moving away in four months is still unnerving,
weird every time i think about it. my red guitar is broken: makes me sad.
high school is boring. georgia is covered in yellow death. its getting hotter
everyday. right now i feel like my life is on three different extremes:
the battle between my brain, heart, and wang is slowly crushing me. i cant
breathe. oh my god i think im
Sick Day
yeah, so i didnt go to school today (monday).
however i did put up two pages: "linkage"
and "frustrated poetry". enjoy, more updates soon.
Another Fun-Filled Weekend
friday night i performed at a tri-m recital and the kmhs dinner theater,
then i went home and passed out like i never have before. i woke up and
spent $66 on a peter gabriel ticket and cried because i am now poor. not
completely, but more than id like to be. so now i have to start saving for
prom which will cost a shitload im sure. so im working as much as possible.
i worked all weekend in the cold weather and i feel like absolute death.
i am once again staying home for spring break to work, but so are my friends
so it isnt that bad. im debating on going to school tomorrow, or the rest
of the week. status : dead.
We're Cradled in No Beginning and No End
the biggest news right now would be my acceptance to the University of Georgia
as well as the UGA School of Music. High School is already over for me,
i will probably show up the minimum number of days but im sure my mind will
be elsewhere when i am there. Six weeks left of school, one summer left
living in kennesaw and then im off for four years of Athens. High School
is boring and filled with a bunch of unnecessary drama that didn't really
manifest itself until this year, i'm so over it all. my band has taken a
hiatus but we plan on rehearsing soon and most likely play several show
during the summer. We have really good songs but perhaps a school talent
show isn't the greatest place to present them, especially with questionable
sound equipment which killed us. Three-Fourths the Way will experience the
inevitable breakup and the end of Summer 2003. I can't commute two and a
half hours to rehearse and play shows, its impossible. but i think daniel
(drums) and doug (the other doug, bass) have it in them to start another.
Hopefully i will be lucky enough to do the same in Athens. anyway, since
i am a second semester senior and i have nothing to lose, I've started to
date every girl possible. no relationships, just hardcore dating. it is
possibly the greatest move I've made in my high school social career, i
suggest everyone does it. so now i crave the summer, spring break will be
nice but when summer comes, i probably will too. ill probably go on alot
of road trips, dates, smoke tons of "tobacco", rawk with the band,
see some concerts (got my ticket for Peter Gabriel today), and party til
i pass out every day. this is gonna be my site for college, "Doug's
Media Empire" (which had no media nor was it an empire) is officially
over. ill transfer it to my college server once i get there. its so weird
to think about moving away from my home, but im more than ready. Hey World,
bring it on bitch.
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