Mike Alles

Yeahh.. come to this.

I didn't go to school today. Lately I just wake up and have about zero motivation to get out of my bed. But today I was actually sick; I have been all weekend and actually right now as I'm typing this my ear hurts like hell. But God so much new shit is going on that I'm not even sure if I feel like going into it all, so I guess I won't go into all of it. I'm updating in here because Jen called me tonight and she told me she was looking at my old livejournal entries, so after we got off the phone I started looking at old entries. Just reading about random people that I used to be really close with. It's weird how sometimes you make connections with people, and they're so so strong, and then they just fade away. I was reading some entries by someone and there was all of this drama (this was from early 2003), and I was involved, and all of this shit was going on, and honestly I can't really even remember it happening. I have this odd ability to just forget any memories that I don't like.
I got my ACT score back tonight. I got a 26. I think that's pretty decent. I also scored in the 99% for my essay; I actually got a perfect score on my essay, which was pretty sweet. But I believe a 26 will get me into George Washington University, which is my number one school.
This summer I have an internship at Senator Specter's office in Washington D.C. It's going to be sweet because I get to live by myself in a dorm for a whole month. I'll actually be living by myself for an entire month. That is just insane to me. I can't even imagine this yet. I mean I guess I'm pretty independent as it is, I do my laundry and stuff like that, but this is going to be an extraordinary adjustment. I'm definitely excited for it though because it's such an awesome opportunity. Specter is basically the most powerful Senator in the country, and I'll be working with him. I mean probably not directly; I seriously doubt that- but I'm sure I'll get to meet him atleast once.
I was planning on watching Braveheart tonight, that's such a great movie, classic. Instead I watched Team America: World Police...twice. Haha, puppets are so hilarious.
It's almost one but I can't fall asleep because I've been sleeping all day.

One last thought. I'm in this new band called Simon Pure. If anyone is putting on shows or knows anyone that is, hit me up. www.myspace.com/simonpure has some shitty MP3's up. We're re-recording this month so that's exciting, although saying that I'm recording in Livejournal is almost like cursing the recording because I think I've said that in here like 11 times but it's never happened. It actually is this time though. Okay, so bye.

There are so many new options on the update screen, im so impressed, livejournal, you've come so far in the years that i've known you.

hmm.. let's see. I guess there's a lot to say but i dont really feel like going into everything. christmas is soon and that's cool. other than that, i got kicked out of the band i was in and replaced by Mexico of Inane. Im not too upset by it, i guess. i was more or less just fucking around with it anyway, and god knows im not as good as matt, anyway. so whatevs.

im applying to a lot of summer programs this year and im excited to see if i get into any of them, which is maybe a possibility. either way summer seems like its almost here but i know it isnt anywhere close. that's weird. school in general is sort of hectic but tolerable. classes are tough but not overwhelming. i am, however, looking forward to break and all its glory. it'll come soon enough, i guess. working two jobs hasnt been easy either, but the positives greatly outweigh the negative. it's all good.

Holy shit. Halo 2.


plus this break is probably the best thing that's ever happened to me. it couldnt have come at a better time. im so tired.

well i haven't seen this update screen in a long time.
i dont know if anyone will even read this but that's okay. i havent really written much of anything in a long time and i guess that's what prompted me to go to livejournal in the first place. Plus, summer is coming to an end and that means everyone has to write long emotional entries about everything that's happened to them and why or why not this was the best or worst summer ever. so i'll do just that.
this summer has been pretty good to me. i spend almost everyday with stephanie which is great. im going to take my drivers test in september and so i'll be driving soon (finally).
my dog cricket died about a month ago. it really sucked. i know a lot of people hated that dog, but i definitely loved him a lot. that upset me probably more than i really realized at first. but i find myself thinking about him atleast once a day. atleast.
so tonight my parents came home with a new dog. i knew we were going to get a new dog, so it didnt bother me. what did bother me was that i wasn't there to pick her out. we all got into this huge fight about and blah blah blah. but i think what bothered me the most is that they got the same kind of dog as cricket was. they dont really look alike at all, except for the size, but it still bothered me a lot. it's okay though.
the other day kevin gave me my book that i used to write my thought/poems whatever in and i read a lot of it. it's weird how when you have a really strong emotion in you, whether it be happy or sad, and things just come pouring out in this rush of adrenaline and all, and how you can read it later and just not be able to remember even thinking those words.
i've been going to school everyday since a week or two ago. i'm the entertainment editor on my paper this year, which is awesome, and so i had to go help with the back to school issue. i'm just kind of writing what comes to my mind and what i can remember so that's why this entry is pretty sporadic. the other day owen drew and flamini came over and we hung out for a while. that was pretty fucking awesome because i can't remember the last time something like that happened. we watched T3 and listened to dane cook. good fucking times.
this summer i went to this thing in washington dc. it was this political convention thing and i loved it. it was a lot of fun. like 400 kids from across the country staying at one hotel. crazy. but yeah i definitely want to get into politics. im thinking im going to major in some form of writing and then take a minor in political science. i think i'd eventually want to become a lobbyist.
all and all, this has been a good summer. i wasnt all caught up in stupid dramatic shit at all which is a great change. mostly i just chilled at my house or out with a few friends, and i dont think i would change any of that. it sucks that it has to end, too. i love just laying around my house and watching a movie or something. i really value my time i get to spend alone now. i used to actually hate being alone and i'd always be trying to find someone to hang out with. but i swear now sometimes if im at work or something and i only have an hour left in my shift, in my head im like, "fucking yes, i get to go home to an empty house and not see anyone." it's awesome.
other than all that nothing is that new. whenever i talk to people that i havent talked to in forever, which seems to happen all the time, oddly enough, i tell them nothing. cause nothing is really that new. shits been good. the band is good for the most part, we dont practice that often but kevin and i just wrote a good song and we're working on another that's also good. but yeah.

i guess i'll conclude by saying give me a call. i dont give a fuck who, just give me a call or im me or whatever. i dont think i have any hard feelings towards anyone, and if we havent talked in a while but you feel like it, go for it cause im up to talking and im up to hanging out.

welllll. it's been a while. i was getting back into this whole lj groove and it sort of just died out again but whatever, i have nothing to do right now so i'll hit up some journal. im pretty happy right now, which is definitely cool. the band is going a lot better, we're recording soon (for real this time), my personal shit is going a lot better as far as relationships are going. everything is just better. no complaints at all.
im going to start appyling to some places, but i dont know where to work. i need to quit the carwash, the people there fucking suck. but i need some more money if im going to get that pearl export. we'll see what happens. im thinking like.. a pizzaria? who knows.

i dont feel anymore anyway.

im just lonely.

ok, ok. so. im here. nate's here. drew is here. that other kid is here. i think his name begins with guillermo.

feeling good. south park is on in two hours and im done my spanish homework. i have my first swimming class tomorrow which will suck but atleast it's first period.
so the band needs a new vocalist and a new guitarist.
other than that, this weekend is already looking like it's going to be good.

not a bad weekend at all. the by nightfall show was fun although i wish i could have stayed longer and saw albert react, but.. you know, it was cool. being in that environment is really just.. refreshing sometimes. seeing those people and all. i like it a lot. it's a break away from everything that goes on around here.

last night pretty much confirmed that i just dont care about you anymore. at all.

im thinking about becoming a prostitute. because really im half way there already. i dont know what im doing with myself these days. whenever i watch movies that are about junkies or something like that, something real depressing, i get this really weird feeling. not depressed, or sad. dirty i think would be an okay word to use. i used to feel like that after i would eat cold pizza when i was little.. it always made me feel really weird, because when i ate cold pizza i was usuaally at my dads and i was like 6 and i missed my mom and i would think about how she would always have this huge elaborate meal for me. but i've have that cold pizza/junkie movie feeling for the past couple of days. it's not like im depressed or sad or anything like that.. i just feel weird.
whenever anything would happen, anything huge and life altering, i always use to think that it would eventually go back to normal, or that i would atleast adjust and everything would eventually be okay. that's not the case here.

Microsoft office A is probably the worst class in history. Today is band practice and then some juink. I don’t know. Biology next and then im gone.

people always quote fight club, saying things like they want to destroy something beautiful.. or something deep like that. and so i did, i destroyed something beautiful. and i continue to destroy it. it doesnt feel anywhere near as good as i thought it would.

i want to comment in peoples journals that i dont like and tell them how much i think they suck, but i dont because... i guess... why go out of your way to be an asshole.

sometimes when im walking in the hallways at school i get new ideas for that book i started this summer.. and sometimes i want to write them down but i never do. i wonder what that story would end like. it doesnt matter because it isnt going to end. finish.

even when i sleep in late, im always tired. always. i got a lot of sleep last night, and im so tired. the only time i feel wide awake is about two hours after i wake up. it passes within a half of an hour.

i really dont like anyone anymore. at all.
i forget if i have any homework due on monday.

changes need to be made. i seriously need to rethink how im living.

i like school a lot more this year.






i fucking hate you

new icon. i have school tomorrow.. umm. i got this sweet drum stick case today.

two updates in one day. i dont know if i can handle this. the beach today was pretty good, i slept the entire ride down there. we got there and i just layed around and looked at these three girls for a while and then we walked and played some paddle ball and watched drew skim board. then all of us got naked in the parking lot and got changed. drew is almost a genius for that idea. so we walked on the board walk for a while and i got some cds and then we drove around for 20 minutes trying to find this record store i had heard of. after asking a guy and driving around for a while we found it - and it was so totally worth it. i found poison the well - distance only makes the heart grow fonder - their first release, not the re-released issue, but the one they released while they were still in highschool. damn. that's a good feeling. i was also asking around for tattoo shops on the island, just because i was curious. i thought i wanted tattoos on my wrists, but after thinking about it and talking to people about i realized that it would be a mistake. so i think what im going to get is either "True Believers" or the PTW doves on my forearms or maybe even both, depending on a lot of things, mostly how willing i am to be beaten. So guys, guys meaning justin since i think you're the only one involved that reads this, let's make that shit happen. on the way home me and nate played games that i sometimes play at work - such as name a band you've seen live for every letter in the alphabet and the lyric game. that one's hard to explain but ups to alyssa for inventing them.
tomorrow im going to get more tests for my disease and then work at 3. so if anyone wants to chill hit me up.

it's 8:04 and i can't remember being up this early unless i was already at work. last night was pretty cool. cathleen came to my moms and then drew and nate picked us up and just hung out at nates house till i guess 11. she went home and nate let me drive a little bit and we almost rented a movie. in a few hours we're going to the beach for the day. this will actually be my first day trip to the beach this summer. and summer is so close to being over. my work schedual for next week:
monday 3 - 6
tuesday 12 - 3
wednesday 12 - 3
thursday 12 - 3
friday 12 - 6
saturday 8 - 12
so i better enjoy this fucking day off because i worked 5 hours yesterday and three on friday. i'll be a rich man though. anyways people come through the carwash and get your carwashed for free by seeing me first.
i guess i dont have a whole lot more to say. summer has been very good to me this year and it's a shame it's going to end soon.
ok well we were supposed to leave 9 minutes ago so i guess i'm going to get going.

friday was warped and i missed the well which sucks a lot. saturday was a party that messed some things up and tonight was throwdown, norma jean, stretch armstrong and every time i die.