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Sunday, June 10, 2001 I stayed home all day today. My aunt and uncle and two cousins came over. We ate barbecue then played a lot of ping pong. Today my dad invited me to come along with him to go see the U.S. Open in Tulsa this Tuesday. I was very excited, until I found out it was the golf U.S. Open and not the tennis one. Oh well. Tennis and golf are the only sports I can stand to watch on television, but I don't think I could watch golf live without going crazy. We also watched the NBA Finals Game 3. We made fun of Shaq and his rap career and the Shaq Fu video game. We also watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and the timeless favorite cable auction. After the relatives left, I retired to my room and downloaded Red Hat Linux, which took a very long time. This day was a little more laid back and relaxing than the rest. So there.
Saturday, June 9, 2001 Today I went to the Omniplex with Veronica, Jason, and Leigh Ann. My favorite part was the International Photography Hall Of Fame. I find it strange that it's at the Omniplex, but it has some really cool prints and some old cameras. We also rode the Geovator and did a lot of the now silly-seeming experiments. Man, I used to so love them! Afterwards we ate at the Macaroni Grill, where there are people singing opera quite often. I ordered Insalata Con Pollo. Very good. We then ventured onward to the Paseo. There wasn't anything going on there at all, so we ventured to 23rd and found out Vintage Plus and Rainbow Records were closed. We then hit CD Outlet where we met Jon and Alexandra (his girlfriend). I spent 10 dollars buying 4 oldskool rave CDs, including two by Quadrophonia, which includes one of the members of T-99. Wow. That's fun. Then we went to Jon's and watched a pirated Freddy Got Fingered bootleg video CD on his Sega Dreamcast. The first Video CD ended, but the second one wouldn't play, so we watched cable auction instead. The knife table really sucked. They had this Confederate knife that we all didn't think was very cool. Then Veronica, Jason, and Leigh Ann headed home, and so did I. When I got home I played my brother some Street Fighter Alpha 2 emulated on MAME. Then I went downstairs and wrote out a week's worth of News page entries with the recently regained Internet connection. Another full day of fun. Life is good.
Friday, June 8, 2001 Woke up when Jon complained loudly to Jesse not to make meow noises and wake him up. Perhaps I should have told Jon not to make loud complaining noises so as to not wake me up. I went home that morning and looked at the new 1 GHz Compaq we bought cheap from overstock.com It needed a network card, so we bought one at the wondeful CompUSA. Stephanie called and invited us to Eischen's, a supposedly-really-good chicken joint in Okarche. I was all for it, and eventually Jon, Austin, and I set out. But then Jon got kinda mad when we were following Stephanie's other friends on the way there and decided to ditch them. We drove by a cool abandoned farm instead. We decided to eat at Del Rancho's, of all places. I called Veronica and she and Jason came up to visit us. We watched some cable auction. We then ventured to the abandoned farm again. After that we hit Taco Cabana and went to Jon's, and they left. I decided to go home as well at this time. Another fun day with Veronica and Jason. Veronica then invited us all to the Omniplex for tomorrow.
Thursday, June 7, 2001 This was a very fun day. Jon asked me to visit Norman with him. We went to OU to look at their film program. It wasn't so impressive. Jon is strongly considering OCCC instead, which has a nice new video production program with updated technology. Nate helps out with it too. Then I called Sheeva when we were done so we could hang out like I told her we would sometime. She wasn't there so I called Veronica. She was at OU! We met up with her, her twin sister Erica, and friends Jason and Leigh Ann at the Union building. We watched Jason eat Chick-Fil-A. Then we stopped by Sonic to redeem some Sonic dollars, since Jon has about ten million sitting around he got as a graduation present. Then we went to "the park." Jason helped designed some of the kids' playground equipment areas and he showed us his input. We swang on the swings and Veronica discovered that her older sister Amy got into a wreck. This is a recurring theme, as Erica wrecked a couple days earlier. Let's all hope the trend doesn't continue in the Edwards family. We then went to the Borders where Josh and Sheeva write their haikus. We rummaged around there for awhile, then spent too long in the parking lot plotting our next move. We went back to Sonic to spend more Sonic dollars, then back to the park, it now being night. We just sat around in the park until about 12:00 and then came home. It may not sound like much but this was one of the funnest days I've had in a while. At Jon's house, Jesse had brought over his brand-new refurbished used iMac. It is very cool. We got it to say what people IMed us out loud, which entertained Jon and me until 5 in the morning. Thence we partook in sleep.
Wednesday, June 6, 2001 Today I went to the orthodontist. I checked out OK. Then he took an x-ray of my wisdom teeth to help in removing them. Little did I know (OK, I did know, but I forgot) that I already had one done at the dentist over Spring Break, and that I don't need them out, at least yet. I hope never to get them out. This is one thing that really bothers me. I know I will evenutally give in, however, no harm done. Afterwards I got an oil change, or as I told Jon and Austin, a "lube job". They gave me funny looks. We then went to CompUSA and Best Buy to look at Macs. Macs are very cool all of a sudden. They are good for digital video editing, which is why Jon and Jesse both are getting them. We also stopped by Guitar Center and played with synths and drum machines like we always do. Then I got a lime slush and Sonic and went home.
Tuesday, June 5, 2001 I woke up much earlier than usual, 10:30 AM. Yeah, I know, poor me. Little did I realize I was running late for my doctor's appointment at 11:00. I got there in time, however. I checked out fine in my college physical. I guess Olin can let me come now. I need to get my Hepatitis B shots still. They gave me a tourniquet and drew blood. How fun! Afterwards Mother and I picked up Kyle from Driver Ed. He then drove us to Taco Bell and we made him order drive-thru. I got the Nachos BellGrande. Good eatin'. A little later, my good buddy Nate asked if I'd help network the computers he uses with Lifetime Video Productions, his other job besides running his own production outfit. We bought a couple of wires and meanwhile tried to think of a good new name for Real Life Productions, since we might change the name and web address. Nothing conclusive. At home, we didn't have Internet access, for @Home hadn't updated our connection for our brand new cable modem yet. Instead we had to do real family-type things such as play the board game Omega Virus, which is very fun. After that I went to eat at IHOP with Kamaria and Josh and Josh's Kelsey. Too many people have the same name, and I always find it funny when they become "owned" like that for clarity.
Monday, June 4, 2001 Discovered that there isn't much to do on a Monday in Oklahoma City. I met up with Veronica and we saw O Brother Where Art Thou? It was a very good movie in my opinion. Afterwards we went to Chili's to eat. We then commenced in aimlessly driving around noticing that there is little to do on a Monday. We went up north and adventured around Waterloo. All and all a fun night.
Sunday, June 3, 2001 Today I went to Jesse's again, to see A@ron's play he put on at Occidental. It was (and still is, I guess) entitled "America and Masturbation: A Play About Sex". It was somewhat awkward watching it with such people as Jesse's parents and his grandmother, but it was fun nonetheless. Jesse's grandmother is a psychologist, and has been practicing for well over 60 years now, which I find amazing. After the show I hung out with Jesse and we went with his father, grandmother, and A@ron to Souper! Salad!. I had never eaten at one before. They are very wonderful. You can get so much food for not very many moneys (inside cable auction joke). The only thing that surprised me was that they had much fewer soup options than they did salad ones. We then high-tailed it over to Jon's. Jesse and I performed an experiment. We both left at the same time from his house and took two different routes to get to Jon's. I took May, he took the Hefner Parkway. We tied. It didn't really help Jesse out like he had hoped. Tough luck. Then Jesse, Austin, Jon and I did something that I am sure will shock you all. We ate at the Edmond Whataburger. Yes, yet another Whataburger. What can I say? It's a great place. Then I went home to sleep, as usual.
Saturday, June 2, 2001 Where to begin...? I woke up this morning when my aunts came over, with my little cousin Shayla. She's the coolest. She's only about 2 I think and she told me when I was banging the drums to "stop making so many noises." She's a little smartie! After that I headed over to Jesse's father's residence, where I watched Jesse's brother's videos. A@ron does sketch comedy in a troupe at Occidental College, the "Sketchy People." We then went to Jesse's mother's residence to see what A@ron got Jesse for his graduation. It was a toilet. A@ron filmed Jesse and me as we sprayed it with a hose. For about 45 minutes. We also pretended like sticks were our arms and beat the toilet with them. And then this kid walked up with a Super Soaker, so Jesse made him squirt the toilet in the front yard. Oh yeah, and it was filled with red paint. After that we went to Casady's graduation. They have bagpipes instead of Pomp and Circumstance and a "Senior speaker" instead of a Valedictorian. At the fun reception thing afterwards, this girl came up to me. I remembered her from the Casady last-day-of-school party in which we had our picture taken for some reason. She told me that it was developed and came out well and then told me she'd mail it to me and walked off. I don't know how she knows where I live, and I thought she didn't even have my last name. Creepy. After graduation, I went to Aimee's house. For those of you who are less informed, Aimee is the friend of Jackie, who is Jesse's girlfriend. I've never really hung out with them before, and we had fun. We went to the coffeehouse by Galileo's and played 20 questions. The things we had to guess: Dennis Rodman, herniated disc, space shuttle Challenger, and big turtle. Stephanie came with her friend Cole and hung out for a little while. Then we went back to Aimee's and watched The Way of the Gun which is too complicated for my tastes. I then went home at 2:30am and ate my first food of the day except for a couple pieces of pizza. Ay caramba!
Friday, June 1, 2001 Spent the night at Jon's, woke up around 12:30. Then we wrote a song. It was OK, but too "busy." Lots of drum parts. Maybe I'll filter it out later. Maybe not. Then I went home and downloaded a lot of games for MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). Wes invited me to see The Animal with him and some people, and I was going to go, but I took too long getting ready and missed it. So I stayed home. I ripped out the ol' Sega Genesis for some old school gaming action, but then Jon came over and we wrote some more songs. I wrote a really cool one by myself while Jon was here, too. Maybe I'll put it up here to listen to. It's more experimental.
Thursday, May 31, 2001 Before I spent the night at Jon's, we ate at another Whataburger. The same manager from the first Whataburger was working there now. Larry Brust. He is a really cool guy. He stopped me as I was leaving and told me to have a good day. Whataburger is so much better. They cook the burgers right when you order them. No heat lamps! Then we watched Traffic. Very good movie. Jon fell asleep so he missed out. We also stole Alexandra's guitar from her (with her permission) so Jon and I could write some music. We never got around to it today.
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 Woke up a happy camper. Didn't do a darn thing all day for once. Talked to Josh for a long time about nothing. That was the extent of my evening. I had a long discussion with Justin Coleman overnight. I know a lot of my friends don't get along with him, but I think he's a nice guy. So there. Went to sleep much too late as usual.
Tuesday, May 29, 2001 Josh called me at 8:30 or something. I forgot to call back. He called me about an hour after I went to sleep. And Erin woke up four and a half hours before I went to sleep. How odd. Brian, Kamaria, Erin, and I hung out today. We went to Arby's, McDonald's, Wherehouse Music (on May), Sonic, and Barnes and Noble. Yes, three restaurants. I got a 42 cent 42 ounce drink, then spilled it. Jon did that the other day, too. Out of the 4 I've seen bought, 2 have spilled. Them's bad odds. We drove by the infamous Whataburger (still closed for the power outages) and there were several fire trucks around it, inexplicably. Some guys were talking in front of one of them. Nothing appeared to be wrong. Then ten minutes later they sped by with sirens blaring to go somewhere more important(?). At Barnes and Noble I bought a book called "An ABC of Music" by Imogen Holst (daughter of Gustav Holst, who did Planets). It's a music theory book. I hope to learn from it. I didn't read too far, then the tornadoes hit. Deadly tornadoes. They didn't hit us though. I don't know, maybe there weren't any tornadoes at all. I didn't check. Then I went to sleep.
Monday, May 28, 2001 Jim dropped by. He has the back of his neck pierced. Then nothing happened all day. Then I went to Jon's for Memorial Day. We had brisket and discussed our summer plans and what we were thankful for. I was thankful for our veterans and for plastics. Plastics make it possible. Then I stayed at Jon's until around 11:30 when we left to go to TV network parking lots. We went to Channel 4, but this guy with what was possibly a kidney in a cooler told us they weren't open. He and the bellboy then stared at us. Who knows? Then we met Jesse at the Whataburger that was closed. The 24-hour Whataburger was closed! So we went to Wal-Mart. Then I stayed up until 6:30 at Jon's then went home. Full day.
Sunday, May 27, 2001 Today I spent 5 hours (!) at CD Outlet. For those of you who don't know, CD Outlet is essentially where all the overflow CDs that don't sell at CD Warehouse go to. I ended up buying 6 albums (for only 20 dollars total!). One was T99 - "Children of Chaos" which is about the coolest thing I've heard in a long time. Too bad it was their only album. I can't believe I wasted so much time there today though. I found a lot of weird stuff including a Buddhist-monk-style chant CD of songs such as "The Monkees Theme" ("Hey, Hey! We're the Monks! People say we monkey around! But we're too busy chanting, to put anybody down!") and even Smells Like Teen Spirit. Didn't get it, but I'll buy it next time though.
Saturday, May 26, 2001 Hung out with Veronica today. We drove all around. We must have passed Martin Luther King Blvd about a million times. Also I got to see the Myriad Botanical Gardens for the first time. That Crystal Bridge sure is a weird thing. It was designed by I. M. Pei. He designed the pyramid at the Louvre also. I wonder how he ended up doing something for, of all places, Oklahoma City?
Friday, May 25, 2001 Today I went to Wherehouse Music and bought... nothing. After that I went to a Casady end-of-school party, and this time everyone seemed to recognize me. But we left when it got pretty crappy. It was at this house way out east that was all fancy architecturally. We (Jon, Austin, and I) passed out N*SYNC stickers to everyone. (My dad gave them to us, oddly enough, right before we left. You should have seen the look on Jon's face when my dad said "Hey Grant, before you go, I have those N*SYNC stickers for you!")
Thursday,
May 24, 2001 Added some more links. I wrote all my thank you letters for graduation gifts today. Also added actual content to the HOME page. I really enjoy putting an excessive amount of links on everything. Whenever I have the chance I make something a link. I put my e-mail address up finally. It's about time. I want lots of e-mail. Maybe I'll put up a discussion board thing. I want to feel like people actually visit this thing. Maybe I should wait until I have actual content.
Wednesday,
May 23, 2001 Added a couple more quotes. Did the news page. Wow. Played Super Mario World today, then ate at Garcia's. Went to Barnes and Noble and ran around feeling generally out of place. I want to buy a book about music theory when I get the chance. Nate dropped off a CD of pictures to put up on the RLP web site. Oh yeah, for those of you who didn't know, I'm the webmaster for Real Life Productions, a video and photo production company started by Nate and Jesse.
Tuesday,
May 22, 2001 Page launched, added some quotes. Not much content. Hopefully will come later. All sentences grammatically incorrect. Fragments.

Sunday, June 10, 2001	I stayed home all day today. My aunt and uncle and two cousins came over. We ate barbecue then played a lot of ping pong. Today my dad invited me to come along with him to go see the U.S. Open in Tulsa this Tuesday. I was very excited, until I found out it was the golf U.S. Open and not the tennis one. Oh well. Tennis and golf are the only sports I can stand to watch on television, but I don't think I could watch golf live without going crazy. We also watched the NBA Finals Game 3. We made fun of Shaq and his rap career and the Shaq Fu video game. We also watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and the timeless favorite cable auction. After the relatives left, I retired to my room and downloaded Red Hat Linux, which took a very long time. This day was a little more laid back and relaxing than the rest. So there.
Saturday, June 9, 2001	Today I went to the Omniplex with Veronica, Jason, and Leigh Ann. My favorite part was the International Photography Hall Of Fame. I find it strange that it's at the Omniplex, but it has some really cool prints and some old cameras. We also rode the Geovator and did a lot of the now silly-seeming experiments. Man, I used to so love them! Afterwards we ate at the Macaroni Grill, where there are people singing opera quite often. I ordered Insalata Con Pollo. Very good. We then ventured onward to the Paseo. There wasn't anything going on there at all, so we ventured to 23rd and found out Vintage Plus and Rainbow Records were closed. We then hit CD Outlet where we met Jon and Alexandra (his girlfriend). I spent 10 dollars buying 4 oldskool rave CDs, including two by Quadrophonia, which includes one of the members of T-99. Wow. That's fun. Then we went to Jon's and watched a pirated Freddy Got Fingered bootleg video CD on his Sega Dreamcast. The first Video CD ended, but the second one wouldn't play, so we watched cable auction instead. The knife table really sucked. They had this Confederate knife that we all didn't think was very cool. Then Veronica, Jason, and Leigh Ann headed home, and so did I. When I got home I played my brother some Street Fighter Alpha 2 emulated on MAME. Then I went downstairs and wrote out a week's worth of News page entries with the recently regained Internet connection. Another full day of fun. Life is good.
Friday, June 8, 2001	Woke up when Jon complained loudly to Jesse not to make meow noises and wake him up. Perhaps I should have told Jon not to make loud complaining noises so as to not wake me up. I went home that morning and looked at the new 1 GHz Compaq we bought cheap from overstock.com It needed a network card, so we bought one at the wondeful CompUSA. Stephanie called and invited us to Eischen's, a supposedly-really-good chicken joint in Okarche. I was all for it, and eventually Jon, Austin, and I set out. But then Jon got kinda mad when we were following Stephanie's other friends on the way there and decided to ditch them. We drove by a cool abandoned farm instead. We decided to eat at Del Rancho's, of all places. I called Veronica and she and Jason came up to visit us. We watched some cable auction. We then ventured to the abandoned farm again. After that we hit Taco Cabana and went to Jon's, and they left. I decided to go home as well at this time. Another fun day with Veronica and Jason. Veronica then invited us all to the Omniplex for tomorrow.
Thursday, June 7, 2001	This was a very fun day. Jon asked me to visit Norman with him. We went to OU to look at their film program. It wasn't so impressive. Jon is strongly considering OCCC instead, which has a nice new video production program with updated technology. Nate helps out with it too. Then I called Sheeva when we were done so we could hang out like I told her we would sometime. She wasn't there so I called Veronica. She was at OU! We met up with her, her twin sister Erica, and friends Jason and Leigh Ann at the Union building. We watched Jason eat Chick-Fil-A. Then we stopped by Sonic to redeem some Sonic dollars, since Jon has about ten million sitting around he got as a graduation present. Then we went to "the park." Jason helped designed some of the kids' playground equipment areas and he showed us his input. We swang on the swings and Veronica discovered that her older sister Amy got into a wreck. This is a recurring theme, as Erica wrecked a couple days earlier. Let's all hope the trend doesn't continue in the Edwards family. We then went to the Borders where Josh and Sheeva write their haikus. We rummaged around there for awhile, then spent too long in the parking lot plotting our next move. We went back to Sonic to spend more Sonic dollars, then back to the park, it now being night. We just sat around in the park until about 12:00 and then came home. It may not sound like much but this was one of the funnest days I've had in a while. At Jon's house, Jesse had brought over his brand-new refurbished used iMac. It is very cool. We got it to say what people IMed us out loud, which entertained Jon and me until 5 in the morning. Thence we partook in sleep.
Wednesday, June 6, 2001	Today I went to the orthodontist. I checked out OK. Then he took an x-ray of my wisdom teeth to help in removing them. Little did I know (OK, I did know, but I forgot) that I already had one done at the dentist over Spring Break, and that I don't need them out, at least yet. I hope never to get them out. This is one thing that really bothers me. I know I will evenutally give in, however, no harm done. Afterwards I got an oil change, or as I told Jon and Austin, a "lube job". They gave me funny looks. We then went to CompUSA and Best Buy to look at Macs. Macs are very cool all of a sudden. They are good for digital video editing, which is why Jon and Jesse both are getting them. We also stopped by Guitar Center and played with synths and drum machines like we always do. Then I got a lime slush and Sonic and went home.
Tuesday, June 5, 2001	I woke up much earlier than usual, 10:30 AM. Yeah, I know, poor me. Little did I realize I was running late for my doctor's appointment at 11:00. I got there in time, however. I checked out fine in my college physical. I guess Olin can let me come now. I need to get my Hepatitis B shots still. They gave me a tourniquet and drew blood. How fun! Afterwards Mother and I picked up Kyle from Driver Ed. He then drove us to Taco Bell and we made him order drive-thru. I got the Nachos BellGrande. Good eatin'. A little later, my good buddy Nate asked if I'd help network the computers he uses with Lifetime Video Productions, his other job besides running his own production outfit. We bought a couple of wires and meanwhile tried to think of a good new name for Real Life Productions, since we might change the name and web address. Nothing conclusive. At home, we didn't have Internet access, for @Home hadn't updated our connection for our brand new cable modem yet. Instead we had to do real family-type things such as play the board game Omega Virus, which is very fun. After that I went to eat at IHOP with Kamaria and Josh and Josh's Kelsey. Too many people have the same name, and I always find it funny when they become "owned" like that for clarity.
Monday, June 4, 2001	Discovered that there isn't much to do on a Monday in Oklahoma City. I met up with Veronica and we saw O Brother Where Art Thou? It was a very good movie in my opinion. Afterwards we went to Chili's to eat. We then commenced in aimlessly driving around noticing that there is little to do on a Monday. We went up north and adventured around Waterloo. All and all a fun night.
Sunday, June 3, 2001	Today I went to Jesse's again, to see A@ron's play he put on at Occidental. It was (and still is, I guess) entitled "America and Masturbation: A Play About Sex". It was somewhat awkward watching it with such people as Jesse's parents and his grandmother, but it was fun nonetheless. Jesse's grandmother is a psychologist, and has been practicing for well over 60 years now, which I find amazing. After the show I hung out with Jesse and we went with his father, grandmother, and A@ron to Souper! Salad!. I had never eaten at one before. They are very wonderful. You can get so much food for not very many moneys (inside cable auction joke). The only thing that surprised me was that they had much fewer soup options than they did salad ones. We then high-tailed it over to Jon's. Jesse and I performed an experiment. We both left at the same time from his house and took two different routes to get to Jon's. I took May, he took the Hefner Parkway. We tied. It didn't really help Jesse out like he had hoped. Tough luck. Then Jesse, Austin, Jon and I did something that I am sure will shock you all. We ate at the Edmond Whataburger. Yes, yet another Whataburger. What can I say? It's a great place. Then I went home to sleep, as usual.
Saturday, June 2, 2001	Where to begin...? I woke up this morning when my aunts came over, with my little cousin Shayla. She's the coolest. She's only about 2 I think and she told me when I was banging the drums to "stop making so many noises." She's a little smartie! After that I headed over to Jesse's father's residence, where I watched Jesse's brother's videos. A@ron does sketch comedy in a troupe at Occidental College, the "Sketchy People." We then went to Jesse's mother's residence to see what A@ron got Jesse for his graduation. It was a toilet. A@ron filmed Jesse and me as we sprayed it with a hose. For about 45 minutes. We also pretended like sticks were our arms and beat the toilet with them. And then this kid walked up with a Super Soaker, so Jesse made him squirt the toilet in the front yard. Oh yeah, and it was filled with red paint. After that we went to Casady's graduation. They have bagpipes instead of Pomp and Circumstance and a "Senior speaker" instead of a Valedictorian. At the fun reception thing afterwards, this girl came up to me. I remembered her from the Casady last-day-of-school party in which we had our picture taken for some reason. She told me that it was developed and came out well and then told me she'd mail it to me and walked off. I don't know how she knows where I live, and I thought she didn't even have my last name. Creepy. After graduation, I went to Aimee's house. For those of you who are less informed, Aimee is the friend of Jackie, who is Jesse's girlfriend. I've never really hung out with them before, and we had fun. We went to the coffeehouse by Galileo's and played 20 questions. The things we had to guess: Dennis Rodman, herniated disc, space shuttle Challenger, and big turtle. Stephanie came with her friend Cole and hung out for a little while. Then we went back to Aimee's and watched The Way of the Gun which is too complicated for my tastes. I then went home at 2:30am and ate my first food of the day except for a couple pieces of pizza. Ay caramba!
Friday, June 1, 2001	Spent the night at Jon's, woke up around 12:30. Then we wrote a song. It was OK, but too "busy." Lots of drum parts. Maybe I'll filter it out later. Maybe not. Then I went home and downloaded a lot of games for MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). Wes invited me to see The Animal with him and some people, and I was going to go, but I took too long getting ready and missed it. So I stayed home. I ripped out the ol' Sega Genesis for some old school gaming action, but then Jon came over and we wrote some more songs. I wrote a really cool one by myself while Jon was here, too. Maybe I'll put it up here to listen to. It's more experimental.
Thursday, May 31, 2001	Before I spent the night at Jon's, we ate at another Whataburger. The same manager from the first Whataburger was working there now. Larry Brust. He is a really cool guy. He stopped me as I was leaving and told me to have a good day. Whataburger is so much better. They cook the burgers right when you order them. No heat lamps! Then we watched Traffic. Very good movie. Jon fell asleep so he missed out. We also stole Alexandra's guitar from her (with her permission) so Jon and I could write some music. We never got around to it today.
Wednesday, May 30, 2001	Woke up a happy camper. Didn't do a darn thing all day for once. Talked to Josh for a long time about nothing. That was the extent of my evening. I had a long discussion with Justin Coleman overnight. I know a lot of my friends don't get along with him, but I think he's a nice guy. So there. Went to sleep much too late as usual.
Tuesday, May 29, 2001	Josh called me at 8:30 or something. I forgot to call back. He called me about an hour after I went to sleep. And Erin woke up four and a half hours before I went to sleep. How odd. Brian, Kamaria, Erin, and I hung out today. We went to Arby's, McDonald's, Wherehouse Music (on May), Sonic, and Barnes and Noble. Yes, three restaurants. I got a 42 cent 42 ounce drink, then spilled it. Jon did that the other day, too. Out of the 4 I've seen bought, 2 have spilled. Them's bad odds. We drove by the infamous Whataburger (still closed for the power outages) and there were several fire trucks around it, inexplicably. Some guys were talking in front of one of them. Nothing appeared to be wrong. Then ten minutes later they sped by with sirens blaring to go somewhere more important(?). At Barnes and Noble I bought a book called "An ABC of Music" by Imogen Holst (daughter of Gustav Holst, who did Planets). It's a music theory book. I hope to learn from it. I didn't read too far, then the tornadoes hit. Deadly tornadoes. They didn't hit us though. I don't know, maybe there weren't any tornadoes at all. I didn't check. Then I went to sleep.
Monday, May 28, 2001	Jim dropped by. He has the back of his neck pierced. Then nothing happened all day. Then I went to Jon's for Memorial Day. We had brisket and discussed our summer plans and what we were thankful for. I was thankful for our veterans and for plastics. Plastics make it possible. Then I stayed at Jon's until around 11:30 when we left to go to TV network parking lots. We went to Channel 4, but this guy with what was possibly a kidney in a cooler told us they weren't open. He and the bellboy then stared at us. Who knows? Then we met Jesse at the Whataburger that was closed. The 24-hour Whataburger was closed! So we went to Wal-Mart. Then I stayed up until 6:30 at Jon's then went home. Full day.
Sunday, May 27, 2001	Today I spent 5 hours (!) at CD Outlet. For those of you who don't know, CD Outlet is essentially where all the overflow CDs that don't sell at CD Warehouse go to. I ended up buying 6 albums (for only 20 dollars total!). One was T99 - "Children of Chaos" which is about the coolest thing I've heard in a long time. Too bad it was their only album. I can't believe I wasted so much time there today though. I found a lot of weird stuff including a Buddhist-monk-style chant CD of songs such as "The Monkees Theme" ("Hey, Hey! We're the Monks! People say we monkey around! But we're too busy chanting, to put anybody down!") and even Smells Like Teen Spirit. Didn't get it, but I'll buy it next time though.
Saturday, May 26, 2001	Hung out with Veronica today. We drove all around. We must have passed Martin Luther King Blvd about a million times. Also I got to see the Myriad Botanical Gardens for the first time. That Crystal Bridge sure is a weird thing. It was designed by I. M. Pei. He designed the pyramid at the Louvre also. I wonder how he ended up doing something for, of all places, Oklahoma City?
Friday, May 25, 2001	Today I went to Wherehouse Music and bought... nothing. After that I went to a Casady end-of-school party, and this time everyone seemed to recognize me. But we left when it got pretty crappy. It was at this house way out east that was all fancy architecturally. We (Jon, Austin, and I) passed out NSYNC stickers to everyone. (My dad gave them to us, oddly enough, right before we left. You should have seen the look on Jon's face when my dad said "Hey Grant, before you go, I have those NSYNC stickers for you!")
Thursday, May 24, 2001	Added some more links. I wrote all my thank you letters for graduation gifts today. Also added actual content to the HOME page. I really enjoy putting an excessive amount of links on everything. Whenever I have the chance I make something a link. I put my e-mail address up finally. It's about time. I want lots of e-mail. Maybe I'll put up a discussion board thing. I want to feel like people actually visit this thing. Maybe I should wait until I have actual content.
Wednesday, May 23, 2001	Added a couple more quotes. Did the news page. Wow. Played Super Mario World today, then ate at Garcia's. Went to Barnes and Noble and ran around feeling generally out of place. I want to buy a book about music theory when I get the chance. Nate dropped off a CD of pictures to put up on the RLP web site. Oh yeah, for those of you who didn't know, I'm the webmaster for Real Life Productions, a video and photo production company started by Nate and Jesse.
Tuesday, May 22, 2001	Page launched, added some quotes. Not much content. Hopefully will come later. All sentences grammatically incorrect. Fragments.