1/30/00 - Practice was cancelled today, but we're going to reschedule sometime this week. We're still having trouble getting everyone together at the same place at the same time. Not too much to complain about, except the fact that I may have lost my best friend... No biggie, no biggie.

1/29/00 - Practice today, but Stender Bender wasn't here again. We have a new song now though, called Girl. It has sort of a swing type intro and turns into a more up beat punk rock song. It's pretty cool. We're looking to play a show soon, so we need a lot of practice but we can't seem to get it. There's always somebody missing. That's it for news.

1/27/00 - Not much going on. We've have a few new songs, hopefully we'll put music to them this weekend. I broke Almon's bass drum, give me a nice round of applause for that swift action. We might take a band field trip to Plattsburgh to get a new one. That's it for news.

1/26/00 - *$#%@! Practice was cancelled yet again. Fricken weather messes up our plans all the time. Anyway, there might be a show in a few weeks, and we've been asked to play so we want to practice as much as we can to be ready for it. Oh, I want to make a retraction on a statement in my last entry. "All we have is Wild Monkeys, which is actually a pretty bad song.... Despite what Morgan says but that's just because of who wrote it." I didn't mean that like it sounds. What I meant to say, was that Morgan isn't into Luke's writing ability, she's looking to score. Hehehe, if yesterday's entry embarrased her, imagine what this one will do. Just teasing Shorty, we joke cause we love ya. Hey, any girls reading this, do you think Almon should get a girlfriend? He's the ladies man of the group, wouldn't you all get pissed and hate us if he wasn't single anymore? Write to him and say you'll commit suicide if he gets a girlfriend. We're gonna practice this weekend, hopefully, and write some new songs. Wow, this whole entry has been band related, you haven't heard me bitch about my thoughts on life or politics or anything. Enjoy it while it lasts, because tomorrow i'll probably have more to bitch about.

1/25/00 - Practice tomorrow, depending on the weather. We're still in the process of writing new stuff. By that I mean we want to write a new song but we can't come up with anything good. All we have is Wild Monkeys, which is actually a pretty bad song.... Despite what Morgan says but that's just because of who wrote it. Kurt and I think it's pretty bad. Oh well. We're also working on Bucket O' Retards, which is a highly controversial song. And we might be doing I Don't Wanna Hear It, by Minor Threat. Things are pretty good, the economy is strong. Actually, I wouldn't really know. But life is good. Manda forgave me. Yay! She's cool. She's a rad riot grrrl from PA, one of my best on-line friends. She's talking to me again which is awesome. Not that any of you care, but it's pretty important to me.

1/24/00 - I don't even know what to say. Fighting, bickering, it's all meaningless. What causes it? Not thinking before speaking, not looking at both sides of an argument, saying spiteful things that won't help solve anything. And I truly believe, that no argument is ever caused by one side. It seems like it always both people's fault. So remember that if you're ever arguing, remember that half of the problem is you. And if you can solve half the problem by thinking before you speak, looking at both sides of the argument, considering how you would feel in the other persons place, and not saying anything to purposely hurt someone, by solving your half of the problem, you're well on your way of resolving the entire argument in the first place. This is something I know, but don't really take part of. Sure i'm bring a hypocrite, but I don't think anyone reading this has never been one at some time or another. Just watch what you say, and keep a clear head when you fight, that's all i'm saying.

1/23/00 - Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Melissssssaaaaaaa.... Happy birthday to you!

1/22/00 - God dammit, i'm fucking stupid. All I had to do was mail this fricken package and make sure it got to it's destination on time, and I managed to truly mess it up. Now it didn't get there on time. Dammit. I'm sorry babe, it won't happen again.

1/21/00 - New look for the page, if you couldn't tell. I hope you noticed, because you had to click on a new picture to get here. Boredom will make you do some weird updates to a page. Ah well. I have really ugly curtains in my house. You'd have to see them to believe me. This is a lousy topic, some big idiot must have came up with it. Curtains. Pshh! I could have come up with a better topic than that. I will no lomger ask for a midgets opinion on what to talk about. Hehehe. I can say whatever I want about Morgan in here because she never comes to read it anymore! I dedicated an entire entry to her and she doesn't even know it. Oh well. I tried to make a nice gesture. It seems like the more you put in your nice gestures, the less they're recognized. This is good in a way I guess, adds to my on going learning on life. I've learned quite a bit for a 16 year old. Not to be full of myself or anything. Who me? I'm only the best bassist in the world.... Nah, just kidding. No one will ever be better than Matt Freeman. Not a lot of band news, gotta go, love ya, bye.

1/20/00 - We practiced today, but there was a sadness in all of our hearts. It wasn't the same without good old Stender Bender there. Actually, we just missed the guitar, we're glad he wasn't there. Just joking, just joking. Actually, Kurt's probably going to join the band soon. Nothing's official, but it's looking good to him joining. Wow, no fights going on in the guestbook lately. It's almost disappointing... Oh well. I'm sure something will happen soon. I'll call Dan an ass or something, that should do it. Damn that kid, he planted a bomb in my bass amp. It hasn't gone off yet, but you can hear it ticking. When it goes off, we'll all be killed and Weasel Time will be destroyed. All except Morgan of course, she's so low to the ground, she won't even be bothered. She'd probably just fall into one of the cracks in the cement. Oh well. Practice again on Sunday, and we're gonna write some new stuff. That's all for now, "catch you on the flipside", my "peeps".

1/19/00 - Practice tomorrow, oh yes. Kurt can't come, but the rest of the old crew will gather in Weasel Time Studios for some good old fashioned "jamming". Shorty has a little trouble breathing (she has a cold), so she probably won't be playing too much. But me, Citizen and Spazz will be ripping it up like in the old days. The 21st Century has so far been, in my humble opinion, a bust. I mean come on, where are the flying cars, electronic whores, and hang over free/no liver damage alcohol? Let's get with the program people, I want some new stuff. Ah well. Tonight's a bitch because nobody's on-line and nothing good on the old television. I'm just waiting around for Melissa (tsk tsk, where are you babe?), she ditched me to go to her friends house, dammit. Just kidding, just kidding. I'm quite the jokester. If you haven't noticed, i'm rambling on about nothing now. Nothing to say, nothing to say, nothing to say. Al Gore sucks, save us from his rule. He is a puppet, in the larger game of rich big wig politics. Dammit. He doesn't even have good solid ideas on solving the problem of campaign finance reform. So how's the weather? I'm out. Remember, I say what I feel and I mean what I say!

1/18/00 - Not a whole lot of news. We're gonna be writing some new songs soon, and maybe do another cover. Maybe a Misfits or Minor Threat one. Not sure yet, but i'll post news when we decide. Kurt's doing a lot better now, and the first song he wrote is a really good one. Mix Kurt's music, and Melissa's talented writing, and you have one pretty damn good song.

1/17/00 - How do you show appreciation for someone who means so much? How do you say thank you after you did something wrong and was shown nothing but grattitude in return? How do you forgive yourself? Only a handful of the people in the world are lucky enough to find that one true friend, that one person who can totally change your feelings, thoughts, and attitude towards life, in only a few words. Someone who's opinion means more than your very own. And how could someone be so stupid, to find someone like that and wrong them and exclaim profanity's at them, for basically no reason? Finding a true friend like that, one that can make you smile under any situation, one that can make you laugh when you feel like crying, one that can even tell what you're feeling when you don't even know yourself, finding a friend like that is more precious than anything. And I am sorry. I am pathetic. You've done no wrong and I shouldn't have thought you did. Maybe it's because i'm paranoid the whole world is against me, or maybe i'm just plain dumb as shit, but I am sorry. People will want to tease me for this display of emotion, but all I have to say is I dare you. Don't step on me over this one. I already feel bad enough. I am sorry. Morgan, thank you for being there for me. I couldn't ask for a better friend.

1/16/00 - Yeah, not a whole lot going on. God damn weather. Practice was cancelled today. It was snowing a whole lot today, which played a part in no practice. And my other plans for tonight got cancelled, so i'm sitting here on my ass with nothing to do. Exciting, huh? I'm about to add some pics of Luke in the pictures section, so be sure to check them out. He's such a handsome fella. I swear, i'm going to adopt him one day. That's all for now, remember, I say what I feel and I mean what I say!

1/15/00 - Ice Berg and I go drive a lot, but he hit an old pedestrian.... Okay, now I have that tune in my head. Go to Lake Placid, it is fantastic, if Luke leaves we'll call a cab, in the mean time we'll play laser tag. Die! I like to bowl you hypocrite, go fucking die! If you don't get a strike you will suffer, for your bad try. Luke and Morgan go drive a lot, but Luke hit everything in sight, Almon went and spent fifty bucks, and the air hockey table got fucked up. Die! I like to bowl you hypocrite, go fucking die! If you don't get a strike you will suffer, for your bad try. It turns out Morgan can't bowl, I guess she's too short to make the throw, she'd come back with a frown and mutter, cause everytime her ball went in the gutter. Die! I like to bowl you hypocrite, go fucking die! If you don't get a strike you will suffer, for your bad try. Okay, pretty good for off the top of my head. You're probably thinking this doesn't make much sense, I guess you'd had to have been there. Might as well keep going.... Kurt and Luke order a whole pizza, but they didn't have any money, so we laughed while they panicked, the look on their face was real funny. Die! I like to bowl you hypocrite, go fucking die! If you don't get a strike you will suffer, for your bad try. Sarah was real afraid of me, I guess I just look too scary, Chris was actually nice to me, but he told me not to dis Ghandi. Die! I like to bowl you hypocrite, go fucking die! If you don't get a strike you will suffer, for your bad try. The band really needs a PA, so Morgan came to save the day, Larry will give us five hundred bucks, if Morgan gives him a few... Okay I won't go there.

1/14/00 - It is cold inside of our hearts, so we therefore find it cold outside...... the cold is a metaphor for the bitterness dwelling in us all. As it deepens so does the environment around us. I think that upon examining the situation closer you will see that their level of sanity seems insane to you, only because you yourself are insane. This is the one true proverb amoung the lies told by Ghandi, but Columbus and I are well on our way of solving this situation.

1/13/00 - Damn, i'm out of shape. Playing some good old fashioned basketball tonight, I felt like I was gonna puke. Sure, all you ladies may think i'm a physical masterpiece, with my huge bulging muscles and scorching physique (sorry ladies, i'm taken), but the truth is, i'm a lazy son of a bitch who's idea of exercise is typing on the keyboard. I used to play all the time, but i've kinda gone downhill these last couple of months. Oh well. This is totally unrelated to the band. But you know what? I'm thinking I don't care much. I can say whatever I want! Hehehe. Here: The band is good. There. I talked about the band.

1/12/00 - Hot dogs? Almon is crazy. Ketchup? Not best served with water. We had practice today. Everything sounds like shit except Flush Your Life. Almon goes all cymbally (is that a word?) on it, and it sounds really hard core. Kurt has practiced with us twice now, and he's getting better. We're gonna write some new stuff with him this weekend. And by the way, give Almon beans and doughnuts!

1/8/00 - Wow. First update of the year 2000. I feel like an ass writing 00 as the year. Oh well. I like having my own little forum to say whatever I want. Y2K my ass. We need a guitarist. Have one? If so, please let us have it. Kurt Stender is joining us in Weasel Time Studios tomorrow to see if he'll work out. We're all hoping he.... How do I say it nicely? Doesn't suck. We're aching to play a show, so we're hoping to get a guitarist soon. We're doing Verbal Kint now, a rad Link 80 cover. There was a freak show going through town and we stole their main attraction, the world's shortest woman, and forced her to play trumpet for us. It's a good song. Luke is a machine. That's it for now.

12/23/99 - Yo yo yo, long time no write. Luke officially joined us and we're FBI Corrupt now. We're really starting to come together after all that's happened. In my words anyway, it was "The most tragic break up since Operation Ivy." But Luke's doing really awesome and we're coming together now. All we need is a guitarist and we'll be all set. We're putting together a Link 80 cover song, and it's really rad. We're gonna have a guest horn section and all. That's it here, oi to the punks.

12/12/99 - I used to keep this thing up everyday, but as you can see, I haven't done it in a few days. This is mostly due to Danny quiting, the whole band is in a really bad spot. We're still working with Luke on vocals, and we're going to try out Mike Flynn on guitar. Almon and I aren't giving up, even though Danny did everything he could to destroy us. We simply won't be as good as before, but we're gonna keep playing anyway. It's just supposed to be about fun anyway, so who cares if we suck. I'll try to keep this thing up to date, but there's really not that much going on with the band anymore.

12/9/99 - Luke tried out on vocals today, and he did really good. He learned like half our songs in one day. Nothing is official yet but it's looking pretty good for him joining. It basically depends on Danny (I haven't asked him yet), and if Luke really wants to or not. Almon and I both liked him. Still not sure if Chris is singing tomorrow or not, he's going to see how he's feeling tomorrow morning.

12/8/99 - Dammit, I wrote this all out and lost it, and I don't feel like typing it out again.

12/7/99 - Chris came down with the flu, but hopefully he will sing the show for us. We just have to hope he's feeling better in time. Hopefully we'll be practicing soon, with Luke in on vocals. Poor old Larry was cleaning out his basement and we wound up back in Weasel Time Studios anyway..... Poor guy. We have two new songs we're working on. One's called Insurrection, written by me and Morgan, our groupy. The other one is still un-named, but it's a really cool song by Danny. He thinks it sucks, but he thinks that about everything. P.S. Almon is not in Choke!

12/6/99 - The search is on for a new lead singer. Our candidates were Kyle McKenna, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Eric Stoorza, but we're really excited about Luke Synder trying out. Hopefully he'll be joing us in Weasel Time Studios tomorrow, so we can see if it'll work or not. As far as I know, we're still playing the show on the 10th, as long as Chris will sing for us one more time.

12/5/99 - I'm sad to report that Chris quit the band today. There's no personal problems or anything, it's mostly due to a tight schedule, and a simple misunderstanding involving a goddamn note. We're kinda stuck without a lead singer right now, but we're looking for a new one. Hopefully Chris will sing for us on the show on the 10th. I'll keep you updated as the "situation" developes.

12/4/99 - Man, I am so confused about that show on the 10th. I'm not sure what bands are playing or anything, I hope to get it straightened out soon. We haven't been able to practice much at all lately, because we were stuck without a place to play. We might be moving back into Weasel Time Studios soon, so hopefully we'll get it together in time for the show.

12/3/99 - Guidance councilers? I don't need no stinkin' guidance councilers!!!

12/2/99 - Oh yes, i'm the master of the practical joke. I got Jarrett Cruickshank and Joel Trotter good. I own them now. Hehehe, supposedly they're going to get me back, but I haven't fallen for a practical joke yet.... I'll spare you the details of what I did, but let's just say I signed onto AIM under a different name, and was pretending to be, ahhh, "less than heterosexual." They fell for it pretty badly, and now there's a little compitition going on! That's it for news here.

12/1/99 - Jeez, it's December already? Man, this sucks. I talked to Studly Sternberg last night, and it seems like there might be a show on the 10th, and the 17th at The Getaway. None of this is confirmed yet, but it's looking like Re-tract, Good to Go, some other band, and hopefully Atomic Playboys and Snotbox on the 10th, and The Groodys, Snotbox, and Mr. Ward on the 17th. Don't go telling all your friends and then blame me if the shows don't happen, because I told you that nothing was confirmed yet. I'll post up when things are for sure. God it's cold here. Once again my big mouth has had my foot shoved in it, because I once again said something in here without thinking first. If this keeps up I might just take this whole page down. I've hurt too many people's feelings. I'm sorry Melissa, love you babe.

11/30/99 - Hey Hannah, glad you like the page! Even though you like Almon's picture more than mine..... But oh well. Just don't tell Eric! For those of you who don't know, Hannah is one of the few people who actually like us. She is really cool. Katelynn is really cool too. They are probably our biggest and best fans. You guys are the best.

11/29/99 - Bad Religion rules. Hehehe, don't know why I brought that up, but oh well! Hey Morgan, I enjoyed our little "conversation" tonight, don't forget to do your jumping jacks!! Okay, so that was an inside joke, so you probably didn't find it very funny. Not much news here. I updated the members page, and i'm almost always adding stuff to the facts page. Operation Ivy rules. I never knew there were so many words that ryhmed with computer. But that's another inside joke. Jeez, Morgan's the only one who's gonna know what i'm talking about in this entry! Oh well. Sleep tight little ones, and don't turn out the lights!!

11/28/99 - I'm going to put a rumor to rest. I don't know where this one came from, but it's getting annoying. Here's the rumor: I'm a suicidal freak who wants to kill myself over Chris and Almon's ex-girlfriend because I'm madly in love with her. Apparantly one night I was going to kill myself (funny how I don't remember that), and Chris saved my life. Don't ask where that came from, but most of it's not true. That's about it here. We might be practicing in Larry Tucker's basement soon.

11/27/99 - You're probably all thinking i've lost my mind. You might even be right. Maybe you're next. Is this a joke or is this serious? Decide for yourself. People these days are capable of making their own decisions based on fact and a vast ectoplasm of info. Joke or serious? A question best left unaswered. The mind of an individual will work as it will, and my input on whether this is serious or not will do nothing to change the outcome of the process of thought. Not much news here. We might be doing a show in Lake Placid at the youth center soon, i'll put up details when things get confirmed.

11/26/99 - Hey people. We haven't been practicing much lately, and as Dan would say, i'm not sure I approve of this. We're kinda stuck without a place to play. Thanks goes out to Alex Henry, who let us play in his garage the other day. We're thinking about moving back into Weasel Time Studios, but it's a long drive for everyone else besides me.