I met this kid named Justin about a week or so back at a party. He's a pretty cool guy, and he has now become my main source of buds. Now, I didn't plan on falling back into that lifestyle, but this is only the third time he will have hooked me up, so I'm only on the verge. Either way, I'll be pretty high later tonight when he gets off work 'round 6ish. The thing that really sucks is that it's always $60 a bag, which is quite steep. It is some killer prime snow-capped buddha, but regardless . . . oh supply and demand, I suppose. Then my fucking history teacher--well, ok--the word "vanguard" came up in our notes, and he's like, "Does anyone know what that means?" Then he looks straight at me and says, "I bet Tom knows what it means." Is that supposed to be some disguised compliment, in that he expects me to know what it means? Or is it just his way of poking fun at the arrogance I'm sure he thinks I'm full of? What sucks is that I thought I knew what it meant, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure, so I said I didn't know, not wanting to sound like an idiot. But I did know! I was right, and if I would have actually went with my instinct I would have scored major, um, intellect points. I'm going to write my paper for History of Rock and Roll on Sonic Youth. You have to choose a band that spanned at least 20 years, and you cannot pick the Beatles. It's due Wednesday night, and I haven't started. It'll be easy 'cause we don't have to make in-text citations, which I hate. Anyway, I think it will actually be kind of a fun paper to write. Sonic Youth is pure talent. Earlier works: check out EVOL, Daydream Nation, and Sister. Later works: check out Sonic Nurse, Rather Ripped, and Murray Street.