From: MisterNiceGuy@juno.com
To: LuKas Update
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:59:52 -0500
Subject: Lukas Update: 02-14-2K

I know, I know. I must be breaking some kinda universal rule about me
writing stuff on an almost weekly basis, but what the hey. I just can't
get myself worked up about homework right now. . .
 
Feature Article: Lemme try my hand at angst.
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     Well, things have ben kinda boring here. Or, you could say that
nothing real big or deserving of a Feature Article. As you know, today is
Valentine's Day. As you all know, it also means that I've been alone for
five years. Usually, I'm pretty cool with this. It's taken me some time
to be comfortable with who I am, but today, in the middle of Physics, it
just got to me. Maybe because half the class was wearing some shade of
red or pink. Maybe because it was raining outside. But it just got to me.
So I put my pencil to paper and came up with this. Even gave it a title.
 
Rain on Valentine's Day
   - LK Chen
     The sky pours down
     Grey clouds my vision
     Couples pass in the hallway
     Their manner full of crimson
     Stealing glances into each other's eyes
     As if their feelings will mean more
     If they pretend it forbidden
     I walk past them alone
     No girl on my arm
     No rose for me to give
     A sea of red on this day
     And I the only one blue
 
As Marty McFly might say, "This is heavy." Happy Valentine's day, I
guess.

News Boxers:
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     - FINALLY finished a drawing I was assigned to for the yearbook. For
those of you who have a little comic book savvy, it's an homage to Giant
Size X-Men #1. I set it up with these old teachers who've retired at the
top, and below them bursting through the page are the cool new teachers.
If you've seen the cover, you'd know what I'm talking about . . .
     - Interesting note, Newsweek's magazine this week as an Article
about how Asian guys are on the rise, or something? S'funny, nobody tells
me about ANY trends these days . . .
     - Finished watching Visions of Escaflowne, an anime series. Pretty
good. It's up there, but the romantic that I was, I wasn't satisfied with
the ending, despite its "happiness."
     - Read a book (Wow, what a change for Lukas, huh?). And not a comic
book, either. _Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah_ by
Richard Bach. Short little book, but full of interesting views and ideas.
It's not that long to read, definitely recommend it. But be warned, you
might not like it the first time through. . .
     - Dunno if I mentioned this before, but got accepted into Rutgers,
an NJ state university. Course, in Princeton High school, anybody who's
anybody gets into Rutgers, so it's not much of a celebrated event. Fact,
most people that even apply get in, so it's not much of a big deal. . .
     - Rice, T, PLEASE mail me back. It's an upcoming four-day weekend
for me, and I thought it might be cool if we got together. . .
     - Mom won't tell me why I might get out of school in May to go to
Japan (!), but if I DID go, we'd have to rent me a tuxedo! ::ulp::

THIS IS COOL
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     - Uh, I dunno. I've been sacrificing my "development" time so that I
could sleep more. So there isn't anything really cool that I could really
review, so. . .
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SAY WHAT?!
     "It's not the size of the waves, it's the motion of the ocean."
     - neighbor Michael Nolet shares his surefire Valentine's Day secret

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Alright, so maybe that poem I wrote was one of those bottled-up things
that was waiting to be expressed, but I specially chose these lyrics a
long time ago, so it's just a coincidence!
 
You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win
And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry
I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing for sure
 
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
 
Two by two and side by side
Love's gonna find you yes it is
You just can't hide
You'll hear it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It's gonna soar
I don't care for any casanova thing
All I can say is
Love stinks
 (Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
 
I've been through diamonds
I've been through minks
I've been through it all
Love stinks
 
- J. Geils Band
  [ Word, mah brother ]
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- LuKas
"Be seeing you"