we went to see kodo at ucla. i hate ucla. i really do. i hate big campuses. i hate those buildings. that brick with roman columns shit. i hate sports-centric campuses. i hate fraternities and sororities. i hate manic spring breaks. i hate environments so focused on getting grades that no one learns anything, just crams and cheat for grades. i hate that whole thing. that's what i feel like ucla is. our tickets were at will call. the girl who helped us was so fucking annoying. i told twiddle thumbs that that's exactly why i didn't want to go to ucla for college. my high schools were full of those type of kids. i hated high school. i didn't want to spend another 4 years with those jerks. anyway, there were actual japanese people at kodo! surprise surprise. i could hear them talking. i would whisper translations to twiddle thumbs now and then. but mostly it just makes me giggle inside now and then that they have no idea i am part japanese and can speak it. i noticed some white girl in the audience wearing her version of a kimono. it was hilarious. i'm sorry. you're probably very sincere in your interest of other cultures but to me it just looked bad.

kodo was good but some parts were a little slow and boring for me. i liked how their performance is energetic. i didn't like the song they did that didn't have any drums though. this is a kodo performance! it's all about drumming. if it was a japanese music show, then that would have been fine but i came to get my taiko on!