Be honest. Day after day, night after night, you, along with all the other adolescents of Lewis County, habitually engage in the same activities. For some, that includes sitting ominously in the same few coffee serving establishments available to us in this quaint little village. For others, it might be dancing alone in the basement after getting kicked out of Denny's for being noisy. Honest advice; this is an unhealthy habit. Believe it or not, there is life beyond the Harrison Street exit. Realistically Chehalis may not have that much to do, but geographically speaking, it's not that far from interesting gathering places you may never have been to. Here's a list of cool places up north you might want to try.

Anomalous Records Gallery 1402 Pike St., Seattle. (206) 328-9339 Specializing in ambient, experimental, improvised, avant-garde and other strange unnameable music.

Cafe Paradiso 1005 E. Pike, Seattle. (206) 322-6960. This is a late-night coffee house for all you caffeine users. Sun-Thur. to 1 a.m. Sat-Fri to 4 a.m. Food, live music, arts events.

Capital Theatre 206 E. 5th Avenue, Olympia (206) 754-5378. Plays, live bands. (All events take place in the backstage area unless otherwise noted)

Midnight Sun 113 N. Columbia, Olympia (360) 786-9537. A performance space for a variety of literary endeavors, such as poetry readings and improv.

The Paradox 311 Puyallup Ave. Tacoma. (ph n/a) Live music and over-18 dances on Fri-Sat.

Rockcandy(RKCNDY) 1812 Yale. Seattle (206) 667-0219 Newly reopened as an all- ages venue. They often have bigger name bands but ticket sales usually at the door.

Smithfield Cafe 212 4th Ave. Olympia (360) 786-1725. Live bands weekends, open mic tuesday nights.

Speakeasy Cafe 2304 2nd Ave., Seattle (206) 728-9770. Coffee, jazz, and e-mail/internet access, lots of obscure books and drawings.