weekend
friday night was super great because i got to see the kgb, the locals, and solemite one last time. and about 30 people whom i have met thanks to solemite. TI, i did get your text, but not until i was leaving. i had megan and valerie (pistol tits megan, but she went by valerie all weekend) with me, then we picked up heather. got super lost taking toshiko home, dropped off heather, stopped at the not-yet-happening after-party for not nearly long enough, and went back to my aunt's to sleep. i got some of my good-bye forever hugs in, but not all of them.
the kgb were suprisingly marvelous (surprising since they haven't played in so long and because toby was definitely on drugs). the locals revival was hilarious (most notably jon's mohawk wig and justin's hawaiian shirt). solemite were solemite. bob screwed up carly again, but that's to be expected. i was just happy that they played it! i wore my old rock steady-style EBAS shirt that i'd made (everyone's names in white and red). ashlee gave me the dumbest look for wearing it. everyone else liked it though.
saturday we met up with eric tamo in berkeley, shopped at buffalo exchange and looked around other stores. chilled at my aunt's again and tandra (charlie's friend) picked up valerie. met up with them at the coliseum for hella, THE MARS EFFING VOLTA, and system of a down. that was fun. i am so in love with the mars volta *le sigh.* we were really close. best shirt of the night went to " I HELLA &hearts OAKLAND." i "hella" want one.
best conversation of the night (during the mars volta set from a cute drunk guy): "sooner or later we're going to make out." then two minutes later stopped dancing and said, "how about now?" to which i responded, "um no. but maybe later."
i almost passed out during system of a down (too much smoke in the room, major pain in my back and ribs, being tossed around by aggressive drunken bastards, and exhaustion), so we left right before the last song. i did benefit from the fact that my aunt works for the coliseum. i didn't have to pay for parking ($15!) and i buddied with the head of security. i wish he'd been next to megan and me all night though, gosh.
after the show megan and i went to el tapitaio for a late dinner and it was damn good. maybe due to all of the second-hand pot smoke. on the way back to my car we saw a girl hit the car in front of her with the back end of her car while trying to u-turn out of a parallel park while on her cell phone. then she just drove away like it didn't happen, blue paint all over the back of her white car. that's the bay area for you.
sunday was pretty much behind schedule all day long. valerie had spent the night with tandra and i was supposed to get her around 5 cus tandra had to work. meg and i wound up going to the west oakland bart station at the suggestion of my aunt, which took us about 15 minutes longer to get to, then we couldn't find parking, then we missed the train that was there already. at least it was only 9 minutes until the next one. shopping on market street went fairly well (holy crap, the 3-story forever 21 is huuuuge!). megan got a lot of nice slacks for work from express and i got a tank and a tee that says, "i love philippine" at urban (which sounds really correct if you say it in a filipino accent). i also bought neat eye shadow cubes at the body shop, a green blazer at the gap, and the day before at buffalo i had picked up a paul frank shirt and brown tank with handpainted fabric paint stars on it, which i adore.
meg and i walked to chinatown to look at plates and she decided against them. then the effing busses wouldn't stop because they were so packed, so we walked back to the bart station. man, those chinatown hills kill me! i freaking hate chinatown. okay, love/hate. whatever. lucky for us, a train to the east bay was right there and hadn't closed it's doors yet (like earlier that day), so we got on right away. i didn't get valerie until almost 7 (got two blocks from tandra's work and thought i had already passed it, so i turned around and realized i hadn't, so i went all the way back. on effing university, which only allows you to go one stoplight at a time. gah!)
anyway, we didn't get home until 11 last night, then i started this entry and went to work. got home from work around 8:20 this morning and now i'm finishing this up. i'm at a point past tired, but not yet exhausted. i don't think i'll fall asleep on the keyboard or anything. i think i'll do some on-line shopping, actually. mom had a garage sale this weekend and i came home to $100! sweeeet!!
by the way, PROM IS THIS SATURDAY! i'm so excited!! and heather is coming to see me wednesday and thursday! that's almost more exciting!
the kgb were suprisingly marvelous (surprising since they haven't played in so long and because toby was definitely on drugs). the locals revival was hilarious (most notably jon's mohawk wig and justin's hawaiian shirt). solemite were solemite. bob screwed up carly again, but that's to be expected. i was just happy that they played it! i wore my old rock steady-style EBAS shirt that i'd made (everyone's names in white and red). ashlee gave me the dumbest look for wearing it. everyone else liked it though.
saturday we met up with eric tamo in berkeley, shopped at buffalo exchange and looked around other stores. chilled at my aunt's again and tandra (charlie's friend) picked up valerie. met up with them at the coliseum for hella, THE MARS EFFING VOLTA, and system of a down. that was fun. i am so in love with the mars volta *le sigh.* we were really close. best shirt of the night went to " I HELLA &hearts OAKLAND." i "hella" want one.
best conversation of the night (during the mars volta set from a cute drunk guy): "sooner or later we're going to make out." then two minutes later stopped dancing and said, "how about now?" to which i responded, "um no. but maybe later."
i almost passed out during system of a down (too much smoke in the room, major pain in my back and ribs, being tossed around by aggressive drunken bastards, and exhaustion), so we left right before the last song. i did benefit from the fact that my aunt works for the coliseum. i didn't have to pay for parking ($15!) and i buddied with the head of security. i wish he'd been next to megan and me all night though, gosh.
after the show megan and i went to el tapitaio for a late dinner and it was damn good. maybe due to all of the second-hand pot smoke. on the way back to my car we saw a girl hit the car in front of her with the back end of her car while trying to u-turn out of a parallel park while on her cell phone. then she just drove away like it didn't happen, blue paint all over the back of her white car. that's the bay area for you.
sunday was pretty much behind schedule all day long. valerie had spent the night with tandra and i was supposed to get her around 5 cus tandra had to work. meg and i wound up going to the west oakland bart station at the suggestion of my aunt, which took us about 15 minutes longer to get to, then we couldn't find parking, then we missed the train that was there already. at least it was only 9 minutes until the next one. shopping on market street went fairly well (holy crap, the 3-story forever 21 is huuuuge!). megan got a lot of nice slacks for work from express and i got a tank and a tee that says, "i love philippine" at urban (which sounds really correct if you say it in a filipino accent). i also bought neat eye shadow cubes at the body shop, a green blazer at the gap, and the day before at buffalo i had picked up a paul frank shirt and brown tank with handpainted fabric paint stars on it, which i adore.
meg and i walked to chinatown to look at plates and she decided against them. then the effing busses wouldn't stop because they were so packed, so we walked back to the bart station. man, those chinatown hills kill me! i freaking hate chinatown. okay, love/hate. whatever. lucky for us, a train to the east bay was right there and hadn't closed it's doors yet (like earlier that day), so we got on right away. i didn't get valerie until almost 7 (got two blocks from tandra's work and thought i had already passed it, so i turned around and realized i hadn't, so i went all the way back. on effing university, which only allows you to go one stoplight at a time. gah!)
anyway, we didn't get home until 11 last night, then i started this entry and went to work. got home from work around 8:20 this morning and now i'm finishing this up. i'm at a point past tired, but not yet exhausted. i don't think i'll fall asleep on the keyboard or anything. i think i'll do some on-line shopping, actually. mom had a garage sale this weekend and i came home to $100! sweeeet!!
by the way, PROM IS THIS SATURDAY! i'm so excited!! and heather is coming to see me wednesday and thursday! that's almost more exciting!