daddy dearist
monday 16th: drove to philly with marshall& sara to see the books (in marshall's super cutesy red car with polka dot seats). they made me try taco bell for the first time (never again. ever). we almost ran out of gas& therefore had to pull over at some sketchy gas station. once marshall left the car all the bums were upon him: an old bearded man wanted to pump the gas, some girl was raising money for "students against violence" (riiight), & another lady asked for $$ then got pissed off when he didnt give her any.
the show itself was pretty amazing. it was in an old church with wooden pews& a giant organ. the opening act was this violinist dude who played to a projection of 3-d animation shit. me& marshall were like "this would be SO much better to a bill morrison film." & then the violin guys like "now im going to play a song that my buddy BILL MORRISON asked me to write for one of his films." !!! it was fate (this isnt the video he played to but! it gives an idea of how cool& creepy mr. morrison's stuff is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnc8V9YO6Y0 the best ones are of ghostly school children & carnivals). then the books came onstage &... wow. they had videos that went along with their songs& soundclips-- like home movies & sumo wrestlers &mustache men in the early 1900s taking on& off their fancy hats.
of course we went to wawa afterwards (it's tradition? i guess) & marshall told me his theory about why rilo kiley left saddle creek (his story: jenny lewis& tim kasher had a love affair that didn't end too well. i asked him why he thought his & he said that in one rilo kiley song jenny about a guy named tim who drinks at bars a lot. & i was like "suuure it must be about him cos there are definately NO other tims in nebraska who are drunks").
at the xui xui show a week or so ago we stopped at marshall's house in new jersey to spend the night. he had a bird clock like my grandma that chirps on the hour & dolphin pillows& cats that appeared out of nowhere (& did somersalts!). his house was surrounded by dogs in pens & in the morning we had pancakes.
friday 20th: ash had a bday party for all the summer birthdays. i played beer pong (with cider though) for the first time (it was a monumental week).
saturday 21st: krista's sister visited & we went out to eat at the backdoor cafe with betsy. afterwards we played mall madness until the batteries leaked out. later we went to aliby's where a country singer performed& sang about how he was "the taco of jesus". later marshall brought over beer& we listened to bright eyes. i gave him a hair cut & krista made muffins.
sunday 22nd: had indian food in harrisburg & walked by the river.
monday 23rd: all the electronics decided to turn against me: computers froze & printers exploded ink all over my fingers. the english department gave us a free meal in a smokey english style pub. i told everyone about my problems with technology & just as i finished my story the lights began to flicker. SPOOKY
wednesday 25th: we had free chinese food & read submissions to the literary magazine (robotica & angry poems to parents& stories about ferrets). later i visited ash& naomi's radio show & colin& deaf in one ear boy were there STEALING MUSIC *gasp* how badass.