Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch. Whine, cry, moan. Bitch. Double bitch. And some more bitching
Yeah. I made it perfectly clear to floyd and company that I was done with the former Wendy forum. I actually did that yesterday sometime, but didn't post anything on it. It's been over a week since I've been back and the Bizarre Uprising/Entertaindome people have already made me run off into the distance. Oh well....just thought I'd get that out of the way while I'm writing this.
Onto much, much, much better news! After I got off from work this afternoon, I went to a concert that's been going on for two days. Apparently there are a bunch of local bands playing this show. A bunch. Three days worth of bands. A bunch. I only went because a band made up of old college buddies were playing. Great, huh?
They've got a pretty nice sound to them. They're excellent to my ear...not as popular as I think they should be. They're very grunge-ish....got a Alice in Chains feel to 'em. Maybe a little less heavy....just a little. It was nice seeing them again, hearing them again, speaking to 'em again before they went on. It was a genuinely nice night.
I stayed for maybe three more acts. (If I remember correctly, each act gets an hour to play. There are two stages and a new band is ready at the moment the previous is finished.) The last one blew me away. They made the night outstanding for me. At first, I wasn't impressed. It was a chick band. They had the same thing going with them that my buddies did....the same general sound. The only difference is that us female folk have a slight disadvantage when it comes to the hard-hitting vocals in harmony with feedback. It just really doesn't work, most of the time. I figured it was going to be another sad attempt at Dark Girl Power. Wooo. I was wrong.
The first song they played was some random Kittie cover that I couldn't get into. (The first song is what gave me the wrong impression.) I never liked Kittie. I never did. I don't know why. I didn't like the song that these girls played. I don't know why. I just didn't. When they played some of their own material....I was dumbfounded. It was reeeeeally excellent! I cannot really give a description without using your cliché band name-mixing. Think Drain STH, with erie vocals that were used like Chris Cornell used in Soundgarden, GOOOOOOOOOOD Jerry Cantrell-ish guitar licks that weren't spoiled by "live performance distillation," and appropriate drum fills. (Now I'm not saying that Drain's drummer was inadequate....she just wasn't as good as this one!) Mmmm. What a great performance. The crowd wasn't as hyped as they were for most of the other bands. From what I gather, this band was one of the two chick bands in the entire three day review. Crappy circumstances.
Anyways....I hung out with the girls after their performance. (DON'T READ ON IF YOU GET BORED EASILY!) They were very normal. It was beautiful! Now I don't want to seem like the stereotypical dreamer fangirl....but I really felt like I fit in with 'em. There are four of 'em: Morgan - Lead vocals and guitar, Chastity - Lead guitar and backing vox, Jamie - Bass and backing vox, and Julia - Drums. I learned this about them: They all grew up in Jacksonville together from middle school to the end of high school. Morgan and Chastity went to USF here in Tampa...both studying psychology. Jamie went up to the University of Georgia in Athens to major in business management....if I remember correctly. Julia stayed in Jacksonville and went to Jacksonville JC. Jamie and Julia both have nice, supportive boys. Julia married her catch and Jamie's been with her boy for three years now.
Which I found to be most interesting...Morgan and Chastity are former lovers. They were in a garage band back in highschool and respectfully split just after college. Morgan has since gotten engaged to a strapping young guy that has some well-off job doing something. I wasn't really paying attention at that point. Ah well.
They're all down in Tampa for the summer doing whatever. If anything professional....I really can't remember. It HAS been a long night, after all.
Anyways....to continue....Chastity and I began talking for too long. You know what happens then. Being the not-so social drinker that I am....I can't really hold my booze. I don't drink...I don't know what possessed me to drink on this occasion. Chastity and I reeeeeeally got-a-talkin'. We left together...I stunned her with my hot car (I'm serious...it's hot!)...and I don't know what happened after that. From what I can gather, she caught an interest in me, though I really don't know what I could've told her to get her to be. She's now lying asleep in my bed, naked, glowing, and very peaceful. And wow. She's beautiful. Not in the way you might think, either. She's not giving off an unearthly-aura of beauty. She's also not the "robot-slut" type that people love to label. (Power to those people! I seriously wish I was that confident in myself.) She's just...beautiful. Earthly beautiful. No blemishes to speak of and very attractive. Mmm.
I'm proud of me. This is my first success story of 2003. Hurray!
I'm callin' in today.
Good morning and good night all!
Onto much, much, much better news! After I got off from work this afternoon, I went to a concert that's been going on for two days. Apparently there are a bunch of local bands playing this show. A bunch. Three days worth of bands. A bunch. I only went because a band made up of old college buddies were playing. Great, huh?
They've got a pretty nice sound to them. They're excellent to my ear...not as popular as I think they should be. They're very grunge-ish....got a Alice in Chains feel to 'em. Maybe a little less heavy....just a little. It was nice seeing them again, hearing them again, speaking to 'em again before they went on. It was a genuinely nice night.
I stayed for maybe three more acts. (If I remember correctly, each act gets an hour to play. There are two stages and a new band is ready at the moment the previous is finished.) The last one blew me away. They made the night outstanding for me. At first, I wasn't impressed. It was a chick band. They had the same thing going with them that my buddies did....the same general sound. The only difference is that us female folk have a slight disadvantage when it comes to the hard-hitting vocals in harmony with feedback. It just really doesn't work, most of the time. I figured it was going to be another sad attempt at Dark Girl Power. Wooo. I was wrong.
The first song they played was some random Kittie cover that I couldn't get into. (The first song is what gave me the wrong impression.) I never liked Kittie. I never did. I don't know why. I didn't like the song that these girls played. I don't know why. I just didn't. When they played some of their own material....I was dumbfounded. It was reeeeeally excellent! I cannot really give a description without using your cliché band name-mixing. Think Drain STH, with erie vocals that were used like Chris Cornell used in Soundgarden, GOOOOOOOOOOD Jerry Cantrell-ish guitar licks that weren't spoiled by "live performance distillation," and appropriate drum fills. (Now I'm not saying that Drain's drummer was inadequate....she just wasn't as good as this one!) Mmmm. What a great performance. The crowd wasn't as hyped as they were for most of the other bands. From what I gather, this band was one of the two chick bands in the entire three day review. Crappy circumstances.
Anyways....I hung out with the girls after their performance. (DON'T READ ON IF YOU GET BORED EASILY!) They were very normal. It was beautiful! Now I don't want to seem like the stereotypical dreamer fangirl....but I really felt like I fit in with 'em. There are four of 'em: Morgan - Lead vocals and guitar, Chastity - Lead guitar and backing vox, Jamie - Bass and backing vox, and Julia - Drums. I learned this about them: They all grew up in Jacksonville together from middle school to the end of high school. Morgan and Chastity went to USF here in Tampa...both studying psychology. Jamie went up to the University of Georgia in Athens to major in business management....if I remember correctly. Julia stayed in Jacksonville and went to Jacksonville JC. Jamie and Julia both have nice, supportive boys. Julia married her catch and Jamie's been with her boy for three years now.
Which I found to be most interesting...Morgan and Chastity are former lovers. They were in a garage band back in highschool and respectfully split just after college. Morgan has since gotten engaged to a strapping young guy that has some well-off job doing something. I wasn't really paying attention at that point. Ah well.
They're all down in Tampa for the summer doing whatever. If anything professional....I really can't remember. It HAS been a long night, after all.
Anyways....to continue....Chastity and I began talking for too long. You know what happens then. Being the not-so social drinker that I am....I can't really hold my booze. I don't drink...I don't know what possessed me to drink on this occasion. Chastity and I reeeeeeally got-a-talkin'. We left together...I stunned her with my hot car (I'm serious...it's hot!)...and I don't know what happened after that. From what I can gather, she caught an interest in me, though I really don't know what I could've told her to get her to be. She's now lying asleep in my bed, naked, glowing, and very peaceful. And wow. She's beautiful. Not in the way you might think, either. She's not giving off an unearthly-aura of beauty. She's also not the "robot-slut" type that people love to label. (Power to those people! I seriously wish I was that confident in myself.) She's just...beautiful. Earthly beautiful. No blemishes to speak of and very attractive. Mmm.
I'm proud of me. This is my first success story of 2003. Hurray!
I'm callin' in today.
Good morning and good night all!