vegas

I went to Vegas this past week..(to see brand new of course)
First there was a San Diego trip that was actually fun?
Dare i say.
BUT i hate hate hate san diego crowds, all they know how to do is talk and be obnoxious.
I get that people think i'm weird because i see the same band a gazillion times and that
maybe i do get a little defensive because of it but while jesse was playing coca-cola by himself
and everyone was talking and i just wanted to cry (dramatic i know) but i felt like we were at
an open mic night and there was someone onstage trying their best at getting this song out
and everyone was not just talking but fucking shouting shit over an acoustic song..
i almost punched the guy behind me..i thought that it was worth getting in a fight over..and i wasn't even drunk.

oh san diego why do we have such a love/hate relationship?

after the show we drove to temecula to pick up kathy then me and shadi stayed up and drove half way to las vegas. The funny thing is we left at 3:30 and thought we were being such troopers ..we listened to random shit while we drove , even had a "drunk" rendition of "fall from grace" by the get up kids...
Our anthem became "breaking up" by rilo kiley and somehow we decided we were going to watch the sunrise till we made it to 5 o' clock and found out (thanks to weather.com) that the sun was rising at 6:11 that morning so we threw in the towel and kathy and michelle had the driving shifts.

We got there around 9am couldn't check into the Palms till 12pm but we spotted the Sonics down the street and felt right at home (at least me and michelle did that is) We went to the Aladdin mall so i can check out their urban outfitters (alright) then we hit up H&M where i got a hat (typical) but by that time we were walking zombies. We headed to the hotel where we all proceeded to pass the fuck out . Waking up around 3ish so we can get our Buffet on.
Now if you know me you know that i love food. Me and food have a relationship and it gets pretty rocky sometimes but when it comes to buffets its the strongest of all loves. The Mgm buffet is the best , shadi and i discovered it on our previous trip to vegas. So for 30 dollars we munched on crab legs, lamb, and some mexican cuisine . By this time it was 6pm and i really wanted to check out mewithoutyou (only for the reason that i felt threatened to ) we planned the rest of the night accordingly to make it to their set. Michelle though back at the Palms had opened a tab and we took full advantage of that i took 4 shots of something, had a glass of jack daniels and a midori sour and i was ready for the show. We got inside and thought we were about to see mewithoutyou but we were beyond all reason disapointed when we saw Thrice setting up. Now here is the thing, i don't like thrice i think they put on a good show for those that do , but i really really really don't like their style of music. I don't think they are the worst band ever but if i don't have to see them play i'd be a lot happier. Thank God for the alcohol in my system because they were completely bearable. By the time Brand New was going to hit the stage i figured that the alcohol would of left my system WRONG...i was fucking drunk acting a fool , kind of funny , kind of not...all i remember is freaking out for "archers" which the night before in san diego was the best performance i have ever seen them do of it and rocking out like that would of made sense but for the vegas show...my "rocking" out skills defitnetly didn't fit the mood and i must of looked like an ass but fuck that ...i had fun.
they played well and i was beyond sad to see them go (i might of shed a tear cuz im lame)
it's really hard to get people to understand my whole thing with brand new...
but i love them , they are the only band i still go to see play and it's like a drug.
It gets me through the day ..it brings back soo many memories . It's almost like they
are an imprint of my past and they continue to be of the future. I've met a lot of people through that band, been to a lot of different places because of them, and somehow their music is still good and still completely worth seeing. And when it gets bad i'll stop but it's not about anything besides the music and the good friends i share it with. Trust me i don't want to have Jesse Lacey's baby or anything......

so now that im done with that rant...

We gambled a little after (i lost 40 dollars not awesome)
and then passed out sometime after 2 , woke up at 5am, when it was shadi's turn to drive and i was her wing(wo)man. Now this was probably the most enjoyable drive of my life!!! there was a lot of great music, lost of good laughs, some musicals not going to lie...but defitnetly the best time i've had in a car in awhile (wink wink) Now basically pavement "shady lane" will always remind me of this trip.
God more people need to be into Pavement!
There was an Arizona trip in the works but things didn't work out.
Sometimes real life just gets in the way