David got into town and we ate BBQ at Russell St and went to see the Dutchess and the Duke. I had a giant crush on Kimberly Morrison. She was totally adorable.... simple outfit, messy ponytail, chugging wine and beer, great voice, laughing and smiling... I turned into a mushy fangirl. Look, here she is:
They were super good, I love their voices together. The best song live was I am Just a Ghost. The sound quality of this video does not do it justice.
And they played my favorite song last, Armageddon Song. I guess it's the nature of the opening bands and of the Doug Fir, but the whole night was pretty mellow. I was expecting something a little more high-energy, and maybe I thought they'd stand up to play, but oh well.
I woke up at 7:20 to take a shower and get ready for work at TPI. Some people (Logan and Dave) had their doubts, but I got to work showered, caffeinated, and on time with a bagel in hand. I had a great day at work, it was mellow as hell and it was nice to be surrounded by adults instead of teenage girls.
After work I went over to Logan's and we watched the Sopranos and enjoyed having his house to ourselves (all his roommates were already moved out). Eventually I made it to Rotture with Dave to see Glass Candy. The crowd was insanely weird and I felt uncomfortable. Dave and I sat down. Dave tried to talk about life and people and I wasn't in a great mood at all, so the conversation was kind of stilted. Luckily, some guy that we met the night before showed up and Dave smoked weed with him and became extremely euphoric and agreeable. Aaron showed up too. I didn't have a great time at the show. I was tired, it was way too packed, and I didn't like the music that much.
Later we met Logan at Chopsticks where he was doing karaoke with some friends. We sat through some horrible singing. On the way out I noticed I had a flat tire. We spent what seemed like three hours trying to get my spare on. I was extremely nervous and irritable the whole time.
Uh-oh, I haven't updated and now I am so behind I can't remember what I've been doing.
Thursday night 11/19: Between work days I decided to go out with Dave instead of going to bed because I thought it would be his last night in town. We met Kait and some of her friends at the River City Grill. By the time we got there it was last call so Dave dumped some rum from my flask into an Arnold Palmer. After that we went to Valentines and got a drink with Kait's friend while she walked somebody else home. It was one of the first nights I had off while Logan had to be at work, so I brought him a doughnut from Voodoo Doughnuts.
After Voodoo we walked to Tube and were immediately handed shots of tequila. I drank a lot and we danced a lot to soul music and Dave dropped an entire glass on the dance floor-- the shattering seemed to be in time with the music and it didn't bother anyone.
After that we drove to the food carts on Hawthorne and got some free poutine from Potato Champion. On the drive back to my house we sang along to Lightning Dust. We couldn't believe our luck from getting all the free stuff and the night felt perfect.
Friends of Trees smashed my window in. Dave got into town and we walked to Mississippi Studios. Got there for the last two Guidance Counselor songs and saw Neon Indian after that. Great crowd. Heard someone say "this sounds like a gay space dance" and he was totally right.
