today is my first day back at the office and it has been somewhat hectic, but not really. i had a minor amount of computer issues that needed resolving but that's about it.
our trip was fantastic. the only issue we had was on the way up my saris bones trunk rack had a minor issue with a stripped plastic bolt, but duct tape came to the rescue and we were back on track and it held up for the drive up.
once we arrived it pretty much became a stress free trip with the only thing on the agenda being the aquisition of a new bolt for the rack and seeing the whoremoans play on tuesday night. both items were accomplished and we had a boatload of fun doing everything else as well.
the first two nights we stayed with shannon and jo-jo. we stayed up drinking pbr until about 4:30 in the morning. and then came saturday. we all lounged around and recovered from the previous day until later toward the afternoon and evening when i rode over to the closest bike shop to begin my search for my bolt. after that we went to eat at a wonderful place called huey's and then went to see some bands play a show at the buccaneer. the only band from that night that i can recall the name of is the anti-curtains. they played the third set and set it off. after that we went back to crash. sunday saw us involved in bike rides, dog walks, drinking 40's on the front porch, checking into the motel6, going to eat downtown, walking around, and drinking more 40's back at the room. monday had us doing some other things, i think that was the day i actually found the shop with the replacement part i needed for the rack, then we played fetch with mable down on the river walk, then we got some sushi and some more 40's and went back to the hotel room. shannon didn't kick it with us on monday because she had band practice. tuesday we did some more wandering around with mable and some more beer drinking and i went on another bike ride into overton park. that place is pretty cool, makes for some nice riding and/or walking as i went home and woke shea and mable up and then dragged them back to overton park to walk around with me. since mable had been so well behaved we treated her to some crab and cream cheese wontons. she was stoked. tuesday night we went to see the vacant, the whoremoans, and the mansfields. the vacants were ok. they didn't seem too enthused about playing and it showed. but it was ok. the whoremoans kicked ass. the set they played was fun to watch and even included someone sawing the head off of some teddy bears. the mansfields were nuts, complete with their own lights and smoke machine. their set was great. after their last song shannon convinced them to play the ramones "the kkk took my baby away" while her and shea got to sing. then after that they started playing pipline which then turned into "dancing with myself" by billy idol. it was so good. some douche bag with a fake ass andy warhol haircut almost got his nose broken due to him acting like an asshole toward everybody and then saying something to shea about her taking pictures. i don't think he said anything else after she called him out for something and then he made another remark about pictures being taken and he turned around and saw it wasn't a girl but me instead. after that he was kind of quiet, so we ignored him and didn't let him ruin our fun. besides, no one wants to end up in jail in a strange city the night before you're supposed to leave, right?
all in all it was a great trip and i can't wait to move. i am going to get everything ready and lined up as quick as possible now.
our trip was fantastic. the only issue we had was on the way up my saris bones trunk rack had a minor issue with a stripped plastic bolt, but duct tape came to the rescue and we were back on track and it held up for the drive up.
once we arrived it pretty much became a stress free trip with the only thing on the agenda being the aquisition of a new bolt for the rack and seeing the whoremoans play on tuesday night. both items were accomplished and we had a boatload of fun doing everything else as well.
the first two nights we stayed with shannon and jo-jo. we stayed up drinking pbr until about 4:30 in the morning. and then came saturday. we all lounged around and recovered from the previous day until later toward the afternoon and evening when i rode over to the closest bike shop to begin my search for my bolt. after that we went to eat at a wonderful place called huey's and then went to see some bands play a show at the buccaneer. the only band from that night that i can recall the name of is the anti-curtains. they played the third set and set it off. after that we went back to crash. sunday saw us involved in bike rides, dog walks, drinking 40's on the front porch, checking into the motel6, going to eat downtown, walking around, and drinking more 40's back at the room. monday had us doing some other things, i think that was the day i actually found the shop with the replacement part i needed for the rack, then we played fetch with mable down on the river walk, then we got some sushi and some more 40's and went back to the hotel room. shannon didn't kick it with us on monday because she had band practice. tuesday we did some more wandering around with mable and some more beer drinking and i went on another bike ride into overton park. that place is pretty cool, makes for some nice riding and/or walking as i went home and woke shea and mable up and then dragged them back to overton park to walk around with me. since mable had been so well behaved we treated her to some crab and cream cheese wontons. she was stoked. tuesday night we went to see the vacant, the whoremoans, and the mansfields. the vacants were ok. they didn't seem too enthused about playing and it showed. but it was ok. the whoremoans kicked ass. the set they played was fun to watch and even included someone sawing the head off of some teddy bears. the mansfields were nuts, complete with their own lights and smoke machine. their set was great. after their last song shannon convinced them to play the ramones "the kkk took my baby away" while her and shea got to sing. then after that they started playing pipline which then turned into "dancing with myself" by billy idol. it was so good. some douche bag with a fake ass andy warhol haircut almost got his nose broken due to him acting like an asshole toward everybody and then saying something to shea about her taking pictures. i don't think he said anything else after she called him out for something and then he made another remark about pictures being taken and he turned around and saw it wasn't a girl but me instead. after that he was kind of quiet, so we ignored him and didn't let him ruin our fun. besides, no one wants to end up in jail in a strange city the night before you're supposed to leave, right?
all in all it was a great trip and i can't wait to move. i am going to get everything ready and lined up as quick as possible now.
i would like to send a huge amount of thanks and gratitude to shannon for letting us crash at her place for two nights and to jo-jo for keeping mable entertained for the entire time. i hope that sometime in the future we can return the hospitality that was shown to us.
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