Casey Stratton - Working backwards
RoadTrip
So, this last week I took a trip down to see my folks. I surprized them a bit and also was finally able to drop off my christmas presents that I forgot to put in the car during my last trip in January. From there, Santa Maria, CA, I took a two day trip down south to Burbank, went on a date with an incredible man (more on that in later posts) and took in Disneyland for a day (or a few hours as it were).
The Bad
Never go to Disneyland by yourself. My housemate was gonna try and fly down for Friday and meet me at the Happiest Place on Earth but came down with a sinus infection and couldn't fly. So I decided to still go. Very depressing, very lonely. I completely lost my Disney spirit. I went on one attraction, Haunted Mansion, and decided to call it quits and drive all the way back to Sacramento on a Friday afternoon. Not even shopping for disney pins got me in the mood. I guess the lesson here for me is that a place like Disneyland is really meant to be shared, as are laughs, smiles and good times. Its difficult for me to pull that off by myself these days and I should have known better.
I suppose the day wasn't a complete loss cuz I was able to add a few cool pins to my collection. The Stitch pins always remind me of bluedevilsf
The Good
The night before Disneyland, I had this incredible date with Robert. To start off the evening, he took me to go see Casey Stratton (caseystratton) at the Hotel Cafe. It was amazing. I forgot what it was like to listen to live music. The set before Casey was performed by Erin McCarley - another amazing performer. Genuine heartfelt lyrics and quite talented instrumentation from both performers. Casey is playing in San Francisco tonite at the Hotel Utah but I don't think I can get over there to see him. I will have to wait for his return on the west coast. Erin plays a lot in San Diego I think at the Cafe Lestat for all you San Diegoans on LJ.
Besides being with Robert, another plus to the evening was meeting, for the first time live, Dave Cobb, e_ticket, and Stephen, evergreenpie. Dave had with him a few other friends and Stephen joined in just before the start of Casey's set. Such a fun bunch of people - no surprize really if you have their journals up for regular reads.
After the concert, Robert and I drove around a bit in Hollywood for a quick tour and then grabbed some grub at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, close to my hotel. It was one of those dates that you didn't want to end. Dang.
So that was my last week in April of 2006 - all in all, a great way to begin May and the rest of the summer.
(forgive the misspellings - I haven't had time to fully configure Semagic yet.)