CHI trip
This probably reads pretty disjointed, but I didn't feel like concentrating. =)
Man oh man, was that a fun trip. Flew out Thursday night and got into Midway around 9. Took a bus through a wonderful part of town and met up with my friend Scott who let us crash at his place on Thursday night. He had some studying to do, so Jason and I took off and downed a few beers at the local bar. Pretty nice place, cash only, and they wouldn't make an irish car bomb, which was wierd as they had all the ingredients.
Friday we got up around 11 and headed to downtown and met up with poorheather. She was most kick ass and let us crash on her floor because my friend Scott's out of town woman had come into town, and they needed some alone time this weekend. =) We ate at To Pho and then took the train & bus to the Allstate Arena. poorheather has spiral memebership, which gets her presale and a special entrance, luckily I got to use her other ticket!
We got there about 3:30 and then stood around freezing our balls off forever. I think it was about 5:30 when the let some of us in the spiral line inside. They let us in for sound check, but NIN was finishing up their last song by the time we got in. Then the band came around and signed stuff as well as introduced themselves. It was FRICKING AWESOME to meet Trent and the guys. The concert absolutely rocked, they played an amazing set.
After that, we headed back to downtown and just grabbed some pizza and hit the sack. Woke up on Saturday and went the the Grand Lux Cafe (or something like that) and hung out with another guy in town we knew. He took us to the bar in the Hancock Tower, way up on the 96th floor, what a great view! Then it was off for some mexican appetizers and a lot of Sangria.
Finally we headed out to the bars, man that was a crazy time. We hit up four or five before heading back to the hotel room for about an hour of sleep. Once we got to the bars (after a bit of drinking already) we started drinking red bull & vodkas. I think I had around 6 of those, and then two jaeger bombs. I could still taste the redbull today. Then we got up and took the train down to Midway and flew back. Needless to say I was asleep for most of the flight!
All in all, an incredible weekend.
edit: NIN Autographs
Man oh man, was that a fun trip. Flew out Thursday night and got into Midway around 9. Took a bus through a wonderful part of town and met up with my friend Scott who let us crash at his place on Thursday night. He had some studying to do, so Jason and I took off and downed a few beers at the local bar. Pretty nice place, cash only, and they wouldn't make an irish car bomb, which was wierd as they had all the ingredients.
Friday we got up around 11 and headed to downtown and met up with poorheather. She was most kick ass and let us crash on her floor because my friend Scott's out of town woman had come into town, and they needed some alone time this weekend. =) We ate at To Pho and then took the train & bus to the Allstate Arena. poorheather has spiral memebership, which gets her presale and a special entrance, luckily I got to use her other ticket!
We got there about 3:30 and then stood around freezing our balls off forever. I think it was about 5:30 when the let some of us in the spiral line inside. They let us in for sound check, but NIN was finishing up their last song by the time we got in. Then the band came around and signed stuff as well as introduced themselves. It was FRICKING AWESOME to meet Trent and the guys. The concert absolutely rocked, they played an amazing set.
After that, we headed back to downtown and just grabbed some pizza and hit the sack. Woke up on Saturday and went the the Grand Lux Cafe (or something like that) and hung out with another guy in town we knew. He took us to the bar in the Hancock Tower, way up on the 96th floor, what a great view! Then it was off for some mexican appetizers and a lot of Sangria.
Finally we headed out to the bars, man that was a crazy time. We hit up four or five before heading back to the hotel room for about an hour of sleep. Once we got to the bars (after a bit of drinking already) we started drinking red bull & vodkas. I think I had around 6 of those, and then two jaeger bombs. I could still taste the redbull today. Then we got up and took the train down to Midway and flew back. Needless to say I was asleep for most of the flight!
All in all, an incredible weekend.
edit: NIN Autographs
