here we go again. another update...i know you have been waiting!
first off...should i even talk about what happened in San Fransisco last weekend? there is so much to tell...
first off...for those who dont know I went to San Fransisco this last weekend to see Shai Hulud with there original singer Chad Gilbert (of the New Found Glory fame). so we left on friday night to go see Blue Sky Mile and Kane Hodder in PDX. we (which by the way is Kiley and Roy) get to Federal Way to pick up Jason. go to Taco Bell to get some grub before the road trip begins. when we get to taco bell kiley realizes that she has left her wallet at home (in seattle) and we came to the conclusion that we are already going to be late to the show adn that zif we went back to Seattle then we would miss the whole show and that just cant happen. so kiley, being the quick thinker she is, remembers that her aunt lives like 5 min away from Federal Way. so we call her up and she loans Kiley 400 dollars for the weekend and Kiley is going to pay her back on return of the trip.
so we get to PDX and we missed the first two bands...thank god Kane Hodder AND Blue Sky Mile were the last two bands!
the show was awesome!
after that we went with the BSM kids and hung out with Tim and others from Believing In June at there house and chilled. Kiley drank a bottle of champagne and ate beenie-weenies. and we all sat around and hung out and talked and what not.
we ended up leaving PDX around 3am.
i got the first shift of the drive straight to SF (with stops for potty, gas, and food of coarse)...
i drove from PDX till about an hour from the OR/CA border. then roy took over. i slept in the car as well as everyone else.
i awake in WEED CALIFORNIA!!! WEED NIGGA!
roy is done with driving and falling asleep so he stopped to sleep and so we didnt waste time i said...ill drive...and drive i did...
i drove from weed california all the way till we got into San Fransisco (about another 6 hours or so) stopping for gas and potty.
got to SF around 4pm on saturday...
got a hotel that was kinda close to the venue of the show...
realized that it was the complete ghetto of SF...
checked into the hotel and we all took showers (a day and a half in a car is not a pleasent smell)
got back out around 7 and went and got food at some vegetarian place. good eats. went wondering around...stepping over bums every other step practically...
found a mall and wondered around there till ti closed and then went back to the motel to get sleep for the long day tomorrow...
was awoken at 2am by some vagrant in the middle of the hotel parking lot screaming at the top of her lungs how she is cold (mind you this is California not fucking seattle) and how she just wants to die. after about 15 minutes of that i sat up and went to kill her and kiley stopped me...for some reason you cant just kill anyone when they ask...and jason said to just have her sign a peice of paper saying that zit was consented, like dr. kevorkian, ...got back to sleep a little later...
awoke at 630...got up...jason was already up and almost ready. kiley and roy were not ready to awake so jason and i took the rental car and drove around downtown SF at 7 on a saturday morning. got back around 8 to find the lady from last night not only passed out but passed out with her dentures laying on the ground by her head...i almost stole them not only to spite her but as a souvenir. then i remembered that that was yucky!!!
we all went to Berkley for a day of shopping and good times. got breakfast/lunch at Mels Diner. it was good and the waiter was awesome! he was really nice.
we chilled there until most of the shops on the Ave in Berkley were open (being sunday they didnt open till 11)
went shopping and bought fun stuff.
i got new cds and new pants (i got some pants at a girls store and the sales girl was really interested to see what they looked like cause kiley and i were having a discussion about them. she thought they looked hott, which they did!)
did a little more shopping and decided to drive over to alameda (remember that i am the only one that drives in the city cause i have the best direction in the car and actually am the best driver too...so we drive over to alameda and drive by the beach...and then i wondered into the old neighbor hood that i lived in for a year for my fourth grade year....surprisingly enough i i could remember stuff. i found the house that i lived in and i also found my elementary school that i broke my wrist at for the first time. it was AWESOME!!! really fun to see all that i havent seen in 12 years and remember how to get around.
and then we got pizza at round table pizza!!! SUCH GOOD PIZZA!!!
then headed back to SF for the show...got there an hour before doors even open. got great parking though.
waited for the show...waited some more...waited again...finally got into the venue. then bought a couple t-shirts (they didnt have anything left cause they are lame and dont like me)
sat through a bad band...then With Honer played...i have seen them before and there were okay then but pretty fucking good this time...bought a cd...sat through All Bets Off. they were decent...covered MC5 which was fun and had a pretty unique sound for hardcore. plesent...
SHAI HULUD!!! oh man. i had heard from my friend mike in San Diego that they were horrible days before when they played down there. so i was worried cause i have seen them before and they were sloppy and always had technical difficulties. but tonight...oh man tonight was the exception! AMAZING! SOLID! ENERGY! i moshed!! with camo gloves on none the less!!! so bro-core!
we left right after the show was over to avoid traffic and just to get home as soon as we could...
we decided to take the 101 so we could drive over the Golden Gate Bridge...BAD IDEA!!!!
we decided that after about 4 hours to a) change drivers to...guess who...ME!!!..and b) take a east bound highway that will connect us back to I-5....HORRIBLE IDEA!!!
we ended up taking the worst most fucked up detour EVER IN HISTORY!!!
it took what should have taken no more than an hour and a half or two tops to get back to I-5 6 FUCKING HOURS!!! 6 HELLISH hours!!! i went insane during the drive...i did drive the whole thing too...up mountain sides, down mountain sides, S-curves like a mother fucker, cliffs with no barrier!!! HELL!!! DONT EVER DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 36 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EVER!!!!
finally at 8 in the morning we hit the connection to I-5....running on empty none the less!!! got gas. i crawled in back and slept for about an hour...then roy pulled over and started sleeping again cause he is a pussy and cant handle driving...just kidding. and knowing very well that we had no time to waste i told roy to get in back and let me drive. so i drove for about another 5 hours...bringing the total hours of driving for chris to somewhere around 20 hours total...
rest of the trip was boring and sleep filled...for everyone but me...finally i gave up the reigns in south oregon...slept till about 2 hours from seattle...then drove the rest of the way.
how lame is this Live Journal post. sooooooo long. if you have read this whole thing please let me know and i will hug you for having to listen to me not only babble but internet babble none the less!!!
i love you all...bye!
P.S. !!!! Black Valentines Day!!!!
WITH!!!!
HELL PROMISE!
KANE HODDER!
SIX DEMON BAG!
FIVE GOOD REASONS!
ONLY 7 DOLLARS AND IT STARTS EARLY (DOORS ARE AT 5 SHOW AT 530) SO YOU CAN STILL ENJOY YOUR VALENTINES DAY WITH THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE. OR JUST TAKE ME HOME WITH ME AND CUDDLE WITH ME ALL NIGHT!
BYE BYE!!!
first off...for those who dont know I went to San Fransisco this last weekend to see Shai Hulud with there original singer Chad Gilbert (of the New Found Glory fame). so we left on friday night to go see Blue Sky Mile and Kane Hodder in PDX. we (which by the way is Kiley and Roy) get to Federal Way to pick up Jason. go to Taco Bell to get some grub before the road trip begins. when we get to taco bell kiley realizes that she has left her wallet at home (in seattle) and we came to the conclusion that we are already going to be late to the show adn that zif we went back to Seattle then we would miss the whole show and that just cant happen. so kiley, being the quick thinker she is, remembers that her aunt lives like 5 min away from Federal Way. so we call her up and she loans Kiley 400 dollars for the weekend and Kiley is going to pay her back on return of the trip.
so we get to PDX and we missed the first two bands...thank god Kane Hodder AND Blue Sky Mile were the last two bands!
the show was awesome!
after that we went with the BSM kids and hung out with Tim and others from Believing In June at there house and chilled. Kiley drank a bottle of champagne and ate beenie-weenies. and we all sat around and hung out and talked and what not.
we ended up leaving PDX around 3am.
i got the first shift of the drive straight to SF (with stops for potty, gas, and food of coarse)...
i drove from PDX till about an hour from the OR/CA border. then roy took over. i slept in the car as well as everyone else.
i awake in WEED CALIFORNIA!!! WEED NIGGA!
roy is done with driving and falling asleep so he stopped to sleep and so we didnt waste time i said...ill drive...and drive i did...
i drove from weed california all the way till we got into San Fransisco (about another 6 hours or so) stopping for gas and potty.
got to SF around 4pm on saturday...
got a hotel that was kinda close to the venue of the show...
realized that it was the complete ghetto of SF...
checked into the hotel and we all took showers (a day and a half in a car is not a pleasent smell)
got back out around 7 and went and got food at some vegetarian place. good eats. went wondering around...stepping over bums every other step practically...
found a mall and wondered around there till ti closed and then went back to the motel to get sleep for the long day tomorrow...
was awoken at 2am by some vagrant in the middle of the hotel parking lot screaming at the top of her lungs how she is cold (mind you this is California not fucking seattle) and how she just wants to die. after about 15 minutes of that i sat up and went to kill her and kiley stopped me...for some reason you cant just kill anyone when they ask...and jason said to just have her sign a peice of paper saying that zit was consented, like dr. kevorkian, ...got back to sleep a little later...
awoke at 630...got up...jason was already up and almost ready. kiley and roy were not ready to awake so jason and i took the rental car and drove around downtown SF at 7 on a saturday morning. got back around 8 to find the lady from last night not only passed out but passed out with her dentures laying on the ground by her head...i almost stole them not only to spite her but as a souvenir. then i remembered that that was yucky!!!
we all went to Berkley for a day of shopping and good times. got breakfast/lunch at Mels Diner. it was good and the waiter was awesome! he was really nice.
we chilled there until most of the shops on the Ave in Berkley were open (being sunday they didnt open till 11)
went shopping and bought fun stuff.
i got new cds and new pants (i got some pants at a girls store and the sales girl was really interested to see what they looked like cause kiley and i were having a discussion about them. she thought they looked hott, which they did!)
did a little more shopping and decided to drive over to alameda (remember that i am the only one that drives in the city cause i have the best direction in the car and actually am the best driver too...so we drive over to alameda and drive by the beach...and then i wondered into the old neighbor hood that i lived in for a year for my fourth grade year....surprisingly enough i i could remember stuff. i found the house that i lived in and i also found my elementary school that i broke my wrist at for the first time. it was AWESOME!!! really fun to see all that i havent seen in 12 years and remember how to get around.
and then we got pizza at round table pizza!!! SUCH GOOD PIZZA!!!
then headed back to SF for the show...got there an hour before doors even open. got great parking though.
waited for the show...waited some more...waited again...finally got into the venue. then bought a couple t-shirts (they didnt have anything left cause they are lame and dont like me)
sat through a bad band...then With Honer played...i have seen them before and there were okay then but pretty fucking good this time...bought a cd...sat through All Bets Off. they were decent...covered MC5 which was fun and had a pretty unique sound for hardcore. plesent...
SHAI HULUD!!! oh man. i had heard from my friend mike in San Diego that they were horrible days before when they played down there. so i was worried cause i have seen them before and they were sloppy and always had technical difficulties. but tonight...oh man tonight was the exception! AMAZING! SOLID! ENERGY! i moshed!! with camo gloves on none the less!!! so bro-core!
we left right after the show was over to avoid traffic and just to get home as soon as we could...
we decided to take the 101 so we could drive over the Golden Gate Bridge...BAD IDEA!!!!
we decided that after about 4 hours to a) change drivers to...guess who...ME!!!..and b) take a east bound highway that will connect us back to I-5....HORRIBLE IDEA!!!
we ended up taking the worst most fucked up detour EVER IN HISTORY!!!
it took what should have taken no more than an hour and a half or two tops to get back to I-5 6 FUCKING HOURS!!! 6 HELLISH hours!!! i went insane during the drive...i did drive the whole thing too...up mountain sides, down mountain sides, S-curves like a mother fucker, cliffs with no barrier!!! HELL!!! DONT EVER DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 36 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EVER!!!!
finally at 8 in the morning we hit the connection to I-5....running on empty none the less!!! got gas. i crawled in back and slept for about an hour...then roy pulled over and started sleeping again cause he is a pussy and cant handle driving...just kidding. and knowing very well that we had no time to waste i told roy to get in back and let me drive. so i drove for about another 5 hours...bringing the total hours of driving for chris to somewhere around 20 hours total...
rest of the trip was boring and sleep filled...for everyone but me...finally i gave up the reigns in south oregon...slept till about 2 hours from seattle...then drove the rest of the way.
how lame is this Live Journal post. sooooooo long. if you have read this whole thing please let me know and i will hug you for having to listen to me not only babble but internet babble none the less!!!
i love you all...bye!
P.S. !!!! Black Valentines Day!!!!
WITH!!!!
HELL PROMISE!
KANE HODDER!
SIX DEMON BAG!
FIVE GOOD REASONS!
ONLY 7 DOLLARS AND IT STARTS EARLY (DOORS ARE AT 5 SHOW AT 530) SO YOU CAN STILL ENJOY YOUR VALENTINES DAY WITH THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE. OR JUST TAKE ME HOME WITH ME AND CUDDLE WITH ME ALL NIGHT!
BYE BYE!!!