chicago pt1+pt2
a quick rundown of the weekend i spent in chicago:
friday: arrived about 8:40 pm and justin picked me up from union station. we got lost trying to find our way to "the skeleton news" on 18th & des plains, but thanks to his handy, dandy iphone and its built in gps, we eventually found our way. we met ryan, jessica and cy there and proceeded to buy beer and drank until the bands played. dancing ensued, good times were had, passing out occurred as soon as i hit justin's couch.
saturday: we wasted time around the house all morning. we eventually left to go shopping in wicker park around 3 pm. we went to buffalo exchange and this other resell shop i cannot think the name of. i found a pair of vans that were designed by mark jacobs for really cheap. i had no money and justin offered to foot the bill for them, but i had to decline. we headed back to the apartment, got dressed and sped to the metro since we were running late to the show by about an hour. we got there and apparently crystal castles was running about 90 minutes late, so they had just started letting people in when we arrived, which was about 8:30 pm. we got inside, met up with jessica, kirby, trevor, julia and her boyfriend. justin bought me drinks from the bar and we got kicked out for underage consumption of alcohol after being there for only like, 45 minutes! it was the fucking bullocks, but we just bought more alcohol from the corner store and drank while walking down addison to my ex's apartment for a small party. again, more drinking ensued, good times were had, met new people, saw old friends, and we left about 3 am or so. we swang by guillermo's apartment and picked him up (andrew was somewhere on western drinking and throwing up his insides) and proceeded to go back to justin's apartment. we watched skins until 6 am and finally passed out around 6:30 sunday morning.
sunday: i woke up around 10 am and justin and i rotated hailing to the porcelain thrown and emptying our body of any alcohol we had left in our stomachs. justin, guillermo, justin's roomates dane and el, and i all went to the flea market. we walked around looking at stands and munching on the best mexican food i have ever consumed. after, we took dane and el back to the apartment so they could work on school work and headed to michael's craft store. guillermo bought a whole bunch of painting supplies. after, we roamed whole foods and bought drinks, took guillermo home, sat around him and andrew's apartment and socialized for about 90 minutes, then headed back to justin's to get my bags and take me back to union station to catch my train at 7.
ups and downs as always, but overall, it was a pretty fucking successful weekend and i wouldn't have changed any of it. i love my mates. oh and i think i am going to try to start updating this thing more often than i have been. maybe three times a week or so? time will tell i guess.