Aug 09, 2006 15:49
The last few days of this trip have been sort of boring and stressful. I started running out of money around the same time we had to get a tune up for the van and were told a bunch of stuff was wrong with it. The dudes in oakland said it would be 600 dollars to replace parts but Bryan's dad thinks its bullshit.
I'm having to borrow money from my parents and stay with family for a week while bryan is on tour with Gather. I'm a little nervouse about staying with them, I don't want them to feel like i'm using them, although I sort of am. I'm hoping I can entertain myself for the week bryan is away. I'm planning on riding the bart to random parts of the bay area and exploring alone. I might call this dude i met Dominic and see if he wants to show me around.
We got into santa cruz last night and found our way to the local Gather house where we found 3 members of the band inside. There were a bunch of other people I obviously didn't know but they all seemed relatively nice. There were too many people sleeping inside so we found a place to park the van down the street. I had to pee almost immediatly and couldn't find the house so I tried to go outside but constantly people kept walking by or cars came by making me nervous. At about 8 am a cop knocked on the window and told us there is no camping in this area. I thought it was funny that he would tell us that because we obviously were not camping. There were no smores or campfire songs. Only a swollen bladder and uncomfortable bench seats. We moved, went back to sleep, woke up a few hours later and eventually found a bathroom that seemed like a mirage to me. It was very nice.
I have been sitting at this trendy little coffee house that reminds me of zotz back in new orleans for a few hours messing around on my computer and noticing that 80 percent of the girls that come in here are very cute. We're about to go to trader joes to buy food to cook. This sounds great right now.