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long story short - amazing weekend.
i was kind of annoyed that we didnt leave til 5pm, but it wasnt that bad. it took us 9 hours to get to our hotel including traffic all the way til past hamilton, plus stopping for gas/food. we also drove to the wrong hotel, but thankfully the right one was right across the street. we pretty much crashed right once we got there by 3ish.
we got to giants stadium by noonish on saturday. saw some wicked bands - secondhand serenade, metro station, rocket summer, jack's mannequin, the audition, saves the day, armor for sleep, jimmy eat world, and SNOOP fucking DOGG.
we were going to go to ny that night, but we didnt because it was cold/rainy and kind of late. katie had to study for her exam today, but kyle and natasha wanted to drink. they drove home early yesterday though, and i was staying all day for the 2nd day of bamboozle and then had to drive home last night, so i didnt want to. i actually didnt drink at all, all weekend (surprising, i know). we talked about going to a bar, but didnt feel like it so we decided on ihop. however, we got ridiculously lost (even with kyle's gps) and somehow ended up at the lincoln tunnel and in manhatten. i was pretty annoyed at first, but then wished we could have seen more instead of just driving around downtown trying to find our way back to NJ. hah. after getting back to NJ, we got lost once more before finding ihop. good times indeed.
the 2nd day of bamboozle was a lot better band wise. we saw: all time low, the academy is, circa surive, say anything, the starting line, mayday parade, senses fail, thrice, and motion city soundtrack.
the drive home wasnt that bad either. we left by 730 and didnt watch the headliners cause i was already getting tired. also, apparently katie does have her g2 but for some reason i thought she didnt. i drove the entire way both ways though anyway. the way back wasnt even that bad. i got a bit sleepy by 12, but i had some coffee and a caffeine pill and was fine. we crossed the boarder by 230. the boarder patrol guy was liek 25 and talked to us for like 5 minutes about ska bands and piercings/tattoos ahah. so random. by the time we got toward oakville, the QEW was apparently closed from dorval to trafalgar. when we got off, there were no detour signs, so we had to follow random cars to find our way. retarded. i also love that by the time i got home and wanted to go to bed, i was so caffeinated, my heart was beating ridiculously fast i couldnt sleep. i however crashed so bad and slept 8 solid hours.
it wasnt much of a vacation because i had pretty much had zero downtime. but it was definitely sweet to get away for a weekend and just hangout with friends and watch some bands.
i was kind of annoyed that we didnt leave til 5pm, but it wasnt that bad. it took us 9 hours to get to our hotel including traffic all the way til past hamilton, plus stopping for gas/food. we also drove to the wrong hotel, but thankfully the right one was right across the street. we pretty much crashed right once we got there by 3ish.
we got to giants stadium by noonish on saturday. saw some wicked bands - secondhand serenade, metro station, rocket summer, jack's mannequin, the audition, saves the day, armor for sleep, jimmy eat world, and SNOOP fucking DOGG.
we were going to go to ny that night, but we didnt because it was cold/rainy and kind of late. katie had to study for her exam today, but kyle and natasha wanted to drink. they drove home early yesterday though, and i was staying all day for the 2nd day of bamboozle and then had to drive home last night, so i didnt want to. i actually didnt drink at all, all weekend (surprising, i know). we talked about going to a bar, but didnt feel like it so we decided on ihop. however, we got ridiculously lost (even with kyle's gps) and somehow ended up at the lincoln tunnel and in manhatten. i was pretty annoyed at first, but then wished we could have seen more instead of just driving around downtown trying to find our way back to NJ. hah. after getting back to NJ, we got lost once more before finding ihop. good times indeed.
the 2nd day of bamboozle was a lot better band wise. we saw: all time low, the academy is, circa surive, say anything, the starting line, mayday parade, senses fail, thrice, and motion city soundtrack.
the drive home wasnt that bad either. we left by 730 and didnt watch the headliners cause i was already getting tired. also, apparently katie does have her g2 but for some reason i thought she didnt. i drove the entire way both ways though anyway. the way back wasnt even that bad. i got a bit sleepy by 12, but i had some coffee and a caffeine pill and was fine. we crossed the boarder by 230. the boarder patrol guy was liek 25 and talked to us for like 5 minutes about ska bands and piercings/tattoos ahah. so random. by the time we got toward oakville, the QEW was apparently closed from dorval to trafalgar. when we got off, there were no detour signs, so we had to follow random cars to find our way. retarded. i also love that by the time i got home and wanted to go to bed, i was so caffeinated, my heart was beating ridiculously fast i couldnt sleep. i however crashed so bad and slept 8 solid hours.
it wasnt much of a vacation because i had pretty much had zero downtime. but it was definitely sweet to get away for a weekend and just hangout with friends and watch some bands.