why i am scared of ames, ia and why i will never flip off someone in a car again.
this past weekend was nuts. things started out fine; i went to spenser's band's show friday and met up with wendy and thai. hung out with ellen [joe's sister] saturday and got BFF necklaces, lunch, and went to a consignment shop. took a nap with joe saturday afternoon because we decided to see spenser's band the new bodies in ames.
it was a great show at ames progressive, a small practice looking room with couches. the band before was cain and annabelle, which was an amazing folkly duo touring all over the US. the new bodies rocked it, which became especially apparent when the drum set in the back started reverberating! after the show, a bunch of us stood outside smoking and chatting. one girl- we'll call her plaid girl since she was wearing a plaid dress- was leaning on an SUV. earlier, joe noticed said SUV had an empty beer can in its cup holder. anyway, the owner of the car was walking towards us, clearly drunk, noticed plaid girl was leaning on her car, and yelled, "GET THE FUCK OFF MY CAR, BITCH!"
then she rambled on about how it's "not your car, get off."
plaid girl walks away from the car and says, "god, i hate fucking bitches!"
then, drunk girl gets in her face, but then walked away after some words were exchanged. drunk girl's also drunk boyfriend was trying to calm her down, and then they hopped into their car about to drive off. plaid girl essentially heckles them with a wave and "drive safe!"
drunk girl gets out of her car 30 seconds later, then barrels towards plaid girl. plaid girl puts her hands out in front of her to brace for impact, but drunk girl just yelled in her face more. plaid girl turns around to walk away, but drunk girl punches her in the back of the head! hair pulling, crazy girl fight ensues. several people were trying to pull them apart, and eventually they separate.
but! this homeless kid that had chatted with all of us, and also saw the show, started heckling drunk girl more, saying that her relationship must be horrible with her boyfriend because they were arguing. drunk boyfriend then punches homeless guy, and guy fight ensues. a few guys were trying to break it up, and thomas pinned drunk boyfriend on top of chris' windshield. homeless guy then punches drunk boyfriend in the back of the head while drunk boyfriend's face was planted in the windshield!
everything breaks up once more, a store owner called the cops, the guy that ran ames progressive suggested that chris report his damaged windshield. but homeless guy ran off, with his spade shovel, plaid girl also ran off, so there was not much one could do. when the police arrived, they looked exasperated. drunk girl changed her story to make her look like the victim, kept dropping that she was in the military, and nothing really happened. we all decide to drive back to des moines, and as joe and i were walking to the car, drunk girl and her drunk boyfriend walked into a bar! idiots.
but wait! there's more!
sunday, i got off work early, like 11am early. joe and i drive up 31st street to head to walgreens on university ave by drake university. this guy in an SUV tailgated us the ENTIRE way. as we pull into the walgreens parking lots, joe flips him off. this guy then stops, backs up, and follows us into the parking lot. instead of parking, we pull right onto university and drive east.
this guy followed us further, and passed us while shaking a baseball bat in his hand! at this point, i wrote down his license plate number, because i was worried things would get violent, especially considering the night before.
he blocks both lanes with a diagonal parking job, then gets out of his car. joe and i braced for the worst since our windows were open. the guys yells at joe violently, calling him a punk, and saying how he could beat his ass, emphasized with a fake punch and "POW!" then told joe to take off his glasses so he could spit in his face. joe and i sat there through all of this with bewildered looks on our faces. this guy was missing teeth and far too violent for 11am on a sunday. we suspect meth. so, he walks back to his car and takes off.
thankfully this guy didn't actually do anything other than be completely fucking crazy.
i am not sure why all of this happened within 24 hours, but i think i should watch my back for a while!
it was a great show at ames progressive, a small practice looking room with couches. the band before was cain and annabelle, which was an amazing folkly duo touring all over the US. the new bodies rocked it, which became especially apparent when the drum set in the back started reverberating! after the show, a bunch of us stood outside smoking and chatting. one girl- we'll call her plaid girl since she was wearing a plaid dress- was leaning on an SUV. earlier, joe noticed said SUV had an empty beer can in its cup holder. anyway, the owner of the car was walking towards us, clearly drunk, noticed plaid girl was leaning on her car, and yelled, "GET THE FUCK OFF MY CAR, BITCH!"
then she rambled on about how it's "not your car, get off."
plaid girl walks away from the car and says, "god, i hate fucking bitches!"
then, drunk girl gets in her face, but then walked away after some words were exchanged. drunk girl's also drunk boyfriend was trying to calm her down, and then they hopped into their car about to drive off. plaid girl essentially heckles them with a wave and "drive safe!"
drunk girl gets out of her car 30 seconds later, then barrels towards plaid girl. plaid girl puts her hands out in front of her to brace for impact, but drunk girl just yelled in her face more. plaid girl turns around to walk away, but drunk girl punches her in the back of the head! hair pulling, crazy girl fight ensues. several people were trying to pull them apart, and eventually they separate.
but! this homeless kid that had chatted with all of us, and also saw the show, started heckling drunk girl more, saying that her relationship must be horrible with her boyfriend because they were arguing. drunk boyfriend then punches homeless guy, and guy fight ensues. a few guys were trying to break it up, and thomas pinned drunk boyfriend on top of chris' windshield. homeless guy then punches drunk boyfriend in the back of the head while drunk boyfriend's face was planted in the windshield!
everything breaks up once more, a store owner called the cops, the guy that ran ames progressive suggested that chris report his damaged windshield. but homeless guy ran off, with his spade shovel, plaid girl also ran off, so there was not much one could do. when the police arrived, they looked exasperated. drunk girl changed her story to make her look like the victim, kept dropping that she was in the military, and nothing really happened. we all decide to drive back to des moines, and as joe and i were walking to the car, drunk girl and her drunk boyfriend walked into a bar! idiots.
but wait! there's more!
sunday, i got off work early, like 11am early. joe and i drive up 31st street to head to walgreens on university ave by drake university. this guy in an SUV tailgated us the ENTIRE way. as we pull into the walgreens parking lots, joe flips him off. this guy then stops, backs up, and follows us into the parking lot. instead of parking, we pull right onto university and drive east.
this guy followed us further, and passed us while shaking a baseball bat in his hand! at this point, i wrote down his license plate number, because i was worried things would get violent, especially considering the night before.
he blocks both lanes with a diagonal parking job, then gets out of his car. joe and i braced for the worst since our windows were open. the guys yells at joe violently, calling him a punk, and saying how he could beat his ass, emphasized with a fake punch and "POW!" then told joe to take off his glasses so he could spit in his face. joe and i sat there through all of this with bewildered looks on our faces. this guy was missing teeth and far too violent for 11am on a sunday. we suspect meth. so, he walks back to his car and takes off.
thankfully this guy didn't actually do anything other than be completely fucking crazy.
i am not sure why all of this happened within 24 hours, but i think i should watch my back for a while!