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So I’ve had a pretty decent weekend… a rough start, but it all worked out. (:

Friday was pretty crazy. I had to get up at 8:30 AM (I had a class at 1:00 PM.. how much does that suck!) in order to meet with my advisor about registering for classes for next semester. He wasn’t there when I went and the secretary was all like “Oh he emailed me saying he wouldn’t be in until 12:30.” So I was pretty irritated.. I hate getting up early when I don’t have to, but I stayed up anyway and made up my two schedules by myself. I emailed my advisor and it turns out there was a mixup with the secretary and he did come in not long after I was there. So I met with him, then went to my classes from 1 to 3:15.

This is where the craziness starts. When I got out of class, Joe was already there to pick me up for our show. We didn’t have to leave right away but I still had to hurry because we had to deal with Friday rush hour traffic and get to Kahler Hall by 6:30. So I had to quick register for my classes online, take a shower, and get ready to go.. we got out of there around 4:30. Didn’t get To Joe’s until almost 6. Packed up all our crap and finally made it to Kahler Hall around 7. The stress level for me was pretty damn high about right now. I was really worried becuase we were supposed to start at 7, and this show was sort of a big deal for me. It was the first time I’d be playing for all my Columbia friends that I haven’t seen in a long time. When I say all I mean about half.. becuase nobody showed up on time to see us *sigh* … a lot of my closer Ellicott City friends did come though, like Lizzy, Maggie, Sheila, Liz, Noah, Jim, Veronica, and of course Dave and Katie were there. (: So we set up our stuff as fast as we could, but it was really difficult because there was like 2 outlets far away from us, 1 power strip, and one extension cord. Finally we worked it out and managed to start at 7:45. There were a lot of people there and some of ‘em seemed into us but I dunno.. I was pretty frazzled about the whole rushing/being nervous thing. That’s about when somebody leaned on my bass amp, which was precariously plugged into the wall. Not only did it unplug, but we were using it as a outlet for the pa too. So I had to scramble to plug that in during mid-song. Then my bass just straight stopped playing.. I think the plug in the tuning pedal came out.. got that working again. Then Steve broke an important string. Fabulous! We didn’t really have the time to change a string but when we asked to borrow a guitar, nobody fucking helped us out. That’s probably becuase none of the bands fucking watched us, they didn’t get there until after we played. (ha, can you sense I’m a little bitter?). Whatever, we changed the string played a few more songs and just finished.

I had forgotten the mailing list and Katie and Steve kinda got on me about it and I felt all bad. Steve was all like “You forgot it?.. there are a million people here!” and I explained to him the rush I had been in since I got out of class and that I was sorry, and burst into tears. I hate crying in front of people and making a scene. Steve didn’t mean to upset me, I was just super stressed out and upset about how the show went so it just kinda set me off. So I cried outside like the stupid emotional loser I am, and the whole band sat with me and hugged me. They brought me food and made me feel better. (:

So after that things started looking up. I got to see Dylan for the first time in about 3 or 4 months. He looks really well. So we talked for a bit and by that time more people that I knew showed up so I mingled and jingled. It was nice seeing everybody again. I played the coffeehouse at Howard with Brian and Scott around 9 and that was a lot of fun too. It was a real chill atmosphere so it kinda relaxed me and I didn’t feel pressured. It was just like jamming at Brian’s but with an audience that seemed to really dig us.

Afterwards I went back to watch Mop Attack’s last show. It was great hearing them play again.. it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to sound (they haven’t practice in a year?). I knew all the songs and sang along happily. I grew up with these guys.. so many memories! The crowd was absolutely insane! One kid was bleeding from the side of his head from an injury that happened during one of the other bands. He didn’t do anything about it either, he bled through the whole set. I saw at least 3 people get knocked out, only to get up and go back in the pit. This is why I stay safely on the side, out of harms way. =D Afterwards I hung out with Joe, Veronica, and Danny. Nothing like singing songs like the one from Flashdance at the top of your lungs. “I am music now!” haha.. Yeah.. good times. (:

Saturday I was supposed to go to the movies with Dylan, but it fell through. We still hung out anyway and got to catchup a bit. Went to the old places we always did when we were bored.. Borders and Best Buy. I really felt like I had lost a close friend, so I was very happy to hang out with him again. That night I went to dinner with Joe and two of his friends. They were real cool.. I feel bad cuz we were all supposed to go to the movies with V and Danny, but all the friggin’ movies were sold out until like midnight. So Joe, V, Danny, and I ended up going over my house to watch Waiting For Guffman. Haha.. what a great movie. “I hate you, and I hate your ASS FACE!”

That brings us to today. Right now I am writing this journal entry and procrastinating my english homework. Tonight I’m going to the Ottobar to see The Appleseed Cast. I guess I’ll go get some work done now. (:

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