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Sunday, August 29, 2004
YESTERDAY WAS AMAZING
i hate making posts like this. but yesterday was the shit. it was.
xc meet. didn't run. that wasn't good or bad, really.
stuffed envelopes for theatre. sucked a little.
here it picks up.
open my mail--letter from the dublin arts council, telling me that my entry to the emerging show won best in show. i instantly call adam and shannon, thank them for being my models and giggle a lot. $80 and bragging rights.
off to fallout, a mini music fest at billy's church. it had been raining all morning, but it was sunny then so it was hot, humid and muddy. the afternoon was uneventful, some mediocre bands played... but then the rain hit. it rained for hours. but as we are hardXcore, the show went on. we all got soaked and hella muddy... the elms played, and they're pretty sweet. they actually just got dropped by their label, so they are unsigned right now, which is kind of crazy. they had a really fun set... their guitarist, tommy, was excellent and had braces. after that the rain got bad. there was lightning like, everywhere, and it was getting cold. then john reuben went on. i have a newfound respect for that guy... i'd heard some of his stuff before but i was never really impressed. But he put on a GREAT show. he was so high-energy and he was just getting drenched like the rest of us... he played this one song i knew and i rapped along, that impressed people... and then he had some open mic. i coerced billy into going up there, and reuben picked him because they had talked a little bit before his set, just about hip hop and stuff. he went up there and freestyled! it was great!
as billy was part of the event staff, we had some inside access and after the set we got to talk to john. billy had just purchased his cd from the merch booth and he got it signed... i just told john i wanted to shake his hand for putting on a sweet show. so i did.
oh--rewind. me and billy go into the kitchen and kristen is there. then this guy walks in with this sweet tattoo that looked like stained glass... we complimented him on it and he pulled up his tee shirt sleeve and it was actually a half-sleeve of a soldier kneeling and jesus above him, with the ensignia of a military unit on the underside of his arm. he told us it was a tribute to his brother who was killed in Iraq. then we found out he was the drummer from bleach. really cool guy.
bleach's show was really good. it was actually their second to last show ever after about nine years together. that made it fun because they were all just having a really good time. they arent a great band but they definitely put on a good show. at that point some people were just covered in mud. it was wild.
went home after a little bit of cleanup work. took a quick shower to get the mud off of me (i left muddy footprints on the floor. AFTER i had taken off my shoes.) and flopped in bed. it wasn't until today that i had a chance to try on the dress my mom bought me yesterday. it's terrifically cute.
so that was my totally excellent last shebang awesome day of summer.
yeah, i switched tenses midway through this.
shrug.
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