Sunday, September 17, 2006
Bleagh. It’s too early for me to be writing this, but I’ve had some trouble sleeping, so I’m calling off naptime and hitting daylight. I’ll nap later if I want. I can do that now. I’m an adult!
Tool. Was. Awesome. J(5) and I got terrific seats down on the floor where we could see everything just great. The lighting and stage show was terrific, and they played so many songs! It was an absolute blast. J(5) even got me one of the concert t-shirts, which are neat because you can only get them at the actual concert. Anyway, I had a blast, and I got to see my favoritest band, like, ever, live! Swoon!
Interesting stuff before the concert that I hadn’t quite been exposed to before. J(5) and I wanted to make sure we got there in plenty of time, and we knew we were going to have to drive on freeways during rush hour, which is a dumb idea. So we ended up leaving for the concert at 5:30 just to be double-dog-gone sure we got there in plenty of time. Fortunately, though, it turns out we were doing the reverse commute, and we were able to get there in only half an hour. Unfortunately, the concert started at 8:00. Heh. So we wandered around near the staples center, running into scalpers and other concert hangers-on I’d never met before. Including guys selling ‘Tool t-shirts’ that had probably been silk-screened by the lowest bidder that very morning. Plus you *know* that the band doesn’t see any of that money, and you gots-ta support your band.
Scalpers are fun too. Just guys wandering around asking if you want some sweet tickets. J(5) explained the code to me, too. There’s guys asking if they can buy *your* tickets. They’re scalpers too, but if a cop tries to bust them, they can always say that they were asking for tickets, which isn’t scalping. Tricky!
Anniversary! J(5) and I have been dating for one whole year now. How impressive! This blows all other records completely out of the water. We went out to Buggywhip to celebrate, and had some delicious steak-based dining. That place is just so delicious!
I also flew 4 time this week, ran sprints, swam sprints, did volleyball, went to TKD, and ran a mile in 8:03, and the combined stress on my body seems to have finally taken its toll. Being on a plane that much is really not good for the system, so it would seem. Too much recycled air and shared space. The sprinting definitely helped my mile time: I did 8:30 two weeks ago and 8:12 last week. Sprinting definitely improving my running rate, but I really need to take some days off to let all the associated limbs recover.
Mmm…that’s enough for now. I’m tired.
-N
Tool. Was. Awesome. J(5) and I got terrific seats down on the floor where we could see everything just great. The lighting and stage show was terrific, and they played so many songs! It was an absolute blast. J(5) even got me one of the concert t-shirts, which are neat because you can only get them at the actual concert. Anyway, I had a blast, and I got to see my favoritest band, like, ever, live! Swoon!
Interesting stuff before the concert that I hadn’t quite been exposed to before. J(5) and I wanted to make sure we got there in plenty of time, and we knew we were going to have to drive on freeways during rush hour, which is a dumb idea. So we ended up leaving for the concert at 5:30 just to be double-dog-gone sure we got there in plenty of time. Fortunately, though, it turns out we were doing the reverse commute, and we were able to get there in only half an hour. Unfortunately, the concert started at 8:00. Heh. So we wandered around near the staples center, running into scalpers and other concert hangers-on I’d never met before. Including guys selling ‘Tool t-shirts’ that had probably been silk-screened by the lowest bidder that very morning. Plus you *know* that the band doesn’t see any of that money, and you gots-ta support your band.
Scalpers are fun too. Just guys wandering around asking if you want some sweet tickets. J(5) explained the code to me, too. There’s guys asking if they can buy *your* tickets. They’re scalpers too, but if a cop tries to bust them, they can always say that they were asking for tickets, which isn’t scalping. Tricky!
Anniversary! J(5) and I have been dating for one whole year now. How impressive! This blows all other records completely out of the water. We went out to Buggywhip to celebrate, and had some delicious steak-based dining. That place is just so delicious!
I also flew 4 time this week, ran sprints, swam sprints, did volleyball, went to TKD, and ran a mile in 8:03, and the combined stress on my body seems to have finally taken its toll. Being on a plane that much is really not good for the system, so it would seem. Too much recycled air and shared space. The sprinting definitely helped my mile time: I did 8:30 two weeks ago and 8:12 last week. Sprinting definitely improving my running rate, but I really need to take some days off to let all the associated limbs recover.
Mmm…that’s enough for now. I’m tired.
-N
Comments:
I hope you check your comments. I almost went and saw that same concert.. just in SF. I was thinkin about you the other day and did a search and Voila! There you are. and Pics verify it. It's you. okay.. Enough Random thoughts all thrown togetheor. Drop me a line shiner_ak@yahoo.com
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