| sweetest ride on the block |
[Aug. 6th, 2007|09:49 am] |
oh man,
friday i got off work at like 11:30 and rode my bike home in the sweltering nebraska heat and shortly after arriving nile and nathaniel came to pick me up and we were off for cedar rapids iowa, 5 hours later we finally got there, we were going to see the queens of the stone age. the show was pretty good, the first band was the gasoline angels they weren't very good. they were a two piece band of brothers, the one sang and played guitar and the other played drums, truly "posers and models with guitars..." the singer was very hard to understand and his mouth moved really weird, it made me uncomfortable, and people in the audience would yell, "you rock" and the like and they didn't really. then finally queens of the stone age came on and rocked it pretty hard, the lighting was really good, which is something that you don't really hear that much when you think of how a live show but that's how good it was. the whole thing was pretty enjoyable until this tall dorky guy was standing right in front of me so i couldn't see josh homme but then he migrated away then all was good until this skanky chick wedged in front of me with her short friend which was fine until she tried to get her smelly gweedo boyfriend whom i was blocking with my shoulder but she managed to pull him in, damn, so there i was with this fucker standing directly in front of me, i was going to make this guy's life a living hell, i didn't drive 5 hours and pay 24 bucks to stare at the pack if this jerk's head, so i started rubbing myself up against his back, that didn't work, so i then proceeded to breath heavily on the back of his neck, also didn't work, so i just waited to for him to go get another beer and took his spot next to his slutty slut, ha ha vengeance is mine! After the show we stared to head back to lincoln and after getting lost for a little while we were back on I380. we decided to hit up the perkin's that we saw on the way there about an hour down the road. the water there tasted funny and the steak that was in my platter wasn't quite cooked all the way through, but oh well we hadn't eaten all day. we finally got home around 4:30 a.m.
it felt good to hit the sheets.
saturday, i started to paint maggie and lauren's shed, so i got ready to go. i loaded up my bike baskets with a couple cans of spray paint (i was only going to go lay down the line work) and a few jars of screen printing ink because after that i was going over to delphine's house to finish her screen printing lesson. my bike was pretty heavy by this point which was fine until i stared going up hill plus to make things worse it was so incredibly hot out and i was just dripping with sweat.
so i got their house quickly painted and i was off with the speed of the old vietnamese man who used to ride his three wheeled bike through my neighborhood. when i got to delphine's house we did the screen printing and some graphic design stuff. her dad thought that my bike was cool. then ate some ravioli and spaghetti but when i went to put some sauce on the spaghetti i noticed that there was some mold on the lip and cap of the jar so in the garbage it went. the ravioli was perfection though, so that was good. then it was time to ride home so i could drive back and pick up delphine. after that we went to justin's place so justin, alex, delphine and i could go the bemis underground in omaha and see justin's comic with the secret ending and we did just that.
on the way to omaha we talked about porn and how the porn barn was gone, followed by a little video game theory, delphine was none too impressed. and to add insult to injury we stopped krypton comics's new store and i picked up the first two issues of the new "tank girl" series (with variant covers), the stories are written by alan martin which is same but good, and the art is by ashley wood, which is different but awesome, justin picked up "the maxx" vol.5 and "Akira" vol.3 and maybe something else, alex picked up some "futurama" comics and delphine didn't get anything but i saw her eying the "nancy drew" manga and the "power girl" bust. after that we headed for the bemis but we were early for the dance party so we walked down the street and checked out drastic plastic and i got a jacket and some pink undies. then we decided that going to zio's pizza would be a good idea even though none of us really seemed hungry. stephanie tanner there with her boyfriend who's name escapes me at the moment. the pizza was good and the beer smelled good. so now it was time for the dance party, thanks to my art scene connections i ended up getting a "you-can-drink" wrist band and i got pretty juiced up and then i danced, oh god i danced! we left and delphine drove my car home and survived, she tamed the beast. then bed time.
sunday, finally a day to kind of laze around, i finished "tank girl: the odyssey" (vol.4) and cleaned my room and i was getting pissed off because it was so hot in my room + my dad was being an even bigger dick than usual. so i had to get out of there so delphine and i went to target and i got a new bag and she got some new shoes and then we went to super saver to see all the drecks of society. then dinner where i ate turkey loaf and mashed potatoes yum yum. after that justin, delphine and i watched "kamikaze girls" i'm too lazy to type the synopsis so here's wikipedia:
"The movie begins with a flashforward of Momoko getting hit by a car while driving a moped, then shifts to the past to introduce her background and early life.
Momoko, who was born near Kobe, wishes that she had been born in Rococo-era France. Her father, a former small-time gangster, was involved in selling fake brand name clothing. After making a fake "double-brand" he finds himself in trouble with Universal Studios, Versace, and the mob, and so he and Momoko move to his mother's house in the rural town of Shimotsuma.
Momoko must go to Tokyo to shop for her clothes, but constantly finds herself short of money for the expensive trip and the pricey clothes she wants to buy. She decides to sell some of her father's fake Versace products, and meets Ichigo (prefers to be called Ichiko), who answers an advertisement she has placed.
Ichigo is a racy, boyish yanki-type who belongs to an all-girl bōsōzoku (motorcycle gang). Gradually, the unlikely pair become friends.
Soon Ichigo needs Momoko's help. Akimi, the leader of Ichigo's gang, is leaving, and as a tribute Ichigo plans to have her coat embroidered. She has heard that there is a legendary embroiderer in Tokyo named Emma and she persuades Momoko to go there with her.
Although they never find the embroiderer, they do stop at Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, the shop where Momoko buys her frilly lolita dresses. An assistant notices the beautiful embroidery Momoko has stiched on one of her garments and calls the designer himself to come to look at it. Later in the film, the designer asks Momoko to embroider a sample garment which accidentally came back plain.
Back in Shimotsuma, after an argument, Momoko offers to stich the embroidery on Ichigo's coat, which she does with great skill.
The final scenes of the film concern a fight between Ichigo and the members of several all-girl motorbike gangs. It is revealed that the crash at the start of the movie occurred when Momoko was rushing to help Ichigo. Momoko does not die, but instead challenges the entire motorbike gang and wins, rescuing Ichigo."
this was an all right movie, seemed a bit drawn out in some places but other than that it had an interesting feeling to it. i'd say 6 out of 10. then after that we discussed the noid and talked about our group dynamics. then parted ways for bed.
now it's monday and it's really hot, it was 79º at 10 a.m. with 88% humidity and it'll get hotter..
welp lunch time.
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