"this song is about the best day that i've ever had" -christopher ender carrabba
despite the numerous bumps and bruises, THIS LAST WEEKEND WAS THE BEST WEEKEND I'VE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!! it was sooooo awesome. erika's train arrived on friday about a half hour late, but it was fine because i had to shower anyways. when the bart finally got to the amtrak station, erika really loved the rose that i bought her. (awwww cute!) then we had lunch at I.B.'s, which was good too. not long after we got on bart again to san fran., and waited in line for three hours! it wasn't that bad. as erika and i sat on the sidewalk i noticed a familiar face crossing the street...it was the bass player from dashboard confessional (i can't remember his name), but i just froze. then a while after, the lead singer and guitarist from vendetta red walked next to erika and i, i was a bit confused since i had never seen the physical appearance of any bandmember from vendetta red, but i was suspicious and figured that they were in some sort of band. when the doors finally opened we briskly walked to the stage where we found ourselves about eight people back from the front rail. after an hour of pushing and shoving erika and i made it to three bodies from the rail. that's when vendetta red began their set...i must say, in the words of the great homestar runner, "it was fweakin' awwwesome!" the highlight of that set was that the lead singer stage dove into the crowd right next to me, i helped catch him and return him to the security guys. it was cool. then i could swear to the holy spirits that he actually pointed at me while on stage. after them, brand new was up. i was definitely disappointed because the performance was, ummm, uhhhh...lacking, of anything that would be as great as the other bands. much to my disappointment the band finally finished their set and mxpx came on. WOW, these guys had some anal kicking energy. by this time erika and i were completely drenched in sweat. we were both frustrated by what seemed an endless flow of annoying crowd surfers kicking, flailing and begging for us to help them out of the crowd. also the constant pushing, shoving and stubbornness of the other devoted fans got to me, i was pretty angry by the time mxpx finished...but when dashboard stepped up, all that went away. the very first drum 'smack' and guitar 'strum' i heard, seemed to be a magic spell that took all my anger and frustration away. i sung every single song at the top of my lungs, there were times when i could only hear myself, it was great! then at the conclusion of the encore performance, mike marsh (dc's drummer) threw his sticks out in the crowd... i caught one of them! i was soooo excited. then it was finallly over, weeks of waiting and anticipation finally came to a close with the ending of "hands down". erika and i were wet and exhausted. the rest of the weekend was relaxing compared to that night. we barted to s.f. again, and went to the metreon to watch "the rundown" with the rock, christopher walken and sean william scott, it was a kick-ass movie, and according to erika i do this really good impression of sean william when he's trying to pee, she couldn't stop laughing. this morning marked the final hours erika and i would spend together for a few more weeks, it was kind of sad but a little relieving since i have so much homework to do still. we tried catching the 10:27 san jouquin train, but we were 5 minutes too late, so we had to wait for the 1:25 train. unfortunately the train was about 4 minutes early and erika and i had to cut our goodbye short. it's crazy but i miss her already.
music: none, i'm in the library.
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