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April 18, 2004
figuring things out over here
so i'm sitting in matt's warehouse as he and his roomates are having a meeting. i had hopes i'd be able to live here, but i'm getting the feeling that that won't happen. which is ok. if it does i'm excited, if not i won't mind not having to share a room. it's the middle of the month still, so finding a place to live is hard right now, in a week or so craigslist.org will be flooded again with people in need of roommates, and i'll find one then. in a way it's stressful, i feel like i'm a burden on aaron's household cause i'm always there, but they all like me and i'm not around tha often, so it's ok for a while more. still, i'm excited to have a room of my own so i can at least hang my clothes up.
i've started working at the chevy's here. the money is so much better then what i was making, but in truth working there reminds me of a lot of stuff in reno that would do better in the past. plus they figured out that i'm competent at the job, and immediately have me evening shifts on thursday through sunday, which means i'd make the most money, but also that i would be working when aaron is off from his job. that's not cool with me, i came here to hang out with my friends and don't want to come home too late to see bands play and hang out. the other night i was supposed to see this band called hell's belle's, but got stuck at work till 12 at night. i made a bunch of money, but everyone was out doing stuff, and i ended up riding around alone for a while. riding around alone was good, but i feel like right now i want to be surrounded by friends, having fun.
so i'm gonna try and find something else to do. i know in advance that i won't make as much money, so i might stick on at the restaurant 2 days a week, but i think i'll feel better about myself if i can do something useful or helpful, especially if it has to do with spanish. i've been speaking a lot lately, the cooks and busboys all joke with me already, and the people in the mission district think it's rad too.
i've been examining the bay area music list with amazement at all the shows i'm going to see, a few in the near future are pinback, mirah, cat power, bloodhag, broken social scene, pretty girls make graves, plus a ton more. the summer is ramping up, i could literally see 2 or 3 good shows a week. seems like that will be one of the things i spend the most money on, and it'll be worth it.
matt and i are becoming good friends, it's neat that i've heard so many stories about him from aaron, and now we're living in the same city, and hopefully soon in the same neighborhoods. last night we went dumpstering up by aaron's house, found a ton of stuff, and rocketed down steep hills to the mission district. this feels like the life i should be leading right now, exploring and having good friends. i miss my friends in reno of course, and once i get a permanent spot i'll invite them to come up, but for now making new ones is great.
had a conversation with someone about the age or moment in your life when you can justify having a crappy job you don't really like because it enables you to live in a good city. i guess right now i'm kinda near that point, but at the same time i'm new here, and i guess it's only the 3rd city i've lived in in the u.s., plus i know i'll only be here till around october, so i guess i could accept haivng to work 5 or 6 months at chevy's so that i could stay here. how much better would it be though to be doing something cool and living here? that would rule.
anyways, think i'm gonna ride back up to aaron's house, find out how his weekend backpacking trip in big sur went. they left on friday afternoon, i was so close to blowing off my job and going along, mostly glad i didn't though, made a bunch of money that night, then sat. i went to the only independent pirate supply store in s.f. so weird, and so rad. it reminded me of brook walker a ton, i wanted to hear the scurvy bastards playing in the background so much.
be well all.
Posted by bendan at April 18, 2004 08:49 PM
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