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May 21, 2004
5 shows in a week?
so things are going well over here in s.f. when i first arrived i didn't know many folks, so i had tons of free time. now i'm starting to meet people, finding myself with more things to do. lately i've been riding my bike around a lot, put the step in pedals on it, which makes it even more fun to ride but also more sketchy. been playing a lot of chess both with my roommate brian and with the homeless guys who always have boards set up down on market street. one of my bosses at work always wants to talk about chess, so when i get off i've been heading over to market and getting slaughtered by these guys who don't seem to do much but hang out at the boards and win 1 dollar bets with guys like me. i had a short moment of triumph when i beat this one guy, then i remembered that he'd spotted me a castle before we even started, plus the fact that he was obviously cracked out judging by his blood shot eyes and how he was talking in all sorts of weird high voices reminded me that i have a lot to learn. all he said when i won was "whoops."
been hanging out with aaron more, his girlfriend kristy is out of town for a week and we've been kicking it more. poor bastard had a bike accident today, his crank snapped and he crashed into a garbage can and a lightpole. he's ok, but no riding till next monday.
last night we went over to megan's new house. she has cool roommates who all seemed new to the city as well, we sat around their kitchen and talked till about one oclock in the morning. i've been giving megan too much shit latey, teasing her about all the hipster boys that are wooing her, maybe i'm just jealous she found somewhere to live so fast. aaron and i weren't sure if she would select one of these lucky gents or stick with the long distance relationship with her ultimate fighting champion boyfriend back in ohio. i told her she should fully disclose to these new hipster boys, who drive weird tiny cars, the chosen sport of her exboyfriend, so if he comes out to reclaim her they aren't surprised if he body slams them with ease.
speaking of tough mofo's, been climbing with dave irwin a few times. next to this guy named beaux in reno dave is the toughest dude i've ever met. he calls himself a sissy when he can't climb something, but usually he can climb it all.
so next week gonna see some guy named sandman who's on the crimethinc label on monday, then cat power on wednesday, the mountain goats on thursday, the microphones on friday, and yo la tengo on saturday. i'll be spending a bunch of money on show tickets but it's totally worth it, that's part of why i moved out here, to see bands play.
life is good.
Posted by bendan at May 21, 2004 05:11 PM
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