Today is Memorial Day, unofficial kick off to summer, and its raining and mid 60s in Chicago. No prob. I'm kinda grateful for the justification in staying in the house. I actually feel alright today. I went to see Dopamines and Teen Idols at Sub-T last night, and it was a sweet show. There was five friends in attendance from STL, and it was nice to see them.
The Dopamines set was awesome in that everyone there was singing and dancing and having a good time. They closed with INHAWBFY, which was a pleasant surprise. When they closed with that song back in March, I figured it was a nod to Brad who was in town with his band, but I guess they have been closing their sets with it all along. not complaining.
before dopamines was doppleganger. i will admit that i don't care for them too much. i don't know if it was the erg behind the kit or what, but their set last night was the most entertaining and best i've seen them. also, they closed with pray for rain, which was a huge surprise. i was a little surprised mike went for it, but everyone on the floor went nutzoid.
the headliner was teen idols. a lot of people left before they played, which was kinda sad. but i enjoyed their set. the people that did stick around were waaay into it, and they played the best songs from their catalog. i'm not into older dudes. at all. but phillip is a total dream boat.
afterwards i went to afterhours party, and things got straight ridic. i did not overindulge, but a lot of people there did. i ended up leaving at like 5am. sun was coming up and i was just returning home. slept til just after 11. want to make sure i am able to sleep tonight b/c i have to work tomorrow.
i feel alright today. there was lots of opportunity for weirdness at the show and afterhours but i didn't let anything get to me.
undecided what i want to do for july 4th weekend. off with their heads in is tampa that sat and i'd like to go to that show and visit my sis. found out that D4th of july is still on, with slow death and dopamines and banner pilot. that would be totally rad. i don't have anyone to stay with in mpls this year since randall got married and his wife is having a baby in august. some people from chicago might be headed up that way. i will see them at shows coming up and ask them about organizing to drive there and get a hotel and whatnot. that might be the best bet b/c florida is dang hot and mpls is awesome in summer. its going to be light out until like 1o3opm. so excited!
still on the fence about going to school this summer. i registered and paid for it, but still might drop. it would be the best choice for my present state of mental health, although there is a good chance withdrawing from summer session is going to screw me over in the semesters to come.
i have decided to take a leave of absence from work. spoke to a manager about taking extended vacation time due to stress/general feeling of burn out, and he was was pretty much like, just tell us when. so that is good. i'm thinking take off all of july and half of august and start back up when school starts and lab partner and i return from our bike trip.
still need/want a boyfriend but also don't. getting excited about doing cool shit this summer. mostly partying. i have been in denial about it for a few years, but not anymore.
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