make the most of (the rest of) my twenties

baby venom w/ some band from detroit (don’t remember the name) and vivian girls (i think that’s what they’re called?)

Larger crowd than last show and people seemed into it. The bar was frigid, with these crazy industrial fans going full blast everywhere. Our breath puffed out as steam (just like in the novels) and our skirts billowed out around us in all that wind. But the show was good! Finally was able to give Dave the $6 that I owed him for the Blood Samples tape. He gave me a not-for-sale CD of the tape, just for backup which was a very hep thing to do. Venom de Bebe played “flwrvlly” or whatever it’s called, which has def become my favorite tune of theirs plus a coupla newerish ones which were vibey and money and everything fantastic. Their vocal mics were up loud, the whole show was wicked loud and I just had to stand still and let the vibrations happen during the final song. All in all, good show, what fun! The other bands were good and enjoyable and also loud and people were dancey, which is always fun. And for the first time ever in my five-feet life, some guy realized he was standing directly in my line of sight at one point during the show, smiled apologetically and moved to the left. How gracious. I only drank water and beats.

again! yes!
that’s twice in one month!
awesome!

full report afterwards.
i’ll attempt to review it, in sorts.
yimes.

—bagels with h! we read our books!
—spur-of-the-moment shopping with h!
-new skinny jeans and pink oxfords for both
-new blue shirt for h, skirt for j
—no work!
—lotsa sleep!
—vegetarian chili!
-weird service, but lotsa fun
—so much rain!
-h bought rain boots!
—escape from the city!
—candy!
-jelly bellies
-swedish fish
-fancy dark chocolate
-toberlone
– orange tootisie pop
-fun dip
—movies!
—118 miles driven!

hashed some things out with Hubby.
hashed so many things out with H.
and fuck, i’ve beem drinking.

I thought tonight was a good night.
Target @ Mondawmin w/ H.
Then dinner w/ her @ One World.
Home to my Hubby.
We watched frasier, ate chocolates, shot the shit.
Hubby went to bed.
And suddenly it is 2:30 in the morning and there are hip twenty-somethings traipsing up and down the fire escape… directly next to our window. Which is RATHER loud. And they are saying fun things like “Wooooo!” and clinking bottles and shimmying up slippery ladders to the roof. At first I was like, wtf are these kids doing?! People are trying to sleep, fer chrissakes! (Well, other people, I think, not me…)

But once I stopped panicking for thirty seconds and realized they weren’t burgling me, I came to realize that I am grateful. Their impetuous and inconsiderate ways remind me to not be a curmudgeon at twenty-four. To erase the line in my forehead, (what Hubby calls my “heavy brow”) and enjoy their incessant clang clang clang as they drunkenly clamor back down to some unseen apartment below.

So, yay, Youths. You are probably the same age or older than I, but you keep me young. Young!

baby venom show was last night. went with alicia and lisa. we missed the first 2 bands altogether cos I forgot my ID and H had to bring it to me. Good thing only 4 blocks away. But too far to walk alone at night. anyway, H dropped off my ID so I drank a bit and the show was fun. The band threw out bracelets after each song with the title of the song on it. I got the first one! Anyhow—what fun. Then some people from the band plus their friend came over and hung out for a bit.

in H’s bedroom. We hung out last night and had a sleepover at her parents while we watched the kids. It was super weirdly wonderful being back there again. It’s been at least 5 years. Then we got up. had bagels, ikea, target… what fun!

tonight we watched a movie and snuggled. I really missed her for the year we didn’t speak. Now we’re closer than we were even before. Shed some shackles.

Strange to think we’ve been friends for 15 years. And just really knowing her now. She’s a mysterious lady.

My friends are important.

good friends
good food
good conversation
good weather out on the deck

everything was great! still glowing over it this a.m.

Our next door neighbor was killed this morning in a freak accident (a stolen truck veered off the road, right through the side of her house at 5am – she died at the scene). She had three daughters, the oldest of which is in college. The news crews were all over the street this morning, asking all the neighbors if they saw/heard anything. I was fast asleep, and didn’t hear ANYTHING, not the crash, not the helicopter in the back yard, the ambulances, police and fire trucks, the hammers boarding up the side of the house. Nothing. I slept while someone died, less than a hundred feet away. I found out what happened from the news reporters who knocked on my door at 11am.

It really makes you feel your mortality, and that of those around you. I made passionate love to my husband when he woke up, and kept telling him how much I love him. I can’t ever not let him know how much he means to me. You never know when it will be the last time you get to say, “I love you.”

septum. none of the pics came out too great. but i really like it! very cute.

look at me. i’m daring; i’m spontaneous.

little metal moustache.