last stop suburbia

i can't believe i actually pulled that off... do you know, i'm still expecting someone to be like, hah! i know you weren't where you said you were going to be last night!
anyway, i will gladly share with you what i did.
first of all, saturday morning, went to work. a parakeet attacked juan, me, and jesseca, then this dude caught it and the commotion died. so work took forever. but finally i got off and turned in my stuff and that was it - home free! no more wild waves! so i got home and cleaned and changed and packed and headed off to jamie's. i really ticked off her mom by asking to drop my stuff off at steph's, but hey, what do i care if her mom's mad? i left my stuff on her porch and then we were off to seattle. for a concert! yeah! we found sean, jeff, and kirk and we got up toward the front of the line with some people we knew from school. and... oh lordy, that was the most beautiful concert i've ever been to in my life. the first set, the early november, wasn't much better from when they opened for taking back sunday and the starting line at the graceland. once senses fail got onstage, i was off to the mosh pit with kirk and jeff, and boy-howdy was that fun! i don't know where all the energy came from but i went all out.. some girl called me a bitch and tried to start a fight but i told her to fuck off and kept moshing. i had jeff's spike bracelet so i even had a little protection from the bigger people out there. we stayed in the moshpit for allister and home grown, then came out and got some water. jeff and i were both completely soaked in sweat, but it was beautiful all the same. there's just something about a small area, packed with people, dim lights and loud music that makes things just.. surreal. i still can't get over how great it all was and how much i enjoyed it. we watched the starting line; they were alright but not too impressive. i got a bunch of stickers and an early november poster signed by ace (lead singer). i couldn't find a ride home at first, which caused a little panic attack.. but jeff saved my ass and gave me a ride home, though i had to sit on his lap the entire way. really uncomfortable, but i was right next to the window, speeding down the freeway in the middle of the night. it was gorgeous, my entire face went numb. they dropped me off at tuey's, who, it turned out, wasn't home. so i broke in through her mom's window and called her and told her what's up, then took a shower. made some crackers and cheese and such. tuey and brandon got back from the movie and jeff showed up a little later and we all just chilled around her house, taking it easy and relaxing. you'd think, after a 4 hour concert, i'd be exhausted, right? hell no! i had so much energy... after we drove brandon home we watched slc punk, and after that went on a walk. went to rite aid, saghalie.. jeff was running around picking up the lids to storm drains and dropping them, tuey was high and tweaking out over every sound, and i was incredibly energized and skipping around everywhere. we must've made an interesting group! we sat on the stairs at saghalie for a few hours, then went to starbucks and i got some chai while tuey and jeff sat around and we got warm (this was around.. 5 or 6?) when we got back to tuey's, she passed out on the couch and jeff and i started to watch antz.. he fell asleep and i took a picture and fell asleep myself (probably around 7 this morning, i think). tuey's mom called at 9 and we were up after that, well okay steph kept sleeping. she was.. tired. we covered her in a huge mound of blankets and she would move every half hour or so, say something or make some random noise, then fall immediately back to sleep. jeff and i had a huge freakin' long conversation... i'm seriously amazed with this guy, he's incredible. i won't go into it too much, steph reads this and she's already heard it, and i'm sure you don't want to sit through it either. so jeff took off around 11:30 and then steph and i went to wendy's, got some quick food and now here i am, back at home! my feet hurt and i'm exhausted and i keep spacing out... but it's such an unbelievable feeling. this was the night i was hoping for all summer. it'll keep me going while i wait for next summer so i can do it again.