My friends and I bought tickets to The So So Glo's/The Front Bottoms/Say Anything MONTHS AGO. It was probably one of the best shows I've ever been to; the crowd had really good concert etiquette and the vibe wasn't too harsh. It was a lot more enjoyable than the other Seattle shows I've been to, at least!
Before the show, we hung out at my friend's place in Capitol Hill and my friend bought me Indian food (in exchange for driving us to Seattle) from a tiny underground restaurant down the street which turned out to be the best Indian restaurant in Seattle. The both of us were both extremely sick and the Indian food cured us from all previous ailments.
My other friend's best friend from her old college was in town visiting too though, so they met up with us for the show and our Capitol Hill friend hired fancy black SUV's to take us to the show. Heck, it was nice. Even though my friend and I both forgot our tickets at our friend's apartment and we had to run back.
We only went for The Front Bottoms, but The So So Glo's were KILLER live. I also honestly wanted to stay for Say Anything since they were a big band from my middle school years, but none of my friends shared the same feelings and had a hard enough time even letting me stay for one song.
This is the only group photo we have. Post-concert. Very sweaty. Very tired.
The venue was right across the street from the market, so that was p rad to finally see at night (from a moving car.)
Summer's been weird. Living on my own for the summer's been weird. I've been getting homesick a lot, but Washington's still alright.
I've been busy yet I still have enough time to do things like go to roller derby games or Seattle with friends, but I still have enough time to sleep and binge on bad 80's movies via Netflix. Have you ever seen The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension? It has Jeff Goldblum dressed as a cheesy cowboy. And it's like two hours long, but I love it.
What about Rock and Rule?
It has the voices of Blondie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and some other guy they say is important but I honestly don't know. I watched it with some friends and the entire movie, we joked how one of our professors probably worked on it. Sure enough, his name was the very first under background paintings. Five minutes later, I went to figure drawing and he was sitting across from me. That was weird. Got to see him under a new light.
Anyway, I've been keeping a life points list to keep me from feeling like I'm wasting time (because I'm not? Digipen has really skewed my perception of free time. If I'm not busy all day everyday, I kind of get the jitters. I don't know if that's normal).
I like reflecting back on them though. Some days are really eventful, like:
June 16, 2014 Monday
drove self and Taylor to Seattle (and during rush hour)
checked first book out at the digipen library
carried a conversation for two hours
pushed way to front and center at Mewithoutyou concert and held it for the full hour and a half
got two set lists from the show
drove self and Taylor home from Seattle
but the next day will be something dumb, like:
June 17, 2014 Tuesday
unclogged first toilet
And you know, that Mewithoutyou concert was pretty great (yeah, I saw them in February too), even if I was bruised and sore for an entire week.
I'll try to catch up on writing though and recap the end of my semester. Finals weren't that bad (they were still pretty bad.) and I've done a lot this summer so far, so y'know.
My acting for animation class is still really weird.
I was really sick the other week and I had to go home early because I was throwing up at school. My acting teacher really wasn't pleased though and sent me a pretty angry email, so my group had to film our skit before the next class.
It's really rough; it's the first time we ran through it, but we were short on time and energy.
I don't know if we'll have to record it again? but whatever.
I'm taking acting for animation this semester which is REALLY DIFFERENT. It took me a few weeks to feel comfortable, and even then, I still have my moments in that class where I just, "why am I here??"
It's basically an improv class that's supposed to help us become stronger animators, but it's rough.
