After 2 days of hardly getting any sleep, and being at the Fest...I'm tired. I really want to go tonight, but looking at the clock I won't make it in time to get it.
The past 2 days have been the best ever. It sucks its over, but the greatest times where had.
Friday Rich, Justin, and I where all ready to go. We all headed up to wayward to get registered....and rich got a flat. as soon as we parked....so I changed his tired and put a donut on that he had in the back. we regestered and headed off to the mall to kill time, and wait for everyone else to show up. well the donut went....and we pulled over onto this side street off of newberry. I called a tow truck, and we waited 2 hours before I relised I gave the wrong directions. I called back and gave them the right one, and 2 hours later the truck showed up. it was like 8 o'clock, and tire kingdom was closed. the driver told me that he could take me to a 24 hour shop, and I told him anywhere that sells used tires. as it tured out, he took us back to his shop...which was like 3 or 5 blocks away from where we were...
after we got the tire and met up with Jackie, Nikki, Matt, and Kayla we headed off to commongrounds. we saw some good bands...I ran out of smokes so I went for a walk looking for a gas station. This bum walked with me and talked to me about how shitty things are for him, and then I went into the gas station and got my smokes. I gave him one and we parted our was. and then out of spontainuisy I decided to hit bars on the way back to commongrounds. I drank 8 beers before I got back to commongrounds. and then I think matt and justin got hungry or thirsty and they asked me where the gas station was, and I said 8 blocks that way....and I forgot we where on main and not university and we walked 8 blocks in the wrong area. I shrugged and told them the hippidrome was right over there and the starbucks was open. and after all that we headed to atlantic to see army of ponch.
Rich, Justin, and I got right up front. I heard some of there stuff, but wasn't familure with them. holy shit it was awesome. and since atlantic is a small venue, the stage is only shin high so I almost fell on the stage a bunch of times. Rich spilled beer on us, and it was a huge fun time. I got hit in the head with one of the guitar players guitars, and then got poked in the eye by one of the strings that wasn't cut at the headstock. after the show, rich and I talked to the bass player, he gave rich a hug and shook my hand.
After that, we headed to dennys. Rich and I reeked of beer and smelled funky. on the walk over to dennys, rich asked me for a cigarette and I gave him one. It was an unfiltered Pall Mall, the best smoke. he said it felt like death going down and how could I smoke them, I replyed that every puff is a taste of pleasure for me. he got dizzy from it. Nikki kept telling me that I smelled funky, so I started to call her stinky nikki and to get the peanut butter pie.
saturday....
Rich, Justin and I met up again, and headed to gainsville. we where going to goto the Vegan breakfast...but we decided to be bad and goto the Free show and BBQ instead...fuck animals....anyway, we sat on a curb and ate some ribs and rice and beans and potato salad. to kill more time to wait for nikki, jackie and matt to show up we headed to the mall. We saw the bass player for fing fang foom, and the guitar player from army of ponch while we where waiting. I played a bunch of DDR. we all got togeather and went to commongrounds.
Man, Lastnight was awesome....it was packed because of Against Me! and the blood brothers where playing. I took pictures and well...its all hard to describe unless you where there. Strike Force diablo, New Mexican Disaster Squad, Fifth Hour Hero, True North, Glass and ashes, and Lucero where just fucking awesome. The blood brothers...holy shit, pictures don't do them justice...you have to see them live. and Against Me! was what topped it off. They always put on an awesome show...I screamed along to the songs I knew, hurd there new stuff, and let out so much that needed to get out. a bunch of people got up on stage in the middle of we laugh at danger, and we all where singing, and then against me, true north and blood brothers started to knock shit around on stage and threw over the drum set....it was great. the mics where out, and tom shouted "thanks for showing up, I think thats it." after that rich and I had some beer, sat there and enjoyed it all.
This fest was awesome, I'm looking foward to next year. a bunch of cheap beer was drunk, cigarettes smoked, had great times with friends, made new friends, bonds grew stronger, and we all became new members of a huge family. I love gainesville.
The past 2 days have been the best ever. It sucks its over, but the greatest times where had.
Friday Rich, Justin, and I where all ready to go. We all headed up to wayward to get registered....and rich got a flat. as soon as we parked....so I changed his tired and put a donut on that he had in the back. we regestered and headed off to the mall to kill time, and wait for everyone else to show up. well the donut went....and we pulled over onto this side street off of newberry. I called a tow truck, and we waited 2 hours before I relised I gave the wrong directions. I called back and gave them the right one, and 2 hours later the truck showed up. it was like 8 o'clock, and tire kingdom was closed. the driver told me that he could take me to a 24 hour shop, and I told him anywhere that sells used tires. as it tured out, he took us back to his shop...which was like 3 or 5 blocks away from where we were...
after we got the tire and met up with Jackie, Nikki, Matt, and Kayla we headed off to commongrounds. we saw some good bands...I ran out of smokes so I went for a walk looking for a gas station. This bum walked with me and talked to me about how shitty things are for him, and then I went into the gas station and got my smokes. I gave him one and we parted our was. and then out of spontainuisy I decided to hit bars on the way back to commongrounds. I drank 8 beers before I got back to commongrounds. and then I think matt and justin got hungry or thirsty and they asked me where the gas station was, and I said 8 blocks that way....and I forgot we where on main and not university and we walked 8 blocks in the wrong area. I shrugged and told them the hippidrome was right over there and the starbucks was open. and after all that we headed to atlantic to see army of ponch.
Rich, Justin, and I got right up front. I heard some of there stuff, but wasn't familure with them. holy shit it was awesome. and since atlantic is a small venue, the stage is only shin high so I almost fell on the stage a bunch of times. Rich spilled beer on us, and it was a huge fun time. I got hit in the head with one of the guitar players guitars, and then got poked in the eye by one of the strings that wasn't cut at the headstock. after the show, rich and I talked to the bass player, he gave rich a hug and shook my hand.
After that, we headed to dennys. Rich and I reeked of beer and smelled funky. on the walk over to dennys, rich asked me for a cigarette and I gave him one. It was an unfiltered Pall Mall, the best smoke. he said it felt like death going down and how could I smoke them, I replyed that every puff is a taste of pleasure for me. he got dizzy from it. Nikki kept telling me that I smelled funky, so I started to call her stinky nikki and to get the peanut butter pie.
saturday....
Rich, Justin and I met up again, and headed to gainsville. we where going to goto the Vegan breakfast...but we decided to be bad and goto the Free show and BBQ instead...fuck animals....anyway, we sat on a curb and ate some ribs and rice and beans and potato salad. to kill more time to wait for nikki, jackie and matt to show up we headed to the mall. We saw the bass player for fing fang foom, and the guitar player from army of ponch while we where waiting. I played a bunch of DDR. we all got togeather and went to commongrounds.
Man, Lastnight was awesome....it was packed because of Against Me! and the blood brothers where playing. I took pictures and well...its all hard to describe unless you where there. Strike Force diablo, New Mexican Disaster Squad, Fifth Hour Hero, True North, Glass and ashes, and Lucero where just fucking awesome. The blood brothers...holy shit, pictures don't do them justice...you have to see them live. and Against Me! was what topped it off. They always put on an awesome show...I screamed along to the songs I knew, hurd there new stuff, and let out so much that needed to get out. a bunch of people got up on stage in the middle of we laugh at danger, and we all where singing, and then against me, true north and blood brothers started to knock shit around on stage and threw over the drum set....it was great. the mics where out, and tom shouted "thanks for showing up, I think thats it." after that rich and I had some beer, sat there and enjoyed it all.
This fest was awesome, I'm looking foward to next year. a bunch of cheap beer was drunk, cigarettes smoked, had great times with friends, made new friends, bonds grew stronger, and we all became new members of a huge family. I love gainesville.
sinope:
sounds like a good time all round then!
