it's always been awhile..

same old same old... thought i would blow the dust off the html and get back into writing rambles of nullified reasons again... just as a quick couple of updates, j and i had set off about a month or so ago to see the arcade fire out on their 3 night stint here in chicago...

they never cease to disappoint us... another rockin' show, filled with an eclectic cornucopia of instruments (they had a pseudo-pipeorgan of some magnitude there) filled a set of a mix of new and old songs... quite baddass, and in a posh-theater setting as well.. j and i settled into our "box" sets, ready for the show.... the only thing that we were missing were those 'Mardi Gras mask" binoculars and a cigarette held on a long stick for us to complete the setting...

2 weeks ago, we checked out a local radio station's gig that featured sum 41, good charolette, the bravery, and shiny toy guns (the femmes were scheduled to play but were cancelled, prob because they realized that Good Charolette was headlining...) in any case, we were mainly there to see shiny toy guns and the bravery... sum 41 was a bonus for me since i never got to see them live and somewhat knew their songs...

despite the fact that carah was having mic feedback problems, they put on a badass set... the bravery stepped up next, and since the last couple times we saw them, sam looks like... someone else... when he came out, i didn't even know it was him... he's lost a ton of weight (almost too much), and just looks different (add some pics soon)... nonetheless, we had a fun sing-a-long-dancing time with them and wished the first two acts played longer...

then sum41 popped out and i was surfed the wave of teenage-punky-angst-ridden-kids pushing and made my way up to the front... after 5-7 songs of swaying without effort and absorbing the sweat of those around me, i headed back to where j and kevin were and watched the rest of the show behind a couple totally enamoured with playing jonah and the whale, but seeing who could swallow who's head in a fit of mad sum41 grown love...

we only stayed for about 2 songs into GC before we said gayced out... didn't have any interest in seeing them at all... however, before GC came out, i had noticed the beer cup littered ground and decided to try an interesting experiment while we waited...

i picked up 3 beer cups and built one of those cup pyramids (you know the ones you used to build with styrofoam cups when you were a kid....)... my experiement was simple... and i shall outline it here:

Purpose: To test the natural will of human nature and its natural tendency to destroy anything with organization and beauty.

Hypothesis: Man will destroy everything.

Materials: 3 empty plastic beer cups.

Procedure:
1. Create beer cup pyramid with said materials
2. Move 5 feet away from pyramid built in item #1 and wait
3. Observe

Observations:
1. Not more than 10 seconds later, a kid walked PAST the pyramid, did a DOUBLE TAKE at it, walked back to the pyramid and kicked it over
2. I screamed - "You fucker!"
3. Kid turned around and smiled on his latest conquest

Conclusion:
Man will go out of his way to destroy anything.

And that's how it exactly went down.... it was pretty damn intersting to see him do a double take on it, walk back to it (out of his way) to kick it over... he was pretty amused by being called a "fucker", but so is the name of the game...

anyways, my bud ryan (who was also one of the infamous bodyguards that punched the lights of of the crew that sucker punched me back in college) has been staying with us the last few weeks... its great hearing about all these stories he brings back from his neurosurgery intership he is doing... damn interesting, yet sad stuff...

well, the next few weeks holds warped tour, a trip to san fransisco to see the smashing pumpkins, visit some friends, see some sights, and eat some food, and whatever else this wild ride brings us on...