i present you with a present: part deux

Friday:

I went to Conway to visit Wes (Nathanial) at Hendrix (extremely liberal college -- he's very much so a republican) on Friday. He changed his name to Nathanial after moving there to basically get a whole new face. His parents originally were going to name him Nathanial, but he ended up arriving early and the doctor was sure he'd be retarded (I know, it's not P.C.) so they called him Wes so that he could spell it and say it. He told me that and I laughed, and then I kind of felt bad. Oh well.

We went to a couple of parties. Had a few drinks. Went to a basketball game for all of about 5 seconds (had to watch the dance team). Found the oriental kids' room and played Wii for a while (which was awesome -- I really want one now). Watched some Sopranos. Kicked back a few more beers. Had a couple of really cheap shots of vodka. Finally crashed about 4am or so. I slept horribly on the cold floor (I forgot to bring a sleeping bag -- all I had was a sheet). Woke up about 9 and went to Chik-Fil-A (his job) or whatever it's called and got some breakfast. Then finally I left and went to guitar center.

They had no fuzz pedal. I really wanted to play with one because I've been listening to a lot of Silversun Pickups lately. But they had to be assholes and not have any. But I did get to play a really nice Les Paul I'm thinking about getting after Coachella if I have any money left to my name. I'll post a pic of it soon, if I can find it.

Saturday:

Band practice. Got a couple of new songs down. Things are going good. We'll probably go to an "open mic night" soon to get a little more stage experience. We're hoping that what ever venue we play at will like us and let us come back for an actual show. We're searching for good cover songs too, so if anyone has any suggestions bring 'em on.

Later that night we tried to go see Babel but the show was sold out. So we went to the Rave to try to see something else. Pretty much everyone wanted to see Pan's Labyrinth, but one person didn't want to. So we ended up seeing The Messengers, which quite possibly might have been the worst movie I have ever seen. I mean, I can't even think of an "only if ..." scenario that would make you go to it. It really was that bad. And what made it worse was that it did nothing but rip off other movies, especially The Ring and The Birds.

Sunday:

To quote Brandon: "More Rock for Little Rock"

At 8pm Augustana took the stage at a sold out Robinson Auditorium and at 9ish Goo Goo Dolls tried to put on a better show but failed in their attempt. Augustana played all of my favorites off their album, plus a new one or two. These guys ... I don't know what to say ... they just make great music. Goo Goo Dolls were decent. The playing was fine and good, but the lead singer didn't really sing most of the time. It was like he would "sing" monotone pitches instead. And the guy can sing good, he did a few times, he just didn't keep it up. Light show wasn't bad either. I really love it when I go to a show and I know every single word to every single song. I just wish Augustana could've played longer ...