Learning to Live

so remember that story I told you all about…. :) well, here it is.

Yesterday I got off of work fairly late ( about an hour after I was originally supposed to that is) and had to haul ass down to anaheim ( if you know santa barbara, L.A., traffic, and me, you know thats not a good thing to do- picture going 80-90 down the 101 and I-5, and you’ll pretty much get the idea) by the time I got to chain, at around 6:30 the entire parking lot was packed, so I ran into radio shack and asked if I could use their lot for a few hours, they mercifully agreed ( woo! score:) ps if you ever need electronics you should totally go to the radio shack in anaheim on Eucelid!!) I got my ticket ( will call thank god, otherwise I would have been scalping like two of the kids I met in line, sweet kids, who had walked all the way to chain from fullerton, driving its not so far but walking?!? yeesh! and they didnt even have tickets!!) anyway, the line was insane, not as bad as some of the lines that they get at the majestic but if you know how tiny the chain reaction is, you’ll understand my point.

The bands went on at around 7:30, a guy named Evan Taubenfeld went first, can I just say right now that that boy is AMAZING! he is sweet, funny, talented… and I could go on,  and on about him but really you should check him out for yourselves ( www.myspace.com/evantaubenfeld) then came this providence ( I had no IDEA Dan Young was Australian! oh my god my heart kind of did that flippy thing when i heard him speak for the first time:)) they did such a wonderful job, both Dan and Gavin were wonderful, after that, TAI came on ( well, William came on, Sisky and Michael Guy came on for  a few sets later in the evening).

All in all the night was amazing, though I had been feeling ill all weekend and came home as soon as the show ended ( no mingling or talking with the bands for me last night, though I did meet Jac Vanek…. more on that later) the drive home was awful…. I was half asleep, the car was swerving like mad, and I was a bit freaked out, going 60 mph and then 80 mph, barely able to keep my eyes open…. about halfway home, my eyes started to water so horribly that I couldn’t even see anything! ( we’re talking full on tears, like fountains and rivers and oceans of tears just pouring down my face. I have no idea what happened, but they started to get so bad that I had to pull over onto the freeway shoulder and put my emergency lights on, just sitting there for ten minutes basically crying) I got home at around 12:00 am, and didnt fall asleep until 2. I’m still kicking myself for not staying to talk to the bands,but I promise myself that next time I will, I refuse to be scared of everything for my entire life.

I’m still entirely too tired, even after getting 3 hours of sleep. I think I may need a little nap later on in the day ( yes, I said nap) and I will never ever drive on the 101 when I am swerving or can’t see again, its just a dumb, dumb, idea.