Sitting at the College Perk, enjoying the breeze. It’s absolutely unfair to have gone from the beautiful spring that we’ve enjoyed really since the trip began and we hit Alabama in February – even at the beginning of May in Ohio we were still having beautiful weather – and then the moment we crossed into Pennsylvania we had hot, humid weather and allergens. I’m waiting for the world to be blanketed in yellow, soft, fuzzy tree semen.
The hideousness of it all.
But the breeze at Perk, the music is good, the bar is alive with people working and chatting. It’s not like the hedonistic noise of pick-uppery that I’ve been dealing with in the background of every outing I’ve been on for the past several days…
I watched a movie the other night called Hard Candy. Named after slang for an under-aged girl met through the internet, it’s a pretty intense flick. A good movie, but not one that I enjoyed. Really well filmed, but a movie that actually made me kind of nauseous to watch. I guess, I don’t like seeing movies that involve a lot of torture, rape, cruelty… I don’t have any excuse for enjoying Saw, other than perhaps it wasn’t nearly as intense as this flick…
I figure, if you’ve had enough friends abused you don’t like watching movies about abuse, and if you’ve had enough friends raped, you don’t like watching movies about rape… though, interestingly enough, those friends that have been raped tend to be in to movies like that.
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The host of the open mic at the Shadow Lounge. That turned into a great night – the first night playing with the whole band since we’d left home, rocking a tiny bar in the heart of Pittsburgh, PA. The Shadow Lounge had a really good spirit, a slowly expanding venue owned by a guy with dreads and vision. Not to be mistaken for raptors. THESE are raptors. Sharif and Katy were a dangerous combination. A lot of fun to watch, but dangerous creatures. Sharif blows foam upon my unsuspecting form. At California University, it was really cool to get to play outside, rather than our usual (and literal) Underground – it encouraged frolicsome activity. Someone dumped foam in the fountain and that furthered the frolicky agenda. Absolute chaos for most of the night. Ana-vey at California University of Pennsylvania. Think a little bit of old-time Squirrel Nut Zipper-esque instrumentation with a whole LOT of Portishead spirit. Heather and Kimmy dancing the night away to Ana-Vey at the California University of Pennsylvania. In the background, Katie is apparently insane. But we like her that way. And now she’s insane in the foreground. Again – Love it! Don’t change. Yes, it’s true, I’m a Sabre Rabbit.
I need something funny to clean me.
May I suggest the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie For Theatres? Again, you know it must be pretty extreme if I’m suggesting cleansing by Aqua Teen… we saw that the other night. What dirty dirty minds. Dirty, dirty GENUIS!!!
So good.
And yes, for those of you getting rides from me in the immediate future? Be forewarned. I’ve already purchased the soundtrack.
