fun friday

the day actually worked out perfectly.. work was fine, a bit hectic.. there was no chance i would make it to the seminar and stay alive, so i came home and got my head down and added three more hours to the sleep total! went to class after that, and was treated to dr. baier in some poor form again, boring us to near-death.. his classes just aren't the same anymore.. *sigh* must be the impending winter.

smoked up and left for the concert.. missed Seven Day Faith.. bad luck i guess, but caught The Music, who actually impressed us quite a bit. dan had come along with us, and was quite put off by the name.. but we had to admit that they played good stuff. their vocalist looked like he grew up studying robert plant videos.. he had the hair, the look, the clothes, the accent and the patented screams down too.. and the british-based quartet had one helluva drummer too.. he could definitely walk into a lot of bigger bands if this project doesn't work out for him!

Incubus came on with a lot of hype.. and they lived it up in their opening few minutes.. brandon boyd has a very different vocal style that very few have, or can match.. and they were one of the first rock bands to use a turntable for effects (something that Nine Inch Nails started, and Linkin Park have taken to a new level!).. the lead guitarist had a semi-circular zoom pad with some 5 zoom units on it!! they played all their favourites, and their hyperactive drummer sprinkled in drum fillers everywhere, while boyd himself was carrying a bongo around to pelt! in fact for a percussion jugalbandhi.. the bassist exchanged his guitar for another drumkit, and the three then had a rollicking time! all in all incubus did not disappoint, and i was very happy with them, except that they didn't play '11 a.m.', which is one of my fave incubus songs.

went over to 87M.. they had a bonfire going in the slight drizzle, and it was really cool to smoke up and eat dinner outside, getting slightly wet and yet warm at the same time! it was like a bonanza for all the senses as they put the laptop and speakers out on the window sill.. they'd got the four-tubed pot from the dealer.. and that was an amazing experience too.. four of us in a circle, doing hurricane rounds..

around 3ish, vip n' i went on an expedition to the nearest gas station.. to get smokes, and milk, and twinkies, and whipped cream, and a hershey's bar!! the contents of our nightly shopping 'trips' (literally!!) always tend to be like this! we woke arul up for some entertainment.. the house was really quiet and eerie before that when we came home. suddenly we wanted to drink milkshakes.. so i took out the blender, and for the next half an hour proceeded with great caution in making three tall ones.. great caution because hand-eye coordinations were nowhere near their best! watched some more junk tv.. iron chef, documentaries, cartoons, before calling it quits around 5. i remember chatting on IM with a couple of pesky people who kept asking me things, and typing was such a pain then.. i don't even remember who i was talking to.. hmmm..