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Apr. 29th, 2002 02:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goldenmeanYou know, what with everyone else on my friends list giving in depth descriptions of the show last night, I'm horribly tempted to make this entry just "Saw some bands last night" and leave it at that. And yet somehow I seem unable to hit the update journal button without babbling some more. Oh, before the babbling commences, I've got to once again comment on the general level of Patty rockingness for buying my ticket. MUCH ROCKING.
Show was lots of fun once I actually got into it, though I could have done with about half as many people there. Got up to the city a little bit late, as I decided to catch a later Caltrain so I could get some time with my mom. Decompressed with her for a little bit, then got dropped off at Caltrain. Napped on the way up to the city. I am becoming more and more convinced that they pump some sort of soporific into the trains. I hardly ever go a whole jaunt without napping at least a little bit. Walked from Caltrain to the venue and was almost immediately blown away by the number of people spilling out the front door. Wuh-oh. Joshie does not like crowds. Jennyfer was nice enough to let me use the trunk of her car as uber-coatcheck so I didn't have to babysit my clothes-bag, books and hoodie all night. Which is a good thing. I probably would have done serious damage to someone dancing around with a loaded backpack. Missed Informatik, which is a little dissapointing. Was completely daunted by the seemingly impenetrable mass of people inside the club. Finally Tracy just grabbed me and dragged me through the crowd to where she and a clump of friends were standing. Stepped on many toes and made many rushed "Hi, how're you doing"s on my way through the morass of people. After that I mainly let myself be subjected to the brownian motion of the concert environment. Swirled through a couple of clumps of friends. Wish I could have interacted more with people, but that's what clubs are for I guess. Anyway, show was *great*. VNV shows are always scarily energetic (and yes, Haujobb was good also). Was on a strange sort of endorphin high. Everything seemed immensely crisp and vivid. Almost too sharp to be real. Felt very dreamlike. When I finally ended up crashing out, it almost felt like I was falling awake.
And fighting time, so hard I pray that this moment lasts forever. And will the world stay standing still, at least for me. Through my eyes stare into me, I bear my heart for all to see. With my face turned to the sun, there ever standing still
Things things things. Gonna be a busy month for me. I've got actual birthday-ness happening on Thursday. Think we're just doing some sort of dinnery event, but maybe someone will offer a house to disperse to afterwards. If'n you want to come let me know, because I'm really not being very good with the invites, and damn it, it's my birthday so I shouldn't have to put any effort into making sure my friends show, right? Right. Then I've got dad visit this weekend, party next weekend, mom the weekend after, and I'm DJing at Ain't Dead Yet. Plus possibility of LA trip that week and then Kubla Con the last weekend of May. Whee! And somewhere in there someone's going to hire me damn it. Or else I'm actually going to have to take all of the man-whore suggestions I've been getting seriously. Just out of curiousity though, what am I bid for renting me out for a night? Just, you know, so I can weigh my options. Anybody, anybody?
I am also crossing my fingers that I avoid firstly, the seasonal temporary downturn in mood that usually hits around my birthday for no good reason, and secondly my bizarro weeklong allergy bout. I haven't the foggiest what I'm allergic to, but ever since we moved to California, I have one week in May and one week in the fall when I just feel funky. Bad headaches, general unhappiness. It gets a little better every year though, and since I moved to the city it's been downright tolerable. But still, avoiding it all together would be a good thing.
Show was lots of fun once I actually got into it, though I could have done with about half as many people there. Got up to the city a little bit late, as I decided to catch a later Caltrain so I could get some time with my mom. Decompressed with her for a little bit, then got dropped off at Caltrain. Napped on the way up to the city. I am becoming more and more convinced that they pump some sort of soporific into the trains. I hardly ever go a whole jaunt without napping at least a little bit. Walked from Caltrain to the venue and was almost immediately blown away by the number of people spilling out the front door. Wuh-oh. Joshie does not like crowds. Jennyfer was nice enough to let me use the trunk of her car as uber-coatcheck so I didn't have to babysit my clothes-bag, books and hoodie all night. Which is a good thing. I probably would have done serious damage to someone dancing around with a loaded backpack. Missed Informatik, which is a little dissapointing. Was completely daunted by the seemingly impenetrable mass of people inside the club. Finally Tracy just grabbed me and dragged me through the crowd to where she and a clump of friends were standing. Stepped on many toes and made many rushed "Hi, how're you doing"s on my way through the morass of people. After that I mainly let myself be subjected to the brownian motion of the concert environment. Swirled through a couple of clumps of friends. Wish I could have interacted more with people, but that's what clubs are for I guess. Anyway, show was *great*. VNV shows are always scarily energetic (and yes, Haujobb was good also). Was on a strange sort of endorphin high. Everything seemed immensely crisp and vivid. Almost too sharp to be real. Felt very dreamlike. When I finally ended up crashing out, it almost felt like I was falling awake.
And fighting time, so hard I pray that this moment lasts forever. And will the world stay standing still, at least for me. Through my eyes stare into me, I bear my heart for all to see. With my face turned to the sun, there ever standing still
Things things things. Gonna be a busy month for me. I've got actual birthday-ness happening on Thursday. Think we're just doing some sort of dinnery event, but maybe someone will offer a house to disperse to afterwards. If'n you want to come let me know, because I'm really not being very good with the invites, and damn it, it's my birthday so I shouldn't have to put any effort into making sure my friends show, right? Right. Then I've got dad visit this weekend, party next weekend, mom the weekend after, and I'm DJing at Ain't Dead Yet. Plus possibility of LA trip that week and then Kubla Con the last weekend of May. Whee! And somewhere in there someone's going to hire me damn it. Or else I'm actually going to have to take all of the man-whore suggestions I've been getting seriously. Just out of curiousity though, what am I bid for renting me out for a night? Just, you know, so I can weigh my options. Anybody, anybody?
I am also crossing my fingers that I avoid firstly, the seasonal temporary downturn in mood that usually hits around my birthday for no good reason, and secondly my bizarro weeklong allergy bout. I haven't the foggiest what I'm allergic to, but ever since we moved to California, I have one week in May and one week in the fall when I just feel funky. Bad headaches, general unhappiness. It gets a little better every year though, and since I moved to the city it's been downright tolerable. But still, avoiding it all together would be a good thing.
