Wednesday, May 09, 2001
sweetness......
Well, today was one of those wierd days. Yesterday, the car I drive broke down. It started making all sorts of noises, we have to take it to the shop. Because of this, I got to drive the mustang to work, bonus to the max. Also, Dan won passes to the Tantric end session today. I wasn't able to help him pick them up after work yesterday, because of lots of shit and a little miscommunication, but Trav managed to help him. Then Trav had something to do, so I was back in the driver's seat for that second pass. So, I make an excuse about having something to do because my car broke down for work, and leave an hour early so I can go get Dan. We get to the end session right on time. So, let me describe this place. There is a little studio thing we didn't get to see where the actual end session was going to take place. We were all standing around in this little waiting area, all 20 or so of us with passes. So we are standing around, and an excited buzz is going through the room. Then the lead singer non chalantly wanders through the croud to the door. We are all just like, wooooooooah. So, after a little bit, we file into this tiny room with all this sound equipment, and a few minutes later the pimps from Tantric wander in. They play an absolutely amazing 30 minute set for us. me and dan are sitting like 5 feet away from them. The guitarist is just incredible. I can't begin to describe the shit he did. He has all sorts of effect pedals, so he was constantly dancing to hit them. He also changed the tuning on his guitar strings in mid song as an effect. It was nuts. He ended up using 3 guitars during the set, because of the whole tuning thing I would assume. So, they sounded incredible. I loved it, and they were right the fuck in front of us. Afterwards, there is a meet and greet session, so I got to talk to the guys. The lead singer and I had a little conversation about his new tattoo. He was completely down to earth and funny, it was great. Dan and I were among the last people to leave, and we shook hands with a few of the band members and left, in a daze. Dan ended up with an autographed CD because he won passes. We both got our badges autographed by the whole band. I wander back into work 3 hours after making an excuse and leaving. Of course, I got paid for all this, it was just an extended lunch break. besides, my bosses didn't even notice i was gone.
It was a pimp day. Ali went home to Renton because she has the flu, but she promised to call me later. This was a good day, even if I didn't get to talk to Ali. This is the first day that I would classify as really good where I haven't gotten to see her in the past few weeks. All it took was an exclusive session with my favorite band, lol ;) anyways, it was cool.
Well, today was one of those wierd days. Yesterday, the car I drive broke down. It started making all sorts of noises, we have to take it to the shop. Because of this, I got to drive the mustang to work, bonus to the max. Also, Dan won passes to the Tantric end session today. I wasn't able to help him pick them up after work yesterday, because of lots of shit and a little miscommunication, but Trav managed to help him. Then Trav had something to do, so I was back in the driver's seat for that second pass. So, I make an excuse about having something to do because my car broke down for work, and leave an hour early so I can go get Dan. We get to the end session right on time. So, let me describe this place. There is a little studio thing we didn't get to see where the actual end session was going to take place. We were all standing around in this little waiting area, all 20 or so of us with passes. So we are standing around, and an excited buzz is going through the room. Then the lead singer non chalantly wanders through the croud to the door. We are all just like, wooooooooah. So, after a little bit, we file into this tiny room with all this sound equipment, and a few minutes later the pimps from Tantric wander in. They play an absolutely amazing 30 minute set for us. me and dan are sitting like 5 feet away from them. The guitarist is just incredible. I can't begin to describe the shit he did. He has all sorts of effect pedals, so he was constantly dancing to hit them. He also changed the tuning on his guitar strings in mid song as an effect. It was nuts. He ended up using 3 guitars during the set, because of the whole tuning thing I would assume. So, they sounded incredible. I loved it, and they were right the fuck in front of us. Afterwards, there is a meet and greet session, so I got to talk to the guys. The lead singer and I had a little conversation about his new tattoo. He was completely down to earth and funny, it was great. Dan and I were among the last people to leave, and we shook hands with a few of the band members and left, in a daze. Dan ended up with an autographed CD because he won passes. We both got our badges autographed by the whole band. I wander back into work 3 hours after making an excuse and leaving. Of course, I got paid for all this, it was just an extended lunch break. besides, my bosses didn't even notice i was gone.
It was a pimp day. Ali went home to Renton because she has the flu, but she promised to call me later. This was a good day, even if I didn't get to talk to Ali. This is the first day that I would classify as really good where I haven't gotten to see her in the past few weeks. All it took was an exclusive session with my favorite band, lol ;) anyways, it was cool.
