I went to see Flobots at the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night and it was pretty awesome.
the only clear picture of the evening...
My only qualm was the intense political-ness of a couple of their songs. Other than that, I feel like my $22 was well spent. My favorite song was definitely Rise, but I also have a secret love for The Rhythm Method and another song they did (I can’t remember) that was in a crazy time signature. These guys (and lady) are extremely talented.
I guess I owe Adam a couple of hours of niceness (we’re pretty mean to each other… all the time) for finding these tickets on Ebay. We unknowingly decided to buy the tickets after they were already sold out. That’s just our luck, I guess.
The past few days have been crazy busy… sorta. I was graced with the company of some of my closest friends for my graduation (and the week prior), so I haven’t been glued to my computer in my normal fashion.
The post-school fun kinda started on Wednesday when Adam and I went shopping for work clothes. He ended up buying much more than me - but actually has a job. Me - I’m still unemployed, so I only left with a shirt and chinos from Banana Republic and a skirt from New York and Company (to wear for graduation). After a long day of stimulating the economy, we got back to my apartment just in time for David Cook and David Archuleta’s Guitar Hero commercials…
I flipped out when I saw these commercials.
Thursday morning, after brief water problems (a pipe burst in my building so they shut off the water for a while), Adam and I headed for the District. The trip wasn’t really as adventerous as we’d hoped, but we made a pilgrimage to Vapiano’s for some not-so-fast food pasta. Anyone craving pasta for a low price (with free gummy bears for dessert) should head to that place. We hit up a few more stores, then returned to home base to begin Music Downloading Fest 2008.
We cashed in our change at Coinstar for amazon gift cards… which meant a night of reviewing and downloading music. One of our favorites was Little Jackie - “The World Should Revolve Around Me”. We fell victim to its catchy-ness, I guess. I grew attached to this one:
Oh Kate Nash…
So yeah, eventually Adam got the munchies (for lack of a better word), so we made an emergency trip to shoppers for some cornbread and lemon cake - Bake Fest 2008. Two hours later, we experienced great disappointment:
The cornbread turned out okay (yay for Jiffy!), but our lemon cake broke :( At least it was still fun to bake, I guess.
Friday was graduation. It was boring. I was happy some more of my friends got to come to the ceremony: Emily from band and Jessica, my “sister from another mother”, and her mom. Then my parents took even more of my friends (474-7 HOLLA) and I out for a ridiculous feast at Maggiano’s. I almost died every time they brought out another course… the amount of food we got was pure insanity. For dessert the waiter brought out a graduation cake (about 7″ high) for me with super cool candles. Even with 10 people eating, I have about 10 separate containers of leftovers…
On Saturday, Adam left me (sniffle) and Jessica and I had some time to hang out. This began DC Photo Fest 2008:
Her camera was much better than mine.
We hit up Zaytinya (of course) for an awesome lunch - with even more pictures…
After lunch, we roamed Georgetown, where Jessica started to get a little tired of walking. So, we visited the waterfront, took some more pictures, then finished up DC Photo Fest 2008.
I don’t have as many pictures from the rest of the day - but we hit up Beth’s (one of my roommates) graduation party, ate some Japanese for dinner, and finally threw in the towel.
Jessica and her mom left pretty early on Sunday morning, so here I am again - in front of my computer. Just like the good old days… minus the constant memo writing.
In case you didn’t know, I’m a sucker for catchy songs, both good and bad. So is my friend, Adam.
He sends me some of the worst songs I’ve ever come across. How he finds them is beyond me, but I have a tendency to get sucked into their catchy-ness.
Example 1:
Tila Tequila. That bisexual bundle of “joy” (not really) has a (crappy) song entitled “I Love U”. I probably would’ve never heard this song if it hadn’t been for Adam. The lyrics are beyond ridiculous, but the song itself is just so catchy - I couldn’t help but learn all the words.
Example 2 (the most recent):
“Smell Yo Dick”. Yes, this is a real song. I don’t really know what to say… just watch the video. Unfortunately, I’ve fallen victim to this song’s catchy beat as well… thanks to Adam.
***Side note: Sometimes he sends me normal songs.
The fact that “Smell Yo Dick” is suck in my head right now is 100% Adam’s fault. I’m having a hard time concentrating on this paper I should be writing.
