3!!!

It started off kinda rocky though. I was supposed to do the driving, but 20 minutes before I left to go pick up Wassy, I stepped on my glasses. Despite trying frantically to put them back into a usable state, I failed and we had to re-arrange plans to where she would do the driving and we'd take her car which wasn't really an optimal situation since she didn't want to drive at night.

So I accelerated my packing and managed to grab everything important in the 5 minutes I had left to pack and then headed out to her place so we could head out. On the way I stopped by wallgreens to buy another glasses screwdriver and some extra screws. And while we were driving up, I managed to get them back into some sort of a working condition, although they're a bit crooked.

We arrived at Woodstock as the sun was going down which is kinda depressing since it happened at like 7pm. Way too early. One of the highlights of the trip though was a guy standing outside in Woodstock with a GIGANTIC sign that said "The President and the FBI are torturing me!!" which was…kinda strange. There wasn't a protest going on or anything. Just a lone guy hanging out with a sign that's bigger than car.

Finding the venue was a little tricky because it was dark and they didn't really have any signs which pointed out where it was from the road. We managed to find the right place though and it was pretty nice inside. Well kept up, cool bar, nice little place. The first person we saw when we got in was Joey Eppard, pretty much the brains behind 3. Wassy stopped to talk to him and I mumbled some things (I don't do well when I talk to people that I admire) and then we lounged around for a while until it was time for the show to start, had a couple drinks…relaxed. That kinda stuff.

The opening band was Freddy and His Fingers which were ok. They were a bit too pop-y for me and the songs started sounding the same. Aparantly they were big on the college scene as there was a whole bunch of younger kids that were there and dancing (and a couple of female to female makeout sessions to boot) in the front of the stage. By the time they had finished we were ready for 3. Except that we were going to have to wait for around 30-45 minutes while they cleared the stage and everybody working there stopped by and dropped off towels and water bottles and such.

But then 3 hit the stage and it was awesome. We were about 2-3 rows back from the stage near the middle (although we got pushed a little right as the show was going). The beginning was a little rough due to the moshing that was going on, but I managed to shield Wassy from the worst of it and didn't get hurt so we stayed there through the whole show. We were just on the edge of where the mosh pit was located. The show was great though. Good setlist, including a little acoustic solo spot in the middle, and an impromptu song with the original bassist and drummer from the band who were in the audience.

By the time the show was over, it was around 12:30, so we were in for a long drive back. Since I fixed my glasses, I was able to take the driving home. We made a couple stops for provisions (I needed something to eat) but we ended up making it back to her place around 3am. We had already planned to come back late so I had stuff to crash on their couch for the night.

Saturday was just a day of lots of hanging out and lounging around at my friends place (at least for me and Jay, Wassy was doing some arts during the lounging). I had borrowed Mario Kart Wii from my parents which we did later which was a lot of fun. I need to pick up my own copy at some point as it's a great game to play with a group.  It also spawned the phrased "Yabba Dabba Doodlemier!" which was exclaimed after some particularly bad things happened in the game…There was some drinking involved too.

After that we watched a thing on the science channel about what if dragons were real which was…a little far fetched, even after expecting it to be far fetched. I left around 10 because I was about to fall asleep and made it back to my place.

All in all, a very good way to spend a friday night/saturday. It was a lot of fun, as happens with good concerts and good company.