Ok ok OK! I've been neglecting my bloggly duties, I know...I'm failing to represent. Haha, but it's because these past 3 weeks have been effing Amazzzzing, with 4 Z's even! Firstly, i failed to blog about my friend Fred (john) came into town from Bellingham and stayed at our place, bought us 3 cases of Fat Tire and paid my way into a sweet gig in Portland even though i had to work at 6am the next day, i would have regreted not going big time. Plus i hadn't seen Fred in 2 years! He even has a beard now! PROOF:

This guy is so tiny i can pick him up and shake him around, it's a fun game i like to play. So, really he is the same except he lives with his girlfriend in Bellingham and he has beardness....OH! and he told me he'll be most likely moving to Portland in August which is when i'll be moving there so, i'm pretty excited about that business...stoked is more like it. I have more pics of our drunk singing-crazyness:

I look like a ScaryFase in that last one. There is more of these on myspace.com/distilla_junkie...that's me of course ;)

The weekend after that was Cat Power Weekend! Jon accidentally bought the wrong tickets like a month in advance so we ended up driving down to Eugene, on what happened to be, the hottest day of the year so far. It was one of the most gorgeous days i've seen in ages. The whole day was amazing. We left Vancouver around 2:30pm got stuck in traffic, which kinda sucked, but it didn't put us behind much. We got to Eugene early enough to eat a delicious dinner at a paninni sandwich shop. I had a Ahi Tuna paninni on foccasia bread with a wasabi vinagarette...mmm best sandwich EVAR! I drank a yummy beer with it and then we went walking around looking at the shops that were open and discovered this awesome Cafe'/Wine bar. So, of course we had to get an espresso and some cheesecake before the show, it was sooooooooooooo good, i can't even describe the look on my face and i was lame-ass and left the camera at home because i didn't want to have to worry about it. I didn't know the venue i was going to and i'm used to getting my shit looked through at shows and being told i can't bring cameras in and whatnot...so of course, this place didn't even pat us down let alone give a shit about pictures being taken. I kicked myself hard on that one, because the show was fucking incredible. Cat Power is the shit, Chan Marshall's voice was so amazing and clear and beautiful...she brought tears to my eyes when she played 2 of my favorite sad songs in a row and i was holding back by biting my lip and hiding behind my beer because i didn't want to cry, it's just a physical reaction that happens when i get emmersed in her music. I bought a Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues Band tee and a red hoodie that is all big and comfy, i wore it on the ride home and we didn't get home til after 2am, i got after-show booty of course, it's kinda mandatory after seeing good live music. Especially music that put tears in my eyes. That whole day was seriously euphoric.

I also finished this amazing fucking book that Alice must go read right away, i command it! Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield:

It's a memoir which i've been really into lately, this book broke my heart and restored it again but left it with a deep underlying ache that is real. And it's a good book for music lovers and it made me incredibly nostalgic, which i kinda like feeling sometimes. *sings* MEEEEEMORIES....

I'm sure more things happened in those 2 weeks like lots of art project goodness with my friend Val, we totally decopodged light switch covers that are now put up in my place, so fun!! i suggest it as a great past time when your just sittin with a friend chatting it up, make a lightswitch cover, it's good times!

So now yesterday i got to see another friend that came into town from Bellingham! MY TRISTIIIIIIN!!! The mexi-punkrock-cowboy of greatness! I love this person, i thought he was incredible from the moment i met him through Val and Jeff. He is always fun and enthusiastic and loves music and plays a mean guitar himself, and he's talented in alot of genres of music as well. I did get pics of all that fun business yesterday that i suppose i'll share with you now ;)

Above: Val, Jeff (i don't kow what he's doing), Tristin doin a 'slow jerk' haha

Above: Tristin striking a pose...his teeth are really white for a hobo ;)

Above: Tristin and Val making faces (which is what often happens when pics are taken of the both of them.

Above: Sex moves? 5 fingers bitch! and the shocker!!

Above: I think this is the first and only picture of Tristin and I...and it rocks of course!

And then the day had to come to and end, but not to worry more Tristin action to come because he'll be here through the weekend, which i have off coincidentally! So YAY! Things are fantastic. OH OH OH! and i almost forgot to share that i have someone moving into the spare room until the lease is up, i'm so stoked my friend Syd is going to live here! She started moving a few things in this week and tomarrow she gets her key and she has a job interview too! WOOT! Things are really starting to turn around for me finally, now i just hope it stays good and no more surprises of the icky nature. I did some shopping too and got the new Hot Chip CD and the new Tapes n Tapes....good stuff...also a couple more books and some magazines and all that good stuff...i'm stoked about everything lately...rediculous!!

Ok well, i'm late for bed cause i gotta get up at 5am so i should probably cut this short now...really so much has happened lately, i'll try to be better about coming on hear and jotting great things down real quick instead of trying to save it all up and make a super long boring all over the place kinda blooooorg. I love you guys and thank you for tuning in to retards on strike....see you later now!

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P.P.S. I love you Alice! <3 <3 <3

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