Imogen Heap at the 9:30 club, people!

So I finally got to see Imogen Heap at the 9:30 club last night. What an awesome show! I was wondering how her music would sound live, and I was a little worried it wouldn't translate. But due to the miracle of technology and all the cool electronic replicating machines, she put on an awesome show...very true to the sound on the album.

She had a couple of great opening acts, some kid named Levi something and "Kid" Beyond. Kid my ass! There is no way he was under 35. "Kid" Beyond is a beatboxer on acid with his replicating machine and is in friggin' love with intense bass. But he has a great voice and makes kick ass effects with his mouth and the mic. I just wish he would stop with the hand motions like he's tappin' that ass/scratching a record like a DJ. What do you expect from a white guy that obviously grew up in the ghetto in CA.

So overall the show kicked ass. I do have one rant though. If you don't want to listen to the artist but instead want to flirt with your date, listen to the album and home and discuss it there. You'll be a lot less annoying and rude. True story, we were standing by the bar next to these two guys, obviously queens, and the one really loved the sound of his own voice. This bitch would not shut up! They were carrying on an annoying, vapid conversation while Imogen was playing! Seriously, I did not pay $25+fees to hear a couple of bois say shit like, "oh my god I love this song!" and the stand right in front of me and dance like a dork. The one was farting non-stop too, so the gas coming out of his ass was as bad as the gas coming out of his mouth! Aarrgghh!! I couldn't handle it and had to move. Oh, but the funniest part was when these two homely girls started chatting them up. It seemed innocent enough, but they joined in on the annoying chatter, so I wanted to kick their asses too! Then the girls started grinding the bois! Talk about lack of a gay-dar, I mean c'mon! These guys were obviously more interested in each other than these two skanks. Get a clue!!!

Word to the wise, when the 9:30 Club says it's a late show, they mean it. I didn't get home till 2am! I can't believe I've been able to function today, miracle of miracles.

District's Alive Motherf***er!!! Festival

The DAM! Festival was last weekend and it rocked! Well, what I saw rocked! DC definitely needs more stuff like this going on. This band is called The English Department. They're from NYC and they rock!! I got a bunch of great photos 'cause they played at the Velvet Lounge. For those folks that have never been to the Velvet Lounge, it has been described as no bigger than a studio apartment, and for good reason. It was friggin' tiny! I seriously thought I was going to fall through the floor onto to the unsuspecting bar patrons below, too! Other than the weird crackhouse vibe of the club, this band rocked! I would totally see them again if they can to DC and I recommend y'all do the same.

So this next band, Let's French is their name, was really good too. Different than the first one, with a lot of energy and good songs. They're local and honestly they're probably Hill staffers or Georgetown undergrads, but still talented. The guitarist is REALLY good. He's not in this picture. He kept moving around so much that I couldn't get a good picture of him! But anyhow, I had a ton of fun, despite being dead-ass tired since it was Friday and I'm old. Plus it gave me the chance to hang out on U Street for 6 hours. I've never been around so many Ethiopian restaurants mixed with Soul Food places and barbershops. Oh, and nevermind that it was pouring down rain and I was wearing my favorite set of sneaks...boooooo! They're not ruined, but suede doesn't bounce back as well as one would hope. Anyway, check these bands out live. They rock!

Ah, the working world...

Well, I've been working full time and salaried now for about a month and a half, and what can I say? It's not that much different from when I was temping. It seems that when you're young and in an entry level position, nobody really expects anything from you. No big ideas, no creativity, no initiative. Well, they may expect it but they'd never cop to it because they don't want it. They just want to relish their superiority and not listen to any of your ideas. Thus, they don't have to give any guidance. Kinda like grad school at GW. Wow, I need to move and soon. But I feel kinda stuck here and I don't want to repeat the same mistake I made when I decided to move out here which was that I didn't exhaust all options to change my life since I wasn't happy. Instead I just picked up and moved. It's a difficult thing finding a balance between sticking around too long and cutting out too soon.

All I know is that I'm not feeling this shit anymore! Maybe it's the change of season that's got me feeling down, the cold wind's blowing a chill in my heart. What poetry! Blah! I guess it's time to start planning my options. And since my social life SUCKS I should probably start there. But it's the same shit all the time, lame people hanging around with other lame people and if you hang out with said lame people you feel like they're sucking out the cool from you and leaving you with a shell of yourself. What's left is lameness. I mean, I started seriously wanting to buy a cable-knit sweater! Wellesley cables from J.Crew! I mean, how lame is that!!!!! And my friend pool is so small, which is always a problem for me btw, that I really can't count on them to make me feel better. I just gotta take care of it myself. NOOOOOO!!!! It's so hard!! WAAAAA!!!!

Boys sucks too! I took a look in the mirror the other day and noticed that my skin is getting all wrinkly. Nothing too terrible and made worse because of the cold weather, but still. It made me very aware of that saying "don't waste the pretty." The phrase is actually meant to apply to wasting your good vital years with a lame-o guy that doesn't deserve you. What I'm doing is wasting my good years on the couch in my living room. What am I so afraid off? It really freaked me out though, since what man is gonna want a wrinkly chick with stretch marks and a plethora of moles? Yeah, so the man was a liar and used me, and the boy was just stupid and used me, but I was pretty much using them too...does the dating pool suck this much everywhere? Or is it just DC and it's gajillion women and handle full of men that is the problem? Why are all my blog postings about this same thing? I gotta get a life!

Seattle Rocks!!!

Okay so I know I've been down on Seattle in the past, whining about the shitty weather and the lame people. But after my weekend away, I feel the need to reneg on some of my previous harsh statements towards the Emerald City. It was friggin' beautiful all 3 days I was there! And seriously, that can be a lot of ask of that neck of the woods, so a bit of tan and some beads of sweat were enough to make me see the error of my negative ways. I even had the thought that I could live there again (gasp!).

I was glad to see that not too much had changed...there's still a coffee shop everywhere you turn. Check this house out! Apparently, it's the Fremont Coffee Company. Seattle is nothing if not no-frills! Quintessentially Seattle, for sure. Although the beater car is kind of out of place in Fremont! But the mosaic car is perfectly at home in Ballard!

The very best part about being back, however, was seeing my dear friends. The most awesome thing about friends like these is that even though years have passed, it's as though nothing's really changed and we can just slide right back into friendship like always. Those are true friends, the ones that love you no matter what, and know you so thoroughly that you can change but they know you are still basically the same and they love you for it. It felt like home. I've always looked for that and never thought I had it until now. I love you guys! I'm getting verklempt, I need a moment....

Okay, I'm good. Now back to the ol' grind here at "home" in Washington. I kind of think it's weird that people actually call this place home as it's such a stressful and uninviting place. Seriously, as soon as I stepped off the plane at National airport, I felt tension completely take over my body like a weird paralysis where you can still function but you feel it choking you. So much for the relaxation and calm I felt when I boarded the plane at Sea-Tac. I guess those were simpler times and I've finally entered adulthood. Well, if this is adulthood, you can keep it.

PSA - Don't Sleep With Those Guys
This video is friggin' hysterical! These douchebags are the most obvious kind, so I'm on a mission to document douchebags undercover, the less-than-obvious douchebags that roam amongst us normal, good people. More evidence of their existence will follow...

Summer's gone...

I'm writing today from Seattle...hanging out with Lisa and Betsy, and Katherine tomorrow. It's great to be back in the old 'hood, even if it is just for 3 days. That's right I spent almost $700 to fly out West for a mini college reunion. Sounds silly, but I've been wanting to come out here for some time now and I've actually made it! Credit debt be damned!! Once I get a job it'll all be okay...wait prolly not so much, since it is DC and you don't get paid shit for doing pretty important work. I think it's important, anyways, although the holders of the purse-strings wouldn't seem to agree, and thus I am not remunerated at a level that is to my liking. At least I'll have health insurance! I was telling Lisa yesterday that I could have cancer and wouldn't know it, since I can't afford to go get checked out. 27 years old and unable to take care of myself, that's exactly what I'd imagined for myself when I was just a wee lass. Waa waa waa! Whatever I'll get over it.

I'm having fun here with my dear friends and it's a beautiful day, so I'm just gonna enjoy myself and relax. That's my new mantra...RELAX. I have to actively try to relax, as my natural state is really wound-up and high-strung...I am a Capricorn after all! Born in the year of the horse to boot! So here I go, off to relax. No if only I could find Lisa....

Updates...

So, I don't have any pictures to post, which I usually like to include, but I feel the need to vent a little bit today. I recently found out that certain people have been talking negatively about me behind my back. Usually, I just blow that shit off, but the certain individuals that have been doing the misdeeds are such incredible losers that the idea that they would dis me is just a hysterical joke! I mean really, a cynical, balding, arrogant, ignorant prick and a slutty, coke-head, beauty school dropout have NO room to say that a) I look beat or b) I'm a loser for getting fired from the Irish prison. I'm fabulous, end of story. I guess me not calling someone who moved and hasn't called me has been construed as acting holier than thou...well that somebody lives with their head up their ass. I never said anything bad about these people or did anything to them so they can just FUCK OFF! End of story, no comment, they're dead to me and if I see them on the street I'm gonna spit on them, 'cause that's how little they're worth to me. Like dog shit on the bottom of your shoe is much these two fucking assholes are worth. Rot in hell, bitches!

Christmas in Hollis...

So Christmas this year was interesting. I fly home for two weeks, which is fabulous 'cause I don't have to wait tables and feel like an utter failure for two whole weeks. But I have to stay in a hotel with my mom 'cause my sister's house is too small for her and her kids let alone two more adults. Then once my mom leaves I get to crash on my sister's Salvation Army couch for a week...so needless to say I kinda needed a vacation from my vacation. But the trip was good 'cause the kids are more fabulous than ever!! Christian's hair is SO LONG, but he looks fabulous no matter what. He's so funny, I really enjoyed spending time with him. Olivia is such a pretty girl, as always, but she even looks cute with braces! She's totally funny too and I really loved seeing her. Dylan's so friggin' tall! Yeah, literally he's 5'6"...two inches shorter than me and he's 13! God I feel old!
So yeah, they're fabulous and I miss them already!