Wednesday, May 25, 2005
(hopefully) be back in vegas on saturday
the weather in brooklyn right now:
the high in las vegas today
if i dont update within the first week of being in las vegas, assume i've evaporated.
(more food updates soon, i promise...)
the high in las vegas today
if i dont update within the first week of being in las vegas, assume i've evaporated.
(more food updates soon, i promise...)
Sunday, May 22, 2005
more to come!
a lot of people who are travelling to new york for the summer always ask me the same question: where should i eat? i've decided to compile a list of my favorite places from the past year, all of which can be eaten at for under 10 dollars. maybe ive been reading slice and a hamburger today a bit too much, or maybe its the food network. whatever the case, i am excited to present you with:
NICK SNOW'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY JUNK FOOD
Chicken and Rice Stand
----------------------------
While this place doesn't have an official name, it has a definite following. I have never not waited for food here, but at the same time, it has never not been worth it. There have been nights where me and Jason waited in excess of an hour and fifteen minutes for a delicious plate of thier simple cuisine.
Here's how it goes: you stand in line on the corner of 53rd and 6th (across from the Hilton, don't be mistaken by the other stands, you'll see the line for this one) It opens at 8 pm and stays open until 5am, so its good for a late dinner. When you get to the front of the line you won't see a menu, but the best way to order is to just say 'Chicken--" or "Lamb--" Platter.(or "Both" if, obviously, you want both.. Lamb is my personal favorite.) This will get you a little metallic dish filled with yellow rise, lettuce, tomato, and the meat of your choosing. Sometimes they wont put a pita on top, and that's when you must intereven and ask for one. Pita is vital here.
Take a step right after doing this and a guy holding a red bottle and a white bottle. He'll say soemthing that sounds "Yu Wahn Sozz??" which of course means, "you want sauce?" The white sauce is a tangy, somewhat sweet sauce and the red is an excruciatingly hot sauce. My personal perference is "Lotta white, little red." Because of the little red, I suggest buying a water from the guy who takes your money. People have underestimated the red sauce and paid grave penalties for it (shawn wines im looking at you.)
For the full Chicken and Rice experience, grab a seat on the nearby fountain and enjoy with a plastic fork.
Platter - 5.00
Water - 1 .00
-----------------
$6.00 for an extremely filling, delicious, fun meal. I wouldn't suggest going alone, because its vital to have someone to keep you company during the wait.
Location:
Corner of 53rd and 6th (Across from Hilton)
Directions:
Q train to 57th & 7th
F train to 57th
Hours:
8pm - 5am, 7 days a week
Chipshop (Park Slope)
------------------------
Don't be fooled by their terrible, terrible website; this place is delicious. I've never been to England, but according to reviews I've read, this is a pretty authentic fish & chips restaurant. If you're staying in a hotel in manhattan, this will give you a good reason to explore one of Brooklyn's best looking neighborhoods: Park Slope. The people you are travelling with might complain about the long subway ride (which isn't really that long), but trust me- an afternoon trip to the slope for some authentic fish & chips beats walking around in times square 10 times out of 10.
Located off of 5th avenue (one of the 'main drags' in park slope), Chipshop is in an area that will seriously change the idea of Brooklyn you've developed from listening to notorious BIG and watching films like Out For Justice. No, you won't get stabbed. No, there isnt anybody 'slangin' rock' on the corner. You'll be treated to great tree lined streets with historic brownstones, and a bevy of great restaurants and shops.
Now let's get to the food. Although I said all of these places you can easily eat for under 10 dollars, this one is cutting it close. I usually get the cod and chips, which comes out to a little over 10. If you want to really go for the Engrish experience, there's a fine assortment of imported sodas. The fish is battered in a sweet, corn-type batter. Its perfectly crispy and greasy, but never borders on crunchy. Be sure to ask for malt vinegar for your chips, its a perfect compliment. And for all you fish-haters, they have chicken fingers that jason swears by... but it's a fish & chips place! GET THE FISH.
My suggestion for Chipshop dining: You came all the way to brooklyn, why not visit Prospect Park? Call in your order (718 CHIPSHOP) beforehand and get it to go. Make the short uphill walk to the park (slope to the park--get it?) to enjoy a beautiful summer day--make a little picnic out of it. From chipshop, you'll just want to walk west until, you know, you hit a massive park. The nothern part of the park is my favorite, as it is the most open and sprawling. Walk quickly- there's nothing worse than cold cod (actually, the only thing worse than cold cod is being stuck behind a slow walker, so it works doubly here.)
Price
between 10 and 13 dollars per person, but worth every penny.
Location
5th ave & 6th street, brooklyn.
Directions:
R train to 9th street, walk west (uphill) one block to 5th avenue, then walk north (left) to 6th street.)
Website:
http://www.chipshopnyc.com/
Open 7 days a week from 12pm on weekdays and 11am on weekends.
(im going to be updating this soon, i figured i'd just put these up for now.)
NICK SNOW'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY JUNK FOOD
Chicken and Rice Stand
----------------------------
While this place doesn't have an official name, it has a definite following. I have never not waited for food here, but at the same time, it has never not been worth it. There have been nights where me and Jason waited in excess of an hour and fifteen minutes for a delicious plate of thier simple cuisine.
Here's how it goes: you stand in line on the corner of 53rd and 6th (across from the Hilton, don't be mistaken by the other stands, you'll see the line for this one) It opens at 8 pm and stays open until 5am, so its good for a late dinner. When you get to the front of the line you won't see a menu, but the best way to order is to just say 'Chicken--" or "Lamb--" Platter.(or "Both" if, obviously, you want both.. Lamb is my personal favorite.) This will get you a little metallic dish filled with yellow rise, lettuce, tomato, and the meat of your choosing. Sometimes they wont put a pita on top, and that's when you must intereven and ask for one. Pita is vital here.
Take a step right after doing this and a guy holding a red bottle and a white bottle. He'll say soemthing that sounds "Yu Wahn Sozz??" which of course means, "you want sauce?" The white sauce is a tangy, somewhat sweet sauce and the red is an excruciatingly hot sauce. My personal perference is "Lotta white, little red." Because of the little red, I suggest buying a water from the guy who takes your money. People have underestimated the red sauce and paid grave penalties for it (shawn wines im looking at you.)
For the full Chicken and Rice experience, grab a seat on the nearby fountain and enjoy with a plastic fork.
Platter - 5.00
Water - 1 .00
-----------------
$6.00 for an extremely filling, delicious, fun meal. I wouldn't suggest going alone, because its vital to have someone to keep you company during the wait.
Location:
Corner of 53rd and 6th (Across from Hilton)
Directions:
Q train to 57th & 7th
F train to 57th
Hours:
8pm - 5am, 7 days a week
Chipshop (Park Slope)
------------------------
Don't be fooled by their terrible, terrible website; this place is delicious. I've never been to England, but according to reviews I've read, this is a pretty authentic fish & chips restaurant. If you're staying in a hotel in manhattan, this will give you a good reason to explore one of Brooklyn's best looking neighborhoods: Park Slope. The people you are travelling with might complain about the long subway ride (which isn't really that long), but trust me- an afternoon trip to the slope for some authentic fish & chips beats walking around in times square 10 times out of 10.
Located off of 5th avenue (one of the 'main drags' in park slope), Chipshop is in an area that will seriously change the idea of Brooklyn you've developed from listening to notorious BIG and watching films like Out For Justice. No, you won't get stabbed. No, there isnt anybody 'slangin' rock' on the corner. You'll be treated to great tree lined streets with historic brownstones, and a bevy of great restaurants and shops.
Now let's get to the food. Although I said all of these places you can easily eat for under 10 dollars, this one is cutting it close. I usually get the cod and chips, which comes out to a little over 10. If you want to really go for the Engrish experience, there's a fine assortment of imported sodas. The fish is battered in a sweet, corn-type batter. Its perfectly crispy and greasy, but never borders on crunchy. Be sure to ask for malt vinegar for your chips, its a perfect compliment. And for all you fish-haters, they have chicken fingers that jason swears by... but it's a fish & chips place! GET THE FISH.
My suggestion for Chipshop dining: You came all the way to brooklyn, why not visit Prospect Park? Call in your order (718 CHIPSHOP) beforehand and get it to go. Make the short uphill walk to the park (slope to the park--get it?) to enjoy a beautiful summer day--make a little picnic out of it. From chipshop, you'll just want to walk west until, you know, you hit a massive park. The nothern part of the park is my favorite, as it is the most open and sprawling. Walk quickly- there's nothing worse than cold cod (actually, the only thing worse than cold cod is being stuck behind a slow walker, so it works doubly here.)
Price
between 10 and 13 dollars per person, but worth every penny.
Location
5th ave & 6th street, brooklyn.
Directions:
R train to 9th street, walk west (uphill) one block to 5th avenue, then walk north (left) to 6th street.)
Website:
http://www.chipshopnyc.com/
Open 7 days a week from 12pm on weekdays and 11am on weekends.
(im going to be updating this soon, i figured i'd just put these up for now.)
Friday, May 20, 2005
final fantasy (plus!)
im sure there was a blog-storm surrounding this earlier in the year, but i just need to post a song from this fantastic album. owen pallett is the guy who plays violin with the arcade fire. owen pallett is final fantasy. this song is so good, i just listened to it 3 times (back to back to back, for those who dont understand numbers).. the title of it is both a reference to win and regina (of the arcade fire) AND a reference to the pre-postal service collaboration of ben gibbard and jimmy tamberello, dntel's (this is) the dream of evan and chan.
final fantasy - this is the dream of win & reg
bonus:
dntel (ft. ben gibbard) - (this is) the dream of evan and chan
(the server i usually upload to is down tonight, so yousendit.com will have to do.. just click the thing that says "click here to download this file"...as if you, o beautiful readers, needed to be told)
and just for good measure, a hilarious muppets segment (and the inspiration for the new diet cherry vanilla dr. pepper((which is delicious)) commercial (((and for all the office nerds, its the song that gareth is singing in the opening shot of season 2 episode 1))) )
Manamanah
final fantasy - this is the dream of win & reg
bonus:
dntel (ft. ben gibbard) - (this is) the dream of evan and chan
(the server i usually upload to is down tonight, so yousendit.com will have to do.. just click the thing that says "click here to download this file"...as if you, o beautiful readers, needed to be told)
and just for good measure, a hilarious muppets segment (and the inspiration for the new diet cherry vanilla dr. pepper((which is delicious)) commercial (((and for all the office nerds, its the song that gareth is singing in the opening shot of season 2 episode 1))) )
Manamanah
Thursday, May 19, 2005
mice parade.
Monday, May 16, 2005
i l l i n o i s
i've been meaning to make a post about this for a while but havent gotten around to it, so here it goes now.
the new sufjan stevens album illinois is the best thing you'll hear this year. its better than anything you heard last year.
go here to download 2 tracks from it, and here to download another.
these 3 songs are a good representation of the album, but to really appreciate it you need to listen to the whole thing. IM me at nicholas c snow and ill send it over.
not only is the entire cd incredible, it also has possibly the best tracklisting EVER (from pitchfork, i dont have the digital(finger) fortitude to type all of it out)
01 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
02 The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience But You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, "I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!"
03 Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
-Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
-Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
04 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05 Jacksonville
06 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
07 Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
08 One Last "Woo-hoo!" for the Pullman
09 Chicago
10 Casimir Pulaski Day
11 To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women
12 The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!
17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18 In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth
19 The Seer's Tower
20 The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
-Part I: The Great Frontier
-Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
21 Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
22 Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run
( i bolded my 4 favorite tracks.)
the new sufjan stevens album illinois is the best thing you'll hear this year. its better than anything you heard last year.
go here to download 2 tracks from it, and here to download another.
these 3 songs are a good representation of the album, but to really appreciate it you need to listen to the whole thing. IM me at nicholas c snow and ill send it over.
not only is the entire cd incredible, it also has possibly the best tracklisting EVER (from pitchfork, i dont have the digital(finger) fortitude to type all of it out)
01 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
02 The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience But You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, "I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!"
03 Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
-Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
-Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
04 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05 Jacksonville
06 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
07 Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
08 One Last "Woo-hoo!" for the Pullman
09 Chicago
10 Casimir Pulaski Day
11 To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women
12 The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!
17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18 In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth
19 The Seer's Tower
20 The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
-Part I: The Great Frontier
-Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
21 Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
22 Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run
( i bolded my 4 favorite tracks.)
Friday, May 13, 2005
attn: vegas people
people living in vegas this summer.. do this.
go to vegas.dodgeball.com and sign up and then add me as a friend.
its like myspace, in terms of friends and such. but the cool thing is that if you are doing something, you text message where you are and what's happening to a special number and it sends the text to all of your dodgeball friends.
it makes more sense when you go to the website.
just sign up already, lazy.
add me! nicksnow@gmail.com
go to vegas.dodgeball.com and sign up and then add me as a friend.
its like myspace, in terms of friends and such. but the cool thing is that if you are doing something, you text message where you are and what's happening to a special number and it sends the text to all of your dodgeball friends.
it makes more sense when you go to the website.
just sign up already, lazy.
add me! nicksnow@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
more kidz bop!
about 2 months ago i posted a link to the 'kidz bop' version of 'float on' .. and now i have stumbled across the video for the new kidz bop video for the best single of the year, since u been gone.
kidz bop - since u been gone
this is a strange kidz bop rendition. when the singing starts, it sounds like chan marshall (of cat power)
its a really bizarre video too. i understand the "girl rocking out in her room" part, but then all of the sudden we see her on a stage playing with a band of animals, to a little-too-sexually charged crowd of youngsters.
and yes. since u been gone is the best single of the year, and it will take a really great song to beat it. and for those who are way too "indie" or whatever to listen to this song, get over yourself. it's a perfect pop song.
check the play count, suckaz. can anybody beat this?
(still working on getting those pictures back up)
(by working on it i mean waiting until i have 9 dollars to pay to photobucket)
from stereogum:
an amazing screen grab from the video
kidz bop - since u been gone
this is a strange kidz bop rendition. when the singing starts, it sounds like chan marshall (of cat power)
its a really bizarre video too. i understand the "girl rocking out in her room" part, but then all of the sudden we see her on a stage playing with a band of animals, to a little-too-sexually charged crowd of youngsters.
and yes. since u been gone is the best single of the year, and it will take a really great song to beat it. and for those who are way too "indie" or whatever to listen to this song, get over yourself. it's a perfect pop song.
check the play count, suckaz. can anybody beat this?
(still working on getting those pictures back up)
(by working on it i mean waiting until i have 9 dollars to pay to photobucket)
from stereogum:
an amazing screen grab from the video
Sunday, May 08, 2005
road trip pictures! (UPDATED)
tuesday morning we loaded up robbie's car (with our new wal mart bike rack!) and headed out for...
...coffee, cigarettes, and a steak and eggs special at the skyline! delicious smoking section. yum.
so from there we headed out on the road. las vegas to reno is about a 9 hour drive, and with attention spans as short as mine and robbie, we had to make at least 4 stops.
our third and final stop before reno was at some indian reservation. for those not in the know, fireworks are legal on indian reservations year round, and not the sit-on-the-ground-and-watch-sparks-fly type..these were the real, dangerous, flying ones.
robbie, shirtless, shooting a roman candle. if you look around his feet you'll see the remnants of the 3 foot string of firecrackers we bought and set off, and were both thoroughly let down by. shit sucked.
we also find the time to stop and get a nice speeding ticket! that's always fun.
there was a nice desert oasis-like lake to lift our spirits.
so we got into reno, hung out with aidan tuesday night, then went in for an early night. the next night, however, my brother's friends' band were playing at some local cafe, so me and robbie decided to hit it up. we also decided to drink a 5th (750mL) of dominican rum in the parking lot (big mistake). we polished the bottle off in about 10 minutes, went to the show, in which my brother's friend brought a giant jug of beer, which me him and robbie shared (equally bad idea.) the story continues below...
here's a drunk robbie, entertaining my godbrother(!) jared, and random dude in blue windbreaker.
my brother! andrew!
the story, continued: so we drink that beer inside and at this point we are completely fucking obliterated. we fuck around some more and eventually robbie disappears. me and some other people looked for him for a good 20 minutes.
we finally give up, so me and a few people load into a car (with a sober driver, no worries) and head off to a bar in reno called 'satellite.' it was a pretty cool place, so we were having a good time and i ended up drinking a bunch more. as was told to me: i had 3 more beers, 3 shots, and half of an unfinsihed margarita left at the bar (terrible form, i know.) So, obviously, at this point im KRUNT (yeah that's still going.)
we then leave that abr for another place (shea's, i believe) and while walking in the backdoor, i happened upon two dudes smoking. one was this skinny, mallrat type goth guy, the other a chubby white dude with blonde dreadlocks and a hockey jersey. i smoked a bit with them (worst idea yet) and end up talking to these dudes for a while. all i remember about the conversation is me getting really emotional, telling them that nobody should judge them and how they should wear what is comfortable to them. i then bid them adieu and wandered inside
after that i completely blacked out. next thing i know im waking up on the bar's bathroom floor at 6 am. i stand up and im super disoriented, and i walk out of the bathroom and realize the entire bar is empty. no bartenders, no people. all of the sudden the burglar alarm goes off and i just freeze in the middle of the bar. my instinct is to put my hands up, so i stand there for about a minute with my arms in the air, then i slowly back out of the bar and run outside and hail a cab.
on the cab ride home i check my pockets and realize im missing my precious DIGITAL CAMERA. i sit in the back of the cab for the remainder of the ride, semi-drunk and bummed out of my mind. im quietly formulating my tearful final post on the blog, explaining how i lost my camera and how this blog couldn't survive a blow that hard. i also thought about how much of a fucking bummer it is to lose something.
so i finally got back to my brothers and went to sleep on the couch.
what happened to robbie, you ask? well according to him he blacked out towards the end of the show, the next thign he knew he woke up in his car at 4 30 am, freezing cold in the parking lot of the venue. apparently in our massive search we failed to check his car.
so we both slept it off at my brother's and woke up early afternoon. we were both hungover out of our minds, but i decided i wasn't going to let my camera disappear without fighting. so i google localed (text anything to 46645 and you'll get info, use it instead of 411, for example, to find my camera i texted "shea's reno" to 46645, and seconds later i had the address and phone number for shea's bar!) so i called, and it turns out they found it.. on the bathroom floor.
so i got the camera back and managed to get a picture of robbie, still nursing a hangover on the bathroom floor at 6 pm.
quick note: see the shirt that robbie is wearing? he bought it at buffalo exchange. it just so happens that i gave angela that exact shirt in that exact size. is it possible that she sold it to buffalo exchange (not in the know: its a thrift store that you can sell stuff to) and it just so happens that robbie bought it? how strange would that be? it turns out this note wasn't so quick.
this is the night after the hungover day. that's winnie (or brian for those not in the know) straight muggin'
aidan is one of those dudes who will do anyhting on a dare. i spotted a full (huge) bottle of grenadine (the key ingredient in a shirley temple.. cherry-ish thick liquid) and he said he'd chug as much as he could.
here he is, living up to the promise.
and there's him vomitting it all out.. its like chugging in reverse. (note the dripping out of the nose)
that's a good 3/4ths of the bottle. INTENSE.
after that night we officially ran out of money, so we decided to drive back to vegas. here's robbie throwing shit around on the side of the road when i kept trying to get truckers to honk their horns.
great trip.
...coffee, cigarettes, and a steak and eggs special at the skyline! delicious smoking section. yum.
so from there we headed out on the road. las vegas to reno is about a 9 hour drive, and with attention spans as short as mine and robbie, we had to make at least 4 stops.
our third and final stop before reno was at some indian reservation. for those not in the know, fireworks are legal on indian reservations year round, and not the sit-on-the-ground-and-watch-sparks-fly type..these were the real, dangerous, flying ones.
robbie, shirtless, shooting a roman candle. if you look around his feet you'll see the remnants of the 3 foot string of firecrackers we bought and set off, and were both thoroughly let down by. shit sucked.
we also find the time to stop and get a nice speeding ticket! that's always fun.
there was a nice desert oasis-like lake to lift our spirits.
so we got into reno, hung out with aidan tuesday night, then went in for an early night. the next night, however, my brother's friends' band were playing at some local cafe, so me and robbie decided to hit it up. we also decided to drink a 5th (750mL) of dominican rum in the parking lot (big mistake). we polished the bottle off in about 10 minutes, went to the show, in which my brother's friend brought a giant jug of beer, which me him and robbie shared (equally bad idea.) the story continues below...
here's a drunk robbie, entertaining my godbrother(!) jared, and random dude in blue windbreaker.
my brother! andrew!
the story, continued: so we drink that beer inside and at this point we are completely fucking obliterated. we fuck around some more and eventually robbie disappears. me and some other people looked for him for a good 20 minutes.
we finally give up, so me and a few people load into a car (with a sober driver, no worries) and head off to a bar in reno called 'satellite.' it was a pretty cool place, so we were having a good time and i ended up drinking a bunch more. as was told to me: i had 3 more beers, 3 shots, and half of an unfinsihed margarita left at the bar (terrible form, i know.) So, obviously, at this point im KRUNT (yeah that's still going.)
we then leave that abr for another place (shea's, i believe) and while walking in the backdoor, i happened upon two dudes smoking. one was this skinny, mallrat type goth guy, the other a chubby white dude with blonde dreadlocks and a hockey jersey. i smoked a bit with them (worst idea yet) and end up talking to these dudes for a while. all i remember about the conversation is me getting really emotional, telling them that nobody should judge them and how they should wear what is comfortable to them. i then bid them adieu and wandered inside
after that i completely blacked out. next thing i know im waking up on the bar's bathroom floor at 6 am. i stand up and im super disoriented, and i walk out of the bathroom and realize the entire bar is empty. no bartenders, no people. all of the sudden the burglar alarm goes off and i just freeze in the middle of the bar. my instinct is to put my hands up, so i stand there for about a minute with my arms in the air, then i slowly back out of the bar and run outside and hail a cab.
on the cab ride home i check my pockets and realize im missing my precious DIGITAL CAMERA. i sit in the back of the cab for the remainder of the ride, semi-drunk and bummed out of my mind. im quietly formulating my tearful final post on the blog, explaining how i lost my camera and how this blog couldn't survive a blow that hard. i also thought about how much of a fucking bummer it is to lose something.
so i finally got back to my brothers and went to sleep on the couch.
what happened to robbie, you ask? well according to him he blacked out towards the end of the show, the next thign he knew he woke up in his car at 4 30 am, freezing cold in the parking lot of the venue. apparently in our massive search we failed to check his car.
so we both slept it off at my brother's and woke up early afternoon. we were both hungover out of our minds, but i decided i wasn't going to let my camera disappear without fighting. so i google localed (text anything to 46645 and you'll get info, use it instead of 411, for example, to find my camera i texted "shea's reno" to 46645, and seconds later i had the address and phone number for shea's bar!) so i called, and it turns out they found it.. on the bathroom floor.
so i got the camera back and managed to get a picture of robbie, still nursing a hangover on the bathroom floor at 6 pm.
quick note: see the shirt that robbie is wearing? he bought it at buffalo exchange. it just so happens that i gave angela that exact shirt in that exact size. is it possible that she sold it to buffalo exchange (not in the know: its a thrift store that you can sell stuff to) and it just so happens that robbie bought it? how strange would that be? it turns out this note wasn't so quick.
this is the night after the hungover day. that's winnie (or brian for those not in the know) straight muggin'
aidan is one of those dudes who will do anyhting on a dare. i spotted a full (huge) bottle of grenadine (the key ingredient in a shirley temple.. cherry-ish thick liquid) and he said he'd chug as much as he could.
here he is, living up to the promise.
and there's him vomitting it all out.. its like chugging in reverse. (note the dripping out of the nose)
that's a good 3/4ths of the bottle. INTENSE.
after that night we officially ran out of money, so we decided to drive back to vegas. here's robbie throwing shit around on the side of the road when i kept trying to get truckers to honk their horns.
great trip.
im not dead!
dont worry! im not dead... i see that my photobucket account is screwed up.. i'll hopefully remedy that within the week! i have lots of pictures from the roadtrip.. i think im going to upload them all without captions tonight.. then add the captions when i have the time.
