MxPx, A Freaky Dude on Crack, and Hungry, Hungry, Hippos

Tonight myself and two of my dorm mates kicked off Spring Break a day early with a trip to the Gothic Theater for an MxPx concert! Unfortunately one of the warm up bands horrified me. As they were coming on the stage I found my eyes drawn to the shapely jeans of the blond bass player. To my horror as "she" turned around I found myself staring at the very male bass player for the band Transition. Thank you emo guys for yet another awkward moment!

Anyway during the warm up bands I couldn't help but notice a guy in an orange t-shirt and a neck tie who seemed to be prone to music induced seizures. I've seen people get into the music before but this guy was insane. We came to the conclusion that he was either on crack or in need of mental help. While he was standing next to me before MxPx came on stage he put on what I took for an imaginary or invisible watch and proceeded to shout to me "DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!?!? IT'S TIME TO ROCK!!! He repeated this about four times before violently shaking his head around as he went to grab a water bottle, and then proceeded to gulp it down while giving a devil horns rock on salute with his other hand. I realized that I actually had something in common with the nose pierced, mo-hawk sporting, punk rocker next to me; we were both afraid of and for this orange t-shirt guy. Then suddenly just as he had appeared he sprinted off, and I didn't see him for the rest of the concert.

MxPx was awesome; they sounded great, and even played 5 songs by request from the audience! They are definitely one of the better live bands I've seen!

Upon returning to the dorm, we learned that our friend Ashlyn had been given a Hungry Hungry Hippos game for her birthday. I'm not sure if it was due to the fact that it was 1 in the morning, or that I've discovered I have a strange fetish for brightly colored, plastic, hippopotami but we were thoroughly entertained for at least a half an hour before we all remembered that there is indeed one more day of class before Spring Break!

Leave it to Your Friends...

To cheer you up! :) This weekend I got to spend a lot of time with my friends and my parents which did wonders to relax me! Friday night was fun because Dan and Nathan came up and hung out with us. I finally set the record straight with Erika playing hearts. The score of a game I actually started the beginning was Shane in first place with 13, Nathan in 2nd with 30, Dan in 3rd with 31, and Erika... with a grand total of 82! We didn't have time to finish the game because of drop in hockey but I proved my "natural talent" at cards, the highlight being when I shot the moon with everyone knowing I was planning to do so at the beginning of the round!

However my trash talking was met with practical jokes. While I was playing hockey, Erika and Cha Cha proceeded to orient everything in my room upside down, which took quite some time to correct :)

Then while I was taking a shower, Dan and Nathan thought it would be quite amusing to steal my clothes and put them out in the hallway of the dorm. Luckily I was able to take down a shower curtain since there were people in the hallway and go out and get my clothes. I was able to get them back in a small way by making them think that someone had taken my clothes out of the hallway and that I was pounding naked at my own door for a towel.

Needless to say it was a good weekend... ;)