Sunday, October 26, 2003

Damn, it's been a while since my last blog. Times have been busy for the new worker, so I've been a slackin'. The new job is pretty good so far. Still don't know what my daily duties will be, but the people are nice and it's a job. This weekend was full of many exciting events. I'll go in reverse order and work backwards from today. The Bengals are 3-4. They are in second place in their division, and already have one more win than they had all of last season, and without their "star" running back, Corey Dillon. More on him in a moment. Anyway, they defeated the previously 5-1 Seahawks 27-24. Their defense allowed only 7 points in the second half, and the TD came withing the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter. Two in a row, and next week they travel to Arizona. As for Corey Dillon, he got into a car accident before the game, and hopefully he's ok, which I think he is, but prior to that, he was being a total ass and complaining about not getting the ball enough. First of all, you have to play to get the ball. He's been injured every game! And second of all, the team has now won 3 games without you. They're playing really well and keeping games close, so shut your mouth and play like you're paid to. If not, then they have a perfectly capable backup in Rudi Johnson, who broke 100 yards today.

Last night was the Hey Mercedes show at Irving Plaza in NY. Just seeing the band was nice. I'll have more on that in a moment as well, because there were many ups and downs involved in the night. Upon arriving home, I was informed that the Marlins defeated the Yankees in the World Series. Wow. I'm not going to rub it in, because everyone who blogs is a Yankee fan, but that put a smile on my face before bed.

As for the HM show, here's the deal thru a list of pros and cons:


PRO: HM played a show CON: It was in NY
PRO: HM was headlining CON: There were 4 opening bands
PRO: Going with 2 cool people(Kim & Liz) CON: It was in NY
PRO: Not driving into city CON: Finding parking in Hoboken
PRO: Found parking in lot next to PATH CON: Parking cost $20
PRO: PATH station close to Irving Plaza CON: Forgot how to get to Irving Plaza from PATH
PRO: Found place pretty easily CON: It was still earlier than anticipated
PRO: Doors open at 7 pm CON: It was 7:10 and I really had to pee
PRO: Doors opened at 7:15 CON: First band started at 7:50
PRO: The bar had the Captain CON: Captain & Coke cost $7
PRO: Talked to Bix, the HM tech CON: He had no new t-shirts for sale
PRO: 1st band usually plays short set CON: 1st band sucked
PRO: 2nd band usually plays short set CON: 2nd band was Canadian and sucked
PRO: Saw people we knew(Kate, Dave) CON: Saw plenty of scenesters
PRO: 3rd band was Damone CON: There was another band after them
PRO: Talked to people we knew CON: Had to leave due to mild case of food poisoning
PRO: Returned feeling better CON: There was still another band to play
PRO: 4th band looked rock & roll CON: 4th band sucked
PRO: HM went on at 10:45 CON: Irving Plaza has a curfew
PRO: Found PATH station easily CON: It was 110 degrees in the station
PRO:Hit very little traffic on way home CON: My car sounded like it was going to fall apart
PRO:Turn back clocks, gain hour of sleep CON: It was still 1:30


So that's a short list of the show's experience. In other news, I'm working 2-11 tomorrow night. I'm wondering what I'll be doing since the managers usually leave at 5, and I have no idea how to do anything yet. Hmm. I'm going to see Dave's band on Wednesday at Just Jake's in Montclair. He plays the keyboard. Should be interesting.

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