Mini Vacation
Warning….long post ahead.
I wasn’t scheduled to work for a week so I took a mini vacation. On Friday, Francis kicked off his birthday weekend in Hollywood at Garden of Eden. Overall nice venue. The crowd made me feel like I was at an Irvine party. Got to hang out with all my closer friends. Joe, Mira, and Ronald made it out. Even Eliza made it out coming up from San Diego. What a trooper. Of course, Mr. Franchise was there accepting all offers of alcohol.
On Saturday, Rochelle, my brother and I drove down to Mira Mesa for my Uncle’s 65th birthday party. Family parties are always good, even if you’re only there for a couple of hours. It also marked the first time I was referred to as a “metrosexual” by one of my cousins. I think it was because I was wearing my HM sweater. It is pretty damn metro. I wouldn’t consider myself a flaming metro, however. I’m still in the closet on that one.
Sunday was the 2nd half of Francis’ celebration of his birthday. We met up at Disneyland. Rode a couple of rides and had lunch. Interestingly, of the few pictures we took, the majority of them were of us eating. At Disneyland, one of the things that the vendors sell is a full turkey leg. It’s probably the best bang for your buck at the entire theme park. For $6 you get an entire leg of turkey. The thing must’ve weighed 3 pounds. Watching someone eat one is a little barbaric, even nauseous, but satisfying nonetheless.
The weekend ended with the 2nd best concert I’ve been to. The best being the blink-182/NFG concert right after 9/11. Something Corporate, Yellowcard and Rufio. I’ve been waiting to see Rufio and especially Yellowcard ever since I first discovered their music. I must say that I have a new favorite band when it comes to seeing them live. Yellowcard has got to be one of THE best live acts around. Energy; they have an unlimited supply of it. The same songs you hear on their CDs have a whole new feeling when you hear them do it live. I just can’t explain it. Something Corporate also put on a good show. Out of the three times that I’ve seen them, I like this performance the best. The most entertaining part of their set was their cover of “Hey Ya!” In the end, I wish both Something Corporate and Yellowcard could have played all of their songs…twice. I would’ve been jumping and screaming the whole way through.
: Avondale by Yellowcard from the album The Underdog EP