Oceans

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Well don't I just take the cake for being a bad blogger. Sorry guys. I've been busy, just not really with anything exciting. Erik and Demian came home last Monday late at night, and we hung out catching up for a while. Tuesday Erik and I went to Demian's place to hang out and unload their truck. They had accumulated a lot of stuff along the way and the truck bed was full. A lot of random things they got from Burning Man, and a whole fuckload of rocks. Between what was in the truck, the camper, and what's still in the Jeep out in Portland, they said they have about 500 or 600 pounds of rocks. They're big into rocks (obviously) and went on rock hunting trips and to quarries and stuff. So we unloaded that and then their friends started showing up to say hi. The first 10 or more days of October here were in the mid 80's so we were just hanging out outside enjoying the weather. We were going to go see Chromeo that night at First Ave so we were killing time. We decided since it was so nice that we'd bike to the show. So around 5 oclock or so we loaded up the bikes and drove into the city to their friend Kevin's house. Still had time to kill so we hung out some more, blasting music from the trike (for the first time in over 4 months. It was really nice!). Finally it was time for the show so we jumped on the bikes and headed out. I think there was around 14 of us on bikes. Some people drove, for some lame reason, but most were on bikes. It was a nice ride down to the show, all of us happy to be doing it. When we got to the show, we had to figure out a way to lock up all the bikes to the trike so no one would steal it. The speaker box is lockable, but you could still wheel the whole thing away. So we locked 5 bikes to it.

As we were standing on the sidewalk (completely blocking it, too), I saw a guy trying to get by BuBu. So I told him to move out of the way to let him through. Then Demian sees the guy, and starts pointing and trying to say something. Finally he gets out, "You're that guy! P-Thugg. Shit!" The guy just smiles and says yeah. It was the keyboard player from Chromeo walking around before the show. So then Demian says, "Not to be a groupie or anything, but can we get a picture of you with our gnome?" Which then led to a discussion about Jerome, and then the group picture. I somehow got relegated to camera man, so I'm not in it, and it's on Demian's camera, so I don't have it, unfortunately. We let him get on his way and then went into the show. Somehow Demian got Jerome into the show and we went to stake out a good spot. The opening band was almost done when we got there, but they were pretty good. They were called Mayor Hawthorne. I wasn't familiar with them, but it was enjoyable. We danced around a bit with Jerome, but when Chromeo came on, Yogi ran up and grabbed Jerome and ran off. Turns out, he wormed his way up to front and center with Jerome and was dancing around up there. Chromeo saw him, and loved it. They were interacting with him; it was awesome. So after dancing our asses off for a couple hours, the show was over. We headed back out to the bikes and decided to take a ride to Tom's house. It was about a 45 minute ride, and it was a blast. We hung out there for a few hours before Erik and I biked back to the truck and went home. I think I finally got to bed around 5 in the morning.

Wednesday was recovery day for everyone. Erik was gone by the time I got up, and I guess they all met up at the beach to spend the day in the sun recovering from the night before. Since it was their coming home, Demian's birthday, and a Chromeo show they all partied pretty hard and weren't feeling too hot. I just hung around the house all day and then went and hung out with Kaija and the kids. Was a pretty calming day for me.

This past Monday, my friend Joey (who used to work at the BP) found out she has breast cancer. She goes in for surgery tomorrow. So she's been kind of freaking out about that, so I've been trying to hang out with her and try to keep her calm. She's only 39, so a little on the young side for it, but still not completely unexpected. She's doing relatively well, considering, but she's still pretty nervous. It really sucks, but hopefully all goes well. And if not, I guess we'll cross that bridge when it comes.

So that and work is pretty much all I've been up to lately. The Friday after Erik got home, we went and bought tickets to see Puscifer for when they come here in November. So that's pretty cool. We saw them last year when they were here, and it was probably one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. It's not just a rock concert, either. Maynard bills it as a 'cabaret show'. It has comedy, video skits, and music all tied into one. It's really interesting. I can't wait. Puscifer has a new album coming out this week, but they started streaming it online right after Erik came home, and I kinda thought the song above was fitting.

What's going on with you guys? I feel like I haven't been around lately and don't know what's going on. So what's going on, blogland?!

Hope you guys are well!

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_Kevin

P.S. Don't you just love getting paid to blog? That's one of the greatest things about working at the BP. I'm sitting here at 9 oclock on a Sunday night, writing a blog post, listening to Bad Religion, and getting paid to do it.

Not my video, but this is Chromeo playing at First Ave. We were off to the right over by the stairs. Not great quality, but it gives you an idea.



Here's one of their videos so you can see what they're like.