I had a good weekend. Nate and I went to Columbus to see one of his fave bands, Medeski, Martin & Wood (a jazz/improv/funk band, I got him tix for his b-day last month,) among other things. The show was really cool, he enjoyed it a lot. It made me happy to see him having such a good time.
I had a good time, too, although I'm not as big on them as he is. They get a little too spacey for me and I lose the rythem, but I guess that's what improv/experimentalism is. It was a cool show, though. My brother and his potential girlfriend came with us as well. Afterwards Nate and I stayed at the cheapest motel we could find, call Motel 40. Holy shit it was so sleazy, haha. We pulled up to it, with a big cheesey neon sign that was struggling to stay lit, and Nate yells, "OH MY GOD IT'S SO GHETTO!!" Which is why it was awesome. Had a nice little 70's retro bathroom, with mint green sink, toilet and bathtub, then multi-colored tiles. I took lots of pictures, cuz I loved that bathroom. Not that I'd actually shower in it, seeing as how flakes of rust were coming out of the sink faucet. (They also seemed to have skimped on the shampoo.) The beds had plastic covers over the mattresses, under the top sheet, and half the lights didn't work. No remote for the tv, the desk drawer practically fell out, and there were holes in the comforters. AWESOME. That's whatcha get for 45 bucks, haha. The only sucky part was that we had very noisy neighbors, who at around 3am started having rather violent-sounding sex that somehow caused the walls to shake. I don't know what the hell was hitting the wall when they were fucking, because there were no headboards on the bed. We started banging our fists on the wall to shut them up; I got to the point where I jumped out of bed and started putting my pants on to go raise hell with them. But fortunately they stopped before I got there, cuz who knows what could have happened.
Anyway, so in the morning, after about 4 hours of sleep, we woke up, had sex, fell asleep, woke up again to Nate yelling, "Babe, get up! We got 10 minutes till they charge us for staying over!" then went and had breakfast where I chatted with an old guy over grits. We then drove to an apartment complex that we were interested in that I found on Rent.com, and it was a nice area for a great deal, but the apartments were really small. The bedrooms felt more like big closets. But I like the fact that we can paint the walls however we want, and there's a nice open grassy area for my dog to run around in. So we're going to keep looking, but the price just might win over anything else we find.
Afterwards we went to my bro's house, and his potential gf had made apple cinnamon pancakes, (I should mention that she made us all curried tofu the night before, it was fucking delicious. She's a really good cook,) so I had another breakfast. Then after waiting FOREVER for my brother to take his typical looooooong shower, and for he and Wen-chi (gf- type person,) to stop flirting and get ready, we went to a huge bargain bookstore called the Bookloft, which is separated into 32 unorganized and claustrophobic rooms, for about 2 hours. Then we had lunch, and Nate and I left. We were hoping to get a lot more done this weekend, but we left late on Sat, and then today my bro and Wen-chi took forever, so we didn't get home till about 7:30pm. But it was a good weekend, all in all. Which may be hard to believe, considering that I am sure u are bored with this entry by now.
So I hope everyone else had a good weekend.
I had a good time, too, although I'm not as big on them as he is. They get a little too spacey for me and I lose the rythem, but I guess that's what improv/experimentalism is. It was a cool show, though. My brother and his potential girlfriend came with us as well. Afterwards Nate and I stayed at the cheapest motel we could find, call Motel 40. Holy shit it was so sleazy, haha. We pulled up to it, with a big cheesey neon sign that was struggling to stay lit, and Nate yells, "OH MY GOD IT'S SO GHETTO!!" Which is why it was awesome. Had a nice little 70's retro bathroom, with mint green sink, toilet and bathtub, then multi-colored tiles. I took lots of pictures, cuz I loved that bathroom. Not that I'd actually shower in it, seeing as how flakes of rust were coming out of the sink faucet. (They also seemed to have skimped on the shampoo.) The beds had plastic covers over the mattresses, under the top sheet, and half the lights didn't work. No remote for the tv, the desk drawer practically fell out, and there were holes in the comforters. AWESOME. That's whatcha get for 45 bucks, haha. The only sucky part was that we had very noisy neighbors, who at around 3am started having rather violent-sounding sex that somehow caused the walls to shake. I don't know what the hell was hitting the wall when they were fucking, because there were no headboards on the bed. We started banging our fists on the wall to shut them up; I got to the point where I jumped out of bed and started putting my pants on to go raise hell with them. But fortunately they stopped before I got there, cuz who knows what could have happened.
Anyway, so in the morning, after about 4 hours of sleep, we woke up, had sex, fell asleep, woke up again to Nate yelling, "Babe, get up! We got 10 minutes till they charge us for staying over!" then went and had breakfast where I chatted with an old guy over grits. We then drove to an apartment complex that we were interested in that I found on Rent.com, and it was a nice area for a great deal, but the apartments were really small. The bedrooms felt more like big closets. But I like the fact that we can paint the walls however we want, and there's a nice open grassy area for my dog to run around in. So we're going to keep looking, but the price just might win over anything else we find.
Afterwards we went to my bro's house, and his potential gf had made apple cinnamon pancakes, (I should mention that she made us all curried tofu the night before, it was fucking delicious. She's a really good cook,) so I had another breakfast. Then after waiting FOREVER for my brother to take his typical looooooong shower, and for he and Wen-chi (gf- type person,) to stop flirting and get ready, we went to a huge bargain bookstore called the Bookloft, which is separated into 32 unorganized and claustrophobic rooms, for about 2 hours. Then we had lunch, and Nate and I left. We were hoping to get a lot more done this weekend, but we left late on Sat, and then today my bro and Wen-chi took forever, so we didn't get home till about 7:30pm. But it was a good weekend, all in all. Which may be hard to believe, considering that I am sure u are bored with this entry by now.
So I hope everyone else had a good weekend.