sxsw, coachella, toronto and nyc!
So, I'm trying really hard this week to not be totally depressed that I'm not at SXSW. For any of you that don't know, it's like Spring Break for music nuts like me. How could I not be there!? AAAG! The photos on flickr are slaying me. Those could be mine! Drinking a nice, cold Shiner Bock!? Oh how I miss you, Austin!!!!Deal is, it just wouldn't have been the same this year. I (somehow) didn't have a crew of ppl to go with.. I mean, I knew some peeps going, but last year having my main squeeze, and best show buddy along for a week of ridiculous fun... there was just no way I could go there mostly solo. Even though something tells me I very well may could have met my future husband there. :p But hey! Obviously it wasn't meant to be. So lover, if you're out there resting up after your week of day in & day out drinking & seeing live music, and wondering where art thou your match is... I'M RIGHT HERE! Sorry I missed ya this year.
Right, so.. I think that this leads me to how I'm SINGLE right now. Yup. Who knew, after my months of brownie-eating-movie-watchin' hermitsville healing my little broken heart that I'd actually be ready to scream that from the rafters, eh? Well, we all did, I guess. It's hard to keep me down... and the silver lining of any dumb ol break up is that (thankfully) time heals. Eventually. And, slowly but surely, I'm getting there. Well, at least I'm getting out & having fun! These last few weekends I've been having the time of my life, really. Besides the fact that for the most part I think dating is dorky and painful, it's kinda fun having all those first date jitters, and meeting someone new and figuring out what they're all about. People are fascinating, really.
So speaking of... Guess what!? I went on a date lastnight! Well... "Drinks!" Which is like a date, but with that great unofficial caveat we could be like, "umm, ya - gotta go!" hahaa... Suffice to say it all turned out better than I expected. I wasn't that sure going into it, but instead of turning it down - I thought "aww what the hell, I'll just go have some drinks, I'm sure it'll be fun"... and the good news is, it was. So fun and good that we're now going to the next step and *dun du dun dun!* having DINNER. hahaa...
Alright - so back to my writhing in pain over not being at SXSW this year. I was even, if I had actually gone, going to hit the Interactive part, too. A ton of my geektabulous blogger pals were there. And the 4-eyed dorko within me is actually totally jealous seeing the sea of laptops and instantaneous relay of information between participants. I wanted to be a part of that!
BUT.. you know why it's all OK? It's all ok because of 2 wonderful trips coming up!
#1. Coachella baby!! My show ho pals ARE pulling through for this one, of course, and we've got a house booked and everything!!! Again, it will be different from last year's love induced high, but I'm open to the new and amazing experience - both from music and meeting kick ass people. It's going to be great! And I'm working out so I can be all ready to wear very little clothing. VLC baby! I look forward to wearing VLC any chance I can get.. so give me 100 degree weather, and let's peel it off! hahhaaa... I feel like I'm a VJ on MTV's Spring Break or something right now so I'll stop.
#2. In May I'm going to Toronto and NYC!!! And if there was any way to make my "woohoo" about a million times bigger and stronger and louder to express myself here, I WOULD! Picture that, and a *gazillion* exclamation points! :) I'm f*ing STOKED to say the least!
I have a ton of places I want to travel to, but NYC was at the top of my list of places I need to visit in the U.S., let alone all the jaunts I want to take overseas, so I am so thrilled to be finally getting there again! I have only been there ONCE. Can you believe it? And it wasn't even as fun as I KNOW NYC can go off... so I'm really looking forward to being there & checking out the music scene FOR REALS.
So, itinerary is: I'm hitting Toronto first for about 5 days, where I will be put up and exposed to the glory that is The Big Smoke by the *ZAZZERIFIC* one & only Kat the CRIPPLER!! Which of course will include: shows, drinks and bellyaches from laughing our asses off! aawww yaaaa, zazz sistaaahs.
Kat & I have never met in person. She's what I call a "internet friend". And I have a few of you out there, you know who you are! But Kat & I are convinced - as she said - we're cut from the same cloth. The girl is into the same music, we both love to party our asses off and just from her writing, our emails & IM's... she cracks me up. She came to visit SF once but we missed eachother... and when I wrote about wanting to get outta dodge, she suggested I visit her and I said "I'm so THERE"! And, believe it or not, it will be my virgin experience in the fine country of Canada!! SWEET! Yes, I'm making my friendly relations now for when I need to flee our god forsaken (republican laden, bushf*ck'd) country. :)
Alright, so after 5 site-seeing, show-goin, drink-drunken (and therin, hopefully not too hungover) days in the fine city of Toronto, I will be flying my arse down to NYC for another 5 days of fun in New York City!! And CHECK THIS OUT: My girls Jem & Tania are going to be there the same week!!!! waaahooooo!!! I get to experience the NYC music scene with my favorite show ho's?! Maaan, someone is looking out for me. That is just TOO COOL! Plus, Kat has a wedding there that weekend, so she'll be there... and I get to see my friend Sarah (and meet all her hott girlfriends :p) and my friend Karrie... hit the museums, I'm so excited!
The coolest part is that I am so mobile with my business, so I can work from there most of my trip! So while I'm staying with Kat & Sarah & Karrie, and they go off to work - I can work, too... and then at night: WE PLAY! However, I'm thinkin there'll be a good 4 or 5 days in NYC that I just allow myself a full force VK. Depending on how my workload is at the time - we'll see! :)
So yes... I'm not at SXSW this year.. but I've got some sweet trips completely dedicated to having fun and seeing music in other cities. And to that I say: aaaww. yaaaaa.
