Concert week

I had an extremely long week and a half starting 6/27. 

I went to three concerts,  a midnight showing of eclipse, and a drunken weekend in Newport Beach for the fourth. 

On the 27th I went to see Dead Man's Bones with Laura and Ali. Pictures weren't so great so here's an okay one from that night. We went to the Oinkster before, and then enjoyed cotton candy, temporary tattoos, cupcakes, and popcorn for free as part of the show. 

Yum!

Laura had a shield, Ali had a canon, and I had a pirate sponge bob!

 Here are Zach Shields and Ryan Gosling. The pics with the Silverlake Choir didn't come out so well. All kinds of red faces. But they can sing!

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That Tuesday 6/29 I went to the Taking Back Sunday show at the Wiltern. Again I went with Laura and Ali as well as Andre. In the parking lot we ended up seeing some old friends and that really made it feel like we were going to a show we would have gone to 5 years ago.  There were some douchy guys, but all in all it was a great show. 

After that I went home to get Tino and meet up with Monique and we went to go see a 12:40 showing of Eclipse at the Arclight Pasadena. The theater was surprisingly empty even though when we got seats it was almost sold out. I don't really want to review the movie, but I will say I enjoyed it. I want to see it again to absorb more. 

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Friday 7/2 I went to see Mates of State at the Echo. They're one of the only bands that I always make it a point to see when they come around. I'm not sure why but something about them just makes me happy. Maybe it's the married duo loving what they do and each other at the same time. But I always enjoy seeing them. Malinda was supposed to go but unfortunately things didn't work out for her to come, so Bill came instead and he seemed to really like their live show. 

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I didn't take pictures over the 4th of July weekend but once my Dad sends me some I'll post those. Basically there was a lot of drinking Saturday, some drinking Sunday, and no drinking Monday so that I could make it to work the next day. 

The sun came out late Sunday and not at all Monday. So that wasn't as great as it should have been. I went boogy boarding on Monday and went under a couple times so then I stopped since I didn't feel like getting more salt water in my nose. 

I'm glad I was able to finally get some sleep this week. But glad I was finally doing things.