The Friday thread

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

since there isnt a "hey we decided to sell our house and move to new orleans for 6 months thread because we are kinda stupid and definitely having adjustment issues as we try to act our age" i guess this will do.

in short, i was working 55-60 hours a week and most weekdays i literally didnt see my new born daughter. so i decided to quit my job in april. problem is we had a nice house with a nice mortgage so we decided to sell our house. while on vacation in new orleans in april (pre-planned, pre-paid trip before i quit) my lady asked me if we could move to new orleans for 6 months. i had like 6-8 different types of beers in me from day drinking and i said "sure honey". she said "i love you" and later that night we did some things you only see in german porn. anyways, closed on our house last week and i am now sitting in a motel off I 40 in knoxville with my dog. my lady and daughter are flying down on tuesday.

we got a great spot, a 2 bedroom "penthouse" of a victorian mansion on st charles ave in the garden district. the street car goes right out in front of our place with our master bedroom overlooking it. the real world house is a few blocks down and the king of mardi gras' mansion is a block away.

so besides busting my hump the last 4 days packing and moving everything i am pretty pumped. normally im a family oriented person. wake up, work hard, come home, go to home depot on the weekends, maybe the farmers market on sunday etc ..... but my lady is crazy.

but i am happy she pushed this because i would have never done this. there is this story i am sure you heard.

guy is 49 years old, worked hard, paid his bills, raised his kids etc.
one day he dies.
as he stands in front of god he begs god to give him just one more week. there are so many things he wanted to do. that he was saving up for.
god says, what have you done for the past 49 years of life I gave you? You knew you dont live forever and that you would have to leave this world. Why now after 49 years of life do you want to live?

anyway, cheesy regurgitated story i know. but there is something to that notion of live life, make each day count, act like each day is your last .. whatever bumper sticker slogan you want to use.

so, its 12:59 am on a friday and i couldnt be happier that im sitting in some motel on the side of the highway in tennessee with another 10 hours of driving ahead of me in a jam packed peice of shit moving truck that overheats on inclines with a trailer hitch from hades .... im going to nola to be a stay at home dad with my 17 month old. ... at least for 6 months. plus im expecting a lot of german sex for this.

That is one awesome story. Everything about it. My mind is spinning rite now with thoughts about doing something crazy like that. My wife will never go for it though. Maybe ill just settle for some german porn! Who am i kidding she aint goin for that either. My life sucks....

[Chico23231]

Last Friday I was making my way down to Hampton Coliseum with friends to see Phish. It was a perfect day

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Last Friday I was making my way down to Hampton Coliseum with friends to see Phish. It was a perfect day

Last Friday I was in Brooklyn for night 1 of 2 Pearl Jam shows. They rocked the house.

I've never seen Phish, they just played my area this week.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Last Friday I was in Brooklyn for night 1 of 2 Pearl Jam shows. They rocked the house.

I've never seen Phish, they just played my area this week.

You should try to go once. They're in upstate NY all the time, Trey has a spot in Sarotoga Springs. I heard the Glenn Falls show was incredible, best on tour so far.

Pearl Jam i imagine were the bomb. I know multiple people going to the Charlottesville show. not making it, money is tight and already spent money on tickets to Leftover Salmon (bluegrass) and Pixies this week. Effing Pixies tickets were $55 a piece. These ticket prices are getting insane.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

You should try to go once. They're in upstate NY all the time, Trey has a spot in Sarotoga Springs. I heard the Glenn Falls show was incredible, best on tour so far.

Pearl Jam i imagine were the bomb. I know multiple people going to the Charlottesville show. not making it, money is tight and already spent money on tickets to Leftover Salmon (bluegrass) and Pixies this week. Effing Pixies tickets were $55 a piece. These ticket prices are getting insane.

Yeah I live in Saratoga, not uncommon for Trey to be spotted around town. When Dave Matthews plays SPAC Trey sometimes shows up to jam on a song or two. When he got busted for drugs years back as part of his community service he was doing clean-up work at the county fair in my hometown. Could you imagine bumping into Trey cleaning toilets at the fair? Hilarious.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah I live in Saratoga, not uncommon for Trey to be spotted around town. When Dave Matthews plays SPAC Trey sometimes shows up to jam on a song or two. When he got busted for drugs years back as part of his community service he was doing clean-up work at the county fair in my hometown. Could you imagine bumping into Trey cleaning toilets at the fair? Hilarious.

yeah that would be strange. Had a buddy bump into Trey at a home depot like 2 years ago.

I imagine you've been to the SPAC, ive never made it but heard its an unique venue. always wanted to go.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Last Friday I was making my way down to Hampton Coliseum with friends to see Phish. It was a perfect day

I didn't know phis was in town. I have never seen them and thought it would be cool to go check them out and enjoy the experience. My wife thinks I'm crazy. Do you see very many people over the age 40 at their shows.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I didn't know phis was in town. I have never seen them and thought it would be cool to go check them out and enjoy the experience. My wife thinks I'm crazy. Do you see very many people over the age 40 at their shows.

crowd has naturally gotten older. But also talked with alot of folks saying their first phish show was that friday. always refreshing to see new phans. To be perfectly honest, it was a pretty tame crowd this time.

FD, this is no bullshit, i had a 70-ish old lady come up and asked me if i had any "smoke" in the parking lot. it kinda freaked me out for a second, but responded no with a smile. A gurl i was standing near was like "awwww poor thing, chico you coulda made her day." Im not giving weed to Grandma

[JoeRedskin]

Last day at the old job. Taking next week off before starting a new one. Tons o' crap to do before leaving.

But the drinking starts at 5:00 whether it is done or not ...

[firstdown]

So following that from OTM. Its Friday and tonight we are going on a Haunted hay ride. That's something a 49 yr old man does when he owns a house and is married. But, tomorrow I'm pulling out my drums and playing at a party Saturday night with a few guys I played with in the past. Should be a good time and I'll see alot of old friends. Sunday I'm going to recover and get ready to watch the skins kick ass.

[DynamiteRave]

This week I'm doing nothing. Going home, playing video games and crashing.

Next week is my birthday so that'll be a lot of late nights and booze so I need to rest up.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Last Friday I was in Brooklyn for night 1 of 2 Pearl Jam shows. They rocked the house.

I've never seen Phish, they just played my area this week.

My brother saw them at the spectrum this past week.
Phish rocks you should check them out if you can. Truly anazing musicians and their light show is second to none.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Last Friday I was making my way down to Hampton Coliseum with friends to see Phish. It was a perfect day

When the circus comes is a little corny but suzie greenberg is an awesome encore. What a way to phinish.
Backwards down the number line i like more everytime i see it. Looks like it was a great show.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by punch it in

When the circus comes is a little corny but suzie greenberg is an awesome encore. What a way to phinish.
Backwards down the number line i like more everytime i see it. Looks like it was a great show.

That show: Twist, Roggae and the Carini. Stash first set was nice, good to see Mound.

Great f*cking show and actually a great day. Its nice when everything comes to together: hotel room, limited traffic, making good calls on beer selection, not f*cking with cops, getting a new bubbler, tailgating, seeing old friends, parking next to my friends wife and her friends not planned, good weather, spaceship, 10 feet from Page up front, trying to run game on college girls, etc.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

That show: Twist, Roggae and the Carini. Stash first set was nice, good to see Mound.

Great f*cking show and actually a great day. Its nice when everything comes to together: hotel room, limited traffic, making good calls on beer selection, not f*cking with cops, getting a new bubbler, tailgating, seeing old friends, parking next to my friends wife and her friends not planned, good weather, spaceship, 10 feet from Page up front, trying to run game on college girls, etc.

Awesome bro. Ive always wanted to see a show at hampton ever since i heard those 80's dead shows when they played as the warlocks.
Love when the universe aligns the day of a show.