staying awake

[ateolf]

saturday morning: i had stayed up 'til like 9 or 10 am or so...i was really paranoid i wouldn't wake up for work when my alarm went off...though the sweet, sweet Paul said he'd call me just in case...a swell dude he is...but i managed to wake up and i went to work and stuff...afterwards i went over to Brad's...we eventually went to meet Keith and Chris and go to the Saucer...i first went and after parking down by the Map Room and walking several blocks, i saw that they were charging a cover...i said fuck dat and left...i couldn't find anything else to do and i had to go to the bathroom so i went to this Exxon...i walked to the back and there was a sign on the door advising the customers not to lock it 'cuz it got stuck...and not liking the prospect of someone walking in on me i said fuck dat...so i kind've stood there and went back out...as i was leaving a voice on the overhead informed us "attention Exxon customers, please keep in mind that the store is under constant video and seciruty surveilance" or something like that...i guess i looked all suspicious walking to the back and looking around or something...if i wasn't already halfway out the door when the announcement was made i would've stuck some stuff in my pockets...bastards...but then i went back by Camy's...i wasn't needed...i went back to the Saucer 'cuz i had nowhere else to go...paying the cover...i wasn't called back in...we went back to Brad's...played a good game of Aggravation...it's this board game that rules...i had never played it before...a game of bullshit...then a long drunken (excecpt for me, of course...) conversation about the bands (The Family Ghost and Bored to Tears, Keith and Brad's punk band...) lots of drunken praise about how great we are and ego-boosting towards Brad's freshman drum talents...drunk ppl repeat themselves a lot too...but that went on 'til fucking daylight...some good ol' fashioned male bonding...we all even took our shirts off at one point for some reason that escapes me...actually it started off as an argument...the standard Mike Patton is great vs Mike Patton sucks, Chris and Keith being on side 1, Brad and i being on side 2...but then it morphed or something...

i went home and to bed...once again worried i wouldn't wake up for work...but i did...after like two and a half hours of sleep...work at FedEx was pretty slow...there's hardly anyone there on sundays, but today (i guess ppl needing money for the debt season) it was packed, like a weekday or something...i mostly just sat there listening to cds...i went home for another nap...i woke up for The Simpsons and turned the tv on...but i fucking passed right the fuck out sitting up on the couch...i woke up 20 min later seeing the episode almost halfway over...doh! so i went back to bed...i woke up at like 3something...hopefully i'll be able to get the dudes to practice in a few hours...also, i bought the plane tickets for New York...