thievery

i decided that the fp campout is out. it’s just too much. i could maybe have packed up and been ready for my trip by tonight, or been packed up and ready to take hmc to the fp campout by tonight, but not both. once i let this go, everything turned into a much more manageable amount of tasks, and i’m much calmer now.

as a consolation, i went out to the thievery corporation show last night, which was not exactly where i thought it was. when i finally found it in that warehouse thing across from rei, i can see why they claimed that this was there largest solo performance so far in the us. however, larger is not better. huge swath of people, aimlessly milling about and swaying around to downtempo, but worst off was the acoustics of the sfdc concourse, which are like listening to the thievery corporation play a concert through your neighbor’s walls. except that they’re actually playing several apartments down the hall. on the first floor. and all they’ve got is one subwoofer.

everything was all muddy and unpleasant, and yet while i was leaving, everyone was raving about how fantastic that was. was i at the same concert? do they not ever get out much? or maybe i was still so stressed out i couldn’t enjoy anything.

but i’m much better now. honest.