Best Friday Ever!

Things I did yesterday:

- Woke up at 8:30, realizing my alarm did not go off. Got showered, dressed and to work in 20 minutes.
- Met someone who actually won the GM OnStar Hotbutton contest. He's getting a free car soon.
- Hung out at a high school tennis tournament
- Rode in a helicopter
- Finished my Eddie Adams application
- Came home, and changed very quickly
- Drove to Detroit. It took two and a half hours because of rediculous construction
- Walked to an ATM with a parking lot employee, so I could pay for the parking. He tried to hit me up for $8 for a sandwich, I gave him 3.
- Went to the Decemberists show
- Paid $4.50 for a RedStripe. It was absurd.
- The Decemberists were wonderful
- The breakdown/guitar solo battle section of "Chimbley Sweep" lasted about 15 minutes, in which the Decemberists played a country western song, with lyrics about everyone in the band that were improvised by the adorable Ms. Petra Hayden, a 3 minute version of Hava Nagilah, and then they had everyone sit on the floor, while they played solos and things. Everyone jumped up and danced at the same time, when the song came back in.
- Left the Decemberists show and drove up Woodward Ave.
- Parked and walked to The Magestic Theater to see M.I.A. and LCD Soundsystem
- Got carded twice, before they told me "no cameras allowed" and I had to walk 5 blocks back to my car to put it away.
- Got carded a third time. It's a good thing that Aaron Richter is my twin.
- I've never seen so many beautiful people in one place in my entire life. It's like everyone there was a model, with great taste in music.
- M.I.A. was absolutely B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Diplo was on the decks, and lived up to his reputation. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard, my chest shook every time the bass hit.
- I forgot to eat dinner
- I got drunk much quicker than I expected to
- Nearly passed out waiting for LCD Soundsystem to play
- James Murphy and Williamsburg's finest came out and played for our dancing enjoyment
- LCD Soundsystem live is about ten times better than the cd. Everything is faster and dancier.
- I danced with my eyes closed for the first time in months.
- After every song, James Murphy introduced his very hot asian keyboard player Nancy.
- I danced, literally, until I could not dance anymore
- Kait called while I was at the bar
- I called her back after urinating in public and fighting off an entire legion of homeless people
- I arrived in Bay City at 3:00 am
- Went to sleep at 3:30