The weekend

Friday, I went to see Gogol Bordello at the Beaumont Club with Adam, Michael and Al. The Beaumont is a really loud venue, and so once I came in I once again regretted not having bought earplugs for concerts (something I've been meaning to do for a year or so) and so I went to the restroom (which smelt very well sterilized - almost like someone had just thrown bleach on everything and then given it a good rubbing) and rolled up make-shift toilet-paper earplugs. They worked out really well, as afterward, everyone complained of being slightly deaf and my hearing was as good as it had been before.

I got dressed ready for a mosh pit, and was not disappointed. the crowd was insane. As soon as Gogol got up on stage, everyone started jumping and pushing everywhere. We lost Michael pretty quickly after the crowd got rowdy, and Al a bit later, but I kept tight with Adam the whole time. Somehow I managed to make it to third from the front by the time the encore came. It was my first mosh pit, and pretty crazy. I almost lost my glasses at one point. I was really tempted to go crowd-surfing, even; the energy was contagious. My only disappointment was that I had no cash (I paid the $2 minor fee for everyone) to buy a T-shirt. I'm hoping Ben will go this next weekend when there is another show.

Saturday, I drove my mom out to Clinton Lake (which is on the western side of Lawrence). We met my dad there (he had already camped out the night before) and then went to the beach to meet some of my family friends. The sand was hot; My feet were sore for the rest of the day. The lake itself was nice and cool, but there were a lot of people there and my mom forgot her suitcase, so I had to loan her my swimsuit - so I didn't get to swim, just wade. After, I drove back to Adam's house and we went to our belated anniversary dinner at Lidia's, a brilliant Italian restaurant in the crossroads district. I got linguine with a meat sauce and Adam got mushroom-stuffed ravioli. Both were delicious. We had coffee, Ice cream, and lemon-cake for dessert. Afterward, we met Becca and Tim at Adam's house to watch Pineapple Express (funny, but probably traumatic if high was the consensus) and to smoke a little hookah afterward. It was altogether, a very nice night. Adam even bought me a coke glass at CVS! it was only a dollar, but super cool (and actually glass), so I'm pretty excited about it.

Today I've spent mostly looking at job-postings on craigslist. Tonight Ben gets back from the UK, so I'm going to go up at 7 to see him and Adam. There was one job-listing I think I could easily get - working a kiosk (money-handling seemed to be a prime factor) for the summer. I emailed in response, so hopefully I'll get a positive response.