Fuck-ing-A! I just got back from an evening escapade to see M83 in Boston with Angela Serratore, my good friend and an overall decent human being, and before I say anything else, I'd like to take note of the fact that being under 21 can sometimes be rad, as it was for Angela tonight. Please turn your attention to the following picture:
Do you see those massive Xs on Angela's hands? Yeah, you'd be silly not to. Well, at the Paradise Rock Club, those are the "This lady's under 21, be sure not to serve her alcohol!" Xs they like to brand people with if they are, in fact, under 21. Tonight I would have much rather been 20 or 19 so I could've traded my purple wrist band in for two "This lady's under 21, be sure not to serve her alcohol!" Xs. (Sheesh!) But what makes this story funnier is the dialogue that transpired between the bouncers after Angela got her Xs:
Bouncer #1: Those are some huge Xs! Do you really think it's necessary for her to have them on both hands?
Bouncer #2: Well, you can drink with both hands, can't you? And if that was your daughter, you'd want her Xs to be that big, too.
WTF? What the fuck?
Ha! To get back to M83 - the show was incredible. To be fair, I expected no less; but for a band (or man) so invested in electronic sound, the live show translated extremely well. The drummer was wearing one of those ridiculous clubbing shirts that has flames on the sleeves, and had he not been French, it would've been entirely inappropriate. But he was. (And probably still is.) And the bassist was flailing all over the place like an idiot, a beautiful idiot. And the guitarist looked like he was 12. And then there was the genius behind it all, Anthony Gonzalez, whose dance moves were hypnotic and whose music was so utterly amazing it almost felt like falling. Plus, the show was at the Paradise Rock Club, which is literally 15 yards away from the window to my dorm room from my first year of college. Sigh... It was such a fabulous night. AND I made a rockin' mix CD for the ride there and back, which featured one of my new favorites, Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone." OMG! Why is that song so catchy?!
Annnyway...M83 and Kelly Clarkson aside, tonight was fairly nostalgic for me. Being in Boston always reminds me of my first year of college, which was one of the most prolonged learning experiences of my life. It was such a painful year for me in so many ways, but I came to know so much about myself and other people that I wouldn't trade it for anything. Ever. And while that sounds so over-the-top, it's especially funny now since I'm essentially re-learning many of the same things I learned then. It's true that I will not be returning to Smith College in the fall, and it's true that that makes me sad. But it's also true that I'm beginning to realize what an incredible opportunity all of this could be for me. It's disappointing that I have to take a semester off because things got so rough this year that I dropped a few too many credits and thus made myself ineligible to return in the fall owing to several Smith College policies and procedures. I wish I could take it back, I really do, but part of me thinks there's a huge reason why all of this is happening. I definitely don't know what it is yet, but I'm certain I'll figure it out along the way. I'm not too keen on living at home for the next several months, but southern California has a lot to offer a young lady, and I'm trying to think of plenty of things to do in my "time off." I'll definitely pick up a few classes between the summer and fall and also find a job...somewhere. Other than that, though, the door is wide open. And that sounds really exciting to me right now. It's mildly embarassing that I ended up being "that girl" who had to "take some time off" to "find herself," but it's not like this was a conscious decision. It's what happened, so now I'm gonna take it in stride and try to have fun with it. I probably won't graduate until 07J now (which means I would be here an extra semester), but my mom did a pretty good job of assuring me that there's no need to be in a rush this young in life (or ever, really), so I'm doing my best to believe her. Among the many, many things I plan to do or am contemplating, here are a few of the mentionables:
- Learn to play the guitar or bass
- Make music with other people or alone
- Beat Street Fighter II
- Figure out how to silkscreen and then do it, a lot
- Travel (including visits to the east coast to see all the friends I'll miss, a road trip to Seattle and Portland, and maybe some time abroad?)
- Become better friends with my parents and learn to live at home
I know I'm forgetting a lot, but I feel as if I might pass out in about two seconds. More on this later, though...obviously.
PS. There were so many nice-looking boys at the M83 show tonight. I can't tell if M83 just rakes them in or if I've just been at Smith College too long. That's a tough call...
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