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On my way to the Plain White T's1 show I stopped by Diedrichs with the lingering hope that I still might find some clue as to what happened to the former "Diedrichs Crew." As it turns out, I did luck out this time and found Krispy and Abby there.
( Where Are They Now? The (former) Diedrichs Crew )
Plain White T's
The PWT show was awesome. I think it was one of the best shows I've been to in awhile. Afterwords I was going on about how excellent it was to Kristy and I think she hates me for it now because she missed them when they were in the Bay Area.
I was afraid I'd be disappointed because I've overplayed most of their songs on my playlist, but at least half their set was new material. I think its the only show I've ever seen at Chain Reaction to have crowd surfers (lots of them), and the moshing was excellent. Unlike a lot of shows it wasn't tough guys trying to show off how tough they are and how violently they can mosh and shove, but people just enjoying themselves, it was excellent.
At the show I hung out with Anna LeLoup (former columnist for the Chosen Echidna) and Camille (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
mystiqmusic). Afterwords I hung out with Allie Bloomqvist (flyinmonkey) and Laurie (wrong_cow_girl). Incidentally, Anna, Camille and Allie were originally all part of the same group of people but it disintigrated as so many groups do and I think now I'm one of few people who still hangs out with different former members of it.
Poll of the Day
As regards the first question, assume future interviews would be with real people rather than myself, use the scale used in previous poll questions, where 5 = I love this feature and would like to see much more of it, 4 = I enjoy this feature, 3 = continue to use it at about this same frequency, 2 = I'd like to see less use of this feature, and 1 = please cease and desist with this particular feature.
[Poll #313435]
1Yes Tobin I realize there is a grammatical error inherent in their name, that is not my doing.
Real Men Write Monster LJ Entries
Jul. 10th, 2003 02:49 pm For the extremely concise version of yesterday's activities, check this.
Additionally I met some friends at "the chocobean" coffee shop to transfer them funds on behalf of someone else as part of a certain secret operation (and no it doesn't involve trafficking of drugs). Apparently they had an aversion to Diedrichs. ::shurg::
Then I swam laps
Then we had us a bonfire on capo beach again... it was tight, sitting on the beach with the bonfire, 40 of steel reserve in hand, while Crispy plays his guitar. Even if he WAS playing dashboard songs hehehe.
Matt told me they are totally hiring at the lumber yard he works at. I am totally going to check it out. He and Laney apparently suddenly broke up yesterday. ::shurg::
Then we went to a jacuzzi. I don't think any of us actually live in the community where its located but we know the code to get in for some reason.
Evening concluded with Katie and I getting free taco bell at midnight. Apparently they do this like every night. We didn even need to say anything we just walked up to the window and they handed us three personal-pizzas and two orders of breadsticks (its a taco bell / pizza hut). Then Alyssa, who hadn been out with us that night, randomly showed up... cause you know, the Diedrichs lot is the place to randomly show up at at midnight.
Spotlight on the Diedrichs Crew
So I realize I'm casually bandying around these people's names like everyone knows who they are, even though _I_ didn't even know almost any of them two weeks ago. And seeing as I like to think that people read my livejournal, and therefore hope that while it may have massively long entries, it at least is not disconcerting like that, I shall explain a bit about the people whose natural habitat is the Diedrichs off La Paz.
The only one of them I knew more than two weeks ago was Katie D'agistino. Her best friend is Laney, whom I call "Shillaligh" ("shill-ay-lee"). Shillaligh WAS dating this kid Matt, who's pretty for awesome. But he's not to be confused with the OTHER Matt, formerly "the guy with the Steel Reserve & Flogging Molly shirts" (or SRFM). Then there's the two Chrises, Krispy (Chrispy?), and Croa (AKA "Croat")(Suzanne's "Evil Ex"). Apparently I am "K-Dawg," at least according to Laney. Also there is totally Becka (momentsxwasted), whom I just inspired to write The Diedrichs Crew - In Depth. Otherwise there's other people that come and go, but these are the kids that are ALWAYS at Diedrichs.
Life at the House of Fricke
So I've been swimming regularly. As a consequence my dad has taken to jokingly inviting me to go swim with them in the ocean at 6am. They really do this. Like once a week or so he and his friends swim a mile in the ocean at 6am. Wacky. In addition they of course do lots of other working otu too, but 6am in the ocean. ::shudder::. Dad runs triathalons you see.
After dinner the other day dad invited me to try some excellent honey that recently came from one of the hives. It really was particularly exquisite honey. It just struck me a very Fricke moment though... us and our beehives.
And then that same evening (this is all from day before yesterday, when my only lj entry was the quizes), I notice a black widow spider in a jar on the table. Apparently mother found it at the yarn store she now works at... and of COURSE decided to bring it home as a pet. My family is kinda weird.
OMG, further proof that COMMIES are REAL ULTIMATE POWER, though you can see other opinions here. The sorority girl one is particularly choice. And of course, pirates have always been strong contenders for real ultimate power.
and as if this entry wasn't already long enough...
Dogs on Highways - Two Opinions
CON by Miss Phylicia Witherington
PRO by Chris "Croat" Plancich.
4th of July Festivities
So like any evening, it started out with a trip to Diedrichs, which is on the way anywhere anyway. During the short time I was there Suzanne showed up.. which was crazy cause thats where her "Evil Ex" Chris hangs out.. so I don't by any means claim to have had any part in their reconciliation, but I was there when it happened. (= And on that subject she has recently recanted her earlier proclaimation that I am the devil incarnate so.. yea.
Anyway Diedrichs closed at 6:30 on account of the 4th. Psha on that. But I had to mosey on to go pick up Ashlee and Aimee anyway, so I went off and did that, and then met up with the Diedrichs crew again at a place of Katie D'agistino's in Santa Ana or Anaheim. This place was like... amazing. It was one of them tall narrow places that was hella modern-artsy on the third or fourth floor where it got wider, and an art gallery on the bottem floor... yea. It was the for awesome. And I discovered we had roof access, which led to many of us accessing the roof, and widespread exploring of the rooftops.
Anyway it was quite the nice little party. But then there was this guy Brandon who I swear is like poser-gay. Like.. gay because he can't get girls so he pretends he doesn't want to. Like.. I got that vibe already but then when he was drunk he could not keep his hands off Aimee or Ashlee. Anyway, he got the drunken idea to throw shiznaz off the roof and kick piping up there and stuff.. and I have no sympathy for him cause (A) that was dumb and immature, and (B) it's Katie's house, ass. So yea the Cracked Out Security Guard apparently somehow managed to figure this out, between being cracked out and well, being cracked out. He was like sweating like no other and stammering and barely coherent... someone said he was prolyl actually on heroin? I don't know but he was for certainly on something. So security-miser gets all up on us and we determine it was definitely Brandon who was the ass and needs to step up and take the blame. And then.. then when asked if anyone else was doing it Brandon said Aimee was (I'm pretty sure that while she WAS up there with him, she wasn't actually throwing shiznaz).. because you KNOW that when you're about to get in trouble with The Man for something you should always try to pull someone else down with you just for company right? Oh wait, NO. That would be reason (C) I have no sympathy for him.
Anyway, with all this going down most of us decided it was time to split.. so I drove Ashlee and Aimee home.. The End.
I found out the guy with the Flogging Molly and Steel Reserve shirts is named "Matt." He is for awesome. Matt: "Hey Kris whats your favorite malt liquor?" me: "Steel Reserve, no question." Matt: "Duuude this guy is soo in our Steel Reserve Crew!"
BASICALLY, I NEED A NEW JOB, BASICALLY
So I had work today. I worked for an hour and then was informed that I am not actually LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED so I couldn't work.. they can't recertify me in that until next saturday morning. (I'm certified in CPR and Defibrillating and other shiznaz like that howeveR). Anyway, the joke's on them, cause I haven't been lifeguard certified for THREE YEARS! Fockers. Yea, basically I'm a bad person its true.
And I also learned today that I once again didn't pass the Department of State Foreign Service Exam. Aannnd I am currently not enrolled in any classes at UC Davis for the fall. I think I'll look into getting in the illegal arms trafficking business. I hear its lucrative.
But seriously if anyone knows of anywere that is hiring I need a job.... at a coffeeshop, or lifeguarding, or uhhh as a cook...
Oh And Apparently Its the 4th of July
Jul. 4th, 2003 12:51 pm Yesterday around 19:00 I went to the Diedrichs, nominally just going for a cup of coffee, but kinda knowing it would lead to other things (hehe isn't that what one's supposed to do after a date? "want to come up for coffee?"), and sure enough I ended up going to capo beach with the Diedrichs kids. And this time, I actually made it and it was all good. We had ourselves a bonfire. Lessee fully represented we had: Katie D'agistino, Laney, Crow (AKA "the Evil Ex" Chris, as regards your_evenstar anyway), the guy with the Steel Reserve & Flogging Molly shirts (we'll call him.. SRFM?), and a bunch of other people.
At like 22:00, or maybe even earlier, the beach closed and the cops actually showed up, so we all skedaddled. We proceeded to this place called "Top of the World," in Mission Viejo. Its a park on top of a hill next to some water tanks, from where you can see like the whole city. We lurked about up there till like 1am.. well I left at 00:30 because I was cravin the in-n-out. I had two double-doubles mm.
I bought guinness before we went to the beach of course. And while I was in the grocery store this lady asked me where the tonic water was, because I was wearing my IHOP hat and she therefore mistook me for a grocery store employee... apparently.
They say people with psychological issues often develope them in college because of the stress. I think I'm developing some: I can't leave the house without a sharpie; and today I actually intend to go to the hardware store and buy some red light bulbs because I need my room to have red lighting. ::shurg::
Speaking of which, I actually forgot one of the worst things about work the other day: I forgot both my cell phone AND my wallet. Now I can't bring the cell phone into work with me but it was just a bad omen and really odd because I NEVER forget it.
I got my break about mid-day, when it still had pretty much TOTALLY SUCKED, and I hadn't even run into Shasta yet. So I'm hot and tired and unhappy and then I realize I don't have any money. I wanted to cry. Only, not. I found two dollars worth of nickles and dimes in my car, not even any quarters, and then set about begging for money from employees. I was going to ask Tony, the cool office girl, but I get there and Stacy the Evil Wench was there so I asked some dumb question and ran. Then I asked supervisor Pokey (Gumby's younger brother, no joke.), and another deepguard nearby overheard and gave me a dollar. <3 deepguards.
I just learned today is Friday. I honestly totalyl thought today was like wednesday, and went through all of yesterday thinking it was like tuesday. I love summer.
Survey: Am I a Bad Person because for the first time in my life I intend to not spend the 4th with my parents?
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Laney - "Hey are you guys going to diedrichs tomarrow? Uh wait let me rephrase that: what time are you going to diedrichs tomarrow?"
Apologies For The Long Entries
Jul. 2nd, 2003 01:44 amThe Bees The Bees!!
So I'm sitting in my room and I notice there's four bees buzzing around. I decide to see whats up with that and lurk around the house... sure enough there's at least as many in each of the upstairs rooms. Go down to the livingroom the whole freakin room is fuckin buzzing. It was like that hitchcock movie, The Birds, but with bees.
Finally I determine that the door from the livingroom to outside is wide open, and there are several empty beehives just inside the livingroom, because well, you just gotta understand that thats how my house is. Even though the hives are as clean as they get, they'll always totally smell like honey and the bees are attracted to that.
This Evening - The Plain White T Show
So first of course I went to Diedrichs for coffee. Katie D'agistino was there, and the guy who'd been wearing the Flogging Molly shirt yesterday was wearing a homemade shirt that said "STEEL RESERVE" on the front in sharpie. That guy is like, seriously my hero. If you know me you'll know why but I feel like explaining: (A) Flogging Molly is my favorite band (B) I make my own shirts, in fact I wore my "preppy" shirt this evening (C) I am ALL about the steel reserve. For awesome. Also after drawing an emo snail and thereupon mentioning it was my lj name, this random girl I totally didn't know was like "wait, your livejournal is emosnail?? I've read it before!" Freakin weird. But we have some mutual friends I guess so it sorta makes sense, but I am still baffled how Sarah had read my livejournal before I met HER.... weirdness.
AAnyway, eventually I got myself down to the show. It was for awesome. Plain White T's are the for awesome. They definitely should have been the second-to-last, not Rudiger. It was the first time I've seen Rudiger, and I know I have some friends that are all about them, but frankly I was Not Impressed by them at all. ::shurg::
Randomly ran into Carly Goode there.. didn't expect that. And Ashlee and Dana were there which was way cool, and Fish was there which was cool and we totally hung out. And then... and you Davis kids pay attention now: ARYA and Vanessa from entertainment council (ie not Kritlow) showed up. That was wack. They were there to see Rudiger I think. See my above comments on Rudiger.
But yea I swear half the people at the show left after Plain White T's finished.. why? well because PWT is for awesome.
When the show was over I hung out there until 12:30, then Fish went with the Bullets N Octane kids to their afterparty and I decided to head down to capitrano beach where some of the diedrichs kids were having a beach bonfire.
That was like a half hour drive.. and five minutes before I got there Katie called me to say that hey they were leaving... soo yea. Hmmm kinda reminds me of yesterday. Those Diedrichs kids are sneaky.
Justice
I do not lie, I do not cheat, I do not cross double yellow lines on the freeway (carpool lane) even if no one is looking, and I do what I say I'll do. I am quite clear that I will not tolerate people either warning or blocking me on aim, and thankfully precious few people know that I definitely mean that.
A friend of mine last year warned me on aim "as a joke," I didn't talk to him on aim for a full month thereafter.
Presumably the deterrence for blocking should be worse, but today one of my best friends blocked me. I know she didn't think it was as serious as I did, but thats exactly why my stance on the subject must be inequivically clear.
At 16:27 today with "u asked for it" and "actually u prob wont mind" she blocked me.
When she came on at 16:42 I tried to tell her that I was not going to talk to her for the next 12 hours, but she signed off as soon as she found out I was displeased with her blocking. A short while later she called me, I probably shouldn have answered, but I do not hang out on people, so we had a rather untalkative conversation thereupon.
At 4:42am this morning the sentence is considered complete. But see the thing is, its not that I was that pissed about it; its just that when I say I am going to do something I am obligated to do it... weightless words and creative ethics have become the expected norm today, but I shall retain my honor for ever.
Kris' Love Life Explained
Apparently some people have taken my long silence in my livejournal on the subject to mean that I am being a devious bastard and not talking about it. No it is quite the opposite; I have no social life and am over it. I am not looking for to have one either, I have attained a jaded and cynical equilibrium.
Yes most of my friends are girls, but contrary to what a certain "friend" of mine is apparently telling everyone, no I am not dating any of these people, and no I am not a pathological liar (see above section for further insight on that subject). And no, no one appears to like me right now either. I don't need the speculation. Just let me be asexual ... dating is for sucks.
Basically I'm not very cool, basically.
Jul. 1st, 2003 01:01 pm So yesterday I innocently head down to Diedrichs, having not actually been there in a few days and been merely antisocial; the people whom I've had plans with in the days previous having all flaked and fuchforth.
So I intended merely to get a cup of coffee but ended up stayed there all afternoon with the dozen plus regulars lurking there. It was cool, I think I bonded with Laney and Dera, whom I don't know very well. Also present were: Katie D'agistino, Alyssa, Jesska Ornstein, Boswell, Christopher Robins and the guy in the Flogging Molly shirt.
Then at like I dunno 21:00 or so we all decided to go to a spa somewhere.. this is like hella people so it would have been intereting if I'd actually gotten there. However, I did not.
"Where is this spa?" says I
"Just call one of our cells when you get to the corner of Marguerite and Alicia" says one of them
Only one problem. They were all in the spa. None of them had their cell phones on them by the time I was out there. Psha on that.
UPCOMING SHOWS (that I intend to go to)
Today - Bullets N Octane, Plain White Ts, Rudiger - at Chain Reaction - Oh hell yea. I was planning on checking the Plain White Ts website next in my search for shows. and Bullets N Octane? Definitely for awesome. I am SO there.
07/05 - La Banda Skalavera - at Chain Reaction
07/12 - Ultimate Fakebook - at Chain Reaction
07/20 - The Israelites - at Chain Reaction - and "Skattish (bagpipes ska from Arizona)" according to the website. I gotta see that!
08/03 - Bullets N Octane, Nural, Locale AM - Chain Reaction - Why does BNO always play with several other bands I love? I certainly am not complaining!
08/05 - Limbeck - Chain Reaction
08/30 - New Amsterdams - Chain Reaction - I am SO there.
As you can prolly tell all I did was check the listing at Chain Reaction. Most of the shows I go to are there.. but if you know of something for awesome elsewhere definitely drop me a line.. or if something for awesome is playing at Chain that I am not yet familiar with... Or if you want to go with me to one of the shows even.
I was there for five days straight once last summer. I wish I could get like a season pass to Chain...
Oh and if you want to see me with my full sideburns you need to go tonight to the show.. cause I have to shave them off for work tomarrow )=
Firstly, I went to TACO LOCO today with Shasta. Mmmm I had my usual calamari burger. ::drool:: soogood.
Then I made some attempts to contact Jenelle Bel Isle, for whom I no longer had a current phone number. In so doing I called Bryant Conger to no avail, and found Katie D'Agistino's number to be no longer valid either. I then proceeded once again went to Diedrichs off La Paz just to see who I might find there.
Upon arriving I immediately found Katie D'Agistino there. I'd hoped to find Alyssa working there one of these times but apparently she quit, so I tried calling her, and just as I did so, SHE showed up. Craziness. Jesska Ornstein also showed up. And then.. who should show up but Jenelle Bel Isle herself. And then, since SHE had Bryant's cell number, we called HIM. Diedrichs is the place to be.
I also briefly met Katie's friend Shalane.
Anyway, then Jenelle and I traipsed over to her place to "play scrabble" if you know what I mean. If you don't know what I mean, I mean I got violated. If you still don't know, I mean we literally played scrabble and I got the first parking violation in my life.
Good thing I happen to know the definition of "quaff" ("to drink heartily") by heart hehe.
And then there was....
GODLITE
So my seven letters in the game happened to spell "godlite," and we thought that was so funny we decided to put it on the board.
Then I pick seven new letters right? So I randomly pick G O D L I T E. TWICE IN A ROW. Someone with too much free time calculate the odds of that happening. Frankly I'm kinda freaked out.
