Temecula

the first semi-formal da bears show after the merging of east & west coasts-

when we first got there i was a little confused i was told that we'd be playing for a house party full of drunks and there was no alcohol to be found and everyone was pretty sober-looking.

then not 5 minutes after the daisy cutters finished their set a black and white squad car slowly inches its way down towards the house. luckily the complaint was only about the lack of talent of the drumming so we weren't told to shut it down, but we did have to close the garage door so it was quite tight in there. playing was pretty fun tho, people looked into it sometimes which is good considering most of them didn't know us and they were coherent.

the after party was a drive over to scoot's house and as soon as i walked up i realized that his name is just right because there was a scooter lying in the walkway to the front door. he had some beers for us i got one called skinny dip made by 'New Belgium" from fort collins. it was enjoyable and chelsea helped out with some minestrone soup that curly and i split. we took a shot of vanilla vodka together as a band which was bearable merely because of the vanilla additives.

then there was a huge commotion of people scattering and running around saying cops cops. so i just sat still, knowing that i wasn't doing anything wrong after lots of knocks and those assholes shining flashlights through the windows Scoots was pushed to open the door. they spewed their typical power-ego jargon "if i come back here i will knock this door down" Nope. Wrong, that's illegal and a shame that you need to say that to make yourself feel like you're significant in some way.

so we migrated the party down the road to a much more intimate atmosphere- a 3 car garage converted into one of the most chill party spaces i've ever seen. time went by fast then slow then fast again that night and the sun came up in a matter of seconds. i didn't do much sleeping and 10 am felt like it cheated and came too soon.


it was a good chance to practice the role of being a band on the road and i got to spend time getting to know jake & chelsea better. definitely a night i won't forget