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10/12/2002 entry: "Tonight and the rest of my life"

Long story short, I didn't end up going to Sleater Kinney. I've been here all night, except for a walk and a trip to Coffee Dregs.

A few more details for the curious.. Chris called me a little after 4pm, to say that something came up at work, he had to stay til 4pm and then go back at 7pm. So, no Sleater Kinney for him. I tried calling Melisa, on her cell phone and her home phone. No answer. I called Alex, but also no answer there. So, I just stayed home. I really didn't want to go by myself. If it were at some place in the suburbs, yeah I would have. But it was at the Metro. Rahr.

Well, it's no one's fault, and things like that happen.

So I have an idea. And a proposition to make for any interested parties. I am becoming increasingly annoyed at and sick of this bastard city of Naperville. So that I don't freak out and become the town lunatic who lunges at all preppy, rich suburbanites and tries to crush their skulls, I have an idea.

I keep feeling like, "I have to figure out where I want to be. I don't want to be here for the rest of my life. I want to actually do something!"

So, I got an idea. And I'd much rather do this with at least one other person.

Sometime this term, before the weather gets too cold, I am going away for a weekend. Somewhere that has a bunch of local coffeehouses/music venues, and seems interesting enough. I leave soon after my last class on Friday, which ends at 2:30pm. I get back, sometime Sunday night. That's two wonderful fun-filled days to live (ideally) as if they were the last two days you'd ever see. Or, just the last two days before you have to go back to work/school/other not fun things.

So far, I'm leaning towards Columbia, Missouri. I saw some news article in a local paper about this town, and they mentioned how they're really into keeping a good music scene alive and I think that's cool. There seems to be enough places to keep one busy, and I haven't even investigated restaurants and bookstores and the like.

So, I am recruiting traveling companions. The tentative plan is to drive there, get a room in a local hotel, then immediately start checking things out. No time to waste. Yes, if you work sometime between 2pm Friday and Sunday night, you will have to take time off work. I work on Sunday mornings, and I'm putting in a sub-card the second I get one confirmed partner-in-crime. The first person who agrees to go gets to help plan which weekend.

I don't know how much it's going to cost, that's kind of something that we just have to wait to find out.

If more than one person wants to come with, I say Great! The more the merrier.

So! If you're interested in the trip, email me or IM me or call me or whatever!

And hey, if this trip goes well, I'm sure there will be many more in the future! Though winter will be pretty limited... I mean... it's COLD. Unless we go a little south, seeking weather a few degrees warmer. Hmm. Anyhow. This is very exciting. I just hope someone wants to come with :x I'm sure Sara and Nia will, if they can....

Oh, let me mention real quick that like... if I don't really know you, and you just read my journal randomly, this kind of doesn't apply... I don't want to be like "NO! You can't go!" but, I kind of am referring to my friends... because some read my journal.

I'm really tired. I have to go to bed. But, I thought I'd update everyone. Rahh.