02/05/04

*** yesterday ***

ok - it was a messed up night. i caught the second half of the game, on a huge screen in the middle of allenby in tel aviv, with a crowd, which was AWESOME - especially as we totally destroyed them! it was a bit of an anticlimax though, as about halfway through the fourth quarter the game's outcome was completely decided.

i got lost on my way to the club, as they've gotten rid of all the city maps that used to be on every corner... in order to get there on time, i RAN practically from one side of tel aviv to the other.

*** today ***

i made it. oh yes, i definitely made it on time.

here's my review of the party:
i'm not a fan of tech-trance, techno, tech-whatever. i discovered this last night.

HOWEVER, you really don't need to be a fan of a style of music in order to notice when NOT A SINGLE DJ (one exception later) can so much as beatmatch, let alone put two tracks together in a sensible form.

i have never heard so much bad dj'ing in my entire life, and i've been to some crap parties in my time. they should all take a little bit of shame home with them.
boring music + sh*te playing = extreme agitation / frustration. please practice a bit before playing in public. and an empty dancefloor is always a good indication that something needs to change.

EXCEPTION: yuki. firstly, i am embarrassed to admit here that i jumped to conclusions, and got the wrong yuki. i've been looking for a cute japanese girl, who plays the most wicked bouncy trance in the world.

THIS yuki is definitely male. and plays evil tunes that turn a dancefloor into a padded cell.
the dude's technical skills are fan-friggin'-tastic, he plays interesting music, and in spite of my general dislike of the genre, i couldn't stop myself from getting up and bouncing around.

second: the people. on the plus side, there weren't any unpleasant people whatsoever - great crowd! now if only there'd been more than 30 or so people (incl. organizers, club owner(s), bouncers)...
nevermind, it's the first insomnia party (party till the next working day) i've been to in many years, and coming home as everyone else was on their way to work was satisfying.

my night was rescued by two rather interesting girls who were working the door - i spent most of the night speaking to them in hebrew, which felt really good, and we all shared the same opinion of the music.

i'm amazed that, on the bus, i woke up before my stop. i had three cheese blintzes (fresh from the bakery), and crashed as soon as i'd had a shower (i REEKED of smoke and sweat). and woke up a couple of hours later to go to math.

which lasted forever.

the army left me a voicemail message to confirm my appointment with them on sunday. only they said thursday. i spent well over fifteen minutes on the phone, trying unsuccessfully to get hold of them.

i got my phone's phonebook updated at orange (all the numbers have changed this month), and spent the evening "doing stuff", so important that i don't really recall. i did have a run-in with a giant flying cockroach, about six inches and scary-as-hell...

she came over - she's having a rough time lately. so we talked and argued for a while before she went home, and now i'm on my way to bed.