getting off the trolley

thursday. the last day of an excellent week.

excellent, except for the fact that work-wise i achieved sweet bugger-all and i'm not satisfied at all.

for all that, i came back to tel aviv excited and upbeat about going to the easy star all stars concert. then a couple of rounds of tekken with spot took a bit of the wind out of my sails - it was an incredibly frustrating experience :(

so we went out for an enjoyable cup of coffee, then began walking through to the barby, stopping for supper on the way. we were still making good time when we got absolutely lost - we'd taken a detour through an abandoned and decrepit strip-mall of old that must have been really nice in its day, and come out in an unfamiliar side of florentin.

we eventually found ourselves way further away than we should've been (and late for the concert), and shamefully took a taxi. hah! we thought we were late arriving half an hour after the scheduled start time, but they only got up on stage around 23.45!

the concert was absolutely stunning - their sound is amazing and their performance was superb. particularly memorable were the female chorus vocals from dub side of the moon - she just blew us all away.

so i bounced around like an idiot the entire night - that is, until i suddenly started feeling woozy. green fever! i hadn't noticed the number of people all toking around me, and our whole section had gone up in smoke. it took me a while to find my feet again after the initial knock... can we say cheap date?

one of the gorgeous promo girls was really friendly, but even on the way out i couldn't think of something to say. i think i think too much. i think. i'm not totally kicking myself because i've gotten used to this sort of thing.

so spot and i, leglessly making our way back home. we met up with magist's ex-girlfriend, sat with her over coffee for a while while we regrouped, and then hit home around 5 - 6am. i desperately needed that shower. and the sleep, while short, was excellent.