OH MY GOD IT’S ZACH BRAFF. HE IS SO HOT. OH MY GOD. LETS SELL A MOVIE ENTIRELY BASED ON THE FACT THAT ZACH BRAFF IS IN THE MOVIE.

Alright, I have to comment here (this is my soapbox dammit.) Zach Braff can sell tickets to any 13-35 year old girl on the planet.
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Somebody had a camera with a movie feature at the Zero 7 concert and grabbed a few videos.

Link to the closing act “Distractions” with Sia on page with links to other videos of the concert.

Check it out.

Best $120 EVER. PERIOD. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

Today is election day here in Wisconsin. I voted. Lets see how that works out.

I am watching the show Weeds now. I’ve seen the entire first season and the second is 5 episodes in. Great show that has me smiling throughout. Grab the DVD of the 1st Season.

I went to a Zero 7 concert last night. Obviously they would never come to Milwaukee so I high-tailed it to Chicago for the night.

So here I am, in Chicago. Staying over at Karl and Ray’s apartment near Soldier Field. I didn’t get too much sleep, their couch isn’t very comfy compared to my bed at home, but it was worth it.

Anyways, yesterday I got up, took a shower, and got dropped off at the Amtrak station. Wisconsin and Illinois have this service setup where you can get between Milwaukee and Chicago for $20 each way. They run multiple trains daily so I just grabbed the 1PM one and got in at 2:30.

So I got here, dropped my stuff off, and made my way up to Loyola. Of course, the friend of mine from Loyola was busy, so I had to kill an hour. I went downtown and looked at Loyola’s new downtown residence hall. It is absolutely beautiful.

Then I spent an hour at a Starbucks drinking down a caramel frappuccino and reading the last Saturday New York Times they had left. I had been to a few other Starbucks on my trek (there are 3 within a 3 block radius) and could only find the $5 Sunday edition, so when I saw the Saturday edition I jumped on the opportunity.

Actually, I probably should have paid to read the New York Times… Oh well, I put it back as I found it anyways.

Then I made it to Loyola. Of course, the L sorta broke down on the way from the downtown campus to the lakeshore campus, but the delay wasn’t that bad. I got to Lakeshore, looked over the Loyola Campus, and felt anxious to get back there. When I got off the L I met up with my friend and we went to dinner. It was a good dinner, pricey at $7.50 for Chipotle, but having the opportunity to catch up after a long time away was a good feeling.

After dinner I flagged down a cab and made my way to the concert venue.

The venue is really small. Well, not super small, but still, small. 1,100 people can fit in it, with booths and chairs along with a dance floor. All unreserved seats, so you could sit anywhere you wanted (except the booths, those were reserved.) I found a cool guy who I talked to for about an hour about music and etc then the show started.

Now being under 21 I obviously didn’t have a wristband to get me alcohol. But the guy I was with got me a beer from the waitress and I accepted after a bit of nagging. I wasn’t intending on drinking, but turning it down didn’t seem appropriate. Our waitress didn’t give a fuck that I didn’t have a wristband and I got offered a few more beers, but I turned them all down. I wasn’t there to drink, and I am glad that I stopped at one.

Anyways, the concert. First of all, José González is a great singer and guitarist. He opened the concert and was one of the main vocalists during the Zero 7 set. Some of his stuff was… ok. But then he started getting into it and I loved it. So did the crowd.

After he was done, Zero 7 came out. Like a lot of electronic groups, the main guys didn’t do much. Played keyboards a bit, messed with their Apple notebooks, and etc. The real star of the show was, again, José González and Zero 7 regular Sia Furler. Sia was just great. Very excited and was dancing and really having a fun time on stage. Jose was of course sitting down with his guitar, while the drummer/guitarists/main guys were in the background keeping everything together. I am not usually a concert person, but I have to admit, considering this trip will probably end up costing me $120, it is worth every penny.

Then I took a cab to the apartment, got in, noticed that my stuff was actually back at the office four blocks from the apartment, and made my way down the street at midnight to go grab my stuff.

Getting back I watched a few TV shows and talked for awhile then tried to get some sleep.

And now I sit here. Awake at 9:45 while everybody else is asleep, and ready to go home.

I really dislike my UWM experience.

First off, the campus. The campus is straight out of the 70s. Concrete everywhere. When I walk on campus it is a sea of concrete. The “center” of campus is a large concrete slab. The buildings are monolithic slabs of concrete. There is tall concrete, short concrete, concrete walkways, concrete hallways. You could take a black and white picture and take the same as a color picture and the color of the ground would be exactly the same. The place is… depressing.

Second: I am living at home, and taking the bus, and that means a lot of walking. I have no friends here at the moment, and I don’t see myself making many friends at UWM, being home and all. I don’t want to go and make friends with people still in high school. I have seen people who have done that and it does not turn out well. And the walking is just getting annoying.

Third: Food. The food is pricy when you are paying out of pocket. I definitely should have signed up for a meal plan.

So I have already made up my mind: I am going back to Loyola. As soon as possible.

Actually, I am going down there this weekend. Going to dinner with some friends then going to a Zero 7 concert. Take the train down and stay over with Karl and Ray for the night. Should be fun.