last night we went to an art exhibition at junctionview studios. they called it 'biggie smalls' and had only really big or really small pieces. also there were several bands playing and it was byob. all of our old upstairs neighbors were there: chris, and the rest in one of the bands, blake, jay, and curt. also some school friends were there. joe was running about taking photographs for tristans band that did the after party music, at which time we were dancin crazy. after the music ended we went out back and sat on these giant wooden spools that were five feet tall when on their sides. they were stacked every which way and we climbed and sat and talked drunk in the warm summer night air. some people tipped a few up so they would roll and then climbed atop to walk on it like a barrel in the water. as we were leaving amber slipped trying to climb down from the top of the stack. she hit her side pretty bad on the way down, but luckily she's okay. we thought at first she may have hit her head or fractured a rib, so we rushed her to the car and abandoned my bike chained up to a pole, me jumping in the back seat of the car and amber's good friend driving us home. after some worry, we decided she was okay, just bruised up a bit and shaken up a bit, too. it was a really super fun night with that exception. makes me feel like we should all be more careful when we are being wild, or better yet just be more chill than wild.

so we are supposed to be going to lollapalooza in 1 month. we have the tickets, and we have a hotel room. we don't have our bus tickets, any spending money saved up, or a credit card to use as a deposit for the room (which is apparently common practice in hotels in cities). we also don't have any money for next months rent yet, it being only the 11th, but we really must start making some serious money if we are going to make it happen. we have considered not going and just selling our tickets so that we can enjoy doing some other things this summer. plus we each would like to purchase a few things while school isnt weighing us down. i want a photo enlarger, a vintage record player from the antique store, some art supplies, a haircut, and a vintage nintendo system. she wants new bike wheels and tires, a haricut, a tatoo, the record player (also), and im sure some sort of musical instrument such as a 12 string or a harmonium, the latter both of which sadaruchie owns and plays with much skill. oh also, she probably still wants her own projector so she can stop renting one from the school.

so we'll see. we could relax and probably get a few things that we each want and enjoy the summer, or we can bust our asses working all month and then go to chicago for an awesome weekend. it would really be great if we could have the best of both, but we just dont make that kind of money.

i do get to stretch my ears another size tomorrow. im super excited. theyre getting bigger. cant wait to get them up closer to an inch. well i think im gonna go do some drawing and whatnot.