two shows. two friends.buffalo. syracuse.
on tour bus. listening to the new no doubt cd. in syracuse. some dudes i knew since i was 15 or 16 came on the bus. obviously the only reason a girl gets on a rock tour bus is because she's hooking up with someone!
ugh. constant battle. i think the guys in syracuse all must list "when harry met sally" as their #1 favorite movie. cause they honestly believe that girls and guys cannot be friends. that their female counterpart has to be younger, dumber, less worldly. has to place them on a pedestal. make them feel like they are the smartest, coolest, most innovative thinker.
it's not just syracuse. it's the scene. the culture created by putting a bunch of guys in constant competition. for a limited pool of girls. that is, until blink 182 got popular. and green day. then it was socially acceptable for the cheerleader to date the guy with the mohawk. and every boy who wouldn't have gotten a second glance years before was out to find his diane court. the floodgates were opened.
at what point did i pigeon hole myself into a subset of a sub-genre? i was telling a friend at work party, who's an ex-hc dude, married to his h.s. sweetheart, full sleeve tattoos, same music collection as me, that it is virtually impossible for me to date someone who likes the dave matthews band. he just shook his head and laughed...
post script...
"another quarter mile
we can't stop running
must be on time
holding the lost files
a drop off coming too soon for us
this is the switch
one day
one far from we're in now
one day
we'll look back and laugh
if we make the checkpoint
all our worries will be gone for some time
a stolen suitcase full of your secrets
soon will unwind
this is the switch
play innocent
we're innocent
i wash my hands...
we'll move to a foreign town
in argentina, if you're down
no one will recognize us
spending with our new disguises on...
if only the switch will come."
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