So school has been going alright and Monday is the day I choose my classes for the last semester, but who cares about that junk? I went and saw Henry Rollins last night!
I met up with Brad, Sarah, and Smuda at Starbucks and picked me up a white hot chocolate, my favorite beverage. I really don't see the appeal of coffee, even the lightest of coffee drinks tastes crummy to me. I can have a latte with a lot of flavoring every once in a while and even the occasional frappachino isn't bad but, even those refuse to not have a crummy aftertaste to me.
We walked from where we parked up hill for 5 blocks which was fun. Oh, and yeah there were parking spots right in front. We are smart.
We waited outside for the doors to open and shot the breeze for a bit. At one point we were detailing a party we were going to in our hometown in International Falls Saturday night, where we are celebrating UFC (Larry's cousin Sean Sherk is fighting that night), Sarah's birthday, and Halloween for some reason. Some guy butt into our convo saying, "You aren't going to believe this, but I'm going to that party! I live on Sarah's floor man!" Apparently he was misled to believe the Sarah in question wasn't the one with us, but some other mystery person attending school in Duluth. And also that we were talking about Friday night.
I dunno man. I would never make such a leap of faith with a group of strangers, the chances of us talking about the same party were slim to none as it was. Brad was just like "What are you saying?" but the guy didn't get the hint and just thought we were as incredulous as he was. So we just played along and said we'd see him there, and laughed about it once he was out of sight.
We went inside and it turned out the Sacred Heart Music Center we were at was a desanctified church. A very strange location for Mr. Henry Rollins, who doesn't exactly share my Christian faith. Course as he explained himself later, it's his people that pick the places he speaks at.
He came out, and since we were front row he was about 6 feet away all night. It was pretty awesome. He talked a lot about the election and about his views on the world, freedom, and humanism. He had a lot of great anecdotes, like his recent work in film, his travels to the middle east, and encounters with airport security. Overall, it was a hilarious night full of brilliant insight and concepts to reconsider and think over. He's a pretty awesome guy.
His basic message was that there is a lot of terrible stuff in the world but you have to question the media and authority all the time and see for yourself was people are like, such as these middle easterners everyone is so scared of. It was a great message and it's one we need in this time of fear mongering. He also has inspired me to start keeping random journals of whatever I am thinking about, given that he does the same and it's always crossed my mind. I figure now is as good a time as any, and plan on buying a composition notebook to fill next chance I get. Should be interesting. One important distinction though is that I can't be writing for other people. While writing for others occasionally inspires me, it also restricts me, and those inspirations are few and far between. Maybe if I just write for myself for a while I'll learn something new.
Somehow he talked for 3 hours and it didn't feel that long at all. What a good night.
Today has been typical. Lacey from Goth Lit texted me an hour before class wondering why no one was in class, so that was pretty funny. Otherwise nothing out of the ordinary, cept after my last A.I. class ever I need to go to the C.H.U.M. office with David for a few hours to learn how to use the new database. I am not exaclty looking forward to this. I am actually kind of dreading it and wish I could just go home. I am really looking forward to starting my 4 day weekend and now I won't get home till 8 or later. Garg.
What ev, just go with the flow I suppose. Anyway, go watch some Henry Rollins speeches on youtube, and I'll chat at you later.
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