Glimmer of Hope

Last night was really the first night I let loose in my new hometown and enjoyed myself. I'm mega hungover as a result, but I'll survive. Augusta is basically a small city compared to Philly, the entire downtown area encompasses about 12 city blocks. Downtown is where the magic happens on the weekends, all the bars are within walking distance of each other and lucky for me, I live only 2 blocks off the stretch. Until last night however, I didn't take advantage of my location and hadn't really spent much time at any of the local watering holes. What drew me out last night was the promise of a Weezer tribute band called El Scorcho playing at a place called Soulbar. Considering my love for Weezer, I figured that even if they were cheesy or pathetic, at least I know that I like the songs. Anyhow, I'm pleased to report that these guys were EXCELLENT. The only guy who really resembles a member of Weezer is the Rivers Cuomo guy and he looks just like him....which is borderline frightening to me. Did he make himself look like Rivers or did he already and decide to capitalize on that? Either scenario is just plain odd to me. But getting back to the music, these guys come out and do the Blue album straight through from beginning to end in the order of the CD. The place was packed, everyone was eating it up, there was even slow dancing during the softer songs...a great time was had by all. Syd and I even slow danced like high schoolers during Say It Ain't So, all spread apart and shit. It was fun as hell to just let loose and get drunk and fucking enjoy myself for once.

Sidenote: I'm not sure if hanging out with a group of really hot girls is a help or a hindrance yet. Sydney, Lindsey and Joolie attract a lot of attention from the guys down here and that kind of puts me this awkward position since I'm platonically hanging out with the girls all the guys want to fuck. Most of the guys seem to envy my relationship with them, so it's not that bad. I'm just wondering if I'm going to be able to find a nice girl for myself if I'm always hanging out with a bunch of cute girls. I was realizing last night after about 8 Stella Artois that I think what I miss most about home is the male camaraderie. I don't have any guy friends down here and I'm not sure I'm going to bond with the guys who I meet that are focused on banging my female friends.