on monday justin's dino trail came to minnesota. i was oh so excited to see him again after a weeks of non-seeing. i met him at the sculpture gardens with flashlights and umbrellas. before the show, i found mike minehart (i will post some of his photos later) and jim (farewell continental bassist) what an AMAZING crowd. justin used twitter to entice people out to see him perform a few songs--and i would say at least 60 people came. the crowd was so into it. for the most part, i just sat back and observed the smiling faces and the singing along that everybody did. i loved it. after he talked to everyone who was there and took pictures with them, i brought him back to his place, where we chilled for a few hours before his next gig (at the beat coffee house).
when we arrived to the beat, tons of people were outside waiting in the rain. brittany had been warning me, previous to arriving, that apparently the coffee house had overbooked and a comedy show was taking place. the show would have to be delayed. so justin, myself, my cousin casey, josh, tommy, claudio, tam, heather s., etc... waited outside in the crowd. it wasn't bad! we had many a laughs, and i think that everyone appreciated waiting outside more due to the fact that the band was out there waiting too, instead of hiding in a van.
eventually the doors to the beat opened, and we all piled in (packed house) to the back. casey and i stood by the door--as to breathe easier. nicely, tommy let us in through the back door for the last few songs--so that we could sit on "side-stage" to watch. justin, josh, and claudio did a fantastic job. they played at least a dozen songs--and everyone seemed quite enraptured. i become so proud of the guys when i see such dedicated crowds like the one that was there.
i met up with justin, kari, tommy, and josh at station 4 for the less than jake show on wednesday night. i love that group of people. kari and i did our (now) traditional shot at the bar (with the bartender who still remembers my name after a year of not attending), and we then looked on in awe at the upstairs dancing extravaganza happening. die hard ltj fans=passionate and perhaps a "bit" toxed. josh disappeared, and tommy left soon after arriving. justin, kari, and i ended up leaving a bit after tommy, truth be told.
justin and i then headed to downtown to meet up with beth (mcs's merch person and one of justin's best friends) at luce. luce is never a bad idea. we ended up playing trivia the whole time while we were there. we were god awful. but google helps. except for when the moderator comes over to you to ask if you were cheating, and you admit that you did (because you are good people), and then you do not even place. ha. at luce i ran into bobby, who did a crazy firework-like shot with me. i also saw meghan r.--who was taking the all time low guys out on the town. beth and justin introduced me to some of the all time low guys and some of the hey, monday guys, as they ended up sitting right behind us. very nice dudes. it was also good to sit down with beth and get to know her a bit, as i hear tons about her from stories, etc... she was super sweet--and it will be good seeing her in the future.
thanksgiving was radical. i did a split thanksgiving. one at my parent's house, and one at justin's dad's sister's house. both were lovely. everyone was kind, no one was scary, nothing was broken, all food was delicious, and all conversations were normal. whitney and heather came over to my thanksgiving, and whitney definitely stole the show. aww. my cousin casey included us in her photo project (that justin nearly had a hernia writing for). we played a strange, fun finger-shuffle-board-game at justin's (i lost severely to his mother). we ate too much food. there were good things all around! it was good practice for the christmas rounds.
the rest of the week was spent lounging with justin before he leaves for tour tomorrow. movies, movies, movies. yeehaw! i must post some recommendations of the good ones i have seen as of late.
as for these coming weeks, if you have anything fun happening that you know of--give me a shout. if i am not sleeping, working, checking farmville, catching up on netflix or lurking everything anyone posts about my boyfriend's stuff/mcs's stuff, then i will be bored and want to hang.
i'm a creep. goodnight. <3
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