february 25th 2009 wednesday 10:42 am so, i know i'm terribly late on this, but i have been listening to menomena for the past two days. everyone else probably doesn't like them anymore, but i do and i must reiterate to myself: "why has it taken me this long?!" my first perceptions of this band were way off on what they actually sound like. that, or maybe i heard one song and classified them based on that. funny how one song can do that. people listen to "my girls" and probably think the rest of the album is going to be great. i mean, it is, but it's not that great. i guess that's why they're chosen as singles. i just purchased some brown ankle boots that look strikingly similar to this pair: except mine are made of a light suede material. they have a cute houndstooth (of black white red cream and golden yellow) lining on the inside. i'm pretty sure the sole is bound leather so they are pretty sturdy. they're made in spain, size 6.5, and have brown laces. these kind of shoes are really hip with people who... probably like menomena. ha! i'm just sounding like a jerk now, but, yes, they are hip. i think they're the perfect mixture of cute and ugly. it's like something you'd find in your mother's closet leftover from the 80s. i got my oil changed. waiting is the hardest part for me. i guess i am a naturally antsy person although i don't mind waiting in lines or places if a friend is with me. speaking of friends, i went to eat indian food with my friend jessica. she brought her boyfriend and he brought two other guys. of course, before i leave to go eat out with "her" she texts me and says "he's bringing a friend ;)". blah. at first i thought she was trying to set me up with said friend so i decided to bring my friend cory with me. it turns out that her boyfriend brought two other guy friends and they were both taken. so the night was pretty pleasant although they were all in the army so that's pretty much what their conversations were about. i don't blame them because that is a major part of their life. anyway, i was pretty quiet for the most part because i didn't know what to say in response to what they were talking about, but cory had some pretty good input to the conversation so it wasn't that awkward on our end. i mean, it was awkward because i'm sitting there like, what the fuck. i hate the army. i don't want to talk about the army. but other than that the naan was good and my food was really good. you can choose to make your dish mild medium or hot. i didn't want to get something overly spicy so i got mine medium. mistake! the medium at this place doesn't even taste like it can be called mild. there was no spice. i hate that about some indian restaurants here in america. i guess i'm just used to spicy things. i'm going to a show this friday. i'm pretty sure the bands are going to be terrible (because i am a pretentious jerk. just kidding... kind of) but i get to hang out with a few of my friends so it'll be worth it. it should be good. they also invited me to an event on saturday night that benefits refugees of sudan- relating to the darfur conflict. i think it's held in an art gallery, but there will be music there as well. i'm going to be more lenient on the music there because it does benefit a good cause. i'm not that big of a jerk.