i just came back from seeing the hives. i got there late though, and only saw 40 minutes of the show. i stepped in just as pelle howled the end of main offender — "why me?!" but it's not like they have a vast library of albums to play from anyway, so i probably only missed 15mins or so.

anyways, from what i saw it was a good show. at least i saw them play all the songs i like and capped off the evening with my favourite aka I.D.I.O.T. the lead singer looks and acts like a young mick jagger, but you know, sings punk instead. one guitarist looks like tobey mcguire, the other looks like horatio sanz from snl, and the bassist looks morales from oz. i didn't get a good look at the drummer.

i'll be there early for the white stripes show next weekend though. those stripers rock.

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on another note, it's time for me to buy a cell phone. i don't really need one since i'd only ever call like 3 people, but if it means not having to use a public payphone again, then i must have one. i hate payphones. first you have to wander the streets looking for one. it's always a block away, never right in front of you. and when you do find one, it won't accept your quarter. insert quarter...chug, chug, chug.....clink. insert different quater...chug, chug, chug.....clink. fucking cock goblin phone company. so you have to walk another block to the next one. and that handset is all sticky and the entire area smells like a urinal, so you walk another block. and when you're finally on the phone, you just know the people walking by are snickering at you... "ooooh, look honey, it's one of those non-cellphone people"

and after all that, you get the answering machine.