  i could not have survived yesterday's journey without the help of tearaina and me first &  the gimme gimmes.
nbsp;  so off we went to santa cruz which was not that bad of a drive except for me nearly hitting another car and those winding roads up and down those damn mountains. nbsp;  right as we get into santa cruz,  i look in my rear view mirror and see this guy in his car with an ornament hanging off his rear view mirror. nbsp;  the ornament was a big wooden up side down cross,  on purpose. nbsp;  tea and i looked at each other and asked ourselves are we in hell? nbsp;
 then we get lost and pull over at a gas station.
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 tea asked the really cute gas attendant with a southern accent for directions.
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 he wasn't the smartest guy though.
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 he was smoking out in the fuel pump area.
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 when we finally found the place and got parking.
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 we decided to walk around downtown which was sad because no building exceeded three floors.
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 so while we are walking around,  this " homeless"  guys asks us,  " can you spare the hate?
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 i was about ready to throw change at the fucker's face.
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 being in santa cruz,  tea and i realized we were the only coloured people who didn't get their colour by tanning.
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 to fit in there you have to have bleach blonde hair in dredlocks,  flip flops,  boarder shorts,
 and hemp jewelry.  so we are in line for the concert.
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 this lady is selling hoobastank beenies.
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 this guy behind us screams, how much?
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 she says, ten bucks!
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 he says, what a rip off!
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 she says, yeah!  like your mom!
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 then this car drives by and this chicks uses one of those damned loud blow horns thinking it was funny.
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 i scream out, funny that's the same sound your mom made last nite!
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 i gave up the warfield for the crappy ass santa cruz civic auditorium.
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 tea and i realized we drove all this way to hear one song.
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 but the show was really good.
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 the first group was actually good for an emo rock band.
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 i like the guys voice.
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 i bought their cd and then went up to the concession stand to be a dick and ask for beer.
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 of course they have none.
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 i just wanted to be a dick.
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 apparently tea and i were one of the few people who were over 21 and not a parent.
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 then phantom planet came on minus jacques.
nbsp;
 i found out later he left the band to pursue a career in photography.
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 but alex,  darren and sam are so hot.
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 and their on stage antics had so much gay sexual ineuendo.
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 then hoobastank came on.
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 i have never been to a rock show like this,  and it was good.
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 the lead singer's shirt didn't last long and man is he CUT and kinda hot cuz he's CUT.
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 but of course i couldn't stop looking at the guitar player.
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 he is so hot.  then as we are driving back over the mountains,  there was this lighted area in the middle of the forest where three white crosses were shining bright.
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 SCARY!
