so pretty much all establishments serving alcohol here are called hotels. i dont understand the logistics behind it, but aussies do things all different over here so it doesn't matter.
irregardless.
friday was the full moon party. before that, anj and i hit up the pavilion hotel for $3 drinks. amazing. it was a good thing i was sick the night before so i could limit my intake.
the music there was def not my type, but anj enjoyed it so that was alright. i was super awkward and there were lotsa ugmos creeping in on us. not cool.
so around midnight we ditched it for the real 
party. club blink.
party. club blink. it was $10 which almost deterred us, but the music was awesome and the people were hot, so we went for it anyway.
downstairs was pretty chill. people drinking and chatting. but upstairs was a friggen madhouse.
metal and other various hard rock music. it was hot. i definitely felt this music and went crazy. it was amazing.
lotsa moshing and jumping around.
it was cool to see guys dancing with each other without worrying that they'd be perceived as homo. it was very nice.
i was worried that anj would not have any fun, but she rocked out too, and i was very proud of her. aaand, by virtue of her feet hurting, she sat down beside a cute boy with whom she talked the whoooole night.
so last night was a little more mellow stuff. liquid buzz.
alt/indie music. i didn't have anyone to go with, but i decided it woulda been a great opportunity to meet some friends who were into the same shit that i was, so i bit the bullet and went.
at first it was a little awkward cuz there wasnt nearly as many people as the night before. so it was a little weird dancing by myself. but i joined it with a group of people, which was alright.
but one song had everyone bail, so i had to get a beer and chill for a bit.
while i was nursing my drink and people watching, i spotted the tallest dude of life. 6'8 and he was with a fun-looking group of people, so i set my target on them and eventually went for it.
they were really rad. most of them were bandmates, and girlfriends of bandmates who were actually making money for playing music. what a concept eh.
i couldnt quite catch the tall dude's name, but i remember dave was a short guitarist with a shorter girlfriend. erin was awesome and reminded me of julia from back home. her dude was a mohawked bassist whose name i cant remember...oh and brad.
brad was pretty much as awkward as me. a very shy dancer, but man when he was breaking out the water sprinkler and the shopping cart, he was on fire.
nobody quite knew how to dance to mcr's the ___ parade (suck with song titles/lyrics) cuz of all the different tempos. so i grabbed him and slow danced, then when it all got fast we jigged and cut it up. he dipped me and i didnt even fall!
it was awesome.
he was like the only single cute guy there. and all the couples kept ramming their tongues down each other's throat. it was a pretty good show.
even some ugmos found each other and were showing some love. that was special.
unfortunately the night ended at 3am when the bright lights came on and the music turned off. bummer.
we chilled outside for a bit deciding what to do. most of the band left to go wherever, and a few stayed behind. brad was surprised to hear my accent when i said goodbye cuz when music is blaring and someone's screaming to compete, it's hard to detect.
haaha i have an accent.
but yeah, didn;t get anybody;s contact, but they're there pretty often, so that's alright by me. i just wanted to meet a group of people that actually enjoyed doing what i did, liked the same music, and were chill and laidback.
mission accomplished :)
