i kept waking up last night / this morning; i didn’t fall asleep until around 3:30am, and then i woke up at 8 am, and again at 10:30 am, and finally when i woke up around 12:30 pm i figured that was acceptable enough and got out of bed. i kept having a dream about hell’s angels (you know, the motorcycle gang) storming a castle to eat the people inside and this girl and i had to escape all sneaky-like so we wouldn’t be eaten. that’s what i get for watching the exorcism episode of “penn & teller: bullshit!” last night with bruno_boy, mytinyworld, zenmetsu and kat, i guess.

anyway, you’re probably wondering about that lunch date i had yesterday. we planned to meet up at café hon up in hampden around 2; i was running a little behind because i had to first sign some papers at the apartment complex and it was taking them a while to find the ones i needed to sign, so i sent her a message ahead of time to let her know i’d be there a little bit after 2 and she said that she’d go to her friend’s store a few stores down and that i should just give her a call once i get there, and that’s what i did.

we sat and talked and had lunch for about an hour and a half; she had the french toast and i had a BLT.

we talked about how in about a year she’s planning to move to los angeles; she said that her degree is in PR / marketing, she’s got some certifications for massage, and that on a whim she figured she’d try cosmetology… so she’s in cosmetology school, and mostly by word of mouth she’s started doing hair/makeup for some local bands. she once spent 4 months in ireland and did some band promotions there (bands would come through england and she’d help convince them to stop over in ireland and put on a show, everybody from good charlotte to nine inch nails). by more word of mouth, a friend of hers is cat-sitting or something for some hollywood somebody and happened to mention their friend who’s good at doing hair and such and now she’s got this opportunity to go to california and do the hair/makeup for marilyn manson’s stage dancers in about a year. then, depending how that works out, something involving hawaii and hair/makeup for the cast of “lost” could be in the works too.

we talked a lot during that hour and a half, that’s how i know stuff ranging from what’s in that paragraph above to the fact that her dad looks kind of like santa claus and plays the tin whistle and harmonica.

she said that she’d like to go to a baseball game since it’s been years and years since she’s gone to one. lj-land, you don’t need to tell me that i should find out when she might be free to take her to a game!

anyway, after lunch we walked down the street to her friend’s shop – i had found out that her friend works at “have fun be lucky” and i told her about paigeyiscrazey‘s artwork and wanted to see what the shop looked like. it was only about 2 blocks away, so we stopped in and said hi to her friend in the store, saw paige’s artwork hanging up behind the counter, and then we went outside where we shared a hug and went our separate ways. she said that she had fun, and i did as well. hopefully that might go somewhere, but who knows – stuff doesn’t always seem to work out well for me. she had a job interview at 4 pm as a waitress at a seafood restaurant that she was hoping to get as a second job (supposed to be some nice restaurant so she’s hoping to make good tips); i might try contacting her today to see how that went.

after that i stopped in at the beatnik barbershop and got my hair cut. read through the do’s and don’ts in the copy of vice magazine they had in there while i waited, and while i got my hair cut i was talking with the girl working there about travel and jet-lag. last time i was there we were talking about my trip to japan, and this time she had just arrived back from hungary yesterday. i told her about my photojournalism project and when i said how i might add audio of the events and locations to my final work she recommended i check out la jetée (video).

came back to the apartment, then later i met up with bruno_boy, mytinyworld, zenmetsu and kat to hang out at white flint mall and fool around in dave & buster’s. i played this boxing simulation game and now i’m ranked thirteenderd!.

we also saw trump steaks:

and apparently the “in” thing now is to gesture at whatever meat is nearby; note this picture taken with an apple iphone:

now i need to hop in the shower and get ready to go up to baltimore for the roller derby; i gotta be there around 4:15, but the derby itself doesn’t open up until 6… i’ve got a special exception so i can do my photographing!