Concert Recap!
Feb. 9th, 2010 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
epik_noodlesOkay.... so my phone was confiscated for about a week.
I didn't get the chance to post the pictures for the day of the Utada concert.
So sorry for sounding repetitive...
Starting with my morning...
I was going to post this anyways since someone brought up duck feet and the place I'm house sitting is nearby "Argyle", which is technically the name of the street it's on, but its Chicago's "Asiantown", a large mixed community of all Asians. The picture of the banner was really hard to get because it was up so high and I kept worrying that my phone wouldn't get a clear shot.
Everyone who lives near the northside just calls it Argyle, it's much shorter than saying "Asiantown District".
On the day of the concert, Miki and I woke up early to buy some Vietnamese Subs(we call sandwiches 'subs' in the mid-west), some baos, and some mooncakes for myself. I bought two subs, one pulled chicken sub to eat for breakfast and one pork fat/skin sub to munch on before the concert.
After Argyle, we went ice skating at the indoor ice rink in "Skokie"(the next town over). We always go into the nearby town because admission rates in Chicago are unfair, but at least I have a skater's pass for the place in Skokie. As I have said once before, My sister and I use different skates... we think alike, sound alike, act alike (its kind of creepy), but we are total opposites when it comes to interests. My sister uses "figure skates" like the ones you see on TV where they're doing fancy twirls and I use "velocity skates" which are designed like hockey skates, but built to maintain balance and are wonderful for accelerating. My sister wants to dance on ice and I want to skate really fast until I slam into a wall from being unable to stop.
Well actually, there was this one random guy at the rink who was fascinated by my skates. He's really good at skating since he can skate backwards and do crisscrosses. After public skating session was over, he was talking to me in the locker area. He asked what type of skates I used; whether they were hockey skates or not. I told him that they aren't hockey skates and I'm not to familiar with the types since I'm still a beginner, but the skates are under the "recreational class." He was amazed and asked where I bought them from, apparently we bought our skates from the same store. He then said, "recreational skates do not belong to any category. Unlike my hockey skates, your skates allow you to release more power and speed, as a matter of fact... you're really good yourself, how long have you been skating?" I replied pathetically, "this is only my fourth time...I still need to practice." The guy then said, "oh, if you'd like, I can give you tips and lessons, I'm here in the morning, I'll be more than happy to help you out."
I don't know how to respond to his offer, but I didn't go skating this week because I woke up late. I guess I'll see him again next week.
Then at night...
At the concert, there was a no camera policy, so I didn't take pictures inside, but I took a few pictures outside before it started. While I was waiting in line to enter the venue, I was eating my snacks, which I bought from Argyle. I was happily eating my sandwich when all of a sudden Eric viciously attacked my sandwich while I was still holding it. Eric took a REALLY big bite... my poor sandwich, I wasn't expecting that.
Here are the pictures outside the House of Blues:
Jason and Eric.
Miki and Yan.
The group plus Eric's friend(whom I still do not know the name of).
We all had fun until Eric decided to ditch us and somehow almost got into a fight with some random kid.
I do not need to repeat what happened because I already wrote about it somewhere in this journal.
As for my day today... School and back home, the end...
OMG! THERE'S 14 INCHES OF SNOW OUTSIDE MY HOUSE (I just looked outside right now), WHAT IS GOING ON?! IT'S STILL SNOWING, WILL IT EVER END?! WHY HAS THE WEATHER BEEN CRAZY LATELY?!
CHICAGO HAS NOT HAD THIS MUCH SNOW SINCE 2006.
Until next time, bye for now...
I'm guessing that everyone else will be digging themselves out tomorrow...
Good luck and stay warm everyone.
I didn't get the chance to post the pictures for the day of the Utada concert.
So sorry for sounding repetitive...
Starting with my morning...
I was going to post this anyways since someone brought up duck feet and the place I'm house sitting is nearby "Argyle", which is technically the name of the street it's on, but its Chicago's "Asiantown", a large mixed community of all Asians. The picture of the banner was really hard to get because it was up so high and I kept worrying that my phone wouldn't get a clear shot.
Everyone who lives near the northside just calls it Argyle, it's much shorter than saying "Asiantown District".
On the day of the concert, Miki and I woke up early to buy some Vietnamese Subs(we call sandwiches 'subs' in the mid-west), some baos, and some mooncakes for myself. I bought two subs, one pulled chicken sub to eat for breakfast and one pork fat/skin sub to munch on before the concert.
After Argyle, we went ice skating at the indoor ice rink in "Skokie"(the next town over). We always go into the nearby town because admission rates in Chicago are unfair, but at least I have a skater's pass for the place in Skokie. As I have said once before, My sister and I use different skates... we think alike, sound alike, act alike (its kind of creepy), but we are total opposites when it comes to interests. My sister uses "figure skates" like the ones you see on TV where they're doing fancy twirls and I use "velocity skates" which are designed like hockey skates, but built to maintain balance and are wonderful for accelerating. My sister wants to dance on ice and I want to skate really fast until I slam into a wall from being unable to stop.
Well actually, there was this one random guy at the rink who was fascinated by my skates. He's really good at skating since he can skate backwards and do crisscrosses. After public skating session was over, he was talking to me in the locker area. He asked what type of skates I used; whether they were hockey skates or not. I told him that they aren't hockey skates and I'm not to familiar with the types since I'm still a beginner, but the skates are under the "recreational class." He was amazed and asked where I bought them from, apparently we bought our skates from the same store. He then said, "recreational skates do not belong to any category. Unlike my hockey skates, your skates allow you to release more power and speed, as a matter of fact... you're really good yourself, how long have you been skating?" I replied pathetically, "this is only my fourth time...I still need to practice." The guy then said, "oh, if you'd like, I can give you tips and lessons, I'm here in the morning, I'll be more than happy to help you out."
I don't know how to respond to his offer, but I didn't go skating this week because I woke up late. I guess I'll see him again next week.
Then at night...
At the concert, there was a no camera policy, so I didn't take pictures inside, but I took a few pictures outside before it started. While I was waiting in line to enter the venue, I was eating my snacks, which I bought from Argyle. I was happily eating my sandwich when all of a sudden Eric viciously attacked my sandwich while I was still holding it. Eric took a REALLY big bite... my poor sandwich, I wasn't expecting that.
Here are the pictures outside the House of Blues:
Jason and Eric.
Miki and Yan.
The group plus Eric's friend(whom I still do not know the name of).
We all had fun until Eric decided to ditch us and somehow almost got into a fight with some random kid.
I do not need to repeat what happened because I already wrote about it somewhere in this journal.
As for my day today... School and back home, the end...
OMG! THERE'S 14 INCHES OF SNOW OUTSIDE MY HOUSE (I just looked outside right now), WHAT IS GOING ON?! IT'S STILL SNOWING, WILL IT EVER END?! WHY HAS THE WEATHER BEEN CRAZY LATELY?!
CHICAGO HAS NOT HAD THIS MUCH SNOW SINCE 2006.
Until next time, bye for now...
I'm guessing that everyone else will be digging themselves out tomorrow...
Good luck and stay warm everyone.
