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TRIP FIVE - DBX/Disarray (again!)

"... all around the world, girls will be girls!"

WHO:       Moo & I
WHEN:     September 6th - September 9th, 2003
WHERE:   Chicago, IL & South Bend, IN (supposed to be Indianapolis tho)
WHAT:     DBX/Disarray shows
WHY:       Well, why not, ya know? It's a 3-day weekend, we can financially pull it off so why the hell not???

Whew another trip! We definitely didn't tell the parental types about this one cause they'd be worried about my grades, our finances and whatnot. Moo came home from CA with a grand in her pocket, she was planning on spending some and saving the rest for flying back to CA. Sooo we had the money... well, SHE had the money and I had some spare change. After Texas we lounged around Melissa's apartment (again! We live half our lives there...) and said that this COULDN'T come to an end!!! We gotta see more shows, it's hilarious! Yeah GWAR is touring soon (at this point we didn't have extra dates) but it won't be a DBX show! Melissa started grad school that fall and couldn't dick off anymore. Moo & I were on our own... God it would feel so weird without her tho! :( She'd been there every step of the way... our trouble-some three-some was gonna be a terrible two-some... but it didn't stop us from BEGGING Melissa to come. She kept saying she'd think about it...
We left Friday evening on the 6th and instead of heading north in I-75, I said, "Hang on Moo..." and skidded south instead... we're going to go to Melissa's and force her! The nite before I told her, "Alright, if Moo & I show up at your door and pack your bags for you, will you come??" and she said maybe. May as well give it a shot. Moo saw her car on the road heading in the other direction as we approached her house... "Where is she going??" we thought. Ah, it's Melissa, she's going to Burger king. Sure enough, we followed her into Burger King, parked the car then attacked her in the drive thru. Moo threw herself on the hood, "C'mon, pack your shit!! You're coming to Chicago!!" ahh she was freaked out, to say the least.
We talked for a bit, she really couldn't pull it off... we got her on videotape saying, "Alright, after this FUCK responsibility!!! I will go on another roadtrip, I promise!! FUCK SCHOOL!" she shouted from the top of her car for all of east Tampa to hear.
Moo & I hit the road, I was in tears as we left Melissa behind... this was gonna be a weird trip. From then on out it really did feel like a piece of us was missing... imagine the weirdness when Moo was gone too... but more about that later.
We paid homage to Charlie, of course.
I don't remember the drive, probably cause I was sleeping half the time! We get to Chicago and our usual way of finding a hotel would be to first find the venue, then start peeling our eyes for the nearest hotel. Well that didn't work that nite. We found NOTHING!!! Oh man... except for some Love Palace Caesar's Inn... honeymoon suites with heartshaped tubes, the whole cheesy bit. Even the lobby had these fountains with glowing lights... looked like a pimp pad. "I am NOT staying here!" Moo cried. The part of town left MUCH to be desired too... the inside of the room was worse. Carpet all stained and there were short 'n' curlies all over the shower!!!!!!!!!!   Moo is paranoid of public bathrooms as it is so this was a real trip.   And the guys in the room across from us were all creepy and eyeing us. Tensions high, Moo & I got into a screaming match that nite over dripping water on the floor. We also got into it in Austin, fuck, every roadtrip when we were behind closed doors we'd let the fur fly, claws come out & let the screaming begin. I guess spending that much time with someone will do that to ya. Plus we fought like animals when we were kids to the point of one of us bleeding, crying and bruised so this was nothing new for us. After we snapped and refused to talk to each other, we get to the club.
Now I have NO IDEA how we didn't realize the club was 21 & up since that's the first thing I check for all shows... but there was a sign on the door (well 2... the first said, "DMX is NOT playing here tonite!") that said "YOU MUST BE 21 TO ENTER" Huh?! How did this happen?!?   We wouldn't have headed out if we knew it wasn't all ages. "I'm so sorry Moo! WTF are we going to do?!!"   Moo is going to sit in the parking lot and press her face up against the glass like a puppy dog. No one knew we were showing up except Vance so I guess you could say it was a pleasant surprise? Hah... NOT!   We were greeted by one of them with a confused look and a howl of, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GIRLS DOING HERE?!?! YOU ARE FUCKING CRAZY!!!" Hey, hey! Calm down man... you'll get used to this soon enough! "We wanted to see some more shows, duh!" I said... he rolled his eyes and mumbled how crazy we were, heh heh... he was cool with it tho. I'll still never understand why people think it's a big deal to trek around the country for some shows. The U.S. isn't that big, it sure as hell ain't big enough to stop 2 little girls from hitting it up. If you have the time & money, then why the fuck not?!!? Opportunity knocks, you best damn open that door cause you never know when you'll have another chance. And Moo & I will be damned if we're gonna lead boring, usual lives with no excitement or adventure. If someone really digs something, you'll usually revel in it and no one thinks you're weird. But oh, God forbid you start to drive a distance for it people think you're nuts. I'm talking about my friends and family back home here, folks... not the folks we met on the road who said, "you're nuts!"... that's cool to hear that, but the friends/family back home who scold you and roll their eyes, telling you your hobby is frivolous and retarded. It sorta hurts after awhile.
Anyway... we're in the parking lot of Champs, running back and forth many times to the 7-11 across the street. Vance approached me while I was probably nudging my toe into the ground & mumbling about how much the club sucked for not allowing my baby Moo in. "Hey, see that guy right over there?" he said, pointing towards a very tall dude (you know, someone who's 5'1 or taller?) standing near the vans where the bands were loading in/out. "Yeah..." I said. "He's the new 'Beefcake'..." he said. "What? NO WAY!" I whispered... "Um, is he just checking out the show?" "No, he has another band, L.A.W. and they're playing tonite..." he said. "Oh! No shit, 4 down, 5 to go, hmmm?" I said, referring to the fact that Moo & I had now almost met everyone in GWAR. Heh heh, #5, the poor bastard we finally met in Myrtle Beach.. He'd be Moo's punching bag for the remainder of her time on the road. Well, I'm of course too chicken shit to just start talking with people so Vance introduced us. He said something along the lines of, "You drove here from FL for a DBX show? You're crazy!!" Heh heh heh... if only you knew how crazy Moo & I were!   I wanted to check out their set but only heard it from outside cause I refused to leave lil Moo alone outside... needed to find a babysitter...   NEXT!!!