| TRIP SIX - DISARRAY |
| "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose...' " |
| WHO: Moo & I WHEN: September 21st - 22nd, 2002 WHERE: Birmingham, AL WHAT: Disarray show WHY: Why not? We don't have anything else better left to do this weekend... Variety is the spice of life and so is spontaneity!!! This was an interesting little trip because we had no intention of taking it. Disarray had a show in Orlando on September 20th, I bought all my crackhead friends out to it. Before the show started we were just bullshitting around, they were talking about a last minute gig for the following nite that was booked in Birmingham, AL. "Wow, have fun!" we told them. I don't know who's idea it was, probably mine... but I bet Butthole started talking about it first, daring me to go. Before I knew it I was saying, "Yeah Moo, what stopping us?" she smiled.... "Nothing!" "You have any plans this weekend or gotta be home for anything?" "Nope!" "Alright then!" I doubt she was even packed for the trip, it really wasn't planned!!! We tried to convince Melissa to go since we missed her in Chicago/South Bend 3 weeks earlier... she didn't go tho. Everyone piled back to my place after the show, lesson learned about roommates and bringing strangers home! Not like we learned the lesson tho cause Moo & I bought someone else in about 2 weeks later and again got weird looks from my roommates. But we crashed there and woke at some ungodly hour of the AM. Melissa split and so did we... no directions, not sure how to get there, we just knew how to find Alabama. Around lunchtime we were hungry so Moo & I checked out our "Next Exit" book (the roadtrip bible! A large guide to all the interstates around the country and what's on every exit; restaurants, gas stations, hotels, hospitals, drug stores, walmarts in every state! Don't leave for a trip without it...) to find the nearest Taco Bell. Our dreams were crushed when we approached a smoldering pile of rubble that once was a Taco Bell... I guess the fire was recent cause it was still a fucking mess and we couldn't see why they'd leave it like that, such an eye sore. Then again it WAS Alabama... We finally get there and looks like a damn Emo fest!! We kid ya not... the venue was complete with couches and everything... and full of sad, sad emo kids. I fell asleep for a bit, dead tired from the road!!! I thought it was a great show, too bad there were too many emo kids there. They were horrified at the sight of a metal band and instead sobbed into their "bags of feelings"... Moo & I got to sell merch for a bit... that was interesting. Moo decided that you need to really get your stuff out to the crowd in order to sell it... so she pulls on a pair of thongs that had the band's logo on them and hops up on the merch table, hooting, waving her arms around, modeling the panties. People sure enough are looking... but I don't think she sold any. We did sell a shirt tho. Since no one is paying attention to Moo's taunts, she starts to sing... and what does she sing? DBX's "Masturbate" and all the kids were just "WTF?!?" I couldn't stop laughing, I switched on the camcorder and tried to record it all... when the band came back, Moo was all, "Yeah, I modeled some of your stuff," she said, pointing to the panties which were pulled up over her jeans. We had to snap some pics of her with the guys, see above!!! After the show we hit up a hotel and just crashed! We had a long drive ahead of us! I fell asleep thinking how awesome it was that Moo & I just threw it to the wind and bailed, not giving much thought... all spontaneous. I almost did something like that to Ohio once to see my friend Chantel, I was gonna cruise up there for a weekend and decided it sometime on Wednesday or Thursday nite... heh heh... didn't happen tho. The next AM we went to Wendy's for some lunch... Moo & I were happily chatting about the upcoming GWAR tour, the first show would be in less than 2 weeks in Myrtle Beach! We were psyched!! Poor Moo goes into the bathroom and damn she's got her period. The poor girl ALWAYS has her period on the road... :( While we're eating, it spills out that she's having problems so we talked about being on the rag, having the runs, shitting your pants, nice stuff like that. Exchanged lots of good stories that'll make yer skin crawl while you're trying to eat. I even managed to sneak in the story of "The Lost String"... use your imagination, it's a little bit long to get into it now. But if you wanna hear it, feel free to email me and I'll be MORE THAN HAPPY to enlighten you about the "lost string"... tampon string, of course. This trip marked the birth of the phrase, "bloodbath down south in the nappy dugout..." Back to the hotel, we dicked around in the parking lot for awhile before saying bye. By now Moo's cramps were so severe she couldn't stand upright... hence the picture above where everyone is clutching their gut a-la Moo, mocking her cries of pain. It was a nice chat, just talked about everything, all sorts of shit... I miss those guys, we always have a blast when they're around. The drive home? Moo & I snapped at each other and had our usual catty bitchfight... only about 10 minutes after we left!!! Poor Moo was ravaged with some awful PMS tho... so she went to sleep. The drive on I-20 E towards Atlanta was fucking BEAUTIFUL!!! To this day it still remains one of the prettiest drives ever on an interstate... I-64 E from Charleston to Richmond was cool too but no where near as nice as this... awww... memories. I haven't been on it since that trip, hopefully I'll hit it again. LESSONS LEARNED: - Keep advil or some kinda period medicine at hand in case Aunt Flo decides to crash the party... ROADTRIP PAGE!!!! |
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