Saul Williams

Went out Thursday night. Went out Friday night. 

Thursday night ended up being sort of strange. I was supposed to go hang out with Dan and Tim in the East Bay which didn't happen. At 7:30 Frisco and Allan called and said they were on their way to the mission. I told them to come pick me up and then I could still go out to Dan's later. After we chilled in the mission for awhile we decided to go to North Beach. We went to this bar that had live music. There was this very old (65?) French man there who was extremely drunk. He kept hitting on me but I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying because he had a very heavy French accent and because he was really really drunk. Finally I agreed to dance with him. For one dance he stumbled around spitting in my face. After the dance he invited me to an all expenses paid vacation with him in Chile. Ick gross. Though I have to admit I did think about it for a second. I imagined myself taking the plane ride with him, then running away once in Chile and heading to the beach where I would meet and marry a sexy South American man. After the bar we ended up in a very sad strip club where the women were not sexy and kind of looked like men.

Friday I met up with some ex-coworkers downtown for a drink. Then Miros came and had a drink with us and at around 9 Miros and I left for Berkeley to see Saul Williams. 

The show was so ramped and energetic but didn't start till about 12. The doors opened at 9. Miros and I got to Berkeley around 10:00. We decided to walk down the street and go get some food. We got back around 11 and had to wait for Saul which didn't start till midnight. The show ended at like 1:30. I was so tired by the end of the show from standing up for so long. Saul and his band mates came out dressed all punk. They had feathers in their hair that looked like Mohawks. In between loud, aggressive punkish music Saul intermixed his spoken word poems. It was a cool show. The crowd was awesome. There was a mix of both older and younger people. The crowd was really evenly mixed racially as well which was cool.  

Today I should go out and get some fresh air. The sun is out. Hopefully it will be warm again. It's Saturday! I am going to take a break from job hunting and relax.