The Only Thing I Know: May 2010

I look at my self
The person in the mirror is asking me...
Asking me why I lie to myself,
What's the meaning of this charade,
Or the reason why.
'Cause no one knows me quite better than I know myself,
But that doesn't stop me from asking myself
The reason why. No reason why
We lie to ourselves or anyone else.
I look inside my life,
'Cause I can see the things that no one else can see
About the real me.
'Cause it's only the outside
You really see. So don't ask me why I keep inside
The things that I choose to hide.
Still it doesn't stop me from asking myself.
It gets me farther behind,
Cheaters never prosper
I've heard that line.
But it keeps me set in my ways
Look me up after you've found out.

This song written my Pennywise. I one of my favorite songs ever. The words are really intense. And I have to say I relate to them.

Well, for me the weekend started the Wednesday, when I met up with my man W-lo C. in the train on my way back from work. We get to my house it's already late, but we have good talks. I got some records, and I gave him the Downpresser crewneck. We watched 1/2 of American Ninja 5 when we fell asleep. We had a long day the day after.

We went to see downtown Lowell, and RRR Records where he found a Sade record, and I found Pennywise's "Word from the Wise/Wildcard" on tape and Ratos de Porao "Brasil" also on tape. We went to Boston and Cambridge after that, saw some shops, and talked sneakers and hardcore. Later that night it was Los Bungalitos practice, and then we went to bed cause the next day we headed to NYC.

So yea, we head to NYC train and bus ride mix, it was long due to an unexpected traffic jam in between Hartford and New Haven. We still made it to NYC. There we go to Rony's house where we meet with Juanky YWS (now living in Buffalo), and waited for Apolo and Franco to get from the Airport. After everyone met, we hung out, almost got lost in a bad Brooklyn neighborhood, but made it safe. Later we met with Rafa. Him and I were staying at the Bronx. We get so lost cause of the trains being all screwed up due to weekend schedules and we make it to our destinations past 4am. Next day being the HC Bowl.

The hardcore bowl was awesome. Inciendary was the first band and tore the place down, then h8 inc, great set, but not a lot of kids moved. sand from japan i think was the 3rd, and they were amazing. same with cruel hand. I was waiting all day for h2o and maball and cro-mags, so i was impatient. actually i wanted to see supertouch big time. all of them were amazing, madball being the best set i have ever seen them play. cro-mags were way tighter than last time i saw them too. but objectively (even though they are my favorite band) the best band of the night was h2o.

So sunday came, I went with the kids to do the sneaker hunt, found a couple pairs of Air Force 180s i really wanted, but none my size, and 2 colorways i dont have yet. I was pissed. I didnt find anything sunday, although I had checked the shop near y aunt's and they had a pair of structure 91s i fell in love with. So I came back to the bronx, this time I didnt have no troubles, got there before my aunt, set the alarm off, got scared, took a nap, then woke up when they got there, and my aunt made the best blueberry/strawberry juice i have ever had. We slept.

Monday my last day of the trip. I wanted to go to the Supreme store, cause sunday we went and it was already closed. So I got there, I need to meet up with W-lo before he leaves, so i can give him the money for the ticket of the show. I couldnt meet up, cause he left early, so I told him I was gonna get him JJ Cro mag's book, cause he wanted it, and it was also the same price of the ticket. So I did that (after I got the structure 90s before mentioned). Then went tu supreme, got the hat. Went to brooklyn to give the book to Franco, cause he was still in NYC, to go back to manhattan so i could catch the 1pm bus to boston. Which I made on time. Got a nice asian chicken bbq sandwich that didnt taste like chicken bbq, but it was good. Got back to my house, and slept, and that's the end of my awesome weekend. Cant wait for next year.