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well a certain someone recently made a post on one of my other accounts that simply stated the facts about a faith no more concert in 1990. now there a few ways that said person could know about said concert and the fact that i was there but it brought up some interesting stuff so i figured i would run with it.
one of the ways she could have put me there has to do with the fact that her younger sister - who i know (but not in that way) - is dating/married to someone who had exposed me to some excellent bands at a very young age (that would be kyle for those paying attention but that is a story for another day). this is possible but unlikely since this was the first tour with mike patton (sucks!) on vocals and the draw was mostly wanna be metal heads. i was so out of my element at this show. and i honestly dont recall seeing any of them there. seems ridiculous but i have this knack for remembering situations even though i cant remember my own name sometimes. anyway i dont think this is the connection.
for the other option we are going to go back. how far are we going to go back? we are going to go way back. anyway this is a little part of my history that i tend to not mention because it gets a little odd and there is an easier and more common answer to the question. so get comfy youre in for a ride.
when most people have gotten an explanation of where i met tiffany (my first wife. really.) the answer has always been given as "at the dennys on 39th." that is and isnt true. i was there after rhps with some people by the names of cliff alan and john (all the right names but not the right people.) i really didnt know these people but i had no reason to go home since it was just an empty apartment. as we are sitting there talking i hear my name called. the name calling was done by called by shannon.
i got up to greet her as she and her friend were sitting down at the counter. she was kind enough to introduce me to tiffany. i said that i had seen her before. i knew her from somewhere but couldnt place it. they both said it was basically impossible since she was only in town for the summer and such. i realized how cheesy it sounded so i didnt argue the point. so i sat down and asked tiffany how the kids were. this was a common greeting at the time since we were all fresh out of high school and no one had kids. no one i knew at least. she said they were fine and whipped out pictures. that was a shock. turns out they were her sisters kids that she was taking care of for the summer.
we sat there talking for quite some time. it was just before dawn when we all decided it was time to head home. the group i was originally with had left long before this. we paid our checks and i told shannon i needed to get her phone number. she picked up on the cue. funny enough was the fact that tiffany never saw the slight smirk she gave me at that request. i had her phone number in various places. she knew it but still she wrote it down for me. and yes she also wrote down tiffanys (in reality her sisters but thats neither here nor there). tiffany never caught the smile i gave in saying thank you. the kind you give while trying not to give away the joke.
(there is actually a series of pictures that were taken this night for some of the same reasons as above.)
i figured that shannon would eventually tell her what had gone on. well when i called the next day her sister said she was at work. it had come up in conversation the previous night so i said thank you and headed up there. i really wasnt given enough detail that i should have known when and where she worked to just walk in. as far as she knew. it was just one of those odd things that happens. so i get a big smile as a greeting and place my order. she decides that is a good time to take the break she is due and comes over and sits with me.
we sit there talking as she smokes and i eat. then as we are parting she says she wants to give me her number. no thanks i already have it. how? etc etc etc. so i give her mine and invite her over. she called probably as soon as she got home from work. so she comes over later that evening. and then comes over the next. and the next. and the next. and then that starts the ball rolling down the isle.
so a few weeks into this we are talking about things and the subject of faith no more happens to come up. and that was when it clicked. in taking a break from the pit i ended up standing next to this girl who was taking pictures. the way she holding it looked like a disk camera and i was going to tell her that all the pictures were going to look like shit. speaking from experience. so i asked her what kind of camera it was. as i did she turned it enough so that i could see that it was actually a 35mm. so i told her real quick why i was asking. because it really is not fun to try and talk while you are that close to the stacks. and then i went on my merry way.
so i told her this story but actually including the part where i was annoying the people i went with talking about her on the way home. mostly because it was a new face and i was not prone to talking to people i did not know and it was always the same faces at the shows. changes here and there but still the same. and so as it turn out i had seen her before so i was able to at least cover myself on that point. all because i can remember situations.
so there is a part of my history you didnt know. sorry it took so long to tell but that is why i do not normally tell it. that is a couple of the ways said person might know a thing or two about that me being at that show. well i guess i should connect that a little better. at last check both people where in california. yeah it is a big state but i live in a real fucking small world.
related but unexplained...
you can download stuff by the simpletons, tsol, circle jerks and channel 3 at the poshboy audio page.
one of the ways she could have put me there has to do with the fact that her younger sister - who i know (but not in that way) - is dating/married to someone who had exposed me to some excellent bands at a very young age (that would be kyle for those paying attention but that is a story for another day). this is possible but unlikely since this was the first tour with mike patton (sucks!) on vocals and the draw was mostly wanna be metal heads. i was so out of my element at this show. and i honestly dont recall seeing any of them there. seems ridiculous but i have this knack for remembering situations even though i cant remember my own name sometimes. anyway i dont think this is the connection.
for the other option we are going to go back. how far are we going to go back? we are going to go way back. anyway this is a little part of my history that i tend to not mention because it gets a little odd and there is an easier and more common answer to the question. so get comfy youre in for a ride.
when most people have gotten an explanation of where i met tiffany (my first wife. really.) the answer has always been given as "at the dennys on 39th." that is and isnt true. i was there after rhps with some people by the names of cliff alan and john (all the right names but not the right people.) i really didnt know these people but i had no reason to go home since it was just an empty apartment. as we are sitting there talking i hear my name called. the name calling was done by called by shannon.
i got up to greet her as she and her friend were sitting down at the counter. she was kind enough to introduce me to tiffany. i said that i had seen her before. i knew her from somewhere but couldnt place it. they both said it was basically impossible since she was only in town for the summer and such. i realized how cheesy it sounded so i didnt argue the point. so i sat down and asked tiffany how the kids were. this was a common greeting at the time since we were all fresh out of high school and no one had kids. no one i knew at least. she said they were fine and whipped out pictures. that was a shock. turns out they were her sisters kids that she was taking care of for the summer.
we sat there talking for quite some time. it was just before dawn when we all decided it was time to head home. the group i was originally with had left long before this. we paid our checks and i told shannon i needed to get her phone number. she picked up on the cue. funny enough was the fact that tiffany never saw the slight smirk she gave me at that request. i had her phone number in various places. she knew it but still she wrote it down for me. and yes she also wrote down tiffanys (in reality her sisters but thats neither here nor there). tiffany never caught the smile i gave in saying thank you. the kind you give while trying not to give away the joke.
(there is actually a series of pictures that were taken this night for some of the same reasons as above.)
i figured that shannon would eventually tell her what had gone on. well when i called the next day her sister said she was at work. it had come up in conversation the previous night so i said thank you and headed up there. i really wasnt given enough detail that i should have known when and where she worked to just walk in. as far as she knew. it was just one of those odd things that happens. so i get a big smile as a greeting and place my order. she decides that is a good time to take the break she is due and comes over and sits with me.
we sit there talking as she smokes and i eat. then as we are parting she says she wants to give me her number. no thanks i already have it. how? etc etc etc. so i give her mine and invite her over. she called probably as soon as she got home from work. so she comes over later that evening. and then comes over the next. and the next. and the next. and then that starts the ball rolling down the isle.
so a few weeks into this we are talking about things and the subject of faith no more happens to come up. and that was when it clicked. in taking a break from the pit i ended up standing next to this girl who was taking pictures. the way she holding it looked like a disk camera and i was going to tell her that all the pictures were going to look like shit. speaking from experience. so i asked her what kind of camera it was. as i did she turned it enough so that i could see that it was actually a 35mm. so i told her real quick why i was asking. because it really is not fun to try and talk while you are that close to the stacks. and then i went on my merry way.
so i told her this story but actually including the part where i was annoying the people i went with talking about her on the way home. mostly because it was a new face and i was not prone to talking to people i did not know and it was always the same faces at the shows. changes here and there but still the same. and so as it turn out i had seen her before so i was able to at least cover myself on that point. all because i can remember situations.
so there is a part of my history you didnt know. sorry it took so long to tell but that is why i do not normally tell it. that is a couple of the ways said person might know a thing or two about that me being at that show. well i guess i should connect that a little better. at last check both people where in california. yeah it is a big state but i live in a real fucking small world.
related but unexplained...
you can download stuff by the simpletons, tsol, circle jerks and channel 3 at the poshboy audio page.
