starts with "san"...
zoom. brake. zoom zoom. braaaaaake. that's pretty much the trend of the first leg of shannon's and my trip up the gorgeous coast to the even more beautiful sleepy sea towns of san luis obispo, santa barbara, and other 'san' type places other than '...diego.' shama had the brilliant idea to go see my favorite music man's show up in slo, which happened to be her old stompin' grounds. we made it up there in record time (for a friday!) to see jason and colin and all their adoring fans, us included. the show was AWEsome. afterwards, we went over to colin's place with a few 15 people or so, and stayed up till 3:30am, something that hasn't happened in my world for quite a while... highlights include "take a bite out of... sandwich!", "well, you're OLD" (i was in a room with a bunch o' 21/22-yr-olds), and "you're lucky i'm not ticklish..." threats. good times, good times.
i didn't sleep much (late shows at coffeehouses... hmmm), and in the morning, shama and i went poking around while we waited for others to haul outta bed. around noon, we met up with jason and colin and his girl and had chowder and fried stuff, and sat at pismo beach trying to dodge bird crap. We finally had to part ways, and head to some other 'san'-ish type places... but not without the purchase of shoes. lotsa shoes.
past 32 hours summed up? loved it. loved. it.

aww, aren't we cute? at 2 in the morning?