Weekend: The Ark, Lesbians and Pride

Where do I even start?

On Friday I met Misty, Ted and JoJo at Taqueria Castiliahblah at Market and 16th for some pre-show nachos and then on to Lucky 13 for primer drinking before we headed off to Cafe du Nord to see Swedish Metal Meisters: The Ark. To say that they were awesome is not enough. They were a ball of fabulous metalness with costume changes and cute boys. If it weren't for the annoying amatuer audience members, this might've been a perfect show.

We missed the first band but caught Mon Cousin Belge. I don't know how I feel about them. I appreciated the singers' voice (sounding a lot like Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think but in French (?)) but that is about all I remember of their music...the singers' falsetto. Nonetheless, I wanted to get some photos so I made my way to the front. Soon JoJo, Misty and Ted were there and we hung around until The Ark started.

I had never heard The Ark before, but when Misty told me a few weeks ago that I was going she assured me that I would love them. And I did! They were a mix of The Darkness, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and um, awesome music! I couldn't stop taking photos as Ola, the singer, was such a showman! There were about 50 annoying 12 year olds in the front and JoJo even got into a fight with one! Honestly, this girl was just pushing her way in front of everyone and we were behind the people who were at the stage, therefore, she was trying to push us out of the way. Yeah, that isn't gonna happen. JoJo was all, you ain't pushin me bitch! Then she tried to butt her way in front of me and I wasn't having any of that either. Then she told us to chill and not be so uptight. WhatEVER! She had cute hair tho. So lots of vodka tonics, rock and glitter later...it was almost 1am and I had to skeedaddle!

Saturday
Up I was at 7am to get ready for The Big Gay 5k. It was very difficult and a few snoozes later I was ready to go. Pevil and Becky picked me up and we drove to Golden Gate for the 27th annual Pride Run. I haven't done any type of exercising since my triathlon so it was nice to be up early and running around, even tho I was hungover! We had a great run and came in at about 37 minutes, which is slightly faster than my usual speed. Sweet! After the run there was a picnic in the polo fields and I ate a hamburger and had a diet coke...at 9:30am. Everyone should eat burgers at 9:30am!

When I got home I called Misty as we had tentatively planned to do some pre-pride shopping. I was super tired but had a full day planned. Misty said: Ted and I will meet you at NBF's, then we'll go shopping, then we'll come back to your house, then we'll meet JoJo, then we'll go to dinner and then we'll go to The Castro. I was all, is there a nap in there anywhere for me? No.

I walked over to NBF's and picked up some mimosa ingredients. When I got there everyone had the same idea as the fridge was full of champagne and OJ. Quiches were made, cupcakes were brought, and mimosas were drunk. Misty and I then headed off to the t-shirt store to have our very special T's made for the night. While they were being made we popped into La Rondella for an afternoon Pacifico, then we hit BART and headed downtown to do H&M, Macy's, Forever 21 and Claire's. Somewhere in there I hit a wall. Misty suggested I get a diet coke and I asked, is it a nap in a can? So tie-tie.

We headed back to JoJo's to drop our stuff off and to get ready for the evening. We were very tired and were so slow and grumpy getting ready. We walked to a Chinese restaurant and all zoned out over lemon chicken, beef and broccoli and pot stickers. Heh. We then headed to the Castro and Misty was a little chilly so we hit the fashion mecca of Walgreens to look for something. Suited up, we made our way into the throng of things. I was just so blah. Very tired and very sore from running all over the place all day. I decided I would have one cocktail and then call it a night. Um, 5 cocktails later I was dancing at Harvey and unsuccessfully avoiding a lesbian who wanted to make out with me.

Yes we closed the street.

I walked home and fell into bed where I had a dream that I was on a group trip as part of a snowboarding team...except we didn't actually use snowboards! I was a pro at getting down the mountain just using my body. Hahaha. After the competition, my team got on our bus and it went out of control on the mountain road! Misty was on the bus too and was screaming, no!no!no! and I woke up to Ed outside my window meowing for attention.

Friday pics here
Saturday lesbo brunch pics here
Saturday in the castro pics here