So last week I had gone to the County Fair twice. I didn't bother with the games, rides, vendors or deal with stupid carnies. I did go for the music. I already mentioned in a previous journal entry that I had gone to see the Beach Boys which was fun and entertaining. Just happy 'feel good' music. They drew a huge crowd of course.

On Friday last week I was iffy about going to the fair, but it didn't take that much encouragement from my friend to convince me to go again. Plus, I wanted to buy a new knit cap I saw at the reggae vendor. If you have seen my old beige knit cap you'll know what it looks like. I bought it in brown this time. :)

Right, so I get some terriyaki on a stick and a $7 beer, yes. It was Lite beer from Miller. Beggers can't be choosers. After eating we head into the grandstands to settle down and watch Tower of Power! These guys are from Oakland and waaaaay funky. They were fantastic and played a very good set. I enjoy another beer and take a look at the crowd around me as I sip. It looked like I was in the middle of a Lowrider car convention, biker festival slash Dodger game. There were herds of homies, bikers and folks sporting LA Dodgers gear. I guess this is what a typical crowd for the band War looks like. I was wearing my Dodgers cap and Ramirez emblazoned Dodgers shirt. (I also later put on my hoodie which is black and has the graffitti tagger cougar on the back from Rocky Mountain FurCon.)

This place was jumping during Tower of Power and when War came on they were still jumping. Lots of beer was flowing and the lines for them were always long and they were running out of beer by the end of the show! Hardly anyone was crowding the beer lines at Monday's Beach Boys show, but at Tower of Power/War the lines never shrank! While I was waiting in line one time I was randomly groped on the ass by some strange chick! Unexpected. *squints* I was busy watching the Dodgers pitch-by-pitch on my iPhone at the time and didn't quite have a quick reaction time to it.

So yeah, when the show came close to the end the fireworks shot off again which was cool. We left after the show and I got my knit cap and we walked downtown to see what was happening since it was a Friday night. My dorky friend didn't even have his ID on him so we couldn't go into the clubs where all the chicks were heading into. What a slacker. I wanted more drinks so I hustled across the street to check out a place I had yet to check out called Rookies. Place was dark and not too crowded yet busy none the less.

So I walk over to the bar and squeeze in to order a drink. I requested a Corona and a shot...I didn't even know what shot I wanted when I said that. I just knew I needed a one. So when the bartender asks me what kind the first thing that came out of my mouth was "tequila." So he served me up a Patron Silver with my Corona. While I'm waiting the chick I squeezed next to to get to the bar turns to me and says, "So why don't you just tell me to get the fuck out of the way why don't you?" I barely gave her a sideways glance and was in misdentence repeating what she had just said to me before I realized it was my friend Michelle. I felt lame! I was about to snub her right off and then recognized her and we just laughed. It's been many months since I last saw her so it was a funny surprise.

Anyway, I felt rather fine after all the beers I had during the concert and the Corona and shot at the bar. It was time to bail and go home since my friend was still outside waiting on me. We took off down to the corner since another friend we were with who drove moved the car closer to us. As we get to the corner there's a dude that set up a couple of telescopes on the opposite corner so we check it out. He had the scopes pointed at Jupiter and three of its moons were visible at the time. That was random and cool to check out on the corner. After this I went home and it didn't take long for me to totally fall asleep about an hour after getting home. I awoke with a mild headache the next morning though. Oh well, it was fun!