Paul drives to Athens. I try to sleep by resting on our giant stuffed banana. The boys are discussing Snoop Dog, Atlanta Hip-Hop, and record labels. I drool and dream that Paul is missing exits. We get to Athens 3 hours ahead of load-in time and get to wander. We go to the junk stores and comic book shop. The comic book store has so many rad books that I haven't seen before!
We go back to the club and Enon shows up. Everyone sits on the curb and Matt, Toko, and I get mauled by mosquitos. Matt has a giant bite on his face. I have to pee so I go pee in the van and forget to empty the cup. I just wedge the cup between the wall off the van and our ceramic wolves statue which goes everywhere with us. A few crazy mumbling people walk by and chat some nonsense. I just smile and nod. We load in, go get food, and Erick and I go in search of coffee. We while have coffee, we have a serious discussion about sluts, college girls, what makes a good burrito, and over-priced sneakers.
Back at the club, the crowd is pretty good. We play. Enon plays. They are fucking great to watch and to listen to. The night winds down around 3.30 am and The Apes decide to drive back to Atlanta and crash at Jeremy's. Our only other sleeping option is to go to this guy's house who was already asleep. He has invited Enon to crash with him and promised to leave the door unlocked. They have other arrangements and offered the place to us. We opted to go back to Jeremy's since we didn't want this guy to wake up in the morning to find 4 people he'd never seen before asleep on his floor.
The only problem with going back to Jeremy's is he can't quite remember the way home. We arrive in Atlanta at his house around 5.30 am. At some point on the drive, I knock over the pee-cup. Luckily it is only a minor spill. I clean it up and never mention it to anyone.
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