life is good

over the weekend, i received some more photos.  my friends, "p" & "m", gave me pics from our first visit together.  as you can see from the photo, i did the obligatory tourist shot of sitting on some artillery.  we've been spending a lot of time together since then.  last friday, we got together for a late dinner and then a trip to zabriskie point for dancing and a few drinks. i'd been there before and was looking forward to the company and a night out.  last time i had gone, i was ill prepared for the night in attire and being up too early in the morning.  but this time i was ready to stay out as late as the best of them. 

the dance club was just as i remembered it, classic rock and sofas everywhere. the music group that night was another cover band, with russian, latino, and american songs.  i spent part of the night chatting with my russian friends and dancing with m.  midway through the night i felt a tap on the arm and someone asking what state i was from.  but instead of the normal russian accent this was spoken with none.  it was from a girl at one of our neighboring sofas.  we spoke more and i learned she was not an american but born in vladivostok.  she'd spent a year in the states and had been speaking english for years prior to that.  i complimented her (repeatedly) on how well she spoke english.  the rest of the night was spent dancing with my new aquaintance and trying to balance the conversation between my friends and "k".  the night flew by and we all grabbed the same taxi to get home.  i made sure i took down "k"s number so we could meet again.  after the taxi dropped me off, i glanced at my phone to check the time, it was 4:49 in the morning. i barely remember crawling under my covers.

Comments

[Vance]

You were listening to "America" songs?

Did they play "Sister Golden Hair" or "Ventura Highway"?

Those songs are AWESOME.

[dan]

the live group didn't but during the breaks the monster video screen did show some old classics like "hotel california". which i was asked to translate to my amusement.