fuck texas.

for reasons i do not care to discuss, going to texas for the shows was becoming increasingly difficult and expensive. so i decided not to go.

instead, i am off to new york. instead of just going somewhere to see trent, i'm going on a proper vacation. i've always wanted to go to new york! and i already booked the flight, the hotels, bought the trent tickets and reserved a car. so there really is no going back now.

this is going to be SO MUCH BETTER than texas!!!

for the past few hours i've been the director of my own little travel agency. while the flight is not so expensive (and i get to go on virgin america... yes!), i didn't realize just how expensive hotels in manhattan are. it's like, everyone always says oh new york is soooo pricey, but everyone always says that about san francisco... or california in general, so i didn't take it too seriously. but anyhow, after digging around for seriously forever, i found a red roof inn, in manhattan, close to everything, with good reviews on tripadviser. let me tell you, my friend, this is no easy task. i'm still paying way too much, but it's ok. i'm going to keep thinking about it, and maybe we'll stay in new jersey instead. but i feel good knowing i got a place that's well located.

then it's off to the show in new jersey. i found a bus that goes directly from nyc to the arena the show's at. which is cool. i got some pretty decent seats in the section to the right of the stage. robin view!

then we'll hang out in new york and probably do all the stupid tourist crap. which i'm so excited to do!

then we'll drive to philadelphia.

i may have mentioned this before, but: nine inch nails is playing at the wachovia center (which is where the flyers play!) on the 29th, which is my birthday. i think it's a sign that i was meant to go to this show. what would be so cool is if instead of the opening band, the flyers played a game... then trent came out. :) for this show i got box seats. i've always wanted the fancy box seats with the vip entrance and no lines and like, coat check and shit. i was debating between floor and the box, but given that i am not going to be waiting for the front, there's no point in paying that much for a ticket (ebay) to stand in the back. these box seats are well located and were priced pretty much at face value.

then we'll stay in philly for the night, drive back to jfk airport and then back home.

this feels like such an ambitious journey, and i really hope i didn't overlook anything. i don't know what i could have missed. but like, i'm such a neurotic freak about going to shows and the fact that i'm going to these in areas that are totally unfamiliar to me scares me even more. but whatever, it's going to be so fun!

happy birthday to me!

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in the meantime, i still have one paper to write and one apartment to move out of. ugh.