The day of shenanigans
So Bruce, what did you do last Thursday?
Glad you asked! Every year a bunch of us from work have a spring ski trip up to Kirkwood. We all meet up at McAfee HQ at 5am and head up for a day of skiing, usually to return around 8:30 or 9 that night.
Irony was in full effect when our scheduled trip was cancelled because of TOO MUCH SNOW! Ok, yes I realize it would have been difficult to get the bus up there due to the road conditions, but it’s still funny. It’s like cancelling a BBQ because it’s too nice out.
So our trip was rescheduled to a date on which my friend Michelle had tickets to see a show at the Fillmore. Since I try to collect clever and devious friends, a plan was hatched in her braincase to attend both the ski trip and said concert. Since I’m always up for a good caper, she asked me to join her. Instead of heading up in the bus, we’d drive up in a rented truck, leave early and drive to SF for the show.
I admit, my participation in the plan was fairly begrudging at first and based mostly on not wanting a friend to make that drive alone.
At 5:30 the mastermind of this plan showed up outside my house in a massive truck, one that she seemed to have a hard time seeing over the steering wheel in. We headed out, loaded up with snacks, ski gear and two iPods full of music. We actually passed the bus our co-workers was in on the way up. Much honking and waving was done as we barreled past in the massive RED truck.
I was sweating it a bit when I saw there was chain enforcement about 1 mile out from Kirkwood. Luckily we just locked in the hubs, dropped the RED behemoth into 4wd and powered through with no problem.
Mev and the Behemoth
The weather was pretty nice and the snow a bit on the slushy/icy side, but it definitely beat a day in the office.
We skied all morning and had a great lunch with the ever awesome Gaylynn and then started on to phase 2.
On the drive down, we saw some interesting sights, 
stopped at a EXTREMELY shady “spy outlet”,
and used the awesome Slurpee iPhone app to keep ourselves hydrated and hopped up on sugar.
Around 7:00 we rolled into SF and headed to Mev’s gym. I signed in as a guest and grabbed a much needed shower. I came out of feeling so fresh and so clean and ready for the rest of the night.
We headed over to the Fillmore and had time to grab some Shabu Shabu before the show. I was starving so I ordered the all-you-can eat and chowed down.
On our way to walk into the show, I realized I had my little pocket knife still in my front pocket. 
Since they were patting people down, I handed it to Mev to stow in her purse. This is probably the only time I have ever seen someone at the door give more than just a quick glance into a lady’s purse.
This dude was practically up to his elbows digging through her purse, all the while asking “nothing dangerous in here like pepper spray or a pocket knife?” He apparently had his hand on the knife at one point, but it was right next to a phone charger so I think he just passed it by.
I’m pretty certain it was because of the stealth black finish.
That madness aside, we walked in and were greeted by a crowd that seemed to be somewhat heavy on the fratty side. I was already in for a penny, so we found a good place to stand and waited for the show to start. Luckily we got there about 10 minutes before they started so we didn’t wait around too long.
While their music was a bit on the formulaic side, I found Two Door Cinema Club to be very entertaining and solid musicians.
The show was over around 11:30 or so and we made an uneventful trip back home.
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I got home about 20 hours after I left that morning. 419 miles of driving, snow, good friends and live music. Pretty solid day for a Thursday.
