Under the Aeroplane over Tempe

Not sure what will come of this year, but it looks like taxes this year will wipe me out. I really want to have all of my adventures, so maybe it is time to start spending a little wiser… that or just create an iPhone app that takes off. I like the latter idea, so I am putting some of my non-monetized projects on hold until I at least get the ball rolling with making some apps.

My weekend was pretty awesome. Friday night started with seeing the movie “Hunger Games” which people seem to have been clamoring to watch. After the movie got out I decided to just hang out in Downtown Phoenix and grab some food before the concert. While on my walk to Five Guys (first time there) I took a few photos I liked.

Phoenix Flowers

Following the Sunset

No Pedestrian Access

After I made it to Five Guys I sat down for some food until my brother made it up to the downtown area. We then headed down to The Trunkspace for a great show with Emporor X playing with bands from L.A. (Body Parts) and Sweden (Solander). Body Parts gave me a free CD which was really nice of them, so I gave them the three dollars I had on me after picking up Solander’s record.

Saturday

Andrew Jackson Jihad, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, and Roar played a show at Crescent Ballroom which had tons of people. Naomi and her new boyfriend showed up for the show despite being sick, along with Mike, Ben (Porches), Matt Neff (from YEARS ago) and others. SO MANY PEOPLE! It was a little awkward before people started showing up, so I played Batman by hanging out on the ledge of the nearest parking garage.

I AM BATMAN

Sunday

After having brunch with my grandpa, my brother and I went by the bike shop to pick up some puncture proof supplies for the bike. New tires and new heavy duty tubes are now on my old maroon Raleigh, so both my brother and I have ridable road bikes down here. Definitely more busy than my usual weekends, but it was nice.

From my Perch

…after climbing down the 25 flights I headed toward Nicollet and took this photo.

First Snow

Better late than never for the update, right? Well, that is it for now.

Pike's Market (Public Market before Place and the clock were added)

I absolutely love this one of Mckenzie from the Dandilion Junk Queens. I saw her the first day but didn’t have time to snap a photo. The next day I went back to Pike’s Market and saw her getting coffee. I asked about her playing later and she gave me a time and place as well as the okay to take photos. I later found out who she was through Sean and Ben from Andrew Jackson Jihad.

Mckenzie from Dandelion Junk Queens

This last one I absolutely love as well. I didn’t catch his name, but I caught a lot of shots from different angles. This is one of the better I think.

Man with Guitar

Going through my old photos makes me really want to start just taking photos every day. I have taken a few recently that I will probably upload later this week… once I make sure this piece of software I have been writing is fully functional.

Fall Colors

The Wayzata ride I normally do was absolutely gorgeous. I have missed out the couple Saturdays before last weekend, but I think this Saturday I am going to try and make it out there again. I am not sure how much longer my rides will be feasible with winter approaching so I really should be getting out as much as possible. I wish I had the money to invest in a really nicer 29er for this winter, but considering the time I spend in Arizona I just couldn’t justify the purchase. Next winter

Once we got to the Triple rock we all sat down for some AMAZING food. I suck at names, but Justin from Off with their Heads and his girlfriend (wife?) joined us as well which was fun. Minneapolis has such a wonderful music scene. I was a little unenthusiastic about seeing the opening band after listening to a couple tracks from ‘Into It. Over it.’, but Evan is really great live and I ended up picking up an LP from him. The holy hitch seemed to be my camera flash batteries dying during AJJ’s set. If just listening and singing along instead of taking photos was the worst thing to happen in a day, that is a pretty awesome day. I am excited to see some other people’s photos from the show, as I was pretty out of practice (months) and want to just see some great photos from the night. Here are some of the photos from the night.

Evan from Into It. Over It.

Norman with a new friend

Ben and Sean from Andrew Jackson Jihad

Ben and Sean with TONS OF FANS

Long exposure of Ben

Ben at the merch table

Sean in the back of The Triple Rock

Crowd surfer during Frank Turner's set

SO MANY PEOPLE

Frank Turner

I used to drive kinda fast

I can't even remember where this was, but it was somewhere in California

Found this in a park in LA

The Unurban Cafe in Santa Monica

The drive back from a California trip

The first Willow House in Phoenix (coffee house)

My dog in Arizona

The Leaves are Changing

Fuzzy Caterpillar

Now Entering Wisconsin

Fun Shadows

The Route

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