"Upon further review, yesterday was perfect."

That is correct, sir.

I woke up, well rested, at noon thirty Saturday afternoon. Shower, shave, banana. Brian drove again today. I was looking forward to driving a little --- I like driving distances at night, and there was a chance that was going to happen. Still, Brian explained that it was all part of his master plan. Sparky needs to die a beautiful death. We picked Ryan up and headed towards Columbus. 71 runs straight through Cincinnati, so we decided to stop in to see Ben for a bit. The weather was fantastic. We got taco bell, and my order was four dollars exactly on accident. The midget behind the counter was amused at how excited I was about the price and he gave me a free soft drink.

We discussed summer plans, which sound like they might entail lots of driving to Cincinnati, and even more apartment parties. We also played with a ball in Ben's apartment, which should not have been nearly as much fun as it was.

We continued back on our way to Columbus. The venue we went to was very cool. It was a basement bar, and very intimate. Animals as Leaders was so insane. The lead guitarist was a black guy with an 8-string guitar. He was nuts. I loved watching him play because he would do these absurd runs on the guitar, and look so intense and suddenly he would look at the ground and smile as if he had just realized how amazing what he was playing was and he couldn't help but smile. Darkest hour played next, and they played an awesome set. They played The Sadist Nation, A Thousand Words to Say But One, Convalescence, Demons, two songs off their new album, and closed with Doom Sayer.

We walked out of the pit to the bar, and what do I see on television? UK loosing. Oh. My. God. John Wall and Liggens had fouled out, they were down by six and there was less than 30 seconds left. Oh, Bobby Huggins.

We drove back through Cincinnati and met up with Ben again. He used his ID and bought a case and talked our way into a party, which was fun.

It was a pretty great day, all in all. We hung out with Ben's future roommates and and stayed over at his apartment until this morning. Ben is coming back on Wednesday for Easter.