dave matthews band!

last night, i guess, was the first of what i'm sure will be many birthday gifts. the brainstorming of wendell and tim landed me in nashville, tennessee (antioch, actually) at the starwood ampitheatre to see none other than dave matthews!

the concert was absolutely awesome! crash, my favorite song, was the third he played. the seats were amazing, too. stage left, about the thirteenth row (my lucky number) seat seven (my other lucky number).

following the concert, which ended around ten or so, we headed into music city to take in a bit of their nightlife. we had full itnentions of staying a bit then driving the three hours back to atlanta. we just got back around six.

we headed to tribe, which proved boring to me and almost put me to sleep. wendell found a friend and chatted him up for a bit about the agenda for the remainder of the evening. his suggestion as well as raven's was play so we headed next door.

they had what they called a drag show but it turned out to be more of a lip-syncing men-dressed-as-women fiasco.

but the dance floor was hopping and so was i. we danced among the crowd -- wendell real closely between a few -- for hours.

once we got tired, i asked a guy i met about a hotel and where he reccommended we stay. he walked away and then back with his business card and told me everything was arranged in my name to stay at the opryland hotel and resort... free.

i tried to pay but he wouldn't let us. just asked that we return the favor when he visits atlanta somehow.

the place and the accomodations were amazing! very nice! thanks, btw, tim, if you read this.

we're about to go move wendell's stuff into his loft. jessica, lee, leslee and some more friends will be in town this weekend for the first of two weekend celebrations for my birthday. my e-mail address is, of course, mathew@mathewwithonet.net. e-mail me and i'll give you the mailing address for the card and gift you've alrady bought... ; )~

until next time chicks and dicks, this is one t.