A Fink of Sleep

Trying to get through a long day on three hours of sleep is NOT FUN. I highly discourage anyone from trying to attempt it, as evidenced by my very recent usage of caps lock. 

I went to bed late, woke up early to get to 7:00am hot yoga (in which I learned that I've been doing dancer's pose incorrectly this whole time, and the real way is so much more challenging that I'm still sore), and had a busy day at work. When lunchtime rolled around, I was very grateful to my coworkers for organizing a belated birthday sushi buffet followed by a sumptuous tuxedo cake.

A very happy belated birthday to me

After work, I met up with Boy and his friends for dinner at his favourite restaurant, tried some of his mom's yummy leftover homemade pumpkin pie (what a day of eating!), and then we headed to our first show together in ages...Fink at The Media Club!

Pretty lanterns that make anywhere feel festive

As with most shows I attend, I bought my ticket only knowing of (and liking) one song. In this case, it was "This is the Thing", a song featured in the wonderful television series known as Friday Night Lights.

I would have enjoyed this show much more had I not been so tired. My contact lenses felt very dry and the night felt very long indeed. We had front row spots right by the drummer (how choice!), but no energy to fully appreciate where we were. I could not stop thinking about how I had never set my eyes upon a British skater man until today. Look at guitar-toting him!

Fink

I should also mention that I quite liked the opening act, a guy named Rolla Olak. He played his acoustic guitar and harmonica. And note to self (and you all): always check your Twitter feed before attending a show. This will prevent you from showing up too early. Unless you want to be in the coveted front row, of course, which is what happened for us tonight!

By the time I caught my bus and arrived home, I was tired beyond words. And that is the truth as I am writing about this a day later, though it is not posted as such!