indian fest and tours coming up

-yesterday i was looking at concerts coming into the area and found out that flogging molly, the dropkick murphys and the unseen are all coming through here in the fall. it's about time...i haven't been to a show since april and i was really starting to miss it.
-so i went downtown to get tickets for the shows. i got out at the pioneer square stop and noticed that some kind of festival was going on as always. i had to pass by and realized that it was indian fest. so i decided that on my way back from the venue, i'd get dinner there. i had no luck with tickets because portland clubs don't believe in box offices (and i thought the norva was ghetto because their box office was at the bar). so i got dinner and tried to find the second club. it was tough to find because it's across the river in an industrial area of town. i finally found it but also had no luck getting tickets. it's ok because i mainly wanted to find out where the venues were so it wouldn't be a problem when it's time to go to the shows.
-on the way to the second venue, there was this smell in the air and i thought to myself, "that smells like chai". i turned the corner and ran smack into the tazo factory where they make all the starbucks tea.
-today i used my bike as part of my commute for the first time ever in my life. the morning ride was great, but the afternoon sucked. lots of trivial little things went wrong, and i'm not a person who deals well with obstacles and frustrations. in other words, i'm a quitter. i think i'm not going to ride tomorrow, but i will do it again. it's tough in the heat, but it'll be tougher for me in the cold so i have to get used to it. it's just difficult to prepare with so little free time in the day.
well it's 9:13 and way past my bedtime, so i'm turning in.