I’ve done more for less ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Partly bc it’s National Coffee Day, but mostly bc Better Buzz is giving away Mason Miller cards (@ Better Buzz)

Even though my parlay didn’t hit, and the construction on the park across the street has now been extended till November (it was supposed to open December 2025!), I still renewed the lease on my apartment bc I didn’t want to deal with moving again.

The other leg of my parlay was that the Padres make the postseason! First game in the first series against the Cubs at home today! #LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

Update:

POV: You work for a company based in LA, and your coworkers are all assholes Dodgers fans 😒

I walked Milo to Petco Park after, partly to cry in Gallagher Square, but mostly bc I just joined another Nike Run Club challenge.

Update:

(via @nextstopoc)

Is it even a party if there’s no taco cart???

(via @claireguagua)

Being born and raised in California, I’ve grown accustomed to a certain lifestyle. Another thing that I just thought was normal was the hot dog vendors that are there outside the venue after you get out of a concert. I don’t partake anymore bc the hot dogs are usually wrapped in bacon, and I feel like an asshole asking if the hot dog’s all beef (still porkless over here). But I find the smell comforting and familiar after a show. I’ve gone to concerts outside of California, and they don’t have hot dog vendors outside after the show. Where am I supposed to eat this late at night? In-N-Out? WDYM you don’t have In-N-Out here???

Also, these are the Ring notifications I get living in San Diego:

I was watching Food Network and they were making pancakes, so I had a craving.

Instead of doordashing mini pancakes from a nearby cafe for $13 + fees, I thought, ‘I can make this myself’ (without Nutella bc I’m not a fan of hazelnut). And so I instacarted ingredients for $40 LOL and voilà!

I have enough ingredients to make breakfast a few more times for that $40. Get off me.

If you thought I was gonna doordash a cheeseburger for National Cheeseburger Day, you weren’t wrong. I also got Milo a puppy patty (plain hamburger meat without seasoning), so he could partake, too.

We watched the iHeartRadio Music Festival streaming on Hulu afterwards. Pammie was at the actual festival in Vegas bc BTS was performing, while Jessie, Christine and I streamed it from home. BTS only performed 4 songs at the very end! I knew their set was gonna be short since it was a festival, but shit. I’m glad I didn’t travel to Vegas or pay out of my ass for a ticket, especially when I didn’t care for Kenny Chesney or Zara Larsson, and they played much longer sets!

Fever dream (@ Mortgage Matchup Center)

Our hotel was walking distance (literally two blocks away!) from the venue. When we took the elevator down, we were with a bunch of bros who were wearing Tame Impala merch and on their way to the show, too. They asked where we were from and said they were from SoCal, too. They asked if we pregamed before the show, and I was thinking, ‘If by ‘pregame’ you mean worked an 8-hour shift and crushed some cinnabitz then yes, I pregamed.’

It was Monday night, and I had to wake up before the sun to catch my flight home in the morning, so I wasn’t trying to get crazy. They drove there and have been in Phoenix since the weekend. Oh, to be young again. I once drove to Phoenix from LA and back and it was the most boring 14 hours of my life. I would never drive 7 hours when I can fly in 45 minutes. I only did it that one time bc the person I was going with couldn’t afford a flight. Sure, you save some money, but at what cost??? I get it if you have kids with you, but I have no such burdens 😅

Anyway, so I was already irritated before the show started. I didn’t take PTO bc I had originally booked a later flight, but I changed it in case there were delays. So I did some work ahead the Saturday before so I could turn it in Monday. It was for a campaign starting Tuesday, and they kept having edits, so I worked all the way up until 6pm Monday evening.

I bought our tickets off Stubhub a month ago. The delivery on the tickets was supposed to be hours before the show, but I never received them. Stubhub offered me ‘comparable’ seats which were in a side section instead of facing the stage like my original tickets… which I guess would’ve been fine, except the girls seated behind us talked throughout the entire show, the girl on the right of me kept screaming, and this fat bitch in front of me kept raising her seltzer and blocking our view, and kept raising her other hand to take selfies with her damn flashlight on on her cell phone, wearing sunglasses and making duck faces. She really thought she was so cute. And I never call anyone a ‘fat bitch,’ but she really was fat and a bitch ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Her gigantic saggy boobs and back fat were spilling out of her halter top and she wasn’t wearing a bra. I’ve been to several Tame Impala shows from LA to NYC, and the lasers and setlist are always a 10/10, but this was def my least favorite show of theirs, experience-wise.

I actually really liked this venue (indoors, air-conditioned, walking distance to lots of hotels, a Wetzel’s Pretzels inside LOL). I would def come back for another show, perhaps when it’s not 100° out and I’m not on my period. And maybe in a suite so I don’t have to deal with the gen pop ruining my concert experience 😅

When you didn’t request PTO, but you WFH, so you doordash Cornish Pasty Co while you use your hotel’s wifi and air-conditioning 😅

No, I haven’t packed yet for my shotgun trip to Phoenix tomorrow to see Tame Impala. Yes, I cricutted this shirt. Yes, it glows in the dark. Yes, my eyes are up here. Next question.

I ubered to Love Letters Pizza to meet Jess for happy hour before going to a show nearby at State. I got there a bit early, so the guy sat me down at a table for two while I perused the wine list. I noticed there was no one but couples in the resto, they weren’t playing the baseball game, and it was so quiet, you could hear a mouse fart. I think the guy thought I got stood up, bc he checked on me a few times. When Jess got there, she was like, ‘Yeah, it’s too quiet in here!’ We left and went to their sister bar up the street, Majorette, where they were showing the ballgame and we could cackle as loud as we want!

After some steak sandwiches, rosé and chisme, we ubered to SDSU and got there around 8:30pm. The show started @ 8:15, but there was supposed to be an opener we didn’t care for, so we thought we were early. I could hear the main act playing my favorite song from their new album, which is the third song into their set (I’m the kind of girl who googles the setlist before concerts). I told Jess, ‘There are 5 songs I want to hear.’ She guessed all of them right, the last one being ‘love.’ She was like, ‘But that’s the last song they play during the encore.’ And I was like, ‘Surprise. We’re staying till the end!’ 😆

Jess and Christine came up to LA for one of four BTS shows we went to a couple weeks ago (that I still have yet to recover from/blog about), so we had to manage expectations for this show.

wave to earth – seasons

I can’t be your love
Cause I’m afraid I’ll ruin your life

wave to earth – bad

How could my day be bad when I’m with you?
You’re the only one who makes me laugh

wave to earth – closing.

Where are we now with all this loss?
Well, I don’t know how to keep my head above the waves
And even though I am barely holding on
I know I have to face whatever comes

wave to earth – love.

A few observations: 

I expected it to be a chill ass show. We were seated front row center of the section behind the pit, so we stayed seated the entire time.

The crowd was young (which was to be expected bc the show was at SDSU), but the constant screaming was so unnecessary. Am I getting old? (Don’t answer that).

Has BTS ruined me for future concerts???

I usually like it when a boy pops up between my legs LOL, but Milo does this while I’m working. I can’t play fetch rn, I’m trying to fund your luxurious lifestyle!

(via @dylanstretchbery)