The Best Day EVER!!!

So I seriously just about had the best day ever. I found the other night, from my Bosnian friend who comes into Starbucks, that there would be a Dino Merlin concert in New York the next day (yesterday)!! I freaked out. I wanted to go so badly, but the tickets were $40, and I couldn't ask anyone to pay that much to go to a concert they didn't care about. To make a long story short, my parents helped me with the price of my ticket so I could help out Jimmy with his so he'd come with me.

So yesterday I went to Astoria, Queens to buy the tickets. I found the place which was a Bosnian videoteka. Across the street was a restaurant called Ukus! After purchasing some Krompirusa and mineral water, I went to a park to sit down. Astoria is a mostly Greek neighborhood, so there were a lot of Greek families there, including a guy playing soccer with a group of kids. Around the edge a bunch of older guys were sitting around talking. At one point the soccer ball almost hit a group of them, and one of the old men starts yelling at the guy with the ball. The old man was Bosnian. I almost died laughing as they cussed each other out in a mix of English and their native languages. It was just like being back in Bosnia.

The concert itself was in a dingy club that didn't seem quite legit, and if I hadn't been with Jimmy and my Bosnian peeps I would've been nervous, but I fit right in. It was so much fun! Jimmy is African-American so I was kind of worried bringing him to a Bosnian event. They loved him! At one point we got a hold of a lighter, and you know at concerts you wave the lighter, so we were taking turns doing that. He had it and was looking really into it. This Bosnian guy walks by, does a doubletake, and when he realized that Jimmy was black he was so excited. He's like "Yeah yeah. Tako je! This is like our 50 Cent. He's a legend."

Yeah it was fun. So the video is really bad because I took it with my phone, but it proves I was there. Yesterday was the best day I've had since I've been in New York. I want to move to Astoria...haha...like I'll ever have that kind of money.