Iris Wasabi Photography: Music + Photography = Life/Love/My Job

so lastnight was great.
i am way too tired for my own good and i have work from 3-11:30pm tonight.
tomorrow is the day off so that is awesome.



greeley estates and their tour manager d-bo were awesome and a half.
total rockstar energy onstage, total "take home to meet the parents" offstage.
they were so nice to everyone on the empire crew.



at the end of the night i asked ryan of greeley estates if i could snap a photo of him and he offered to go get the rest of band.

i ended up with only three members but it's all good.

never have i met a band so willing to be photographed after the show without stage clothes, and not so freshened up.

they all looked good though :)

in other news, honda civic tour and warped are just a week away.
if you see me, feel free to come up and say hello!
it was pretty cute lastnight at the show,
a kid came up and asked for a photo with me.
he was a sweet kid, probably 13 or 14.
i told him i'd say hello to him in my blog, but i forgot his name :( sorry buddy!
you had an awesome shirt on though!
alkaline trio are one of my fave bands :)

alright, time to go and get ready for work.

so lastnight was hilarious.
dana i went to java aroma, a.k.a java.
it's the place where i photograph a lot of bands 'cos it's connected to the empir theatre.
anyhow, we're just chillaxin' and reggie from "i work at the mall" fame comes by and sit's across from us we're dishin' about the mall and what has been said about him.
good times.
well, a while passes and this dude sits down on the high table next to the couches and is laughing when we laugh, is serious when we're serious, and even says "yeah!!" when we say "yeah!!" so as you can possibly guess by now, dana and i don't know him.
neither does reggie haha.
so reggie includes this guy into our convo right? ok.
and he introuduced himself to reggie, then to me "what is your name?" "it's iris..." "ohh iris? i will rememba dat name..."
and here is the good stuff...
"YOU!!!" he shouts, as he leans over the cover table, hovering over me to point at dana.
"YOU!!!! I am watching. Your expressions!!"
"whaaaa?" by this time dana loooked like she was gonna cry hhahaha.
"Your hair, it covers one eye. So you can only see out of the other eye!"
"It's her, her, cryshield!!! Shes EMO!!" I say laughing.
"Is that, mean she eats no meat?" he asked.
"No, no man, it means shes all ... well... look at her." chimed in Reggie.
hahhaa then we found out he was from jamaica and reggie told dana to be careful cos the guy might go stalk her.
lol too cute.

and to top it all off, there was this dude.
by himself.
playing his lil psp.
all alone.
listening in our convos and crackin' up like no other.

haha good times.
saw some other people from the mall there too.
must mention however miles has a sweet ride.
it's the morrissey car for real.
not for fake.
ask him to give you a ride haha.

waking.up.slowly.but.surely.
iced water instead of caffiene.
it's killing me.
well, not really, but it's taking me long to wake up.

work from 12-8.

the show for tomorrow is cancelled.
friday is greeley estates over at the empire.
you all better be there!



i forgot to mention a really, reeeeally good band who opened the show lastnight:
PAULSON http://myspace.com/paulson
they were amazingly fun.
i can't remember the last time i danced that much?
t was fantastarrifffffic.



i don't want to drag myself to get ready.

blegghh.

sidenote: if you see me at a show, feel free to come up and say hello! i keep getting messages on myspace saying "i saw you at the show.." then come on by and say.
seriously! :)

so i was at work today and i walk up to a group of kids.
i know one of them from this booth at the mall.
anyhow, i ask them if they need help, and one of the boys says
"sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me."
hahah i'd rather the other boy have said it.

anyway, my eye is irritated and i need to buy eyedrops.

hahah i'm on the phone with my friend and she said that travie of gym class heroes does the carlton dance in the outtakes of dance, dance to which i reply, we saw that shit live and in person haha last summer at the warped tour trailer trash party.
good times.

so i just got a message i'm going to work on warped for three shows now i think.
http://myspace.com/iriswasabi
for more info.

laundry is being done right now as i figur eout my expenses and if i can actually make the trip this month to concord to shoot honda civic and warped tour the next day in mountain view.
woe is me.
i'm tired but not.

i notice that i never write anything profound here.
i don't know if i want to change that or leave it alone.

i can't remember the last time i felt the comofort of something reassuring.
the warmth of another person next to me who meant everything with their being.
this is why i don't watch chick flicks lol.

valley brew = the best damn garlic cheese fries for life.
especially when you can order to go and eat them at home and drink delicious arctic berry smirnoff, while watching a lot like love.
i'm enjoying my day off waaaay too much haha.

now if only i had a cute boy with me. . . .