entertaining characters

i should be in bed right now. i still have a hangover headache from my night last night and i need to rest up for another busy night tomorrow, but i had a very entertaining night tonight and i would like to share:

musicians
what is it about musicians that makes them so hot? tonight i saw the walkmen and the kaiser chiefs perform and both bands were a lot of fun to watch. the walkmen are an unexpectedly preppy alternative/indie rock band. the guys were wearing collared shirts with either a blazer or a sweater. very cute. and in some songs the lead singer would be screaming/singing into the mic. he was so serious about it. i loved it. and the bass player - hot. not sure what he looks like close up, but i had my eyes on him for most of the show. the kaiser chiefs were also very entertaining. their show was rowdier than i expected, especially during the song "i predict a riot" when the crowd was jumping up and down and i thought the group in front of me was going to start a little mosh pit. and again, i don't know if the lead singer is hot close up, but i loved the way he danced around the stage and stood up on the speaker with the light shining behind him. and so cool at the end of one of their last songs when the band was still playing and everyone was cheering and he just stood still, sipping out of a cup, staring at the crowd, taking it all in. awesome.

british people
the kaiser chiefs are a british band, so there were a lot of british people at the show. what is it about the british accent? i was mezmerized. the british girls all sound so nice and the british guys are automatically hotter than the american guys because of their accent.

quirky british guys who might be on drugs
as we were walking out of the show, i noticed a guy with that downtown rocker haircut wearing a black leather jacket and black skinny jeans. he was walking like he was in his own world. completely calm and totally happy (or high?). we had to walk down 3 or 4 stairs to get outside. but this guy didn't want to step down the stairs like everyone else. instead, he decided to slowly slide down the railing to the stairs. i loved it.

sketchy guys at the atm
when i got out of the concert, i had to go to the atm to get cash for a cab home. i don't like going to the atm at night, especially near times square, but since it was near times square, i was at least not alone at the atm. i noticed when i walked in that there were a couple guys suspiciously loitering around in the atm. i didn't look directly at them and put my new yorker guard up. i only took $20 out in case they wanted to mug me. i made the transaction as quickly as i could and headed for the door. as i was walking to the door i kept hearing "miss, miss." did i drop something? i didn't think so and if i did, it wasn't important enough to turn around and give the guy attention. but when i reached the door, the guy came over to me and was blocking my way out. i don't really know what he was saying at first cause i just wanted to get out of there. i think i was saying "please, i'm not interested, let me get out of the door." he let me get out, but continued following me up the street. thank god i was near times square and there were people and cabs around. he kept trying to get my attention, so i looked at him and heard what he had to say as i continued walking. he said he used the same machine i used, but the machine ate his card. he wanted to know if i got my card back or if i got his card back. i told him i got my card back. did i? i hoped so. he asked me if i was sure i got my card back. he wanted me to stop, take out my wallet, and mug me. i think. what else would he be doing? if the machine i used really ate his card he would have told me before i used the machine so it didn't happen to me. i told him i was sure i got my card back and kept walking, hoping he wasn't following me, and jumped into a cab. i think that tops the list for my scariest encounter from a stranger in new york.

all in all, i love people. everyone is different. and i love people who aren't afraid to be different. and i don't mean the people who try to be different because different is cool. i like people who are just quirky and confident. they dress differently, they have their own dance moves, or they choose to slide down a railing instead of stepping down the stairs. thank you to those people who make a fun night out even more entertaining.