There’s a lot to contend with at UBC for someone so unexperienced with the city, such as myself. My first day of classes I spent almost completely lost. The campus is quite the labyrinth, and I was most definitely late for my first two classes – oops. The tardiness led to me having to sit in a seat with freshly spilled coffee on it in my first class; I think I’ve officially redefined the “pick me up” aspect of coffee after having the scent trail behind me for two hours.

Luckily, I got to end the week with the AMS Backyard BBQ. I had purchased tickets as soon as possible after receiving an e-mail from AMS that listed We Are The City in the lineup.

We interrupt your regular programming to provide you with a brief illustration of the situation:

*receives and reads e-mail while en route to UBC via Highway 97*

*screeches and calls boyfriend immediately making sure that tickets will be bought*

*hangs up and faints*

Ok, so maybe the fainting isn’t exactly accurate, in fact, I think my dad gave me a hasty lecture on long distance calls right after I hung up, BUT ANYWAYS

I’ve been pretty excited to move here, not only because of school, but because Vancouver is host to a lot of concerts that I’ve been seriously missing out on. As in, I’ve only been to festivals, and have never really seen a band I chose to see, more so attended the festival and discovered bands I’ve come to enjoy. So, this was a pretty big deal, and it ended up continuing to be a big deal. I was lucky enough to purchase a vinyl copy of We Are The City’s most recent album at the BBQ (can I get a heck yeah for We Are The City for varying from the mundane black vinyl and pressing Violent onto translucent vinyl), and get it signed. Shoutout to my boyfriend, Dylan, for buying the tickets,  and getting the drummer Andy’s attention.

Needless to say, I had a pretty fantastic night Friday.

Thank you, AMS, for including We Are The City in the BBQ lineup; We Are The City for having some awesome musical creations; and Andy for your kind words! It definitely improved my first week; rather than remembering damp dresses, and scrambling to class, I can relive one ridiculously great night.