May 18th, 2001

the Rave with with Unloco, Insolence, and Slaves on Dope

It was my fourth time ever seeing them.

Well, just after we got there we found Kevin and Bill and talked to them and got hugs. We sat around with Bill for like 45 minutes just talking to him about anything you could think of. Well- he said then that he had to go and find the other members. So we walked around and we found Nate. And if you remember from my last story Nate wanted copies of the pictures that Chelsea and I had taken of them the times before. So I gave him the pictures and he said that he’d have Bill put some of them on their website. So that was awesome. Then Nate had to leave, but soon after that the doors opened. We got my normal front row spot. After Factory 81 was done performing, we went and found Andy and Kevin to talk to. I got a guitar pick from Kevin and Bill. So their picks are now on a necklace of mine. Then we found Nate and were talking to him and I decided to give him my very precious necklace with the Chinese symbol for love. (I’ve worn that necklace for a year and a half and I’ve been waiting to give it to someone special. Nate is that special person to me.) He really liked it. So Kara and I just hung out for a while with Nate. He had on this really cool hat and I told him that I really liked it. He explained to me that it was his dead grandmother’s and that is was really special. He was very protective of it. Then we looked at the time and realized that we had to get going. Right as we were leaving I hugged Nate for about the 5th time of the night and told him to take good care of my necklace because it means a lot to me. And he said “I will, I promise.” I also told him to feel better since he hadn’t been feeling good for a while. Then we got in the car and left. It was another great night with the four wonderful guys of Factory 81.

-Kat