Meiko Plays A Birthday Show In Colorado Springs

Meiko updated fans on her blog at MySpace (@meiko) on Thursday (February 26), talking about her show Wednesday night at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs, which also happened to be her 27th birthday. The singer songwriter tells readers:

Yesterday was my birthday and it was awesome. It was the 1st time that I played a show on my birthday and I was a little weirded out by that at first…

When I 1st moved to LA, I was a juice bar girl at Gold’s Gym in downtown… I was scheduled to work on my 20th Birthday- and they wouldn’t let me have it off. ..

I got up at my usual 6am to catch the metro train… I was running a bit late and ran up the stairs as soon as I heard it approaching … I tripped on my shoe and busted my knee up… I picked myself up, and continued to run…

I saw the doors close and I was overly bummed.

I remember sitting by myself holding my bloody knee and crying – I vowed never to work again on my Birthday, and never have…