I'm jacked up on caffeine. I don't know why I thought it appropriate to drink a coffee-infused beverage at such an hour (actually it was like 3.5 hours ago) but now I'm paying for it.
I'm trying to finish homework that I don't understand and I'm all jittery. My hands are shaking and my mind is racing and I can't sit still. Sure some people say caffeine does nothing to you and I used to believe that but right now that shit is kicking in and I don't know if I'll be able to get to bed.
I made a new friend tonight. She's pretty awesome. Making new friends has been on my to do list but with all my fucking school work it's been pretty impossible.
I watched videos of Reefer Madness on YouTube today. In 1938 there was a film made to scare people out of smoking pot and in 2005 Showtime decided to turn it into a musical. It's about this cute little 50's high school couple that get caught up in the world of the Mary Jane and it stars my lovely little pixie Kristen Bell. It's got really catchy songs and of course KBell is impossibly adorable, except she looks ferociously hot in S&M garb. Like seriously jaw-dropping hot.
I'm listening to Albert Hammond Jr. He's pretty much amazing.
I'm going to try and do homework now. Try is the key word there.
Coffee isn't that horrible.
My toes are cold.
October break this weekend (4days bitches)
kthxbye.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
They're falling
Guess what I can do?
...
Give up. Oh I'm gonna write a blog about crying.
Definitely, Maybe made me cry. Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher made me cry. Abigail Breslin made me cry.
I like crying, it's soothing. Helps getting out all those pesky emotions that you keep locked up in the back of your head, swirling and festering, until one day, one day you just let yourself go and the world crumbles at your feet.
Okay that was a little dramatic, I didn't cry that much. But I now always find myself crying over divorce, especially when there are children involved. I cry for lost love, for broken hearts, for those "what if" moments.
I think I need to cry some more, but I really haven't the time. Excuse me while I listen to some disheartening music, all the better to roil my emotions.
I really need a break from school.
...
Give up. Oh I'm gonna write a blog about crying.
Definitely, Maybe made me cry. Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher made me cry. Abigail Breslin made me cry.
I like crying, it's soothing. Helps getting out all those pesky emotions that you keep locked up in the back of your head, swirling and festering, until one day, one day you just let yourself go and the world crumbles at your feet.
Okay that was a little dramatic, I didn't cry that much. But I now always find myself crying over divorce, especially when there are children involved. I cry for lost love, for broken hearts, for those "what if" moments.
I think I need to cry some more, but I really haven't the time. Excuse me while I listen to some disheartening music, all the better to roil my emotions.
I really need a break from school.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Liz Lemon ftw!
I'm too tall for the shower heads in the bathrooms. Hitting your head on a blunt metal object is no way to start a shower.
But anyways, Friday was the foam party. It kind of sucked, but I still had fun.
There wasn't nearly as much foam as last semester 'cause the machines were on the fritz but there was enough to leave me slippery and kind of sticky at the end of the night. Slippery floors and dancing don't mix, that's one thing that you should always remember, but fortunately I never actually fell. There were some almost-topples but my legs just hurt a little more from trying to keep myself balanced while I was getting my groove on.
I danced with 3 strangers and a friend and the best dancer was the guy I knew. We did a grinding conga line, at most it was 4 couples, which turned out pretty well. There was also a 7-person and a 6-person conga line, all pretty damn fun. There was a plethora of bikini-clad college girls and, of course, shirtless guys. Near the beginning of the party I saw this white girl with the craziest hips I have ever seen. She was booty-bouncing like 100mph and winding her hips like Shakira ... it was amazing.
After a cold shower back in the dorm I was knocked out 'til 11:30am when I woke up to get ready for the football game. We played Oregon, who was ranked 14th while we were 48th (or something like that), and ended up going into double-overtime with them winning with a touchdown, 32-26. It was crazy and I was cursing like a sailor, but it was a great game: especially the 80-yard touchdown 15 seconds into the game!!
Ended up just hanging out with friends and watching Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire 'til maybe 1am and then crashed again. Today I did homework and started watching season one of 30 Rock. I really don't want to go to classes tomorrow.
I heart Tina Fey.
It rained all day.
I ran out of chocolate.
kthxbye.
But anyways, Friday was the foam party. It kind of sucked, but I still had fun.
There wasn't nearly as much foam as last semester 'cause the machines were on the fritz but there was enough to leave me slippery and kind of sticky at the end of the night. Slippery floors and dancing don't mix, that's one thing that you should always remember, but fortunately I never actually fell. There were some almost-topples but my legs just hurt a little more from trying to keep myself balanced while I was getting my groove on.
I danced with 3 strangers and a friend and the best dancer was the guy I knew. We did a grinding conga line, at most it was 4 couples, which turned out pretty well. There was also a 7-person and a 6-person conga line, all pretty damn fun. There was a plethora of bikini-clad college girls and, of course, shirtless guys. Near the beginning of the party I saw this white girl with the craziest hips I have ever seen. She was booty-bouncing like 100mph and winding her hips like Shakira ... it was amazing.
After a cold shower back in the dorm I was knocked out 'til 11:30am when I woke up to get ready for the football game. We played Oregon, who was ranked 14th while we were 48th (or something like that), and ended up going into double-overtime with them winning with a touchdown, 32-26. It was crazy and I was cursing like a sailor, but it was a great game: especially the 80-yard touchdown 15 seconds into the game!!
Ended up just hanging out with friends and watching Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire 'til maybe 1am and then crashed again. Today I did homework and started watching season one of 30 Rock. I really don't want to go to classes tomorrow.
I heart Tina Fey.
It rained all day.
I ran out of chocolate.
kthxbye.
Friday, September 12, 2008
10-9-8 and I'm breaking away
Today, I used my umbrella for the first time since school started. It rained last night so I was prepared with my umbrella tucked in an outside pocket of my backpack and once it started to rain I reached back and pulled it out like an arrow from a quiver. I know you got the visual, that's exactly what it looked like, I promise.
I like the click my umbrella makes when I press the button to release it. I wish it was a prettier color though.
On the way back from my math lecture this kid (who I could hear even with my headphones in) was talking about traffic patterns or some shit and he sounded like Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory. I mean exactly like him, so much so that I wanted to punch him in the face to make him stop talking.
I have a FOAM PARTY TONIGHT!!! It's gonna be slippery and loud. Just the way I like it.
I'm currently 99 pages into Pearl. Dutch names are weird.
kthxbye.
I like the click my umbrella makes when I press the button to release it. I wish it was a prettier color though.
On the way back from my math lecture this kid (who I could hear even with my headphones in) was talking about traffic patterns or some shit and he sounded like Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory. I mean exactly like him, so much so that I wanted to punch him in the face to make him stop talking.
I have a FOAM PARTY TONIGHT!!! It's gonna be slippery and loud. Just the way I like it.
I'm currently 99 pages into Pearl. Dutch names are weird.
kthxbye.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
La Rousse
It's been a couple months since I was so emotionally connected to a novel.
I love getting attached to a character. Not just finding something familiar in them and putting yourself somewhat in their place but actually feeling the way the character does. Getting scared when they do, being anxious, elated, distraught, uncomfortable. It's amazing how well some authors can pull you into the lives of their characters.
It took me a day and a half to read Tracy Chevalier's The Virgin Blue and now that I have finally finished the book I feel a little lighter. It was by no means meant to be a light-hearted book but I feel satisfied to have gone through the journey.
Never before have I cried while reading a book, never, but this book reduced me to tears and if I had the chance I would thank Ms. Chevalier for allowing me such an experience. To be brought to a solid emotion, not some weak fear or slight sympathy, by a novel is something that I think every person should be able to experience. Sure, a movie can give you the visuals and it might even make you cry more, but if you are connected enough to a book to create your own landscape, your own view of the characters then your emotions will be tied to the book whether you like it or not.
Sometimes I marvel at my own imagination. How I can turn someone's words into a world in my mind, how I can almost act out the plot like a play. In the back of my mind there are so many worlds I cannot even begin to remember where they've come from but I'm glad to have them stored away for moments when I need them most.
I highly recommend this book. I'm now off to read her second novel The Girl With The Pearl Earring, made into a movie starring a young Scarlett Johansson. I haven't decided whether being able to put a real face to the main character will help me to visualize, but I'm sure it will prove a wonderful read.
I love getting attached to a character. Not just finding something familiar in them and putting yourself somewhat in their place but actually feeling the way the character does. Getting scared when they do, being anxious, elated, distraught, uncomfortable. It's amazing how well some authors can pull you into the lives of their characters.
It took me a day and a half to read Tracy Chevalier's The Virgin Blue and now that I have finally finished the book I feel a little lighter. It was by no means meant to be a light-hearted book but I feel satisfied to have gone through the journey.
Never before have I cried while reading a book, never, but this book reduced me to tears and if I had the chance I would thank Ms. Chevalier for allowing me such an experience. To be brought to a solid emotion, not some weak fear or slight sympathy, by a novel is something that I think every person should be able to experience. Sure, a movie can give you the visuals and it might even make you cry more, but if you are connected enough to a book to create your own landscape, your own view of the characters then your emotions will be tied to the book whether you like it or not.
Sometimes I marvel at my own imagination. How I can turn someone's words into a world in my mind, how I can almost act out the plot like a play. In the back of my mind there are so many worlds I cannot even begin to remember where they've come from but I'm glad to have them stored away for moments when I need them most.
I highly recommend this book. I'm now off to read her second novel The Girl With The Pearl Earring, made into a movie starring a young Scarlett Johansson. I haven't decided whether being able to put a real face to the main character will help me to visualize, but I'm sure it will prove a wonderful read.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Couture plz.
Oh how I wish I was an Upper East Sider. The scandals, the money, the clothes, the foxy ladies, it's all too much.
So if you hadn't been able to tell by the opening line, Gossip Girl has re-entered my life &I could not be happier. A weekly dose of Blake&Leighton, such excellent eye candy, fer srs kids. Bleighton ftw! But then again Waldsen is just easier to blog about because I have nothing but picspam proof of Bleighton.
say what? too cute!
With Waldsen there's so much video evidence &I can obsess about every scene they share. Blair&Serena are the best BFFs ever in the universe. Blair forgives Serena for sleeping with Nate. Serena helps Blair get through her bulimia break &through her mommy angst. Blair takes care of drunk Serena ... on multiple occasions. Okay well most of the time it's really Blair being incredibly awesome &putting up with Serena's shit, but Serena has to put up with the Blair Bitch which pretty much evens everything out. &Srsly, they are simply the cutest (&hottest) BFFs evar in tha univers!
So now every Monday (at least until Heroes starts) I'll be Bleighton squeeing hardcore ... after that it will be strictly KBell-Panettiere squee, except that my little blonde pixie won't be in all of the new season. Why oh why? I heart Elle, she's an electric bitch ... electric&foxy.
GG has KBell too ... GG = KBell.
Pretty makes me squee.
Vanila soft serve. <33
xoxo
Gossip Girl ... jk
kthxbye.
So if you hadn't been able to tell by the opening line, Gossip Girl has re-entered my life &I could not be happier. A weekly dose of Blake&Leighton, such excellent eye candy, fer srs kids. Bleighton ftw! But then again Waldsen is just easier to blog about because I have nothing but picspam proof of Bleighton.
say what? too cute!
With Waldsen there's so much video evidence &I can obsess about every scene they share. Blair&Serena are the best BFFs ever in the universe. Blair forgives Serena for sleeping with Nate. Serena helps Blair get through her bulimia break &through her mommy angst. Blair takes care of drunk Serena ... on multiple occasions. Okay well most of the time it's really Blair being incredibly awesome &putting up with Serena's shit, but Serena has to put up with the Blair Bitch which pretty much evens everything out. &Srsly, they are simply the cutest (&hottest) BFFs evar in tha univers!
So now every Monday (at least until Heroes starts) I'll be Bleighton squeeing hardcore ... after that it will be strictly KBell-Panettiere squee, except that my little blonde pixie won't be in all of the new season. Why oh why? I heart Elle, she's an electric bitch ... electric&foxy.
GG has KBell too ... GG = KBell.
Pretty makes me squee.
Vanila soft serve. <33
xoxo
Gossip Girl ... jk
kthxbye.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
That's What She Said
School sucks balls .. okay not really but having to wake up before 7am is really killing me. If the class (any class, even in the afternoon) is anything even remotely close to boring (ie I have nobody to talk to) then I get really tired &just kind of drift in&out. I don't quite fall asleep but my eyelids feel like lead curtains and I've the hardest time keeping my eyes open.
I only get like 6 hours of sleep which is something I can't really remedy because I don't get tired 'til after 12am &my roommate doesn't go to bed until then. It's times like now (okay well pretty much all the time) that I wish I had a single room. My music is confined to my headphones &even though it usually sounds better through them than my speakers I really wish I could blast my music &sing at the top of my lungs whenever I want rather than only when my roommate is out of the room.
For the past couple, &by couple I mean maybe 5 hours I've been listening to She & Him's album Volume One. I've become so enamored with Zooey Deschanel's voice that I don't think I could possibly get sick of her ever. &of course she's my main lady crush, I heart her to mega pieces. I watched a couple of her performances on YouTube &she's so damn incredible. Watch!
Soooo good. <33 Favorite song on the album? Tie between "Sweet Darlin'" & "Black Hole."
Yesterday after class I went to the record store across from campus &bought the new Uh Huh Her cd Common Reaction. It's a-mazing, today was filled with non-stop Zooey but yesterday it was pure Cam&Leisha. Their mellow even kinda folksy electronic &just great. My favorite song on the album is "Wait Another Day" but "Not A Love Song" is a close second.
CAT DAVIS!!! Wednesdays are Cat Davis days, that's right, she's claimed them ... well until Bones starts then Wednesday will be Cat Davis&Bones days. So she had this biggay duo Kathryn&Amy who make up the comedy band That's What She Said. They (including Cat) did all this amazing music improvisation &pulled out some wicked (dorky) dance moves. I laughed so hard the whole time. Monday Liz Feldman had her season finale with none other than m'lady Bridget McManus as her guest. So hilarious, lots of lols there, fer srs. Those two are a-mazing together. Oh &my new word is "a-mazing" pronounced "uh mawzing" just like kitty Cat says it. I heart her.
Beatlemania concert this Friday.
Purple glue sticks are awesome.
I'm addicted to MySpace again.
kthxbye.
I only get like 6 hours of sleep which is something I can't really remedy because I don't get tired 'til after 12am &my roommate doesn't go to bed until then. It's times like now (okay well pretty much all the time) that I wish I had a single room. My music is confined to my headphones &even though it usually sounds better through them than my speakers I really wish I could blast my music &sing at the top of my lungs whenever I want rather than only when my roommate is out of the room.
For the past couple, &by couple I mean maybe 5 hours I've been listening to She & Him's album Volume One. I've become so enamored with Zooey Deschanel's voice that I don't think I could possibly get sick of her ever. &of course she's my main lady crush, I heart her to mega pieces. I watched a couple of her performances on YouTube &she's so damn incredible. Watch!
Soooo good. <33 Favorite song on the album? Tie between "Sweet Darlin'" & "Black Hole."
Yesterday after class I went to the record store across from campus &bought the new Uh Huh Her cd Common Reaction. It's a-mazing, today was filled with non-stop Zooey but yesterday it was pure Cam&Leisha. Their mellow even kinda folksy electronic &just great. My favorite song on the album is "Wait Another Day" but "Not A Love Song" is a close second.
CAT DAVIS!!! Wednesdays are Cat Davis days, that's right, she's claimed them ... well until Bones starts then Wednesday will be Cat Davis&Bones days. So she had this biggay duo Kathryn&Amy who make up the comedy band That's What She Said. They (including Cat) did all this amazing music improvisation &pulled out some wicked (dorky) dance moves. I laughed so hard the whole time. Monday Liz Feldman had her season finale with none other than m'lady Bridget McManus as her guest. So hilarious, lots of lols there, fer srs. Those two are a-mazing together. Oh &my new word is "a-mazing" pronounced "uh mawzing" just like kitty Cat says it. I heart her.
Beatlemania concert this Friday.
Purple glue sticks are awesome.
I'm addicted to MySpace again.
kthxbye.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Oh college
So today was my first day as a sophomore &I actually missed going to class. It's amazing being on campus again &just being able to walk around all these people ... especially since walking to class I'm constantly bird watching, hey there college ladies. ;)
But anyways, I have classes with a couple people I know but didn't figure that out until class ended so next time I'll actually have somebody to sit with. Had my first meal at the dining halls, oh how I missed not having to make my own meals. I've just been nostalgic since I got here especially after seeing all my friends again.
Friday I moved in &unpacked everything then set off to visit friends. I really miss just being able to go down the hall to see them 'cause now I've either got to walk a block&ahalf or get driven over. Why did everybody decide to be all dependent? I don't understand.
I love my room &I love having my beautiful laptop here with me. I've named her now: Georgia Drew but I call her George or G.D. I named her after this character from BJ Fletcher Private Eye a web series on AfterEllen that I'm addicted too.
My roommate is really nice &she actually talks to me which I don't know if I expected that now that I think about it. I haven't been able to hang out with all my friends from last year yet but I hope to see the rest of them by the end of the week.
Mondays are my longest days of the week, out@7am &in@5:30pm, it's crazy. Physics quizzes at 7:30 in the morning? Seriously, who can do that? Tomorrow & Thurs are the same, 3 classes with two 2-hour breaks in between. Weds I've got 4 classes & Friday only 3 but I start at 9:30am which is great. Tues-Fri I end at 2:30pm which is a-mazing!
7:30's suck balls.
Uh Huh Her is fabulous.
I really wanna go to a record store.
kthxbye.
But anyways, I have classes with a couple people I know but didn't figure that out until class ended so next time I'll actually have somebody to sit with. Had my first meal at the dining halls, oh how I missed not having to make my own meals. I've just been nostalgic since I got here especially after seeing all my friends again.
Friday I moved in &unpacked everything then set off to visit friends. I really miss just being able to go down the hall to see them 'cause now I've either got to walk a block&ahalf or get driven over. Why did everybody decide to be all dependent? I don't understand.
I love my room &I love having my beautiful laptop here with me. I've named her now: Georgia Drew but I call her George or G.D. I named her after this character from BJ Fletcher Private Eye a web series on AfterEllen that I'm addicted too.
My roommate is really nice &she actually talks to me which I don't know if I expected that now that I think about it. I haven't been able to hang out with all my friends from last year yet but I hope to see the rest of them by the end of the week.
Mondays are my longest days of the week, out@7am &in@5:30pm, it's crazy. Physics quizzes at 7:30 in the morning? Seriously, who can do that? Tomorrow & Thurs are the same, 3 classes with two 2-hour breaks in between. Weds I've got 4 classes & Friday only 3 but I start at 9:30am which is great. Tues-Fri I end at 2:30pm which is a-mazing!
7:30's suck balls.
Uh Huh Her is fabulous.
I really wanna go to a record store.
kthxbye.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Oh Lisa <3
I have switched my favorite Veronica, it's official: I heart Lisa Origliasso.
I've always thought of her as the prettier one but I always wanted to be like Jess with her crazy tattoos and piercings and killer voice. But now I just love Lissie more, she's cuter, tinier, stronger, has a great voice &is quite funny. I also like her fashion sense a little more than Jess' now.
picture k
Isn't she just spectacular? Yea, so I haven't come up with a name for my laptop today but I watched Cat Davis' new vlog on AfterEllen and now want a car so I can name it too.
She has a blue Scion XD and calls Kevyn (y b/c it's androgynous) her "shiny blue dyke-mobile" ... why is she so a-mazing? Oh I don't know, maybe 'cause she's from Greenfield, Indiana. That's like 20 minutes south of my current location. First Indiana spits out Jill Bennett &now Cat Davis. This girl is just full of the funny, jokes at every "hard gay left turn."
Her pick-up line: "Hi my name's Cat, y'know like pussy."
Seriously, I heart her too much. &She had Eden Riegel as her first guest who's from this web series Imaginary Bitches that I think I blogged about a really long time ago. I think Monday I caught up on all the episodes, Eden is adorable &imaginary friends who are bitches, fer srs, that's great stuff.
I found a new Veronicas song that I love to pieces, it's called "Everything." I listened to the Hook Me Up album at least 5 times today. I also watched all imaginable Veronicas videos on YouTube and stalked their MySpace a little. Oh oh oh and I DVR-ed their performance on TRL, they're so fab. They looked wicked cute & Lis has this great hat that I really want.
I get to pack all tomorrow, I'm foregoing a bike ride (did one today) so I'll be inside all day. I went grocery shopping today so I've got plenty of snacks for the start of the year, dunno how long they'll last.
I heart Lissie. <33
The V-Rons are wicked rad.
Electro-pop is heaven.
kthxbye.
I've always thought of her as the prettier one but I always wanted to be like Jess with her crazy tattoos and piercings and killer voice. But now I just love Lissie more, she's cuter, tinier, stronger, has a great voice &is quite funny. I also like her fashion sense a little more than Jess' now.
picture k
Isn't she just spectacular? Yea, so I haven't come up with a name for my laptop today but I watched Cat Davis' new vlog on AfterEllen and now want a car so I can name it too.
She has a blue Scion XD and calls Kevyn (y b/c it's androgynous) her "shiny blue dyke-mobile" ... why is she so a-mazing? Oh I don't know, maybe 'cause she's from Greenfield, Indiana. That's like 20 minutes south of my current location. First Indiana spits out Jill Bennett &now Cat Davis. This girl is just full of the funny, jokes at every "hard gay left turn."
Her pick-up line: "Hi my name's Cat, y'know like pussy."
Seriously, I heart her too much. &She had Eden Riegel as her first guest who's from this web series Imaginary Bitches that I think I blogged about a really long time ago. I think Monday I caught up on all the episodes, Eden is adorable &imaginary friends who are bitches, fer srs, that's great stuff.
I found a new Veronicas song that I love to pieces, it's called "Everything." I listened to the Hook Me Up album at least 5 times today. I also watched all imaginable Veronicas videos on YouTube and stalked their MySpace a little. Oh oh oh and I DVR-ed their performance on TRL, they're so fab. They looked wicked cute & Lis has this great hat that I really want.
I get to pack all tomorrow, I'm foregoing a bike ride (did one today) so I'll be inside all day. I went grocery shopping today so I've got plenty of snacks for the start of the year, dunno how long they'll last.
I heart Lissie. <33
The V-Rons are wicked rad.
Electro-pop is heaven.
kthxbye.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Technology <333
I GOT MY BABY TODAY!!
After waking up & deciding to be lazy & not go on my bike ride I took a shower. While I was standing nekkid in front of my window, which I often do and I'm trying to stop 'cause I don't have a curtain and people can see me from the street, I saw a DHL truck drive by and the driver look up at the house. After squealing 'cause I thought he saw my bday suit, I thought wouldn't it be funny if he was bringing my laptop.
&he did, fer srs kids.
He was all sign this, so I scribbled, shut the door and ran to get scissors and open the box. First thing I did was kiss it, that's right physical affection for my laptop, I hugged it too.
So after 4 hours of customization, ie copying over files, downloading programs and just making it look beautiful, my fancy little baby was all ready for use. I knew my old laptop was slow but oh my goodness, my new baby (which I'm going to name I just haven't picked out a sufficient title yet) is fast like a cheetah!! &the speakers sound amazing and it's all shiny and silver on the inside and midnight blue on top. I'm reconsidering putting stickers on it 'cause it's just so damn purty at the moment.
I have, at random periods during the day, been kissing my laptop, just above the screen @ the middle. I am just so enamored with this pretty piece of technology, I think my life is now complete .. okay not really but I'm so effin' happy right now!!
I checked out a bunch of LOLXENA's after lunch (http://lolxena.blogspot.com) so I had Xena on the brain most of the day. Maybe I should name my laptop Gabrielle ... idk, whatever. I also wrote a bit of fanfiction today ... okay it was more like fangirlreallyreallywishesitwouldhappen fiction but whatever.
I heart my laptop.
I'm starting to pack tomorrow.
I heart my laptop.
kthxbye.
After waking up & deciding to be lazy & not go on my bike ride I took a shower. While I was standing nekkid in front of my window, which I often do and I'm trying to stop 'cause I don't have a curtain and people can see me from the street, I saw a DHL truck drive by and the driver look up at the house. After squealing 'cause I thought he saw my bday suit, I thought wouldn't it be funny if he was bringing my laptop.
&he did, fer srs kids.
He was all sign this, so I scribbled, shut the door and ran to get scissors and open the box. First thing I did was kiss it, that's right physical affection for my laptop, I hugged it too.
So after 4 hours of customization, ie copying over files, downloading programs and just making it look beautiful, my fancy little baby was all ready for use. I knew my old laptop was slow but oh my goodness, my new baby (which I'm going to name I just haven't picked out a sufficient title yet) is fast like a cheetah!! &the speakers sound amazing and it's all shiny and silver on the inside and midnight blue on top. I'm reconsidering putting stickers on it 'cause it's just so damn purty at the moment.
I have, at random periods during the day, been kissing my laptop, just above the screen @ the middle. I am just so enamored with this pretty piece of technology, I think my life is now complete .. okay not really but I'm so effin' happy right now!!
I checked out a bunch of LOLXENA's after lunch (http://lolxena.blogspot.com) so I had Xena on the brain most of the day. Maybe I should name my laptop Gabrielle ... idk, whatever. I also wrote a bit of fanfiction today ... okay it was more like fangirlreallyreallywishesitwouldhappen fiction but whatever.
I heart my laptop.
I'm starting to pack tomorrow.
I heart my laptop.
kthxbye.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
I miss Bridget!
So yesterday I went on a Veronicas binge.
It all started when I watched the video for the 4th single of their new album Hook Me Up called "Take Me On The Floor" (and boy do I). But anyways they looked, well they just looked really good, and that song really makes me want to dance (and I did 'cause no one was home, very loud music oh yes) so then I went on a gallery binge at one of their fan sites while listening to their new cd on repeat (it's sinfully electropop-tastic). After that I went to their official web site and watched all the vids they've posted, little plugs for gigs and stuff on tv. Of course the whole while I was rekindling my crush on Jess, she's always been my favorite.
And I don't think I've mentioned this but I was crazy in love with these girls my junior year of high school (05-06) and went so far as to participate in Veronicas Day (the 14th day of every month after their cd release Feb. 14th), listen to the cd at least 3 times a day and of course post non-stop on their fan forum. I never did get a chance to see them in concert but I did draw their band logo on my sneakers in Sharpie.
Oh man, I just relived some amazing moments while I was writing that. I like their new album much more than the old one. I'm not usually into music that's this far into the pop genre but there's enough electronic beat and pretty faces to make the fangirl in me squee with joy. Oh and I even made a Veronicas-themed desktop, baby it's good.
PICSPAM!
Lis is fondling Jess, how sweet. Hot Australian twin sisters FTW!!
Anyways, I got all of this incredibly delicious smelling shampoo, conditioner and body wash at the store today. The body wash is cucumber melon, makes me want to lick my own skin .. it's my Axe, lol jk. I got all the rest of the stuff to re-stock my dorm but I've gotta get some food or whatever on Thurs. maybe. I wanted to buy some plain t-shirts, likes Hanes or whatever, but the ones they had had pockets, no thank you. Though I could probably pull that off. Oh, I bought silver nail polish, just 'cause I could.
Went to the State Fair again today and guess what? No, you won't get it, there were cheerleaders everywhere. And I immediately thought of Bridget McManus, the pervy high school cheerleader version that is. Then I remembered that BWB is on hiatus until September, no more Bridge to perk up my Sundays. *sadfaice* The cheerleaders where middle schoolers I think, maybe some high schoolers too? I couldn't really tell, they were all really tiny and looked pretty young. Needless to say I didn't find them very good eye candy.
I had a strawberry milkshake within 15 minutes of entering the fairgrounds (that was all waiting in line, ew). We, aka me brother sister & dad, went to see the horses, sheep, more horses, llamas and alpacas and then the bunnies <33333. So after squeeing for a good half-hour my dad & brother pried my sister and I away from the bunnies and I watched my brother fail at some games. We had pork tenderloin sandwiches for dinner then took the tractor-trailer-ride thinger around the whole fair loop. I scoped out the pretty people while my brother complained about how we were going to get back too late for him to have a friend over. We complete our loop, get a box of salt water taffy and then kick it on home. Oh and we drove in my dad's matchbox little Porche (por-shuh or how I say it, porch), that car is so fucking small.
I did some minor/major Zooey crushing before and immediately after the fair. I watched the "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here" video again and my heart skipped at 2:06 with that pretty wink. I posted it on Facebook then watched it two more times. Listened to the album twice before the fair and once after and then did just a bit of gallery checking.
I watched Rocky Horror just prior to posting this entry so I've got "The Time Warp" stuck in my head like normal. I'm thinking if I'm in shape and in the mood around Halloween I might actually dress up for the showing on campus. Fuck that movie is amazing.
I heart Zooey Deschanel.
I got an ace pair of jeans from my mom today.
Jess Origliasso is hott. (that's right two t's)
kthxbye.
It all started when I watched the video for the 4th single of their new album Hook Me Up called "Take Me On The Floor" (and boy do I). But anyways they looked, well they just looked really good, and that song really makes me want to dance (and I did 'cause no one was home, very loud music oh yes) so then I went on a gallery binge at one of their fan sites while listening to their new cd on repeat (it's sinfully electropop-tastic). After that I went to their official web site and watched all the vids they've posted, little plugs for gigs and stuff on tv. Of course the whole while I was rekindling my crush on Jess, she's always been my favorite.
And I don't think I've mentioned this but I was crazy in love with these girls my junior year of high school (05-06) and went so far as to participate in Veronicas Day (the 14th day of every month after their cd release Feb. 14th), listen to the cd at least 3 times a day and of course post non-stop on their fan forum. I never did get a chance to see them in concert but I did draw their band logo on my sneakers in Sharpie.
Oh man, I just relived some amazing moments while I was writing that. I like their new album much more than the old one. I'm not usually into music that's this far into the pop genre but there's enough electronic beat and pretty faces to make the fangirl in me squee with joy. Oh and I even made a Veronicas-themed desktop, baby it's good.
PICSPAM!
Lis is fondling Jess, how sweet. Hot Australian twin sisters FTW!!
Anyways, I got all of this incredibly delicious smelling shampoo, conditioner and body wash at the store today. The body wash is cucumber melon, makes me want to lick my own skin .. it's my Axe, lol jk. I got all the rest of the stuff to re-stock my dorm but I've gotta get some food or whatever on Thurs. maybe. I wanted to buy some plain t-shirts, likes Hanes or whatever, but the ones they had had pockets, no thank you. Though I could probably pull that off. Oh, I bought silver nail polish, just 'cause I could.
Went to the State Fair again today and guess what? No, you won't get it, there were cheerleaders everywhere. And I immediately thought of Bridget McManus, the pervy high school cheerleader version that is. Then I remembered that BWB is on hiatus until September, no more Bridge to perk up my Sundays. *sadfaice* The cheerleaders where middle schoolers I think, maybe some high schoolers too? I couldn't really tell, they were all really tiny and looked pretty young. Needless to say I didn't find them very good eye candy.
I had a strawberry milkshake within 15 minutes of entering the fairgrounds (that was all waiting in line, ew). We, aka me brother sister & dad, went to see the horses, sheep, more horses, llamas and alpacas and then the bunnies <33333. So after squeeing for a good half-hour my dad & brother pried my sister and I away from the bunnies and I watched my brother fail at some games. We had pork tenderloin sandwiches for dinner then took the tractor-trailer-ride thinger around the whole fair loop. I scoped out the pretty people while my brother complained about how we were going to get back too late for him to have a friend over. We complete our loop, get a box of salt water taffy and then kick it on home. Oh and we drove in my dad's matchbox little Porche (por-shuh or how I say it, porch), that car is so fucking small.
I did some minor/major Zooey crushing before and immediately after the fair. I watched the "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here" video again and my heart skipped at 2:06 with that pretty wink. I posted it on Facebook then watched it two more times. Listened to the album twice before the fair and once after and then did just a bit of gallery checking.
I watched Rocky Horror just prior to posting this entry so I've got "The Time Warp" stuck in my head like normal. I'm thinking if I'm in shape and in the mood around Halloween I might actually dress up for the showing on campus. Fuck that movie is amazing.
I heart Zooey Deschanel.
I got an ace pair of jeans from my mom today.
Jess Origliasso is hott. (that's right two t's)
kthxbye.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Waiting on the next best thing
I came back particularly exhausted last night so I opted to skip out on my blog entry as today would provide me with enough energy to actually complete a full sentence.
So I woke up around 11am ... well actually at exactly 11am because that's what time my alarm was set to start screaming at me. I had leftovers for lunch and pretty much just lounged around my room until 3:45pm when I was picked up for an evening at the State Fair.
A quick bite of pasta salad (Italian vinaigrette, the good stuff) and some coffee cake followed quickly after the entrance to another friend's house. A phone call from a once-roommate produced the raging, door slamming, curse word slinging alter-ego of said friend. Ranting and a peculiar and awkward phone call to the new and Korean roommate cleared up some trouble but brought up some more. Bad at phone calls, good at texting. :]
So the fair grounds ... we (all 6 of us, 4girls&2boys) wander around the fair for a while checking out all the farm-related stuff first. Old-timey whatever, lots of tractors and equipment and even more pictures. I bought too much penny candy and ate it all: 25 pieces for 25cents. Played mini-golf (for free) and I jumped around a lot because of the sugar (I also sucked really hard and came in last place, yes!).
Dinner of pizza and Mountain Dew yielded to a quick stop into the 4H building to check out all the projects and gawk at bugs we didn't know and didn't want to know could be found in surrounding counties. We played in a patch of corn outside the building which resulted in screamings of "Oh my gosh look at that bug!" "It's huge!" "Gross" and then of course running out of the corn.
More pictures along the way of course.
We took a mini-quiz and won a plastic Purdue cup. Saw a giant cheese carving .. 1 lb of cheese means 10lbs of milk, yea that's right, I learned things. Then somebody lost her cell phone so we did the frantic search ... it was in the corn. Phone searching made me late to get to the Dairy Barn so I couldn't get an effin' milkshake. Lemme just tell you I was about to kill a bitch. I went to the horse barn with previously raging friend and got to pet a couple horses but most of the aisles were shut off for the night so I was even more angry. Then the bunny barn was closed so I was even more angry. But then we met up with some guy friends and watched them lose at games at the Midway and argue with all the carnies. Quite funny. I also ate more than 2/3 of a funnel cake by myself, such a bad idea.
I pulled a muscle in my hip and limped all the way back to car. I was in agony, and I had to walked down and up stairs. But sitting in the car made me feel better so by the time I got home I was feeling pretty good. Then I just konked out.
Woke up around 11:30am this morning and went for my 4mile bike ride. I managed to get back before a storm I didn't know was coming until 10 minutes after my shower it was pouring and there was plenty of lightning to go around. I watched an episode or two of House, then got online and finally posted my intro post for the rp I've been working up to for forever. The post was two pages in Word .. I got a little carried away but I'm happy I'll now have something to write about on a constant basis.
I got bored and skimmed through the five episodes of GG that I have ... I looked at all the Serena&Blair moments because I heart them together. BFFs 4ever fer srs.
Oh Oh Oh ... I got my mom to go and buy tickets for her, my sister and me for Sara Bareilles on November 1st so I'm super excited. I'm going to go through and try and clean my closet or something tomorrow, maybe start sorting things out. I'm going to go shopping to stock up on stuff this weekend with my mom so I want to start getting everything ready.
Tomorrow is Friday.
I still heart The Veronicas.
Chocolate ice cream is delicious.
kthxbye.
So I woke up around 11am ... well actually at exactly 11am because that's what time my alarm was set to start screaming at me. I had leftovers for lunch and pretty much just lounged around my room until 3:45pm when I was picked up for an evening at the State Fair.
A quick bite of pasta salad (Italian vinaigrette, the good stuff) and some coffee cake followed quickly after the entrance to another friend's house. A phone call from a once-roommate produced the raging, door slamming, curse word slinging alter-ego of said friend. Ranting and a peculiar and awkward phone call to the new and Korean roommate cleared up some trouble but brought up some more. Bad at phone calls, good at texting. :]
So the fair grounds ... we (all 6 of us, 4girls&2boys) wander around the fair for a while checking out all the farm-related stuff first. Old-timey whatever, lots of tractors and equipment and even more pictures. I bought too much penny candy and ate it all: 25 pieces for 25cents. Played mini-golf (for free) and I jumped around a lot because of the sugar (I also sucked really hard and came in last place, yes!).
Dinner of pizza and Mountain Dew yielded to a quick stop into the 4H building to check out all the projects and gawk at bugs we didn't know and didn't want to know could be found in surrounding counties. We played in a patch of corn outside the building which resulted in screamings of "Oh my gosh look at that bug!" "It's huge!" "Gross" and then of course running out of the corn.
More pictures along the way of course.
We took a mini-quiz and won a plastic Purdue cup. Saw a giant cheese carving .. 1 lb of cheese means 10lbs of milk, yea that's right, I learned things. Then somebody lost her cell phone so we did the frantic search ... it was in the corn. Phone searching made me late to get to the Dairy Barn so I couldn't get an effin' milkshake. Lemme just tell you I was about to kill a bitch. I went to the horse barn with previously raging friend and got to pet a couple horses but most of the aisles were shut off for the night so I was even more angry. Then the bunny barn was closed so I was even more angry. But then we met up with some guy friends and watched them lose at games at the Midway and argue with all the carnies. Quite funny. I also ate more than 2/3 of a funnel cake by myself, such a bad idea.
I pulled a muscle in my hip and limped all the way back to car. I was in agony, and I had to walked down and up stairs. But sitting in the car made me feel better so by the time I got home I was feeling pretty good. Then I just konked out.
Woke up around 11:30am this morning and went for my 4mile bike ride. I managed to get back before a storm I didn't know was coming until 10 minutes after my shower it was pouring and there was plenty of lightning to go around. I watched an episode or two of House, then got online and finally posted my intro post for the rp I've been working up to for forever. The post was two pages in Word .. I got a little carried away but I'm happy I'll now have something to write about on a constant basis.
I got bored and skimmed through the five episodes of GG that I have ... I looked at all the Serena&Blair moments because I heart them together. BFFs 4ever fer srs.
Oh Oh Oh ... I got my mom to go and buy tickets for her, my sister and me for Sara Bareilles on November 1st so I'm super excited. I'm going to go through and try and clean my closet or something tomorrow, maybe start sorting things out. I'm going to go shopping to stock up on stuff this weekend with my mom so I want to start getting everything ready.
Tomorrow is Friday.
I still heart The Veronicas.
Chocolate ice cream is delicious.
kthxbye.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
It Happens
Last night I went outside at midnight and watched the sky for the whole duration of The Con by Tegan and Sara (approx 37 minutes) and saw 4 shooting stars. The first one was out of the corner of my eye but the second one was right above me and my breath hitched up and I found I was smiling real wide. The other two weren't right in front of me but they were still in my line of sight. It was pretty light around my house and I really wished I could've driven to the middle of nowhere 'cause today my mom said that in the country I'd have been able to see at least a comet a minute. I was wrapped in a blanket with my headphones blasting music in my ears. Unfortunately I wasn't wearing socks so I couldn't exactly feel my toes when I got inside but it was worth it.
Got up this morning around 10:45am, ate a quick breakfast and then went for my 4 miles bike ride. Goodness, I always forget how tiring it is. I got back and I could walk pretty well and I didn't almost collapse in the shower like I've done before but I could barely walk up the stairs. Even now 12 hours later it hurt to walk up the stairs so tomorrow I'm just gonna do some easy exercises tomorrow. Velveeta mac n' cheese for lunch and a couple episodes of House in the afternoon.
Tonight was the SUGARLAND CONCERT at the State Fair!!!!!
After a giant tenderloin sandwich and some greasy cheese fries my mom and I headed up into the stands for the concert. Joe Nichols was there getting the crowd all riled up and I only knew part of one of his songs "Tequila" or something. It was pretty funny listenin' to all the women around me singing about tequila making their clothes fall off. Sugarland took about 40 minutes to set up and it was definitely worth the wait. By the time the duo on the stage it was dark out and they just had lights out the yin yang. I had an awful hard time taking pictures and the ones I did take are pretty dark because my flash set off the stage lights, I don't know it's weird.
But anyways, I love Jennifer Nettles. Proclamation of love straight out. She's got the energy of a punk band on stage and some soulful country pipes. And of course she's pretty as hell. I really liked her with long hair but her new short do is just as great. They had Storm Troopers (as in from Star Wars) posted around the stage for "security." Before Joe got off stage I saw them loitering around backstage and got really confused.
Sugarland played I think 13 songs, 2 from their first album Faster Than The Speed of Life, 5 from their second album Enjoy The Ride, 5 from their new album Love On the Inside and then "Pour Some Sugar On Me" which I thought was hilarious. At the very end of everything Jennifer and Kristian got inside these giant clear blow-up balls and "crowd surfed" or whatever. It was great.
I'm going back to the fair tomorrow with friends so it should be pretty damn fun. I want to go and see the rabbits and the horses and all the 4H stuff like I normally do. I hope everybody isn't a pain and just wants to wander or something 'cause if I don't see any animals I'm gonna kick some serious ass ... or just go wander by myself.
Now I'm listening to Sugarland quite loudly (headphones duh) and singing pretty loud. I really love Jennifer's voice, it's amazing. She's definitely my favorite country singer.
My sister got me a Snickers. <33
My neck hurts.
Tomorrow is Wednesday.
kthxbye.
Got up this morning around 10:45am, ate a quick breakfast and then went for my 4 miles bike ride. Goodness, I always forget how tiring it is. I got back and I could walk pretty well and I didn't almost collapse in the shower like I've done before but I could barely walk up the stairs. Even now 12 hours later it hurt to walk up the stairs so tomorrow I'm just gonna do some easy exercises tomorrow. Velveeta mac n' cheese for lunch and a couple episodes of House in the afternoon.
Tonight was the SUGARLAND CONCERT at the State Fair!!!!!
After a giant tenderloin sandwich and some greasy cheese fries my mom and I headed up into the stands for the concert. Joe Nichols was there getting the crowd all riled up and I only knew part of one of his songs "Tequila" or something. It was pretty funny listenin' to all the women around me singing about tequila making their clothes fall off. Sugarland took about 40 minutes to set up and it was definitely worth the wait. By the time the duo on the stage it was dark out and they just had lights out the yin yang. I had an awful hard time taking pictures and the ones I did take are pretty dark because my flash set off the stage lights, I don't know it's weird.
But anyways, I love Jennifer Nettles. Proclamation of love straight out. She's got the energy of a punk band on stage and some soulful country pipes. And of course she's pretty as hell. I really liked her with long hair but her new short do is just as great. They had Storm Troopers (as in from Star Wars) posted around the stage for "security." Before Joe got off stage I saw them loitering around backstage and got really confused.
Sugarland played I think 13 songs, 2 from their first album Faster Than The Speed of Life, 5 from their second album Enjoy The Ride, 5 from their new album Love On the Inside and then "Pour Some Sugar On Me" which I thought was hilarious. At the very end of everything Jennifer and Kristian got inside these giant clear blow-up balls and "crowd surfed" or whatever. It was great.
I'm going back to the fair tomorrow with friends so it should be pretty damn fun. I want to go and see the rabbits and the horses and all the 4H stuff like I normally do. I hope everybody isn't a pain and just wants to wander or something 'cause if I don't see any animals I'm gonna kick some serious ass ... or just go wander by myself.
Now I'm listening to Sugarland quite loudly (headphones duh) and singing pretty loud. I really love Jennifer's voice, it's amazing. She's definitely my favorite country singer.
My sister got me a Snickers. <33
My neck hurts.
Tomorrow is Wednesday.
kthxbye.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Shooting stars hey hey!
A phone call at exactly 10:49am (one minute before my alarm was to go off) I received a phone call informing me that I was to be picked up at 15 after for an afternoon with my ladies. Twenty-five minutes turned into nearly forty-five as my ride forgot her wallet in our friends' car, she is ever so clever. We pick up the wallet, another friend and switch cars then we're off to the mall!
I bought a pair of brown knit slacks from Fossil (<33333333), a scarf from H&M and tube socks from Wet Seal just because I could. I split bourbon chicken with a friend for lunch that was more of a linner since it was at 3:30pm. We separate for dinner and conjoin once more around 6:45pm for another POOL PARTY!!!! Swimming for roughly an hour and three quarters then we all bumble on back home. Showering, episodes of House, book reading and too much thinking in my brain parts gets me to bed around 2am.
Today I wake up at 9:03am, 11:21am and then officially at 12:21pm. The new episode of This Just Out with Liz Feldman appears on the Internetz after my lunch of cheese and salsa quesadilla and I proceed to laugh myself silly. Liz has one half of the Canadian duo Tegan and Sara, aka Tegan, and the two are just telling joke non-stop. It's funny as hell and after my normal Internetz check-ups I watch it again followed by several episodes of House. I just got off a Tegan and Sara YouTube binge where I watched a mess of videos they made while they were producing their latest album The Con, I <3 that album. I remember last year when I was still watching tv during the day at school I found MTV U and watched their video for "Back Into Your Head" and fell in <3 with them. BTW, they're twin Canadian lesbians who currently don pretty trendy mullets. That just cracks me up.
There's supposed to be a meteor shower or summat tonight ... I think I'm going to try and go outside and look for some shooting stars. That is only if the mosquitoes decide not to ravage my apparently delicious skin. I got two bug bites on my ankle last week when I went fishing and I itched one super freakin' hard so it scabbed something awful but still itched. They're better now.
Oh ... I woke up really late so I didn't feel like biking so I just exercised in my house and my legs didn't hurt when I was showering all the gross off but when I was walking up and down the stairs later I thought I was going to collapse. I guess that means I exercised just enough. :]
Tomorrow I'm going to go for a bike ride. And maybe sort out my closet.
Chocolate milk is delectable.
Tegan Quin is HI-larious.
Dragons are cool.
kthxbye.
I bought a pair of brown knit slacks from Fossil (<33333333), a scarf from H&M and tube socks from Wet Seal just because I could. I split bourbon chicken with a friend for lunch that was more of a linner since it was at 3:30pm. We separate for dinner and conjoin once more around 6:45pm for another POOL PARTY!!!! Swimming for roughly an hour and three quarters then we all bumble on back home. Showering, episodes of House, book reading and too much thinking in my brain parts gets me to bed around 2am.
Today I wake up at 9:03am, 11:21am and then officially at 12:21pm. The new episode of This Just Out with Liz Feldman appears on the Internetz after my lunch of cheese and salsa quesadilla and I proceed to laugh myself silly. Liz has one half of the Canadian duo Tegan and Sara, aka Tegan, and the two are just telling joke non-stop. It's funny as hell and after my normal Internetz check-ups I watch it again followed by several episodes of House. I just got off a Tegan and Sara YouTube binge where I watched a mess of videos they made while they were producing their latest album The Con, I <3 that album. I remember last year when I was still watching tv during the day at school I found MTV U and watched their video for "Back Into Your Head" and fell in <3 with them. BTW, they're twin Canadian lesbians who currently don pretty trendy mullets. That just cracks me up.
There's supposed to be a meteor shower or summat tonight ... I think I'm going to try and go outside and look for some shooting stars. That is only if the mosquitoes decide not to ravage my apparently delicious skin. I got two bug bites on my ankle last week when I went fishing and I itched one super freakin' hard so it scabbed something awful but still itched. They're better now.
Oh ... I woke up really late so I didn't feel like biking so I just exercised in my house and my legs didn't hurt when I was showering all the gross off but when I was walking up and down the stairs later I thought I was going to collapse. I guess that means I exercised just enough. :]
Tomorrow I'm going to go for a bike ride. And maybe sort out my closet.
Chocolate milk is delectable.
Tegan Quin is HI-larious.
Dragons are cool.
kthxbye.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Olympics whar?
So my beautiful laptop cost me $913.82 ... I miss that money. I'm getting paid back for it but still. Over the summer I made approximately $1317.66 and spent every single cent, well at least I will have once my text book order goes through. The laptop is going to end up getting here right as I'm leaving for school which makes me angry. I paid an extra $39 to get it shipped in two days, but those two days are after the time it takes the factory to put together my baby.
Anyways I went to a p-p-p-pool party today! And I didn't get sunburned!!! It was the normal girls and some guys that they play frisbee with and it was an all out ball brawl (ie we threw balls at each other) for at least the first hour and a half. Every time I threw a ball however I kind of fell out of my top which was damn uncomfortable but I won't likely be wearing my suit again this year except for tomorrow after shopping with my girlies. I don't really know what I'm going to buy, I'll prolly head into Buckle to buy a few tank tops but I don't really feel like spending the rest of my money. I've got about $60 of cash and I think that's all I'll be spending.
The other day while I was discussing why I wanted to work in the libraries at school I said that I loved old books and the smell of them so when my mom went to the Goodwill Outlet today she brought back these two books for me, one from 1946 and the other from 1899!!! The one from 1899 had a newspaper article in it about the guy who the book is based on ... and of course they both smell just fabulous and look awesome.
I watched the new Harry Potter trailer and then proceeded to re-read Luna Lovegood's biography because she is my favorite HP character, in a close second is Hermoine. After that I watched She & Him's new music video for "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" and was reduced to slack-jawed awe as Zooey winked at the camera. I <3 her ... & now I'm listening to the cd and singing along very quietly because I love her voice. I think I need to send away for her autograph or something so I can frame it and have it forever.
I love women's sand volleyball.
Gymnasts have scary muscles.
Phelps already won a gold.
kthxbye.
Anyways I went to a p-p-p-pool party today! And I didn't get sunburned!!! It was the normal girls and some guys that they play frisbee with and it was an all out ball brawl (ie we threw balls at each other) for at least the first hour and a half. Every time I threw a ball however I kind of fell out of my top which was damn uncomfortable but I won't likely be wearing my suit again this year except for tomorrow after shopping with my girlies. I don't really know what I'm going to buy, I'll prolly head into Buckle to buy a few tank tops but I don't really feel like spending the rest of my money. I've got about $60 of cash and I think that's all I'll be spending.
The other day while I was discussing why I wanted to work in the libraries at school I said that I loved old books and the smell of them so when my mom went to the Goodwill Outlet today she brought back these two books for me, one from 1946 and the other from 1899!!! The one from 1899 had a newspaper article in it about the guy who the book is based on ... and of course they both smell just fabulous and look awesome.
I watched the new Harry Potter trailer and then proceeded to re-read Luna Lovegood's biography because she is my favorite HP character, in a close second is Hermoine. After that I watched She & Him's new music video for "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" and was reduced to slack-jawed awe as Zooey winked at the camera. I <3 her ... & now I'm listening to the cd and singing along very quietly because I love her voice. I think I need to send away for her autograph or something so I can frame it and have it forever.
I love women's sand volleyball.
Gymnasts have scary muscles.
Phelps already won a gold.
kthxbye.
Can you go another round?
Wednesday's blog was the 69th post. I just thought I should announce that ... be a perv and laugh.
So how did I spend 8.8.08 you ask?
Pretty much like every other day. I woke up at 12:21pm, had leftovers for lunch and lounged in front of my computer for a couple hours. I decided to be active around 2:30pm so I jogged 15 mins on the eliptical, I only did a mile and a quarter but I was sweating like none other because I didn't have my fan on nor my window open. Being the only room on the second floor means I get all the heat! Super fun let me tell you. I did some crunches, pumped some iron (20 repetitions is barely pumping but whatever) then took an incredibly cold shower.
Went back to my computer and watched my favorite Pam Beesly episode, ie The Dundies where Pam gets plastered at Chili's. The Whitest Sneakers Award, good for Pam. Oh yea and then there was that first Jam/PB&J kiss. I <3 Jim Halpert.
For some reason .. aka I just found out about this new film poking fun at 50s sexploitation B films called Bitch Slap! ... I wanted to watch Grindhouse, so I did. I only have the Planet Terror half though, but it was still good and I still shudder when Dr. Block pops the boil or whatever on that guy's tongue and when Dakota breaks her wrist in the door.
More Internet surfing produced nothing much at all. I saw the world premiere of Morningwood's new video for their new song "Sugarbaby" on FNMTV on MTV and watched like three seconds of the Olympics opening ceremonies. Like it says on my Facebook: Emma prefers slutty puppets to olympic games. I went on Morningwood's MySpace and watched the last in a series of Blog Mitzvah's where Chantal (the lead singer) and her husband Jimmy (not in the band at all) answer questions from fans. They are so fucking hilarious together. Especially when Chantal called some girl a bitch at least 30 times.
I needed a picture for a character I'm working up and decided to use Jemina Pearl, the lead singer of Be Your Own Pet, so I spent a good hour looking through trillions of pics of her and the band.
Yesterday was my last day or work, it was boring as hell, I'm glad to be done. I had to write a thank you e-mail to my boss today though. I think he talked to me directly only two times the whole summer (and I was sitting right outside of his office).
My text books for school cost $497.82. I'm going to try and order my laptop from Dell tomorrow. It's an Inspiron 1420 in Midnight Blue, my dad just has to confirm that he likes it considering he and my mom are paying me back for it separately.
My closet is a mess.
Two weeks until I move back to school.
Oyster crackers are delicious.
kthxbye.
So how did I spend 8.8.08 you ask?
Pretty much like every other day. I woke up at 12:21pm, had leftovers for lunch and lounged in front of my computer for a couple hours. I decided to be active around 2:30pm so I jogged 15 mins on the eliptical, I only did a mile and a quarter but I was sweating like none other because I didn't have my fan on nor my window open. Being the only room on the second floor means I get all the heat! Super fun let me tell you. I did some crunches, pumped some iron (20 repetitions is barely pumping but whatever) then took an incredibly cold shower.
Went back to my computer and watched my favorite Pam Beesly episode, ie The Dundies where Pam gets plastered at Chili's. The Whitest Sneakers Award, good for Pam. Oh yea and then there was that first Jam/PB&J kiss. I <3 Jim Halpert.
For some reason .. aka I just found out about this new film poking fun at 50s sexploitation B films called Bitch Slap! ... I wanted to watch Grindhouse, so I did. I only have the Planet Terror half though, but it was still good and I still shudder when Dr. Block pops the boil or whatever on that guy's tongue and when Dakota breaks her wrist in the door.
More Internet surfing produced nothing much at all. I saw the world premiere of Morningwood's new video for their new song "Sugarbaby" on FNMTV on MTV and watched like three seconds of the Olympics opening ceremonies. Like it says on my Facebook: Emma prefers slutty puppets to olympic games. I went on Morningwood's MySpace and watched the last in a series of Blog Mitzvah's where Chantal (the lead singer) and her husband Jimmy (not in the band at all) answer questions from fans. They are so fucking hilarious together. Especially when Chantal called some girl a bitch at least 30 times.
I needed a picture for a character I'm working up and decided to use Jemina Pearl, the lead singer of Be Your Own Pet, so I spent a good hour looking through trillions of pics of her and the band.
Yesterday was my last day or work, it was boring as hell, I'm glad to be done. I had to write a thank you e-mail to my boss today though. I think he talked to me directly only two times the whole summer (and I was sitting right outside of his office).
My text books for school cost $497.82. I'm going to try and order my laptop from Dell tomorrow. It's an Inspiron 1420 in Midnight Blue, my dad just has to confirm that he likes it considering he and my mom are paying me back for it separately.
My closet is a mess.
Two weeks until I move back to school.
Oyster crackers are delicious.
kthxbye.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
I count all the stars in space
For the past three and a half hours I have been quite heavily submersed in the most magical love story I have ever read.
My head is now high in the clouds and my room is filled with sighs long past yet I feel downtrodden. My heart is reaching out, grasping at nothing but thin air and I am saddened, deeply and thoroughly. It's stories that evoke such precious emotion that make me reflect, make me think upon myself and the life I have yet to live.
Help is non-existent in the lilting phrases and gentle honey caress of Norah Jones whispering from my speakers.
The dark of night holds only the solace of my mind and thoughts buried deep during the light of day. It isn't safe alone in my room when the house is quiet and my mind is screaming, struggling against subconscious restraints. It's never safe.
I wish only to love and be loved, to care and be cared for. A wish the stars ignore having grown weary of the constant need of the human race. The stars hold no hope for me.
"As long as the day is full of time there will always be room for your hand in mine." Fall Apart Again by Brandi Carlile
My head is now high in the clouds and my room is filled with sighs long past yet I feel downtrodden. My heart is reaching out, grasping at nothing but thin air and I am saddened, deeply and thoroughly. It's stories that evoke such precious emotion that make me reflect, make me think upon myself and the life I have yet to live.
Help is non-existent in the lilting phrases and gentle honey caress of Norah Jones whispering from my speakers.
The dark of night holds only the solace of my mind and thoughts buried deep during the light of day. It isn't safe alone in my room when the house is quiet and my mind is screaming, struggling against subconscious restraints. It's never safe.
I wish only to love and be loved, to care and be cared for. A wish the stars ignore having grown weary of the constant need of the human race. The stars hold no hope for me.
"As long as the day is full of time there will always be room for your hand in mine." Fall Apart Again by Brandi Carlile
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
It's a night of reflection
Eating oyster crackers makes me feel like a 2-year-old. I can't decide if that's a good thing.
I was once told, by a good friend, that I'd never have kids. She could never see me having kids, and it hurt at the time to hear her say that but it's something I've come to understand over time. I love kids sure, I love other people's kids 'cause I don't have to take them home. I love my little brother but I have no patience when it comes to teaching him anything. I just expect him to understand what I'm talking about with little to no explanation. It could be different with my own children, but you never know.
They say you're the product of your surroundings. If I grew up in Indiana I think I'd be fucked up. There are things I think about late at night: if I didn't move to Indiana what would I have been like? Would I have the same personality, would I like the same things, would I do the same things?
Sometimes I get this twitch in my bottom right eyelid. My mom says it's from stress and then she tries to pry out my thoughts, tries to get me to talk about whatever it is that doesn't allow me to go to sleep when I get in bed. I don't talk, I never do.
Sometimes I cry because I hate myself. It's not a volatile, pain-inflicting hate, it's a hate filled with criticism for faults and appearances and lack of courage. It's one of those things that keeps me up late at night. One of those things that makes me feel like I need a psychiatrist, or a friend to pour my heart out to, or a blog to say whatever the fuck I want.
Nobody reads this. Sometimes I think it's a good thing. I've got false courage when my voice isn't projecting, when it's just my thoughts in a visual stream of words. But sometimes I want to write things, want to get things off my chest, but I'm afraid that people will read, that people will criticize, they'll laugh, they'll mock, they'll shy away, run away.
Sometimes I try to make some newly-found aspects of myself blatantly obvious, yet people ignore them. Or at least they don't care enough to acknowledge that something big has happened to me this summer. That something profound has occurred.
I like going out in crowds. I like watching people. I like lust at first sight. I like smiling at strangers. I like meeting new people. I like hustle. I like bustle. I like noise. I like confusion.
I love gummi worms
& mystery novels
& the shuffle function on my iTunes.
kthxbye.
I was once told, by a good friend, that I'd never have kids. She could never see me having kids, and it hurt at the time to hear her say that but it's something I've come to understand over time. I love kids sure, I love other people's kids 'cause I don't have to take them home. I love my little brother but I have no patience when it comes to teaching him anything. I just expect him to understand what I'm talking about with little to no explanation. It could be different with my own children, but you never know.
They say you're the product of your surroundings. If I grew up in Indiana I think I'd be fucked up. There are things I think about late at night: if I didn't move to Indiana what would I have been like? Would I have the same personality, would I like the same things, would I do the same things?
Sometimes I get this twitch in my bottom right eyelid. My mom says it's from stress and then she tries to pry out my thoughts, tries to get me to talk about whatever it is that doesn't allow me to go to sleep when I get in bed. I don't talk, I never do.
Sometimes I cry because I hate myself. It's not a volatile, pain-inflicting hate, it's a hate filled with criticism for faults and appearances and lack of courage. It's one of those things that keeps me up late at night. One of those things that makes me feel like I need a psychiatrist, or a friend to pour my heart out to, or a blog to say whatever the fuck I want.
Nobody reads this. Sometimes I think it's a good thing. I've got false courage when my voice isn't projecting, when it's just my thoughts in a visual stream of words. But sometimes I want to write things, want to get things off my chest, but I'm afraid that people will read, that people will criticize, they'll laugh, they'll mock, they'll shy away, run away.
Sometimes I try to make some newly-found aspects of myself blatantly obvious, yet people ignore them. Or at least they don't care enough to acknowledge that something big has happened to me this summer. That something profound has occurred.
I like going out in crowds. I like watching people. I like lust at first sight. I like smiling at strangers. I like meeting new people. I like hustle. I like bustle. I like noise. I like confusion.
I love gummi worms
& mystery novels
& the shuffle function on my iTunes.
kthxbye.
Monday, August 4, 2008
V-hole, say what?
I was actually kept pretty darn busy at work today which amazed me as I've been short of things to do for at least the past two weeks. In the morning I was doing a bunch of little stuff for my mom and a little (ie 10 mins worth) of database checking then we were off to a meeting a lunch downtown at The City Market. They're have a fundraiser dinner/party thinger for People Helping People who are feeding children in El Salvador and the president (of El Salvador), his wife is coming for the even so they were just planning all during the meeting. Our store has a kitchen in the Market (I don't remember if I've mentioned that before) so our chefs are going to cook out there for a little bit, serve little appetizers and stuff.
My mom and I had lunch from this Italian place, I had some really good pasta salad and she had chicken salad, we both had pieces of a baguette. I got this really good drink from Naked (that's the company name kids) and it was this really thick almost smoothie like strawberry-banana concoction. Delicious.
Went back to work and got started on some binders for the builders. Spent the rest of the day printing and sleeving and putting together the binders. I was working as slowly as I could but I still managed to finish by the end of the day. Hopefully my mom will have something for me to do tomorrow.
Came home and jumped on the Internets. Did my normal checking around and watched the newest episode of This Just Out with Liz Feldman. So, she's awesome, she crashed the Pride parade in San Fransisco (ie she marched with whoever she wanted) and she even hijacked a float, and by hijacked I mean she got a girl to let her sit on the float with her. And, of course, all the while she was waving her Disneyy Gay Sword. To quote Liz: "By the power of Gay Sword!" She had Melanie Lynskey on who is the sweetest New Zealander ever in the universe. Liz was trying to get her to have a cursing throw-down and Melanie could barely manage four curse words. It was hilarious.
I watched two episodes of The Office and a couple episodes of The Whitest Kids You Know 'cause I felt like laughing some more. Had some super extra freakin' delicious pizza for dinner and then surfed the Internets again.
I only have two more days of work left. I have to go to the doctor in the morning to get my last Guardasil shot which is overdue by like 2 months I think, lol. My mom procrastinates just as much as I do! I was going to watch Rocky Horror but I think I'm just going to read instead since I have to get up early. I still <3 books.
Chocolate ice cream is delicious.
My cats hate when I hug them after a shower.
My back hurts.
kthxbye.
My mom and I had lunch from this Italian place, I had some really good pasta salad and she had chicken salad, we both had pieces of a baguette. I got this really good drink from Naked (that's the company name kids) and it was this really thick almost smoothie like strawberry-banana concoction. Delicious.
Went back to work and got started on some binders for the builders. Spent the rest of the day printing and sleeving and putting together the binders. I was working as slowly as I could but I still managed to finish by the end of the day. Hopefully my mom will have something for me to do tomorrow.
Came home and jumped on the Internets. Did my normal checking around and watched the newest episode of This Just Out with Liz Feldman. So, she's awesome, she crashed the Pride parade in San Fransisco (ie she marched with whoever she wanted) and she even hijacked a float, and by hijacked I mean she got a girl to let her sit on the float with her. And, of course, all the while she was waving her Disneyy Gay Sword. To quote Liz: "By the power of Gay Sword!" She had Melanie Lynskey on who is the sweetest New Zealander ever in the universe. Liz was trying to get her to have a cursing throw-down and Melanie could barely manage four curse words. It was hilarious.
I watched two episodes of The Office and a couple episodes of The Whitest Kids You Know 'cause I felt like laughing some more. Had some super extra freakin' delicious pizza for dinner and then surfed the Internets again.
I only have two more days of work left. I have to go to the doctor in the morning to get my last Guardasil shot which is overdue by like 2 months I think, lol. My mom procrastinates just as much as I do! I was going to watch Rocky Horror but I think I'm just going to read instead since I have to get up early. I still <3 books.
Chocolate ice cream is delicious.
My cats hate when I hug them after a shower.
My back hurts.
kthxbye.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
I'm becoming a book collector
Nearly 18 days 'til I'm back at school. I'm starting to become terribly impatient.
Friday I slept in until almost 1pm. It was amazing. My sunburn ached and my ears were still ringing but I felt incredibly refreshed. The Internet held me captive until near 6:30pm when Girl's Night kicked into gear. We (ie me and four friends) went to a aint your own pottery place and proceeded to ... well paint our own pottery. I painted a mug but I didn't have much of an idea of what to paint when I got there so I just picked some pretty colors and did whatever, and wrote my name too. We ate a very late dinner at Appleby's and I had Three Cheese Chicken Penne, soooo GOOD.
When I got home (around 11) I wasn't all that tired. The Internet took me captive again, doing what I really can't remember, until 2am when I settled into my book. I finished it by 3:10am and pretty much just straight konked out as soon as the lights were out.
Woke up Saturday morning at 11 and went to the new Goodwill outlet. It's basically just bins of stuff you shift through. I bought 4 books, 3 were 25cents and the fourth was 50cents. I'm awesome.
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
Girl With A Pearl Earing by Tracy Chevalier
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
I <3 books.
Went to Target and I bought a new button down grey shirt (amazing) then went to Office Depot to get school supplies for everybody. When I got home I was in an organizing mood so I got all my school supplies collected up and they're now sitting in a box and a container next to my desk. At 7:10pm a friend came and picked me up and we went to see the new Mummy movie and let me tell you, piece of crap.
It was corny as hell, there was too much CGI, Rachel Weisz wasn't in it. That last one was what really got me. There was some pretty good action and Brendan Fraser is pretty funny but they didn't have the real Evey so I was like feck that shat betch. We got some ice cream at Coldstone (french vanilla and heath pieces <33) and just talked about a lot of stuff. One of the girl's I went with used to live in Indiana but moved to Arizona and then her family moved back to Indiana but she goes to college in Arizona (yea) so she talked about school there. They have an tunnel system under their campus and they go spelunking on the weekends. I wish I had something that cool to do on my campus.
Today I slept in until 12:30pm, I have no reason why. Nobody really bothered to wake me up. Internets, House MD and more Internets. I went fishing in the local park and was the first and only one in the family to catch a fish. A cute little bluegill, don't worry we let him go. It was hot as balls out so we left after an hour and came home to eat dinner. I watched another episode of House MD and finally put my Warped Tour pictures on Facebook. Oh oh oh, I re-watched the whole first season of BJ Fletcher Private Eye, I really need a "Lock and Load" tee shirt. I also watched the new Brunch with Bridget and laughed so hard because Cathy Shim was on!! I <3 her ... she got Bridget half-naked ... mind you the naked was behind a Chinese fan but still.
Over the past three days I listened to TAT's EP 23 times. It's only 16 minutes long but seriously, that's kind of bad even for me considering it's only 5 songs, so now I'm on shuffle. It's been pretty kind so far.
Tomorrow I have to leave the house by 8am so my mom and I can leave early, for what reason I have no idea. Three more days of work <33.
Tatiana DeMaria, I still <3 you.
Coldplay is freakin' awesome.
I have lots of books.
kthxbye.
Friday I slept in until almost 1pm. It was amazing. My sunburn ached and my ears were still ringing but I felt incredibly refreshed. The Internet held me captive until near 6:30pm when Girl's Night kicked into gear. We (ie me and four friends) went to a aint your own pottery place and proceeded to ... well paint our own pottery. I painted a mug but I didn't have much of an idea of what to paint when I got there so I just picked some pretty colors and did whatever, and wrote my name too. We ate a very late dinner at Appleby's and I had Three Cheese Chicken Penne, soooo GOOD.
When I got home (around 11) I wasn't all that tired. The Internet took me captive again, doing what I really can't remember, until 2am when I settled into my book. I finished it by 3:10am and pretty much just straight konked out as soon as the lights were out.
Woke up Saturday morning at 11 and went to the new Goodwill outlet. It's basically just bins of stuff you shift through. I bought 4 books, 3 were 25cents and the fourth was 50cents. I'm awesome.
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
Girl With A Pearl Earing by Tracy Chevalier
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
I <3 books.
Went to Target and I bought a new button down grey shirt (amazing) then went to Office Depot to get school supplies for everybody. When I got home I was in an organizing mood so I got all my school supplies collected up and they're now sitting in a box and a container next to my desk. At 7:10pm a friend came and picked me up and we went to see the new Mummy movie and let me tell you, piece of crap.
It was corny as hell, there was too much CGI, Rachel Weisz wasn't in it. That last one was what really got me. There was some pretty good action and Brendan Fraser is pretty funny but they didn't have the real Evey so I was like feck that shat betch. We got some ice cream at Coldstone (french vanilla and heath pieces <33) and just talked about a lot of stuff. One of the girl's I went with used to live in Indiana but moved to Arizona and then her family moved back to Indiana but she goes to college in Arizona (yea) so she talked about school there. They have an tunnel system under their campus and they go spelunking on the weekends. I wish I had something that cool to do on my campus.
Today I slept in until 12:30pm, I have no reason why. Nobody really bothered to wake me up. Internets, House MD and more Internets. I went fishing in the local park and was the first and only one in the family to catch a fish. A cute little bluegill, don't worry we let him go. It was hot as balls out so we left after an hour and came home to eat dinner. I watched another episode of House MD and finally put my Warped Tour pictures on Facebook. Oh oh oh, I re-watched the whole first season of BJ Fletcher Private Eye, I really need a "Lock and Load" tee shirt. I also watched the new Brunch with Bridget and laughed so hard because Cathy Shim was on!! I <3 her ... she got Bridget half-naked ... mind you the naked was behind a Chinese fan but still.
Over the past three days I listened to TAT's EP 23 times. It's only 16 minutes long but seriously, that's kind of bad even for me considering it's only 5 songs, so now I'm on shuffle. It's been pretty kind so far.
Tomorrow I have to leave the house by 8am so my mom and I can leave early, for what reason I have no idea. Three more days of work <33.
Tatiana DeMaria, I still <3 you.
Coldplay is freakin' awesome.
I have lots of books.
kthxbye.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Warped Tour 2008
Ah Warped Tour, why must you be so amazing? Took us 30 mins to get to the concert exit, 15 mins to park and 30 minutes to get inside, that's just about 11:20ish I should think. After snagging a band list and map I headed out to see Cobra Starship at the Highway 1 stage.
Gabe, skinny jeans, bright colors, fuck you all attitude. Vicki had her keytar! <33 I took a lot of pictures and was pretty sweaty by the time they finished. They a 25ish minute set with 6 songs I think. After that I headed out to the merch tents before Katy Perry. I bought a Cobra Starship t-shirt, a Warped Tour '08 canvas bag ($2 heck yes) and a Charlotte Sometimes t-shirt.
Katy Perry was playing under the amphitheater (@ Hurley.com stage) so I headed over a half hour early to get a good place. The band before was Oreskaband, a Japanese ska group, I was like wtf? All these tiny Japanese girls wielding brass instruments, it was crazy but still pretty good. I ended up 2ND ROW at Katy Perry. I swooned and took a massive amount of pictures. She had the letters K & P on her butt, lol. There was a really big sweaty guy up front who kept screaming "I love you Katy Perry" "You're so hot" and he was talking to her (without her answering of course) when she was talking to the audience between songs. He kept pushing up to the front to try and grab her hand when she came up close and I had to keep shoving him backwards 'cause he was trampling me and these two girls next to me. I got a security guard's attention and had him keep an eye on the guy but then this drunk girl and her girlfriend push their way to the front and she keeps trying to climb over the front and the security guard had to forcefully push her backwards off the fence. It was pretty funny. But anyways, Katy at one point during the show said "I like girls" and I know it's a lie but seriously I was all a flutter. She also had a fake phone call from her dad. She had a cute pink Fender electric guitar and an acoustic. One of her guitarists had a sparkly silver guitar. <33
After Katy I kicked around the merch tents and discovered this incredibly fantastic band from London called TAT. Okay so they shredded really hard and the first reason I went over there was because I heard the girl's voice and she sounded just like Maja Ivarsson from The Sounds so I was like, omg <33. I went over and Tatiana de Maria, wow is she a fox and she's British so she's got an amazing accent and she can play the guitar like no girl I've ever seen. She poured an energy drink down her pants ... I caught the can when she threw it out but I threw it away, no sense in keeping an empty can. Anyways I bought their EP and had her and the bassist sign it. I got a pic with her and chatted about how much she sounds like Maja. She took it as a very big compliment because she loves Maja and toured with The Sounds at the 2006 Warped Tour, which I didn't fucking go to because I'm a loser.
I took a couple pics of Say Anything, walked around the merch tents again, caught some Angels & Airwaves then went and saw TAT's acoustic set where I sat up front. Did I mention Tatiana is fucking gorgeous? I listened to a couple Anberlin songs then went back to the amphitheater and saw Ludo! I was 3rd row this time, lots of pics, lots of loud scream-singing. Saw Charlotte Sometimes at the Ernie Ball stage and took lots of pics, I was front row. <33 Went to her tent for the signing, gave her the sign I made her, she gave me a hug and I got her and her boys to sign a poster for me. She is such a sweetheart. She had a double ear infection over the weekend so I asked her if she was feeling better and fortunately she was, she actually had to skip a show because of it.
I took some pics of All Time Low for my friend then took some pics of Relient K and Motion City Soundtrack too. By the time we got back to the car it was 8:10ish and I was burnt to a crisp on my shoulders and upper back. I looked like total shit and was covered in a thick layer of sweat and dirt and grit. SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait 'til next summer.
Ate chili and rice and cheese when I got home. Chugged a water bottle. Took a cold shower. Slathered myself in aloe and then surfed the Internets and watched the new episode of Fear. This guy got lost in the mountains, got possessed by a Windigo (wind demon spirit thinger), came home looking like a zombie, ate a horse, killed a ranch hand, killed his brother and tried to kill his wife and two sons. Turns out the sons weren't his but were his brother's. The wife shot him with a shot gun. It was pretty good, made me jump a little once which is always cool.
Now I'm going to read and sleep for eighty billion hours.
I'm fucking tired.
My ears are ringing.
I spent $90 on all of Warped Tour (ticket included).
kthxbye.
Gabe, skinny jeans, bright colors, fuck you all attitude. Vicki had her keytar! <33 I took a lot of pictures and was pretty sweaty by the time they finished. They a 25ish minute set with 6 songs I think. After that I headed out to the merch tents before Katy Perry. I bought a Cobra Starship t-shirt, a Warped Tour '08 canvas bag ($2 heck yes) and a Charlotte Sometimes t-shirt.
Katy Perry was playing under the amphitheater (@ Hurley.com stage) so I headed over a half hour early to get a good place. The band before was Oreskaband, a Japanese ska group, I was like wtf? All these tiny Japanese girls wielding brass instruments, it was crazy but still pretty good. I ended up 2ND ROW at Katy Perry. I swooned and took a massive amount of pictures. She had the letters K & P on her butt, lol. There was a really big sweaty guy up front who kept screaming "I love you Katy Perry" "You're so hot" and he was talking to her (without her answering of course) when she was talking to the audience between songs. He kept pushing up to the front to try and grab her hand when she came up close and I had to keep shoving him backwards 'cause he was trampling me and these two girls next to me. I got a security guard's attention and had him keep an eye on the guy but then this drunk girl and her girlfriend push their way to the front and she keeps trying to climb over the front and the security guard had to forcefully push her backwards off the fence. It was pretty funny. But anyways, Katy at one point during the show said "I like girls" and I know it's a lie but seriously I was all a flutter. She also had a fake phone call from her dad. She had a cute pink Fender electric guitar and an acoustic. One of her guitarists had a sparkly silver guitar. <33
After Katy I kicked around the merch tents and discovered this incredibly fantastic band from London called TAT. Okay so they shredded really hard and the first reason I went over there was because I heard the girl's voice and she sounded just like Maja Ivarsson from The Sounds so I was like, omg <33. I went over and Tatiana de Maria, wow is she a fox and she's British so she's got an amazing accent and she can play the guitar like no girl I've ever seen. She poured an energy drink down her pants ... I caught the can when she threw it out but I threw it away, no sense in keeping an empty can. Anyways I bought their EP and had her and the bassist sign it. I got a pic with her and chatted about how much she sounds like Maja. She took it as a very big compliment because she loves Maja and toured with The Sounds at the 2006 Warped Tour, which I didn't fucking go to because I'm a loser.
I took a couple pics of Say Anything, walked around the merch tents again, caught some Angels & Airwaves then went and saw TAT's acoustic set where I sat up front. Did I mention Tatiana is fucking gorgeous? I listened to a couple Anberlin songs then went back to the amphitheater and saw Ludo! I was 3rd row this time, lots of pics, lots of loud scream-singing. Saw Charlotte Sometimes at the Ernie Ball stage and took lots of pics, I was front row. <33 Went to her tent for the signing, gave her the sign I made her, she gave me a hug and I got her and her boys to sign a poster for me. She is such a sweetheart. She had a double ear infection over the weekend so I asked her if she was feeling better and fortunately she was, she actually had to skip a show because of it.
I took some pics of All Time Low for my friend then took some pics of Relient K and Motion City Soundtrack too. By the time we got back to the car it was 8:10ish and I was burnt to a crisp on my shoulders and upper back. I looked like total shit and was covered in a thick layer of sweat and dirt and grit. SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait 'til next summer.
Ate chili and rice and cheese when I got home. Chugged a water bottle. Took a cold shower. Slathered myself in aloe and then surfed the Internets and watched the new episode of Fear. This guy got lost in the mountains, got possessed by a Windigo (wind demon spirit thinger), came home looking like a zombie, ate a horse, killed a ranch hand, killed his brother and tried to kill his wife and two sons. Turns out the sons weren't his but were his brother's. The wife shot him with a shot gun. It was pretty good, made me jump a little once which is always cool.
Now I'm going to read and sleep for eighty billion hours.
I'm fucking tired.
My ears are ringing.
I spent $90 on all of Warped Tour (ticket included).
kthxbye.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
What's up?
Work was relatively interesting today, I was pretty surprised. I made a damn pretty calendar on Excel for my mom and since I was working slowly I ended up working for a little more than an hour. I did a little databasing using my amazing fast alt+tab skills to surf the Internet for pics of the bands I'm going to see at Warped tomorrow.
I can't remember if they have mini-posters or anything for the bands to sign so I made some sheets with pics of them to sign in case they don't have anything or if they run out. I read about the bands online and tried to learn the names of the members or re-learn them because I forgot some. Maybe if I type them out I'll remember better...
Charlotte Sometimes: Charlotte (vocals), Spencer (drums), Coley (keys), PJ(guitar) & Shaun (bass).
Ludo: Andrew (vocals & guitar), Tim (guitar), Convy (keys), Marshall (bass) & Matt (drums).
Okay maybe that'll help. I went downtown for lunch and met up with a rep from Emmis Communications, they own a lot of radio stations all over the country. She gave us a tour of the corporate headquarters which was really awesome. There were sound booths everywhere and the offices were really cool. We went to a place called The Capitol Grille for lunch and I had this massive cheeseburger, it was delicious but it kept falling apart and I couldn't finish it. Did some stuff on the web site and helped some of the builder guys with some mild tech support (aka they can't use Excel, lol) and looked up some more pictures.
Got home and immediately set to work on my signs, I ended up spending so much time on Katy Perry's that I only made Charlotte Sometimes a sign too. I've actually decided I don't want to wait in line to meet Cobra Starship so I can go and shmooze around the merch tables and make friends. I'm gonna still try and loiter around the WEI booth and I have more bands to see so I can take some pictures for a friend. At the moment I only really want to see Katy, Charlotte & Ludo. I could live without Ludo but Andrew was such a sweetheart at the 500 so I kind of want to see him again and give him another hug.
My signs actually took me a total of about 3 hours which is crazy as hell. I copied fonts off dafont.com, I <3 that web site. So yea I picked out my final outfit for tomorrow and have all my shit packed up but I'm still waking up 45 mins early to make sure I've got everything settled. It's not supposed to rain during the day but there is possibility for storms at night but hopefully it'll be late at night 'cause I don't really know how long Warped will go on tomorrow. Don't know band play times 'til tomorrow either.
I've got lots of money to spend. I'm thinking about two t-shirts at the moment. Maybe some random shit, idk. Fun, fun, fun.
Katy Perry I love you.
Andrew <333.
SPF70 fer shur.
kthxbye.
I can't remember if they have mini-posters or anything for the bands to sign so I made some sheets with pics of them to sign in case they don't have anything or if they run out. I read about the bands online and tried to learn the names of the members or re-learn them because I forgot some. Maybe if I type them out I'll remember better...
Charlotte Sometimes: Charlotte (vocals), Spencer (drums), Coley (keys), PJ(guitar) & Shaun (bass).
Ludo: Andrew (vocals & guitar), Tim (guitar), Convy (keys), Marshall (bass) & Matt (drums).
Okay maybe that'll help. I went downtown for lunch and met up with a rep from Emmis Communications, they own a lot of radio stations all over the country. She gave us a tour of the corporate headquarters which was really awesome. There were sound booths everywhere and the offices were really cool. We went to a place called The Capitol Grille for lunch and I had this massive cheeseburger, it was delicious but it kept falling apart and I couldn't finish it. Did some stuff on the web site and helped some of the builder guys with some mild tech support (aka they can't use Excel, lol) and looked up some more pictures.
Got home and immediately set to work on my signs, I ended up spending so much time on Katy Perry's that I only made Charlotte Sometimes a sign too. I've actually decided I don't want to wait in line to meet Cobra Starship so I can go and shmooze around the merch tables and make friends. I'm gonna still try and loiter around the WEI booth and I have more bands to see so I can take some pictures for a friend. At the moment I only really want to see Katy, Charlotte & Ludo. I could live without Ludo but Andrew was such a sweetheart at the 500 so I kind of want to see him again and give him another hug.
My signs actually took me a total of about 3 hours which is crazy as hell. I copied fonts off dafont.com, I <3 that web site. So yea I picked out my final outfit for tomorrow and have all my shit packed up but I'm still waking up 45 mins early to make sure I've got everything settled. It's not supposed to rain during the day but there is possibility for storms at night but hopefully it'll be late at night 'cause I don't really know how long Warped will go on tomorrow. Don't know band play times 'til tomorrow either.
I've got lots of money to spend. I'm thinking about two t-shirts at the moment. Maybe some random shit, idk. Fun, fun, fun.
Katy Perry I love you.
Andrew <333.
SPF70 fer shur.
kthxbye.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ring around the rosey
I spent at least 6 of my 7ish work hours doing database shite today. I got from H all the way to P which I'll just pick back up tomorrow. My mom almost gave me the day off tomorrow 'cause she didn't have anything for me to do but then remembered that we had a lot of out of the office meetings so I'm working again.
Procrastination during databasing is almost inescapable so today I surfed the forums at Warped Tour. I figured out that people don't like Katy Perry being at Warped but she does sound good live. Charlotte Sometimes apparently sounds fantastic live and bands like to be given gifts by their fans. I also learned about WEI, the Warped Eco-Initiative, which goes around and helps recycle bottles and cans around the concert grounds so even though I didn't sign up to volunteer I'm going to try and get in to help with whatever it is they're doing.
The sign I'm going to make for Katy Perry will say something along the lines of: "Katy's My Killer Queen / Lolita Queen with Killer Pipes" but that's not anything definite. I'm going to do the signs tomorrow after I get home from work but while I'm at work I'm going to print out some good pictures of my favorite bands on the purty color printer so I can have something for them to sign. It's supposed to rain at some point on Thursday so I'm hoping that I'll get stuck under a tent with a band I like and we become the best of friends, lol. Gotta be optimistic. I at least want to get a hug from Katy Perry or at least another one from Andrew from Ludo, or maybe one from Charlotte the lead singer of Charlotte Sometimes (she's supposed to be a sweetheart).
I went to this restaurant called The Mongolian Grill for lunch (I don't really know what's Mongolian about it). Basically you make a bowl full of stuff like meat and veggies and the like and they fry it up for you and then you eat it with rice. Katy Perry followed me from the office to the car to the restaurant. My mom says: "I hear this song at least once a day," and I was thinking I listen to this song at least 3 times a day. So I got hit on by the guy cooking our food, it was weird with my mom there, but he was kinda cute.
When I got home from work we (my dad, brother and I) set off to see The X Files: I Want to Believe. I ate too much buttery popcorn and had a refill on my orange slushie. Basically it was just and extended episode of The X Files tv show which I definitely didn't mind, I just kind of expected a little more. The plot was that this guy was really sick with cancer and he had his people kidnap other people and transplanting body parts to his severed head. It was so fuckin' weird, but I <3 Dana Scully. It's weird, I don't usually root for couples on TV but I distinctly remember wanting Dana & Fox to get together and in the movie they're a couple which made me happy. I figured that my replacement couple for Dana & Fox is Bones & Booth from Bones on FOX.
After reading an article on AfterEllen about Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro from Bones), I stumbled upon www.obsessedwithbones.com which is a blog in which they, you guessed it, obsess about Bones. I watched a couple videos from the panel they did at this year's Comic Con and Hart Hanson (the creator) said that Booth and Bones would be naked in a bed together this season. My jaw actually dropped. At some point during the interview Michaela was talking about how her ex-gf will be showing up in Season 4 and David Boreanaz (Booth) goes: "She kissed a girl and she liked it ... Booth likes it." I laughed so damn hard.
I started watching The Eye with Jessica Alba because my mom rented it and it's due tomorrow. I got about 40 minutes in and completely lost interest. I mean Alba is pretty and all and Parker Posey is in it too but I just didn't like it.
My day was chalk full of Warped band music. My friend said she might get somebody to work for her on Thurs. so that she could go but then I told her the tickets were $37 and she changed her mind. So ... I'm going stag at Warped.
I'm tired.
My neck hurts.
Parker Posey is a fantastic name.
kthxbye.
Procrastination during databasing is almost inescapable so today I surfed the forums at Warped Tour. I figured out that people don't like Katy Perry being at Warped but she does sound good live. Charlotte Sometimes apparently sounds fantastic live and bands like to be given gifts by their fans. I also learned about WEI, the Warped Eco-Initiative, which goes around and helps recycle bottles and cans around the concert grounds so even though I didn't sign up to volunteer I'm going to try and get in to help with whatever it is they're doing.
The sign I'm going to make for Katy Perry will say something along the lines of: "Katy's My Killer Queen / Lolita Queen with Killer Pipes" but that's not anything definite. I'm going to do the signs tomorrow after I get home from work but while I'm at work I'm going to print out some good pictures of my favorite bands on the purty color printer so I can have something for them to sign. It's supposed to rain at some point on Thursday so I'm hoping that I'll get stuck under a tent with a band I like and we become the best of friends, lol. Gotta be optimistic. I at least want to get a hug from Katy Perry or at least another one from Andrew from Ludo, or maybe one from Charlotte the lead singer of Charlotte Sometimes (she's supposed to be a sweetheart).
I went to this restaurant called The Mongolian Grill for lunch (I don't really know what's Mongolian about it). Basically you make a bowl full of stuff like meat and veggies and the like and they fry it up for you and then you eat it with rice. Katy Perry followed me from the office to the car to the restaurant. My mom says: "I hear this song at least once a day," and I was thinking I listen to this song at least 3 times a day. So I got hit on by the guy cooking our food, it was weird with my mom there, but he was kinda cute.
When I got home from work we (my dad, brother and I) set off to see The X Files: I Want to Believe. I ate too much buttery popcorn and had a refill on my orange slushie. Basically it was just and extended episode of The X Files tv show which I definitely didn't mind, I just kind of expected a little more. The plot was that this guy was really sick with cancer and he had his people kidnap other people and transplanting body parts to his severed head. It was so fuckin' weird, but I <3 Dana Scully. It's weird, I don't usually root for couples on TV but I distinctly remember wanting Dana & Fox to get together and in the movie they're a couple which made me happy. I figured that my replacement couple for Dana & Fox is Bones & Booth from Bones on FOX.
After reading an article on AfterEllen about Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro from Bones), I stumbled upon www.obsessedwithbones.com which is a blog in which they, you guessed it, obsess about Bones. I watched a couple videos from the panel they did at this year's Comic Con and Hart Hanson (the creator) said that Booth and Bones would be naked in a bed together this season. My jaw actually dropped. At some point during the interview Michaela was talking about how her ex-gf will be showing up in Season 4 and David Boreanaz (Booth) goes: "She kissed a girl and she liked it ... Booth likes it." I laughed so damn hard.
I started watching The Eye with Jessica Alba because my mom rented it and it's due tomorrow. I got about 40 minutes in and completely lost interest. I mean Alba is pretty and all and Parker Posey is in it too but I just didn't like it.
My day was chalk full of Warped band music. My friend said she might get somebody to work for her on Thurs. so that she could go but then I told her the tickets were $37 and she changed her mind. So ... I'm going stag at Warped.
I'm tired.
My neck hurts.
Parker Posey is a fantastic name.
kthxbye.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Wonderful electric
Cat Power, Keane, Katy Perry, Goldfrapp & Kasabian. Database fix to the extreme. I would say, out of the 7ish hours I worked today at least 5 of them had something to do with that stupid database. I've actually come to like doing it though because it's really easy and I can focus on my music and surf the Internet via that fantastic alt+tab function.
Got home and my mom had me drive to my brother's school to drop off his registration paperwork then I took the highway back one exit, lol. That was my first time on the highway, it wasn't too horrible considering the speed limit is 55 around Indy because the population is so concentrated. It's not that I'm that scared of driving I'm just scared that I might fail my driver's test which would bum the fuck out of me. My mom still wants me to try and get my license before I go to school and I think I could fit the test in because I've only got 5 days of work left.
But anyways I'm super freakin' pumped for Warped Tour even though I haven't heard if my travel buddy is going with me. Either way, with or without a tag-along, I think I'll have a good time, as long as it doesn't rain. I've decided pretty much what I'm wearing and what I'm bringing with me.
NEW EPISODE OF THIS JUST OUT WITH MY BUDDY LIZ FELDMAN! I'm so happy to have my weekly dose of the Feldman magic back in my life. She did an "in the field" kind of thing where her and her friend Raimy (ray-mee) shot video of Dolores Park in San Fransisco during Pride, it was scary as hell. There were wall-to-wall lesbians and these women in leather, oh dear. But Liz drank made rainbow Gaytorade, aka layered jello in rainbow colors, and drank it out of a straw. "We're [her and Raimy] are no Rachel Ray, but we could be Rachel Gay."
Work again tomorrow. Should be pretty darn fun. [/sarcasm]
Stir-fry is delicious.
I <3 KT Tunstall.
School now please!
kthxbye.
Got home and my mom had me drive to my brother's school to drop off his registration paperwork then I took the highway back one exit, lol. That was my first time on the highway, it wasn't too horrible considering the speed limit is 55 around Indy because the population is so concentrated. It's not that I'm that scared of driving I'm just scared that I might fail my driver's test which would bum the fuck out of me. My mom still wants me to try and get my license before I go to school and I think I could fit the test in because I've only got 5 days of work left.
But anyways I'm super freakin' pumped for Warped Tour even though I haven't heard if my travel buddy is going with me. Either way, with or without a tag-along, I think I'll have a good time, as long as it doesn't rain. I've decided pretty much what I'm wearing and what I'm bringing with me.
NEW EPISODE OF THIS JUST OUT WITH MY BUDDY LIZ FELDMAN! I'm so happy to have my weekly dose of the Feldman magic back in my life. She did an "in the field" kind of thing where her and her friend Raimy (ray-mee) shot video of Dolores Park in San Fransisco during Pride, it was scary as hell. There were wall-to-wall lesbians and these women in leather, oh dear. But Liz drank made rainbow Gaytorade, aka layered jello in rainbow colors, and drank it out of a straw. "We're [her and Raimy] are no Rachel Ray, but we could be Rachel Gay."
Work again tomorrow. Should be pretty darn fun. [/sarcasm]
Stir-fry is delicious.
I <3 KT Tunstall.
School now please!
kthxbye.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
School needs to start soon
I spent most of my Friday sitting in my room messing around on my computer, like I always do. I swear I really need to get some sort of active hobby or something, I spend way too much time in front of this damn laptop. I watch some VMars and talked to the girls a little on the phone on their way down.
They got here around 7:30pm and we went over to our other friends to spend the night. We ended up ordering pizza for dinner and driving around downtown for a real quick tour. By the time we got back our other friend was there so we spent the night just relaxing and talking, it was pretty cool. On Saturday we all woke up around 10:30am ('cause we're awesome) and then headed off for our pool party at another friend's house. Another friend met us there and we just goofed off in the pool all afternoon. I got a pretty good sunburn 'cause I was too anxious to get in the pool to properly apply my SPF 70. We had squirt guns and water toys and we did cannonballs and took obnoxious pictures (Facebook here we come). I pulled my superhero towel pose from last summer and we grilled out for linner.
Went back and took showers to get all clean then hung out some more. We went downtown again but just in time for the mall to close so we ended up just walking around downtown and taking more pictures. Got back and did more hanging out. We watched Step Up 2 and I drooled over Briana Evigan again. Oh I also got to eat chocolate cake that my special ladies brought for my belated bday. We got some special drink delivered a little later in the night so some of us (not me, I felt too guilty) did a little drinkin' while we watched the end of Step Up 2 and after everybody went to bed. Those certain someones also didn't go to bed until 6am, made too much fucking noise while we were all trying to sleep and almost stepped on me while I was sleeping on the floor. Bitches need to get it straight. Mind you parents of the occupied house were gone for the weekend so there wasn't much worry there.
Woke up the next morning and said some early goodbyes then went back to bed, got back up, packed up and said some more goodbyes. I got home abso-posolutely exhausted and collapsed on my bed for more Internet and VMars. I watched last week's episode of Fear starring Brandon Routh (Superman) and Shiri Appleby, I can never remember what she's from but she looks so familiar. It wasn't all that good and I don't know if I'm going to like next week's either.
Oh I watched the new Brunch With Bridget vlog and laughed my ass off. I always look forward to Sundays, I don't know how many times I can say that.
"Knowledge is so informational."
Bridget why are you so amazing?
I created a superheo profile for an RP today, or rather I finished it because I was working on it on Friday. Electricity manipulation ftw! I miss Heroes, it needs to come back right now.
I NEED TO SEE THE X FILES MOVIE!!!
I need to get my new laptop.
Oreos are delicious.
kthxbye.
They got here around 7:30pm and we went over to our other friends to spend the night. We ended up ordering pizza for dinner and driving around downtown for a real quick tour. By the time we got back our other friend was there so we spent the night just relaxing and talking, it was pretty cool. On Saturday we all woke up around 10:30am ('cause we're awesome) and then headed off for our pool party at another friend's house. Another friend met us there and we just goofed off in the pool all afternoon. I got a pretty good sunburn 'cause I was too anxious to get in the pool to properly apply my SPF 70. We had squirt guns and water toys and we did cannonballs and took obnoxious pictures (Facebook here we come). I pulled my superhero towel pose from last summer and we grilled out for linner.
Went back and took showers to get all clean then hung out some more. We went downtown again but just in time for the mall to close so we ended up just walking around downtown and taking more pictures. Got back and did more hanging out. We watched Step Up 2 and I drooled over Briana Evigan again. Oh I also got to eat chocolate cake that my special ladies brought for my belated bday. We got some special drink delivered a little later in the night so some of us (not me, I felt too guilty) did a little drinkin' while we watched the end of Step Up 2 and after everybody went to bed. Those certain someones also didn't go to bed until 6am, made too much fucking noise while we were all trying to sleep and almost stepped on me while I was sleeping on the floor. Bitches need to get it straight. Mind you parents of the occupied house were gone for the weekend so there wasn't much worry there.
Woke up the next morning and said some early goodbyes then went back to bed, got back up, packed up and said some more goodbyes. I got home abso-posolutely exhausted and collapsed on my bed for more Internet and VMars. I watched last week's episode of Fear starring Brandon Routh (Superman) and Shiri Appleby, I can never remember what she's from but she looks so familiar. It wasn't all that good and I don't know if I'm going to like next week's either.
Oh I watched the new Brunch With Bridget vlog and laughed my ass off. I always look forward to Sundays, I don't know how many times I can say that.
"Knowledge is so informational."
Bridget why are you so amazing?
I created a superheo profile for an RP today, or rather I finished it because I was working on it on Friday. Electricity manipulation ftw! I miss Heroes, it needs to come back right now.
I NEED TO SEE THE X FILES MOVIE!!!
I need to get my new laptop.
Oreos are delicious.
kthxbye.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Loud music in the wee hours
Database, web site, photo search. That's the jist of my day, though I did have me some Wendy's for lunch. Delicious.
After work (we left 10 mins early) my mum and I went off to our hair appointment across town. My mum went to get her hair colored and I went for my highly anticipated hair cut. BITCHES I GOT MY BANGS BACK!!
I also got my hair layered so I look simply marvelous at the moment, thought my bangs are incredibly curly, my mum thinks they're cute. :D
I came home and watched the new vlog episode of We're Getting Nowhere and laughed myself silly. I then proceeded to watch a previous episode of You Can't Take Them Anywhere where I watched Bridget and Karman make fools of themselves (again) on snowboards. I surfed the Intarwebz, ate a tasty spicy chicken quesadilla and then watched an episode of Veronica Mars.
After checking Facebook and finding that I have not yet gotten a positive response from a certain Lieutenant of mine I proceeded to obsess over my outfit for Warped Tour. Yesterday I donned suspenders, today I had a pretty dress and my new kicks on. Narcissism suits me, yes it does. I still don't know what I'm wearing to the concert, which I am going to Lieutenant or not, nothing's gonna stop me from seeing my summer lust crush bands. No sir/ma'am. I did however manage to pick out an outfit for tomorrow and rock a side ponytail really freakin' hard.
Heck yes.
Now I'm debating whether or not to continue with some VMars or to surf the Intarwebz, I think both would be best.
MY LADIES ARE COMING TOMORROW!! Oh my goodness am I excited, and with my hair all did, ooh, this is going to be a great weekend. I don't think I'll be within computer reach tomorrow or Saturday night so look for me on Sunday.
Vanilla candles are <3.
Vacuum cleaners are icky.
I have to pee. xD
kthxbye.
After work (we left 10 mins early) my mum and I went off to our hair appointment across town. My mum went to get her hair colored and I went for my highly anticipated hair cut. BITCHES I GOT MY BANGS BACK!!
I also got my hair layered so I look simply marvelous at the moment, thought my bangs are incredibly curly, my mum thinks they're cute. :D
I came home and watched the new vlog episode of We're Getting Nowhere and laughed myself silly. I then proceeded to watch a previous episode of You Can't Take Them Anywhere where I watched Bridget and Karman make fools of themselves (again) on snowboards. I surfed the Intarwebz, ate a tasty spicy chicken quesadilla and then watched an episode of Veronica Mars.
After checking Facebook and finding that I have not yet gotten a positive response from a certain Lieutenant of mine I proceeded to obsess over my outfit for Warped Tour. Yesterday I donned suspenders, today I had a pretty dress and my new kicks on. Narcissism suits me, yes it does. I still don't know what I'm wearing to the concert, which I am going to Lieutenant or not, nothing's gonna stop me from seeing my summer lust crush bands. No sir/ma'am. I did however manage to pick out an outfit for tomorrow and rock a side ponytail really freakin' hard.
Heck yes.
Now I'm debating whether or not to continue with some VMars or to surf the Intarwebz, I think both would be best.
MY LADIES ARE COMING TOMORROW!! Oh my goodness am I excited, and with my hair all did, ooh, this is going to be a great weekend. I don't think I'll be within computer reach tomorrow or Saturday night so look for me on Sunday.
Vanilla candles are <3.
Vacuum cleaners are icky.
I have to pee. xD
kthxbye.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Give it to me
Waking up at 10am on my day off was really more of a stretch than I wanted. But considering my dentist appointment only lasted 20 mins I'm kind of happy I had the rest of the day to do whatever the hell I wanted.
I spent most of the afternoon re-watching This Just Out with Liz Feldman and writing down all my favorite quotes.
“It’s a margarita glass of flowers.” [and it could fit like 10 margaritas]
a little later in the show with an actual drink in the glass...
“Hello crazy weird scary drink. How well did we wash this off? Not at all. (drinks and immediately spits back out) It’s delicious, who thought of that mixture... It’s the causeless-mopolitan. And somebody take it away before I throw up in my pants. I have a weird film on my teeth now; maybe it has something to do with plants or flowers. Maybe tomorrow roses will grow in my mouth.”
or one of my favs
“I love Oprah. In fact I realize everybody loves Oprah. She’s sort of like an idol, almost like a religious idol. She’s basically the Pope; so I decided they should merge and she should just be Poprah Sinfrey and she should drive around in her Poprah-mobile and she should say ‘You’re going to heaven and you’re going to heaven and you get a car’.”
Oh Liz Feldman, there goes that comedy crush again. She wrote for the Ellen DeGeneres show for two years and won 4 Emmys. She's amazing, and that girl can really wear an electric blue velvet blazer.
Regular Internet surfing produced the San Fransisco You Can't Take Them Anywhere vlog where I watched Bridget McManus and Karman Kregloe eat too much chocolate, stare at trolleys and race on Segways. I now want a stuffed painted pony to name Thunderbolt. And I also want a hot stone massage, or at least some kind of massage, that's on my to-do list this year.
I checked for bands that're going to be at Warped Tour and have fallen in lust with Be Your Own Pet. The lead singer Jemina Pearl kind of reminds me of riotgrrl Kathleen Hanna mixed with Juliette Lewis, very nice mix I must say.
Okay so anyways, I watched National Treasure 2 and it was decent. I don't know, I just never really got into it I think because Nicholas Cage has started to get on my nerves for some reason. I went to the library and picked up the books I got on hold, I didn't think it was hot outside but walking to and from made me all sweaty, ew.
Work tomorrow.
Hair cut tomorrow!
Cleaning tomorrow.
My ladies on Friday!
kthxbye.
I spent most of the afternoon re-watching This Just Out with Liz Feldman and writing down all my favorite quotes.
“It’s a margarita glass of flowers.” [and it could fit like 10 margaritas]
a little later in the show with an actual drink in the glass...
“Hello crazy weird scary drink. How well did we wash this off? Not at all. (drinks and immediately spits back out) It’s delicious, who thought of that mixture... It’s the causeless-mopolitan. And somebody take it away before I throw up in my pants. I have a weird film on my teeth now; maybe it has something to do with plants or flowers. Maybe tomorrow roses will grow in my mouth.”
or one of my favs
“I love Oprah. In fact I realize everybody loves Oprah. She’s sort of like an idol, almost like a religious idol. She’s basically the Pope; so I decided they should merge and she should just be Poprah Sinfrey and she should drive around in her Poprah-mobile and she should say ‘You’re going to heaven and you’re going to heaven and you get a car’.”
Oh Liz Feldman, there goes that comedy crush again. She wrote for the Ellen DeGeneres show for two years and won 4 Emmys. She's amazing, and that girl can really wear an electric blue velvet blazer.
Regular Internet surfing produced the San Fransisco You Can't Take Them Anywhere vlog where I watched Bridget McManus and Karman Kregloe eat too much chocolate, stare at trolleys and race on Segways. I now want a stuffed painted pony to name Thunderbolt. And I also want a hot stone massage, or at least some kind of massage, that's on my to-do list this year.
I checked for bands that're going to be at Warped Tour and have fallen in lust with Be Your Own Pet. The lead singer Jemina Pearl kind of reminds me of riotgrrl Kathleen Hanna mixed with Juliette Lewis, very nice mix I must say.
Okay so anyways, I watched National Treasure 2 and it was decent. I don't know, I just never really got into it I think because Nicholas Cage has started to get on my nerves for some reason. I went to the library and picked up the books I got on hold, I didn't think it was hot outside but walking to and from made me all sweaty, ew.
Work tomorrow.
Hair cut tomorrow!
Cleaning tomorrow.
My ladies on Friday!
kthxbye.
Yargh, I'm a pirate
I woke up at 7:40am today, that's earlier than normal mind you, but I'm actually not tired considering I spent most of my morning half asleep.
Occasionally my mom will rent out part of the show rooms at the store locations for people to film cooking spots for their product or business or whatever and today we had Red Gold tomatoes or whatever in to film some recipes for their website. They set up in the very front (taking up three kitchen areas) around 8:30am this morning and were supposed to be out by 1pm at the latest. The owners really hate to have things closed off to customers (people working in kitchens=can't demonstrate them) so my mom chose the bosses' day off to film but still wanted to get them out with the afternoon to spare.
If the camera crew had just had their stuff set up it wouldn't have been so horrible but they had to hang up this giant and incredibly ugly sheet to help with lighting. The Red Gold people didn't even show up until near 9:30am and the talent (the lady to do the cooking on film) didn't show up 'til 10:25am, where at 10:30am we were supposed to start filming. They took near an hour for each shot doing the whole recipe once through then again with close ups and we had to keep stopping to switch out food and cameras and to tell people to shut up so they didn't up leaving until near 2:30pm. The Red Gold lady (grandma type) thought they could have until 3:30pm but my mom had never agreed so she had to set things straight and was still really upset during the whole thing because at lunch both bosses came in and shot some pretty dirty looks towards the filming and the ugly. So she practically had a heart attack.
We got back and I did busy work for the rest of the day then came home and chilled. My mom made some guacamole (tasty) and my sister and I helped her move bricks into the backyard for the little patio thinger she's building for the grill. We had really good spicy chicken tacos for dinner and I proceeded to fall in love once again with the web series B.J. Fletcher on AfterEllen because they had a blooper reel.
Man how I love blooper reels. And Lindy Zucker and Dana Puddicombe are so amazing. Dana has the thickest Canadian accent ever, it's adorable. I then proceeded to brush up on my Liz Feldman video. I <3 the Blue Blaze and I still want a blazer bra.
My dad came home with the Porsche he bought from some guy in Florida so while he and my mom went to pick up his van at the airport my sister and I played in the car. That's right, I pretended I was driving while sticking my leg out the window and she sat upside down in the passenger seat (I even made car noises). The back seat is literally like 1.5 feet wide, I had to sit sideways to even fit in there, as in I had my butt in one seat and my feet in the other. How in the world does that pass as a 4-seater?
Okay so I just wrote this obnoxiously long and (I think) humorous inquiry to my Facebook buddies for a partner in crime for Warped Tour because my Lieutenant has all but deserted me. She doesn't remember if she took off work and doesn't know if she can, what a ho, lol, jk. But yea, hopefully I'll be able to go because if I don't I will probably kill myself .. or at least cry all day.
My shoulders hurt.
I <3 Moulin Rouge.
Vanilla milkshakes are amazing.
kthxbye.
Occasionally my mom will rent out part of the show rooms at the store locations for people to film cooking spots for their product or business or whatever and today we had Red Gold tomatoes or whatever in to film some recipes for their website. They set up in the very front (taking up three kitchen areas) around 8:30am this morning and were supposed to be out by 1pm at the latest. The owners really hate to have things closed off to customers (people working in kitchens=can't demonstrate them) so my mom chose the bosses' day off to film but still wanted to get them out with the afternoon to spare.
If the camera crew had just had their stuff set up it wouldn't have been so horrible but they had to hang up this giant and incredibly ugly sheet to help with lighting. The Red Gold people didn't even show up until near 9:30am and the talent (the lady to do the cooking on film) didn't show up 'til 10:25am, where at 10:30am we were supposed to start filming. They took near an hour for each shot doing the whole recipe once through then again with close ups and we had to keep stopping to switch out food and cameras and to tell people to shut up so they didn't up leaving until near 2:30pm. The Red Gold lady (grandma type) thought they could have until 3:30pm but my mom had never agreed so she had to set things straight and was still really upset during the whole thing because at lunch both bosses came in and shot some pretty dirty looks towards the filming and the ugly. So she practically had a heart attack.
We got back and I did busy work for the rest of the day then came home and chilled. My mom made some guacamole (tasty) and my sister and I helped her move bricks into the backyard for the little patio thinger she's building for the grill. We had really good spicy chicken tacos for dinner and I proceeded to fall in love once again with the web series B.J. Fletcher on AfterEllen because they had a blooper reel.
Man how I love blooper reels. And Lindy Zucker and Dana Puddicombe are so amazing. Dana has the thickest Canadian accent ever, it's adorable. I then proceeded to brush up on my Liz Feldman video. I <3 the Blue Blaze and I still want a blazer bra.
My dad came home with the Porsche he bought from some guy in Florida so while he and my mom went to pick up his van at the airport my sister and I played in the car. That's right, I pretended I was driving while sticking my leg out the window and she sat upside down in the passenger seat (I even made car noises). The back seat is literally like 1.5 feet wide, I had to sit sideways to even fit in there, as in I had my butt in one seat and my feet in the other. How in the world does that pass as a 4-seater?
Okay so I just wrote this obnoxiously long and (I think) humorous inquiry to my Facebook buddies for a partner in crime for Warped Tour because my Lieutenant has all but deserted me. She doesn't remember if she took off work and doesn't know if she can, what a ho, lol, jk. But yea, hopefully I'll be able to go because if I don't I will probably kill myself .. or at least cry all day.
My shoulders hurt.
I <3 Moulin Rouge.
Vanilla milkshakes are amazing.
kthxbye.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Holy rusted metal Batman!
My morning at work blew by unbelievably fast as I was busy catching up on some college paper work, a little web site updating and I even managed to organize the giant bookcase in my mom's office. We set off to lunch downtown at this chinese restaurant PF Chang's with some women from one of the local tv stations and spent the next hour and a half just talking about work and whatever. I had really good chicken lo mein. <33
I even managed to snag myself a belt at a store across the way before we had to get back to work (the restaurant was in the mall). It's reversible, that's how I like my belts, black on one side and brown on the other; and it's from Fossil, heck yes.
Got back just in time for my mom's meeting to be canceled at work which left me doing some very boring inventorying (again) and I got to do a purchase order for some new cookware. That wasn't all that boring but after that little bit of fun I managed to get myself back into that fantastic little database updating task. So. Much. Fun.
Home for 15 minutes (and two hotdogs) and then we were off to see Batman!
Magnificent cinematic piece, oh yes. I was very happy. Heath Ledger, goodness, that tongue thing and his face, he was amazing. Post-mortem Oscar I think it could be a possibility. I predicted a good chunk of the things to happen but was surprised by almost the same amount. I know people said the movie could've ended somewhere around an hour and a half, but seriously?
SPOILERS (though the only cool kid to read this has already seen the movie, lol)
How are you going to leave The Joker locked up? That could definitely not have been the end of the movie, come on, use your brains. I was very upset to see Rachel die, I mean kill a Gyllenhaal? Whatever. And Two-Face too? I was sure that he could've carried another movie, but now he's gone and there's no more Ledger so no more Joker, who's Batman's next villain going to be? Anyways, the stunts were good, I wasn't so much digging Bale in this movie, his Batman voice made me think he was hurting his vocal cords and Batman just kind of got on my nerves. He was too damn impulsive and selfish. Batman as the scapegoat, that was a little better, but still, I was all about The Joker in this movie. It was fantastic and I would absolutely go see it again.
Now I cannot wait for The X Files movie to come out. I'm hoping that I'm not going to be let down, but seeing Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in action again is all I'm really looking forward to. The movie previews during Batman weren't very good, I wasn't hooked into any of them, except I'm likely to give in and go to the new Bond. Daniel Craig is pretty good as Bond, I'm not gonna lie to myself anymore. I just got hooked on a brunette 007 so it was hard for me to turn my ways. But Quantum of Solace, what the hell kind of name is that for a movie?
Tomorrow I get to go watch another cooking segment get filmed in the morning which means I have to wake up 20 mins early, ick. Tonight I've gotta find me some better reference pics for my hair do and maybe watch a little pixie PI to put me to bed.
Dentist on Wednesday.
Orange slushies are delicious.
Work is stupid.
kthxbye.
I even managed to snag myself a belt at a store across the way before we had to get back to work (the restaurant was in the mall). It's reversible, that's how I like my belts, black on one side and brown on the other; and it's from Fossil, heck yes.
Got back just in time for my mom's meeting to be canceled at work which left me doing some very boring inventorying (again) and I got to do a purchase order for some new cookware. That wasn't all that boring but after that little bit of fun I managed to get myself back into that fantastic little database updating task. So. Much. Fun.
Home for 15 minutes (and two hotdogs) and then we were off to see Batman!
Magnificent cinematic piece, oh yes. I was very happy. Heath Ledger, goodness, that tongue thing and his face, he was amazing. Post-mortem Oscar I think it could be a possibility. I predicted a good chunk of the things to happen but was surprised by almost the same amount. I know people said the movie could've ended somewhere around an hour and a half, but seriously?
SPOILERS (though the only cool kid to read this has already seen the movie, lol)
How are you going to leave The Joker locked up? That could definitely not have been the end of the movie, come on, use your brains. I was very upset to see Rachel die, I mean kill a Gyllenhaal? Whatever. And Two-Face too? I was sure that he could've carried another movie, but now he's gone and there's no more Ledger so no more Joker, who's Batman's next villain going to be? Anyways, the stunts were good, I wasn't so much digging Bale in this movie, his Batman voice made me think he was hurting his vocal cords and Batman just kind of got on my nerves. He was too damn impulsive and selfish. Batman as the scapegoat, that was a little better, but still, I was all about The Joker in this movie. It was fantastic and I would absolutely go see it again.
Now I cannot wait for The X Files movie to come out. I'm hoping that I'm not going to be let down, but seeing Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in action again is all I'm really looking forward to. The movie previews during Batman weren't very good, I wasn't hooked into any of them, except I'm likely to give in and go to the new Bond. Daniel Craig is pretty good as Bond, I'm not gonna lie to myself anymore. I just got hooked on a brunette 007 so it was hard for me to turn my ways. But Quantum of Solace, what the hell kind of name is that for a movie?
Tomorrow I get to go watch another cooking segment get filmed in the morning which means I have to wake up 20 mins early, ick. Tonight I've gotta find me some better reference pics for my hair do and maybe watch a little pixie PI to put me to bed.
Dentist on Wednesday.
Orange slushies are delicious.
Work is stupid.
kthxbye.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The wonder of college
After accidentally waking up at 1:21pm (oops) I got up for a quick lunch and proceeded to fill my day with one delectably blonde little pixie of a college PI, that's right that notorious vixen Veronica Mars. Between episodes (I've just finished the 8th today, 5th in the third season) I did my usual Internet surfing and tried to find reference pictures for my hair cut on Thursday.
Guess what? My pretty little PI came in handy. That's right, I've got me a KBell picture as my reference. After my mini-KBell obsessive quest of the day I am happy to report (to myself that is) that Elle Bishop will continue into the third season of Heroes, but only for like 5 episodes. What a rip off! Electrokinesis is the shit.
After dinner and my shower I managed a little narcissistic fashion show in my room. They happen a lot more often than I remember them to in high school. I think I'm finally becoming a little more comfortable in my own skin. I keep thinking about the whole new person I want to become my sophomore year in college. I'm going to try and be more confident, I've proven to myself through recent and past excursions that I'm much better at making friends than I used to be, so new friends is good. I can't wait 'til I can see all my girls on a regular basis and be able to hang out with them and just do whatever.
Speaking of...
My ladies are coming to visit this coming weekend! All four of my main gals from school are making the trip down/up to hang out with me and my not-so-geographically-challenged girls. I have no idea what we're going to do while they're here but I'm very happy that I get to see them, even though I'll get to see them in a month anyways. Just a nice little precursor to amp me up for when school actually starts up again.
I'm pretty anxious to start going to classes again and just be on campus. I'm a nerd, it happens whatever, so I just like school a little more than I should. I love having things to be done, having things due, having to worry about projects and assignments (tests not so much) but I just love school. I love the smell of new (and used) books, the school supplies, the class rules, the giant rooms filled with students, the buses, the busy sidewalks, riding my bike across busy streets and dodging people. I miss being able to walk down the hall to see a friend and eat their food. I miss people watching in the dining halls and checking out strangers when walking to class. I miss not being pestered by my family and not having to worry about family drama.
I am however going to miss my family (you too buckaroo) when I go back. I'll definitely miss my kitty cats.
I have a fancy lunch meetin' downtown tomorrow, I'm dressing up a little more than usual.
My stomach is topsy-turvy.
Books are awesome.
Cookies are great for breakfast.
kthxbye.
Guess what? My pretty little PI came in handy. That's right, I've got me a KBell picture as my reference. After my mini-KBell obsessive quest of the day I am happy to report (to myself that is) that Elle Bishop will continue into the third season of Heroes, but only for like 5 episodes. What a rip off! Electrokinesis is the shit.
After dinner and my shower I managed a little narcissistic fashion show in my room. They happen a lot more often than I remember them to in high school. I think I'm finally becoming a little more comfortable in my own skin. I keep thinking about the whole new person I want to become my sophomore year in college. I'm going to try and be more confident, I've proven to myself through recent and past excursions that I'm much better at making friends than I used to be, so new friends is good. I can't wait 'til I can see all my girls on a regular basis and be able to hang out with them and just do whatever.
Speaking of...
My ladies are coming to visit this coming weekend! All four of my main gals from school are making the trip down/up to hang out with me and my not-so-geographically-challenged girls. I have no idea what we're going to do while they're here but I'm very happy that I get to see them, even though I'll get to see them in a month anyways. Just a nice little precursor to amp me up for when school actually starts up again.
I'm pretty anxious to start going to classes again and just be on campus. I'm a nerd, it happens whatever, so I just like school a little more than I should. I love having things to be done, having things due, having to worry about projects and assignments (tests not so much) but I just love school. I love the smell of new (and used) books, the school supplies, the class rules, the giant rooms filled with students, the buses, the busy sidewalks, riding my bike across busy streets and dodging people. I miss being able to walk down the hall to see a friend and eat their food. I miss people watching in the dining halls and checking out strangers when walking to class. I miss not being pestered by my family and not having to worry about family drama.
I am however going to miss my family (you too buckaroo) when I go back. I'll definitely miss my kitty cats.
I have a fancy lunch meetin' downtown tomorrow, I'm dressing up a little more than usual.
My stomach is topsy-turvy.
Books are awesome.
Cookies are great for breakfast.
kthxbye.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
A Shadow on the Wall
I was in no mood to type last night so sorry for the short delay.
Yesterday I woke up at 12:45pm. It was magnificent. I ate lunch, took a shower and hung out in my room all day pondering what it was I should be doing with my free time that would be more productive than checking my Facebook and reading fanfiction. I did, however, have a bit of a chat with my future roommate, she seems quite ecstatic.
After an afternoon filled with singing that required repeated lung fulls of air I set off for a night out with my ladies. We went to Red Robin and they got me presents, paid for my dinner and got the wait staff to sing for me. I got a couple books, a gift card, some Ninja Turtle action figures (heck yes) and some little knick-knacks (aka chatchkies). We came back to my supposedly empty house, I found my father there mooching and kicked his ass out. We ate a delicious cookie cake and watched part of King Arthur on tv. I went to bed at 12:30am because today I had to wake up at 6:30am.
Sleep was relatively quiet, I woke up with some very good memories. Mandy Musgrave how I love you.
I got picked up by a friend around 7:15am and we headed off to the Indiana Robotics Invitational for the day. I'm such a nerd. Decked out in 1018, and my new kicks of course, we just hung out in the pits and near the field, watched matches and talked with his team members. I forgot how much I missed hanging out and making extensively dirty jokes with a bunch of boys. Came home around 4:30pm and hung out in my quiet house once again. I listened to loud music, surfed the Internet (for quite some time) and then watched The Number 23. I listened to the loudest music I think I possibly have in a very long time when I was in the shower and was enveloped quite heavily in the fantastic acoustics of that tiny bathroom. M.I.A. was my choice and she was just great, a very nice twist to all the mellow stuff I've been listening to as of late.
I do, though, absolutely love singing to Brandi Carlile in the wee hours. She's got such a great, calming voice. Low and scratchy enough to make me feel like I'm staring at the stars in the middle of meadow with only the crickets to keep me company. I love music that puts me in my place.
I'm very much in the mood to write something at the moment so I'm off to use my brain parts to the best of their current potential, that is if my singing doesn't interfere too heavily.
My 5th grade music teacher said I had a lovely voice.
My college freshman english teacher said I had a very active imagination.
My mom says that I should be a writer when I grow up.
kthxbye.
Yesterday I woke up at 12:45pm. It was magnificent. I ate lunch, took a shower and hung out in my room all day pondering what it was I should be doing with my free time that would be more productive than checking my Facebook and reading fanfiction. I did, however, have a bit of a chat with my future roommate, she seems quite ecstatic.
After an afternoon filled with singing that required repeated lung fulls of air I set off for a night out with my ladies. We went to Red Robin and they got me presents, paid for my dinner and got the wait staff to sing for me. I got a couple books, a gift card, some Ninja Turtle action figures (heck yes) and some little knick-knacks (aka chatchkies). We came back to my supposedly empty house, I found my father there mooching and kicked his ass out. We ate a delicious cookie cake and watched part of King Arthur on tv. I went to bed at 12:30am because today I had to wake up at 6:30am.
Sleep was relatively quiet, I woke up with some very good memories. Mandy Musgrave how I love you.
I got picked up by a friend around 7:15am and we headed off to the Indiana Robotics Invitational for the day. I'm such a nerd. Decked out in 1018, and my new kicks of course, we just hung out in the pits and near the field, watched matches and talked with his team members. I forgot how much I missed hanging out and making extensively dirty jokes with a bunch of boys. Came home around 4:30pm and hung out in my quiet house once again. I listened to loud music, surfed the Internet (for quite some time) and then watched The Number 23. I listened to the loudest music I think I possibly have in a very long time when I was in the shower and was enveloped quite heavily in the fantastic acoustics of that tiny bathroom. M.I.A. was my choice and she was just great, a very nice twist to all the mellow stuff I've been listening to as of late.
I do, though, absolutely love singing to Brandi Carlile in the wee hours. She's got such a great, calming voice. Low and scratchy enough to make me feel like I'm staring at the stars in the middle of meadow with only the crickets to keep me company. I love music that puts me in my place.
I'm very much in the mood to write something at the moment so I'm off to use my brain parts to the best of their current potential, that is if my singing doesn't interfere too heavily.
My 5th grade music teacher said I had a lovely voice.
My college freshman english teacher said I had a very active imagination.
My mom says that I should be a writer when I grow up.
kthxbye.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
That's so good...
I'm actually not really in the mood to type up my day's goings-about so this might sound a bit ... er I mean read a bit boring, so sorry.
Woke up at 8:30am, ate some Rice Crispies (listened to them pop) and headed downtown to the City Market to watch one of the chefs do a cooking segment for Citizen's Gas. I was once again told that I look young, but this time it was followed with: "That'll be great when you're older." Yea whatever, I don't like looking young, I mean I am kind of but seriously .. okay whatever.
Chef Ben (he's such a silly goober) is really friendly and funny and he jokes all the time. He made this mustardy-sauce sauteed chicken and an oregano salad ... needless to say I didn't eat either of them. My mum and I were there for about an hour while he shot that first segment but left before he did his second segment: peaches wrapped in prosciutto, yea. x/
He went to see the new Batman last night (aka Weds) and he said it was amazing so I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully I'll get to fit it in sometime this weekend.
Anyways, we went to another store and did inventory. I had a Sprite and a mini cranberry-orange muffin (<33). We were there for nearly two hours and my mum had a manager's meeting at two (it was 1:00pm when we left) so we picked up Wendy's on the way back to corporate and if you can believe this ... they didn't have chocolate frostys. Yea that's right, you heard me, no chocolate, but they did have vanilla (not nearly as good, tasted a little coffee-ish). We get back to the office and I go into the system and start updated all the inventory we took and my mum disappears to her meeting at 2:15pm.
I go into her office and make a phone call to the dorm I'm going to stay in and guess what I get a new roommate (my old one got a single, what a ho, lol). I throw a minor internet tantrum, check the girl on Facebook and now I am actually incredibly indifferent about the situation. It's like I flipped a switch or something. Hopefully my school year won't suck total ass.
At about 3:45pm I'm finished with my work so I just kind of kick around on the internetz for a little bit hoping my mum will come back and give me something to do. I looked at the news on CNN.com, looked at TreeHugger, PopSci, Threadless, DeviantArt even and she's not back for another hour and a half. 5:10ish she comes shuffling back all exhausted and I'm kind of sad I can't mess around any more but she tells me to update some more stuff and I do. We leave and then I'm home and checking up on my internets and watch Veronica Mars.
I just watched this show on NBC called Fear Itself and it's these hour long mini horror movies, a new one each week. There are going to be 13 episodes and they just did episode 6. I've only seen one other one and it kind of sucked but my mum and my sister are obsessed. This one reminded me of 28 Days/Weeks Later 'cause there was zombie-ness. I'm going to watch one we missed over vacation now because apparently it was good.
I don't have work tomorrow. I'm sleeping in and getting kidnapped tomorrow night. I have the house to myself this weekend.
Singing is fun.
I need a haircut.
I <3 Jim.
kthxbye.
Woke up at 8:30am, ate some Rice Crispies (listened to them pop) and headed downtown to the City Market to watch one of the chefs do a cooking segment for Citizen's Gas. I was once again told that I look young, but this time it was followed with: "That'll be great when you're older." Yea whatever, I don't like looking young, I mean I am kind of but seriously .. okay whatever.
Chef Ben (he's such a silly goober) is really friendly and funny and he jokes all the time. He made this mustardy-sauce sauteed chicken and an oregano salad ... needless to say I didn't eat either of them. My mum and I were there for about an hour while he shot that first segment but left before he did his second segment: peaches wrapped in prosciutto, yea. x/
He went to see the new Batman last night (aka Weds) and he said it was amazing so I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully I'll get to fit it in sometime this weekend.
Anyways, we went to another store and did inventory. I had a Sprite and a mini cranberry-orange muffin (<33). We were there for nearly two hours and my mum had a manager's meeting at two (it was 1:00pm when we left) so we picked up Wendy's on the way back to corporate and if you can believe this ... they didn't have chocolate frostys. Yea that's right, you heard me, no chocolate, but they did have vanilla (not nearly as good, tasted a little coffee-ish). We get back to the office and I go into the system and start updated all the inventory we took and my mum disappears to her meeting at 2:15pm.
I go into her office and make a phone call to the dorm I'm going to stay in and guess what I get a new roommate (my old one got a single, what a ho, lol). I throw a minor internet tantrum, check the girl on Facebook and now I am actually incredibly indifferent about the situation. It's like I flipped a switch or something. Hopefully my school year won't suck total ass.
At about 3:45pm I'm finished with my work so I just kind of kick around on the internetz for a little bit hoping my mum will come back and give me something to do. I looked at the news on CNN.com, looked at TreeHugger, PopSci, Threadless, DeviantArt even and she's not back for another hour and a half. 5:10ish she comes shuffling back all exhausted and I'm kind of sad I can't mess around any more but she tells me to update some more stuff and I do. We leave and then I'm home and checking up on my internets and watch Veronica Mars.
I just watched this show on NBC called Fear Itself and it's these hour long mini horror movies, a new one each week. There are going to be 13 episodes and they just did episode 6. I've only seen one other one and it kind of sucked but my mum and my sister are obsessed. This one reminded me of 28 Days/Weeks Later 'cause there was zombie-ness. I'm going to watch one we missed over vacation now because apparently it was good.
I don't have work tomorrow. I'm sleeping in and getting kidnapped tomorrow night. I have the house to myself this weekend.
Singing is fun.
I need a haircut.
I <3 Jim.
kthxbye.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
I only wanna be closer to you
Things I missed while on vacation:
1. Kacey Kacey!
2. My computer
3. Singing incredibly loudly
4. Women's Murder Club
5. My kitties <33
6. Not eating fast food
So.... I spent the first three hours of my work day at the prettiest store of the company I work at. It's a showcase so there are shiny appliances everywhere and the walls are all pretty colors. My mum went back to finish the inventory of the Le Creuset cookware (so many pretty colors!) so we went around checking off things in the back first then did some labeling and re-organizing of the merchandise in the actual store. The two new colors we got in were Dijon (yellow/gold) and Caribbean (light teal) so we made a new display using the Dijon with the Cobalt cookware and then put the Caribbean back with the Flame (orange) and Cherry. I have had my fill of ceramic and cast-iron cookware let me tell you.
We went out to the mall for lunch (since it was across the street) and had some extremely tasty chinese, terryaki chicken, egg noodles and veggies (cabbage wasn't good though). We then proceeded down to Journey's to get me a new pair of Chucks ... mine have loose heels, ripped insides and outsides (there's a hole in my right shoe that's 3 inches long). After complaining about their dirtiness we bought them and some very brightly colored no-show socks and headed back to the corporate office for some mind-numbing work.
I made labels, worked on the web site and ... well yea that was it. And of course I goofed off. :]
After work we went to the new Wal-Mart near us and it was damn pretty. I mean Wal-Mart's are always ugly high ceilings with horrible light and their so damn white and floors are ugly but this one, very nice. First thing I said when I went inside was "Why is everything so blue?" All the signs and suck were this really pretty kind of sky blue and the floor was red clay looking and even though it was backwards and we couldn't find anything it was pretty cool. We bought a squirt gun and some Pokeman (pokemanz!!) cards for one of my brother's friend's birthday then went home.
I watched some Women's Murder Club and then had a GIANT (aka thick) burger and a tasty salad for dinner. Chocolate cake followed and so did an episode of Veronica Mars and some serious Facebooking, lol.
Actually when I first got home I locked myself in my room, turned my music up really loud and sang to my heart's content. <33 I am currently singing to Brandi Carlile .. just not as loudly as I was earlier.
Tomorrow I get to go downtown in the morning then to another store for inventory, should be pretty cool.
Oh and I got this most super freakin' excellently fabulously fantastically magnificent bday present. I really do <3 Jim (and you too Kacey!!).
WARPED TOUR IS IN 2 WEEKS!!
I hate clean shoes.
I still love my little Pancake. <33
kthxbye.
1. Kacey Kacey!
2. My computer
3. Singing incredibly loudly
4. Women's Murder Club
5. My kitties <33
6. Not eating fast food
So.... I spent the first three hours of my work day at the prettiest store of the company I work at. It's a showcase so there are shiny appliances everywhere and the walls are all pretty colors. My mum went back to finish the inventory of the Le Creuset cookware (so many pretty colors!) so we went around checking off things in the back first then did some labeling and re-organizing of the merchandise in the actual store. The two new colors we got in were Dijon (yellow/gold) and Caribbean (light teal) so we made a new display using the Dijon with the Cobalt cookware and then put the Caribbean back with the Flame (orange) and Cherry. I have had my fill of ceramic and cast-iron cookware let me tell you.
We went out to the mall for lunch (since it was across the street) and had some extremely tasty chinese, terryaki chicken, egg noodles and veggies (cabbage wasn't good though). We then proceeded down to Journey's to get me a new pair of Chucks ... mine have loose heels, ripped insides and outsides (there's a hole in my right shoe that's 3 inches long). After complaining about their dirtiness we bought them and some very brightly colored no-show socks and headed back to the corporate office for some mind-numbing work.
I made labels, worked on the web site and ... well yea that was it. And of course I goofed off. :]
After work we went to the new Wal-Mart near us and it was damn pretty. I mean Wal-Mart's are always ugly high ceilings with horrible light and their so damn white and floors are ugly but this one, very nice. First thing I said when I went inside was "Why is everything so blue?" All the signs and suck were this really pretty kind of sky blue and the floor was red clay looking and even though it was backwards and we couldn't find anything it was pretty cool. We bought a squirt gun and some Pokeman (pokemanz!!) cards for one of my brother's friend's birthday then went home.
I watched some Women's Murder Club and then had a GIANT (aka thick) burger and a tasty salad for dinner. Chocolate cake followed and so did an episode of Veronica Mars and some serious Facebooking, lol.
Actually when I first got home I locked myself in my room, turned my music up really loud and sang to my heart's content. <33 I am currently singing to Brandi Carlile .. just not as loudly as I was earlier.
Tomorrow I get to go downtown in the morning then to another store for inventory, should be pretty cool.
Oh and I got this most super freakin' excellently fabulously fantastically magnificent bday present. I really do <3 Jim (and you too Kacey!!).
WARPED TOUR IS IN 2 WEEKS!!
I hate clean shoes.
I still love my little Pancake. <33
kthxbye.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
How I Won The West
4270 miles
70+ hours of music
65+ hours in the car
15+ mosquito bites
3 motels
2 cabins
1 hotel
1 campground
lots of nature
.... the end. jk.
We (ie my dad, sister, brother and I) left Saturday at 2:00pm, why earlier I have no idea. I spent the journey (650 miles, 8.5ish hours) listening to my music and my brother complain. We stayed somewhere in far eastern South Dakota and then got up at 8am the next morning to drive some more. We hit Badlands National Park at the 1000 miles mark almost exactly and took the scenic route off the highway through the park. We only got out at the beginning to take pictures up in the rocks (I didn't wear shoes, I'm so awesome) and then drove on through to Mt. Rushmore. There was a flurry of picture taking, my brother bought a pretty rock (idk why) and then we were off for another 5 hours of driving to Buffalo, Wymoming to spend the night; we did manage to hit the Devil's Tower from Close Encounters on the way there. Woke up 8am once more and drove through Big Horn National Park (snow in the mountains, Tensleep Creek aka rushing river!) to Cody, Wyoming, home of Buffalo Bill, by lunch time. We ate at Irma's Hotel, which was the first hotel Bill Cody built in the city, and then scuffed around a couple local shops.
After buying nothing ('cause we're cheap) we headed off to Yellowstone! We did just the eastern section which was mostly forest, mountains, burnt forest and Yellowstone Lake. It was beautiful but after a while I got tired of looking at burnt trees (all thanks to the fire of 1988). A little trip to look at the Yellowstone lodge .. it's yellow btw ... and then we went back to our cabin at Absoroka Ranch. Our cabin was the farthest away and closest to the stables so my sister and I spent an hour or two just hanging out feeding the horses alfalfa and clover then went to the main building for dinner around 7pm. We all played a couple obnoxiously loud games of volleyball, got a bunch of mosquito bites and went to bed fearing for our lives from the bear threats (even though the owners had yet to see a bear near the ranch that year, lol).
Tuesday (yes that's the day I'm on) we woke up, packed up and headed back into Yellowstone to do the northern loop which I would definitely say was the prettiest. We stopped across from the Mud Volcano thermal site and hike down a hill and play a little in the Yellowstone River (very cold!) and I stole a rock. :] The thermal site was the most putrid thing I have smelt ever in my life. Sulfur kills, but the bubbling mud was pretty cool, not gonna lie. The Blacktail Deer Plateau, the very northern track, (where I took most of my pictures) was the best places and it was nice and cool and just beautiful. We saw a lot of buffalo, elk and deer. We didn't get out to see the Mammoth Hot Springs because it was like 95F out and it was way too crowded but we did climb some rocks a little later on and hike up around Lava Creek and collect a few more rocks. Around 5pm we checked into our next cabin at the Bill Cody Ranch and it was huge! It was part of the main lodge building had two rooms, two bathrooms and it was so damn comfortable. There was some random ass turkey scuttling around the ranch so my brother chased it and my sister took pictures, it was hilarious. My sister and I headed out to their stables for an hour or two and fed their horses. They weren't as friendly and there were at least triple the amount as the last ranch but they had a two month old foal and another younger horse with their mothers' in one pen so we spent all our time there feeding them and petting them (very sweet horses). I slept very well that night.
Unfortunately I did have to wake up early the next morning (Weds) but for a horse ride! My horses name was Timber and he was so damn stubborn, he stopped every 3 seconds to nibble at something along the trail I kicked him constantly and my shoulder and back hurt after from pulling up on the reins to lift his head after we were done. My sister's horses name was Marcell but the handlers called him Bob because he had the number 808 shaved on his rump. The ride was 2 hours and we went back behind the ranch with two handlers, Bryant & Trinity, and 6 other people up into the mountains. It was really great and I was very happy to go riding again, I keep forgetting how much I love horses. My dad tried to teach me how to spot the breeds, but I can't remember anything.
We packed up the car again and did just a bit of southern Yellowstone on our way down to Grant Teton National Park. We hit our campsite at Colter Bay, 2 min drive from Jackson Lake and got settled into our incredibly shitty "platform tent". So basically it was a large cement slab with a metal pole and canvas tent. It had 4 beds hanging (two chains at each end and a frame with a mattress thinger) off the walls and this scary little oven. It really wasn't that horrible but I'd expected something a little nicer, my dad was immediately pissed off so he took a 3HOUR NAP and left us to do nothing. We trotted off to check out the woods and the local stables (run by the Amish, we couldn't get close) and I took pictures and then started reading one of the books I brought with me. When my dad woke up he took us down to the beach and we hung out, I tried to get sun, finished my scifi book and then went back to the campsite to roast hot dogs. After (gooey marshmallow and m&m cookie s'mores) my sister and I walked back to the beach to just kick around a little. We ended up with mosquito bites out tha ying yang and I only got 30 pages into my James Patterson Women's Murder Club book. Back to the camp site and into bed covered in itchy stuff and I read half my book before going to bed.
Thursday we woke up around 9 and headed off to check out the rest of the Park, we drove the western route near all the lakes and stopped off at String Lake, Jenny Lake, the Visitor Center near the south entrance and the Snake River. We went back to the camp site for lunch (I had PBJ <33) and then went back down to the visitor center to get picked up for our Snake River raft float. Our guy, Reed, was really nice and we were on the boat with 7 other people. My dad, sister and I were up front with this couple and their cute as a button little girl Kate from Williamsburg, VA and they were very talkative and nice. We stuck my brother with the family in the back with two boys his age, lol. We say a Bald Eagle, a couple Ospreys (fish eagles), three moose and lots of rushing water. They river was still really high from the good winter they had so we were rushing along at 5-7mph. The trip normally takes 3-4 hours and it took us under 2. After the raft we went down south to Jackson Hole for a quick dinner. It's a skiing town so everything is very cute and it was just amazing. Went back to the camp site, got in bed and I finished my WMC book.
Friday we did western Yellowstone on our way up to Montana. Old Faithful was like 15 minutes late and I took a lot of pictures. We went to the Old Faithful Lodge and it was gorgeous, all the timber was shelacked (sp? lol) and it was just giant. We mailed a couple post cards, bought fishing licenses then proceeded a little farther north the try and fish in this little creek called Nez Perce. It was surprisingly warm and we all waded out but we didn't catch anything. In the car again and 4 hours later we were up in Big Sky, Montana at our hotel The Lodge at the Big Sky ski resort. It was beautiful but everything was so expensive. I threw a money tantrum (it happens, I hate spending money) then proceeded to grumble until we found a decent restaurant where I had amazing hot wings but shitty lasagna (weird combinations, I know). Back to the hotel for sleep.
Woke up 9am the next day and had a quick breakfast (mm bagel) and then we went back out to try and find a couple good places to fish. We didn't have much luck and the places we did find had a lot of rushing fucking freezing cold water. It was so cold I thought I was going to cry or collapse, or both. We drove down to West Yellowstone, Montana for some lunch and I went to a local bookstore for a couple minutes then we went over the border to Idaho (no Udaho, lol) just 'cause my dad wanted too (and it was 10 minutes away). Got back to the hotel and went swimming in the pool and almost fainted in the hot tub (they always seem like fun until I can't breath). My dad went out to some music festival and my brother, sister and I ate downstairs at the bar and my dad came back tipsy but he played it off. I really hate that about him, he has absolutely no problem drinking around us (beer in the car, vodka and a box of wine, he's such a girl, at the camp site and hotel) or even cursing around us (he curses like a sailor) and he also likes to talk about the divorce all the time which just ushers complete and total silence from everyone around him.
Okay so anyways, Sunday we woke up 8am, ate breakfast and spent 13 hours in the car. I wanted to kill myself. I listened to music for the most part but watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when I got bored. We drove through Montana, Wyoming and stopped in the middle of Nebraska for the night. Monday we drove 12 hours, more music but no movies and more fighting, through Missouri and Illinois then back home. I hate cars. My back hurt so bad when I got back and hunching over to write this blog isn't helping much. Got home and had tasty tasty meatloaf for dinner 'cause my mom loves me and then unpacked and collapsed in front of my computer for the night. A friend called me at midnight and we talked for a half hour before we both went to bed.
I woke up this morning, reluctantly, to my alarm and went to work. Lots of little jobs, some web site work and my mom took me to Olive Garden for lunch. I had this 85 different cheeses dish (okay 5) but it was really good. My mom had a couple presents for me (we spread my presents out over the summer), I got a cute little leather purse, the new Popular Science magazine ('cause I'm a nerd and it's my most favorite magazine ever!) and a $25 gift card to Books-A-Million 'cause my mom didn't know what kind of books to give me. We went back to work for a short bit then headed off to another store to do inventory which was pretty fun, I got free oatmeal cookies and a Mountain Dew <33. We're going back tomorrow to finish.
Well now I think I'm going to watch an episode of Women's Murder Club because I have been craving it. One of the things I missed most about being home (besides my Kacey Kacey, hello no duh) was being able to sing at the top of my lungs. For the past three hours I have been doing just that. <33
Album of choice on the trip: KT Tunstall's Acoustic Etravaganza
Drink of choice: Water
My back hurts.
Work is boring.
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY BITCHES!! (I'm being kidnapped on Friday)
I <33 delicious chocolate cake.
Please listen to "Lucky" by Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat, it's beautiful.
kthxbye.
70+ hours of music
65+ hours in the car
15+ mosquito bites
3 motels
2 cabins
1 hotel
1 campground
lots of nature
.... the end. jk.
We (ie my dad, sister, brother and I) left Saturday at 2:00pm, why earlier I have no idea. I spent the journey (650 miles, 8.5ish hours) listening to my music and my brother complain. We stayed somewhere in far eastern South Dakota and then got up at 8am the next morning to drive some more. We hit Badlands National Park at the 1000 miles mark almost exactly and took the scenic route off the highway through the park. We only got out at the beginning to take pictures up in the rocks (I didn't wear shoes, I'm so awesome) and then drove on through to Mt. Rushmore. There was a flurry of picture taking, my brother bought a pretty rock (idk why) and then we were off for another 5 hours of driving to Buffalo, Wymoming to spend the night; we did manage to hit the Devil's Tower from Close Encounters on the way there. Woke up 8am once more and drove through Big Horn National Park (snow in the mountains, Tensleep Creek aka rushing river!) to Cody, Wyoming, home of Buffalo Bill, by lunch time. We ate at Irma's Hotel, which was the first hotel Bill Cody built in the city, and then scuffed around a couple local shops.
After buying nothing ('cause we're cheap) we headed off to Yellowstone! We did just the eastern section which was mostly forest, mountains, burnt forest and Yellowstone Lake. It was beautiful but after a while I got tired of looking at burnt trees (all thanks to the fire of 1988). A little trip to look at the Yellowstone lodge .. it's yellow btw ... and then we went back to our cabin at Absoroka Ranch. Our cabin was the farthest away and closest to the stables so my sister and I spent an hour or two just hanging out feeding the horses alfalfa and clover then went to the main building for dinner around 7pm. We all played a couple obnoxiously loud games of volleyball, got a bunch of mosquito bites and went to bed fearing for our lives from the bear threats (even though the owners had yet to see a bear near the ranch that year, lol).
Tuesday (yes that's the day I'm on) we woke up, packed up and headed back into Yellowstone to do the northern loop which I would definitely say was the prettiest. We stopped across from the Mud Volcano thermal site and hike down a hill and play a little in the Yellowstone River (very cold!) and I stole a rock. :] The thermal site was the most putrid thing I have smelt ever in my life. Sulfur kills, but the bubbling mud was pretty cool, not gonna lie. The Blacktail Deer Plateau, the very northern track, (where I took most of my pictures) was the best places and it was nice and cool and just beautiful. We saw a lot of buffalo, elk and deer. We didn't get out to see the Mammoth Hot Springs because it was like 95F out and it was way too crowded but we did climb some rocks a little later on and hike up around Lava Creek and collect a few more rocks. Around 5pm we checked into our next cabin at the Bill Cody Ranch and it was huge! It was part of the main lodge building had two rooms, two bathrooms and it was so damn comfortable. There was some random ass turkey scuttling around the ranch so my brother chased it and my sister took pictures, it was hilarious. My sister and I headed out to their stables for an hour or two and fed their horses. They weren't as friendly and there were at least triple the amount as the last ranch but they had a two month old foal and another younger horse with their mothers' in one pen so we spent all our time there feeding them and petting them (very sweet horses). I slept very well that night.
Unfortunately I did have to wake up early the next morning (Weds) but for a horse ride! My horses name was Timber and he was so damn stubborn, he stopped every 3 seconds to nibble at something along the trail I kicked him constantly and my shoulder and back hurt after from pulling up on the reins to lift his head after we were done. My sister's horses name was Marcell but the handlers called him Bob because he had the number 808 shaved on his rump. The ride was 2 hours and we went back behind the ranch with two handlers, Bryant & Trinity, and 6 other people up into the mountains. It was really great and I was very happy to go riding again, I keep forgetting how much I love horses. My dad tried to teach me how to spot the breeds, but I can't remember anything.
We packed up the car again and did just a bit of southern Yellowstone on our way down to Grant Teton National Park. We hit our campsite at Colter Bay, 2 min drive from Jackson Lake and got settled into our incredibly shitty "platform tent". So basically it was a large cement slab with a metal pole and canvas tent. It had 4 beds hanging (two chains at each end and a frame with a mattress thinger) off the walls and this scary little oven. It really wasn't that horrible but I'd expected something a little nicer, my dad was immediately pissed off so he took a 3HOUR NAP and left us to do nothing. We trotted off to check out the woods and the local stables (run by the Amish, we couldn't get close) and I took pictures and then started reading one of the books I brought with me. When my dad woke up he took us down to the beach and we hung out, I tried to get sun, finished my scifi book and then went back to the campsite to roast hot dogs. After (gooey marshmallow and m&m cookie s'mores) my sister and I walked back to the beach to just kick around a little. We ended up with mosquito bites out tha ying yang and I only got 30 pages into my James Patterson Women's Murder Club book. Back to the camp site and into bed covered in itchy stuff and I read half my book before going to bed.
Thursday we woke up around 9 and headed off to check out the rest of the Park, we drove the western route near all the lakes and stopped off at String Lake, Jenny Lake, the Visitor Center near the south entrance and the Snake River. We went back to the camp site for lunch (I had PBJ <33) and then went back down to the visitor center to get picked up for our Snake River raft float. Our guy, Reed, was really nice and we were on the boat with 7 other people. My dad, sister and I were up front with this couple and their cute as a button little girl Kate from Williamsburg, VA and they were very talkative and nice. We stuck my brother with the family in the back with two boys his age, lol. We say a Bald Eagle, a couple Ospreys (fish eagles), three moose and lots of rushing water. They river was still really high from the good winter they had so we were rushing along at 5-7mph. The trip normally takes 3-4 hours and it took us under 2. After the raft we went down south to Jackson Hole for a quick dinner. It's a skiing town so everything is very cute and it was just amazing. Went back to the camp site, got in bed and I finished my WMC book.
Friday we did western Yellowstone on our way up to Montana. Old Faithful was like 15 minutes late and I took a lot of pictures. We went to the Old Faithful Lodge and it was gorgeous, all the timber was shelacked (sp? lol) and it was just giant. We mailed a couple post cards, bought fishing licenses then proceeded a little farther north the try and fish in this little creek called Nez Perce. It was surprisingly warm and we all waded out but we didn't catch anything. In the car again and 4 hours later we were up in Big Sky, Montana at our hotel The Lodge at the Big Sky ski resort. It was beautiful but everything was so expensive. I threw a money tantrum (it happens, I hate spending money) then proceeded to grumble until we found a decent restaurant where I had amazing hot wings but shitty lasagna (weird combinations, I know). Back to the hotel for sleep.
Woke up 9am the next day and had a quick breakfast (mm bagel) and then we went back out to try and find a couple good places to fish. We didn't have much luck and the places we did find had a lot of rushing fucking freezing cold water. It was so cold I thought I was going to cry or collapse, or both. We drove down to West Yellowstone, Montana for some lunch and I went to a local bookstore for a couple minutes then we went over the border to Idaho (no Udaho, lol) just 'cause my dad wanted too (and it was 10 minutes away). Got back to the hotel and went swimming in the pool and almost fainted in the hot tub (they always seem like fun until I can't breath). My dad went out to some music festival and my brother, sister and I ate downstairs at the bar and my dad came back tipsy but he played it off. I really hate that about him, he has absolutely no problem drinking around us (beer in the car, vodka and a box of wine, he's such a girl, at the camp site and hotel) or even cursing around us (he curses like a sailor) and he also likes to talk about the divorce all the time which just ushers complete and total silence from everyone around him.
Okay so anyways, Sunday we woke up 8am, ate breakfast and spent 13 hours in the car. I wanted to kill myself. I listened to music for the most part but watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when I got bored. We drove through Montana, Wyoming and stopped in the middle of Nebraska for the night. Monday we drove 12 hours, more music but no movies and more fighting, through Missouri and Illinois then back home. I hate cars. My back hurt so bad when I got back and hunching over to write this blog isn't helping much. Got home and had tasty tasty meatloaf for dinner 'cause my mom loves me and then unpacked and collapsed in front of my computer for the night. A friend called me at midnight and we talked for a half hour before we both went to bed.
I woke up this morning, reluctantly, to my alarm and went to work. Lots of little jobs, some web site work and my mom took me to Olive Garden for lunch. I had this 85 different cheeses dish (okay 5) but it was really good. My mom had a couple presents for me (we spread my presents out over the summer), I got a cute little leather purse, the new Popular Science magazine ('cause I'm a nerd and it's my most favorite magazine ever!) and a $25 gift card to Books-A-Million 'cause my mom didn't know what kind of books to give me. We went back to work for a short bit then headed off to another store to do inventory which was pretty fun, I got free oatmeal cookies and a Mountain Dew <33. We're going back tomorrow to finish.
Well now I think I'm going to watch an episode of Women's Murder Club because I have been craving it. One of the things I missed most about being home (besides my Kacey Kacey, hello no duh) was being able to sing at the top of my lungs. For the past three hours I have been doing just that. <33
Album of choice on the trip: KT Tunstall's Acoustic Etravaganza
Drink of choice: Water
My back hurts.
Work is boring.
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY BITCHES!! (I'm being kidnapped on Friday)
I <33 delicious chocolate cake.
Please listen to "Lucky" by Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat, it's beautiful.
kthxbye.
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