It's been a long time since my last update. I know this. I feel bad about this. I've been meaning and wanting to write to you all, but I just haven't had any energy. I've been like, half sick. I thought it was because of allergies, because I ran out of allergy pills the same day I ran out of money. So, I was unable to get more. Then, I got a paycheck, but I kept having to work weird hours and not really sleeping, so I didn't get to the store.
But now, it seems like it's just a cold or something. Even though I've taken both allergy medicine and cold medicine and neither seem to be working. Hooray.
This week is better than last week in terms of sleeping, though. Last week I had the monitor on all night, and was waking up like, 10 times. This week, it's only sporadically, which means I can sleep for long periods of time without waking up!
Last night I slept from 2am to 8am!!!!!! I WAS IN SHOCK. No phone! No monitor! No Ruby Tuesday kisses!
Anyways! On to better stuff.
I had such a fun weekend! I went home early Saturday morning. Brunched with mom and Kara. Then, Kara went to work and my mom and I drove to Newton, MA FOR RYAN'S GIG!
Yes, my friend Ryan had a real live GIG. Jazz, klezmer and everything in between. It was so fun! All these great types of music being performed by wonderfully talented musicians. And Ryan was the featured vocalist! My favorite was the Ladino song in the second act. That was soooo fun!
UGH, but guess what?! I forgot my camera! I realized this while standing in the lobby waiting for the auditorium to open. UGH I was so disappointed. However, Ryan's friend Liz who came to us for the Crash Kings show in Portland, ME was also there, and she got VIDEO! So, hopefully, if it's okay to post the videos online, you will be able to see the show!
I'm excited for videos, because I really enjoyed it. YAY RYAN!!! And she was totally famous after! There was like, a line of people waiting to talk to her. It was awesome.
It seemed like a long drive home after. We stopped at McDonald's for a pick-me-up. It was fun. No only because it was a fun event, but because it was fun to be out doing something with my mom.
On Sunday, we basically just relaxed around the house. Always fun. Family time, watching the Patriots game.
Can I just say something? I hate sports. Yep, hate 'em. Don't understand them, don't care to understand them, don't care about the players, the teams, whatever. I know a lot of people like sports and like rooting for their teams. That's fine. Do that. Just don't involve me in it. K, thx.
Kara came home with me Sunday night! I was happy about that. I was even more happy that she finally agreed to watch The O.C. with me. I had been trying to force her, but she kept resisting. Then! She finally gave in. It was a good day. And - she loves it!
So, I'm excited about rewatching the entire season. NICE.
And total last-minute - I ended up having Monday night off. So, that was nice because it broke up the driving. Monday night we got chinese food and went to the gym. And watched The O.C. Nice night.
Tuesday morning I woke up early to be back at work in time for staff meeting. Kara brought home iced coffee for me, so that was nice.
Tuesday was a long day. Work from 12:30 to 10pm. I went to bed early. Wednesday was spent lounging around with Miss Tuesday. She's very cuddly all the time. Wednesday morning she curled up in bed right next to me and stretched out on Buck. SO CUTE!!!
I feel like there was something important I had to tell you. Or, that I was meaning to tell you.
The other night, I had a dream that Kara, my dad and me, went to Los Angeles to see 3 Crash Kings shows! But, one of the shows was going to be Crash Kings performing 'Seasons of Love' from Rent. Yep! Crazy, right? I think that's all they were going to be doing, was just performing that one song. I was excited about.
Last night I watched this movie called Ondine. Starring Colin Farrell. Set in Ireland, about a fisherman who pulls his net up one day and there is a woman in it! She's alive, though. And then Colin Farrell's little daughter starts believing that this woman is a Selkie, a seal that can turn into a person. And then there's all this folklore that makes you believe that maybe she really is. And then the Selkie and Colin Farrell fall in love.
It was okay. Kind of slow, but interesting. Really pretty music. And also, Ireland.
Tonight! I'm either going to watch Killers, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, OR continue to get caught up on Grey's Anatomy, which I'm very behind on. Exciting, eh?! I might go with Grey's. I watched an episode before work, so I'm kind of in the mood. Plus, they're shorter than a movie.
Man, I'm just feeling worse and worse. It feels like the cold medicine did nothing. Bummer. Also, I had a baby spit up on me and sneeze on me and cough on me. And drooling everywhere. And I wonder why I'm sick...
I bought a bottle of that O Water. Lime Lemon flavor. Remember the O Water? Kid was giving away free samples in Harvard Square when I was there beginning of August? (for the Crash Kings show at the Middle East.) And I tried coconut and it was delish. Well, they were on sale in the grocery store the other day so I thought, "hey! it's the O water! I'll buy one!" And I did. It's supposed to be like, a healthy sports drink. It's pretty good. I like it because it's not crazy colors or anything, it just looks like water. Also it tastes good.
So, last night on Facebook, I was looking at the tour schedule of Crash Kings, just to REALLY REALLY make sure there were no dates before the two ONE MONTH FROM NOW for me to go see. (there really aren't.) But, an ad on the side caught my eye. It was like, 'Enroll in jewelry making school!' And I was like, "what? People can go to jewelry making school?"
And, yes! People do. It's this school called the North Bennet Street School in Boston and it's like, a serious jewelry program. Not just like, 'put the beads on here...' type of thing but like, 'lets melt down this gold and turn it into a ring' type thing. Cool, right?
It's also a school that you go to if you want to learn how to build a piano! I looked at all the pictures because I was totally fascinated. KIDS BUILDING PIANOS. There was one photo of a guy INSIDE a piano. Like, with the cover off. And kids tuning pianos. Oh, it was unreal. I think pianos are one of those things that you just don't imagine being apart. Like, a person. Not like a bookshelf, where lots of those are put together and taken apart. But a piano! So beautiful.
I read up about the program and the school for a long time last night. And then, I woke up in the middle of the night randomly thinking about it. It'd be like, a 2 year program. Like, back to school. Which, I would be super excited about.
The problem is, I don't know if I want to do it because I think it sounds interesting and I'd like to learn more, plus I want to go back to school, OR, if I want to do it because I actually want to become a jewelry maker/repairer. Ya know?
It says that it involves very tedious work, which I like.
I don't know. I guess because still after going to a four year school I have no idea what I want to do at all, it's like, why not? And then I'm like, "well, it's expensive and you have no money. And you already have $40,000 in loans to pay back. And you're not sure if you want to do it because you think it'd be fun, or if it's something you actually want to do." That's why not.
I mean, I kind of like the idea of being a person who makes jewelry. Like, with a workbench and important tools. But then I'm like, 'is that reality?' and then I'm like, "what is reality? why can't you become a jewelry maker if you want?!'
And then I just get mad at myself and everyone else. It's been happening a lot lately. I just feel frustrated all the time. EXCEPT, when I'm with Kara. Why? Because she's my sister and she's the best.
Anyways. I guess that's it. I still feel like I have other things to talk about, but I can't think of them now. Bummer, because I feel like I was in a bad mood this whole entry. Sorry.
Alright, I'm going to go do something else now. I'm at work, so options are limited.
Hope everyone has a great night. It's been raining here all day, which I'm very happy about because all that nice weather was starting to make me mad. I love the sound of rain. It sounds like when someone drops a string of beads and they fall all over a floor.
No plans for tomorrow except going to the grocery store and maybe the post office.
OHOHOH!! Did everyone watch the season premiere of Bored to Death??! Season 2!!! It was totes hilars. I laughed so hard when they were talking about how nobody reads anymore and then George was like,
GEORGE: I bought a Kindle, but then I dropped it in the tub.
Ohhh yeah, I laughed a lot. So funny. #schwartzmanlove
Alright! Talk to you soon! Have a good night!
love,
Julie
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
SLAP THAT BASS!
I was having a Crash Kings video watching party last night in honor (actually in my state of withdrawl/depression) of having it be the longest I have gone without a live show, and so I was watching the playlist of Crash Kings videos from when we saw them in Portland, ME.
IN MY OPINION: Best concert ever. Or, that we've seen from them. I thought everything came together to be quite perfect. Energy wise? It would probably be the Middle East show from August. With the Mercury Lounge show from May coming in second.
YOU GUYS - this will be the FIRST month I HAVEN'T seen Crash Kings. Since December! I've seen them at least once a month. AAGGGOONNNYYYYY!!!!!! MISSERRRYY!!!! HORRORRR!!!!
Anyways. What was I saying?? Oh yeah! I was going to relate this back to the subject of this entry.
SO, while I was rewatching the videos, I can't remember what song it was in... but someone yells to Mike, "SLAP THAT BASS!!" I laughed to myself.
I'm sure they were referring to the lines from the movie, 'I Love You, Man,' and not the classic Gerswin song sung by Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance. Either way - I laughed.
SO! I've forgotten to mention some things that I wanted to mention. Let's begin:
1. I've had this article opened in my tabs ALLLL FREAKING WEEK. And I keep meaning to post it, and then I forget. NO, it's not the Hanson article from last week. (this kind of situation happens a lot. Hence why I always have like, a billion tabs open.)
REMEMBER MY FRIEND HOLDEN?!? In the band Breakthrough Frequencies?! I see him when I go to The Space. Well, he posted this article to Facebook the other day and I was so impressed by it, that I saved it and said, "I have to post this for MY friends!!"
So, you know how sometimes people will interview big shot music people and be like, "what is on your iPod right now? What songs inspire you?" WELL - this newspaper from New Haven, CT asked Holden those very questions!! And he answered them! Like a big shot music person!! I couldn't believe it! I was like, "wow! I know that guy!!" Super cool.
So, please check out the article here! Holden talks about his fave songs and songs that inspire the sound of Breakthrough Frequencies. NICE. That's a win.
AND IN OTHER EXCITING FRIEND NEWS....
2. RYAN! Yes, my friend Ryan, has a GIG tomorrow night!!! Saturday night!! And I'm going!! Super excited about this. One of her music teachers has an awesome band and they asked Ryan to sing with them! YES. Here's the link - it's the first concert listed. Jazz, Yiddish and Beyond!! I can't wait. I really enjoy some good klezmer. I'm gonna try and get my mom to come with me, but she doesn't know that yet. Not sure if they'll allow cameras or what, but if they do - get ready for some great pictures! I'm totally going to be like an excited mom. I'm just so excited for Ryan! A gig! With a real band!
Also looking forward to some sweet jassss music. Also looking forward to the clarinetist. I think there'll be one. And as a former clarinetist myself, I enjoy watching it in action.
Ha, actually, I hated playing the clarinet. Why did I do it for so long? I remember in 6th grade I used to talk about randomly leaving my clarinet places. Throwing it off of a bridge, I think, also.
Yep. Dedicated music student, right here. I was a dedicated choral student. I remember when I was a junior in high school, I had a day where I had dance class in the morning, then treble choir, then chamber singers. What a great day, right?! The best. Ohhhh I loved chamber singers. And treble choir.
And the jellyfish. (anyone get that?! the jellyfish!!?? REMEMBER!?! any former chamber singers reading?!?! anyone!??)
WELL. That might be all I have to talk about. Two excited friend things!! Pretty awesome. I know I spend a lot of my time talking about gorgeous rock stars, but now it's MY FRIENDS who are the gorgeous rock stars!! Nice!
Did I mention my sleep schedule last night? I'll take some time to do that now:
- finally fell asleep around 4am
- woke up at 5:32am
- woke up at 6:15am
that's it! And I'm still awake! And it's currently 9:18am. Friday. 24th September. I'm working right now. From 8 to 11ish.
I'm sleeping with the baby monitor on, so it's always an extra struggle to sleep. Most of it usually happens during the daylight hours. Except on days when I'm working. Like right now. I'll probably take a nap when I get done with work. Assuming I'm tired.
If I fall asleep when I'm not tired and I wake up for some reason during the night, I will still not be tired. And it will take me a while to fall asleep. And then most likely, I'll wake up again, and STILL not be tired. This will continue until I am pretty exhausted. And then I'll sleep all day.
Anyways. Enough about my messed up night schedule. I have no idea how I could work a real job. Or, a job with "traditional" hours. I guess mostly likely I won't be sleeping with baby monitors in my bed.
ANYWAYS. I have to go pick up a resident at work and bring her to an appointment. So, I'll talk to everyone later! What a great entry, right?! Yes! I have great friends. And these are new friends. What great new friends! Talented friends. I think I hang out with the right crowd.
Ok! Have great Fridays! I'll talk to everyone later! End of the week hooray!
Enjoy the day!!
LOVE!
IN MY OPINION: Best concert ever. Or, that we've seen from them. I thought everything came together to be quite perfect. Energy wise? It would probably be the Middle East show from August. With the Mercury Lounge show from May coming in second.
YOU GUYS - this will be the FIRST month I HAVEN'T seen Crash Kings. Since December! I've seen them at least once a month. AAGGGOONNNYYYYY!!!!!! MISSERRRYY!!!! HORRORRR!!!!
Anyways. What was I saying?? Oh yeah! I was going to relate this back to the subject of this entry.
SO, while I was rewatching the videos, I can't remember what song it was in... but someone yells to Mike, "SLAP THAT BASS!!" I laughed to myself.
I'm sure they were referring to the lines from the movie, 'I Love You, Man,' and not the classic Gerswin song sung by Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance. Either way - I laughed.
SO! I've forgotten to mention some things that I wanted to mention. Let's begin:
1. I've had this article opened in my tabs ALLLL FREAKING WEEK. And I keep meaning to post it, and then I forget. NO, it's not the Hanson article from last week. (this kind of situation happens a lot. Hence why I always have like, a billion tabs open.)
REMEMBER MY FRIEND HOLDEN?!? In the band Breakthrough Frequencies?! I see him when I go to The Space. Well, he posted this article to Facebook the other day and I was so impressed by it, that I saved it and said, "I have to post this for MY friends!!"
So, you know how sometimes people will interview big shot music people and be like, "what is on your iPod right now? What songs inspire you?" WELL - this newspaper from New Haven, CT asked Holden those very questions!! And he answered them! Like a big shot music person!! I couldn't believe it! I was like, "wow! I know that guy!!" Super cool.
So, please check out the article here! Holden talks about his fave songs and songs that inspire the sound of Breakthrough Frequencies. NICE. That's a win.
AND IN OTHER EXCITING FRIEND NEWS....
2. RYAN! Yes, my friend Ryan, has a GIG tomorrow night!!! Saturday night!! And I'm going!! Super excited about this. One of her music teachers has an awesome band and they asked Ryan to sing with them! YES. Here's the link - it's the first concert listed. Jazz, Yiddish and Beyond!! I can't wait. I really enjoy some good klezmer. I'm gonna try and get my mom to come with me, but she doesn't know that yet. Not sure if they'll allow cameras or what, but if they do - get ready for some great pictures! I'm totally going to be like an excited mom. I'm just so excited for Ryan! A gig! With a real band!
Also looking forward to some sweet jassss music. Also looking forward to the clarinetist. I think there'll be one. And as a former clarinetist myself, I enjoy watching it in action.
Ha, actually, I hated playing the clarinet. Why did I do it for so long? I remember in 6th grade I used to talk about randomly leaving my clarinet places. Throwing it off of a bridge, I think, also.
Yep. Dedicated music student, right here. I was a dedicated choral student. I remember when I was a junior in high school, I had a day where I had dance class in the morning, then treble choir, then chamber singers. What a great day, right?! The best. Ohhhh I loved chamber singers. And treble choir.
And the jellyfish. (anyone get that?! the jellyfish!!?? REMEMBER!?! any former chamber singers reading?!?! anyone!??)
WELL. That might be all I have to talk about. Two excited friend things!! Pretty awesome. I know I spend a lot of my time talking about gorgeous rock stars, but now it's MY FRIENDS who are the gorgeous rock stars!! Nice!
Did I mention my sleep schedule last night? I'll take some time to do that now:
- finally fell asleep around 4am
- woke up at 5:32am
- woke up at 6:15am
that's it! And I'm still awake! And it's currently 9:18am. Friday. 24th September. I'm working right now. From 8 to 11ish.
I'm sleeping with the baby monitor on, so it's always an extra struggle to sleep. Most of it usually happens during the daylight hours. Except on days when I'm working. Like right now. I'll probably take a nap when I get done with work. Assuming I'm tired.
If I fall asleep when I'm not tired and I wake up for some reason during the night, I will still not be tired. And it will take me a while to fall asleep. And then most likely, I'll wake up again, and STILL not be tired. This will continue until I am pretty exhausted. And then I'll sleep all day.
Anyways. Enough about my messed up night schedule. I have no idea how I could work a real job. Or, a job with "traditional" hours. I guess mostly likely I won't be sleeping with baby monitors in my bed.
ANYWAYS. I have to go pick up a resident at work and bring her to an appointment. So, I'll talk to everyone later! What a great entry, right?! Yes! I have great friends. And these are new friends. What great new friends! Talented friends. I think I hang out with the right crowd.
Ok! Have great Fridays! I'll talk to everyone later! End of the week hooray!
Enjoy the day!!
LOVE!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
I started writing this on Tuesday... but then didn't finish until Wednesday...
It's Tuesday!! My favorite day of the week because:
1. It's the second part of the first name of my cat that I love so much. Seriously guys, she's the best.
My least favorite day of the week because:
1. I usually end up working from 12:30pm until 10pm. Which makes for a long day.
But! I had last night off. I knew I was going home for the day on Monday, and I also knew that my boss usually stays overnight on Mondays. This is handy in situations where:
1. River City Extension is playing a show on Monday night and you need the night off (which happened back in August)
2. You know you won't feel like driving home
I went with option number 2. So, I emailed her quite early in the day and asked if she'd be interested in working the overnight. And she emailed me back and said, "I would love to!" YAY FOR ME. Because, I got the night off. And Kara was so happy she almost started crying. :)
So! We had a fun sister day. It's fun having a sister who likes to bake and cook. For example: I got home and (semi-jokingly) said to Kara: You should make us breakfast sandwiches and homefries.
AND THEN SHE DID! Like, she just made them. Started chopping potatoes and onions, boiling the potatoes on the stove. It was unreal. And did she ask for any help from me? No. Bonus!
And then I came up with the brillz idea that we should cook a nice dinner for when my mom got home from her day of work, which was going to be presumably horrible, as it always is. So, then we start thinking up recipes and Kara decides she wants to make lobster bisque and shrimp scampi. Shrimp scampi is one of my mom's faves. I had never had it before.
So, we went out to buy ingredients! Stopping first at Dunkin Donuts for a quick coffee break, which was cut short when a bee landed on my sweater. Then we decided we needed to leave.
Don't blame me! I'm a wimp because I've never been stung by ANYTHING. EVER.
Then we headed to the grocery store and stocked up on necessary ingredients and unnecessary ingredients. It was fun. I like running errands with Kara. Whatever we do, we have fun together.
Then we went back to the house and Kara immediately started cooking. I made a deal with her that if I downloaded every Ke$ha and Taylor Swift song that she wanted, we could put it in a playlist with music that I also like. (Mainly, Crash Kings.)
My big job was to open the bag of salad and put it in a bowl. Not only do I hate cooking, but I don't think Kara would have trusted me with any of the fancy things.
And - everything turned out DELICIOUS. Like, so delicious, you wouldn't even believe it. Like, NO, you won't even believe how delicious this food was. Restaurant-worthy.
We had a nice mother, daughter, daughter night. It was super fun, actually. Then! We all watched the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars! THE SITUATION! Audrina! Bristol! So good!!
Afterwards, me and Kara watched music videos on Demand. Which, is more fun than it sounds, maybe.
Something I can't believe is how popular music videos still are. Like, there's really no place to watch them on actual TV, but people still get super excited! And they're still super elaborate and fancy. I would have thought music videos would have dyed out when reality television overtook MTV and Vh1. But, no! People still love them.
So, we started out with Crash Kings, 'You Got Me,' which is a nice family, friendly video. Kara wasn't happy we had to watch it, but I really insisted. Then we moved onto Ke$ha and Katy Perry. And Lady Gaga. And Taylor Swift. And more Taylor Swift. And then some more Taylor Swift.
I tested Kara by asking her if she could choose one to be her girlfriend, who would she choose, Ke$ha or Taylor Swift. She chose:
GIRLFRIEND = Ke$ha
BEST FRIEND = Taylor Swift
We lead an exciting life.
So then, after all the Taylor, I insisted that Kara need to watch the 'Hey Bulldog' video that Crash Kings made, because she's never seen it. So, we got on my laptop and watched it. And she loved it! She said,
KARA: That was really good! Why can't all their videos be that fun?!?!
I KNOW, RIGHT?!! So fun!!! She looveed the air piano part with Tony at the end because she recently confessed to me that she plays air piano at work every time 'Waiting for This' (that song by Hanson mentioned a few entries back) comes on. NICE, right?!
So. Moving on.
Last night I made a great dinner. I really have no food in my house, so the next few days are going to be kind of scrounging ingredients together to make something good. But last night, I took out the rice and decided I wanted to make it coconut lime rice.
So, instead of boiling the rice with water, I boiled it with coconut milk and lime juice. Then I threw in a couple splashes of that Dole Pina Colada juice I had. DELISH. But, be careful because the rice seems to burn more quickly when it's cooked with coconut milk.
Then, I heated up some black beans. Mixed them with some lime juice as well.
Then, I warmed up some little tortillas in the microwave. I really wanted a sauce to go with this meal, because I love sauces. So, I took out:
- soy sauce
- pina colada juice
- sweet and sour sauce
- hawaiian marinade
and mixed small portions of each together. Voila! Sauce!! It was pretty good! I put the rice and beans in the tortilla and topped it with the sauce! Quite delish. I put a little too much sauce on, so it was kind of gooey, but still good.
And then this afternoon for lunch, I mixed the rice and beans together, heated it, and threw in some golden raisins and mandarin oranges. Great! I really liked that. Tonight I'll probably make the same, only add in chopped mango.
I love putting fruit in rice. It's very enjoyable to me.
Anyways.
I also started re-watching The O.C. I know what you're thinking, "didn't you just finish watching it?" Ummm.....kind of. Yes. It hasn't been very long, you're right.
But now! The Fall shows are starting. GLEE!! That was Tuesday night. I'm going to watch it tonight and I'm VERY excited.
I'm kind of tired today. I slept a long time last night, but it was very interrupted.
- went to sleep around 1:45am
- woke up at 4am
- woke up at 5:32am
- woke up at 6:15am
- woke up at 7:05am
- woke up at 7:55am
- woke up at 10:32am
- woke up at noon
- woke up at 1:20pm
and THAT'S when I finally got up. I'm sleeping with the baby monitor on again, so sleep is always pretty rough. And also, there were a lot of phone calls this morning. Which always confuses me. Why does anyone need to get in touch with anyone before like, 9am?
So, I was sleepy today, so I took it easy. I was also feeling bad because I was gone all day Monday and worked all day Tuesday, so I hadn't spent much time with Ruby Tuesday. She gets upset if I'm gone for too long, so I wanted to just spend the day with her.
It might sound crazy, but it's not! I swear it's like she's a baby. But better!
Anyways, tomorrow is the big Crash Kings day. Day 49. Since December 13th, 2009, Thursday, 23 September 2010, is the LONGEST I have gone without seeing them live. It's NO WONDER I've been itching to see them so badly. And I STILL have to wait another MONTH. Ohhh it will be so horrible.
But! Some great shows in between including:
- Blood Feathers on 7 October in Boston
- ZOX on 9 October (or maybe it's the 10th...) in Providence
Both of those shows are possibilities. Wow, those dates are coming up pretty quickly, aren't they? Yikes. I should get my plans together.
Time is SO WEIRD when you're not in school.
So, I'm listening to The Shins right now, and quickly realized that I have doubles of almost every one of their songs. How did that happen? Weird. What is the band that reminds me of The Shins? Black Bells? No. That's the band with Ben and Austin. BROKEN BELLS! Yes. I think that's them.
WAIT A SEC.
I just learned some interesting, guys. The lead singer of Broken Bells IS THE SAME GUY as the lead singer for The Shins!!! THAT'S WHY they sound so much alike!!!
Man, I have a lot of these moments. Like a few months ago when I was like, "wow, that singer Morrissey sounds a lot like the lead singer of The Smiths." Lo and behold - SAME GUY.
Am I the only person who doesn't know these things?! Man. And when I find out, I'm just so amazed!
It's like, amazing to me when people from other bands are in other bands. Kind of like the guys in Black Bells. Haha. Wow, that was a confusing and funny night. Also, an awesome night.
ANYWAYS.
So, tomorrow I'm wearing my pink Crash Kings shirt. It's been decided for a while now.
Also, we're having a fire safety group tomorrow night! I'm excited about that.
Alright. I'm going to go heat up my delish supper and watch GLEEEE!!!!!! I'm so excited I can't even stand it!!!!!
Ok! Have a great night! And a great Thursday!!! I'll talk to everyone later! Be well!
<3,
J.
1. It's the second part of the first name of my cat that I love so much. Seriously guys, she's the best.
My least favorite day of the week because:
1. I usually end up working from 12:30pm until 10pm. Which makes for a long day.
But! I had last night off. I knew I was going home for the day on Monday, and I also knew that my boss usually stays overnight on Mondays. This is handy in situations where:
1. River City Extension is playing a show on Monday night and you need the night off (which happened back in August)
2. You know you won't feel like driving home
I went with option number 2. So, I emailed her quite early in the day and asked if she'd be interested in working the overnight. And she emailed me back and said, "I would love to!" YAY FOR ME. Because, I got the night off. And Kara was so happy she almost started crying. :)
So! We had a fun sister day. It's fun having a sister who likes to bake and cook. For example: I got home and (semi-jokingly) said to Kara: You should make us breakfast sandwiches and homefries.
AND THEN SHE DID! Like, she just made them. Started chopping potatoes and onions, boiling the potatoes on the stove. It was unreal. And did she ask for any help from me? No. Bonus!
And then I came up with the brillz idea that we should cook a nice dinner for when my mom got home from her day of work, which was going to be presumably horrible, as it always is. So, then we start thinking up recipes and Kara decides she wants to make lobster bisque and shrimp scampi. Shrimp scampi is one of my mom's faves. I had never had it before.
So, we went out to buy ingredients! Stopping first at Dunkin Donuts for a quick coffee break, which was cut short when a bee landed on my sweater. Then we decided we needed to leave.
Don't blame me! I'm a wimp because I've never been stung by ANYTHING. EVER.
Then we headed to the grocery store and stocked up on necessary ingredients and unnecessary ingredients. It was fun. I like running errands with Kara. Whatever we do, we have fun together.
Then we went back to the house and Kara immediately started cooking. I made a deal with her that if I downloaded every Ke$ha and Taylor Swift song that she wanted, we could put it in a playlist with music that I also like. (Mainly, Crash Kings.)
My big job was to open the bag of salad and put it in a bowl. Not only do I hate cooking, but I don't think Kara would have trusted me with any of the fancy things.
And - everything turned out DELICIOUS. Like, so delicious, you wouldn't even believe it. Like, NO, you won't even believe how delicious this food was. Restaurant-worthy.
We had a nice mother, daughter, daughter night. It was super fun, actually. Then! We all watched the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars! THE SITUATION! Audrina! Bristol! So good!!
Afterwards, me and Kara watched music videos on Demand. Which, is more fun than it sounds, maybe.
Something I can't believe is how popular music videos still are. Like, there's really no place to watch them on actual TV, but people still get super excited! And they're still super elaborate and fancy. I would have thought music videos would have dyed out when reality television overtook MTV and Vh1. But, no! People still love them.
So, we started out with Crash Kings, 'You Got Me,' which is a nice family, friendly video. Kara wasn't happy we had to watch it, but I really insisted. Then we moved onto Ke$ha and Katy Perry. And Lady Gaga. And Taylor Swift. And more Taylor Swift. And then some more Taylor Swift.
I tested Kara by asking her if she could choose one to be her girlfriend, who would she choose, Ke$ha or Taylor Swift. She chose:
GIRLFRIEND = Ke$ha
BEST FRIEND = Taylor Swift
We lead an exciting life.
So then, after all the Taylor, I insisted that Kara need to watch the 'Hey Bulldog' video that Crash Kings made, because she's never seen it. So, we got on my laptop and watched it. And she loved it! She said,
KARA: That was really good! Why can't all their videos be that fun?!?!
I KNOW, RIGHT?!! So fun!!! She looveed the air piano part with Tony at the end because she recently confessed to me that she plays air piano at work every time 'Waiting for This' (that song by Hanson mentioned a few entries back) comes on. NICE, right?!
So. Moving on.
Last night I made a great dinner. I really have no food in my house, so the next few days are going to be kind of scrounging ingredients together to make something good. But last night, I took out the rice and decided I wanted to make it coconut lime rice.
So, instead of boiling the rice with water, I boiled it with coconut milk and lime juice. Then I threw in a couple splashes of that Dole Pina Colada juice I had. DELISH. But, be careful because the rice seems to burn more quickly when it's cooked with coconut milk.
Then, I heated up some black beans. Mixed them with some lime juice as well.
Then, I warmed up some little tortillas in the microwave. I really wanted a sauce to go with this meal, because I love sauces. So, I took out:
- soy sauce
- pina colada juice
- sweet and sour sauce
- hawaiian marinade
and mixed small portions of each together. Voila! Sauce!! It was pretty good! I put the rice and beans in the tortilla and topped it with the sauce! Quite delish. I put a little too much sauce on, so it was kind of gooey, but still good.
And then this afternoon for lunch, I mixed the rice and beans together, heated it, and threw in some golden raisins and mandarin oranges. Great! I really liked that. Tonight I'll probably make the same, only add in chopped mango.
I love putting fruit in rice. It's very enjoyable to me.
Anyways.
I also started re-watching The O.C. I know what you're thinking, "didn't you just finish watching it?" Ummm.....kind of. Yes. It hasn't been very long, you're right.
But now! The Fall shows are starting. GLEE!! That was Tuesday night. I'm going to watch it tonight and I'm VERY excited.
I'm kind of tired today. I slept a long time last night, but it was very interrupted.
- went to sleep around 1:45am
- woke up at 4am
- woke up at 5:32am
- woke up at 6:15am
- woke up at 7:05am
- woke up at 7:55am
- woke up at 10:32am
- woke up at noon
- woke up at 1:20pm
and THAT'S when I finally got up. I'm sleeping with the baby monitor on again, so sleep is always pretty rough. And also, there were a lot of phone calls this morning. Which always confuses me. Why does anyone need to get in touch with anyone before like, 9am?
So, I was sleepy today, so I took it easy. I was also feeling bad because I was gone all day Monday and worked all day Tuesday, so I hadn't spent much time with Ruby Tuesday. She gets upset if I'm gone for too long, so I wanted to just spend the day with her.
It might sound crazy, but it's not! I swear it's like she's a baby. But better!
Anyways, tomorrow is the big Crash Kings day. Day 49. Since December 13th, 2009, Thursday, 23 September 2010, is the LONGEST I have gone without seeing them live. It's NO WONDER I've been itching to see them so badly. And I STILL have to wait another MONTH. Ohhh it will be so horrible.
But! Some great shows in between including:
- Blood Feathers on 7 October in Boston
- ZOX on 9 October (or maybe it's the 10th...) in Providence
Both of those shows are possibilities. Wow, those dates are coming up pretty quickly, aren't they? Yikes. I should get my plans together.
Time is SO WEIRD when you're not in school.
So, I'm listening to The Shins right now, and quickly realized that I have doubles of almost every one of their songs. How did that happen? Weird. What is the band that reminds me of The Shins? Black Bells? No. That's the band with Ben and Austin. BROKEN BELLS! Yes. I think that's them.
WAIT A SEC.
I just learned some interesting, guys. The lead singer of Broken Bells IS THE SAME GUY as the lead singer for The Shins!!! THAT'S WHY they sound so much alike!!!
Man, I have a lot of these moments. Like a few months ago when I was like, "wow, that singer Morrissey sounds a lot like the lead singer of The Smiths." Lo and behold - SAME GUY.
Am I the only person who doesn't know these things?! Man. And when I find out, I'm just so amazed!
It's like, amazing to me when people from other bands are in other bands. Kind of like the guys in Black Bells. Haha. Wow, that was a confusing and funny night. Also, an awesome night.
ANYWAYS.
So, tomorrow I'm wearing my pink Crash Kings shirt. It's been decided for a while now.
Also, we're having a fire safety group tomorrow night! I'm excited about that.
Alright. I'm going to go heat up my delish supper and watch GLEEEE!!!!!! I'm so excited I can't even stand it!!!!!
Ok! Have a great night! And a great Thursday!!! I'll talk to everyone later! Be well!
<3,
J.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
a couple spooky things
1. HOROSCOPE for today, Sunday, 19 September, 2010.
In the shower, during breakfast, on your commute, while you work, this question keeps nagging you: what if I were doing something else with my life? Longing for change is perfectly normal, but while sometimes you can shrug it off, perhaps these days call for taking that desire a little more seriously.
2. Remember Darren? The guitarist for Phantom Planet who I have a crush on? Yeah. I remember Darren. Well, him and his girlfriend did a cover of 'Killing Me Softly,' and I think you all should listen to it because it's quite good. It's very sexy and spooky. Plus, what a great song, right?! Who doesn't love that song? Great! So it's decided - you'll have a listen!
(You may now continue having a great day.)
In the shower, during breakfast, on your commute, while you work, this question keeps nagging you: what if I were doing something else with my life? Longing for change is perfectly normal, but while sometimes you can shrug it off, perhaps these days call for taking that desire a little more seriously.
2. Remember Darren? The guitarist for Phantom Planet who I have a crush on? Yeah. I remember Darren. Well, him and his girlfriend did a cover of 'Killing Me Softly,' and I think you all should listen to it because it's quite good. It's very sexy and spooky. Plus, what a great song, right?! Who doesn't love that song? Great! So it's decided - you'll have a listen!
(You may now continue having a great day.)
Friday, September 17, 2010
'don't forget about the things that make you feel free'
Hello!
So, today is one of those days where I do nothing. I watched the movie, 'The Bounty Hunter.' Yesss the one with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston. Whenever I watch a Jennifer Aniston movie, I always watch it during the day, so that if it's totally horrible, there is still a chance for the day to be redeemed after the movie is over.
I didn't hate 'The Bounty Hunter.' I guess that's all I really have to say about it. I didn't hate it.
The movie also included two songs by Ke$ha. So, you really can't go wrong.
Um,
AW. Ruby Tuesday just threw up all over her favorite toy. Son of a gun. She's been eating cardboard like it's nobody's business lately. I don't understand it.
Hold on.
This was basically how the day was spent. Snuggling on the couch. Doesn't she look like a baby there?? Her face looks so young!
Ok. Throw up is cleaned up. Toy is washed and in the drying rack in the sink. Eventful!
ANYWAYS. Onto much less-gross things! Actually, sexy things!
I feel like I really haven't talked about Crash Kings in a while. With the exception of the Crash Kings/Jersey Shore crossover episode. Which was AMAZING. I guess because I haven't seen them in 43 days, I haven't talked about them. Have I? Am I just being totally lame and don't even realize that I'm talking about Crash Kings when I'm talking about them?
Whatever.
I don't know if you remember when we saw them at The Middle East downstairs back on August 4th. I remember. Because it was awesome and amazing. Well, I'm not sure if I talked about this, but there was this woman photographer that came right up to the front of the crowd just before they started playing and said she'd only be there for the first two songs, but then ended up staying there the whole show. And she was pretty annoying. Pushing her way around. Standing in front of us with her camera. It was uncool.
BUT, then she released the pictures she had taken that night and I RESCIND ANY HOSTILE FEELINGS I EVER HAD TOWARDS HER. Why??
BECAUSE OF THIS:::
AND BECAUSE OF THIS:::
yes. YES. That happened at a show I WAS AT. Do we need a moment? Let's take a moment and enjoy that last photo.
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YEP. MIKE. Also, look at that great smile!! Ohh, it makes me very happy. You should totally check out the rest of the photos, including a great blog entry. AND YOU CAN DO THAT HERE.
Last night after writing my RCE show review, I went back and reread the blog entry from The Mercury Lounge, the FIRST time I saw them. Ha, it was exciting. It's just funny because I had no idea who they were. I make reference to Joe and call him, "the guy in the red sweater."
Anyways, that entry also includes the Crash Kings show from Portland, Maine, where we had the great hangout sesh with Tony on the couches. And then that super drunk girl came up and was groping him. And he broke the piano string and gave an extra string to Ryan. That was a great Tony night.
I think because I want to go to a Crash Kings show so badly, I am reliving past shows through my blog. This is why it's good to have a blog. So you can live in the past!!
Buuttt, Crash Kings just did a two-song session at EastWest Studios for Cambio Connect. And... umm... it's pretty great. Like, really great, actually.
They performed 'You Got Me' and 'Mountain Man.' I would encourage you to watch 'You Got Me.' OK, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET YOU TO WATCH THAT VIDEO?!?!
Think of whatever it may be. Then imagine me doing it. And then watch the video. GREAT!
There are some really beautiful shots of the guys. And of the tattoo:
Love that. Guy wears his heart on his hand.
Also, that. Screenshot from the video. It's like, them playing interspersed with them being interviewed. There's also reallllyyy cool footage of Tony whammying. Or, Tony playing the clavinet. But, it's just a really great angle.
ANYWAYS.
AH. I can't believe I still have to wait over a month to see them again. And it's not even close! It's Philadelphia and then it's NYC.
I just remembered the time Ryan and I drove down to West Chester and Jason recognized us on the street and said, "You made it!" Because I had tweeted to them telling them that we were driving down from Boston and to not start without us!
I've told you all this already. I'm just having a night where I want to talk about it all. And since Ruby Tuesday is asleep, you guys are all I have.
But, speaking of Crash Kings playing in West Chester.... RIVER CITY EXTENSION IS PLAYING THERE TONIGHT!!! Probably RIGHT NOW. RIGHT as I WRITE this. Same club.
Alright. I guess that's all. I'm going to go watch Jersey Shore now. Last week's episode was so good. The big throwdown in the kitchen between Sammi and JWOWW.
OKAY! Hope you had a great week! Let's hope for a great weekend! I'm working tomorrow. No plans for Sunday.
I might make tomato soup now. So, that's good. I was going to make pizza, but then remembered I don't have any sauce.
OH OH OH OH WAIT!!!!! Don't go just yet.
I have had this article opened in a tab ALL FREAKING WEEK, and I keep forgetting to share it with you. TONIGHT! I'll post it, and then I can finally close the tab.
It's an article my dad sent to me. It's from NPR!
Hanson: Timeless Pop.
WORD, NPR. True that. TIMELESS!!! If you read the comments on the article, someone even talks about still listening to their Christmas album every year!! BEST CHRISTMAS RECORD EVER.
Hanson, man. They're so good, and so under appreciated. Maybe under appreciated is the wrong term. Misunderstood, maybe. People have this idea they're this total boy-band. That statement is only true because they are all boys and they are in a band. FACT. But they're a great rock band! Talented guys who happen to be totally gorgeous.
And, you should watch their unplugged performance of 'Waiting For This,' which they did for Billboard.com. Even KARA (yes, my Hanson-hating sister) LOVES that song. She was kind of miserable through the whole Hanson concert I dragged her to, but she still talks about how awesome it was when they performed that song.
Ok.
1. Crash Kings
2. River City Extension
3. Hanson
Great blog post, eh?!? I'd say I've successfully fan-girl'd out. ♥
So, have a great rest of the night. I will. Have a great tomorrow. I will. And I'll talk to you later!!!
LOVE!
So, today is one of those days where I do nothing. I watched the movie, 'The Bounty Hunter.' Yesss the one with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston. Whenever I watch a Jennifer Aniston movie, I always watch it during the day, so that if it's totally horrible, there is still a chance for the day to be redeemed after the movie is over.
I didn't hate 'The Bounty Hunter.' I guess that's all I really have to say about it. I didn't hate it.
The movie also included two songs by Ke$ha. So, you really can't go wrong.
Um,
AW. Ruby Tuesday just threw up all over her favorite toy. Son of a gun. She's been eating cardboard like it's nobody's business lately. I don't understand it.
Hold on.
This was basically how the day was spent. Snuggling on the couch. Doesn't she look like a baby there?? Her face looks so young!
Ok. Throw up is cleaned up. Toy is washed and in the drying rack in the sink. Eventful!
ANYWAYS. Onto much less-gross things! Actually, sexy things!
I feel like I really haven't talked about Crash Kings in a while. With the exception of the Crash Kings/Jersey Shore crossover episode. Which was AMAZING. I guess because I haven't seen them in 43 days, I haven't talked about them. Have I? Am I just being totally lame and don't even realize that I'm talking about Crash Kings when I'm talking about them?
Whatever.
I don't know if you remember when we saw them at The Middle East downstairs back on August 4th. I remember. Because it was awesome and amazing. Well, I'm not sure if I talked about this, but there was this woman photographer that came right up to the front of the crowd just before they started playing and said she'd only be there for the first two songs, but then ended up staying there the whole show. And she was pretty annoying. Pushing her way around. Standing in front of us with her camera. It was uncool.
BUT, then she released the pictures she had taken that night and I RESCIND ANY HOSTILE FEELINGS I EVER HAD TOWARDS HER. Why??
BECAUSE OF THIS:::
AND BECAUSE OF THIS:::
yes. YES. That happened at a show I WAS AT. Do we need a moment? Let's take a moment and enjoy that last photo.
*
*
*
*
*
YEP. MIKE. Also, look at that great smile!! Ohh, it makes me very happy. You should totally check out the rest of the photos, including a great blog entry. AND YOU CAN DO THAT HERE.
Last night after writing my RCE show review, I went back and reread the blog entry from The Mercury Lounge, the FIRST time I saw them. Ha, it was exciting. It's just funny because I had no idea who they were. I make reference to Joe and call him, "the guy in the red sweater."
Anyways, that entry also includes the Crash Kings show from Portland, Maine, where we had the great hangout sesh with Tony on the couches. And then that super drunk girl came up and was groping him. And he broke the piano string and gave an extra string to Ryan. That was a great Tony night.
I think because I want to go to a Crash Kings show so badly, I am reliving past shows through my blog. This is why it's good to have a blog. So you can live in the past!!
Buuttt, Crash Kings just did a two-song session at EastWest Studios for Cambio Connect. And... umm... it's pretty great. Like, really great, actually.
They performed 'You Got Me' and 'Mountain Man.' I would encourage you to watch 'You Got Me.' OK, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET YOU TO WATCH THAT VIDEO?!?!
Think of whatever it may be. Then imagine me doing it. And then watch the video. GREAT!
There are some really beautiful shots of the guys. And of the tattoo:
Love that. Guy wears his heart on his hand.
Also, that. Screenshot from the video. It's like, them playing interspersed with them being interviewed. There's also reallllyyy cool footage of Tony whammying. Or, Tony playing the clavinet. But, it's just a really great angle.
ANYWAYS.
AH. I can't believe I still have to wait over a month to see them again. And it's not even close! It's Philadelphia and then it's NYC.
I just remembered the time Ryan and I drove down to West Chester and Jason recognized us on the street and said, "You made it!" Because I had tweeted to them telling them that we were driving down from Boston and to not start without us!
I've told you all this already. I'm just having a night where I want to talk about it all. And since Ruby Tuesday is asleep, you guys are all I have.
But, speaking of Crash Kings playing in West Chester.... RIVER CITY EXTENSION IS PLAYING THERE TONIGHT!!! Probably RIGHT NOW. RIGHT as I WRITE this. Same club.
Alright. I guess that's all. I'm going to go watch Jersey Shore now. Last week's episode was so good. The big throwdown in the kitchen between Sammi and JWOWW.
OKAY! Hope you had a great week! Let's hope for a great weekend! I'm working tomorrow. No plans for Sunday.
I might make tomato soup now. So, that's good. I was going to make pizza, but then remembered I don't have any sauce.
OH OH OH OH WAIT!!!!! Don't go just yet.
I have had this article opened in a tab ALL FREAKING WEEK, and I keep forgetting to share it with you. TONIGHT! I'll post it, and then I can finally close the tab.
It's an article my dad sent to me. It's from NPR!
Hanson: Timeless Pop.
WORD, NPR. True that. TIMELESS!!! If you read the comments on the article, someone even talks about still listening to their Christmas album every year!! BEST CHRISTMAS RECORD EVER.
Hanson, man. They're so good, and so under appreciated. Maybe under appreciated is the wrong term. Misunderstood, maybe. People have this idea they're this total boy-band. That statement is only true because they are all boys and they are in a band. FACT. But they're a great rock band! Talented guys who happen to be totally gorgeous.
And, you should watch their unplugged performance of 'Waiting For This,' which they did for Billboard.com. Even KARA (yes, my Hanson-hating sister) LOVES that song. She was kind of miserable through the whole Hanson concert I dragged her to, but she still talks about how awesome it was when they performed that song.
Ok.
1. Crash Kings
2. River City Extension
3. Hanson
Great blog post, eh?!? I'd say I've successfully fan-girl'd out. ♥
So, have a great rest of the night. I will. Have a great tomorrow. I will. And I'll talk to you later!!!
LOVE!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
'I have been shaken by your sensitivity.'
Guess what?!!? I SAW RIVER CITY EXTENSION AGAIN LAST NIGHT!!!!
SHOW #5!!!!! I realized that when I was watching them and became very proud of myself. I believe they have become the band I have seen the second most! SO COOL!!!
#1: Crash Kings (15 times)
#2: River City Extension (5 times)
AWESOME! I don't know if everybody realizes this: but I love River City Extension. They are great as a band, and great as individual people, which makes the whole experience so amazing.
They were playing at The Space, in Hamden, CT, which was where we saw them back in August! Super cool place filled with super cool people that just hang around. We met up with Ben again! And Gonz and Holden! Did I tell you about these people we met last time?
Jo was friends with this awesome kid Ben for a while and then they both realized they were RCE fans! He's been a fan for a long time. And, he's overall an amazing human being. I met him last time at The Space, and he was there again last night.
Holden and Gonz are these two guys we met because they were handing out CD's from their band, Breakthrough Frequencies, which you all should check out!! We met up with both of them again last night! Cool kids.
Great seeing everybody again!!! For real.
Also met new people including, Cold Guy, Guy Who Bought a Basketball T-Shirt in Portsmouth, Record Pressing Guy, and Flaming Tsunamis Guy Who Took an Hour to Leave. Great people! Cold Guy was the best. And, at the end of the night we caught him playing a melodica on the stairs. He says he carries it around, "just in case." Nice.
So, it was a super cool show, because hardly anyone was there! But not in a bad way. In a 'let's all just relax and listen to great music' way. People seemed to love RCE. (Duh.)
We started out sitting on the floor in front of the stage while they opened with, 'Today, I Feel Like I'm Evolving.' I was super excited to hear that one, because it's one of my faves and I'd never heard them play it live before. But then, Joe said something like, "let's all get ready to dance and party," so we had to get up and dance.
Joe, Mike, James and Nick!!
Sam, Patrick (not Kevin but we called him that the whole night anyways...), Jenn, Joe and Mike!
Joe and Mike!! How awesome is it that I actually got some great shots of Mike?!!? SO AWESOME!! He was telling us after how excited he is to turn 21 in a few months. Yay!! I like Mike. He's super nice and I'm glad we've gotten to talk to him the last two times. Last night he was super tired, but still fun!! And - what a great drummer!!!!!
Mike, James and Nick!!!!! Bunch of great guys, right there. I'm glad I caught Nick rocking on his djembe.
Whoa! What a hottie! Such a great picture, right!? Except for that creepy mask staring at Sam.
Pat and Jenn!! Pat is so much fun to watch because he's always smiling.
Even MORE MIKE!!! It's hard to get pictures of him because Joe is usually right in front of him, so I really embraced the opportunity :)
Joe and Mike!
Before Joe started 'Friends and Family' he told the story about how he wrote this song for his future wife, to give to her on their wedding day. Sweet story, always. But, last night he said,
JOE: I wrote this next song to give to my unborn wife as a gift on our wedding day.
and there was this pause and then the whole rest of the band said,
BAND: UNBORN?!?!
JOE: ... I couldn't think of the right word! It's not that one, though...
It was funny.
Love it! Mike, James and Nick!
Now, for these next two photos, I don't want to alarm you. You'll have to prepare yourself. Prepared? Good. Because....
James is on banjo!!
And Jenn is on bass!!! Switch!!!! This was for 'Letter to Lainie,' which I hadn't heard them play since the FIRST time I saw them at The Mercury Lounge. So great. Jenn also plays trumpet! Yeah, she's kind of awesome.
Also, has that creepy cat object always been above that speaker? Hmm...
Sam, James and Kevin! I mean, Patrick! Haha.
YEP. That was the awesome show. I realized I pretty much named everyone in every single photo for you. Sorry. That's just so you get to know them by name! That way the next time YOU'RE at a River City Extension concert you can say, "Oh hey, Nick! I recognize you from Julie's blog!!" I'm sure he'd be happy to hear that. Just don't say it in a creepy way.
BUT - we missed Dan again. No awesome trumpet :( No awesome Dan :( Hopefully next time, he'll be there. But, while onstage, Joe said,
JOE: We're missing one of our members tonight. Dan. He usually plays trumpet. But, you wouldn't have known that unless I told you... which I just did...
SAM: Julie would've known!
:) Yep.
Oh, what a great show. I really like the way 'South for the Winter' is live. I really love that song in general.
Got to hang out a lot with the band after. Ya know, cause they're awesome like that. Jenn showed us her tattoos and a super cute video of Joe's cousin's dog, Boss, on her iPhone. Patrick played songs and videos for us on his laptop. James told me he'd get the band to play in my bedroom, since I had driven 4 hours to see them.
The night ended with me, Jo (who I picked up along the way! Yes, she was here the whole time!!!) and Patrick sitting on the steps of The Space, which had long been closed, listening to Suburban Legends on his laptop. Then, very slowly, the large RCE van pulls up in front of the gate. Patrick says,
PAT: Oh, I guess everyone's leaving!
He gave me and Jo a group hug. Double hug? Triple hug?? IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A TRIPLE HUG!!
Then, EVERY SINGLE BAND MEMBER jumped out of the van and we all hugged goodbye. Not collectively, though. But that would have been awesome. And I got kisses from James and Joe.
WHAT A NIGHT. Awesome band!!! AWESOME. BAND.
And then, Jo and I were off! We left right around 12:30am. I dropped her off at her house in Manchester around 3:30am. Then I got gas and a coffee and continued driving North!!! Arrived home to a very excited Ruby Tuesday at 4:38am. Nice!
Then! I couldn't sleep. I was still so excited about all the awesomeness that had occurred. Didn't get to sleep until around 6am.
And I'm still tired! Hopefully I'll get to sleep early tonight. SO - I'm gonna go. I'll update you more later!
Take care! Have a great Friday!! Talk to you soon!!!
LOVE,
Julie
SHOW #5!!!!! I realized that when I was watching them and became very proud of myself. I believe they have become the band I have seen the second most! SO COOL!!!
#1: Crash Kings (15 times)
#2: River City Extension (5 times)
AWESOME! I don't know if everybody realizes this: but I love River City Extension. They are great as a band, and great as individual people, which makes the whole experience so amazing.
They were playing at The Space, in Hamden, CT, which was where we saw them back in August! Super cool place filled with super cool people that just hang around. We met up with Ben again! And Gonz and Holden! Did I tell you about these people we met last time?
Jo was friends with this awesome kid Ben for a while and then they both realized they were RCE fans! He's been a fan for a long time. And, he's overall an amazing human being. I met him last time at The Space, and he was there again last night.
Holden and Gonz are these two guys we met because they were handing out CD's from their band, Breakthrough Frequencies, which you all should check out!! We met up with both of them again last night! Cool kids.
Great seeing everybody again!!! For real.
Also met new people including, Cold Guy, Guy Who Bought a Basketball T-Shirt in Portsmouth, Record Pressing Guy, and Flaming Tsunamis Guy Who Took an Hour to Leave. Great people! Cold Guy was the best. And, at the end of the night we caught him playing a melodica on the stairs. He says he carries it around, "just in case." Nice.
So, it was a super cool show, because hardly anyone was there! But not in a bad way. In a 'let's all just relax and listen to great music' way. People seemed to love RCE. (Duh.)
We started out sitting on the floor in front of the stage while they opened with, 'Today, I Feel Like I'm Evolving.' I was super excited to hear that one, because it's one of my faves and I'd never heard them play it live before. But then, Joe said something like, "let's all get ready to dance and party," so we had to get up and dance.
Joe, Mike, James and Nick!!
Sam, Patrick (not Kevin but we called him that the whole night anyways...), Jenn, Joe and Mike!
Joe and Mike!! How awesome is it that I actually got some great shots of Mike?!!? SO AWESOME!! He was telling us after how excited he is to turn 21 in a few months. Yay!! I like Mike. He's super nice and I'm glad we've gotten to talk to him the last two times. Last night he was super tired, but still fun!! And - what a great drummer!!!!!
Mike, James and Nick!!!!! Bunch of great guys, right there. I'm glad I caught Nick rocking on his djembe.
Whoa! What a hottie! Such a great picture, right!? Except for that creepy mask staring at Sam.
Pat and Jenn!! Pat is so much fun to watch because he's always smiling.
Even MORE MIKE!!! It's hard to get pictures of him because Joe is usually right in front of him, so I really embraced the opportunity :)
Joe and Mike!
Before Joe started 'Friends and Family' he told the story about how he wrote this song for his future wife, to give to her on their wedding day. Sweet story, always. But, last night he said,
JOE: I wrote this next song to give to my unborn wife as a gift on our wedding day.
and there was this pause and then the whole rest of the band said,
BAND: UNBORN?!?!
JOE: ... I couldn't think of the right word! It's not that one, though...
It was funny.
Love it! Mike, James and Nick!
Now, for these next two photos, I don't want to alarm you. You'll have to prepare yourself. Prepared? Good. Because....
James is on banjo!!
And Jenn is on bass!!! Switch!!!! This was for 'Letter to Lainie,' which I hadn't heard them play since the FIRST time I saw them at The Mercury Lounge. So great. Jenn also plays trumpet! Yeah, she's kind of awesome.
Also, has that creepy cat object always been above that speaker? Hmm...
Sam, James and Kevin! I mean, Patrick! Haha.
YEP. That was the awesome show. I realized I pretty much named everyone in every single photo for you. Sorry. That's just so you get to know them by name! That way the next time YOU'RE at a River City Extension concert you can say, "Oh hey, Nick! I recognize you from Julie's blog!!" I'm sure he'd be happy to hear that. Just don't say it in a creepy way.
BUT - we missed Dan again. No awesome trumpet :( No awesome Dan :( Hopefully next time, he'll be there. But, while onstage, Joe said,
JOE: We're missing one of our members tonight. Dan. He usually plays trumpet. But, you wouldn't have known that unless I told you... which I just did...
SAM: Julie would've known!
:) Yep.
Oh, what a great show. I really like the way 'South for the Winter' is live. I really love that song in general.
Got to hang out a lot with the band after. Ya know, cause they're awesome like that. Jenn showed us her tattoos and a super cute video of Joe's cousin's dog, Boss, on her iPhone. Patrick played songs and videos for us on his laptop. James told me he'd get the band to play in my bedroom, since I had driven 4 hours to see them.
The night ended with me, Jo (who I picked up along the way! Yes, she was here the whole time!!!) and Patrick sitting on the steps of The Space, which had long been closed, listening to Suburban Legends on his laptop. Then, very slowly, the large RCE van pulls up in front of the gate. Patrick says,
PAT: Oh, I guess everyone's leaving!
He gave me and Jo a group hug. Double hug? Triple hug?? IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A TRIPLE HUG!!
Then, EVERY SINGLE BAND MEMBER jumped out of the van and we all hugged goodbye. Not collectively, though. But that would have been awesome. And I got kisses from James and Joe.
WHAT A NIGHT. Awesome band!!! AWESOME. BAND.
And then, Jo and I were off! We left right around 12:30am. I dropped her off at her house in Manchester around 3:30am. Then I got gas and a coffee and continued driving North!!! Arrived home to a very excited Ruby Tuesday at 4:38am. Nice!
Then! I couldn't sleep. I was still so excited about all the awesomeness that had occurred. Didn't get to sleep until around 6am.
And I'm still tired! Hopefully I'll get to sleep early tonight. SO - I'm gonna go. I'll update you more later!
Take care! Have a great Friday!! Talk to you soon!!!
LOVE,
Julie
Monday, September 13, 2010
CRASH KINGS/JERSEY SHORE CROSSOVER
I promise I'm not creepy. I don't know how I come across these things, but I feel like it happens a lot.
Remember back a few months ago when I was watching Jonas L.A. and saw that Nick was wearing a shirt that Tony from Crash Kings also has? If you don't remember, you can read about it here.
I kind of freaked out because it was so exciting.
WELL. IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. With Nick and Tony?? No. EVEN BETTER.
Dear Tony,
Why do you have such awesome clothes?
Love, Julie.
(ps: come back to boston soon! i'm starting to go crazy.)
OK. LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
Please take a look at these screencaps from last week's episode of JERSEY SHORE:
Here we have The Situation,
And here we have Vinny. It's very easy because they're names are right on the screen. Easy to tell them apart, because, WEIRDLY, they're wearing the same shirt.
So, I guess that in itself is the first super weird thing. Do they share clothes? Did someone mix up the laundry on GTL day??
Anyways, they are wearing a red shirt with the periodic table on it. Kind of a memorable shirt, because it has the periodic table on it.
NOW, please take a look at this picture I TOOK from the Crash Kings show in Providence, RI on 4 February 2010:
No freaking way? YES FREAKING WAY.
That's Tony, wearing the same shirt.
I couldn't believe it. Can you believe it?? What are the odds?? And also what are the odds that Tony has the same shirts as people on embarrassing TV shows that I watch. Of course it couldn't be like, "Oh, Tony has the same shirt as these fancy people on this important news story..." No. Of course not.
It's Jonas L.A. and it's Jersey Shore. And of course it's ME who is obsessed with both of these shows.
LOVE IT! Yeah, I love it.
Also, these past two days I've been kind of itching for a Crash Kings show. And I figured out that since December, the most I've ever gone without a CK show is 48 days.*
* It was 48 days between the December and January shows, and also 48 days between the June and July shows. WEIRD, right?!
Anyways, TODAY, it's been 39 days since my last Crash Kings show. And there are no shows in the next 9 days. SO - it's pretty epic. At least I think it is. On day 49 I'll have to wear my Crash Kings shirt. It will be a hard day.
ANYWAYS - Tony, you need to become a fashion icon ASAP. Oh wait, clearly you already are. He's got the goods, and he knows it. :) As do the rest of us...
OK! That's the big news. You may now continue having a great day. Talk to you all later!
♥,
Julie
Sunday, September 12, 2010
girl, he geeked up
Has everyone heard this song, 'Pillz?' (that's "pills".) I can't even describe this song. It's by Gucci Mane. It might be the worst song ever. Here are some of the incredible lyrics:
"Iz you rollin'? Iz you rollin'? Iz you rollin'?"
"Bitch I might be. Bitch I might be. Bitch I might be."
That goes on for about 10 minutes.
I can't even... I just don't know what to say about this song.
Yesterday Courtney and I took the two residents to Six Flags. The part I was dreading the most was the car ride, because I knew all we'd be listening to was hardcore hip hop/rap. Lil' Wayne is a GOD in this house. Like, seriously. They might actually pray to him.
I can't tell you how much I now know about Lil' Wayne. So much. So much Lil' Wayne information is taking up my brain. It should be illegal.
So, this song 'Pillz' by Gucci Mane came on the mix about... Oh, I don't know. Maybe three times. Maybe only twice. I have no idea. All I know - is that I don't like it. It's like, WHAT? Does this man, Gucci Mane actually listen to his music? Does he know what it sounds like?
If I ever saw a Gucci Mane concert, I might have to go up to him and steal a line from Mercedes on Glee. The scene when Puck is talking to her at her locker and she says,
MERCEDES: I'm gonna have to stop you right there because I'm starting to get embarrassed for you.
Like, SERIOUSLY, Gucci Mane. Please stop. That's all I have to say.
ANYWAYS.
The Six Flags trip was success. I was SO HAPPY that Courtney ended up coming or else I probably would have been miserable.
First of all: How badly did I want to get off exit 20 and stop in at Hampshire College? VERY BADLY. I probably could have convinced them that hanging out in the Airport Lounge all day would be just as fun as Six Flags.
(OHHHH I MISS HAMPSHIRE.)
So, we arrived at Six Flags around 11ish. The girls immediately split from us. They wanted to ride on all the rollercoasters. Courtney and I? Not so much. Our first stop?
AIRBRUSH TATTOOS.
Yep! They had an abundance to choose from. Lots of dolphins. But we decided we needed super hardcore ones.
I decided on this little beaut:
On my left forearm, which is where I want to get my real one. Though not of a skull... But, doesn't it ROCK?!?!! Ohhhh yeah, I really love it. I showed it to the residents and said, "NOW you guys will listen to me!" I'm totally hardcore now. Yep. Awesome.
Courtney got an awesome skull with like, a red devil horn. She got it on her upper arm, because she's starting a totally great new job this week and didn't think it would be the best first impression. Haha.
We were totally owning that amusement park yesterday.
We went on the:
- teacups (twice. once with the residents - which was the most crazy fun thing ever. they spun that cup SO FREAKING HARD. we must have looked like crazy people with all the laughing. it was awesome.)
- scrambler (ALSO AWESOME.)
- balloon race
- bumper cars
We got Italian ice! I got watermelon flavor. Yum! Courtney got cherry! We got fries! Yum!
There was also this Glee Karaoke stage. So, at the end of the day, when we were all exhausted and our feet hurt, we sat and watched terrible, terrible karaoke. It was awesome. I SO BADLY wanted us all to do a song, but nobody else wanted to do it with me. LAME! I think we totes could have rocked some Britney. Or MILEY.
But, the people singing were mostly horrible. I mean, I give them all the credit in the world for getting up there in front of a giant amusement park and singing. But, terrible. I think the highlight was when a girl got up to sing 'Get the Party Started,' the classic Pink song. But, turns out, she only wanted to dance to it, not sing. So, she totally got up there and very badly danced to just the karaoke music.
It ended up being a fun day. Though by the time I finally got home, I felt totally dead and had a bad headache.
Anyways.
I decided I wanted to get caught up on Private Practice, since I stopped watching it for some reason mid-season. Same with Grey's. I think I'll get caught up on that after. TAYE DIGGS. I would probably argue that he's one of the most beautiful men ever. In the world. And also one of the best-dressed. Yesss. And he's been with Idina Menzel since they met in the original cast of Rent back in 1996 and now they're married and have a beautiful baby boy. I just love them.
But, Private Practice. Man. It's crazyness. So much drama. The one where the parents had to choose which twin daughter to save with the cord blood of their new baby boy?? TEARS! Yikes. And then the sisters were together... OH MAN. MORE TEARS. It's so ridiculous, yet so dramatic and emotional.
That's basically how I spent today. Also, caught up on Jersey Shore. Talk about YIKES.
SAMMI - such an idiot. I can't stand her. I can't stand her face.
Love Vinny. Love JWOWW. Love Snooki. Kinda love The Situation too. I think he's gotten so funny! Can't wait to see him on Dancing with the Stars. Is he really a star? Um, I guess so? I read somewhere that he's going to make around 5 million dollars this year. I also read that he gets paid more money per episode of Jersey Shore than Anna Paquin gets paid for True Blood. Crazy? Yes.
Anyways.
I'm excited because I have a DAY OFF this week!! Like, a real day off. Not just 14 hours where I don't have to work. But a REAL DAY OFF. Like, over 24 hours. NICE. And! I'm going to see River City Extension!!!! OMG SO EXCITED. SO FREAKING EXCITED. We're going back to The Space, in Hamden, CT! Loved it there. Super cool venue.
Alright! I'll talk to everyone later. I'm going to go eat pizza now! There were like, 4 pizzas delivered to the house today from someone who frequently donates pizza, and NOBODY wanted it! So, I totally took one. Another staff took one too. Good pizza too. So, I'm going to eat some while watching Private Practice.
LAZY DAY! Loves it. I slept for 13.5 hours last night. True story! I went to sleep at 1am and woke up at 2:24pm. I had to get up twice:
1. To feed Ruby Tuesday at 5:34am
2. To let the 8am staff into the house at 8am
But, I fell back to sleep VERY QUICKLY after both of those times. Lots of driving + Six Flags + too much sunshine = sleepy Julie.
Alright! Hope everyone has a great start to their week! Can't believe it's like, mid-September already.
Ok! I'll talk to you all laterz. Take care. Be well. Enjoy!
Love,
Julie
"Iz you rollin'? Iz you rollin'? Iz you rollin'?"
"Bitch I might be. Bitch I might be. Bitch I might be."
That goes on for about 10 minutes.
I can't even... I just don't know what to say about this song.
Yesterday Courtney and I took the two residents to Six Flags. The part I was dreading the most was the car ride, because I knew all we'd be listening to was hardcore hip hop/rap. Lil' Wayne is a GOD in this house. Like, seriously. They might actually pray to him.
I can't tell you how much I now know about Lil' Wayne. So much. So much Lil' Wayne information is taking up my brain. It should be illegal.
So, this song 'Pillz' by Gucci Mane came on the mix about... Oh, I don't know. Maybe three times. Maybe only twice. I have no idea. All I know - is that I don't like it. It's like, WHAT? Does this man, Gucci Mane actually listen to his music? Does he know what it sounds like?
If I ever saw a Gucci Mane concert, I might have to go up to him and steal a line from Mercedes on Glee. The scene when Puck is talking to her at her locker and she says,
MERCEDES: I'm gonna have to stop you right there because I'm starting to get embarrassed for you.
Like, SERIOUSLY, Gucci Mane. Please stop. That's all I have to say.
ANYWAYS.
The Six Flags trip was success. I was SO HAPPY that Courtney ended up coming or else I probably would have been miserable.
First of all: How badly did I want to get off exit 20 and stop in at Hampshire College? VERY BADLY. I probably could have convinced them that hanging out in the Airport Lounge all day would be just as fun as Six Flags.
(OHHHH I MISS HAMPSHIRE.)
So, we arrived at Six Flags around 11ish. The girls immediately split from us. They wanted to ride on all the rollercoasters. Courtney and I? Not so much. Our first stop?
AIRBRUSH TATTOOS.
Yep! They had an abundance to choose from. Lots of dolphins. But we decided we needed super hardcore ones.
I decided on this little beaut:
On my left forearm, which is where I want to get my real one. Though not of a skull... But, doesn't it ROCK?!?!! Ohhhh yeah, I really love it. I showed it to the residents and said, "NOW you guys will listen to me!" I'm totally hardcore now. Yep. Awesome.
Courtney got an awesome skull with like, a red devil horn. She got it on her upper arm, because she's starting a totally great new job this week and didn't think it would be the best first impression. Haha.
We were totally owning that amusement park yesterday.
We went on the:
- teacups (twice. once with the residents - which was the most crazy fun thing ever. they spun that cup SO FREAKING HARD. we must have looked like crazy people with all the laughing. it was awesome.)
- scrambler (ALSO AWESOME.)
- balloon race
- bumper cars
We got Italian ice! I got watermelon flavor. Yum! Courtney got cherry! We got fries! Yum!
There was also this Glee Karaoke stage. So, at the end of the day, when we were all exhausted and our feet hurt, we sat and watched terrible, terrible karaoke. It was awesome. I SO BADLY wanted us all to do a song, but nobody else wanted to do it with me. LAME! I think we totes could have rocked some Britney. Or MILEY.
But, the people singing were mostly horrible. I mean, I give them all the credit in the world for getting up there in front of a giant amusement park and singing. But, terrible. I think the highlight was when a girl got up to sing 'Get the Party Started,' the classic Pink song. But, turns out, she only wanted to dance to it, not sing. So, she totally got up there and very badly danced to just the karaoke music.
It ended up being a fun day. Though by the time I finally got home, I felt totally dead and had a bad headache.
Anyways.
I decided I wanted to get caught up on Private Practice, since I stopped watching it for some reason mid-season. Same with Grey's. I think I'll get caught up on that after. TAYE DIGGS. I would probably argue that he's one of the most beautiful men ever. In the world. And also one of the best-dressed. Yesss. And he's been with Idina Menzel since they met in the original cast of Rent back in 1996 and now they're married and have a beautiful baby boy. I just love them.
But, Private Practice. Man. It's crazyness. So much drama. The one where the parents had to choose which twin daughter to save with the cord blood of their new baby boy?? TEARS! Yikes. And then the sisters were together... OH MAN. MORE TEARS. It's so ridiculous, yet so dramatic and emotional.
That's basically how I spent today. Also, caught up on Jersey Shore. Talk about YIKES.
SAMMI - such an idiot. I can't stand her. I can't stand her face.
Love Vinny. Love JWOWW. Love Snooki. Kinda love The Situation too. I think he's gotten so funny! Can't wait to see him on Dancing with the Stars. Is he really a star? Um, I guess so? I read somewhere that he's going to make around 5 million dollars this year. I also read that he gets paid more money per episode of Jersey Shore than Anna Paquin gets paid for True Blood. Crazy? Yes.
Anyways.
I'm excited because I have a DAY OFF this week!! Like, a real day off. Not just 14 hours where I don't have to work. But a REAL DAY OFF. Like, over 24 hours. NICE. And! I'm going to see River City Extension!!!! OMG SO EXCITED. SO FREAKING EXCITED. We're going back to The Space, in Hamden, CT! Loved it there. Super cool venue.
Alright! I'll talk to everyone later. I'm going to go eat pizza now! There were like, 4 pizzas delivered to the house today from someone who frequently donates pizza, and NOBODY wanted it! So, I totally took one. Another staff took one too. Good pizza too. So, I'm going to eat some while watching Private Practice.
LAZY DAY! Loves it. I slept for 13.5 hours last night. True story! I went to sleep at 1am and woke up at 2:24pm. I had to get up twice:
1. To feed Ruby Tuesday at 5:34am
2. To let the 8am staff into the house at 8am
But, I fell back to sleep VERY QUICKLY after both of those times. Lots of driving + Six Flags + too much sunshine = sleepy Julie.
Alright! Hope everyone has a great start to their week! Can't believe it's like, mid-September already.
Ok! I'll talk to you all laterz. Take care. Be well. Enjoy!
Love,
Julie
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
gotta have that funk
OHHHHHH BOY.
I don't know. I've been non-stop working, it seems. Let me complain:
I started working at 10pm on Sunday night. Worked straight until 11am on Tuesday morning. Had a 1.5 hour break, where I ate some cereal and took a nap. Then had staff meeting from 12:30 to 2:45. And now I'm working 3:30pm until 8am.
8am will be GREAT. Ohhhh yes. I guess I didn't really realize it until Monday night, when I was excited to get into bed, but then realized I still had to get up early again for more work. NOT FUN.
But Wednesday I have absolutely no plans. I'm going to relax.
I had to make like, a million phone calls today. Didn't like it.
In other news:
--- I finished season 1 of Glee! Better late than never, eh? MAN. I don't know what it was - but I was pretty much crying through the last five episodes. Especially the Neil Patrick Harris one (which I think might have been my favorite of the whole season) and the finale.
But - Idina Menzel mixed with 'I Dreamed A Dream' from Les Miserables - YES - that brought the tears. Just because it was so beautiful. And I simply LOVE Idina Menzel.
Also, I'm very happy about Jonathan Groff. Basically happy that he is a human, because he's a hottie with a great voice. His duet of 'Hello' with Lea Michele was beautiful.
CAN'T WAIT for Season 2!!
--- This morning when I got back home and didn't have to work, I ate some cereal and then took a nap. And little Ruby Tuesday was so happy!! As soon as I got back into bed, she came running down the hall and jumped up with me. She's so cute! And then I lifted up the covers and she crawled right under and fell asleep. And she was still sleeping there when I had to get up and go down to staff meeting at 12:30. She's the best!!!
--- Ohhhh I'm tired.
--- I think I might watch Rent tomorrow.
--- I'm going to Six Flags on Saturday. Yeah, kind of dreading it. I'm not an amusement park person. I don't like rides. But, I'm taking the two residents here, so I'll get paid for it. And I won't have to pay for my ticket. Or food. So, it's really just a day I have to get through. I have no idea what I'm going to do the whole day.
--- I like the new iTunes logo. Version 10.0. Thoughts? I can't even remember what the old one looks like.
--- Ooooo maybe I'll make pancakes for supper. Or, maybe I'll be too tired and just make a sandwich. I hate cooking. I wish I could employ Kara as my personal chef/baker.
--- Sooooo excited for next Wednesday! Going down to CT for more RCE! I'm really excited to have the night off and to get away from here. Not to get away from Ruby, though.
--- OH. I KEEP MEANING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AMAZING SAGA I'M GOING THROUGH. And I usually forget - but not tonight! Oh, it's a great story. An epic story filled with war and bloodshed, tears and.... CLOCKS. That's right - clocks.
You see, I have these two clocks in my bedroom - my iPod alarm clock and my CD player alarm clock. The CD player clock has a red digital display, so we'll call that clock 'red' and the other clock 'gray.'
So, one night a few weeks ago, I accidentally stepped on the power switch to my power strip on the floor, shutting off the power to my room. This meant that both clocks needed to be reset. So, I reset the gray clock to be 3 minutes faster than the red clock.
THEN, one night last week, I happened to look at the clocks and notice that the red clock was ONE MINUTE FASTER than the gray clock. Amazing, no?
And then last night we had a mini-power outage. All the power went off at the same time, in the whole house and on the whole street, and then about 5 minutes later, everything came back on again. Which meant that the two clocks should have been back on at the same time.
But when I finally got upstairs to my bedroom, I checked the times, and the red clock was still about 5 seconds faster than the gray clock.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?! You have no idea how incredible I thought this was. That one clock would be fast enough to actually surpass other clocks in time. AMAZING! And why? Shouldn't all clocks be on the same time rhythm? It made me think that I was living in a time warp.
Ok, so maybe there was no war or bloodshed in that story, but I think it's pretty weird. Don't you? It's weird, right?
--- Ok. I think that's pretty much all. For now. Things have kind of been work, work, work lately. Or, at least that's how it feels.
Hope everyone is having a great week! Enjoying the cool weather. I certainly am. GOODBYE SUMMER. I am not sad to see you go. NOT ONE BIT.
Alright! Have great nights! Talk to everyone later!!!
love,
julie
I don't know. I've been non-stop working, it seems. Let me complain:
I started working at 10pm on Sunday night. Worked straight until 11am on Tuesday morning. Had a 1.5 hour break, where I ate some cereal and took a nap. Then had staff meeting from 12:30 to 2:45. And now I'm working 3:30pm until 8am.
8am will be GREAT. Ohhhh yes. I guess I didn't really realize it until Monday night, when I was excited to get into bed, but then realized I still had to get up early again for more work. NOT FUN.
But Wednesday I have absolutely no plans. I'm going to relax.
I had to make like, a million phone calls today. Didn't like it.
In other news:
--- I finished season 1 of Glee! Better late than never, eh? MAN. I don't know what it was - but I was pretty much crying through the last five episodes. Especially the Neil Patrick Harris one (which I think might have been my favorite of the whole season) and the finale.
But - Idina Menzel mixed with 'I Dreamed A Dream' from Les Miserables - YES - that brought the tears. Just because it was so beautiful. And I simply LOVE Idina Menzel.
Also, I'm very happy about Jonathan Groff. Basically happy that he is a human, because he's a hottie with a great voice. His duet of 'Hello' with Lea Michele was beautiful.
CAN'T WAIT for Season 2!!
--- This morning when I got back home and didn't have to work, I ate some cereal and then took a nap. And little Ruby Tuesday was so happy!! As soon as I got back into bed, she came running down the hall and jumped up with me. She's so cute! And then I lifted up the covers and she crawled right under and fell asleep. And she was still sleeping there when I had to get up and go down to staff meeting at 12:30. She's the best!!!
--- Ohhhh I'm tired.
--- I think I might watch Rent tomorrow.
--- I'm going to Six Flags on Saturday. Yeah, kind of dreading it. I'm not an amusement park person. I don't like rides. But, I'm taking the two residents here, so I'll get paid for it. And I won't have to pay for my ticket. Or food. So, it's really just a day I have to get through. I have no idea what I'm going to do the whole day.
--- I like the new iTunes logo. Version 10.0. Thoughts? I can't even remember what the old one looks like.
--- Ooooo maybe I'll make pancakes for supper. Or, maybe I'll be too tired and just make a sandwich. I hate cooking. I wish I could employ Kara as my personal chef/baker.
--- Sooooo excited for next Wednesday! Going down to CT for more RCE! I'm really excited to have the night off and to get away from here. Not to get away from Ruby, though.
--- OH. I KEEP MEANING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AMAZING SAGA I'M GOING THROUGH. And I usually forget - but not tonight! Oh, it's a great story. An epic story filled with war and bloodshed, tears and.... CLOCKS. That's right - clocks.
You see, I have these two clocks in my bedroom - my iPod alarm clock and my CD player alarm clock. The CD player clock has a red digital display, so we'll call that clock 'red' and the other clock 'gray.'
So, one night a few weeks ago, I accidentally stepped on the power switch to my power strip on the floor, shutting off the power to my room. This meant that both clocks needed to be reset. So, I reset the gray clock to be 3 minutes faster than the red clock.
THEN, one night last week, I happened to look at the clocks and notice that the red clock was ONE MINUTE FASTER than the gray clock. Amazing, no?
And then last night we had a mini-power outage. All the power went off at the same time, in the whole house and on the whole street, and then about 5 minutes later, everything came back on again. Which meant that the two clocks should have been back on at the same time.
But when I finally got upstairs to my bedroom, I checked the times, and the red clock was still about 5 seconds faster than the gray clock.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?! You have no idea how incredible I thought this was. That one clock would be fast enough to actually surpass other clocks in time. AMAZING! And why? Shouldn't all clocks be on the same time rhythm? It made me think that I was living in a time warp.
Ok, so maybe there was no war or bloodshed in that story, but I think it's pretty weird. Don't you? It's weird, right?
--- Ok. I think that's pretty much all. For now. Things have kind of been work, work, work lately. Or, at least that's how it feels.
Hope everyone is having a great week! Enjoying the cool weather. I certainly am. GOODBYE SUMMER. I am not sad to see you go. NOT ONE BIT.
Alright! Have great nights! Talk to everyone later!!!
love,
julie
Saturday, September 4, 2010
"It's a bunch of hipsters playing what sound like Rusted Root covers."
RIVER CITY EXTENSION!!!! I'm so excited about this. Still. I have more and more RCE photo albums on my computer and it makes me happy.
HOTTIES!
So, this past Wednesday night I met Jo (Ryan sadly (but also excitedly) is still in the UK) at Plymouth State University to see RIVER CITY EXTENSION who was playing with Manchester Orchestra.
It was about an hour drive. It's pretty easy getting to Plymouth from Lebanon. I had gone with Kara sometime last year to check it out and we ended up eating delish Chinese food and spending way too much money in a candy store. As is always the case in candy stores.
Anyways, I got there with no problems (except for the time I had to stop because some wild turkeys were crossing the road. LAME.) and met up with Jo at an Irving, because she knew where to park and everything. So, I followed her up the hill and we got great parking spaces!
The show was outdoors, in front of this place called the HUB, which I'm assuming is like, the student center. (At Hampshire College, the HUB was the 'poorly designed, always confusing, never working right' internet portal to pay your bill, fill your timecard and do other simple tasks that would take way too long because of the crap-ness of the site.) This HUB was nice. And there was a great little stage set up! Yes!
There was still some time to kill, so we walked down the hill and into the town and got sandwiches at this kind of sketch place in an alley... but the sandwiches were great! We brought them back up to the HUB (I'm always typing 'HUG' and then having to change it. Aw, but wouldn't that be a great name for a student center? The HUG.) and ate on the grass while the first band played.
A student band, maybe? Eh, I wasn't crazy about them. They were screamy and loud.
FINALLY! The crowd cleared and we made our way to the very front of the stage for RCE! YESSSSSSS omg I was so excited.
I got a hug from the stage from Joe, a high-five from Nick, a 'what up, Captain?' from James and smiles and waves from Sam, Jenn, Patrick, and Mike. BEST BAND EVER.
And I know what you're thinking!!!!! You're thinking, "wait a sec... what about Dan?!?!" Dan the super cool, amazing trumpet player who gave me a kiss on the cheek the last time we saw them!!!!! Sadly, he couldn't be there. He was in.... Colorado? He was missed.
And yes, Jo was calling Patrick 'Kevin' right from the start. It was hilars.
Sam, Patrick, Jenn!!! I'm constantly jealous of Sam's hair. Yeah, all the time.
James and Nick!!!!! Nick is super fun to watch. Especially on 'Something Salty, Something Sweet." MAN, he just goes crazy. I remember when I very first saw River City Extension at the Mercury Lounge, I was right in front of Dan, so I was watching him a lot, thinking about how awesome he was, and then would be like, "oh yeah, there's that other awesome guy at the other end of the stage!!!" Meaning, Nick.
EVERYONE in that band is just so great. I really can't say it enough.
Joe and James!!! Love it.
So, since there was no Dan, JENN totally took over his trumpet solo in 'Something Salty, Something Sweet' and KILLED IT. Yeah, she totally brought the cello rock. I was so impressed. And I told her afterward and I think she was pretty happy to hear it.
Yep, they're barefoot.
Joe, MIKE, and James!!!! I rarely get pictures of Mike - but there he is!!!! Looking great! I actually totally love this picture of him.
AAAHHHHH SO GREAT!!!! It seemed like the people loved it. Duh, right?!
So, now you all can go watch the video I got, 'Ballad of Oregon' to see how hard they rocked. It's kind of a shaky video, but it was their first song and I had to dance. Also, Joe breaks a string like, almost right off, but he's super stealth in his guitar switch. Nice.
Oh, wow. Such a great show. And we got some great hang-out time with the band after. So nice.
Joe kept asking me if they sounded okay... He said it sounded kind of weird from onstage. I assured him they sounded great. He said, "It's so great to be able to ask you about these things!" Aww.
It reminded me of when Ryan and I were talking with Tony (of Crash Kings) after their show in West Chester and we were like,
JULIE AND RYAN: Great show!
TONY: Yeah...but I messed up the lyrics...
JULIE AND RYAN: It's okay! It sounded great!
Aw, Tony.
Anyways! The great thing about chatting with RCE is that they're so nice and normal to talk with. I got to chat with Mike a bit, which was cool, because I hadn't really before.
James and I were talking and naturally the conversation evolved (or devolved...) to discussing Jersey Shore and how great the last episode was, etc, and he said that he was walking around The Shore like, last week and saw Ronnie and The Situation just out walking around!! They weren't filming, but he said they had police escorts. !!!!!! The Sitch in real life! That was a highlight of the evening. AWESOME. I pretty much immediately texted Kara about this.
I definitely like The Situation much more this season than I did in the first. He's way more funny. (but OMG JWOWW AND SAMMI GIRL FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN!!!!!!)
Anyways. Then, I was standing around with Jo and I hear, "Julie!" And I look, and it's Sam! She's sitting behind the merch table, calling me! So, duh, I go over.
SAM: So, tell me about your pastry chef sister!
JULIE: Haha...what?!
SAM: Isn't your sister a pastry chef?
JULIE: Yeah! Wait, how did you know that?!
SAM: Ohh, I'm creepy. I think you Twittered something about it, so I had to find out more. I'm obsessed with sweets.
So then I told her about Kara and the bakery and how Kara is head baker and bakes amazing things! So funny. I also immediately texted Kara about this - and she was THRILLED. She texted me back saying, "TELL THEM ALL TO COME TO THE BAKERY!!!" SO great!
And I was telling Nick how much I loved his blogging from the road and how beautiful his pictures were and he's said he's going to turn his personal blog into the official RCE blog. NICE.
But - EVERYBODY - should check out his blog (he told me to say that), because I think you'll like it. It's great photos from all over the country! Also including, the night RCE hit the deer and other tales. So great. Check it.
Ohhhh love them. A lot. And I don't even have to wait very long to see them again! We're headed to The Space in Hamden on the 15th!!! That's where we saw them a few weeks ago. Really cool, cash-only venue. I keep having to remind myself that it's cash only because I want to bring cash in case of any awesome finds in their vintage store.
ALSO, because I finally want to buy a RCE t-shirt. I want the "pirate" one. With the big X and it says R-C-E. Yep.
Also, speaking of that shirt and Nick Cucci... I was searching for RCE videos on Youtube the other day and found this one that I think you all will enjoy. The premise of the video is Joe and Mike are talking with this guy who suggests that they get rid of Nick and replace him with Wall-E, from that movie, 'Wall-E,' which everyone loved, but I couldn't even finish because I was so bored. I think this video is pretty funny.
AND EVEN MORE EXCITING!!!!! The day after we saw RCE, their song, 'Something Salty, Something Sweet' was named 'song of the day' on NPR!!!! So, DEFINITELY go check that out because it's super awesome.
GREAT TIMES with River City Extension. They're so awesome!
And then! Manchester Orchestra played! They were really good, too! I had only ever sampled songs of theirs, but really liked them! At first, I was kind of creeped out by the lead singer. But then, he began to grow on me and then I just thought he was really funny. He said he's only 23!!! I thought he was like, 35. For real. I was shocked. I turned to Jo and said, "holy crap I'm older then that guy." THAT made me feel old. Because he looked old. Plus, most everyone at the show was younger than me because it was a college show.
There he is! I don't know his name, but he was good! Good band.
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT! Then, we walked back to Jo's friend Sarah's apartment and drank cold beverages and hung around with her adorable kitty.
We didn't stay for too long, as we both had to drive back. Jo had to work in the morning. And, we're standing in the parking lot saying goodbye at our cars and then Jo says, "hey, is that them?" And, RCE is in the parking lot, getting ready to leave too. So, we walk over and get some more hugs. Say goodbye again. Joe says to let him know how many people are going to The Space and he'll try and hook us up with tickets. :)
Great. So nice.
And then! We left. Since there was hardly any civilization between Plymouth and my house, I opted to stop at the gas station where we met up, because it was still open. I got a coffee and a bottle of water and one of those cosmic brownies. You know those ones? Like, brownies with those neon colored candies on top? Yumm. I love neon colored food.
It was an easy drive home. I was soooo worried that I was going to see a deer or a moose - but I only saw a skunk. That's okay. I arrived home around 1:30. Ruby Tuesday was SO happy to see me!!!!! I love her so much.
I was pretty tired, but still excited, so I couldn't sleep. It was really nice not having to worry about work for once. I can't remember the last time I was at home but wasn't working. Hmm. I don't know!
Anyways, it was a nice night. All of it. Can't wait to see them again!!! They are great.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It's a holiday! Do I get a holiday off? Nope! Instead I get to work from 10pm on Sunday until like... 10am on Tuesday. I don't even want to count how many hours that is.
But! My mom is coming up tonight and I'm pretty excited :)
Talk to you all later!
☠☠☠,
Julie
HOTTIES!
So, this past Wednesday night I met Jo (Ryan sadly (but also excitedly) is still in the UK) at Plymouth State University to see RIVER CITY EXTENSION who was playing with Manchester Orchestra.
It was about an hour drive. It's pretty easy getting to Plymouth from Lebanon. I had gone with Kara sometime last year to check it out and we ended up eating delish Chinese food and spending way too much money in a candy store. As is always the case in candy stores.
Anyways, I got there with no problems (except for the time I had to stop because some wild turkeys were crossing the road. LAME.) and met up with Jo at an Irving, because she knew where to park and everything. So, I followed her up the hill and we got great parking spaces!
The show was outdoors, in front of this place called the HUB, which I'm assuming is like, the student center. (At Hampshire College, the HUB was the 'poorly designed, always confusing, never working right' internet portal to pay your bill, fill your timecard and do other simple tasks that would take way too long because of the crap-ness of the site.) This HUB was nice. And there was a great little stage set up! Yes!
There was still some time to kill, so we walked down the hill and into the town and got sandwiches at this kind of sketch place in an alley... but the sandwiches were great! We brought them back up to the HUB (I'm always typing 'HUG' and then having to change it. Aw, but wouldn't that be a great name for a student center? The HUG.) and ate on the grass while the first band played.
A student band, maybe? Eh, I wasn't crazy about them. They were screamy and loud.
FINALLY! The crowd cleared and we made our way to the very front of the stage for RCE! YESSSSSSS omg I was so excited.
I got a hug from the stage from Joe, a high-five from Nick, a 'what up, Captain?' from James and smiles and waves from Sam, Jenn, Patrick, and Mike. BEST BAND EVER.
And I know what you're thinking!!!!! You're thinking, "wait a sec... what about Dan?!?!" Dan the super cool, amazing trumpet player who gave me a kiss on the cheek the last time we saw them!!!!! Sadly, he couldn't be there. He was in.... Colorado? He was missed.
And yes, Jo was calling Patrick 'Kevin' right from the start. It was hilars.
Sam, Patrick, Jenn!!! I'm constantly jealous of Sam's hair. Yeah, all the time.
James and Nick!!!!! Nick is super fun to watch. Especially on 'Something Salty, Something Sweet." MAN, he just goes crazy. I remember when I very first saw River City Extension at the Mercury Lounge, I was right in front of Dan, so I was watching him a lot, thinking about how awesome he was, and then would be like, "oh yeah, there's that other awesome guy at the other end of the stage!!!" Meaning, Nick.
EVERYONE in that band is just so great. I really can't say it enough.
Joe and James!!! Love it.
So, since there was no Dan, JENN totally took over his trumpet solo in 'Something Salty, Something Sweet' and KILLED IT. Yeah, she totally brought the cello rock. I was so impressed. And I told her afterward and I think she was pretty happy to hear it.
Yep, they're barefoot.
Joe, MIKE, and James!!!! I rarely get pictures of Mike - but there he is!!!! Looking great! I actually totally love this picture of him.
AAAHHHHH SO GREAT!!!! It seemed like the people loved it. Duh, right?!
So, now you all can go watch the video I got, 'Ballad of Oregon' to see how hard they rocked. It's kind of a shaky video, but it was their first song and I had to dance. Also, Joe breaks a string like, almost right off, but he's super stealth in his guitar switch. Nice.
Oh, wow. Such a great show. And we got some great hang-out time with the band after. So nice.
Joe kept asking me if they sounded okay... He said it sounded kind of weird from onstage. I assured him they sounded great. He said, "It's so great to be able to ask you about these things!" Aww.
It reminded me of when Ryan and I were talking with Tony (of Crash Kings) after their show in West Chester and we were like,
JULIE AND RYAN: Great show!
TONY: Yeah...but I messed up the lyrics...
JULIE AND RYAN: It's okay! It sounded great!
Aw, Tony.
Anyways! The great thing about chatting with RCE is that they're so nice and normal to talk with. I got to chat with Mike a bit, which was cool, because I hadn't really before.
James and I were talking and naturally the conversation evolved (or devolved...) to discussing Jersey Shore and how great the last episode was, etc, and he said that he was walking around The Shore like, last week and saw Ronnie and The Situation just out walking around!! They weren't filming, but he said they had police escorts. !!!!!! The Sitch in real life! That was a highlight of the evening. AWESOME. I pretty much immediately texted Kara about this.
I definitely like The Situation much more this season than I did in the first. He's way more funny. (but OMG JWOWW AND SAMMI GIRL FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN!!!!!!)
Anyways. Then, I was standing around with Jo and I hear, "Julie!" And I look, and it's Sam! She's sitting behind the merch table, calling me! So, duh, I go over.
SAM: So, tell me about your pastry chef sister!
JULIE: Haha...what?!
SAM: Isn't your sister a pastry chef?
JULIE: Yeah! Wait, how did you know that?!
SAM: Ohh, I'm creepy. I think you Twittered something about it, so I had to find out more. I'm obsessed with sweets.
So then I told her about Kara and the bakery and how Kara is head baker and bakes amazing things! So funny. I also immediately texted Kara about this - and she was THRILLED. She texted me back saying, "TELL THEM ALL TO COME TO THE BAKERY!!!" SO great!
And I was telling Nick how much I loved his blogging from the road and how beautiful his pictures were and he's said he's going to turn his personal blog into the official RCE blog. NICE.
But - EVERYBODY - should check out his blog (he told me to say that), because I think you'll like it. It's great photos from all over the country! Also including, the night RCE hit the deer and other tales. So great. Check it.
Ohhhh love them. A lot. And I don't even have to wait very long to see them again! We're headed to The Space in Hamden on the 15th!!! That's where we saw them a few weeks ago. Really cool, cash-only venue. I keep having to remind myself that it's cash only because I want to bring cash in case of any awesome finds in their vintage store.
ALSO, because I finally want to buy a RCE t-shirt. I want the "pirate" one. With the big X and it says R-C-E. Yep.
Also, speaking of that shirt and Nick Cucci... I was searching for RCE videos on Youtube the other day and found this one that I think you all will enjoy. The premise of the video is Joe and Mike are talking with this guy who suggests that they get rid of Nick and replace him with Wall-E, from that movie, 'Wall-E,' which everyone loved, but I couldn't even finish because I was so bored. I think this video is pretty funny.
AND EVEN MORE EXCITING!!!!! The day after we saw RCE, their song, 'Something Salty, Something Sweet' was named 'song of the day' on NPR!!!! So, DEFINITELY go check that out because it's super awesome.
GREAT TIMES with River City Extension. They're so awesome!
And then! Manchester Orchestra played! They were really good, too! I had only ever sampled songs of theirs, but really liked them! At first, I was kind of creeped out by the lead singer. But then, he began to grow on me and then I just thought he was really funny. He said he's only 23!!! I thought he was like, 35. For real. I was shocked. I turned to Jo and said, "holy crap I'm older then that guy." THAT made me feel old. Because he looked old. Plus, most everyone at the show was younger than me because it was a college show.
There he is! I don't know his name, but he was good! Good band.
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT! Then, we walked back to Jo's friend Sarah's apartment and drank cold beverages and hung around with her adorable kitty.
We didn't stay for too long, as we both had to drive back. Jo had to work in the morning. And, we're standing in the parking lot saying goodbye at our cars and then Jo says, "hey, is that them?" And, RCE is in the parking lot, getting ready to leave too. So, we walk over and get some more hugs. Say goodbye again. Joe says to let him know how many people are going to The Space and he'll try and hook us up with tickets. :)
Great. So nice.
And then! We left. Since there was hardly any civilization between Plymouth and my house, I opted to stop at the gas station where we met up, because it was still open. I got a coffee and a bottle of water and one of those cosmic brownies. You know those ones? Like, brownies with those neon colored candies on top? Yumm. I love neon colored food.
It was an easy drive home. I was soooo worried that I was going to see a deer or a moose - but I only saw a skunk. That's okay. I arrived home around 1:30. Ruby Tuesday was SO happy to see me!!!!! I love her so much.
I was pretty tired, but still excited, so I couldn't sleep. It was really nice not having to worry about work for once. I can't remember the last time I was at home but wasn't working. Hmm. I don't know!
Anyways, it was a nice night. All of it. Can't wait to see them again!!! They are great.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It's a holiday! Do I get a holiday off? Nope! Instead I get to work from 10pm on Sunday until like... 10am on Tuesday. I don't even want to count how many hours that is.
But! My mom is coming up tonight and I'm pretty excited :)
Talk to you all later!
☠☠☠,
Julie
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
killer
JUST GOT BACK FROM YET ANOTHER KILLER RIVER CITY EXTENSION SHOW.
I'll discuss more later. Man, I feel like it's been forever since I blogged.
AWESOME NIGHT TONIGHT. That band is so freaking nice. Great times.
What's in store for me tomorrow? Not great times. UGH I have to go to court. NOT looking forward to it. It's mainly just transportation and maybe a stand up and say, "yes, everything is going well," type deal. But, it also means schmoozing with lawyers and people-who-think-they're-so-important. And I have to get dressed up. And normally I would post different outfit combinations for people to vote on, like I've done in the past, but I'm not even going to have time.
I'm really into the idea of wearing a t-shirt over a dress. Why? I have no idea.
I really wish it was Fall. I'm definitely ready for cold weather. I keep trying to dress like it's cold outside to try and trick myself into thinking it really is cold. But, then I just end up sweating too much.
I took out a pair of pants yesterday that I don't really wear because they're a really weird length. Like, they're the right size and everything, but maybe a little too short...? Like, they always get caught in the top of my shoes and it's awkward. So, I looked at the pants and decided that instead, they would make an excellent skirt.
So, I started the process of turning the pants into a skirt. Something I have never done before. But then I remembered that I don't have a sewing machine. And I really didn't want to hand stitch it all. So, I guess the skirt will wait until I go home and I'll try and use the machine from a million years ago. Maybe I'll even bring it back with me... I really think I'd do a lot of projects if I had one.
Anyways! What was I talking about? Nothing, I guess.
Well. I'm pretty tired now that I think about it. I think I'm going to go to bed.
At least I don't have to be up early tomorrow. I don't think we're leaving for court until like, 1:30pm or so. And - I'm not working tonight!!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!! That means I can sleep UNINTERRUPTED until my alarm goes off, or Ruby Tuesday wakes me up. Whichever comes first. Probably the Ruby alarm.
MAN, I love not being woken up by the phone every morning.
OK! Hope you all are having an excellent week! I became re-certified in adult, infant and child CPR on Tuesday night. That was fun... Actually, it wasn't bad. It was through the American Heart Association and not the Red Cross, like last year. It was actually easier, so that was good. There was no written test!
Anyways. I got some pretty nice pics of RCE. And! Ballad of Oregon on video! It's kind of shaky because it's my fave and I was so excited. But, I'll post it anyways.
ALRIGHT! Have a great night! Talk to everyone soon!!!!
☠,
Julie
I'll discuss more later. Man, I feel like it's been forever since I blogged.
AWESOME NIGHT TONIGHT. That band is so freaking nice. Great times.
What's in store for me tomorrow? Not great times. UGH I have to go to court. NOT looking forward to it. It's mainly just transportation and maybe a stand up and say, "yes, everything is going well," type deal. But, it also means schmoozing with lawyers and people-who-think-they're-so-important. And I have to get dressed up. And normally I would post different outfit combinations for people to vote on, like I've done in the past, but I'm not even going to have time.
I'm really into the idea of wearing a t-shirt over a dress. Why? I have no idea.
I really wish it was Fall. I'm definitely ready for cold weather. I keep trying to dress like it's cold outside to try and trick myself into thinking it really is cold. But, then I just end up sweating too much.
I took out a pair of pants yesterday that I don't really wear because they're a really weird length. Like, they're the right size and everything, but maybe a little too short...? Like, they always get caught in the top of my shoes and it's awkward. So, I looked at the pants and decided that instead, they would make an excellent skirt.
So, I started the process of turning the pants into a skirt. Something I have never done before. But then I remembered that I don't have a sewing machine. And I really didn't want to hand stitch it all. So, I guess the skirt will wait until I go home and I'll try and use the machine from a million years ago. Maybe I'll even bring it back with me... I really think I'd do a lot of projects if I had one.
Anyways! What was I talking about? Nothing, I guess.
Well. I'm pretty tired now that I think about it. I think I'm going to go to bed.
At least I don't have to be up early tomorrow. I don't think we're leaving for court until like, 1:30pm or so. And - I'm not working tonight!!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!! That means I can sleep UNINTERRUPTED until my alarm goes off, or Ruby Tuesday wakes me up. Whichever comes first. Probably the Ruby alarm.
MAN, I love not being woken up by the phone every morning.
OK! Hope you all are having an excellent week! I became re-certified in adult, infant and child CPR on Tuesday night. That was fun... Actually, it wasn't bad. It was through the American Heart Association and not the Red Cross, like last year. It was actually easier, so that was good. There was no written test!
Anyways. I got some pretty nice pics of RCE. And! Ballad of Oregon on video! It's kind of shaky because it's my fave and I was so excited. But, I'll post it anyways.
ALRIGHT! Have a great night! Talk to everyone soon!!!!
☠,
Julie
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