CLIFTON PARK, here we come

oh wait! we're already here!!!!!!!!!

actually, we've already come and gone. now we're in Latham, NY. staying at the Super 8. i'm here with my new friend Ryan. she's very cool and made totes delish cookies for both me AND for Crash Kings.

today was a hectic, stressful day that turned out to be a great day.

- went to bed around 2am.
- couldn't fall asleep
- phone call woke me up at 7am
- alarm woke me up at 8am
- another phone call woke me up at 8:15am

"ok, maybe i should get up."

- then i went down to work. i ended up being down in the office from about 8:30 to 11ish.

OH WAIT. i haven't talked to you since thursday afternoon. no, friday afternoon.

i'll catch you up.

so, the hospital went fine. i had planned to go run errands after i left the hospital, but instead, i needed to go back to the house and make some phone calls.

those "some" phone calls turned into a billion phone calls. a billion frantic phone calls and message leaving to people. it was hectic and stressful. i ended up being in the office from 7:22 until like, 10pm.

THEN i went out to the Jake's 'vacuum your car' place and vacuumed my car. i was kind of excited about this but also kind of dreading it. but, it needed to be done. so i took the huge vacuum and vacuumed the car. it came out alright.

it was freezing outside. i couldn't feel my hands by the end of it. why are the underside of car mats so sharp?? it's not like they stick to the car any better.

then i went to walgreens. i had wanted to go to wal-mart, but now they were closed. and walgreens is 24 hours. i bought eye drops and cold medicine.

then i came home and watched The Office. jim and pam had their baby on the same day that our resident had her baby! aw, what a great episode.

THEN, i went to bed.

ok, up to speed.

now, it's saturday morning and i'm in the staff office again making all kinds of frantic phone calls. from 8:30am to 11ish am. i was chatting with courtney online the whole time which was cool and nice.

then i went upstairs and started to get ready to GO ON THE CRASH KINGS ROADTRIP WEEKEND. holy crap i was so excited.

so, i leave my house around 2pm. head to Needham, MA to pick up my new Crash Kings BFF.

THEN, we headed west on the Pike towards NEW YORK!!!

arrived in Clifton Park just after 8pm.

the scary band Owl (not to be confused with the super cute band, Owl City) was just coming on. they all look like the guys in Nickelback. with really long hair. and they screamed a lot.

but! we both kind of decided to grab a spot in the back of the crowd and we walk up and are standing there for a moment and then we realize we are standing right next to Mike and Tony of CRASH KINGS.

we both look at each other and have a mini freak out session.

wow. Mike looks so soft. every time i see Mike in person, all i want to do is touch him. he looks so soft. i just want to hug him.

so then we kind of talk to Tony for a minute. he is beautiful.

then Owl stopped playing and Crash Kings started setting up. they brought a piano onstage!!! HOTTTTTTTT.

it was very foggy in this place. it was called Northern Lights. it's this giant music/night club in this plaza strip mall sandwiched in between a dollar store and a church. it was very strange.

so then Crash Kings started. SO GOOD. omg. i actually saw Jason get on stage and take off his shoes. that was exciting. i was pretty much right in front of Mike. Tony was across the stage, but i could barely see him because of all the fog. for realz! so foggy!

anyways - they rocked. so hard. they played Carry On and i got it all on video. i didn't take very many pictures because i was so concentrated on rocking. NOBODY else was! so we had to be the hardcore fans. no prob.

EVERYBODY started rocking during Mountain Man.

and then it was over! too short. AND - it was maddening because JET took FOREVER to get onstage. seriously. FOREVER. like, maybe 20 minutes. so, Crash Kings should have played longer. much longer.

but holy man - JET. they rocked the house. the people loved them. i loved them. i was super dancing through every song. they are so cute. and they wore such tight pants. and they are from austrailia. and two of them are brothers. i am really excited to have them on the Bro Tour 2011.

i will take JET videos and pictures either at the show sunday night or tuesday night.

YEAH. i still have two more shows!!!!!! how exciting is this adventure?!?!?!

i really liked JET. i think you're supposed to write their name in all caps. because they are exciting like that.

they didn't set up their own stuff on stage, though. i guess they're more famous than i thought. there was this little kid like, maybe 8 years old in front of me. and he was with his parents. and he knew like, every word to every song. it was incredible.

yeah, i really liked them. they fit really well with Crash Kings. in terms of rocking. and music style.

AH. what a great night.

and my new friend Ryan said that she was hanging around the back again while JET was taking forever to start, and she started talking to Tony again. and they talked for like, 10 minutes.

AND AND AND. he was super excited that we were seeing three of their shows as an opening band. he said he really appreciated that we were coming out to the shows.

AND THEN HE SAID, "see you tomorrow!"

which basically means, "let's all make out tomorrow!"

yeah. i'm pretty sure that's what he meant.

oh boy. i am excited.

so tomorrow (sunday 7 march) we're driving to new jersey. for more Crash Kings/JET wonderfulness.

we're going to plan to be at the venue early. ya know, to either jam with the band. or help them sound check. or pick out outfits for the show. any of those would work.

i'm really excited to see JET again. yeah, they rocked.

and then after the show sunday night we'll drive back to boston. and then i'll drive to maine. and then back to boston on tuesday!!!!!!!

ok. i'm getting tired. we just watched Ryan's videos from the show. she has the amazing power of taking great Tony videos. i am bad at videos because i can't stop dancing and singing. i can't stop the rock!

we were just looking through photos of Crash Kings on facebook. TONY. WEARING. GLASSES. yeah, i had a mini crazy moment. oh wow.

OK. how happy am i that i am away from Lebanon, NH and i'm on the Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend? I AM SO HAPPY.

after this seriously bad week at work, this is just what i need. and i actually thought that tonight while rocking out. it was every opposite feeling from all week. same intensity, only on the good side.

OK. now i might go to sleep. lots of driving tomorrow. my car did well up until the very end. like, from the concert to the hotel. i started to worry. it got much louder. and stopped shifting gears. and now the heat makes this weird 'flicking' noise. and it's screechy. just overall making noises it's not supposed to.

but, we had a talk before i left NH this morning. i said, "dear car, i know you are not feeling well and will not last long after this. but you have never failed me. please just hold on a couple more days." and then i played it some Crash Kings to let it know what it was holding out for. and it ran really well all the way over to NY.

ok. now i might go to sleep.

TODAY!!!!!!! IS EMILY'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! happy birthday emily! dear friend. i miss you and love you!!!!!!! we will see each other soon. promise.

AND - happy academy awards day.

folks, i will not be watching it live this year. the first year in 12 years? i think so. actually, no. the year Moulin Rouge was nominated i had a dance competition and couldn't watch either. that was lame.

but this year, i am willingly not watching in order to attend the concert. and i am happy about my decision. excited, in fact. yes, i am sad a little.

i predict:

- THE HURT LOCKER - will win most categories

i don't think i can finish watching that movie. it was good and all, but with the way things are going at work, after a long, stressful, anger filled day, i don't want to sit on the couch and wonder if the guy on the screen is about to be blown up. it's just not something i want to see or deal with.

The O.C.? yes please. keep 'em coming, Netflix.

AND, i am rooting for Fantastic Mr. Fox ALL THE WAY.

ok maybe i'm more sad than i thought.

no. don't think about it. i'll be rocking out instead.

i think i might wear my hair in a low, side ponytail. i don't know why that is the look i am envisioning.

OK. for real? now will i go to bed??? ummm. maybe, actually.

it's 2:07am. Maine time!!!! get it???

Ryan and i were REALLY, REALLY hoping that the band was staying at our hotel and that we would run into them late night at the ice machine in their pajamas. yeah, we discussed this in the car. it was a meaningful conversation.

and when she was detailing her conversation with Tony for me i said, "please say he invited us out to dinner with them." unfortunately, that hasn't happened YET.

ok, so the bass player in JET looks like Ned from Rooney. and the piano player in JET reminded me of Matt Winter (formerly) of the band Rooney. :( but the bass player totally looked like Ned. and he had a cute little haircut. they were all cuties.

i am a JET fan! and after this adventure i will have seen them three times!!! we will all be bff.

OK. now i think i will go to sleep. because now i'm really tired.

i hope you're having a great weekend. talk to you again soon. probably from Maine. or, any spot we get wi-fi in tomorrow.

ok! great!!!! love you!! goodnight!!!! good morning!!!! good afternoon!!!!!



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