hey kids!

i woke up this morning (saturday morning, which it took me a long time to figure out) and immediately had a song stuck in my head.

i could think of the tune and two words, "hey kids" and then it went da dada dadadada. and i kept thinking, "what is this song? how do i know it?" and i kept singing it to myself. and then slowly, i could start to picture the band singing it. and then realized -

it was a JET song!!!

and then i could visualize Nic wearing that plaid shirt he never takes off, and singing the song. and then i needed to download it immediately. and now i love it! i've been listening to it all day!

what a great song!

that was an exciting way to start off the day.

and then it got even more exciting.

1. i got 2 discs of The O.C. in my mailbox at the post office!!!

2. i started watching an episode and the kids are all sitting around hanging out. and then a Rooney song starts to play. and one of them is like, "oh, i love this band!" and then Oliver is like,

OLIVER: They're playing tomorrow night.
SETH: Yeah, but it's all sold out.
OLIVER: I can get tickets.
SETH: NO WAY?!! To see Rooney?!
OLIVER: Sure! I'm friends with the band.
MARISSA: You're friends with Rooney!?

it continued like this as i sat in awe. i couldn't believe it. and then suddenly, everyone had Rooney posters in their bedroom (and also Ben Folds posters!) and it was all anyone talked about. it was like, "HEY, are you going to the Rooney show tomorrow?!!?" TALK OF THE TOWN. it was awesome.

and THEN, they get to the concert and ROONEY WALKS OUT!!!! and Oliver, who is friends with the band is like,

OLIVER: Hey Robert!
ROBERT SCHWARTZMAN: Oh, hey man, how's it going?
OLIVER: Great. Have a great show!

and i'm like,

JULIE: NO FREAKING WAY.

ALL the Rooney guys were on The O.C.!!!! and it was super exciting. and then they all went into the concert and Rooney played "I'm Shakin'" and "Popstars." they closed with Popstars and i was like, "hm, i don't think they would ever do that."

it was awesome. really awesome.

and i was thinking, i wonder if THAT'S how Mischa Barton met Taylor Locke?!?! there was one scene that was like,

RYAN: I don't think I'm gonna go. I've never heard of Rooney.
SETH: You have to go, they're a great band!
RYAN: Yeah, but Marissa will be hanging out with Oliver...
ANNA: You have to go. There will be rockstars there. Girls can't resist rockstars.

(i'm quoting from memory. that's probably all wrong.) but you get the idea. the idea was that GIRLS LOVE ROCKSTARS. and man, it's so true.

anyways. it was super cool. and i can't wait for the Rooney summer tour! although, they've started to release press photos for the tour, and some album artwork - and there's only four of them. no Matt Winter. and it makes me sad.

i can't believe he's leaving the band. or, that he's left the band already. :( oh, Matt. you are missed, my friend.

but, Robert was tweeting this afternoon asking people who they would like Rooney to tour with. and i posted this message to him:

@rcschwartzman rooney + crash kings = best show i've ever seen.

if you're reading this from my actual blog, you can see that message in the Twitter feed to your left. if you're reading from Facebook - that's what the message said.

and i can say that was the best show i've ever seen, and that was without knowing ANY Crash Kings music. imagine how good it would be NOW!!!!!

all i remember from the first time i saw Crash Kings are these things:

1. they opened with 'Carry On' and immediately i thought, "holy crap this rocks and i have to remember this song to download when i get home." (only to find out, it's not on their record and i had to wait until Great Scott to hear it again.)
2. they played 'Raincoat' and made a remark about how it had been pouring all day
3. Tony's red plaid shirt and me thinking, "holy crap how come i don't have a red plaid shirt!?"
4. that i thought Jason was really attractive.
5. that i thought Mike was totally beautiful.
6. TONY.
7. that Kara said, "oooohhhhh yeah!!!!" when Tony said "It's Only Wednesday" had been in the movie Zombieland.
8. that my wool jacket was wet from the rain and it was making my arm really itchy.

that's it. THAT'S what i remember from the first time i saw Crash Kings. it took less than 24 hours for me to realize, "wait, i can't stop listening to this cd."

but, i didn't fall in love with Tony until i had that dream about him wearing the red plaid shirt. remember? and we were doing tequila shots.

i was thinking about that tonight. i've had not one, BUT TWO dreams where me and Tony are doing tequila shots. strange and sexy.

anyways.

i guess tonight is the horrible clock turning forward thing. UGH. one of my least favorite days of the whole year.

my other least favorite day of the whole year? the day we turn the clocks ahead.

it's so confusing. i strongly dislike it.

and, i'm pretty confused. because the past two nights i've been up overnight monitoring a newborn baby. up every three hours! and, if we turn the clocks ahead, what does that mean for his feeding time?

like, he'll get fed at 1am. but it will really be 2am. so then for the NEXT feeding, which is supposed to be at 4am, will really be at 5am??

i guess now it makes sense. i just needed to write it out. he's not actually missing a feeding. we're just switching the times. right? so he'll be on a 2am, 5am, 8am schedule instead of a 1am, 4am, 7am schedule. although, he usually doesn't eat until around 5am anyways.

and last night was weird, i went to bed at 3am and set my alarm for 4:05am. and it didn't go off. and i woke up for no reason at 4:45am and thought, "aw crap." went downstairs for the feeding and our resident was still sleeping. so, i woke her up and she said, "my alarm didn't go off!" and i said, "neither did mine!" and it was weird. her alarm was still plugged in, but it had totally shut off. like it was unplugged. the clock wasn't even on. i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it worked again. but it was very strange.

anyways. i'ts 11:35pm now. i think i'm going to eat something because i'm hungry. and watch more O.C. and then get ready to go downstairs at 1am, but really 2am. man that's confusing.

ok. this was supposed to be a short entry. i had only intended to talk about the 'Hey Kids' song and Rooney on The O.C.. but, as always, i lost control of my blogging.

i have more to tell you. but, tomorrow, i suppose.

have a great sunday! i'm going to be doing nothing. great!

take care. change the time on your clock. drive safely. be well.

I CAN'T BELIEVE ONE WEEK AGO WE WERE IN NEW YORK SEEING CRASH KINGS AND JET FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!

man, that makes me really sad. i wish last weekend could happen every weekend. and now we're pros at Crash Kings/JET concerts. yeah. total pros.

ok. sleep well. good afternoon, good morning and good night!!!



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