Hey friends. Time for another episode where julie blogs from her mobile phone. Crazy.

so, i'm in rhode island right now!. Staying with maria and jason in their super nice apartment.
had a lovely but long drive here.

such a great day. We had lots of fun.

i'll update more later.

today (saturday) we're going into newport for some sushi which is supposed to be amazing. And i never turn down sushi.

and then sometime tomorrow i must head back north. It will be a sad time.

until later!. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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she's drunk by the daytime

guess what?

Crash Kings have the number on alternative song in the country!

it's true. i'll have to plan the blog hike sooner than i thought...

wow, what a perfect way to wake up.

and to celebrate their number 1 fame, they made an awesome video which amuses me greatly. especially the part when Mike is sleeping.

wow. i think this is so crazy that i don't even know what to say. i wish i had their phone numbers so i could send them congratulatory texts.

hey, the sun is finally out today!! after like, a whole week of rain and clouds. i bet this has something to do with the number one spot.

the sun shines brighter now that crash kings rule the country.

perhaps i will make that my twitter and facebook status. oh wow this is exciting.

AND!!! in approximately half an hour i will be leaving on my trek to Rhode Island! have i gotten anything ready? nope. i have a lot to do. well, like pack.

so, i should go.

BUT KNOW - that if you haven't started listening to Crash Kings now because you thought it was just some weird band that only Julie likes.... then you can start listening to them NOW. because, the radios have spoken. the people have spoken!!

CRASH KINGS NUMBER ONE WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!


and now to see Maria!! what a great day!!!



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sweetheart

today, i was in a retail establishment and first the employee behind the counter called me "hun" and then he called me "sweetheart."

did i appreciate this? no. no i did not. after he called me 'hun,' i thought, "wow, that was really annoying and inappropriate." and then after he called me sweetheart, i was just plain mad.

i very much dislike when people do that. especially when it's females calling me "hun." not everybody, just people i don't know. like, strangers calling me those names. WHY MUST YOU TALK LIKE THAT!?!? it feels condescending.

that's all.

HOWEVER, the guy behind the counter at Walgreen's tonight could have asked me to marry him and i would have said yes on the spot. he was charming. both to talk to and to look at. i think we had a connection. and he looked like the guy who plays Zac on The O.C. the guy who Summer dates in the beginning of the second season. after Seth. YEAH. hottie, right!?!

and while i was checking out (both my items and the hottie) his MOM came and picked him up from work. adorable? yes. and you could tell he was kind of embarrassed and didn't know how to react. it was awesome and awkward.

anyways. what was i buying at Walgreen's, you ask?

- hair conditioner
AND
- hair dye

SUPER BLONDE!!! remember?!! i stood in the hair dye aisle for a long time trying to decide which bleachy blonde would work to bleach out the streaks. and then i saw SUPER BLONDE. and even though it's a little more expensive that normal hair dye, i KNOW it really works!!!

because remember when i had SUPER BLONDE hair?!?!




and that was going from dark brown. that was a cool time. when i was blonde. EVERYDAY i wish i had streaked my hair teal then. why didn't i? I DON'T KNOW. i have no idea.

that photo was taken on the night of the Ben Lee/Rooney concert! the first time i saw Rooney! AT THE PARADISE! where i just saw Crash Kings. amazing how that works out. and i'm pretty sure the reason that Robert Schwartzman didn't remember me when i met him this time was because of the hair color change....

anyways.

so, i've got the blonde. i'm hoping people will give me some guidance as to the streakage. i wish i had someone to help me. how many streaks should i do?? i'm definitely thinking a tiny one in my bangs. although, a tiny piece would be hard to SUPER BLONDE and then teal.

Ryan sent me a link to the hair dye that she uses when she dyes her hair super awesome colors and it's much, much cheaper than the Manic Panic. and she says it lasts longer. when i saw her, her hair was a super cool mix of purple and green.

AND I REMEMBER standing behind her at Great Scott after seeing Crash Kings and Paper Tongues and thinking, "wow, she has cool hair."

true story!!

anyways, cheaper. it doesn't specifically come in teal. but, she says the 'indigo blue' is pretty much the same thing. and i trust her!


so that's that.


also, today i was looking at my bank account online and saw a credit for $5 from somewhere i have no idea what it is. why would i have a $5 credit?!? not like, a credit card charge - but like, $5 EXTRA. like a deposit. but from where? i have no idea. are people supposed to be worried when they get MORE money in their bank accounts? i mean, if it was money being taken away, then yes. but more? $5 more? hm, i don't know.


ALSO - season 5 of Weeds is available to watch instantly on netflix!!!! so i watched a lot of weeds today. so good!!!!!! i was very excited about this.


SO TODAY (friday) I AM GOING TO VISIT MARIA!!!!! in Rhode Island!!!! the last time i was in Rhode Island was to see Crash Kings with Kara!! what a great state!!!! i'm so excited to see her apartment!!!! and get some good hang out time in. i haven't seen her since christmas.

PLUS - it's her birthday next week. even better because birthdays are the best.


i found this great video on youtube tonight of Crash Kings covering JET!!!! yes, it's true. i thought it was a big hoax when i read the description. but NO!!!

the video starts and they're playing some of 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' and then Tony says, "and they have that other song that goes...." and then he starts playing 'Look What You've Done.'

and then he talks for a few seconds about when JET came over to their parents house for dinner. he said that after ten bottles of wine and some whiskey, their house was not the same.

but! it reminded me of the time before i saw JET and i would try and sing their song to you in this blog. and it never really worked out because it's hard to sing in written form. but i'd be like, "and the other song i know goes like this!!!" and then i would 'sing' it for you.

anyways - it sounds better when Tony does it. much.like.everything.else.

:)


ok let's see. what else did i want to tell you real quick?

maybe that's all?

Ruby Tuesday is conveniently waiting in the kitchen for her second supper. every time i walk into the kitchen, she is waiting for me. and then starts to either meow or roll around on her back. aw she's so cute.

it's really nice to have her in the house with me. because if she weren't here, i think i'd go crazy. especially when it's empty like this.

OK!!! i think that's all.

do you have any awesome plans for the weekend?!?! tell me about them!!!

anyways, i'll be back here on saturday ready to tell you about all of our fun best friend adventures. AHI'MSOEXCITED!!!!

have a great day!! i'll talk to you later!!!


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::::CORRECTION::::

ok, so in the post below this one i wrote that 'Mountain Man' was number 8 on the Billboard Top Ten Alternative songs.

WELL, I WAS WRONG. and i just found this out via Twitter.

UM, IT'S NUMBER 2.

that's right. #2. on BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S TOP ALTERNATIVE RADIO SONGS.

and #17 on the Top Rock Songs!!!!!

um, i can't tell you how excited this makes me.

if Mountain Man reaches number 1 (or should i say, "when mountain man reaches number one") then we'll have a blog party.

we'll go on a HIKE!!! get it? Mountain Man? hike? YES. and now that the weather is warmer it will be perfect.

wow. i'm so excited for Crash Kings.

i had a Crash Kings dream last night. the dream was that were staying at my house in between shows and i tweeted, "@crashkings are staying at my house!" yes - i was on twitter even in my dream.

and they all slept in Kara's room. there were conveniently three beds in there.

oh, it was a great dream. but, no tequila involved. SEE! i can have nice dreams about Tony where we are not doing tequila shots. good to know.

ANYWAYS - i had to share that with you. OH I'M SO EXCITED for them!! they're going to be so super famous it's not even funny.


ok. hope you're having a great day so far. talk to you later!!


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burn to the end of seventeen

BURN TO THE END!

love it. 'Seventeen' by JET. that's the song where they have the audience sing part of it. ya know, cause i've seen JET three times now.

so, where did we leave off? OH YEAH - i was having a great day!!


SATURDAY:

I woke up and was very bored. already. after having been awake for 10 seconds.

here's the story about my job currently: we have no babies anymore. and no residents. ZERO. so, i still have a job. but, i'm not doing any work. it's a very strange and lonely time.

so, i had no plans for saturday. just to be alone and bored.

BUT THEN!!! around 3:30pm i was sitting at my computer and suddenly heard, 'It's Only Wednesday' start to play.

JULIE: Hey, alright! I love this song!

but then i realized that it wasn't playing through my computer - it was my phone ringing in the other room.

so, i got up and ran to my bedroom, just in time to miss the call. it was Emily! i listened to her voicemail and she said that her and David were skiing at Mt. Sunapee and they wanted to stop by for a quick visit!!!

i IMMEDIATELY called her back and after a few failed phone calls due to crappy cell phone service on I-89, we made a plan!!!! they would be here in 40ish minutes!!!!!!!

OH MAN - THE DAY GOT AWESOME.

seriously - from that moment on - i had GREAT SUPER EXCITING DAY.

so, Emily and David came!!! they got here around 4:20ish and stayed until 7:45ish or so. oh man - it was the best. and the fact that it was so unplanned made it even more fun.

we hung around and talked for a while. getting caught up with our lives. i hadn't seen them since David's birthday celebration in october. wow. that's a long time.

anyways - then we walked down to Salt Hill and got dinner. so good. so fun. then we walked back to the house and sadly, they had to be on their way back to Lowell.

sooomuchfun to see them. we collectively decided that Emily and I will buy around-the-world plane tickets and travel together while David stays at home, works and sends us money. i believe we also came up with a plan that we all live in a big house together and it will be like Jan Term forever.

:)

THEN, i was sad after they left. because i was alone again.

and i was walking through my kitchen when suddenly, i heard 'It's Only Wednesday' start to play AGAIN!!!!! i ran to the phone to see who was calling..... it was RYAN!!!! my awesome Crash Kings travel buddy!!!!

she was IN AUSTIN at SXSW calling from the CRASH KINGS SHOW!!!!!!! it had just ended and she wanted to tell me all about it. oh, it was awesome. and it made me SUPER EXCITED. like, so excited i can't even use words to describe.

oh. so. great. and it put me in the same constant excited mood that i was in for the whole Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend.

and i was excited the rest of the night.

THEN, on sunday i woke up and was still excited. and i decided i didn't want to be alone because i wanted others to share my excitement.

so, i drove home to maine!!! and was excited with my mom.

we hung out at home for a bit. then drove to the beach. Wells, Maine to see the place where kara will be working for the summer. Kara is going to be like, a super big shot baker at this place called Pine Tree.....Shop? Pine Tree Beach? The Pine Tree...Place? Pine Tree Place? Pine Tree Place Bakery and Gift Shop? something along those lines. right on Route 1. kind of across from the mini-golf course.

we walked around the gift shop. it was full of way-too-expensive-weathered-looking-things for your fancy beach house.

then we went and got shakes from McDonald's and drove over to Drake's Island. our fave beach. and drank yummy shakes and watched the ocean.

i had really been wanting to go to the beach for some reason. weird, because normally people have to drag me there or bribe me with something in order to get me to go to the beach. i guess that's more in the summertime when you actually have to get out of your car and go sit in the sand.

then we drove home.

then kara came home. we all hung out. my mom and i started watching Weeds, Season 5. i ended up watching the whole disc. so good! i can't believe how old Shane looks!

then went to bed around 3am.... i think.

woke up around 10.

went downstairs and watched Teen Cribs..... or something like that...... on MTV. it's not a show about pregnant teens, it's a show about really rich teens with super fancy houses. basically, it's disgusting.

then Kara and i spent most of the afternoon coming up with a layout for the bakery she will someday own. i came up with the name: Kara's Cupcakery and Crepery. um, best name ever, right? kara kept saying that she wanted to own a cupcake bakery. and so i said, "why not call it Kara's Cupcakery?" at first i think she thought it was a joke. but then realized i was serious. and then she said she also wanted to own a Crepe Bakery. and then i added the "and Crepery" to the title. i love it.

AND, downstairs from Kara's Cupcakery and Crepery will be a place called "The Donut Hole" which will be a donut shop BUT ALSO a hip music venue.

KARA: The Donut Hole downstairs, where bands can come and play!
JULIE: Like The Middle East downstairs?!?
KARA: EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

yeah. um, it's gonna be the best place ever. we planned out menus, color schemes and another section of The Donut Hole called 'Julie's Juicery,' which was modeled after the juice bar on the tv show JONAS. but, i'm not entirely sure that branch is happening.

and then, i left. headed back north to new hampshire. arrived home around....5ish? maybe. hung out for the rest of the night.

TUESDAY:

we had staff meeting.
and then i hung around for the rest of the night!

WEDNESDAY:

.......hung around for the whole day!!!


yep. oh, i also applied for a job at The Gap today. because i realized that, although it's been nice just totally hanging around for this strange, lonely time - i am not making any money. and now i have car payments on my car, which i am finally starting to feel comfortable driving.

IT'S TWO WEEKS OLD TODAY!!! aw. wow. they grow up so fast, don't they?!

my plan for thursday includes:

THURSDAY:
- maybe go get the car registered
- go to the post office (i'm getting 'Men Who Stare At Goats' and 'Broken Embraces.' very excited about both of those selections.)

OH. the Hollywood Video up here is going out of business. YES. i drove by the other night and there was a big 'STORE CLOSING' sign on it. i gasped in horror and somehow resisted the urge to turn in.

hm.

i might also streak my hair teal. for real this time. i know i've talked about doing it for like....four years. three years? no, i think four years. wait, actually it might be five years. i was in my second year in college when i first tried to streak my hair teal. without bleaching first. and it didn't work. i remember because Rachel helped me. and also, possibly Emily!

anyways. i might do it. why not? i'm not getting any younger. i've wanted to do it for so long. i posted it as my facebook and twitter status today and got LOTS of great feedback from people encouraging me to do it.

maybe i'll do it.

OHMYGOD. so, i go onto the website that i've looked at a million times for teal hair dye. Manic Panic. i've been to this site a whole bunch. almost bought teal hair dye a lot of times.

so, i go there JUST NOW and whose picture is on the very front page?!?!?!?!?!!?

JULIAN CASABLANCAS. he uses Manic Panic to dye his hair awesome colors. but remember he followed me all around the internet until i finally bought his cd on iTunes and now i love him???
YEAH. it was around Christmastime and like, every website i would go to, or every article i would read had some mention of Julian Casablancas.

and now he wants me to dye my hair. the Manic Panic website is the last place i expected to find him. but he's there. and i consider that a sign.

THIS IS THE COLOR i would get. Atomic Turquoise. ohhhhsoooopretty.

oh man i really want to do it. the question is: how many teal streaks should i put in? one? two? three? i need some feedback/support from you, friends. and maybe someone who can give me a really good reason not to do it.


remember how much i love hair wraps? yeah. i love hair wraps. they are so cool.


ooo that hair dye is $17. yikes. i didn't think it'd be that much.

anyways. i guess i'm still thinking about it. on a scale of 1 to 100% i'm at like, 75%.


and now for the part where i talk about Crash Kings:

SO, there is this awesome video that someone took of Tony performing at SXSW last week. OMG it's a totally hott video of him solo on the piano playing 'Non-Believer' which is a totally gorgeous song. gorgeous man, gorgeous song - why wouldn't you watch?!!

and if you don't want to watch the whole video - let it load, and watch from 2:00 to 2:30. that's only 30 seconds. surely you have 30 seconds to spare!!!!

OH MAN - the part at like, 2:20 makes my heart melt. like, for real. it gives me chills. yeah. WHOA. okay.

ALSO: i have a new favorite video on youtube and i would like you all to see it.

YES, it is a Crash Kings related video, but NO, there is no Crash Kings music. the video is only :23 seconds long. SURELY you have time for :23 seconds! it's entitled, "Hottie on the Keyboard" and it is brilliant. kind of self explanatory, but also not. which is why i encourage you to watch it. it makes me giggle every time.

AND IF YOU WANT TO WATCH CRASH KINGS TOTALLY KILL ON 'MOUNTAIN MAN,' then please do so here. :)

you might know that song because it's currently #8 on the Billboard Top 10 Alternative Radio Songs. YEP. and i'd like to take some responsibility for that. partly because i believe i have mentioned Crash Kings in pretty much every blog post since December. and partly because i am a Crash Queen. so,

Dear Crash Kings,

You're welcome.

Love,
Julie

:)

and that Mountain Man video is great because the CROWD GOES WILD. and Tony's smile at the end while the crowd is SCREAMING is amazing.

OH, BUT BE WARNED, Tony does shout a profanity during the song, so consider this video "not safe for work." or, "nsfw" as the kids say. also, not appropriate for young children. if there are any young children reading this. but please, i welcome young children to watch the "hottie on the keyboard" video. that one is fun for all ages.

ALRIGHT, friends. i think i've covered all that needs to be covered. and possibly more.

AND THIS WEEKEND - i'm going to the great state of RHODE ISLAND to visit my bestest friend MARIA. yessss!!!!!! she just moved there!!!! i am super excited. also because her birthday is next tuesday!!!!!!

how convenient that the day of Maria's birthday is the day that Crash Kings will be in COLORADO SPRINGS, which is the great city that Maria's brother DAVE lives in!!!!! wow. what a strange happening. perhaps it's a sign that Dave and Renee should buy tickets to see the show. JET and Crash Kings. i'd see it again 100 times. for sure.

OKAY. now, i believe that is all.

i hope you're having a wonderful day, morning, night - whenever you are reading this. currently in my time zone it's 12:52am.

my goal is to be in bed by 3am. my horoscope told me to get a good night's sleep tonight.

alright, take care. be well, friends. i'll talk to you again soon :)



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Episode 368: Julie Has A Great Day

I had a great day today. The boring, lonely day that I was anticipating turned out to be totally wonderful and exciting.

However, it's 3:42am right now and I'm going to bed. I will tell you all about it later, don't worry.

And I don't know why I'm suddenly referring to the blog posts as 'episodes,' but for some reason it makes it formal enough for me to use proper capitalization.

We'll see how long that lasts.

Hope you're having the great weekend that I'm having!!


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