oookkkkk i'm getting really fed up right now.
i'm at work. until 10pm.
i
don't
know
UGH. i need a vacation i think.
20 February 2010
18 February 2010
music therapy
THIS MOMENT that i'm in right now is a good moment. i'm sitting here, minutes before i have to go back to work, and i'm drinking a raspberry mocha latte and i'm listening to some of my favorite songs to help make my day not as bad.
and it's better.
all morning was full of stress and very difficult emotion, and i kept thinking, "if i can get through this, then i can go back and listen to (insert current favorite song here)."
and now i have to go back to work until 10pm and probably deal with much more difficult things that i don't really know how to handle.
but right now is good. and i wanted you to know that.
<3
and it's better.
all morning was full of stress and very difficult emotion, and i kept thinking, "if i can get through this, then i can go back and listen to (insert current favorite song here)."
and now i have to go back to work until 10pm and probably deal with much more difficult things that i don't really know how to handle.
but right now is good. and i wanted you to know that.
<3
what a night!
so. okay.
i am very tired. it's 3:06am. thursday morning. i have to be awake by at least 10am. yikes.
got back from the hospital not too long ago. false baby alarm. it was pretty stressful. i'm happy it was a false alarm.
we left the hospital around 12:30am. and i thought, "wow, i have to be back here in less than 12 hours!" another appointment. great.
i'm feeling kind of fed up right now. not like, a bad mood. but i don't know. something. just before we left for the hospital i was in the middle of writing a very frustrated email detailing about how i was feeling very annoyed and frustrated. and then the frustration just kept piling up.
it's very frustrating being with two teenagers at a hospital in the middle of the night. one of them 9 months pregnant. and then come back and have nobody to vent to.
oh, that's what you're here for. i know. but sometimes it's not the same. i kind of vented
OK, WOW. so, ONCE AGAIN, in the middle of me writing about how frustrated the night has been going, something else happens to make it even WORSE.
and now i don't even want to vent to anyone because i'm upset and tired. and don't know what to do.
i guess, i don't know.
wow. bad night at work. after nights and nights of uninterrupted quiet - it all happens tonight.
at least i can look over to the mountain and see my star.
ok. goodnight.
i am very tired. it's 3:06am. thursday morning. i have to be awake by at least 10am. yikes.
got back from the hospital not too long ago. false baby alarm. it was pretty stressful. i'm happy it was a false alarm.
we left the hospital around 12:30am. and i thought, "wow, i have to be back here in less than 12 hours!" another appointment. great.
i'm feeling kind of fed up right now. not like, a bad mood. but i don't know. something. just before we left for the hospital i was in the middle of writing a very frustrated email detailing about how i was feeling very annoyed and frustrated. and then the frustration just kept piling up.
it's very frustrating being with two teenagers at a hospital in the middle of the night. one of them 9 months pregnant. and then come back and have nobody to vent to.
oh, that's what you're here for. i know. but sometimes it's not the same. i kind of vented
OK, WOW. so, ONCE AGAIN, in the middle of me writing about how frustrated the night has been going, something else happens to make it even WORSE.
and now i don't even want to vent to anyone because i'm upset and tired. and don't know what to do.
i guess, i don't know.
wow. bad night at work. after nights and nights of uninterrupted quiet - it all happens tonight.
at least i can look over to the mountain and see my star.
ok. goodnight.
17 February 2010
"i'd like to say hello and welcome you good day that is my name."
we can even go and take a walk or something like that or something like that.
oh hi.
it's me here for some late afternoon blogging. it's 5:31pm. wednesday afternoon. i didn't blog yesterday, i don't think. did i? no, i don't think so.
i watched movies yesterday! two of them! oooo let me tell you about it!!!!
- watched 'UP.' not to be confused with the George Clooney movie 'Up in the Air.' this is 'Up' the Pixar movie. i am going to be honest - i had absolutely no idea what this movie was about when i put it in my Netflix queue. i still had absolutely no idea what it was about when i pressed 'play' on the dvd menu yesterday. i simply rented it because everyone said it was awesome and it's probably going to win Best Animated Feature over (the other George Clooney movie) Fantastic Mr. Fox.
so, i watched Up.
and wow, i really liked it! within the first like, 15 minutes, i was crying.
here's the basic plot: in order to avoid moving to a retirement community, an old man ties a billion balloons to his house and sets sail to South America to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming an adventurer, and also in remembrance of his wife, who has recently passed away.
i really liked it. i thought it was going to turn stupid and silly when the talking dogs arrived on the scene. but, i stuck with it, and still really liked it.
yeah, i really liked it. i gave it four stars. really great music by Michael Giacchino. wow, i got his last name spelling right on the first try. i'm hoping he wins the Academy Award for best score. anybody know if he's going to be the musical director for the show?!?! he has been for the past couple years, i believe.
and i remember talking this past summer about how awesome it would be if he won an Academy Award and walked up from the orchestra pit. aw! that'd be so fun!! i think i was talking about if he won for Star Trek, though. because i also really liked that score. and he also does the music for the show Lost. he's a good composer. also did Cloverfield, whose soundtrack featured 'West Coast' by Coconut Records.
anyways. 'Up' was very good. and it's the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture since..... Beauty and the Beast? which was the first.
i liked Beauty and the Beast better. there's really no animated film that can beat it.
that's true.
and, i did like Fantastic Mr. Fox better than Up. for the record. i think it was more beautiful. funnier. i mean, come on.
and frankly, i don't know if i think Up should be nominated in both categories. it's nominated for Best Animated Feature and for Best Picture.
i mean, the Best Animated category was introduced in 2001 to honor the animated films. so, when Beauty and the Beast was nominated, there wasn't even an animated category at all.
it seems that if an animated movie is worthy of being nominated for Best Picture, then it should not be nominated in the animated feature category.
but, i guess if it really is the best picture of the year, then it would make sense to be nominated in both.
same as like, if a foreign film was nominated for both Best Foreign Film and Best Picture.
but, that's why they have the foreign film category.
i guess they should become more specific about the Best Picture category. they should not be opening it up to become anyone's game. oh wait, they already have! ten nominees, don't forget.
OH THAT'S SUCH CRAP. i can't believe they're actually going through with it.
IF I BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES RIGHT NOW - i would do away with five of those movies. immediately. first order of business. i would sit in a private theater and watch all of them once through, and then watch all of them twice through, and then pick which are the five best.
- avatar
- the blind side
- district 9
- an education
- the hurt locker
- inglorious bastards
- precious
- a serious man
- up
- up in the air
i have no idea which i would keep.
probably Avatar. even though i haven't seen it. i mean, James Cameron totally invented the new cameras to make this movie. and he's been working on it for like, 10 years. ok, give him the nomination.
Up in the Air was good. but, i don't see why it's one of the Best Pictures. best sound nominee? yes. (which it isn't)
District 9? um, i don't know. i thought it was a lot better than i expected. and i thought it definitely had a great message of accepting people who are different than you. much like Beauty and the Beast.
i don't know.
i would probably have a new slot called "flashback nominee" which would feature a movie from past years that should have either been nominated, or should have won.
THE 2010 "FLASHBACK NOMINEE" FOR BEST PICTURE: Revolutionary Road.
and then i would rig the voting so Revolutionary Road would win.
yeah, that's what i would do. i would do like they did on Veronica Mars when they voted for class president or something. and Duncan won over that other girl because they mismatched the choices so you thought you were voting for that girl, when really you were voting for Duncan.
actually, i guess i'll have to come up with a different plan seeing as how i just explained it all to you.
i don't know. there weren't really any movies this year that i absolutely loved. i can't remember the last movie i rated five stars on Netflix. well, i just checked through my Netflix ratings. and the only new movie i saw in 2009 that i rated five stars was...... Fantastic Mr. Fox.
and there you have it.
even 17 Again only earned four stars. ZAC. i chose an animated George Clooney fox over real-life fox, Zac Efron. THAT'S how good Mr. Fox was.
maybe i'll ask the Oscar guy on Twitter what he thinks about the Best Animated category. if he thinks Mr. Fox can pull through. OOOOOOO I HOPE SO.
ok. this was not at all where i wanted this to go. i was just giving a movie review. and then got off topic.
if we stay off topic, i would like you to all know that i just added 'Darren Robinson' as my friend on facebook. he posted a thing on twitter that was like, "friend me on facebook if you want!" and i said, "okay, i want." so i did.
and, moving on...
the other movie i watched yesterday was
GRACE IS GONE. starring John Cusack. about a guy who's wife dies while in the Army over in Iraq and he can't find the way to tell his two daughters, so he takes them on a family roadtrip to an amusement park instead.
i thought it was alright. most of the movie they had John Cusack dressed like a serial killer, which really bothered me. and the two young girls were never wearing seatbelts in the car. that also really bothered me. why weren't they wearing seatbelts? and it was super obvious because they would change from the backseat to the frontseat and everything. i didn't like that.
the movie was okay. i gave it three stars.
what i'm really looking forward to is TOMORROW.
folks. i have big news. big, exciting news which i think might make my 2010 a lot better.
tomorrow, in the mail, i am getting disc one of season one, of....... THE O.C.
YES!!!! i am going to start watching The O.C. i only ever saw one episode while it was actually on television. and i really didn't care to watch it. but now i am older and wiser and i feel a tv show like The O.C. will fit perfectly into my life.
i am really, really, freaking excited.
BUT. i don't think i'll be able to make it to the post office tomorrow, which REALLY bums me out. i'll probably have to wait until friday.
i am working tomorrow at 11am, i think. and then probably (but maybe not...) straight through until 10pm. if i can find a free minute before 3:30 to make it to the post office - I WILL. but, i'm kind of not counting on it. bummer.
but i'm really excited. and i mailed back two movies today, which means that if i wake up and go to the post office on saturday morning - i could have a whole weekend of The O.C. a head of me.
and even better: i think there is someone named Julie on the show.
even better tv show news: i learned via @joejonas twitter that season 2 of JONAS started filming this week!!!!!!! oooohhhhhh boy i am so excited about this too.
ok, moving on.
i learned today that the hott drummer from Paper Tongues is named Jordan. i like that. i actually learned all of their names. ready? let's see if i can do it:
ASWAN = lead singer
JORDAN = hott drummer
DANNY = bass
CODY = keys
CLAYTON = keys
CRAP. i'm missing two of them. ooooo julie you can do this. ok, focus, focus..... there's another one that starts with a D....
DEVIN = guitar
and i think there's another J one.................. ah!!!
JOEY = guitar
YES!!!! i think i did it. shall we check?
YES!!! i got them all right. phew. and none of those guys are brothers. they are just bff.
i don't know why it's so hard for me to find out people's names in bands. it took me two months to figure out the names of the guys in Tally Hall and figure out who played what.
it even took me a really long time to figure out all of Rooney. all i knew were Robert and Taylor. for like, years.
anyways.
i started following Rob Cantor of Tally Hall on twitter yesterday and he posted some pictures of the tour with Rooney and Crash Kings, and one picture was called, "Jason Schwartzman playing drums for Rooney" and i immediately clicked on the link, and sure enough, it was Jason Schwartzman playing drums for Rooney. ON THE TOUR.
WWHHYYY couldn't that have happened in Boston?!?!
i also started following Joe from Tally Hall on twitter and his twitter is the best. it's a "dream/nightmare blog" where he tweets about either his dream or nightmare from the previous night. it's really funny.
hm. what else.
Ruby Tuesday ate a whole slice of turkey breast today. i bought some at the store because i wanted a sandwich. and she ate a whole slice that i gave to her in pieces. well, okay, i had a little piece too. but, she probably ate 3/4 of it. and then she fell asleep. and then i went to go make the sandwich and she immediately came running into the kitchen because she smelled the turkey. so, i gave her a piece of cheese instead. and she sniffed it on the ground and then looked up to me with sleepy eyes. she was like, "yeah, i know this isn't turkey."
it was sweet.
and then i made a sandwich and watched the season finale of Heroes. it was good, i guess. not really climatic. mainly because i didn't really understand why Samuel was the bad guy until very recently. he just didn't seem that bad. but yet everyone was fearing him and saying how bad he was. and i was just like, "but he's irish and hott....." i just didn't see it. but then i guess he really was bad.
and Sylar turned good? i don't know. i don't really know what Heroes is about anymore. kind of like Lost. but i still really enjoy Heroes anyways, whereas i struggled to get through one episode of Lost a few weeks ago.
ok. what else.
i've been sleeping a lot lately. like, 10 hours the past two nights. i think my week of getting up early has caught up to me.
uugghh i have to go to work in two hours.
i might paint my nails coral. like, bright coral. in honor of my birthday week. which starts tomorrow and goes until the end of the month.
one week from tomorrow is my birthday! i am going to be 24 years old. OLD.
here's what my horoscope for today said:
Like a compass, you know where your true north is. You know your purpose here.
that was my "shortened horoscope." but i read that and thought,
1. OMG COMPASS!!!!! i really need to get that tattoo....
2. when am i going to find out these things?
where is my true north? what is my purpose here? beats me. maybe it will come to me in a dream tonight. ooooo now there's pressure for me to have an epiphanic dream.
did i just make up that word? the adjective of 'epiphany?' is that right? hold on.
i think that's right. or, should i have said, "now there's pressure for me to have an epiphanous dream." ?? i don't know.
i've had a few awesome people ask me where i find my totes brillz horoscopes. and i find them, HERE:
totes brillz horoscopes.
on Yahoo. i think they have a really good astrology section. and make sure to read your Chinese Astrology too. that one is usually really good. (i am a tiger. and this is MY year.)
it's funny. because, this is also the year where Jupiter is moving through Pisces for most of the year, which is supposed to bring me happiness and optimism. and, this is also the year of the Tiger, which is supposed to make everything awesome for me as well.
i guess i'm not really feeling any of that good stuff yet.
and now i'm one year older.
let's stop talking about this.
if you've ever been to visit me here in Lebanon, NH, you might know that we have a total sketch movie theater on "Miracle Mile," on which there really is nothing miraculous.
this is the movie theater where the heat was broken in like, half the theaters for pretty much the whole month of December. and they tiny space heaters in the front of the auditoriums. it was lame.
this is also the theater that is in dire need of some new letters for their marquee out front. today, i drove by and looked at what was playing. i said to myself, "what is that movie 'Hunter' about?' i thought and thought. "it sounds like a movie possibly starring either Gerard Butler or Mark Wahlberg."
and then, i was almost home and i realized, it did not say, 'Hunter,' it said, 'Avatar.' THAT'S how bad their movie lettering is. let me try and recreate how the sign looked:
HVnTRR
no, this is not a joke. it looked pretty much like that, except the first R was backwards, which i cannot do on my laptop keys, i don't think.
they must have been completely out of letter A's, because they used an H, a lowercase n, and an R to try and get the look of an A.
i came home and immediately started trying to find a place to buy them a set of sign letters. it looks like i would need some information from them. like, what type of lettering they use. slide letters or snap letters. it looks like a set of letters runs from about $70-$90.
if i had an extra $100 to give away, i would probably buy them a set of letters. as a donation. because they are in dire need of it. and maybe someday soon, i will buy them those letters. if i wasn't trying to save up for a plane ticket to British Columbia, then i probably would.
oh, and student loans, too. oh, and there's car insurance. and my subscription to Entertainment Weekly which i just renewed.
HEY! here's something FREE that will brighten your mind and your day and heck, probably your whole WEEK!!!!!!
http://whoisthecalifornian.com/
remember when i was super promoting that show in Silverlake, California by the band The Californian? Darren's new band.
WELL. they are about to release their EP sometime not soon enough, and TODAY they released a track fully mixed and fully mastered. and it just so happens to be my favorite song of theirs that i've heard via their myspace.
SPIN ROUND. oh, this song is so good. i'm just about to start listening to it for the third time in a row. it's so great.
and next week, they're playing their second show at On the Rox, which i think is either above or below The Roxy. probably above since it's "on the rox." i'll fully promote that one when the time comes.
but for now! please go listen to that song. that one song. it's like, 3 minutes 38 seconds of your time.
just go to that link, and under the first blog post at the top of the page, there is a little silver bar with a "play" button on it. press that button. and prepare yourself for awesome.
i'll give you some time to prepare.
(....................................................)
okGO.
speaking of OKGO, has anyone else heard their most recent record? i hear it's total and complete amazingness. is this true? i've never really listened to them much. except for some of their songs. and that one time i saw them in concert. but, i will listen to this new record if it's that's awesome. which i hear it is.
ok. i think that's all. it's currently 7:19pm. i've pretty much been blogging straight through. except for those few times where i needed to go look things up online.
1. check the names of the paper tongues guys.
2. epiphanic
3. best picture info
alright, friends. i hope you are having lovely wednesdays. i'm having an alright one, i suppose. i think i'm going to go take a bath right now.
it's been kind of lame because the water temperature here can only be so hot because of the daycare regulations. which means that MY hot water can only be so hot. which means that sometimes it's not as hot as i would like it to be. which isn't very satisfying.
oh well.
there, i have at least written 3 minutes and 38 seconds of more blog so there's really no excuse for not going to that website and listening to Spin Round. it's so good, i promise. if you don't like the song, then leave me a comment saying, "ya know what, i didn't really like that song." and leave your name, and i will write an apologetic blog to you.
and i will follow through on that promise so that when i am running for office they can look back and say, "wow, she does follow through on her promises!"
AH HA!!!! my purpose in life!!!!!! maybe my true north is pointing to WASHINGTON, DC!!!!!
ugh i just had to kill a spider on my wall.
ok. i'm on my fifth time in a row listening to that song. maybe i'll change it to the National Anthem. then everyone would have to listen to it and have to learn all the words. great publicity, eh? who says there can only be one National Anthem? not me. i never said that.
we could turn it into a reality show! let the people choose the national anthem!! it is their song, after all. (but, i would really get the ultimate say.) or, i could just take a tip from, cough myself cough and rig the voting!!!!
i like that. i am going to like it when i am president. i think you will like it too. i guess i better stop talking about rigging the voting system, though. that will probably backfire.
anyways.
now i'm going to go. and now there's definitely been enough time for you to go listen to that song.
ok! love you. have a great evening. i'll talk to you again soon.
spin round three more times
open your eyes, tell me what you see.
everything you want looks just like everything you need.
<3
oh hi.
it's me here for some late afternoon blogging. it's 5:31pm. wednesday afternoon. i didn't blog yesterday, i don't think. did i? no, i don't think so.
i watched movies yesterday! two of them! oooo let me tell you about it!!!!
- watched 'UP.' not to be confused with the George Clooney movie 'Up in the Air.' this is 'Up' the Pixar movie. i am going to be honest - i had absolutely no idea what this movie was about when i put it in my Netflix queue. i still had absolutely no idea what it was about when i pressed 'play' on the dvd menu yesterday. i simply rented it because everyone said it was awesome and it's probably going to win Best Animated Feature over (the other George Clooney movie) Fantastic Mr. Fox.
so, i watched Up.
and wow, i really liked it! within the first like, 15 minutes, i was crying.
here's the basic plot: in order to avoid moving to a retirement community, an old man ties a billion balloons to his house and sets sail to South America to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming an adventurer, and also in remembrance of his wife, who has recently passed away.
i really liked it. i thought it was going to turn stupid and silly when the talking dogs arrived on the scene. but, i stuck with it, and still really liked it.
yeah, i really liked it. i gave it four stars. really great music by Michael Giacchino. wow, i got his last name spelling right on the first try. i'm hoping he wins the Academy Award for best score. anybody know if he's going to be the musical director for the show?!?! he has been for the past couple years, i believe.
and i remember talking this past summer about how awesome it would be if he won an Academy Award and walked up from the orchestra pit. aw! that'd be so fun!! i think i was talking about if he won for Star Trek, though. because i also really liked that score. and he also does the music for the show Lost. he's a good composer. also did Cloverfield, whose soundtrack featured 'West Coast' by Coconut Records.
anyways. 'Up' was very good. and it's the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture since..... Beauty and the Beast? which was the first.
i liked Beauty and the Beast better. there's really no animated film that can beat it.
that's true.
and, i did like Fantastic Mr. Fox better than Up. for the record. i think it was more beautiful. funnier. i mean, come on.
and frankly, i don't know if i think Up should be nominated in both categories. it's nominated for Best Animated Feature and for Best Picture.
i mean, the Best Animated category was introduced in 2001 to honor the animated films. so, when Beauty and the Beast was nominated, there wasn't even an animated category at all.
it seems that if an animated movie is worthy of being nominated for Best Picture, then it should not be nominated in the animated feature category.
but, i guess if it really is the best picture of the year, then it would make sense to be nominated in both.
same as like, if a foreign film was nominated for both Best Foreign Film and Best Picture.
but, that's why they have the foreign film category.
i guess they should become more specific about the Best Picture category. they should not be opening it up to become anyone's game. oh wait, they already have! ten nominees, don't forget.
OH THAT'S SUCH CRAP. i can't believe they're actually going through with it.
IF I BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES RIGHT NOW - i would do away with five of those movies. immediately. first order of business. i would sit in a private theater and watch all of them once through, and then watch all of them twice through, and then pick which are the five best.
- avatar
- the blind side
- district 9
- an education
- the hurt locker
- inglorious bastards
- precious
- a serious man
- up
- up in the air
i have no idea which i would keep.
probably Avatar. even though i haven't seen it. i mean, James Cameron totally invented the new cameras to make this movie. and he's been working on it for like, 10 years. ok, give him the nomination.
Up in the Air was good. but, i don't see why it's one of the Best Pictures. best sound nominee? yes. (which it isn't)
District 9? um, i don't know. i thought it was a lot better than i expected. and i thought it definitely had a great message of accepting people who are different than you. much like Beauty and the Beast.
i don't know.
i would probably have a new slot called "flashback nominee" which would feature a movie from past years that should have either been nominated, or should have won.
THE 2010 "FLASHBACK NOMINEE" FOR BEST PICTURE: Revolutionary Road.
and then i would rig the voting so Revolutionary Road would win.
yeah, that's what i would do. i would do like they did on Veronica Mars when they voted for class president or something. and Duncan won over that other girl because they mismatched the choices so you thought you were voting for that girl, when really you were voting for Duncan.
actually, i guess i'll have to come up with a different plan seeing as how i just explained it all to you.
i don't know. there weren't really any movies this year that i absolutely loved. i can't remember the last movie i rated five stars on Netflix. well, i just checked through my Netflix ratings. and the only new movie i saw in 2009 that i rated five stars was...... Fantastic Mr. Fox.
and there you have it.
even 17 Again only earned four stars. ZAC. i chose an animated George Clooney fox over real-life fox, Zac Efron. THAT'S how good Mr. Fox was.
maybe i'll ask the Oscar guy on Twitter what he thinks about the Best Animated category. if he thinks Mr. Fox can pull through. OOOOOOO I HOPE SO.
ok. this was not at all where i wanted this to go. i was just giving a movie review. and then got off topic.
if we stay off topic, i would like you to all know that i just added 'Darren Robinson' as my friend on facebook. he posted a thing on twitter that was like, "friend me on facebook if you want!" and i said, "okay, i want." so i did.
and, moving on...
the other movie i watched yesterday was
GRACE IS GONE. starring John Cusack. about a guy who's wife dies while in the Army over in Iraq and he can't find the way to tell his two daughters, so he takes them on a family roadtrip to an amusement park instead.
i thought it was alright. most of the movie they had John Cusack dressed like a serial killer, which really bothered me. and the two young girls were never wearing seatbelts in the car. that also really bothered me. why weren't they wearing seatbelts? and it was super obvious because they would change from the backseat to the frontseat and everything. i didn't like that.
the movie was okay. i gave it three stars.
what i'm really looking forward to is TOMORROW.
folks. i have big news. big, exciting news which i think might make my 2010 a lot better.
tomorrow, in the mail, i am getting disc one of season one, of....... THE O.C.
YES!!!! i am going to start watching The O.C. i only ever saw one episode while it was actually on television. and i really didn't care to watch it. but now i am older and wiser and i feel a tv show like The O.C. will fit perfectly into my life.
i am really, really, freaking excited.
BUT. i don't think i'll be able to make it to the post office tomorrow, which REALLY bums me out. i'll probably have to wait until friday.
i am working tomorrow at 11am, i think. and then probably (but maybe not...) straight through until 10pm. if i can find a free minute before 3:30 to make it to the post office - I WILL. but, i'm kind of not counting on it. bummer.
but i'm really excited. and i mailed back two movies today, which means that if i wake up and go to the post office on saturday morning - i could have a whole weekend of The O.C. a head of me.
and even better: i think there is someone named Julie on the show.
even better tv show news: i learned via @joejonas twitter that season 2 of JONAS started filming this week!!!!!!! oooohhhhhh boy i am so excited about this too.
ok, moving on.
i learned today that the hott drummer from Paper Tongues is named Jordan. i like that. i actually learned all of their names. ready? let's see if i can do it:
ASWAN = lead singer
JORDAN = hott drummer
DANNY = bass
CODY = keys
CLAYTON = keys
CRAP. i'm missing two of them. ooooo julie you can do this. ok, focus, focus..... there's another one that starts with a D....
DEVIN = guitar
and i think there's another J one.................. ah!!!
JOEY = guitar
YES!!!! i think i did it. shall we check?
YES!!! i got them all right. phew. and none of those guys are brothers. they are just bff.
i don't know why it's so hard for me to find out people's names in bands. it took me two months to figure out the names of the guys in Tally Hall and figure out who played what.
it even took me a really long time to figure out all of Rooney. all i knew were Robert and Taylor. for like, years.
anyways.
i started following Rob Cantor of Tally Hall on twitter yesterday and he posted some pictures of the tour with Rooney and Crash Kings, and one picture was called, "Jason Schwartzman playing drums for Rooney" and i immediately clicked on the link, and sure enough, it was Jason Schwartzman playing drums for Rooney. ON THE TOUR.
WWHHYYY couldn't that have happened in Boston?!?!
i also started following Joe from Tally Hall on twitter and his twitter is the best. it's a "dream/nightmare blog" where he tweets about either his dream or nightmare from the previous night. it's really funny.
hm. what else.
Ruby Tuesday ate a whole slice of turkey breast today. i bought some at the store because i wanted a sandwich. and she ate a whole slice that i gave to her in pieces. well, okay, i had a little piece too. but, she probably ate 3/4 of it. and then she fell asleep. and then i went to go make the sandwich and she immediately came running into the kitchen because she smelled the turkey. so, i gave her a piece of cheese instead. and she sniffed it on the ground and then looked up to me with sleepy eyes. she was like, "yeah, i know this isn't turkey."
it was sweet.
and then i made a sandwich and watched the season finale of Heroes. it was good, i guess. not really climatic. mainly because i didn't really understand why Samuel was the bad guy until very recently. he just didn't seem that bad. but yet everyone was fearing him and saying how bad he was. and i was just like, "but he's irish and hott....." i just didn't see it. but then i guess he really was bad.
and Sylar turned good? i don't know. i don't really know what Heroes is about anymore. kind of like Lost. but i still really enjoy Heroes anyways, whereas i struggled to get through one episode of Lost a few weeks ago.
ok. what else.
i've been sleeping a lot lately. like, 10 hours the past two nights. i think my week of getting up early has caught up to me.
uugghh i have to go to work in two hours.
i might paint my nails coral. like, bright coral. in honor of my birthday week. which starts tomorrow and goes until the end of the month.
one week from tomorrow is my birthday! i am going to be 24 years old. OLD.
here's what my horoscope for today said:
Like a compass, you know where your true north is. You know your purpose here.
that was my "shortened horoscope." but i read that and thought,
1. OMG COMPASS!!!!! i really need to get that tattoo....
2. when am i going to find out these things?
where is my true north? what is my purpose here? beats me. maybe it will come to me in a dream tonight. ooooo now there's pressure for me to have an epiphanic dream.
did i just make up that word? the adjective of 'epiphany?' is that right? hold on.
i think that's right. or, should i have said, "now there's pressure for me to have an epiphanous dream." ?? i don't know.
i've had a few awesome people ask me where i find my totes brillz horoscopes. and i find them, HERE:
totes brillz horoscopes.
on Yahoo. i think they have a really good astrology section. and make sure to read your Chinese Astrology too. that one is usually really good. (i am a tiger. and this is MY year.)
it's funny. because, this is also the year where Jupiter is moving through Pisces for most of the year, which is supposed to bring me happiness and optimism. and, this is also the year of the Tiger, which is supposed to make everything awesome for me as well.
i guess i'm not really feeling any of that good stuff yet.
and now i'm one year older.
let's stop talking about this.
if you've ever been to visit me here in Lebanon, NH, you might know that we have a total sketch movie theater on "Miracle Mile," on which there really is nothing miraculous.
this is the movie theater where the heat was broken in like, half the theaters for pretty much the whole month of December. and they tiny space heaters in the front of the auditoriums. it was lame.
this is also the theater that is in dire need of some new letters for their marquee out front. today, i drove by and looked at what was playing. i said to myself, "what is that movie 'Hunter' about?' i thought and thought. "it sounds like a movie possibly starring either Gerard Butler or Mark Wahlberg."
and then, i was almost home and i realized, it did not say, 'Hunter,' it said, 'Avatar.' THAT'S how bad their movie lettering is. let me try and recreate how the sign looked:
HVnTRR
no, this is not a joke. it looked pretty much like that, except the first R was backwards, which i cannot do on my laptop keys, i don't think.
they must have been completely out of letter A's, because they used an H, a lowercase n, and an R to try and get the look of an A.
i came home and immediately started trying to find a place to buy them a set of sign letters. it looks like i would need some information from them. like, what type of lettering they use. slide letters or snap letters. it looks like a set of letters runs from about $70-$90.
if i had an extra $100 to give away, i would probably buy them a set of letters. as a donation. because they are in dire need of it. and maybe someday soon, i will buy them those letters. if i wasn't trying to save up for a plane ticket to British Columbia, then i probably would.
oh, and student loans, too. oh, and there's car insurance. and my subscription to Entertainment Weekly which i just renewed.
HEY! here's something FREE that will brighten your mind and your day and heck, probably your whole WEEK!!!!!!
http://whoisthecalifornian.com/
remember when i was super promoting that show in Silverlake, California by the band The Californian? Darren's new band.
WELL. they are about to release their EP sometime not soon enough, and TODAY they released a track fully mixed and fully mastered. and it just so happens to be my favorite song of theirs that i've heard via their myspace.
SPIN ROUND. oh, this song is so good. i'm just about to start listening to it for the third time in a row. it's so great.
and next week, they're playing their second show at On the Rox, which i think is either above or below The Roxy. probably above since it's "on the rox." i'll fully promote that one when the time comes.
but for now! please go listen to that song. that one song. it's like, 3 minutes 38 seconds of your time.
just go to that link, and under the first blog post at the top of the page, there is a little silver bar with a "play" button on it. press that button. and prepare yourself for awesome.
i'll give you some time to prepare.
(....................................................)
okGO.
speaking of OKGO, has anyone else heard their most recent record? i hear it's total and complete amazingness. is this true? i've never really listened to them much. except for some of their songs. and that one time i saw them in concert. but, i will listen to this new record if it's that's awesome. which i hear it is.
ok. i think that's all. it's currently 7:19pm. i've pretty much been blogging straight through. except for those few times where i needed to go look things up online.
1. check the names of the paper tongues guys.
2. epiphanic
3. best picture info
alright, friends. i hope you are having lovely wednesdays. i'm having an alright one, i suppose. i think i'm going to go take a bath right now.
it's been kind of lame because the water temperature here can only be so hot because of the daycare regulations. which means that MY hot water can only be so hot. which means that sometimes it's not as hot as i would like it to be. which isn't very satisfying.
oh well.
there, i have at least written 3 minutes and 38 seconds of more blog so there's really no excuse for not going to that website and listening to Spin Round. it's so good, i promise. if you don't like the song, then leave me a comment saying, "ya know what, i didn't really like that song." and leave your name, and i will write an apologetic blog to you.
and i will follow through on that promise so that when i am running for office they can look back and say, "wow, she does follow through on her promises!"
AH HA!!!! my purpose in life!!!!!! maybe my true north is pointing to WASHINGTON, DC!!!!!
ugh i just had to kill a spider on my wall.
ok. i'm on my fifth time in a row listening to that song. maybe i'll change it to the National Anthem. then everyone would have to listen to it and have to learn all the words. great publicity, eh? who says there can only be one National Anthem? not me. i never said that.
we could turn it into a reality show! let the people choose the national anthem!! it is their song, after all. (but, i would really get the ultimate say.) or, i could just take a tip from, cough myself cough and rig the voting!!!!
i like that. i am going to like it when i am president. i think you will like it too. i guess i better stop talking about rigging the voting system, though. that will probably backfire.
anyways.
now i'm going to go. and now there's definitely been enough time for you to go listen to that song.
ok! love you. have a great evening. i'll talk to you again soon.
spin round three more times
open your eyes, tell me what you see.
everything you want looks just like everything you need.
<3
15 February 2010
"i was airborn for more than five minutes. that's how i got the nickname 'Ross.'"
it's 9:35pm and i wanted to give you an update on my evening since i last talked to you. just so you're not on the edge of your seat wondering what went on in my life.
- i came home from work at 6:30pm
- ate some more homemade pad thai which i actually really enjoy and so does Ruby
- watched some Tally Hall Internet Show (T.H.I.S.) videos. i think i watched like, 4 of them. that's 40 minutes. my favorite one was the one where Zubin dies and his dying wish is for Joe, Rob and Andrew to kill Ross. but nobody knows why. so then they made a plan to kill Ross after deciding that it's the right thing to do. and then Ross is like, "wait, don't i get a dying wish?" and then nobody knows what to do... it was very funny. and i'm still in love with Joe. what a cutie.
- then i hung out some more on the internet
- and before i knew it, it was time for me to go back to work!
i don't know what i'm going to do now. possibly more T.H.I.S. why not?
oh! i know what else i did tonight. i wrote out those checks to the City of Lebanon to register my car. i included a "thank you!" note inside. i don't know why. i guess i figured that if i were actually going in to register the car, i would thank them for helping me. so, i thought since i am doing it by mail, i would include a note. i think it was the right thing to do.
i also filled out a survey for Geico. i recently signed up for their car insurance. and then they sent me a survey. they included a prepaid envelope to send it back in, so i thought, "eh, why not?"
and i made a pile of things to mail tomorrow. and then i have to go to the bank. and that's it! no plans.
OH! actually, i may be doing some belly casts tomorrow. but i'm not sure. i have to email the other Julie. don't let me forget.
i think i'll be able to go to bed early tonight. i'm pretty tired. at 8pm i thought about taking a nap for 45 minutes. but then i thought, "eh, with my faulty alarm phone i better not."
apparently we might get 3-7 inches of snow tomorrow. that'd be weird. we have pretty much no snow at all.
hey!! this weekend my mom and i could see people skiing down the mountain behind my house!!!!! it was awesome! when my dad was up we also saw people skiing down, but not from my house. we could actually see them! it was really cool.
it's a really pretty ski slope on saturday nights. because the whole mountain is all lit up with lights on the side, and then the big star at the top. it's so pretty!
i promise one of these days i'll get a good picture of the star. it's hard because i would just walk and do it, but i don't want to be a creeper taking pictures in front of people's houses. and i would go later, but then i have to work.
oh! i have more good news. there is a house in my neighborhood that leaves their porch light on all the time. there is someone there who returns from something around like, 2am. so the light is on for them. and just this past weekend, they switched to an energy saver light bulb! you can tell! i was very excited to see this.
hmmmmm. alright. i think maybe that's all.
my birthday is in 10 days.
ok. that's all for real.
Happy Future President's Day to me, a future president of the united states of america.
have a great ruby tuesday.
<3
- i came home from work at 6:30pm
- ate some more homemade pad thai which i actually really enjoy and so does Ruby
- watched some Tally Hall Internet Show (T.H.I.S.) videos. i think i watched like, 4 of them. that's 40 minutes. my favorite one was the one where Zubin dies and his dying wish is for Joe, Rob and Andrew to kill Ross. but nobody knows why. so then they made a plan to kill Ross after deciding that it's the right thing to do. and then Ross is like, "wait, don't i get a dying wish?" and then nobody knows what to do... it was very funny. and i'm still in love with Joe. what a cutie.
- then i hung out some more on the internet
- and before i knew it, it was time for me to go back to work!
i don't know what i'm going to do now. possibly more T.H.I.S. why not?
oh! i know what else i did tonight. i wrote out those checks to the City of Lebanon to register my car. i included a "thank you!" note inside. i don't know why. i guess i figured that if i were actually going in to register the car, i would thank them for helping me. so, i thought since i am doing it by mail, i would include a note. i think it was the right thing to do.
i also filled out a survey for Geico. i recently signed up for their car insurance. and then they sent me a survey. they included a prepaid envelope to send it back in, so i thought, "eh, why not?"
and i made a pile of things to mail tomorrow. and then i have to go to the bank. and that's it! no plans.
OH! actually, i may be doing some belly casts tomorrow. but i'm not sure. i have to email the other Julie. don't let me forget.
i think i'll be able to go to bed early tonight. i'm pretty tired. at 8pm i thought about taking a nap for 45 minutes. but then i thought, "eh, with my faulty alarm phone i better not."
apparently we might get 3-7 inches of snow tomorrow. that'd be weird. we have pretty much no snow at all.
hey!! this weekend my mom and i could see people skiing down the mountain behind my house!!!!! it was awesome! when my dad was up we also saw people skiing down, but not from my house. we could actually see them! it was really cool.
it's a really pretty ski slope on saturday nights. because the whole mountain is all lit up with lights on the side, and then the big star at the top. it's so pretty!
i promise one of these days i'll get a good picture of the star. it's hard because i would just walk and do it, but i don't want to be a creeper taking pictures in front of people's houses. and i would go later, but then i have to work.
oh! i have more good news. there is a house in my neighborhood that leaves their porch light on all the time. there is someone there who returns from something around like, 2am. so the light is on for them. and just this past weekend, they switched to an energy saver light bulb! you can tell! i was very excited to see this.
hmmmmm. alright. i think maybe that's all.
my birthday is in 10 days.
ok. that's all for real.
Happy Future President's Day to me, a future president of the united states of america.
have a great ruby tuesday.
<3
to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die
hiya.
have a good weekend? have a good valentine's day? i sure hope so.
friday night i was at work from 3pm to 10pm. didn't really do much of anything except make people mad at me. oh, and i did some knitting too.
came home. ate supper. i think i might have watched a movie. or, maybe not. i actually can't remember.
i watched this movie recently called Spread. starring Ashton Kutcher. now, i really like Ashton. i think he's a good guy and a good actor. and i kept seeing this movie, Spread, advertised everywhere. and every time i saw the cover of the movie, i thought it was a picture of Ashton holding a long, silver knife.
but, i didn't really take the time to look at it. and then one day i did. and saw that he was in fact, holding a scarf. and i thought, "oh, i guess he's not holding a knife. maybe i want to see that movie."
and then i read about it and decided that yeah, i think i would like it. about Ashton, who's essentially like a male slut. he doesn't have a home or a car or anything. just hooks up with these rich women to get them to buy him stuff and he lives in their houses, etc. but then of course, he meets the woman who he really loves and he can't have her. blah blah. yeah, it was pretty predictable.
overall, there were some funny moments. but it was mostly sad. especially in the end. but it's always nice to look at Ashton. so, it was an alright movie.
Saturday my mom came! she arrived just before noontime. i made coffeecake! it turned out really good. i was happy. Ruby Tuesday enjoyed some cinnamon and brown sugar.
we hung around the house for a bit. chatting and whatnot. Ruby was happy to see her.
now, ever since i have moved up here my mom has constantly been talking about going to visit the King Arthur Flour place which is in Norwich, Vermont. it's i guess where they make the King Arthur Flour brand. which is supposed to be the best flour ever, or something.
which i don't really understand because how could one flour be better than another? is there that much wiggle room in the 'flour making process?' i don't know. i was hoping for some information on this, but we found none.
we went to the big store though and looked at all the really, really expensive King Arthur products. baking essentials. cooking essentials. tools. aprons. napkins. spices. mixes. EVERYTHING. and everything was soooo expensive.
and the place was packed!!!! who goes there? i don't know. i was pretty confused. i asked my mom,
JULIE: Who do you think these people are? Are they local? Did they come from far away?
MOM: They're probably all bakers who come here to get their ingredients.
sure enough, we saw an SUV from New York loading up on huge bags of what appeared to be flour or something.
i was still confused. can normal people afford all this expensive fanciness?
i don't know. i suppose it was fun looking at all those things. but actually, i dislike kitchen stores. pretty much all the time. but, it was fun being with my mom. and pretending that maybe i was a good baker.
you know what? i AM a good baker. i am a good cook too. i just don't really like doing either of those things. but i like cooking better.
anyways.
after that, we decided we were hungry. so, after driving around for a while, decided to go to Jesse's, which is in Hanover. it's like a rustic place. everyone was always talking about how great this place is. Courtney especially.
so, we tried it! and it was very good! we had the salad bar, which is something they are well-known for, i think. very good! clam chowder which Courtney recommended! very good! and we got a tomato basil flatbread! very very good!!!! and i had some flatbread leftovers the next day and i think it was even better than the first day! it was pretty packed in there with people celebrating Valentine's Day.
everybody was ordering fancy things. like steak.
after that, we went to Kohl's because my mom had a 30% off thing. we pretty much just looked around. we were both feeling extremely full from dinner. she bought some things, though.
then we had to run into the grocery store. and then we went back home!
a nice night.
we relaxed for a while with Ruby, who was happy that we had returned. and then watched Love and Other Disasters. one of the greats. starring Brittany Murphy. i just really enjoy that movie. i love her clothes and i love her hair. and i love that every sunday she has brunch with her friends. and her best friend Peter who she lives with reminds me so much of myself.
then i had to start work at 10pm. it was a quiet night.
then we finished the movie, had tea and some cookies. talked for a while, and then went to bed.
all of us, including Ruby Tuesday, slept very late on sunday. then we got up, had some leftover coffee cake and made some scrambled eggs.
we basically just hung around all afternoon sunday talking and looking at various things online. it was really fun.
then she left around 4pm. i took this time to be sad. clean up a bit, but not really.
then decided that i wanted to go to the grocery store. and i bought things to make pad thai. things such as rice noodles and special pad thai sauce. i looked EVERYWHERE for frozen shrimp but i couldn't find it for the life of me. i walked through EVERY frozen aisle in the place. like, four times.
all this time i am thinking, "i can't wait until i am president and grocery stores will be ALPHABETIZED." i couldn't even find like, fish sticks. any kind of frozen fish was nowhere to be found. where was it? why wasn't it in the frozen food section? i have no idea.
yes, i could have asked somebody. but i didn't really feel like talking to anyone on Valentine's Day.
then i came home and took a bath. Ruby took a nap first on the cabinets and then moved to my bed.
after my bath i went to work. came back upstairs and said,
JULIE: Holy crap I never made my annual Valentine's Day iTunes playlist!!!!!
this is unbelievable. every year i make a new Valentine's playlist. and this year i just didn't even think about it. and i also never talked about remembering to wear pink or red like, a month in advance. both are things i do every year.
this year? i am just not myself.
but, how am i not myself?
i guess maybe i am just changing.
anyways. so, i made a playlist at around 11pm on Valentine's Day. here is a selection of songs:
- Thirteen, Big Star
- Forever, Chris Brown
- Sunshower, Chris Cornell
- Courtyard (instrumental), Coconut Records
- My Love, Crash Kings
- Kiss the Girl, The Little Mermaid
- Wedding Ring, The Hard Lessons
- Burning Up, Jonas Brothers
- Lovely Tonight, Joshua Radin
- I Hear the Bells, Mike Doughty
- Us, Regina Spektor
- I Was Made For You, She and Him
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, The Smiths
- I Summon You, Spoon
- I Love You, The Zombies
it's also great making new playlists because they force you to go through your whole music library. and i came across Tally Hall.
remember them? they were the middle band in a Crash Kings/Rooney concert sandwich. and i had downloaded a bunch of their songs but then forgot to listen to them because i have been so consumed with Crash Kings.
so i said, "i'll listen to them right now!"
and i did. and then i remembered that they had recently tweeted about a March tour which was starting in Boston. so i looked that up. and guess where they are playing?!
Great Scott!!! where Kara and i were just a few weeks ago! and that made me so happy to think that they are playing in the same spot where Crash Kings were. and they must be kind of friends because they were on tour with each other for like, a whole month.
oh, that made me so happy. and then i went on YouTube and began watching Tally Hall's "Boralogue" videos, which documents their time in the recording studio from this past fall.
it's so funny. and then! i noticed that they had a TON of other videos uploaded, so i started watching them. and i realized that this band is not only a band, they are pretty much a comedy troupe.
they create these short little skits and put them on youtube. and a lot of them are REALLY FUNNY.
it's not like Rooney video diaries, where Robert actually sits down to do a post.
and it's not like Phantom Planet blog videos, where they just start filming whatever they are doing and it ends up being hilarious.
it's actually more like, The Lonely Island. Andy, Jorma and Akiva. they would create these super short little skits. and most of them are like, one minute, but they are sooo funny.
i found myself laughing OUT LOUD for most of the videos. these guys are so funny. they are like, five best friends from Michigan who love being entertaining. and it's soo great!
and through watching these videos, i finally figured out who they all are. and i will write it in here so i don't forget:
ROB = yellow tie = main vocals
ANDREW = green tie = pianos
JOE = red tie = guitar/vocals
ROSS = grey tie = drums
ZUBIN = blue tie = bass
remember how they always wear colored ties? and there's that great rap part in the song 'Welcome to Tally Hall' where Zubin raps about each of them and calls them by their tie color.
but then, they can go from being these really silly guys, to creating beautiful songs! immediately after listening to all their songs, i decided that 'Greener' is my favorite at the moment. but i also really like, 'Good Day' and 'Smile Like You Mean It,' which i believe was featured on The O.C. which i decided i might start watching because i realized i really enjoy watching Rachel Bilson. she was on that show, right?
why not start watching The O.C.? everybody else has seen it. yeah. i think i'll do that.
anyways. Tally Hall. i had forgotten about them, but i am glad i remembered. because now i am in love with all five of them. especially red tie.
and there are some great videos of Joe dressed in a gorilla suit, going about normal life. which makes me wonder, 'what's with awesome bands that like to dress up as gorillas?'
man. i really can't watch those Tally Hall videos at work because i am laughing too hard! they are sure to brighten up this unhappy time in my life.
i really love two things:
1. when bands are best friends within the band
2. when bands are best friends with each other
i love the same thing with celebs. like, how Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner are best friends. that's so great!
and it's so much fun watching the Tally Hall guys because they're best friends!
and this morning Paper Tongues tweeted about how much they will miss touring with Crash Kings and how great they are. and then Crash Kings tweeted back to Paper Tongues saying that they will miss touring as well, and how great it's been.
that's so cute.
AND. speaking of bro bands, i just learned that KINGS OF LEON is composed of THREE BROTHERS and ONE COUSIN. who knew?!?! did you know this? why am i just finding out now?!
yes. Caleb, Nathan and Jared are the bros and Matthew is the cousin. so great!
so, Kings of Leon can be added to the Bro Tour featuring music by Hanson, Jonas Brothers, Crash Kings, and Kings of Leon, with special guests Robert and Jason Schwartzman.
this also makes me wonder, 'why are there no sister bands?' how come parents always end up having bunches of musical brothers? where are the musical sisters?
there are The Chapin Sisters. who i got an email from this morning.
maybe after i teach myself how to play piano kara and i can form a family band. i feel like people make fun of family bands, but CLEARLY that's the way to go.
ALY AND AJ. they are sisters who have a band. Kara reminded me of that. they sing 'disney appropriate songs.' kara also recently described the plot of a movie starring Aly and AJ called, Cow Belles. about two rich socialite sisters who end up working on a diary farm and learning important life lessons along the way.
speaking of bands, i have been wanting to post this link for you that i got via Darren Robinson's twitter. i believe it's pretty much his favorite link ever:
http://www.isnickelbacktheworstbandever.com
pretty good.
anyways, i am posting a link to Tally Hall's main youtube page in case you have any desire to laugh or have your spirits brightened.
laugh! spirits brighter!
there you go. please enjoy them. and please enjoy the Tally Hall cuties. here's what they look like:
how cute.
anyways.
i'm at work. have been all this time! did i fool you? did you think i was at home?!
last night i was getting into bed and thinking and people who live at their jobs. and the only other person i could come up with was Barack Obama.
awesome, right? and then i was like, "i should talk to him about his strategies for separating home from work."
ya know? because he basically just gets dressed and then goes downstairs to work. right? although, i think his work-related travel is probably much more grand than mine. in a lot of ways though, i think Barack and myself have the same job.
we both live where we work.
we both have people get mad at us.
we both work with hard situations.
we both try and make people's lives better.
when i am putting together my presidential campaign, i will have to remember this blog post so that i can recall all the similarities between this job and being president. as well as all those other blog posts where i outline my campaign strategies and focal points.
but the living at work is a big thing, though. not a lot of jobs are like that. and i think it's a crucial point.
ok. i have to do some real work now. it will probably take me approximately 10 minutes.
there is nobody in work today. currently i am the only staff in the house. diane is out to lunch with a friend. sue is on a walk with a resident. everybody else is away.
i don't know what my plans are for tonight. probably hanging around. maybe i'll organize the cabinet under my toaster and coffee maker. that needs some work. maybe i'll hang up that cork board. maybe i'll clean out that corner next to the couch.
i think Crash Kings needs to start doing more online promotion. i think they would be good at doing what Phantom Planet did. creating "blog videos" which, again, was just them, filming themselves at random times, which turned out to be funny.
they have one video like that. where it's them hanging out at a random dance party in a mall. it's pretty funny. and they need to more of that.
hm. okay. what else was i going to say?
something important.
OH YEAH. i need to buy an alarm clock. because, again this morning, my phone alarm failed me. it went off, but the volume was very, very low. and i don't know why this was. i checked to make sure it was set at a high level, and it was set at the highest level volume. both the overall volume on the phone and the alarm volume.
and the battery was all charged up. there is no explanation. i dislike that phone. i hate having to slide it open. i think that looks pretty obnoxious.
me and one of the residents here were just doing Pop Culture Quizzes on People.com. yeah, we did pretty good at the "name that party girl" quiz. and REALLY good at the "love connection" one. it was like, "nick jonas dated....." and then there were choices. and it was "selena gomez." and then it was like, "selena gomez dated...." and the answer was taylor lautner. and then, "taylor lautner dated....." taylor swift. "taylor swift dated....." joe jonas. "joe jonas dated.....camilla belle. camilla belle made out with.......robert pattinson." the end! it was a big accomplishment of the day.
maybe i will start an internet tv show.
sometimes i think i would like to do blog videos. but then i think about it and decide 'no.'
OH OH OH. i know what was very important that i tell you about.
ALIYA'S WONDERFUL BLOG. for the whole month of february she is doing "an art installation-a-day." it is beautiful and inspiring and you will love it. please check it out.
ok. now we're plugged in.
i just had to go out into the kitchen for a minute, and when i was walking back to the office, i said, "is that cake on the counter?"
and sure enough - it was. and as soon as i saw the frosting i said, "man i really want frosting right now."
so i enjoyed a piece of cake. it was chocolate. and delicious. with pink and green frosting. it looked like it might have been leftover from valentine's day. perhaps it was a donation this morning. cake donations are the best kind.
i guess i'll wait on getting an alarm clock. i have a CD player alarm clock in maine that i can bring here when i clear out my room.
wow. i can say that today at work has been really boring. although, i have gotten a lot accomplished with writing this blog post.
it is currently 4:38pm. i have been working since noon. i have about another hour. nothing is happening. there is still nobody here.
just took a long phone call.
currently 4:51pm.
now there are two people here with me.
doesn't this feel like an Airport Lounge update? just me sitting here, coming up with different things to say on the spot.
still no plans for tonight. no plans at all for tomorrow either. or wednesday. maybe i'll try and get my car inspected. that needs to happen this month.
actually. i should probably mail out those checks this week. for the registration.
so, the way things have been going here, it looks like there MIGHT be a SLIGHT chance that i COULD go on the Crash Kings Roadtrip Concert Weekend. on the 6th and 7th of March.
i'm not getting my hopes up. and i haven't talked to the girl that i might go with. but, i think i might mention it to my boss that if everything goes that way it looks like it might go, then i would want those days off.
HOW MUCH FUN would that be?!?! at first i was all upset about possibly missing the Oscars. but did you read that wonderful comment i got from a woman who had been all around the country for 10 months following her favorite band?! and how many awesome friends she made?!?!
i have to start making new friends. and what better way to do it than over a common interest!?
right?!?!
oookkkkkkk. i suppose that might be all i have to talk about.
5:04pm now.
what else can i say to you?!
i think that's all.
1. listen to Tally Hall.
2. watch their online videos
3. eat some cake
4. see the Ashton Kutcher movie if you want
5. listen to some romantic Valentine's songs
6. be well
7. (tbd)
have a great night everyone. perhaps i'll talk to you later. but perhaps not. but maybe because i'll most likely be lonely tonight. but, maybe not.
my horoscope today said this:
Congratulations. What you're about to enjoy is better than Ed McMahon showing up at your door with a giant check. The heavens have arranged an absolutely heavenly -- if you'll pardon the pun -- array of callers, all of whom will be intent on making you happy. Fortunately, the right one will indeed be among the crowd that's amassing. All you have to do is show up and interview applicants. Tough job.
unreal, right? BETTER than a giant check. an array of callers? calling upon me? really? i doubt that. because nobody lives up here and nobody knows where i live.
but hey, you never know. i guess.
anyways. okay. now i think that's all.
have a lovely evening.
lovelovelove.
<3
have a good weekend? have a good valentine's day? i sure hope so.
friday night i was at work from 3pm to 10pm. didn't really do much of anything except make people mad at me. oh, and i did some knitting too.
came home. ate supper. i think i might have watched a movie. or, maybe not. i actually can't remember.
i watched this movie recently called Spread. starring Ashton Kutcher. now, i really like Ashton. i think he's a good guy and a good actor. and i kept seeing this movie, Spread, advertised everywhere. and every time i saw the cover of the movie, i thought it was a picture of Ashton holding a long, silver knife.
but, i didn't really take the time to look at it. and then one day i did. and saw that he was in fact, holding a scarf. and i thought, "oh, i guess he's not holding a knife. maybe i want to see that movie."
and then i read about it and decided that yeah, i think i would like it. about Ashton, who's essentially like a male slut. he doesn't have a home or a car or anything. just hooks up with these rich women to get them to buy him stuff and he lives in their houses, etc. but then of course, he meets the woman who he really loves and he can't have her. blah blah. yeah, it was pretty predictable.
overall, there were some funny moments. but it was mostly sad. especially in the end. but it's always nice to look at Ashton. so, it was an alright movie.
Saturday my mom came! she arrived just before noontime. i made coffeecake! it turned out really good. i was happy. Ruby Tuesday enjoyed some cinnamon and brown sugar.
we hung around the house for a bit. chatting and whatnot. Ruby was happy to see her.
now, ever since i have moved up here my mom has constantly been talking about going to visit the King Arthur Flour place which is in Norwich, Vermont. it's i guess where they make the King Arthur Flour brand. which is supposed to be the best flour ever, or something.
which i don't really understand because how could one flour be better than another? is there that much wiggle room in the 'flour making process?' i don't know. i was hoping for some information on this, but we found none.
we went to the big store though and looked at all the really, really expensive King Arthur products. baking essentials. cooking essentials. tools. aprons. napkins. spices. mixes. EVERYTHING. and everything was soooo expensive.
and the place was packed!!!! who goes there? i don't know. i was pretty confused. i asked my mom,
JULIE: Who do you think these people are? Are they local? Did they come from far away?
MOM: They're probably all bakers who come here to get their ingredients.
sure enough, we saw an SUV from New York loading up on huge bags of what appeared to be flour or something.
i was still confused. can normal people afford all this expensive fanciness?
i don't know. i suppose it was fun looking at all those things. but actually, i dislike kitchen stores. pretty much all the time. but, it was fun being with my mom. and pretending that maybe i was a good baker.
you know what? i AM a good baker. i am a good cook too. i just don't really like doing either of those things. but i like cooking better.
anyways.
after that, we decided we were hungry. so, after driving around for a while, decided to go to Jesse's, which is in Hanover. it's like a rustic place. everyone was always talking about how great this place is. Courtney especially.
so, we tried it! and it was very good! we had the salad bar, which is something they are well-known for, i think. very good! clam chowder which Courtney recommended! very good! and we got a tomato basil flatbread! very very good!!!! and i had some flatbread leftovers the next day and i think it was even better than the first day! it was pretty packed in there with people celebrating Valentine's Day.
everybody was ordering fancy things. like steak.
after that, we went to Kohl's because my mom had a 30% off thing. we pretty much just looked around. we were both feeling extremely full from dinner. she bought some things, though.
then we had to run into the grocery store. and then we went back home!
a nice night.
we relaxed for a while with Ruby, who was happy that we had returned. and then watched Love and Other Disasters. one of the greats. starring Brittany Murphy. i just really enjoy that movie. i love her clothes and i love her hair. and i love that every sunday she has brunch with her friends. and her best friend Peter who she lives with reminds me so much of myself.
then i had to start work at 10pm. it was a quiet night.
then we finished the movie, had tea and some cookies. talked for a while, and then went to bed.
all of us, including Ruby Tuesday, slept very late on sunday. then we got up, had some leftover coffee cake and made some scrambled eggs.
we basically just hung around all afternoon sunday talking and looking at various things online. it was really fun.
then she left around 4pm. i took this time to be sad. clean up a bit, but not really.
then decided that i wanted to go to the grocery store. and i bought things to make pad thai. things such as rice noodles and special pad thai sauce. i looked EVERYWHERE for frozen shrimp but i couldn't find it for the life of me. i walked through EVERY frozen aisle in the place. like, four times.
all this time i am thinking, "i can't wait until i am president and grocery stores will be ALPHABETIZED." i couldn't even find like, fish sticks. any kind of frozen fish was nowhere to be found. where was it? why wasn't it in the frozen food section? i have no idea.
yes, i could have asked somebody. but i didn't really feel like talking to anyone on Valentine's Day.
then i came home and took a bath. Ruby took a nap first on the cabinets and then moved to my bed.
after my bath i went to work. came back upstairs and said,
JULIE: Holy crap I never made my annual Valentine's Day iTunes playlist!!!!!
this is unbelievable. every year i make a new Valentine's playlist. and this year i just didn't even think about it. and i also never talked about remembering to wear pink or red like, a month in advance. both are things i do every year.
this year? i am just not myself.
but, how am i not myself?
i guess maybe i am just changing.
anyways. so, i made a playlist at around 11pm on Valentine's Day. here is a selection of songs:
- Thirteen, Big Star
- Forever, Chris Brown
- Sunshower, Chris Cornell
- Courtyard (instrumental), Coconut Records
- My Love, Crash Kings
- Kiss the Girl, The Little Mermaid
- Wedding Ring, The Hard Lessons
- Burning Up, Jonas Brothers
- Lovely Tonight, Joshua Radin
- I Hear the Bells, Mike Doughty
- Us, Regina Spektor
- I Was Made For You, She and Him
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, The Smiths
- I Summon You, Spoon
- I Love You, The Zombies
it's also great making new playlists because they force you to go through your whole music library. and i came across Tally Hall.
remember them? they were the middle band in a Crash Kings/Rooney concert sandwich. and i had downloaded a bunch of their songs but then forgot to listen to them because i have been so consumed with Crash Kings.
so i said, "i'll listen to them right now!"
and i did. and then i remembered that they had recently tweeted about a March tour which was starting in Boston. so i looked that up. and guess where they are playing?!
Great Scott!!! where Kara and i were just a few weeks ago! and that made me so happy to think that they are playing in the same spot where Crash Kings were. and they must be kind of friends because they were on tour with each other for like, a whole month.
oh, that made me so happy. and then i went on YouTube and began watching Tally Hall's "Boralogue" videos, which documents their time in the recording studio from this past fall.
it's so funny. and then! i noticed that they had a TON of other videos uploaded, so i started watching them. and i realized that this band is not only a band, they are pretty much a comedy troupe.
they create these short little skits and put them on youtube. and a lot of them are REALLY FUNNY.
it's not like Rooney video diaries, where Robert actually sits down to do a post.
and it's not like Phantom Planet blog videos, where they just start filming whatever they are doing and it ends up being hilarious.
it's actually more like, The Lonely Island. Andy, Jorma and Akiva. they would create these super short little skits. and most of them are like, one minute, but they are sooo funny.
i found myself laughing OUT LOUD for most of the videos. these guys are so funny. they are like, five best friends from Michigan who love being entertaining. and it's soo great!
and through watching these videos, i finally figured out who they all are. and i will write it in here so i don't forget:
ROB = yellow tie = main vocals
ANDREW = green tie = pianos
JOE = red tie = guitar/vocals
ROSS = grey tie = drums
ZUBIN = blue tie = bass
remember how they always wear colored ties? and there's that great rap part in the song 'Welcome to Tally Hall' where Zubin raps about each of them and calls them by their tie color.
but then, they can go from being these really silly guys, to creating beautiful songs! immediately after listening to all their songs, i decided that 'Greener' is my favorite at the moment. but i also really like, 'Good Day' and 'Smile Like You Mean It,' which i believe was featured on The O.C. which i decided i might start watching because i realized i really enjoy watching Rachel Bilson. she was on that show, right?
why not start watching The O.C.? everybody else has seen it. yeah. i think i'll do that.
anyways. Tally Hall. i had forgotten about them, but i am glad i remembered. because now i am in love with all five of them. especially red tie.
and there are some great videos of Joe dressed in a gorilla suit, going about normal life. which makes me wonder, 'what's with awesome bands that like to dress up as gorillas?'
man. i really can't watch those Tally Hall videos at work because i am laughing too hard! they are sure to brighten up this unhappy time in my life.
i really love two things:
1. when bands are best friends within the band
2. when bands are best friends with each other
i love the same thing with celebs. like, how Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner are best friends. that's so great!
and it's so much fun watching the Tally Hall guys because they're best friends!
and this morning Paper Tongues tweeted about how much they will miss touring with Crash Kings and how great they are. and then Crash Kings tweeted back to Paper Tongues saying that they will miss touring as well, and how great it's been.
that's so cute.
AND. speaking of bro bands, i just learned that KINGS OF LEON is composed of THREE BROTHERS and ONE COUSIN. who knew?!?! did you know this? why am i just finding out now?!
yes. Caleb, Nathan and Jared are the bros and Matthew is the cousin. so great!
so, Kings of Leon can be added to the Bro Tour featuring music by Hanson, Jonas Brothers, Crash Kings, and Kings of Leon, with special guests Robert and Jason Schwartzman.
this also makes me wonder, 'why are there no sister bands?' how come parents always end up having bunches of musical brothers? where are the musical sisters?
there are The Chapin Sisters. who i got an email from this morning.
maybe after i teach myself how to play piano kara and i can form a family band. i feel like people make fun of family bands, but CLEARLY that's the way to go.
ALY AND AJ. they are sisters who have a band. Kara reminded me of that. they sing 'disney appropriate songs.' kara also recently described the plot of a movie starring Aly and AJ called, Cow Belles. about two rich socialite sisters who end up working on a diary farm and learning important life lessons along the way.
speaking of bands, i have been wanting to post this link for you that i got via Darren Robinson's twitter. i believe it's pretty much his favorite link ever:
http://www.isnickelbacktheworstbandever.com
pretty good.
anyways, i am posting a link to Tally Hall's main youtube page in case you have any desire to laugh or have your spirits brightened.
laugh! spirits brighter!
there you go. please enjoy them. and please enjoy the Tally Hall cuties. here's what they look like:
how cute.
anyways.
i'm at work. have been all this time! did i fool you? did you think i was at home?!
last night i was getting into bed and thinking and people who live at their jobs. and the only other person i could come up with was Barack Obama.
awesome, right? and then i was like, "i should talk to him about his strategies for separating home from work."
ya know? because he basically just gets dressed and then goes downstairs to work. right? although, i think his work-related travel is probably much more grand than mine. in a lot of ways though, i think Barack and myself have the same job.
we both live where we work.
we both have people get mad at us.
we both work with hard situations.
we both try and make people's lives better.
when i am putting together my presidential campaign, i will have to remember this blog post so that i can recall all the similarities between this job and being president. as well as all those other blog posts where i outline my campaign strategies and focal points.
but the living at work is a big thing, though. not a lot of jobs are like that. and i think it's a crucial point.
ok. i have to do some real work now. it will probably take me approximately 10 minutes.
there is nobody in work today. currently i am the only staff in the house. diane is out to lunch with a friend. sue is on a walk with a resident. everybody else is away.
i don't know what my plans are for tonight. probably hanging around. maybe i'll organize the cabinet under my toaster and coffee maker. that needs some work. maybe i'll hang up that cork board. maybe i'll clean out that corner next to the couch.
i think Crash Kings needs to start doing more online promotion. i think they would be good at doing what Phantom Planet did. creating "blog videos" which, again, was just them, filming themselves at random times, which turned out to be funny.
they have one video like that. where it's them hanging out at a random dance party in a mall. it's pretty funny. and they need to more of that.
hm. okay. what else was i going to say?
something important.
OH YEAH. i need to buy an alarm clock. because, again this morning, my phone alarm failed me. it went off, but the volume was very, very low. and i don't know why this was. i checked to make sure it was set at a high level, and it was set at the highest level volume. both the overall volume on the phone and the alarm volume.
and the battery was all charged up. there is no explanation. i dislike that phone. i hate having to slide it open. i think that looks pretty obnoxious.
me and one of the residents here were just doing Pop Culture Quizzes on People.com. yeah, we did pretty good at the "name that party girl" quiz. and REALLY good at the "love connection" one. it was like, "nick jonas dated....." and then there were choices. and it was "selena gomez." and then it was like, "selena gomez dated...." and the answer was taylor lautner. and then, "taylor lautner dated....." taylor swift. "taylor swift dated....." joe jonas. "joe jonas dated.....camilla belle. camilla belle made out with.......robert pattinson." the end! it was a big accomplishment of the day.
maybe i will start an internet tv show.
sometimes i think i would like to do blog videos. but then i think about it and decide 'no.'
OH OH OH. i know what was very important that i tell you about.
ALIYA'S WONDERFUL BLOG. for the whole month of february she is doing "an art installation-a-day." it is beautiful and inspiring and you will love it. please check it out.
ok. now we're plugged in.
i just had to go out into the kitchen for a minute, and when i was walking back to the office, i said, "is that cake on the counter?"
and sure enough - it was. and as soon as i saw the frosting i said, "man i really want frosting right now."
so i enjoyed a piece of cake. it was chocolate. and delicious. with pink and green frosting. it looked like it might have been leftover from valentine's day. perhaps it was a donation this morning. cake donations are the best kind.
i guess i'll wait on getting an alarm clock. i have a CD player alarm clock in maine that i can bring here when i clear out my room.
wow. i can say that today at work has been really boring. although, i have gotten a lot accomplished with writing this blog post.
it is currently 4:38pm. i have been working since noon. i have about another hour. nothing is happening. there is still nobody here.
just took a long phone call.
currently 4:51pm.
now there are two people here with me.
doesn't this feel like an Airport Lounge update? just me sitting here, coming up with different things to say on the spot.
still no plans for tonight. no plans at all for tomorrow either. or wednesday. maybe i'll try and get my car inspected. that needs to happen this month.
actually. i should probably mail out those checks this week. for the registration.
so, the way things have been going here, it looks like there MIGHT be a SLIGHT chance that i COULD go on the Crash Kings Roadtrip Concert Weekend. on the 6th and 7th of March.
i'm not getting my hopes up. and i haven't talked to the girl that i might go with. but, i think i might mention it to my boss that if everything goes that way it looks like it might go, then i would want those days off.
HOW MUCH FUN would that be?!?! at first i was all upset about possibly missing the Oscars. but did you read that wonderful comment i got from a woman who had been all around the country for 10 months following her favorite band?! and how many awesome friends she made?!?!
i have to start making new friends. and what better way to do it than over a common interest!?
right?!?!
oookkkkkkk. i suppose that might be all i have to talk about.
5:04pm now.
what else can i say to you?!
i think that's all.
1. listen to Tally Hall.
2. watch their online videos
3. eat some cake
4. see the Ashton Kutcher movie if you want
5. listen to some romantic Valentine's songs
6. be well
7. (tbd)
have a great night everyone. perhaps i'll talk to you later. but perhaps not. but maybe because i'll most likely be lonely tonight. but, maybe not.
my horoscope today said this:
Congratulations. What you're about to enjoy is better than Ed McMahon showing up at your door with a giant check. The heavens have arranged an absolutely heavenly -- if you'll pardon the pun -- array of callers, all of whom will be intent on making you happy. Fortunately, the right one will indeed be among the crowd that's amassing. All you have to do is show up and interview applicants. Tough job.
unreal, right? BETTER than a giant check. an array of callers? calling upon me? really? i doubt that. because nobody lives up here and nobody knows where i live.
but hey, you never know. i guess.
anyways. okay. now i think that's all.
have a lovely evening.
lovelovelove.
<3
12 February 2010
early bird gets the Jonas
son of a gun - WHY is Kevin Jonas so hilarious?!?! he makes me laugh so hard it's unbelievable.
man i love that show. and it's a GOOD THING i woke up early this morning because i had time to watch THREE NEW EPISODES before work. that's one hour of pure Jonas love.
and there was one episode where Joe sang a lovely song with just a guitar behind him. he has a really nice voice.
so then i decided that Joe and Kevin need to start a solo project without Nick. Joe and Kevin have the best singing voices - it's true. that's the honest truth.
Joe Jonas was in Disney World the other day, and he was at Epcot and he kept posting pictures of him and Demi Lovato "in Italy!" or, "in China!" yeah, i probably enjoyed it too much.
anyways - i could watch Jonas all day long. it makes me laugh so hard. and i really needed a good laugh.
okay, i'm going to be honest with you again.
so far, i have not had a good year. maybe it's 2010 getting back at me because i said how much i hate writing out those numbers. (but, i still hate it. it seems so pretentious.)
but last night i just kept thinking about New Year's Eve, when me and Andrew were on top of the parking garage in Portsmouth, NH and we were saying that 2010 would be the best year ever, and we would be totally awesome and things would be great. and then i got even more sad.
at first i thought i was just having a bad January. and then February started and it was great! not only did i ring in the new month meeting Tony, Mike and Jason of Crash Kings, but it was also my birthday month!!!! and everyone's birthday month should be the greatest month of the year.
and that first week was great. TWO Crash Kings shows!
and then things went to crap again. and now everything is blah again.
and the other night my cheeks were burning because i was crying so hard. and i feel like that's happening a lot. and not like, "oh i'm crying because Grey's Anatomy is so sad!" but like, really upset crying.
my mom is coming up this weekend and i'm really happy about that. and i'm happy i get to be with her on Valentine's Day. because last year on Valentine's Day i was alone in Panera watching everyone else be happy.
ok. i guess i just needed to say those things.
i have to work now. from 3pm to 10pm. and then from 10pm to 8am. the overnights have been pretty quiet. i've been happy about that.
i still really love my flip clock. and i've still really been enjoying being awake in the morning. the past three days i've woken up during the 10am-11am time. and it's not so bad after all.
Crash Kings and Paper Tongues are doing a show with OK GO in Kansas City tomorrow. that should be really exciting for all you Kansas City readers. which, i believe are zero.
here is a picture from when Crash Kings were in Providence at WBRU 95.5:
please notice the Dunkin Donuts bags and huge box of donuts in the background. the most delicious picture. for more than one reason...
yeah, i posted that on the Crash Queens facebook page. no, not ashamed. i love those girls.
ok. 2.48pm. i guess i should put the finishing touches on my outfit to get ready for work.
hope everyone is having a great friday. i'll talk to you all later!!
love. be well.
<3
man i love that show. and it's a GOOD THING i woke up early this morning because i had time to watch THREE NEW EPISODES before work. that's one hour of pure Jonas love.
and there was one episode where Joe sang a lovely song with just a guitar behind him. he has a really nice voice.
so then i decided that Joe and Kevin need to start a solo project without Nick. Joe and Kevin have the best singing voices - it's true. that's the honest truth.
Joe Jonas was in Disney World the other day, and he was at Epcot and he kept posting pictures of him and Demi Lovato "in Italy!" or, "in China!" yeah, i probably enjoyed it too much.
anyways - i could watch Jonas all day long. it makes me laugh so hard. and i really needed a good laugh.
okay, i'm going to be honest with you again.
so far, i have not had a good year. maybe it's 2010 getting back at me because i said how much i hate writing out those numbers. (but, i still hate it. it seems so pretentious.)
but last night i just kept thinking about New Year's Eve, when me and Andrew were on top of the parking garage in Portsmouth, NH and we were saying that 2010 would be the best year ever, and we would be totally awesome and things would be great. and then i got even more sad.
at first i thought i was just having a bad January. and then February started and it was great! not only did i ring in the new month meeting Tony, Mike and Jason of Crash Kings, but it was also my birthday month!!!! and everyone's birthday month should be the greatest month of the year.
and that first week was great. TWO Crash Kings shows!
and then things went to crap again. and now everything is blah again.
and the other night my cheeks were burning because i was crying so hard. and i feel like that's happening a lot. and not like, "oh i'm crying because Grey's Anatomy is so sad!" but like, really upset crying.
my mom is coming up this weekend and i'm really happy about that. and i'm happy i get to be with her on Valentine's Day. because last year on Valentine's Day i was alone in Panera watching everyone else be happy.
ok. i guess i just needed to say those things.
i have to work now. from 3pm to 10pm. and then from 10pm to 8am. the overnights have been pretty quiet. i've been happy about that.
i still really love my flip clock. and i've still really been enjoying being awake in the morning. the past three days i've woken up during the 10am-11am time. and it's not so bad after all.
Crash Kings and Paper Tongues are doing a show with OK GO in Kansas City tomorrow. that should be really exciting for all you Kansas City readers. which, i believe are zero.
here is a picture from when Crash Kings were in Providence at WBRU 95.5:
please notice the Dunkin Donuts bags and huge box of donuts in the background. the most delicious picture. for more than one reason...
yeah, i posted that on the Crash Queens facebook page. no, not ashamed. i love those girls.
ok. 2.48pm. i guess i should put the finishing touches on my outfit to get ready for work.
hope everyone is having a great friday. i'll talk to you all later!!
love. be well.
<3
10 February 2010
you get back up and still you fall
i should have known a bad day was coming...
- went to bed at 3am very excited because kara was coming to visit me today!
- woke up at 8:53am to a text message. kara wasn't coming. and then we had a text fight.
- couldn't fall back to sleep.
- got up around 9:35am. suuuuuper early. was in a bad mood.
- then i checked my email and was in a good mood because of a wonderful blog comment i got! a fellow concert junkie was totally supporting my 'Crash King Concert Roadtrip Weekend.' i was so, SO excited to read this.
- just by talking about Crash Kings online i feel like i have met some great people. wonderful fans. and i'm very happy about this.
- then, i decided to find a home for my new flip clock. i cleared off the shelf above the sink, below the window and then dusted it. and then thought, "hm, where can i put all this stuff?"
- and then i remembered i have that cabinet next to the sink that i never use or open because it's full of harmful chemical cleaning supplies that was left here by the previous owners. and i thought, "i could probably move that stuff." and i opened up the cabinet, took out all the bad and moved it under the sink, which is a cabinet i never open at all because it's really gross looking under there.
- once all the bad was out of that cabinet, i scrubbed it clean with plant based cleaners! it's actually a really nice cabinet.
- then Ruby immediately hopped in. i had to coax her out with cat treats.
- and then again with a toy, after she immediately hopped back in.
- and then i moved my cutting boards down there along with my.... what's it called?
KEVIN: The bowl with the holes in it!
JOE: It's called a kah-line-der.
KEVIN: It's a calendar!
NICK: It's a COLANDER!!
oh, it's a colander. thanks, nick.
and then i moved ALL my plant based cleaning supplies under there too! it looks so neat and organized.
- then i moved my clock to the shelf! put some of the stuff back up there. just made it more nice looking.
- i was quite pleased with my kitchen accomplishment of the day. then i made some coffee.
- and then i talked to my dad on the phone! i was happy about this. he's going to start taking a class every wednesday at a local college! it's called, Core Canadian Values:
The core Canadian values are peace,order, good government, and respect for diversity. How are these abstract ideals articulated and honoured when applied to core institutions such as the family, work, health, business, military, the arts, education and the environment? Readings, guest speakers and class discussions will shape how we express our diverse perspectives. Listening with respect is a requirement, but our democracy doesn't expect 100% consensus.
great! i'm really excited for him. he started today!
- then i got sad because he's on the Canadian west coast and i'm here and i miss him.
- then i started getting text messages from Kara that made me think we were no longer fighting. she was telling me she was going to open up a Dunkin Donuts. i said i would support her as long as she hired me as a flatbread sandwich/apple fritter maker and she carried the Dunker's Vanilla Chai in the store. she said yes to both of these things.
- but then i guess we got into a fight again. which left me crying for like, an hour and half.
- then i decided to watch 17 Again because i figured it was nice eye candy, and would take my mind off of everything.
- and i was productive during the movie! i set up a large file folder to start using to file my important things away. i made homemade tab dividers out of teal paper. that was good.
- then my mom called because i had written her an upset email. which caused me to become upset again. but, she's coming up to see me this weekend and i'm really excited about that.
- and now i'm blogging and eating Spree. that yummy candy. i like the flavor of the outside part, but i don't like sour things. but, i'm eating them anyways.
i burnt my tongue yesterday on tea and it still hurts.
OH, what also still hurts is the huge slice i have on my hand from Ruby Tuesday this morning! she was in one of her crazy scary moods and decided to take it out on my hand, as usual.
it was a surprise attack. i was sitting at the kitchen table and she jumped up from the floor, latched onto my leg, i went to push her away, and she sliced my hand instead.
it's a huge scratch from below my middle finder to beyond my pinky finger. on my right hand. it bled a lot. and it still hurts.
i'm tired. i assumed i would take a nap today at some point because i got up so early. but, nope.
and, ya know what? it was actually pleasant to be awake during morning hours. like, between 10am-noon. especially because i got something accomplished.
i can't remember the last time i was happy to be awake so early. and willingly awake! and i feel like i've been awake a whole day! like, morning, afternoon, and now night. it's strange.
maybe i'll go to bed early tonight and do the same thing tomorrow.
i made popcorn today. that was fun.
actually, i might have to get up early either tomorrow or friday. because i have to go to the grocery store before my mom gets here saturday morning. i'm running low on coffee and didn't realize it until today. and i might be working tomorrow night. and i'm definitely working friday night.
okay. i think that's all. that JoBros clip made me really happy. everybody should follow @joejonas on Twitter because it's really funny. and he's always talking about how him and Robert Schwartzman hang out everyday. which, is weird, yet really hott.
oh! i know something else i accomplished today!
i figured out how to tweet photos from my phone and have them show up on twitter! this was something that amazed me, but i couldn't figure out how to do it. this was my fourth attempt. and i got it!!!!!!
i really don't like my phone. it kind of reminds me of Hampshire College's "The Hub" online system. it was really inconvenient and unnecessarily complicated.
oh, speaking of Hanson, here is something else that makes me happy!
wait, i wasn't just talking about Hanson. was i? hold on.
nope. i was talking about the Jonas Brothers, but looking at a picture of Hanson on Twitter. (they just tweeted that they're all having dinner together. and there was a photo.)
which made me think of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they're from. which made me think of the recent Crash Kings tweet that said, "on our way to Tulsa!" as well as the recent Paper Tongues tweet that said, "we're headed to Tulsa!"
BECAUSE, Crash Kings and Paper Tongues are playing another show together TOMORROW, the 11th, in TULSA.
so, all you Tulsans who read my blog - get out to the show. it will ROCK.
and that's what makes me happy.
anyway. ok, i'm done.
hope you all had a good day. i guess my dad was overall good, but sputtered with bad. that's better than overall bad, sputtered with good.
sputtered? is that the right word? is that even a word at all? spattered? is that the right word?
ah, i don't care.
ok. have a good night. and a good day tomorrow. take care.
with love.
fake a smile and only guarantee that nobody knows the difference...
<3
- went to bed at 3am very excited because kara was coming to visit me today!
- woke up at 8:53am to a text message. kara wasn't coming. and then we had a text fight.
- couldn't fall back to sleep.
- got up around 9:35am. suuuuuper early. was in a bad mood.
- then i checked my email and was in a good mood because of a wonderful blog comment i got! a fellow concert junkie was totally supporting my 'Crash King Concert Roadtrip Weekend.' i was so, SO excited to read this.
- just by talking about Crash Kings online i feel like i have met some great people. wonderful fans. and i'm very happy about this.
- then, i decided to find a home for my new flip clock. i cleared off the shelf above the sink, below the window and then dusted it. and then thought, "hm, where can i put all this stuff?"
- and then i remembered i have that cabinet next to the sink that i never use or open because it's full of harmful chemical cleaning supplies that was left here by the previous owners. and i thought, "i could probably move that stuff." and i opened up the cabinet, took out all the bad and moved it under the sink, which is a cabinet i never open at all because it's really gross looking under there.
- once all the bad was out of that cabinet, i scrubbed it clean with plant based cleaners! it's actually a really nice cabinet.
- then Ruby immediately hopped in. i had to coax her out with cat treats.
- and then again with a toy, after she immediately hopped back in.
- and then i moved my cutting boards down there along with my.... what's it called?
KEVIN: The bowl with the holes in it!
JOE: It's called a kah-line-der.
KEVIN: It's a calendar!
NICK: It's a COLANDER!!
oh, it's a colander. thanks, nick.
and then i moved ALL my plant based cleaning supplies under there too! it looks so neat and organized.
- then i moved my clock to the shelf! put some of the stuff back up there. just made it more nice looking.
- i was quite pleased with my kitchen accomplishment of the day. then i made some coffee.
- and then i talked to my dad on the phone! i was happy about this. he's going to start taking a class every wednesday at a local college! it's called, Core Canadian Values:
The core Canadian values are peace,order, good government, and respect for diversity. How are these abstract ideals articulated and honoured when applied to core institutions such as the family, work, health, business, military, the arts, education and the environment? Readings, guest speakers and class discussions will shape how we express our diverse perspectives. Listening with respect is a requirement, but our democracy doesn't expect 100% consensus.
great! i'm really excited for him. he started today!
- then i got sad because he's on the Canadian west coast and i'm here and i miss him.
- then i started getting text messages from Kara that made me think we were no longer fighting. she was telling me she was going to open up a Dunkin Donuts. i said i would support her as long as she hired me as a flatbread sandwich/apple fritter maker and she carried the Dunker's Vanilla Chai in the store. she said yes to both of these things.
- but then i guess we got into a fight again. which left me crying for like, an hour and half.
- then i decided to watch 17 Again because i figured it was nice eye candy, and would take my mind off of everything.
- and i was productive during the movie! i set up a large file folder to start using to file my important things away. i made homemade tab dividers out of teal paper. that was good.
- then my mom called because i had written her an upset email. which caused me to become upset again. but, she's coming up to see me this weekend and i'm really excited about that.
- and now i'm blogging and eating Spree. that yummy candy. i like the flavor of the outside part, but i don't like sour things. but, i'm eating them anyways.
i burnt my tongue yesterday on tea and it still hurts.
OH, what also still hurts is the huge slice i have on my hand from Ruby Tuesday this morning! she was in one of her crazy scary moods and decided to take it out on my hand, as usual.
it was a surprise attack. i was sitting at the kitchen table and she jumped up from the floor, latched onto my leg, i went to push her away, and she sliced my hand instead.
it's a huge scratch from below my middle finder to beyond my pinky finger. on my right hand. it bled a lot. and it still hurts.
i'm tired. i assumed i would take a nap today at some point because i got up so early. but, nope.
and, ya know what? it was actually pleasant to be awake during morning hours. like, between 10am-noon. especially because i got something accomplished.
i can't remember the last time i was happy to be awake so early. and willingly awake! and i feel like i've been awake a whole day! like, morning, afternoon, and now night. it's strange.
maybe i'll go to bed early tonight and do the same thing tomorrow.
i made popcorn today. that was fun.
actually, i might have to get up early either tomorrow or friday. because i have to go to the grocery store before my mom gets here saturday morning. i'm running low on coffee and didn't realize it until today. and i might be working tomorrow night. and i'm definitely working friday night.
okay. i think that's all. that JoBros clip made me really happy. everybody should follow @joejonas on Twitter because it's really funny. and he's always talking about how him and Robert Schwartzman hang out everyday. which, is weird, yet really hott.
oh! i know something else i accomplished today!
i figured out how to tweet photos from my phone and have them show up on twitter! this was something that amazed me, but i couldn't figure out how to do it. this was my fourth attempt. and i got it!!!!!!
i really don't like my phone. it kind of reminds me of Hampshire College's "The Hub" online system. it was really inconvenient and unnecessarily complicated.
oh, speaking of Hanson, here is something else that makes me happy!
wait, i wasn't just talking about Hanson. was i? hold on.
nope. i was talking about the Jonas Brothers, but looking at a picture of Hanson on Twitter. (they just tweeted that they're all having dinner together. and there was a photo.)
which made me think of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they're from. which made me think of the recent Crash Kings tweet that said, "on our way to Tulsa!" as well as the recent Paper Tongues tweet that said, "we're headed to Tulsa!"
BECAUSE, Crash Kings and Paper Tongues are playing another show together TOMORROW, the 11th, in TULSA.
so, all you Tulsans who read my blog - get out to the show. it will ROCK.
and that's what makes me happy.
anyway. ok, i'm done.
hope you all had a good day. i guess my dad was overall good, but sputtered with bad. that's better than overall bad, sputtered with good.
sputtered? is that the right word? is that even a word at all? spattered? is that the right word?
ah, i don't care.
ok. have a good night. and a good day tomorrow. take care.
with love.
fake a smile and only guarantee that nobody knows the difference...
<3
09 February 2010
"if you're lonely you can talk to me"
hey GUESS WHAT?!
Crash Kings posted a video yesterday of them covering a Beatles song. i know - it sounds crazy, right?
WELL. i watched the video and the only thing 'crazy' about it is that it's CRAZY good. like, really good. (duh, what else would you expect from Crash Kings?!)
i tried to post the video right in this blog, but that never seems to work. so, i'll have to give you a link...
Crash Kings cover 'HEY BULLDOG'
i think it rocks. it's actually a music video. like, a real one. the guys are all acting hott and being funny. all while rocking, of course. the best part is when Tony rocks out on the air piano.
great song.
anyways.
i finished the show Tell Me You Love Me this afternoon. so good. and after i finished it i discovered that there is only 1 season! and then it got canceled. i am sad about that and don't really understand why. because, i really liked it. really good characters.
but, i guess the last episode was an okay ending to the series. vague, but hopeful.
tonight i think i'm going to watch New York, I Love You. it's an instant watch on Netflix. and i want to see it.
so, my bathroom feels empty since i turned it into a spa-like retreat. there's no more clutter! i mean, i like it and everything. it just feels bare. but i looooooove the orange bathmat.
i decided i REALLY like orange. it's actually a really great color. and i feel it's underappreciated. at least it has been by me. but not anymore. i will try and integrate more orange into my life. starting with my bathroom accessories and my still-to-be-finished scarf.
i haven't finished the scarf because i decided i don't really like it. it's too stiff, or something. and i think it's too wide. and i wish it was softer. and more delicate looking.
i don't know. i guess i should finish it just to finish it. but i might have to create another one to be fully satisfied.
Ruby is sleeping on top of the cabinets right now. it must be warm up there because of the heater. same reason why she likes to sit in the window.
last night (or maybe it was this morning....) i thought the ceiling in my bedroom was going to cave in. i was laying in bed and then all of a sudden i heard this loud "cracking" sound. like, something was splitting. like, a piece of wood. or a wall, or something. and i thought, "oh crap that can't be good." but then nothing happened. the ceiling hasn't caved in yet. the bed hasn't fallen through the floor yet. so i guess i'm okay for now. but it was weird.
i'm hungry. i think i might eat supper now. it's early. 10:35pm. i feel like usually i don't sit down and have supper until like, 1am. i mean, it's not like i'm doing anything of dire importance. usually either blogging or wasting time. procrastinating supper, that's what i'm doing. because i procrastinate everything in my life. hooray!
i got a thing in the mail the other day from the City Clerk's office. i had no idea what it was. and for some reason i kept thinking, "i hope they're not kicking me out..." like, of the city. can people be kicked out of cities? i don't know. but that's what i was worried about. and then i thought, "or maybe they owe me money!!" and then i got excited because i thought they might be sending me a check!!!! kind of like a, "thanks for being an awesome citizen! here's your reward!!!"
but, i opened it and it was a letter reminding me to register my car this month. BORING. and they were telling me how much money THEY want from ME. definitely not as cool as a 'good citizen reward check.'
$40 to the city
$73 to the NH dept of motor vehicles
CRAP. how much CRAP is that?! i swear it used to cost me like, $70 total to register my car in Maine.
OH! i remember what i wanted to tell you.
there was a scene in Tell Me You Love Me today that took place in a gas station convenience store, and i saw it and thought, "wow, that's awesome." and then i thought about it some more...
how great are gas station convenience stores? they're like, way better than normal stores. i can't quite figure out why. i think it's like, "hey, i'm getting gas, and now i'm going to go get a hot beverage! or a snack!" how fun is that!? and they always have a really odd selection of hot food. like, hot dogs. hamburgers. some have a soup selection.
but isn't going into buy something from a gas station convenience store so much fun?? and if you're with someone else you can be like, "hey, while you're pumping gas, i'm going in to get a snack!" now that's TWO things accomplished! gas and snack time!
it's just so great. and now i want to write a short story that is set in a gas station convenience store.
someone should start a website about convenience stores at gas stations. like, where are the best ones in the country. just how convenient are they? clean bathrooms? extra features such as Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's or Subway?
it could be useful. and it would be in the travel section at the bookstore. the perfect roadtrip companion!
oh wait, i said 'website.' well, there could also be one in book form.
i think it's awesome. i want to write it. anybody in? i feel like there should be a group of people doing this. not just one or two.
AWESOME. oh, i love this idea. how fun!?!?!? a group of people, traveling around together in a bus or van, hunting down each awesome gas station convenience store.
i wonder where this fits into my life plan. maybe just before 'security guard for major hollywood studio lot.' (oh yes, mr. scorsese, come right through!)
awesome.
ok. now i think i'm gonna go. eat supper. now it's almost 11pm. Ruby is still sleeping on top of the cabinets.
hey - don't forget to watch that video! Crash Kings cover The Beatles! there's a great shot of Tony's tattoo. you can really see the blue on his hand.
ok. have great days! great WEDNESDAYS!!!!! my second favorite day of the week!!!! (after Ruby Tuesday, of course)
take care. be well.
<3
Crash Kings posted a video yesterday of them covering a Beatles song. i know - it sounds crazy, right?
WELL. i watched the video and the only thing 'crazy' about it is that it's CRAZY good. like, really good. (duh, what else would you expect from Crash Kings?!)
i tried to post the video right in this blog, but that never seems to work. so, i'll have to give you a link...
Crash Kings cover 'HEY BULLDOG'
i think it rocks. it's actually a music video. like, a real one. the guys are all acting hott and being funny. all while rocking, of course. the best part is when Tony rocks out on the air piano.
great song.
anyways.
i finished the show Tell Me You Love Me this afternoon. so good. and after i finished it i discovered that there is only 1 season! and then it got canceled. i am sad about that and don't really understand why. because, i really liked it. really good characters.
but, i guess the last episode was an okay ending to the series. vague, but hopeful.
tonight i think i'm going to watch New York, I Love You. it's an instant watch on Netflix. and i want to see it.
so, my bathroom feels empty since i turned it into a spa-like retreat. there's no more clutter! i mean, i like it and everything. it just feels bare. but i looooooove the orange bathmat.
i decided i REALLY like orange. it's actually a really great color. and i feel it's underappreciated. at least it has been by me. but not anymore. i will try and integrate more orange into my life. starting with my bathroom accessories and my still-to-be-finished scarf.
i haven't finished the scarf because i decided i don't really like it. it's too stiff, or something. and i think it's too wide. and i wish it was softer. and more delicate looking.
i don't know. i guess i should finish it just to finish it. but i might have to create another one to be fully satisfied.
Ruby is sleeping on top of the cabinets right now. it must be warm up there because of the heater. same reason why she likes to sit in the window.
last night (or maybe it was this morning....) i thought the ceiling in my bedroom was going to cave in. i was laying in bed and then all of a sudden i heard this loud "cracking" sound. like, something was splitting. like, a piece of wood. or a wall, or something. and i thought, "oh crap that can't be good." but then nothing happened. the ceiling hasn't caved in yet. the bed hasn't fallen through the floor yet. so i guess i'm okay for now. but it was weird.
i'm hungry. i think i might eat supper now. it's early. 10:35pm. i feel like usually i don't sit down and have supper until like, 1am. i mean, it's not like i'm doing anything of dire importance. usually either blogging or wasting time. procrastinating supper, that's what i'm doing. because i procrastinate everything in my life. hooray!
i got a thing in the mail the other day from the City Clerk's office. i had no idea what it was. and for some reason i kept thinking, "i hope they're not kicking me out..." like, of the city. can people be kicked out of cities? i don't know. but that's what i was worried about. and then i thought, "or maybe they owe me money!!" and then i got excited because i thought they might be sending me a check!!!! kind of like a, "thanks for being an awesome citizen! here's your reward!!!"
but, i opened it and it was a letter reminding me to register my car this month. BORING. and they were telling me how much money THEY want from ME. definitely not as cool as a 'good citizen reward check.'
$40 to the city
$73 to the NH dept of motor vehicles
CRAP. how much CRAP is that?! i swear it used to cost me like, $70 total to register my car in Maine.
OH! i remember what i wanted to tell you.
there was a scene in Tell Me You Love Me today that took place in a gas station convenience store, and i saw it and thought, "wow, that's awesome." and then i thought about it some more...
how great are gas station convenience stores? they're like, way better than normal stores. i can't quite figure out why. i think it's like, "hey, i'm getting gas, and now i'm going to go get a hot beverage! or a snack!" how fun is that!? and they always have a really odd selection of hot food. like, hot dogs. hamburgers. some have a soup selection.
but isn't going into buy something from a gas station convenience store so much fun?? and if you're with someone else you can be like, "hey, while you're pumping gas, i'm going in to get a snack!" now that's TWO things accomplished! gas and snack time!
it's just so great. and now i want to write a short story that is set in a gas station convenience store.
someone should start a website about convenience stores at gas stations. like, where are the best ones in the country. just how convenient are they? clean bathrooms? extra features such as Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's or Subway?
it could be useful. and it would be in the travel section at the bookstore. the perfect roadtrip companion!
oh wait, i said 'website.' well, there could also be one in book form.
i think it's awesome. i want to write it. anybody in? i feel like there should be a group of people doing this. not just one or two.
AWESOME. oh, i love this idea. how fun!?!?!? a group of people, traveling around together in a bus or van, hunting down each awesome gas station convenience store.
i wonder where this fits into my life plan. maybe just before 'security guard for major hollywood studio lot.' (oh yes, mr. scorsese, come right through!)
awesome.
ok. now i think i'm gonna go. eat supper. now it's almost 11pm. Ruby is still sleeping on top of the cabinets.
hey - don't forget to watch that video! Crash Kings cover The Beatles! there's a great shot of Tony's tattoo. you can really see the blue on his hand.
ok. have great days! great WEDNESDAYS!!!!! my second favorite day of the week!!!! (after Ruby Tuesday, of course)
take care. be well.
<3
08 February 2010
undiscovered
i discovered these things today/recently:
1. the song '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' by Paul Simon. loves it!
2. that the main guitar riff in 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder isn't actually a guitar at all!! it's a clavinet! who knew?!
3. i really like the overly dramatic music of Joshua Radin. sorry, but it's true. the song, 'When You Find Me,' aw come on, it's pretty.
off topic but of nonetheless blogworthy:
4. Crash Kings say that if you follow them on Twitter they will guarantee you punch and pie. hey, it sounds like a pretty good deal to me. and they say they'll sort out logistics later. (if i were you, i would do it)
and now i'm stuffy, sneezy, scratchy, and feel like i'm getting sick. i think i'm going to use my Neti Pot in my spa-like bathroom and then go to sleep.
i've been waking up early lately. sunday it was 10:57am and i woke up and thought, "uuugggghhhhh too sunny." and today it was 11:35am.
anyways. ok. i'm going to bed. 1:52am. have great days!
<3
1. the song '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' by Paul Simon. loves it!
2. that the main guitar riff in 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder isn't actually a guitar at all!! it's a clavinet! who knew?!
3. i really like the overly dramatic music of Joshua Radin. sorry, but it's true. the song, 'When You Find Me,' aw come on, it's pretty.
off topic but of nonetheless blogworthy:
4. Crash Kings say that if you follow them on Twitter they will guarantee you punch and pie. hey, it sounds like a pretty good deal to me. and they say they'll sort out logistics later. (if i were you, i would do it)
and now i'm stuffy, sneezy, scratchy, and feel like i'm getting sick. i think i'm going to use my Neti Pot in my spa-like bathroom and then go to sleep.
i've been waking up early lately. sunday it was 10:57am and i woke up and thought, "uuugggghhhhh too sunny." and today it was 11:35am.
anyways. ok. i'm going to bed. 1:52am. have great days!
<3
interstate freeway green light GO
OH HI!!!! i didn't see you there.
i know i've been super lame about blogging! i don't know why. it's not like i have anything going on in my life right now. i have some things to tell you about and to keep order, i will make a list. i think this worked well the last time i did it.
1. BUG
2. Buck
3. bathroom
4. sushi and cheese
5. mind crazy
6. CLOCK
ok. for the most part, they might be in that order. but, i'm not promising anything. let's get started, friend:
1. BUG. Remember a few weeks ago when i thought my apartment was going to explode because i thought i smelled a gas leak coming from my oven??? and remember how i kept waking up in the night thinking, "oh good, i'm still alive." but i also thought it might be a stink bug due to the quickness of the horrible smell happening. WELL. i can't believe i kept forgetting to tell you this. BUT. i went into my bedroom one night long after i stopped smelling the horrible smell, and i thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye. so i looked, and what was it!?! A FREAKING STINK BUG. yep. there he was. just sitting on a cord. i have never been so happy to see a stink bug. if it's between dying in a firey explosion or finding a stink bug - i would choose bug. i hope we all would. so, i figured i couldn't squish the bug because then he would start to smell again. so, i got some chemical filled bug killing spray and killed him. sorry all you bug enthusiasts. he had to go. an amazing end to the horrible smell story, no?
2. BUCK. i was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and she said,
MOM: I can't believe that Buck was on that guitar pick!
JULIE: OH MY GOD I KNOW!!!!!!!
MOM: That's so weird!
JULIE: Don't you think it means we're supposed to be married?????
MOM: Well, I don't know about that....
she was even excited. i still can't believe it. BUCK. on the guitar pick. from MIKE. amazing.
3. BATHROOM. i woke up this morning, went online, read an article titled, "Turn Your Bathroom Into A Spa-Like Retreat" and immediately said to myself, "yep. that is what i'm doing today." and i did. i successfully turned my bathroom into a spa-like retreat.
here are the steps i took:
1. bought a set of plastic drawers for $7. turns out they fit perfectly in between my sink and tub.
2. got rid of my pink bathmat with a brown hair dye stain on it and bought an ORANGE bathmat that matches my orange porcelain tub and orange pipes on the ceiling.
3. bought some fake flowers
4. bought a tiny glass jar at a thrift store for $.50
5. came home
6. cleared off my bathroom floor. thoroughly swept. thoroughly mopped. put down the new bathmat and drawers.
7. cleared off/organized my bathroom shelves. putting most of it into the drawers. organized the shelves in my bathroom mirror
8. scrubbed the tub. scrubbed the sink. scrubbed the mirror. scrubbed the shelves.
9. arranged my new fake flowers in an old, glass, spaghetti sauce jar. put them on my nice clean shelf.
10. admired my new spa-like retreat!!!!
that's TEN STEPS!!! in just ten simple steps you too could have your own spa-like retreat. i love it. my bathroom looks probably 95% better than it used to. it's cleaner. more organized. and i think the orange accessories make it semi-hip. the bathroom walls are green. nice, right!? i was very proud of myself for doing this day project.
4. SUSHI AND CHEESE. so, last week all i wanted to eat was melted cheese. it didn't even matter what i was eating with it - as long as there was melted cheese. it was very weird. and i've had this sushi craving for a while now, but now that i've actually eaten sushi twice in the past week, it's in full force. so today, while i was out running my "spa bathroom" errands, i decided to stop at the grocery store to buy some sushi. i couldn't take it anymore! and so, that's what i'm having for supper tonight after i finish this blog. MAN. sushi and melted cheese. sooo freaking good. i haven't tried them together, and i probably won't. and i'll also make sure not to end up with mercury poisoning like Jeremy Piven did...
5. MIND CRAZY. i am going through a crisis right now. i'd like to say it's a minor crisis, but i think that would be downplaying it. it is MAJOR crisis. i think i am losing my mind. i don't know what's happening to me. let me explain:
- remember in my Crash Kings concert review from Providence i posted a link to a video from Providence that wasn't mine, but it was super good?? and i said it was from someone else who had a waaaaay better view? yeah. i don't know if you watched that video - but you really should.
- anyways.
- then i was on the Crash Kings main youtube page reading comments their fans have posted for them, and i noticed there was a comment from the person who posted that totally awesome video. and they were like, "i first saw you with Tally Hall at The Middle East, and then saw you at Great Scott last weekend, and then again in Providence....."
- and i was like, "holy crap, i've been at THREE shows with this person!" because I also first saw them with Tally Hall (although, i was there for Rooney), and then at Great Scott, and then in Providence. weird, right?!
- i posted a youtube comment on that video because i literally couldn't stop watching it. i'm smiling right now just thinking about that video. and then i just said that i had read the comment on their main page and that i was also at those three shows!
- so then she comments back to me all totally excited about the video and the Providence show in general and then she's like, "are you going to the next Boston show?! what about the shows on the 6th and 7th? i'm looking for people to carpool with!"
- so immediately i look at the tour dates and they'll be with JET all those dates in March. Clifton Park, NY on the 6th, Sayerville, NJ on the 7th, and then Boston on the 9th. and so, we're commenting back and forth for a little while and i'm just thinking, "how freaking awesome would it be to go on a roadtrip for a Crash Kings concert weekend?!?!?!?!" it'd be totally awesome, right!?
- BUT THEN, i thought, "holy crap - the Academy Awards are on the 7th." and then i immediately said to myself, "oh, well, you can't go."
- but THEN, i just kept thinking about how much FUN it would be to be at a concert, having met new friends! for a whole weekend! instead of sitting on the couch alone, watching tv.
- i'm feeling so torn about this. i mean, it's probably not even going to work out getting the nights off, because of the baby being due right around then. but could it hurt to ask?
- i guess the mind craziness comes in me thinking that it would be okay to miss the Academy Awards. my SECOND favorite night of the year. i mean, what!?
- but then i also feel like i haven't really been excited about Awards Season this year. i mean, i've hardly seen any of the movies. i hardly know any of the buzz. and i can't explain it! WHY??!?! what's happening to me?!! thinking about getting a tattoo?? thinking about missing the Academy Awards?!?
- i mean, i wouldn't miss them. i would have someone tape them for me so i could watch them at a later date. (how come they never came up with a fancy word for taping things onto VHS tapes?) but, i'm saying i would probably know the outcome before watching the show.
- I DON'T KNOW. talk me through this, friends. it's probably not going to happen because of the baby, and i have to keep reminding myself that.
- UGH but it'd be sooo awesome to go on a crash kings roadtrip weekend!!!!! with new friends!!!!!!! from my online stalking of other Crash Kings fans, it seems that many people have become friends while attending concerts, roadtripping, etc. and i want that too!!!!! how awesome is it to make a new friend? it's awesome. but if it's over Crash Kings it's automatically 100 times awesomer.
- and this is when i have thoughts that my job interferes with my life. and this is when i wished that i didn't work at nighttime and i had weekends off.
- maybe i could convince Crash Kings into doing matinee shows! then i could attend! everything cool and super fun happens at night. UGH.
- but then i think, "well you can't just leave your job because it's also where you live." and then i think, "oh yeah."
- so, i don't know what to do. i mean, i know there will be other times for Crash Kings. but what if they tour in Europe?! what if they become super famous next week and their tickets start costing $60?!!? (i mean, it's a give-in that they will become super famous) and i want NOW.
- yep. it's a crisis. MAJOR.
6. CLOCK. also today in the thrift store i bought A FLIP CLOCK. now, Maria had gotten me a 'rolling flip clock' a while back because i couldn't find one anywhere. and i love that clock. i've used it ever since she got it for me. it's currently sitting on top of my tv! rolling and flipping away! it's great! AND, it has a backlight! which my new one does not have. but this new one is an actual flip clock. where the numbers flip. and it's in super great condition. and i don't know where to put it, but i love it. it's currently in the kitchen. it might stay there. i thought i wanted it in my bedroom, but my outlet situation in my bedroom is quite depressing. anyways - GREAT purchase! $6!!!
(i'm adding a #7)
7. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. (see what i did? i took a popular Crash Kings song ('it's only wednesday') and changed it so it applies to my cat, Ruby Tuesday, who's name also contains a day of the week!)
i would like to show you her new favorite place, which makes me a nervous wreck:
yes. that is the very top of the cabinets she is on. she has really been trying to get up there ever since she moved in, back in the summer. she will sit on top of the fridge and cry, cry, cry up at those top cabinets. she'll sit on the fridge and do "the paw thing" up at those cabinets - she wants it so bad. and then, one day, she decided to take the leap.
she was so excited. look how close she is to the ceiling!!!!
and then, tonight, just after i started this very blog entry, she was up there, and she got sleepy.....
and she fell asleep. on top of the cabinets. for like, 45 minutes. sleepy tuesday! she's so cute!!!! but i was so nervous she would stretch and roll over and fall off.
don't worry, i coaxed her down with a piece of cheese.
ALRIGHT. we've completed the list and then some. i'm kind of feeling lousy right now. not like, sick lousy. but like, just, eh. eh.
i'm going to go eat my sushi. and i think i'll make rice with that. and watch a movie.
have a great tuesday! a great morning! a great afternoon and night and everything in between!!!!!
i'll talk to you later :)
<3,
J.
i know i've been super lame about blogging! i don't know why. it's not like i have anything going on in my life right now. i have some things to tell you about and to keep order, i will make a list. i think this worked well the last time i did it.
1. BUG
2. Buck
3. bathroom
4. sushi and cheese
5. mind crazy
6. CLOCK
ok. for the most part, they might be in that order. but, i'm not promising anything. let's get started, friend:
1. BUG. Remember a few weeks ago when i thought my apartment was going to explode because i thought i smelled a gas leak coming from my oven??? and remember how i kept waking up in the night thinking, "oh good, i'm still alive." but i also thought it might be a stink bug due to the quickness of the horrible smell happening. WELL. i can't believe i kept forgetting to tell you this. BUT. i went into my bedroom one night long after i stopped smelling the horrible smell, and i thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye. so i looked, and what was it!?! A FREAKING STINK BUG. yep. there he was. just sitting on a cord. i have never been so happy to see a stink bug. if it's between dying in a firey explosion or finding a stink bug - i would choose bug. i hope we all would. so, i figured i couldn't squish the bug because then he would start to smell again. so, i got some chemical filled bug killing spray and killed him. sorry all you bug enthusiasts. he had to go. an amazing end to the horrible smell story, no?
2. BUCK. i was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and she said,
MOM: I can't believe that Buck was on that guitar pick!
JULIE: OH MY GOD I KNOW!!!!!!!
MOM: That's so weird!
JULIE: Don't you think it means we're supposed to be married?????
MOM: Well, I don't know about that....
she was even excited. i still can't believe it. BUCK. on the guitar pick. from MIKE. amazing.
3. BATHROOM. i woke up this morning, went online, read an article titled, "Turn Your Bathroom Into A Spa-Like Retreat" and immediately said to myself, "yep. that is what i'm doing today." and i did. i successfully turned my bathroom into a spa-like retreat.
here are the steps i took:
1. bought a set of plastic drawers for $7. turns out they fit perfectly in between my sink and tub.
2. got rid of my pink bathmat with a brown hair dye stain on it and bought an ORANGE bathmat that matches my orange porcelain tub and orange pipes on the ceiling.
3. bought some fake flowers
4. bought a tiny glass jar at a thrift store for $.50
5. came home
6. cleared off my bathroom floor. thoroughly swept. thoroughly mopped. put down the new bathmat and drawers.
7. cleared off/organized my bathroom shelves. putting most of it into the drawers. organized the shelves in my bathroom mirror
8. scrubbed the tub. scrubbed the sink. scrubbed the mirror. scrubbed the shelves.
9. arranged my new fake flowers in an old, glass, spaghetti sauce jar. put them on my nice clean shelf.
10. admired my new spa-like retreat!!!!
that's TEN STEPS!!! in just ten simple steps you too could have your own spa-like retreat. i love it. my bathroom looks probably 95% better than it used to. it's cleaner. more organized. and i think the orange accessories make it semi-hip. the bathroom walls are green. nice, right!? i was very proud of myself for doing this day project.
4. SUSHI AND CHEESE. so, last week all i wanted to eat was melted cheese. it didn't even matter what i was eating with it - as long as there was melted cheese. it was very weird. and i've had this sushi craving for a while now, but now that i've actually eaten sushi twice in the past week, it's in full force. so today, while i was out running my "spa bathroom" errands, i decided to stop at the grocery store to buy some sushi. i couldn't take it anymore! and so, that's what i'm having for supper tonight after i finish this blog. MAN. sushi and melted cheese. sooo freaking good. i haven't tried them together, and i probably won't. and i'll also make sure not to end up with mercury poisoning like Jeremy Piven did...
5. MIND CRAZY. i am going through a crisis right now. i'd like to say it's a minor crisis, but i think that would be downplaying it. it is MAJOR crisis. i think i am losing my mind. i don't know what's happening to me. let me explain:
- remember in my Crash Kings concert review from Providence i posted a link to a video from Providence that wasn't mine, but it was super good?? and i said it was from someone else who had a waaaaay better view? yeah. i don't know if you watched that video - but you really should.
- anyways.
- then i was on the Crash Kings main youtube page reading comments their fans have posted for them, and i noticed there was a comment from the person who posted that totally awesome video. and they were like, "i first saw you with Tally Hall at The Middle East, and then saw you at Great Scott last weekend, and then again in Providence....."
- and i was like, "holy crap, i've been at THREE shows with this person!" because I also first saw them with Tally Hall (although, i was there for Rooney), and then at Great Scott, and then in Providence. weird, right?!
- i posted a youtube comment on that video because i literally couldn't stop watching it. i'm smiling right now just thinking about that video. and then i just said that i had read the comment on their main page and that i was also at those three shows!
- so then she comments back to me all totally excited about the video and the Providence show in general and then she's like, "are you going to the next Boston show?! what about the shows on the 6th and 7th? i'm looking for people to carpool with!"
- so immediately i look at the tour dates and they'll be with JET all those dates in March. Clifton Park, NY on the 6th, Sayerville, NJ on the 7th, and then Boston on the 9th. and so, we're commenting back and forth for a little while and i'm just thinking, "how freaking awesome would it be to go on a roadtrip for a Crash Kings concert weekend?!?!?!?!" it'd be totally awesome, right!?
- BUT THEN, i thought, "holy crap - the Academy Awards are on the 7th." and then i immediately said to myself, "oh, well, you can't go."
- but THEN, i just kept thinking about how much FUN it would be to be at a concert, having met new friends! for a whole weekend! instead of sitting on the couch alone, watching tv.
- i'm feeling so torn about this. i mean, it's probably not even going to work out getting the nights off, because of the baby being due right around then. but could it hurt to ask?
- i guess the mind craziness comes in me thinking that it would be okay to miss the Academy Awards. my SECOND favorite night of the year. i mean, what!?
- but then i also feel like i haven't really been excited about Awards Season this year. i mean, i've hardly seen any of the movies. i hardly know any of the buzz. and i can't explain it! WHY??!?! what's happening to me?!! thinking about getting a tattoo?? thinking about missing the Academy Awards?!?
- i mean, i wouldn't miss them. i would have someone tape them for me so i could watch them at a later date. (how come they never came up with a fancy word for taping things onto VHS tapes?) but, i'm saying i would probably know the outcome before watching the show.
- I DON'T KNOW. talk me through this, friends. it's probably not going to happen because of the baby, and i have to keep reminding myself that.
- UGH but it'd be sooo awesome to go on a crash kings roadtrip weekend!!!!! with new friends!!!!!!! from my online stalking of other Crash Kings fans, it seems that many people have become friends while attending concerts, roadtripping, etc. and i want that too!!!!! how awesome is it to make a new friend? it's awesome. but if it's over Crash Kings it's automatically 100 times awesomer.
- and this is when i have thoughts that my job interferes with my life. and this is when i wished that i didn't work at nighttime and i had weekends off.
- maybe i could convince Crash Kings into doing matinee shows! then i could attend! everything cool and super fun happens at night. UGH.
- but then i think, "well you can't just leave your job because it's also where you live." and then i think, "oh yeah."
- so, i don't know what to do. i mean, i know there will be other times for Crash Kings. but what if they tour in Europe?! what if they become super famous next week and their tickets start costing $60?!!? (i mean, it's a give-in that they will become super famous) and i want NOW.
- yep. it's a crisis. MAJOR.
6. CLOCK. also today in the thrift store i bought A FLIP CLOCK. now, Maria had gotten me a 'rolling flip clock' a while back because i couldn't find one anywhere. and i love that clock. i've used it ever since she got it for me. it's currently sitting on top of my tv! rolling and flipping away! it's great! AND, it has a backlight! which my new one does not have. but this new one is an actual flip clock. where the numbers flip. and it's in super great condition. and i don't know where to put it, but i love it. it's currently in the kitchen. it might stay there. i thought i wanted it in my bedroom, but my outlet situation in my bedroom is quite depressing. anyways - GREAT purchase! $6!!!
(i'm adding a #7)
7. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. (see what i did? i took a popular Crash Kings song ('it's only wednesday') and changed it so it applies to my cat, Ruby Tuesday, who's name also contains a day of the week!)
i would like to show you her new favorite place, which makes me a nervous wreck:
yes. that is the very top of the cabinets she is on. she has really been trying to get up there ever since she moved in, back in the summer. she will sit on top of the fridge and cry, cry, cry up at those top cabinets. she'll sit on the fridge and do "the paw thing" up at those cabinets - she wants it so bad. and then, one day, she decided to take the leap.
she was so excited. look how close she is to the ceiling!!!!
and then, tonight, just after i started this very blog entry, she was up there, and she got sleepy.....
and she fell asleep. on top of the cabinets. for like, 45 minutes. sleepy tuesday! she's so cute!!!! but i was so nervous she would stretch and roll over and fall off.
don't worry, i coaxed her down with a piece of cheese.
ALRIGHT. we've completed the list and then some. i'm kind of feeling lousy right now. not like, sick lousy. but like, just, eh. eh.
i'm going to go eat my sushi. and i think i'll make rice with that. and watch a movie.
have a great tuesday! a great morning! a great afternoon and night and everything in between!!!!!
i'll talk to you later :)
<3,
J.
06 February 2010
real quick: i remembered what i wanted to say
a few posts back i got a comment from a super excited Paper Tongues fan saying that they play an amazing live show. i think i talked about this and how happy it made me to receive the comment.
and then! on my Crash Kings blog from Boston last week i got ANOTHER comment from a super excited Crash Kings fan!!!! and they gave me a link to a great YouTube video of 'Carry On,' which i then turned into an mp3 and now am listening to it on my ipod/itunes all the time.
and i just wanted to talk about how excited this makes me. i think you all can see how excited i get when i am really into something. or, really loving whatever i am loving at the moment. i like to think of myself as an excited person in general. so, when complete strangers leave wonderful comments in my blog being excited about the things i am excited about - i love it. i really, really love it.
so, THANK YOU SO MUCH to the Paper Tongues fan and to the Crash Kings fan who commented in this blog. i have no idea if you are reading now, or if you will ever read this. but, you rock. and i hope you have enjoyed my concert recaps from both bands.
and actually, i clicked on the name of the Crash Kings commenter and it took me to this wonderful selection, or should i say, 'compilation,' of quality Crash Kings videos that this person had put together. and it made me oh so very excited. so great to meet other fans.
alright! that's it!
oh! one more thing...
it was tweeted by Rooney this morning that celeb blogger Perez Hilton had posted about Ned and his wife Sarah having a baby! so, i figured i had to post it here, so you can all read about it too. and it's a totally gorgeous picture of Sarah. and, when Perez talks about Ned he calls him a "drummer/hottie," which is why i love Perez Hilton.
ok! now that's it. have a great night!
<3,
Julie
and then! on my Crash Kings blog from Boston last week i got ANOTHER comment from a super excited Crash Kings fan!!!! and they gave me a link to a great YouTube video of 'Carry On,' which i then turned into an mp3 and now am listening to it on my ipod/itunes all the time.
and i just wanted to talk about how excited this makes me. i think you all can see how excited i get when i am really into something. or, really loving whatever i am loving at the moment. i like to think of myself as an excited person in general. so, when complete strangers leave wonderful comments in my blog being excited about the things i am excited about - i love it. i really, really love it.
so, THANK YOU SO MUCH to the Paper Tongues fan and to the Crash Kings fan who commented in this blog. i have no idea if you are reading now, or if you will ever read this. but, you rock. and i hope you have enjoyed my concert recaps from both bands.
and actually, i clicked on the name of the Crash Kings commenter and it took me to this wonderful selection, or should i say, 'compilation,' of quality Crash Kings videos that this person had put together. and it made me oh so very excited. so great to meet other fans.
alright! that's it!
oh! one more thing...
it was tweeted by Rooney this morning that celeb blogger Perez Hilton had posted about Ned and his wife Sarah having a baby! so, i figured i had to post it here, so you can all read about it too. and it's a totally gorgeous picture of Sarah. and, when Perez talks about Ned he calls him a "drummer/hottie," which is why i love Perez Hilton.
ok! now that's it. have a great night!
<3,
Julie
CRASH KINGS YEAAHHHH!!!!!
is it possible to be too excited to blog? yes, it appears it is. but, for an entire week? well, i suppose so.
why is this week so exciting, you ask? you may refer to the post below this one, if necessary. not only did Kara and i drive to Boston last weekend to see Crash Kings, but we met them afterwards, stole their set list and had them sign it.
this past thursday night, we found ourselves in Providence, about to see them again. after a brief (but super stressful) time when kara said, "actually, i don't think i want to go," we drove over to The Colosseum, in the "nightclub" district of the city, where they were performing.
now, not only was i excited to see them, but i was excited to get to The Colosseum, because they have the absolute WORST website ever. it's the most confusing piece of crap on the web. and no, i don't feel bad at all saying that. seriously - Colosseum people - you need to fix the site. stop being cool and start being useful.
anyways. we get to the show and show ID. i was worried about the show turning out to be 21+, but since there is absolutely NO useful information on the website, i figured it was probably 18+. it was. and i got a bracelet showing i was over 21. then we pay the entering price.
95 CENTS. yes. the show did, in fact, cost us only 95 cents each. we win again.
walked into this place, and there's like neon lights shooting through the floor, a video screen with colorful stars, and very loud music playing.
Kara was VERY FIRM in telling me that SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE the opening band, Violent Soho. we once again tried listening to their music on their myspace, and couldn't get through one song. it's like, heavy metal screaming music. at first, i felt bad about not seeing them, because they're just some kids from Queensland trying to make it in the music business. AND, we had never heard of Crash Kings until we heard them as an opening band, and they are so fantastic.
but, once we got there, and saw that there were very little people there, i didn't feel so bad. we got to the place around 9:25pm, and they were already all through their set, and had already cleared all their instruments off. Mike was on stage setting up his amps. and Tony's stuff was pretty much all set up. so, i have no idea how long Violent Soho played for, but it must not have been long.
anyways, then i look around the room and see a gorgeous guy with a scruffy face and wearing a red plaid shirt. that was exciting. and it wasn't Tony. just a random hottie.
i look around some more, and eventually see Tony hanging out at one of the tables with some other people, drinking. AND. he was wearing his glasses. oh boy, was this exciting for me. i pretty much died right there. he has these gorgeous glasses he wears sometimes.
ooohhh look at that face. that's him wearing glasses. i know, it's too much hott to handle. we didn't take that picture, i found that on their facebook.
and, um, also while looking for pictures on their facebook, i found pictures of Tony wearing a headband. now, for those of you who don't know - boys wearing headbands are one of my weak points. for instance, when Zac Efron comes out of the gym with his hair pulled back with a headband, i go crazy.
i was not expecting to find these pictures of Tony wearing a headband. but i'm glad the only other person with me is Ruby, because i am pretty freaking excited about this.
are you ready? i'm going to show you one. prepare yourself for HOTT.
WHOA. oh boy. i am lucky i haven't found a picture of him wearing both the headband and the glasses. because i would lose all control.
anyways.
wow, he's beautiful.
ok, anyways. again, he was just hanging out in the middle of the crowd and nobody seemed to notice that it was him. except me and kara. kara was keeping it calm. but, i might have been getting a little crazed.
then i said, "should we get drinks?" kara said she would get a sprite if i wanted to get her a drink.
i decided i would get a vodka cranberry. why the heck not?! i was at a freaking nightclub about to see a rock concert.
immediately after i started drinking the drink, i didn't want it. it wasn't very good. and the cup was so cold that it hurt my hands to hold it. it was a bad experience. i couldn't stand drinking that drink. and there were no trash cans anywhere to throw it away. what's with bars and nightclubs not having trash cans? after kara was done with her sprite, we went over and put our cups on the bar. i couldn't finish the drink. yuck.
so then, we find a good spot in the middle of the floor with neon lights shooting through it. there's aren't very many people, so we're pretty close to the front. it's a much bigger stage than in Boston.
and then a person from the sponsoring radio station comes out to introduce them!
AND THEN Jason comes out on drums!!! AND THEN Mike comes out on bass!!!! AND THEN Tony comes out on the keys!!!
Tony looks kind of like a vampire in this picture. still a hottie. see the video screen with stars to the far left? he was wearing a shirt with the periodic table on it. this made me happy.
Mike! on bass! with the orange amp. funny story - on our way to the concert, we were listening to 95.5 WBRU, the station sponsoring, and we heard an advertisement for a guitar store, and they said they sold Orange amps. great!
Mike with a little bit of Jason.
ok, Jason totally ROCKS on the drums. we really got a great view of him this time. it's super cool because he plays in his socks! or, bare feet, we couldn't tell.
Kara and i knew the words to every single song. YEP. it was a proud night. listening to their CD for over a month straight had definitely paid off. there were some people who knew the words to 'It's Only Wednesday,' which is the one from Zombieland, which Tony said he had finally seen. it came out on dvd this past Tuesday. kara was like,
KARA: I can't believe he knew the song was in the movie and didn't go see it in theaters!
and people also knew the words to 'Mountain Man,' which is the song they play on the radio.
but, since nobody really knew the words, nobody was really dancing and rocking out. DON'T WORRY - i was. and kara was for the most part.
Mike getting hott and sweaty! it was strange - Mike and Jason were totally drenched with sweat and hottness by the end of the show, but Tony was not. like, not even a little sweat on his shirt. i thought that was odd. you would at least think his arms would get sweaty, right? but, nope.
they played the same set as they did in Boston on sunday night. i was hoping they would switch it up a little, but it was fine.
AND, during the song 'Raincoat,' Tony TOTALLY looked at me, saw that i was singing/rocking out, and he smiled. oooo if you could only see him smile. he has one of those smiles that lights up his whole face.
wait! you can see him smile! go back and look at that picture of him with glasses!!!! yes. whole face lighting up.
and, remember how in Boston there was that gorgeous brother moment where Tony and Mike looked at each other and smiled? YEAH. there were MANY MORE during this show - and it was great. even Kara noticed that there were more.
Mike is so pretty. he looks so soft. i love it. and he has great stage presence. he's funny.
SO, during their last song, 'Mountain Man,' the crowd REALLY started to get crazy. i think because it was almost time for the place to turn into a nightclub. so the kids there started to get drunker and skankier. and, the crowd just went WILD. and then they ended and these two guys in back of us started SCREAMING, "EN-CORE, EN-CORE, EN-CORE!!!!!!!" and then the whole crowd was screaming it.
so, the guys met up for about two seconds in the back of the stage and then resumed their places.
TONY: So, we just had a band meeting. And, we don't do encores for every show. It really depends on the crowd. But, you guys asked for it. So, we're gonna play this one more song that we were fortunate enough to play with Chris Cornell when we toured with him. It's a cover song. Sing along if you know it...
and then they started playing Black Sabbath's song 'War Pigs,' which i had heard they do an amazing cover of, but had never heard them do it.
BUT HOLY MAN. they KILLED on that song. it was soooo crazy insane. and the people in the crowd ALLLLL knew the lyrics and EVERYBODY WAS ROCKING.
and then there was this part towards the end of the song where the band just totally jams the hell out of the song, and Tony went absolutely crazy. i wish wish wish i had gotten it on video, but i couldn't take my eyes off of him because it was so awesome to watch.
he is jumping off the ground, like a hardcore rocker. he's headbanging. his hair is just everywhere. all while he's rocking on the clav. it was the best thing ever happening in the world at the moment.
how does he rock on the clav so hard and still play the right notes?! i have no idea. he was getting air in those jumps. like, high off the ground. all while headbanging. oh man, it was so freaking crazy.
and i never thought i would ever go to a concert where this was happening. i mean, Phantom Planet gets loud and rocks out at some points. but, this was just so hardcore. so awesome.
NOW. you may not believe this - but it gets even better. EVEN BETTER.
so, the show ends. people are crazy. i'm in such a daze, i have no idea what's going on. then i hear kara scream,
KARA: He threw the pick!!!
JULIE: What?
KARA: Mike threw his pick and I didn't see anyone get it...
JULIE: FIND IT!!!!!!!!
and, you might not know this about kara, but she has a secret ability to find guitar picks. after the Rooney show, we were waiting in the merch line and a girl said,
GIRL: Oh no! I dropped the guitar pick!
GIRL'S FRIEND: Where?!
GIRL: I don't know!!! I can't find it!!!!
KARA: (looks down for one second) There it is.
GIRL: Oh my God thank you SO MUCH!!!!
kara was being a good citizen by using her ability to help others. i probably would have pretended not to see it, but really did, and then stole it. but hey, that's just me.
anyways, Kara knew the exact spot where Mike's guitar pick had fallen and her eyes fixed right on that spot. finally, enough people moved away, and there it lay, that beautiful guitar pick that Mike had been holding all night in his hott and sweaty hands.
Kara picked it up off the ground. you could almost hear symphonies playing in the background. angels began singing sweet harmonies of joy. she moved in slow motion as she turned to me, holding out the pick.
KARA: Happy Birthday.
she said, and handed it to me. it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
once we got into a more well-lit area, we were able to examine the pick more. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, it looks like Mike and I are meant to be together.
LOOK at this pick:
IT HAS BUCK ON IT. it is a Buck pick. for those of you who don't know, yes, i still sleep with a stuffed animal. am i ashamed of this? heck no. what is the stuffed animal, you ask? it is a turtle named Buck. and he has slept with me every single night (save for one) since i was in.... 9th grade? 8th grade? 7th grade? and Buck is the best. he's been to Ireland. Canada (multiple times). Boston. Providence. Newport. Florida (where he came from). Savannah. D.C. NYC. he comes with me wherever i am sleeping.
and, you should know, that every time i see a turtle, i say, "it's Buck!"
so, to see Buck on the guitar pick that Mike had, was a pretty freaking big deal.
can you see how the tip is frayed? HARDCORE playing. i don't know which songs he uses a pick for.
but there it is. Mike's guitar pick. i love it. i basically have not let it out of my sight since getting it. i'm so worried that Ruby Tuesday will think it's a new toy.
and i asked Kara on our drive home,
JULIE: Do you think getting the guitar pick at a concert is the same thing as catching the bouquet at a wedding?
KARA: Oh, definitely!
JULIE: Ok, good.
KARA: Yeah, it definitely means you're gonna marry Mike. Then, you'll be Tony's sister-in-law, and you can probably have an affair with him at some point.
JULIE: Wow, I'm gonna have a good life.
yep. pretty exciting stuff.
i'm not sure what to do with the guitar pick. if i should put it in a frame with the signed set list? if i should sleep with it under my pillow? turn it into a piece of jewelry?
anyways. now i'm going to post videos. i was on a strict video mission to get all my favorite parts of all my favorite songs on video.
you can watch them if you want, but i am mainly posting them so Kara can see. it's funny, because the way the lights were, Mike is pretty much a different color in each video he's in. in one he's blue, another yellow, and another red. it's quite amusing, in my opinion.
so, i've uploaded all the videos to YOUTUBE so you can watch them there in better quality and in a bigger window.
14 ARMS - one of my favorite songs. i got the second verse on video because it's my favorite, for some reason.
NON BELIEVER - i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyric, "i would love you Monday through 'til Sunday" and i did! ALSO - in the end when there's a shot of Mike, i believe i got one half of a "Tony and Mike smile at each other" moment.
IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY - got the chorus. loves it.
COME AWAY - my favorite song. the most beautiful song about winter ever. Tony said before they started playing it that he wrote it about when they used to go skiing up at Killington. then people in the crowd started screaming and Tony was like, "yeah!! go Killington!!!"
this song should be the theme of the winter olympics.
CARRY ON - yep. the song that i wanted them to play twice in Boston, and Tony totally laughed at me. whatevs. i got my favorite part on video. i decided that it might just be my favorite part of the whole Crash Kings experience. it comes at about 20 seconds into the video. it's like the headband picture, only in audio form. YEAH.
i actually think Tony has a really great singing voice.
SAVING GRACE - again, i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyrics, "stay with me late into this night, and lay with me and i'll promise to make you feel....whoooo!!!!"
ALL ALONG - another new song. so freaking good. the song gets really loud and rocking, but the beginning is sweet and pretty and that's what i got. it's just Tony and piano.
and actually, i found another person had uploaded videos from the providence show and they had a waaaayy better view than me! and, they got a totally, totally, super hott video of Tony in one of his 'rocking out on the clav' moments during 'All Along.' i kind of can't stop watching this video. it's sooo freaking good. and you wouldn't believe it's the same song of the video i posted, because it totally sounds different. please watch. you will be amazed.
you should really watch that video. there's a part close to the beginning where Tony knocks the microphone out of the way with his shoulder so he can rock out more, and for some reason, it reminds me of a lion. i have absolutely no idea why. like, the motion of his shoulder hitting the microphone looks like something a lion would do. i can't explain any more. i have no reasons.
MY LOVE - on Sunday Tony said that he wrote this song about coming home. meaning, coming home to Boston. but, man it's romantic. he must really love Boston. again, i had to get him on video singing the lyrics, "all the little pieces of the world come together so well....you're taking me home." so, so pretty. (both the song and the man.)
MOUNTAIN MAN - i only got a small piece. the chorus, mainly. this is a really good song. i watched an interview with the band and Mike said that Budweiser was thinking of using this song in one of their commercials, but decided not to because the lyric, "she's drunk by the daytime" goes against their, 'drink responsibly' motto. i'm glad about this. they're not singing about getting drunk on beer anyways. it's about being drunk on sunshine. way more cooler.
AND THAT'S IT!!!!! whoa, that's a lot of videos.
what a great week of Crash Kings!!!! i could seriously see them in concert every night of the week. i decided that they need to go on tour with Rooney and Hanson. hott, right?!
or, they should tour with Hanson and the Jonas Brothers. call it the BRO TOUR. and.... Oasis? were they brothers too? and Robert and Jason Schwartzman can be special guests.
man, brother bands are so great.
once they finish up this headlining tour in a few weeks, they are immediately going back on tour with the band JET. they sing that slow song, "oooohhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of something something something...." and that fast song, "1 2 3 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine!"
and they're coming BACK to boston on 9 March! and playing at The Paradise, which is pretty much right down the street from where we were last Sunday. it's where i first saw Rooney. great little club. i'm not planning on being able to go, because we have a baby that is due right around then. but, they have a very long list of tour dates in other cities and if they are playing in a city near you, i would strongly encourage you to consider going.
now that i'm part of the Crash Queens, i have a responsibility to promote this band to the max. because i haven't been talking about them enough for the past two months.
alright. i thought i had more to say, but now i can't really think of it. lucky you, right?
so, have a great rest of the weekend. now that all the excitement in my life is over, i can go back to normal blogging and focusing on the fact that it is my birthday month.
i might update you later. maybe not. i think this is a pretty good entry. i really hope you're listening to Crash Kings music after you read all this stuff. because they're seriously good and seriously cool. and, in total honesty, every single song on their CD is awesome. like, there's no songs where i'm like, "oo i'm gonna skip this one." for realz. it's all good.
ok. now i have to go to work!!!!
talk to you soon, friends. have a lovely evening!!
<3,
Julie
why is this week so exciting, you ask? you may refer to the post below this one, if necessary. not only did Kara and i drive to Boston last weekend to see Crash Kings, but we met them afterwards, stole their set list and had them sign it.
this past thursday night, we found ourselves in Providence, about to see them again. after a brief (but super stressful) time when kara said, "actually, i don't think i want to go," we drove over to The Colosseum, in the "nightclub" district of the city, where they were performing.
now, not only was i excited to see them, but i was excited to get to The Colosseum, because they have the absolute WORST website ever. it's the most confusing piece of crap on the web. and no, i don't feel bad at all saying that. seriously - Colosseum people - you need to fix the site. stop being cool and start being useful.
anyways. we get to the show and show ID. i was worried about the show turning out to be 21+, but since there is absolutely NO useful information on the website, i figured it was probably 18+. it was. and i got a bracelet showing i was over 21. then we pay the entering price.
95 CENTS. yes. the show did, in fact, cost us only 95 cents each. we win again.
walked into this place, and there's like neon lights shooting through the floor, a video screen with colorful stars, and very loud music playing.
Kara was VERY FIRM in telling me that SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE the opening band, Violent Soho. we once again tried listening to their music on their myspace, and couldn't get through one song. it's like, heavy metal screaming music. at first, i felt bad about not seeing them, because they're just some kids from Queensland trying to make it in the music business. AND, we had never heard of Crash Kings until we heard them as an opening band, and they are so fantastic.
but, once we got there, and saw that there were very little people there, i didn't feel so bad. we got to the place around 9:25pm, and they were already all through their set, and had already cleared all their instruments off. Mike was on stage setting up his amps. and Tony's stuff was pretty much all set up. so, i have no idea how long Violent Soho played for, but it must not have been long.
anyways, then i look around the room and see a gorgeous guy with a scruffy face and wearing a red plaid shirt. that was exciting. and it wasn't Tony. just a random hottie.
i look around some more, and eventually see Tony hanging out at one of the tables with some other people, drinking. AND. he was wearing his glasses. oh boy, was this exciting for me. i pretty much died right there. he has these gorgeous glasses he wears sometimes.
ooohhh look at that face. that's him wearing glasses. i know, it's too much hott to handle. we didn't take that picture, i found that on their facebook.
and, um, also while looking for pictures on their facebook, i found pictures of Tony wearing a headband. now, for those of you who don't know - boys wearing headbands are one of my weak points. for instance, when Zac Efron comes out of the gym with his hair pulled back with a headband, i go crazy.
i was not expecting to find these pictures of Tony wearing a headband. but i'm glad the only other person with me is Ruby, because i am pretty freaking excited about this.
are you ready? i'm going to show you one. prepare yourself for HOTT.
WHOA. oh boy. i am lucky i haven't found a picture of him wearing both the headband and the glasses. because i would lose all control.
anyways.
wow, he's beautiful.
ok, anyways. again, he was just hanging out in the middle of the crowd and nobody seemed to notice that it was him. except me and kara. kara was keeping it calm. but, i might have been getting a little crazed.
then i said, "should we get drinks?" kara said she would get a sprite if i wanted to get her a drink.
i decided i would get a vodka cranberry. why the heck not?! i was at a freaking nightclub about to see a rock concert.
immediately after i started drinking the drink, i didn't want it. it wasn't very good. and the cup was so cold that it hurt my hands to hold it. it was a bad experience. i couldn't stand drinking that drink. and there were no trash cans anywhere to throw it away. what's with bars and nightclubs not having trash cans? after kara was done with her sprite, we went over and put our cups on the bar. i couldn't finish the drink. yuck.
so then, we find a good spot in the middle of the floor with neon lights shooting through it. there's aren't very many people, so we're pretty close to the front. it's a much bigger stage than in Boston.
and then a person from the sponsoring radio station comes out to introduce them!
AND THEN Jason comes out on drums!!! AND THEN Mike comes out on bass!!!! AND THEN Tony comes out on the keys!!!
Tony looks kind of like a vampire in this picture. still a hottie. see the video screen with stars to the far left? he was wearing a shirt with the periodic table on it. this made me happy.
Mike! on bass! with the orange amp. funny story - on our way to the concert, we were listening to 95.5 WBRU, the station sponsoring, and we heard an advertisement for a guitar store, and they said they sold Orange amps. great!
Mike with a little bit of Jason.
ok, Jason totally ROCKS on the drums. we really got a great view of him this time. it's super cool because he plays in his socks! or, bare feet, we couldn't tell.
Kara and i knew the words to every single song. YEP. it was a proud night. listening to their CD for over a month straight had definitely paid off. there were some people who knew the words to 'It's Only Wednesday,' which is the one from Zombieland, which Tony said he had finally seen. it came out on dvd this past Tuesday. kara was like,
KARA: I can't believe he knew the song was in the movie and didn't go see it in theaters!
and people also knew the words to 'Mountain Man,' which is the song they play on the radio.
but, since nobody really knew the words, nobody was really dancing and rocking out. DON'T WORRY - i was. and kara was for the most part.
Mike getting hott and sweaty! it was strange - Mike and Jason were totally drenched with sweat and hottness by the end of the show, but Tony was not. like, not even a little sweat on his shirt. i thought that was odd. you would at least think his arms would get sweaty, right? but, nope.
they played the same set as they did in Boston on sunday night. i was hoping they would switch it up a little, but it was fine.
AND, during the song 'Raincoat,' Tony TOTALLY looked at me, saw that i was singing/rocking out, and he smiled. oooo if you could only see him smile. he has one of those smiles that lights up his whole face.
wait! you can see him smile! go back and look at that picture of him with glasses!!!! yes. whole face lighting up.
and, remember how in Boston there was that gorgeous brother moment where Tony and Mike looked at each other and smiled? YEAH. there were MANY MORE during this show - and it was great. even Kara noticed that there were more.
Mike is so pretty. he looks so soft. i love it. and he has great stage presence. he's funny.
SO, during their last song, 'Mountain Man,' the crowd REALLY started to get crazy. i think because it was almost time for the place to turn into a nightclub. so the kids there started to get drunker and skankier. and, the crowd just went WILD. and then they ended and these two guys in back of us started SCREAMING, "EN-CORE, EN-CORE, EN-CORE!!!!!!!" and then the whole crowd was screaming it.
so, the guys met up for about two seconds in the back of the stage and then resumed their places.
TONY: So, we just had a band meeting. And, we don't do encores for every show. It really depends on the crowd. But, you guys asked for it. So, we're gonna play this one more song that we were fortunate enough to play with Chris Cornell when we toured with him. It's a cover song. Sing along if you know it...
and then they started playing Black Sabbath's song 'War Pigs,' which i had heard they do an amazing cover of, but had never heard them do it.
BUT HOLY MAN. they KILLED on that song. it was soooo crazy insane. and the people in the crowd ALLLLL knew the lyrics and EVERYBODY WAS ROCKING.
and then there was this part towards the end of the song where the band just totally jams the hell out of the song, and Tony went absolutely crazy. i wish wish wish i had gotten it on video, but i couldn't take my eyes off of him because it was so awesome to watch.
he is jumping off the ground, like a hardcore rocker. he's headbanging. his hair is just everywhere. all while he's rocking on the clav. it was the best thing ever happening in the world at the moment.
how does he rock on the clav so hard and still play the right notes?! i have no idea. he was getting air in those jumps. like, high off the ground. all while headbanging. oh man, it was so freaking crazy.
and i never thought i would ever go to a concert where this was happening. i mean, Phantom Planet gets loud and rocks out at some points. but, this was just so hardcore. so awesome.
NOW. you may not believe this - but it gets even better. EVEN BETTER.
so, the show ends. people are crazy. i'm in such a daze, i have no idea what's going on. then i hear kara scream,
KARA: He threw the pick!!!
JULIE: What?
KARA: Mike threw his pick and I didn't see anyone get it...
JULIE: FIND IT!!!!!!!!
and, you might not know this about kara, but she has a secret ability to find guitar picks. after the Rooney show, we were waiting in the merch line and a girl said,
GIRL: Oh no! I dropped the guitar pick!
GIRL'S FRIEND: Where?!
GIRL: I don't know!!! I can't find it!!!!
KARA: (looks down for one second) There it is.
GIRL: Oh my God thank you SO MUCH!!!!
kara was being a good citizen by using her ability to help others. i probably would have pretended not to see it, but really did, and then stole it. but hey, that's just me.
anyways, Kara knew the exact spot where Mike's guitar pick had fallen and her eyes fixed right on that spot. finally, enough people moved away, and there it lay, that beautiful guitar pick that Mike had been holding all night in his hott and sweaty hands.
Kara picked it up off the ground. you could almost hear symphonies playing in the background. angels began singing sweet harmonies of joy. she moved in slow motion as she turned to me, holding out the pick.
KARA: Happy Birthday.
she said, and handed it to me. it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
once we got into a more well-lit area, we were able to examine the pick more. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, it looks like Mike and I are meant to be together.
LOOK at this pick:
IT HAS BUCK ON IT. it is a Buck pick. for those of you who don't know, yes, i still sleep with a stuffed animal. am i ashamed of this? heck no. what is the stuffed animal, you ask? it is a turtle named Buck. and he has slept with me every single night (save for one) since i was in.... 9th grade? 8th grade? 7th grade? and Buck is the best. he's been to Ireland. Canada (multiple times). Boston. Providence. Newport. Florida (where he came from). Savannah. D.C. NYC. he comes with me wherever i am sleeping.
and, you should know, that every time i see a turtle, i say, "it's Buck!"
so, to see Buck on the guitar pick that Mike had, was a pretty freaking big deal.
can you see how the tip is frayed? HARDCORE playing. i don't know which songs he uses a pick for.
but there it is. Mike's guitar pick. i love it. i basically have not let it out of my sight since getting it. i'm so worried that Ruby Tuesday will think it's a new toy.
and i asked Kara on our drive home,
JULIE: Do you think getting the guitar pick at a concert is the same thing as catching the bouquet at a wedding?
KARA: Oh, definitely!
JULIE: Ok, good.
KARA: Yeah, it definitely means you're gonna marry Mike. Then, you'll be Tony's sister-in-law, and you can probably have an affair with him at some point.
JULIE: Wow, I'm gonna have a good life.
yep. pretty exciting stuff.
i'm not sure what to do with the guitar pick. if i should put it in a frame with the signed set list? if i should sleep with it under my pillow? turn it into a piece of jewelry?
anyways. now i'm going to post videos. i was on a strict video mission to get all my favorite parts of all my favorite songs on video.
you can watch them if you want, but i am mainly posting them so Kara can see. it's funny, because the way the lights were, Mike is pretty much a different color in each video he's in. in one he's blue, another yellow, and another red. it's quite amusing, in my opinion.
so, i've uploaded all the videos to YOUTUBE so you can watch them there in better quality and in a bigger window.
14 ARMS - one of my favorite songs. i got the second verse on video because it's my favorite, for some reason.
NON BELIEVER - i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyric, "i would love you Monday through 'til Sunday" and i did! ALSO - in the end when there's a shot of Mike, i believe i got one half of a "Tony and Mike smile at each other" moment.
IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY - got the chorus. loves it.
COME AWAY - my favorite song. the most beautiful song about winter ever. Tony said before they started playing it that he wrote it about when they used to go skiing up at Killington. then people in the crowd started screaming and Tony was like, "yeah!! go Killington!!!"
this song should be the theme of the winter olympics.
CARRY ON - yep. the song that i wanted them to play twice in Boston, and Tony totally laughed at me. whatevs. i got my favorite part on video. i decided that it might just be my favorite part of the whole Crash Kings experience. it comes at about 20 seconds into the video. it's like the headband picture, only in audio form. YEAH.
i actually think Tony has a really great singing voice.
SAVING GRACE - again, i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyrics, "stay with me late into this night, and lay with me and i'll promise to make you feel....whoooo!!!!"
ALL ALONG - another new song. so freaking good. the song gets really loud and rocking, but the beginning is sweet and pretty and that's what i got. it's just Tony and piano.
and actually, i found another person had uploaded videos from the providence show and they had a waaaayy better view than me! and, they got a totally, totally, super hott video of Tony in one of his 'rocking out on the clav' moments during 'All Along.' i kind of can't stop watching this video. it's sooo freaking good. and you wouldn't believe it's the same song of the video i posted, because it totally sounds different. please watch. you will be amazed.
you should really watch that video. there's a part close to the beginning where Tony knocks the microphone out of the way with his shoulder so he can rock out more, and for some reason, it reminds me of a lion. i have absolutely no idea why. like, the motion of his shoulder hitting the microphone looks like something a lion would do. i can't explain any more. i have no reasons.
MY LOVE - on Sunday Tony said that he wrote this song about coming home. meaning, coming home to Boston. but, man it's romantic. he must really love Boston. again, i had to get him on video singing the lyrics, "all the little pieces of the world come together so well....you're taking me home." so, so pretty. (both the song and the man.)
MOUNTAIN MAN - i only got a small piece. the chorus, mainly. this is a really good song. i watched an interview with the band and Mike said that Budweiser was thinking of using this song in one of their commercials, but decided not to because the lyric, "she's drunk by the daytime" goes against their, 'drink responsibly' motto. i'm glad about this. they're not singing about getting drunk on beer anyways. it's about being drunk on sunshine. way more cooler.
AND THAT'S IT!!!!! whoa, that's a lot of videos.
what a great week of Crash Kings!!!! i could seriously see them in concert every night of the week. i decided that they need to go on tour with Rooney and Hanson. hott, right?!
or, they should tour with Hanson and the Jonas Brothers. call it the BRO TOUR. and.... Oasis? were they brothers too? and Robert and Jason Schwartzman can be special guests.
man, brother bands are so great.
once they finish up this headlining tour in a few weeks, they are immediately going back on tour with the band JET. they sing that slow song, "oooohhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of something something something...." and that fast song, "1 2 3 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine!"
and they're coming BACK to boston on 9 March! and playing at The Paradise, which is pretty much right down the street from where we were last Sunday. it's where i first saw Rooney. great little club. i'm not planning on being able to go, because we have a baby that is due right around then. but, they have a very long list of tour dates in other cities and if they are playing in a city near you, i would strongly encourage you to consider going.
now that i'm part of the Crash Queens, i have a responsibility to promote this band to the max. because i haven't been talking about them enough for the past two months.
alright. i thought i had more to say, but now i can't really think of it. lucky you, right?
so, have a great rest of the weekend. now that all the excitement in my life is over, i can go back to normal blogging and focusing on the fact that it is my birthday month.
i might update you later. maybe not. i think this is a pretty good entry. i really hope you're listening to Crash Kings music after you read all this stuff. because they're seriously good and seriously cool. and, in total honesty, every single song on their CD is awesome. like, there's no songs where i'm like, "oo i'm gonna skip this one." for realz. it's all good.
ok. now i have to go to work!!!!
talk to you soon, friends. have a lovely evening!!
<3,
Julie
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