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a very good day [27 Jul 2005|10:51pm] [ mood | chipper ] [ music | Hanson "Dream Girl" ] Today at camp it wasn't hot out at all, PLUS we made mud which is basically the best project ever. I mean, crushed-up Oreos, gummy worms, and pudding all combined? It's happiness. Then after camp I went to the doctor (oh, yeah, that was lame) for a physical...apparently I'm 12 pounds overweight. My first thought was "only 12?" Then I found a dress for Danny's wedding! That was so easy, much better than my previous trip. Then we went to Best Buy and I got an early birthday present - a digital camera! That was extremely awesome as well. Tomorrow I'm going to Courtney's house so we can begin our road trip! I'm SO excited! With my new digital, it's going to be a blast. I mean, yeah, I'll be exhausted when I get back, but it'll be SO worth it. YAY for road trips! post comment

the weekend [24 Jul 2005|10:01pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | Relient K "I So Hate Consequences" ] Warped Tour! That was fun...oh, before that, The Plus Ones. It was SO weird because they were opening for this band called Gravy Train. Gravy Train is like a drum machine, a girl screaming, and gay cheerleaders. Needless to say, the crowd wasn't normal. Especially because Brendan Leonard's brother-in-law Jamie was there! We made friends with him, he's super-nice. Then we had to call a cab for the way back since there were none since it was like the ghetto. So I called Flash Cabs, and some kid stole our cab. So I called American, and they were rude, then Flash Cabs showed up again! But everywhere I go now, I see American Cabs. I'm being stalked. We took the train home and these CRAZY guys were on there, asking us if we would party in our underwear if the beer was free and a good band was playing. Insane. Then traditional post-show Denny's, then home. 6 hours of sleep later, I was awake and hurrying to get ready for Warped! We left around 9:30 and got there at 10:30. It was deathly hot, especially in the crowds. All-American Rejects was fun, and then Sam and I went closer for Relient K...man, that was NUTS! We almost died, Sam almost got pulled into the pit and we were like "nooooo!" My neck almost broke from crowd-surfers but it was so much fun. Plus, Relient K is awesome. Then we hung out a little bit, drank huge Diet Pepsis and waited for My Chemical Romance. Didn't watch them much, went to meet Relient K instead. We watched a little band called Dork and made friends with their merch people, chilled and listened to Matchbook Romance and Fallout Boy, ate some dinner (mmmm nachos!), bought merch, and then watched Motion City Soundtrack before heading home. Stopped at Wendy's on the way back and had a Frostie before coming home and sleeping for hours. I woke up this morning and it was hotter than death. I would have preferred to be back in the Relient K crowd of insanity. But I rode, then bought Kathy a birthday present and myself a Relient K CD (while wearing a Relient K shirt, what a tool I am), then babysat a little. Now I'm here, chillin' and wishing I had more of a weekend. OMG. 5 days until Columbus. I might die! post comment

ok, it's been a week [22 Jul 2005|06:36pm] [ mood | crazy ] [ music | Tom Petty "American Girl" ] Plenty has changed over the course of this week...my mom decided to let me go to Michigan (and Ohio, too) with Courtney, Tricia, and Jess! I'm soooo excited! We're leaving early Friday morning to go to Columbus, then stalking the guys to a couple cities near Detroit. I'll be EXHAUSTED on Monday after Marissa and JoLynn drive me back to Chicago on their way to Wisconsin, but I can't wait! Camp has been going well...actually, it's been crazy, but that's to be expected. I've been racing through the Harry Potter series like whoa. I started on Sunday or Monday with book 1, and I'm about 1/4 done with book 4 by now. So I think by the time I leave for Columbus, I'll have all 6 read! YAY! Now off to The Plus Ones concert with Sam...tomorrow is Warped Tour! post comment

here's hoping! [15 Jul 2005|06:02pm] [ mood | hopeful ] [ music | Better Than Ezra "Breathless" ] I'm attempting to convince my mom to let me go to Ohio and Michigan with Courtney, Jess, and Tricia. I'm assuming we'd leave EARLY Friday morning, drive to Columbus and see the show, then follow the guys to Sterling Heights, MI for Saturday...then follow them to Clarkston, MI for Sunday's show, only to stay overnight and then drive back on Monday. Obviously I'd miss two days of work, but I think I deserve a fun road trip to finish off my high school days. Plus, you know, I have a head on my shoulders. I know how to survive. I think I should be able to go...she's still deciding. And that's all. post comment

okay, well [13 Jul 2005|05:56pm] [ mood | worried ] [ music | Frou Frou "Let Go" ] Obviously it's been a while. Since DJ changed its layout and all. I've just been SO freaking busy. Um, so, I guess about a week and a half ago we made the trek to Milwaukee to see Tolcher and Gavin. Even if we had to stand right next to the speakers, it was still REALLY fun. And meeting Tolcher and his band is good stuff too. Lefty, the big black drummer, saw my Hanson shirt and high-fived me over it. My Hanson shirt garnered many compliments. Hmm, then I had a few days to be normal, it was 4th of July and I hung out at Grandma's like usual. Then on Wednesday night, Mom and I left for ISU orientation. I was totally dreading it - I mean, how weird to be with people you've never seen for like 36 hours? But it actually turned out okay, especially because I stayed in the hotel with my mom instead of in a dorm. I met a lot of cool people, and I really really like the campus. Not to mention I played Catchphrase in Brewster's Lounge for at least an hour and a half with a whole big group of people. So then Friday afternoon Mom and I left ISU at 1. We didn't make it back to Deerfield until 4 because of traffic in the frickin' west suburbs. And then I got all stressed out about picking everyone up, but Amanda and Deanna and I made it to Milwaukee arond 6:30 for INGRAM HILL! After waiting through Marc Broussard, somehow Ashley and I managed to get front-row spots by Phil. That was the BEST show they've ever played. The crowd was huge and so energetic and they just fed off of that and it was unbelievable. Except for the fact that I believed Justin's lie when he pretended they were done, so Ashley and I went to merch to find them, and they came back out and did SUSPICIOUS MINDS! That was rough, especially when they didn't come out because the park was closing. But oh well... BLS FEST! SO much fun. It was just fun to hang with Brendan and everyone. Carney, Sheehan, Robbie, and Pat also made it, and Carney left a voicemail for Tracy because she couldn't be there. Pat is my new favorite, he's the sweetest. And he was taking goofy historical pictures with people. Example: "okay, you're George Washington, and we're forging the Delaware." or "okay, you're Ulysses Grant, and I'm signing the end of the war." So they were all tons of fun, way cool guys. And Brendan's brother Matt is possibly the nicest person on earth. And then I went to babysit, where the children were shockingly well-behaved. Then Sunday I took Abbie and Tessie to the pool, which wouldn't be my first choice of where to bring a couple little kids since I hate swimming, but it was okay. After a shower and picking up my Tolcher/IH/BLS Fest pics, Sam and I went to Summerfest to see Tyler. Tyler's show was good, but short, and we had to battle so many teenies post-show that we decided, "hey, we've done the Tyler thing, let's stalk his hot guitarist." And Jaco is way cool, we randomly bumped into him and talked a little. Then Sam said, "hey, is there a mirror?" and I said, "in my vag" as a joke, and this sketchy dude heard me and was like "YEAHHHH!" Then this kid walked into me and his mom was all, "damn, bitch" and I was like "..." And then after 45 minutes of calling Sam's mom and Mapquesting, we found our way to the intersection of Hanson and Oklahoma streets! That was especially exciting. And then driving back, we found Taylor and Oklahoma! So that was probably the coolest thing we've ever done. And there have been a couple days of work - what is today, Wednesday? It's going well...the summer is half over! WHOA! And once camp is done, there's less than 2 weeks until I leave for school. Half excited, half scared...and I'm trying to figure out a way to convince my mom that I'm a big girl and can go to Michigan for two nights with Courtney to see IH...eek, I think she's home. post comment

these are becoming weekly [26 Jun 2005|06:15pm] [ mood | awake ] [ music | Ingram Hill "Call It My Way" ] So, yeah...Tyler on Wednesday! It was pretty awesome. I rushed home from camp and rushed back out to the train station so Sam and I could make it down to HOB as soon as possible. We settled down in line and Courtney came walking along and visited us since she had IH pics to show me, and she works right across the street. That was exciting. Then the homophobic guard wouldn't let this gay-seeming guy bring in his man-bag, when all the girls could bring in purses. That pissed me off. The doors opened at 6:30, Terra Naomi (the opening act girl) came on at 7:30, and she was pretty good, she was cute. Tyler came on at about 8:20, and he was ADORABLE! He jumps around on stage and tells cute stories, and he's just so tall and lanky and hot, and it was awesome. He does a medley of pop songs, and at one point he had half the audience singing "Scrubs" and half singing JoJo. I laughed. We did NOT have an M&G after. But we knew he was upstairs, so we attempted to run up the stairs to see Tyler. The same jackass guard yelled at us to go downstairs, and we were all "but we need to use the bathroom, is there one down there?" "No, get back downstairs." He lied. We went back downstairs and used the bathroom in the restaurant. And then we went outside to wait for Tyler, and this annoying girl recognized me as an IH fan. I'm TOO famous in IHWorld, now...so she began rambling at us and becoming our friend, and Courtney and I have ALWAYS hated her from afar. BUT I guess I have to give her credit for one thing, because she spotted Tyler back inside the HOB! Tyler's not scary. AT ALL. I wasn't nervous walking up to him and being like, "hi Tyler." But I was WAY nervous meeting IH (the first time, not anymore), I think because there's 4 of them, and only one Tyler. He's super nice, and was awesome about everything. His handshake is very soft and warm, and he's way tall. So Sam and I got pictures and autographed tickets - Tyler borrowed my Sharpie! - and we promised him we'd make him a video for Summerfest. Which we WILL do. So then we tried to walk back to Union Station, but in our Tyler-induced high we missed it. And got lost, so we took a cab (we can't miss the 11:30 train!) only to find out...there IS no 11:30 train. So we waited an hour for the 12:25, then went to Denny's to celebrate meeting Tyler with cheese fries and mozzarella sticks. I was in bed by 3, which isn't SO bad... Camp's been going well, despite the intense heat. Friday was unbearable, and the kids picked that day to be bratty. I kind of wish my site director would get her act together, because sometimes she just doesn't fill us in on what's going on and it bothers me. I think after this summer I might apply to be a site director, though, I feel like I could do a good job. Either for next summer or summer 07 I want to be one. It'll look kick-ass on resumes. I still miss Wilmot, though. One week from today: Tolcher at Summerfest! Yay! And then begins the craziest 4 days of my LIFE. July 7th and 8th is orientation down at ISU (eek!). July 8th I'm driving from Bloomington all the way to Milwaukee to see IH at Summerfest. July 9th is Brendan Leonard Show Fest, where I'm gonna meet the guys and do fun BLS-related things. Then I'm babysitting that night. Then the NEXT day I'm going BACK to Milwaukee to see Tyler and Better Than Ezra. And then I've got to go to camp the next day! In the words of Ingram Hill, "crazy life fueled by crazy dreams..." Yup, sounds about right! It'll be fun though, I'm psyched. post comment

IH FEST! [20 Jun 2005|11:08pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | Ingram Hill "The Captain" ] It's been a while, like usual. Well...let me just say, I had a spectacular time over the weekend. Possibly one of the best weekends I've ever had. So, Saturday I was all jittery, and couldn't eat the entire time we were in Racine at Harbor Fest. Racine...not an exciting town, though the harbor is pretty. So I got there, realized I had a voicemail from Andy (the IH Street Team guy) and the meet and greet was at the bus. So I rounded up Courtney, and she and I and Jodi all went to meet the guys. It was fun, I talked a lot to Justin about his wet hair, and Jesse McCartney, and Diet Coke...he was drinking Diet Coke, and I made him hold it up during our picture. All the guys were super nice, even Matt! They all went and introduced themselves to Jodi since she like, didn't know what was going on. Then we wandered...then IH came on! It was awesome, I got so many good pictures that I made a collage for the background on my computer. It was great, Justin wasn't as talkative as usual, but he did teach us how to say "Racine." It's not "RAY-cine", it's "Ruh-CINE", so that was, um, helpful, Justin. They played 15 songs, no "Suspicious Minds", though. But it was soo much fun, and I met some cool people, found all my BTH buddies! And then Justin beaned me with his pic at the end, and I grabbed it off the ground and then made him sign it. Chicago was SO much more stressful, because I was driving myself. Natalie and Deanna wound up coming, and I picked them up at 3. The M&G was at 4, and at like 3:45 we got into Lincoln Park. Then, of course, parking was a pain in the ass, but we made it. And Courtney and I presented our shirt to Justin. He looked at it, read it, stared, then CRACKED UP! He checked the size, too, probably because it's huge. And he's hot. Sigh, then we wandered and the show was effin' AWESOME! It was my first time being right against the stage, I was by Shea and it was fun. Though I do prefer Phil's side better. It was the same setlist...afterward, I got Rob the hilarious roadie (he kept mouthing "I'm drunk" at me) to give me a setlist, and one of Shea's yellow pics. So I had Shea sign his pic, and then had the guys sign my setlist. Then I went through the line with Natalie to have them sign HER setlist. She asked them to draw self-portraits. Justin was adamant about NOT, "I'm horrible at drawing, I'm like a kindergartener..." Matt was all, "No, I don't draw, Shea can." Natalie commented about the length of his name, which made me say, "so what IS your middle name?" He was all, "I'm not telling." So I told him I'd have to give him one, and it'd be Quincy, and he's fine with that. He told me to look it up online, I told him I had tried, and he was like "it's not gonna be easy." Matt was fun. Talking to Phil, I asked him how he was, after he had asked me, after I had asked him. Embarrassing. Shea drew a frowny face as his self-portrait, which prompted a "why are you so sad?" He said, "I don't know, I'm just sad." He's emo, we decided. Then we drove home, stopping at McDonald's for Natalie, and then I, yeah, it was over. SUCH a fun weekend. I saw 2 concerts within 24 hours. They went on in Racine at 8 pm, and they were done in Chicago by 7:30 pm. Rock on. Today was the first day of camp...it was sort of hectic, but all in all, pretty good. I like camp, even if I do miss Wilmot. Life will go on, and I like my campers! They're good kids. Tyler Hilton on Wednesday! This weekend made me so accustomed to being at concerts. Today it felt weird to NOT see Justin, and NOT go to a show. I like this lifestyle. post comment

sigh [14 Jun 2005|06:50pm] [ mood | annoyed ] [ music | Hanson "Runaway Run" ] New York was fun. Whatever. You can only take so much shopping. Well, I can only take so much shopping. There's never enough for my mom and sister. But we saw this huge awards ceremony red carpet thing at our hotel - Jason Mraz, Ryan Cabrera, Alicia Keys, Jessica Simpson's dad, all kinds of cool people were there. That was exciting. But now I'm pissed. See, first my mom is all "you shouldn't go to Lincoln Park Festival" because it's on Father's Day. And nobody can freaking go anyway. Sam's in Atlanta, Amanda's functional family like, has dinner and crap, Sarah's at camp...Deanna MIGHT be able to come. First I need to get Dad a present. I was thinking golf balls. He always likes those. Anyway, so I'm like barely going to that show and that sucks because it's SO CLOSE. And then I went to my camp meeting all excited. But then a huge damper was put on my LIFE when I found out I'm not at Wilmot, but at Kipling. Which is fatther away and starts earlier, so I lose like a half hour of sleep doing that anyway. And it's different people, and different site directors (I miss Allison!)...I sort of want to wake up and try this day out again. Because it sort of sucks. And I have to be up at like, 7:30 tomorrow to do MORE useless training. Sigh...this all needs to work out and NOT SUCK. I mean, camp will still be fun, I'll get to know everyone and it'll be fine. I'm just gonna miss everyone else. Change sucks. I know it isn't the end of the world if I only see IH once this weekend...but...I was all psyched to see them twice in 2 days. And now that's about to be ruined. post comment

it's REALLY summer now... [06 Jun 2005|06:19pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | Hanson "Optimistic" ] So what's been going on? Hmm...I went to my 3 graduation parties, and IH-verted my sister on the way to my cousin's house. She really likes them now, it's really exciting. But after 3 parties, I just wanted to not be out. Ugh, it was annoying. Yesterday was my own party, at which I grossed $550. That was pretty cool. No, it was fine, then I went to Whitney's house for her party for a little bit. Had some trouble finding Lake-Cook Road because I'm stupid, and whipped an unnecessary u-turn in classic J-Mo fashion. But it all worked out. And then Kaycie sent me this recording of the IH radio show she was at a while ago, complete with Justin proclaiming strong love for Phil. <3 Today we went out to lunch at Cheesecake Factory because Sarah's leaving for camp tomorrow. So that was good. Hmm, and tomorrow I'm "going bowling", but REALLY I'm going to Courtney's house to make a shirt for Justin. If we actually give him this shirt I'll be surprised, but it'll be fun. If I don't die on the drive there. I mean, it's just the city, but still. And Sam is sending me live Hanson songs. I love it. I just wish I could figure out how to change the titles of albums and stuff on iTunes. REALLY wish. I bought my Tyler tickets for HOB today! It was stressful, but I made it happen. And then I did Summerfest research, and learned I want to go 3 days. July 3rd to see Tolcher, July 8th to see Ingram Hill (obviously), and then July 10th to see Tyler Hilton and Better Than Ezra. I don't really know BTE's music, but the one song I've heard, I lked. Now, if only I'll be allowed to go to all of these... post comment

-shrugs- [04 Jun 2005|11:12am] [ mood | calm ] [ music | Ingram Hill "Almost Perfect" acoustic ] I got a sexy new pink iPod for graduation! It is so hot. I've been having lots of fun uploading stuff onto it. It took me forever just to get all of the Hanson on there, but I'm close to done. I stayed up until 5 last night working on it. It was fun, except now I'm awake again. That ISN'T fun. I have 3 graduation parties to go to - Levy, my cousin, and Kathy's sister Liz. It's CRAZY. Graduation was good. Kind of cold, but a good day nonetheless. I don't even know what to say about it. It just was what it was, and I sort of stumbled on my way back to my seat. At least it didn't happen onstage. I'm getting better at guitar, though I haven't practiced much. I need a capo to make "Penny and Me" sound right. It's just WAY too low without one. But now that big guitar is in tune again, I can play better. Little guitar isn't the highest quality. And IHFest is in 2 weeks! Yessss...I can't wait to see my boyz again, and don't even get me started on how much I miss Hanson. post comment

Well, now [30 May 2005|05:12pm] [ mood | contemplative ] [ music | Hanson "Dream Girl" ] So...hmm. Saturday night was Tiffany's party, and it was majorly fun as always. You know, I've been to every party she's ever had since FIRST GRADE. That's pretty crazy. Hung out with Justin a little bit there. I feel bad for him. He's sort of hung up on his ex-girlfriend, who doesn't seem to want him back. But anyway, we played this game called Birdie On A Perch and basically, I had a 6'2" gangly Clay-lookalike jumping on me about 5 times. We won, though! Yesterday was Tracy's graduation party, which was fun. Mr. Huff was there, and so that was really exciting. And then after that party, Sam and Amanda came over to my house for Jodi's graduation party. It was interesting...Amanda was so amazed by all the people with Irish accents. But it was fun, especially when Amy got drunk and called Amanda an asshole. And when my mom turned Jewish and started forcing food on everyone. Sam taught me a little bit of guitar...I relearned "Mmmbop" and learned "Love Somebody To Know"...I'm working on "Hey", but it's hard to get the strumming down. Hanson is too good at what they do. And if Ingram Hill would like to stop using evil power chords like Bm and F, I would be able to play "Chicago" and "The Captain", but nooo. Damn that Justin Moore. Then later on when everyone was really drunk, Kathy and Jodi smashed frosting in my face. I think later on tonight we're going to go bowling? I hope so. It should be fun, as long as Justin isn't still emo over his ex-girlfriend. I kinda want to learn how to play "Dream Girl", it seems easy. Haha, oh man. The girl who has submitted a lot of Hanson tabs to ultimate-guitar.com also posts on Build the Hill, and Courtney and Kaycie and I all agree she's weird and annoying. How odd, what a small little internet world it is. And also, "Dream Girl" isn't going to work out. post comment

I should update, shouldn't I? [27 May 2005|04:55pm] [ mood | calm ] [ music | Tyler Hilton "The Letter Song" ] Despite school being over, I've been busy. Prom was last Saturday, and it was fun. Even if I did spill Diet Coke on myself in the limo. The dance was fine - it's mostly fun just to see everyone really fancy. And Levy won prom queen! That was exciting. ImprovOlympic was random and weird but really funny too. Then we went to Lauren's dad's house to sleep over, though we didn't really get to bed until about 5 AM. And we went to IHOP for breakfast, where Sam and I received strange looks for singing Hanson really loudly. And we went downtown and sang some more, and had good times. Then later that night Sam and I wanted to go bowling but nobody else would, so we went driving around in Winnetka to see Brendan Leonard's car...and I got pulled over in my DAD'S car. For not having my lights on - see we stopped for Slurpees, and I forgot to turn them back on because my car does it automatically and his doesn't. So I got a warning, and fortunately the cop didn't realize we were out after curfew. Ditch day I did nothing but sleep. The last day of school was fun, despite doing nothing. I hung out 2nd period with the other Spanish class and Lauren's date Justin (he graduated last year, but wants to teach Spanish so he comes back to DHS to help, and he's the coolest ever) because she let us leave math. Chi Dev was sad, English was sadder...BW wrote us a big long letter and made us cry. Then it was honors night, so I won my little award. I was the only one getting a foreign language award which was weird, but cool. And then I studied for my math test, which made it feel so much NOT like the last day of school. But the test was fine. Yesterday was Boat Party. I barely wanted to go since my friends were so annoying to me on Wednesday, but I went anyway. It was fun, but there's only so much dance-party someone non-slutty like me can take. The boat was cool though, and Sluggers (the non-dancing area) was fun with the trampolines and the batting cages and such. So I guess I had a good time. I think my arm is sore from the batting, though. I was just beginning to get good and we had to leave. So all that's left is graduation, which is sort of weird. But a good thing. I got my housing today! Apparently the housing people at ISU forgot to inform us cool honors kids that we got to pick our dorms this week, because we get everything early. So my mom called them with random questions about honors housing and they told her that. So I went to the site and it was down, so my mom called again and I'm in Manchester on the 15th floor! YAY! It's exciting. And eventually I'm going to babysit - they needed me tonight and tomorrow because the mom was going to go to Japan but she didn't. But the kids still want to see me because I rock, so I have to take them to the park or something. Whatevs. post comment

TTTTUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! [20 May 2005|04:28pm] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Hanson "Magic Carpet Ride" ] Sam just called me from Tulsa during Hanson's soundcheck - apparently the hotel she's at is only a block away from Mayfest, so they randomly walked over and lo and behold, Hanson's soundcheck! So I have a voicemail recording of "Livin' On Tulsa Time" and then Sam called me back and I heard some talking, and "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "Magic Carpet Ride". They talked about "If Only" but didn't play it. So Sam's going to call me back during the concert...we'll see how intelligible that phone call is. But that was sooooo cool! I sooo wish I could be there, but that was probably the next best thing. Today was my last day in Dance and Spanish. Had a nice little send-off, I'm gonna miss the underclassmen in Dance and I'm gonna miss Senora Sanchez. So it's kinda weird knowing I won't ever be back in that locker room, or ever in Spanish again, but we had fun. So I have one day left of high school, and prom is tomorrow. And I'm sooo not ready for prom, holy crap. But it'll be fun, I'm excited! post comment

HOLY CRAP [19 May 2005|08:33pm] [ mood | contemplative ] [ music | Letter Kills "Hold My Heart Pt. 1" ] The OC...dude! Marissa killed Trey! Though, I was excited about the Seth/Summer togetherness and the return of Jimmy Cooper. Jimmy better stick around. I screamed the last 5 minutes as I watched through my hands. I can't wait for next season. In other news, Sam left for Tulsa today. My fantasy was that I'd come home and my mom would be like "look, tickets to Tulsa! And a reservation at the premiere of the documentary!" But like most of my fantasies, that didn't quite happen. But Sam's going to try to give me a concert call during "If Only" or something equally exciting - that is, if she's found her phone. And if she remembers. Gosh, and then prom is Saturday...that's pretty exciting. Today it sort of struck me that I have 2 days left of high school. In Dance, because I only have 1 day left of that class...that and Spanish, which is all really sad. I gotta remember to bring my ribbon tomorrow for show-and-tell in English, and I have to go buy Diet Coke and knives for our fiesta tomorrow in Spanish. Tomorrow is ALSO my last day in the center with the kids. I've probably been in there more days of my high school career than not, and I'm leaving. How creepy. Geez, it's all coming to an end so fast. I was thinking back to the first couple weeks of school...writing my English journal at 3 AM, the first EVER Hanson party, getting my parking sticker...and it feels like that was last weekend. That feels just as recent as going to see an Ashton Kutcher movie on Friday like we did. Where the fuck did senior year go? Okay, nostalgia aside, I do have to go buy Diet Coke and knives. :-P post comment

I love the end of senior year [17 May 2005|05:15pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | Witchita Stallions "Minor Details" ] Hmm, so...Saturday I wrote an English paper. Sunday I went up to Madison, where it was WAY too cold for me to be wearing my super-cute skirt. I went to this pizza place with Jimmy, Kathy, and Chris and it's called Ian's and they have CRAZY toppings. I personally enjoyed the tomato pesto and the mac-n-cheese selections. It was really tasty. The graduation ceremony was long and boring, dinner was yummy afterward, and I fell asleep on the drive home. Let's see, yesterday in school I did nothing. As these days seem to be going lately...just working on the project in Psych. Today I tried to stay home from school, and my mom was like "no. You can stay home Monday" and I was like "wow, what a treat, I was already planning that one." I'm officially participating in ditch day since BW is only taking off 1% and 3% wouldn't have harmed my grade in there anyway. Tyler Hilton is coming to the House of Blues on June 22nd, meaning I'm going. Exciting, despite not having his CD. That just means I need to purchase it, which I've been planning to do for months. And in like a half hour Sam and I are going to go to the boys volleyball game since a) we love the volleyball boys and b) there's really nothing else for us to do. I'm cruising through my Psych project. And despite having to take the math final, I only need a 50% to get a C-. Hopefully I can pull that off. FOUR DAYS LEFT! post comment

I LOVE MY LIFE. [13 May 2005|06:28pm] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Hanson "Underneath" acoustic ] So I'm on the phone with my sister, planning Dad's birthday present when my mom hands me this little package in the mail. I rip it open, trying not to get my hopes up, and my Hanson.net membership card falls out! I screamed! So now I have the most beautiful DVD ever, and I figured out the secret vault all by myself because I'm that smart. It's so exciting! I'm so happy. And it only took then 6 months, 9 days, and 2 complaints at the help desk! Oh, Hanson...now I'm fully equipped to go to Tulsa, but I'm not...oh well. At least I FINALLY got my kit! post comment

Well, I'm impressed. [12 May 2005|04:49pm] [ mood | melancholy ] [ music | Ingram Hill "The Captain" ] So usually when Justin updates his journal, he's really cute and fun and sarcastic and random, and it has me laughing for a month after (which is about as frequently as he updates, too). Well, not this time. He's angry about something - it can be read at ingramhillmusic.com, but that's not really the point I'm getting at. Obviously I don't know the situation. I've met him a few times but that barely qualifies as KNOWING him or being that well-informed about the inner workings of the band. And when I read the paragraph that begins, "now I know my guitar player. Hell, I've known him for 20 years" I began to wonder what was going on, thinking "Justin's mad at PHIL and putting it on his JOURNAL?" But then I kept reading, and I realized that while Justin's mad about something that affected him, what got the whole thing started is because there was an attack on PHIL. And let me just say that's SO cute and extremely awesome that he's defending his best friend since kindergarten. Basically he's saying "I don't care if you don't like our music. But when you say shit about my BEST FRIEND, that's when I'm pissed." Wow, Justin. Just, wow. In more random news, I just dribbled a little bit of pop on a CD case Sam had written on in Sharpie and it made the ink run. Oh, speaking of Sam, she's hanging out in Fort Wayne with Simple Plan tonight. Seriously. She has an online friend out there whose mom somehow arranged for them to go to the before-party and chill with the guys. It should be starting right about now, actually. So I'm waiting for a phone call from Pierre - Sam said she'd try. Only I don't know what I'd say to him, so if it happens I'm letting it go to voicemail. 7 days left of school...booya! post comment

I'll love you and never let go [10 May 2005|07:34pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | Hanson "Never Let Go" <33333333456789 ] Well, first of all, I made 2 new icons! Sorry Clay, but yours had grown boring, so I ditched them in favor of Suspicious Minds J-Mo (in Bloomington, no less!) and baby Hanson. And then, yeah. Mother's Day was fine. Ate at a steak place that I hate, hung out with my grandma, and just sort of chilled. It was nice not having 6721984539163 hours of English homework on a Sunday for once. And! Sam sent me the FULL new recording of "Never Let Go", from the 2005 H.Net members kit and it's AMAZING. It owns my soul. Yesterday I didn't do much of anything all day. Just school, which was total BS and I seriously did NOTHING in all of my classes. We organized all the limo stuff for prom, though. It's coming together, yay! For serious. I can't stop listening to this song. It makes me wish with all my might that my mother was cool enough to let me go to Tulsa. I'm really excited for my acoustic Ingram Hill EP to show up in the mail. It will probably be, like, graduation when that happens. I'll graduate and get my H.Net kit and my acoustic JPS, and be one happy gal! I miss Hanson, though. I hope they tour this summer. Or in the fall, to a little town called Bloomington, IL. Normal, IL would be okay, too. Oh hell, they can go to Chicago. I'll take the bus up and miss class, I mean, it's HANSON! But well, since I've missed so much math, I better actually study for this test. Grr...I have to take it 4th, which totally sucks. post comment

a fan-fucking-tastic week [07 May 2005|06:31pm] [ mood | amused ] [ music | Tolcher "Sooner Or Later" ] So Wednesday was fine - the AP test was okay even if the reading section was basically impossible. And then I go to the library to chill and find that xanga.com isn't blocked for some reason, which allows me to read Sam's xanga and find out that she's most likely moving AGAIN. Which you know, despite the fact that we're all going to college anyway, still sucks because we're all coming back to the same place, except NOT. So that's lame. Then Thursday I got all worked into a tizzy about Amanda not wanting to go to prom and did some fantastic crying and being depressed. Friday was stressful because I woke up at 9:54 and made it to school at 10:25 amazingly. Then I had to do some impromptu teaching and yeah, that was annoying because well, I just wanted to sit down and relax. But last night at least was really fun. We all went to Michael's and randomly found a couple of Amanda's Snowball friends that go to HP and hung out with them. They were really fun, and we made a game out of chucking a ketchup cup at the garbage can. And then we got Cold Stone and Sam tried to pull her "get a little spoon by asking for a sample" but they were out of them! Haha, sucker. We took lots of pictures on the camera phone and then watched Invader Zim and BLS. Oh and Sam's puppy peed on me. I picked him up, and then my shirt was getting wet! It was funny, and Sam gave me a shirt to wear. And today I bought my mom her Mother's Day gift and bought a copy of JPS so that I can send in the receipt and get the acoustic version. And I restocked the Breakout music rack at Target...I was going to move some copies of JPS there so that people see it right away...and it already had a slot there! But it was empty! People had bought them! So I basically just restocked it for them, lol. post comment

another day... [03 May 2005|06:55pm] [ mood | calm ] [ music | Hanson "Teach Your Children Well" ] Today is going much better than yesterday. I got like 11 hours of sleep, which felt so fantastic after that crap-ass three hours I got the other night. I lolligagged around the house a little, played on BTH and sorta didn't study at all. Then I went shopping for new jeans. Nordstrom was not fruitful, but Marshall Field's was! DKNY jeans are absolutely amazing. I keep thinking about them, I LOVED them! And I got a pair of jeans at Wet Seal that I don't love AS much but are cute. And it's 7 and I should probably study...the problem is that when I have nothing to do, my life is so boring. But when work shows up, suddenly I have all sorts of things to occupy my time - none of which are what I have to do...and I'm sad because Marshall Field's had the cutest shirts - one had Rainbow Brite (aka MY HERO) on it, and one said "I <3 Nerds" and another had the Dr. Pepper logo on it, but NONE of them fit! I was depressed, but I'll live. post comment

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