I need to find some peace!

I thought I had told everyone that I usually talk to on a daily/every other day basis, but I am leaving for a ten day meditation course. July 27th-August 7th.

oof...

...my foot is asleep.

I feel very fortunate that I picked the meditation course that I did for the end of July and that I got accepted a while back because I checked the website and there is a waitlist for it.

Long, but good day. Woke up and hung out with Lisa, ventured out to the mall and bought a new polo shirt - navy blue with a pink reindeer of sorts? (that is what Matt and I figured it was) It turned out to be a good hair day, too (*phew*). Had a nice afternoon with Matt - lunch and then went back to his place and watched Swingers. It was a good movie. Mikey was so unsmooth that you just wanted to hug him and take care of him. heh. Got to meet Molly and Riley finally, super cute dogs=)

Then it was off to work which was nice, got to chat with Lisa on my break. Cute guy, who gets a different drink each time, came in and I talked to him about books, he was reading the new Harry Potter. So that was fun. I got to work with Jen, Lee, Nick, Todd and Chris which was fun. Nick cracks me up seriously, he is SO much fun. Working with Todd and Chris was nice as well. Todd had some high school chick that works at Arby's bringing him free food like every hour on the hour and Chris is fun. I played some Weezer in the back room and we listened to "Only In Dreams" which is a great song and has some cool guitar parts in it. Took Chris home after work. Hope everything gets better with him and also hope things get resolved in a timely manner. Talked to Christina on the way home as well.

Congratulations to Mary for winning the 4-H Fair Queen contest. I was very happy when I read she was chosen, I think she is very deserving of it=)

Anywho, off to sleep or maybe read, I dunno. I really don't know.

p.s. It is confirmed that Weezer and Foo Fighters are co-headlining a tour this fall!

on a more serious note

Life since the Weezer/Pixies concert has been good. I think I have finally found a place to live. It is at Country Squire and the manager is so stinkin' sweet/nice/understanding, etc. I wanted to hug her, but I am not a huggie person unless I have known you for awhile, or I just feel comfortable enough around you. Anywho. So it looks like next week I will be able to sign the lease and move my stuff in...yay! I am quite relieved. So now just looking for another job I can tack on maybe just another ten or fifteen hours to help pay for rent...or if you know anyone who is looking for a roommate. Hoping that Hillary will want to be my roommate next year. That would be fun. And btw, congratulations Hillary on the new job. I am very excited for you! And same for Kelly, I hope the interview goes well and that it works out.

So yeah, I worked last Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was a nice day=) My Starbucks crush came in and I got to talk to him for quite a while and that was really nice. And I no longer have to refer to him as venti (sometimes iced) nonfat no foam (light ice) chai...his name is Matt. So anywho. Then after work I went home did a few things and met Kelly and Hillary and went out jumping on a trampoline for a few hours. I hope it was at least slightly entertaining for Kelly and Hillary to see how nervous I was about bumping into them and one of them or myself falling off of the trampoline. You can never be too cautious! Then headed back to town and stopped by Target for some food. Then had a nice evening chatting on the phone...yay!

Then let's see...Monday, went to Cedar Point with Kelly, Hillary, Emily and Alexa...ya, that was weird..."Hey Alexa, can you hand me some magazines?" "Sure Alexa" Anyways. It was a nice day, kinda hot, and I decided to wear jeans...yuck. Anyways. Got back into town around midnight, took Hillary back out to my apartment so she could get her car. I got super clean and slept for a bit then went to work at open. Then after work on Tuesday got to see Lisa and chat with her, glad her nephew James is doing well. And then went to dinner with Erica, Kelly, Hillary, and Dan. That was nice. Then chatted with Hillary afterwards, and talked to my mom and Matt=). Then hung out with James and Buster and talked to Christina as well. I can't believe I wasn't tired yet. anywho, I am sure this is boring you by now. But I feel like I've been really busy. But I am getting things together before I leave for my ten day course! Getting very excited about it!

So ya that is all for now, laters!

p.s. Even more exciting, I have a date with Lee and Hillary on Monday at Pepe's!

To See An Apartment

The day started off well enough. Woke up, burned some cds and then got ready to meet Lisa at the Buck. Started to rain a little when I arrived, but it seemed to be much needed rain. Lisa and I talked for awhile and then left to find an apartment on 1315 Morton St. in Lafayette. The owner's name was Bruce Schafer (BS, heh). Now it might be useful knowledge that in the email that he sent back to me telling me about the apartment and himself included some information regarding his studio and how he helps to develop models' portfolio's, but not to confuse it for him wanting me to be a model. So anywho, off we go and we get to the location around noon. As soon as the door opens we are greeted by a very large caucasian older man with grey hair and a beard. I can smell the smoke instantly so already I am not thinking this is going to workout. Then I spot a cat. The shades are drawn in his tiny apartment and it is just very dreary. The "studio" is what most ppl would call a dining room and the room that was available was very teeny tiny. He seemed nice enough and honestly looking to help a college student out and all, but the pictures in the apartment also worried me. The first one was a girl in a Hooter's t-shirt. (In between this tour I looked at Lisa who was about to lose it and I think just start laughing, so I couldn't look at her anymore) And then the ones on the refrigerator had women showing all. Not quite the environment I want to be in. And then there were more in the living room of women in lingerie, etc. and the desktop of his computer had an asian girl in some sort of seductive pose. EEKS! So after the less than five minute tour I said, "I'm allergic to cats". So that pretty much ended the conversation. So Lisa and I left and walked out to the car and she was beginning to laugh and I told her to hold it til we got in the car. And you can imagine the laughter that came tumbling out about this apartment. *sigh* It was definitely a good time.

one more thing

Yay Scott! Couldn't find a recent pic of him by himself with the new 'do so I thought this would work just fine.

Karl, Pat, Liam, Rivers, Brian, Scott and Gem.

Yay Summerfest! I had heard of the Pixies and some of their songs, like song titles, not the actual song and I really enjoyed their show. It was awesome. I really enjoyed the bass player's voice. It was really sweet sounding and when she sang she smiled. It was really cute. There were a few songs in between that I wasn't too fond of, just because it was a lot of loud noise I thought. I spotted Scott listening to them in front of the stage and in between the pavillion seats, the little open, yet guarded area. And then Rivers joined him to listen, but then went backstage to listen to them, as well as Scott.

The Fray opened for the Pixies and Weezer and they were awesome as well. You should check them out on myspace.com they will be having an album out I believe in September.

Spotted Karl before Weezer came out, he was onstage talking to some guy and looked out into the crowd a few times.


And what can I say, Weezer rocked it out last night. The energy was great, the songs they played were awesome and Rivers's voice was right on! The band just plays so well together, which I guess is assumed after how long they have been together and all. But really, it was awesome. The backdrop was pretty cool, it was the cover art off of the album and had some cool neon lights going throughout it. No bright flashing =w=, but that was alright. I didn't miss it while the show was going on, heh. It was a really awesome show. I can't remember the exact order of the setlist, but I remember what was first and last and in the encore, so I will just list the rest in album order.

Say It Ain't So
Undone
Buddy Holly
El Scorcho (the band kicked ass on this song!)
Photograph
Island In The Sun
Fall Together (Scott sang lead vocals on this one, he has a really good voice)
Death and Destruction (Rivers didn't sing the song, Brian sang a little of the chorus, but mostly instrumental)
Beverly Hills
Perfect Situation
Pardon Me
Hold Me
Peace
We Are All On Drugs
*Encore*
Haunt You Every Day
Hash Pipe
And of course a fun feedback session=)

The ride back home, not so awesome traffic wise, but if I write about it I will just get upset thinking about the horrible drivers and the other terrible things I saw. ugh.



Also, how horrible about the bombs in London? I first heard about it this early morning when Jenny said she heard it on the news on the drive back. Then I read an article in the Times. You just feel so helpless in situations like these. I hope that Jenny's family is safe and that Londoners can do what they can to get their lives back to "normal" and find out who/what/why.

peace.

quick note!

So I moseyed on over to weezer.com this morning to see if they had updated about any recent shows, and of course Karl did not fail. But there was an update of the show in Kansas City and guess what? The band played El Scorcho!?!?! How Cool Is That?! They hadn't played it since the Enlightenment Tour, back in 2002, which I did get to catch at Deer Creek. But I am excited that it is on the revamped setlist for this part of the tour. Also, it mentioned that Fall Together was performed and Scott did the vocals. So I am way excited. Jenny is headed over in about twenty minutes, so I gots to hop in the shower and get clean. Got done printing out all the directions and such. And find the tickets. Should be a good time, we are taking Mike's minivan so it will be roomy and it's nice that I don't have to put that mileage on my car. Anywho. All for now!

Laters!

So ya, I can't figure time very well...I decided I would wash my clothes this morning before work and here I sit at like twenty after four and they are still in the wash. So it looks like today will be a skirt day.

Anywho. How sad, Ann got voted off of her team on I Want To Be A Hilton. I was way sad, like I know she can seem a little ridiculous when she just busts out a song when it is time for elimination, but come on! And I must mention for those of you who don't watch the show, Kathy Hilton shed some tears when Ann's team voted her off.

Got a lot of stuff to do between now and tomorrow morning, so I have my fingers crossed that I can figure all of that stuff out!

Had a nice time this weekend with my parents and my grandma. Got to see the kittens as well. Patches and Yoda. Way cute kittens. Also got to see Mark, Naomi, Janelle, and Phil and Naomi's mom.

Agh, got a lot of stuff running through my mind so I think this is all for now!

It's been a good week so far and I feel like a nice weekend as well. I got to hang out with Lisa last night. We walked around some trails/paths near Cumberland and such. Got to talk about all sorts of stuff. Then I got to check out her apartment so in case there should be one available and perhaps at a good rate, it would be pretty neat. So that was a fun time. Then went to Wal-Mart to buy stuff that I needed. Then headed home and slept til like ten this morning.

Work was good today. I had a lot of fun, worked with fun people and saw fun customers. Lee cracks me up, seriously. Had a nice time working with Abby, Emily H and Emily B, Jen, Hillary and Nick, they are all fun people. I got to talk with Chris (Harvey) this evening on AIM and also Justin...I hadn't talked to him in awhile so that was nice to catch up on what is going on in his life. Also chatted with Christina this evening. Sorry if I didn't sound normal or whatever. It just seems you catch me when I am either really tired or hungry, which both usually follow after work=Þ

Then I hung out with Hillary this evening, ate popcorn, had pepsi cubes (those were great by the way) and watched a great movie. Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Tears were streaming down my face towards the end. I definitely reccommend it! And then afterwards we just talked about a bunch of stuff. I definitely am glad she is in my life;) I heart you!

Anywho, I realize now it is getting close to 1 in the am and I need to do laundry and get some sleep seeing as how I open tomorrow and then I am going to late lunch/early dinner with my parents and Grandma. Late birthday celebration.

Also, sad news when I turned on my comp Saturday morning. Luther Vandross has passed. Dance With My Father really is a great song that at times brings tears to my eyes.
Rest In Peace Luther Vandross.

Bowling For Soup

So I got an email from Ticketmaster.com and Bowling For Soup will be in Ft. Wayne August 5th. Tickets are like $12.50, but I won't be back from IL by then. But if anyone is interested, tickets go on sale July 7th. They are a fun band and their music videos are funny.

=)

No longer tired and hungry...

Just sad. Ross stopped in today to show some pictures from the ordination ceremony and chatted for a bit. Then I was getting off of work and it was time to say bye...not goodbye though. I told him this wouldn't be the last time he saw me/talked to me. I am equipped with his email/phone number/current address. But it was sad I won't deny that. I made it until I had to walk away towards my car then the tears started. *sniff* But there is a good chance I will see him next Friday after my stay in Milwaukee for the Pixies/Weezer concert. Just got to see what Jenny has planned for Friday after the concert.

Other than sadness surrounding Ross's departure I have had a good week. I got my car fixed on Wednesday...yay! And I had lunch with Lisa and Jenny. Saw Tom and Joe (triple grande nonfat mocha) at PotBelly. Hung out with Jenny while she ran some errands and then went back out to get my car from Charlie. And then hung out with Ross a little (glad you got your car fixed, too!) and chatted with Nick for a little bit too. Then I hung out with James, watched some television, went out to the mall and dinner at AppleBee's, then over to Barnes & Noble and saw Emily Heitman. I like her a lot=). They had a book sale, buy two get third free, but I couldn't find a third book so I wasn't going to buy any book just to get the deal. Plus they didn't have the book I was looking for originally.

Trying to figure out how to get things done - where I am going to live, clean, read, listen to music, what am I going to eat, write a little bit, making sure my bills are in the mail on time or paid on-line on time - and also just relax/have a good day everyday. Trying to be a better person, but not like I just started today, but for a while now I can recall thinking to myself at night that I would wake up and try to be a better person than I was the day before in some way (small or big). I also don't want to have days where I say I hate something/someone, or be mean to people (I wouldn't want someone to be mean to me...that just stinks big time stinkiness. heh, I know that made absolutely no sense at all) or just have a not good day/make someone else's day not good.

Enough jibber-jabber for now!