As long as the day is full of time....

Since I will be in London - I made a special blog for it. If you want to check it out the link is:

http://british-rubbish.livejournal.com/

Wednesday (August 8th): I worked recovery from 10am til 2pm and thought I was gonna die because I was still so tired from Lollapalooza.

Thursday (August 9th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy, then worked that night at Kohl's doing ad set from 8:30pm until 2am.

Friday (August 10th): I mowed my grandparents lawn and nearly baked. The high for the day was 103 degrees and that isn't even calculating humidity. I went to lunch with my aunt and then I worked from 4pm until 11:30pm in the fitting rooms. Do you see a vicious pattern?

Saturday (August 11th): I went to Kohl's with my mom and I got a bunch of new clothes for Europe. I really need a new coat, but I will probably have to buy that myself because I doubt my mom will buy me another coat. I worked that night from 9pm to 2am doing ad set.

Sunday (August 12th): I woke up reasonably early given that I got home after 2am the night before. I mowed my great aunt's lawn and nearly baked once again. My mom and I went to a movie (No Reservations) and had popcorn and soda for lunch. I worked that night from 5:30 - 9:30, grabbed some dinner, then went to my aunt's for our movie-thon. We went to Kroger and got a bunch of junk food. We watched Catch A Fire and Life is Beautiful. I feel asleep at little after 3am and kept waking up. We finally went to bed a little before 5am.

Monday (August 13th): We slept in until around 2pm, I made my going away to Europe party invites, ate some watermelon, went to the post office, then came home. I ate supper, my mom and I made an excellent dessert, then I watched tv and lounged.

Today I slept in, did some errands and housekeeping and watched Dog the Bounty Hunter marathon.

Artists of the week to be added later....

Saturday (August 11th):

Saturday (July 28th): I went to a movie (License to Wed) with my mom, we all had supper before I went to work that night.

Sunday (July 29th): I went to church, ate lunch with my parents, rested up before I had to work from 4 to 8pm.

Monday (July 30th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy, went to the gym, ate supper then went to work from 9pm - 1am.

Tuesday (July 31st): I did not do a whole lot. I lounged around and put off things that I had on my list of things to do.

Wednesday (August 1st): I slept in, took a shower, Maggie came over, we ran errands then left for Nashville around 2:30. We got to Nashville around 6pm and walked around then went to the Hooka bar across the venue - it was kind of freaky and weird. We then went to Cafe CoCo and I got a salad, some chocolate cake (delicious but expensive) and a strawberry cream italian soda. I would love to go there again sometime when I go to a show at exit/in or the end. We walked over to the end about an hour before the show and no one was really around except the opening band (The Lonely Hearts) and a friend from Webster who works at a recording studio in Nashville came up and talked to us for a bit before he went to grab something to eat. A couple members from The Lonely Hearts talked to us and they were nice. They let us in and there were not a lot of people around and everyone went to sit at the tables on the side, so Maggie and I didn't want to stand by ourselves on the floor so we went over to the bar and sat with my friend, Buster, (the one who works at the recording studio) and The Redwalls. We sat and talked to Buster while the opening bands played and the Lonely Hearts were not bad. The Redwalls came on, so Maggie, Buster and I headed to the front row and enjoyed the show. Afterwards, Maggie and I both bought the new version of Universal Blues and t-shirts. We had them sign out setlists and take photos with them. We said our goodbyes to Buster (Thank you, Buster, for offering us to stay with you since it was so late) and headed home. We got home at 4am. It was brutal.

Thursday (August 2nd): We woke up late and I went and mowed 2 lawns before we left around 4:30 to head to Champaign to stay with one of my parents friends. We stopped in Arcola, Illinois to eat dinner with Maggie's grandmother then went to my parents friend's, Cindy, house and went to bed early because we had to get up at 4:30 to catch our train to Chicago at 6:10.

Friday (August 3rd): The train did not leave until 6:30 because it was running a tad late, but it came from New Orleans and it was brand new and niiiice. It had a sky lounge where you could sit on each side and see out the huge side windows. That is where we sat. We got into Chicago around 8:30, went to CVS to buy sunscreen and band-aids then took the subway to our hotel on Michigan Avenue. We couldn't check in yet because it was too early, so we left our bags with the concierge and headed to Grant Park for Lollapalooza. We saw The Fratellis then went and bought some stuff at the Lolla Store. I bought a Spoon tee, Lolla shirt and Lolla poster. We went and sat in the shade and waited for Maggie's friend, Aditi, before going to more shows. I went and saw a little bit of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Jack's Mannequin, while Maggie and Aditi went and saw Viva Voce. We met up at the Myspace tent and got our picture with The Fratellis then went and saw a little Sparklehorse. They pretty much sucked, so we headed over to get ready for G. Love and Special Sauce and saw M.I.A. We saw G Love then saw a bit of the Black Keys and Femi Kuti & The Positive Force. Maggie and I watched Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals because I wanted to see him, while Aditi went and saw Daft Punk. Maggie and I went back to the hotel, got some food & drinks from the gift shop and ordered a Chicago pizza.

Saturday (August 4th): We got to Grant Park for Day 2 of Lolla and Aditi and I saw I'm From Barcelona while Maggie went to stand at the AT&T all day because she wanted front row spots for Muse that night. They were INCREDIBLE. I love them to pieces now and I think it is awesome that they have 29 people in their band. They put the Polytechnic Spree to shame. Aditi and I then wen t and saw Tapes n' Tapes and Second City comedy. I went to go see Sam Roberts Band while she went to see Stephen Marley. I went and saw a half an hour of Stephen Marley while drinking a peach tea and eating some guacamole and chips. I then walked to the other end of the park to see some Cold War Kids and Motion City Soundtrack. I went on and saw Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah then left that early and caught the last half hour of The Roots while waiting for Regina Spektor who went on at 5:30. I got 2nd row for Spoon and it started to rain. I went onto the other end of the park to see Interpol and freezed my ass off because it cooled down once it rained. I met back up with Aditi and Maggie around 10:30 then we headed back towards Michigan Avenue on the subway. We all wanted Jimmy John's, but it was closed so we ate at McDonald's then headed back to our hotel and were in a super goofy mood. It was a fun night.

Sunday (August 5th): The last day of Lolla. We got to the park and Aditi and I went and saw the 1900s, while Maggie sat in the shade and watched them from under a tree a little ways away. We all went over to the Improv comedy and saw Second City again hoping it would be better with a different skit, but it was the same as the one Aditi and I had seen the day before so we left and went over to the stage that Amy Winehouse was gonna be on. She was pretty good. Maggie and I left after 3 songs because we wanted good spots for Paolo Nutini. We ended up with 2nd row and he was good - as usual. After Paolo we all got beverages - I got another peach tea - then went and saw Iggy and the Stooges. We watched around and watched The Wailers on the opposite stage then turned again and saw Modest Mouse on the stage across the field. We catch TV on the Radio and stayed for one Pearl Jam song because none of us liked them too much. I was wearing my Obama shirt and several people (all guys) came up to me and grabbed my arm and expressed extreme support and love for him. We ate at Thai Spoon and Aditi and I got delicious Thai bubble tea. Yum. It was good. We all headed back to the hotel and Aditi's sister, Artie, picked her up because she lives in the city and goes to med school at UIC. Maggie and I stayed up talking then headed to bed because we had to get up around 7 the next morning to make sure that we made it to Union Station by 8:30 because our train left at 9:15am.

Monday (August 6th): We got ready, left and got to the train station about a half an hour before the train left. We got good spots and I took a 2 hour nap before arriving in Champaign. Cindy picked us up, we went back to her house to get my car, stopped in Arcola again and ate lunch with Maggie's grandma then headed home. I dropped off Maggie in Mt. Vernon where her parents were waiting and I headed home.

Today I did not do a thing besides sorta unpack and pick up my room. I work tomorrow morning. Blah. I still need sleep.

I hope this man tours in Europe before I come home in December. He is doing a fall US tour (it figures. add it to the growing list of artists that are touring in the fall that I will miss since I will be in the UK. I am semi-bitter, but I will be in effin' LONDON!).

He was super good live and the new album sounds promising.

2 artists of the week:

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals



I recommend "In The Colors" on his myspace page - new song from the album that is not out yet.....along with "Waiting For You".

http://myspace.com/benharper
http://www.benharper.net


I'm From Barcelona



http://www.myspace.com/imfrombarcelona
http://www.imfrombarcelona.com

Thursday (July 19th): I went and had lunch with my aunt at Harbaugh's, then went to work from 1:30 - 6:30. I came home, my parents and I went to the gym, then we went out to eat.

Friday (July 20th): I woke up late and mowed 2 lawns. We went to my grandparents house for dinner because my brother was headed back to St. Louis after being at the house for 5 weeks for one of his pharmacy rotations.

Saturday (July 21st): I worked out in the overgrown garden in the front, which is being a major pain in the ass and causing me to slowly up the price my parents are paying me. My family and I went out to lunch at Moe's, I got some gas while they went grocery shopping and came home and worked on my research paper.

Sunday (July 22nd): I went to church we my parents, we ate at Panera for lunch, then my mom and I went and saw Hairspray. It was fabulous. I want to see it again. Definitely as good as the on stage production that I saw a couple years ago. I worked from 8:00 - 1:00 am that night.

Monday (July 23rd): I worked on my research paper a tad, worked out the gym with the parents, then that night I worked from 8:00pm - 1:00am. Although, I didn't get home til after 2am because we didn't finish to almost 2am. Nice.

Tuesday (July 24th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy, I worked on my research paper, we worked out at the gym, had supper, and I came home and watched the season finale of Kathy Griffin: Life on the D-list. I fully enjoy this show. She is hilarious.

Wednesday (July 25th): I wasn't as productive as I had hoped to be. I did some more on my research paper then went to work from 7:30pm - 1:00am.

Thursday (July 26th): I woke up, wrote an essay for my online class, mowed 2 lawns, came home and mowed half of my lawn, worked out at the gym, had supper, proofread and finished my essay that was due, proofed and finished my research paper and sent it in. It was due today and I got it in last night at like 11:40pm. Woot. I stayed up too late.

I got up at 6:30am this morning because I am stupid. I wanted to see if I could get 2 tickets to the second London Mayer show in September. I got 7th row, so I released them and ended up not getting any. Looks like I will be searching for ebay next weekend after general public sale tickets are released. I got 4th row for the first night. Not too shabby. I was gonna go back to sleep, but was wide awake....for about an hour. I started watching, "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", then fell asleep for like 20 minutes, then decided to just stay up. I watched Regis and Kelly, then went out and finished the lawn. I have a good amount of stuff to do today. Pick up my 2 checks from Kohl's since I never picked up last week's, go with my parents so they can get passports because they might visit me in London in the fall (probably my mom and not so much my dad), I want some bubble tea really bad, and they have a few other things they need to do.

But, I definitely need to go pick this up today since I didn't get to yesterday. I have been watching their studio diaries and I officially love Chris Walla even more than I did before.

Tegan and Sara's new cd



http://myspace.com/teganandsara
http://www.teganandsara.com

Wednesday (July 11th): I did not do a whole lot. I laid around and was lazy. I worked out then went to work from 8pm and did not get home til 2am - even though I was suppose to get off at 1am and get home around 1:15am.

Thursday (July 12th): Our cable and cable internet were down and I woke up pissed because I had a paper to write for my online class and needed to send it along with another paper to my professor by the end of the day. I decided to go to my grandparents where I can usually steal someone's wireless. We have a router on our cable modem, so we get fake wireless, as I like to call it. But, I guess this neighbor actually has genuine wireless. I got the signal and was stoked. I wrote my paper, mowed my great aunt's lawn, ran home to get my ibook power cord because my mac was about dead along with my mom's sewing machine for my grandma (hers was broken), then headed back to my grandparents' house to put the finishing touches on my paper and send them off. I mowed their lawn then headed home. My parents and I worked out at the gym, then came home and ate supper. I laid around the duration of the night.

Friday (July 13th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. We ordered pizza and my friend Amanda came to visit. We ate, hung out, ran and got some bubble tea, and then came back and watched Open Season. We did not go to bed until around 2am and she had to leave by 5:30am to go back to St. Louis to do a family thing.

Saturday (July 14th): I woke up at 5:30am and let Amanda out. I went back to bed until around noon then mowed our lawn. I ran and picked up my check, picked up the new Spoon album along with a bubble tea (I am addictive...what can I say?). That night we had dinner at Walt's with my grandparents, parents, my brother and his girlfriend.

Sunday (July 15th): I went to church with the fam and Emily (brother's girlfriend) came along. We came home and they went to go take my brother's dog to the groomers. I did not feel like going out to lunch with them because I had to work from 1:45 - 9:30 that night, so they brought me back lunch. I worked and then came home and laid around. I ate some Taco Bell. That's it.

Monday (July 16th): I babysat to make some extra cash. I had to stay to 5 and was suppose to get off at 4. I worked out at the gym with the parents, then we had dinner.

Tuesday (July 17th): I laid around and was not as productive as planned. I went and sold some cds to PMac, got the new hear/say and Rooney along with some other neat stuff is in it. I worked out at the gym again with the parents then came home and watch Kathy Griffin's show. I pretty much love it.

Today I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. We weren't that busy, so I wrote my paper that is due tomorrow for my online writing class. I did some research for my research paper that is due next week - yikes. We worked out at the gym, ate dinner then mom and I watched Open Season because she wanted to see it.

I got this in the mail today and it sounds pretty good so far:


Josh Rouse's new cd



http://myspace.com/joshrouse
http://www.joshrouse.com



Also, current obsessions:

Rosie Odonnell's blog
Ross Mathews - Ross the Intern's talky blogs
bubble tea - a given
Kathy Griffin - Life on the D-list
Foodnetwork
Top Chef
America's Next Top Model

Thursday (June 28th): I woke up and mowed all 3 lawns. Blah. I was feeling bubble tea, so I went big and got a watermelon slushie AND a bubble milk tea. It is addictive.

Friday (June 29th): I had to wake up at the ass crack of dawn - 6:30 am - to catch a train to Chicago. We got to the city earlier than planned and went to our hotel in the theatre district. We grabbed some lunch at Potbelly's then walked around a bit, went back to the hotel to decide where we were going next, walked to the hotel that Maggie and I are staying at for Lollapalooza (it is niiiice and on Michigan Avenue right by the Apple store). My mom and I then caught a bus to Charter One Pavilion near Shedd's Aquarium and the Planetarium to go see Mayer, Folds and Brett Dennen that night from the FRONT ROW! We got there and went to our seats, Brett came on and I fell in love and he mentioned Barack Obama. I went over to the tent where he was signing autographs, bought a cd, had him sign it, talked to him about how awesome Barack is and got a photo with him. I also asked him if he was gonna be touring the UK when I am gonna be there this fall and he said maybe November. I hope he wasn't lying. Ben Folds came on and did pretty good, but I had to admit that I had seen better. John finally came on and I had to fight some bitches because they tried to get in the space between the front row and the stage. I was pushing them away and yelling at security to check their tickets. I was so mad. I was like this is the first time I have had front row seats for a John show and I sure as hell wasn't going to let some stupid bitches get in my way! After the show, my mom and I did not realize that the bus we took there stopped running in the early evening, so we caught another bus and didn't get off in time before we ended up in the worst part of Chicago. The bus driver told us we would have to get out and catch a bus going the other direction. We were scared for our lives. And we were only at the bus stop for a couple minutes before an amazing Chicago City cop picked us up and offered to drive us the 20 minutes to our hotel. He asked us if anyone tried to sell anything to us and told us that they were looking for a guy with a gun on the loose in that neighborhood. It was a pleasant experience to say the least and if it weren't for the cop, then I don't know if I would be alive. We got back to our hotel, ate some pizza then went to bed.

Saturday (June 30th): We slept in, ate at Lou Mitchell's, then went shopping. That night we ate at Buca Di Beppo then went back to our hotel and laid around because I had to get up at 5:30am to catch my train at 7am to St. Louis.

Sunday (July 1st): I woke up at 5:30 then got on a train to St. Louis and my brother and his girlfriend picked me up. We went back to my brother's condo, then to Target then to Verizon Wireless Amphitheater for The Fray. We sat around in Emily's car at Dave and Buster's because the gates weren't open yet. We got to jump the line because we all had Verizon Wireless phones and ended up getting front row center spots in the pit. Mae opened and they weren't bad. OK Go pretty much ruled, especially when The Fray's crew came out in orange jumpsuits, mops, and a couple in speedos because it was the last day of the tour for Mae and OK Go. The Fray came out and let me just say that their new tour set is niiice and impressive. Dan from OK Go came out dressed like a girl when they did a Shakira "Hips Don't Lie" cover and OK Go's tour manager who is also a professional flame thrower came out and ate fire along with spitting it above the crowd. He spit it right above where we were standing and gasoline came raining down on us. We were covered and Emily and I got it in our eyes. Pleasant, nonetheless. We told the people at the front and the manager at Verizon Wireless told us that she would compensate for anything that was ruined and give us free tickets to an upcoming show. Emily e-mailed the management for The Fray and he is sending us free tour shirts and autographed photos. We got home and I went to bed at around 2am.

Monday (July 2nd): I had to wake up at 8am, go to work with my mom until 5pm then I went to work at Kohl's from 6pm to 1am. 15 hours total. Insane. I was worn out.

Tuesday (July 3rd): I went to work again with my mom, came home and ate some tacos with the fam. Emily was over and spent the night because her parents were out of town. My brother and Emily ran to Walmart and came back and surprised me with a bubble milk tea. It was tasty.

Wednesday (July 4th): I slept in, mowed our lawn, picked up my room then the family came over and we had a 4th of July cookout. It was nice. Bill (my aunt's finance) had his nephew there and we watched him shoot fireworks. Bill and my brother helped him and one came back and hit Emily's arm. We went inside after that.

Thursday (July 5th): I worked with my mom, we worked out at the gym and that is about it.

Friday (July 6th): I worked with my mom again at the pharmacy, came home and got ready then went to work at Kohl's from 7pm - 1am.

Saturday (July 7th): I laid around before I had to go to work at 8pm. I recorded Live Earth. I worked from 8pm to 1am.

Sunday (July 8th): I went to church with my mom, we had lunch at Arby's, did some grocery shopping, then came home and I worked on some homework for my online class.

Monday (July 9th): I worked from 4:15 to 10:00pm at Kohl's.

Tuesday (July 10th): I worked out at the gym, did some homework, then worked from 5pm - 10:30pm.


I know I have mentioned them before, but their new album came out yesterday and I got it in the mail and it is GREAT.


Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers



http://www.myspace.com/sk6ers
http://www.stephenkellogg.com

It has been almost a month since I updated this thing, but nothing big really happened that was worth mentioning. But, I will retrace my steps and recount what I remember from my lack of activity.

Saturday (June 16th): I woke up super early and my mom and I got all our junk together - well, my mostly my junk and I headed to my grandparents house because they were having a neighborhood wide yard sale. We got there at 8am to find that we were the only house on the block that had stuff out besides the lady that organized it. So, basically it was a bust and I only made $7. My brother made $8 and my mom made $1.50. Pathetic to sat the least.

Sunday (June 17th): Father's Day - my dad received Man of the Year (which, by the way is a good movie!) and my favorite clues to whom the recipient were - "He sells drugs.....legally and if you ask anyone they will say he has a rather dry sense of humor, but I like to refer it as more like....arid." The guy who gave him the award ad libbed a bunch and it was nice. My dad was completely surprised. We ate lunch together as a fam then my brother, myself and my mother went to my grandparents house so my mom could give her dad his gifts. We had cake and ice cream then went home.

Monday (June 18th): I had a job interview on Kohl's and pretty much knew I was gonna get it, which was much needed. I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. We worked out at the gym.

Tuesday (June 19th): I woke up early and went to my grandparents house to help my grandma clean out the garage and also clean out her cabinets and box up stuff because they are adding onto their house. I also got a haircut and I like it except one piece is bugging the hell out of me - it is too short. Oh well. I will live. Gym time again that night.

Wednesday (June 20th): I worked with my mom again at the pharmacy. We worked out at the gym.

Thursday (June 21st): I mowed 3 freaking lawns and thought I was gonna pass out. I did a little extra sweating that night again at the gym - I am trying to lose some weight this summer, although I know I will lose probably a bunch of weight in the UK this fall because I hear the food sucks and I will be walking a ton.

Satuday (June 23rd): I woke up at a reasonable time and my mother and I went out to tackle our overgrown garden in the front of our house. It was a pain in the ass, but I am getting paid to take care of it, so it was alright. We had popcorn for lunch at the movie theatre - we saw Surf's Up and it adorable. I would even venture out and say it was as cute as Happy Feet or better. I cried over animated penguins again. Go figure.

Sunday (June 24th): I laid around and did a little bit of homework/research for my writing class that I am taking online.

Monday (June 25th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. The modem was fried due to a storm the night before; therefore, every person with insurance (meaning 95 - 98% of customers) couldn't get their prescriptions filled. Translation: my mom and I were bored out of our minds because we couldn't fill medication.

Tuesday (June 26th): I sat around and did nothing.

Today I had orientation for my new job and it pretty much ruled because it was easy and I paid. However, it was super long and by 8:30pm all of us wanted it to be over.

I know I have mentioned this band before, but this video is pretty awesome.

Mute Math

Wednesday (May 30): I lounged around - didn't do awhole lot.

Thursday (May 31): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy then came home and mowed our entire lawn.

Friday (June 1): I sat around and cleaned up/picked up my room then went to my grandparents. We had dinner then sat around and watched tv. I went over to my aunt's later that night and watched a movie then feel asleep.

Saturday (June 2): I slept in and sat around the whole day. I hung out with my grandparents then that night my aunt and her fiance made dinner. We all sat around and watched tv. A lot of sitting around in this entry, eh?

Sunday (June 3): I slept in again, watched American's Next Top Model marathon on MTV with my grandma then headed home just in time for the MTV Movie Awards. I pretty much love Sarah Silverman and thought she was pretty funny. I am officially addicted to Amy Winehouse now and pretty happy she is gonna be at Lollapalooza.

Monday (June 4): I slept in late, laid around some more, played a game on the computer on facebook where there are song snippets and the faster you guess the song or artist/band the more points you earn. I am now officially a Music Diety with 16,000 points, which is pretty good since the most amount of points you can get per song is 10.

Today I took care of my dog, mowed 2 lawns and hung around with my grandma in her new swing and then came home and laid low. I just took a super low shower and now I am gonna sit back and watch some tv.

I still need a job, but things are looking up and I think/hope that I have a potential one in the wings. Plus, I have enough side projects/jobs to keep me occupied until I get a phone call from a quirky, little cafe and hopefully they want me. =)

I know I already mentioned him, but I have to again because I pretty much adore this guy. Brett Dennen. I want both of his albums (amazon.com has them both - "So Much More" and "Brett Dennen: Digipak") and I am tempted to lay down the $27, but I might just wait til I see him in Chicago opening for Ben Folds and John Mayer. I would love to get picked to be a volunteer for Reverb at the Mayer show in St. Louis and then maybe I can sneak and catch a bit of Brett's set there, too. But, we will see. They always wait til the last minute to pick volunteers anyway...my hopes are still high. I digress....



Check him out. Please. http://myspace.com/brettdennen

Monday (May 21): All I did was mow and lounge around. This not having a secure job really blows.

Tuesday (May 22): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. I felt a cold coming on, so I took a bunch of drugs in the morning and when I got home to kick its ass before it officially kicked mine.

Wednesday (May 23): I ran some errands and mowed my lawn at my house. I got the new Maroon 5 cd and I have to admit that it is lacking and definitely doesn't even come close to Songs About Jane. Bummer.

Thursday (May 24): I honestly don't remember what I did this day. It must have been a whole lot of nothing.

Friday (May 25): I painted my great aunt's foundation on her house. It was tough work. That evening I was gonna go see Kings of Leon in St. Louis because I got a free ticket, but I was too tired and instead hung out with my aunt. We visited my great aunt again because my aunt had to pick up flowers to put on tombstones for memorial day. We went out to eat, went to Target then got some ice cream. We went back to her house then to my grandparents house (which is next door) and my aunt put together the flowers while I played on my ibook and we both watched Because I Said So. I thought it was a good movie. I wouldn't mind owning it. We went back to her house and watched Man of the Year. I have heard bad and semi-okay reviews about the film and I absolutely loved it! It makes me believe that things like that actually happen. I wouldn't put it past the current administration - well, we at least know that certain parts of the plot of the film seem to hold true.

Saturday (May 26): I woke up and it felt like someone was stepping on my face. I had some major sinus problems and my nose was stopped along with a not so pleasant cough. I went grocery shopping with my mom at Sam's then we stopped a small, quirky cafe in town (where I would not mind working) called The Mix. There is also a recording studio connected to the cafe through a door and they have music on the weekends along with an art gallery. It is a really neat place and the salads and tea we had were really, really good. That night my mom and I worked at HerrinFesta and stayed for Blessid Union of Souls. The 5 songs I knew were the only good ones of their set, in my opinion.

Sunday (May 27): I skipped church and stayed in bed because I felt terrible. That evening I dropped my parents off because they volunteered to work the wine booth at HerrinFesta. I went on to my grandparents house, ate some dinner that my mom picked up at the festa for me, watched Catch and Release (it was an okay film), and hung out with my grandma until my mom called to come and pick them up around midnight.

Monday (May 28): I slept in the whole day and watched some films. I ate dinner that night that my dad made and that was the highlight of my night.

Today I didn't do a whole lot. I mowed 2 lawns and probably shouldn't have because I am still kind of sick.

Artist of the week:

I got his new cd, "Who You Are", free from Aware and I really dig it.

Cary Brothers




http://www.myspace.com/carybrothers

Rufus, here I come. August 14th.

p.s. And Neko Case, too.

Sarah, are you a Rufus fan and did you get tickets?

Tuesday (May 15th): I ran some errands then moved the rest of my apartment packing/boxes from my car and reorganized the boxes that are in our computer room around to make them look less cluttered. I also picked up and put away stuff in my room and rearranged things around. That night I bawled my eyes out while watching the series finale of Gilmore Girls. It was a rough night.

Wednesday (May 16th): I did some more stuff around the house then made the 3 hour trek down to Nashville to work merch for Kyle Riabko and the show was cancelled. I wish Aware or his manager would have let me know either through e-mail or phone before I made the wasted trip with gas being over $3.00 a gallon. Oh well, I digress....

Thursday (May 17th): I worked with my mom at the pharmacy. It was semi-boring (as usual), but it was alright. I played some computer games to pass the time when we had some lulls. That night I vegged.

Friday (May 18th): I slept in kind of. I worked some more on my room and ran some errands. That night we had some pizza and that is about it. Nothing exciting once again.

Saturday (May 19th): I got up early and it sucked. My mom and I ran an errand then met at my aunt's house to head to St. Louis for a play/musicial at the Fox. We got about 20 minutes from St. Louis and my aunt had forgotten the tickets. Lori (my aunt's best friend) called the Fox and they re-printed the tickets for us. We were front row center and it was a pretty good play/musicial. My aunt got a hug from one of the actors. It was quite incredible.

Today I woke up and really did not want to. I was scheduled to have orientation and I went there and waited for a half an hour and then not enough people showed up so they cancelled it. It was retarded. I could have went to the Wertz show in Nashville and hung out with my friend Cirbey! I was bummed. I ended up going to see Shrek the Third and it was okay. Definitely not as good as the first and the second, but still pretty cute. I came home and finished up my room - yeah it was that bad it took me that many days to do it. But, I also half ass it, so it probably could have been done in a day. It looks spiff.

Artist of the week:

Side note: I am currently working on a project for Aware Records for this artist and I think he is great. (seriously, I am not just saying that because I am getting paid to do this project)

The name:

Emerson Hart




http://www.myspace.com/emersonhart

Another side note: He was the frontman in the band, Tonic, and I pretty much thought that band kicked some major ass.

I thought I wasn't going to watch it, but I couldn't help it. I have enjoyed this show for the last 7 years and sadly it has come to an end. I cried. A lot. Did anyone else watch and cry?

I am gonna miss you, Gilmore Girls.

Wednesday (May 9): I woke up at 7:30 and got ready. Amanda picked me up, we picked up doughnuts and juice at Schnuck's then headed to So. Illinois to apply for summer jobs. We got to Marion and applied at Target then headed to Murphysboro for Amanda's interview at Kroger's for a Pharmacy Technician position and she got the job! We ate lunch then went to apply in Wal-Mart (I really don't want to work there. I shop there occasionally, but I just don't want to work for such a crappy corporation that runs little places out.) and the application computer was definitely made back in the 80s and took forever. I finally gave up and said screw it! I am not meant to nor do I want to work here. We went on to my house to drop off some of my stuff from my apartment, so my load wouldn't be so heavy when I moved back over the weekend. We headed back to St. Louis, tried to go to an RFK Jr. public lecture and book signing because we thought public meant free and it was open to to obviously the public, but it was $75 a person. So, instead we went to Border's and looked for his books, I ended up buying a couple cds and a magazine then we went to Schnuck's to pick up what we were contributing to our last potluck in my apartment. I made the salad and Amanda made the garlic bread. We got back to my apartment and I made the salad then we waited until Lost was over because Beth and Jess are obsessed. Beth made a chicken dinner thing in the oven that was good, I made the salad, Amanda contributed the garlic bread and Jess provided the appetizer (garlic bread and red pepper hummus - I pretty much adore hummus) and Jess also brought rocky road ice cream for dessert. We ate. It was good. That night Amanda and I watched White Chicks and at first I didn't even want to see it, but it was rather funny.

Thursday (May 10th): We all got to sleep in, Amanda went to her last class for the semester then we ordered Chinese and ran some errands. That night I packed while watching Grey's and Amanda went to a dinner (that sucked) with her mom. She came back and I made Velveeta shells and cheese and Amanda cooked the steaks I had because I don't like handling raw meat. We watched Transamerica that I got from netflix (I recommend it. The movie and getting netflix) and I baked cookies and cleaned afterwards.

Friday (May 11th): We all slept in again, Amanda helped me load some stuff in my car then we ate at Blueberry Hill. That night we went to a private concert at a guy's house that hosts 7 or so concerts a year. The Redwalls were excellent as usual and it was great to see them in someone's living room that only held about 50 people. Plus, they had people bring food (that is what I baked the cookies for the night before) and there was a ton of food, free beer, soda and water. That night Amanda and I packed the majority of my stuff in my car.

Saturday (May 12th): I woke up after only gettin 4 hours of sleep, put a few things in my car then Amanda and I headed downtown to the Edward Jones Dome (that is where Webster University holds their graduation ceremonies) to see the keynote speaker - Nancy Pelosi, first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, and she was awesome! I came back to the apartment to finish packing up my car and by the time I was down cramming all my stuff into my car, there was barely enough room for me. I got home and unpacked some of my car, wrapped my brother's birthday presents (I got him 2 special release Guster EPs then burned him a mix and copied my new Jon McLaughlin cd). We had a cookout for his birthday dinner, the family laid around, ate some cake and homemade ice cream and that was about it.

Sunday (May 13th): Mother's Day. We went to church then met my grandparents, aunt and great aunt at Cracker Barrel for lunch. It was good as usual then headed back to my grandparents house to open mother's day gift. We came home then I went to the mall and got some job applications along with a gift card and a card for my mother because I had only got her a necklace. I went onto Wal-Mart and met my mom and brother because my brother needed groceries. We left and came home, my mom opened her gifts and that is about it.

Today I got to sleep in, sat around then went and mowed 2 lawns. The only thing I have had thus far today to eat was a piece of cake. I am starving. I am gonna eat supper then go out and mow our lawn.


2 artists to check out this week!


The Redwalls




http://www.myspace.com/theredwalls


Brett Dennen




http://www.myspace.com/brettdennen

Thursday (May 3): I did my skit in Interpersonal communications then came back and didn't do a whole lot. I studied for my reporting final, Jess came over and bought me a pizza and the pizza guy got mad at us (oh well), we watched some tv, I studied some more then went to bed.

Friday (May 4): It was my brother's 23rd birthday. Amanda came over and I ran some errands. I got my brother a card and some candy then Amanda and ate lunch at Rally's (it was quite nostalgic) then that night Amanda, Beth and I went to First Friday's - an open mic night here at Webster. We made a late night run to Schnuck's, Beth went to a party and Amanda went home.

Saturday (May 5): I slept in then went to the Webster student film festival. Amanda came over, we ran to the video store, Beth got McDonald's and then we all got Ted Drewes (a famous ice cream place here in St. Louis) then came back and watched History Boys. I did my business final and Amanda fell asleep about a half an hour into the film.

Sunday (May 6): I slept in until around 2pm, finished my business final then just sat around and watched 10 things I hate about you.

Monday (May 7): I turned in my business final, mailed a few things, returned a video I had rented then came back and took a nap. That night I went and saw The Format at Off Broadway. They were incredible.

Today I slept in because I stayed up til 5am for no apparent reason. Amanda came over and I made lunch then when Beth got back from class we ran to Target, Dollar Tree and Schnuck's. I have been packing up some of my room because Amanda and I are coming to So. Illinois tomorrow to do some job applications and to take some of my crap to my house.

Tuesday (April 24): I went to class then bummed around and did some homework.

Wednesday (April 25): I went to my morning classes then ran some errands because my afternoon class was canceled. Amanda, Beth and I hung out and then my aunt came up for the Billy Joel concert. We ate an Italian restaurant on the Hill then headed down the to arena downtown. Parking was a bitch and we were a half an hour late to the show, but I had an idea of where to park that was just down the road from ScottTrade Center and it was FREE. We parked, got into the show and found our 8th row seats on the section right near the stage to the left. They were excellent seats. Afterwards, we came back to my apartment and hung out. Stayed up too late then finally got a little sleep.

Thursday (April 26): I went to class then came back to the apartment and hung out while doing some homework. That night I had my second to last screening with the agency. The premiere was Year of the Dog and I highly recommend it - though, it is quite sad.

Friday (April 27): I went to class then came back and started packing so I could take some of my stuff home over the weekend so I wouldn't have as much to take when I actually move out for the summer. Amanda came over, we ate lunch at Ametgetti's on the Hill, got gelato and then headed to Wash U for a Wash U student only concert. I have connections - what can I say? Cut Chemist opened then Reel Big Fish and OK Go finished out the show. It was a good show and we were out of there by 9:45. We headed to the Loop and got Bubble Tea then ate a late dinner at Applebee's. We came back to my apartment and made a late night run to Wal-Mart with Beth to pick up kiddie toys. Our kiddie toys consisted of the following: Amanda got an 88 cent disc-gun-shooter-thingy, I got a Puppies-Dogs coloring book, and a 4 pack of Play-Doh along with some Chapstick (I just wrote Chapsticker. I think I am gonna start calling it that now) because I had some major chapped lips, and Beth got a Disney Princess coloring book, 64 Crayola box and some junk food. Overall, it was a success. We came back to the apartment and had a coloring session. Amanda and I decided to act like 5 year olds for about 3 hours and talk to each other as if we were sisters. It was amusing and we thought of some pretty good material. Beth and Amanda helped me pack my car as well - which was nice of them.

Saturday (April 28): I did not want to get up. But, I had to head home to mow. I got to my grandparents house, ate some lunch then mowed their lawn. I went onto my great aunt's and mowed her lawn then went home and mowed our huge backyard. That night my parents and I ate dinner at Sergio's then I research jobs for Amanda and filled out a couple more applications myself. I also got a call from Kroger's (a local grocery chain here and in some parts of the South I believe), so I had an interview the next day at originally 4:30, but I had it switched to 10am.

Sunday (April 29): I woke up early - earlier than I had liked - and got ready for my job interview. I was nervous. I dropped my parents off at church then headed to Kroger. It was no sweat and it looks like I will be working in the bakery. That means 5am. Bitch. Anyway, there is an option and I will keep looking. The only 2 pluses to working at that time and in that position is - 1) I won't have to work with the public directly. 2) I am done by noon everyday. We shall see what happens. I got out of my interview in about 15 minutes and made it to church on time. After church, my parents and I went to Panera for lunch then mom and I went and picked up a few pieces of clothing for me for a little bit of early summer shopping while my dad filled up my car with almost $3.00 a gallon gas. I am seriously thinking about a vegetable oil car. This is just plain bullshit. I headed back to St. Louis and just had enough time to drop off a few things at my apartment, pick up a few and then head to Blueberry Hill to help work merch for the Aqualung/Sara Bareilles show. I absolutely adore Sara's tour manager, Chad, because last time at the Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers show that I did merch for at Blueberry Hill Chad had me doing Sara's merch and I sold the shit out of her stuff. So, he contacted me a few days before the Aqualung show and wanted to know if I wanted to help them out again. I was all over that because I had already gotten the job to do Aqualung's. And his tour manager, Claire, is amazing and so nice. She kept bringing me fruit smoothies and waters since I was the only underage person at a 21+ show (even though by the end of the night after Chad had said "you're just a baby. you are so young" a few thousand times - Claire told Chad that they could sneak a little stuff in a cup if I wanted. But, I declined because I didn't want to get in trouble or them in trouble if Blueberry Hill would have found out). The show was amazing. Sara was great. I already had her as an artist of the week, but in case you missed it (http://www.myspace.com/sarabareilles). Chad kept checking up on me and called me rabbit at one time. I was confused, but it was cute. And the other guy who worked Aqualung merch is my new best friend. He is the exact mirror image of myself. We are both music/concert fiends and we chatted up the whole night about music and shows and all that fun stuff. I talked to Sara a little bit and Claire throughout the night. I sold a crap ton of Sara's EPs again. Seriously, she is GOOD. (http://www.myspace.com/sarabareilles) And after the show, I got a photo with Chad, Sara and then Matt Hales (Aqualung) and Claire introduced us to the whole band and crew. Those Brits sure have the hospitality done. Claire gave me a hug and thanked me for all my hard work (it was fun work) and we (Andrew the other merch guy and myself) got to meet Ben Hales (Matt's brother. He co-writes and also is part of the band) and he was super nice. I told Chad, Claire, and Matt that I was going to London and I got a "That's my girl." and some kind words and advice from Chad, Claire gave me some markets to go to and Matt went blank and just filled me in on Regent's Park (where the college is located). Overall, everyone was super nice. I officially love Matt (Mr. Aqualung), Claire, Sara, and Chad. They were amazing and want me to work even more in the music industry. I freakin' live for this stuff.

Some photos from that night:






Sara, myself and THE CHAD



Myself and Matt's "cheese" face.




Myself and Matt's "normal" face.



Monday (April 30th): I went to class, bummed around then headed to Champaign to U of I to see my friend Paul along with the Fray and Aqualung at Assemby Hall. I got up there around 5pm. We went to his dorm room and I said hi to his roommates (I had met them once before last year) then we walked down to Green Street (where all the restaurants, shops, bars, etc. are at the University of Illinois) and ate dinner at Chipotle (my fave). We sat and talked for about an hour and a half then headed down to Assembly Hall. As we were walking up to the building 2 people were walking back and told us that the show had been canceled because one of the Fray guys had a family emergency and had to leave. I felt bad for the band and I was kind of pissed because I drove all that way for nothing. But, at the same time I knew that this meant that I was gonna get home by 10:30 and that made me somewhat happy because I was exhausted. So, I headed back to the Louis, did some homework and that is about it.

Tuesday (May 1): The first day of May. I ran a few errands around campus, picked up an Ampersand (Webster's bi-annually magazine) and interactive cd then headed to class. I came back and rested a bit then I went to my brother's condo and went with him to his girlfriend's spring concert at her college. I got home, did some homework then went to bed.

Today I went to class and almost fell asleep in class. I am drained. I came back and hung out with Amanda. We ate Chinese then came back and I did some homework then I went to my last screening for my internship - Lucky You - here ate Webster in our theatre. It sucked. Don't waste your money. I need to go to bed.

The upside that I am looking forward to: the only thing standing inbetween me and summer is a skit tomorrow, a reporting final (which shall be easy) on Friday and a take home business final. I will be done by Monday at 10:30am - which is awesome because next week is finals week and I will be relaxing while others are going insane. This is my first year that finals week is low key and I am gonna take full advantage because this won't be happening again.


My artist of the week:

Aqualung




http://www.myspace.com/aqualung

Thursday (April 12th): I went to class and I was going to start on my news story, but I just sat around and didn't do a whole lot. Amanda came over and we hung out.

Friday (April 13th): Amanda came over and we hung out. We ate at Panera (St. Louis Bread Co.), we went and got bubble tea then came back and watched a movie.

Saturday (April 14th): We went to our study abroad orientation, I sat around and procrastinated while Amanda went to work, I finally got motivated and wrote my news story along with my market profile for my business class. Amanda came back to my apartment around 10pm after work and we made a late night supper run to Steak N' Shake.

Sunday (April 15): I was suppose to go see James Morrison in Nashville, but decided to sleep in and take it easy instead. I slept in, Amanda and I ran errands then we came back and I made spaghetti while she made homemade garlic bread.

Monday (April 16): I went to class then did awhole lot of nothing. I did some work on my special promotion campaign for my Visual Communications course.

Tuesday (April 17): More of the usual - class. We worked on our group project then I went home and didn't do hardly anything. I sat around and Amanda came over. I convinced her to go to see Dave Barnes with me at St. Louis Christian College. He was excellent. As usual. I came back and did the rest of my special promotion campaign then went to bed.

Wednesday (April 18th): Class again. That afternoon I laid low and didn't do a whole bunch. Beth and I went to Ben Franklin to get some candy, picked up supper at St. Louis Bread Co. (I am addicted) then came back to the apartment. Jess came over. Wednesday night is Lost night for Jess and Beth. I cleaned my room and the kitchen floor.

Thursday (April 19th): More school. That evening I worked the advance screening of Hot Fuzz. Amanda came to watch the film. I wasn't excepting it to be very good - but it was hilarious and it got me really excited for London. We rushed back, ran through McDonald's and took it in the the theatre on campus here at Webster to see a student production/film. It was good.

Friday (April 20th): I was suppose to work merch for Wertz at Truman State, but I was exhausted and didn't feel well. Instead Amanda and I ran and got dinner, then went and saw Music and Lyrics at the cheap show (she had not seen it before).

Saturday (April 21st): I didn't get to sleep in because my parents were in St. Louis for the weekend. They came and picked us up then we went to my brother's condo and we picked up my brother and his girlfriend. We went grocery shopping then went onto Dave and Buster's. We ate lunch and they have a HUGE arcade, so my parents, my brother, my brother's girlfriend and myself played some games and got a bunch of tickets. I came back and didn't do a whole bunch. I watched Thank you for Smoking then didn't do a whole lot the rest of the night. I was extremely exhausted.


Sunday (April 22nd): I slept in, went to Surfacing (a playwright festival here at Webster) with Beth then came back and did some homework.

Today I went to class, came back, Amanda ran with me to change my permanent address at a community college here in St. Louis because I am taking some online courses over the summer. I ran some errands and I need to do some homework tomorrow.

I have been a fan for over 3 years now of this band and they finally just released a new album. The band of the week is:


Melee




http://www.myspace.com/meleerocks

Thursday (March 29th): I went to class then came back and Amanda and I hung out. We watched a movie "Tenadious D and the Pick of Destiny" and I thought it was super lame. Amanda and I made a late night run to the video store to rent School of Rock because I felt that Jack Black needed to redeem himself to me after that film and Amanda had never seen it before. I also rented the Michael Moore documentary "Roger and Me" - which I highly recommend. I had to watched it in my economics class my senior year and I thought it was interesting.

Friday (March 30th): I didn't do a whole lot after class and slept a bunch. Amanda came over around 9:30, we picked up and snuck in Taco Bell into the late night screening of Blades of Glory. It was hilarious. I would see it again. We hung out at the apartment and that is about it. I found out that I was nominated for a Webbie (Webster University's take on the Oscars/Academy Awards/Grammys where students in the School of Communications enter their work and it is judged by those within the field then you are nominated for a Webbie with the potential, obviously, to win.)

Saturday (March 31st): I woke up later than I had wanted, got ready and made my way to Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. I had volunteered to help out the eco-village and help spread the word about a non-profit organization, Reverb, that one of the Guster guys and his wife founded in 2004. It is a really good organization and I am glad that I got to be a part informing fellow college students about what Reverb is doing to lessen the negative impact (especially bands with touring and their emission of CO2) on the environment and its efforts to try and lessen the terrible effects of global warming. I basically went around passing out literature about the organization and trying to sell Guster - "Kiss Me I am Carbon Neutral" stickers for $5 which allows concert goers to offset 300 miles of CO2 emissions or offset a year of dorm electricity CO2 emissions. The Format opened and we got to go watch the Guster set from the side of the stage which was awesome! Shift organic products and other environmentally concious companies that manufacture products or help to spread the word of being environmentally concious had some of their free stuff at the eco-village such as key chains made from recycled computer parts, bookmarks, and soy lip balm. Along with Shift Organic Smoothie drinks were given away. I got an Campus Conciousness Tour Eco-Team shirt, an awesome Shift hat and an awesome pass. We got to meet Guster afterwards which was awesome and 2 of the other volunteers were awesome to hang out with - esp. John who I hung out with the whole night.

This is my favorite photo of the night:



Sunday (April 1st): I laid low and didn't do awhole lot. Procrastinated and do a little homework.

Monday (April 2nd): I went to class then that night I ran to Pop's and watched Melee's set then left. I got a free Melee poster and a bunch of stickers!

Tuesday (April 3rd): I went to class then came home and did a bunch of homework. Not too exciting.

Wednesday (April 4th): I went to my morning classes then I went with Emily (my brother's girlfriend) to a private OK Go show because she won a radio contest. They gave us free food, an open bar and OK Go played a handful of songs acoustically then we got a photo with them and left. We got a parking ticket. Oh well. It was a cool little concert. I then went onto the Pageant and got in line for the Snow Patrol/OK Go/Silversun Pickups show. Amanda showed up right before doors opened and we scored 2nd row spots. The Silversun Pickups pretty much sucked, OK Go ruled and Snow Patrol were impressive. Amanda and I left, went back to my apartment, made a late night run to Steak and Shake, came back to the apartment and watched Say Anything which was on tv, then went out and she snagged me a large Fray poster from a place we had our eye on where it was displayed. It is seriously HUGE.

Thursday (April 5th): I went to class, Amanda came over, we got McDonald's, and then she snagged a large Mayer poster for me from where it was displayed as well.

Friday (April 6th): I went home for the weekend. I got a haircut, cut my great aunt's lawn while admiring my breathe (it was that cold), that night my parents and I went out to eat.

Saturday (April 7th): I woke up early, took my computer to a family friend to get fixed, mowed my grandparents lawn, went grocery shopping with my family then that night was my grandma's birthday dinner. We ordered a bunch of Papa John's and sat around my house. It was fun.

Sunday (April 8th): I went to church with my family then we went to my grandparets house for a huge Easter dinner. I took a nap then headed back to St. Louis.

Monday (April 9th): I went to class, procrastinated, hung out with Amanda, watched Running with Scissors, then my family came up for the Webbies ceremony that night. We went to the ceremony. I didn't win. Oh well. Next year I will enter more work than this year and I plan on being in the class that does production/PR for the ceremony. That night Amanda and I got McDonald's, watched Children of Men, then I went to bed.

Tuesday (April 10th): I went to class. I came home and didn't do a whole lot. I did some homework, went to the Date Auction, came back and did my tv commercial storyboard then went to bed.

Today I went to class, interviewed a professor for the story I have to write for my reporting class, hung out with Amanda. We got junk food and came back and watched Gilmore Girls before she went to work. I sat around and didn't do a whole lot. I took a nap, Jess came over and her and Beth watched Lost. I did some homework then I did a late night run with Beth to Schnuck's. I need to go bed.

Artist of the week:

I got her new album a couple weeks ago. It drops May 1st and is excellent!

Feist




http://www.myspace.com/feist

Saturday (March 17th) - I had an event/advance screening for TMNT and we decked out the theatre for the event. We had a green carpet leading into the theatre kiddie bags with TMNT memorabilia and green beads for everyone. I ate at Chipotle with Amanda then headed home. That night my aunt had her birthday dinner at my grandparent's house.

Sunday (March 18th) - I woke up, went to church, went grocery shopping then headed back to St. Louis.

Monday (March 19th) - I should have started on my project for my vis comm class, but didn't and instead procrastinated and was extremely unproductive.

Tuesday (March 20th) - I hung out with Amanda then went to Artmart in the rain and got supplies to make my project. I stayed up til around 3am working on it.

Wednesday (March 21st) - I hung low, got my presentation together for class and wished my aunt a happy birthday.

Thursday (March 22nd) - I did my presentation then came home and didn't do anything. It felt nice.

Friday (March 23rd) - I laid around and that night I got into Blueberry Hill (a 21 venue here in St. Louis) and worked merchandise for Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers and it was awesome! Jess (their tour manager and Stephen's cousin was amazing) and the opener, Sara Bareilles, was incredible. Plus, her tour manager was really cool as well and we had a good chat about the music industry and what not. I helped her do inventory, she gave me a free t-shirt, and said since I did so well that if I was gonna actually go to the Nashville show tomorrow that she would put me on the guestlist. I talked to Stephen for a bit and he read my shirt (it had a New York Times feminist article on it). I left the club around 12:30 and came back to my apartment to Amanda and her drunk friend. We got McDonald's then came back and stayed up to 5:30am while my roomie/friend came in plastered. We had fun. We made a late night run to Vintage Vinyl to get our photograph into front of the marquee (a musician/white rapper from Webster played an instore on Thursday that we went to and he is Beth and I's new obsession).

Saturday (March 24th) - I woke up around 11:15am, got my stuff together and Amanda and I headed back to my house in So. Illinois. We got to my house then left shortly after to head to Nashville to see Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers again. They were awesome, but the crowd sucked ass. They were pretty much lifeless. We drove back and got in around 4:30am.

Sunday (March 25th) - We woke up early and it sucked. My parents came home from church and we went and got passport photos for London along with some lunch. We came back and Amanda and I left shortly after.

Monday (March 26th) - I went to class, hung around and did a whole lot of nothing, my friend Jess came over and hung around while I made lunch for Amanda and I. She came back that night and we had dinner. Beth made fresh fruit salad again - YUM! Jess and I watched (and made fun of) The Hills while Beth was gone to RHA then I was unproductive again.

Tuesday (March 27th) - I went to class, then came back and made some business notes, Amanda came over and we hung around then Beth bought us dinner since she said she owed us when she was drunk. I want her to get drunk more often, so I can get free stuff. (I love you, Beth!) then we came back to the apartment and I busted ass to finished my press kit and make and study my business notes.

Today I woke up at 6:30am after staying up til 2am studying for business. I went to my reporting class, took my test (it was still kind of hard) then came back and finished my press kit, went to vis comm, came back and hung with Amanda then tried to go to Western Union and ended up in harlam. I turned around because I felt uncomfortable and did not want to keep looking. I guess I will have to do that tomorrow.

I am tired and I need to vacuum my room and clean my bathroom and do some homework.

I have 2 bands of the week.

The opener for the Sixers - I loved her and her tour manager was awesome to me!

Sara Bareilles




http://www.myspace.com/sarabareilles

AND

Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin




http://www.myspace.com/boris

Wednesday (March 14): I woke up early and went and washed my car. My grandma, mom, aunt and I went out to lunch at Harbaugh's then went shopping at the Co-op grocery store. I am pretty much obsessed with that place now. That night I stayed at my grandparents house. While they were at church, I went with my aunt to my great grandma's house and chatted with her (or rather listened) while my aunt cleaned her house. I came back and spent the night watching tv with my grandma then went to bed.

Thursday (March 15): I went to work with my mom at the pharmacy then came home and packed my stuff up. I watched Grey's and the new show October Road (did anyone else watch this? what did you think?).

Today I went to work at the pharmacy, got some Mayer/Folds tickets, then drove up to St. Louis for the night. I have a movie premire tomorrow then I am going back home for the rest of the weekend. Amanda and I hung out a bit tonight, I went to Teavana and got my aunt some teas for her birthday, I went to Best Best to buy some cds (James Morrison, The Fratellis, and Aqualung's new cd). I came back and unpacked stuff and cleaned a bit. I need to go to bed soon. I am exhausted and I have to get up at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Blah.