back to work...

...but not without some fun first!

1. After surviving a family reunion without a bit of booze to pull any of us through, Josh, Adrianne and I went to see "Superbad" at the theater. I thought I was going to die of gut-wrenching laughter and found myself up heaving in the seat a few times during some scenes...completely worth it.

2. My friend Kristen swapped me every season of Sex and the City and a mix CD of Neko Case and Kasey Chambers in exchange for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I had borrowed it from her boyfriend). I have yet to pop in a season of SatC, but the mix CD is amazing.

3. I managed to row through bigger rapids than I've ever rowed before, which made me pretty damn proud of myself. This is a bigger deal for this particular trip because Josh wasn't sitting behind me telling me to push with the left or pull with the right--it was all me, baby, watching where he and his dad had gone before me and attempting to do the same..not without some swearing, however, when I thought I was going to hit some rocks. I didn't hit them. I did well. And I was rightfully P-R-O-U-D (and hopefully Josh was too).


and now non-hobby related information...

1. Reporting for my first day on the job this morning, I knew that one other girl was starting with me. What I hadn't prepared for was the fact that it might be someone I knew. Yup, Hafsah and went to high school together, graduated the same year, happened to recognize each other, and actually seem to get along....weird.

2. Class started tonight too and I can already tell that one girl is going to drive me nuts....but that's probably because the one time that I met her this summer, she shoved her hand in my face and told me to get away from her. I sincerely hope that she's not in my Thursday night class (or I might have to kick some ass).

I can't decide...

...if I like it or not...

(the cut, that is)

Yeah, I'm a jackass...

The "concerts" post that I wrote a few days ago has a mistake on it. The Mickey Avalon concert is TUESDAY, August 21...not Monday like I thought until Adrianne called to tell me (thankfully, she didn't call me a jackass like I deserved). So, if anyone else wants to join us, you have an extra few hours to let me know!

I have a slight obsession...

...With rearranging my apartment. Granted, I'm not as bad as I used to be. I used to go through phases where I would rearrange my apartment or at least my bedroom once every month or two. I've lived here since December 30, 2006 and have only moved my living area around once. It must stem from feeling like things are out of place in life or something internal like that. I don't really feel like things are out of sync right now, by any means, but I decided to make a pretty big change in the arrangement of things around here today. I think I just got bored because I don't start my new job or classes for another week and I certainly don't want to do anything too productive (you know, like take a shower or change out of my pajamas). The problem is, I'm only half-way through my "little" rearrangement and I'm already tired of it. Now my apartment is in more disarray than it was an hour ago and I have no one pushing me to get it done. No one comes over here, so it's not like I am going to have massive amounts of company and need to make sure things are spic 'n' span. Ugh. I need encouragement to keep going.

On the flip side, I've decided to move my TV (which I never watch) into my bedroom to make more room for guitars in the living room. I haven't been playing much over the past 8 or 9 months because I've been distracted by school, work, and (though I hate to admit it) boyfriends. BUT, the other day I remembered where all of my old music is that I wrote and I sat around for 5 hours over the weekend and played and played and played and it was awesome. Hopefully this new arrangement will give me a bit more ambition to play more and write again...it's been a long time since that's happened too...


Maybe I'll actually take pictures for you folks who don't live around here and haven't seen my tiny little place that I call home.

concerts

There are 3 concerts coming up that I REALLY want to go to and I'm not so sure that Josh will want to go with me....so I think some of you should think about joining me...

1. Mickey Avalon - Monday, August 21. 8pm at the Neurolux. My sister introduced me to him...not your typical "Miranda music" which makes it even more fun to go to his concert...

2. Bright Eyes with Gillian Welch - Friday, September 14 at the Big Easy. $25. I was excited when I found out Bright Eyes was coming, but with GILLIAN WELCH?! OMG, I need to see this...

3. Brandi Carlile - Tuesday, October 23. 8pm at the Big Easy. $15. Saw her at the free River Rendezvous concert a few months ago and was blown away...NEED to see her again...

What to do when your boyfriend goes out of town

Tuesday: Make dinner, rent movie, drink lots of beer at home alone.

Wednesday: Interview for new job, work, nap, hang out downtown with friends, drink lots of beer at home alone.

Thursday: Wait and wait and wait to hear about new job and get frustrated about hearing nothing, work, nap, give guitar lesson, borrow Harry Potter 7, fall asleep at a decent hour.

Friday: Work, clean apartment, jump up and down then cry (with excitement) about getting a new job (hooray!), drink wine with an old friend (Shauna) at home, attend 10 year high school reunion, talk to people I'd never thought I'd see again, get called "the cuter Miranda" by Mandee Merrill Jewel (one of the aforementioned former classmates), watch former classmates hit on Shauna at the bar, get aforementioned classmates buy me beer and shots.

Saturday: Sleep in and wake up (still drunk) at 11am, make killer spaghetti sauce, get great news that another friend from my high school years (though, not my high school) will be in town next weekend, celebrate Josh's sister's birthday without Josh, go to bed entirely too late.

Sunday: Revel in the fact that I managed to convince a bunch of people that I will make a good Juv. Probation Officer and the fact that I'll finally have a career instead of a job...wow.

I threw away $20

No really, I did.

I was cleaning up my apartment this afternoon because my friend Shauna is coming over before we go to our 10 yr. high school reunion (we are pre-partying...not only to save money, but because it will more bearable answering questions and seeing people we don't really care to see with a few drinks in us). Anyway, like I said, I was cleaning up a little because I don't want Shauna thinking that I live like a complete slob. I had a $20 bill in my jeans pocket from last night's guitar lesson with Carson and kept forgetting to put it in my wallet. I finally got too hot and took off my jeans and put on my favorite hippie skirt. When I went to get the bill out of the pocket, it wasn't there. This frustrated me to no end because I am on a VERY tight budget until payday and that $20 was going to go a long way. I searched my apartment, went out to my car, and finally came in to search through the garbage.

Sure enough, there it was, folded perfectly beneath some other papers and atop an empty (not rinsed) tuna can in my kitchen garbage can. Gross.