KATE NASH!

Two weeks ago I bought tickets to go to a Kate Nash concert in Portland. I've been nearly jumping out of my skin in excitement since then. Last night, I finally got to go! I went with some of my favorite people in the world! Kaitlin, KP, and Maya. It was the best girls Monday night out ever. We left school at 2:45, and drove to Portland. It was beautiful and high deserty the first half of the drive there, then suddenly we hit the valley. Trees popped up, and suddenly the rain was POURING. Hydroplating, trucks washing giant waves on us, and water was all over the place! Thankfully we finally made it to Portland after a long, and quite entertaining drive. There was one stoplight in Portland that we think may have been broken, because we sat there for what felt like hours! Soon enough, we made it to Nicolas's Lebanese food, chowed down on a pita as big as a large pizza, and ate many other fascinating things, like spinach somethings, and hummus, and this other thing.. Descriptive, I know. During dinner, KP looked at us and said, "Oh, and by the way we are staying in a hotel tonight," just as if it was as normal as "Go clean the kitchen Kate." That made us QUITE excited as I am sure you can imagine! Then, we were off to the glorious and magnificent WONDER BALLROOM! We arrived, found Danii, my wonderful friend from back in McMinnville, an original Odd Squadrian, and dug our way thru the crowd, searching for a great spot close to the stage. Eventually we found one in the far left corner. I didn't think it would be all that good of a spot at first.... Until Kate Nash came out on stage and started singing.... SEVEN FEET AWAY. She was AMAZING. SPECTACULAR! FABULOUS! BRILLIANT! TREMENDOUS! EXPLOSIVELY AWESOME! The whole concert was amazing, from the first loud song, "I Just Love You More" to the amazing last song "Pumpkin Soup!" Even the terrifying "Mansion Song" was performed brilliantly too, despite the freakish amount of vulgar and LOUD swearing. But hey, it's Kate Nash. She's awesome! Before she came on, a new British band, Peggy Sue, opened for her. I thought they were absolutely marvelous! Their songs were catchy and upbeat, with many different drum beats, an accordion, and some beautiful guitars! Immediately following the concert, I purchased an adorable, but far too large Kate Nash tee shirt with a bunny on it, and a copy of Peggy Sue's CD - Fossils and Other Phantoms - A high recommendation on my part. The CD was autographed by all three members of the band, and we talked, and it took all my self control not to start talking in a British accent myself. Their accents just rolled off their tongues so beautifully! After the concert, we drove down to VooDoo donuts, and bought ourselves some of the most delicious donuts I've ever tasted! I got a tiny voodoo doll shaped donut, and its always terribly heartbreaking when you have to bite the head off an edible food item that has animal or human characteristics. Soon, all of us being wiped out and knowing that yes, there was school the following morning, and it was three hours away, we drove to the lovely Red Lion hotel, where we exhaustedly lugged in our bags and suitcases and Lebanese food remains into the room. Room 240 I believe. The next morning we woke up at a hearty 5 Am, got together our things, and drove to a little cafe to buy coffee and croissants. These we enjoyed on the way out of Portland, and so began the long, tiring ride home. What a night.

Goals and Goodies!

Ok, so I've been swerving every which way lately, and I decided that I want to get everything in order.

My goals:
> Get my liscense!
> Apply for an Art School
> Raise enough money to pay for gas to go to the Kate Nash concert
> Get better grades
> Get organized
> Participate in NaNoWriMo this year and reach the 50,000 word point
> Move to our own house
(Keep in mind these are long term also.)

My goodies:
> Possibly moving?
> Kate Nash concert (Another possibility)
> Art Schools?
> Taking a class at PoetHouse! (Portfolio Design)


I really need to figure out some ways to raise money. I can only think of babysitting. Any ideas?

Obsessions... and collections.

My Obsessions:

> Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Lenka, Regina Spektor
> Food
> Magazines
> Harry Potter
> All music
> Memories
> Friends
> Family

My Collections:

> Magazines
> Books
> Harry Potter stuff
> Pencils and Notebooks
> Bags
> Clothes hangers.... I don't mean to collect them, they just all end up empty in MY closet!
> Prank Equipment (well no duh!)

And sometimes I will go to Target, buy a lot of cheap junk/comfort food, and hoard it away in my room... but is hoarding really collecting? I don't think so. Because I don't "collect" food, i just "hoard" it...

So how's life for you all? Good I hope! Hope your all hanging in there. Only a few more days of this school year! Can you believe that it is almost over? Today is my brothers birthday and I am SO excited! We got him some pretty sweet presents, and I made him a gnarly card! We got Ida's Cupcakes for him and we are all going to celebrate tonight! He's 12! :O When did that happen? Next year, ONE YEAR, he will be a TEENAGER! HOLY FREAKIN S WORD! Well anyways...

Finally the drama of Freshman year is cooling down and coming to a stop. I'm not entirely pleased with how everything turned out, but I am happy again, and thats what really matters? I wish I could help one person though. But if I even try to talk to them, or anything, I just get put down. I know I should feel anger toward them for what they have done, but I just can't. I feel more.. forgiveness I guess. And I am a person that just, likes to help other people. Its hard for me when I see someone who looks like they may be in need of help, and I just can't help them. I guess I ought to just cut them loose, and let them sort it out, and their close friends help them out. I don't know. I'm not a wise wise person. Sometimes I am, but right now, Im more.. confused.

NEW YORK! I get to go to New York in October!!! Do you KNOW how excited I am?! I've never been there before, and that is the place I've wanted to go to the most! I just absolutely LOVE all the Broadway shows, and lights of it that I see in the movies, and I can't wait to go and experience it for myself! Its going to be so great! Just me and my mom! It will be amazing! Eating primarily street vendor food, seeing shows, experiencing the museums (MOMA and Museum of Natural History), exploring Central Park, and what I personally cannot wait for, is to re do my version of "Thats How You Know" from Enchanted in Central Park. My own little happy place! I want to see the EXACT place where Giselle climbed out of in the movie Enchanted. I need to see that. Smack dab in the middle of Times Square. Oh yes, that will be the day. And this summer I get to go to Disney Land with my youth group, and then in 2 summers, my family MIGHT get to go to France for 2 months!! AHHH!! I've never left the U.S so this is BIG! And I will get to visit our French exchange student, Josephine! :D Woot woot!

Well, I think I shall go explore the many pages (News feed, profile.. and thats about it..) of Facebook. Have a nice day world!