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?

Geekin' Hard

Alright. I'm going to take up a post, to be a complete and total geek. I'm not posting this to be fun of, so if you intend to make fun of me, save it for your journal. I'm posting this for those who keep their bit of hidden geek tucked away inside them. Basically, I was on StumbleUpon (if you haven't heard of it, then check it out www.stumbleupon.com) and I stumbled to this website - www.minecraft.net. Basically, its a 3D game (You can play creative mode for free) where you place, and destroy loads of different kinds of blocks that are different types of minerals and ores and soils and rocks and wood and you build yourself mines underground, and skywalks above, and houses on ground. During the day its a lovely scenery, with wild farm animals (cows, pigs, sheep, chickens) roaming around, you can climb up into the trees, and swim in crystal clear water, and just enjoy the scenery. But nights -- Hopefully you spent your lovely day building a fort or shelter of somekind, because at night is when the monsters come out, and you better protect yourself. I was playing this game with my friend Kaitlin the other day. We dug ourselves into a cave, and couldnt get out quickly. Suddenly I saw something, a little glimpse of something greenish above us. It fell into the hole. Suddenly we were both screaming and panicking. Quickly I shut the entrance to the big cave, but the creature was just on the other side of two rocks. It was making the grossest gurgly noises, and we just screamed more and backed away from the computer. That was my first experience of a Zombie. There are also Skeletons that shoot arrows, and these weird things called Creepers that explode, and the spiders. You can see the spiders from a long ways off, because of their red glowy eyes. Now, it isn't the graphics of this game that freak me out. No, its good old 1990's graphics, everythings cubic and not scary whatsoever, its the noises, and the sheer surprise if you fall into the clutches of a mob of monsters. All in all, my brother Sam and I are completely addicted to this game, and we can't get enough of it. Completely obsessed. Of course. :) I really suggest you try it. Honestly.

Bending, Finding, Playing.

1. Knee is OFFICIALLY bendable! Right now on 30 degrees but every Thursday I get to add on another 30 until I have full range of motion -- How SWEET is that? I would say very. But it is SO SORE and stiff from being locked for so long!

2. Journal is FOUND! Apparently I left it at my friend Rae's house... Only I didn't figure that out until 4 weeks later.. Thank goodness it wasn't lost for good though! I missed oh so very much!

3. Playing guitar a lot lately! Bought an electric! Gold Fender with a customized pick guard, and I love it SO MUCH! And I made a sweet strap out of shoelaces for my acoustic :) Its wonderful! Any reccomendations for songs? I could use some!

So, latest news in life -- I reccomend you listen to Sara Bareilles. I just discovered her, and she is the most amazing singer in the world! Top three songs have got to be King of Anything, Gonna Get Over You, and Hold My Heart. Those are from her latest album, Kaleidoscope Heart. Look them up, and you shall fall in love.

My French teacher is a SPAZZ. But absolutely wonderful! We have learned how to say "to suck at" and "the thingy" and all sorts of interesting things. She promises if we make it to French 5, then we will be learning bad words! I can't wait! ;) Or maybe I'll just cheat and look them up. :)

English class the other day. My teacher coughs so hard she pukes. Interesting.. sort of made the class pretty awkward. She didn't spew in class, but ran out with her leaving words being, "I'm going to throw up.... Read chapter 6." Classic English teacher. Mrs. Smith.. Spewy Smith? Eh, thats sort of harsh.. Poor lady. It wasn't even my real english teacher either -- it was a sub! On her first day subbing!

Worst part is the English class reading. The independent classic reading is HORRIBLE. Huck Finn. I do NOT reccomend it. There is no climax whatsoever, and all of Huck's problems get fixed, with absolutely no trouble. Its pointless, boring, and the southern spelling of the words is absolutly impossible to understand! Do not read this if you can help it. Bores you to tears.

I'll try and write more, but due to a LOAD of homework that comes with school, I don't know how often that will be. :| MEH.

Walker!

So, after going to the doc a few days ago to get my bandages removed, I can now officially WALK!!! How awesome is that?! I'm really happy, because hey, thats a lot of PROGRESS! :D I had to completely re learn how to walk tho, just like a baby. Bend's birthday party was a huge success! Such a blast! Big load of fantastic people! Couldn't have been better!

On the downside tho, my journal has gone missing. I havn't seen it for three weeks.. :/ Which sorta worries me, cause who knows where it is and who's hands its in?? EEEEPP!!! :( I really hope i find it soon. I have a lot to write about!!!