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Friday, April 29, 2005
Mrazzy Fizzle - Normal Illinois
4/29/2005 01:05:00 PM And yes, the Wizard of Oohs and Ahhs is anything but normal himself. Which he displayed continuously throughout the evening.   Okay, so here's my review: I LOVE FREAKIN MRAZ!!! Omg! He is absolutely amazing live…and such a dork..seriously. Okay, so the whole evening could have ended horrible. We got off to a bad start, Ruth was late, so I’m rushing her to leave, and she lost her homework, then she finds it, and we are on our way. We get gas and some pre-show refreshments, and take off for Normal Illinois (about 2 and ½ hours) and after like 15 mins, Ruth is like ,Oh crap my pen ran out of ink, lets stop at a gas station and get one. So we do. COOLEST GAS STATION I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO!! Omg, this gas station was humungous and had just about everything you could ever need, it was amazing. The bathrooms were like a friggin palace. Most gorgeous restroom I’ve ever seen. Anyways, I got Maggie a postcard and we headed back on the road. Then we end up running late so we get there right as TP (Tristan Prettyman) is supposed to be starting, so we park, and try to find a way in the building…it takes us forever…we were in the library somehow cause it was at Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University. We finally get to the auditorium where they’re letting people in, and get passed to about 3 different entrances before we’re at the right one. Then the chick is like, “Do you have your ID’s?” What? Apparently we need out ISU Student ID’s to get in…which we didn’t have obviously, since we don’t go to ISU. Apparently there were a lot of people not aware of this, because these dumbasses sold tickets on freaking Ticketmaster, so hardly any of the people who bought them weren’t students at the college. Anyways, we get shoved somewhere to pay an extra $7.00 fee in order to get in. I don’t have any cash on me, so we first have to find an ATM. All the while we hear TP singing away in the auditorium. So I find the ATM go back, get in line, pay extra cash, and they give us new tickets. I was like, HELL NO! We still get the seats we paid for right? Cause I got us 2nd row, and I was definitely sitting 2nd row if I paid for 2nd row, student or not. They say we can have our same seats, and we finally get back to our entrance, and the chick won’t let us in this time because Ruth has a camera. So we have to take it and check it into the lockers. Which take us forever to find as well. We do. Pop in a quarter, and lock it up. (I still snuck my tiny digital in my pocket) Back to line. FINALLY we get in. But the stupid chick tore my ticket in half, instead of just tearing of the detacheable part. I save these things, biatch! So we get in, get to hear TP sing a few songs. She talks about Weird Al and the song Taco Grande, and some other stuff that was making us laugh our asses off, which make us really sad that we missed most of her set (tear), oh yeah, and also because she has a great voice and is on the way to being a great artist...yes she finally caved and signed with a major label...be looking for her release sometime soon. But she’s like, “Oh yeah…I’m gonna do it” and sings Brittney Spears – Toxic, which Ruth recognizes from my car (I'm sure some of you have heard it too), and is excited about that. TP has some troubles with cuing the audience for the singalong though. She did some awkward head movement each time it was our turn for crowd participation. It was great. Some dude kept yelling at her during her set, and she couldn't understand anything he was saying, and kept asking "What?" and he kept repeating, and she still couldnt hear him, so he finally gave up and yelled, "I'm DRUNK!" which seemed to make sense to everyone, so we all laughed, and the show moved on. So finally its time for Mraz. I love him. Geek came out in a pink t-shirt (after I purchased my own pink one that says Geek on it from merchandise in between sets---note: Mraz has a song called Geek In The Pink, hence the T’s). So, this kid talks more than anyone I’ve seen in concert. It was pretty cool, he’s just so laid back that it’s just like he’s a friend of everyone’s in the audience, and we’re all just hanging out, and he happens to get on stage and goof off for a while to entertain us. Which he does well, with some funny stories, comments, and of course dance moves. Lots of the Robot, and some other old school moves, one of which he likes to call the “mom” where you basically dance like your mom. He tried to get us all to do it, but apparently it’s harder to dance off the beat than you would think. Ruth enjoyed dancing like this WAY too much. He also tried to get people to make out with eachother in the audience. It was quite interesting. There was also one song that he, Ian, and Bill Bell (other guitar player) lined up and danced to with they're guitars making hilarious faces, and all moving in sync. That was funny..or when he was like " i love it when you guys sing along and then i mix up the lines and your friends are like 'omg girl, like what up, i thought you said you knew the words". So in front of the stage they had this pit area, where people were standing, and then there was this little half-wall/barricade thing, before the rows of seats started (in which no one sat during the entire concert) and during one song, Jason and Ian (the bass player) walked out on it (how? They were like cats or something, it was only like a foot wide) from each side of the stage and met in the middle…RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! It was awesome. It was just a part of the venue not the stage that they set up, so I guess during rehearsals they decided it would be cool to walk out on it. It was. I tried to take some pics, but Jason was dancing around so they’re kinda blurry. And all I got of Ian were his blurry sneakers. Mraz 2ft away from me (you can see Ians hand in the upper right, lol)  Blurry Dancing Mraz  At one point, he mentioned that the music playing (softly, while he was talking about the next song) made it sound like we were in a planetarium, so he starts going off on this tangent (which happened quite often) about “If you look to your left *pointing at ceiling* you’ll see the Aurean Galaxy, which is really a large circle of stars formed by lots of smaller circles of stars….and if you look to your right, you’ll see the Borealis Galaxy. Which is quite interesting, because it is made up of a large circle of stars, made from lots of smaller circles of stars…” All the while, as he points and bullshits everyone looks where he points, even though it’s at nothing. It was hilarious. Then during Common Pleasure he would change the words from "common pleasure" to "argh! TREASURE!" and do this little hook handed gesture. Also hilarious. I think I might like his antics more than his music. Nah That can't be the case. But he sure is one funny fella! He also got to sing a few songs without a guitar and just held the mic and kinda rapped, it was awesome, because, well, Mraz is awesome. So when his guitar comes back out, it has a note on it that says, "TP thinks UR Hot!" (Tristan and Jason are dating) so he just says that it's good that people in the back can't read it. No luck with hearing the new single "Wordplay" though. It's a big secret, but I thought he'd at least play it in the show since it's supposed to be hitting radio now. Although I lucked out when I got home, a nice fellow fan online had gotten ahold of it, and Im'ed it to me. So I included a link at the bottom for anyone who's interested. It was sadly the last night he was playing with the full band (dubbed the Take-It-Easy-Buddies) before the fall tour for the new album. (This summer he will be on an acoustic tour w. Toca-the bongos player) so the band had some fun, at the end of the set, just he and Toca were on stage for a couple songs, so the band members and TP were leaping and interpretive dancing across the stage behind him.   Eventually TP joined him for their duet “Shy That Way” and she asked if he liked the dancing. He said he did. He asked if she taped the note to his guitar. She faked innocence and was like, “What note?” and he was just like, “Okay” in this cute voice. They were really cute.   Overall, it was just a really great concert. I enjoyed myself tremendously, and now I have no doubts about spending more money on an acoustic tour with Alanis Morrissette. (Tickets will probably be like $50 for the two of them, and at The Fox Theater here in STL) because I know it will be freakin awesome. Seriously, I am going for sure, so if anyone is interested let me know. July 2nd. I’m excited. Some links if anyone is interested... Wordplay (new single for album coming out July 21st): http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1VXO3YP4TGCS63NU608STDM41Z Shy That Way w/Tristan Prettyman: http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=200G9DMOVGBT427EL7FKR0ZBEJ Gypsy MC Live (some good ole fashion Mraz playing with some rapping/rhyming): http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1H6YB08JM4C3W2EA23QRV9A09Z On Love In Sadness (Live..and good): http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LWYKVXWA9VSQ0DSSAGLDT0S9Z Thursday, April 21, 2005
Surprisingly GREAT night!
4/21/2005 09:12:00 PM Okay, so yesterday was a good day, tonight was just awesome. So I went to my Audio Class, got out an hour early. Went to my video class, where I got totally jazzed about my groups next project--seriously it's gonna rock your face off, got out half an hour early. At first during class, I heard thunder and rain, and was like, crap, I'm gonna get drenched on the way home. But then it stopped before we got out of class, and it was still kinda light outside, but all cool cause it was still thundering. And I remember thinking, "holy crap, this is awesome, I love this". So then I get home, and Mica was packing up her stuff (I don't know if I mentioned she's moving back in with her mom for the rest of the school year)and Abby comes in, and is like, "Steph I'm bored, let's do something---is it still raining outside?" and I was like, "No.....LET'S GO JUMP IN PUDDLES!!" and she was totally serious, and all for it, like "Yes! Let's DO! RIGHT NOW!". So jokingly I ran to get Kristin, and she REALLY wanted to also. So we grab Sam, and all run downstairs like a bunch of schoolgirls, and outside, and started pointing out puddles and running to them. Once we would find one, we would hunt down a good one, we would splash and play for a bit, then off to the next one. Finally Sam was like, "Isn't there a fountain up by the repetoir theater?" so we go, and at first its just this column or row, that runs down the steps along side the stairs, but we found the big circle jacuzzi looking thing, were it all ran down from, under some trees. And I put my foot in it. Then my leg. I was like, "how deep IS this thing?" so naturally, being Steph, I hop in. It's the next natural thing that comes to mind right? So anyways, it's like past my waist and really cold. I splash Sam, she gets in. Kristin and Abby just sat on the sides until they were soaked, then they got in, and we were all wading around splashing swimming in the thing. Then we were like, "GASP! THERE's A BIG FOUNTAIN OVER AT THE SEMINARY!!" across the street. So of course we hop out, and take off running again. It was hilarious. And over at the seminary the fountain is really a fountain, with like 12 things that shoot up water, it was great. So we ran through those, for like 10 mins, and played, and attracted some stares from some boys in the dorms over there. Poor monk boys, being corrupted by us. It was SO much fun though. We were all laughing histerically the whole time too. And we get back, and see Ruth in the hallway, and decided that she looked like she needed a hug. So we all take off chasing her, till she gets stuck in a corner, and swarm her. Then followed Acadia and her boyfriend Jeff, who in defense through powder (where the hell did that come from?) at Sam..so she was a wet doughy looking thing, it was awesome. I wish we had pics.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Suprisingly Good Day Today
4/20/2005 05:10:00 PM So today, even though I had no class, and felt worthless for not having any major plans besides work, I actually have been rather enjoying myself. -I juggled hot sauce (and mild sauce) packets with Will in the hallway, whilst singing with James to Reba songs blaring from my room. -I answered my phone with "Hola" the one time that it rang today...for some reason that always makes me feel a little quirky. Probably because Maggie does it all the time. -At dinner (I swear I used to call it supper, before being around these hoosiers), I was surprised to find myself pleasantly enjoying the country music playing overhead. I think that all the things I used to be sooo sick of back home, I strangely miss and begin to love,for that reason, when I'm away for too long. I'm even still playing that "Suds in the Bucket" song in my head right now. I swear I hated it. Now, it makes me feel all bouncy, and country girl. It may help that I feel barefoot, cause I'm wearing flip-flops. I never used to walk around bare-foot. Not even in my home, or room. If not brandishing shoes, my feet were always at least covered with socks. I think it's the podunk redneck in me wanting to escape. Which I think is what I tried to hide before. I don't think I was a very proud Nebraskan while living there, but now I wear my NE shirts all the time, and think I even may have started adapting a mid-western drawl to my accent. Anyway, the other thing I really miss is "Friends", I watched it last night w/ Kristin and was sooo sad. But so happy at seeing it, at the same time. It was a good one. The one were Joey and Chandler get the new black chairs, and Ross and Rachel have their first "date"...heehee, juiceboxes... I've also decided I need a video camera. It will be attatched to my hand at all times. I will film you bowling and getting gutterballs, being wierd, calling Ann a slut, playing board games, and of course take it on this summer road trip. Do you know what kind of footage we would get from trying to see Holly and Maggie set up a tent? That is comedy right there folks. It will be a mini summer documentary. You will love it. But first, I need a camera. And a juice box.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Me, the model Websterian
4/19/2005 12:16:00 PM Okay, so maybe not... But I did start my 6 page Film paper that's due today at 7 this morning and was done by 9. And the good thing is, I don't think it's all complete bullshit either. I think I have some valid stuff in there. Which is good considering its on 4 films(and 1 book read a few weeks ago)3 of which I watched only last night. Yeah...so....I kinda procrastinated with this one. But I am actually happy with the paper that came out of it. I think it really helped watching all the films together, rather than over weeks. It's much easier to spot connections, when you just saw the same thing 30 mins ago in another movie. Anyways. I may be crazy. Yes, for multiple reasons, but the latest that I suddenly felt the urge to download about 30 U2 songs after seeing a VH1 special about their current world tour. Now I want to see them in Rome. Or at all. But I'm sure instead I'll settle for buying their latest album. It's supposed to be the shizz. I seriously considered buying it when it came out, because I actually like U2 (unlike certain red-heads with bad musical taste---okay I didn't mean that last part, but C'MON! ITS U2!!). Then I decided I was too poor. Maybe I would download it. Well, I never got around to that, and saw it again around December, and thought, oo! I really like the cover art, maybe I should just buy it and support them. Then I decided I was too poor. Saw the tv special last night, thought... I should really get that album by now. I did think, "I'm too poor" but I doubt that it will be long before the cd is part of my collection. I mean, with a name like "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb"? That's a freakin sentence, not an album title. Which is exactly why I need it. Plus, I am totally in love with the current single about Bono's dad dying. I swear he had to be crying while recording it, some parts are just so freaking awesome I swear I hear tears.
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Friday, April 15, 2005
Hmmm, what to post about...
4/15/2005 03:27:00 PM I don't really have much to say, but I feel as if it's been a while since my last post, and I was in need of a new one. Yesterday Kristen, Meredith, and I went to the park/Theological Seminary across the street for "Study Time". Although, I read, Kristen decided to color, instead of study to relieve some stress. And Meredith pretty much watched the dogs, and tried to catch the frisbee that Zane and Jonathan would occassionally throw at us. It was nice. We decided that we shall return this weekend for a picnic. Also this weekend, we are having a "Hall Dance". Not like a real thing or anything. Just pretty much us, dancing in the hallway to a ridiuculous playlist we compiled. It will be awesome. You can bet that I added some greats, like 90s dance songs, and some old school hip-hop, like "Whoomp There It Is" and the like. Although, my fight to include some polkas was rapidly denied. I may be able to at least sneak in the techno-fied "Cotton-Eyed Joe". Soo...I feel more "in-touch" with the kids lately. Although I still haven't chatted much with Kayla or Reid (the usual suspects) I did manage to catch Charley on-line, AND Holly like twice. Once she was Nick, which was odd for a minute, but then I got over it. It really helped that she typed, "This is Holly..I'm at Nick's right now". So what has the gang been up to lately? Even though I just said I talked to everyone recently, I haven't heard any cool stories, or lames stories...or just any stories at all really. There gots to be sum'in going on, right y'all? (By the way, lately I've been catching Meredith a.k.a "Texas" or just "TEX" saying the word "y'all" totally incidentally...which is so awesome, cause then I can just make fun of her for being a Texan even more). How's all the graduation prep coming? Are you about ready to just kill everyone (or yourself) yet? Don't worry, as soon as the invitations are out, it gets much better. You suddenly for some reason start to like your parents more (since they're not harping on you anymore) as well as random family members who send you money. Although after all the checks stop rolling in, prepare yourself. Because by this time, you will be even less willing to do any actual work, than you were before, and it will take you multiple weeks to send out your "Thank-You's". Which, if you are a nice person, are even harder, cause you have to make-up all sorts of crap to write about, as opposed to just sending a pre-printed piece of paper with dates and times listed. MMmmmm, can't wait to do it all again in 3 years. *shudder*
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
I have decided that I dont like cookies
4/12/2005 08:05:00 PM WAIT! Before you shoot me...just hear me out, okay? It is not that I want to hate them, or do not enjoy eating them...but the truth is that they are just evil. They are. Like right now, at a moment I should not be eating cookies, there is a box sitting to the right of my computer full of cookies. Yes, I could grab one and eat one, but that's not the point..okay so it is the point, but I already ate one. And I don't want to eat another one. I mean, I do but I don't, know what I mean? SO instead of being mad at myself for denying myself the cookies..I am being mad at the cookies. Now, doesn't that make sense? I mean, c'mon, you don't want me to start having issues with self-loathing and then call up some random number asking to just "talk to someone" and tell them all the depressants I'm on...like the girl that just did that to me 5 mins ago. Yeah....we're not that kind of Help Desk, sorry... I felt awkward, and didn't know what to say. It's okay now though, cause she probably already killed herself, so I shouldn't have to worry about hurting her feelings. ....so maybe it is I who is the evil one and not the cookies, eh?
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Saturday, April 09, 2005
I LOVE MY JOB!!!
4/09/2005 09:25:00 AM Okay, so today at work, the Canadian discovers a box on top of the microwave with a yellow card and my name on it. Inside was Belated Birthday Card, that the whole office had signed for me, thinking that my birthday was April 05th, bwahahahaha! So I got a nice long box of chocolates, and a bunch of apologies from people thinking they missed my B-day..it's great. Although I AM laughing my butt off, and will TOTALLY mock them all, Tuesday when I see them, for getting my b-day wrong, I am still happy that they thought of it at all and got me something :) Isn't that neat?
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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
I think I have gone insane
4/05/2005 05:38:00 PM No, seriously. So I'm filling out my schedule for fall, getting ready to register tonight (or tommorrow morning) at 5:30 am...and I realize...I am taking Spanish, Algebra, Media Writing, Photography, and Cultural Diversity all in the same semester?? That's alot...I think I would be okay with EITHER Spanish OR Alegebra, but both of those 4 times a week with a Photography class (lots of projects) and a Writing class (lots of papers/scripts)...I am going to die. Maybe instead I can take Alegbra next semester, and take Human Rights...It would be wierd to have that and a cultural class and a foreign lanuguage class, but hey, it could come in handy before heading to London. And while I'm afraid to think of possibly taking a Math class overseas, it'd be great to have Photography before I go, and a little foreign language. I have no idea what's going on. I didn't even meet with my advisor at all. He told me registration was the 15th...not today, so I made up my schedule myself...which is a scary thing. But at least I gave myself Friday's off... ;) Oh yeah, and check out this link I got from Kayla. It's great. Napoleon-NumaDance
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Friday, April 01, 2005
KC @ KC...wit da GCB
4/01/2005 05:13:00 PM Okay, so maybe the subject is just a little confusing. Basically, this post is about the concert I went to at the Midland Theater in Kansas City -- Kelly Clarkson with the Graham Colton Band.  GREAT show. Highlights: - GCB was awesome. I got me a t-shirt. It's orange. I love it. (Maggie approves) - STRINGS!!!! Yeah, that's right, STRINGS!!!! AH! I could have melted right then and there, just like the Wicked Witch of the West. I LOVE strings. If you do not know this, then you shouldn't talk to me any more. Seriously...I'm a sucker for orchestra...pretty much any song that has strings in it I love. It's like an automatic response. I cannot help it. ANYWAYS, Kelly's set had 2 violinists play on a few songs, some really haunting giant rock ballads, and then some where it was just an acoustic guitar and the strings. It was heaven. Best one though, was "Beautiful Disaster". For those of you that don't know, BD was on Kelly's first album Thankful, and of course because music execs want to make you fit into a box, they have the final say. On the album its a very poppy, country-tinged, tune. Kelly and the writer Matthew Gerard wanted to do it with just a piano. Enter = touring..where the artists get to do whatever they want, cause the songs are already boxed in forever on cd. So she sang the piano version on her tour last year. Whattya know, song is so successful on tour the execs think, hmm, more money, let's put the live version on her 2nd album. So on this tour, since everyone has already heard the Thankful version, and the Live version since it's now on Breakaway, they wanted to mix it up again, so it's performed with just an electric guitar and a violin......amazing! So gorgeous. Other bonuses: - Chick in front of me was from NE! Yeah baby!(and you thought I freaked over license plates) - 6 dudes (gay) come sit in front of me...they wave to someone over at the other side of the section. I glance over...that blonde hair looks familiar...that looks like Dan from the Real World/Road Rules Challenge....it IS Dan, from the Real World/Road Rules Challenge!!! (guess he got kicked off the Inferno) People are taking pictures (myself included--that's right, I got proof biotches!) and he is signing stuff for a few people. Fondest Standing In Line Memory EVER: Starting off with my arrival, I walk out of the parking garage having successfully concealed my audio equipment and camera, then some creepy guy (important in the story later) comes up to me and is bugging me about extra tickets. I have none. I tell him, but he seems to like walking with me until I reach the end of the line and join others eying him annoyingly (I assume they all got to share a few special moments with Creepy Guy too) So in line, two girls behind me and two guys with them got new tickets for the four of them together in the 4th row at the box office and wondered what they would do with their others. I mentioned that some dude (Creepy Guy) was looking for tickets earlier and pointed him out. After deciding that they would sell them for under face-price to make sure they wouldn’t get in trouble, they decide to approach the guy. Soon after they left my sight, I see them running back to the line, being chased by Creepy Guy and 2 other black dudes. It was really quite a funny sight. SO these 3 black dudes guys are arguing/fighting/grabbing for the tickets, and finally one gets them after handing over a wad of money and runs off, and another starts chasing him. I think the 2 girls were kinda scared (because “his gold teeth were all up in my grill”) as was everyone around us, we all thought we'd hear shots coming from the corner, but I was still laughing my butt off. The girls were like, "I don't know if your used to that, but we're from southern Missouri, and that stuff just don't go down", hahaha. I think that is my fondest “waiting-in-line-for-a-concert story” now. Soooo hilarious. So thanks to those guys and gals. So yeah, that theater (a restored 1920's movie palace) was absolutely GORGEOUS! It was like stunningly beautiful...I took a pic of the inside (planned on getting more..especially of this kick a** chandelier in the lobby) when I got in and some dude came and yelled at me, saying no pictures allowed (I walked in with my camera in my hand, dude, no one said anything) I just figured it was better to put the camera away till the concert started, to get him away from me so he wouldn't discover my audio recorder and mic wired through my shirt, hahaha. So I didn't ever get more pics of the theater, cause my camera decided to be retarded, and my audio sucks. But it was still fun. On the way home I had a Mountain Dew and a Mellow Yellow, to keep me up for the drive..got home at 2:00 am...saw Kristin knocking on Abby's door to go excercise, realized...it is now 6:00 am and I still am not tired. So I slept for 3 hrs, and woke up..it was too light out.And started my day off. Ruth and I also decided that Kelly Clarkson needs to stop stealing Ruth's identity. She said that if you don't know "Sweet Dreams" by The Eurythmics/Annie Lennox (whom Ruth idolizes) "then you are RIDICULOUS!" uhh, which Ruth says all the time. She overuses it and needs to stop. Everything is ridiculous. Also, she was getting ready to sing some song and said something to someone in the front row..all I caught was "I will PUNCH you!" which she easily could have done...  see? close enough to punch people...uhh, which Ruth also does all the time. Especially around me...isn't that odd? She needs to stop. Seriously, I bruise like a peach! Between her and Will I have a new bruise each week. Up Next: MUSE, followed 24 hrs by Jason Mraz!!!
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