Shallow Shrieks
Wow, I didn't realize it has been so long since I have last updated. Two months. Ridiculous, I tell you. Ugh.
Anyway. I will start off with what I can easily remember - considering my horrible lack of memory. So, I went to the Family Values Tour. Kevin and I went. It was a BLAST. After we got off of 75, we waited in a bit of traffic to get into the actual amphitheatre... I looked over and saw... Kelli Malcom. That was odd, but oh well. We ended up parking like 2 cars beside her. We got a good parking spot for leaving [near the exit gate]. So, we got up to the entrance, and got searched... I had my knife on me, so I had to throw it away. Made me kindof sad, but no biggie. Not like it was an expensive knife or anything. We got in and found our awesome seats. There was pit, and then there were seats, then more seats, then lawn. We had the first set of seats, a little to the right of the stage, 6th row. I mean, I don't think we could have really gotten any better. So right after we sat down, Deadsy came on and completely rocked it. We saw 2 older women with Deadsy shirts on and we both looked at each other like wtf. So later on, we figured out that it was Creature's mother [or female family member of some sort b/c be came out and sat for a sec with her]. So basically our seats were near the band's moms seats. Hells yeah! Lol. We made fun of people the whole time, people in the crowd. Severely obese people, severely anorexic people, severely old people [at a Korn concert.. c'mon, now], severely... mental... people. It was entertaining in the gaps between bands. So then... I think Bury Your Dead was next. They "brought the thrash." All the little hardcore kids were "throwing it d-o-w-n." I laughed, but the band did pretty good. I enjoyed them as well. Singer, err, growler was gorgeous. They ran around the stage and it was humourous to watch. Good music. :) I liked it. Thennnn 10 Years came on stage. Mk... this guy. He came on stage white, but left the stage black. Kevin and I came to the conclusion that they have really good musicians, but the vocals suck. "Wasteland" is their only hope on the radio. I just tuned out the vocals, really, and just went away into my happy place and jammed to the pleasant music - very very talented drummer and skillful bassist. So then Flyleaf took the stage. They did alright. Not too shabby for a chic-vocalist Christian band. She was getting down for JC. Like, seriously. Hands raised, and everything. It was beautiful. They put on a really good set, so right at the end of their set, we took a break for food before all the mayhem was going to break loose... and it did. So, when we got back... Stone Sour took to the stage. Wow. That is all I can say is Wow. Corey Taylor takes those songs eats them and regurgitates them with bits and pieces of his soul. When he sang "Bother" then transgressed that into "Through Glass" - my heart sank for some odd reason. And in typing that, I feel like a Stone Sour, 13 year old, wicked obsessed little girl, but no. It was just a beautiful transfer of music... and I can appreciate that. Good job, Corey - you're the man! They kicked major ass, and his drummer, which I am guessing is still Joel Ekman was just badass. He made everything come together. Beautifully. Wow. K, so after Stone Sour finished... it was time for Deftones to devour the stage. Their backdrop was beautiful. Ugh. It was amazing. I can't really describe it. And when certain lights shone on it... stunning. So they pretty much did the above, devoured the stage. Although - they didn't do as well as they did at the Taste of Chaos Tour concert. I kinda couldn't keep my eyes off of this one girl that was across the aisle from where we were seated. She was so high. I have never seen anyone that out of it and so into the music before in my life. It was quite an experience - and I think her mother was with her. Odd occurance. Anywho, Chino... omg. He was exquisite... as usual. He felt the music and that was all that mattered. So after Deftones came Korn - whom everyone was waiting for. Now, they took a while for their set to get all done up right, so I got up to take a look around at all the people... and I was awestruck. There were SO MANY PEOPLE. I can't even begin to tell you how stunned I was. When Kevin and I first got there, there weren't many people - I mean, there were quite a few, but there were numberous "gaps". By the time Korn was preparing to play... there wasn't an empty seat in the house. The Lawn was even packed. This was a sold out show. Breathtaking. When Korn came on... you could just feel the crowds energy rise to the front of the amphitheatre. Now that was a feeling I don't think I have ever felt before. Korn did really really really well. I knew they would be good in concert, but I will have to go to another one. Chino came out... on the same stage with the (...I think will eventually be legendary) Jon Davis... and did a collaboration and it just... tickled me pink. Gaaaah. So yeah. It was a FABULOUS concert and I had an excellent time. Then we got back to my house and ate Bagel Bites. :) Then he went home, I took a shower and went to bed.
Well, I have been getting a significant amount of headaches. I've been seeing Dr. Shah, a neurologist, for them - and she has been treating me for them. I have to take a pill everytime I get a headache - and as a supplement to that, for prevention, I have to take a multivitamin 2 times a day, a vitamin B-2, Magnesium Oxide, and a seizure medication. And to top that off, I have an IBS medicine to take 2 times daily [yeah, it's been acting up like crazy, too], and a BC pill to take. I have damn pills. Oh yeah, and an Imodium AD when my IBS isn't cooperating. And Advil for the everyday aches and pains. Wtf. And I am going to get my jaw looked at later in the month. Ugh. I hate having all this crap come onto me at once. You know, I pray about some of this stuff. I just wish something could happen... a miracle. I could use one. I'm getting expensive, but I can't be hurting like this forever... :| Ick. I just hope I can get it all taken care of. As far as PT, it's going, but I am not seeing much improvement. I have lost weight though. I think that has to do with the IBS, though. My back is still hurting, and my knees are aching. ;ousahfihgiesfagbilasehgfishbfcasjh I'm tired of this! I really am. God help me.
I guess to update on the previous entry, the whole bathroom is complete. We have a wee bit of dry wall to put of but that's just cosmetic for now. Dad and Joe built a deck 2 weekends ago. And to adorn that deck, Gpa bought us a $1500 grill. It's a beautiful grill, too. We will definately be having some more cookouts now that we have a grill that won't burn everything! Lol. It's stainless steel and all that jazz. It's just... nice. And next, we're getting some new patio furniture for it when it all goes on sale for the winter. You know how we roll. So things are finally starting to come together here. I bought some things for my house. I got me some new dishes, some placemats, some cooking utensils [metal!! the plastic ones were wearing away little by little...], a George Foreman with a free mini crock pot, and some new glasses. I also got a new candle plate. Hella better than the one I have now :) Prettier too. I would like a wine rack, but I guess I will hold off on that for later. I'm excited for school to start back. It's been so long. I really need to make a career decision. I have no direction in life where I want to go, what I want to do. No clue. There is so much I could do, but I want to really enjoy what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life, you know. I don't know.. :|. It's worrying me, but I won't let it get me down. I will figure it out. It's something, again, I have been praying about. It's a recurring topic in my group on Thursdays at church. My future, in particular, scares me. Oh well, I have a while to get it figured out.
So... it's really really hot outside. I wish it would cool down a tad bit. Kelvin is coming home on the 14th. I'm happy for that! But sad that... after his visit, he's off to Iraq. :| No fun! I did get him an early Christmas/birthday present. Just for the hell of it. I thought it would be a nice act of charity, I suppose. I'm a sucker, but whatever. Hopefully we will get the chance to go to the Aquarium before he leaves. That would be nice. Dustin came home for like a week, but I didn't get a chance to see him - I didn't even know he was home until the day before he left! Grr. His loss. Lol. I haven't seen that kid in so long, either! Maybe next time around. Who knows. From what I heard, I didn't miss out on much... he smokes like a freight train now, apparently. Hah. Times change, people change.
Sarah comes home from Indiana on Thursday. I'm pretty excited about that. One of my best friends has been out of state for 3 months - she's moving in with me on Saturday. w00t. It will probably be a drastic change from Indiana, but hopfully it won't be too bad. I have heard a lot from up there and it sounds like she has had such a good time and impacted the lives of so many youths. But like I have told her, it's time for her to move on to other people that need some Sarah in their lives. Maybe AFRICA is calling... :]. That will be exciting. Yes it will. I am actually thinking about a misison trip to New Zealand. How amazing would that be?! Holy crap! I mean, the mission is a bit rough, but I think on a personal level, for me would be easy. The money however would be the issue. It's like a little over $4,000. That's a lot. And the plane ride would be horrid! Oof. But 8 weeks, in a picturesque place doing God's work... pshhhhh. I'd live it up! Speaking of world travels... lol... I am drawing up a tattoo that I am rather excited about because it is only in its beginnings ang it already is looking really good. I won't share it until it is on my flesh, but my mother actually approves! For now it is a little bit plain [beautifullll], but I will add to it with each journey I partake in. I will go on my lower back in the tramp stamp region, but by God it will not be a tramp stamp! It will be a creation of me. I can't wait! Kelvin got some gorgeous ink. I was really impressed. Huge! Yeah. I'll stop now.
New season of House begins next month! I can't wait! Looks exciting.
July has flown by. How depressing.
Bonnie took her test for college. She is going to go to GPC. She's been trying really hard to get in for a while, so now she finally is. Yay! She will do alright, I think. I need to hang out with her more. I feel distant from her. We were best friends in elementary school, and in retrospect, people do change, but I think we're still friends. Yep. We're awesome. I want to introduce her to some people around here, because she feels like she doesn't have anyone around here, so yeah. I had lunch with Tasha yesterday. It was pleasant catching up with her. Her mom is sick, so I am definately going to keep her in my prayers. That situation is no fun at all! :( While we were having lunch, I saw so many people I knew. Cory, Dr. Hampton, my whole PT crew, that guy from ACC, and like 3 people I remember from Newton. I was like good grief! Seeing Cory though was a pleasant surprise. It's been a while.
Welp, that's not nearly all that has been going on, but that is all that I can really recall, so I digress. Nite.
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Anyway. I will start off with what I can easily remember - considering my horrible lack of memory. So, I went to the Family Values Tour. Kevin and I went. It was a BLAST. After we got off of 75, we waited in a bit of traffic to get into the actual amphitheatre... I looked over and saw... Kelli Malcom. That was odd, but oh well. We ended up parking like 2 cars beside her. We got a good parking spot for leaving [near the exit gate]. So, we got up to the entrance, and got searched... I had my knife on me, so I had to throw it away. Made me kindof sad, but no biggie. Not like it was an expensive knife or anything. We got in and found our awesome seats. There was pit, and then there were seats, then more seats, then lawn. We had the first set of seats, a little to the right of the stage, 6th row. I mean, I don't think we could have really gotten any better. So right after we sat down, Deadsy came on and completely rocked it. We saw 2 older women with Deadsy shirts on and we both looked at each other like wtf. So later on, we figured out that it was Creature's mother [or female family member of some sort b/c be came out and sat for a sec with her]. So basically our seats were near the band's moms seats. Hells yeah! Lol. We made fun of people the whole time, people in the crowd. Severely obese people, severely anorexic people, severely old people [at a Korn concert.. c'mon, now], severely... mental... people. It was entertaining in the gaps between bands. So then... I think Bury Your Dead was next. They "brought the thrash." All the little hardcore kids were "throwing it d-o-w-n." I laughed, but the band did pretty good. I enjoyed them as well. Singer, err, growler was gorgeous. They ran around the stage and it was humourous to watch. Good music. :) I liked it. Thennnn 10 Years came on stage. Mk... this guy. He came on stage white, but left the stage black. Kevin and I came to the conclusion that they have really good musicians, but the vocals suck. "Wasteland" is their only hope on the radio. I just tuned out the vocals, really, and just went away into my happy place and jammed to the pleasant music - very very talented drummer and skillful bassist. So then Flyleaf took the stage. They did alright. Not too shabby for a chic-vocalist Christian band. She was getting down for JC. Like, seriously. Hands raised, and everything. It was beautiful. They put on a really good set, so right at the end of their set, we took a break for food before all the mayhem was going to break loose... and it did. So, when we got back... Stone Sour took to the stage. Wow. That is all I can say is Wow. Corey Taylor takes those songs eats them and regurgitates them with bits and pieces of his soul. When he sang "Bother" then transgressed that into "Through Glass" - my heart sank for some odd reason. And in typing that, I feel like a Stone Sour, 13 year old, wicked obsessed little girl, but no. It was just a beautiful transfer of music... and I can appreciate that. Good job, Corey - you're the man! They kicked major ass, and his drummer, which I am guessing is still Joel Ekman was just badass. He made everything come together. Beautifully. Wow. K, so after Stone Sour finished... it was time for Deftones to devour the stage. Their backdrop was beautiful. Ugh. It was amazing. I can't really describe it. And when certain lights shone on it... stunning. So they pretty much did the above, devoured the stage. Although - they didn't do as well as they did at the Taste of Chaos Tour concert. I kinda couldn't keep my eyes off of this one girl that was across the aisle from where we were seated. She was so high. I have never seen anyone that out of it and so into the music before in my life. It was quite an experience - and I think her mother was with her. Odd occurance. Anywho, Chino... omg. He was exquisite... as usual. He felt the music and that was all that mattered. So after Deftones came Korn - whom everyone was waiting for. Now, they took a while for their set to get all done up right, so I got up to take a look around at all the people... and I was awestruck. There were SO MANY PEOPLE. I can't even begin to tell you how stunned I was. When Kevin and I first got there, there weren't many people - I mean, there were quite a few, but there were numberous "gaps". By the time Korn was preparing to play... there wasn't an empty seat in the house. The Lawn was even packed. This was a sold out show. Breathtaking. When Korn came on... you could just feel the crowds energy rise to the front of the amphitheatre. Now that was a feeling I don't think I have ever felt before. Korn did really really really well. I knew they would be good in concert, but I will have to go to another one. Chino came out... on the same stage with the (...I think will eventually be legendary) Jon Davis... and did a collaboration and it just... tickled me pink. Gaaaah. So yeah. It was a FABULOUS concert and I had an excellent time. Then we got back to my house and ate Bagel Bites. :) Then he went home, I took a shower and went to bed.
Well, I have been getting a significant amount of headaches. I've been seeing Dr. Shah, a neurologist, for them - and she has been treating me for them. I have to take a pill everytime I get a headache - and as a supplement to that, for prevention, I have to take a multivitamin 2 times a day, a vitamin B-2, Magnesium Oxide, and a seizure medication. And to top that off, I have an IBS medicine to take 2 times daily [yeah, it's been acting up like crazy, too], and a BC pill to take. I have damn pills. Oh yeah, and an Imodium AD when my IBS isn't cooperating. And Advil for the everyday aches and pains. Wtf. And I am going to get my jaw looked at later in the month. Ugh. I hate having all this crap come onto me at once. You know, I pray about some of this stuff. I just wish something could happen... a miracle. I could use one. I'm getting expensive, but I can't be hurting like this forever... :| Ick. I just hope I can get it all taken care of. As far as PT, it's going, but I am not seeing much improvement. I have lost weight though. I think that has to do with the IBS, though. My back is still hurting, and my knees are aching. ;ousahfihgiesfagbilasehgfishbfcasjh I'm tired of this! I really am. God help me.
I guess to update on the previous entry, the whole bathroom is complete. We have a wee bit of dry wall to put of but that's just cosmetic for now. Dad and Joe built a deck 2 weekends ago. And to adorn that deck, Gpa bought us a $1500 grill. It's a beautiful grill, too. We will definately be having some more cookouts now that we have a grill that won't burn everything! Lol. It's stainless steel and all that jazz. It's just... nice. And next, we're getting some new patio furniture for it when it all goes on sale for the winter. You know how we roll. So things are finally starting to come together here. I bought some things for my house. I got me some new dishes, some placemats, some cooking utensils [metal!! the plastic ones were wearing away little by little...], a George Foreman with a free mini crock pot, and some new glasses. I also got a new candle plate. Hella better than the one I have now :) Prettier too. I would like a wine rack, but I guess I will hold off on that for later. I'm excited for school to start back. It's been so long. I really need to make a career decision. I have no direction in life where I want to go, what I want to do. No clue. There is so much I could do, but I want to really enjoy what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life, you know. I don't know.. :|. It's worrying me, but I won't let it get me down. I will figure it out. It's something, again, I have been praying about. It's a recurring topic in my group on Thursdays at church. My future, in particular, scares me. Oh well, I have a while to get it figured out.
So... it's really really hot outside. I wish it would cool down a tad bit. Kelvin is coming home on the 14th. I'm happy for that! But sad that... after his visit, he's off to Iraq. :| No fun! I did get him an early Christmas/birthday present. Just for the hell of it. I thought it would be a nice act of charity, I suppose. I'm a sucker, but whatever. Hopefully we will get the chance to go to the Aquarium before he leaves. That would be nice. Dustin came home for like a week, but I didn't get a chance to see him - I didn't even know he was home until the day before he left! Grr. His loss. Lol. I haven't seen that kid in so long, either! Maybe next time around. Who knows. From what I heard, I didn't miss out on much... he smokes like a freight train now, apparently. Hah. Times change, people change.
Sarah comes home from Indiana on Thursday. I'm pretty excited about that. One of my best friends has been out of state for 3 months - she's moving in with me on Saturday. w00t. It will probably be a drastic change from Indiana, but hopfully it won't be too bad. I have heard a lot from up there and it sounds like she has had such a good time and impacted the lives of so many youths. But like I have told her, it's time for her to move on to other people that need some Sarah in their lives. Maybe AFRICA is calling... :]. That will be exciting. Yes it will. I am actually thinking about a misison trip to New Zealand. How amazing would that be?! Holy crap! I mean, the mission is a bit rough, but I think on a personal level, for me would be easy. The money however would be the issue. It's like a little over $4,000. That's a lot. And the plane ride would be horrid! Oof. But 8 weeks, in a picturesque place doing God's work... pshhhhh. I'd live it up! Speaking of world travels... lol... I am drawing up a tattoo that I am rather excited about because it is only in its beginnings ang it already is looking really good. I won't share it until it is on my flesh, but my mother actually approves! For now it is a little bit plain [beautifullll], but I will add to it with each journey I partake in. I will go on my lower back in the tramp stamp region, but by God it will not be a tramp stamp! It will be a creation of me. I can't wait! Kelvin got some gorgeous ink. I was really impressed. Huge! Yeah. I'll stop now.
New season of House begins next month! I can't wait! Looks exciting.
July has flown by. How depressing.
Bonnie took her test for college. She is going to go to GPC. She's been trying really hard to get in for a while, so now she finally is. Yay! She will do alright, I think. I need to hang out with her more. I feel distant from her. We were best friends in elementary school, and in retrospect, people do change, but I think we're still friends. Yep. We're awesome. I want to introduce her to some people around here, because she feels like she doesn't have anyone around here, so yeah. I had lunch with Tasha yesterday. It was pleasant catching up with her. Her mom is sick, so I am definately going to keep her in my prayers. That situation is no fun at all! :( While we were having lunch, I saw so many people I knew. Cory, Dr. Hampton, my whole PT crew, that guy from ACC, and like 3 people I remember from Newton. I was like good grief! Seeing Cory though was a pleasant surprise. It's been a while.
Welp, that's not nearly all that has been going on, but that is all that I can really recall, so I digress. Nite.
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