Has it been that long?
You know it's been a while since you've blogged when you can't even remember your password. I think my last post was back in May, just after BEDA. Ahh, memories! I miss it, and kinda wish I had continued afterwards, b/c I'm so out of practice. Anywyas, just wanted to update y'all with what's been going on with me, just before I turn 26 (I cringe when I realize I'm actually THAT old).
First of all, Saturday is my birthday, if LJ hasn't already told you so. I don't have much planned except for going to the Diablos game with my family and maybe a friend or two that doesn't already have plans and likes baseball. Afterwards is the fireworks show, or as I like to call it: my birthday candles ;-) I secretly (ok, it's not that much of a sekrit) love to pretend that all of America celebrates my birthday whether they know it or not. It's my birthday, so I'll pretend what I want to. Don't judge! You'd do it too if you were me!
I should be moving in with some friends soon. I'm on the lease officially once one more friend signs the amendment, and I need to make my first part of the rent payment, and actually start moving stuff in. I tried a few weeks ago to move some of the big stuff, but no one was going to be there that weekend and they didn't want to risk leaving the key out, which I guess is understandable. Plus I apparently didn't give enough warning so that they could clear out space in the room I'd be moving into. I thought it was enough time, but they didn't agree. We (mom, sis, and I) ended up renting a big ol' cargo van to move all this stuff and ended up only taking Amanda's stuff which we would have only needed a truck or a smaller van for, and we were a little upset about that. I deserve part of the blame for being so horrible with communicating. I mean I've gotten called out by the guys a few times for not keeping them updated with my plans and other stuff related to moving in with them. Probably not the best way to start this whole roomie thing, is it?
What else? Oh, I just worked the Warped Tour on the 1st. It was my fourth time working it and Las Cruces' 7th time hosting it. My first job with Event Staff was that first of their Warped Tour hostings. So many memories and so many bands seen that I wouldn't have seen or sometimes even known about otherwise. This year I was excited to hear/see Underoath, 3Oh!3, The Devil Wears Prada, and Bad Religion. I also heard some other bands at some of the other stages that I liked and wish I either knew tthe name or where to hear more of thier music. If they're good enough, hopefully I'll hear about them eventually. This was the first year I hadn't done barricade for even part of the day which was kind of sad, but on the plus side I got to sit in a fold-up chair with a canopy at the backstage gate near the main stage (only one this year...stupid economy!). That meant I not only had constant shade, but got to see band members come and go, some of which actually acknowledged me. If only I had the luck of one of our former employees who got asked to join Warped Tour staff on the road!
I'm still searching for a job other than Event Staff. I applied at Barnes & Noble for like the Nth time, and a childcare place for the 2nd time b/c a friend said they just got hired there, but I guess they're not hiring anymore b/c I haven't even gotten a call-back for an interview. If you have any leads or suggestions let me know, b/c this is really getting me bummed out, plus I need the money to help with rent and such with the guys. I do have an interview later this month with K-Mart. I applied a few months ago and got to the stage of the app online where they ask you to schedule an interview. It looked like it was only on Thursdays, but the only open one was for later this month. Do they really 1) have that many people applying and 2) only have one day a week to devote to interviews? Bleh!
Not much else has happened, except getting to go to Houston/Galveston during Memorial Day weekend. I got to see the Gulf Coast for the first time, as well as one of the places my dad grew up in. And I finally got to meet my internet-BFF, Casey! It was good times and I hope to do it again the next time I'm out there visiting my dad in Houston. She's so far the only person from youtube I've met in person, b/c I have yet to make it to any of the gatherings. They're always too far away, such as the most recent one in Portland or the 789 one coming up. There are plans for one in TN I think, but even that's kinda stretching it for me, as is the Chicago mini-meet-up thing happening next week. If I could afford long drives alone or plane tickets, I wouldn't mind so much. They really need to hold one in PHX or Denver, or ABQ...somewhere relatively close.
Anyways, I guess that about catches you up on me. What's going on or new with you?
First of all, Saturday is my birthday, if LJ hasn't already told you so. I don't have much planned except for going to the Diablos game with my family and maybe a friend or two that doesn't already have plans and likes baseball. Afterwards is the fireworks show, or as I like to call it: my birthday candles ;-) I secretly (ok, it's not that much of a sekrit) love to pretend that all of America celebrates my birthday whether they know it or not. It's my birthday, so I'll pretend what I want to. Don't judge! You'd do it too if you were me!
I should be moving in with some friends soon. I'm on the lease officially once one more friend signs the amendment, and I need to make my first part of the rent payment, and actually start moving stuff in. I tried a few weeks ago to move some of the big stuff, but no one was going to be there that weekend and they didn't want to risk leaving the key out, which I guess is understandable. Plus I apparently didn't give enough warning so that they could clear out space in the room I'd be moving into. I thought it was enough time, but they didn't agree. We (mom, sis, and I) ended up renting a big ol' cargo van to move all this stuff and ended up only taking Amanda's stuff which we would have only needed a truck or a smaller van for, and we were a little upset about that. I deserve part of the blame for being so horrible with communicating. I mean I've gotten called out by the guys a few times for not keeping them updated with my plans and other stuff related to moving in with them. Probably not the best way to start this whole roomie thing, is it?
What else? Oh, I just worked the Warped Tour on the 1st. It was my fourth time working it and Las Cruces' 7th time hosting it. My first job with Event Staff was that first of their Warped Tour hostings. So many memories and so many bands seen that I wouldn't have seen or sometimes even known about otherwise. This year I was excited to hear/see Underoath, 3Oh!3, The Devil Wears Prada, and Bad Religion. I also heard some other bands at some of the other stages that I liked and wish I either knew tthe name or where to hear more of thier music. If they're good enough, hopefully I'll hear about them eventually. This was the first year I hadn't done barricade for even part of the day which was kind of sad, but on the plus side I got to sit in a fold-up chair with a canopy at the backstage gate near the main stage (only one this year...stupid economy!). That meant I not only had constant shade, but got to see band members come and go, some of which actually acknowledged me. If only I had the luck of one of our former employees who got asked to join Warped Tour staff on the road!
I'm still searching for a job other than Event Staff. I applied at Barnes & Noble for like the Nth time, and a childcare place for the 2nd time b/c a friend said they just got hired there, but I guess they're not hiring anymore b/c I haven't even gotten a call-back for an interview. If you have any leads or suggestions let me know, b/c this is really getting me bummed out, plus I need the money to help with rent and such with the guys. I do have an interview later this month with K-Mart. I applied a few months ago and got to the stage of the app online where they ask you to schedule an interview. It looked like it was only on Thursdays, but the only open one was for later this month. Do they really 1) have that many people applying and 2) only have one day a week to devote to interviews? Bleh!
Not much else has happened, except getting to go to Houston/Galveston during Memorial Day weekend. I got to see the Gulf Coast for the first time, as well as one of the places my dad grew up in. And I finally got to meet my internet-BFF, Casey! It was good times and I hope to do it again the next time I'm out there visiting my dad in Houston. She's so far the only person from youtube I've met in person, b/c I have yet to make it to any of the gatherings. They're always too far away, such as the most recent one in Portland or the 789 one coming up. There are plans for one in TN I think, but even that's kinda stretching it for me, as is the Chicago mini-meet-up thing happening next week. If I could afford long drives alone or plane tickets, I wouldn't mind so much. They really need to hold one in PHX or Denver, or ABQ...somewhere relatively close.
Anyways, I guess that about catches you up on me. What's going on or new with you?