Three Eleven! Like the Band!
At work... la tee dah... I had a great birthday weekend. Started off with Andrew making a wonderful lunch of sautéed asparagus, sundried tomatoes, portabella mushrooms, onions, potatoes, steak, and rice. It was wonderful! He dressed up and had music playing... And the table was set up with flowers and candles and several presents from my lovely (that I did not expect or ask for!). I can’t even go into all the specialness he put into making my day awesome, but I will say this: he is so great. And I feel so loved. And well, I just don’t know what else to say other than I’ve never had anyone make a birthday so romantic and creative.
Friday night I got to see my brother rock out at the battle of the bands. They didn’t win, but his future rock star status has definitely been noted. The boy slid across the stage and did a back flip to get up! And he sang well too. It was weird being at an event that I once emceed. My bro gave me a shout out before Say It Ain’t So for my 22nd and I looked around and just felt so old! Not really old old (obviously I am still really young), but looking at all the high schoolers just cracked me up. Was I really ever that self-conscious? Lol... I was...
I KILL JACK had their second house show and it was killer. These two other brunettes and I were the roughest there. I think Andrew was amused watching me cover myself with bruises in the mosh pit. Ok, so it wasn’t so much a pit as us three females banging into each other. Which was cool. I love making new friends. And it’s a healthy way to vent anger. The band just sounded great. They had a new guitarist sit in and play and everyone just ripped out their songs with such heart. Their time changes are crazy! I can’t wait till I get to go to a big venue to see them. I love their energy and I really think if they stick with it they are going to blow up.
After the police showed up (apparently the neighbors don’t like rock music) we hightailed it to Greens for some greasy sliders and fries. My bro met us up there and we ran into the group of freshmen that won at Modern Tunage: The Deadbeats. It’s too bad Loss of Innocence didn’t win, I love the Ceresnies and Mayberry’s brother was cool (we did a standing tree pose together for like 3 minutes). But I guess they won last year and well, sometimes it’s just a better idea to spread the wealth. They did get offered a record contract I think though. They are a marketable group of kids.
Saturday I saw Krystle’s play and it was really cool. Trying to drive around Detroit with 94 closed proved the most annoying thing of the evening, but we made it. Natalie and I had frog legs (my first time) and enjoyed getting front row seats in the small theater. The play itself is about 1920s Detroit and was really interesting. It commented on the various cultures interacting during the population boom and focused on the lives of several women from different economic and religious backgrounds. It was a thought provoking play overall, but it had moments of pure comedy (most of Krystle’s lines were friggin hilarious- she was a transplanted Kentucky whore with an attitude problem)
City Club. Oh city Club. I don’t know how many nights of City Club are left in me. It was cool, it was fun, I had PBR and danced. I even talked to two people (I know for sure one was a woman) in full latex sub/dom outfits. I even had fun with Krystle’s shenanigans and Natalie’s kung fu and Matt’s awesome support of my new daily trends and boyfriend. But I just can’t stay out till 4:30 am any more. Or at least when I have to get up 5 hours later. I am still dragging today. And I feel icky from being around all that smoke and random people. I just don’t have fun at clubs anymore unless I can listen to really good music and the atmosphere is right. And I have room to really dance. I dunno. Maybe I’m growing up? :)
Sunday was a cool fam birthday outing at New Seoul. I had sushi and Korean barbeque with my family and got stuffed! It was a really nice dinner and I got some cool clothes, money, and a Mars Volta cd (from Joey). My mother bought us tickets for May 15th. (!) I am so psyched to see them live!
So yeah... I feel weird saying I’m 22. It feels like yesterday when I was running around town with Bry on my 21st and looking forward to my first legal St. Patty’s day. So many things have changed in a year- for the better. I haven’t had this nice of a birthday since Em and Kal threw my 18th bday party. (THAT was an unforgettable suprise). I got to talk to my bud Sterling down in AL and his whole life has kind of turned around too. It’s amazing what happens when you start believing in yourself and getting off your tookus to get things accomplished.
Friday night I got to see my brother rock out at the battle of the bands. They didn’t win, but his future rock star status has definitely been noted. The boy slid across the stage and did a back flip to get up! And he sang well too. It was weird being at an event that I once emceed. My bro gave me a shout out before Say It Ain’t So for my 22nd and I looked around and just felt so old! Not really old old (obviously I am still really young), but looking at all the high schoolers just cracked me up. Was I really ever that self-conscious? Lol... I was...
I KILL JACK had their second house show and it was killer. These two other brunettes and I were the roughest there. I think Andrew was amused watching me cover myself with bruises in the mosh pit. Ok, so it wasn’t so much a pit as us three females banging into each other. Which was cool. I love making new friends. And it’s a healthy way to vent anger. The band just sounded great. They had a new guitarist sit in and play and everyone just ripped out their songs with such heart. Their time changes are crazy! I can’t wait till I get to go to a big venue to see them. I love their energy and I really think if they stick with it they are going to blow up.
After the police showed up (apparently the neighbors don’t like rock music) we hightailed it to Greens for some greasy sliders and fries. My bro met us up there and we ran into the group of freshmen that won at Modern Tunage: The Deadbeats. It’s too bad Loss of Innocence didn’t win, I love the Ceresnies and Mayberry’s brother was cool (we did a standing tree pose together for like 3 minutes). But I guess they won last year and well, sometimes it’s just a better idea to spread the wealth. They did get offered a record contract I think though. They are a marketable group of kids.
Saturday I saw Krystle’s play and it was really cool. Trying to drive around Detroit with 94 closed proved the most annoying thing of the evening, but we made it. Natalie and I had frog legs (my first time) and enjoyed getting front row seats in the small theater. The play itself is about 1920s Detroit and was really interesting. It commented on the various cultures interacting during the population boom and focused on the lives of several women from different economic and religious backgrounds. It was a thought provoking play overall, but it had moments of pure comedy (most of Krystle’s lines were friggin hilarious- she was a transplanted Kentucky whore with an attitude problem)
City Club. Oh city Club. I don’t know how many nights of City Club are left in me. It was cool, it was fun, I had PBR and danced. I even talked to two people (I know for sure one was a woman) in full latex sub/dom outfits. I even had fun with Krystle’s shenanigans and Natalie’s kung fu and Matt’s awesome support of my new daily trends and boyfriend. But I just can’t stay out till 4:30 am any more. Or at least when I have to get up 5 hours later. I am still dragging today. And I feel icky from being around all that smoke and random people. I just don’t have fun at clubs anymore unless I can listen to really good music and the atmosphere is right. And I have room to really dance. I dunno. Maybe I’m growing up? :)
Sunday was a cool fam birthday outing at New Seoul. I had sushi and Korean barbeque with my family and got stuffed! It was a really nice dinner and I got some cool clothes, money, and a Mars Volta cd (from Joey). My mother bought us tickets for May 15th. (!) I am so psyched to see them live!
So yeah... I feel weird saying I’m 22. It feels like yesterday when I was running around town with Bry on my 21st and looking forward to my first legal St. Patty’s day. So many things have changed in a year- for the better. I haven’t had this nice of a birthday since Em and Kal threw my 18th bday party. (THAT was an unforgettable suprise). I got to talk to my bud Sterling down in AL and his whole life has kind of turned around too. It’s amazing what happens when you start believing in yourself and getting off your tookus to get things accomplished.