Before I pop my eyeballs out (aka contacts) and stumble to bed practically legally blind because I despise wearing my glasses - I suppose I should let you all know that I'm alive and ... well. For the first time in almost two weeks, I'm well. I was deathly ill all last week... Ehh.. because it's easier this way, I'll recap the entire week and half that I've fallen off the world.
FRIDAY 11/14/03; Art trip to University of Hartford. I talked to
Kate! I miss spending every Saturday/Friday night with her... Ah man, I just plain miss being a mall rat. Whatever. Anyway, yeah. Art trip. East Hartford High School went as well, so I hung out with
Lisa, Kristin and
Rob most of the day. We played with these awesome polaroid cameras. It certainly wasn't what I expected we'd be doing. I was sort of hoping to play with chemicals in the light of a safe-light, if you know what I mean. But it was still educating, slash, fun.
That night, I spent with
Amber and
Alan. Alan got his lip pierced. I haven't seen him since that night, so I don't know if he still has it pierced. I know it caused a ruckus in his home-life. ;/ But yes. We headed to
The Space in Hamden to see Doozer. Because Amber has a crush on Jeph, what a loser, RIGHT?! HAHA. No, he was cute. But I saw someone cuter and I knew that I had to make him my friend. Turns out he's the coolest 13-year-old I KNOW. He seems to have more intelligence in him than my 18-year-old friends have in them. I didn't talk to him until the show had ended. And it's all thanks to Vic! But yes. He changed his outfit like.. 5 times throughout the night. And was as cute as a button. Aw. Precious.
The music was good. This band Pencil Grass that moved up to New Haven, Connecticut from Miami was pretty wicked. Definitley a great live band. I loved watching the singer's performance. The way he sang and moved. Awesome. Amber and I made friends with the trumpeter and saxophonist. HARTFORD COUNTY, REPRESENT!!! This band, The Battlecats, played. They were very White Stripes-esque. Cute lady drummer. Married to the singer, I'm assuming. She had the cutest scream ever. Aw. It made me giggle. They all wore suits, almost modish. But quite nice. And might I say that
Doozer was decent. I've heard too much shit about them (um, ESPECIALLY FROM AMBER, who is like.. say what.. IN LOVE? with Jephrey? He's Jewish, I would love him too, but I can't. It's the rules I abide by). I don't know why people would ever shit talk them. They've got it going for them. Halo Jump and this really crappy punk-rawk band played too. Such variety, it's impeccable. Again, The Space is beautiful.
But Cameron was the highlight of my evening. <3333 Cameron!
SATURDAY 11/15/03; Ahh... another show. Phantom Planet & Ben Lee at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut. The crowd was really sour. Going to have to say that because the wide array of scenesters and teenie-boppers, I didn't have much of a pleasant time. OH OF COURSE, Phantom Planet brought down the house. Jacques Brautbar, I have a crush on youuuu and your shoes. But whatever.
I had a decent conversation with Ben Lee. I suppose he talks out of his ass though. But he was a nice little Australian man! Really! He seemed exhausted though. Poor guy.
I will love going to 18+ shows.
The show ended at 9:30 PM hahahhaaa. So all the little prepubescents could get home and watch reruns of the O.C., I'm sure. LOOK, I'M SO MEAN. HAHAHHAHA.
Lisa (my companion for the night, sorry, I should've mentioned it earlier) and I went to visit Kristin after. We ended up meeting her Uncle Tony, Aunt Claire and grandparents that night. At 12:00 am, to be exact. I was falling asleep. Kristin's family is great though.
SUNDAY 11/16/03; Spent the day with Kristin at her Uncle Tony's and Aunt Claire's house mansion in Chesire, CT. We made pizzas. It was sort of weird. I was uncomfortable most the time, I don't know why. Overly shy.
MONDAY 11/17/03; Monday was my initiation into hell. I woke up feeling GREAT, right. Come to school and I begin to feel like shit. And this feeling keeps-a-growin' and a-growin'-growin'. I went home after one period of being in school.
It started out with chest pains, a chest cold basically, headache, queasiness, coughing, sore throat, sore muscles all over my poor dying body. I had to work that night too. And I stupidly went. I'll tell you that it was the worst 6 hours of my entire life. I had to sit down every 5 minutes. I came close to tears twice because I did not feel well at all. But I stuck it out. And went to my Dad's the moment I got off. Where I spent alone because my Dad was still in San Francisco, but I couldn't be home because living with my sister and mom = bad news for my getting any better.
TUESDAY 11/18/03; Go to school? Are you kidding me? Now I've got the sniffles! I took about 5 bathes. And after having laid down and sat around all day, I felt I was fine to pick up
Matt to go to Kristin's and spend time there. So I stupidly left the house. I couldn't see straight due to dizziness when standing up. And by 8 pm, I had a temperature - a fever. The worst I'd been all week. Blah..
Dad came home around 10:30 PM. Saw how awful I was. Said maybe I shouldn't go to school the next day.
WEDNESDAY 11/19/03; Stayed home all day. Still sick. Feeling gross as ever and uncomfortable as usual. Called out of work..
THURSDAY 11/20/03; Again, home from school..
and blah blah blah, my life has become more boring since. I'm working TOO MUCH. This time of the year is the worst for RETAIL. And that's what I work it. CRAPOLLAAA SCHMOLLAAA. I'm still a little sick. Awful coughing, runny nose. But a ton better than I was. That was the worst cold I've ever had. Or atleast the most uncomfortable. I almost died, choking on phlegm. And I know you guys really wanted to hear that. Wow, I wrote a lot. I guess I missed livejournal. Aw... *pet, pet*.
DECEMBER 7th... okay... a Sunday. The plan is to go to New York City. GET THAT CAMERA I've been LONGING for for over a year now. My Dad is so into helping me do this now that he's willing to take me to New York City to get it cheaper than I would at the Best Buy down the street. And to top that off, I'll be seeing a show at the Knitting Factory! Jeff Lewis, Turner Cody, THE GREELEY TASK FORCE. I hope it works out. I really miss New York City.
And... it's almost 3 am.
hahha if I don't stop typing now, I'll never stop.
Goodnight.
I don't expect that anyone will comment on this entry.
It sort of sucked.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING none the less.