100th post! And a life update

I bought a guitar. Just an electric acoustic from a pawn shop, no big deal. But now I have to wait until I get paid on Thursday to get my Wrockstock pass. THEN I can sign up to play the Wampum Willow at Wrockstock!

In other news, I have no idea if I'm going to be able to go to Ventura in July like I wanted to. I was going to go for 3 or 4 days and see ALL CAPS and Womping Willows and such in LA, but I don't know if I'll be able to afford it.

I've been thinking I should try to find another job for the summer, one that isn't food related. Like a cashier or something. Since I only work nights at the restaurant, I could easily work day shifts somewhere else. I just need to go find somewhere that's hiring. And fast.

I'm quite tired. I was at work until about 1:30 this morning. One of the other dishwashers was fired, but nobody bothered to fix the schedule so that someone else could come in for them. So I was the only dishwasher on a super busy Friday night. Good times.

On that note, goodnight, and later days.

Song of the Day: "Ocean Or a Lakeshore" by Bella. One of my favorite songs right now.

fact: I really like shopping at The Home Depot or Lowe's. Something about a home appliance store really appeals to me.

Oh yeah, I made a MySpace for Reorganized Trench Coats so I could share some stuff over the interwebs. I don't have any songs up except a demo clip of something I still haven't finished writing, but hopefully by the middle of next week I'll have some demos recorded or something.

Happiness is the key to happiness

Having good music in my life makes me so happy.

Just so you know.

Today was made into such a good day because of music and the power that it has over emotions. It's pretty crazy how that all works. I actually made a short film about it a few years back, but I don't have it. I wish I did, it wasn't a bad little movie.

Anyway, this is a short post.

Basically, I'm happy.

Yayy.

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Field Hockey (and the thrill of facing reality among all things sporty)

I miss it more than I thought. I went out with my brothers the other day and we passed some balls around, and it made me realize that I miss playing so much.

I played for about 6 years, and I wont lie, I was pretty swell at it. I wasn't as good as some people, but I was better than a lot.

Now, if you're trying to imagine me running around a field with a stick in my hand, weaving in and out of my opponents and scoring goals, stop it. I played goalie. Do you really think I'd run that much? pshhh. Nah. I did end up playing in the field a lot during the last season that I played because I quite enjoyed the intensity and excitement of running around with 19 other people hitting a small ball with sticks half the length of our bodies.

Anyway, I loved goal keeping too. I had such a passion for playing the game, it just continually pushed me to be better at it. The only problem was, as everyone I played with got better, they grew egos, so basically I ended up playing with a bunch of bitchy girls who thought they were better than everyone else in the world. I was getting better too, but I didn't understand the ego bit of it all, so I quit playing just before I turned 16. I didn't want to play with such intensity that I was constantly pissed off at my teammates, just like my team seemed to be.

Basically, in the end I settled for happiness instead of a passion that was losing its light.

There were a few girls that kept playing even when their egos stayed the same size. Actually, by a few I mean like, one. I still talk to one of them every once and a while. She actually plays on UC Davis's field hockey team now, which is awesome. I remember when she first started playing hockey, and she just had an amazingly natural talent for it. She was definitely born to play.

Maybe I should just move to Canada now so I can be closer to the sports I enjoy the most (kind of kidding). Seriously though, if I had the financial means to back me up, I would totally move to Canada to go to school. Which I might end up doing in a few years anyway.

Whatever, I guess I'll have to wait and see...

Song of the Day: "Diablo Rojo" (Red Devil) by Rodrigo y Gabriela. Always been one of my favorite bands concerning world music. Not that I really listen to a lot of the world music genre, but yeah. Check them out, they're kind of awesome.

fact: I played volleyball for 6 years too, but never really took it seriously until just before high school. I tried out for Ventura High School's volleyball team the summer before my freshman year, which is when I discovered favoritism among high school sports, seeing as about 3 or 4 other girls made the team instead of me when they had never played before, whereas I worked my butt off, just to be cut in the first round. And for the record (and I don't say this out of bitterness, just pure and simple truth) they all sucked.

A List

For some reason that I'm not exactly sure of, I've decided that I don't want to live in this country for the rest of my life.

I've decided that after I graduate from Dixie State College of Utah with my B.A. in English Education (oh, by the way, I changed my major to English Education) I would really like to move to either Canada or England. Or one, and then the other at a later date. Not sure yet.

In any case, I think I'm going to look into getting my masters at a school in Canada, either in Vancouver or Montreal. I'll also be looking at some schools in the midwest and in California (San Diego area and San Francisco).

I know I've still got at least 2 years (probably more like 3) until I graduate, but I like thinking about my plans for the future, even if they are just simply ideas, like teaching English and Art in a high school in Vancouver. I can dream.

Song of the Day: "Happier" by A Fine Frenzy

fact: I've had the same paper journal since I was 7 years old, and it's not full yet because I always forget about it for literally years at a time. It's almost there though.

Well, Well.

I'm not really sure why it's started just these last few months, but I am a huge Tegan and Sara fan girl. I mean, I liked them and all when I discovered them in like, 2004, but this...this is definitely worse. They're just kind of addicting.

But I think it's a good thing to be addicted to, as far as I'm concerned.

Anyway, they have now joined my top 5 favorite bands along with Rilo Kiley, The Shins, Led Zeppelin, and Ingrid Michaelson. Like I said, I'm not sure why they weren't my favorites before.

Generally, T&S fans have a favorite, Tegan or Sara. I thought I was more of a Tegan fan at first, but now I'm thinking that they're both pretty freaking cool.

Yeah, well, there wasn't really any point to this except to sharer with you all my love of Tegan and Sara. If you're not a listener, you really should be.

My favorite songs are probably Northshore, Hell, On Directing (from Sainthood), We Didn't Do It, Take Me Anywhere, I Won't Be Left (from So Jealous), The Con, Dark Come Soon, and Nineteen (from The Con). My favorite album of theirs is Sainthood, followed closely by So Jealous, so maybe start there if you don't know where to start.

Well. Get to it, then.

fact: My guilt free three: Michael C. Hall, Aaron Johnson, Sara Quin (yeah, alright, so maybe I have a favorite)

Dexter Season 4 Finale

Okay, so, I mean, season four of Skins had a twist at the end, but THIS? Dexter just went all out and freaking killed (No pun intended. Not at first anyway.) every twist of an ending in the history of twists.

I wont spoil anything, just in case you've never seen Dexter and you'd like to. Which I highly recommend, by the way. Unless you don't like blood and excessive use of cuss words, then stay away.

My mind has just been blown and I don't even know what to do with myself now.

Weeds did the same thing, but in a more comedic fashion, considering the differing of the genres of the two shows. But still. Same sort of thing happened when I saw that finale for season 5. Mind = blown.

I need to sleep this off now.

Song of the Day: anything by An Horse, they're pretty awesome.

fact: I could NEVER be a vegetarian. Not even if you...okay, well maybe if you paid me.

LAST DAY OF BEDA FAIL

Seriously though, you'd think I would have remembered to blog on the last day of BEDA. But no.

The last two days have been interesting.

I found out that my ALL CAPS and John Green pizza shirts were lost in the mail and I will most likely never receive them, seeing as they were limited edition sorts of things.

I bought The Con album of T&S's on vinyl AND CD(!). I also bought their So Jealous album on CD.

I pre-ordered Erase This.

I worked a long time during a ridiculously large dinner rush.

I saw Kick-Ass and fell in love with Arron Johnson and Chloe Moretz simultaneously, though in completely different ways.

I decided to go to Wrockstock (and hopefully be one of the 16 bands to play the Wampum Willow) thanks to absolutely awesome strangers.

My little brother told me today that he thinks Santa is actually Satan because he steals our cookies on Christmas and their names are anagrams of each other. (He's 12, just by the way.)

My life is pretty cool, I guess.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "The Chain" by Ingrid Michaelson

facts:

one . I once met the Plain White T's because I entered a contest and won so that they'd play at my school. I don't remember entering such a contest, but it was cool all the same.

two . If I were to make a list of who I think the most awesome females in the world are right now, it would be this:

Tegan and Sara (mainly because of their hilarious banter during concerts, but also because their music is BOMB)

Hayley Williams

Chloe Moretz

Ingrid Michaelson

Sandra Bullock

...and probably just all of the 5AG

THE END. Thanks for reading my blog for April :]

I'll keep writing, just like, 2 or 3 times a week as opposed to daily.