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amused2008 was a year a lot of people were anxious to put behind them. while 2008 was full of a lot of bullshit for me as well (the month of september can just fall into the ocean and die), and i am going to list all the cool shit that happened in 2008.
january: highlight of this month was the tbr release show at reggies' at the end of the month. i also started school at oakton for the dental science pre-reqs, taking bio and chem. my lab partner and i set the shit out of that curve each test! ha!
february: i spent a lot of time kickin' it with tercha. i headed back to stl for an extended weekend, which included going to the way out for my birthday. lucas' band was playing, and krissy came out and enjoyed a round with me. got more of my leg worked on.
march: headed out to reggies again with andy and a new boy to see the vandals. holy shit, was a great show that was! they played all songs from live fast, anarchy burger, and hitler bad. it was so much fun. little carl was there, and frank, too!
at the end of the month, copyright and tbr played reggies' again for their tour kickoff show.
april: headed back east for an extended weekend to see ergs/weston reunion show at the khyber. best makeout 2008 occured in a philly bathroom. sometimes the people you least expect have the ability to surprise the shit out of you! i headed down to baltimore and enjoyed some warm spring weather and saw the copyrights and tbr at the side bar. i blogged about that trip, too.
may: finished up school. rec'd A's in both classes, no surprise. i really enjoyed chemistry class. i liked the labs and measuring and mixing the chemicals. i also like how everything is accounted for, like shit just doesn't appear out of nowhere or disappear. also in may, the queers played ina reggies'. went to that and some dude out front gave me a ticket so i didn't pay to get in. sang all the ghoulie songs with little carl, then ran into pat and andy and sang along for the queers songs. the show was fun.
went back to stl for bro's h.s. graduation.
june: sis came into town. went to the art institute and kicked it around in evanston. she rolled in with two suitcases and eight pair of shoes for a 36 hours visit. went to humbolt to play kickball and get down on some temptation cones. was first picked in kickball, and the team i was on won the game.
july: paid time off, fool! spent like 15 days in minnesota barnstorming with randall. took megabus to mpls on july 4th to catch D4 and off with their heads at the triple rock, where i ran into cutie pie and said hello to him and his girl. the return plane to chicago with brian almost went down on take off, so we stuck around in mpls waiting for the repairs. flew up to the headwaters, went to a public pool that had crazy slides, canoe on the st. croix WWII bombers air show, science museum, firewords, getting stupid drunk, barnstorming all over iows, minnesota, and wisconsin, viewing extreme thunder storms, tomahawk tomahawk tow crew out of the runway with the big boys! i loved how light it was even at 10pm during the summer!
here are pics from that trip:
August: OFFICIALLY RIPPED!! Highlights include mauled by tigers, swimming, karen's 30bday party, staying up too late to watch the olympics.
October: good shows including screaming females, off with their heads, vitamin x, and riot fest for methadones, tbr, and ergs! sis came to visit, this time with one pair of shoes but eight hoodies. also went to k.c. to visit mawmaw and pawpaw. drove back to stl with sis. we listened to delilah the whole way b/c that was the only thing we could agree on, and she laughed at how i knew all the words to all those silly songs!
this is a pic of me and g-ma in k.c. after having our fill at eden alley:
also in october, i went to fest in gainesville and holy shit that swampy experience was the best fucking weekend of my pathetic fucking life!!!
november: spent a lot of time out of town. went back to stl and got the some more of octopussy filled in. visited my bro's new house, which is RIGHT next to the cemetary. seriously, the headstones are like twenty feet from the back door. apparently they've had two "ghost" encounters. but they also smoke A SHIT-TON of weed.
went to memphis with krissy for her birthday. i drove her nuts by counting out loud every single red tailed hawk i spotted on the way (42). memphis was cool, and not just because of the freezing temps! we went to graceland, which was actually was awesome and not even close to being as cheesy as i thought it would be. hit up beale street and also saw sun studio; the tour guides were some VERY annoying locals we encountered at the show the previous night, but the tour was very informative and interesting.
here's us in a photobooth at graceland:
went out to rockford for thanksgiving on the invitation of my roommate. had a nice time with his family. we played a hilarious game of charades. i ate some lentil pumpkin soup and some cake i made.
december: finished up the first semester of physics. received an A, which i had to work my tail off for.
good shows included harms way/conviected/kings of summer at fubar. good to see bob and his new place doing well. aaaand...tim clarkson is fine as hell! i suspected that he was working out, something he has always denied when i inquired, but greg confrimed that yes, he had been running often and seeing a trainer once a week. also went to see it burns at the lucky gator. those dudes are fun to see perform. spent a lot of time in stl over holidays. my sis wanted to adopt a needy family through the church, but my mom said that they were going to adopt me, so i rec'd a bunch i stuff i actually needed, like grocery cards, food, socks, underwear, warm sweaters and shirts. cash-ola to pay the billZzZ.
went ice skating with the family. fun times. we were a tad unsteady the first few laps but were zomming and crossing over our legs on the turns within a quarter hour. dang zamboni came out and then we had to go in the opposite direction!
NYE was spent filling in for rich last minute to tape a show at bottom lounge. i agreed but immediately regretted it. but turned out i actually enjoyed the bands and everyone was nice and made me feel comfortable/welcome. i hope this can turn into additional production work.
in 2008, i seemed to be written off by one boy who i was friends with for a few years, and he only recently contacted me. i also went on dates with five new boys, four of which never even contacted me in any way afterward, despite the date going well. one i am in still in contact with, but in a friends only basis, which is fine with me. maybe boys in chicago just aren't into busty, leggy broads who are down to go to shows and ride bikes to get shakes. who knows what the fuck is wrong with boys (not just) in chicago?
"no complaints from this girl!"
then i read this for my daily horoscope on 12-31-08:
You are on the threshold of a major shift in your life as joyful Jupiter enters your sign next week to spend most of 2009 expanding your world. But you must be willing to change and to grow in order to make the most of whatever opportunities are offered. This can be challenging for you if you are reluctant to let go of the past. Don't hold on to what you have or you won't be able to grab on to what comes next.
january: highlight of this month was the tbr release show at reggies' at the end of the month. i also started school at oakton for the dental science pre-reqs, taking bio and chem. my lab partner and i set the shit out of that curve each test! ha!
february: i spent a lot of time kickin' it with tercha. i headed back to stl for an extended weekend, which included going to the way out for my birthday. lucas' band was playing, and krissy came out and enjoyed a round with me. got more of my leg worked on.
march: headed out to reggies again with andy and a new boy to see the vandals. holy shit, was a great show that was! they played all songs from live fast, anarchy burger, and hitler bad. it was so much fun. little carl was there, and frank, too!
at the end of the month, copyright and tbr played reggies' again for their tour kickoff show.
april: headed back east for an extended weekend to see ergs/weston reunion show at the khyber. best makeout 2008 occured in a philly bathroom. sometimes the people you least expect have the ability to surprise the shit out of you! i headed down to baltimore and enjoyed some warm spring weather and saw the copyrights and tbr at the side bar. i blogged about that trip, too.
may: finished up school. rec'd A's in both classes, no surprise. i really enjoyed chemistry class. i liked the labs and measuring and mixing the chemicals. i also like how everything is accounted for, like shit just doesn't appear out of nowhere or disappear. also in may, the queers played ina reggies'. went to that and some dude out front gave me a ticket so i didn't pay to get in. sang all the ghoulie songs with little carl, then ran into pat and andy and sang along for the queers songs. the show was fun.
went back to stl for bro's h.s. graduation.
june: sis came into town. went to the art institute and kicked it around in evanston. she rolled in with two suitcases and eight pair of shoes for a 36 hours visit. went to humbolt to play kickball and get down on some temptation cones. was first picked in kickball, and the team i was on won the game.
july: paid time off, fool! spent like 15 days in minnesota barnstorming with randall. took megabus to mpls on july 4th to catch D4 and off with their heads at the triple rock, where i ran into cutie pie and said hello to him and his girl. the return plane to chicago with brian almost went down on take off, so we stuck around in mpls waiting for the repairs. flew up to the headwaters, went to a public pool that had crazy slides, canoe on the st. croix WWII bombers air show, science museum, firewords, getting stupid drunk, barnstorming all over iows, minnesota, and wisconsin, viewing extreme thunder storms, tomahawk tomahawk tow crew out of the runway with the big boys! i loved how light it was even at 10pm during the summer!
here are pics from that trip:
August: OFFICIALLY RIPPED!! Highlights include mauled by tigers, swimming, karen's 30bday party, staying up too late to watch the olympics.
October: good shows including screaming females, off with their heads, vitamin x, and riot fest for methadones, tbr, and ergs! sis came to visit, this time with one pair of shoes but eight hoodies. also went to k.c. to visit mawmaw and pawpaw. drove back to stl with sis. we listened to delilah the whole way b/c that was the only thing we could agree on, and she laughed at how i knew all the words to all those silly songs!
this is a pic of me and g-ma in k.c. after having our fill at eden alley:
also in october, i went to fest in gainesville and holy shit that swampy experience was the best fucking weekend of my pathetic fucking life!!!
november: spent a lot of time out of town. went back to stl and got the some more of octopussy filled in. visited my bro's new house, which is RIGHT next to the cemetary. seriously, the headstones are like twenty feet from the back door. apparently they've had two "ghost" encounters. but they also smoke A SHIT-TON of weed.
went to memphis with krissy for her birthday. i drove her nuts by counting out loud every single red tailed hawk i spotted on the way (42). memphis was cool, and not just because of the freezing temps! we went to graceland, which was actually was awesome and not even close to being as cheesy as i thought it would be. hit up beale street and also saw sun studio; the tour guides were some VERY annoying locals we encountered at the show the previous night, but the tour was very informative and interesting.
here's us in a photobooth at graceland:
went out to rockford for thanksgiving on the invitation of my roommate. had a nice time with his family. we played a hilarious game of charades. i ate some lentil pumpkin soup and some cake i made.
december: finished up the first semester of physics. received an A, which i had to work my tail off for.
good shows included harms way/conviected/kings of summer at fubar. good to see bob and his new place doing well. aaaand...tim clarkson is fine as hell! i suspected that he was working out, something he has always denied when i inquired, but greg confrimed that yes, he had been running often and seeing a trainer once a week. also went to see it burns at the lucky gator. those dudes are fun to see perform. spent a lot of time in stl over holidays. my sis wanted to adopt a needy family through the church, but my mom said that they were going to adopt me, so i rec'd a bunch i stuff i actually needed, like grocery cards, food, socks, underwear, warm sweaters and shirts. cash-ola to pay the billZzZ.
went ice skating with the family. fun times. we were a tad unsteady the first few laps but were zomming and crossing over our legs on the turns within a quarter hour. dang zamboni came out and then we had to go in the opposite direction!
NYE was spent filling in for rich last minute to tape a show at bottom lounge. i agreed but immediately regretted it. but turned out i actually enjoyed the bands and everyone was nice and made me feel comfortable/welcome. i hope this can turn into additional production work.
in 2008, i seemed to be written off by one boy who i was friends with for a few years, and he only recently contacted me. i also went on dates with five new boys, four of which never even contacted me in any way afterward, despite the date going well. one i am in still in contact with, but in a friends only basis, which is fine with me. maybe boys in chicago just aren't into busty, leggy broads who are down to go to shows and ride bikes to get shakes. who knows what the fuck is wrong with boys (not just) in chicago?
"no complaints from this girl!"
then i read this for my daily horoscope on 12-31-08:
You are on the threshold of a major shift in your life as joyful Jupiter enters your sign next week to spend most of 2009 expanding your world. But you must be willing to change and to grow in order to make the most of whatever opportunities are offered. This can be challenging for you if you are reluctant to let go of the past. Don't hold on to what you have or you won't be able to grab on to what comes next.
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