[03 Sep 2005|06:59pm] I haven't updated in such a long time! This isn't really an "about my life" update, but I'll just fill people in. College is amazing, my roommate is awesome, I have a job at the courthouse in Hillsdale, and I love coming home on the weekends. Anyway. I actually just wanted to update to do a little rant. This community/ (it's a link, but I'll put it in here as well- abercrombieandf) is absolutely ridiculous. I mean, I love af_ae_hco because I can see what other people like and buy and I can post the same stuff. But it seems like the abercrombieandf community is all about people bragging that they work at Abercrombie and Fitch. Hi, I'm a 23 year old loser who works at a clothing store when other people my age are out in the real world making a name for themselves. I mean, I LOVE Abercrombie and Fitch. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. The clothes are always cute and they fit me really well. But the people that work there have nothing to be proud of. I'm 17 and I make 7.50 an hour. They're all older than me and making minimum wage just to say they work at a trendy store. I have been asked to work there countless times, and am so glad that I've said no. Arrogance must come with the job title. And I'm sorry, but just because you squeeze your ass into a size two or spike your hair up much too unnaturally just so you don't get fired doesn't mean any of those workers have the right to treat customers they way the do. The customers are what secure your 5.75 an hour, and I wouldn't even blame them for walking out without buying anything. Half the people in that store have that job because they can wear those clothes and for no other reason. I just think it's really sad that people think they're the Almighty because they get paid to fold t-shirts over and over again. 1add

[14 Aug 2005|03:38pm] I haven't updated in a long time, but I just want to post this. Of course it made me cry like a baby. Paul McCartney gave this emotional and heartfelt speech on Jan. 19, 1994 at ceremonies inducting John into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Dear John, I remember when we first met, at Woolton, at the village fete. It was a beautiful summer day and I walked in there and saw you on stage. And you were singing "Come Go With Me," by the Dell Vikings, But you didn't know the words so you made them up. "Come go with me to the penitentiary." It's not in the lyrics. I remember writing our first songs together. We used to go to my house, my Dad's home, and we used to smoke Ty-Phoo tea with the pipe my dad kept in a drawer. It didn't do much for us but it got us on the road. We wanted to be famous. I remember the visits to your mum's house. Julia was a very handsome woman, very beautiful woman. She had long, red hair and she played a ukulele. I'd never seen a woman that could do that. And I remember to having to tell you the guitar chords because you used to play the ukulele chords. And then on your 21st birthday you got 100 pounds off one of your rich relatives up in Edinburgh, so we decided we'd go to Spain. So we hitch-hiked out of Liverpool, got as far as Paris, and decided to stop there, for a week. And eventually got our haircut, by a fellow named Jurgen, and that ended up being the "Beatle haircut." I remember introducing you to my mate George, my schoolmate, and getting him into the band by playing "Raunchy" on the top deck of a bus. You were impressed. And we met Ringo who'd been working the whole season at Butlin's camp - he was a seasoned professional - but the beard had to go, and it did. Later on we got a gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool which was officially a blues club. We didn't really know any blues numbers. We loved the blues but we didn't know any blues numbers, so we had announcements like "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great Big Bill Broonzy number called "Wake Up Little Suzie." And they kept passing up little notes - "This is not the blues, this is not the blues. This is pop." But we kept going. And then we ended up touring. It was a bloke called Larry Parnes who gave us our first tour. I remember we all changed names for that tour. I changed mine to Paul Ramon, George became Carl Harrison and, although people think you didn't really change your name, I seem to remember you were Long John Silver for the duration of that tour. (Bang goes another myth.) We'd been on a van touring later and we'd have the kind of night where the windsceen would break. We would be on the motorway going back up to Liverpool. It was freezing so we had to lie on top of each other in the back of the van creating a Beatle sandwich. We got to know each other. These were the ways we got to know each other. We got to Hamburg and met the likes of Little Richard, Gene Vincent...I remember Little Richard inviting us back to his hotel. He was looking at Ringo's ring and said, "I love that ring." He said, "I've got a ring like that. I could give you a ring like that." So we all went back to the hotel with him. (We never got a ring.) We went back with Gene Vincent to his hotel room once. It was all going fine until he reached in his bedside drawer and pulled out a gun. We' said "Er, we've got to go, Gene, we've got to go..." We got out quick! And then came the USA -- New York City -- where we met up with Phil Spector, the Ronettes, Supremes, our heroes, our heroines. And then later in L.A., we met up with Elvis Presley for one great evening. We saw the boy on his home territory. He was the first person I ever saw with a remote control on a TV. Boy! He was a hero, man. And then later, Ed Sullivan. We'd wanted to be famous, now we were getting really famous. I mean imagine meeting Mitzi Gaynor in Miami! Later, after that, recording at Abbey Road. I still remember doing "Love Me Do." You officially had the vocal "love me do" but because you played the harmonica, George Martin suddenly said in the middle is the session, "Will Paul sing the line "love me do?", the crucial line. I can still hear it to this day - you would go "Whaaa whaa," and I'd go "loove me doo-oo." Nerves, man. I remember doing the vocal to "Kansas City" -- well I couldn't quite get it, because it's hard to do that stuff. You know, screaming out the top of your head. You came down from the control room and took me to one side and said "You can do it, you've just got to scream, you can do it." So, thank you. Thank you for that. I did it. I remember writing "A Day in the Life" with you, and the little look we gave each other when we wrote the line "I'd love to turn you on." We kinda knew what we were doing, you know. A sneaky little look. After that there was this girl called Yoko. Yoko Ono. She showed up at my house one day. It was John Cage's birthday and she said she wanted to get hold of manuscripts of various composers to give to him, and she wanted one from me and you. So I said," Well it's ok by me. but you'll have to go to John." And she did... After that I set up a couple of Brennell recording machines we used to have and you stayed up all night and recorded "Two Virgins." But you took the cover yourselves -- nothing to do with me. And then, after that there were the phone calls to you. The joy for me after all the business shit that we'd gone through was that we were actually getting back together and communicating once again. And the joy as you told me about how you were baking bread now. And how you were playing with your little baby, Sean. That was great for me because it gave me something to hold on to. So now, years on, here we are. All these people. Here we are, assembled, to thank you for everything that you mean to all of us. This letter comes with love, from your friend Paul. John Lennon, you've made it. Tonight you are in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. God bless you. Paul 1add

[19 Jul 2005|09:14pm] So, I'm finally going to update like I said I would almost a week ago. I can't really stand the upstairs computer room. It's too crowded with 2 computer desks and TVs and stuff. AKA it's way too hot in here. I'd use the one downstairs but that room has ghosts in it so I don't like to be in it by myself. All of that rambling was my poor attempt at an excuse for not updating. I can't believe I've only got three more weeks of work left. I've been praying for this day to come faster and it just kind of snuck up on me! Now I have to sit and wait around until I hear from Hillsdale about any jobs they can give me when I get down there. I'm kind of glad I get three weeks to just relax between work and college. But it will get me all out of the funk of waking up at 630 for work like I'll have to wake up at 630 for school. I have been avoiding reading The Odyssey like the plague. I've been engrossed in Beatles books (uhh, yeah, I ordered another one on Amazon and I'm expecting it tomorrow) all summer so I can just assume that I'll read the rest of The Odyssey my last week home. I'm about 200 pages in but every time I say "Okay, Kaycee, you have to read RIGHT NOW!" I go straight for a Beatles book. Oh well, as long as I get it done. I've been buying lots of stuff for school and I will admit that it makes me happy! My half of whatever dorm room I get will be very cute. :) I think it's safe to say I probably won't have enough closet/drawer space. I'm ordering clothes like crazy for this year. I usually don't go all out like this but it's the first time in THIRTEEN years I don't have to wear a polo and khakis to school everyday@&$*!@$&!*@#$! And what the heck, I think this is way cute so I'm going to post a sweatshirt I ordered yesterday. ( Read more... ) I got my Hollister Co. Club Cali gold card in the mail yesterday too. I didn't know I had that many points on it. They got a new point system and I don't think I like it very much. Oh well. I still like their clothes. I went shopping with my mom yesterday for stuff for my dorm room and somehow we ended up by the purse department (wink wink). I saw a Cole Haan purse that I'm hoping will still be there when I get paid again. The money I'm using now is from my bank account for dorm room purposes only. I saw the purse and liked it a lot and was sad that I couldn't buy it. (Strange, I know...) So now it's been like a day and I've somehow managed to convince myself that I absolutely must have the purse to function and that life simply would not be the same without it. AKA what I seem to do with everything that I want to buy. Argh. Anyway. HOCKEY IS BACK! (Like I said before) and I'm unbelievably excited. And Steve Yzerman signed another contract so of course I'm even more happy. I was gonna be mad if he retired in the year that they didn't play. And of course there's still Hank & Manny, my two favorite boys ever. Listening to the Beatles has made me open my ears to a lot more bands from around that time frame. Especially Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and even Young with them); and Simon and Garfunkel. I think that those are two amazing groups and along with the Beatles, they have taken over my ipod. I'll have to write more later, it is way too hot up here. [Oh, PS- about the Beach Boys. They have a concert here in Bay City EVERY summer and it's only a few blocks away from my house. So they've started to become kind of a favorite little group to have around when they're here and we offered to bake them cookies. They're such cool guys. My mom made them chocolate chip. I knew they'd appreciate oatmeal cookies because they're very into the environment and come one, that's just the kind of cookies you'd think to make people like them and say, George Harrison. ;) So yeah. And I wrote them a little thank you card for all of their musical genius over the years that they've got in their bus. I love those guys.] 1add

[14 Jul 2005|04:04pm] I have been so busy lately! And I must say sorry for not updating! Unfortunately this one won't be long either so I'm hoping I'll have time to either update later tonight or tomorrow after work. HOCKEY IS BACK! 302 days is a long time to be without it. :( I'm looking forward to getting excited for the season again. I love it so much. And I'm pissed that I have Spanish at 830PM Tuesdays and Thursdays because that means if games start at 7 I'll miss the first two periods. :( Grr. (Hah, that's kind of sad.) BUT THE RED WINGS WILL PREVAIL THIS YEAR!<3 I was starting to lose hope and was seriously considering taking down my calendar. I already threw away my Red Wings planner too, crap. Oh well. Hockey is back, and Kaycee is happy. Okay, I have to go. I have to make cookies for the Beach Boys. (Yes, THOSE Beach Boys. I'll explain when I update for real.) 1add

[03 Jul 2005|02:27pm] So, I was sitting around doing nothing and figured it's about time that I update in here! It kind of seems like that's pretty much all that I've been doing this summer, just sitting around once I get home from work. I got bumped up to 30 hours a week for the rest of the time I'm there, so my paychecks will be like $500. I will surely miss that when I get to college and get shafted into working a minimum wage job. (I'm hoping that won't happen because I have a few tricks up my sleeve.) All I've pretty much been doing since I last updated is working, shopping, and listening to music. Oh, I got my laptop too. My mom surprised me with it during our Friday night dinner two weeks ago. A Sony Vaio. :) I guess I have a lot less to update about than I thought. Hmm. I really mean what I said about Barnes and Noble my last post. I went in there yesterday and walked out with yet ANOTHER Beatles book. And the time before that? Two more. And the sad thing is, I plan on bringing all of them down to Hillsdale with me. I think my side of the room is pretty much going to be Beatles everything. And I apologize ahead of time to my roommate, but they're going to have to deal with it. :) Hmm, maybe I should just keep buying Beatles books when I go to B&N so that it gets to the point where I have everything they're selling and can't buy them anymore. Maybe not, because then I'll spend ridiculous amounts of money on shipping and handling when I order them online. I just can't help myself. I ordered Help! from Amazon last week, too. I got an EXCELLENT used VHS version and only paid 20 bucks instead of the $80-100 Amazon was asking for some of them! I want to buy Magical Mystery Tour next. July 7th is the Kix Band's Magical Mystery Tour in Saginaw! I'm so ready for it. I've been waiting for this since Oldiespalooza had 1964 The Beatles Tribute in June.<3 I think that should be able to hold me over until Paul McCartney in October. I was hoping to find some Ringo tickets to one of his July shows but everything was gone. :( Boo. I babysat yesterday, and I have to go back today. I'll miss the big fireworks but that doesn't really matter. They pay me ten bucks an hour and I'll be there until atleast one in the morning. :D Plus, I'll be watching three kids. One is only a few months old and the other two aren't two yet. AKA I'll get there at 6 and they'll ask me to put them to bed at 7. So, I get paid ten dollars an hour to watch TV and read the Odyssey for Hillsdale. It seems like I've bought a lot of stuff lately. Atleast clothes. I'll have to start buying school supplies next week because I already spent this past Friday's paycheck... On two pairs of jeans,a hoodie, a copy of the Odyssey, a Beatles book, and a few shirts. And I don't even have one pair of jeans yet. They have to send them to California or something to get professionally hemmed. Ah well. I've narrowed it down to 12 fonts that I have to pick from for my tattoo. I had around thirty so this is a big deal for me. :) I have a headache, so I'm going to stop. 2add

[21 Jun 2005|07:14pm] I really need to stop buying Beatles books every single time I walk into Barnes and Noble. If they could just section the "Music" shelves off with caution tape, I'd have so much more money. I'll update later! 3add

[14 Jun 2005|08:35pm] I have some time to kill, so I figured I'd update since I said I would yesterday but never actually got around to it. ;) I'm uploading all of my Beatles and Beatles-related CDs onto i-tunes and then onto my ipod mini. AKA my graduation present from my daddy. :) It's taking forever, but it'll be worth it once I can start taking my ipod places and leave all my CDs in my car so I don't have to wish I had them with me when I drive anymore. :D Hopefully I can get all of the Anthology CDs so I can get those uploaded in the near future. I'm trying to remember where to start recapping my life these past few days. I won the Watson Scholarship, so now I have an $1,800 check coming to me every year of college to spend on whatever I want. I just have to come to dinner in August with the Watson "family" and then I get the money. :) So, after all my scholarships and grants and all of that, I will be going to Hillsdale and getting my books for FREE! :D And I'll have $1,000 a year left over to spend on whatever I want. I have to maintain a 2.0 to keep the Watson, but I have to maintain a 3.0 to keep all my Hillsdale scholarship money so I'll just let you put two and two together. I'm officially graduated! I got my diploma and all that jazz. I don't think I'll feel any different until I get down to Hillsdale, I still kind of feel like I have to go back to All Saints next year even though my brain knows that I don't. I donno. I'm just excited for a more stimulating life, and even more excited for not having to wear a uniform anymore. So, like I said, my dad got me an ipod mini in silver. My mom hasn't given me a laptop yet. We have to contact the people that built Ronnie's computer so that I can have one custom made. I'm kind of excited about that because then I can put whatever I want in it and put whatever colors on the cover that I want. I'm having my family dinner "celebration" on Father's Day. I'm not sure where yet but I should probably pick some place soon. From my graduation party at work alone, I got 415 dollars. I still have to get everything from my family and all that. Holy crap. I need to start making a list of all the things I need to buy for my dorm and life down there. I'm definitely getting a yoga mat, though. Not so much for yoga, probably more for meditation. Yesterday my mom and I went shopping. We stopped at Barnes and Noble first, because the book I ordered forever ago finally came in. I've yet to start reading it though. "In His Own Write" by John Lennon. I read the "about the awful" (yes it really does say awful instead of author) on the back cover and it made me giggle so I know the stories inside will make me laugh as well. After that there was a large sum of money spent on a Michael by Michael Kors purse. But it's so pretty and definitely worth the money. The authenticity card says that it's a "sunflower" color and I'd have to agree. Gorgeous. Tomorrow I think I'm going to go back and get the wallet I wanted. I don't know why I didn't get it yesterday because I would have saved myself the trip and gas. Ah well. I also ordered another George Harrison book yesterday. This one is fairly recent and was written by his second wife, Olivia. I'm hoping that it gets here before the weekend because it already shipped this morning! I don't know what it is, but I've become very taken by George Harrison. I finished reading I Me Mine a few days ago and ever since then I've felt a whole lot better about... Well, everything. I don't know. Just reading about his life, his works, and his opinions have made me look at things in ways I don't think I ever would have without reading the above mentioned things. And I'm rambling, but I don't know any other way to describe it! I just feel really good. I've got a new outlook on a lot of things. And it's times like these with everything thats going on in the world when I wish that he were still alive so I could read and hear all the things he would say about the present time. He was just a very smart, very aware man. If I realize only 1/3 of the things in my life that realized in his, I'd be content. I started working mornings at the Friend of the Court this week. I like it a whole lot better. No one is ever really in the file room in the mornings. If I danced around the whole room for an hour straight, no one would know. That's how dead it is. Me dancing for 1/4 of the time I'm there and no one knows. Not that I do it. ;) Plus, I'm out of work by noon and so I've pretty much got the same amount of time in my day as any other teen. Hopefully Nichole has talked to Liz today so she can tell me how many more hours I can work per week now. She told me that she thought I could work more than twenty hours a week, which would be great because the pay is awesome. I've been talking to Haddie a lot more as of late. I didn't realize how much I missed the girl! Now I remember why she was always a good friend of mine. For Pete's sake, I've known her since I was born. Literally! Speaking of "friends"... I really wish that Mike would stop coming over here. I'm sorry, but he's not the type of person I want to be associated with anymore. Needless to say, I found out some interesting things and how much of an ass he can be behind people's backs and etc, etc, etc. So whatever. If he wants to come over here to talk to my mom, great. Other than that, it's just easier if he doesn't show up. I was supposed to hang out with Rachel today. That didn't happen. She's been pissed at Kayla since like, March. But, Kayla came home today from Florida for a week for Rachel's graduation party. I'm just going to guess that she started talking to her again today. Just a big stretch. (Not.) Ah well, I guess she'll call me if she gets bored. Anyway. I'm done updating for now, I think. 3add

[12 Jun 2005|10:43pm] You know, I was going to update tonight... But it's just too damn hot. Ironically, that last sentence fragment has been my away message for like, the past 38 hours. I'll update when I get home from work tomorrow at noon. add

[06 Jun 2005|09:16pm] These past few days haven't held any significance, really. I haven't really done anything important, just school and work and shopping. Plus some movies and hanging out with Rachel. I ended up leaving school five minutes into second hour on Friday. It was districts for baseball and softball so there were only like, 80 kids in school. They wouldn't call it off, but they would let you leave to go watch the game. So, uh, I left to "go watch the game." I guess there were only 13 kids left at school by the end of the day. Haha, I love All Saints. I don't love having to take exams though. Well, there will only be 2 exams that I'll have to take but I have to come in for four of them. And that's gay. Tomorrow is the honors program and sophomore-senior luncheon. I don't have to be to school until 830. Then I'll have to work and all that crap. Probably study for my religion final on Wednesday. Stupid Kustra, I can't believe he's not exempting. Thursday and Friday I have one exam each. And I've got graduation practices Wednesday and Thursday after exams. Hopefully I remember that so I know what I'm doing. Then, I graduate on Sunday and my time at All Saints is all over forever! :D WOOHOO! All I did fifth hour was talk to Rachel and Charlie about Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It was awesome. It's funny that Charlie read the book. :) I saw the movie on Sunday with my mom and Rae. It was actually really good! Made me want to actually finish reading the second book... Now all I have to do is find it. Hmm. Friday was my mom and I's first annual Friday Night Dinner. We went out to TGIFriday's. I had that thing they're advertising, the steak with the pepper butter over it. It was really good. Then we went to the Saginaw mall and did some damage. Well, not too bad. I got my graduation dress, a pair of shoes for graduation, a pink sequined shrug for over my dress just in case I need it, two shirts from Hollister, a pair of destroyed capris from Hollister (that I still have to take back for a smaller size), a tank top from Abercrombie Kids, a brown knit shrug for the summer, two tank tops (one light blue and one pink and white striped), a pair of khakis from GAP, a pair of flip-flops, and the Concert for George CD.<3 Then we went to Barnes and Noble and browsed around, and then we came home. I'm not sure where we're going next Friday, but after dinner we're going to go watch Sarah's dance recital. Saturday was Oldiespalooza. Um, let me sum it up. IT WILL BEAT THE REST OF THIS SUMMER'S DAYS OUT FOR BEST DAY OF MY SUMMER! We got there and got first row. :)!! And CEYX played first. They played at my prom, and again they were really good. Then Johnny Rivers came on and was amazing. Then, the best part of my day, 1964 The Tribute came on. They knocked my socks off. I mean, they even had the accents down. It was so great. I took a bunch of pictures of them. :) We left after that, all that was left was the Elvis impersonator and my mom and I aren't very big fans. After that I went to my dad's and hung out for a while to celebrate Ronnie's birthday over there. Then I came home and talked to Rachel and then went to sleep. Sunday, Rachel came over at like 11AM and just hung out. Then we went to see that movie with my mom. Then we ran to Meijer to develop my pictures from Oldiespalooza and just kind of goofed off in the store for an hour. It was kind of rainy outside and then all of a sudden all the power in Meijer went out so we were just standing there in the dark for a while. It was pitch black. :O! Then it came back on and went out two more times. Sucky. Then we came home and ate spaghetti and drove through the southend. It was terrible down there. Trees were up-rooted and powerlines were down everywhere. We were hoping All Saints would be destroyed but unfortunately it was not. I went to 1964 The Tribute's website and wrote down all the days they're playing in Michigan this summer. I think I'm going to try to go to every single one. They play in Traverse City, Charlevoix, and Sterling Heights. :D I'm excited. They're amazing! I have to write these two essays for Hillsdale and I have no clue what to write about. I already won the award but I still have to write the two essays in the application part of it. Blech. I have to describe what the Hillsdale College Independence Philosophy means to me and why I think it's important. And then I have to talk about how the service activities I'll have to take part in at Hillsdale College will enhance my liberal arts education. I've got my opening paragraphs done, but from there I'm drawing a complete blank. Thankfully they only have to be one page each. Ah well. I just want to graduate and get it over with. This coming Friday afternoon District Court and Friend of the Court are hosting a graduation luncheon in my honor in the jury assembly room. :) It's nice to know that the people you work with (and in District Court's case, used to work with) appreciate you. I love them all! I think I'm going to go listen to some George Harrison now. add

[01 Jun 2005|08:33pm] I'm starting to not mind working Monday through Friday for four hours every day. Probably because I finally have everything caught up from when I was sick a whole week, and so I pretty much have free reign on what I want to work on. I can only imagine what working an eight hour day must feel like. I get the feeling I'll hate it if I ever have to resort to working that long per day. Today we had an all schools mass at our gym. It was the first time all the seniors had to wear cap and gown, and it really hit me. I really am graduating on the 12th. I really am leaving everything I know in August. I really am starting a life on my own. And that is unbelievably scary. After the mass I went over to Rachel's and hung out for a while. Then we went over to the senior picnic at Vet's Park. It was a lot of fun. We pretty much just hung out, played tennis, and walked around. Oh, we also went to the Imagination Station and goofed off. I haven't been there in so long, it was kind of neat to see how much smaller everything looks now that I've gotten older. I'd have to get on my knees to do the monkey bars. :) I'm excited for this weekend. I want Thursday to be over already, but I guess it will go by quick enough. I've got Friday Night Dinner with my mom, obviously on Friday. Then we're going shopping. I've got to get summer clothes (because it's already in the 80's! And that's big for it being early June in Michigan!) and I need to go pick up my graduation dress. I've also got to get shoes to match the dress and probably a bolero to go over it since it's strapless and Catholic school frowns upon not being modestly dressed. Boo. Saturday is Oldiespalooza! And my Beatles shirt that has been on order since April 24th finally came in the mail today. Thank God, I would have flipped out if it didn't come in time for Oldiespalooza. That's the whole reason I wanted it. It's a vintage concert t-shirt, and it's amazing. I saw another Beatles tee at the mall last week so I'm probably going to buy it on Friday. Gotta support my boys. After Oldiespalooza, I'll probably go over to my dad's and meet up with all of them for Ronnie's birthday bash over there. My dad just had a new patio, gazebo, and pool installed in his back yard and it's supposed to be 80's on Saturday so it should be lots of fun. I'll have to remember to pack my new bathing suit. I'm getting excited for graduation, not only to be done with high school but also because of my graduation presents. Now, many would think that knowing what they are would take away excitement, but I think it only makes me want them more. Knowing that you have something but can't use it until a certain time, geesh. My dad is getting me an ipod mini (only silver! I like classic) so I've got something to do while walking to class or walking around campus next fall, and my mom is getting me a laptop. Hopefully the new Sony Vaio with the camera in it. That's the one I want, but we're also going to look around at those on Friday. I'm hoping to get money from the rest of my relatives, so I can buy more clothes. Just what I need, eh? ;) My brother gets his birthday present tomorrow. Yes, his birthday was yesterday, but they were painting the racing stripes on it as he made his wish and blew out his candles. :) There was a little hint, but it's similar to this. Except it's red, and it has a body kit on it to make it lower to the ground. It's got some chrome detailing and it will have double silver racing stripes on it. It's a 2003 Chevy Xtreme Blazer. :) I was thinking about a lot of things during mass today. So, to save trouble, I figured I'd cut it. ( Read more... ) add

[30 May 2005|06:46pm] It seems like I've been out and about like crazy lately. There is so much stuff that I have to do for graduation and all the masses and sophomore-senior luncheon and senior picnic and blech. I can honestly say I'll be so glad when it's over! Last Saturday I had orientation down at Hillsdale. It was so great. I can't wait until August to get down there and be at college. I got my schedule, too. It's only fourteen credits right now, which they apparently prefer freshman to take their first semester so they can have time to get used to life down there and such. Second semester I want to bump it up to eighteen credits. It's definitely doable for me. I'm on the go and doing things constantly here so it will feel weird to have 3, 4, and 5 hour gaps between classes. Tuesdays and Thursdays are crazy, I have class at 1PM and then not another until 830PM. That is a huge time gap, but atleast I'll have time to get some homework done and study and such. I donno, orientation made me really excited to get down there. I've been listening to George Harrison so much lately. I think he is the most interesting one of all the Beatles. I'd give anything to have him back on earth so I could listen to him live. I'd love that more than anything. I'm in the process of reading I Me Mine right now, and I would have been done weeks ago if I didn't have 100 things going at all times, but his life is unbelievably interesting. He was so aware as a person. I can only hope that I catch a little of his insight by his book and songs. Well, atleast there's Dhani if he ever decides to be like his dad was. I spent about a half hour going through 6,500 different fonts for my tattoo. I narrowed it down to 26. I change my mind every few weeks as to what I want and where I want it. Don't get me wrong, I'm planning on getting all of the ones I've thought of eventually. They're all going to be small and placed on certain parts of my body. I think I've decided which one I want first though. I want it on my heel, towards the bottom of my foot, and I want it to say "all things must pass." It's kind of a tribute to George, but it also is kind of how I want to live my life. Knowing that I've got to move on from most things eventually and that everything can be still important in some aspects but I know there are other things coming in my life. I like it, hopefully I get it over the summer. :) Oldiespalooza is next weekend. :) I'm so excited! 1964 The Beatles Tribute... Man, it will make my June. Friday I get to go out to dinner and go shopping with my mom. I have to start getting summer clothes, and I have to get a graduation dress, too. Yikes. It feels weird to think about how I graduate on the 12th. Scary but exciting. :D Wow, tomorrow is my brother's birthday. He turns sixteen. Holy shit. add

[17 May 2005|09:13pm] Wow, it's been a crazy couple (well, more than a couple) days! I was sick all last week, and right now I'm still trying to get over it. The cough just doesn't want to go away and my nose is still stuffed and making my throat sore from all the drainage. Ah well, hopefully it goes away soon because I want to be better by the time school lets out. This Saturday is orientation at Hillsdale. Yeah, I'm 99.9% positive that's where I'm going. I better damn well be since I found out today they're going to pay 3/4 of all my fees and they think that they have a job lined up for me in the probate office of their court system. :D Sweet. That means Friday I'm going to have to pick out an outfit for orientation and all that. I love the idea of going to that school. Plus it's such a cute school, and by cute I mean "unbelievably cool" since after orientation they're having a big "backyard" barbeque for the incoming freshman. :P I'm on a huge oldies kick right now. 98% Beatles, 2% other good songs. Like "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix, "Layla" by Eric Clapton (that one's my favorite non-Beatle song), "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" by The Monkees, and "Thank the Lord For the Night Time" by Neil Diamond... Just to name a few that have been on my repeat playlist. :) Plus a few of my Simon and Garfunkel songs. I like them too! I've really gotten into the Beatles as soloists lately. Especially George Harrison, I just think that some of his songs are amazing. I don't really know what compelled me to start listening to them separately, but they did make quite a few good songs on their own. I love George Harrison's songs though. They're just too good. Like "Wah-Wah"... Genius. On the way back home from Hillsdale on Saturday, my mom and I are going to go shoe shopping. And to that I say, YAY. It's been quite some time and I think we are in need of a good shoe store experience. I can't believe how quickly graduation is sneaking up on me. Oh, also, I quit Prime Brother's. :D It's so nice to have weekends off, even though last weekend was my first one. It was bound to happen and I found no need in delaying the inevitable. I thought I'd miss it, but now that I know that I can still talk to Ed and go out to lunch with him and the guys occasionally, I don't mind it. Dare I say that it is even enjoyable?! I think I may. :) I ordered I Me Mine and In His Own Write this past weekend so those should be arriving soon. I Me Mine isn't being printed anymore so I had to search around online for a copy and that shipped yesterday, so I'm hoping that by the end of this week I should see it so I can have it for the trip to Hillsdale. In His Own Write should probably be here either Wednesday or Thursday since I ordered it through Barnes and Noble and they're quick with orders and shipping. I want to order A Spaniard in the Works next, and quite possibly Postcards From the Boys after that. :) And my Beatles shirt that I ordered has been backordered since April and it is supposed to be shipped to me by May 31st. I'm hoping that stands for the day it arrives so I have it to wear to Oldiespalooza on the 4th of June. Speaking of Beatles, Pete Best is going to be in Saginaw to perform this Saturday. I'd be back in town in time for his 9PM show, which is what I'm hoping for. Pete Best AKA the drummer before Ringo and before they made it big. I'm excited! Now all I need is for the Kix Band to release their Magical Mystery Tour dates! Alright, time to do some more online shopping. 1add

[11 May 2005|09:53pm] Ever since Saturday night, I have felt like shit. :\ I ended up at the doctor's office yesterday and turns out, I have a viral infection. I'm supposed to take the week off of work and school and just get time to myself and get lots of rest. That's impossible though, since the contractor started working this past week and all I've heard these past few mornings is him banging around and working on the stairs. The doctor said that I'll be lucky if it goes away in a week, and that me going to school and working 7 days a week doesn't help it much. So, I went to work on Monday and haven't gone in since. I probably won't until Saturday anyway, if I even go in then. It's not like I'm desperately needed or anything. I'll probably try and go to school tomorrow, so I can do OC night with Rachel. SO, DESPITE ME FEELING LIKE POOP, I'M VERY EXCITED!!!!! My Paul McCartney tickets came in the mail today. ;) Only five months and three days until I get to see the greatest solo musician (aside from the other 3 former Beatles, naturally) live. That makes me so happy, you have no clue. And I'm also way excited to be seeing 1964 The Beatles Tribute in less than a month!!! Yay! Other than that, I haven't done anything else except drink frappuccinos, sleep, and listen to The Beatles. I've thought about what kind of tattoo I want to get, too. I wanted a yellow submarine on my wrist (kind of self-explanatory) but now I'm not sure if I want that or just "Beatles" on my wrist in their signature writing or something. We'll see. This infection has curbed my appetite. I've only had it for a few days and my new jeans that I bought the DAY I got sick are already big on me. :\ Blech. I can't believe how close it's getting to graduation. All I can say is I can't wait. And I want my damn Beatles shirt to come off of backorder! :( add

[08 May 2005|08:21pm] This is the first time in a while that I've actually had the chance to update. My Senior year has been winding down very fast, and I've been unbelievably busy. Prom was on Friday, and it was a lot more fun than what I was planning. Plus it was all classic rock music, and I love that more than any other genre out there. CEYX was the band that we had booked, and they're playing at Oldiespalooza too! I'm excited, they're so good. So, prom was from 6-12, and then we had after-prom at Kokomo's until 4AM. That was a lot of fun too, I must say. Except going on the bumper boats as soon as I got there; hah, I was soaked. I came home at 430 and talked with my mom for a while, and then went to bed. Then I got up at 7 and went and stood in line for Oldiespalooza tickets. I was the youngest one there by about 20 years. :P Then I went and got my mom her Mother's Day present from Zales. I came home and slept from 2-7 and then went back to the mall to exchange the jeans I bought from Hollister for a smaller size. They say "follow the sun" on them, like the Beatles' song. I HAD TO GET THEM. :D And then I came home and slept until 1030 this morning. I haven't done much today. I took the MSU math placement test seeing as how today was the deadline. I haven't done any of my homework. Like I would anyway. I think I'm going to substitute a frappuccino in place of homework. I can't wait until graduation. I don't think it could come quick enough now. Ahahahaha. ( Read more... ) add

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