friday night was probably in the top 4 best nights of my life. we got very very front row for my morning jacket and i teared up probably at least three times. those shows are such an experience. during the show i kept on thinking of myself as an mmj "band aid" like from the movie almost famous, ya know? when kate hudson says, "we are not groupies. groupies sleep with rockstars because they want to be near someone famous. we are here because of the music, we inspire the music. we are band aids." i imagined myself as a 2011 penny lane. haha. is that so lame? i don't really care if it is. i can't wait to see them next. in the words of jim james, "it's just the way that he sings. not the words that he says, or the band. i'm in love with this soul, it's a meaning that i understand." their new album, circuital, comes out may 31st so everyone remember to buy it!
i loved everyone we went down there with, too. we had such a good crew. the best times were when everyone actually found each other and we got to enjoy the show in our little area and dance and play in the sand. ah i want to go back. it went by so fast.
but now it's back to work for a while. it's really weird knowing i'm not getting a few month summer vacation for the first time in my life. but i have accrued quite a few days off and i believe another beach trip is in the works in the coming weeks. i wish i was flying out to l.a. to visit my bffaa, dani collins, while she's doing amazing interior design internship things. but my bank account will not allow it. so the southeast will have to do for now.
this has been a long 3 days of work. over time on hours and hardly a second for a breather during the day. but i love my job, love my clients- so it's been fun keeping busy. always something new and interesting to hear about during the day. but the reason i worked my butt off this mon-wed is because we leave for HANGOUT tomorrow morning! i feel completely free right now, especially because i cleaned out my entire room/closet and did all my laundry and got mostly everything done at work. all i have to look forward to for the next four days is repose and beach time (and MUSIC!)
watch this.
ever since i saw this video, i really do think about those 'moments' when they happen. when the balloon pops, when you turn the page, smell a flower, crack an egg, touch lips, open your eyes in the morning, type in facebook.com. all that. it's so easy to let those moments not mean anything because when they happen, all you're thinking about is what comes after it. when you turn the page you can't wait to finish the book. when you crack an egg you can't wait to eat it. when you type in facebook you can't wait to check your notifications.
i guess the point i'm getting at is that i usually spend all day waiting for the next thing to happen. and it really is a hard task to be here, now. but i'm workin on it. that video gave me a little reminder to enjoy every moment as it actually happens and be sentient throughout the day.
alright, enough with the sappy.
by the way, for a while now i've been learning 20 new words a day and am trying to use them in my speech and writing. so i've tried to say one of my words in every post (including the name of my blog). if ya don't know something, look it up ;)
i figured i would stop being greedy and let you all see my top 3 favorite blogs that i frequent. i aspire to be a combination of all of these some day..
taza and husband- this couple is so cute and hipster-y. her life is so fabulous, but it's really just her, her husband, their new baby, and cute little bulldog living a fun artsy life.
smart pretty and awkward- very first blog i ever read. every day she tells girls how to be smarter, prettier, and less awkward. such sound advice too! i followed this one for quite some time before venturing out into the blogging world.
sofias journal- cute girl that lives in manchester, england and rambles about her life.
by the way, i really wish i could insert tons of different blackberry bbm emoticons all throughout these posts. really, with anything i write.
realized i made a mistake in my last post.. i forgot lindsey's name changed last fall. it should've said lindsey howd rohling :)
i keep telling people "i'm a blogger" now and it feels really cool. haha.
updates from the weekend!
i met jon's little niece, piper. adorable. couldn't stop smiling around her. i haven't been around a baby in a while and it kind of brightens everything up for a little bit.
jon is a kid magnet. i realized how many pictures of him with kids i had from the weekend...
and then came jon's graduation day :)
so now it's a sunday night in knoxville and i have 3 days of work before more vacation time. getting so excited for the hangout. i haven't been to a music festival in a couple years- and never one on the beach!
a couple things i'll probably be sporting while there: my new coral fringed topshop top, which i wouldn't have come across if it weren't for my fashion savvy friend barbara, and my camelbak water bottle with a FILTER inside the straw! i'm obsessed with it. filtered water anywhere i go! i got it in seafoam.
soo hangout is kinda all that'll be on my mind for the next few days.
and now i'm going to watch monsters inc. and enjoy the rest of my sunday night. hope everyone had a great weekend!
i'll leave you with a little youtube video that jon showed me this weekend and i couldn't stop laughing..
so, i just tried to follow back my one followers, lindsey howd, but showing my tyronic blogging knowledge, ended up following myself. and now i don't know how to unfollow myself.
anyway, there are a lot of things i'm excited about in my near future!
tomorrow is the day jon graduates college. jon is my boyfriend (sorry, i still feel like i'm writing to a fresh diary so i have to keep explaining things. that will stop eventually). this is him... with beard :)
haha. he's graduating tomorrow! i'm so proud of him. we have lots of graduation festivities planned and i can't wait for him to enter into after-college land.
then next week, we will be heading to hangout music fest in gulf shores with a great crew of music lovin people :) so excited to hear my morning jacket (the best band who ever created music) amongst all my other faves, ALL on the BEACH.
after months of lauding over the numerous blogs that i read daily, today is the day that i finally decided to start my own.
of all the journals and diaries and notebooks that i kept from the time i learned how to write, i always started out explaining myself to the pages so they would have a little background information about who was writing on them. i figured if anyone were to find it one day and everything was still in tact, the person would want to know a little about the writer.
so here i am.
i'm a 22 year old tennessean native, with hopes of traveling... everywhere. i was a psychology major and am completely obsessed with anything to do with the mind. i would go into detail about the four important corners: family, friends, boyfriend, job... but they're all equally amazing. i'm a very lucky lady.
i have idealistic, yet practical dreams for my future. the main one that i think about at least 8 of the 16ish hours i'm awake everyday, is getting into an elite clinical psychology graduate program to research people's brains! yes, that was an exclamation point.
i don't like using capital letters unless i'm writing a paper or a business email.
and i haven't exactly figured out what the focus of this blog will be. hopefully lots of pictures and updates and thoughts and fun links and videos. i just wanted to at least create it. and i did!
