vampire weekend is officially my new favorite band. one of my new favorite hobbies is to dance freely to their music. which i am doing...now. they were so good.
favorite shows of the weekend:
1) vampire weekend - obviously, i've been ranting and raving about them for a long time. i just wish more people would've been there and the crowd would've gotten more involved
2)patty griffin - wow, this woman can sing. she's freakin' awesome. i'm glad i got to live in the same neighborhood with her for an entire year
3)priscilla ahn - girls, guitars, yes.
4) stars - OMG, talk about a great show. i love stars and they put on such a great show
5)okkervil river - probably the most fun show i went to all weekend long, it seems like they played for a really long time. the crowd was getting into it and that does a lot for the show. these guys are good!
overall, i had a blast at acl. if you notice, the three headliners are not listed because they suck and i didn't want to stay around for them. if it had been coldplay, death cab, etc., i would've camped out for it. ACL has potential to be the most bad A music festival around. i don't understand how lolla and ACL are run by the same company and lolla is one thousand times better. i know that radiohead never plays in the south because its too "hot" but this fall its actually been pretty cool and they would play at night so they should stop b-otching. plus, if we're shelling out 135 for a ticket, we expect something better than robert plant and allison krauss, let's be serious. i'd never heard of them before they came out on the line up. how many people ages 18-24 listen to them?
exactly.
also, we're #5 in the polls. i can feel it. we WILL beat ou. confidence baby.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
sitting in class
so I'm pretty bored here, sitting in class. Advertising and Black Representation is a crazy class. We tend to have heated debates regarding race and the way the blacks are portrayed and treated in our society today. I like our debates. Even though I'm usually on facebook the entire time, it's good background music.
This week is crazy! I had my history test yesterday and I made an 80. skadoosh. I didn't really study that much so I was pretty excited about it. Tomorrow I have my LEB test and I'm worrying about that. Basically, I only have a few hours to teach myself everything that we've talked about. I'm sort of lost. On Thursday, I have my management test which I'm more involved in the class and we get to use cheat sheets so it shouldn't be too hard. And then, IT'S HAPPY HOUR AND ACL! I'm definitely working for the weekend. Yes
So I haven't talked to my parents in a very long time. I haven't talked to my mom since she left my house that Saturday. I dunno why she's mad or why she doesn't want to talk to me. She's just as stubborn as I am so who knows when we will talk. I feel like this time it's different because there is obviously a reason why she doesn't want to talk. We'll see how long this lasts. God, give me a peace about this situation and give me wisdom and tell me what to do. Honestly, I feel like I shouldn't be the one to call, I'm not the parent. I would be worried about my child. What if I was hurt? or what if I was in the hospital. Because of her stubbornness, she wouldn't even know. I don't know what to do. I feel like its been too long so it would be almost stupid for me to call now. With everything that's going on, I'm sure my mom could careless of what's going on with me here in Austin...uh, depression station
So tonight will be my first practice with our coach, his name is Ed. it could potentially be a disaster. If he's a suck coach, I might not play. I could buy a new iPod with that money.
Class is starting to get interesting...Lates
This week is crazy! I had my history test yesterday and I made an 80. skadoosh. I didn't really study that much so I was pretty excited about it. Tomorrow I have my LEB test and I'm worrying about that. Basically, I only have a few hours to teach myself everything that we've talked about. I'm sort of lost. On Thursday, I have my management test which I'm more involved in the class and we get to use cheat sheets so it shouldn't be too hard. And then, IT'S HAPPY HOUR AND ACL! I'm definitely working for the weekend. Yes
So I haven't talked to my parents in a very long time. I haven't talked to my mom since she left my house that Saturday. I dunno why she's mad or why she doesn't want to talk to me. She's just as stubborn as I am so who knows when we will talk. I feel like this time it's different because there is obviously a reason why she doesn't want to talk. We'll see how long this lasts. God, give me a peace about this situation and give me wisdom and tell me what to do. Honestly, I feel like I shouldn't be the one to call, I'm not the parent. I would be worried about my child. What if I was hurt? or what if I was in the hospital. Because of her stubbornness, she wouldn't even know. I don't know what to do. I feel like its been too long so it would be almost stupid for me to call now. With everything that's going on, I'm sure my mom could careless of what's going on with me here in Austin...uh, depression station
So tonight will be my first practice with our coach, his name is Ed. it could potentially be a disaster. If he's a suck coach, I might not play. I could buy a new iPod with that money.
Class is starting to get interesting...Lates
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
frustration station
i'm pretty sure i've already had an entry with this title but oh well, i'm back at frustration station.
so tonight we had tryouts for club and yet again, i'm one person away from making the first team. the majority of the guys that are going to be on the second team are HORRIBLE. they can't pass, they can't hit, they dang sure can't set. its going to be horrible. so i'm going to be their setter for the second team and its going to be hell. most of the guys don't know how to rotate or even play. i don't know if i want to waste my time or my money on something like that. i just don't know what else i need to do to get better...i feel like i can compete, but they won't give me a chance.
oh well, i prayed for discernment and basically what God wants me to do. stay on the team, or quit. i hate being a quitter, its all about the three flames of tribal competition. i'm gonna give it my all regardless. i'll just have to see what the teams looks like. i mean, i have no idea who is coaching it but i should be captain. i'll be the only returner on the team so its pretty much up to me that decides how good we do.
i might stick it out.
i'm buying ACL tickets tomorrow and couldn't be more excited. i can't wait to see vampire weekend and suzanne shannon and sally anne harrell and andrew haynie is coming in too.
lates
so tonight we had tryouts for club and yet again, i'm one person away from making the first team. the majority of the guys that are going to be on the second team are HORRIBLE. they can't pass, they can't hit, they dang sure can't set. its going to be horrible. so i'm going to be their setter for the second team and its going to be hell. most of the guys don't know how to rotate or even play. i don't know if i want to waste my time or my money on something like that. i just don't know what else i need to do to get better...i feel like i can compete, but they won't give me a chance.
oh well, i prayed for discernment and basically what God wants me to do. stay on the team, or quit. i hate being a quitter, its all about the three flames of tribal competition. i'm gonna give it my all regardless. i'll just have to see what the teams looks like. i mean, i have no idea who is coaching it but i should be captain. i'll be the only returner on the team so its pretty much up to me that decides how good we do.
i might stick it out.
i'm buying ACL tickets tomorrow and couldn't be more excited. i can't wait to see vampire weekend and suzanne shannon and sally anne harrell and andrew haynie is coming in too.
lates
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
official summer recap...
so i know that my huge audience has been waiting for my official summer recap 2008 edition. well, here it is:
this was, without a doubt, probably the best summer that I have ever had. yeah, there were times when i wanted to give up and give in, but God wouldn't let me. there were times when i was frustrated and pissed off because of the way that either i or a friend was treated by the logistics of camp ozark, but God kept me calm. He was the theme of the summer. He showed me that I need him more and more. He taught me to let go of the little things which is one of my main problems. I tend to worry about stupid stuff. At camp, I didn't have the time or energy to do such things which caused me to focus more on the Lord and not on myself. Whenever you're in charge of 10 teenage boys, you hardly ever have time for yourself. it was awesome. these relationships that I made with my kids will last forever. they're great! these are kids that I want to hang out with because they are that cool. i wish i was that cool when I was 14. i keep on getting distracted by jon and kate plus eight so its taking me a very long time to write this entry.
on top of have awesome kids all summer, i had awesome co's. each session, I would always worry about who my co would be. i wanted someone who was legit and who I didn't have to worry about. i loved my co's each session. i hope to be able to visit some of them. i think i'm for sure going to starkville to visit hunter and the rest of the state crew and I want to go to baton rouge to stay with quentin and visit brooke. currently, there is ANOTHER hurricane that is hitting louisiana so I hope that they are okay. quentin is from new orleans and has been through so much with katrina. i wish it would've hit texas just so they could've had a break from this crazyness.
well this has taken me at least an hour to write so I think i'm just gonna call it quits. i'll be posting more later.
p.s. i decided to not to younglife this semester/year. this was on my heart all summer long and I know that this is what needs to happen. because of this, i may rejoin.............(you'll find out at a later date!)
this was, without a doubt, probably the best summer that I have ever had. yeah, there were times when i wanted to give up and give in, but God wouldn't let me. there were times when i was frustrated and pissed off because of the way that either i or a friend was treated by the logistics of camp ozark, but God kept me calm. He was the theme of the summer. He showed me that I need him more and more. He taught me to let go of the little things which is one of my main problems. I tend to worry about stupid stuff. At camp, I didn't have the time or energy to do such things which caused me to focus more on the Lord and not on myself. Whenever you're in charge of 10 teenage boys, you hardly ever have time for yourself. it was awesome. these relationships that I made with my kids will last forever. they're great! these are kids that I want to hang out with because they are that cool. i wish i was that cool when I was 14. i keep on getting distracted by jon and kate plus eight so its taking me a very long time to write this entry.
on top of have awesome kids all summer, i had awesome co's. each session, I would always worry about who my co would be. i wanted someone who was legit and who I didn't have to worry about. i loved my co's each session. i hope to be able to visit some of them. i think i'm for sure going to starkville to visit hunter and the rest of the state crew and I want to go to baton rouge to stay with quentin and visit brooke. currently, there is ANOTHER hurricane that is hitting louisiana so I hope that they are okay. quentin is from new orleans and has been through so much with katrina. i wish it would've hit texas just so they could've had a break from this crazyness.
well this has taken me at least an hour to write so I think i'm just gonna call it quits. i'll be posting more later.
p.s. i decided to not to younglife this semester/year. this was on my heart all summer long and I know that this is what needs to happen. because of this, i may rejoin.............(you'll find out at a later date!)
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