Louisville, KY was just mentioned on MSNBC about how important we are to the Democratic primary election!!!! They compared us to Western Virgina and said that Obama could "over perform" here (meaning that he could do well)!! This makes me happy for 2 reasons: 1) Obama could win Kentucky, and 2) Kentucky is actually important in the primary election...and our primary isn't until May 20th!!!!
Onto other stuff:
I've decided (with groovcat's instance) that I'm going to jump in a bit late for the 365 photo a day challenge. Granted, I started on day 48, but still.
Day 48:
Day 49: I'm sitting at my computer.
Day 50: I'm really driving in this photo. Took this on my way to school this morning. I put the camera on my dash board. Took me forever to do this 'cause, well...I was driving and well, I have priorities such as not dying in a car crash.
I've decided that I'm not going to follow any prompts. I'm just going to do a "day in the life" type thing.
So, John and I did not want to go home after going to Denny's, so we went to Meijer and we found a few interesting things:
. For jgkimmy 'cause I know how much she loves converse. It's a planter btw.
Next to the converse planter I found the fattest squirrel ever! Some of you might not know how much I love squirrels...but I do. I almost bought it until I discovered it was $18.00!!
We found a camouflage (sp?) crock pot to which John remarked "Mom! I can't find the crock pot again!!"
This sign was down the "ethnic" food isle at the store. You know, the isle that has Mexican and Chinese foods. Well, apparently "Southern" is now an ethnic group.
And this is how we found this poor giraffe. Poor little guy.
In other news: I had lunch with James yesterday. It went well actually. Slightly awkward, and we haven't talked since then yet. But Kris agreed that if it had been Jason that broke up with James instead of James breaking up with Jason then I shouldn't give him another chance. But since it ended the way it is, then giving him another chance is okay. Not that if Kris had disagreed with me then I wouldn't try to pursue this friendship. It's just nice knowing he's behind me on this.
Also, I got a new printer today. It is wonderful!! I've never seen pictures printed so crisply! It's a HP Photosmart C6280 All-in-One. I <3 it much.
Major storms tonight. Mostly wind. But damn, it's a lot of wind.
Shelbyville Rd is trashed. John's not sure if he'll have to go to work tomorrow. And here's why:
This is a BILLBOARD sign!!! It fell down! Almost into the road, but just missed it. Amazingly no one was hurt.
These 3 photos were all taken right next door to where John works. He's going to call first to see if they'll be open or not.
And this photo was taken down on Dixie Highway. My school is on Dixie Highway, but that road is SO LONG this could be no where near the school, I have no idea:
This is some scary shit. I've lived in Louisville nearly my entire life, and I've NEVER seen damage like this here. It's still very windy, but there are no big trees near my house...so I think I'll be ok.
I tried to drive John home, but it was nearly imposable...we did manage to get back to his apartment, but then I drove him back to my house 'cause the storm was still scaring him. You can't really blame him: he's from Florida, so high winds are frightening.
The drive to and from John's apartment was not fun. I could barely keep my car on the road. I've never driven through anything like that.
I think I'll be going to bed soon. Too much excitement for one night.
Oh, and btw, all these photo were taken from the Courier Journal's website. Just sayin' ;)
So, first of all, if you don't know who The Cliks are...watch this:
Okay. Done? Good. On with the post.
Yesterday John and I drove to Cincinnati (a 2 hour drive) to see them in concert. Keep in mind that they were the opening act for The Cult which is a band I think I've heard of at some point, but have no desire to ever see in concert.
So, we drove for 2 hours to Cincinnati. On the way we passed through Florence, KY where John took this picture: If you can't tell from the picture, the water tower says, "Florence Y'all" which makes John laugh every time he sees it.
Anyway, after a bit more driving we turned the corner and saw: Very awesome sky line.
Okay, well...we went to the Kingston Mall for a bit. The John went to Half Price Books while I took a nap in the car. Then...it was on to go see THE CLIKS!!!
What we didn't know was that there was a college football game going on like 3 blocks from where the concert was. So it was very difficult to find a parking place. But we managed, and still got to Bogarts (the place it was held) early.
While we waited in line we ran into a girl named Angie who traveled from Indy to see the show. She was really awesome and fun, and drives a Mini Cooper. She won tickets to the show from The Cliks Myspace.
So, they opened the doors and let everyone in. Well, let everyone in after we were frisked. I'm not kidding. What I thought was strange was that we had to get in lines by boy or girl. So that the girl frisker would frisk the girls and the boy frisker would frisk the boys. Strange because we're going to a CLIKS concert of which the lead singer is transgender. Ah well.
We had to split from our new friend Angie 'cause she had to go pick up her tickets at the Will Call. We didn't see her after that, so we hope she got in.
Well, John and I walked around the small room for a bit. It was set up in 3 small levels. 1st level was by the bar. 2nd level was where they were selling stuff and right behind the audio guys. 3rd level was where the stage was and where you could see the bands real up close.
During the opening-opening act (some crap-ass band called Action Action) John and I stayed on the 1st level. I bought a t-shirt too. Once Action Action (or should I say "Craption-Craption") finished we went down to the 3rd level. I was eye to eye with Lucas (the lead singer). I swear to you he was looking right at me as he was singing. Or maybe that's the fan girl in me talking. :P
During the first song Morgan's drums apparently got messed up 'cause the roadies had to come out and fix them. But she kept playing, and nothing bad happened.
I'm terrible at describing concerts because I get so into them that I don't remember much when I left. All I remember was that it was like Lucas was singing just to me (fan girl) 'cause I seemed to be the only one who knew who they were and knew all the songs.
They did play one new song that I hadn't heard called "SUV" which was very awesome, and I hope it is released some time soon.
During one of the last songs Lucas mentioned that they'd be signing stuff at the table after the show. So, once the show was over John and I headed to the 2nd level and waited for them to get there. Nina was there first, and then Morgan. And then Lucas and Jen showed up. I was first in line to have them sign something...but I just froze. I couldn't move (fan girl). Finally, the 2 people behind John and I asked if we were in line...so John pushed me up to the table.
I managed to confiscate a crappy piece of brown paper into the show, so I got it out and, with a shaking hand, handed it to Lucas and said, "Can you sign this for me??" The four of them signed it, all while I started rambling about how awesome the show was and how we drove 2 hours from Louisville, KY to see them. I don't even know why I mentioned that...but that was all that came out of my mouth (fan girl).
When I told Lucas I drove 2 hours to see the show he smiled at me. (fan girl big time).
Anyway, here's a scan of the crappy brown paper they signed: That completely made my night.
We didn't stay for The Cult. So, John and I walked back to the car and drove 2 hours home. We got home around 10:30pm. Not bad really.
So, today I woke up and had to scrap the experience:
So, that was really the night. I'm still tired...but it was SO worth it!!!
The official, super duper, mega, ultra, crazy, over-the-top, pic-heavy birthday post!!!!!
Can you handle it?
Okay, it all started Thursday after school. Keep in mind I had a rotten day at school. I was at my wits end. But it was all going to be okay, because I was to have my therapy appointment after school.
Wrong. I got a call from the office and they said she was having a "medical procedure" done and had to reschedule.
Well, okay. So that was taken care of so after class I went to get John from U of L (where his therapy appointment is as well) and then take him home with me. He got to spend both Thursday and Friday night with me.
Thursday basically sucked however. The toilet clogged to the point that the bathtub got backed up. The whole basement smelled like shit...literally. My dad was getting angry 'cause he didn't know how to use the "snake" to fix it (that's apparently my mom's job. Who knew?) and my mom's flight from Chicago kept getting delayed until it was finally canceled. (Before it was canceled however, the latest time for it's arrival was going to be at 1:45. My dad was actually glad it got canceled so that he wouldn't have to pick her up so late.)
But, Thursday was not a total loss. That night I stayed up very late. So late in fact that I was able to watch The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson. I had never seen this show before, but The Cliks (see photo below of there awesomeness) were performing so I had to stay up to watch.I have to say that I enjoyed the show. Craig Ferguson is freaking hilarious, and reminded me a lot of Eddie Izzard. Sadly, they were on the very last bit of the show so I had to stay up for the entire show. But this also meant that they performed live on my birthday just for me :D
John and I then went to bed at nearly 2:00am. Actually, I think I just became unconscious and John got back onto the computer. Anyway, I woke up promptly at 9:00ish and let John sleep until exactly 10:00ish. Then it was off for my Birthday Adventure.
First stop was Thortons because I needed something to eat. John ran in to get me some donuts, and this is what he came back with:
As you can see these are quite literally my birthday donuts.
After that we went to the bank because John got paid and he, well, needed to go to the bank. But, this was all good for me as well since he gave me my "tangible" birthday present (he'd already gotten me a subscription to Scrapbooks Etc. but the first issue hasn't come yet...I think I'll get that in October) which was $30.00 to do with as I saw fit.
But before I could spend the money that was now burning a hole in my wallet, we had to...and I mean HAD to go get John's hair cut.
Before:
Get it? See why it needed cutting? Okay. So, here are the afters:
and: Okay. So now that that was (finally) taken care of, it was off to Archivers where I could spend my $30.00 on scrapbook stuff! Woo Hoo!
So, when we got there, I realized that the parking lot at the mall, where Archivers is located, has the best photo-op location. So, I took more pictures of John with his new hair cut, and then he took some pictures of me:John on the rocks with no ice.
Then there are the pictures of me:Tracy on the rocks...I however, do have ice.
Okay. So, with the photo op out of the way it was into Archivers for me. I spent $20.00 of the $30.00 John gave me. I bought a bunch of rub-ons (including some new Daisy D's) and some Love Elise! stuff that I'd been wanting.
After Archivers we went to lunch at Steak and Shake (which John paid for). If I remember, that was pretty uneventful. So, after that it was to Target 'cause John needed hair stuff for his newly cut hair.
As we walked into Target this woman was walking out with her youngish son (maybe 8 years old or so). Apparently the kid wanted some toy and from what I could gather the mother had said that he had to wait until his birthday. So, the child decided to scream loudly in the parking lot, "It's my birthday RIGHT NOW!!!!" which then became my mantra for the day (as well as the title of this blog post.)
After Target we headed to Dee's Crafts, a local Scrapbook store (that also sells yarn and fake flowers in case you were wondering/cared). On the way there my iPod played Stings, "Walking on the Moon". I guess John had never heard this song before and found the lyrics amusing (as he does with most Sting songs...and rightfully so I should say). So, then, without warning he changed the lyrics to:
"Casseroles are what you bake, walking on the moon."
Which might very well be the funniest thing said the whole day. Which is why it got it's own line and was centered and bolded.
Okay, so at Dee's I managed to spend the remaining $10.00 of my birthday gift. I got 2 7gypsies self inking stamps. Very cool.
From there we went home. John took a nap and I organized all my new toys. Also, at this point, Kris called. I however, missed the call. But I listened to his message and he said, "See, I didn't forget your birthday...like I normally do." That made me smile. I called him back and we talked a bit.
Next on the birthday itinerary was dinner with my parents. We went to Rafferty's, which I chose, and was very good. Only bad thing was I left my doggy bag at the restaurant. :(
But my dad has one of those dashboards that displays the date, so I had my mom take this picture for me: After that we went back home and just sort of chilled until 8:30 when John and I left for the Cheese Cake Factory for...what else? Cheese Cake!!
Everyone showed up, which was good. And Nic was there. Nic works with John at Target and also works as the valet at CCF.
Okay, here is where I admit that I am a terrible scrapbooker because I forgot to take ANY pictures of me with my friends while at CCF. I know, I know. Shame on me right? I didn't even take a picture of our waiter who looked just like George Michale. And I'm not talking "Wham!" George Michale. I mean NOW George Michale. Very awesome indeed. I even gave him a bit more tip because he, well, looked like George Michale.
I did, however, realize I didn't take any pictures of anyone once we left CCF and I was walking with Laura to her car so she could give me a bunch of stuff I had left at her house weeks earlier. Here are the pictures that John took of us:"Is there something in my teeth?"
And, well...that was really about it for the night.
Except for one thing:
When John and I went home, he kept trying to distract me by having me check my email. Finally I did, even though I was very tired and just wanted to go to bed. Then, suddenly, Little Thing (seen below) came up to me (with John's help, of course) and started coughing and gagging. I looked at him and said, "What's wrong?" and then he opened his mouth. Around his tongue was my engagement ring. I slid it off his tongue and then John took it from me. He got on his knee and proposed again: a year to the day he first asked me to marry him.
He said, "You better say 'yes' or this will be very awkward." Of course I said yes and was very happy with the second proposal.
Finally I went to bed. John didn't go to bed until 4:00am, but he laid in bed with me until midnight so that I officially spent the whole day with him.
All in all it was an excellent birthday.
One finale note (and picture): When I picked John up from work Sunday morning he had another surprise for me: A tiny cake. We ate it in fourths over 2 days. It was a very tasty tiny cake.
And thus concludes the blog update that took me over 1 hour to type because AOL is a bitch and hates to upload photos.
Well, I'm 24 and I'm in school to learn to be a Medical Coder. I currently live at home with my parents, but hopefully will be moving out soon and into an apartment with my boyfriend, John.
groovcat's instance) that I'm going to jump in a bit late for the 365 photo a day challenge. Granted, I started on day 48, but still.
