Friday was insane. I finally slept in, it was glorious. then I went down stairs and listen to my dad talk to one of the new guys at his job on the phone. You have to understand about my dad that he's not an incredibly social person. This guy has been calling him alot and is determined to be friends with my dad. My dad had this look of agony on his face during the entire phone call. My dad is in an involuntary bromance.
After my dad's new bff got off the phone we did our typical father daughter bonding activities such as watch cheaters. It's really terrible to sit there an laugh at these people but some of their reactions I cant help but laugh. Then I had to pry myself away from cheaters because I had to drive back to Marietta because I was supposed to learn how to run sound at Swayze's. As I was saying bye to my dad i get in Tupac, put my key in the ignition and then i hear.......nothing. I turn the key again and I hear.........nothing. Well Shit. So I had to leave Tupac in North Georgia and take my dad's 07 Impala Barney the driving purple people eater. I love driving Barney because he's much nicer. The radio works, there are REAL CUPHOLDERS, all the speakers work, The AC works, I HAVE A CD PLAYER!!! But despite all these major upgrades I still miss Tupac. But Barney does have alot of get up and go so I drove like a bat out of hell and got to Marietta with 30 Minutes to spare. baller.
Running sound was crazy easy. It was nerveracking running the sound at first. But It ended up being some of the easiest stuff I've ever done in my life. I got trained by a 17 year old on how to do it in 20 minutes. It was weird talking to this kid about all this stuff! Don't get me wrong, he was SUPER nice and even pulled out a chair for me to sit on (who says chilvary is dead?)but this kid just seemed SO much younger and come to find out he goes to my high school. He also started the year I graduated and I started tell him about the bands I used to come see there (that have all pretty much since broken up)and he was hanging out with his girlfriend and her friends at different points and they all just looked so young! Anyway after a while of him showing me what buttons to push and making myself feel incredibly old he says to me, "So you're good to do the next one by yourself right?" I go into a moment of OH SHIT. I'm just like "Yeah dude I'm good." when all I'm thinking is "Oh shit if I fuck this up I'm gonna have alot of angry metal bands and kids rush me back here, attack me and rip me apart and make some sort of brutal metal moment out of it." No Pressure.
Me running sound by myself went suprisingly well. The first two bands of the night pretty much either A) sucked, B) Were trying to seem like another popular band, C)Were incredibly pretentious, or D) All the above. One band thanked Jesus and introduced all their members while having their guitarist play this ridiculous solo, and then ended their set by saying, "We just want to let you know that everything we do is in honor of our lord Jesus Christ, and any compliments you give us are just big thank yous and we have a merch table over there where you can buy our EP and shirts." Um....really? Did you just play the Jesus card AND ask me to buy your shitty bands shitty CD? They also had the audience do the Jimi Hendrix fire fingers. This kid, definetely not Jimi Hendrix. The band after them was much worse and much harder to run sound for as well. They were trying to seth themselves up like White Chapel. They had 3 guitarists, 2 singers (including this one 15 year old girl who was trying to look all goth/punk/emo/scene who couldnt sing. seriously she sang so softly we had her mic on full blast and you still couldnt hear her.) 1 drummer (only thing that was normal about them) and 2 bass players. Total number of kids in the band: 7. NO BAND NEEDS 7 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOBODY HAS ANY TALENT!!!!!! Honestly it just sounded like a mess. And one of the best parts was they had like everyone in their families there. Watching toddlers run around Swayzes is just weird. Also the girl's grandpa was filming the whole show. I about died laughing. I normally don't do band shout outs because I'm not a music blogger but Valbanera played an acoustic set and it was really good. If you're in Marietta and they're playing, Go.
Finally the night at Swayze's was coming to an end and I was STARVING. Because my car had died that morning I was late leaving north Georgia and when I made it to Marietta I got to choose either getting ready or eating. I couldn't do both and not be late. I was planning on eating THE taco bell I was that hungry. I picked up my best friend and his brother and fly to taco bell. Then we got back had a few drinks and watched Jersey Shore. All in all very good night.
That was my day. Much thanks to Everybody at Swayze's Venue. And final thought: Yes you can go to places like the Masq and phillips and see bigger bands and theres nothing wrong with that but please take some time to go to smaller venues and support local music.
Becky
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
LOL Smiley Face :)
I could not sleep at all last night. So I decided to sleep in for as long as humanly possible. Well I was wrong. The one morning I decide to sleep in everyone and their brother decided to text or call me. I managed hit on a guy via text message in my sleep.I also did the "All I do is win" cheer from camp in my sleep. I was pretty impressed with myself.
So I finally woke up when my best friend came over and basically put his inner ovaries on his sleeve and told me about his date with his new boy. And we sat around talking about the job interview I got him. I'm hoping it works out for him, it's the worlds best babysitting gig essentially. I'd totally take it if I weren't moving to south Georgia. After he left my place to go on his interview I was so freaking bored. So I got in my car and drove to North Georgia.
I love north Georgia. I've lived in that part of the state for the past 2 years and I'm really going to miss the mountains. I decided on a whim to go stay with my dad tonight after he guilted me into spending some time with him. I love my dad, don't get me wrong, he's just a creature of habit. My dad pretty much does the same thing any time he has off time which is watch T.V. and cook. And my dad cooks the same thing every time. I call it the typical meal. Fried Squash, cornbread, green beans, cucumber, tomatoes, and milk. It's a great meal and I'm glad he likes it but I could never do it everyday.So you can draw your own conclusions as to what we ate tonight.
Driving up to north Georgia today was an adventure. I'm really excited because my singing voice is almost back so my car singing wasn't painful to listen today, success.And Tupac's radio worked today. MAJOR WIN!!! (Tupac is my car. He is named Tupac because he is a former undercover police car from a rough part in Atlanta and he's been shot at. I have a bullet ricochet mark on the front of my car and tinted windows. I want rims for Christmas so I can be really frickin classy.) Alot has changed driving towards my dad's from my mom's on 575. I'm more used to driving over a mountain from Young Harris and they have re done alot of the roads so I'm pretty sure I looked like I was on something trying to navigate in Canton. Then as I made it onto 400 I saw Mormons!!!! But not just any Mormons, Mormons on wheels!!!! I'll telly you what I thought about converting today because if you have enough faith that you can ride a bicycle and hand out pamphlets ON 400 BY THE OUTLETS WITH A TON OF TRAFFIC and not get run over, then sign me up. I also took a wrong turn on one of the mountain roads and ended up driving 30 minutes out of my way. fail. Passed a cop with a radar gun and luckily was driving the speed limit. Everyone watch out, COPS ARE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW!!!!
I spent the rest of my night once I finally got here watching a documentary on Woodstock. I was so insanely jealous of pretty much everyone there in the documentary. If there was ever a generation I belonged in, that was it. I also spent the rest of my night texting my friend Smith. He's really crude and an asshole but this is why we get along.
My last thought for the night, I love Jersey Shore. The stuff they do is ridiculous and it makes for one hell of a drinking game. Tonight was the season premiere and Snooki while washing Sammi's clothes by hand said "I feel like the pilgrims in the 20's!!!!" Oh that poor girl, all that spray on tanning fumes are going straight to her head.
I'm done for the day. I've got a long day ahead of me tomorrow, i'll tell you about it later :)
Beck
So I finally woke up when my best friend came over and basically put his inner ovaries on his sleeve and told me about his date with his new boy. And we sat around talking about the job interview I got him. I'm hoping it works out for him, it's the worlds best babysitting gig essentially. I'd totally take it if I weren't moving to south Georgia. After he left my place to go on his interview I was so freaking bored. So I got in my car and drove to North Georgia.
I love north Georgia. I've lived in that part of the state for the past 2 years and I'm really going to miss the mountains. I decided on a whim to go stay with my dad tonight after he guilted me into spending some time with him. I love my dad, don't get me wrong, he's just a creature of habit. My dad pretty much does the same thing any time he has off time which is watch T.V. and cook. And my dad cooks the same thing every time. I call it the typical meal. Fried Squash, cornbread, green beans, cucumber, tomatoes, and milk. It's a great meal and I'm glad he likes it but I could never do it everyday.So you can draw your own conclusions as to what we ate tonight.
Driving up to north Georgia today was an adventure. I'm really excited because my singing voice is almost back so my car singing wasn't painful to listen today, success.And Tupac's radio worked today. MAJOR WIN!!! (Tupac is my car. He is named Tupac because he is a former undercover police car from a rough part in Atlanta and he's been shot at. I have a bullet ricochet mark on the front of my car and tinted windows. I want rims for Christmas so I can be really frickin classy.) Alot has changed driving towards my dad's from my mom's on 575. I'm more used to driving over a mountain from Young Harris and they have re done alot of the roads so I'm pretty sure I looked like I was on something trying to navigate in Canton. Then as I made it onto 400 I saw Mormons!!!! But not just any Mormons, Mormons on wheels!!!! I'll telly you what I thought about converting today because if you have enough faith that you can ride a bicycle and hand out pamphlets ON 400 BY THE OUTLETS WITH A TON OF TRAFFIC and not get run over, then sign me up. I also took a wrong turn on one of the mountain roads and ended up driving 30 minutes out of my way. fail. Passed a cop with a radar gun and luckily was driving the speed limit. Everyone watch out, COPS ARE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW!!!!
I spent the rest of my night once I finally got here watching a documentary on Woodstock. I was so insanely jealous of pretty much everyone there in the documentary. If there was ever a generation I belonged in, that was it. I also spent the rest of my night texting my friend Smith. He's really crude and an asshole but this is why we get along.
My last thought for the night, I love Jersey Shore. The stuff they do is ridiculous and it makes for one hell of a drinking game. Tonight was the season premiere and Snooki while washing Sammi's clothes by hand said "I feel like the pilgrims in the 20's!!!!" Oh that poor girl, all that spray on tanning fumes are going straight to her head.
I'm done for the day. I've got a long day ahead of me tomorrow, i'll tell you about it later :)
Beck
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
You Have To Know Where You Came From To Know Where You're Going........
I just got back into the suburbs after a long and eventful Summer at the Summer camp I worked at. It's really weird being back in the real world if you will and talking above a 5th grade reading level. However that being said, I'm bored out of my mind. I am now used to being on 14 hour work days with every breath I take scheduled and being in uniform. It doesnt sound hard, but it is. Fun but hard. Being able to sleep in, pick out my own clothes, and not have anywhere I have to be during the day is tripping me out.
Now that I'm back in the Real World I spend alot of time at my best friend's apartment. And that's where I woke up this morning to hear the phrase "AWKWARD STARFISH!!!" * What the awkward Starfish is is where you Lay on top of your sleeping friend with your arms and legs spread open which makes you the same shape as a starfish, pinning your friend under your body weight causing them to involuntairly wake up.* And he jumped on me trying to wake me up except the joke was on him because I was asleep on an air mattress and as he jumped on me he bounced onto the floor. After that we sat in the dark in our hungover state bitching about being hungover and missed the mexican buffet. So Instead we went to a local deli with amazing sweet tea. Caffeine is my hangover remedy. So I'm drinking the tea like theres no tomorrow.
The night before we had "The Alcohol Olympics" after we sat around reading a police report involving some of my and my best friends former co worker's. We re enacted the D.U.I. Field sobriety tests in the kitchen about once every hour. I learned that night as I was attempting to do the field sobriety tests 100% sober that I suck at them and if I'm ever asked to step out of the car...well I'm just shit out of luck.
As I'm trying to cure my hangover I see behind the countera friend who got mad at me for a stupid bullshit reason that was out of my control but I apologized for anyway so I'm figuring if he saw me he probably spit in my food. I tryed to attract attention to myself to get him to look at me and hopefully talk to me but was unsuccessful so I automatically assumed that he spit in my food and wrote a note saying that i missed him on the back of my receipt and put it under his windshield wipers. We'll see how that goes. no calls yet.
I went from there to B.J.'s. The best part about me going to B.J.'s is that I don't have a membership card so I cant buy a damn thing but I always use their bathrooms and eat their samples.I think it's ridiculous to pay someone to get permission from them to buy other stuff. The main (and basically only)reason i go is to see a friend of mine from high school. I love this guy to death. He's been working there for like 3 years and he added a title to his name tag to feel more important. He one of the wolds nicest people but also one of the most unreliable. So I saw him there, we made plans, and he inevitably bailed on me as usual. It sucks. But one of the best things I saw today had to do with him. After I walked inside to pretend like I was going to buy something with the membership card I don't have I was walking back to my car and saw a shopping cart shoot past me and was watching him riding on it. I am the only reason this boy passed chemistry.
After leaving B.J.'s and figuring my chemistry partner would eventually bail on me I went to blockbuster. i also don't have a blockbuster card but you can buy movies there! So I drove way out of the way to this blockbuster because a. I felt like driving and B. I knew I had a friend that was working there.Me and this friend recently officially became friends again. I never really understood his grocery list of reasons to not like me except that he hated my boyfriend at the time. Anyway I wasnt really sure what kind of reception I was going to get bottomline. I pick out a movie and go to pay for it. He starts to mess with me as in telling me how deep my voice has gotten from camp, then tells me i wouldnt be intimidating and that he probably wouldnt listen to me if he was a camper and so on and so forth. as he is giving me my movie he puts out his hand and not really knowing what to do I put out mine and we do this really awkward high five/ handshake. it was weird. i look at him like he's on crack and he looks at his station, then back at me rushes ove and says "sorry i'm really busy,It was great seeing you, drive safe!!" IT WAS AWKWARD!!!! I wanted to say "Okay, Thanks mom?" lol A-W-K-W-A-R-D.
And that was my day.
Now that I'm back in the Real World I spend alot of time at my best friend's apartment. And that's where I woke up this morning to hear the phrase "AWKWARD STARFISH!!!" * What the awkward Starfish is is where you Lay on top of your sleeping friend with your arms and legs spread open which makes you the same shape as a starfish, pinning your friend under your body weight causing them to involuntairly wake up.* And he jumped on me trying to wake me up except the joke was on him because I was asleep on an air mattress and as he jumped on me he bounced onto the floor. After that we sat in the dark in our hungover state bitching about being hungover and missed the mexican buffet. So Instead we went to a local deli with amazing sweet tea. Caffeine is my hangover remedy. So I'm drinking the tea like theres no tomorrow.
The night before we had "The Alcohol Olympics" after we sat around reading a police report involving some of my and my best friends former co worker's. We re enacted the D.U.I. Field sobriety tests in the kitchen about once every hour. I learned that night as I was attempting to do the field sobriety tests 100% sober that I suck at them and if I'm ever asked to step out of the car...well I'm just shit out of luck.
As I'm trying to cure my hangover I see behind the countera friend who got mad at me for a stupid bullshit reason that was out of my control but I apologized for anyway so I'm figuring if he saw me he probably spit in my food. I tryed to attract attention to myself to get him to look at me and hopefully talk to me but was unsuccessful so I automatically assumed that he spit in my food and wrote a note saying that i missed him on the back of my receipt and put it under his windshield wipers. We'll see how that goes. no calls yet.
I went from there to B.J.'s. The best part about me going to B.J.'s is that I don't have a membership card so I cant buy a damn thing but I always use their bathrooms and eat their samples.I think it's ridiculous to pay someone to get permission from them to buy other stuff. The main (and basically only)reason i go is to see a friend of mine from high school. I love this guy to death. He's been working there for like 3 years and he added a title to his name tag to feel more important. He one of the wolds nicest people but also one of the most unreliable. So I saw him there, we made plans, and he inevitably bailed on me as usual. It sucks. But one of the best things I saw today had to do with him. After I walked inside to pretend like I was going to buy something with the membership card I don't have I was walking back to my car and saw a shopping cart shoot past me and was watching him riding on it. I am the only reason this boy passed chemistry.
After leaving B.J.'s and figuring my chemistry partner would eventually bail on me I went to blockbuster. i also don't have a blockbuster card but you can buy movies there! So I drove way out of the way to this blockbuster because a. I felt like driving and B. I knew I had a friend that was working there.Me and this friend recently officially became friends again. I never really understood his grocery list of reasons to not like me except that he hated my boyfriend at the time. Anyway I wasnt really sure what kind of reception I was going to get bottomline. I pick out a movie and go to pay for it. He starts to mess with me as in telling me how deep my voice has gotten from camp, then tells me i wouldnt be intimidating and that he probably wouldnt listen to me if he was a camper and so on and so forth. as he is giving me my movie he puts out his hand and not really knowing what to do I put out mine and we do this really awkward high five/ handshake. it was weird. i look at him like he's on crack and he looks at his station, then back at me rushes ove and says "sorry i'm really busy,It was great seeing you, drive safe!!" IT WAS AWKWARD!!!! I wanted to say "Okay, Thanks mom?" lol A-W-K-W-A-R-D.
And that was my day.
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