i know you just wanna be on fire//

so another old friend and bassist, tony salisbury, died this past week from a battle with cancer. unreal. too young. too sad. what is going on...

not much to report, though. it was a long week. went snow tubing at buck hill with all the kidlets i work with. i don't know how those kids keep going down the hills. i went down twice and thought i was going to die each time. isn't it crazy how afraid you become of certain things once you become older. i wish i was still young and fearless.

dance has been going well. we are currently learning a modern dance, which i love. i think it is the type that i am best at. our tap dance, however, is putting a number on me. i want to resign from tap forever. my feet just do not move that fast.

hung out with justin a lot this week, per usual. a lot of green mill order out and movies/tv series. perfect. but now he is on a mini tour with his side project thang, and then he is off to write with mcs for two weeks. boo urns. but we have both decided that being apart will give us time to be productive and get skinnier, because all of that delicious food we eat is probably not the healthiest. haha.

this week i HAVE been really productive too. went shopping. cleaned like a maniac. did a lot at work. made a dentist check-up. i am enjoying this new found motivation!

tonight heather and i are going to the varsity to see our friends augustana. after jen texted me asking if i was going tonight, since she is the one who introduced us to them a few years ago, jared (bassist) from the band texted me offering list spots if we would hang. the show is with the plain white t's (which aren't my favorite live band) and someone else. i am pumped to see the guys! how incredibly sweet and generous of jared to think of me. some people in the business surprise me, especially when my good friends who i see all the time never give list spots. haha.

saturday we may go to cherise's birthday at the triple rock social club, but i am unsure if i am going.

sunday, if cherise is in town, us girls may have a girl day! i need one of those, stat!!!

i also am going to go to some art stores this weekend and research for a novel i am starting. i need to kick my butt in gear and just start writing. justin encourages, so does heather, and i just need to do it, or it will never get done.

'tis all for now, my loves!

children, broad ripple is burning.

i have not neglected you, blog!

oh dear. i lie. i have indeed been neglecting you! but it is not on purpose, no. i have been splendidly busy with friends, christmas extravaganza, work, and other delightful adventures. forgive me.

but do let me regale you with the lovely things i received this christmas:

dvds:
all about eve
the philadelphia story
casablanca
pushing daisies: season one (from miss heather dagger)
my so-called life: complete series
sense and sensibility (how i love my jane austen films)

clothes:
1 favorite style of jeans by silver
a vest/shirt combo (a wonderful throwback to the 90's)
rhinestone studded audrey hepburn shirt
green button down jacket
black peacoat
black leather slouch boots (fabulous!)
long sleeved billabong vintage shirt
striped fashion scarf
green music and star long sleeved shirt
green giraffe shirt (from sister and reminds me of my love for heather)

other:
the new margot and the nuclear so & so's cd (from heather!)
various other margot and say hi and mix cds (from heather)
gift card for victoria's secret (hoorah!!!)
angel perfume (one cannot run out of their signature scent. it would be tragic!)
stocking stuff (mini toiletries etc.)
a black and silver bracelet
an angel ornament (tradition)
under garments & striped socks
the chicago manual of style (an editor's must have!)
a black filing cabinet (complete with folders)

there you have it. i think that concludes it!

to my family and heather i got these amazing blankets from richelle's family's embroidery store. i got their favorite pictures of me and them and put them on the blankets, blown up style. they turned out wonderfully! they went over really well, i think. i am awful at gifts, but these seemed perfect and sentimental. good combo! for justin i got a few random things and a subscription to "writer's digest" (as his editor) and the series of my so-called life. i think he will enjoy it.

christmas went far better than i thought it would. maybe a positive mindset is all it takes. hm. makes sense. anyway. i plan to update more later.

upcoming events:
dec. 29th - kitty kat club (free acoustic performances from oh crap mo is here, shoreline, and more)
jan. 4th - triple rock (farewell continental and red fox grey fox)

and i wish you were with me.

yesterday i worked on a paper from 11a to 11p. no lie. this is my life.

i definitely feel like a robot without any social life, but i cannot wait for school to be done so that i can hang out with everyone again. i want shows, bonfires, and adventures asap! i promise i will be back in action after the 17th.

tomorrow i get to see margot & the nuclear so and so's with dagger and slayer. cannot wait! after that it is another week of hell. four more papers to write and two tests. yikes.

upcoming excitements:

1. the camera cant lie / sing it loud show on the 24th.
2. motion city show on may 27th
3. the last this world fair show on june 7th
4. my grad open house on june 21st (mark your calenders for chaos!)

i also realized today (after going to church with the fam) that pentecost mass music is my favorite. i allows me to tolerate sitting and kneeling and standing so much.

also, the english department picnic on friday was fucking blastastic. i was looking forward to it all week. a few of us cool kids pre-partied with 40s and strongbows before hand, and then we showed up to party and eat with all of the rad profs. i seriously love all of my english professors so so very much. i can talk to all of them like i would talk to a friend. we all laughed, gossiped and hung out for much of the night. i also made many of them promise that they would not fail me so that i can graduate. i worry about these things! ha.

i apologize for the lack of showing my face around town lately. i mean well, but have no time or energy to do anything at this time. FAR too much to do.