number five with a bullet.

• kevin's funeral last friday was surreal. basically everyone i have been friends with in the past five years was there. i saw people i had not seen in years. the church was packed. if i have half as many people at my funeral, i will be grateful. he was obviously loved and adored by many. it was strange seeing all of the splintered groups of friends in different parts of the church. "one hell of a reunion" one person called it, and it was in however unfortunate conditions. everyone was civil, regardless of past conflicts, and kevin would have been proud to see what his life amounted to. i choked up mainly when i saw the family at the front of the church watching everyone with teary eyes approach for communion. arg... it was a bizarre day. it still has not hit me.
• last weekend i spent almost every day with justin. so wonderful. we basically just lounged and watched movies. went to his comedy sportz thing on friday (it was a good crowd this time). went and saw the wrestler. i highly recommend it. went to chang mai thai for some fine cuisine. a very satisfying weekend. i am an extremely lucky girl.
• heather's birthday was on the 14th. i have yet to receive her presents in the mail. UPS can suck it. but happy birthday to my favorite woman!!!
• went to the spirit of 76's cd release party show. fantastic! they are my favorite local band. doug tears up the stage like nobody's business! flawless. they even had a choir dressed in gowns come on stage. wondrous. farewell continental opened for them, which was a nice thing having all of my favorite people in the room. they were the best i have seen them yet. kari killed it (in the best way) with vocals. energy was good. crowd was good. yummy! i am starting to love love love their music. they have found a nice niche. so i hung with my girls, my boys, my boy, and others that night. ended up going to the uptown diner at 2:00 AM with justin, tommy, and their bassist for late night food and jokes. i was so tired though, and the food did not sit well. ick.
• tuesday(?) i went to justin's little sister's family birthday party. i loveeee his family. they are such a hilarious, interesting, and intelligent group of people. we went to luce in st. paul. jackie turned the big 18! hoorah!
  
• went and saw vicky cristina barcelona with miss dagger yesterday. i had been DYING to see it for months. i love woody allen films, and cherise had said good things about it when she saw it in europe. it was worth seeing. i may buy it in a few days. but overall it was sort of meh. penelope cruz, however, is UNREAL. she was worth every ticket dollar! holy crap. see it so you can see her!
• tonight i will be hanging with justin, i do believe. i may be addicted. yup.

i will be more diligent on blogging soon. i have just been very busy and happy.

living in a musical.

when venturing in uptown, i sometimes honestly feel as if everyone there could break into a song and dance down the streets. saturday night, after my lovely uncle's surprise 50th birthday party (i love my family!) heather and i went to the uptown bar to catch the spirt of '76. that band is hands down one of the best minneapolis bands around. i have gone to many shows in the past and forgot how much i love them. doug, the lead singer, wails. frickin wails. not only is the music flawless, but doug acts like he is on acid (although he is not). he is a jim morrison replica. he rolls around on the ground. lies on equipment. jumps into the crowd. is anything but boring. every lead singer needs to take a few notes from him on how it is done. before they went on, lydia joined us. and we all marveled at the strange collection of people roaming the streets. heather and i also had an interesting run-in before the show. and i saw a robot ballerina walking her dog (i swear it). it was also awesome because right when we got our drinks and went to the patio, the spirit guys told us to pull up seats and we all chatted for a long while. on the walk home heather and i were bombarded with yelling and cheering from many people who apparently were partying on top of a billboard (what!?). yeah. oh, uptown. how you astound me at times.

i cannot wait, however, for the fineline show on the 5th with this world fair, barcelona, the spirit of '76 and the wannabe hasbeens. holy amazing! that show will be stellar. my parents, their friends, my sister, kelsey, us girls, and everyone i know is going to be there. it cannot be missed. if you love good music you will be there. if you love nickleback and hinder, however, you should probably save yourself the trouble and stay home with your beers and nascar. haha.

earlier this week i hung with the girls, dan, steven, gremlin, cherise, etc... at the fineline for a quick set from the wannabe hasbeens, as they were finishing up their battle of the bands thang. it was good to see everyone, and beforehand i stopped into the 50 records office next door with dan to show him how sweet the place is. i said hi to all my lovely co-workers. i miss them already. after the show, dagger and slayer went with mike minehart up to st. cloud to catch the readygoes set, while i went to hang with jp for a few hours and watch a movie and eat some pizza. eventually i went home and crashed because we had had a swimming fieldtrip at work that day, and those really drain me.

what else... i think that's about it for now. more later. <3