This is actually a post for Saturday, January 15th.
it's just really freaking late. i got home a little while ago, but i can't sleep. the result is this post. here goes..

Happy Birthday Vinnie!!

today was a blast! slept in, did stuff around the house, lost vinnie's card (that was the bad part), went shopping, saw agnc, saw sharon!! (yay!), went to andrew's, gave vinnie his gift, hit andrew with the car, laughed a helluvalot, and came home. oh, what a day.

shopping was interesting. it was my first time walking around woodfield mall by myself.. let me tell you.. i didn't like it. i could just feel the eyes of every unattached guy i passed looking at me. i've never noticed so many guys wandering the mall before. it was crazy-style. they were everywhere! every time i saw a guy lookin' at me, i felt all gross. i was at the mall to pick stuff up, not to become someone's eye candy. ewwwww.
at least i found what i wanted.
cool beans.
oh! and Express is having a huge sale. maybe i'll go back tomorrow...
maybe i'll find someone to come with me tho. just to be safe.

driving to buffalo grove was an adventure. i got to speed down the highway. good times. i quite enjoyed it. we had trouble finding the church, but we got there. i did some good manuvering, if i do say so myself.
the concert was awesome! i really like A Girl Named Craig. they're really good. ska music rocks. live ska music is even better. vinnie did an awesome job filling in. it sounded great. not that anything vinnie plays doesn't sound great...
there was an added bonus to the night tho. i got to see sharon! it's been so long since i've seen her. i think we gave eachother like 5 hugs. we introduced eachother to our respected friends from chs and shs, which was nice. i love meeting new people. i stood up front with the conant folks during the concert. they were closer to the action and i just didn't want to leave. it was a good time. i had oh so much fun. we've got to do something like that again soon.

after the concert, we waited around for vinnie and then headed off to andrew's for his SECOND par-tay! last night jess and i threw together a surprise party for vinnie after the game. it was quite successful given the time frame. vinnie was surprised, and we were happy that he was happy. it was a good time. we watched the v-show dvd (even though i cringed at hearing my duet), vinnie's car got vandalized, and we saw the marvelous tp-ing job dk and ryan did to his house. i especially like what they did to his car. but i digress...

back to tonight. i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. things started to get a bit violent at andrew's house. pat, ashley, me, andrew, anthony, jim, troy, and this kid mono were the only ones left at this point. ashley and i planned to gang up on graffeo, so i started to get up from my position on the moveable couch. then mono threw a pillow at my head. i wasn't expecting it to affect my balance, but it suuuure did. i stumbled around a bit, fell back, and then slipped between the two pieces of couch and landed ass-first on the floor. i curled up into a ball, started laughing hysterically, and listened to everyone else crack up at the sight of me on the floor. i was certainly the laughing stock of the room for a while, but i enjoyed my little 15 minutes of fame nevertheless. that was quite a memorable moment.

i'm really glad vinnie had a good time tonight. i hope it was a good way for him to spend his birthday. the band played happy birthday for him, which i thought was really cool.

yes, it's true, i did hit andrew with the car tonight. let me explain..
he came outside when the lot of us left to get a cd out of my car. as pat drove away, he pretended to be a deer and stared at the car, then pretended to be a dog and chased after it. he stopped right in the middle of the street, so, as a joke, i stepped on the gas and went straight at him. don't worry, i stopped in time. he started walking toward me, so i touched the gas a little, and he leaped onto the hood of my car. there's a nice print in the dust of the car from where his body was. thanks for cleaning it up, andrew!

this was a very successful night. i'm in an awesome mood now. seeing all those people.. it just made my day. AND i found the one-shoed waldo among the plethora of waldos on the last page of one of the books. it made me verrry happy. pat said he could die happy since he finally found it. i think i could too.

on another quick digression before ending this really long post...
i'm very excited about the musical, jazz band, jazz choir, adv girl's chorus, my vocal trio, and my quartets. i'd elaborate, but i've already written a whole lot tonight. it'd be best if i left it for another day. but all sorts of awesome, musically involved stuff is coming up. i can't wait!
then there's college auditions. eek.
jazz fests, ihsa events, ihsa ensembles..
okay, so maybe some of it is a bit stressful. but i'm still looking forward to it!

damn. my butt really hurts from that fall i took. ouch!!!
andrew, could you please duct tape your couches together? why must they come apart and cause me pain?

this is getting weird. i think i need sleep.
good night, friends.
vinnie, i WILL find that darn card so help me god. arrrrg.


music of the day: a girl named craig
especially the theme.
which is currently stuck in my head.