i decided i need to start using this more often. i haven't looked at my old posts in a while, but i'm sure i've said that before.
i'm waiting for the new mitchell davis video to load.
so, in the meantime, blog it up.
wait, i need music.
sweet, death cab. narrow stairs. that album really grew on me. i like all of it now. a lot.
anyways,
this weekend was sooooo crazy.
friday -
haha. well, first, i overslept. til about 1:30 in the afternoon. i call up toms and let them know that i can't get the style your soul party booked, and that i'm going to wait til next semester. one of the chicks got kinda rude with me, and i was not happy. then i didn't realize how much homework i had, and i knew saturday and sunday i'd be busy all day. so, that sucked. so i was feeling very stressed. jon wanted me at jr high at 4:30 instead of the usual 6. brad wanted me to find out about hanging, and i didn't think my mom would go for it because of my homework situation. but i hateee letting people down about hanging out, especially cause i've been wanting to hang out with brad forever lately. so i was really going to try. then stefan wanted me to spend the night, and i already knew that wasn't going to happen. and i stepped on a thumbtack right as i was getting phone calls on my house and cell phone.
this all happened in about 20 minutes. so you can imagine it was crazy.
i seriously don't even remember what homework i got done. but i went to the jr high service, and that was dope since i hadn't done a friday in forever. i really missed it. i had fun.
i ended up hanging out with brad. him and randall and their girlfriends, kristin and kristi, and kristin's sister kaitlyn, and i all went to see changeling. oh man, AMAZING movie. seriously, go see it. i want to see it again sooo bad. it's so good.
but brad didn't get off til 10, so we had to see the 10:30 showing. and he was closing, sooo, we left like five after 10:30, and it was a fun drive, i'll tell you.
didn't get home til 1:30am, and i really love being out late like that. it's good.
saturday -
woke up at, maybe 7:something? i can't remember. but i was going with the jr. high to knott's bury your dead farm. anddd, that was the craziest and most stressful day i've had in a longgg time.
the whole group was taking a bus. i heard someone say something like 41 or 51 kids all together. i'm not sure. but there was really not enough counselors for it. if you took a headcount for counselors, you'd think there was enough, but i don't think so.
so we're on the bus taking the 91, and i saw smoke ahead. and everyone else was going crazy, and we passed by and it there was a gnarly fire RIGHT against the freeway. it was in chino (right where that big bicentennial sign is, for anyone who knows where i'm talking about.) i was thinking, "oh, a fire. well, fire department's here and they're doing a good job. so no big deal."
i had NO idea about the other fires or anything at the time.
we got to knott's, and it was sooo smokey and ashy and just not fun the whole day. throughout the day i learned about all the fires everywhere and such. i also learned that jessica's house was in danger, and kaytie rose was evacuating. and some of my other friends from school were evacuating or did. so i was really worried about everyone.
then, our wonderful bus driver peaced out after he dropped everyone off. we weren't supposed to leave until 5pm, but jon was feeling like leaving early cause the smoke was so ridiculous. so was i, and everyone else.
but we couldn't, because no bus driver.
we ended up having to leave at like 7:30 because of all the traffic and closed freeways that the fires caused. and it was going to be a three or four hour drive back to riverside. i was supposed to go with my mom to get me a thick jacket for the trip. and that was not happening.
during all of this, hunter (my good friend and co-counselor for the day) and i had to direct and keep in order 8 of the most ADD and just crazy jr highers i've ever dealt with. as well as make sure they informed their parents about the rescheduling of everything. i was getting really sick because of the smoke too. my head was throbbing and so was my chest. and i was worried sick about all of my friends. i was just waiting for jessica to call me and say she was leaving, and waiting to hear from kaytie about what was going on with her as well.
we took a crazy route back home, and actually got really close to the fires, and it was very scary, i'll tell you. it was like 8:30 and the sky was glowing red everywhere you turned. i was freaking out.
well, we made it back in two and half hours. so that was good.
firewise, jessica didn't have to evacuate yet, and kaytie ended up not having to either. things were actually looking really good for kaytie. and she wasn't worried, so i wasn't either. jessica on the other hand, was not looking so hot (no pun intended.) so i was worried about her situation alllll night long, as was she. i finally got to sleep at around 2 or 3, i can't remember.
sunday -
did church and stuff. stefan, taci, kayla, and i were seeing underoath and the devil wears prada that night. so after church we grabbed chipotle, went to stefans and ate. then went to san diego. during all this, jessica let me know her house was clear of any problems, as did kaytie. so this was very relieving for me.
the show was goooooood.
The Famine played, i was impressed. the had the sickest 808's out of anyone else that played. then The Devil Wears Prada played. and they were good too. the crowd sucked though. everyone was moving way more than anything i had ever been in. they were worse than the crowds for Saosin and Underoath. but oh well. and it wouldn't have been a big deal, except that i brought my girlfriend. now, that's not bad. but the entire time i was really worried about her getting hurt, and her being about to breathe and stuff. so i basically was trying to create this bubble around her the whole time, and it was really tiring.
Saosin played next, and i don't really like them. so that wasn't too great.
But then Underoath came on, and oh wow. it was sooo amazing. they opened with this dope sample, with their little projector screen video. it was awesome. aaron walked out by himselfand started playing the drum part to Breathing In A New Mentality. then everyone else came and they started playing. but hearing everyone in that room scream "I'm the desperate, and You're the Savior" was so awesome. they played It's Dangerous Business too, and hearing everyone sing "Drowning in my sleep," was just was awesome. They played my favorite one, Desolate Earth, the End is Here, as sort of an interlude. it was amazing live. they finished up with Desperate Times, Desperate Measures. then for the encore they played Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear, and that was the best live song i have ever hear. because everyone got soooo into it. and they ACTUALLY finished up with Writing on the Walls. so awesome. i would see them again in a heartbeat.
but stefan and i both agreed, The Chariot alone is better live than TDWP and Underoath together. anyday. i'm so ready to see them for the fifth time. you have no idea.
finally, the trip:
monday and tuesday -
monday was a day full of travel. from LAX to Denver (two hours), Denver International for two more hours, Denver to Boston (three and a half hours), rent a car, drive from Boston to Providence for an hour, and finally got here at midnight local time.
film cameras are no fun in airports, because x-rays expose film, so, that was a pain in the butt to avoid. and on the planes i listened to Underoath and Death Cab, got some really cool ideas for a video to the Death Cab song The Ice Is Getting Thinner, i read my jonathan edwards book, and slept. not a big deal. my entire family and i are getting pretty good and the whole traveling thing.
today we hit up plymouth and the mall. i got a beanie. it was a fine day. luke spilled his entire Johnny Rocket's shake, and zach and i had a lot of fun with joking about that.
that was pretty much it.
i'll actually start doing this blog again though. i really mean it this time. especially during the trip, it'll be everyday.
but i think i'm going to re do everything now, and i also think i'm going to start using proper capitalization. i do love how simple it looks without it, but i do it too naturally now.
much love.
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