hum....

i understand that i have nothing really to say in my blogs and i honestly don't know that they will get any better, but thanks for reading it anyway....as i ramble about nothing again : )

today was hot, i got a lot pinker than i intended, but its all good...

if anyone wants to come see what camp is all about, friday night is your chance...you can come and watch me dance (and the kids too : ) and just see what its like at camp....i won't feel bad if no one wants to come though : )

even though we have way more kids than the last few weeks i think this week is going really well....for some reason, i've had a shay (spelled several different ways) in all of my groups and they tend to be a little on the trouble making side....although, i do have two shays in my group this week and only one of them is a pain....the crazy thing is that she is actually doing better than last week....hum...i think i'm finally getting the hang of all of this, it figures its the last week : ) but i do truly hope that i get the opportunity to work with this camp, through the year and next summer....i think there are a lot of needs out there, that we don't even know about yet that we can help with, and if not help at least take them away for a while....i've also met some neat new people...if i have bike problems i have someone to call, i have a hip-hop dance class i can start going too (and so can anyone else : ) ...over all its just been a great experience and i honestly don't think i could have spent part of my summer any better....

Charlie and the chocolate factory comes out july 15....the day before harry potter...i may just have to go see the movie and then make a midnight trip to go get a new book....i bet that is what i will do : )

pampering

tonight after band practice...(which wasn't so good because i totally forgot the pre-amp...blah)...i pampered myself....it involved ice cream, bubble bath and my book and now i feel relaxed and ready to go to bed to start another day at camp....there are tons of kids this week and today felt a little out of control, but i think tomorrow will be better now that we know kind of whats going on : )

next week is also going to be pampering week....sweet t and i are going to get our nails done, who know maybe even our toe nails : ) i'm going to try to even out this lovely tan that i now have....and i think i'm going to hire a maid, just kidding, although i would really like to at this point....there will be many hours spent at the red cup....and who knows, i may finally make it to the art museum this summer....

the caverns

the caverns offical website is up....you can even listen to some of our songs : ) it seems to be having some difficulties but i'm sure they will be fixed eventually : )

the caverns

WELL.....

the spurs won....i know this is old news but yea!!!! my family lives in san antonio so we are spurs supporters : )

this is the last week of camp....i think its going to be kind of sad on friday night, but we have to get there first : ) i have a feeling its going to be a really good week though, my co-counselor is a really cool girl and we have a lot in common so that will be great : )

i can see....i went and got new contacts on saturday and i love them....i love that feeling when you can see all the leaves on the trees and the details in flowers and in the detail in peoples faces....

i got a new bike today, and a bike rack for the back of my car....i went and rode 4 miles today, that was fun and its a pink bike, i like it a lot....

i don't have the picture with wayne yet, but the minute i get it, be sure that i will post it here : )

wedding

i played a wedding tonight that was the most awesome thing that i think has ever happened to me...there were so many musician there that i love that i was star struck half the night...the highlight of the night is that i got a picture with wayne from the flaming lips....me and wayne...i think i'm going to get it enlarged in hang it in my music room....also, as you know, tyson mead from the chainsaw kittens was there, along with trent bell, who also recorded the lancaster cd....the starlight mint where there and steve burns....trust me this is all way cool....man, i still can't believe that i have a picture with wayne.... : ) man....

Asinine things

piggy back rides.....very stupid idea....i think who ever came up with the idea to carry a small child (or not so small, in my case today) on their backs should be shot : )

i'm playing a wedding on saturday and a bunch of cool music was arranged for quartet...there is a few cure songs, a beatles song, a bjork song and even a smashing pumpkins song....i found out today that the person doing the service on saturday is the old lead singer from the chainsaw kittens, tyson mead....who, some of my friends believe, single handedly destroyed the spy....this is going to be an interesting wedding...

i think this is funny : )

"Fake love is a very powerful thing. .... Coldplay, a British pop group whose success derives from their ability to write melodramatic alt-rock songs about fake love. It doesn't matter that Coldplay is absolutely the shittiest fucking band i've ever heard in my entire fucking life, or that they should like a mediocre photocopy of Travis (who sound like a mediocre photocopy of Radiohead), or that their greatest fucking artistic achievement is a video where their blandly attractive frontman walks on a beach on a cloudy fucking afternoon. None of that matters. What matters is that Coldplay manufactures fake love as frenetically as the Ford fucking Motor Company manufactures Mustangs, and that's all women hear. "For you I bleed myself dry." sang their blockhead vocalist, brilliantly informing us that the stars in the sky are, in fact, yellow. How am i supposed to compete with that shit?...." Chuck Klosterman, sex, drugs and cocoa puffs

I think this is funny and the whole book has this kind of feel....but is still like Coldplay, fake love or not....and i will say one thing, i recently bought Coldplays new album and its sounds exactly like the other two albums....it will eventually grow on me more but i was hoping for something new and innovative coming from them....

the white stripes new album on the other hand is great....a hell of a lot of fun....my favorite song on that album has to do with a doorbell though : ) what do you do...

good day

i woke up this morning to a phone call from the dentist saying that my wax up for my teeth are in...so i'm going to the dentist here soon to see what my smile will look like in a couple of weeks : ) this is exciting...then i went to barnes and noble and bought "sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" (which is really funny so far and i will write a whole blog on probably later today) and went to the red cup and read for a few hours....a very relaxing nice day

i'm addicted....to making "friendship bracelets"....it all started last week at camp and i just can't stop....i went out and bought a whole lot of dmc thread and i keep making more bracelets...be warned everyone has the possibility of receiving a bracelet from me : ) i just can't stop....i wonder if there is an support group for this....

scoring queen

okay not really but i did make two really good goals tonight, i was highly proud of myself....it was my goal that amanda and i would score and sure enough we did....

this morning during reflection and prayer time the coolest thing happened to me....i was sitting under a tree on a big plastic box and it started raining, the tree was covering me and i was barely getting wet, then off to the right through the rain the sun is coming up over the trees...it was amazing and it made me think about life (this part is going to get cheesy). the rain outside the tree was bad things that happen and the tree was God or friends or family or whatever helps you through the bad things, the bad could have been beating me down and getting me completely wet but i was under protection, and then there was the sun, coming up over the trees and you know that it may be bad for now but theres the sun and its always going to come up and everything will be better....(cheese, i told you : ) i feel like i am at a good place right now emotionally...i feel like i have protection and i don't have a job right now and i'm on the look out for a guy to love and to love me and all of that is okay, because i know that God, my friends and my family are there, and the sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun....tomorrow, tomorrow...okay i'm stopping : )

today i did ride bare back on a horse, that was fun and we get to perform our hip hop dance tomorrow and its really cool...and i hope i can remember all the moves....and the dance teacher at camp is teaching a hip-hop class on saturdays that i'm going to start going to...man i'm going to be able to bust a move really soon : ) I LOVE TO DANCE....

camping

my bro

watch out for that...

stump...and tree branches....i totally bit it at bikes today. we were riding on the trails and i just hit a tree branch or a stump or something and fell right off the bike....it was fun. so that was this morning and i went around all day with dirt on my leg...i had several comments...."why do you always have dirt on you leg?" because yesterday we were doing ropes course stuff and i slithered under the web, which means dirt on my legs....but all in all fun. i actually enjoy being dirty and sweaty. it makes me fell like i accomplished something. today was a good day though, much much better than yesterday....

well

That was probably the best show we ever had.... : )

rough day

well, today was more interesting then all of last week combined....not bad in the least but just interesting....i believe addi and i have our work cut out for us in trying to unify our girls and make them see that there is good out there...it will be good....

tonight is the show....i'm worried about how many people are going to actually come....i guess we will see, i just need to get my energy up...right now i have the worst allergies i think i have ever had....tomorrow i'm taking something for sure....bad thing is, even the non-drowsy knocks me out...what do you do, at this point i think i would rather be able to see and not sneeze all day....

i hope to see some of you at the show...the rest i will talk at later : )

well...

i believe this is the longest i've gone without blogging....everything has been a little on the crazy side but i think things are going to start calming down....

went camping with my brother, sister and dad yesterday and got back today just in time to go to camp and paint the football field and then go to band practice....

band practice went really well, tomorrows show is going to be really good i think....i think the group is starting to gel and we are starting to get our music to where we are comfortable with it...i think i'm going to work on some memorization stuff....i think i play better when i'm not looking at the music ....

camping was okay....it really wasn't camping...it was sleeping in a cabin and doing a little fishing...oh yeah, we did a lot of driving too...we had fun singing old songs and my brother was our tour guide...i believe my brother could possibly be the funniest person i know....

we kicked some mc hammer ass the other night...unfortunately i let the real mc hammer get away though...but we will track him, he's got some info we need : )

show tomorrow at the opolis in norman....we start playing at 9:00....i have no idea about cost though...and i'm sure if i told you something i'd be totally wrong...that seems to be how things are turning out lately...

oh yes, good news....i'm going to see sufjan stevens with some friends at the end of july in denver....very exciting for 2 reasons...1st i've never been to denver...2nd, well its pretty obvious, i love sufjan stevens, its going to be a great trip....

toll house has made a great creation...its a mint brownie ice cream sandwhich...mint ice cream in between chocolate brownies....very very nice...

btw

i posted some pictures on the caverns blog : )

one week

well one week of camp is over and i can honestly say that this is one of the best things i've ever done with my summers....i would truly love to do this for as many summers as i possible can...i do need to find a teaching job for next year though : ) i will say i am very exhausted....next week should be tons of fun, i'm really looking forward to it, especially after seeing everything that went on this week....

really besides camp, not much else is going on...hopefully i get to go see sufjan stevens in denver at the end of july....that would be amazing....and i guess i'm going on a family camping trip part of this weekend, i don't know if i'm excited about this yet or not...i'm just worried about what i'm going to do with my dog really...anyway...thats as good as it gets right now...i'm sure that i have several camp stories that need to be told but i can't think of them so i'm going to have to wait and write them out when i can think ; )



has anyone seen this movie...it is hilarious : )

me so...

tired...very, very tired...we worked with boys and clay today....man, 14 boys in one room with a bunch of clays is a mess...a very big mess which later, i got to help clean up...tomorrow we are painting, but we are back to the girls, so it should be a little less caotic...but today was still fun...i did make a simple little vase..my project are gradually getting bigger...by the end of june, i'm be making pitchers : ) okay probably not but wouldn't that be cool....

we won our soccer game last night....go us... we played really well as a team and we kicked some perfect choas ass....

June 7th, 2005

man what a long day that actually went pretty fast....i know doesn't make much sense but do i ever : ) first day of camp was today and i ended up being the helper to the clay class...which is really fun and i get to make cool things...the only thing i made today was a rose and if it doesn't explode in the kiln then it will turn out cool...tomorrow i have a whole project in mind... : ) we'll just have to see if i can create it...now i just feel tired, but i think most of that is because i didn't get to sleep until 2 this morning...tonight, after soccer i should crash

bright eyes was kick ass last night...he played for over an hour...we were at the front of most of the show, but there were so many teenie boppers there and they were pushing and touching me and at some point i was just like, this isn't worth it so we moved to the back...its not the same but we only stood back there for about 5 songs...he played mainly off of the digital ash, digital urn cd, but he threw in some new ones and he did play one off of lifted....actually probably one of my favorite ones off of that album...the first band were rappers, very interesting, especially considering the crowd we were in...then the faint played....they were really good, i enjoyed them a lot....the cursive cellist played with both the faint and bright eyes...i would still like to know how one becames a rock cellist...hum...

even more birght eyes...photo taken by ryan

more bright eyes

more bright eyes

bright eyes

tonight...

in about two hours actually...i leave for tulsa....what is in tulsa one might ask...well, let me tell you...bright eyes is in tulsa and he is going to kick some major ass....in reading cody's blog he put the bright eyes show number 1....even after seeing the wilco show....so i'm exciting and getting more and more excited as i write....i went and got my brothers camera so hopefully i can take some pictures, after tomorrow i promise not to post bright eyes pictures for a while : )

i did the tae bo work out today and it kicks my ass...but it is a good feeling when you finish...

i don't understand something...why is it more expensive to eat healthy then to just eat....no wonder america has so many health problems...we can't afford to eat right....

i'll let you all know what a great concert bright eyes was....camp starts tomorrow....yea!!!!

everyones superheros are looking great : )

more flowers

flowers

this is me as a superhero

Create your own superhero

day of the new

so the last few days i've been doing tons of things that i don't normally do and its really been great...i guess friday the only thing i did was meet a lot of new people...which was great fun, all of these people i'll be spending the part of the next month with...some of them i'll be spending all of the next month with...then on saturday we all got back together and this is where i did some things i've never done before...such as, a zipline...man that was fun, but only after you started down the line...getting up to the platform and standing there while we said our 5 things, was un-nerving...i just wanted to get to teamwork : ) then i climbed a 35 foot poll, stood straight up and jumped...damn was that scary...of course i was in a harness and there were people at the bottom holding onto my rope...but ask yourself, would you have jumped....its called the faith poll for a reason : ) and i got a little red...but its not to bad this morning...and that is nothing new : ) i truly looking forward to getting the camp started...i'm very glad i get to be apart of this : )

then last night was superhero night and the story i had made up didn't work at all...so i'm in the process of making up a new one : ) i shall give you my stats...

Name: Atalanta
Alias: Audi Jefferson
Origin: Mutant
Occupation: Atomic physics
Based in: Dork City, PA
Powers: Hyperspeed, Exorcism, and Armored Skin
Talents: Medicine, Hypnosis, Thrown Weapons

so when i come up with my superhero history...i'll let everyone know : )

for Kat

this is the more cowbell skit for kat to see...click on this link
then click on the link on the other page thats say more cowbell...its really funny..enjoy
: )

for all of you that don't know...more cowbell is the theme for camp this summer...very cool amanda and andy : )

animal day

i went to the zoo today with my dad...it was pretty fun...i like the zoo. we even got to see the bears...although there are only two bears in the whole zoo...blah...thats okay though. i also gave the dog a bath...it was about damn time : ) she was kind of smelly : ) she is still kind of smelly but she is a dog...

i've got my superhero all worked out....its really good in my mind...i've got an entire story for her too...i'll share it with everyone after saturday night...

i think its time to work out...then get ready for camp excitement : )

Woxy...

i've been listening to woxy all day...i've heard tons of great music...they have what they call a "lounge" time with different bands. the band will play and then they'll talk..etc...today, lucero was the band...i have recently purchased a lucero cd and its really good...they have just come out with a new one...some facts that i found interesting though were, neither of their guitar players had ever played guitar before they started lucero...also they were telling about who all they have opened up for and how much they loved them, etc...well they mentioned murder by death...which was really surreal to me because we have opened up for murder by death...it was really cool...

also i was looking at the acl line up again and realized that the lancaster sound once opened up for the zykos, who is playing this year at acl...so weird...and now the caverns get to open up for the castanets...man...if all else fails i can say, i opened up for them once... : )

i heard brendan benson today on woxy and i think i really like him....click on his picture to go to his website...you can even hear his entire new cd : )

the room

i've taken my lyrics that i have posted earlier, put them to a song that i had already written and now i have a complete song...i have officially written a complete song...this is a first for me but i promise it won't be the last....and right now i think i like it...but i need someone to hear it before i decide for sure : )

NERD...

if you guys haven't noticed...i am a big nerd : ) and one of the most exciting things that has happened to me in the last few weeks is that i get to play a super hero role play game....i know, i know....NERD (theresa think marshall : )....anyway, i'm very excited.

the next exciting thing that i found out is that i have a chance to play in dallas with kc clifford in august...now that would be fun...

i got two job applications in today, i'm going to take a few more and turn them in tomorrow and i probably should find a couple more school district to apply...i'm thinking i'm going to go ahead and put some in out of state for the hell of it...hey, whats it going to hurt...if i get the job out of state i can always turn them down if i want to....we'll see..

Resume

well, i've got my new resume together but....my printer is out of commission, so i get to go to kinko's and work on it there...fun stuff i tell you : )

my former students are great....i've already received several e-mails from them and am now getting calls from them...all wanting to go to lunch or dinner or whatever meal just to talk....so i guess i have a lunch plans tomorrow with a few kids...

yesterday at soccer practice, i got two goals and two assist...but i also got hit really hard right in the face with the ball and today i have a head ache...blah....tonight at the soccer game i'm going to kick ass...i'm just in that kind of mood : )

thank God camp starts next week...i'm going stir crazy...