Group Chat

Last day of February! I actually don't know why that is exciting other than that means it's only almost Spring Break which would be more exciting if I didn't have to go home. Although the upside is I get to see BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN over break!!! I cannot wait for that!
Lately, my wrist is absolutely killing, so I bought a wrist splint. I wear it at night and during the day when I'm on the computer, but I think I need to get some sort of tape to use while playing violin because that's when it hurts the most. I think I'll look for some KT tape when I go run some errands today.
I have an orchestra concert this week. I'm pretty nervous for it although I say that before every concert it seems like. I just hope I can play without wanting to cry that seems to be common occurrence for me. Musician pain is kind of the worse thing in the world due to the uncomfortable positions we put ourselves in for extended periods of time. It sucks.
My friends Natasha, Dennis, Becky and I all have a group chat on Facebook that we use to talk to each other pretty much all day. It's a lot of fun actually. We also have another that has Natasha's boyfriend as well because he really wanted to be part of a group chat.
My latest music obsession is Lucy Dacus. Her debut album, No Burden is a masterpiece. I absolutely love it! Her voice is incredible, her lyrics cause you to do some soul searching, and her songs all together are beautiful. Plus she's just kind of an adorable human. I watched a live performance of her it was pretty funny. She's probably my new favorite person. I think if we knew each other we'd be best friends. 

Lost in the Woods

I had a pretty great weekend. Friday night I saw Palehound live. It was really awesome. There were two local bands before Palehound. I liked the band, Great Grandpa, but not the other band. It was a small venue, but it was a great night of music. Palehound was obviously my favorite band of the night, but it was really cool to hear a local band that I had never head of before. I always love discovering new music that I like. Natasha had a good time, but I'm not sure Dennis did, only because it wasn't really his kind of music. Saturday, we had EMP in our dorm. It was pretty cool, I guess. I don't really get why everyone gets so hyped about it. Today, I had a very interesting day indeed. Natasha and I had to be tied together for eight hours straight for an assignment in one of her classes. She has to write an essay about the nonverbal communication that took place between us that was a sign of tension. We didn't really get that annoyed with each other though, so I don't know what she's going to write about.
Since we're supposed to do something out in public while being tied together we decided to go to Discovery Park. We had to take the bus though because we don't have a car. Dennis decided to come with us too. We get on the first bus to transfer to the next bus. The problem we had was we didn't cross the street before getting on our next bus, so we ended up going in the wrong direction. We went pretty far before I realized it, so we get off at some random stop to go the other direction. We get off at this pretty sketchy stop that had a lot of homeless and crazy people. There was a guy with blood on his shirt, and another guy had no shirt on under his coat. This other guy was just babbling crazy stuff about who knows what. The three of us were pretty scared. Towards the end a security guard showed up, so I was less nervous then. Also the guy with the bloody shirt had left by that time. Finally, our bus arrives, and it's another 20 minutes to the park. We get to the park and walk all the way to the water, but it's dark by the time we start walking back. So we're just walking through this random park in the dark for a couple of miles before we finally find the bus stop to get back. All in all, I'm pretty glad to be alive after our weird adventure today. 

A Thai Valentine's Day

Yesterday was probably one of the worst days I've had at work. I was still pretty mad about it when I got off work until I started watching New Moon and making fun of it with a couple of my friends. One of the girl's who works at Sandella's and lives on my floor was asking people to cover her shift on Saturday, and since nobody answered her besides me, I ended up working her shift for her as well as mine. I didn't mind working her shift, it was simple, easy, like Sandella's normally is, but later that day during my shift, the other person who's supposed to show up, never did. I called my manager after an hour of him not showing up, my manager didn't answer, and called me back that night. Normally, I wouldn't have minded so much because Saturdays are usually completely dead, but not last night. People kept coming one after another until about 7:40, and we close at 8:00, so I didn't get to start closing up until 7:45ish. When there are two people, we usually start doing stuff for closing around 7:00 because there is so little to do. I ended up skipping a few things for closing, so I could get out of there by 8:30. My guess is the guy who's supposed to work that shift probably called in sick, and no one told me because communication there sucks so much for weekend people. I can't wait until I can quit at the end of the quarter. 

On a brighter note, I went out for Thai food today with my friends for Valentine's Day. It was Natasha, Dennis, Brandon, and me all together again. I'm pretty sure most people probably think we're on a double date when the four of us are together, but then again probably not. We don't act like couples at all, so that helps. Anyways, Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Independent Music

This week has gone by super fast. Honestly, I think my life is going by super fast. It's weird really, I remember being about six or seven years old and thinking I couldn't wait to get older. I still sometimes think that. I think about how awesome it would be to be middle aged. Your kids are pretty grown up by that time, so you basically can do whatever you want. I mean at least if you're my dad you can do whatever you want. He owns his company so he doesn't have a boss. I'm out of the house. He literally doesn't have to answer to anyone, and something about that seems so freeing. Now I think where my deep rooted independence comes from. 

I got my first experience with getting the chance to learn some stuff about how the music tech department works here. It was pretty cool. I actually got to do a couple of things, nothing super exciting but still it was fun. I got to change the slides so the audience could sing along. I also got to set up and take the cameras. Oh and this pretty attractive guy had to explain things to me that was pretty cool because I'm so socially awkward I rarely talk to new people unless I'm forced to. Another cute guy was wearing an Avett Brothers t-shirt yesterday which completely made my day. 

Today, I woke up to The Lumineers' countdown being over, so I got to hear their new song again this morning. I figured out last night that Apple Music already had their single available, so I got to listen to it last night. WOOHOO!!! I was actually really happy with Ophelia. It's a really good song, and I can't wait until April 8th!!! 

Nerds Don't Need Sleep

It's only Wednesday, and I keep thinking it's the end of the week. I'm so tired I could fall asleep right now, and it's not even 6:30... I keep waking up in the middle of the night thinking it's time for me to get up for class because I'm afraid I'm going to sleep through my class. I used to do that all the time in high school. I would set two alarms, but I don't want to wake up my roommate. I think I need to chill out a little, but I can't help it. I know nothing extremely awful would if I missed class once, but I'm still too terrified to risk it. That's how much of a nerd I am sometimes.
Also lately, I feel sick to my stomach all the time. I honestly think it's the food here because I never feel this sick at home. Our cafeteria is making me want to die. I can't sleep or eat like a normal person right or even socialize. The only thing I can do is my homework, and only after much procrastination. I should be writing a reflection right now, but I'm avoiding by blogging instead. At least my dad is coming this weekend so at least I have something to look forward to. 

No Bowling

Last night, I had a very fun and interesting adventure with my friends. My one friend Natasha and I almost always go out and do something on Friday. So yesterday her idea was to go bowling because her boyfriend in Georgia was going bowling. We invited Brandon to go with us too because we tried to get him to go somewhere with us last time, but we ended up leaving him behind semi by accident. We also decided to invite his roommate, Dennis, who is also our new friend since we play video games in his room all the time. Normally, when we invite Dennis to go somewhere with us he says no, so it was a pretty big deal when he agreed to go with us.
Anyways, we all get on the bus to go bowling, and we had some difficulty figuring it out but not much. We get to the bowling alley after about an hour or so of being on the bus. The guy comes out of the door to ask if we have our ID's. Natasha didn't check to see if the bowling alley was 21 and over before we left. So we walk away and go into Chipotle because Natasha loves it there, and everyone was hungry. We end sitting at Chipotle for an hour and a half before deciding to go to the movies two blocks away. We go to see The Revenant in this really cool theater. The Revenant was two and a half hours long, so we didn't get out of the theater until about 9:30, but we ended up getting back to campus at 10:30. Dennis made fun of The Revenant while we were waiting at the bus stop it was pretty funny even though I did like the movie.
On the bus, Natasha asks this guy to take our picture with her polaroid, and Dennis' face gets covered by the pole, so you can only see part of his face. All in all it was pretty good night. We had a lot of fun even though all our plans fell through, but I suppose that's what made it more fun.

MLK Weekend

Saturday morning, I was woken up by a lockdown instead of an alarm or just on my own. My roommate wasn't here, so I was in my room by myself. I had to, of course, put my blinds down, one set I had to hold in place while letting the blinds down otherwise they fell down. Although no one from the ground can even see into my room. The whole thing kind of freaked me out because I'm not used to having real lockdowns. We just had drills at my high school, nothing ever happened there really. Also I had no idea what the lockdown was for, so that kind of makes it worse. The texts they sent just said that the police were on campus and that was it. I found out later that an armed person was running from the cops through our campus. They arrested him after the lockdown was over.
After lunch that day, my friend and I went downtown so I could a second piercing on my ears. The lady who pierced my ears was sneaky she asked me if I wanted a countdown and I told her no. So right before she was about to pierce my ear she said, "You said no countdown, right," and just as I was about to say right she pierced it.
I decided this weekend that I'm probably going to get a tattoo. I had wanted this one specific tattoo when I was in high school, but my friends hadn't liked it so I had decided against. I told my friends about the tattoo I wanted, and they liked it, so I think I'm going to get it, depending on how much it costs. I would get the F-holes on the violin tattooed on my back to make it look like a human violin. I think it would be cool, and I love the violin, so it works for me. If I don't become a musician, I'll at least always play the violin, so it won't be like I'm getting a tattoo of something that doesn't mean anything to me.