Small Moments

Oh, so much happening right now.

-gonna start training for sales on Tuesday
-finished our first song with the whole band last night
-had an amazing moving night at Royale Boston with Above and Beyond
-got a rainy day off, so gonna get to laundry and clean my room and such
-found an anime/rave friend
-going back home to visit in 2 mos
-no injuries this week, yay!
-things are all finally coming together. trying my best to live in the moment.

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I'm gonna expand on why the concert was so memorable real quick.
A. Here's some footage.

B. The song that got me into these guys was "On a Good Day". It has helped me through some tough times. I was in the front because we got there early, and I had been waiting about 3 years to see them. The night was already awesome with some good tracks, and I almost teared up when they brought up the Boston terrorist thing. After that I put up a heart shape at Tony, he gave one back, blew me a kiss, and I did the same. Then again when they played "Love is not enough" because it's such a strong and emotional song. I figured they weren't gonna play the song I really wanted because it was a bit of an older song, but when the crowd asked for one more song, and they started playing a slower version, I was beginning to tear up, but when they put on the screen "this song is about..." that's all I got to, because in my mind I was thinking "I know what this song is about." and just started crying. I had to compose myself shortly afterwards for a bit though, because they started going around shaking peoples hands and autographing stuff. I got to look Paavo in the eyes, shake his hand and thank him. He looked back into my eyes, and I knew he understood. It was a good, long, moment. Then Tony came the other way, and I also got to thank him, but not as long. After that I went back to wiping my eyes and singing along when they got back up. I'm glad someone else recorded this, because there was no way I could.

 

btw, the prompt said (from pausing the video) "this song is about how we overcome even the most difficult times"

In summary, it was a night to remember. If this was a year or two ago I don't think I would've been so affected, because I am finally starting to experience more emotionally now, and things are starting to come together.

One last note:

          

Crazy girl. Crazy week.

I don't think I can even start to cover all that has happened this week. I honesty don't remember what exactly happened Monday or Tuesday at all. ha ha ha. I know that Monday I decided I should start my day with doing situps and crunches, but after that I couldn't stand still, so I did some karate blocks in my room, then went shoeless and braless outside and jogged, did knee-highs, jumping jacks, jump rope, butt-kicks, grapevine, karate stuff, and then attempted 30 cartwheels, and landed on 4 of them. Woo. It felt great, and liberating, and I really should start my day off with crunches again tomorrow.

So then, Wednesday. Worked a morning shift at BBW, then bought some awesome stuff at hot topic, then got my face made up at Sephora, and then I went to my guitarist's place for practice at 5. When I got there, there was our usual friend, and then a kinda drunk guy. One of the drunks that is negative, and thinks either everything he says is offensive, or anything we say is possibly offensive. Noooot great. I was trying to have real practice, but gave up on it after about an hour though. We still had a good time, and did work on a few bits of some songs. Later on, we decided to go on a mild hike not too far from his house. Long story short, after we got up there, it took us two hours to get him down, and it was starting to get cold. Not pleasant at all. I even dragged his dead weight 5 ft by myself trying to convince him to move. And once he got halfway and fell again, I was gonna drag him down all the way until our friend stopped me. Then this asshole decides to suckerpunch guitarist, which is then countered by a very square punch to the face and his ass is on the ground. Aaaaanyway, after breaking up the fight and taking his limping ass down the mountain, finally the biggest part of the ordeal is over. Usual friend apologized for bringing him, she didn't know he was gonna be like this. I treat his giant gush in his forehead with neosporin and get toilet paper so it'll stop bleeding. Wheee.

Thursday. Go to work, not too many leads. Meh. Then go to guitarist's place for practice. Which my company happens to be doing a demonstration in. So, by the end, I go and join to watch. Afterwards, informing the sales guy I want to do his job, we go out for a drink, I get a bit of insight, and then go back to my guitarist's place, and we chill.

Friday: work, and then I'm so tired from that, I end up just reading (abt music industry and such), and just chill. With insomnia may I add.

Saturday: work, no leads, eugh. But then I was gonna go somewhere originally that I don't remember, so I decided to stop at a coffee shop in Chicopee. I got a text from my guitarist that he was gonna meet with the drummer, and I wanted to join along, so after deliciously authentic made coffee, I went to the drummer's house. Me, the drummer, guitarist, and rhythm guitarist that was also there, jam for about an hour. Since it was so awesome, the band deal is sealed. And my voice was getting worn out from the smoke in the room and the alcohol I was drinking, so I decided to stop there for the night. But then they jammed for another 4 hours. Twas awesome.

Sunday: sleep in, immediately go on hike, hike in rain for 3 hours, get lotsa pictures, hang up house laundry, recovery time.

Monday: don't really feel like going to work at all, but come in of course, and through my first hour I decide I really should just go straight to sales. Work, and then once boss comes back into office, I ask him about it, we discuss it, and he tells me to tell my GM about it, and that he said it was ok. Also that we need a female sales rep. YAY! so, this is going to be a big change.


Aaaaand that was my week. Craziness.

It goes both ways

One hell of a night leads to one hell of a day. Remember that, kids.

Friday:
-work in West Hartford. very frustratingly unproductive day. meh.
-feeling like exploring later in evening after rain.
-hear commotion coming from town or Smith campus, decide to investigate and go on a hike on mill river trail, so invite roommates
-we talk on porch about the state of the world for 30 min or so, then head out
-walk on the moonless path with doggy in tow, talk with some people around a fire, roomie tries out the river, cold.
-decide to head into town after all, and once there, pool.
-roomie with dog decides to head home, other two and I go to the watering hole, where it's super crowded, so.. no pool
-and I run into a mutual/fb/but I kinda know in real life friend there and say "hi" for a bit before we all head out
-other roomies decide to head home, and right before leaving downtown I decide to stay by myself
-go to Sam's to hear people on open mic, enjoy a spinach feta pizza and a smuttynose porter (soo delicious)
-as I'm walking downtown while trying to pick a bar to go to, some guys say I should pass them up so I don't feel like a creeper, and then one of them asks me, "hey, I'm gonna think of a number, 1-10, guess what it is!" two seconds later as I walk in front, I guess "7". then I hear "FUCK. dammit that was it, you're good." I said "the next number you were gonna guess is prolly 4". He's like, "3. close."
-decide to check if Iron Horse has enough of a show left to see, but the guy said there was less than half, but I couldn't get a half price ticket, so I step out
-I look around downtown, see what's going on. go into hinge, meh, step out.
-check out Bishop's to see what's up. I see a poster for Chocolate Orange that's for May 10th. I'm like, "hey, what's Chocolate Orange?" One says, "it's a funk group of 7 members, they're semi famous around there. really fun." I was like, "thought it might be a fondue party or something." One says, "yeah, you gotta bring your own skewer though" and I was like, "well, I brought chopsticks. those'll work". So we go on about chocolate and fruits for a bit. and then I asked, "so how much is left of the act?" they said "they just started up again, so prolly half." and I say, "how much is it to get in?" they say, "$5". I was like," well if there's half a show left can I pay $2.50?" one says, "if you do the robot, I'll let you get in for free" the other guy agrees. I do the robot, and get in. :)
-after acquiring a rum and coke, I head out to the dance floor, and then I think I see Chris that I used to hike with at UMOC when I still went there from a few years back, because I knew he was back in town. So I glance (more like stare to figure out if it's really him) a few more times, and then I go over and am like, "Chris?" and then kinda go away figuring nah, it's not possible, and then he goes, "LIZ??"
-then follows big embrace, lots of drink cheers, intro to Dan, and the rest of the night is amazing high energy drunken dancing
-Dan lives on the other side of Noho, so we separate at downtown
-then I go to the river trail again and attempt to go down the trail without a light. which worked for half the way, and I knew there would be rocks and tree roots soon, so turn on cell phone flashlight. quiet, lone walk home

this all ends at about 3 am. I set my alarm for 7:30 am since I'm not sure exactly when we're starting work, but figure some time between 9-10a

Saturday:
-wake up, text to find out what time. 9:30 in Springfield.
-snooze button, sleep, snooze button, shower, toast, change of clothes for BBW shift later.
-get started in Chicopee, cloudy, muggy, I only get like 1 lead.
-we have to get out of neighborhood by about 11:30 cuz we're pretty much done with the drop, and Chris (canvas manager) saw some folks (with a stick up their ass) that prolly reported us to the cops. (we have permits and things which are totally legit)
-so, as we're leaving the neighborhood, at a stop sign, cop is on the other side, and then he does a u-ey after we proceed. even though there's no lights on us or anything, we figure we should pull over to play it as safe as possible. we have permits and licenses ready, and I have my registration ready. other cop car comes and swoops in the front diagonally, so we're boxed in like we're criminals trying to run or something. cop on each side. on Chris' side, checked out permit, said we're good. on my side, cop is saying my car is suspicious since it's out of state plates (btw, this neighborhood is less than 5 miles from an air force base, and my magnet on the back of the car says "my dog and I support the navy", really?) he says if I don't convert my license and registration in 30 days, it's illegal, and if he stops me again and I haven't had it done, he's going to arrest me, take me downtown, and put me in jail. really, what have I done to deserve this freaking harrassment? guy's being a douche with a stick up his ass.
-so, we call the police station, double check with them, report what happened, etc. complete BS.
-hit one more neighborhood, have to call it a day after it starts getting windy and raining.
-so, work ends at noon instead of around 3. my work shift at BBW doesn't start until 5.
-figure I should just wander in the mall instead of wasting gas and going home and back. so..buy new white shirt and undershirt for work since my previously white shirt is now minty green. (something I put in laundry was a "hand wash only" so, green dye on everything.
-catch up with Amy from target, cuz we used to talk a little when I worked at Sbux.
-eventually work starts, busy day, conversion good, yahda yahda. btw, at BBW we have to wear dressy-like shoes, and I either wear sandals, flats, or cowboy boots. thank god I wore cowboy boots today, because...
-as we're closing, a tower I was pulling with candles on it starts to topple, I try to catch it, but not before 15 YES, FIFTEEN, candles topple down on me and break EVERYWHERE all across the front of the store. I have worked at BBW for about 2 years now, and not ONCE have I broken a single candle or wallflower, (glass messy things) and in 10 seconds, I break that record, AND conversion for the day. (sorry BBW crew...) Out of the 15 candles, 14 damaged.
-luckily, as the candles were falling, I felt probably 6 of them that actually hit my body, but none of them broke on me. One of them fell directly on the top of my foot. Which hurt a lot, but since I was wearing my cowboy boots: 1. less impact due to leather and socks 2. no exposed skin, which probably prevented the candle from breaking, and cutting my foot, or even breaking from my foot. (it's definitely bruised and a little swollen, but would've been MUCH worse if not for the  boots) 3. I was wearing REAL cowboy boots, so if I was wearing my look-alikes that I had in my trunk, more damage to foot
-aaaaaand then closing.

So:
-right now I want to numb my body with alcohol (but I won't, I'm just going to read manga, watch anime, and go to sleep). I fell down the other day from a dresser and chair, with one leg caught IN the chair, onto a wood floor, so right ankle severely bruised for about 5 days now. top of left foot now severely bruised. I have also been driving for about 5 hours and walking about 22 hours (estimated minimums) out of the last 48 hours.
-could've been better, could've been worse, I'm counting my blessings each day

Loop-de-loop

So, what's new in my world? Not much, the usual. But things are going pretty well overall.
-Doing canvassing, so enjoying the (mostly) beautiful weather outside. Got a sale today from a lady I talked to yesterday with a cute Cairn Terrier (yay, not being fired!)
 -Guitarist and I are working on some songs, so it's gonna be awesome. We already have groupies! Yay! Goal: Take over Northampton. >:D
 -Getting arrangements to go back to Texas (mid July fyi) for about a week
-Housing sitch is still good, but about half the house is moving out within the next few months. It's crazy! I'm gonna miss them. :(
-Phone texting randomly stopped working, so now I have a new (better) sms app. Thank you android!
-and meh, guys are complicated, what else is new?
-I'm starting to get some color back in my skin! It's gonna be a farmer's tan, but the sun feels nice. :D
-skinned knee is almost back to normal, yay! however, my ankle's still a bit sore from falling off a dresser and chair onto a wood floor...
-payday is tomorrow (thank God). I've been living off of scraps. I need to apply for food stamps, ha ha


So... that's it for now! I think I'm going to make ANOTHER blog, purely with rants and psychotic almost-depressive circular thoughts. Don't look for it, ha ha.

BYE!