*Takes A Deep Breath*

"Novelists, we knew, had it made. They got fawned over in bookstores, and were forever being pestered for insights on their genius in newspapers and magazines. They had license to dress horribly, wear decades-out-of-date hairstyles, and have their shortcomings interpreted as charming quirks and idiosyncrasies rather than social dysfunctions."

I signed up with NaNoWriMo.org (National Novel Writing Month). I created a new novel-only blog (Visit me at....*crosses that out and wonders why Blogger doesn't have strike-through* Sorry, I decided I don't want you visiting. No reading my novel until it is all done and I have deemed it worthy of public criticism. Thanks!). I signed up with NaNoBlogMo's blog. I AM TERRIFIED. November starts in less than 8 1/2 hours and I don't even have a plot! *panics and starts to sweat* Heeeeeelp!! And I still have my lit analysis to do! I better get my butt moving. I'm so scared.

Life Could You Be More Gentle To Me? (By Letting Me Go See The K Boys?)

I have in indescribable amount of rage at not getting to go to the RK show. You have no idea how this is kiiiiiiiilling me. I swear. They played 'Be My Escape' on the radio today which really got me festering, and then I played 'Softer To Me' to check the lyrics (was sad to discover that I wrote a better lyric than Matty T.) and had a fit thinking about him doing his wonderful screaming parts at last December's concert and how I wouldn't get to see that again.

[It was so awesome. The screams are really muted on the album, but of course you can't push foreword and background like that live, so Matt just totally rips out these massive earth-shaking screams that shock you into silence right there on the mosh floor. It's wild. Okay, so they're not exactly earth-shaking, in fact they're really soft compared with Demonhunter or the Agony Scene, or even Christian or Toby Emery. But it's nothing you'd ever expect out of him, you know? You always think of Matt T. as really mellow and giggly, all smiley faces, rainbows and sunshine, so when he screams with such force that it pushes him backwards away from the mic and his face turns the color of your grandma's canned beets, it makes you stop and look twice, eh? Of course with Matt T. you're always stopping and looking twice anyway, but.... you get the idea. *grin* It was pretty wild for Relient K and makes us all stop and rethink our mental image of the K Boys as "Happy Hoopes And Hobbit Holes." I enjoyed it.]

So yes, it thoroughly saddens me to not be able to once again have the Cloud 9-ish experience of having Matt T. at the Newport, just a short, 2-hour drive from Canton and his very own house. And if I think about it any more I will get flaming mad again, so let's just leave it at that.

"I say if you're asking me, love is sacred, love is sweet. My Seventeen magazine tell me that you're in love...."

Hmm...

Wow. I was definitely going to post something. But now I have no idea what it was. Heh.

Random Snipets From All Our Loserish IM Convos

Sorry Crystal, I listened to the PWTs but I couldn't remember where we modified the song. haha. oops....

Jake8fire: what makes you think I am gonna marry trev?
SR5pyro: Cause you have a crush on him and your name is cool
SR5pyro: i have only a little crush
SR5pyro: like "aww your adorable"
Jake8fire: not like loser me who would fly to Seattle to see him?
SR5pyro: your going to seatlle now eh?
SR5pyro: why there>
Jake8fire: I don't know it just sounded far away

So feel the air, feel the air. Take a map and point to anywhere, I don't care. Fingers through your hair. (I love this cd! Dan was right...)

Yet I Press On: some Brazilian guy thinks you're pretty
Jake8fire: what?
Yet I Press On: I have a brazilian friend, and I sent her a picture of me that you happened to be in, and her boyfriend said you're pretty
Jake8fire: *shakes head* oh boy
Jake8fire: lol, that's amusing
Jake8fire: ahh I'm not gonna say that
"That" was "foreigners are so screwed up." Somehow I didn't think he'd take that very well. lol.

Ok, in that Dynamite Boy song 'Photograph,' is he saying "Blue valentine in my car"? Because that's really what it sounds like to me...

OH WAIT!!!!!! I couldn't find it because we were listening to HAWK not the Plain White Ts!!!!!!!!! AHA! Ok ok, I got it. It was 'California.' Ok, here's how we changed it:

[Let's pack up and move to Cincinnati
She's got lots of Trevors out there
We'll never get bored cuz we can go to Steak N Shake
Let's let the Eclipse take us there!]

Isn't that perfect? We thought it was awesome. hehe.... We're losers, I know.

Yes, I really do think guys who wear make-up are hot.

Quote Of The Day:
SR5pyro: hey on your thing on the bottom does it say PLAY SUPER GRANNY! SAVE THE KITTENS i dont get it
SR5pyro: Here comes SUPER GRANNY TO SAVE THE KITTENS MEEEEOWWW

Which Horrible Affliction are you?
A Rum and Monkey disease.
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It's definitely 1:30 AM and I'm not even done with my book cover project. Then I have two more to do. Tonight. Ha. See if I do them.

Haha We're So Funny

Or just really weird.

CrystalLite176: i feel like i'm missing out on SO much - i mean, nothing happens there, but still -- like the fu show, dan (or dave or whatever his name was), trev, the pillar show, RK's release party.....
Jake8fire: I know!!! (it's Dan)
Jake8fire: and TREV!!!!!
Jake8fire: gosh I am madly in love with him, why does he have to move?!?!?!?!
Jake8fire: HAHAHAHAHA
CrystalLite176: i KNOW!!! we finally are friends w/ him and i am not there
CrystalLite176: PUNK - why is he frickin' moving???????? maybe he will stay
CrystalLite176: every morning when i get up, i think of trev......like, oh, he has 10 more mins of work....and stuff :) haha

CrystalLite176: trev is the most adorable thing in columbus
Jake8fire: hehehe so true!

Ahh good thing he doesn't know this side of us!

Rant Board 1: PWTs

Eww, girls who like the Plain White Ts just make me want to vomit. All over their little smiling giggly faces. Yes, I understand that I too am a girl and I too like the PWTs. But, thank you very much, I am not like that. Not the squeaky, squealy, "Ooh-I-kissed-Tom-it-was-so-fun!" type. At all. Let's back up a little. Why do they all take so much delight in kissing someone like Tom? With *clears throat* "experience" like his I'm sure he's a very good kisser, but please.... Tom? Can't we find someone a little less "I-have-no-self-esteem-and-this-is-how-I-make-me-feel-good-about-myself-by-getting-all-touchy-with-WAY-too-many-girls-that-I-don't-know" (and someone a little less ugly, no offense kiddo) to make out with in public? You don't even know him! I know we all feel like we know our bands, but 9 times out of 10, when it really comes down to it, we don't. And if you are kissing Tom that means you are just as bad as him and have no sense of self-worth at all, if you feel the need to think, "Hey, Tom likes me therefore there must be something good and worth loving about me!" Not to smash your "I am worth something" bubble (btw, you need to go to Jesus for that anyway, not Tom or anybody else), let me clue you in on something honey:

TOM LIKES EVERYONE!

If you are female, he likes you and he will kiss you. He doesn't care if you are blonde or brunette or any combination of colors, he doesn't care if you're punk or prep, he doesn't care if you're a midget or waaay taller than him, he doesn't even care whether you are the president of "Commit To Be Fat" or the president of "Anorexic Queen" for heaven's sake, he just wants to touch you! *aggravated sigh* Can we please all grow up a little and stop acting like a bunch of 13 year old girls meeting Justin Timberlake? Honestly, Tom needs some serious help, and you letting him put his hands all over you is NOT helping!

Phew. Now that I got that off my chest, I'm gonna go slink away and listen to some "Please Don't Do This"....... Thank you for your time.

Boring- You Have Been Forewarned

I think my email signature says, "Adrian makes a good accessory" I should check. Oh, yes, it does. That's nice. I will never get married unless it is to a guy who looks, acts, and plays like him. Oh yes.

¡Bajos eléctricos! My bass is so hot. I love taking pictures of my bass, I have loads of them. I would post some of them here to show you, but again, that's up to the scanner, not me.

I'm hungry.

WHY DOESN'T THE SCANNER WORK?!?!?!

Boost His Over-Indulgent Ego!

Introducing..... Hug A Tom Week! That's right folks, now every year, between October 10th-16th, you have a whole week to find someone named Tom and hug them! You get extra points for hugging more than one Tom or for dancing with him. And dancing with more than one Tom is certainly commendable indeed. Sorry I told you a bit late this year, with only 3 days left to hug a Tom. Celebrate the week while ya can! Let me know when you've celebrated. So far only me, Crystal, and Bethany have any points for hugging Toms, with Crystal getting extra points for hugging the same Tom twice, and dancing with him once. The race is on!
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Today I took a cat-nap. With the cat. Ha! After I'd curled up in my bed around 4, Sergei jumped up next to me (he must have been napping somewhere else in my room after sneaking in the front door). We were both out pretty quickly. We slept for three hours, and he laid his head on my arm. How cute. I l<3 my cat!

I have become quite obsessed with the Plain White Ts/Dynamite Boy promo cd Tom so generously gave us for free at the show. That silly "My Only One" song is awesome, I've listened to it four times tonight already. It's a wonderful dancing song. It almost sounds Spanish. And singing it at the concert, Tom, in all black with his red jacket, looked somewhat like a torreador. Hilarious! Poor guy. Anyway, I played it when I woke up from my nap and I was dancing around the living room to it, making up my own steps and clapping like a little Spanish dancer. It was merrily witty.

Dictionary.com is my friend. It even has a thesaurus, which is the best part.

Tomorrow I am going to see some immediately nameless Christian comedian with the Scherners. I'm excited. It should be alot of fun. I feel like Toby on Seinfeld going, "Oh, this is so exciting! I've never been to a comedy club before!" but I haven't! Oh well, I am not as annoying as she is. I can't even remember the last time I went to dinner and something proper like this. It's been years.

Ok, make that 8 times I've listened to "My Only One" tonight. Or maybe 9. I've lost count. It has a fun little opening bass line! Fab!

I Adopted A Useless Blob!

Disco! I shall name him Leopold.

I Have Pictures!

*sigh* Got my concert pictures back! THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME!!! Yes Yes Yes! If my scanner decides to cooperate, I shall post a few of them so you all can get just a little of the flavor of how crazy our frickin awesome night was! (Ok, so it was not that crazy, but still a blast! :P heehee) I am sickeningly madly in love with Julian and Adrian (lead vox for The Academy Is and The Matches.... yes, I know those are not their real names), so is Crystal. I will try and post some close-ups of them for ya if I can, so you too can appreciate their surreality. Of course, for the full experience you'll have to see them in person. Guess you'll all just hafta hit up Academy Is and Matches shows! (Sorry for those out-of-country, pictures will have to suffice. [Doubtful they'll make it to Europe, SA, or Asia, altho The Matches did hit Japan once....])

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There's Nothing I Can Say Except

Happy Birthday, John

I Don't Feel (Very Receptive Today) Good

I can't get sick now! Crystal's coming home this weekend! Oh God, please don't let me get sick this weekend, it's just really bad timing! Any other time I'd be all for it but.... not now!

Anyway I don't have much to say. But I do feel like updating. So... I shall give you all a boring run down of my day.

Test in Algebra- eh, so/so. Quiz in Gov't- very boring. Test in Science- not so good. Lunch- the usual. Got hit with a basketball. Spanish- played a game and made flash cards (robar!) so it was pretty fun, got to talk with Rachel. Study Hall- meant to read "The Bell Jar" but started writing and ended up scribbling on about stuff for the whole period. Okay. English- vocab test, the first one all year I missed a word on. Metals- I actually got some work done on my dead elephant fetus bracelet. It's gonna be so cool when it's down. Yesterday Mrs. Lehner said it was going to be more abstract that everyone else's. I was proud. As opposed to Studio, which I got nothing done in, at all. Well, nothing for me anyway, however I did manage to get some stuff done for John, by drawing one of his pots and getting him started on another vial. *sigh* I can't resist a sad face asking for help. Okay, try and understand this: Yesterday I couldn't get the little oil thing drawn right and ended up asking Mrs. Lehner for help, and she ended up just drawing the whole thing. Then today I went over and in under 3 minutes drew the exact same little oil thing for John, and it looked pretty good, too, if I do say so myself. Now why couldn't I have just drawn one for me the day before? A mystery. Anyway, I did decide which vial to put in my last box, so I guess I accomplished a little for myself. Oh and we had early release today, which made all the classes go faster, so that was good.

Now I really don't feel well, so I will be going now. Tomorrow I endeavor to finish all my drawing in Studio and get started on color. 'Night!

Poe

He has turned out to be a rather quotable fellow. Here is one of the good ones I have come across so far, from The Fall Of The House Of Usher:

"he silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity."

Of course he meant this in a "cadaverous"ly bad way, but to me it seems quite pretty and dream-like, and I shall commit it to memory and use it to describe only the most magnificent hairstyles on the most beautiful boys. :P Really the first time I read this it brought a face to mind: Ben Martin. That's right, Gumby Ben: adorable lip-ringed boy, skill-less skater, drummer of funny little blues band, whose hair displayed its own "wild gossamer texture" and to which the emboldened portion of the above quote directly relates. :P *sigh* So cute. Oh to gaze upon his countenance once more. haha...

Well, now it's off to read The Raven and The Bells. You know, I'm really in no mood to read this ridiculously depressing stuff, quotable or not.