Apologies, concerts, and confusion

Okay, quick post.

1. I was at camp and working and kind of forgot about this, whoops.

2. Oh God, there are so many concerts that I want to go to, we'll talk about them later.

3. Guys, being a teenager is confusing!

That's it! Bye! More later!

Kelly

Hollow bodied electrics, eBooks, and piano music

I want a guitar. Not my brother's which I have to steal whenever I want to play it.

My own guitar.

And not just any kind of guitar. Not just a regular old Stratocaster or something. I want a hollow bodied electric guitar.

The picture to the left is one of those. That, however, is the dream hollowed bodied electric guitar. It costs about $3,000. So I'm not going to go for that one. Luckily though, there are some that run in the $200-300 range, and some for even cheaper. Such as this lovely guitar on eBay, but I'm not really sure that I should trust eBay with something like a guitar.

Okay, onto eBooks; since I got a Nook for my birthday, I've had to find a way to get free eBooks. Luckily, it's legal to get things like classics since there's no copyright on a lot of them.

I'm not mentioning this to talk about classics though, I accidentally downloaded the entire Twilight series when I was looking for American Gods by Neil Gaiman (by the way, amazing book). Now, I'm wondering if I should actually read the rest of the series (I've read the first one) so I can actually decide just how terrible it is.

And I've been trying to play Ben Folds on the piano. That may already be bad news, but I'm not sure.

Well, that's pretty much all that I have for right now.

Until next time,

Kelly

My birthday, getting low, and a sucky internet connection

That is a really weird title. Anyways, my birthday was on Friday and I finally turned seventeen. Hallelujah! So, to celebrate... I went to work.

And that's not terrible. Some people found out and I ended up going home with four plates of cookies, a tray of brownies, a balloon, and a bouquet of flowers. Ok, the flowers were from my mom when she decided to come in and give them to me, but whatever, those flowers are now sitting on our dinning room table.

Afterwards, there was a barbeque with my family from Michigan and Florida, and the next day we headed to the lake again. And it wasn't so painful this time around.

Now, the "getting low" part of the title. So, Ludacris has this song called Go Low, and my sister, my brothers, and I discovered the video for it on On Demand. My brother suddenly became very determined to learn the lyrics to this song, and I don't know why.

The sucky internet connection is really just that. My internet connection sucks.

Until next time,

Kelly

The weekend

Ok, I'm tired and cold, so this is going to be a quick post.

One, that guy who plays Justin on the Wizards of Waverly Place is pretty cute, not gonna lie. And to save face, my sister was watching it, not me.

Two, my 4th of July on the lake has left my arms pretty much useless. The water was much more rough than it usually was, which resulted in a lot of bouncing up into the air. It was pretty painful.

Three, I turn 17 in four days. And my family comes in around that time too, so it should be a pretty good weekend again.

Four, I've been spending a lot of time on my roof lately; is that weird?

Well, that's everything for tonight. Until next time,

Kelly

Eclipse, work, and the 4th of July

First of all, Twilight is a terrible book series. And not one of those series that deteriorates over time, it didn't even get a good start. And with the logic that the book is always better than the film, why are people so excited about the new movie coming out tomorrow (June 30th)? Seriously, the tweens of the world need to watch some good vampire movies. Or at least ones where the vampires are total badasses, in which case I would suggest that you watch the Blade series.

Second, I'm writing this before I go to work, and I have to quote one of my bosses because he's just funny;

"That's the thing that I like about music; there's no wrong answer. Unless you tell me that you like Mötley Crüe; then you're wrong."

I've never listened to them, but apparently he has some strong feelings against them.

Third, I'm probably heading out to the lake again for the holiday weekend. Woo! It should be pretty awesome again, even though Jeff isn't coming and we won't be able to fight over a dog (yeah, we're a bit weird).

And that's all for today, till next time,

Kelly

Jamba Juice and other new things

So, I went to Jamba Juice for the first time ever. And it was delicious. I had that Strawberry Surf Rider, and it was fantastic.

Alright, something more exciting than wonderful smoothies. I'm in the midst of learning how to play guitar. It's going pretty well, except for breaking the high E string on my brother's guitar. That wasn't so great. But being able to play the beginning of Sugar We're Going Down is pretty sweet.

And that trip to the lake this weekend. That was amazing. And since Jeff is going to read this, Jeff is also amazing. Except for when he tried to put me in a freezer. But perhaps that was payback for when I was driving the boat and I knocked him off of his tube? We'll have to go back one of these days.

For now, I think that's everything new that's happened lately. Only a few more weeks until muscular dystrophy camp and about two more until I turn 17. :D Exciting stuff.

Until next time,

Kelly

I was only off by a couple of days, holy crap

Yeah, sorry about the wait of a few days. Anyways, I was going to freak out about the Something Corporate reunion tour?

So, OH MY GOD, I MAY ACTUALLY GO.

Crazy, right? I just have to, you know, find a way to get from Chicago to Milwaukee without a car. Other big plans for the summer include:

- Several trips to the lake (one of which is tomorrow)

- Several trips to Chicago

- Driving a boat (on the lake, not in Chicago)

- Vans Warped Tour

- Muscular dystrophy camp

- And other crazy adventures, which I will post at the appropriate time

I realize after writing this, I have another post just like this! Well, after tomorrow I will have more interesting things to post.

Till next time,

Kelly

Intermission?

Okay, I'm going to post a real post later, but right now, I have 20 minutes until I have to be at work, so I can't really talk about much right now. Basically, I might freak out about how I may go to the Something Corporate concert in Milwaukee on (I think) August 6, which would be amazing.

Until later today,

Kelly

Whining

Alright, I'm going to vent, so bear with me here.

I feel like shit. Quite honestly, sometimes I want to leave and never come back. And maybe that's why I want to go off to college so quickly, and why sometimes I want to go as far away as possible.

People suck.

Until next time,

Kelly

Hey!

I'm posting! And I have ideas of what I have do before senior year starts. But first, I have to complain about that. Here's my schedule for next year:

1- Interning

2- AP Calc AB

3- AP French

4- AP Biology

5- AP Biology/Lunch

6- AP Econ/Gov

7- Band

8- AP Literature and Composition

Why am I doing this to myself?

Because colleges call this "dedication" or "conscientiously working towards a college education", which is apparently doing it all before you get there.

Now, these are ideas that have been floating around in my head that need to go into action during this summer;

- Fake protest: Basically, make signs that say things like "EVERY THING'S OKAY!" and "NEUTRALITY" and then protest.

- Singing on a train: Get a large group of people, take the train to Chicago, and every now and then, burst out into song. I hope that it wouldn't get us in trouble.

- Vans Warped Tour: Gotta go gotta go gotta go.

- Learn how to play Ben Folds on the piano: If you haven't listened to Ben Folds, go do that.

- Visit colleges: The list is currently

- Loyola (Chicago)

- Marquette

- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

- University of Iowa

- Augustana

- Some other places.

And that's all for now. Oh, and I'll be working all summer (at a music store, which is awesome) and making money to maybe buy some awesome things. We'll see.

Until next time,

Kelly

I'm Dumb and I'm Sorry

Okay, so this was my official first day of summer. I did pretty much nothing.

So, I logged onto this old ghost town of a website. This post serves not only as an apology to no one, but a mission statement.

I will post regularly, and it will be about the awesome things that I will do this summer and beyond.

Until next time, few (if any) readers.

Well, I Got Nothing

I feel like a really boring for having to apologize about not posting anything for the past month and a half or so.

So, that podcast/video blog thing obviously hasn't worked out, so I'll stick to the blog and actually post things every now and then. Shocking.

First, some Grammy notes:

- Way to go, Beyoncé, for song of the year, even if Single Ladies is one of the most over-played songs on the planet.

- Where were we supposed to get the 3D glasses? I think it was Target, but it seems to me that no one else heard about this.

- Even though she scares me sometimes, I'm a little upset that Lady Gaga didn't win for record, song, or album of the year. To get as popular as she did in such a short amount of time, she must've been doing something right.

- Taylor, I love you, but sing about something other than boys and fairy tales.

- Thank God for, as far as I know, no Kayne West jokes.

- Excellent iPad plug, Colbert.

Recent things that I've been listening to that you should listen to:

- The My Dinosaur Life CD by Motion City Soundtrack. Different from Even if it Kills Me and Commit This to Memory, but by different, I certainly don't mean not good. Personal favorites include Pulp Fiction and Worker Bee.

- Enjoy the Show by Lenka. Very cute song with a very sweet voice.

- Michael Bublé's Crazy Love. Because my music tastes are similar to my 43-year-old father's.

What's been keeping me from posting?

- Speech team. Speaking of, I'm probably going to compete at regionals this weekend. I'll need all the luck that I can get.

- Finals. Three AP finals are not fun to take. Especially not when you're working on...

- The school's variety show. No, I don't have talent, I was working backstage.

- Me being lazy. There's no way around that one.

Well, that's what I have for today. Happy early Groundhog's Day, and 'till next time.

- Kelly