i had so much fun at the show tonight. the first band, i didn't like so much. breaking pangea was good (would recommend) .... armor for sleep was okay, and hey mercedes was nothing short of fantastic. they started out with eleven to your seven, which is my favorite, and is a great starting song. :D it was awesome to see them this time, b/c the first time i saw them was here at school and i didn't know their stuff, except a song or two i downloaded the week or so before they came b/c tim said they were good. i liked them, though. then when i saw them in providence (nov. '01 i think) it was great, and i think it was right after everynightfireworks came out, so i knew more songs. but this time it was a pretty small venue, not a giant crowd, we were right up front, i knew all the older songs, and it was an awesome show. their new songs are great so psyched!

the rest of the day was mediocre ... cut my hair ... returned bottles ... did grocery shopping.

yupppp

xoxo

p.s. the only other thing worth mentioning is my overuse of "totally" and other words and phrases (which was pointed out to me on at least two ocassions, both by people who i just met ... this makes me wonder - do i talk like this all the time, and my friends just accept it? hmmm) that make me sound ... mmmm like, say, Kelly from Saved by the Bell.
hahaha. it must end.

this weekend ... was only good times.

friday work was all right ... i was in the state room as usual, but i wasn't very busy. i made okay bank and had a pretty good night. paul introduced me to my new fav. bev. - guiness with a double of stoli vanilla mixed right in. i tried it during my shift and stayed after for a full one with some boneless buffalo wings (of course) and just chatting with paul and everyone. surprisingly, i didn't end up with a stomach ache. let me tell you how good this drink is - so good. at first, i think it's good b/c of the surprise of how it's not gross, and then it's just damn good. it's like cream soda kinda. mmmmmmmmmmmm

came home, got ready, and went out with kates. we didn't hit up random worcester club type deals, but we did go to irish times which strangely had a $5 cover (and, even more strangely we paid). weird crowd (and "crowd" is an overstatement, the place was far from maxxed out). upstairs - pretty empty. it was me and katie, bustin a move with an older than dad younger than grandpa guy and his date to some cheesy techno wooohoo. there were more guys working there than hanging out. so we stayed as long as we could take it, went back downstairs, ran into meliss (yeay!). she gave me the cutest vday present :) next, katie and i checked out the barfly, which was not as fun as the night before - mostly becuase there about 20 people there, about 8 of whom we recognized and didn't want to hang out with. so we quickly left and headed to the blarney, which was also pretty empty, but a handful of fun clark kids were there. that guiness was the only drink i had all night, so i was well rested saturday.

i can't say the same for last night, however.
yesterday was lay's 22nd and after katie and i did some laundry, a bunch of us went to the solomon pond mall, where we made a few key purchases, especially layla at aldo. i got some new sunglasses and a key new wallet that goes much better with my new bag. score. we picked up papa g's on the way back, put in my big fat greek wedding and started cracking open the cans of busch, which i found surprisingly enjoyable. i think i like busch better than bud light ... and it's so cheap! sean and jamie came by shortly thereafter and the beirut began. more people came over, there was a lot of beirut, a lot of intense flip cup, and suddenly the 30 pack and a bunch of other random beers were gone from the fridge by 1030. ridic. a half bottle of tequilla was gone too. we were drinking the genesse ice, it was all there was. we headed to the foo and it was good times. we went in the dancing room even though it wasn't open and no one kicked us out, eventually they just turned on the lights. everyone was drinking and dancing everywhere and richard actually knocked me on the ground. katie made friends with a british soccer coach. they exchanged phone numbers. i think she needs to date him, and then i need to get to know his cute (also british) friend who i briefly interacted with. hehe. we stopped by the blarney next, i think mostly just to break up the (wicked cold) walk home. when we got back here, craziness continued and i honestly have no clue what time i went to bed, i ended up sending a lot of random IMs and talking to mo forever.
all in all, a fun night.

today ... the morning was slightly rough, but i was good to go by around noon ... granted i was at work for 1030, but i shaped up in time for the customers and came home with serious cash - there aren't many ways you can make $131 cash in under 6 hours .... council was quick tonight, thank god, and now i need to go study for astronomy.

xoxo.
p.s. sometime soon there will be lots of pics up! i have two rolls of film to develop - mostly from last night. :)

yesterday, helena called & woke me up to ask (well, tell) me to come into work today, which i didn't really want to do but luckily tim took the shift and i not only go to sleep untill whenever i woke up (which was only 1015 or so, but still! no alarm!) and got our little network working (with dad's help) and took kate to the bus and ran errands blah blah blah. so productive! made dinner for the first time in weeks, sweet & sour chicken with rice, a salad, and we even had angel food cake with raspberries for dessert. i thought everyone was going to be home tonight, but it just ended up being me and kates. good dinner, though.
went to The Vagina Monologues with mariss. i was all ready to cry and be all wrecked, but it wasn't what i thought! it wasn't all about women being abused, no no, it was about women's empowerment .... through their vaginas. i laughed so much, and there were a couple of sad stories, but it was great! mo and i won a raffle (since we had the majority of the like 8 50 cent raffle tickets) and got shirts and pins although we hadn't really planned on it, because they didn't have change for my twenty, and really, it was for a good cause. So, we're all up on Vday.
took a nap (headache, grumpiness, shoulder and neck aches, apparently i'm a mess), felt better, went to hollywood with kate to do some returning and picked up final destination to fulfill any need for cheesy horror movies hat we might feel this weekend. then - we hit up the barfly. i was wearing fleece, forgot to leave my scarf in the car, had my bag .. kate was in a similar situation. we weren't expecting what the barfly was -- which was a weird mini club atmosphere with cheap beer and lots of the giant globes from pier 1 with crazy lights inside and a dj and fun music (different music in each room). who knew? you couldn't help but want to bust a move, but really, we were not in the appropriate gear or the appropriate mood.
looking forward to lunch with mum tomorrow ... and going out tomorrow night.
happy valentine's
xoxo.