so two bands i'm actually excited to see in the near future IN DES MOINES [i'm always shocked when semi decent bands play here]:
-british sea power is playing on march 20th.
-eisley is playing on may 5th!!!! i don't know how that one happened, but i hope it's awesome.

i really need to stop taking naps. i fell asleep from 6-10pm tonight while reading for my lit class. i think i can fall back asleep now, but i was really hoping i'd be tired again by midnight. oh well ( Read more... )

i'm having issues with my lit class. i am sucking at journal responses for this class & i don't know why. is it because i read everything the day before & the day of class? do i actually not get it? do i get it, but because i don't write these thoughts down i forget them? my ego is starting to suffer ( Read more... )

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my car threw quite the hissy fit yesterday. i knew i had to jump start it, i've needed to do that since last wednesday. joe & i jump started it & went on our merry way to his sister's new place, which is terribly cute by the way. after being on the interstate for a couple of minutes, we notice that my car is overheating. we get off at the next exit ( Read more... )

so, my dear brother james signed up for the navy yesterday. he's going to do medical stuff. i am beside myself. i AM very proud of him, but on the other hand i just don't want to risk losing him. okay, yes, it's the navy, but you never know what will happen. i'm just going to try to be the best big sister i can & support his decision. at least he' ( Read more... )

there's really not much to report. i'm kind of in a funk right now & i'm trying to figure out how to get out of it.

my car door is on the fritz. sometimes it doesn't close all the way, causing the cabin light to remain on, then killing my battery. this is the second time in a week it's done this. i can't find anyone to jump it either, so i'm missing my math class. which means i'll probably fail the test because i'll be so god damn confused. FUCK.

extremely stuffy nose + -20 degree weather = misery ( Read more... )

heath ledger dying is not sitting well with me. i suppose i find it random that someone so talented & seemingly fine may have died of a drug overdose. aaron pointed out, "like, everyone is paying attention to lindsay lohan and britney and kanye west's mom's plastic surgeon, and then there's heath ledger, being totally ignored in that capacity until ( Read more... )