Twenty Two!!

Yesterday was my birthday! I am now officially twenty two. On Saturday, when it looked like no one had really planned anything for my birthday I just went ahead and invited everyone to go to dinner on my birthday. It was fun! Ten people came. Naomi from school (lovely girl, I'm so glad she came), Jennifer and her husband Billy, Meghan and her boyfriend Randy, Sarah, Katie G and her fiance Keinan, Brent, and Katie O. The waiter hated us, because more and more people kept showing up. It was difficult fitting us all on that table. Haha.

I got presents, and birthday cards, and a GIANT size birthday card from Katie G that was hilarious:

(while Star Wars theme plays)
And a picture of the temple from Meghan that she crafted together to hang on my wall when I move out. (which won't scan in well because it's behind glass) And bookshelves from Jennifer to use when I move out. Altogether great. I don't think ever in my life ALL of my closest friends have been together like that. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and no one else had one so I didn't get any pictures. But it was fun just the same. I love LOVE LOVE my friends.

Yesterday also happened to be my first day at my new job! I am the new piano teacher at Rancho Solano Private School.

Go me. I love it so far.

Twenty two years of greatness. Bring on the next year. :)

This is ridiculous

Every time I go out and actually have fun, I regret it. Because there's SO many more productive things I could be doing. I have SO much homework all the time. And all I'm ever worried about is getting it all done, all day, every day.

Why the music program calls for this, I don't know. There's got to be a way to fit in school, work, fun, and homework. Apparently music students either don't have jobs, or don't have lives. I have both. (yes, apart from what some may believe, I do in fact, have a life)

I just had a fantastically fun and full day with my friends. And I regret it. I didn't practice. I didn't work on my song. I didn't clean. I didn't get a whole lot of things done that I really really really need to get done. And why is it not all done? Because I'm practicing all the time.

Sorry for my ranting. But this is stupid.

Panic(!) At The Disco

I'm at a dilemma.

The summer after my senior year of High School is when I really started getting into music. The following October in the same year, is the first Panic! At the Disco concert I ever went to, the Nintendo Fusion Tour. (And coincidentally, my 2nd Fall Out Boy one).

That was Panic's first tour ever. They were the opening act, not very many people paid attention to them.

Their next tour, the Truckstops & Statelines Winter Tour, The Academy Is was headlining, and the line at Marquee went all the way under the bridge. But EVERYONE left before The Academy Is even came on. Panic was HUGE. Rumor has it that Panic's album sales surpassed Academy's during the tour (the order of line up on tours is usually based off of record sales)



Their next tour was their first headlining tour (North American Tour... so original). It was AMAZING. They had Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque come tour with them to perform. Basically, throughout their whole show, they had circus performers performing to the songs. It was so cool.



And the band liked it so much, they took them along on their next tour, the Nothing Rhymes With Circus tour, their first Arena tour. Basically, it was like watching a circus. With a band. It was Absolutely amazing.




So when their Pretty. Odd album came out, I was expecting their show, headlining the Honda Civic Tour, to be something even better.

But it was way disappointing. Apparently since their music was emulating the Beatles, they went way simple on their tour. Nothing but four guys dressed up on stage playing music.



At this point in my Panic relationship, I've gotten over the so-crazy-about-them-I-think-I'm-going-to-die stage. Their first album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is definitely one of the very very few cd's I own that I love every song on there. (well, minus one song) It's such a great album top to bottom, and I've listened to it who knows how many times. And it was their first Album! Amazing. But while Pretty. Odd. is good, it's very good musically, and I do really enjoy listening to it... they lost their zing I think in this album. What makes Panic Panic is their upbeat tunes that are spilling with energy. And Pretty. Odd. just lost that.

So you can say my love is dwindling.

So here I am. I've been to see Panic at every tour they've ever been on. And I'm not as much of a die hard fan as I used to. And they are coming into town next week. Do I go? Just to say I've been to every one? I know I'll enjoy myself. I love seeing my boys.

Or... do I just let this one go? Will I regret not going? Probably. Will I miss much? Probably not. Will I regret going? Maybe.


I don't know what to do. *sigh*

...Who wants to go with me?