Got to AT's house at like 5:45
She didn't have power.
Freaked out because I thought I wouldn't be able to print out the tickets.
Turns out, they already had it reserved under my name at JJ and the thing I wanted to print out was just for confirmation. Silly me
Waited for KW to arrive.
KW arrived.
Almost tripped over AT's dog like 3 times. He's like a rug. no joke
Left AT's house. Drove to Vienna. Got lost.
Called Elie for help. Wandered around some more. Finally found Jammin Java.

Had to go to the bathroom really badly. I drank like a whole bottle of water on the way up because I had a head ache.
Kind of said hello to Elie.
Rushed off to find the bathroom.
Saw Dave milling around.
Moaks started playing. We were towards the back next to Dave and Bobby who were also watching.
Moaks is funny. He did a great job = ] "This is something that happend to me in 6th grade...no seriously. It actually happend."
I don't really have much to say other than he seems like a really sweet person and his music is nice.
Oh, and then Dave came onstage and they played a song together. There was TONS of shrieking of little 13 year old girls.

Drugstore Cowboys played. Uh....They were....interesting. Scary. Scary. I mean, they were funny. They started by shaking their butts to Girlfrined by Avril Lavine. And there was a ton of jumping up and thrashing around. They looked like they were dying. And one of them took off his shirt. Totally unnecessary? Oh and they kept swinging their mics around and stuff. It felt as if they were running around and being funny rather than actually playing music. Then the main singer ran from the stage through the crowd and jumped onto the bar. And they threw candy at people and gave people free cd's. Lots of screaming. Yeah, I didn't really like them. I was with AT and KW pretty close to the stage for DC [we wanted to get good spots for my favorite highway] but I really wasn’t feeling good so I went out of the crowd more towards the back. I found Elie and I went to go sit with her.

There was like a 30 minute pause here. Idk why. I talked with Elie about different stuff. Neither of us really liked Drugstore Cowboys. We talked a lot about My Favorite Highway and RFA/RTC. I really had a nice time talking to her. Hopefully, I’ll get to see her again at the New Years Eve show = ] MFH played. They played a ton of new songs. They were awesome as usual. I can’t wait to find out who they are signing to <3 Elie had to leave before they finished playing. But, she only missed How to call a bluff and You’re Making it Come Alive. Oh, kind of met Bobbys mom? Random…

After the show ended, I BOUGHT MY HOODIEEEEE <3 Happiness. Had a massive headache but I was determined to get my hoodie signed so I wandered around. Had a really short conversation with Moaks and got a picture with him. Then, we went over to the merch table so AT could buy a shirt. I thought I may have seen Cole here. Saw Bobby. Got him to sign stuff/god a picture. Found Pat. He was a lifeguard at Reston this summer. Got a funny picture with him and got him to sign my hoodie. Got Will and Dave to sign as well but I didn’t really get a chance to talk with them because they were surrounded by tons of people who all wanted them to sign stuff. People get REALLY aggressive when they want things signed. Jeez.

Went home. Found out the reason why I had such a bad headache/didn’t feel well. 101.2 fever y’all.

Beauty and the Beast Auditions:
I was nervous because I have been sick for three weeks and was coughing again throughout the day. I thought I was cured on monday. Wrong. So GR helped me practice a little and relax. It helped a lot. So then, I went to try out because no one else would go. I went and gave the lady who is MR. SAUNDERS WIFE my music. Then, I went up and I couldn't remember what the character I was singing/what musical my song came from. So I just said the song name instead. Uhg. How can I forget ELIZA from MY FAIR LADY? No wonder people keep asking me if I've actually seen the musical. urrrr. So I sang. I was shaking. It's weird, I've never really gotten this nervous before. Uh, so I really didn't manage to get into character very well. Resulting in Mr. Hutto asking If Ive seen the musical before and to show some of the emotion. yeah, didn't really do that. I tried, but I was too nervous. Then there were the dance auditions. The dance itself was pretty easy. However, they didn't let us practice with the music before splitting us up and making us try out. So, I didn't get it right the first two times. Then, on the last time, I got it right and they weren't watching. pft. Oh well, I just wish they would get the cast list up already. [Even though I know it's going to take at least a week. hurrah]
 
Climbing: 
YAY! I got Rise and Shine....which is actually only a 5.8 But I got past my mental block. I'm going to keep working Fit to be Tyed =]
  
MUSAAAK:
I'm going to see MFH. I'm going to see MFH. I'm going to see MFH. yay father. <3 
I'm going to buy a hoodie. I'm going to buy a hoodie. I'm going to buy a hoodie. And If I don't, I shall be very very sad.

Amazing concert! Buut, I would also add, it was long and a little awkward. Uh, there were not many people there. And by not a lot, I mean like 50 at best, 20 towards the end. Okay, so I don't know exact numbers but you get the point. It was from 5:30 till about 10:15.

We waited for the bus for like 30 min. [There were 4 buses going in the other direction before the bus we wanted came!] JP and I were gonna meet GN at Tenleytown but since the bus was so late, she just met us at the bus stop.

I went to my dads office to dump off my bags.
We went to Freshfields [Whole Foods] to buy food. Took the metro. Had problems with the smartpass and the tickets.
Took at Taxi to Walter Johnson.
The taxi driver was talking about how we didn't look like we were gonna fit into the back seat. [GN and JP had their bags] GN said something like was that an implication of something. The taxi driver said, she didn't let him finish. He was saying how we didn't look like we were all going to fit into the back seat but that was since we had our backpacks. And “we all looked good” uh…awkward.

We walked around Walter Johnson looking for the entrance.
Saw Brandon and Ben of American Diary at the ticket counter lace/entrance.
JP goes “do you remember me?” to Ben. And he goes, “yeah…” but looks really confused/unsure.
JP goes” …are you sure?” Ben “yeah…” [Still looking really confused/unsure]
[They played at JP’s Quince]

Bought tickets.
Went inside.
Went to find a place to eat and hide our stuff [backpacks]
Found a place across from the bathrooms/where there were tables and there weren’t a lot of people there. Ate sandwiches.
Mine was good. JP and GN’s not so much. [usually mozzarella and tomato and basil tastes good but…meh.]
Mikey from American Diary comes over and talks to us. I can’t really remember what we were talking about. He remembered JP and me from the quince.

We wandered around looking at merch. Got a lot of free stuff from the music box table.
Also got The Bigger Lights <3 free cd.
JP and I got “Reeder is gay tattoos” done by Dustin aka AD’s tour manager/merch dude [and by tattoos, I mean sharpie.] He didn’t know what to draw.
He gave Mikey a bumble bee and JP a teddybear.
Brandon comes over and says that he should draw a unicorn.
Dustin says he can’t draw a unicon.
He ends up drawing a dragon with fairy wings.

Parade the Day played. They were awsome.
And the drummer wasn’t really wearing anything. And ehhhh.

We thought we saw Bobby from MFH. It wasn’t him. But it really looked like him. Seriously.
And JP got me all excited pshh.
We wandered into the bathroom where we talked to these two girls.
The sinks were scary.
You would turn the water and and they would shoot water out… the water pressure was really high and it made a funny noise.
We talked about that. And JP and I decided, we liked one of the girl’s shoes. We told her that.

Adam H from Dropout Year came and talked.
I can’t remember what we talked about either. I bought a cd.

Postmark Twain played. They were good too. They reminded Julie of Dashboard and she got really excited. Dave from Postmark Twain gave us a free cd. We were totally ready to pay for it too. Haha.
We talked to Jim from PMT for a while.
He likes MFH! Yay. Go him.
We also talked about if it’s a popular trend for people in bands to starve themselves these days.

Watched The Bigger Lights. I really really like them.
Topher does this thing where he swings the mic around and then catches it.
He almost hit someone. It’s dangerous, I tell you. And I swear, some day, he will drop the mic. Or actually hit someone. But, it looks really cool.

Got out picture taken with Postmark Twain minus Paul.
Watched Dropout Year. They were good =]
Watched Count Your Blessings. They were pretty good too.
Mikey from AD was standing next to us so we talked with him for a little.
He likes Count Your Blessings.

Watched American Diary. Def. my favorite of the night. Mainly, because I’ve heard them before and I know their songs so it was easier to get into the music.
So many people left before this…there were like 15 people.
Mikey is so funny on stage.
And Ben likes to jump around and do kicks.
I wanted to buy an AD shirt but they didn’t have any in my size.

I ran around getting people to sign my jeans. I got JP and Topher from TBL, Dave and Matt from PMT, and Adam G from Dropout Year. Well, actually, this happened through out the show.
And I already had them signed by AD from the Quince.

Said goodbye to Mikey and Ben from AD. Gave them hugs and got pictures with them.

Went outside and we were sitting on a table and got serenaded by Some Like it Hot.
Jase came up to us and asked us our names and introduced himself.
Then, he sang and Greg played acoustic guitar. It was really pretty.
Then, he and Greg ran off to serenade some other people haha.
We talked to Steve the drummer of SLIH and got him to take a picture for us.
He goes, “I’m a photo major.” Riiiight.
Then I had to leave.

Apparently, after I left, JP and GN talked with Steve and Jase from SLIH for a while.
And they were talking about how they hate a certain person at our school's guts.
haha and how mean girls was semi based off our school.
And steve has a sweet Jacket. and the sleeves zip off.

I quit cross country today. I'm still in a really big daze from that. Cross Country really is a cult. This may sound really stupid to some people but it was a really hard decision because I love the team so much. I just hate running.  

I had already been thinking of quitting last year. After I got a stress fracture last year and because the stupid doctors office was incredibly busy or something, it took a month for me to go see the doctor. It took me another month after that to get the bone scan. So basically, I was out for two months because coach didn't really want me running when they didn't know what was wrong with me. Fine. It was really boring to cross train for days and days but it was okay. Then, I did winter track and it was miserable. Coming back to running after basically not doing anything for 2 months is a pain in the ass. I was miserable. Then, I met the wonderful voyageur people. I decided I loved voyageur and the people and I was going to climb instead of run. 

But I'm the type of person who is pretty easily swayed by peer pressure if it's for my best friends. Meaning, a friend, JB kept saying "no, this is not a question. You are doing xc." Then, I confided in another friend GR and she said that maybe I should give it another year before I really call it quits. I decided that it was a pretty good argument. I would give it one more year. 

Cross country camp started. It was okay... I hadn't been running over the summer because I was in Japan. But it was okay. I actually enjoyed running for a little while. I ran up Mount Mansfield [4393 feet!] and the feeling after I was finished was just amazing. I kept thinking to myself, "this is why I'm doing cross country." 

But then school started and I by that time, I was already tired of running. I had a lot of problems. I got a lung virus which brought on a breathing problem. I got sick and I was out of training for about a week. While everyone was getting faster and faster, I got left behind. My last time was 27:41 which was about 3 minutes 30 seconds faster than my fastest time last year. [And 24:10 isn't even a good time in comparison to the rest of my team] I also got shin splints. Not bad ones, but still...And it got to the point where I would wake up on Monday mornings, not dreading school, but dreading the running I would have to do that evening. I'm not even joking. I kept on thinking, "I don't want to run, I don't want to run."

A couple of other factors came into this as well. I started cross country in 7th grade because my best friend at the time, JB convinced me to do it. It was fine in middle school. Xc is a joke in middle school anyways. But then came Freshman xc. At cross country camp, I became really really close with the now seniors, then juniors. So I started spending more time with them. By doing that, I became less and less close with JB. She became closer and closer with AF and MH also on the team. When this year started, I tried to reconnect with JB. But, she was already BFF with AF and MH and they formed this tight clique. And so I was excluded. This year, I'm not as close to the seniors as I was before. I'm still really good friends with them but... And so I don't feel like I really have good friends in Xc anymore. 

Cross Country is a sport that rules your life. Practices are every day until 5:30 or 6:00. Then on Saturdays, there are meets that run all day. I dedicated so much time to this sport. And now that it's gone. i feel like I have no idea of what to do. I also have to choose a new sport. I'll probably join Voyageur again if I can. I'm also gonna try out for dance team in the Winter...which will be interesting. I guess I should be so excited that I actually have time now. And I can eat food in homeroom without worrying about puking. And I can go to concerts. I know that this was really probably the right choice. Even coach said that he suspected that I really wasn't happy with the sport from when we were at camp. And I know right now I'm thinking, why did you run away? only because running seems like such an easy thing when you're not actually running. Even though I know I was miserable and in the back of my mind I was always thinking, I really want to just quit, I never thought I would. And I didn't think it would unfold so quickly. I went to go talk to my advisor...and this is the result. The next day. And I was expecting a, why don't you think about it for a while... nope. Everything has gone so fast.

I don't even know how to think right now...