Chess, midnight coffee, and a music off

So last night I went to the DPHQ, the something headquaters that is francis, jack, and alec's apartment. It was a lot of fun. The best part was probably an idea that Alec's friend jake had, which started off as a challenge to francis to play the more awesome song. Jake was up first and it was really nice. I don't remember the name of the band, but it was very good backwards guitar and intense drumming. then francis played his and after it went back to jake, they realized it would be difficult to have only two people facing off of best songs. So it was opened up to the entire group and so gockel, alec, shep, colin, shannon, and i joined in. And then it got amazing. It went from some crazy stuff to classics, but they were all amazing songs. I didn't have my ipod so I couldn't play my first choice, but was delightfully satisfied with fireworks by animal collective. Other bands played were ween, mastodon, crosby stills and nash, white stripes, and ra ra riot. There was no pressure if your's was a different genre or whatever, it was totaly chill and relaxed, just how music enjoyment should be. I plan on having one when I'm in a large enough group, like 4-6, in morris.

Oh and here is what I contributed to their whiteboard. It started off with shapes and stuff then got a little more intristic. It's the square thing on the bottom that grows.

I love the feel of dead moles

I got a three pack of moleskine pocket notebooks. They're pretty sweet. I got the ones with no lines so I can doodle to my woodle's noodle. I don't know why, but in my senior notebook, Emily Spokowski and I wrote woodle noodle in a bunch of silly fonts. I read it and was throughly confused. Anyways, the notebooks are sweet because they fit in my backpocket well enough for me not to always notice it, which I think will be a problem come laundry time. I'm also going to stencil numbers on the front of them, so I wil eventually have a collection of them and in order too. Speaking of stencils, I think I'm going to go ahead and buy a bunch-o-shirts. I figure if I put more into sketching ideas in these notebooks, maybe I'll be able to sell some shirts at morris before the summer. And, as I always say, if you want a specific design, that is totally doable, so let me know.

Do I wish I was broke?

I have been very close to being in the negatives for my checking account this past couple weeks. And it was different. I couldn't just buy whatever I wanted. Although I try not to anyways, it wasn't even an option anymore. What's the point of finding the cheapest computer you can build if you can't actually buy it afterwards. So instead of thinking for hours and not following through, I just don't even want to put the effort into something I know I will not follow through with. It totally ruins it for me.
But now I put all my old childhood savings into my current account and I am not broke. But now what? Do I still worry over spending money on things if I can actually afford them. Actually having money is like the opposite of being broke. And I know that is one of my most obvious statements, but there is more behind it than just being antonyms. Like, if I spend 3 hours on which LCD monitor is the best deal, instead of not buying it, I probably will. So, instead of giving up now because I can't give up later, I want to give up now because I know I won't give it up later. Hours of debating and research gone down the drain of an actual purchase.
I liked having just enough money to entertain the idea, but not enough to go through with it and pay next months rent.

Can you just call me everyday and be excited about life and make me smile?

I am going to a music festival in Quincy, Washington. It will be the greatest thing of the year. Thinking about it makes me extremely happy. Here is why:

• It is a days drive from MN, and I love to drive.
• I am going with new friends and old. And I love friends.
• It is in Washington, which is beautiful. And I love beautiful things.
• It is during the transition between Spring and Summer. And I love those seasons.
• It lasts three days. And I love three days.
• It will have almost every band I want to hear in one place. And I love bands, here are some key ones:

1. Animal Collective
2. Bon Iver
3. Fleet Foxes
4. The Decemberists
5. Devotchka
6. M. Ward
7. Ra Ra Riot
8. Mos Def
9. TV On The Radio
10. M83
11. Silversun Pickups
12. Gogol Bordello
13. Grizzly Bear
14. Explosions in the Sky
15. Blitzen Trapper
16. Santigold

So. I am very excited about that. Eff Why to the Eye

I want a shower and not a hurricane

I don't know what I want, but I want it in light doses. I want it in a pill form that i can remember to take every day. I can put it on a todo list and check it off and feel acomplished. I want it to be able to do it whenever, whereever. It should be right between dinner and desert, while I do the laundry, when I'm reading a book. It has to be portable, and I can use it at anytime I need it.
I want everyone and everything with me at all times. I would then always have what I want to do with me and who I want to do it with as well. But that would require two semitrucks, and that's a lot of money, assuming everyone would actually follow me everywhere and never feel leftout in the trailer.

What do Vin Diesel and I have in common?

Let me set the scene: It's late at night, about 1 or 2. I'm sitting in my room with Meghan. We both have to write papers. Mine is due the next day. What do we do? Goto Coborn's to get energy drinks of course.
So we go and are looking at the vast selection of dranks and the guy working the graveyard shift comes over and hears me talking about how they should can pure focus and sell that because that's what I need. Me + focus = paper done in half an hour, no contest. Sadly I am never that focused and so it usually takes 5+ hours for the simplest papers. So the guy recommends NoS as his favorite. I haven't had that kind before so I grab one. Then he tells me about the new cappuccino flavor cookies and cream. Sounds delicious? Yes. And guess what, it was sooo tasty. I downed it like nothing else. It took a bit for the caffeine to kick in so I had already started the NoS before I felt it.
Bam, paper wrote itself almost.
Sadly, this has the repercussion of keeping me up all night. And when I say all night I mean until 10AM, where I slept until 12:30. But it was a great time. I played WoW and had fun and am now running on two hours sleep.

Slow Snow Day

Yesterday was freezing rain, today is snow. Convenient snow, on a day that I didn't want to goto school. Everything was canceled. It's nice, but now I'm inside and I don't always like being stuck inside. But w/e, I'll take a day off when I can get one from the school.