Every few months, it seems

I'm starting to think that these every few month postings is a new fad for me. I can make these work. But this time, instead of me complaining about something, I will be doing the complete opposite.

There are a few good aspects that need to be said. 

Hockey news: The Penguins beat Tampa tonight and took lead in the first round of Playoffs. If they keep steady, keep fighting to a minimum, then we'll be good and there just might be another Stanley Cup Championship in the near future!


Right then, onto more good news. Truth be told, I haven't been to concert since 2008. Sad, I know! BUT, that will all change tomorrow night. It will be a night that I have dreamt about for quite some time! This man is an ICON. His music is LEGENDARY. And ever since my mom bought me a Live from Madison Square Garden CD many years ago, I've become an even bigger fan. Yes, I am talking about... Sir Elton John!!


It's even hard to imagine that he is coming HERE, to my small hometown, to a venue that holds only 7,000 or less. It's a dream come true. The day that I got tickets was a nightmare, but I did score seats. They weren't great, but hey, we would be in the same room as him! Well, a few days ago, ticketmaster emailed me and said that the original tickets I had bought, were sold to us in error and that they were busy trying to find us new seats. Well it turns out, they UPGRADED our seats at no additional charge!! So we went from sitting at the way back of the arena, to being about four sections away from the stage! Eek!


It's hard to believe that in 24 hours, I will be on a cloud of exciting emotions, getting to see an extraordinary artist perform in my town.


Time to go plug in the camera battery and hope to find a memory card that is big enough to hold all of the pictures I plan on taking!




G'night world.


-Kim

All the right moves...

When I started this blog, I had every intention of keeping up with it. Well... that didn't work very well. I enjoy writing and everything, but when it comes to putting everything into a blog post, it just shoots out the window.

I read all of my old posts and realized something. Most of the posts are me bitching about things, or complaining. It really didn't seem like it when it was happening. Talk about being dull and boring. So onto something cheery and delightful.


A few of the girls and I have been talking about seeing a concert next year. Yes, next year. In June. Tickets are on sale in 10 days, for one of the most anticipated shows of the summer of 2011. Yes, that's right... the Backstreet Boys/ New Kids on the Block summer tour!! I have to get excited about this, seeing as I was one of the biggest BSB fans when I was like 10, never seen them in concert... and well, I've already seen NKOTB five times and met them three times. But the two groups together?? Hello, old school teeny-bopper Heaven right there!

The concert will be in Chicago, the worst city in the world. Okay, it's not the worst. But there are some crazy drivers there!!..but we've had awesome luck in Chicago, seeing as Allison, Celeste and I all got amazing face time with Donnie Wahlberg there two years ago :)


With that said, I am going to take this cheerful post and hit the road. Time for bed, as it's back to work tomorrow!




Aloha,

Kim

Missing Out

There are things in my life that I know I have missed out on. In my 23 years of life, I can honestly say I'm a bit disappointed in myself. 

In fact, it wasn't until this year that I took my very first airplane ride, just for a hockey game in Pittsburgh. Needless to say, I was scared to death. But, when we were flying over Lake Michigan/Chicago and I looked out and saw the Sear's Tower, I was amazed. It was such a cool sight to see.

But it's things like that and then other things that I wish I could do more of. There are so many places to go, things to see and do... and of course, people to meet. I'm sure everyone out there says that at some point of their life, but then there is the ensemble of people that get to do that every day.

There are some people that get to mooch off of mommy and daddy's money and get to go on trips halfway around the world. There are people that have awesome paying jobs and get to take killer vacations. That isn't me, though. Unfortunately. I have a job, but the pay sucks. I like my job, not love, but like it enough to stay... regardless of pay. It's one of the lowest paying places for this line of work (working with individuals with developmental disabilities).

So, naturally, not having a great paying job has its disadvantages. Especially when it comes to bills, and once those are done, most of the paycheck is gone. Sometimes I wish I could have become a movie star or singer. Acting, I could handle. But I can't sing to save my life :)


As for traveling, I live in the Midwest. And when you're from the Midwest, you don't see much excitement. To get to excitement, you have to travel. Sometimes farther than others. So, as for me, I've gotten the Midwest covered, and most of the East Coast. Never been to New England (NY, CT, VT, etc...). I have southern roots, so I would love to go to Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma. There are so many places. I've always wanted to go to Oregon and a close neighbor to them, British Columbia.


I've never taken pictures of Mountains, or gotten to go on a really cool hike. I've never laid on a large rock in the middle of the desert, looking at the stars. I want to go on a really big boat, not necessarily a cruise ship, but still big enough. I want to see whales and dolphins... and maybe even sharks. I want to sit on a double decker bus and take pictures of Big Ben, the London Eye and the Tower on London. And then proceed to tour the Tower of London. I want to visit the concentration camps where distant ancestors were held and tortured, to remember them. And maybe, just maybe, I would like to visit Chernobyl. Maybe. And then I would like to take a stroll through a Japanese zen garden, walk past rows of cherry blossom trees and admire the beauty of Japanese culture.


It's things like this that I wish I could do. And hopefully some day I will. Since everyone will tell me, "Oh, you're still young! You have plenty of time to do this still!" I'm still jealous of everyone that has done this already.

A New Years Eve tale....

This was just a little somethin' somethin' I wrote on another blog. From New Years Eve 2008.

My friend was babysitting a little girl at a house that was only a few short blocks from me. It was New Years Eve so my friend was all like, "oh yeah, you can come over. It'll be cool."

Well, I get to the house and I realized something about that house from when I was younger. When I was in elementary school, an Asian family had lived there. There were at least four or five members of the family. Well one day, in the news, one of the family members snapped, broke in through a front window and shot everyone in the house and then took his own life.

So, I'm walking up to this house and flashes of the yellow police tape and the broken windows are going through my mind. Once in the house things seem to be going okay. My friend had told me that the little girl hated sleeping in her room, so I was all, that's weird. So we tried putting her asleep in her mom's room. Well, the baby monitors were on, and while we were reading a story to the girl, a noise went through the baby monitor that sounded either like a loud cough or someone clearing their throat. O_O My friend and I looked at each other and went on reading the story. Well, a few short moments later, it happened AGAIN. So me trying to be brave, I went down to the girls room, which was pitch black and then clicked on the light. Nothing.

I can't shake the noise from my mind, even over a year later. Hopefully the first and last time I will be in a house where a family was murdered. No wonder the little girl doesn't like sleeping in her room, since little kids are more aware of the "paranormal" if that's how you want to put it.

This moment still scares me and it's added to my handful of "weird" experiences, for sure.

Sometimes it's just good to get things out.

When I was younger, I thought I had the best life ever. I had a great group of friends, a wonderful family and plenty of pets to keep myself occupied. I thought I was living someone's life straight from the movies, you know, the ones that had the happily ever afters. For as long as I can remember, I thought that was how all people lived. But now I'm 23, and I'm starting to think some of that life was a lie.

Six years ago, my father was kicked out of the house. He admitted to my mother that he has cheated on her, not only with one girl, but multiple women. The fairy tale life I had always envisioned just crashed in front of my eyes. The late night yelling, the countless number of nights hearing my mother crying. I couldn't figure it out when I was younger, but when my mom dropped the bomb and said she was kicking dad out, it made perfect sense. Little did I know that this very reason would someone come creeping back into my life six years later.

So that was the beginning. In October of 2005, mom filed for divorce from the man that she still somehow loved, but had hurt her the most. It wasn't until 2009 that the divorce was finalized in April. In those years, we still kept in touch with dad, seeing as he only moved a few short blocks away. And still, he kept up with the stupid acts. Girlfriend after girlfriend... and all of them seem to get younger in age, minus -C-. **Won't be using names** At least -C- was closer to dad's age and was at least more presentable than the others. The "others" that I speak of were close to mine and my sister's ages. And were either strippers or drug dealers. Yep, real winners, if you ask me.

But unfortunately, none of them matched the winner that dad has found himself this time. It's "the real deal" he says, and claims he really feels something with her and even asked her to marry him. Oh, okay dad, what can you tell us about her? "Oh, she's 27 and she dances. Lives in Holmen and works at apac". Oh, did you say 27? Yeah, he certainly did. Well, my sister and I being the overly angry people with news like this, we go on facebook and burst into rants about how this is ridiculous. Well, little did I know, this is indeed a small world. A friend from high school knows this girl... and even claims that this new girl, can't be more than 21!! That's right 21.

So, me being the technology freak that I am, went into investigative mode and tried searching for this girl on facebook. No luck. With the info that I got from my friend -B-, dad's girl -S- is what I'll call her, is a very dirty and ghetto person. So I thought, where do dirty, ghetto people go on the internet? MySpace. :-D
Well that was the gold mine, I found -S's- sister which then linked a picture to her profile. Oh, and wouldn't you know, she really IS 21 years old. Very baby faced, too. Well, I printed off a picture of her and with the help of my sister, got up the courage to confront my dad. Now, in no way am I a confrontational person. I don't like doing it and I don't like getting/taking it. In a way, I'm like my dad because of that, but it needed to be done.

Longer story short, I told him about the age, showed him the picture, etc etc... the next day or so, dad texts my sister and says he lied about her age, because we would keep pressing on about her, blah blah. Which also means he lied to one of his sisters, as well. I was pissed, so bad that I was shaking. My sister, too. She called the sister he lied to, and I called our mom. Needless to say, I broke down on the phone, like hardcore. So bad that my mom left work early that day, even with me telling her that she really didn't need to. Was she afraid of what my sister and I would do, or wouldn't do? Pretty much.

So, here we were, faced with this situation that was now "our problem" as dad worded it, and that we should "just get over it". Get over it? How can we get over the fact that we are going to have a 21 year old step-mother, that strips, smokes and hangs with shady people? I mean, she is YOUNGER THAN ME and I'm his youngest child. A certain phone call to my dad one day got everything out in the open. Through tears and swear words, I told him how I felt and how wrong this situation was. The fact that he can't see that this girl is using him for all he's got, which isn't much.

*sigh*

I am so emotionally scarred right now. From the moment I found out what my dad did to my mother, I bottled everything up and still do sometimes. I used to be more lively than what I am. Now, I have this shy exterior. I blame everything in my past for that. I hate having to go through daily life thinking of what will come next. Going to work and having to pretend everything is okay, laughing when I don't really feel like laughing. Sure, I love getting away from the drama for a few hours, but even surrounding myself with good people doesn't make things better. It helps, though. Not to mention my trust issues. I only have a handful of people I trust and confide in these days. I hate getting close to people for fear of this same thing happening to me. I hate the fact that I have liked guys in the past but always found it too difficult to want to further things, even more so now. No person should have to suffer through things I've gone through.


In the end, my father has lied to his family multiple times over the last few weeks, refuses to tell us anything about the girl (even though we're good at finding things out ourselves.) And this is why he didn't get a "happy father's day" greeting from anyone.

Selfish-ness

The title says it all, in my opinion. It's one of those things where you either are or aren't. In my case, I'm quite the selfish person, I admit it. Most people will deny the fact. But props to the people who indeed to admit it.

We often times just think about ourselves, only want to talk about ourselves (problems, situations, lives, etc...). in other cases, we wish we could have something that more than likely will never be ours. For example, people have this thing in their minds that think they can get with their favorite actor/actress/singer/comedian and so on and so forth. Well, some people do get to be that lucky.

But then there are the people who still think that, and then find out their favorite person already has a boyfriend or girlfriend, or are even married. So what happens then? That person suddenly puts on their "all about me" mode and start devising plans on ways for that person to break up with their partner and hopefully take that person's place. Why? Because that person is selfish and wants everything to go their way, even if that 'way' is crazy and will never happen.

It's kind of like when you strike a match and then light a candle. First the flame is small, but then it grows. Even sometimes getting out of control and starting an even bigger fire, then you're S.O.L.

But you know, some people are just 'destined' to be the one chosen by someone famous. Sure, they're lucky, but it shouldn't be the end of the world... and it shouldn't come to the point of trying to find ways of making those people break up. Selfish. As with any relationship, it may or may not work. Just because they've been together for over a year, or whatever it is, doesn't mean they are soul mates.


As for me, I'm trying to work on the selfishness. It's not a major problem in my life, but it does pop up at times. It's under control... my flame is under control :)

Happy reading.

~Kim~

Don't close the book on me.... you're beautiful.

There is something in life that bothers me about some people. There are a few billion people in the world that have things called FLAWS. Okay, make that everyone. We all have them, it's something we deal with daily. Some more often than others, but they are there. Some may bite their nails constantly, some may swear every other word, others might just have some kind of bodily function that just doesn't work properly.

But you know what? Who cares? I'm one of those people who can see past flaws in others and won't judge them because of it. I won't not  introduce myself to someone if they are biting their nails. Yeah, biting nails is gross, but hey, people do it. We live with it.

Then there are the people out there who think they are too good for everyone else. The people who think they are perfect, want nothing but perfection and won't settle for anything else. The kind of people who WILL judge other people and be all, "Ew, gross". Well, hate to burst their bubbles, but those people SUCK. They are probably the people who, at the end of the day, think things are going great, but in reality it's not.

People have flaws. It's life. Some people can change or work on their flaws, but in the end they will still have a flaw. And we should still love those people. Take my mother for example... she was raised Southern style. So with some of the words she says, she adds the letter 'R'. For example: WaRsh, which would be 'wash' to the rest of us. We laugh and have a good time with it, but she can't help it. Just like a person who is lactose intolerant... they can't help it when things shift and well, you get my drift. You gotta go, you gotta go is what I always say.

I take my leave now and will step off of my soap box for now. Until I find something else to rant about or something that I must talk about. There is something, but this is going on long enough.

Peace.




~Kim

Simple things are always the best

I read something today that really made me stop and think.

A story from an anonymous lady was, absolutely without a doubt, one of the best things I have ever read. She writes about an experience while shopping at a pretty big name store. This lady had just gotten what she needed and was walking to check out, when she noticed two girls, probably in their early twenties. Very pretty, a lot of make up and jewelry, and wearing nice clothes. The two of them had an abundant amount of items and were checking out before this lady.

This lady claims she is a very patient person, but couldn't help but get irritated while watching these girls. Apparently one of the girls claims she only got one of her pairs of shoes to make another girl jealous (wow, really?)...and the other girl was saying things like, "oh I'll only wear these things once and then find something new to wear". A little too materialistic?


Finally the two girls walked off with their bags and the lady was about to walk up to the cashier, when she overheard a young boy talking to his mother. The little boy said, "I've been saving my allowance for over two months and I can finally get them." The lady looks back and notices the boy holding a box of Adidas shoes. She claims that he's holding them, as if he just won the most important prize ever. Being a softy, the lady tells the boy's mom that they can go before her if they wanted. The little boy smiled even bigger and thanked the lady.

Apparently the two girls spent about $300 each, on things that may or may not be used more than once. Now don't get me wrong, if I spend money on clothes or shoes, I make sure to get my moneys worth. And not toss them aside once something new comes out.



No offense to those girls, or any other girls who are like that... but get off of your high horse. Money doesn't always solve everything, and really shouldn't be used to buy something to make another girl jealous or just to be worn once. How can they appreciate their items if they only wear them once? The little boy who bought his Adidas shoes will probably get so much use out of those things until they are worn out, and only spent a small fraction of what those girls did. Now HE will appreciate that and good for him. At least he didn't go to the store with an excuse just to spend (a lot of) money.



I don't see why people need to be like that? 

Take my birthday, for example, which was on the 20th of January. My mom asked me what I wanted, and I kept telling her, I didn't want anything... yet she still asked. So finally after the 50th time, I told her I would take a new clothes basket. That's it, that's all I wanted. (And I did get it, by the way). I really don't see the need to get things when I don't want them.. besides, I was perfectly fine with just spending my birthday with my amazing friends and family, which is a great gift all together.



Another thing I got, were two replies on Twitter from two amazing guys, which I didn't expect to get, but I decided to go for it anyways. Oliver and James Phelps really gave me one of those simple kinds of gifts that not only meant a lot, but also didn't cost a thing. It sounds really corny to say that, but to be honest, it's the truth. So thank you guys =)

Sometimes it's the little (and less expensive) things in life that are most memorable. :) I appreciate & cherish everything in my life right now, so much more than I did.



~Kim

I could get used to this...

Day two of blogging? I am on a roll! But I figure, either with an imaginary audience or not, I will express my thoughts whether they make sense or not =)

Just finished watching American Idol with my mom, and wow, there were some interesting people on there. The best was probably the gay guy that was hitting on Simon, then made Katy Perry say that she felt dirty. Not to mention he sang, "I touch myself" by the Divinyls, and was throwing himself all over the place in a sexual manner. haha, epic.

Now having another movie night, this time watching "sister act 2: back in the habit". I love watching the movies that I grew up on, having memorized all of the lines and songs, and thinking the movie is still just as great. Good times.

Ah, earlier today I saw a mouse outside... running out from under my neighbor's garage door. Creeped me out and made me cringe, even though the little bugger was at least 10 ft away from me... yuck. End of story.

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Okay, so I planned on finishing my blog earlier this evening. But now it's after midnight and here I am once again. Only this time, I'm blogging after drinking a few vodka & cranberries. Quite delicious and I'm doin' pretty well... well, actually, I tried playing tennis and golf on the Wii and truth is... it was quite funny.


But the even better part was winning Mario Party on nintendo 64 against my sister and her boyfriend, while drinking. good fun, it was.


So to kill more time before I need to pass out, I got bored and started looking up dream interpretations... but something else caught my eye.

Astral projection

The ability to leave ones body and travel to a higher realm. I'm not going to lie, but the thought of that actually happening is kind of interesting. Whether it's because of a near death experience, or from a simple dream. The fact that our "body" could end up somewhere else is cool. It would be weird if we ended up in some strangers dream and they woke up being all, "what the hell?" Hey, anything is possible. But, the freaky part would be if that person saw the real person from the dream. Freaky, but still kind of cool to think about. If you think about it, where do our minds really go when we're sleeping?

With that thought fresh on my mind, I am going to bed. All of this excitement will make me stay up late again and I can't be doing that =)

~Kim~

 

Shabalabadingdong

Insomnia is a pain, really. It's after 2 am and here I am, blogging. I'm starting to think that I should either make a really strong drink before wanting to go to bed or find some other tactic. Because I know for a fact that when I do eventually fall asleep, an hour or two later my phone will be beeping, no doubt telling me people are starting to tweet. That's what I get for following people outside of the US and are hours ahead. ;)


My mind can't seem to hush up at the moment... which is probably why I'm blogging at the moment. I wish there were on and off switches for things in life, especially at this hour. Good thing my ipod is charged and ready to get things back on track. Although, I should probably listen to better music... there are some songs that are simply amazing, but when they get stuck in your head, you just want it to stop after so many times of it going over and over.


Another thing that has been bothering me, is the fact that this year is already going by way too fast. It's almost February, for goodness sake. Whatever happened to the days that took their sweet old time going by, where we could ask ourselves, "Why can't this day/week/month/year be going by any faster?" I should kick myself for asking that question so many times.


Well, that seems to be enough for now. I'm going to try an attempt at getting myself relaxed enough to sleep. And hopefully pray that it doesn't snow anymore... I don't need to be slipping on anymore ice, which I swear wasn't there, but I didn't listen to my mother and of course almost fell. Typical. =)




-Kim

The trend.

I haven't written anything since February... partially because I'm not too fond of writing blogs and always seem to forget that I have it. So with that on the side, I'm here now, writing to my imaginary audience.

New movies for 2009 are looking way amazing. Two that I haven't seen, but really want to see are "The Blind Side" and "2012". But the major box office opener is "New Moon"! I had to pleasure of seeing it on Saturday (Nov. 21st) and was blown away with how they did things. Sure, it was slightly rushed and they threw a lot in with the two hour time slot, but I loved it. The ending slayed me, though... since it shouldn't have happened till Eclipse. But who cares, it makes for a great cliffhanger.


It's pretty funny how seeing a movie can trigger so many funny conversations between friends. One of my best friends and I have so many weird "werewolf" convo's almost every night, and a few spots throughout the day, as well. I cry, sometimes, till it hurts... mostly from laughing at the crazy things we end up saying. It's a good time and makes things that much better.

Alright, that is all for now. Maybe I can try to promise myself to keep coming on here a few more times... and not in say, eight months. ;)

-Kim

Why do I even bother with this?

I made this blog, hoping to get myself to keep up with it. But sadly, only a few posts and I've had this for how long now? Geesh.

Anyways, cutting to the chase. Parents divorce may be final in Mid-March. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the court date does not get pushed back any further than that. We've put up with it for too long and it's just time for it to be over.

As for more news, concerning my father... he informs me that he has someone in his life. Her name is Ashley. Apparently, he says they are very fond of each other. So much, that he wanted to take her to my cousin Tracy's wedding in May. But thankfully, he said he shrugged that idea off, seeing as this is a family affair. Not "bring your whore to a family function" type thing. BUT then, oh yes, it gets better. He tells me he asked her to come to Bayfield with him in the Summer, for the 4th of July. I was all, "oh hell NO". So I immediately told my sister, who told our mom... and we now have reservations at the Winfield, in our Condo 21, for the 4th of July weekend. The reason for the early reservation, is because Mom and Liz simply said, they don't want to miss out on any of the "fun".

I don't blame them, I'm curious to know what this girl is like and even looks like. The name Ashley just makes me think young... which obviously won't surprise me if she is. She's not the first and maybe not the last. Anyways, my Auntie's will chew her up and spit her out. They are loud, fun, can be obnoxious (lol)... so I hope this girl is ready for the blunt truth about things. Cause that's the way they will be coming!

That is all for today.

klamz

Recap of 2008

Over the course of this year, things have gone their own ways. I've had the good, the bad and the downright ugly going on. But as the saying goes: "Everything happens for a reason".

I suppose I could start with the ugly thing first. I suppose it's nothing really new. My parent's divorce is STILL going on. And it's not getting any closer to being over, which is what my mom, sister and I really want. My dad just calls it "a bad nightmare that never ends". Which I suppose is true. Anyways, that's the ugliest of news that I have.

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And now onto the best things that have happened this year!

May 2008-- New Kids on the Block announced their reunion/tour!! Who WOULDN'T be excited about that??

And because of that reunion, everything came pouring back to me. Especially how I used to be a Jordan Knight girl when I wasn't even old enough to be liking guys, haha. To the memories of listening to their tapes with my friend when we were younger, to when I followed both Jordan and Joey's solo careers. I was WAY excited. And to make it even better, Amanda kept asking me if I wanted to go to a NKOTB concert. I was really skeptical at first. How would they perform? How would they look and sound?

*Well, the two of us had originally planned to go to one concert at the time. And that one concert would have been the Minneapolis, MN concert on Oct. 21, 2008. Well, in August, I was at home doing things, when I got a text message from Amanda, saying something along the lines of "NKOTB AT MALL OF AMERICA ON AUGUST 8TH!!!!" I freaked out! But then my excitement came shooting down when I noticed I had to work on that day. Well, that's what they thought. I called in sick, :-D. Amanda and I made the trip to Minnesota the night before the big event. People could start lining up at 4AM. Well... with about 3 hours of sleep, Amanda and I got to the Mall about 4:30AM. And only a few minutes later, we were being approached by Celeste! Amanda and Celeste had been talking online and agreed to meet up at the Mall, so we all met and stayed together the whole time.
*The three of us had stayed at the mall for over 16+ hours, just to see the guys perform 3 songs and to get a quickie "HI/BYE" meet & greet. But OHH was it worth it! The performance was great (Summertime, Tonight & Single). And the M&G was amazing! I had great experiences with Joe, Jon (gorgeous in person!!), Donnie (I got my first Donnie hug from him!!!!) and Danny, of course! Jordan was iffy, but I don't blame him, lol.

And after that day, everything just got more and more crazy. At the time, Amanda and I added two more concerts to our list: October 4th in Chicago and then in Milwaukee on the 22nd of October.

Which brings me into my next great moments of 2008! The trip to Chicago, which also brought more friends along, included: Celeste and her friends, Allison and Sharla, Amanda and I. The 5 of us being crowded in Celeste's car for 2 and a half hours was definitely fun times! But on October 4th, everything just got so much better. We were all ready to go by Noon and piled into the car around 12:20 to head to the arena to scope things out. Well, long story short: security guards with evil glares, parking in Target parking lot, large group of girls, walking past Donnie Wahlberg, more girls... wait, WALKED PAST DONNIE WAHLBERG?? Indeed, Celeste and I did. But the end result was amazing and I got a great picture with him and his arm around my shoulders, ending with his hand running through my hair, rubbing my neck, him smiling and saying HI in an oh, so sexy voice. :-]]]]

**swoon**


-Kim-

It's been a while... yet again.

Lots and lots have happened the past few weeks. So many new people have been met, so many have been talked about multiple times, and five of them just so happen to make up New Kids on the Block.

That's right. Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre and Jordan Knight. I got to meet "the five brothers from beantown land" on August 8th, 2008 at Mall of America. I waited with Amanda and Celeste (a fellow blockhead!!) for over 16+ hours, sitting on the hard floors of the mall, just to see the guys perform 3 songs, and then get to meet them. At first, I was really worried we wouldn't get a laminate, which is what you needed to meet the guys. But once we finally made it to the Best Buy store, we were all happy and pre-ordered the CD, walking out of the store with our laminates =]

With a few hours before the concert starting, Celeste left the mall to go freshen up, while Amanda and I stayed at the mall to get some lunch. We decided Ruby Tuesday, which by the way, has AMAZING food. So after lunch, we decided to go walk by the rotunda, where the concert was gonna be. and HOLY CRAP. There were people already lined up and had at least 7 rows of people by the stage. We ran to the elevator and ran down to the security area. We showed them our laminates, and had them look through our purses (where the guy I had called me inspector gadget, because I had 2 cameras and my phone in there). But we finally found a good spot, about 9 rows back. A little disappointed, but heck, at least we could still see.

Well concert time came... and the guys were late. DIVAS! lol, kidding. It was supposed to start at 5:30... concert didn't start till close to 7, I believe. Which meant more sitting on the ground, or standing for the longest time. Finally the concert came and the place went WILD!! Donnie was first on stage and wow! It was all so surreal. They sang Summertime, Tonight and then Single.

So yeah, we finally get to meet them now. We waited about an hour before we even got close to the table. Of course, the line was held up when Mr. Jordan Knight had to excuse himself from the table and go to the bathroom.. that took like 10 minutes. When he got back Joey began praising him and waving his arms, lol. When we were two lines away from the table we were yelling Joey's name, and he waved to our section a few times.

Anyways, finally, we're near the stage. I told Celeste she needed to go first. Amanda volunteered to go second, leaving me last. Which meant I was going to be left at the table. Rotfl. But anyways, Jordan was first... gave me the cold shoulder... grr! But he signed my laminate and passed it to Joey. Joey signed it, and then handed it to me. Then he looked up at me, smiled and said, "HI!" I said, "HI!" back and stuck my hand out to shake his, rotfl. He shook it and I had to laugh, lmfaoo. But then, Jon turn. Omg, I could have fainted. That man is gorgeous in person. His smile, his eyes, the touch of his hand... *swoon* But of course, I came down from Jon's cloud the moment I stepped in front of Donnie. My main man. He signed my laminate and then looked at me while saying, "Hey girl." I smiled and quickly said, "I know I shouldn't, but can I have a hug?" He smiled again and leaned over the table and wrapped me in his arms. *melt* It was amazing!! I was in such a daze, that I almost walked off the stage then, forgetting Danny was last (not intentionally!!) But a security guard was in the way once I stopped at the end of the table. And before I know it, there's a head coming around the side of the guard, and it's Danny! Smiling at me as he reaches for my hand to shake, saying "thanks for coming tonight". But then Donnie tried handing me the laminate of the girl behind me, and Danny looks at him and says, "No". He smiles at me again and hands me my laminate, and I quickly said "thanks!"

So I walked off the stage and grabbed purse, with a permanent smile on my face. They officially made that day worth everything!!

And now, over a month later, I'm still on a NKOTB high! And to top it off, I will be attending three more concerts within one month! My first one is coming up in 9 days! October 4th. Amanda and I have 4 star, which means a seat within rows 11-20, which is pretty good. And we also get a necklace that glows in the dark, a bandana and something else I can't remember.

And on October 21st, Amanda and I will be attending the concert at the Xcel Energy center, regular tickets. And the next day will be the best of all! We have 5 star tickets, which means VIP pre-party with the new kids themselves! And getting seats in rows 1-10!! The pre-party gets us a photo op with the guys and facetime! =] Hopefully Amanda and I can sneak in a picture with Jonathan!

Either way, I am very excited about all of this. I can't wait and it will be very memorable.

Long time, no see or write.

I didn't even bother to look at the date of my last post. Alls I know is, that is was a long time ago. Which means, things have been too busy for me to keep up with this thing.

By busy, of course, that means trying to have a life and fitting it around work schedules, dealing with drama, having one of my Uncles pass away, etc...

So instead if filling in all of the hoards of details, I will just skip to the most recent activity of my life. The beginning of July.

July started off with a bang, and no, I don't mean fireworks. I got a fever of 102.4 on June 30th, but was feeling much better on the 1st, which was so good, because that was a hectic day. I had to get my hair cut, and then get it dyed back to normal color... which turned out darker than I expected, but I really like it.

And when that all was done, I had to PACK up my life into anything I could find. Why? Because we were leaving for vacation the next day, a much needed one at that, too. Bayfield, here we come!!

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Okay, so we finally made it to Bayfield. Well, we almost didn't. On the road before we turn and go to Washburn and Bayfield, a certain nature friend wanted to cross the road, rather yet, it wanted to run out into the road... and it wasn't a deer. It was one of these:

Yes, a bear. And not a small bear. No, it was quite a nice sized one, that just wandered out into the street from the side of the road. My mom, sister and I all had our heads turned, admiring the shooting range that they had on the right side of the road. And when we turn our heads straight, my sister slams on the breaks only about 8 feet from this bear. I get strangled by my seat belt, my mom is yelling for joy (she's wanted to see a bear up here for as long as I can remember), and the dog goes slamming into the back of my sister's seat. So naturally, my sister and I are having heart attacks and our mom is mad because we didn't have a camera.... sure mom, we're about to slam into a huge bear, I'll snap a picture or scream for my life. I chose to scream for my life.

I won't lie, my heartbeat didn't return normal for a few hours. Only because the roads up in Bayfield/Washburn area, have large wooded areas, perfect for willing bears to come walking out of them, and do it quite often. But we made it to our hotel without anymore visitors.

The weather was perfect every single day. No higher than 75 during the day, and close to 55 degrees at night. It was Heaven. All thanks to the wonder Lake Superior:

So anyways, we get to see our relatives, which are always a blast when we see them. My aunties are so much fun. And now that I am 21, I was welcomed into the bar and casino on the Res, without having to worry about someone IDing me. But half of my relatives work there and don't care. Besides, it was my aunt who wanted to sneak me into the casino last year, because I didn't look my age... :] But we won't discuss that.

Anyways, after the first night of losing 20 bucks, we found out my cousin Randy was working at a new job, a bar called Gill Net-Tug. It was located in the middle of Indian country (which means the middle of nowhere). So my cousin Michelle offered to drive my auntie fatso, my dad, my sister and I to the bar. My aunt geri was a speed demon and was already there when we arrived. So we all walked in and found a seat at the bar. Good thing there wasn't anyone there except the owner and some girl, because when we came in, we took over.

So my sister and I order cranberry and vodka, my dad has a screwdriver, auntie fatso had a bloody mary, and I have no idea what Geri had. I lost track of everything after a while. In the end, I believe I had 3 vodkas and cranberries, a shot of tequila (with training wheels, lmfao).. and that's it.

So my dad and sister weren't drunk, since they both had to operate vehicles later that night. So at midnight, after we all became pumpkins and embarrassed Randy like no other, he kicked us out and cut us off. On the way out of the door, my auntie fatso grabbed my butt.. So we all sardined ourselves back into Michelle's car, and headed back to the casino so the rest of us could get home.

Mom didn't care that I was drunk and almost picked flowers for her from the garden outside of the hotel. But I grabbed some crackers and forgot to put the rest of them away, and went to go pass out.

The rest of the trip was spent either at the hotel, with the relatives, and the casino with the relatives, or driving to Ashland to go gambling and do some shopping at Wal-Mart. And the 4th of July fireworks were amazing, right on Lake Superior. They were a great show.

We decided to have a cook out at our place on the Saturday (July 5) before we would head back to La Crosse. We had a huge deck and patio with our condo, so we invited the family over. Geri, Tracy, Bugger and their baby showed up, and dad did too. Once the watermelon was served, Auntie Fatso and Randy showed up before they had to go to work. It was a nice little meeting, except Mary Jane didn't seem to fond of Aunt Geri's puppy, Tischa. They were very territorial, haha.

The next day sucked, we packed and were early for once in our lives. We headed out to the Northern Edge, where Aunt Geri bought us breakfast. After saying goodbyes, we headed back into town and went up to the cemetary to see Grandma and Grandpa's gravestones. After that, we went down to Rita's store, which is down near the Pier Plaza and Madeline Island ferry landing. Such a near store, with many hand made things (by Rita, of course) and so many people seem to over look her shop. It's too bad, how many people can come home with hand made dreamcatchers, or birchwood paper baskets/ christmas ornaments?

With the touristy shopping out of the way, we began our trip home. And as usual, halfway home, I wanted to turn the van around and come right back. Bayfield is the place to be, minus the 'damn tourists' (as my late grandpa and uncle dale would say). But again, I will have to wait till next year to see the wonder sights that is Bayfield, WI.

and then there was... sickness.

Sadly, for the past few days I have been sick. High temperature, of almost 103 degrees, sore throat (but no strep, yay!), and a completely stuffed up nose.

Sounds pleasant. But sadly, thanks to my symptoms, I had to call into work on Friday (yesterday). God knows I can't afford to be missing work. Not with a big trip coming up and with bills to pay! Heavens no.

Well with my sickness, it has kept me off of the computer until tonight, but also planted me in front of the good old television. And I have come to the conclusion that there are no good shows on during the days. I had to settle watching shows on MSNBC about a man who killed young women for pleasure and whatever else. He got the death penalty. Then I watched a show about a shizophrenic man who pushed a girl onto the Subway tracks in New York, which with common sense, caused her to get hit by the train and die.

It sounds extremely morbid, and it was, but honestly, there was nothing else on. So I scared myself into visions of that someday happening to either myself or someone I know. Gah, yeah, subject change. *shivers*

I got to go shopping tonight. For the first time in the looongest time. Ended up buying two pairs of pants, three shirts and a new sweatshirt. All are very amazing. But for now, I am going to get going.

Peace.

-klamz

It's that time...

Well, I have succesfully made a new blog. Whether I keep up with it, or even add anything to it, is entirely up to me. So, be prepared to either be amazed, shocked or even bored.

So, today is the last day that my Jonas Brothers tickets are selling on ebay. I'm kind of sad to sell them, but sadly, things come up and we can't go. Soo, thankfully the money Sullie and I will be getting will be going to a greattt cause. Our foundation for traveling to Pittsburgh, PA, to see our loves playing a mean game of HOCKEY. I'm stoked. I can't wait to see Army <3

Let's see, what else is going on for today. Oh, my mom and I went to my Great Aunt's funeral this morning. It was a nice ceremony. I didn't cry. Not that I didn't want to, but just because I didn't know her very well, and we didn't get to spend much time together. I nearly froze my behind off walking in the cemetary.
Note to self: next time, bring comfy shoes AND socks.
I also got to see my Great Uncle Wayne. He's looking great for his age, and was really pulling out the jokes. I love him, and I love him even more for calling me one gorgeous gal. Haha, love that humor! ;)

Well, that was my day in a not so small nutshell. OH well. I'm off for now, as I wait patiently for my ebay auction to end. Goodnight to all.

-klamz