Due to my overwhelming boredom with LJ,
I've created a sort of side project for myself.

I stole the idea from the "Featured Journals" section earlier tonight.
There's a group where the users post one picture of their life a day.
I thought the idea sounded neat, and after reading the description I was sold.
However, I'm sick of communities taking over my friends page.
So I went ahead and just made my own journal for this project.

awasteoffilm

I'd be thrilled if someone else wanted to do this project with me,
I just think it'd be neat to compare each others pictures over time.
And I can't even imagine the coolness factor of digging it up ten years from now.

If you need a little more convincing here's what made me want to do it:

Why do it?
Taking a photo a day is a big undertaking with big payoffs. Here are just a few reasons why you should consider doing it: Imagine being able to look back at any day of your year and recall what you did, who you met, what you learned… (Often we find it hard to remember what we did just yesterday or even last night, let alone a whole year ago!) Your year-long photo album will be an amazing way to document your travels and accomplishments, your haircuts and relationships. Time moves surprisingly fast. Taking a photo a day will make you a better photographer. Using your camera every day will help you learn its limits. You will get better at composing your shots, you’ll start to care about lighting, and you’ll become more creative with your photography when you’re forced to come up with something new every single day.


AND BTW:
I just got the biggest craving in the world for McDonalds Sausage Gravy & Biscuits.
They need to bring that shit back, pronto.

<3

:)

I should have done that months ago.
Silly me.

I've come to realize that if I were able to make it by just by booking shows for the rest of my life I don't think I could be any happier. Sure, there's not much money in it. Sure, it's a lot of stupid tedious hard work. Sure, it can get really depressing when things don't go right. There's just something about that feeling you get when you get that msg back from that band you've been dying to book, or hearing from someone that they're so excited about a show that you put together.

These past two months I've finally had something to pour my heart into, an outlet for my spastic creative impulses, finally a way to give back to the music scene thats basically shaped my entire life.

I love doing this, and I really hope I can keep doing this forever.
Just eventually bigger and better. Bigger bands, nicer venues, more kids.

It's been so long since I've had anything that I love doing so much that even in the wee hours of the night, when I'm well aware I have class the next day, I just can't seem to pull myself away from.

I love dreaming big
<3

Now if only spring would hurry up and fucking get here I'd be the happiest girl in the world.

Oh and a shameless plug:
Tomorrow is my second show ever (wish me luck!)
-Vixen Trolley
-Jack Hood
-Kurt Rambis
-St. Vlasco
-Johnny Nobody

April 4th (we only have around 90 tickets left! woo!):
-Kris Roe of The Ataris
-Rodeo Ruby Love
-The Ready Set
-My Hidden Track

August 29th, NERD FEST!
Cute nerdy synth pop bands,
and if you come in nerd attire you'll get a dollar off!
woo!

Thank you everyone for supporting me through this.
<33!

Being twenty still seems to be going fairly well.
The last couple of weeks have been nothing but a huge blur of
parties, shows, and werkin' and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Exccccept for the fact that I randomly got sick as hell,
I think it was Saturday morning when I first woke up,
but it hasn't stopped me from living it up though. Haha.
The only problem is I can't stop coughing/sniffling,
and I think I'm starting to infect all of my friends. woops.

Let's just hope I can make myself better by this weekend.
I've got some really amazing plans that can't be spoiled.
:D

Other things:
March 6th will be my next show
-Vixen Trolley (The Bear!)
-St. Vlasco (Indianapolis indie/acoustic)
-Jack Hood (Muncie indie/acoustic)
-Kurt Rambis (Indianapolis Indie Rock)
-Johnny Nobody (New York Indie Rock)

J102 is laaaaaame.

This has been the most fantastic birthday I've ever had.
The show went over sooo well, (thank you everyone that came!!!)
Then some random ass kid threw me one kick ass birthday party,
afterwards Sunshine Cafe and then cuddling with my boy. Awe!

Yep it was pretty much everything I wanted out of my birthday.
And it's really pretty much just getting started.

Being 20 is so much better than 19.
:)

Today's Nicole's Nineteenth Birthday!
So far it's been pretty fantastic.

-Photo-ops while working night staff
-Drinking XXL Monsters/Red Bull
-Backstreet Boys
-Dancing in parking lots
-Eating so many Ihop "all you can eat pancakes",
that I honestly considered barfing so I could eat some more. Haha.
-Staying up until the wee hours of the morning.

Ohhh birthdays. How I love them, even when they arn't my own.

Other than the fact that it's February 6th everything else pretty much sucks today though,
I feel like we're living on some gross planet where everything is just wet, constantly.
I can't remember the last day that Muncie actually looked at all pretty,
and that I could walk to class without getting the back of my jeans soooaked.

I have class starting in a couple hours,
then I'll be in class until 9:30 ish tonight.
Then I have to come home and do tonnnnns of J102 homework that's due tomorrow.
I'll probably be up typing stupid citations and shit until 5 or so. eccck.

I'm considering chopping all my hair off real soon,
like how it was three or so years ago. good idea, bad idea?
I want to know what you guys think.

:)

Busy.

Busy.

Busy.

Who knew promotion was so much work?
I've been spending like 75% of my time working on these two shows.
I'm just hoping all of my hard work finally pays off.
I'm getting a little worried about my birthday though. :\
A bunch of my friends have to work, which sucks real hard.
But I think it'll still probably be a good time, I hope so anyway.

The Ataris thing is slowly starting to come together.
I set up an account so people can order tickets online,
and the physical tickets should be coming in the mail in a couple of days.
I've already booked The Ready Set to play with them,
but we still need one more awesome opening act for it.
Rarg,

Other than promotion stuff, life in Muncie has been fairly normal.
Going to lots of shows, the occasional party every now and then,
I'm suppose to be going to one with Kasey tonight,
but I'm just not really in the mood to go anywhere.

Things between Sean and I have been absolutely amazing.
I seriously love that boy so much, he's great.
We havn't seen much of each other in the last month or so,
we've both just been so busy with other stuff going on.
BUT we signed a lease together last week, and I couldn't be more excited!
Our lease starts August 1st and lasts until July 31st.
Our apartment is sooo cute! It's tiny, but in a good way.
It's really close to campus/the village/and the launching pad which will be stellar.
We're both real pumped about it and can't wait to start buying stuff to put in it. Haha.
Awe!
<3

Classes have been alright, nothing too hard, but not spectacularly easy either.
J102 blows, but I work every tues. night, and assignments arn't due until Wednesday,
so it's nice to have that time to get all of that taken care of.
The final project is going to rough, but I think I'll be alright.

I can't wait to see all of you this weekend,
and I really hope that most of you can still come, It'd really mean a lot.

Love. Love. Love.

I'm pumped about this week,
here's what I'll be doing.
:D

FIRDAY & SATURDAY:</b>





TUESDAY



Next Week will be the showing of one of the most emotionally intense films you may ever witness. The Sweet Hereafter will be showing Tuesday Night at 9:30pm in the new David Letterman building Screening room 121.


TUESDAY LATE NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING

I get out of work at 3:30 AM and then we'll be kicking off Nicole's birthday with IHOP! Come join us for some late night fun / amazing food!!



WEDNESDAY

Nicole's 19th birthday!



FRIDAY

Birthday / Lunch Box Promotions Launch Party!



Possible after party?

SATURDAY

My 20th Birthday!



:)

I got it finalized!


THE ATARIS
April 4th. 7:00PM
The Launching Pad.
Kris Roe playing the entire "Blue Skies..." album acoustically.
$10 pre-sale, $12 at the door.


Opening Acts
-The Ready Set
-Defy the Endeavor
-1 Other TBA


I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED!
Who's all coming!?

OMFG.
This whole booking/promoting Lunch Box thing may be already getting way huger than I ever imagined!
I just fucking booked THE ATARIS to come to Muncie April 4th.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Fuck.
I'm SO pysched.

:))))))))

The last week has been crazy hectic, but wonderful in the same sense.
I'm now the co-owner of a promotion agency called Lunch Box Promotions,
I've been spending tons of hours everyday in the graphic arts lab,
I've been juggling j102 homework and finding sources left and right,
annnnd I've been booking this show the entire time.

One of my favorite bands just joined our birthday show though!
My Hidden Track from Indianapolis, they're cheesy pop punk, but fun as hell.
Also a band from New York called The Age of Rockets signed on too!
I'm so excited about this, and everything coming up with Lunch Box.
I'm dreaming big, and I absolutley looove it.

Can't wait to see all of you on Feb 8th.
Who's all still planning on coming?
<3

Bridges are being burned like it's going out of style.
This Story broke up a couple of days ago, and if you know me it's kind of a big deal.
I love all of those kids a lot, and some of them are taking it a little hard.
Now that the band isn't together lots of them are considering moving out of state.
I know Gavin, Ian, and Cody are considering moving rrreal soon.
I seriously don't know what I'm going to do without them here,
they pretty much ARE Muncie to me right now. haha. lame.

Then there's the whole Brittany situation.
Yes I am sorry for calling Leroy a dick,
He's not a dick, he's actually a really cool guy,
when he's away from her anyway.
But I'm not sorry for being hurt/angry/upset.
It's not right for your best friend to just drop you like that.
I mean I hung out with her like twice all last semester,
twice isn't good enough when you live 3 doors down. (haha, it makes me giggle every time)
I wouldn't have been sooo bothered by this if those two time of hanging out weren't so weird.
It was like we weren't allowed to do anything fun at all.
No drinking. No hanging out with other boys. No going to shows without him.
It was just so weeeird, and un-brittany like.

So I've just decided to avoid the whole situation for now.
Me and my mom talked about it over break,
there was one time in particular where she said to me
"You just need to think of how much she means to you as a friend, right now."
So I though about it long and hard, for a few days.
Then came to the conclusion that those two times that she was my friend last semester,
and those two times that we did hang out, did not do justice to all this shit we've been in.
Then, like a sign from above, she txt'd me right then asking me to apologize again.

And much like the twin towers falling within hours of each other, apparently so do twin-friends.
Nicole has done the right twin thing and taken Brittany's side in all of the matter,
so that's just another bridge burned there, a very unfortunate bridge to lose however.

So as many of you may have guessed, things are a little weird here at the good ol' woodworth.
It's kind of hilarious when you step back and look at it.
I'm trying to eliminate any awkward face-to-face situations with them,
so I've been James Bonding around the dorm for the past couple of days.
I've gotten really sneaky with it too, haha.
I take strange back doors out, I hide behind corners, I bury my face in Newspapers.
It's actually kind of fun, I feel like I'm a fugitive or something. haha.

The next bridge, which may have been burned, and if not is barely hanging in there is James.
I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think he may be mad at me.
We had plans to go see Sweeny Todd together over break.
I misunderstood and thought we were all planning on just meeting at the theater,
he thought that we were meeting at my house, and a phone call later james sounds mad at me.
Ugh. Damn my poor planning and communication skills.

Then there's a few other smaller bridges, but I won't go there.
So apparently I've got a match in one hand, and a container of gasoline in the other.
Does anyone else feel like burning our bridge?
I sure hope not, but if so, I'd rather just get it over with now. haha.

phew. okay. now that that's done with.
update on other muncie life.
So far I really like my classes this semester.
Annd believe it or not I really like J102 so far.
The prof is soooo funny, I laughed the whole entire first class,
and my topic is so interesting I cant stop reading about it.
I've already made up a huge list of books and sources to get from the library,
and so far this seems like it's going to be more fun than it is a chore.

The rest of my classes are graphic arts classes,
Computer App. (Plain software class, you know, word, photoshop, indesign, that sort of thing)
Screen Printing (T-shirts!)
Flexography (Stickers!)
Lithography (Flyers!)

They're all pretty fun, even though wednesdays are going to suck,
I'm stuck in the Graphic Arts building for five hours straight. uuuugh.

Well, I think that's it for now.
I love all of you, and hope very much so that you're all doing well,
(even those whose bridges i've burned)
<3

yep. Im ready to go home.
Kendallville does indeed suck the life out of me.

I just cant wait to go back,
and have my bed, and my tv, and my desk.
I hate this having share stuff with parents shit.
I hardly feel like this is my house anymore, it's just weird.

I just want to go back and get on with life,
I feel like im just wasting away here.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Updated List-
Stuff I want(ed) to accomplish this break:
-Finish the two books I started reading forever ago
-Long relaxing bubble bath, I miss baths so much
-Dollar tree christmas/exchange party with friends back home?
-New Years party of some sort?
-Eye Doctor
-Dentist
-Sledding (toboggan ride?)
-Finish up stuff with the birthday show
-Drink wine six nights in a row.
-See almost all of my favorite northern people! (Only a few left!)

For some reason I'm just not in the best of moods today,
for the last couple of days I've felt amazing,
but today has just been so blaaah for some reason.
I think maybe it's the weather thats doing it to me.

I made a gazillion plans for tonight,
and I'd really like to be able to do all of them.
I have no clue how this is going to work out.
I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Overall though, this break has probably been my favorite trip home since I started school.
I've seen soooo many people and had so many really really good times.
I can't even remember the last night that I just sat around bored.
which is really strange for my usual trips to K-vegas.

Well, I love you guys, and thanks for showing me a good time while I'm here.
It really does mean a lot, and hopefully I'll see the rest of you I havn't yet.
I still have more than a week left, lets hope it continues to be this awesome.
<3

I know it's still way in advance,
but friday, february 8th, 2008 is going to be the most epic day ever.
And I expect each and everyone of my friends to be there,
that includes all of you from home also.
I'll help pay for your gas to get down here.

My roommate, Nicole, and I are hosting a show at The Launching Pad.
To celebrate my 20th birthday, and her 19th birthday!

So far the line-up is looking like..
-Harley Poe!
-Swallow Your Pride
-Knuckle Sandwich
-The Endies
-The PB&J's
-Audio Movement
-Sgt. Dan Schepper
-And a maybe from both This Story and Council, Idaho.

So I know it's a little early,
but I just wanted to let you know ahead of time,
so you can't pull that "I have to work" excuse. haha.

Please be there. It'd make me turning 20 sooo much better.

Stuff I want to accomplish this break:
-Finish the two books I started reading forever ago
-Long relaxing bubble bath, I miss baths so much
-Dollar tree christmas/exchange party with friends back home?
-New Years party of some sort?
-Eye Doctor
-Dentist
-Sledding (toboggan ride?)
-Finish up stuff with the birthday show

Current show line up:
-Dan from Everything, Now!
-The Endies
-Audio Movement
-Knuckle Sandwich
-The PBJ's
-This Story
-Swallow Your Pride
-Maybe Council, Idaho
-Maybe Rodeo Ruby Love

Nicole and I are looking into getting one more bigger act, maybe Harley Poe?
But other than that the show looks to be in pretty good shape.
It's going to be Friday, Feb 8th, so please please please try to be there,
ask off of work now if you have to! haha.
And I can help pay for gas if you guys carpool.

This weekend was really rough,
but it's over with now, and I guess I'm just trying to keep my head up.

I saw James earlier today,
and it just reminded me of how much I miss everyone,
but I'll be back home rrreally soon! (Saturday!)
I'm there for almost a whole month,
and I couldn't be more excited about it.

I am getting really anxious about finishing up my classes though,
I only have four finals this week, and none of them should be TOO hard,
but I'm still rrrreally nervous about taking them.
A lot of my classes are right on A/B edge, and I'd like to raise my GPA.

The main thing that I'm getting so stressed about is my Feature Story for Journ.
We've known about it for forever now, but I've been to busy/lazy to start.
Because of everything going on earlier this week, my prof gave me an extension.
But still I'm suppose to have it done in the next couple of days,
and I havn't even started, and I need 3 interviews. uuuugh.

Oh well, most likely I'll suck it up, finish it, and get through my finals.
I just wish I could skip this whole last week and come straight home though. haha.

I'm pretty excited about taking a month long break from work too,
my boss, Ashley, is rrrreally starting to piss me off. grr.

I can honestly say that 2007 has been the worst year of my entire life.
Here's a just a few reasons why I've come to this conclusion...

-My 21 year old non-smoking, non drinking brother was diagonosed with toungue cancer in March. Yeah, fucked.

-Because of his condition I had to wake up at 5:30 every morning over my "summer break" to work 40+ hours a week at his job. Which wasn't much of a vacation.

-I've grown very verrrry distant from one of my best friends, and I'm starting to think things will never get back to the way they were.

-Friends have come and gone within in my life with no rhyme or reason, when all I've been looking for all year is a sense of stabilty.

-A fairly close friend and ex year long co-worker of mine, Patrick, tragically passed away late in October.

-And now I may be driving to PA sometime early this week to attend Sean's mom's funeral. :(((((

Seriously, if 2008 sucks even half as much as this past year has I'm not sure how much of it all be able to stand. I've never had to deal with anything this difficult in my whole life, and especially not this many shitty things happening in one year. Thank you so much to everyone who's been so understanding through all of this. I know I havn't been the best friend ever through some of these hard times, but thanks to those who stuck by my side no matter how shitty my life became. You all are what keeps me going.

Please continue to keep me, sean and his family in your thoughts, annnd prayers (if you're into that sort of thing.) I'm not sure what day I'll be leaving for PA yet, but as of right now signs are pointing to late Wednesday evening. I have a lot on my plate right now, and I know I pushed a lot of friends away today, but I'd really like to have some company the next couple of nights until I leave. Thanks, I love you all.
<3

:(

I havn't updated in awhile,
mainly because things have been just okay.
Not exceptionally great, but not bad at all either.
It's weird, everything's just been so stable the last week or so.

I've been going to a lot more shows lately,
which is great, I forgot how fun hardcore shows can be. haha.
The constant fear of being windmilled in the face at any moment,
I guess I need that rush in my life every now and then. haha.
Hardcore is coming back to muncie, faaaaast, it's weird.

I've felt so much like an old fart lately.
I've been really stubborn about the music I listen to,
and only want to listen to things that make me feel young again.
So because of that I've been listening to a lot of angsty teen pop punk. haha.
I forgot how much I missed that shit. I think it's still my favorite. <3

I've been going through a mild mid-college crisis too.
"OMFG I can't believe I'm almost half way done with college"
Keeps running through my head over and over everyday at class.
I don't want to graduate. I don't want to have to grow up.
I'd rather just be a student forever. kay. thanks.

I think I just need to sit down with some close friends,
crack open a bottle of red wine and drink/laugh/talk the night away.
I have lots of stupid mind things to get sorted out,
and both wine and friends would help that process a lot. haha.
Who wants to buy it for me?

I can't beleive I'll be 20 in a couple of months.
I feel at most fifteen, and thats on good days. haha.
I'm not sure how I feel about not being a teen anymore,
I think I'm going to miss it a lot.
I don't know how I'm going to handle this whole being an adult thing.
Someone needs to invent a time machine. quick.

I know it still seems super far away,
but nicole and I are having a group birthday bash.
Were going to be having a show here in muncie,
with bands like Council, Idaho, Sgt. Schepper,
This Story, Rodeo Ruby Love, and Everthus the Deadbeats playing.
Well, if everything goes according to plan anyway.
It'll be on Friday February 8th,
and I'd really like it if you guys could come.
It'd really mean a lot to me,
plus my mom might pitch in for gas to get you here. haha.

I come home in a couple of weeks.
I'll be there for almost a whole month,
So I'd rrreally like to see as many people as possible.
If you want hang out, and you're actually reading this shit. (haha yeah right)
You should leave me a comment of what days you're usually free,
and we'll totally get together and have fun.

I think we need to arrange a new years party of some kind,
I know some of you have your own places now.
Does anyone want to volunteer to host it?
I can probably get my hands on some booze if someone does.
Haha, I just said that in my head as "hands on boobs" instead. sweet.

Let's see, what else has been going on lately...
Friends here in Muncie have been kind of a strange thing lately.
Out of nowhere I somehow have like five best friends that I see ALL the time lately.
Ian, Cody, Josh, David and Chris have been visiting our room non-stop.
Which is really nice, It's a good change to have people actually come to me,
instead of the past year and a half where I felt like I always had to chase my friends down,
and hanging out with them felt like I was just being a huge hindrance.
Ew hinder. Barf.

Alright, this is officially the longest most pointless entry ever.
Thank you so much if you actually care enough to read all of this.
I can't wait to see all of you in a couple of weeks.
Mucho Mucho Mucho Love.
<3