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Thursday, March 18, 2010

november 2009 continued - lost...and not found.

keep in mind this entry is still an extension of what i like to call the "month of madness," starting with that last minute, unexpected trip to mikwaukee (see previous posts). that being said...i'm still in charleston at this point. we have an 8hr drive ahead of us on sunday...karen and i have to be back at work on monday morning. well, i stayed up late...which i shouldn't have bc i was sick and slept through the entire day on sunday. i left the hotel late saturday night to go stay and my very good friend will's house but failed to let ray and karen know i was leaving or where to find me when they were ready to leave to go back to tn. well, needless to say they still could not get in touch with me bc i was DEAD asleep...it was after 6pm and they HAD to leave...100% my fault. i woke up around 7...not voluntarily...matt was shaking me, trying to wake me up...said that he had fallen asleep watching football and that he had tons of missed calls from ray and karen and voicemails that they were looking for me. anyway, that had already left...about an hour before i got back in touch with them so...i immediately called into work and left a message that i wouldn't be there the next morning...next step...to figure out how i was going to get home. if you read my earlier charleston post i mentioned that flights were VERY expenive in and out of charleston...and that's in advance. this was going to be last minute and i knew it would be $600+...and that wasn't happening. LUCKILY i have a very good friend who works for delta so i called her to see if she could get me a buddy pass. buddy passes don't guarantee you on the flight you want...you are flying stand-by, which means you only get on the flight if there are any open seats available. there are no direct flights from charleston>nashville...you have to go through atlanta airport (which is horrible) so really, you have to make sure that you can get on 2 flights stand-by...not just the one. however, i did have options...dyon was driving to the atl airport the next morning and matt was going back to savannah so not only did i have the charleston airport to chose from...i had those two too. keely checked all the flights out of the three airport choices i gave her and she said that going to savannah would probably be my best bet...meaning there were more seats on those flights than any other. so, i get my stuff together and i head to savannah with matt. we stopped at a gas station on the way and i went in to get gatorade and gummy bears. i went to pay for them and guess what??? NO WALLET!!! i searched frantically all through my purse...dumped everything out, searched through my bag...dumped all the contents in the parking lot...threw some what of a fit you could say. it was no where. how was i going to fly home with no license? matt and andy somehow calmed me down...there was nothing we could do about it that late at night so we just continued on to savannah and crashed as soon as we got back to matt's place. he woke me up when he left for work the next morning. i called keely (friend with buddy pass) and told her my situation. she told me to call the savannah airport to see what their policy was on this and what i needed to do. i did that and they told me that was fine...no license...that i could just use my birth certificate...like i had that in my back pocket. i called my mom...didn't have it. called my dad...he didn't have it. finally, my dad went to the health department, had a new one made, and mailed it to me. by the time all this went down it was thursday...i had to take the whole week off work (yikes). since it was already thursday by the time i got my birth certificate i just decided to stay through the weekend. i always enjoy visiting savannah..and the company wasn't too bad either. well, sunday rolls around and guess what? no seats available for me to get on the flight. REALLY?? i got on the first flight out monday morning and FINALLY made it home monday afternoon. i did not step foot in my own home from november 20th until december 7th. i was only even in town those few hours on thanksgiving day. that is why it was the "month of madness!"

Friday, March 12, 2010

november 2009 - home away from home

charleston, sc...oh how i love thee...however, you always seem to be a pain to get to and from...weather it be by plane (expensive and layovers) or automobile (about an 8hr drive). either way, i'll still be in love with you.

love.

downtown charleston - king st.
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since the trip to charleston is so far we decided to break it up this time. ray and karen picked me up in manchester and we drove to atlanta and stayed with some friends for the night to break up the haul. i went to bed soon after we got there bc i was still not feeling well at all. i felt even worse when we got up to leave the next morning. we stopped by the marta station to pick up gugs and jenn. they flew in from new jersey and were riding the rest of the way with us. i felt so bad that i got in the back of the suburban and slept the entire way to charleston. i woke when we got there and went straight to the pharmacy where i had a script of antibiotics that had been called in and was waiting on me. i took some emergen-c and some meds and was able to hang out before the show...then just took it easy at the show, and went to bed soon afterwards. the friday night show was definately good but nothing compared to what saturday night had in store...

11/27/09 North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC

1: Glory, Holden Oversoul, Dyin' Man, Clinic Cynic, Heroes > Impossible > Pleas, Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi), Protein Drink > Sewing Machine

2: Ain't Life Grand > Who Do You Belong To?, Party At Your Mama's House > Three Candles, Fairies Wear Boots, Bear's Gone Fishin', Contentment Blues > Surprise Valley > Drums > Postcard > Surprise Valley

E: This Part Of Town > Pigeons

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when i woke up saturday i was feeling MUCH better. matt and i walked across the street from the hotel and got some lunch, came back to the room, watched some football, and then ppl came over and we started pre-gaming. i was so thankful i felt so much better! it's a good thing because the show saturday night was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE...better than i could have expected...even for a tour closer! i mean, monster sandwiches in the first set, waitin' for the bus>jesus left chicago (zz top), spanish moon tease, slow porch, arleen>jr...WOW! now THAT is how to close a tour, boys...thank you!

11/28/09 North Charleston Coliseum, Charleston, SC

1: Chilly Water > Henry Parsons Died > Chilly Water, C. Brown, Driving Song > Bowlegged Woman > Jam > Driving Song > Papa's Home > Ride Me High > Papa's Home > Action Man

2: Flicker > Fishwater > Greta > All Time Low, Waitin' For The Bus > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Crazy > Tall Boy, Tie Your Shoes > Jam > Porch Song > Arleen > Junior

E: On Your Way Down > Up All Night > Love Tractor

[Only 'Jesus Just Left Chicago', First 'On Your Way Down'; Slow 'Porch Song'; 'Spanish Moon' tease after 'Tie Your Shoes']

ray, karen, me, and matt pre-gaming - yes, that's an ice bucket under ray's jacket!

schools & jb.

light show.

turkey day

like i said in my previous entry, i was only home for about 12hrs for thanksgiving. when i got home from milwaukee>chicago i drove straight from the airport to aunt bevie's to help prepare the food for our family thanksgiving lunch the next day. we had told nannie that it was time we learned how to do all the cooking so we took initiative. we prepared all the food wed. night and got up early and actually cooked on thursday morning. we had thanksgiving lunch, as usual, at aunt bev's. i went to my dad's for a little bit afterwards then headed to manchester where ray and karen were picking me up to head to charleston for the weekend!

Friday, February 19, 2010

november 2009 - milwaukee, wisconsin

i've been a lot of places throughout the united states but one place i had never been was milwaukee, wi....in fact, i had never even been to wisconsin. boy, was i SURPRISINGLY impressed! i've never been a huge fan of the midwestern part of our country but milwaukee is different. i absolutely fell in love with this city and hope to return in the future.
milwaukee was so nice and clean, everyone was friendly, there was meat (my fave food) everywhere, and in everything...even shots (gross), and everything is SO CHEAP!!!
so, here's how my milwaukee trip went down. panic was playing there for 3 nights...a fri, sat, and sun. i was planning on going to charleston the following weekend and had already committed to that so i didn't really think i could pull off making the mke trip...although i REALLY wanted to! my good friend ray is from there and he wanted me to see where he was from. kelly and brian were also going to be there and had just informed me that they weren't going to make nye in atlanta so i didn't know when the next time i would see them would be so....
saturday morning i jumped on a plane to chicago (all flights until later in the day were sold out to mke from nashville), got the chicago around 11am, then hopped on a coach usa bus from the midway airport in chicago to go to mke...crazy! i got to mke around 2-2:30pm....it was surprise to most there (except for one person)! i walked into the hotel, totally pulled off the surprise, we had a GREAT weekend. went to the shows saturday and sunday night...the pabst theatre is AWESOME!!!! so tiny...it felt like we were right over the band in our front row balcony seats! the shows were ridiculous...as they always seem to be in mke. me, thad, and bradsher even did a lil' bit of gambling at the potawatomi casino saturday night. i had the entire next week off of work for thanksgiving break so monday i went back to chicago with kelly and brian and stayed with them for a couple of days....then home for thanksgiving....for 12hrs...more on that later...

11/21/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

1: Big Wooly Mammoth > Henry Parsons Died, C. Brown, Goodpeople > Use Me*, Crazy, The Last Straw > You Got Yours, Wondering > Porch Song

2: Time Zones > Stop-Go > Cream Puff War > Stop-Go, Mercy > Imitation Leather Shoes > Bowlegged Woman, Driving Song > Love Tractor > Drums > Jam > Driving Song, B of D, North

E: May Your Glass Be Filled > No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature

* with Ryan Bishop on percussion
[JB on his grandfather's guitar for 'May Your Glass Be Filled']

11/22/09 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

1: Let's Get The Show On The Road, Tall Boy, Conrad, Aunt Avis > Rebirtha > Already Fried > Flicker > I'm Not Alone, Solid Rock, Give

2: Last Dance, Radio Child, Smoking Factory, Walkin' (For Your Love) > Under The Radar Jam, Morning Dew > Tie Your Shoes > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Blackout Blues, Pilgrims > Junior

E: All Time Low, Dream Song

downtown mke at night.

"venice of the u.s" - milwaukee river runs through the city - beautiful.

historic third ward.

view of sklyine from lake michigan.

me and thad.

megan, kelly, jane, and me.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

november 2009 - the great outdoors

soon after i returned from austin i went camping on the collins river. it was some MUCH needed time away from all the madness...with some close friends from home.

our campsite

tara cooking chili and hot dogs over the campfire

early morning canoe ride

tricks AND treats - halloween - austin, tx

it has been MONTHS since i've updated this thing...i'm going to get better at it...i've just a had SO MUCH going on!

i think i left off in ROCKtober, which is always a great month! i carried the "ROCK" part on over to november this year!!!!

the last weekend of ROCKtober i went to austin, tx for halloween. man, do i love that town!!! not only do i have a lot of good friends that live there...it's just a great place to visit! i flew down on thurs. am...ray and i were on the same flight. we had fun with the broken down bench at the airport...

when we got to austin sam picked us up and we went and met mr. john flynn for lunch at his restaurant...great sandwiches and drinks to start off the afternoon! always good to see flynn...love him!

next we headed over to gt and lexi's place to hang for a bit before we went to waterloo records for the patterson hood solo.

me, sam, and gt

after the patterson solo>back to lexi and gt's to get ready for the drive-by truckers show at stubb's. the truckers show was lots of fun...first time to see everyone in a long time...in one of my favorite cities...seing one of my favorite bands!

the next day we all went to lunch at shoal creek saloon...pretty tasty, nice weather...perfect for patio seating! here's a shot of all the ladies at lunch...

after lunch we went back to erica and mcnatt's to nap and get ready for the 1st night's show. we got to austin city music hall pretty early bc we weren't for sure how getting in was going to be. there were different color tickets, different entrances, etc...
the show was good the first night. they opened with lawyers, guns, and money bc the last show of last tour (houston, tx) they closed with it and totally mutilated it. they wanted to make it up to the tx folks and do it right so they opened with it this night...pretty cool.

10/30/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX

1: Lawyers, Guns, And Money, Action Man, Pleas > Love Tractor, Tickle the Truth, You Should Be Glad, Blight, Little Kin, Dyin' Man, Fishwater > Cream Puff War > Fishwater
2: Tall Boy > Jam > Space Wrangler, Three Candles, Disco > Arleen > I'm Not Alone > Impossible > Machine > Barstools and Dreamers > Climb To Safety
E: Chest Fever, Ophelia, The Shape I'm In
['Safety Dance' rap during 'Climb To Safety'; Last 'The Shape I'm In' - 09/30/95, 1196 shows]

the next afternoon we went to the green mesquite for lunch...more nice weather...more patio seating...which is always a bonus...especially at the very end of october!

back to eric and mcnatt's to get into our halloween costumes>off to the halloween show!

10/31/09 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX

1: Waitin' For The Bus > Chilly Water > Rock > Chilly Water, Trouble, Gimme > You Got Yours, Give, Mama Told Me Not To Come > Red Beans
2: Come As You Are > Bowlegged Woman, The Last Straw, Holden Oversoul > Jam > Vampire Blues, Imitation Leather Shoes > Drums > Bust It Big > Pigeons, Lake Of Fire > Henry Parsons Died
E: The Masquerade, Postcard, Flat Foot Flewzy
[Only 'Come As You Are', Only 'Lake Of Fire', Only 'The Masquerade', Only 'Waitin' For The Bus']

stage - halloween night

robin, me, and shay

me and bradsher

sam, me, and boswell

lexi

erica

the most special part of this whole trip is that we got to meet miss lucy nash clough! ebeth had this bundle of joy early in the morning on the 30th. we stayed an extra day in austin just to meet her. i got her the onsie she has on in these pics...bc she is the newest edition of the crushettes.

miss lucy nash clough - posing already!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

ROCKtober!

october is my FAVORITE month of the year....that and april.....and i can tell you EXACTLY why; the season changes and GOOD MUSIC! here's a picture preview of my ROCKtober this year...