Concert

Well I started a post over the weekend, but my computer decided it would be a good time to randomly shut off, so here I am making another attempt. The concert was good - in fact, my uncle is *still* talking about it. Had I known he would have enjoyed it so much, I would have gotten better seats. He really loved the show. They do sound great live - and Eddie brought along his son, Wolfgang so that he could have a chance to tour & play guitar with him. Lets just say that it was cute and all, but he certainly isn't his dad!

That was the concert. Getting to the concert was a mess. Now, I think that Google is a rather neat company, and I've even made joking remarks about how they're going to take over the world. Except for Google Maps. I've used Google Maps before, and they've been horribly wrong. Not just a turn or two off, but exceptionally terrible. It had been a few years since that incident, so thinking they may have gotten things straightened out, I printed them out to Cleveland. My uncle knew how to get there, but looking at the directions, they looked much shorter by Google, so we went with those. Big mistake. The 1 1/2-2 hour drive to Cleveland ended up being over 2 1/2 hours. We arrived just 10 minutes before the show started (and that was with cutting off the long line waiting for the garage - by accident. Seriously.)

All in all it was fun. But I'm officially boycotting Google Maps!

Van Halen tomorrow

Tomorrow is the Van Halen concert already! It seems like just yesterday I ordered the tickets. I also found out who the opening act is too. It's Bob Marley's son,Ky Mani, which is a great disappointment to my uncle, but on the other hand, not so much for me :). I have a very diverse liking of music. In fact, I love reggae. If he throws in a few of his dad's hits like he did in the previous shows, it'll be really cool. I'll have to leave work early tomorrow because the show is at 7:30 and uncle insists on getting there 1 hour before it starts, as he always does for concerts. That on top of a 2 hour drive.

Then this past weekend John and I were throwing around the idea of going to see Halloween, the new movie by Rob Zombie. But it wasn't playing anywhere that we could find. I'm thinking it must have done pretty bad at the box office, because last we looked it was a new release. So instead we decided to rent a movie - and end up with Shawn of the Dead. John ultimately just thought it was weird, and although I found it to be weird too, I also like British humor. So it was sort of amusing to me. There were parts I thought were really funny that he just didn't. I'm still evaluating what my overall rating would be, but it's something I'd probably watch again. It's something you should at least give a chance to if you like British humor :)

Verizon Text Messaging

I received my first Verizon bill having text messages on it. I learned there is something I don't exactly like about Verizon: Text messaging is 15 cents. I still like Verizon as a provider more, but with Cell One, it used to be 10 cents outgoing and all incoming was free. (That was nice). Then they had to follow suit with other providers and make all the texting 10 cents. I didn't love the idea, but accepted it. But now being charged 50% more than I'm used to paying, not so cool. Especially when anyone who takes the time to send me a text message can easily just call or send me an email. And vice versa. So, I had it blocked. I'm not exactly sure what will happen if someone tries to send me a text, but I won't be receiving it. I just hope that if someone does try and are alerted that the message didn't go through, that they don't get charged for the message either :(

Anniversary and a Birthday

Saturday and Sunday were quite special days for me. Saturday, I got to celebrate one year being with the greatest guy in the entire world. He made reservations for us to go out to dinner at this place called Cliffords in Evans City. I had never heard of it, but it is a rather high end place - and that is made quite obvious by looking at the menu prices alone. The food was good, but we had to end up taking 3 boxes home with us because we had so much left over! Then later into the night it was time to start celebrating his birthday, which was on Sunday. I drove after we got back, so he could celebrate it "right" (although I must say, he didn't get near the free shots that I did on mine :P )

We eventually headed back to his house for the night, and I waited until he fell asleep. I snuck upstairs and decorated around with 'Happy Birthday' stuff. I laid out all of his presents, and even managed to bake him a cake, icing it, and get back to bed before he noticed. I knew I had to be quick and quiet, but I managed to pull it off. Sunday morning when we woke up, I asked him to help me pick some cherry tomatoes outside, basically just to get him upstairs. He was really surprised with everything. It was great. Very fun and memorable weekend for the two of us... :)

Kennywood and a birthday present

Saturday the 15th has been planned for our Kennywood trip for some time. With the many 90 degree days (and I recall plenty as my car has no AC in it for the hour drive home for work each day), we figured weather would be the least of our concerns. This wasn't exactly the case. The forecast called for 50's - and sure enough, it was just that. As if the weather wasn't bad enough, I learned that Kennywood isn't exactly the most fun place on earth. I'm not sure if Cedar Point just spoiled me the week before, but I just wasn't impressed with that place. John and I arrived around 11:30a (rides start at 11) and had planned on staying until 10p when they close - but we ran out of rides to ride! We even rode the "best" one there (The Phantom's Revenge) twice, and rode a few of the (what I call) carnival rides. We ended up leaving around 5p because that was about all of the Kennywood we really wanted.

Today the boy and I decided to go fishing in the pond on the farm. Just before leaving to do so, I got a text message, just in time for my phone to die. It was from Alan asking if I "got my mail" yet today. I remembered last week he said something about sending me something so, when we got to Mercer, I checked the mail. He did send me something - Brain Academy for the Wii! I was so surprised, that is the last thing I would have expected. He had already got me all this other stuff for my birthday, which he gave me at Cedar Point, and now this! (And yes, Alan, you are bad!) I haven't gotten to play it because my Wii is at John's, but I can't wait to. Wednesday I'll get to do that. I bet it's going to be awesome :)

Birthday Weekend

I had a pretty good birthday - other than the fact I had to turn another year older ;) Friday John and I went out and I enjoyed getting some free drinks, mainly because he thought it was a good idea to announce it to everyone. I had this one shot for the first time that I really liked - warm apple pie. It was really good. We ended up having a little bit too much fun though, and couldn't quite get up on time to go to Cedar Point. We finally did make it, got to ride a few things, then the rain came.

Alan and Leah are the only other two that made it. Which was a little silly because it was Jeff's idea to start. I'm hoping we'll all be able to do something in the near future together though. Not like an amusement park or anything, just all of us hanging out, epecially since we didn't get to Cedar Point until so late. I feel like I didn't get to see Alan or Leah as much as I had liked.

So during the trip, I decided I was going to do the age guessing thing, even though paying $5 for that is highway robbery. They had a great guess -> 21. That humored me a bit.

Then today the boy and I headed over to my mother's for my birthday. She never really gets me anything nice, so this year I decided I was going to give her a list. She usually gets me, to put it bluntly, junk. There are some cute things sometimes, but a lot of it is junk. So this year when she asked what I wanted, I gave her a list: Wii Carnival Games, Wii Brain Academy, roller blades, tackle box, Espresso machine, and a MemoryFoam pillow. All I was aiming for was no junk. I ended up getting all these little trinkets (aka: junk), a picture of my brother and sister, and a MemoryFoam pillow. Most of the stuff was something you'd get somebody who is 10. It's just frustrating, especially when I am expected to buy my brother, sister, and her anything they ask for.

Labor Day

I can't believe it's September already! And September means a few things - one of my being a year older. Although, it should be fun - it's this Saturday and a trip to Cedar Point! Confirmed are me, John, Leah, Jeff, and Alan - and possibly some other random girl that Alan and/or Jeff are bringing. Which would be nice to make it an even number.

The tickets for Halen still haven't come in, although Ticketmaster claims they have something like until 48 hours of the show to get them to you. Still, I hope they get here soon.

Friday was my sister's birthday. John and I went over after work for the "party" (meaning him and me). For once, I didn't get everything on my sister's list that my mom told me to. I'm not sure how she took that, and I really don't care. I made the mistake a while ago of buying anything my mom basically told me was my responsibility - the stuff she wasn't going to get. I used to spend hundreds of dollars on them - each birthday, Christmas, Easter, etc - and basically, I've decided I wasn't going to do that anymore. One reason being, I am trying to save for a car. And really, that shouldn't be my responsibility anyway. I am venting a bit, but my mom has always been very materialistic. It's her nature, I swear. I feel like if I didn't always get them (including her) everything they wanted, she would tell my brother & sister I didn't care about them as much, and use that to back it up. I can only hope that someday they'll understand much beyond that frame of mind.