The Stars That Usher Evening Rose

My parents have finally decided to get rid of NetZero. To replace it they are going to get DSL again. It figures they would bring DSL back just before I leave to go back to school. I leave for school on August 10th for work purposes even though classes don't start till the 18th I believe.

Like I said before I will be getting a new cell phone to replace this partially broken one. I will also probably do some school clothes shopping and definitely new shoes shopping this weekend to take advantage of the tax free weekend this weekend.

Also if anyone has tried to call the apartment the last two days and couldn't get through it was because our phone line was dead and didn't get fixed till this afternoon. So Anyway back to the vacation.

Day Four, July 18th:

That morning my cell phone rang at 7am and it was my mom saying it was time to get up. Cathy had already been up since 6:30am so she was already ready to go. About 20 minutes later everyone else was ready and we headed over to the other house. When we got to the other house Thomas and my father already had on there outfits so William and I had to go put ours on. I must say once we all had them on they we looked even more ridiculous than I first thought. From there we left to go get some breakfast and we stopped at the "5 & Diner" again and when we walked in the front door I felt like an idiot as even on in the restaurant was looking at us some of them laughing, at that moment I would have loved to have been anywhere but there. I worked through my embarrassment and we left from there and left for the park. Once there we once again met back up with April, John and MacKalya. Of course they laughed at as too and I was really beginning to wish I hadn't agreed to do this. Niki's boyfriend Tim was there too and his family met with us there and Niki went off with Tim and his family. From our meeting point you could go right for Universal Studios (Were Niki, Tim and his family went) or you could go left for Islands of Adventure(were the rest of us went). Once entering Islands of Adventure we passed a few shops thankfully not entering and after the shops you could either go right of Dr. Suess Land or go left for Marvel Comics theme park area (don't remember exact name) we decided to go left and right as you enter this park there is the roller coaster called The Hulk which in some rankings is rated the #1 roller coaster in the US. On that Hulk link the bottom picture shows the coaster and it looks like its sort of coming at you. This picture was taken from the bridge that the coaster goes under and I stood in about the exact spot that the picture was taken from but more inline with the coaster on that bridge and If you watch the coaster as it reaches the top of the loop and descends down right towards you and then under and if you don't have your feet firmly planted on the ground you could end up on your ass. How do I know this because I just about ended up falling on mine when I watched it because when you watch it fall from that loop right towards you it disoriented you and causes you to lose balance. Cathy, Thomas and John wanted to ride it but the line was too long so they figured they would come back later when the line was shorter. From there I went to use the restroom and when I came out all but William, mom, dad and Jacqueline were on this G-Force ride that is similar to the Tea Cup ride at Magic Kingdom. From there we moved on and I went into one of the stores looking for some cooling lotion because my neck was beginning to burn. After finding some and buying it I come out and find my dad standing in front of the stroller and electric wheelchair that my mom used. Come to find out the rest of the group decided to go onto the Spriderman 3D ride, of course without waiting to see if I wanted to ride and by this point that was getting annoying because between the Magic Kindgom and now at this park it was probably about the 5th or so ride they went on with out notifying me or asking if I wanted to ride. My dad then says he is going to go off to see if he can find my mom and hat and leaves me with the strollers and wheelchair. Not 5 minutes later my mom calls who is waiting in line with the rest of the group for the Superman ride and ask if I wanted to ride with them and I told them I would love to but I couldn't because dad had walked off and left me with the strollers (with purses) and the wheelchair. Then about another 5 minutes later if things were bad enough already it begins to pour and so I have to hurry up and grab the purses and everything I could and head for shelter. Just as it stops raining my dad shows up with a poncho on, so now I really feel like shit because not only do I miss the ride because he is gone but since he was gone I got left with trying to save everything from the ran and then no he doesn't show up to help while its raining but right as it has stopped raining and with a poncho on that he didn't have before he left me and did he think to get me one to stop from getting wet, no of course not. So after searching for the exit to the Spiderman ride we finally find it inside a store. After about little while they all come out talking about how great the ride was and how I should have gone with them and I am thinking, "Yeah, just rub it all in some more". So finally we leave from there and head for Toon Lagoon and stop three to get something to eat. I got some Mexican food that wasn't very good but oh well. From there we headed to the ride I had been waiting for the river rapids ride. The one there is called "Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges" and It totally kicks the living shit out of the Six Flags version Thunder River. It is twice as fast, longer and a lot more fun. Only thing Thunder River has over it is the big waterfall at the end were as this one doesn't have one but it does have several areas of falling water to get you plenty wet. It also has 2 straight drop offs in it of about 10 feet that make you pick up speed quickly. I rode the thing twice once during the day and once at night. The day one we all went on it. Jeralyn, Thomas, Jacob, MacKalya, John, April, and Jillian were on the first raft and William, Cathy, Jacqueline, Mom, Dad and I were on the second one. My mom, dad, John and Thomas got the most wet of everyone. From there we headed to the log flume known as "Dudley Do Right Ripsaw Falls" that Jacqueline wanted to ride. So Thomas, Jacob, MacKayla, John, Cathy, Jillian and Jacquilne all went on this log flume. From there we head to the Jurassic Park rides. The only ride that was ridden there was the Jurassic Park River Adventure which Cathy, Thomas, Jacob, Cathy, John, Mom and my dad all rode on. This ride is mostly indoors with the end which is a 3 story tall drop off with a splash landing to the outside. Where they hit at the bottom for the splash landing they have an area were you can stand and get soaked by the huge spray of water coming from the ride. So William, Jacqueline, MacKalya and I went and stood there and got completely soaked. On the ride on the way down the 3 story drop off they have a camera set up taking pictures of the riders as they go down. My dad went and got a copy of the picture of the one they were one and it is one of the funniest pictures I have ever seen. It looks like something right out of a commercial because my mom has her arms rapped around my dads right arm with her head on his shoulders holding on for dear life with her eyes closed. Anyway from there we headed to the lost content were my nephew bought this cool looking silver necklace that he paid $50 for that my guess is he will lose it with in the next few months. The first ride we went on there which it is actually a show not a ride was "Poseidon's Fury" which it was ok the only really cool part was this water tunnel that you walk through were the water is going around you as you walk through it. When we left that right my dad saw the "Mythos restaurant" and he wanted to eat there it was 6pm so he made a reservation for 6:30pm. So we decided to walk over to Dr. Suess Land and we tried to ride the Mary-Go-Round but it broke down so we went back to the restaurant. We went in and continuing with the themed restaurants this one was made to look like you were eating inside of a cave which was pretty cool. This restaurant was also rated as the #1 theme park restaurant. I got the scallops with gnocchi(which is a potato pasta) and it was excellent by far the best meal I had on the trip. From there we went to the "Dueling Dragons" roller coasters so Cathy, Thomas and John could ride them. It is two roller coasters one called Ice and the other called Fire, Fire being the more intense of the two, and the two roller coaster race. They rode both of the coasters. While they were riding that one Mackalya, Jacob, Thomas, April and Jeralyn rode on the smaller roller coaster called "The Unicorn". From there once everyone finished with those rides we headed back to Dr. Suess Land as night began to fall on us. First we all with the exception of my dad rode "The Cat In The Hat" ride that takes you through the whole Cat In The Hat story while it spins you around from scene to scene. That first spin will get you to if your not ready for it just ask Cathy. From there Jacob, Jillian, Jacqueline, MacKayla, April, Thomas and Jeralyn tried to ride the "One Fish, Two Fish" ride but our luck struck again as it broke down. So we notice the Mary-G0-Round was now up and running again so I took William and Mackayla on it and once we got off Jacqueline was upset she didn't get to ride so then William, Mackayla, Jacqueline, Jacob, Thomas and I rode it (being the second time for William, Mackayla and I. From there it was after 9pm and the park closed at 10pm and William wanted to go ride the river rapids ride again and so did I so I told him if he found another person to go with us we would go. Not only did he find one but he found 3 more. And my luck it was all the kids. So William, Jacqueline, Jacob, Mackayla and I set off for the other side of the park to ride the River Rapids ride once more. Cathy, Thomas and John took this time to finally ride "The Hulk". Once we got on the rapids ride Jacob asked "How come we have to make sure our seat belts our tight?" and I told him "So, you don't fall out" well Jacqueline heard that and it scared her so through the entire ride she was scared to death that she was now going to fall out of the ride. I tried with the help of Mackayla to calm Jacqueline down but do no avail. I must say riding the ride in the dark is a lot more fun as it makes it even more intense and when you go in the cave it is pitch black and you can't see a thing. Once we got off everyone wanted to ride it again with the exception of Jacqueline and I wasn't going to make Jacqueline ride something she did not want to ride again just because everyone else wanted to. So we head back to met up with the rest of the group back at "The Hulk". When we found them it was about 9:40pm and my Mom, Dad, April, Jeralyn, and Jillian were sitting at a table and they said that Cathy, Thomas and John were still on the roller coaster. About 5 minutes later Cathy appears with eyes as big as plates saying that, that roller coaster was "awesome" (i think she said that about 10 or more times) saying it was the best coaster she had ever been on and that they rode it twice, so it seems the #1 rankings it got were justified. From there we headed back and towards the shops were my dad went in one of the stores to pick up all the prizes that the kids had one playing games back at the Lost Continent area of the park. April, John, William and I all got our own funnel cakes as we left the park. We then made our way back to our cars and head home. We arrived at our respective houses not long after 11pm and were in bed just before midnight as storms began to roll in. And I was thankful to just be out of those clothes. Thankfully we were going to be able to sleep in the next morning which was Monday the day we would leave for Tallahassee.

The Tallahassee part of this trip will come soon and it should be shorter, since not quite as much happened.

Sorry about the delay on this post.  Between my mom never getting of the computer and working I haven't been able to get on here till now.

Also update on my cell phone.  I have gotten the phone to turn on and I can actually receive calls and make calls out.  Only problem is I have no screen so there for I can't get to anyone's number to call people so since I basically have no ones numbers memorized I am not able to make much use of it.  But, Atleast for now you can call me on it supposedly.  Also I hope to get a new cell phone this weekend.  Anyway on with the story about the trip.

Day Three, July 17:

That morning my cell phone rang at 9am.  It was my mom telling me to get everyone up so we could get out the door.  I did and by 9:30am we were at my parents house.   We eat breakfast real quick there at that house, choices being leftover doughnuts and danishes.  From there we were off to Universal Studios.  We arrived there around 11am and met up with April, John, and MacKalya who were going with us this time.  April suggested that since it was now after 11am and the morning now gone that instead of going into the park this day that we go home and rest up and come back the next day early.  We all talked about it and agreed that it was best to come back tomorrow especially for the kids.  Also instead of going to Universal Studios we decided to go to Islands of Adventure because they have water rides there, and anyone who knows me knows I had no problem with that since I like waters rides (except for Log Flumes).  So since we decided to come back tomorrow my dad and William went into a surf shop that was right next door to the place we all met up at to look for some Hawaiian themed clothes that he and William could wear that matched.  After about 5 minutes William comes out of the store and tells Thomas and I to come in because they want to show us something.  So Thomas and I follow William in the store to see my dad holding up this Yellowish Orange Billabong shirt and this Blue shorts with yellow flower type designs on them (shorts were actually swim trunks) and ask Thomas and I if we would be willing to wear that along with him and William.  Thomas said sure and reluctantly since I didn't want to be a party pooper I agreed.  So my dad spent just over $300 on clothes so we all could match the next day when we came back to the park.  After  doing that shopping we decided that we were all going to go eat lunch and met up at this place called "Orlando Ale House" which is a restaurant/bar kind of like Y-Knots just smaller.  Since April and John were the only ones that knew how to get there April had to ride with my dad which ment someone had to give up their seat and ride with John and MacKalya.  Well that one person happened to  end up being me.  John decided to let 9 year old MacKalya give us directions to get to the restaurant and in doing so we ended up making about 3 or 4 u-turns before finally arriving at our destination.  The rest of the group had already arrived and been seated so we went on in.  They had three pool tables there and my dad and William were already playing pool.  Niki wanted to play so I played a game with her and while playing I noticed that they had a music box were you could select the music that would play in the restaurant and being a bar it had decent up to date music to choose from.  I found that they had several Everclear songs on it so I played about 4 of their songs along with an Evanescence song.  William played some Queens and Nickelback songs.  I finished it out with a Sevendust song.  They even had Manson songs on it but we didn't play any of those.  I then played some pool with William and we realized that the thing would let us play for free because when we push our money in and then pulled it back out our money was still there but it still dropped the balls down so we could play.  Finally our food came and we ate, I had fried scallops which were so-so.  Then William and I played one more game of free pool before we all left.  Once outside everyone agreed that we would go to April and Johns house but first we had to stop back at our places to get the kids swimming suits and plus William wanted to bring the PS2.  Once we got to the two house we were staying at everyone realized they were tired and didn't really feel like going over there anymore.  So we called April and John up and let them know and told them we would met them in the morning.  By this time it was 4pm and for the rest of the day we just talked, played PS2, and watched TV.  Also Bea and Dick (both in their 80s) who are friends of my parents, Bea was also my Uncle Kenny's girlfriend before he passed away, came by and ate a wonderful (being sarcastic) dinner of pizza with us.  Bea and Dick left around 7:30pm.  Around 9pm Cathy wanted to go back to the other house to go to bed but I wanted to stay so since Cathy didn't know how to get back to the other house I had to drive her over there and on the way she ask "Do you think Bea and Dick (Bea's new boyfriend now that Uncle Kenny is gone) still do it?" I look at her funny and say "I don't even want to think about that".  She says "You don't wonder about that, if people still do it at that age?"  I say "No, I don't wonder and I sure as hell don't want to know".   So now that I have this horrid image stuck in my head (the exact reason I don't think about that) I drop Cathy off and drive back over to the other house.  Once I arrive there I realize the only people still up are my mom and Niki.  I started watching the movie "Helen Keller" and by 10pm my mom went to bed so now Niki and I were the only ones up.  At 10:30pm Niki asked me if she should go wake up her dad, because her dad wanted to go to the other house and play a prank on Cathy.  I told her that was up to her.  So she got up and went over to get him up and asked him.  She came back and said that he was too tired and didn't feel like it.  So then William who was going to stay the night that that house comes to me and says that he can't sleep because Thomas snores to loud and that when I leave to come get him, I told him I would.  At about 11:15pm Niki said she was tired and was going to bed and I agreed since we would be up by 7am the next morning.  William must of heard us up and as he came back in the room and said he was ready to go.  So I put on my shoes and William and I left to go back to the other house to go to bed to get up in the morning. 

I realize that I said I would post days three and four this time but due to the length of just day three I think I will stop here and hopefully, assuming my mom doesn't hog the computer, post day four tomorrow, which was the best day of the trip.  That and I know your just dying to know what happens with the matching outfits.

This will be the first of several long post coming within the next few days. 

First of all while on out of town my cell phone was put through the washing machine and no longer works.  Therefore until I get my cell phone replaced if anyone needs to get a hold of me they need to call the apartment number and if you do not know the apartment number then click on the comments to the post and ask me to email you the number and also specify what email address you want me to send it to.  Ok, now on to my trip to Disney World.

On Wednesday July 14th I had to take Clancy to the Kennel so that way we wouldn't have to drop him off in the morning.  Then that night my Sister Cathy and her kids William and Jacqueline got in around 10:30 or so.  Everyone was in bed early that night as we knew we had an early start coming the next morning.

Day One, July 15:

That early start did come at 6am in the morning as my sister woke me up.   My dad was last to get up but first out the door.  By about 6:45am we were out the door and on our way.  We took the PS2 and my games with us and William, Jacqueline and I played it in the car the whole way down, except for when Jacqueline watched "Lady and the Tramp 2" a fairly lame movie the first one is much better.  About 8:30am or so we stopped in Macon to get some breakfast at Mrs. Winners and we got Chicken and Steak biscuits.  From there we drove straight into Florida and arrived in Gainesville, Florida around 12:30pm where we stopped and ate at Steak N' Shake.  From there we left and got into Orlando about 2:30pm.  My other sister, Jeralyn, her husband, Thomas along with my nieces Jillian and Niki, my nephew Jacob and my Mom where already in Orlando.  My mom had been there about 2 weeks and the rest of them got there the night before.  In Orlando my parents own to homes.  My Uncle Kenny's old house and also the one they bought.  Cathy, William, Jacqueline and I stayed at my Uncle Kenny's old house while my Mom, Dad, Jeralyn, Thomas, Jillian, Niki, and Jacob stayed at my parents house.  After getting to Orlando we went to my Uncle Kenny's house first so we could drop of our stuff.  From there we went to my parents house were we just hung out for a while.  Around 5pm or so my Cousin, April, her husband, John, and their daughter, MacKalya, arrived.  They came to see all of us and eat dinner with us.  We had Chicken Alfredo that my mom had made.  After dinner Niki, Thomas, Cathy, William, John, and I all played a game of Phase 10.  MacKalya who is 9 helped her dad play.  Cathy won the game and I finished in 2nd.  Funny part was that both Cathy and I up until the end of the game were in last and second to last place the whole time.  By the time the game ended it was 10:00pm so knowing that we had another early morning the next day we broke it off and April, John, and MacKalya all went home.  Then Cathy, William, Jacqueline and I all left for the other house.  By 11:30 we were all in bed.

Day Two July 16:

The early Morning game again this time at 7am.   By 7:30 Cathy, William, Jacqueline and I were on our way to the other house to meet the rest of the crew.  By 8:00am we were out the door.   We went to a place called 5 & Diner for breakfast.   It is a 50s themed restaurant.  I had French Toast since I don't like their eggs there.  From there it was off to Disney World.   This day we were headed to The Magic Kingdom (map).  We arrived sometime between 9:30 and 10am.  We rode this golfcart/train type thing (not sure how to describe it) that took us from the parking lot to the ticket counter.  My dad bought all the tickets we needed and we headed in.  To get to the Magic Kingdom from the ticket counter you have to either take a Ferryboat or the Monorail.  The kids wanted to take the Ferryboat so we got in that line and took the boat over.   Once over we walked down Main Street that leads you to Cinderella's Castle.  On Main Street we stopped at several of the shops to look around.  From the shops we continued on and bought some water as we made our way to the Tea Cup ride that Jillian wanted to ride, ride #31 on the map.  While most of us were on the Tea Cup ride my dad took Jacqueline to get a singature from Alice (From Alice in Wonderland) as Jacqueline was all about getting signatures.  After the Tea Cup ride Jacob decided he wanted to do the race cars so Jacob, Thomas, Niki, and I went to go ride the race cars, ride #39 on map.  But the line for the race cars was about an hour and no one wanted to wait that long so we got out of line and decided we wanted to do the Buzz Lightyear ride instead, ride #47 on map.   That line had a 45 minute wait which I didn't feel like waiting and having to stand around for that long but the others did so since Niki had her cell phone I went and caught up with my Dad, Mom, Jacqueline and Cathy who were off getting Jacqueline more signatures.  William, Jillian and Jeralyn were off getting some drinks.  After Jacqueline was done getting her signatures she wanted we met back up with William, Jillian, and Jeralyn and we headed for the Dumbo ride, ride #27 on map.  On the way there Niki called us saying they were done with the ride and so we told them to meet us at the Dumbo ride.  Jacqueline, Jillian, Cathy and Jeralyn got in line for the Dumbo ride while the rest of us took shelter from the sun under a tent.  My dad went up to a concession stand and got some ices for everyone and we got a two cream cheese filled pretzels that were really good.   When Niki, Thomas and Jacob met back up with us at the tent they went and got one of the pretzels too.  Right as Jacqueline, Jillian, Cathy and Jeralyn get off the dumbo ride the skies open up and it starts to pour and since there was thunder and lightning in the area most of the rides were shut down.  So once the rain let up everyone decided we should go ahead and get lunch since it was about 1:30pm.  On our way out we stopped in a shop that is inside Cinderella's Castle and I found a really cool Excalber Sword there on sale for $300 but I unfortunately don't have $300 dollars to spend on it.  So we made our way out of the park this time taking the monorail back and we got to our cars.  From there we went to Downtown Disney to eat at the Rainforest Cafe (map).   The map is a Downtown Disney map.  If you have never been to a Rainforest Cafe, #42 on map, to eat before you need to go because it is like no other restaurant you have eaten at before.  The whole place is Rainforest themed.  They have vines and all hanging down from the ceiling and trees  and animals (this one had elephants and gorillas).  Everything is fake of course the animals are anamontronic.  They have thunderstorms while your eating and in certain place they have rain fall into gutters.  This one had several huge fishtanks with fish in them.  And yes the fish were real.  It also had a large shop connected as well.  William, Niki, and I split, or tried to split, a Volcano which is this huge desert with fudge, caramel, brownies and Icecream shaped like a Volcano.  We finished eating around 4pm and for the next hour we shopped at some of the stores there in Downtown Disney.  I bought and ESPN hat because it was the first one that I saw that had some kind of holes in it so my head could breathe.  Main reason I got the hat is because my head was started to become sunburnt so that got the sun off my head.  William bought the same kind of ESPN hat I got as well.  After finishing our shopping we heading back to the Magic Kingdom this time again taking the Monorail back into the park.  We got back to the park around 6:45pm or so.  We were going to go ride the Haunted House ride, ride #20 on map, but we made a wrong turn and ended up at Splash Mountain, ride #12 on the map.  Cathy had wanted to ride that so she, Jacqueline, Jillian, Jacob and Thomas got on that ride.  William and I watched and waited for them to come around on the ride.   My mom, dad, Niki, and Jeralyn went to go do more shopping.  At 7pm mom, dad, Niki and Jeralyn came up to William and I asking if the others had been on the ride yet which they hadn't.  Finally about 15 minutes later we saw them come by as they made there way up to the drop.  This was Jacquelines first time riding a ride like that one so I was looking forward to seeing what she thought about it.  Appartently it is a fairly long ride as it seemed like it was about 10 minutes before they finally made the plunge.  The rest of us went and met them at the exit so we could see what Jacqueline and Jillian thought of the ride and they both loved it.  From there since it was about 8:00pm we made our way back over to Main Street for the parade that starts at 9pm.  Cathy and I made a detour and got some thing to drink while the rest headed on to find a spot to watch the parade.  Thomas and Niki wanted to ride Space Mountian (A roller coaster) so they left a separate direction to go ride it.  Cathy and I met back up with the others at about 8:30 and the street was already full of people getting ready to see the parade.  Right on time the parade started at 9:00pm and it was decent and lasted about 30 minutes.  Since the the Fireworks didn't start until 10:00pm Cathy, William, Jacob and I went to look for some food but found nothing we wanted.  So we went back and met up with the rest to watch the fireworks.   The Fireworks, althought short, were great better than anything PTC has done.  The whole Fireworks show was themed and synchronized which was really cool.  Fireworks ended about 10:15pm which I then realized that Anthelion had called me during the fireworks so I called him back and attempted to talk to him which wasn't easy with all the noise going own around the park.  From there we left taking the monorail back again and then got to our cars, where we met back up with Niki and Thomas and then went back to the houses.  Once back at the house I got something to eat really quick because I was starving.  We didn't get in bed until about 1am and where planning to get up between 8am and 9am to go to Universal Studios. 

Day Three and Four I will hopefully post tomorrow.

My Sister, Cathy, and her two kids are getting in town tonight some time and then we all leave for Orlando and Disney World tomorrow morning. From Disney World we will go to Tallahassee for 2 days before coming back home on the 21st.

On Saturday my dad and I went and saw the new King Arthur movie. I thought is was really good, but of course I like the medieval fighting type movies. I also plan to finally go see Spiderman 2 today.

yesterday my dad and I went to the mall and I bought a new book called Seize The Night it is the sequel to Fear Nothing that I am reading now, which I would have to say is the best of the Dean Koontz books I have read so far this summer.

That's all for now I am sure I will be back with a long post after the Disney World trip.

Not really a whole lot has happened in the last week. My dad came home on the 7th got here around 9pm or so. He was supposed to get back on the 5th but they had some problems in Orlando so he didn't get to leave till the 7th which was ok with me. Now we have to start getting ready to leave for the Disney World trip next week.

Anthelion and Jeremy Roberts came up on the 6th and spent the night and left on the afternoon of the 7th. Roberts brought his Xbox and some movies with him. Yes, more went on that night but I don't feel like taking time to type it all so if your one of those people who have to know what goes on you can just ask one of us.

I also finished "Winter Moon" by Dean Koontz, another great book. So while Anthelion and Roberts were here I went and bought a new book by Koontz called Fear Nothing, which is supposedly one of his best books.

The concert last night was great. Matt and I got there while the second band, Michael Tolcher, was on stage. He was alright. After a 30 or so minute wait the 3rd band, Pat McGee Band, played and they were decent. After they finished we had to wait about 45 minutes or so before Everclear finally took the stage because they had some technical difficulties with one of the microphones. So Art came out and played "Songs From An American Movie Pt. 1" after which the rest of the band joined him on stage. In the middle of the show Art again played alone but this time it was planned. They also did a great cover of "This Land Is Your Land" which somehow the crowd found a way to mosh to it. Speaking of the mosh pit it was just to our left and extremely annoying as we would get pushed around, it was a huge mosh pit to probably 30 or so people. We started the concert almost center but due to the most pit we got push over to the right but still were able to stay up close and keep a good view. Everclear though didn't do as much this year as they did at last years show, I don't know if it was because they were more pressed for time or because of the new members and they want to do something different. Put they didn't pull anyone at all up on stage like last year. Also some of the songs sounded different, like "Heroin Girl" seemed more base heavy. Also they played a new song, actually its about 2 years old they just didn't put it on the last CD because they didn't feel it fit on that CD, called "Glorious" which they plan to release with their Greatest Hits CD when it comes out. Though Art was just as crowd interactive as always which definitely makes the show better.

After the concert we headed home and I got back to the apartment some time around 1am. And due to having to take the dog out, getting a shower, getting something to eat, and watching a little Sports Center to check on the scores of all the games, I didn't end up actually getting to sleep until 3am.

My parents decided to leave today instead of tomorrow. They left just before 3pm. So its just me and Clancy again. Tomorrow is the Everclear concert and I will go down to Matt's place and leave from there to go to the concert. I am still waiting to hear back from Anthelion to know if he will be back and whether he is going to go with us. If he either decides not to or isn't able to go then it will just be matt and I. Also have to find out if Andrew (aka. God) is going to come up here on the 3rd to hang out with Michael and I.

I guess that's all for now not a whole lot to write about right now. I am sure I will have more after the concert and the 3rd to write about.