2003-03-08
Distance Meet Anxiety
I'm about to kill everyone's beliefs that govn't employees don't work. Not only do I work, but I'm actually now working over time this month. This is INSANE. I was suppose to work today in fact, a Saturday, but I complained yesterday. I am working tomorrow, though.
I was told 2 weeks ago that on top of our regular vacation we also get a Volunteer Day and a Personal Day off. However, unlike vacation, you cannot carry these over. So I have 2 days I must take before the end of this month or they are lost forever. I asked for this past Thursday off. It got approved...umm...yesterday. The day AFTER my requested day off. I was a weeee bit pissed so I bitched and complained (in the Laurie kind of way which means saying in a meek voice, "ummm...do I really have to work Saturday when I was told after the fact that I could have Thursday off?").
So today my big plan is to go out for lunch with a friend and listen to a double mixed cd someone made me (WITH LINER NOTES!) that screams "You'll be super cooler now after you've heard these songs."
I'm debating whether I should go to Montreal by myself and see Dirty Three. I remember thinking 3 months ago about how I'll never ever have the opportunity to see them because they are from Australia and I live in Canada. But now according to Pollstar they are coming. I owe it to them to go, don't I? They made the trek all the way to this tundra-like country, its the least I can do. . .SOMEONE PLEASE COME WITH ME. Or I will be sad and the big loser standing in the corner pretending to be friends with people around me at the show by laughing at their jokes until they think I'm crazy and leave. My goal is to find someone in Ottawa who likes Dirty Three (aside from the psycho that I slept with). They are a very likable band. I could lend you my cds. AND I could give you my Dirty Three magnet! Ooooooh. I know it sounds like I'm prostituting myself. Me giving away a Dirty Three magnet? It's like giving away an extension of myself. But trust me. This band is soooooo worth it.
My dad called me yesterday and asked if I wanted to go to England with my mom. I think it would be fun! I could see Amanda and take my mom cd shopping! "Mom, I think you'd be a better mother if you bought me all these rare British cds for me and Sarah."
Bright Eyes now has a video. It screams "not MTV material." That's why I like it. Speaking of which, the Arab Strap are opening for Bright Eyes!!!!! This will be the best concert EVER. I was so inspired that I ordered a Bright Eyes t-shirt and a compliation cd with a rare Bright Eyes track on it AND the new Cursive album. And then I realized I had no more money to see The Coral and I cried.
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popnoir at 10:44 a.m.