February 2010

Would You Rather Wednesday

February 18
For your wedding – have a paintball war at the reception
or
Enter down the aisle to the tune of “we’re not gonna take it” by twisted sister?

OMG! PAINTBALL! haha I was just saying the other night how I wanted to play paintball. Wedding reception is as good a time as ever.

February 19
Live in a world without skin moisturizer
or
cream cheese?

Oooh. I guess I’ll go with cream cheese – but that one was kind of tough

February 20/21
Have a miniature golf course lawn
or
an air hockey dinner table

Air hockey dinner table. Air hockey rules.

February 22
Have 15 fingers
or
3 tongues

Hmm. I’m going to go with 15 fingers.

February 23
Sneeze with the force of a double barrel shotgun
or
Pass wind with the same force?

HAHA. Sneeze.

February 24
Always have to wear hot pants
or
A parrot on your shoulder.

Parrot. No contest.

John Mayer 2/19/10 – Mohegan Sun Arena

Friday, after finding out we hadn’t won any John Mayer contests that we had entered, Christine and I decided to see if Ticketmaster released any more tickets for the show that night.  Everything was either way way high or in the way way back (not that the arena is that large, but I am spoiled when it comes to Mayer)

Our friend Amber told us about a ticketing site – vividseats.com and we saw they had some 6 rows up on the side section for about $20 over face.  We decided to buy them and a few minutes after placing the order I got a call from the website.  Since it was a last minute purchase it set off “red flags” so I had to verify all my info.  Then I had to be on hold for 15 minutes (while I was at work, mind you) only to hear that the 6th row seats had already been sold, but they had something in row 11 on the opposite side of the stage for the same price.   I decided we would get those instead and within 45 minutes or so the tickets were emailed to me.

We made our way to the casino and of course had a hard time finding parking.  A friday night at the casino with a sold out show on top of it…  Got inside and saw doors were already open so we decided to go in and just grab food at the concessions.

The show started right at 7:30 with Michael Franti & Spearhead.  There weren’t many people at their seats yet, but most of those who were there were up and dancing.  I enjoyed their set, even though it was nearly an hour (one of the longest openers I think I’ve ever seen) and it got to the point where I thought every song he started was the one from the radio (Say Hey) but it wasn’t… A lot of the songs just had similar sounds.

There was this one old dude that was cracking Christine and I up.  He was on the floor and made his way up from 3rd or 4th row.  Next thing we knew he was front row and center rocking out.  And by the end of the set – he was ON STAGE.  It was crazy.

Michael also came out in the crowd for a couple of songs which was pretty cool, went up to sing with people in the side sections and stuff.  After his set he was right in front of our section doing a quick M&G.;

Then the crew set up a mosquito net around the stage.  There were groans all around because our section thought that the net would be our “possible obstruction” of our seats.  Turns out it was just set up to be a screen playing the intro to the show, which was really cool.

John started the set with Heartbreak Warfare, his latest single.  He has said in the past he doesn’t like playing his singles later in the set because then if people came for just that song, they can leave early. (Although he didn’t sing his first single off the album, “Who Says”, until the encore)

Highlights included Vultures (one of my faves) and the fact that he sang Assassin almost completely on our side of the stage.  Also, since CT is is home state he likes to randomly throw out city names to get us to scream and usually he NEVER says mine – but he said mine first which caught me completely off guard but I screamed really loud.  (Although I must say my screams had nothing on the women behind us, who at first we were teasing were us in 10 years, but then later realized were us 10 years ago since every time John came near our side of the stage they’d scream his name and that they loved him.  He can’t hear you with his monitors in, ladies!)

I feel like his set was relatively short, but maybe it had just been that I hadn’t seen him in so long and I really could have stayed to watch him play all night.

Under the cut set list and some photos!


Heartbreak Warfare
Crossroads
Vultures
Bigger Than My Body (Homeward Bound tease)
Perfectly Lonely
Assassin (Message in a Bottle tease)
Wait Til Tomorrow
Who Did You Think I Was
Waiting on the World to Change
Half of My Heart
Why Georgia
Say
Gravity

Who Says
Friends, Lovers or Nothing

 

Would You Rather Wednesday

February 11
Never miss throwing a quarter into a tollbooth basket
or
defecate miniature models of famous Rodin sculptures?

Throwing quarters. Even though I have ezpass lol

February 12
Have your cell phone ring function set on wet, hacking cough
or
surly frenchman?

Frenchman!

February 13/14
Be extruded through a spaghetti machine
or
be buried alive in a pit of play-doh.

umm play-doh i guess

February 15
Have a working outlet in the roof of your mouth
or
have lilac-scented body odor?

Umm lilac body odor because Im not sure an outlet in the roof of my mouth would be that safe – plus I think I already have one in my belly button?

February 16
Have fingers that can staple
or
saliva with naturally adhesive qualities?

As a scrapbooker, I must got with adhesive. that would come in really handy lol

February 17
Have a manicurist
or
A donkey?

Umm manicurist lol not sure how id use a donkey.

blood:water mission – 40 days of water*

I had tried giving up soda going into the new year, but that lasted a whole 2 or 3 days before I cracked. Then I found out about blood:water mission – 40 days of water*

I decided might as well knock out EVERYTHING but water, “cold turkey” so to speak and at the same time participate in raising money for a great cause. From February 17 to April 3rd I will be drinking nothing but water, noting what I am saving on beverages to donate at the end of the 40 days.

I have also decided if I do crack and HAVE to have that vitamin water or coke or whatever non-water item.. I will donate an extra $5 per drink. That’s a hefty “fine” and I am hoping that will also deter me from drinking anything but water.

We’ll see how it goes…

Postcrossing

If you follow my public twitter (@KatieSociety) you might have seen tweets such as:

Writing a #postcrossing postcard to Germany through http://www.postcrossing.com

I’m not sure how I first stumbled upon the site, but I have been collecting postcards since I was a kid (lately they get stuck in scrapbooks) and on top of that – I love travel and getting mail. And if I can’t visit around the world, why not do the next best thing and send and receive postcards from all over?

You are allowed to have up to 5 postcards traveling at a time. Right now I have cards on their way to Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania, Maine and California.

I have received cards from Italy, Ohio and California.

The concept is simple – you send a card to a random person and you receive a random card back. The more you end up sending, the more you can have traveling at a time.  Shown is my first card I received from Italy.  I loved the way this person wrote! (I have an odd fascination with how people make “K”s so don’t be surprised if I end up having a collage of my name from postcards in the future)

I’ve been warned this new hobby can get expensive.  The postcards I’ve found at Hallmark cost me $0.35.  To send a postcard Internationally I’ve found it is $0.98, within the states it is $0.28.  But so far I am having a lot of fun with it – and I can put my account on hold at any time!

Would You Rather Wednesday

February 4
Be able to see newly released movies in your eyelids
or
To change any person’s gender for a year?

Na na na na everyday! like my eyeballs stuck on replay-play.

February 5
Be “The Laminator”
or
“Dr Humidity”?

The Laminator!!

February 6/7
Have fish for hands
or
mops for feet

Definitely mops for feet! Do you know how much fun and how handy that would be? (or.. footy?) fish for hands wouldn’t be very useful.

February 8
Have fingernails that could grow into chewable vitamin C tablets
or
A hand with full hair straightening and crimping capabilities?

Definitely straightening and crimping capabilities. Another very handy thing.

February 9
Be able to increase the intensity/frequency of nearby throbbing objects
or
to flatulate to the tune of “when the saints go marching in”

uhhhhhhh i dont think im going to go there.

February 10
Have a magic mirror that possesses woody allen’s personality/sense of humor
or
a coffee table that possesses the personality of donald rumsfeld?

magic mirror. def.

Paying for Concerts

I often get asked how I can afford to go to so many concerts. First, let’s keep in mind that I am 25 years old and have a great paying job. But even when I was in high school I paid for all my own concerts (and sometimes had to pay for half or whole of my mom’s tickets if she was going with me)

In middle school and high school I worked summers. I’d keep some of that money aside. I also found Hanson stuff at the mall and sold it to people online for more money than I paid for it. It might have been only $1 or $2 per item, but if you keep it all kept aside for a specific purpose (concert tickets) it would add up. Somehow if there was a concert coming, I always found a way to earn the money for my ticket (if I already didn’t have enough saved).

Once I got an actual hourly job at 16, it was a lot easier to save money. I chose a certain amount per check that I put into a separate savings account that wouldn’t leave me broke. (but it could be as easy as throwing $5 into an envelope after you cash your paycheck, just make sure it is in a safe place and not so well hidden that next week you can’t find it! lol) Some weeks I was able to put in more. Other weeks I had to skip putting money in all together. If I got birthday money or money for holidays I would put some of that money away as well.

The key is trying to be consistent. Now that I have regular hours – it is easy to say that I want to put X amount of dollars away per week and stick with it.

I also used to cut back in other places as well – If you go to the movies every weekend with your friends, maybe cut back to every other weekend and throw the $9+ you would spend on your movie ticket in to your concert fund. Skip a trip to Starbucks here and there and throw that $$ in to your fund. I’m not saying don’t have any fun ever, but pick and choose where you are spending your money if going to concerts is really important to you.

Even if you have no concert in mind to buy tickets for – chances are your favorite band is going to end up touring at some point. It is better to have all that money saved up front than scramble for it when tours and ticket sales are announced (especially if your favorite band is notorious for announcing dates just *days* before they go on sale!)

This method might not work for everyone – but I spent something like $1000 on concert tickets in 2009 (and this is NOT including my cruise to the Bahamas on the Rock Boat) so I know it works for me.

Baseball Scrapbook

For some not so smart reason I decided it would be a good idea to save all my baseball photos and “stuff” to scrap after the season was over. Of course then I didn’t. (Maybe because the season was such a bust, I just wanted to keep distanced from it) But over the past couple of weekends I knocked out all of my pages (except for a title page) using my “Finished in a Flash” kit and some other pages I had as well.

Flashback Friday – 1998

I am slowly trying to get all my scrapbook pages scanned or photographed to post on my website which has been under construction for WAY too long. So one Friday a month I have decided that I will post old scrapbook pages. I chose to only do this once a month because some years I went to a LOT of concerts (although nothing compared to recently!) and it will take me time to get the free time to scan and edit the images.

Today is 1998 – I went to just one concert, Hanson. Check out the scrapbook pages under the cut. (Keep in mind these were scrapped long before it was the “in” thing to scrapbook so supplies were limited and all these old pages are done on construction paper!)


This is my first scrapbook title page. These will be thrown in here and there, though they aren’t really all that interesting.


My first concert page comes with a fun M&G; pass. A bit of a sign of things to come, I guess 😉

Would You Rather Wednesday

Hard to believe it is already Wednesday again! I guess time does fly when you’re having fun!

January 28
Have puma-like reactions with the remote control when watching something naughty, and someone walks in the room, and you need to change the channel
or
Expert precision with the cheek-kiss greeting

I feel like I already have both of these skills. But I guess I’ll go with channel changing. Not that I EVER watch anything naughty!!!

January 29
Be Dr Grass, a superhero whose power is to induce grass stains
or
The summarizer, a superhero who can clearly and concisely describe any given situation?

I’m going to go with the summarizer because I think that is something my family definitely needs.

January 30/31
Melon ball your left eye out
or
drive two spikes into your knee caps with a sledgehammer

My knees are SO messed up, maybe the spikes would help?

February 1
Have a stable of remarkably sympathetic woodland creatures to confide in about romantic desires and dreams
or
Be capable of ending any relationship tension-free with no ensuing debate or discussion by pulling out a red card, like in soccer?

Woodland creatures, ftw!

February 2
Have elastic lips
or
Reflective calves?

Ooof. Reflective = shiny. which is good. But elastic lips might come in handy when I have issues with my braces! What to pick, what to pick… I think I’m going to go with elastic lips.

February 3
Be proposed to in the new york times crossword puzzle
or
with skywriting?

SKYWRITING. I would never ever finish a new york times crossword puzzle (or any puzzle, for that matter) so I would never see it lol

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