Sip Bacardi like it's your birthday.
Aug. 18th, 2003 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chestnutcurlsThanks so much for all of your birthday wishes! :D My birthday weekend was excellent.
Friday night was build-the-computer night. Evan and Ryan came to my parents' house, followed by MaryElaine, and we ate pizza and watched my dad's computer friend at work. After he was finished, Ryan installed some other things and transferred a bunch of his mp3s for me. Songs on the old computer: about 30. Songs on the new computer: about 200. Going from a 4-GB hard drive to an 80-GB hard drive: priceless. :) I can't believe how fast my new computer is. It's greased lightnin'! Also, my birthday present from my parents was the HP all-in-one scanner/printer/copier, so I am now able to digitize like a normal person. Amazing!
Anyway, Luke called Ryan and wanted to go to a movie, so we all went to a late showing of Pirates of the Caribbean (after I made it clear to Luke that under no circumstances did I want to see Freddy vs. Jason, even though he insisted that I needed to see it "for my own sanctification," which sent Evan into total hysterics). It was a good movie, but insanely long, so by the end of it I was very irritated knowing I would be tired the next day. (But thankfully, I wasn't.)
Saturday was the big day. In the morning, my dad brought my computer over, since I hadn't been able to take it home the previous night. I'm still trying to get used to the extra space left by a flatscreen monitor and a tower. I listened to all my Clay songs and danced around in anticipation. In the afternoon, I got a fun birthday call from Jessica and Jonathan, and an adorable bunny card from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nikichick4 in the mail- thanks, Nicole! :) Shortly thereafter it was time for Kathy and I to go to Peabody Place to meet Danielle and the gang. We found each other fairly easily and then went to the actual Peabody to see the ducks. At 4:30 we went to TGI Friday's as planned, but the host insisted there was a 35-minute wait, despite the fact that half of the restaurant was empty. After much waffling and stressing on my part, we went to Huey's instead since it was only a block away. Evan and Ryan finally showed up right after I was harassed by a big blue dog that was walking randomly around downtown. Danielle gave me my birthday present (in an adorable bag)- a gorgeous candlestick, one of those that looks like a lamp with a little lampshade. Also, a beautiful bracelet. It was so nice of her. She has excellent taste. :)
Anyway, then it was on to the show! After some confusion all around about various ticket issues, Kathy, Danielle, Danielle's mom, and I found our way to our seats, which were awesome - great job, Danielle! :) The show was absolutely wonderful. Trenyce, the hometown girl, got a lot of stage time, which I thought was great - she had a lot of friends and family in the audience, as did Kimberly Locke (who's from Nashville) and Rickey (I'm not sure where he's from). Speaking of, I liked Rickey on the show but was never that impressed with him...but he really blew me away Saturday night. So did Julia Demato. She must be taking voice lessons or something! The only people who didn't impress me much were Kimberly Caldwell and Ruben, and from the general lack of crowd response, I guess others felt the same way.
But Clay. Clay, Clay, Clay. He was just...wonderful. The place went nuts every time he came onto the stage. I used to see those films of people freaking out at Beatles concerts and think, "Why would anyone act like that?" Now I know. Oh yes, I know. :) He is absolutely phenomenal. And he's so good-natured. People were constantly throwing panties and things at him, and he just matter-of-factly picked them up and made faces. During his song with Ruben, he strolled casually over to him and put a red thong on his head. It was hilarious. Also, I have now officially crowned him the Hottest Man Alive in my book. (Kathy kept repeating, "I'm engaged, I'm engaged.") I took about a million pictures. I was going to share the digitals today, but I just noticed that I saved them at a really small size since I'm not used to the new computer yet. I'll try again tomorrow, but for now, here's a preview. :)
Anyway, it was a fantastic birthday, and it was so great to meet Danielle and her mom and Christy and Regina. They're all very fun people. :)
Sunday after church, my parents took me to Macaroni Grill for my birthday lunch (my mom just got back from Miami yesterday, so we were waiting for her). Then we went to see Freaky Friday. Then I wanted an ice cream cake since it was about 97 degrees, so we found one at Kroger and it was delicious. It was a nice day, and the last Sunday I'll get to spend with my sister for a long time, since she's leaving for college on Friday.
And that's it. If you read this far, thank you and congratulations! :)
Friday night was build-the-computer night. Evan and Ryan came to my parents' house, followed by MaryElaine, and we ate pizza and watched my dad's computer friend at work. After he was finished, Ryan installed some other things and transferred a bunch of his mp3s for me. Songs on the old computer: about 30. Songs on the new computer: about 200. Going from a 4-GB hard drive to an 80-GB hard drive: priceless. :) I can't believe how fast my new computer is. It's greased lightnin'! Also, my birthday present from my parents was the HP all-in-one scanner/printer/copier, so I am now able to digitize like a normal person. Amazing!
Anyway, Luke called Ryan and wanted to go to a movie, so we all went to a late showing of Pirates of the Caribbean (after I made it clear to Luke that under no circumstances did I want to see Freddy vs. Jason, even though he insisted that I needed to see it "for my own sanctification," which sent Evan into total hysterics). It was a good movie, but insanely long, so by the end of it I was very irritated knowing I would be tired the next day. (But thankfully, I wasn't.)
Saturday was the big day. In the morning, my dad brought my computer over, since I hadn't been able to take it home the previous night. I'm still trying to get used to the extra space left by a flatscreen monitor and a tower. I listened to all my Clay songs and danced around in anticipation. In the afternoon, I got a fun birthday call from Jessica and Jonathan, and an adorable bunny card from
nikichick4 in the mail- thanks, Nicole! :) Shortly thereafter it was time for Kathy and I to go to Peabody Place to meet Danielle and the gang. We found each other fairly easily and then went to the actual Peabody to see the ducks. At 4:30 we went to TGI Friday's as planned, but the host insisted there was a 35-minute wait, despite the fact that half of the restaurant was empty. After much waffling and stressing on my part, we went to Huey's instead since it was only a block away. Evan and Ryan finally showed up right after I was harassed by a big blue dog that was walking randomly around downtown. Danielle gave me my birthday present (in an adorable bag)- a gorgeous candlestick, one of those that looks like a lamp with a little lampshade. Also, a beautiful bracelet. It was so nice of her. She has excellent taste. :)Anyway, then it was on to the show! After some confusion all around about various ticket issues, Kathy, Danielle, Danielle's mom, and I found our way to our seats, which were awesome - great job, Danielle! :) The show was absolutely wonderful. Trenyce, the hometown girl, got a lot of stage time, which I thought was great - she had a lot of friends and family in the audience, as did Kimberly Locke (who's from Nashville) and Rickey (I'm not sure where he's from). Speaking of, I liked Rickey on the show but was never that impressed with him...but he really blew me away Saturday night. So did Julia Demato. She must be taking voice lessons or something! The only people who didn't impress me much were Kimberly Caldwell and Ruben, and from the general lack of crowd response, I guess others felt the same way.
But Clay. Clay, Clay, Clay. He was just...wonderful. The place went nuts every time he came onto the stage. I used to see those films of people freaking out at Beatles concerts and think, "Why would anyone act like that?" Now I know. Oh yes, I know. :) He is absolutely phenomenal. And he's so good-natured. People were constantly throwing panties and things at him, and he just matter-of-factly picked them up and made faces. During his song with Ruben, he strolled casually over to him and put a red thong on his head. It was hilarious. Also, I have now officially crowned him the Hottest Man Alive in my book. (Kathy kept repeating, "I'm engaged, I'm engaged.") I took about a million pictures. I was going to share the digitals today, but I just noticed that I saved them at a really small size since I'm not used to the new computer yet. I'll try again tomorrow, but for now, here's a preview. :)
Anyway, it was a fantastic birthday, and it was so great to meet Danielle and her mom and Christy and Regina. They're all very fun people. :)
Sunday after church, my parents took me to Macaroni Grill for my birthday lunch (my mom just got back from Miami yesterday, so we were waiting for her). Then we went to see Freaky Friday. Then I wanted an ice cream cake since it was about 97 degrees, so we found one at Kroger and it was delicious. It was a nice day, and the last Sunday I'll get to spend with my sister for a long time, since she's leaving for college on Friday.
And that's it. If you read this far, thank you and congratulations! :)
