June was a crazy month. Top ten, in short...
1) My sister got married. It was amazing and beautiful and intense. My dad did a booty dance to Drop It Like It Hot at the reception. One of the best moments of my life.
2) I bawled for a week straight when I got back from Missouri. We're talking fetal position and pacing bawling. Sometimes, I miss my family and my home city so much that it hurts. Regardless, I still know I could never happily live in Kansas City.
3) I'm back working at the U. Thank god. I still miss my old department like mad and am trying like crazy to get back there. We shall see...
4) I moved out of WonderTwin Manor and am currently subleasing G's Palace until September. With a cat. After Ginger passed away, I became MUCH LESS of a cat person. Also, I miss air conditioning, though sleeping nakie every night is fun.
5) Photography is going extraordinarily well. Getting lots of great gigs through bands and the newspaper. Also, I was a multiple choice option, alongside my mentors, for 89.3's The Local Show on who was the in-house photographer for First Ave. Holy Sh*t! Yes, I still realize I have a helluva long way to go.
6) I shot the Drive-By Truckers at First Ave last week. Though they've become much less radical with the loss of Jason Isbell, it still blew my mind when I finally heard Zip City live. So much so that I HAD to find one of my people to experience it with. Kyle was hidden. Jim had run off. Luckily, I spotted the hat and ran up to Swardson with my shit eating grin and yelled out "THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS!" Also, It sort of dawned on me how lucky I am. I got into music photography not knowing how I would do it or what I was doing or where I was going and there I was with my camera in the barred off area right in front of a sold out crowd in one of my favorite venues in the nation, my face against the stage, as my idols tore it apart a foot away from me. I'm not slowing down any time soon.
7) This madness is on YouTube. Taken out of context of the play and not knowing me, yes, I do realize how bat shit crazy I look. But I'm still really proud of that madness. And the naysayers can continue naysaying. Because I KNOW how lucky I am to have experienced this. So go on and call me annoying or insane because I experience such joy and freedom that no on can take it away. You all could use a little of that!
8) Team Tampax Pearls kicks major ass at 331 pub trivia! We've won two weeks in a row! And I laugh like a crazy woman all through it. Sunday nights have never been so much fun!
9) I have the greatest friends in the world. No lie. They keep me in line, keep me laughing, keep me honest, keep me humbled, keep me having a great time. Morgie and Brian...you have been notified of your assignments but remember you MUST text and call me regularly to make sure I'm not too far inside the Jonesie noggin and going after the inaccessible again. Sha, thanks again for loaning me that slutty blue shirt to wear as I slept in your parents living room! I LOVE YOU ALL!
10) I'm almost done with my Bi-Annual mix. Just tweaking the order and the inclusion of a few songs. Here's videos for a few of the tunes that have meant the most to me in the past six months. Either cause of sobs or booty shakes!
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Piú giú, in fondo alla Tuscolana...!?...passavo per un saluto!
I almost spit my cheerios out when your You Tube clip started. Then my heart filled with (what I think is joy) when you referenced the Bruce Pillow.
You are a crazy, sassy, wonderful person and I'm so glad we are friends.
Have a wonderful day, and don't go too far into your head!
you know how i feel about your mixes. meaning, i listen to them often and love them to pieces. more, please.
girlie, you can wear that shirt in my parents living room anytime. ANY. TIME. HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
I LOVE MY BESTIE!!!
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