Lets see, what can I blog about……
I went to Rock on the Range in Columbus a few weeks ago with a couple friends of mine. It was really awesome. Out of 30-some bands that were there, only Korn had I ever seen live before. Most notable for me was Saliva, Alice in Chains, Slipknot, and Motley Crue. Korn was amazing too, but I expected that from them already. I was also really impressed with Shinedown. Hadn’t really gotten into them before but they put on a really good show so I may check them out more.
Alice in Chains was especially special for me since I’ve been a big fan of them for a long time and never thought I would ever get to hear them live. It was so cool to hear songs like Man in the Box and Rooster in person! The new lead singer looks like Lenny Kravitz and definately looked out of place up there with the other three band members with their old-ass faces and long hair, but he had the vocals and sound down pat. It was really awesome.
Unfortunately, the hotel room was quite a dump. Complete with holes in the walls, a bug on the ceiling, stains in the bathroom from I’d rather not know what, and to top it all off, a trapdoor in the ceiling that conveniently hid a homocidal midget just waiting to stab and eat us in our sleep. The beds were clean though, as far as we could tell. It didn’t really matter much to me at that point anyway. After being awake for 40 hours straight I would’ve slept almost anywhere. We hope to go again next year. From what I could tell, they change the bands up completely year after year so it should be hella cool.
I also had an amazing night out wednesday night. Me and my friends from Denny’s all went to a goth club in Bowling Green. It was a brand new experience for me, but it turned out to not be all that different from any other club I’ve been to. I hadn’t gone to a club in about 5-6 years and I had forgotten how fun it is. I was a little nervous to dance at first, but once I got comfortable, found my groove, and started just enjoying the music and getting lost in it, it came pretty easy. It felt good to get away from everything for a few hours and I didn’t want the night to end. The music was great, the dancing was great, and for the first time, I did something I never thought I would do. That part was a little underwhelming but I’m not really sure what I was expecting anyway. Overall the night was outstanding and I would love to go again.
It feels so good to meet different types of people with different personalities and backgrounds, get to know them closely, do new things with them, and just live life. As corny as it sounds (trust me, I know!) I feel like my life right now is like the high school/college experience I never had. I never talked much back then, didn’t have any real friends, and didn’t know how to socialize so I missed out on all that my first time around, so now I’m making up for lost time. I am building memories and friendships that will hopefully last a lifetime. One of the reasons I didn’t have much to add to a conversation in those days is because I didn’t have any experiences or memories to tell or talk about. Well that is all changing for me now. I am becoming quite an active person and will never look back.
Also, as I continue to get closer to my newest friends, I continue to learn and grow. Each of them have personalities and backgrounds that are unique in their own ways and are in some ways different than anybody I have ever met, which says more about the number of people I’ve met in my life than it does about them in particular. But that is a great thing! I enjoy learning about them, laughing with them, being there for them, and trying to help them with their problems as they do the same for me.
Not to mention the people who I talk to regularly on twitter! In addition to talking to the people I know personally, there are 2-3 people that I have met and talk to only on twitter. Its cool to be able to learn about someone in another part of the country (or even another part of the world in one particular case) 140 characters at a time. I know that people have been doing this for years on MySpace and Facebook but this is the first time I’ve done it. They are real people with real problems and real lives and real emotions. Its awesome to know that a group of people can help each other and be friends and get to know each other even though you’ve never met the person and most likely never will. I’ve had conversations with my personal friends as well as my twitter friends that are just as meaningful, funny, insane, and emotional as a live conversation, all in 140 character exchanges. Thats freaking cool!
My friendships with my current friends are changing a little too, but also in a good way, as I am able to have fun with them as my own person and have the freedom to explore any opportunity that might come up with them. There are several events planned in the next month or two that I am very excited for just to be able to have fun in a way I was never confident enough to before. And through MySpace and Facebook I am able to keep in touch with all of my friends even without seeing them for a while. Thank god for technology!
So all in all, this should be the funnest (funnest? Is that a word?) summer I’ve had in a loooong time. Its already been an amazing spring so far and I hope to make the fun last as long as possible. If theres any of you out there that I haven’t talked to in a while, doesn’t matter how long its been, give me a call or email or message or something and say hey! Lets hang out!
