Week of Elections & Gratitude

I'm grateful for Saturday, and all the fun people it brought. I got to spend the day with the lovely Jess Mies and WOW had I missed her. It's always good to see her and share life with her. Her presence brings me joy. And then you joined the fun! It's such a good feeling to have my two best friends in the whole world together. There was a whole lot of love surrounding me that afternoon and it felt great. Add in good food and I'm set! And that evening was the Bad Suns concert which was amazing. They're so good live. Jess is such a great concert buddy cause she and I can just jam to literally anything. It was also cool seeing Kimberly & Camillo! Talk about all the best friends haha. Catching up with her is always so lovely, and I'm glad to see her brother is doing well, too! Especially since I hadn't seen him since I was like 10 and still a baby.

I'm grateful for Tuesday. I got to vote in my very first election. It may not have turned out how I wanted, but I still voted! I did my part. It was really cool actually. I feel grateful for the chance to do it. Plus it was nice to see Weller Road in its new form. I hadn't been in there since I graduated in 2005! And now I'm a voting adult. Crazy.

I'm grateful for Wednesday and the spur of the moment concert. The 1975 never ceases to amaze me. On top of amazing music, the aesthetic is absolutely to die for. It was a much welcomed distraction from the insanity of the day. I cannot thank you enough for persuading me to go. I'm glad we could jam together haha. I think Matty Healy's words will be held close to my heart for a very long time. I expected him to talk about the election, and I know that he can be a smartass so I was ready for some jokes and big talk. But he took it so seriously. I honestly believed what he said. To hear those words from someone who isn't even from here, RIGHT after the fact, and IN the DMV. I can't tell you what it means to me.

I'm grateful for Thursday, and for McDaniel Madrigals. Our beautiful little choir group performed at the Kennedy Center last night. They did so so well and they looked so good. And IT'S THE KENNEDY CENTER. I'm endlessly proud of them, especially of all my Alpha Psi babies. Seeing them on my newsfeed and watching all the alumn comment on the stream was the highlight of my day.

"WE WANT SEX!"

The 1975

I got to Kimberly's house about 10:30, and we were on the road by 12 (long story about rides and such). We went with Diana and OMG we had a blast. We laughed and sang literally all day. We got to Sound Garden (the music store in Baltimore) about 12:30 and got in line. We waited in line 5 1/2 hours, but it was so beyond worth it. Plus it was fun. We ordered a pizza and pet cute dogs and made friends with people in line and got sassy with all the people cutting in line.

At 6 they finally let us in and we heard an acoustic session with Matty and Adam (my newest love omg his eyes kill me and my love for musicians). They played Sex first, and OH, MY, GOODNESS. It's such a fun upbeat bro song and then here's this HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL acoustic version, like painfully good. I got emotional. And then, of course, Chocolate and Girls because yes. Matty's voice makes me happy. After pushing through the ridiculous fangirls (heads were about to be cut I swear I hated half the people in that crowd), we got our CDs signed and I'M GEEKING OUT ABOUT IT, Matty's so shy and George is freaking cute and so nice. We then dealt with fangirls who wanted to meet them after the signing cause (even though they OBVIOUSLY weren't gonna stop for pics) they wanted to see them so they were blocking the band's van. And the van was blocking our car :$ So when they pulled out, so did we and since we were both going to the venue for the concert, we looked ALL KINDS of stalker creepy.

The show. Was. So good. I'll talk about it for the rest of my life. They're so ALIVE on that stage, it's like they're just letting everything out. And Matty's hair is its own entity. The opening act was really good, Bad Suns, I'm gonna look into them more. AND THEY PLAYED ALMOST EVERY SONG OF THEIRS. And every song, all of them, sounded way better live. DAT BASS. And the acoustics were fab. And the lighting was straight black and white but it was SO EFFECTIVE. I had an amazing view of Adam. They opened with "The City" which means a lot to me 'cause it will always remind me of my trip to the UK and when we were flying over London. I was surprised at how excited the crowd got about songs that actually aren't that popular. M.O.N.E.Y and Talk were like the loudest screamed songs! AND THEY PLAYED SHE WAY OUT. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG OF THEIRS. I THOUGHT NO ONE LIKED IT but man that crowd was so so so into it. and Head.Cars.Bending was freaking AMAZING shouted at the tops of all our lungs. Dancing along was a brilliant feeling. And then Matty got all sassy and kissed a girl in the audience, apparently someone bet him 100 bucks. And his command of the crowd was just awe-inspiring. When they went off stage for like a 2 minute breather, the entire crowd started chanting WE WANT SEX! WE WANT SEX! Kim and I just looked at each other and joined in 'cause it was kind of great. And when he got to the last two songs (Chocolate & Sex), he said "We've got two more songs. One's about weed and the other's about f*cking" and went right into it. I seriously can't get over it. I need to see them again. I need to.

I NEED TO. <3

Videos To Make Her Dance

Things to share. Because exams are hard. And these bring me joy.

 ALSO THIS BECAUSE DAFT PUNK

AND MY SISTER GOT ME A SWOOZIE SHIRT FOR MY BIRTHDAY. AHHH! 

now to avoid tumblr like the plague during finals