Hello, Goodbye

I just wanted to do a quick post letting everyone know I'm alive and well! I got back to Virginia yesterday after two fantastic weeks in Nantucket. I didn't have internet access there, hence no blogs. Don't worry though, I have lots of fun stuff to write about in the very near future. Please, try and contain your excitment. ;)

The World's Greatest

I swear I've watched more TV in the past six days than I have in the past six months. I don't know that I've ever been so in to a Summer Olympics, in fact I may have somewhat of an obsession . . . The only problem is I don't have time to just sit and watch. I'm moving in three days! And whereas I have a good portion of my belongings packed up, I still have a little ways to go. And then there's all the good-bye's (or rather see ya laters) I need to get in. What was I thinking?! I pushed back my move date for a concert, what about the Olympics?! I should have thought this through a little more . . . ;) Don't worry though, my calendar's already booked for two weeks in 2010.

How the Day Sounds

One of the first things people discover when getting to know me is that I get quite passionate about music . . . especially the whole indie/folk/rock genre. That being said, it should be no surprise that I have little music video for your enjoyment. The artist's name is Greg Laswell and it's his latest video from his new album, Three Flights from Alto Nido. I think it is absolutely brilliant and so much fun! Check it out . . .



Not that Elijah Wood wasn't already way up there in my book, but he earned himself 10more cool points by doing this! :)

Old "Jim's" Place

Have you ever noticed that old, rundown diner directly across the street from Jordan Commons? It's called Jim's Diner, not to be confused with Jim's Family Restaurant. If you haven't seen it, then next time you happen to be driving down State Street, look west as you pass the movie theater and you'll see what I'm talking about. For those of you not in the great state of Utah, let me paint a picture . . . It looks like a shabby diner you'd see in a super small town, except there are never any cars out front, in fact you'd have to walk right up to the window and peer in to even believe the place is open for business. When you walk in, the place appears to be mostly clean, with the exception of a corner booth piled up with what looks like a D.I. trip waiting to happen. It's ran by an old Greek couple, Jim (imagine that) and his wife. I'm fairly certain they only have four customers a day. And they're the same customers everyday. They're open from 7 or 7:30 to 9 or 9:30, accoring to Jim. If you ever go, be sure to bring cash or a check, they don't accept plastic. Why do I know so much about Jim's Diner? Well, let me explain . . .

I have this friend Michelle and she's always wanted to eat at this mysterious diner, so she invited a bunch of friends to join us on our trip to Jim's. The more the merrier as far as these types of things are concerned, right? We ended up with at least 25 brave souls . . . enough to fill up every chair in the joint and even then we spilled over into some booths! We had a great time, despite the fact that we waited at least an hour for our food. We should cut Jim some slack on that though. He does all the cooking and that was probably at least double the traffic they see on a Friday night! To his credit he got everything right (plus an extra cheesburger), it wasn't the worst tasting food on the planet, and none of us got sick . . . at least as far as I know!

Be Ok

It all started one fateful night towards the end of February. I went with a handful of friends to the Joshua Radin concert (I'm sure you'll hear much more about him in aprox. 19 more days). Co-headlining with Josh (we're close, I can call him that) was Ingrid Michaelson. You know, the girl who sings the sweater song featured in the Old Navy commercial from last winter. Anyway, I really liked her stuff and went home and bought a couple songs on i tunes. Then I saw her with Josh in Boise two days later. I loved her and went home to purchase the rest of the album. I have also seen her play an in-store concert at Best Buy, with the Hotel Cafe Tour, then a month ago she came back through Salt Lake on her headlining tour. If you count that up, I've seen Ingrid play live five times this year, thus, I have officially deemed this the year of Ingrid Michaelson! She's pretty much incredible and I highly recommend her to everyone! And while there are a lot of simmilar sounding female artist out there right now, I believe Ingrid is among the best of the bunch. Trust me.

Anyway. Her shows are always so much fun and she writes new stuff as she tours. One of her new songs is called Be Ok; it'll be on an upcoming ep she's putting out an she's in the process of making a music video for it as well. She posted a bulletin on myspace asking fans to take a picture of themselves with Be Ok somewhere on their face. Of course I grabbed my eyeliner and camera and went to town. How cool would it be to be in a music video?! I'm sure they'll get way better pics, but I gave it a shot . . .









And a link so you can hear how fabulous the song is for yourself. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4RRXPCY8mU

Can't Go Back Now . . .

Okay, so I'm doing something I said I'd never do. Start a blog. I'm sure I'm not the first person to say this, nor the last! But, as I find myself moving across the county to go on one of the most exciting adventures of my life I decided I need a good way to keep friends and family up to date. Hence this blog. I promise to make reading it worth your while!

For those of you who don't know, let me fill you in on the excitement in my life. I just bought myself a one-way ticket to Washington DC. It leaves August 17th at 7:10 am. I am so, so, SO excited! And if I'm being completely honest, scared at the same time. This is something I've wanted to do for over three years and it's finally happening. Apparently timing really is everything. My life has just fallen into place. I found an incredible nanny job, working for this amazing family with two adorable kids. The plan is to do this for at least a year and then see where I'm at with what I want to do in life.

This is definitely a bittersweet thing for me. While I can't wait to move, I'm sooo sad to leave my family and friends. I have had such an amazing time the past two years and I guarentee if I stayed I'd continute to have a good time, but I know this is the right move for me. It helps that I'll have my brother and sister-in-law as well as other family memebers less than a day away. And thankfully two of my best friends are in the DC area! I don't know that I could actually make the move if I didn't know anyone . . .

And here's one of the best things about going to DC: everyone can come visit!!! Think about it. ;)