The Fray with Jack's Mannequin

Last night's concert was fun! What with an awesome buzz going on and freaking sweet light shows blowing my mind...the night was...carthartic. Like I said, I'm not a huge fan of the Fray, but they put on a fantastic show. And Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin is cute and emo and kind of a show off...everything I like. Superpages.com Center was a decent venue, I really didn't see anything that was so horrible. Afterwards, I watched Superbad by myself and went to bed, sorely missing Danish.

Humpty Dumpty

Just kidding, that's mean. Yesterday morning, Danish had quite a fall on his bike ride with his cousin. He couldn't unclip his shoe from the pedal quick enough, so he lost balance and landed on a shoddy chain link fence where a metal prong punctured his hip! It's a small but deep hole surrounded by swelling and redness. It looks disgusting. We went to the doctor's to patch it up and get him a tetanus shot, but apparently it's still bleeding. He was lucky it got him in the hip rather than his side where it could have punctured a spleen or some other organ! The funny thing was he was so excited about his accident and the ongoings of yesterday. Maybe his life is so mundane and that was the most action he's had in a while. I don't know. But I'm glad he's alright.

Eric's mom is on her way back to Dallas today. Thankfully all her matters have been resolved! And I've decided to go to the Fray concert afterall. I wasn't able to sell my ticket. Meagan said she would go with me and I managed to buy a ticket for cheap on Craigslist (how come no one bought mine?!). Tonight, I'm going to another Rough Riders game with Angie, Diana, and Meagan and we'll be doing the whole free food and beer deal. I'm going to miss Danish over the weekend since he's going to an all-weekend bachelor party for Brad. Brad's wedding is next Saturday.

Campus bookstore buybacks

Damn campus bookstores! How is it remotely fair for textbooks to cost an arm and a leg, only to be bought back for a fraction of the price?! It's asinine! That's what it is! I guess the payoff is the opportunity to be in school to get a degree to work for peanuts in this economy.

Someone responded to my Craigslist ad for the Fray concert ticket. I'm supposed to be meeting with them today. Hopefully that goes swimmingly. I've been meaning to post up other things on the website, particularly junk my dad buys...off Craigslist.

It's unfortunate what's happened with the cyber attack in South Korea and the U.S. They believe North Korea is behind it. Those North Koreans! I find it bizarre that communist countries such as North Korea still exist in today's world. I feel so sorry for the people of those countries whose knowledge of the rest of the world stretches only as far as the government would allow. It definitely takes a conniving, malicious individual with no soul to run a country as a dictator, controlling its people to such a gruesome degree. Sometimes I picture Kim Jong Il as Brain from Pinky and the Brain, waking up every morning and scheming to take over the world. Except Brain is cute and funny and apparently has the world's best interest at heart.

Tonight I'm going to the Rough Rider's game with Meagan. She has that work perk where we get wrist bands that allow us to roam around for all-you-can-eat food and beer. It's going to be sweet!

Saturday

As of yesterday, I officially have no job! That disappointment was only slightly eased by piña coladas and beers by the pool. As you already know, I'm in the process of looking for work - to no avail. For the time being I will be selling old text books, posting random objects on Craigslist, and donating plasma. Oh and this stupid Fray ticket, it's stuck to me like a piece of static-y plastic - I can't seem to get rid of it! If anyone wants to buy it from me, please let me know; the concert is on Friday, July 24.

We're still trying to rent out the property in Denton. A person called, but he bailed twice! Why?! I mean, I understand the first time; however, once we arranged to meet again, he bailed the second time and never returned our calls. Strange, strange people in this world. Of course that put us in a terribly nasty mood, having had to drive out there twice. I'm talking about my mother and I. We bickered all the way home. Stressful.

In other pleasant news, Daniel is moving next Wednesday. It should be fun to see what his new place is like. Also, apparently their new album is almost finished! More than 5 songs I haven't heard - that is quite exciting and I can't wait to get a copy. I've said this to him before, but Violent Still Life is indeed one of the better projects he's been involved in. Did I say better projects? I meant ridiculously awesome and good.

I just found out Daniel's friend Hubbs is attending Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago! Ugh, jealous. The lineup is freaking amazing - especially Sunday's, which explains why tickets for that day are sold out. I adore the Flaming Lips. And Mew. They have a new album coming out with the craziest title -

No more stories
Are told today
I'm sorry
They washed away
No more stories
The world is grey
I'm tired
Let's wash away

Ha, brilliant. And not only that, two of their track titles are pictures, not words. Below is a short and sweet song from their first album. I'm not actually that jealous of Hubbs. Daniel and I are going to try to make ACL this year. It will be my first time. Friday's lineup is looking pretty tasty.