Christmas is coming!
I have gotten about half my Christmas shopping done. Go me! I have to wait for the other half until my parents pay me back for the orthodontist I keep paying for. Eeep. I can't wait to have a "real" paycheck. Seriously. But enough about that! After Christmas shopping was the OTHER GUYS! My last OG concert. Sadness. They were very, very good. As usual. And my favorite Guy is still in the group. I really thought he'd graduated. I'll have to ask Meghan, because I SWEAR he said at the concert last year that it was his last. But maybe not. Ha. But I love Kyle's voice. He really has the greatest voice. They did a Motown medley, which was just great. I wonder if they'll have this year's CDs on sale at all before I graduate. Otherwise I'll just have to come back and visit and get me one later.
After the concert, Aarti and I had a slumber party. heehee! It was so fun. We made pesto and cream cheese dip and hot chocolate and got into our PJ's and watched movies. Heehee. Then, in the morning, I made chocolate chip pancakes, which we used to do ALL the time last year. I missed that!
Last night was Martina McBride: The Joy of Christmas. It was really good! It was much more than a concert. There were street scenes set up and her stage was beautiful. She brought people from te audience up in the second half to be in her Christmas Caroling scene, and the whole audience was supposed to sing along. They did... I wanted to, too, but being in that uniform makes me feel like I can't do that stuff. Ah well. She also had all these kids come on stage to read Twas The Night Before Christmas, and then they sang kiddie Christmas songs. SO cute. She has a GORGEOUS voice. She sang O Holy Night (which is my FAVORITE Christmas song) for her finale, just HER. No instruments, no back-up singers, nothing. Just her voice, and it was AWESOME. People were crying. It's amazing how her voice could fill up that entire arena. Wow. I was very impressed. Maybe I'll buy her CD. ;)
Then after the concert, Shelley's friends Jon and Dave were here. We went to their friend Billy's frat, and then to CO's. I was not a fan of Billy. Jon and Dave were really nice, though. But Billy was kind of a jerk. The stereotypical frat guy who gets drunk ALL the time. He was shouting MEAN things at people on the street. =( I did NOT like him. And CO's is not my favorite bar. It's dirty and loud and hoochies go there. We just sat and watched people and listened to the music, which I could have done at Legends WITHOUT paying cover. Grrr. I can't say I had an awful time, I just wish Billy hadn't been there (and hadn't been FORCING the guys to drink... that just seemed... yuck) and I wish we'd been at a different bar. It would have been fun just to go out and hang for a while.
Then Billy took them to Tonic, which is NOT a bar I want to go to. I have never been there, but back a few years ago when it was Orchid, my friends went and they were scared. It's 100% techno, Ecstasy is passed around like candy and it's just not the kind of environment I want to be in. I am much more laid back, and I like music I can sing and dance to and just hang out with my friends. And it had another cover, which Iw asn't too keen on paying. So we arranged to meet them outside when the bar closed, and Shelley and I went to the coffee house and I had a mocha. Since I was driving, I hadn't had anything to drink at all, so I thought I deserved a treat. ;) When we went back to Tonic at our prearranged time... no guys. We waited until 10 minutes after they were supposed to meet us, and still nothing, and it was FREEZING outside, so we left. We haven't heard from them yet. Ah well. I just feel bad because Shelley had been planning this for a looooong time, and they just disappeared on her. Maybe they'll come back when they pick up their car, wihch is parked across the street. *g*
And now, I should probably write up my results paper for my shyness/self esteem stuff. I have it written already, but I have changes and stuff I need to make. Therefore, not much motivation, since it shouldn't take that long.