True Story

Today I raced a road runner...



.....and I lost.

Fun with T-9

This made me chuckle today:

I was texting some of our bassists to see if they could play in San Clemente this weekend, and I typed "Could you play in San Clemente this weekend? We'll provide the rides." But in T-9, "rides" typed out as "sheep". So I said that we will provide the SHEEP. Ha ha ha. I thought it was very funny. I hope you do too!

Have you seen this?

Brian Hurst showed me this...and I think it may be the funniest thing I've seen in a while...especially if you're a Harry Potter fan. Please...ENJOY!

Why I am cool

I went to the very first show in Justin Timberlake's Futuresex/Love Show Tour...and I also went to the 101st show...last night. 1 and 101. That's pretty cool.

It was very fun...the same exact show, except I don't remember Justin singing Tupac and Snoop Dogg in San Diego...ha ha ha.

The highlight/saddest moment of the night: Behind us were these girls who were probably 19 maybe and were getting completely drunk. I was actually convinced for the first half of the show that they were just drinking lemonade and acting drunk to look "cool". But then one of them completely fell on my head...like her entire body fell on me and the girl next to me. THEN she said, "That was the f@&#*^% coolest moment of my entire life!" Wow...that's depressing.

Reason #768 not to drink.

I told you so.

Dear Timbaland:

I apologize. You owe me a BIG "I told you so." When I went to the last Justin Timberlake concert months ago, you came out to promote your new CD that was coming out this summer. I was so annoyed, because I came to see Justin and you took up 45 minutes playing your music and telling me how awesome your album was. I was really angry at you. But now, I love your album. It's so fun to listen to and dance to and play loud in the car. I'm sorry. You were right. Your album is good.

Sincerely yours,
Alanna

The week of JT

This might be some what embarrassing to admit, but on Wednesday I will be seeing Justin Timberlake in concert for the 13.5th time. (The .5 is for "The Kids Choice Awards" which I went to for the soul purpose that 'NSYNC was advertised as performing there, and they performed "via satellite." What a BUST! Although we did meet Danny Tamberelli that night! So not a total loss!!!) Anyway, I'm seeing Justin on Wednesday...and I'm so excited...so I've self imposed an all Justin all week festival. Which really isn't that impressive because really it's just consisting of listening to only Justin on my ipod this week. Although Ali and Erin are spray painting T-shirts which also sounds like fun. Ha ha ha.

AND...I just talked to Dillon who is literally feet from Justin, VIP at the concert right now. I really don't know a time when I have ever been more jealous. What can I say, Justin brings out the 16 year old girl in me.

A Question of Etiquette?

In conversation, while you are answering a question, a conversation tangent is formed. Do you initiate bringing the conversation back on track and continue talking about what you were previously? Do you wait for someone to say, "Ok, go on with what you were saying?" Do you just let it go and leave the question unanswered or story unfinished?

It's a difficult one. You don't want to seem self-centered and over-eager to talk about yourself...but you also want to finish what you were saying?

What do you think?

I also hope you get my obscure photo reference.

80 GB of possibilities

I got a brand new ipod for my birthday! Hooray! I'm so excited. It's 80 GBs. That's HUGE! I spend a good majority of my day yesterday on itunes, organizing and expanding my music collection...

I have a lot of music...but nowhere near 80GBs...so any suggestions for some music I should include on my new ipod? Any sweet playlists I should make? I made playlists for songs I loved in elementary school, jr. high, and high school....dance party, work-out, worship, songs to sing in the car... Any more suggestions? I open to expand my musical horizons!

My 24th year...

It's so crazy that one year can be the best year of your entire life, and at the same time, also the worst year of your life. That's what my 24th year was. A year of excitement, amazing good times, and new adventures, and also one of the hardest years of my life. It's so wierd. Pastor Rick is right. Life is not a roller coaster with highs and lows...it's a rail road track with all the bad and the good happening simultaneously.

Maybe since the last few days of my 24th year were some of the very hardest, that means that my 25th will be smooth sailing and will just be the best year of my life. That's probably doubtful. Oh well...bring it on.

*Note: I did not turn 73.

Self Discovery

Don't worry, this isn't going to be a super deep blog about getting in touch with your inner star or anything like that. But...I did discover something interesting about myself recently. I discovered a syndrome that I suffer from. Now...I'm not a hypochondriac...but I've had this "thing" that happens to me sometimes that I never understood. It's really hard to explain...but occasionally this weird thing happens to my legs (mostly in my right ankle) where it gets this really strange sensation at night when I'm going to bed. It doesn't hurt...it just feels REALLY uncomfortable, like I HAVE TO move it. They just feel really restless and I have these uncontrollable urges to move my legs. Really weird I know...and it's really annoying and keeps me up at night. In fact, the first night of camp it was the worst it's been. I couldn't fall asleep because of it, despite how tired I was...and on top of it, I was taking medication that sometimes causes insomnia. So I couldn't sleep, and decided to take a sleeping pill. Well...that was a BAD decision. Something went crazy in my body and every time I was close to falling asleep my body would start convulsing uncontrollably. It was the weirdest/scariest thing ever...and not sleeping at all the first night of summer camp is never a good thing...

Anyway, so this has been going on for years...and I never knew what it was. In fact, I kind of thought it was because of old ankle injuries from gymnastics or because of shin splints that I had in gymnastics...BUT Friday night Jared and I were watching TV, and a commercial came on for a medication that treats....get this...RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME or RLS. Can you believe it? It's an actual syndrome...and it can be improved! I'm just really glad that I'm not crazy. Well...I guess it kind of does make me crazy...because it is a neurological disorder... awww man.

But at least I'm not alone in the world.

Lord of the Flies [Killer]

So...ever since I got home from San Diego, my dad's house has been overrun with these little flies (like fruit flies). Gross...I know. So it has been my mission to rid the house of them. In the last couple days I've killed hundreds of them. It's been a very good and much needed stress reliever. I'm doing some experiments now to see where they are coming from. So, if you need an exterminator...you know who to call.