a blrb

it has been too long since i've last posted & i'm ever so sorry.

here are a few blrb's about what's happened since we last visited.

1- i went camping with some pals & had a blast without getting any sleep!

2- i hiked mt. olympus with some pals & found out i'm in worse shape than i thought.

but it was beautiful.  (a video will be coming soon).

3- hiked up to a fun little lake with some more pals & got in the freezing cold water.

4- my brother nik had prom.  cut his long hair.  & looked stellar.

5- i fell in love with ingrid michaelson again.

music heaven

i just read a lengthy interview on my 2nd favorite artist, dallas green of city & colour.

in it he discusses his inspiration & there are several mentions of my favorite artist, neil young.

one part reads,

"”i don't necessarily know if there's just one direct person who's made me want to get better at writing but i'm always listening & i'm always writing.  i think whenever i listen to neil young he always makes me want to be better & i think that's just because of the career he's been able to carve out for himself; always doing whatever he's wanted to do, you know? if he wants to play a really loud rock song, he does that.  if he wants to play a really quiet acoustic song, he does that too.  you just expect the unexpected from him.  i'm inspired by that idea every time i listen to him,” says green in earnest."

i love it.

i love dallas green & i love neil young.

this article/interview also says neil young has been a major inspiration

for dallas green's next chapter in writing... aka, his next album.

this is just the best news!

i think they should tour together & come to salt lake city.

who's with me?

they're fellow canadians so it could work.

foolin' around

wednesday night i went to the black keys concert.

it was too much fun!

conley came with me.

he cracks me up.

it was a good night sitting with him,

jamming to my favorite tunes,

& secretly mocking the girls getting high in front of us.

the black keys were awesome.

dan auerbach wailed on the guitar.

 but my favorite moment was when they played my favorite baby-makin' song:

everlasting light.

it was the first of their encore songs

which they played with disco balls rotating bouncing light of them

in a very psychedelic manner.

i loved it.

thursday i got my wisdom teeth out.

as far as i can tell,

the anesthesia & pain meds have had no effect on my ability to articulate.

however, my family repeatedly tells me i was acting very strange.

lindsay came to visit me [the sweetheart].

& i decided to watch jaws in honor of removing 4 teeth from my jaw.

while i was watching jaws,

i had a surprise visit from slams!

then along came conley, whitney, & curtis.

they took me to get my ice cream & pudding fix since i'm on a liquid only diet.

it sucks.

later that night dearest isabelle brought me a smoothie

& we sat & chatted about boys, her mission, & stuff.

friday came along soon enough,

& the nicest guy carterini brought me a tiger's blood frazzle!

i've never had a frazzle before.

it was good.

friday night was fun.

it was a sibling hang out session between the estradas & diederichs.

zunu & johanna with me & rachel

+ carter haha.

we sat taking pictures & making videos on photobooth

then watched a few slightly creepy home videos

where my siblings & i had formed an elaborate "wet pants tribe" ritual

in order to prank our pops into sitting in a bowl of water.

it worked [of course].

anyway, my head still hurts but there's not much we can do about that.

& in case anyone was wondering, all liquid diets suck.

& no, it's not as much fun as you'd think to sit & eat pudding & ice cream all day.

it's not like it sounds.

i want a bean & cheese burrito from del taco.

i want baked artichoke.

i want a turkey & cheese sandwich with mustard.

i want foooooooood!