#and if i go to the concert tomorrow then my ticket goes toward a bunch of bands i don't care about AND i have to spend $50 i don't have...

[fantabulisticity]

I was really pumped to go to a local concert that I thought was tomorrow, where a really good band is playing, and I found out AT THE TIME THE CONCERT STARTED that it's tonight and not tomorrow. I looked through concert tickets and shit and tried to find the length of the concert and band order for way too long and then finally decided to go and by the time I was ready, it was 45 minutes past start time and I would still have to drive across town and find parking. And not a single place online told me the band order. I HATE that shit. Idk where everyone finds that info bc i can fucking NEVER find it. So I didn't even know if I could still see them or not if I showed up late, and then it was so late that it's not even worth going. And the concert goes SUPER late and I work at 7 am and the tickets are $50 and I don't really have that right now. I am so sad and angry. I thought they were the headliner and I'd get to see them tomorrow. But I don't get to see them at all bc I've been so fucking busy and tired all the time that I didn't have the bandwidth to look for tickets until tonight. So now I'm going to bed without a shower even though I'm STICKY bc I spent the last HOUR trying to decide whether or not to try to go to this concert. I fucking HATE this shit. If I could have found this info earlier and more easily then I could have made it. But no. I don't get to go at all. And I don't know if this band will ever be in town again. I've seen them once and they were AMAZING, but that was years ago, and I was excited to see them as an adult. I had fucking PLANNED for this concert but my plans were wrong. And now I don't get to go at all. Bc this internationally recognized band is playing on a fucking THURSDAY NIGHT. Why the FUCK would I know they were put on a THURSDAY. And the websites are so impossible to navigate anyways, esp on Mobile. It is SO HARD to find the most basic info about this shit. And now I don't even get to go. Because it took me half an hour to find the info I needed in order to even make a decision, and that half hour started AT CONCERT START TIME. I'm so fucking sad and angry. I have had kind of a rough week, and I was really looking forward to this. The concert tomorrow doesn't have ANYONE I recognize bc I only know older musicians in this genre and I have NO IDEA who any of these people are. So I don't know if I even want to go to the one tomorrow. Because the one I wanted to go to was TONIGHT. A fucking THURSDAY. And I can't even just get my shit together and go anyways bc the concert will be halfway over and my bedtime is right fucking now. I'm so fucking sad. This event happens once per year and it changed dates a few years ago so I never fucking know when it is anymore, and now in the year when I DO know when it is and have a job where I can conceivably afford to go, and I fucking PUT IT IN MY CALENDAR AND TRIED TO BUY TICKETS, I actually can't go. The rug wasn't even pulled out from under me, I was trying to run over it and tripped on it and landed face-first on the ground. What the FUCK.

[countrymusiclover]

1 - Margarita from Him

Everything Changed At 21

Part 2

@bvbwestfall @abaker74

Tonight is finally here. My 21st birthday!! But that's not all I get to see Luke Bryan perform on the same night.

Wearing a black cowgirl hat on my head with one of his new shirts that were selling tonight. Some torn blue jeans shorts and my cowgirl boots my mom bought me. Walking up towards the stage my best friend and I paid a lot so we could stand in the pit right in front of the stage. We put our money together to get two tickets since I am trying to be a writer but I haven't made a bunch of money yet. "Y/n, look at the camera. This has to be recorded. We are officially here to see Luke on your 21st birthday!" My best friend Chloe holds up her phone recording me standing directly in front of the stage.

"Chloe no. Stop it. You don't have to record this." I try snatching her phone from her but she's taller than I am so she manages to keep it from me. She smirks turning around and snapping a picture of us together to post on Instagram later tonight. "You'll thank me for this later. Who knows maybe he will pull you up on stage during a song?" She teased where I shoved her feeling my face turning red a little. Chloe and I have been best friends since we were babies. Our moms were best friends so we were always close because of it. It was actually her who called me screaming in the middle of the night when the schedule announcement was posted.

Taking my cowgirl hat off my head I run a hand through my hair smiling at her. Everyone around us in the crowd started cheering when the whole stadium went black then the familiar country music tune could be heard through the speakers. Chloe and I wrapped our arms around each other squealing like five year olds seeing Luke coming out on stage singing Dirt Road Diary. He's wearing a flannel and his baseball cap on backwards. He throws his hands up turning the whole place dark then the lights come back on with him carrying a margarita in his freehand. I sucked in a breath when he bends down handing it to me. I take the glass from his hands blushing like a mad woman. Chloe was recording the whole thing beside me. "Happy birthday." He replied before I spun around seeing in her other hand was a sign she had hidden underneath her jacket saying it was my birthday and to give me a drink.

"Everybody here ain't from here. But we're here doin' our thing. Lettin' go a little, little by little. Sippin' on a frozen drink. Tiki bars tik'n, pourin' all weekend. Clouds ain't leakin' no rain. Two pieces shakin', white caps a-breakin'. We ain't feelin' no pain, it goes like. One margarita, two margarita, three margarita, shot. Don't worry 'bout tomorrow. Leave all your sorrow out here on the floatin' dock." Luke started singing One Margarita but I hold my mouth opened glaring at my friend's smirking face. "Suprise Y/n!" She jumped up and down as I slowly drank the alcohol in my hands blushing even worse than earlier. "I can't believe you did that and didn't tell me!" I fought back where she threw her arm over my shoulder just starting to dance to the music.

For the rest of the concert I held the glass in my right hand holding onto my best friend with my other arm. We cheered and sang every single song we knew by heart exactly. He decided to end the concert with one of my favorite songs. "The next Friday night. We were sittin' out under the stars. You should have seen her smile. When I broke out my guitar. She was like, "Oh my God, this is my song. I've been listenin' to the radio all night long. Sittin' 'round, waitin' for it to come on and here it is". She was like, "Come here boy, I wanna dance". 'Fore I said a word she was takin' my hand." Chloe and I started twirling the other out and back into the others arms not realizing that during that time Luke didn't take his eyes of you two dancing. "Spinnin' in the headlights she gave me a goodnight Kiss. And she said, "Play it again, play it again, play it again". And I said, "Play it again, play it again, play it again". Yeah, play it again, play it again, play it again. Somebody, play it again, play it again, play it again."

"Thank you so much Indiana. You've been a great audience tonight. We'll see you all next year!" Luke removed his ball cap throwing his arms up in the air. Chloe and I throw our hands up in the air before I down the last of the alcohol probably going to regret that choice in the morning. It took us an hour to get out of the stadium I walked over about to throw the glass away until Chloe grabbed my forearm seeing something. "Wait what's that on the bottom?" Lifting the glass up I gasped seeing a piece of paper stuck to it. Removing it I unfolding it to see a note with messy handwriting that has Luke's signature on it. "Here's my number if you want to see me again. I know I wanna see you - Luke." Chloe grabbed my shoulders squealing and shaking my shoulders. I felt my face turn as red as a tomato reading the note over and over on the drive home.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

[docholligay]

Under the Sea

The commission for @yamadara87 this month! I hope you like it! If you’d like more of my writing, including a new Mystery and Shadow to be dropped tomorrow, check me out at my Patreon! 2012 words. 

Michiru Kaioh, whenever asked what she would like for her birthday, smiled and said she was too old for anything too dramatic, and that she would very likely go to dinner with Haruka, perhaps take in a play.

What she did not say was that mostly, she simply wished to be left alone.

The last party she remembered having was her 16th, thrown by her parents to fete her burgeoning womanhood, or so the story goes. It had been the same as all her parents’ other parties, with lavish decor, champagne flowing, a cake decorated in the most lavish and expensive way possible, floral arrangements with crystal details, live music, and all the empty fineries of the world.

The first party she remembered wanting was when she was four. She had wanted a Little Mermaid party, and her parents had agreed. For weeks, she had looked forward to seeing the bright haired singing mermaid atop her cake, with her loveable yellow and blue friend, and the grumpy crab that always made her laugh.

When the day came, her 4th birthday party varied precious little from her 16th, the only nod to Michiru’s request the decor on the cake, mermaids singing on the shoreline and even they invoked Waterhouse in smooth lines and soothing colors, with none of the technicolor glow that entranced Michiru’s little heart.

And so, on that day, she learned that birthday parties were never for her, and always for others, and she dropped them as soon as socially permissible.

“Anyway that’s why I’m not throwing her a birthday party,” Haruka said, weaving some version of the above tale, “I never do. She hates it.”

“Okay, but I love an excuse to use Michiru’s black card,” Mina leaned over on the couch and grabbed a chicken strip from Haruka’s plate, “you never do what I want to do.”

Haruka withdrew her plate. “Get your own!”

“All this lesbian selfishness.” She shook her head as she gnawed on the chicken strip. “So what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know,” Haruka dipped her strip in ketchup thoughtfully, “You know, Michiru’s the reason I stopped hating my birthday. I wish--I wish I could do that with parties for her.”

“Ah well,” Mina slumped back into the couch. “She’ll like whatever you do.”

Haruka shrugged, disappointed. “Yeah.”

___

One of Mina’s finest strengths was her own control of her element. Other people might not have said this of her, but, then again, others were not available of what her element really was. But she had seen it clearly the day she began to swing a chain made of other people’s hearts, and few people realized that Rei was not the only one with a deft skill and a subtle hand at her trade.

A normal person might have simply bought festively colored plates, commissioned a cake, and set about buying invitations. But Mina had often observed that most people did not live with the idea of a challenge, and, in any case, perhaps the greatest act of kindness she could bestow upon Michiru was not forcing her to thank Mina for anything.

Also she couldn’t see any of the senshi helping out of the goodness of their hearts, unless she played it off just right.

Luckily, again, her element sparkled.

And so it took her very little time to set the events of her triumph in motion.

“Did you know Michiru’s birthday’s coming up?” Mina looked over at Usagi halfway, then turned back to her magazine.

“Yes!” Usagi answered brightly, and then puzzled. “Wonder what we should get her.”

“Yeah,” Mina turned the page disinterestedly, “Just gotta find a good time to give it to her. Because she never has parties, she got too disappointed when she was a kid. Broke her heart.”

“I’m not sure I think that’s physically possible, Mina.” Ami did not look up from her homework.

“Oh Ami, it’s an expression! She doesn’t mean her PHYSICAL heart!” Usagi laughed brightly, but Ami did not correct herself, and Usagi turned to Mina. “What happened when she was a kid?”

“Oh, she never talks about it,” Mina set down the magazine she had never been reading, “But when she was a little girl, she adored the Little Mermaid. It makes sense, doesn’t it, each of us remembering our past lives, each remembering how we would be drawn to you? It was something she didn’t know yet but her heart must have seen,” she touched her fingers to her chest, her eyes far off, and Rei huffed heavily and rolled her eyes, “must have known she was connected to the water. She was promised this party. Oh, she was so excited, Usagi! Imagine little Michiru, clutching a stuffed Flounder, waiting for her own magical tale under the sea!” She gripped Usagi’s hands in her own, as Usagi’s eyes grew wide.

“But?” Usagi nodded

“The day came,” Mina’s voice grew sad, “and for all the glitter and glitz...it was never meant to be her party. No Ariel, no Sebastian, No Flounder. They didn’t even invite any of her friends, just her parents associates and Michiru, poor little Michiru, OUR OWN little mermaid, was so filled with anguish that she cried under the stairs, HER OWN OCEAN against her cheeks.”

If she could have seen the look the other three girls were giving her, she might have been ashamed.

But probably not.

Usagi snapped to attention, the perfect soldier Mina knew she could be, when the battle was aligned to her unique abilities. “Mako!”

Mako looked up, already knowing her fate.

“Your food is the best! I know it’d make Michiru so happy if you made a Little Mermaid cake for her, so that’s your job!” She nodded crisply, and then leaned toward Mako and smiled as if apologizing for becoming the terrible general. “I’ll let you pick the flavors, because everyone knows you know flavors best, and everyone will love it but especially Michiru, I know you’ll do great!”

It was impossible to disappoint Usagi in the face of such a compliment, and so Mako simply nodded, and could not help herself from mentally arranging a perfect party spread.

“Minako!” Usagi whirled and pointed to her. “You know parties, and drinks! You get all the punch and maybe a little champagne but not too much!”

“Aye aye, captain.” She saluted, with every intention in her mind of getting too much champagne.

“Genius Ami!” Usagi jumped toward her, bursting with excitement. “You figure out a SUPER clever way to get her to come to Mako’s apartment!”

“Are we using Mako’s apartment?” She asked cautiously.

“Of course we are!” Usagi smiled brightly. “Where else would we go?”

Ami did not answer, simply shrugged and shared a knowing glance with Mako.

“And Rei!” She was most excited now of all. “You know Michiru really well, so you can help me decorate elegantly!”

Rei crossed her arms. “Then you should just let me do it, Usagi, you think elegance is tinsel scattered all over the tables with a bunch of fake rose petals.”

“Michiru loves roses, REI!” Usagi scowled.

“Not ugly fake ones from the craft store.”

“You’re so mean to me and I’m just trying to do something nice for Michiru!”

“I’m trying to help you do it RIGHT.”

“I know things Rei! It’s supposed to be a Little mermaid party not a fancy thing, didn’t you hear Mina’s story!”

Mina smiled and leaned back against the wall of Usagi’s room. All according to plan.

____

Michiru was not easily touched. The sea was a cold thing, she had often reflected. She wondered, often, if she had been born this way, or if she had built this this stone wall around the garden of her heart, brick by brick, protecting herself from the many slings and arrows of a fortune so outrageous Shakespeare knew not of it.

And yet. With the brightly colored banner, Usagi’s renderings of Flounder and Sebastian framing Michiru’s name, the imprints deep in the paper from where she had pressed so hard as she drew, putting such effort into it. The food was beautiful, dumplings arranged beautifully with thematic fillings, a cake with her technicolor mermaid, no deep oil colors to be found, framed in the middle of the table.

Usagi set a rhinestone tiara on her head, glittering with teal and purple jewels, a purple glittering cameo set in the middle of it, framed by enamel shells.

“It’s the fancy Little Mermaid crown! I went to DisneySea to pick it up for you, Michiru!” Usagi clapped her hands together with delight.

“I’m sure that’s the only reason you went, and not to get pizza spring rolls.” Rei snapped, a glass of teal fizzy punch in her hand.

“It was!” Usagi protested loudly.

Michiru was ever so grateful for their bickering, which kept her from thinking too deeply on the subject of all the effort that had been laid out for her, that kept her from dwelling too much on the tiny girl inside of her that jumped for joy at seeing the green tulle and fake fishnet against the wall, the brightly colored party hats on the table, of feeling as if someone had listened.

Haruka put an arm around her, and popped a crab dumpling in her mouth. “Shebashtain’s delischious.” She swallowed. “This is really great, guys!”

Michiru looked up at her. “You didn’t do this?”

Haruka shook her head. “I rented us a sailboat for tomorrow afternoon. There’s cake there too, though.”

Michiru looked up again, unable to imagine that these girls who were quite stuck with her more than anything, by an accident of fate, had pooled together their resources and wherewithal simply to make her happy. She had never been overly expressive with them--she was a creature

who lived by the checkbook more than the heart, she often thought, and that was all she knew how to do.

But somehow these girls had seen what she meant, when she offered them concert tickets or dinners out.

“Thank you so very much.” She looked around, pretending to survey the party once more, but pointedly meeting no one’s gaze. “I,” she adjusted the tiara on her head, “I am not certain what I should say.”

“Do you like it?” Usagi asked, for a moment seemingly worried she might not.

“It is the birthday I’ve always wanted.” She gratefully took a cup of punch from Mako’s hand. “I cannot believe the effort you put it.”

“Well, you’re one of us, Michiru!” Usagi grabbed a plate from the table. “So we had to make sure you had a good birthday!”

She smiled honestly, a small band of white showing at her lips. “I cannot express how grateful I feel. Truly.”

She made a note in the back of her head, however, that Mako seemed to need a new stand mixer, that Usagi would very likely enjoy a box of the fine imported chocolates her parents got, and Rei seemed to be in need of a fine evening out.

She would simply tell Haruka to go have fun with Mina, on her credit card.

She sat at the table as a lit cake was put in front of her, and somewhere deep under the sea, Michiru felt warm.

In the corner, Haruka grinned brightly and poked Mina in the shoulder. “You did something nice for miiiichiiiiruuuuuuu.”

Mina looked away from her and sipped her punch, which was mostly just champagne, by her own pour. “The fact that we managed to separate your heart crystal from the talisman itself is really inconvenient for me, have I mentioned that?”

“You did something nice for miiichiiiiiruuuuuuuuu.” Haruka leaned onto her shoulder.

“I did something nice for you, you homosexual ingrate. Michiru was just my pawn.” She swatted at her face.

“I love you too, Mina.” Haruka leaned against the wall and popped another dumpling in her mouth.

“Fucking lesbians.” She shook her head.

But she smiled, just shaded enough so no one could see, at the glisten of Michiru’s eyes in the candlelight.

[l-ucidgh0u-l]

Date of updating this: 30/10/19

200: My crush’s name is: Irl i don't have one now but, celebrity crushes? A bunch. Obsessed w/ Alice Pagani at the time being.

199: I was born in:

- Terribly hot but diverse in culture.(🇲🇾)

198: I am really:

- Just sad, angry & confused.

197: My cellphone company is:

- Samsung.

196: My eye color is:

- Dark brown

195: My shoe size is:

194: My ring size is:

193: My height is: 5'0

192: I am allergic to: Seafood, fine particles of dust tba.

191: My 1st car was:

190: My 1st job was: Administrator for a pre-school / kindergarten.

189: Last book you read: *still reading :

188: My bed is: a divine combo w/ my aircond. My safe place @ home.

187: My pet: Tabby cats, 1-yearold Latte & Mocha.

186: My best friend: from highsch Alicia.

185: My favorite shampoo is: Random i switch. Don't really have a salloon brand shampoo.

184: Xbox or ps3: Playstation all the way.

183: Piggy banks are: non-existent & should start one.

182: In my pockets: Nothing.

181: On my calendar: *in my phone, that's rarely used.

180: Marriage is: Terrifying. Sometimes i feel like i don't want to be wed.

179: Spongebob can: throw me a krabby-patty party.

178: My mom: I love her with my entire being and soul but she's beastly.

177: The last three songs I bought were? None.

176: Last YouTube video watched:

- Juice WRLD "Fast" lyrics.

175: How many cousins do you have?

- Too many.

174: Do you have any siblings?

- 4 inc me. I'm the eldest, a younger sister + 2 younger brothers.

173: Are your parents divorced?

- No, thankfully.

172: Are you taller than your mom?

- Same height.

171: Do you play an instrument?

- No but i wish i could. A guitar most likely.

170: What did you do yesterday?

- Played games on the phone, cleaned the house & binge netflix on tv.

[ I Believe In ]

169: Love at first sight: Yes but can only work with physical appearance Personality wise, it's a must to sit down and have a conversation. Takes a month or two to see if we vibe. Comfortably (a day or two..i could tell.)

168: Luck: Maybe? but I don't think i'm lucky.

167: Fate: Absolute yes, what goes around comes back around. Our lives revolves around the Him, universe and people. We can't change fate but we could alter our desicions.

166: Yourself: Yes but sometimes no. As much as i believe in myself. I have low confidence in believing myself.

165: Aliens: No.

164: Heaven: Yes yes yes.

163: Hell: Absolute yes.

162: God: Ultimately yes.

161: Horoscopes: Are you kidding me? Of course. Yes.

160: Soul mates: Maybe..but Big. Fat. "?"

159: Ghosts: Yes.

158: Gay Marriage: Neutral thoughts but No w/ my religion.

157: War: Yes...

156: Orbs: Science? Yes.

155: Magic: Dark sorcery..maybe.

[ This or That ]

154: Hugs or Kisses: Why not both?

153: Drunk or High: Uh..high..

152: Phone or Online: BoTh

151: Red heads or Black haired: Not a problem w/ both. Depends on person.

150: Blondes or Brunettes: Brunettes.

149: Hot or cold: Cold.

148: Summer or winter: Both.

147: Autumn or Spring: Both but gravitating towards Autumn.

146: Chocolate or vanilla: Vanillaaaaaaa!

145: Night or Day: Night.

144: Oranges or Apples: Apples, bcus of it's tart-ness.

143: Curly or Straight hair: Both, depends on person.

142: McDonalds or Burger King: McD.

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: White Chocolate-

140: Mac or PC: Both.

139: Flip flops or high heels:

- High heels are gorgeous but i can't stand them. Flip flops for comfort!

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor:

137: Coke or Pepsi:

136: Hillary or Obama:

135: Burried or cremated:

134: Singing or Dancing:

133: Coach or Chanel:

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks:

131: Small town or Big city:

130: Wal-Mart or Target:

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler:

128: Manicure or Pedicure:

127: East Coast or West Coast:

126: Your Birthday or Christmas:

125: Chocolate or Flowers:

124: Disney or Six Flags:

123: Yankees or Red Sox:

[ Here’s What I Think About ]

122: War:

121: George Bush:

120: Gay Marriage:

119: The presidential election:

118: Abortion:

117: MySpace:

116: Reality TV:

115: Parents:

114: Back stabbers:

113: Ebay:

112: Facebook:

111: Work:

110: My Neighbors:

109: Gas Prices:

108: Designer Clothes:

107: College:

106: Sports:

105: My family:

104: The future:

[ Last time I ]

103: Hugged someone:

102: Last time you ate:

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile:

100: Cried in front of someone:

99: Went to a movie theater:

98: Took a vacation:

97: Swam in a pool:

96: Changed a diaper:

95: Got my nails done:

94: Went to a wedding:

93: Broke a bone:

92: Got a peircing:

91: Broke the law:

90: Texted: hour ago

[ MISC ]

89: Who makes you laugh the most:

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is:

87: The last movie I saw:

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most:

85: The thing im not looking forward to:

84: People call me:

83: The most difficult thing to do is:

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket:

81: My zodiac sign is:

80: The first person i talked to today was:

79: First time you had a crush:

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from:

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking:

76: Right now I am talking to:

75: What are you going to do when you grow up:

74: I have/will get a job:

73: Tomorrow:

72: Today:

71: Next Summer:

70: Next Weekend:

69: I have these pets:

68: The worst sound in the world:

67: The person that makes me cry the most is:

66: People that make you happy:

65: Last time I cried:

64: My friends are:

63: My computer is:

62: My School:

61: My Car:

60: I lose all respect for people who:

59: The movie I cried at was:

58: Your hair color is:

57: TV shows you watch:

56: Favorite web site:

55: Your dream vacation:

54: The worst pain I was ever in was:

53: How do you like your steak cooked:

52: My room is:

51: My favorite celebrity is:

50: Where would you like to be:

49: Do you want children:

48: Ever been in love:

47: Who’s your best friend:

46: More guy friends or girl friends:

45: One thing that makes you feel great is:

44: One person that you wish you could see right now:

43: Do you have a 5 year plan:

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die:

41: Have you pre-named your children:

40: Last person I got mad at:

39: I would like to move to:

38: I wish I was a professional:

[ My Favorites ]

37: Candy:

36: Vehicle:

35: President:

34: State visited:

33: Cellphone provider:

32: Athlete:

31: Actor:

30: Actress:

29: Singer:

28: Band:

27: Clothing store:

26: Grocery store:

25: TV show:

24: Movie:

23: Website:

22: Animal:

21: Theme park:

20: Holiday:

19: Sport to watch:

18: Sport to play:

17: Magazine:

16: Book:

15: Day of the week:

14: Beach:

13: Concert attended:

12: Thing to cook:

11: Food:

10: Restaurant:

- Italianies. But there's waaaay too many fine restaurants with endless cuisines.

9: Radio station:

- Hitz.fm / Spotify playlist.

☆ 8: Yankee candle scent:

7: Perfume:

Jo Malone / scents of warm vanilla, nutty-spice.

6: Flower:

- Baby's breath, roses & i just love flowers.

5: Color:

- Black, a spectrum of blue/red/green, silver - metallics and pastels.

4: Talk show host:

- Jimmy Fallon!

3: Comedian:

- I don't have one. Love jokes though.

2: Dog breed:

- Siberian huskies / Huskies all the way.

1: Did you answer all these truthfully?

- Yes.

[canaryatlaw]

it’s too late and I really need to go to bed because I am super tired. but today was pretty dang awesome, best day in a while. I had my alarm originally set for 11 but knew I didn’t really need to wake up till 12, so when it went off I didn’t want to get up and just reset it and woke up again at 12. had some breakfast and then did my makeup and got ready for the interview. ubered there and got there like 15 minutes early, good timing, so I spent a few minutes in the bathroom making sure I was good to go then went in. I knew my way around of course so I went straight for the back, their receptionist knew me of course so that was good. Waited about 15 minutes or so then got called back. I knew all 3 of the people doing the interview of course, so that was nice. Overall I think it went really well, I was pleased with my answers to the questions and felt like I handled them all pretty well. I got a bit more into the child welfare stuff than I expected mainly because they asked about it so I kind of explained my experience there in fairly good detail, which is of course relevant now that they merged with the other nonprofit doing family defense. I kept my mouth shut about any differences in mission that I might have with them, at this point they’re not doing direct representation for parents in abuse/neglect cases so I feel better about that, and they are doing a lot of reform based stuff so that is good. Their position isn’t totally invalid for sure, I definitely agree that the child welfare system over-polices those in poverty and often times removing children from a home is not the best solution when instituting other policies could just solve the problem and save the children a lot of trauma, and of course that extends to domestic violence cases- they tend to be complicated of course and I’d never advocate leaving a child in a home where they are being physically abused, but there are certainly DV situations where removing the children is definitely not the best thing to do. So I felt like I expressed all of that in a good manner and was sure to make connections to the DV side of things as well, so that was good. I feel really good about it, and I’m really just praying this works out because it would be so so good. I did find out that they have a position open because my old school advisor who moved there a few years ago recently left and they moved one of the staff attorneys into her position, so now they have a staff attorney opening. It’s definitely good that they’re not just interviewing for her job, because then I would’ve felt massively underqualified and definitely not going to get it. They said it’d probably be at least a week as they have to wait for someone to come back from vacation to make decisions, so yeah, we’ll see how that goes. I ubered home from there and got changed, prepping everything to head to the concert (I realized I didn’t actually mention this, but this concert was for the KPop group Monsta X). I did get the suit jacket from amazon that we were thinking about using but it ended up not fitting at all (like I couldn’t button any of it) because I don’t know anything about mens sizes and this was the only size they had available on prime so there wasn’t anything else I could do. it’s just as well though because I knew I would’ve been super overheating the whole time and definitely didn’t want that, and Jess didn’t end up using her outfit either so we both wore our matching shirts. Once I was good to go I walked to her place and we headed towards the venue. It’s out by the airport, so a bit of a drive, and we stopped at mcdonalds for nuggets on the way since we knew we wouldn’t get any other food for the rest of the night. Got to the venue and parked in the nearby mall parking garage because the theatre had theirs closed off for some reason, then headed in to pick up our VIP tickets. since we had the like ultimate VIP tickets we couldn’t get them electronically, we had to get them at the box office with photo ID and the card used to buy them because they didn’t want anybody selling the tickets. so we got all of that and then there wasn’t really any point in hanging around, so we went back over to the mall and looked around for a bit, and got some bubble tea because why not lol. After we did that we walked back over to the theatre and just hung out for a bit before we were allowed to go in like half an hour earlier than everyone else which was nice. We did a bathroom run then checked out our seats, in the front row, and sooooooooooooo close to the stage, holy crap, it was nuts. People started filling in and such, when it got close to the time everyone in the pit area where we were stood up and like, a bunch of people like, got away from their seats and were like, standing behind us between us and our chairs and like blocking the aisle which was not good, but the security made them all go back to their chairs because that was obviously a hazard. Then there was a bit of a deal about if my chair was supposed to be there, because it was really close to the security seat as my chair was on the end right next to them, so they like, called people in to look at it and I was fully prepared to fight them and be like I’m not moving, I paid for this ticket and I’m going to be here and I will sue you all if you try to make me move, but thankfully they just kinda shrugged it off and said whatever, so that was a crisis avoided. Pretty soon the concert started, and I won’t get too into details because it’s already almost 3 am and if I get into it I’ll write way too much, but it was super awesome and many we were so ridiculously close to them, it was amazing and I got such good videos of everyone and it was just so, so good. an awesome night for sure. Once it was over we had to wait for the “high touch” special thing we got as a VIP which is basically just a row of high fives, so we had to wait for all of that to get sorted out. It went by super quickly, but it was good and then we got to see their “send off” which was basically just them walking by and high fiving everyone along the way, but it was cool. Once that was all done we headed home, Jess dropped me by my apartment since construction is still going on and blocking the most direct route, I got home and pretty much just put my stuff down and showered and got ready for bed and now I am here and like I said it’s almost 3 am and I am dead tired, so I definitely need to go to sleep now. I’ll see if I can post some videos tomorrow so you guys can see a bit of what it was like, but for now I sleep. Goodnight friends. Hope you had a great day as well.