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Happy 4th of July!
WRONG. That’s a Jesus Horse. (re)i just died
hahahha.
OMG! Someone donated one of those to Goodwill today! It’s amazing! It moves!
This is my official endorsement of the 5-hour energy drink. Last night I had one after the basketball game at around 11 p.m. and sure enough it kept me awake. I finished all the studying I felt I could do last night, and tried to go to bed at 2 a.m. even though I didn’t feel tired.. bad idea… Should have known I’d have to wait until 4 a.m.
I’ll definitely be trying these again… The taste wasn’t as bad as expected either.
I officially love my self and society class now. 20 minute exam? I’m all for it. Plus you’ve got to love possible answers like the this:
Q: Which of the following would be an example of cynicism?
D. A lemur walks comes into the classroom and hurls a ripe banana at Professor Brekhus in the middle of this stupid exam.
Now it’s time for the second sociology exam of the day… Luckily I have an extra hour to study for it now. Then it’s of to the Maneater for production… I’m kind of excited about the possibility for the T/F cover though… Check it out tomorrow… Unless I post later that it sucks… then don’t.
So tonight as I was reading my sociology book, “On The Make, The Hustle of Urban Nightlife” about like all the scams and such that goes on at clubs and such, it all of a sudden just hit me like a 2x4 what my dream would be in life. You know how everyone always has that one dream of like “I always wanted to do this… but then I had to pay the bills, etc.”
Well I’ve always been interested in like marketing and business which is why I decided to take a marketing class and possibly pursue a business minor. The idea of starting my own business always really appealed to me, I just never had any clue what that business would be. Until now…
As I was reading, the idea to open my own music venue hit me. I don’t know how I never thought of it before. But as soon as it popped into my head, my mind started racing with ideas. I was so excited about. Because first of all, I LOVE music, and I LOVE going to concerts. If I had the money to go to a show every night even if it was some complete rando band, I would.
Second of all, it’s always kind of been my design dream to design concert posters. Well if I was the person putting on those concerts, I could do that!
However, I wouldn’t want this to be just any concert venue. I think I’d want to maybe combine my love of sports. I’ve always felt like the world of sports and music have been divided, like you always had to take a side. Well at my venue, whenever there was a big sports event like the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA March Madness, etc. there would be no concert that night. I highly doubt this will upset that many people. I feel like a lot of venues really strain themselves to put on a good show every night, because there just aren’t that many decent acts. So I’ll try to get more good acts by having less dates. And then on nights of these sporting events, it would turn into more like a sports, with like a movie sized screen showing the game.
I’m also playing with the idea of having it open during the day as like a cafe/coffee shop like place. Oh and I want to borrow from the Slowdown in Omaha, by having shelves full of board games that people can play before the shows. And I also want to have more like non-alcoholic drinks for minors. Because I know that always pissed me off at shows. It was like “Here’s a water kid.” Because PLENTY of minors attend shows, so the venue should cater more to them.
I don’t know… I just think this could be something I could wake up every day and absolutely LOVE doing.
However… I’m headed to Waffle House to meet Steve and Jewels now… So I’ll update later. I probably won’t be able to sleep.
Tonight, my old high school played their last game in what was affectionately called the Bird Cage. Reading this column made me really miss high school all of a sudden. I also watched Friday Night Lights last night… So that could be it too. I don’t know, I guess I just miss going to the games on Friday nights. Because at my school, that’s what EVERYONE did.
I miss basketball games on Friday and Saturday nights where there was always a different them. Whether it was 70s night or Christmas in the Cage (which also featured the Nativity Scene vs. Santa’s Helpers at half time) it was always creative and always loud. I miss the “No girls allowed” in the student section. If you were there to socialize with girls, take it to the cheap seats. I miss everyone singing the national anthem as loud as they could. I miss “We’ve got girls! Clap-clap-clap- clap- clap” vs. “We’ve got Jesus! Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap!” I miss the slow clap… I miss storming the court… I miss the best high school atmosphere in the state. I miss playing basketball with friends everyday at lunch on that court. I miss having to exit out the back to avoid possible fights after the game since opponents loved to hate Prep. I miss “The White and the Blue.” That gym holds sooo many memories… it will be missed.
“Bring your construction helmet. It will be so loud they may blow the roof off the place. Why so quiet? Not tonight. Not ever again.”
It’s official… I am chopped liver.
Photo of my sister printed in the Omaha World-Herald… and she was supposed to end up the poor, homeless one in the family… Great. I better find a job.
