So I started writing a blog while on my trip to South Carolina, but got too busy to finish it... SOOO I went to South Carolina for my good friend/sister Nichole's wedding. I drove down with Liz and a friend of Nichole's, Bonnie. We left after work on Thursday picked Bonnie up in Westbrook stopped at Shan's for a minute and hit the open road... It was pretty exciting. I was a little nervous because I had worked the whole day and didn't sleep very well the night before. All was well as we traveled along the way. In Kittery we were all surprised to see a black bear run across the 4 lanes of highway right in front of us. It was pretty cool. Then we drove past a car very very on fire. And then a guy getting pat down by a cop. We got stuck in traffic for about 1.5 hours at 1:30 am in New Jersey... Seriously?!? 1:30 AM! It was dumb, and I found out people in New Jersey don't like to allow people to merge in front of them. AND people down there have much nicer cars! I was having a total identity crisis the whole time though, we took Baru, my mom's Subaru Forrester instead of Gerti, my AWESOME GTI. I felt old and slow because of this, I even felt a little uncool... just a little. So I drove until we hit Virginia, I think. Then after a very silly moment, Liz took over driving for a few hours in which I slept for one of. Then I drove again till we got to Wagener South Carolina. Grandma Gant's house to be exact. We were greeted warmly by granny and her husband and served a delicous lunch of meatloaf, squash casserole, creamed corn, fried chicken, and bread. It was amazing, and only lunch lol. Anyway, the rest of the day was crazy busy with setting up at he church, going to Walmart (which was like 40 mins away!), then FINALLY Liz and I got to go to our hotel room to check in and shower (and trust me, we needed the shower). We had a whole 15 mins to shower and get ready for the rehearsal and dinner. So that lasted about 2 hours. Then we headed back to our hotel for the bachelorette party. It was fun but I was so tired I pretty much zombied out. I feel bad too, I hope Nichole had fun but it would have been way better if I was my crazy self, or at least not clonked out in the corner of the room holding a diet pepsi in one hand and a cup of ice cream in the other. the party ended aroun 1am and I was FINALLY able to go to sleep... until 9:30 am. Sad, I know. The day went very well. The wedding went great without any major issues. Nichole looked absolutly beautiful. They looked so very happy together.
Anyway, back to my emoness...
I was driving around town tonight. I didn't feel like going home and I had already exhausted the whole "WalMart time wasting" option. As I drove around I drove by a house in which there was like 5 tripped out VW's in the driveway and I totally tweeked out. It's funny how certain things trigger emotions you haven't entertained in a little while. It was like a flood of memories and feelings and I was momentarily paralyzed. In fact I almost went through a stop light because I was so disoriented. I didn't know what to do so I took a left and drove really fast until my brain kicked back in and I realized I was going 65 in a 25 MPH zone. It makes me wonder when I'll stop being such a pansy! It's not like any of the guys from the VW club knew me... other than the 2 that I would like to assume would be polite and just pretend not to know me. And why should I care if Ryan was there and saw me? It's not like he would do anything other than pretend not to know me too.
Anyway, to put it lightly it was weird... I found it completely hilarious that on my ride out of WalMart I was raced by 3 different guys, I think the Oh, Sleeper that was blaring out my windows threw them off cuz they all looked pretty surprised to see a girl beat them... 2 outa three isn't so bad... and the third one really wasn't my fault, I just didn't feel like racing! ;-)
Speaking of Oh, Sleeper... OHMAZING!!! I just got their album "When I Am God" and I highly recommend it...especially for those into the whole Beyonce and Usher sound...
Here's the lyrics to the first song on the album called "Vices Like Vipers"...
Your scarlet soaked and bold
and the sheep's eyes locked to mine, sink to my bones.
Though your lips still drip, intentions, they keep me wanting more...
It's rising against all the walls we built for falling.
All the walls we built just stand in vain to draw you near.
It's the wool to hide the wolves.
And under these toes from where we last spoke, Your words laid so firm.
But I did not shed that skin like You said.
When the mason neglects the mortar, looks become deceiving
and when the bricks start to fall,
I'll be the one crawling down this road so dark.
Vices like vipers
Speak in whispers.
My heel's the meat to sink their teeth,
Like the viper I kept when You said, "Let go!"
This is what it took for me to see.
WHEN I AM GOD this church is unsound.
Slithering in the shade of a sinking church,
Surprise is no excuse for the traps that you left in the wake of warning.
So this is the warning, You fall to learn.
And to the girls,
You're worth more than the cheap words.
You see your body as beauty, but your pulse is worth more.
Hear me, it's not what it seems, though the feeding tastes of honesty.
This is the warning, you're just a hit to coax my urgency.
Why do we keep what holds us? Why do I keep what holds me down?
Lose the weight of defeat. It's time to stand your ground!
Vices like vipers
Speak in whispers.
My heel's the meat to sink their teeth,
Like the viper
I kept when You said, "Let go!"
Since all the alibis of ignorance are void...
This, my lust, the pornos and the sluts.
Take, my lust, this world's Love.
Great Councilor, take what's left.
Great Councilor, take what's left of me.
Check em out and enjoy... They will be at Soul Fest this year and so will I.
Blessings and pancakes!
~Jennanana
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