High Five

1. Hanson for my birthday=happiness. I took The Walk with Hanson before the show. It's a one mile charity walk where Hanson pledges a dollar to fight poverty in Africa for every person who walks. You have the choice of your dollar going to health care, education, clean water, or shoes (TOMs). I pledged my dollar to TOMs. We got to the concert venue (Amos' in Charlotte) around 6:30, and The Walk started at 6:45, so basically we (John-Mark, Madison, and I) were some of the last people to sign up. We waited by the sign-up table, and BOOM...five minutes later Hanson pops up less than five feet in front of us (being John-Mark and I, since Madison has a small bladder and had to go to the bathroom...unfortunate). Cheyeaaaaa!During The Walk, I asked Isaac Hanson if he would take a picture with me. He kindly denied my request,which is completely understandable...if he would have taken a picture with me then all of the PSYCHO CRAZY (I can't emphasize this enough!!) fan girls would have literally attacked him. Instead he suggested that we just keep walking together. Madison took a picture of us walking from behind and as soon as she posts it on Facebook, it will be here. The concert itself was INCREDIBLE. We were closer to the stage than we were in Asheville (SCORE), and only one HYSTERICAL Hanson fan had a seizure danced by us. My only complaint is that they didn't play "Penny and Me," but I won't hold a grudge because I've already heard them play it live. My favorite song of the night was this:



Seriously, no one can top Hanson's harmony.

This song is raw emotion. Everyone at the concert sang the "I'll carry you there. I will carry you there." refrain, and IT WAS SO POWERFUL. Words honestly can't do justice to what happened in that moment. It was a one of a kind experience that still gives me chill bumps. I've started working on a combo to this song. It moves and inspires me so much that I have a feeling it's going to be my next dance piece.

2. Albus is a girl.

Yes, we looked at her parts when we got her. Cat's are just hard to tell, you know? We even called the animal shelter to make sure that Albus was a boy, and they confirmed it. Then Madison take Albus to the vet, and SURPRISE! Albus is a girl.

It was tramatic at first, but Madison and I are slowly adjusting. Madison has decided to keep the name Albus, because changing it now would be too confusing.

SIDE NOTE: We're trying to avoid paying pet rent, so when maintenance came today, we hid them in our outside storage room. For some reason, Madison locked the storage room. Then the maintenance guy came and everything went smoothly...no suspicion of illegal kitties. Madison went to unlock the storage room door to free the kittens and NERDS! The door was stuck. She had to call maintenance to open the lock (which the guy did with a screwdriver)...hello kitties. Madison cleverly covered by saying that it was our friend's kittens, and we were pet sitting. We didn't want them in the apartment, so we had put them outside in the storage room. This would have been an excellent recovery except for the fact that Madison had previously told the maintenance guy when he first returned to our apartment that she had locked the storage room a month ago and just now needed something from it. Humphhhhhhh.

3. I joined the Chapel Hill Quidditch team. It's literally the funnest sport EVAAAAA. I play beater alongside my lovely friend Cassy. Madison plays chaser and is a damn good one at that.

4. Dawson's Creek. Why haven't I watched this show before? I'M OBSESSED. I'm on the sixth episode of the first season...and I started watching it two days ago. YAY ANOTHER EXCUSE NOT TO DO MY SCHOOL WORK!! Joey is by far my favorite character...could it be because I can relate to her?...moving along. She is intelligent, witty, blunt, and adventurous. WHY IS DAWSON NOT JUMPING ALL OVER THIS?!? Oh...I forgot...he's a boy, and, like a boy, he's stupid and can't realize that the girl of he's dreams is right in front of him. And she's a childhood friend which permanently lands her in the friend zone. Instead he insists on chasing after stinkin' Jen from New York who is kind of a slut...but a redeemed slut. I still don't like her though. It might be because she's blonde therefore I cannot relate to her.

5. I'm not attracting any boys. Madison attracts boys who only talk about food or are twice our age. Whatevs.

Good gracious, this is long. -K