Today was a very similar day to yesterday, honestly. I woke up this morning and planted myself in front of the computer and tuned into the live stream of 93.3 FLZ waiting for chances to call in for tickets to the Jingle Ball. Actually, before going into that I should address something that happened before I went to bed last night. As I mentioned in the blog last night, I did a little research online about getting a Florida Driver's License. The news is not the best I have heard but at least I know now. Essentially, for a new driver, over the age of 18, professional driving lessons are not a requirement. Unfortunately, I don't know how I will learn otherwise. Like I said, I think I could probably get by on having my Mom and my sister teach me. In fact, I am going to have to because professional driving lessons are, on average, around $400. I could use my income tax for that but if I am going to move to California I think my income tax would be better off saved to go towards that. There are a lot of details to be sorted out about that, including how exactly I am going to get there and, even more, how I am going to get all my crap there. I assume that I will fly but, unlike all those other times I have moved across the country, I have a lot of belongings. Sure, I am more than willing to let go of a lot of it but the stuff that I need to take with me is more than I can really bring along on a plane. My clothes alone are too much to bring on a plane, let alone everything else. Even if I can manage to get a driver's license between now and then I don't think that I would be able to manage driving a U-Haul across the country being as new a driver as I will be at that point. I could possibly get somebody to fly out here and drive back with me but that seems like a lot to ask of anybody and I'm not sure how willing anybody would be to do that. I may wind up having to have stuff shipped, which is surely pretty damn expensive. I don't know what I'm going to do about that exactly. I have time to figure it out, though. Either way, I think my income tax should go towards that as opposed to driving lessons. I also took a sample version of the written test and discovered that I really don't know a thing about driving. It seems like a LOT of knowledge to retain, too. I have no problem with retaining information at all but sometimes have issues with applying it properly. That is not something that could be potentially dangerous when it comes to operating a vehicle. I mean, I think driving is one of those things that really clicks together once you figure it all out... but what do I know? I could be completely wrong about that. I guess the only way to figure it out is to actually go through the process of learning it. It is extremely daunting at this point, though. I think what I need to do is compartmentalize it in my head, so instead of it all being this one big giant thing it's a written test, getting a permit, learning, practicing, then taking an actual driving test. So, first focus is the written test. I can learn the rules pretty quickly and get that taken care of fairly soon, I think. Then I should still have a few months to practice and learn, then I can take the actual driving test shortly before I move. Just breaking it down like that here, I already feel a little better about the whole thing. Only a little better.
Again I woke up and planted myself in front of the computer and the live stream of 93.3 FLZ waiting for the cues to call in for tickets. I would do another whole bit about the music on the radio today except that it was pretty much all the same music as yesterday. In these two days of listening to the radio, though, I did find a couple of artists that I may like in a genre that I have never really delved too much into before: Male R&B. I have never found a male R&B singer that I could really connect to or found anything special about. In general, I feel like a lot of male R&B artists sound similar and do a lot of the same stuff. It all kind of blends together. I have found two new artists who I may be able to really get into, though. First one I talked about yesterday, Jason Derulo. I have fallen in love with the three songs of his I have heard so far. The other is a guy I have only heard one song from, but a song that I absolutely love; "Replay" by Iyaz. The thing that both of these artists have in common is that while they both stick to the kind of typical R&B sound, they have lyrics that are clever and interesting and really saying something more than the usual hip-hop fare. I really like them both and I am really excited to have found some male R&B artists that I can enjoy. The radio station was also doing a funny little thing this morning called "Rewind Sunday." Essentially, they were playing old songs. Some were remixed into strange medleys of songs from a certain time period and some were just played as is. I heard some songs that really took me back to a different time. One song, in particular, was "Ghetto Superstar" by Pras featuring Mya. I used to LOVE Mya so much. She was actually my second concert ever, at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA. Don and I got there crazy early expecting a giant crowd and it was basically just us. We wound up being in the front row, dead center. At the end of the show, Mya gave us the sweat towels she had been using throughout the show. It was an insane moment and we spent the entire ride home sniffing them and gushing about how amazing she was. She really was, too. For being a House Of Blues show, it was extremely high energy and a real production for being such a small venue. I miss Mya making music. She still does, having recently released an album in Japan, but it doesn't get heard here in America anymore.
Speaking of Don, I have really been feeling the need to talk to him lately and to tell him about my plans to move back to California. I'm not sure why I feel such urgency about this right now, but I really do for some reason. I would have called him already, but I happen to know that he spent the weekend in Vegas and I wouldn't want to interrupt any of that. He should be home by now, though, so maybe I will give him a call before I go to bed tonight. I really miss him a lot. I kind of worry about what it will be like living in the same area again, in some ways. Don has a very different life than I do right now, and I am not sure how the two will blend. I do know, though, that we will find a way to make them blend. We always do. As I mentioned in a previous blog, Don is one of the only people in this world that I don't really have to question in any way. I will be extremely glad and grateful to have that feeling of comfort and security with a friendship back in my day-to-day life. I just can't wait for this whole thing to happen. It is going to be the best thing for me in the long run. It will certainly have it's challenges, like having to find a job out there and sort out how I am going to get around, etc., but I really do believe it will all be well worth it.
Now to answer the big question in all of your minds, I'm sure: No, I did not win tickets to the Jingle Ball. I have entered a few other online contests for tickets but they are just for regular tickets, not the MetroPCS Celebrity Club section, which is the only reason I wanted them so bad. Even if I win one of these contests, there will be no meet & greet with Adam Lambert. It's a shame but everything happens for a reason. I'll meet Adam in another way some day... hopefully to either work with him or have sex with him. I am just kidding about the second part... kind of. So, I listened to the radio all day long for two days in a row and wound up with nothing but some new music to listen to. What can I bitch about, really? I spend 90% of my time on the internet searching for new music on the internet so I really wasn't doing anything I wouldn't have been doing, anyway... except the stressful phone calls. Eh, they weren't so bad. It was an alright way to spend the weekend. In fact, I may start listening to the radio station online more often. It was actually pretty enjoyable and it is good to have an idea of what is getting radio play and such. It was pretty cool. One song that I was very glad to hear getting a lot of radio play is "Fireflies" by Owl City, one of my favorite bands and biggest inspirations right now. Owl City is really a big part of what inspired me to decide to get a keyboard. Adam Young, the sole member of Owl City, does much of his composition on a keyboard, as I intend to do. He also makes the style of music I kind of want to make: singer-songwriter style, but with an electronic/dance vibe to it. I am really glad that I got the keyboard issue resolved this weekend and cannot wait for it to arrive and to start learning to play it! It is pretty gorgeous, too. I just imagine myself on stage with it, kind of like when I saw Rachel Yamagata open for Mandy Moore. All she had on stage was a keyboard, an acoustic guitar and herself. She put on an amazing show with just those things, doing most of her set at the keyboard but also doing a few songs on the guitar and even an a cappella song. That is the type of show I would really love to put on. I am anxious to see what an Owl City live show will look like, too, actually. I have tickets to see Owl City co-headlining with his female counterpart and another new favorite artist of mine, Lights, on February 3rd. So, I may not get to meet Adam Lambert next weekend, but I do have a really cool music experience to look forward to.
As for now, it is about 11:15pm and I am pretty much ready for bed. I am tired and need to get rested up for going back to work tomorrow. One thing I am actually excited for tomorrow is my Mom's interview with that company that contacted her. The Secret may not have worked on getting myself a meet and greet for Adam Lambert, but dammit, it is absolutely going to work for my Mom getting a higher paying job that she is going to like much more. I have a really good feeling about this place she is interviewing with, too, so hopefully in tomorrow nights blog I will have some good news to report on that topic. I am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, though. Fortunately, I just have to get through this week and next, then I have two three-day weekends in a row. It really seems like a shame that my job has become something I need to "get through," but I suppose that is why they call it work. I am still working on changing my attitude towards it. It's a slow process, but one I am determined to get through in order to make the months leading up to my move considerably more bearable. It's almost been a year that I have been there and I am glad that it will not wind up being too much more than that. It works for my sister and her girlfriend, but I just can't imagine myself in that place as long as I was at Borders or the answering service I was at before that, (both of which I made ALMOST two years at.) My life is heading in a very different direction than that place can take me, although I have to admit it was absolutely the right choice to stick around there. It has led me to exactly where I am right now, in a lot of ways, and for that I am extremely grateful. The time for moving on is coming up, though, and I can't wait to get there! For now, though, I have to be patient and prepare myself for the changes that are coming. Actually, for RIGHT now, I need to go to bed.
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