Not bad. Bought a new place with my hubby...started a new program at work that is going really well...private practice is crazy busy...realized I spent most of the year exhausted and plan to work a little less and play a little more in 2011, although I'm pretty sure that was my new year's resolution for the past 2 years so we'll see how that goes :roll:
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
agree 100%
but now anything i write will make me look very ungrateful/selfish ...
oh well i'm still going to write it
2010 has been possibly one of the most boring, hard, mixed up year of my life so far. As far as me personally, I've found out some harsh truths, the way of the world, what matters to me in life, how i can get the most of these shitty years that are to come, being in school etc.etc.
On the plus side, I became a proper fan of PJ, discovered a huge chunk of their music earlier on in the year/end of last year and discovered a whole bunch of other amazing musicians
Better than a $2 whore, but not as good as a $200 one.
I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side
06.27.98 Alpine Valley 10.08.00 Alpine Valley 09.23.02 Chicago 06.18.03 Chicago | 06.21.03 Alpine Valley 10.03.04 Grand Rapids 10.05.05 Chicago 05.16.06 Chicago | 05.17.06 Chicago | 06.29.06 Milwaukee 08.02.07 Chicago | 08.05.07 Chicago 08.23.09 Chicago | 08.24.09 Chicago 05.07.10 Noblesville | 05.09.10 Cleveland 09.03.11 Alpine Valley | 09.04.11 Alpine Valley 07.19.13 Chicago 10.17.14 Moline 08.20.16 Chicago 08.18.18 Chicago 09.18.22 St. Louis 09.05.23 Chicago
It was the best of times it was the worst of times kind of year.
Lost two people very near and dear to me in the last 6 weeks. Have had some serious medical issues and my insurance company refuses to pay for much needed treatment because they are cheap bastards and the doctors are shareholders. So I'm fighting them. My boss has gone psycho and has made work miserable in many ways. I would quit, but I need my medical insurance so I'm stuck in a catch 22.
However, I've been able to travel a bunch and see friends and family more this year than ever. My nephew started talking and calls me Auntie Rye. Every time I hear it it melts my heart. Coolest thing ever. I learned to flyfish in Montana. I lost count of the concerts and festivals I went to this year, and I have seen many of my faves: PJ, Neil Young, Levon Helm, Elton John and Leon Russell, Buffalo fucking Springfield, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Snoop, Tribe, Wu-Tang, My Morning Jacket, Social distortion, Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Band of Horses, Dr. Dog, Gogol Bordello, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Matisyahu, Lettuce, Trombone Shorty, Patti Smith, Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Heart, The Bangles, Phoenix, Temper Trap and the list goes on... Amazing. And I'm doing it again in 2011. Pretty Awesome. And the Giants won the World Series.
Cheers to 2011.
Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
Actually better than I thought it would financially with the pick-up of a few more income sources and definitely better than the treatment my block got from the NY Department of Sanitation. Maybe in 2011, I can get that personal aspect of my life in order with someone worth getting it in order with.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
This has been one of the most insane years of my life...husband had surgery and we've been struggling with medical bills ever since, two mentors of mine died suddenly and unexpectedly, I got back in touch with a friend I haven't spoken with in 3 years, I had a ridiculously busy time at work and things are just now settling down to some semblance of "normal".
After this, I'm a little wary of what 2011 will bring. :?
Chicago 2000 : Chicago 2003 : Chicago 2006 : Summerfest 2006 : Lollapalooza 2007 : Chicago 2009 : Noblesville (Indy) 2010 : PJ20 (East Troy) 2011 : Wrigley Field 2013 : Milwaukee (Yield) 2014 : Wrigley Field 2016
Can't complain that's for sure! Had some highs and some lows but that's expected. Overall, I'd say it was great! I think 2011 with have even greater highs, but greater lows which are tougher to deal with. :( Such is life! Still mad I missed you at Bridge though!
"I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
2010 was meh, nothing spectacular or bad happened. Went and saw some great concerts/movies. Introduced to some new music and some new friends. Sister got married. Philly teams did ok for the most part. Friends, family, cats and myself were relatively healthy.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
New Job...
Moved from Phoenix to San Diego...
Saw Pearl Jam in May - Night 2 @ MSG and scored the poster in chaos...
My 3 year old son has been sung asleep to Just Breathe every nite and knows every lyric...
My 11 year old son and 9 year old daughter have each asked for many PJ tunes to be slapped into their iTouchs...
Proudly celebrated 12 years of marriage this year...
All parents/kids/nephews, etc...healthy going into 2010
Most importantly, learned and lived an attitude of gratitude with passion this year.
Pretty damn good year - it treated me and those I love well...all ya can ask for, right?
Bonus - kick ass margaritas, carne asada and homemade green salsa 2nite to ring in 2011
After this year, I've developed a superstition about how I spend NYE - that one about how it dictates what you will do in the new year.
Last year I partied it up with my sister (that part was rad) and some of her friends (that part was not so rad) at a suburban barfly establishment.
Now, I had some really fucking fantastic times this year, but mostly I was in a rut and kept ending up in bad company. For six months, part of that company was my roommate.
Tonight I'll be hanging with a cat and a dog, eating some yummy healthy foods and doing anything that feels inspiring.
The bad parts of 2010 can go fuck themselves.
I'm gonna celebrate the good parts, which include:
Seeing Pearl Jam at MSG
Getting to see some really lovely people while in NYC
Seeing Ralph Nader two days in row - One event was a dinner with just 40 other people.
Getting to hang out more with a fantastic woman who is becoming a great friend.
The Dead Weather at the Capitol Hill Block Party was absolutely was fantastic. I'm glad the crowd was rough.
Winning a cruiser bicycle from New Belgium Brewery.
Ending up about 20 feet away from a mama bear and her cubs on a trail was awe inspiring.
My mom finally snapped out of a decade of bitterness. She is more alive than she has been in ages. Love it.
Going to the Dandy Warhols on my birthday. I want to spend all of my future birthdays at concerts.
Comments
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
i miss chad and his yes no trivia
yes/no?
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
30 days in the hole
20 or so left
Still no love in my life booooooo
wait..what?! why?
he didn't say god bless you after an admin sneezed.
seriously?? that thread? :roll:
i really miss the old mods
cheers
show-off
agree 100%
but now anything i write will make me look very ungrateful/selfish ...
oh well i'm still going to write it
2010 has been possibly one of the most boring, hard, mixed up year of my life so far. As far as me personally, I've found out some harsh truths, the way of the world, what matters to me in life, how i can get the most of these shitty years that are to come, being in school etc.etc.
On the plus side, I became a proper fan of PJ, discovered a huge chunk of their music earlier on in the year/end of last year and discovered a whole bunch of other amazing musicians
oh yeah, and i joined 10c
10.08.00 Alpine Valley
09.23.02 Chicago
06.18.03 Chicago | 06.21.03 Alpine Valley
10.03.04 Grand Rapids
10.05.05 Chicago
05.16.06 Chicago | 05.17.06 Chicago | 06.29.06 Milwaukee
08.02.07 Chicago | 08.05.07 Chicago
08.23.09 Chicago | 08.24.09 Chicago
05.07.10 Noblesville | 05.09.10 Cleveland
09.03.11 Alpine Valley | 09.04.11 Alpine Valley
07.19.13 Chicago
10.17.14 Moline
08.20.16 Chicago
08.18.18 Chicago
09.18.22 St. Louis
09.05.23 Chicago
Lost two people very near and dear to me in the last 6 weeks. Have had some serious medical issues and my insurance company refuses to pay for much needed treatment because they are cheap bastards and the doctors are shareholders. So I'm fighting them. My boss has gone psycho and has made work miserable in many ways. I would quit, but I need my medical insurance so I'm stuck in a catch 22.
However, I've been able to travel a bunch and see friends and family more this year than ever. My nephew started talking and calls me Auntie Rye. Every time I hear it it melts my heart. Coolest thing ever. I learned to flyfish in Montana. I lost count of the concerts and festivals I went to this year, and I have seen many of my faves: PJ, Neil Young, Levon Helm, Elton John and Leon Russell, Buffalo fucking Springfield, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Snoop, Tribe, Wu-Tang, My Morning Jacket, Social distortion, Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Band of Horses, Dr. Dog, Gogol Bordello, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Matisyahu, Lettuce, Trombone Shorty, Patti Smith, Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Heart, The Bangles, Phoenix, Temper Trap and the list goes on... Amazing. And I'm doing it again in 2011.
Cheers to 2011.
Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
Could have been better, but could also have been a helluva lot worse!
I'm a little anxious about the new year, I hope it will be okay. Hope it treats everyone kindly too!
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
After this, I'm a little wary of what 2011 will bring. :?
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Moved from Phoenix to San Diego...
Saw Pearl Jam in May - Night 2 @ MSG and scored the poster in chaos...
My 3 year old son has been sung asleep to Just Breathe every nite and knows every lyric...
My 11 year old son and 9 year old daughter have each asked for many PJ tunes to be slapped into their iTouchs...
Proudly celebrated 12 years of marriage this year...
All parents/kids/nephews, etc...healthy going into 2010
Most importantly, learned and lived an attitude of gratitude with passion this year.
Pretty damn good year - it treated me and those I love well...all ya can ask for, right?
Bonus - kick ass margaritas, carne asada and homemade green salsa 2nite to ring in 2011
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Last year I partied it up with my sister (that part was rad) and some of her friends (that part was not so rad) at a suburban barfly establishment.
Now, I had some really fucking fantastic times this year, but mostly I was in a rut and kept ending up in bad company. For six months, part of that company was my roommate.
Tonight I'll be hanging with a cat and a dog, eating some yummy healthy foods and doing anything that feels inspiring.
The bad parts of 2010 can go fuck themselves.
I'm gonna celebrate the good parts, which include:
Seeing Pearl Jam at MSG
Getting to see some really lovely people while in NYC
Seeing Ralph Nader two days in row - One event was a dinner with just 40 other people.
Getting to hang out more with a fantastic woman who is becoming a great friend.
The Dead Weather at the Capitol Hill Block Party was absolutely was fantastic. I'm glad the crowd was rough.
Winning a cruiser bicycle from New Belgium Brewery.
Ending up about 20 feet away from a mama bear and her cubs on a trail was awe inspiring.
My mom finally snapped out of a decade of bitterness. She is more alive than she has been in ages. Love it.
Going to the Dandy Warhols on my birthday. I want to spend all of my future birthdays at concerts.