let's see what Robert has been up to these past few days:

Monday: worked the early shift. went and hung out with Julie and Nate in SoCo. we went to borders. i got tea. drove back. sat on the playground for like 3 hours and talked.

Tuesday: fourth of july. slept in and just sat around for most of the day. went with my parents over to the Steve and Vicki's house for dinner. didn't eat because a stupid, fat, white-trash kid that was there was shooting off fireworks. it was deafening. i pretty much hated him. rode with Grandpa to Millstadt to watch the fireworks. it rained. they got cancelled. we came home. i stepped in water. it was strangely exhilarating. then i went to seth's house and hung out for awhile. his mom gave me special mac & cheese. i told her about my mojito party. helped Seth pick out an outfit for Femme Fatality. Nate called. went home.

Wednesday: worked the 9-3. went to the roller skating place in Granite City with work. got kicked in the shin by Mimi. it hurt. i was exhausted. happy to go home. taught some lessons. called Laura. she came over. we watched Tripping the Rift. played mad games of uno and Gin Rummy. had a blast. wish i had more times like that. talked about a lot of stuff. listened to the hush sound. got some sleep.

Thursday: worked the early shift. Molly made me sit in the gym like always because she was tired like always. this time was different. heather and i had some fun playing Spit. she got really ferocious. almost ate my arm off. Mimi sneezed in my face. Molly tricked Spencer into touching me a billion times. i think he's gross. just put the cherry on top of an already crappy day. but i don't let it show. ashley came over when i got off. i taught her to make a hemp choker. i knitted. she also made a keychain. we went to dairy queen so i could get food. went and ate at perk's. visited kelly. josh came with us. went to the park. josh drove us all to target. he got an outfit for dance. ashley tried on swim suits. all my Johnny Cash stickers and such are gone. i was sad. hopefully people took them. walked to the checkout. ran into Nicole Diecker. had a chat. she looked fabulous. i love her to death. missed her and her family much. drove back to josh's house and watched Fern Gully (which ashley had purchased of course). had a blast. came home and slept.

Friday (tonight): Andrew is home. worked the ealry shift again. came home early after i had been torchered the whole time. ie. Mimi, Peyton, and Abby all kept hanging on me and hitting me. i just don't have the heart to yell at them (or the energy sometimes). taught some music lessons. ashley and i were supposed to go to Schwag, but we aren't now...so that i can buy my computer and so that she wont be totally in debt. it was a mutual thing. katie came home from Las Vegas. April, Katie and I are having a slumber party/movie night tonight. we might go to Matt's party if Katie is up to it. otherwise, it looks like a Saved By The Bell marathon!!! excited to see my girls together. haven't seen them in forever. love them dearly. pulling out the sleeper sofa.

Saturday (tomorrow): going to go shopping for my computer at the galleria. april, katie, andrew, leah, laura, maybe liz, maybe wendy, and jess my love. shopping around. going to best buy cause i have two coupons that expire. whole foods. maybe R.E.I. then it's off to frontenac if we feel like it. then west county if i don't find what i am looking for. can not wait. gonna be a blast. going to Bryant's for his birthday party. might be awkward. Charlie will probably be there. he is an ass. i still have his picture. he is never getting it back.

that's all for now. hope this is better than the usual concert writing

love you all
x-Robert-O

_what we hate we make_

thursday night denise and i went to bloomington to see An Angle, Push To Talk, Controlling the famous, and From The Tops Of Trees. It was a 3 hour drive and we didn't leave till like 3:15. we ended up getting there at around 6:15 (after we got lost in "children of the corn" with a "rape barn"). we had driven too far, but the people at Coffee Nation helped us get back to the right place. we came in and sat down and played mini uno for a little bit. the guy that put the show together came over and talked to us for a little bit. he was really nice. i had talked to matt the night before and he said that they might do a second show on friday night. after a little while, matt came in and talked to denise and i. kris came in next and then trevor. we talked to everyone about all sorts of stuff. we went outside for a little bit and ran into this really pretty girl. she talked to us for a bit. we ran into this other really weird guy that just shook our hands and mumbled something and walked away. we went back inside and payed for the show. a lot more people showed up than i thought would. everyone seemed to be there for push to talk. FTTOT was really good. he did a cover of elliot smith. he was really nice. denise bought a shirt from him. it's pretty funny. PTT played next and they were amazing. i had talked to the drummer for awhile. they were all really nice. and their music is written really really well. AA came on next and a lot of people cleared the room and went outside. we moved to the front and watched the show. i took some pictures and used denise's card so that i could fit more pictures. he played so many good songs. he even danced a little. the drummer from PTT played some keys. matt and trevor were crazy like always. trevor was wearing his signature low-cut, v-neck t-shirt. after the show we stood in the back and talked to kris. i took over at the merch table for a while. we talked to that really pretty girl from before. she asked for my myspace and i gave it to her. she had to leave. we stayed and hung out. i didn't really like CTF. they had a few good songs, but none that really stuck out.
after the show was over...we talked to matt and kris and the keyboardist from PTT. they all drank a little. we couldn't cause we had to be home at 6:30 am because i had to work. i was gonna call in sick so we could stay longer, but denise had to be home at 10 anyways. and friday was payday! the guy that put the show together told us that he could find us somewhere to stay for the night (maybe even with an angle in their hotel room). it was a killer offer and it hurt to turn it down. i'm sure there will be other chances just like this one. we have done so much stuff with them in the past few years. well, we said our goodbyes and headed out. kris and trevor said that they wanted to put us in their top 8 on myspace (which already happened). i got a little excited inside but didn't show it. i hugged kris goodbye. he always gives the best hugs. we walked around the building and said bye to matt. he was on the phone so he couldn't talk long. we got in the car and headed home. i started to get sleepy like 45 minutes into driving. we stopped at the only available resteraunt....mcdonald's. it was gross, but i needed caffeine and i was hungry from not eating hardly anything that day. i got a snack wrap and a 74 cent hugo coke. i drove for another hour or so. then i started to get really sleepy so i had denise drive for awhile. we got to flying J's and i drove the rest of the way home. we came in and crashed. me on my bed and denise on the floor. i know that i should have given her the bed, but i had to work an hour or so later. i told her she could have it when i got up. as soon as i fell asleep, it felt like i had to wake up again. i took a shower and left for work. work sucked, but it ended up raining so we didn't go to the park. we watched the new charlie and the chocolate factory instead. there were donuts because it was friday. i got excited and ate like 3. and then i got my paycheck, which was a lot. all of this still doesn't seem worth missing that second show. but i can't take it back now.

x-Robert-O