Sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free

Tonight is the first night of GORGE. And we are missing it once again. And we had fantastic seats - 4th & 6th row. Sold them to Nate who was more than gracious about taking them off our hands.

I miss everyone that is there. I wish I could be there with them all. I'm over the moon that we were able to do Creek though - god, how I love that place.

But there's Feathers & The Park & the Venue to contend with at GORGE. Yes, it's always capital letters. GORGE.

And Amanda is there. And I think I need some quiet giggle time with her to set me right sometimes.

I'm sad but am trying not to dwelling cause dwelling doesn't solve shit. It doesn't even salve anything. Hoping this might get it out of my system though.

Deer Creek!!

Bri made this sign when he worked with the DOT!
I heart this place so much. Thankfully, it will NOT be our last time there - it got taken off the market the day before the shows on Friday! I 1/2 expected the band to walk out & say "see y'all next year WE BOUGHT THE PLACE". Cause I'm a freak like that, what can I say?

Reason #4903683695- to love DMB

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Just so you know

I can sit here and blog all night while listening/watching DMB. I can blather on about just about anything they do, say, look, touch, move, gesture.

"well I am swimming in your seas & in your oceans"

also, Matias has mentioned to me in a very cute, subtle Matias way that he "misses" having me around him in his office space/basement. We would normally always be together, listening to music, talking about music, bothering each other about this that & the other but now that my office is upstairs that has not been happening...sometimes we just sit on the veranda (front porch) and talk it all out but without the soundtrack of Our Life playing behind us & we both miss that.

and to quote Dave from earlier in the show (I had to write it on a post it note & stick it to my monitor) during Pig - "just look for love in here - no more hate"

Favorite New Song - REALLY LATE!

I only went to 3 shows last summer, 1 pregnant & two in CVille - not too shabby but we didnt really become too familiar with the "new" songs live. But discussing it tonight & now watching it on a nice bootleg DVD, I can say that The Idea of You is my favorite.

Sittin on my front stair
Waiting for you, sit
Step off the bus again and again
When I was in my head
The way that I don’t care, hey
But you got me feelin’ like a kid
I’m not really that way
So I’m not gonna pull your hair

I fall so hard inside the idea of you
That’s why with you can say what I mean
Wanna stay but I believe
God get me out of here
I fall so hard inside the idea of you

Oh and drunk oh me
Oh
I’ve got you up again
Tell you what you can, I say
I wish I was a king and you were my queen
It’d be ok all the way back then
But oh I’m not your kid
So I’m not gonna kick you in the shins

I fall so hard inside the idea of you
That’s why with you can say what I mean
Wanna stay but I believe
God get me out of here
I fall so hard inside the idea of you

Hope that you can
Bus stop
Just a kid but swear I’m thinking
Wash my mouth out with the table water
I know it’s wrong of me but I can’t stop
My head oh
Oh, Oh, Yea, Yea, Yea

Now, yea
I fall so hard inside the idea of you
That’s why with you can say what I mean
Wanna stay but I believe
God get me out of here
I fall so hard inside the idea of you

and fucking god bless Rashawn. I REALLY just want to take him home in my pocket & have him be my pet.

I think this song is really Pure not "clean" pure but Innocent & True Pure and that's what really attracts me to it. The sing-song way the words and music flow just force a smile upon my face & I always instantly grab for Matias' hand when I hear this song. It makes me want to hold hands, you know? Some other songs make you want to do "other things" but this song is just so sweet and pure, I just want to lie back on the grass on a nice spring day and hold hands.

oh lord, Crash just came on. For some reason Matias started calling me every time this song came on when we were apart...now it's kind of our Thing...and plus it's one of the only songs I can sing to Liam without having the music playing...

...lost for you, I'm so lost for you...