I knew there was something I had to do.... sechs

[Advah]

Awwww! A friend of mine once found 4-5 hedgehog (?) babies in his garden, the mother of which had been killed while crossing a road nearby.
So the family feed them using a tiny baby's bottle they found in a game for kids. These little things were so cute we all spent hours just watching them sleeping in their paperbox. I remember holding one in hand and patting its back with one finger, it was so soft!

Hmm, sorry for the flashback moment..

 

[Stories for Boys]

ok, those were...like...PAINFULLY cute. so cute i couldn't look at them too long lest i be cuted-out...

 

[Kristie]

Dear U2,

Pretty please play Mofo in Boston on December 4. With a cherry on top.

Love,
Kristie

 

[Stories for Boys]

Dear U2,

Pretty please play Mofo in Boston on December 4. With a cherry on top. (lest i crush you )

Love,
Kristie
and Laura

 

[Kristie]

and they know you could, too!

 

[Stories for Boys]

...and i wouldn't even need a rolling pin...or a yellow bow in my hair...

 

[Kristie]

no... but I enjoy that smilie
I use it as a substitute for a smilie that shakes its fist

 

[hippy]

Dear U2,

Pretty please play Mofo in Boston on December 4. With a cherry on top. (lest i crush you )(<~~what she said! )

Love,
Kristie
and Laura
and Kim

 

[hippy]

...and i wouldn't even need a rolling pin...or a yellow bow in my hair...

or to be round and pink


So I've been hyper about Boston all day... someone mentioned Boston (because I'm looking to go to grad school there) and I FREAKED OUT! Inside, of course...

This whole impulsive thing is giving me warm fuzzies... just the idea of getting to hang out with you all

I think the cuteness of those pics has influenced this as well...

*puts down the "cute" crack pipe*

 

[Kristie]

 

[Liesje]

So I'm checking our e-mail account at work and get this....

Only at Calvin College

 

[Kristie]

what the hell IS that?

 

[Liesje]

I guess there's no reason why Christ shouldn't have his own computer and printer

 

[kellyahern]

I guess there's no reason why Christ shouldn't have his own computer and printer

 

[Kristie]

I guess there's no reason why Christ shouldn't have his own computer and printer

I wish He posted in FYM more...

 

[Kristie]

hehe those hedgehogs make me smile every time I open this thread now

anyway, I just realized how much this tour has corrupted my brain... thinking that less than three hundred dollars for one concert ticket is "not a bad price" is not normal.

 

[kellyahern]

anyway, I just realized how much this tour has corrupted my brain... thinking that less than three hundred dollars for one concert ticket is "not a bad price" is not normal.

It's amazing how I'm able to rationalize how much I'm willing to pay .

 

[hippy]

It's amazing how I'm able to rationalize how much I'm willing to pay .

I think I'll probably pay less for my plane ticket to Boston than I will for one ticket...

And somehow... it's all okay!


and at the Christ computer

 

[kellyahern]

The Disney Store catalog came in the mail today. More money for me to spend . I'll take this whole page please

And they even have something for The Edge

 

[hippy]

 

[Stories for Boys]

heh, at first i was so shocked that someone would pay 150 for a ticket, then it was 200...then, as time got close to vegas and we still had no tickets for the second night, i kid you not, i almost paid 200 for each of 2 nosebleeds

but yay, boston!!!!

 

[kellyahern]

heh, at first i was so shocked that someone would pay 150 for a ticket, then it was 200...then, as time got close to vegas and we still had no tickets for the second night, i kid you not, i almost paid 200 for each of 2 nosebleeds

Cool, you're going to Vegas too?

 

[Kristie]

laura?

how many shows have you been to?

and - feel free not to answer this - how are you paying for them all?

I mean, I've been to/am going to 3 at places that were max 3 hours away and it's breaking my bank...

 

[Stories for Boys]

indeed! i have nosebleeds for both nights, but i don't care! i'm going to party in vegas!! you going?

 

[Stories for Boys]

laura?

how many shows have you been to?

and - feel free not to answer this - how are you paying for them all?

I mean, I've been to/am going to 3 at places that were max 3 hours away and it's breaking my bank...

um...been to 14, going to 7 more. and i will answer...my parents, when i was a baby, started a fund for my college tuition. my mom works at my school so i get 80% off tuition. i also have a couple scholarships. the point--i don't pay for my own tuition...therefore my earned money goes towards groceries, bills, and u2 shows. and since my parents live in town, i've spent amazingly little on groceries this fall

i've had to borrow money too, out of my school fund, but yeah, that's how

 

[Liesje]

I need a fund! I don't really pay for tuition right now either (loans pay for it, so I will eventually) and even working two jobs almost 30 hrs a week can barely make rent, utilities, etc, let alone fund U2 trips. Actually, I can afford the concerts b/c basically everywhere I've went we've driven to and I've slept w/ friends/relatives or on the cement, it's more the opportunity cost of missing work that I can't handle for any more shows. I hate school.

 

[kellyahern]

indeed! i have nosebleeds for both nights, but i don't care! i'm going to party in vegas!! you going?

Yep . And as a good deed I'm bringing along my mother (not to the concert, but I said Vegas and her eyes lit up, so I thought it would be good to invite her - plus it was a way out of hearing about how much money I was wasting, she couldn't complain if she was going too ).

I'm in U22 the first night (the "cool kids" behind the stage section ). The second night I think I'm in 117 or something.

 

[Kristie]

um...been to 14, going to 7 more. and i will answer...my parents, when i was a baby, started a fund for my college tuition. my mom works at my school so i get 80% off tuition. i also have a couple scholarships. the point--i don't pay for my own tuition...therefore my earned money goes towards groceries, bills, and u2 shows. and since my parents live in town, i've spent amazingly little on groceries this fall

i've had to borrow money too, out of my school fund, but yeah, that's how

aaah

which brings to mind another question (again, feel free not to answer)... are you in school right now?

I mean, obviously you are, but what with all the jetting around the country and hanging out in GA lines I imagine it'd put a bit of a strain on the ole GPA. So, are you just amazingly talented or taking a semester off?

 

[Kristie]

I need a fund! I don't really pay for tuition right now either (loans pay for it, so I will eventually) and even working two jobs almost 30 hrs a week can barely make rent, utilities, etc, let alone fund U2 trips. Actually, I can afford the concerts b/c basically everywhere I've went we've driven to and I've slept w/ friends/relatives or on the cement, it's more the opportunity cost of missing work that I can't handle for any more shows. I hate school.

down with school!!
so far I've been able to schedule all my concerts around class, so that's fortunate

Despite the obscene amount of money yale thinks I need to live on ($7,000 per semester... though I have to pay for health and car insurance now, it's still way more than any student should need) I've been putting most of my money ($3,000) into paying off my credit card. The interest is astronomical for that car I charged a few years ago and I'm sick of it piling up.

 

[hippy]

I mean, I've been to/am going to 3 at places that were max 3 hours away and it's breaking my bank...

I hear ya on that one! Good thing I have a credit card!

And I guess there are advantages to being in the "working" world sometimes... i.e. two weeks of vacation time (which I have used solely for concerts ) and extra sick time *coughBOSTONSHOWcough*

I wish I could go to more concerts...