Wild Like Children

Amazing!!!

Alicia and Louise spent a wonderfully hot summer night in central Phoenix this weekend. Why central Phoenix? Modified Arts, of course. Why a summer night? Because bands seem to always choose the summer to visit Arizona, which baffles us all...

Pretty much what we're trying to say is, WE SAW TILLY AND THE WALL!!!

Tilly and the Wall is probably one of the most innovative bands to date, and for many reasons. They are one of a handful of bands to switch between lead singers, having three members to lend their talented voices to different songs. They employ fun, playful lyrics, as well as very intuitive insights to life and love, all to a backdrop of catchy tunes and harmonies.

Of course they're mostly known for replacing their drummer with TAP DANCING!!! Flippin' awesome!!!

With so much amazingly awesomeness going on, Louise and Alicia decided to keep it short by providing a list of reasons why it was such a freakin' cool night (no particular order).

1. We saw Tilly and Wall.
2. Tap dancer!
3. A few members of Tilly and the Wall played in the crowd.
4. Crazy indie/emo kids! (Genders unknown.)
5. Hanging out with Josh, Hayden, Morgan, and Sara.
6. Louise meeting the bassist/singer and not knowing it until a few seconds later.
7. Buying the best cheese bagels on the planet from Conspire.
8. Josh losing his foot in a really deep hole.
9. Using said really deep hole as a garbage (as there were none around.)
10. Balloons!!!
11. Aiming said balloons at bald man, who seemed to enjoy it.
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13. Quotes like "It feels good in the bathroom!" and "Do you want some sauce? ..... .... No." and "Let's tie him up and shove the quesadilla down his throat!"
14. Standing in a sauna of everyone else's sweat.
15. Finding out that standing near the bathroom was the only way to get some clean air.
16. Going outside to cool off only to find out that the sound was better out there anyway.
17. Getting screwed over by the nine-fingered man at Taco Bell over a quesadilla.
18. Feeling like the floor was going to cave in due to so many people jumping up and down.
20. A half-eaten banana labeled "Free" lying among the merchandise.
21. Guy at merchandise table dancing with giant blue crayon.
22. We saw Tilly and the Wall.

Happy Birth Day, Paisley!

A week old already!

Sweet little Paisley was born July 2nd sometime around 2:00 PM.

For more information, go to Jesse and Amanda's blog. :)

End of the Week (Happy birthday, America!)

Thank you, all... FOR COMING TO MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
(Louise and Alicia will give you one dollar (between us) if you can guess where that's from.)

So, it's been more than a week, and here is our long anticipated second post. Here goes...

Louise had a pretty interesting weekend. She experienced her first Kearny monsoon power outage. Apparently, they're quite common. It was pretty exciting, as it let to several potential problems, i.e. a body getting too warm in the mortuary, and a viewing conducted by candlelight. Luckily, Lance's dad had "chewed out" the power company, so they were powerless for only an hour.

Oh, and Louise also tried out the Wii Fit. It was amazingly awesome. And she looked like an idiot doing the hula hoops. A video will be posted as soon as someone is willing to record it.

Alicia's weekend was definitely not as random as Louise's, but it had its moments.

Thursday evening, Alicia and her mother ascended to Vernon. They arrived around 12:30. As a result of arriving late (or early, depending on whether you are a pessimist or an optimist), Alicia slept in and was unable to help at the ranch.

Instead, she watched movies.

The next day, however, Alicia woke up bright and early and had the pleasure of watching people burn the flesh of cows and castrate them in the most disgustung manner.

During lunch it began to P-O-U-R like crazy! It was freakin' awesome!

When Alicia returned to Vernon, her father taught her how to drive his jeep. Sunday, the last day in Vernon, Nick (the new Conrad) and Alicia went cruising in her father's jeep in search of the Mineral (pronounced "Min-er-AL", not "Min-er-UL") and the cave. The cave was extremely muddy and wet. They both got completely covered in clay-like mud and used the freezing cold mineral spring water to get it off their shoes and hands.

Nick was excited because he saw a buffalo (black cow) and bunnies (jack rabbits)!

When they got back to Vernon, Alicia, her parents, and Nick all packed up and headed back to the valley.

Here's a hint if you still want that dollar: [regarding the physical deformities of Prince Gerhardt] Most people in his situation would be angry with his family for the centuries of inbreeding, but not Gerhardt. He's too busy trying to stave off infection.

So, yeah, that's the end of our post. Did you like it? Are we still cool?