this past week my opinion of things and myself have gone from one side of the spectrum to the other. i went to the wedding in nashville for my friend brooks. it was awesome. i loved being in a wedding since i didn’t have to stand up and turn around when the bride walked in. i also got to play golf with my friends and participate in some groom hazing the night before. we actually duct taped brooks’ wrists and ankles and carried him out into the elevator. when that didn’t work, we wrote on his chest with sharpie then did the duct tape thing again. neither worked exactly as we planned, but it was fun and i have pictures. no they will not be posted here. i didn’t get to walk in with the hot bridesmaid (HB), but i did talk to her and dance with her. i came home thinking i wanted to date her, but after a couple of days of thinking about it and how i was acting around her, i realized i was being stupid. i dated this triathlete girl last summer. she was super hot, but when i was around her i kept feeling like i had to impress her. this is what i was feeling with HB. of course that’s not good, and i thought about how i feel when i’m around claire and i don’t feel i have to impress her. in fact, i don’t even try, and it hasn’t hurt me yet.

i went out with her tonight actually and it was really cool. i had to skip bible study, which i didn’t like having to do, but hey, it was important i find out if she’s worth taking to the keane show in a couple of weeks. concerts are important to me, and in fact, i’ve never taken a date to a show. ever. i know that’s hard to believe, but its true. so taking claire to keane is going to be a first. i’m not taking her to the ryan adams show the next night though. i’ll keep the superfan hidden for the time being.

i’ve mentioned before how i think almost famous is one of my favorite movies ever. so tonight after we ate and got coffee, we went back to claire’s and watched the movie. it was important to gauge her reaction to it because its in my top 5 movies of all time and to see that movie and how it treats music and relationships really gives insight on me a bit. i have the director’s cut version and we watched it. it was actually longer than i thought, and it had been a while since i had seen it. she actually enjoyed it, but kept saying it was ‘random’. but that’s okay, she did go on record saying she liked it, which is good enough for me.

and finally, i completed another album review. this time as a late fill in for my friend jacob for the new audioslave album. i thought it came out better than my cold roses review, and yet you may have noticed in the comments section in my last entry, jacob says it may get trumped for his coldplay review. what, can they not run TWO album reviews in the same week?

one more thing, i only need two more referrals for my free ipod. thanks so much to the three people already signed up. :)