Hey Molli: April 2011

So, we're starting off with, not only a late post, but a SHORT one! Woo-frikin-hoo. But, because it is not yet midnight, I still qualify for VEDA. So yeah.

I've been on edge all day. I have had a timer set on my phone for 23 hours just waiting. All during classes today, you would hear me mutter things like "8 hours and 23 minutes, oh my god" and "come on, only five minutes until we break into the next hour". What was this for, you ask? I'll tell you.

So, ten days ago, Mike Lombardo, one of my favorite people, posted a video that, in part, said that there was an ebay auction for Driftless Pony Club and the Mike Lombardo Trio poster (designed by Karen Kavett) that was signed by all the members of both bands. This was amazing luck. I had seen DPC and the MiLo trio a week before in CT at The Space but because of the sheer length of the concert, I had to leave during DPC's set and never got there autographs. So when I saw this all I think is "this is a message from god." So I promised myself I would try to get it.

Now it's today, the last day of the auction. I've been waiting all day, and since it was the 3 hour mark before the auction closed, I literally didn't do anything but check ebay. I had a high max bid and currently was the top bidder but was still nervous. It came down to the last 15 minutes, and I almost had some sort of episode. I look back on it now and...well, no. I was going to say that it was ridiculous, but to tell you the truth, i think it was completely normal fangirl behavior.

So, two minutes, still the highest bidder. One minute, still going strong. Thirty seconds. Fifteen. Ten. Five. One-wait. That wasn't the bid I put it! I bit 51 dollars, why does that say 66?

Well, it turns out that someone in the last second had bid 65 dollars in an attempt to undermine me, but the automatic bidder got it in the last second, bidding one dollar higher and making me the winner. I could have cried.

So here I am, riding the waves of victory and pure joy, post-talking to Mike Lombardo on Twitter (holyshit), being amazed at the awesome. It's a feeling I think a lot of people take for granted. When I got back from that concert those weeks ago, I told my friend that it was the best night of my life. She rolled her eyes and acted as if that was *such* a teenager thing to say, and I guess it is, but that night really was the best night of my life. But, more on that tomorrow.

Tomorrow's preview: The Space concert and why I was absent from Nerdfighteria for so long.

Hey, this blog wasn't short at all. I don't know why I wrote that.

People mentioned in this blog post:

Mike Lombardo: http://www.youtube.com/mikelombardomusic

http://twitter.com/#!/mikelombardo

The Mike Lombardo Trio: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Lombardo-Trio/60478119135?v=info

Driftless Pony Club: http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/

Karen Kavett: http://karenkavett.com/blog/

Music I was listening too as I wrote this (this guy will also be mentioned tomorrow) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnzxOXw5QY&feature=relmfu

Alright guys. Keep on keepin' on,

Molli