what world is this?

last week i slept in my mutti's bed because my dad was out of town and she needed a bed mate. (she actually ended up being MY bedmate on account of the scorpinox that stung her face, but that's another fiasco all together) we were watching wizards of waverly place when i confided in her. it wasn't necessarily on purpose, the words sort of just came out. "i want to be a wizard so bad; almost as much as i want to be a vampire slayer".
dw being the kind-hearted mutti and bff that she is looked over at me and asked me very seriously, "what world do you live in?"
hmm... i don't really think i know.
i replied, though, by saying, "obviously i live in my own world, one in which i laugh at shows like this because i think they really are funny and not just stupid".
all of this talk got me thinking, and i remembered a scene from one of my favorite movies, alice in wonderland. it's right in the beginning when alice is sitting in the tree with her cat and her older sister is sitting beneath her reading a book out loud. alice is having a vair hard time paying attention, and big sis gets a bit frustrated with her.
"alice, would you kindly pay attention to your history lesson?" she says with an exhaustive sigh.
alice replies, frustrated, "but how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?"
"my dear child, there are a great many books in this world without pictures" (she's right, but that isn't the point, keep reading).
"in your world, perhaps. but in my world, the books would be nothing but pictures!" alice says, quite satisfied.
"your world?! ugh! what nonsense!" her sister laughs.
it is then that alice realizes that yes, if she had a world of her own, everything would be nonsense.

it's true there are things in "my" world that are completely nonsensical, like my desire to have magical powers or the ability to slay vampires (i know, whatever. vampires don't exist, blah, blah...) but i exist in the "normal" world perfectly fine. i have a full-time job, for example. i go grocery shopping with my mom, i take my turn doing the dishes or cooking dinner, i pay my car payment every month, i am responsible (ish) for my healthcare, i excercise... i could go on, but this normal business is quite boring, as you can tell.
my point, however poorly made, is this: why does it matter if sometimes i wish i had the ability to snap my fingers and have a clean room? why does it matter that i laugh, quite often, during an episode of hannah montana? (or JONAS? or wizards of waverly place? never do i laugh at iCARLY, i must add. haha) so what if i'd rather go to disneyland than france? why is it ridiculous for me to like the jonas brothers, just because i'm not fourteen? sure, i've read the harry potter series numerous times, but i also read serious books, classic books, and nonfiction books. i will argue to defend the jonas brothers, but i also will argue (and quite well) to defend my religion, my political beliefs, and my family.
i used to put alot of pressure on myself to let my "nonsense" stuff go. you know, take the posters off of my wall, throw away my joe jonas sweat pants, give up the midnight showings... things like that. it was really hard for a while because i was torn between living a full "grown-up" life and living a life in which i write my "to-do's" down in a harry potter calendar. it was only just the other day, when i was driving to my friend malia's house, that i realized that i can have both, in moderation.
i was driving to malia's for dinner and a music exchange fest but i knew that it might very well be the last time i saw her (for a while, anyway). she is moving to boston next week because her very talented and smart husband got accepted into harvard (woo hoo). i was kind of, sort of crying because i am really sad to lose her. she is a very good friend to me and i love her quite alot. while i was driving i was listening to a jonas brothers cd from 2006 when they were basically just babies (it's really very comical) and this song came on and it was nick's little voice singing "time for me to fly" or something silly, and for a moment i really just felt vair, vair happy.
here i was, going to do this "grown-up" thing, saying goodbye, and i was listening to teen pop- and loving it. for a moment i thought, "who cares?", and i meant that about everything. i have never cared what people think of me, why would i start now, so late in life? i don't care if people laugh at me or think i am ridiculous because i am, quite literally, in my own world. they don't have to like it because they aren't invited to live in it anyways.
i saw harry potter and the half blood prince yesterday (loved every second of it, you should know), and the scene that was my favorite was when harry drinks his felix felicis. he was so funny during those moments when he was affected by the "liquid luck" and it was so fun to see harry so carefree (he is usually under some distress. that comes with being "the chosen one", i suppose) anyways, here are some things that i consider my "felix felicis", the things that make me a bit floaty and giddy. these are some things that make my world spin round; things that make me happy no matter how bummed i am. i'll keep the list short, so as not to get too boring.

-a cold bottle of evian.
-swimming.
-my mother.
-any episode from any season of buffy the vampire slayer.
-any *NSYNC song from the "no strings attached" album.
- when one (or all) of the jonas boys wear a v-neck shirt or a plaid button-up shirt. bonus points if they wear them both together.
-pizza.
-driving up the mountain at night with chanel, and singing at tip top notch.
-random text messages.
-taking pictures of myself. i don't know why. i just think this is fun.
-michael scott. bonus points if he is having a conversation with dwight or jim.
-episodes of JONAS and wizards of waverly place. i don't watch tv ever, really. but when i do, it is tivoed episodes of these shows.
-getting emails from my aunt jennie.
-texting with malia about stupid celebrity gossip.
-my lovelies (cole, summer, meg, and isaac. malleri, merissa, and ella.)
-going to a movie with my family.
-reading things that i have written.
-my primary class (and presidency).
-reading old emails and instant messaging conversations from kenny.
-writing and reciting haiku's in accents with samantha.

it isn't hard to gain access into my world, it just takes a little acceptance. sometimes, if we let ourselves go and accept that we cannot control every little thing that happens to us, it's easier to remember what made us so carefree as children. i struggle with life, there's no doubt. it seems as though there is something new to think or worry about everyday. but it helps if i can slip away for small moments into a place where magic happens.

don't worry, i always come back.

love,
gabrielle.
xx

me and mr. jonas. mr. jonases... mr. jonai?

some of these are awesome, some of them are weird. some of them are fuzzy and out of focus... but i love them all. i had the best time at the concert. i was jumping around like a maniac. A MANIAC. but that is neither here nor there. the boys' set was cut short because shedaisy played beforehand. who the crap is shedaisy and who on this earth wants to see them sing? not me, that's who. jonas brothers only had a thirty minute set but they did a good job fitting as many songs in as possible. set list was:
"paranoid"
"the way we roll"
"hold on"
"play my music"
"much better"
"year 3000"
"tonight"
"gotta find you"
"when you look me in the eye"
"sweet caroline"
"lovebug"
"s.o.s."
"burnin' up"


i just noticed nick's crotchal region on the screen behind joe. hmmm.

i wish my camera wasn't a fuzzy piece of trash. then maybe these would have turned out a bit clearer.

i don't really know that all of these pictures need captions. in fact, i'm gonna go ahead and say that they don't. i just feel like i should comment on them for some reason. this was during the last song when nick felt it was necessary to unbutton his shirt.

kevin always looks like a goof. i think it's the hair. i love him anyways, so it doesn't matter. check out his sweet guitar though.

we had a really hard time getting a picture of all three of them looking the same way at the same time. this time nick's guitar ruined everything.

this picture is my favorite. for now, anyways. it'll change eventually.

nick on the piano. yummy scrumboes. i think this was during "when you look me in the eye".

kevin ruined this one by turning his head.

i have a ton more but who wants to see 300+ jonas pictures besides me? nobody who reads this blog, i'll tell you that for free.

loves,

gabs.

xxx

** i feel the need to make a slight addendum to this post. i don't have anything against shedaisy as a band, i just dislike when something is advertised as a jonas brothers headliner and then stage time is split down the middle with another band. i would have been annoyed no matter who it was, the fact that it was a band that hasn't had a cd since 2006 just makes the choice random. i have respect for all musicians, doesn't mean i like them all, but i have a respect for them. my frustration comes from paying $125 and travelling ten hours for a jonas show that ended up being just thirty minutes long. that's all. end of story, thank you, byebye.

for chanel, LSS, erika, noelle, sam, malleri, merissa, and ella.

... and a little bit for me too.

jonas brothers released their new single exclusively to members of their facebook fan group last night. the single is available tuesday may 12th for download so until then, this will have to do.

play it really loud and have a DANCE PARTY!! because dancing is good excercise and it makes you feel HAPPY!!





here are the lyrics for those who want to learn them before we drive around and listen to it in my car on repeat on tuesday (ahem chanel ahem):

i make the most of all the stress
i try to live without regret
but i m about to break a sweat
im freaking out
its like a poison in my brain
its like a fog that blurs the scene
its like a vine you cant untangle
oh i’m freaking out

everytime i turn around
something don’t feel right
i might be paranoid
i’m boarding the lines
cause they just might split
can someone stop the noise?
i don’t know what it is
but it just don’t fit
i’m paranoid yeah

i take the next stairway steps
to get some air into my chest
cant hear the thoughts inside my head
i’m still freaking out
that’s why my ex is still my ex
i never trust a word she says
i’m runnin all the background checks
and shes freaking out

everytime i turn around
somethings just not right
might be paranoid
i’m boardin the lines
cause they just might split
can someone stop the noise?
i don’t know what it is
but it just don’t fit
consider me destroyed
cause i don’t know how to act
cause i lost my head
i must be paranoid
i never thought it would come to this
i’m paranoid
stuck in the room
were staring faces ohh
i’m caught in a nightmare
i cant wake up
if you hear my cry running through her streets
i’m about to freak
come and rescue me
she might be paranoid
yeah
i’m boarding the lines cause they just might split
can someone stop the noise?
i don’t know what it is
but it just don’t fit
consider me destroyed
i don’t know how to act cause i lost
cause i lost my head
i must be paranoid


(someone else's lyrics, don't have time to edit...)

exoh,
gabrielle.

OMJ

there are many things i could write about today, but i choose this. i have been doing well on my low-techno diet, which is similar to a low carb diet, in that i use my computer only a few times during the day and in small doses. i've logged on to twitter and facebook only twice today (which is good for me, by the way, so hush up) but when i logged on to twitter a moment ago i was met with a message from the jonas brothers saying that their new album cover is up. oh dear. i want to say i am ashamed to admit what i am about to admit, but if i really were that ashamed, i'd not be putting it out in the blogosphere.... my breath was quite literally taken away. ha. oh my my my. i really wasn't expecting something so... oy what's the word? i'm thinking of many, i'm just trying to decide which, if any, are appropriate. i'll go with "breezy" right now. i wasn't expecting something quite so breezy. really, i am laughing at myself right now bc i did literally gasp when i saw this which just proves that i am not old enough to have just turned 25. (somewhere in the world my mother is reading this post and shaking her head at the nonsense that is her TWENTY FIVE year old daughter. sorry, mom. i'll make it up to you someday.) so, i am very excited for june 15th which is when this gem hits shelves and i am glad i stumbled upon this photo bc it may very well have gotten me through the last two hours of my day. may i also say that i am excited for may 2nd which is the premiere of J.O.N.A.S. on the disney channel and i'm thinking of putting together a little ACE gang soiree for it. who knows, it depends on how gay i'm feeling that day.

in other my world news, i am currently loving the album "lady luck" by the amazing maria taylor, namely the song "100,00 times" which, at press time, makes my world spin round and round and round. and a quote that caught my attention today is this little gem from, urm, lord byron i believe? if not, my appologies to the lord. it goes a little something like this:

" 'tis strange-but true; for the truth is always strange."

i loved that. i also thought of this in the middle of the night when i couldn't sleep and was drowning in my own insecurities and fears and feeling very overwhelmed. so this quote is from, well, me. at three in the morning. "alot of small steps equal big steps". so that's what i'm doing right now... just taking small steps in hopes that someday i'll turn around and realize that i've gotten somewhere.

exoh.

gabrielle.

summer vacation.

wow. what a lame picture. haha. i was trying to make this BIG announcement, but apparently it's just a small announcement b/c i can't find a bigger picture than that one (or really, i'm not willing to look).

so, happy summer vacation to me because this year i am going to see my favorite people of the moment, the JONAS BROTHERS, at stadium of fire in provo. it's been three years since i've gone to stadium of fire so i am REALLY EXCITED to go back and the fact that i get to see the jonai while i'm there pretty much just makes my life. i was really worried about getting tickets since there was somewhat of a frenzy in ut when they announced who would be performing. i had to work out a strategy for my online ordering that involved five laptops- three in az, two in mn- and three desktops- two in az, one in mn. it was pretty crazy there for a while (the website was crashing bc all of the people logging on at once) and i really didn't think i was gonna be able to get tickets. i got through and we ended up with seats ON THE FIELD which is really really lucky since it's probably the only time i will get to see the jobros that close up. and my family from mn is gonna drive down and go with me so i don't have to adorn the field alone. i'm really so excited. i am having a hard time expressing emotion lately, it's very weird for me. i'm finding myself struggle to find words to describe how i am feeling, and for those of you that know me, you know that i've never been one to not know how to express myself. so it's very bizzare and quite unnerving. then i get these huge rushes of emotion where i just feel so much that i want to scream and it usually results in me crying. like last night when my brother hit me in the face with a ball- twice. i just flew off the handle. and yesterday when i was making lunch i was watching the disney movie sky high... i hope you people know what i am talking about when i mention that movie. ok, it's not even a sad movie but it is about this high school for super heroes and at the end all of the "side kicks" get to step up and be heroes... hahaha... and i dont remember exactly what was said, but the gist of it is that everyone can be superheroes, even sidekicks or something totally cheesy like that. well, i started to cry. no really, i did. and then i was like laughing b/c i am like "really, gabby? are you seriously crying right now about this?" but i did, and i was. and it's true, right? i can be a superhero.

gotta go before i start with the water works again. le sigh.

gabrielle.

**side note: i have spent the past two weeks or so defending the fact that i, quite often, enjoy pop music (namely the jonas brothers). it has been driving me crazy defending these guys and their "legitimate" talent... i don't know why it bothers me to have people make fun of them, but it does (i'm just going to blame that on the weird hormones too). i have seriously been having flashbacks to circa 1999 when i had to defend *NSYNC and britney spears bc i SO loved them and everyone else in my family SO did not. i was pretty much made fun of for like five years straight until the general public decided that justin timberlake was legit, along with britney spears. so... whatever, that's all water under the pop bridge or what have you. my point is, if you don't have anything nice to say about these boys, then just don't talk to me about them. at least, not until my hormones organize themselves, b/c it bugs the fire out of me. i'm not saying you have to like them, but you definately have to just let me like them and leave me alone about it. kthanksbye.

happiness.

happiness is me right now. and it may seem weird bc i have chosen to share my happiness with virtually nobody. "virtually" in this case means technology-wise... lately i have abandoned most of my electronic devices and decided to be on my own in a way. meaning... i don't send random texts out to people who don't appreciate getting them anymore, i don't blog about my life, i don't update my facebook status... the list really could go on, but i won't bore you. i am working on getting myself healthy and happy and clearing my mind and it's going really well. i do, on occasion, miss my computer friends... my bloggers, texters, facebookers... so i decided to update this just for them. i think there is one of them (HI SAM!) ok so... here is what is making my life so great. in random order...

1. my mom... she is funny, she is smart, she is quick, she is a hard worker, she is beautiful, she is my best friend. things are just better when she is around. and she doesn't have a blog OR a facebook. maybe that's why i can abandon mine so quickly.
2. music... music is always my staple. i love it. it saves me. right now i am loving maria taylor's new single (available on itunes...) "time lapse lifeline", and i am revisiting jimmy eat world's "clarity" album, the get up kids' "something to write home about" and the juliana theory's "emotion is dead".
3. yoga. i am OBSESSED. i never in a million years thought i would be a yogini, but i love it so much and right now, aside from keeping me sane, it is also helping me get toned, so... yeah. love me some yoga.
4. ACE gang bonfires.... so about a month ago, we as an ACE gang decided to do bonfires once a month to "burn the man". we basically just light all the crappy stuff from our lives on fire. it's very therapeutic, and also very stinky. but the stink is worth it bc we get great pictures and listen to amazing playlists (courtesy of M-O-I) and play "truth, dare, or fire" which is my new favorite game.
5. gossip girl... and i'm not even ashamed. i don't care. i wish teenage girls would never watch this, bc it's pure sickness, but i'm an adult and i have morals so i am allowed to watch it as one of my guilty pleasures. the clothes and people are beautiful, and something about chuck bass just gets me. even though he is... whatever the male version of "slut" is, and he may have a hare lip (according to d.w.)? but i don't care. sign me up, i'm hooked.
6. the jonas brothers on snl/the jonas brothers 3-d movie... yeah, that part about me being an adult and having morals, blah blah... it goes out the window when these dreamboats are involved. i don't even care WHAT they are doing, i am watching it, and i am probably LOL-ing. strike that, not PROBABLY, i am. and when it comes to the jo bros, my "LOL-ing" comes in the form of a school girl giggle.
7. movies with garrett... garrett is such a patient friend. he watches HSM with me. ALL THREE OF THEM! and he isn't even critical. i love him and i am glad that we get to do movie nights together. he always makes me happy.
8. my NY boys.... i almost NEVER talk to them, and i see them even less, but i love them. kenny and brad, just knowing they are holding up the east side makes me smile. kenny is a super fantastical journalist and is doing some magical duties for the NY times ( i know, right?) and brad is some super hairstylist cutting hair with Carsten. love them both, and couldn't be prouder. unless of course bradley STOPPED listening to lil wayne. right now.
9. david and malia.... my second family. i want them to adopt me and take me with them to harvard. can i be your elle woods? please?
10. jigsaw puzzles... this is me being in FULL ON granny mode. how can i act like a tween AND granny at the same time? no one knows, but if there was an award for doing it, i would-HANDS DOWN- win it all the way.
11. chanel... well, she was my balentime this year and she watches buffy and listens to the get up kids with me. and she accompanies me to bookman's while i search for hidden books, and without her, there would be no one to tell me how OUT OF CONTROL i am. she's a gem.
12. concerts... ohhhh boy! there was a dry spell in az for a while, but concerts are back in full force. here's my sched... 02/25 MODEST MOUSE!!... 03/07 JIMMY EAT WORLD CLARITY SHOW... 03/25 MARIA TAYLOR... 04/14 CONOR OBERST... 04/24 THE FAINT... 05/19 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS.
13. long lost lovers.... basically sam and sandee. i miss them and there's just nothing that can be done about it. it is what it is, and that is life. booooooooooooo.


alright, readers. those are a few of the many reasons i am H-A-P-P-Y. notice how none of them had to do with having a boyfriend... IT CAN BE DONE!

exes and ohhhhs,
gabrielle.

my albums of the year.

at the end of every year i make my top 11 lists for movies and music. (why eleven? because it's one more than ten.) since i still have a few movies to see before i can make an accurate movie list, i thought i'd post my album list to hold you over. i have to note that this year wasn't a great one for music, and i'm kinda sad about my list. but here it is anyways, the best of the worst, in no particular order:

artist: katy perry.

album: one of the boys.

favorite track(s): "i'm still breathing", "lost", "thinking of you".

artist: tilly and the wall.

album: o.

favorite track(s): "pot kettle black", "beat control", "tall tall grass".

artist: the killers.

album: day and age.

favorite track(s): "human", "the world we live in".

artist: jenny lewis.

album: acid tongue.

favorite tracks: "black sand", "pretty bird", "trying my best to love you".

artist: copeland.

album: you are my sunshine.

favorite tracks: "chin up", "should you return", "the day i lost my voice", "strange and unprepared".

artist: lady gaga.

album: the fame.

favorite tracks: "just dance","paparazzi","paper gangster","boys boys boys".

arist: a fine frenzy.

album: one cell in the sea.

favorite tracks: "whisper", "ashes and wine", "lifesize", "last of days", "near to you".

artist: britney spears.

album: circus.

favorite tracks: "out from under", "broken glass", "unusual you", "circus".

artist: the weepies.

album: hideaway.

favorite tracks: "wish i could forget", "hideaway", "all this beauty".

artist: death cab for cutie.

album: narrow stairs.

favorite tracks: "the ice is getting thinner", "bixby canyon bridge", "your new twin size bed".

artist: the jonas brothers.

album: a little bit longer.

favorite tracks: "burnin' up", "shelf", "lovebug", "sorry", "tonight".

goodbye, joe jonas.

joe, you're getting the boot....

(doesn't he look a little sad?)


courtesy of THIS guy:

swoon and sigh, robert pattinson quite literally has come out of nowhere.

and simply because i am fond of hats...

maybe it's because i'm not married, or because i don't have kids of my own... maybe it's because it's the holidays and i've found myself a bit lonely... maybe it's because i don't go on many dates, i spend my days working and my nights running or watching buffy the vampire slayer or listening to depressing music on my record player... or maybe it's just because i'm human and this kid can charm the pants off you. literally, guys, my JOE JONAS SWEAT PANTS are going the way of the buffalo i.e. in the closet with my leonardo dicaprio poster from '97, my david boreanaz poster from '98, my 'nsync glossy 8x10 collectible photos from '99 (along with hundreds of magazine clippings, videos, posters, trading cards, t-shirts, etc... cut me some slack, i loved them clear through 2002), my justin timberlake memorabilia from '03, my adam brody clipping from entertainment weekly magazine in '04, and my teeny tiny zac efron photo from earlier this fall that i "borrowed" (stole? woops!) from a magazine at work. i've been doing pretty well the past, what, three years? (i think it was during that time that i occupied my time with real boys?) anyways, that maybe explains why i have the specific horn now for three boys who don't even exist in my universe. but, darn it, they sure are fun to look at! and you know what else is weird? they never ignore my text messages. hmmmmmm.......

my amazing thursday.

dear thursday,


holy crow, you were awesome today. usually i'm not a fan of you what with you being not friday and all, but you really came through this time. and now you've left me thinking, "friday who?" it all started at the first of you, thursday, in the morning when i went to cvs to get an evian, and i randomly found the rolling stone with the jonas brothers on the cover. thursday, you know i have been looking for that magazine, but due to the popularity of the jo bros, i have been unable to find a copy of it anywhere. so how excited was i when i found a random copy in a random isle at a drugstore?! good work, thursday, good work.

needless to say, i was one happy child to have the jonas brothers in my tiny little hands. you got a little crazy in the middle there, thursday. i mean, i had four hair appointments, all with little children who start school next week, and i had to take connor on a tour of mountain view's campus to map out a route for all of his classes. and come on, thurs (may i call you thurs?) it got a little hot in the middle of the day. and really, walking around my former high school campus in 110 degree weather is not exactly how i'd like to spend my afternoon "off". (can you blame me?) and then d.w. and i went to nordy's to find nichole's unborn twins a shower gift. and find them one, we did, thursday. the shirts i picked out were particularly good looking. i'm pretty excited about that. and remember that sale at the gap, thurs? where i found those adorable dresses for erika and noelle? i was feeling pretty good by then. little did i know that you had something even better for me. here's where it gets crazy, thursday. i am in the INFANT section of nordstrom's, you know, not because i am looking for an infant but because i am shopping for a gift for an infant (just wanted to clear that up, didn't want anyone to think i was an infant bargain hunter), and i see a set up of cds. most of them are kids' tunes i.e. sesame street, or baby lullabies, there is even a miley cyrus cd, which i thought was a bit tacky for the infant section, thursday. but then, out of the corner of my eyebills, i see... and you'll never beilieve this, thursday, because even i had to rub my eyes and do a double take, but i saw the new, yet-to-be-released JONAS BROTHERS C.D. ok, i know what you're thinking, b/c i thought the same thing, too. it must be a mistake. but guess what... it wasn't. nordstrom's actually MADE A MISTAKE and put their shipment of the cd, titled "A LITTLE BIT LONGER" out a week early! their bad, but my good, because i snagged one of them real speedy quick before anyone could realize the serious error on nordy's part. the crazy thing is, just that morning i had gone to the jonas brothers' web site to try and pre-order the cd, but i was unable to because i missed the cutoff by ONE DAY. you had to pre-order your cd by august 6th in order to get it by august 12th. here is the photo of the cd at nordy's... right next to elmo sings the blues or some madness like that.
thursday, i was so excited!!!! i really was feeling like i was stealing or something on account of the fact that this wasn't supposed to be out for another five days! i couldn't even believe that i found it, and in the infant section no less. how lucky could one girl be?! well... i went to the disney store on my way out of the mall and they had these posters there that they were giving out to promote the release of the jo bros cd. and i grabbed one, and look at what it said on the bottom. i took a picture of it especially because i thought it was so funny, thursday. and partly because i thought i was so clever, finding the cd early and all.
you see that, thursday?! right there at the bottom it says "IN STORES 8/12/08" and i, by some magical miracle, got mine early!! what a lucky lady i am!! i couldn't stop smiling, really. and it sounds silly, but this made me so super happy, happier than anything has made me in a while. while i was at the disney store, guess what? i begged and pleaded with d.w. to please please pre-order camp rock so that we could get the free school folders that came with it. and she did! finally!! and she also bought me a tap dancing wall-e to keep on my nightstand. she bought me the wall-e toy b/c she knows how much i love wall-e and she also knows how similar wall-e and i are, what with our love of musicals, and love of collecting things, and the way we both have binocular eyes. we are two of a kind, wall-e and i.
here is the final picture, thurs, and the best one of all... ME with my official early copy of the JONAS BROTHERS cd "A LITTLE BIT LONGER". and i love it, thursday, i really do.

i didn't include my face because i took that picture after i got home from target, where i got caught (quite literally) in a rain storm. so i was soaked clear through my dress. it was a mess, thursday. oh, and one more thing... remember how last night when i was laying in bed and almost almost asleep? well it was almost friday at that point because it was so late but you managed to throw one more surprise in there before you were over, and it was pretty great. it's something that sunday, monday, tuesday, AND wednesday weren't capable of doing. i got a text message from michael. that was a nice touch, thursday. well played. see you next week.

love, gabrielle.