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Becoming Hipster and Starting Summer

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Well, there really isn’t one event that turns one into a hipster, but this event is pretty close.  My last day of school was on Friday (hurray), and also on that day, I went to The Union in Naperville to see The Vespers in concert! You’ve probably never heard of The Vespers, but they’re one of my favorite bands. The joint was a small old church building refurbished into “a venue for social change”. The concert had a house concert feel with only about a hundred people there. Oh, and did I mention that there was a coffee shop in the back? Yeah, like I said, it was totally a hipster shindig. The Vespers were amazing, of course. I can’t wait until they’re in the neighborhood again.

And, we got to meet three of the band members after the concert! I definitely felt “in”.  One of The Vespers even invited us to chill out with them later. So cool. We even got labeled as homeschoolers, but it’s okay because so was the band.

Throw in some great friends, dip cones, and swingdancing and it was pretty much perfection. I don’t think I could think of a better way to start my summer!

{sidenote: I looked up the word “hipster” in the urban dictionary. It’s worth reading.}

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Backstage Fashion (the real deal)

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A few years ago I published a post about backstage fashion. It was about my friends and me dressing up and pretending to be models getting ready for a catwalk. Well, that became a reality for me last week.

My older sister, Ally (who is going into fashion design), had her senior and mini collections in her college fashion show, so the fam drove down to see the show and her, of course. Ally wanted me to do some of her models’ hair and help her out backstage with fast changes and other errands like getting food for people. I didn’t get to model, though I could have, but I still felt important. My visit was made even better by being mistaken for a college student by everyone. Ally got a little peeved when people thought I was older than she. Ally got five awards and to celebrate we went out to Applebee’s with some of her friends. After that we went to a college party that lasted until 4am. College parties are awesome — just saying. At this one, Ironman was playing on a huge screen, bouncy houses and obstacle courses were up, and other random activities like tie-dye were going on. Pretty cool.

 

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Indie in Indy

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IMG_0225Spring break. *sigh* It is a wonderful time. Just when you think you can’t take school, winter, and and all that comes with the two any longer, spring break happens upon you and for a week you get a taste of summer and the freedom it brings.

For me, spring break was just that. I was especially glad this year when spring break arrived because 1) I didn’t know I was getting one until that week, and 2) I got to see a dear friend, Abby. This friend moved  two years ago, and so my whole family drove up to see her and her family in their new setting: Columbus, Indiana. Columbus is a small, quaint, artsy, clean-cut town.

Since Nate has his license, he, Abby and I drove around and then walked around quite a bit. We went downtown on several occasions and also took an afternoon in Nashville, IN. On one of the downtown rides, Nate, confused by the one-way streets and Abby’s directions, got pulled over. Here we were dancing like maniacs and singing One Direction (I know, I know it’s low), when I notice flashing lights behind us. Thankfully, because of Nate’s perfect record, we got away with a warning. We really were paying attention, but I guess we chose the wrong direction for that trip. It was actually funny to see how nervous Nate got.  No, I wasn’t laughing… Well, maybe just a little.

We also watched some great movies and TV shows. I saw Batman Begins for the first time as well as the new Sherlock TV show which is mind blowing in every way. Then there’s the classic Psych. You know that’s right, whaaaat? We also watched Rope, an old murder movie. It was filmed much like a play: one room, one continuous cut. It really made you think. Good stuff.

We got to go to a farm that raised alpacas! If you don’t know what that is, it is an animal that is much like a smaller version of a llama but is the cutest, softest thing you have ever seen or felt. Their fur is amazing.

We all had a great time reuniting and talking and just being total hipsters! And we had lots and lots of candy. I had my first ring pop! I felt pretty cool. I also got talked into getting a pinterest, so I’ve been pinning my days away…

Overall, great trip!

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