australia day

i love the smell of the saltiness of the sea, the feeling of sand between my toes and the waves that push me off balance in the deeper waters. oh, and i can't forget throwing debris from the sea (i.e. bits of kelp and green things) at the boys.

with weather predicted to be in the fourties, i was glad that it was under fourty degrees. i had my first sun bake yesterday. it didn't last long. between the actual baking and running into the water to cool off, it lasted for about half an hour. i'm trying to get rid of my previous sunburned mark of both shoulders from my holiday in tasmania.

went home when i finally got tired to playing in the sea.

my night consisted of vibrating clothes and ears were filled with yellow foam. i'm talking about anberlin. ange and i got a front row standing position (the place where you can catch all the bodily fluids from the the people on stage) and it was great! but i don't think ange enjoyed the jostling and surge of people pushing forward to get a grip of the band members (neither did i. i tried pushing back so i don't get bruises on my thighs that were against the stage). there was a drunk girl who went on stage and jumped of expecting people to catch her (she landed on her feet, thankfully) but everyone parted and she caught me across my throat with her arm as she fell. that was during one of the support acts. then she went at it again climbing over everyone's heads to get on stage when anberlin was going. i really don't like people who ruin the show like that.

[joseph and stephen]

i said hi and talked to all the band members this time. it's really encouraging to see a person living in the world, but is not of the world. stephen, the lead singer, is going on a mission trip to build an ophranage in haiti.

[knate]

i'm looking forward to them coming back in september/october. they have so much onstage energy!