Rock n Roll Hall of Fame/Crocker Park/Party

Today was fun :)

Clare and I went with her dad and uncle to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I've always wanted to go there, seeing as this was the kind of music I was brought up listening to and still love the sounds of it. It was really cool, but I was disappointed to see a whole section devoted to Jimi Hendrix and barely anything about Led Zeppelin. They had one of John Paul Jones's bass guitars and a couple of band members' outfits. There were many Jimi Hendrix outfits, actual letters and songs handwritten from him, a recording station and much more. Yeah, Hendrix is awesome, but Zeppelin is better. They had a lot for Michael Jackson, too, including his Grammy outfit (he won 8 Grammys the night he wore it), his Thriller jacket and mask, and the infamous sparkle glove. There were some high school garage bands playing on the stage, and we listened to them for a bit. I must admit, they were really good, except for some of the girl singers. One did Piece of my Heart by Janis Joplin and I was blown away by this girl's pipes. She could belt it out very raspy Janis-like, and she was my age! Well, I immediately texted Bella and we decided that yes, her and I were going to start a band. Whether or not it goes anywhere, well, that's unknown. :)

Then we walked around Crocker Park, and it was only for an hour. I bought some underwear, a bag, and lip gloss from victoria's secret, and that's it. I soooo love Crocker Park to death. Even if most of it is high-end retailers whose merchandise start in the 3-figure range. Oh well.

Last night, after Christmas fun with my parents' friends and their kids, I went to a party at my friend Kate's house. I was pretty apprehensive about it, too, because I figured it was going to be all college kids (Kate is a freshman in college). Well, there were a couple high school kids there, but mostly people that graduated 2004-2008. I knew everyone except her roommates, who were friendly. No drinking or smoking or seven minutes in heaven or strip poker or anything of the sort. Her mom was there, too, just in a different part of the house. I got there an hour and a half after it started, and people were just sitting around talking. Then someone asked Kate if she had Twister. Yes, Twister, the games that ties you up in knots. Out of the 20-25 kids there, about 10 were trying to play Twister. Adam (who happens to be my Frosh Buddy's older and graduated brother, and REALLY cute) and I got out immediately in the first game because he toppled over me. Which I did not really mind :) The second round, however, it came down to me, him, Ian and Devon. Some interesting things happened and at one time I pretty much had Ian in my lap. It was fun though... I forgot how hard that game is, especially with a bunch of guys who have arms and legs long enough to reach over me! After everyone was worn out from that, someone got out a deck of Would You Rather cards, and we spent our time debating the pros and cons of dilemmas. Some were a bit racy, but overall, it was funny imagining some of the things. The party itself was great, and I didn't feel afraid that there would be drinking and smoking, nor was I ashamed of being a 'party pooper' for not commencing with the activities. It surprised me, too, that none of these taboos showed up, and I did stay late. It was a good time :)