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Attention internet amigos: Hannah is finally in the 21st century! That's right, I have an iPod. Black 80gig iPod Classic. Oh yes. I happen to be listening to it right now, and I'm listening to Taking Back Sunday.

I currently have 1,101 songs. And that's only about two-thirds of my cds. I have way more uploading to do!

TEN DAYS TILL RELIENT K AND SWITCHFOOT!

Happy Jack's? More like Sad, Scared Jack's!

So the place where I work, Happy Jack's, was robbed on Saturday night. I closed saturday night. Talk about freaky.

Sunday in church I got a call from one of my co-workers, and I thought that was odd, considering all of them know I'm most likely going to be in church on sunday mornings. Anyway, I texted Sam back(ooohhh...pastor's daughters text in church?), only to recieve the responce "Happy Jack's was robbed last night." Needless to say, I was freaking out the whole rest of the service, itching to call her back with more details. I found that they had come in after we left, de-activated the security system somehow, and stolen the entire safe, and all of the gift cirtificates. Considering I had to work that same day at 4, my thought was "Okay. At least I get the day off." Nope. They re-opened at about 2:30pm, just in time for my shift. Yipee. I arrived there, feeling like I could vomit at any moment, and my hands were literally shaking. I know a thief would have to be a complete retard to return to the scene of the crime the NEXT day, but still, you can't blame me for being scared! I was relieved when the two guys who were working that night arrived, even though I'm taller than them. I made sure to tell them they had to protect us girls! The other girl manager there that night was scared as well. My dad had offered to come and sit there studying just incase, and we decided to take him up on that offer. Needless to say, nothing happened, but it was still nice to feel somewhat safe with my 6'5" dad on the lookout.
What made it even more scary was that there were still muddy footprints on the floor, and fingerprints all over the windows. I felt like I was in the movie "when a stranger calls" everytime the phone would ring.
But a thing that got me through the night was singing Skillet's song "Whispers in the Dark" in my head the whole time. I think that was God's way of keeping me feeling protected. Thank you, God, for your protection!

:'(

Dave Douglas, why do you have to leave Relient K? You're my favorite!!!

I hate that I'm the last to know because of my lack of technology. I'm cirtainly out of the loop. I hate it when people leave bands, but nothing in the past compares to this. Dave is seriously one of the coolest people I've ever talked to when meeting a band. I will have to go to his last show, no matter what. And after that, to Gypsy Parade's shows.

I was having a good day until this came up.

I just finally ordered my Rk/Sf tickets. Apparently one of the parental units is insisting on coming with me. They "don't want me to be driving south of chicago in the middle of the night." Well, I suppose Springfield is WAY south of chicago? Whatever. At least I'm getting there.

I have returned.

From the land of blistering hot car interriors and frigid air conditioning. Also known as Tampa, Florida(which, might I add is the hometown of Underoath..) I wasn't there for the most joyous of reasons, but it turned out to be a blessing.
It all started a couple Saturdays ago, when my 87 year old Nana coded in the hospital, and had to be kept alive by a respirator. She had alot of health problems, so this was somewhat expected. The multiple scans of her brain showed absolutely no activity, so it was obvious that we had to turn off the life support. We waited until the extended family flew in from Maine and Florida to say goodbye, and we all stood around the hospital bed singing hymns as we watched her pulse flatline. It was a...different...experience, to say the least. The thing that made it easier is that we know, without a doubt, that Nana is with Jesus.
Her funeral was scheduled for the next week in Florida, so we booked our flight. We arrived at the airport at about 5am on tuesday morning for our 6:30 flight. Needless to say, we were tired. We got "randomly" chosen for an extended security check...and also needless to say, they found nothing by searching our bags and patting us down.
We got to florida around 11ish. It was nice. The funeral was on wednesday, and it was very sweet. The thing that made me cry was watching my dad sing his mom's favorite songs with his guitar. It was sweet though, nana would've loved it.
My uncle left for maine the next day and that was sad. My uncle Matt is one of my favorite uncles. The next few days were spent at the beach...LOVE! Perfect weather..perfect water temperature.....and a school of minnows jumping in the air and slapping us in the face. Ahh...Florida.
We left on saturday, and surprise! We were "randomly" chosen AGAIN for extra security check! I wonder if it's because we have a weird last name like Drinnenberg. Hmm..maybe, maybe not. Whatever. When I got home I was slightly sad, but I missed the cool fall air. Fall is, in fact, my favorite season.
So yeah, that's pretty much my trip to florida in a nutshell. Hope you weren't too bored.
----Hannah

for once,

i actually have alot to say on here.


but i don't have time.

i'm in tampa, florida until saturday. this is my second home!

update when i return!

A short post from a not so short person.

A conversation from the other day with my dad, while I was baking cookies, and he was cleaning:

Me: Hey dad! What cd should I put on?

Dad: Hmm...OH! That one..Five...five...

Me:..FIVE SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO? BY RELIENT K?

Dad: YEAH! I love that one!




Gotta love my dad. My mom is the same way. My mom told me I should listen to Switchfoot more often when she is around. haha. My dad is upset that he has his play performance on the night of the Eleventyseven concert next week. I pretty much have the coolest parents ever.





I will leave you with the words of Stellar Kart...Life is good, eternal life is better!

=D

Untitled.

What to say, what to say....
I have been working alot lately. I like my job surprisingly alot. Well, maybe not the job, but the people there. The day I leave Happy Jack's will be bittersweet. Emphasis on bitter.
I have always told myself that the day they build an Old Navy in McHenry, I'd apply there. And look at that. Right as I'm enjoying my current job, they start building an Old Navy. I would probably start at around $2 more an hour there than I make now. I would get a discount on clothes. I would get some experience on the fashion industry(ish), and it would help me for my future career(possibly. that's only if I do decide to go into fashion design.) Sounds like all systems go, right? Ahhhhhh. I think I'll stick with HJ's, because I'm almost a manager, I know what I'm doing, and it's flexible. I would hate to have to start learning a new job from scratch again. Maybe I'll just get two jobs......
Here are three shows that I'm most likely going to in October:
Oct 6th: Eleventyseven/Matthew West
Oct 19th: Underoath/Every Time I Die/Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Oct 30th: Paramore/The Almost/The Starting Line

Oh man. I can't wait. Then comes November...and RELIENT K AND SWITCHFOOT!

Sorry for the randomness. I really have nothing else to say at the moment.




Should I cut like 6 inches off my hair?