Your Weekly Townsend Fix Column 25

Love Don't Cost A Thing...it's Priceless

Hey everyone!
So i had a completely other column up and ready to go and then I decided I liked this one better and started to write it and thought I'd just do the other one either this week so you get two in a row or next week...we'll see how the ball rolls k? So everyone's week was good right? I hope so. I had a guest speaker come to my class from Rye's old high school. Let's just say I was very distracted the entire time k? Everything he said was Townsend related it was rediculous. Everyone kinda kept looking at me to catch my reactions and my friend Julia who sits across the room was laughing at me. Sad how I have no identity but "Townsend Chick" anymore. It's ok though, better than "Nose picking chick" right? (No I don't pick my nose.) He said a lot of wise and profound things that I may post when I feel like morale is down or something. This is my first weekend without any volleyball related buisness! Wow, feels good.

I actually had to go to San Rafel to take a family portrait on my dad's side. There's something about doing it on a rainy day that kinda makes it fun. But since the rain started the place we were supposed to go had flooding. So, we're saving it for sometime later but sometime soon! Sunday I went shopping with my mom. We went to the Gap since her co-worker's son works there and he gave mom a additional 30% off card for us to go crazy with. Thank you Micheal! (No not Holly's Micheal.) I hope I can make a pit stop at Joe and Dan's house when we do plan to go to In case you don't know, Joe and Dan are like the 2 boys I grew up with. They're 6 months older than me so I've known them forever. They're twins...italian ones at that. My friends think they're cute but to me it's kinda hard for me to see them as cute cause when I look at them I still see them in overalls and little velcro tennishoes that our parents made us wear. We have this picture of the 3 of us in overalls in front of their front door. We took another one a couple years ago, and last year it was just me and Joe when we went to my Winter Ball. I love those guys, their cousin actually wrestled on the same team as the twins.

They are so much like the Restani twins it's not even funny. Same academic stuff, same sports (Dan was the wrestler but had to take time off for injury), and nationality and sense of humor. Joe still likes to think I'm a weak little girl when I tell him I'll tackle him. I don't seem them nearly enough as I want to though, our parents went to high school together. Their parents went to grammar school with my mom and met dad in high school. I figure 20 years from now we'll all have our own families and get together drinking coffee like our parents do now and talk about the pasttime of CDs. Hopefully we'll see them today.

Anyways, Townsend. I wonder if you read the title. If you did, did it make you curious? I know it's a JLo song...but still, I mean catchy don't ya think? Yea, I wanted to write about it since, well, obviously the boys are getting bigger as well as the $ sign. But think about it, the boys have always been worth more than a $ sign could ever offer us. They've been pricelessly precious. To me they have. They're going to go on this school tour and lord only knows what will happen to their fanbase. I hope that one day that this grows to be something big. But wait, things do come with the territory of being big. What about stress levels? I'm sure that can play in somehow. Think male version of female PMS, what happens there? I don't want to think that it will happen. I talked to Dom the other night and asked him if he was excited about the tour and he said that things have gotten 100 times more exciting. I can tell that he's happy. I mean he never multiplies things to 100 times, at least as long as I have known him. They're working hard. I get scared they may be working TOO hard but it doesn't seem to show. Whenever I get an email from them it's either A) I'm in the studio right now, B) Just got home from the studio, or C) Getting ready to head off to the studio. Studio studio studio studio...I remember when I used to talk to them in the morning and used to IM Matt and ask him what he was up to for the day and he was like, "Oh I don't know yet." Now it's the studio, I'm sure with the dedicated time in there you'll be happy about the results of it. Hard work all for a passion, I envy that. I don't know, if it were me I think I'd probably explode, too tiring for me, I love my flannel sheets and soft pillows way too much to be in the studio long hours. And going on the road?! 2 shows a day, 5 days a week. Sorry the bed comes into play for me again...and so does home. I'm such a sensitive softie about family I'd probably call my mom to the point where she'd probably hang up on me....which she's done before.

But with all the work, things expand. Popularity, airwaves, Billboard charts, TRL countdowns, and wallets. Wait, did you say wallets? Hey man if I can get a little extra cha ching for xmas shopping this year pop me on a bus and I'll go. Just kidding. I still would miss my bed, and oh yea, mom hanging up on me. I'm glad to know that within the boys is a passion that's for the music, not for the moolah. Makes me happy there will be a honest living being made.

The point is, they're priceless. You can't put a large number with zeros behind it that would put a price on them as people. You just can't. I had time to reflect on it just the other night. I was just staring at my ceiling and thinking about what could possibly get me to sleep. I wasn't sure, I was out of lavender oil to get me to sleep and I didn't want to wake anyone up to go get like hot water or something (I don't like hot milk). I put my headphones on to listen to what CD whatever was sitting in there. I hadn't listened to my CD player in weeks so I forgot what was in there. I knew it had to be a mix of slow songs or my All-4-One or Boyz II Men CD. (They were my first favorite boybands along with the Beach Boys...now that's what I call originals.) I pushed play and heard "Just Say Goodbye." During now expecially does that song mean a lot to me. I'm learning how to say goodbye to a lot of things in my life. I've learned to not dwell on the past or the future too much. I'm saying goodbye to bad habits as well as old images. I always was kinda immune to the real world and real people you know what I mean? I opened up to realize that things aren't as innocent as they seem. As sad as it is, it's the honest truth. At the same time the song also reminded me of the airshow. I laid there in bed with a kind of sad look on my face actually. I even shed a tear or two. I just got emotional at 2 in the morning, I swear, the effects of their music is just amazing. Ironic in other ways but more amazing. Priceless music, but more importantly priceless people. I kinda got off topic with talking about my not sleeping, which is by the way a bad habit! Get sleep! Sleep is good! So yea, them and priceless. Can you think of what they're going to be to so many people? They're going to be pinups in Bop, Teen and Tiger Beat. They're going to be in the top 10 TRL countdown on MTV. The passengers on a tour bus, van, or getaway car that girls with painted faces chase after. The dream dates of girls around the world. The group dominating the airwaves with radio requests. The idols and sex symbols of people everywhere. That's just to mention a couple. But the best part of it will be that they're still the same to us, just a bit more popular. Ok ok, A LOT more popular. They're going to be "like that" to a bunch of people but they're still the hometown guys that used to work for WiLD 94.9 in the city of San Francisco, to us, "Frisco." More than everything I mentioned just now, they're still going to be to us the guys we got a WiLD poster from, the guys who walked around the Christina Aguilera concert, the guys that gave us hugs, the guys that made us smile and laugh when they didn't have a record label, they're still going to be THOSE guys. Those family oriented, loving, friendly, approachable guys. I know that some of us will probably be kinda like "should i go talk to them should i not go talk to them?" but a lot of us (originals) will be like "Hey...it's just TOWNSEND they're still the same." While everyone will think that they're huge and massive stars, we're still looking at them through the eyes of simply, us.

Now, I'm writing this over a long period of time. I just got home from school and yea, DO NOT get into fights at school. I ended up leaving this girl i take the bus with to get home. Why? Cause she wanted to stick around and see a fight go down. It was absolutely rediculous. 2 guys with egos to save wanted to fight...yea and let me tell you it was REAL mature. Where did they fight? The Burger King parking lot...real macho right? Hey if you didn't realize it by now, i'm being sarcastic. It's stupid to get into fights let alone be around to watch it. I personally think it's stupid so do me a favor and let's all just not be a part of that trash k? Ok now that I'm done sounding somewhat like a parent, i'll talk to you all soon. Take care and if you live in the bay area, be safe please in this rediculous rain. Remember and i can't stress this saying enough this time, please Stay Safe and Stay You.

Love,
Kristen
xoxo

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