Your Weekly Townsend Fix Column 52

Hey Everyone! So what can I say, the week is finally over. Even though I get only two days to rest up it's two days of sleeping in. This weekend I have homework, get to study for finals, go out to ANOTHER chinese lunch, and type up a resume for an internship. Wild lifestyle I know...jealous right? Speaking of the word "Jealous" i have been spelling Jealousy wrong my entire life until I saw the name of the song. I always spelled it jelousy...haha. Ok the week took forever to end and I'm a little on edge, I have all these personal projects to take care of now that the school year is closing up, including figuring out what I want to do to put some extra change in the pocket and keep me out of trouble. I am going to a meeting for an internship on Monday night. I expect that there's going to be a lot of applicants even though it's a NON-paying internship for college/high school students. Why do I think that there are going to be a lot of applicants? Because it's for a radio station. If I don't get it I may opt for a job at the blood bank (no not taking blood...they're not crazy there) as a phone recruiter. Get this it pays from $9.50-10.26 an hour...a little extra jingle in my jean pockets wouldn't hurt. I'm not sure how I"m staying sane while running some of these arrands. In fact none of them are really for school, I've been taking care of things I either told people I'd take care of or I get into my procrastination mode (haha Meg) and need to take care of everything. In fact in Bio class i made a checklist of things to do....only half are checked. Bio was one of my worst classes and now it's not all that bad. I hope I keep my grade up. I have a 90.7 in the class as of right now and if I slip I fall into the B range...not like I'd have a problem...at the beginning of the year I was averaging a D...yes that's right...a D. My dad majored in Biology in college and his oldest daughter is getting a D. School is stressful for all of us right now. Especially us in high school and college. Finals are coming up, scheduling for next year, and all the end of the year drama that magically likes to pop up along with all of it. The upside of my school having to eat outside everyday for the rest of the year has one up...I'm getting a tan. Yes I'm slowly achieving a deeper Californian tan on my face and arms. My legs need the help though but I found out that it's against the rules to roll up your pants and walk around during lunch...Catholic schooling system. Speaking of the Catholic schooling system...if any of you are intersted in finding out how strangly my school works, you need to see the Friday San Francisco Chronicle. It almost makes me sad that my school has turned to a newspaper for a giant advertisment for donations for the student life center. We're builing a "Student Life Center' that's about $16.5 million dollars. At the same time they've kicked us out of the current gym we use (along w. caf) to upgrade that as well. Not only have they put out 3,000 some odd kids we also apparently aren't 100% funded yet...smart huh? Catholic education and it appears that someone somewhere forgot to do a little math. If you want to experience how strange it is to get meals served outside and there being only ONE picnic table to eat at...stop on by at SHC. My high school is cool it really is. I've escaped Catholic GRAMMAR school...the place where I hope I never have to teach. I loved my classmates. We were that "hated" class that all the other teachers couldn't stand because we were rowdy. I think stepping out of grammar school and seeing "Team Pretty Boy" just as I was doing that attributed to a lot of my attitudes towards today. I was talking to Meg (who is now Mean Meg...haha luv ya chica) and we were remenicing about the June 2000 concert in oakland. If any of you were there you know that you got more than your $5 parking fee's worth. Look how far they've come! I mean in a sense a lot of us have grown with them. I don't think that any of us were sure how far this was going to go. Do you have any idea how many people are out there who WANT to do what the guys are doing NOW? We all started out as a group of people who saw the guys at concerts and what not and eventually they went from this smalltown sensation of some good guys, they went to a Californian+ sensation that no one can really get enough. How did all of that happen in a matter of a year? While I had time I watched all the tapes I had of boy bands and looked at the elements of each group, what was different, what was in common, and what would be the main ingredients for either success or disaster. Some of the greatest groups of all time continue to be what everyone is compared to. It's a priviledge to be told that your've caused "Beatle Hysteria" and it's an honor to beat out NSync on TRL. I hope that one day a true book is published about EVERYTHING. From every vocal chord to every pair of shoes that a group has ever worn and what the road is, has, and what being in a group means. The book should contain testimonies from the members, their managers, security guards, fans, and friends. But most importantly it should have testimonies from their families. I think that they are the people that deserve the Grammy, the AMA award, the Teen Choice award because they're pretty responsible don't ya think? Most importantly, they would offer the most insight to the members and who they are and may have become. If anyone knows them it would be the mom and dad who fed him and read him bed time stories, the siblings who they faught with, and the grandparents who babysat them as toddlers. Think about it you guys, the guys' families have sacrificed their sons to take on some dream of being famous. It's got to be hardest for Trina & Peter sometimes being the fact that they live ALL the way up in Oregon. I wonder if the book was to be written on Townsend what the ending of the story would be like you know? I think that's probably one of the main things I went off on this tangent of what if and what will. A lot of times I try not to take advantage of the fact that the guys are always around you know? It's amazing how thing can be taken away in an instant and sometimes I wonder what things will be like years from now. What kind of houses are they going to live in, what kind of girls are they going to marry, are they going to live in a mansion or a small house in the city? With the loss of Left Eye of TLC, it just goes to show us that no matter how successful a person can be, things can change in the blink of an eye. I think all of us have learned to savor the moments with the guys. I know we all for one special reason, it's the guys. I know that I've said that they've come a long way, they've changed and grown into a mold of a rock star and have taken the shape of a band but as much as they've grown, there's still a little bit of hesitation for me to say that they've become a boy band. They're just not typical. How many groups do you know of where the guys prefer being off stage talking with fans than performing? How many groups do you know of where the members will always remember a name, face or both? How many groups do you know that will EVER be completely insane? As much as they've become what we think they are, they're still 5 guys who like spending time with family, 4 of which who's past time was throwing literally the shirts off their backs to the crowd who wanted them and drove miles to concerts to set up a tent only to take it down a couple hours later. Their roots are amazing and I can't think of one group that started w/ 4 guys from a radio station who have gone through as much trials and tribulations as set of tires and one small town boy who became a MTB sensation to join the 4 to become this super band that still has the same attitude towards people as if they weren't even in a group. And I can't think of a band where most of the fans know each other as FRIENDS and not fellow FANS. I'm thankful every day for the relationships I share with people like Kaitlyn, Pam, Amber, Amy, Tamara, Meg, Holly, Melissa, Andrea, Katie, Courtney, Joy, and countless others who have become family. All I have to say that refleting on the past has really given me a perspective on how much they've grown. I wish them so much more of this luck and can't wait for the next chapter of an unwritten book. And before i end...remember to some of you...there are NO special things in the subtext of these columns (haha holly) Until next time.... Stay Safe & Stay You Love Always, Kristen xoxoxo

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