Friday, October 30, 2009

My turn!

I often worry that Katey talks me up to a higher standard than I can live up.  This may be one of those cases.

Hello!  I'm Colin.  I'm less new to blogging than my co-poster over in Leatherneck Land.  However, that doesn't mean I'm good at it.  It doesn't mean I'm a good writer, and I often forget to write on blogs when I should.  Also problematic is that I don't always come up with the most interesting blog topics.  There.  After the ego boost that Katey gave me, I think I'm finally back down to earth in my mind as well as yours.

I'm a junior political science major (history/journalism minor) at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.  I'm vice president of the Knox College Democrats, I've worked with and for many big names in my relatively short political endeavor, including both the President and Senate Minority Whip.

I say this not out of arrogance or ego -- although Katey I know would say it is oversized -- but because it's who I am.  Yes, I play college baseball, but who I am is what I am in the political field.  Anyway, more will come out about me as this blog progresses.  And as the co-blogger says more about me.

Now, I must also agree that Katey and I are so much alike, but yet just different enough to work flawlessly.  She compliments and completes me, and although she and I were friends well before we started dating, the bond she and I have is unmatched for two people of our age, and I see that only growing stronger as time goes on.

During Sunday's show, I couldn't help but worry occasionally that Katey wasn't enjoying her birthday present.  Let's not beat around the bush; I'm the Springsteen nut.  She likes he and the viagra-takin' E Street Band, but I love them.  Listening to them now, actually.  So naturally, when she said she wanted to go for her birthday, I couldn't help but be ecstatic.  Easiest birthday present ever.  

However, knowing now that she isn't really disappointed, and that, save the headache, she enjoyed herself, I'm thrilled.  I always have the time of my life at a Springsteen concert.  This was my fourth.  Anytime I can hear Backstreets (they played Born to Run in its entirety, with an emotional and rousing Backstreets that nearly had me dropping tears), it's a great concert.  But to be able to share it with Katey as another milestone in our relationship made it all the better.  She recently told someone she would go again, and I nearly drove to Macomb and proposed to her.  Ha.

I'll save the full review of the concert for the next post.  It's nearly time for baseball lifting.  Not cool.

When I actually get more time, I'll post more interesting topics: our relationship, my life, political viewpoints, news stories...you get the point.  They'll get much cooler than my introduction.  I swear.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Introductions

Hello readers! So, I started this account and we set up this blog, and I was extremely excited. And yet it has been.. three weeks? since then, and I have yet to write anything. I figured now (when I should be studying) is as good of a time as any!

I am new to blogging, with the exception of contributing 100 words or less once a week to a blog for class, usually about topics that are not at all my forte. But this is my (our) own blog! I can say what I like here. I suppose I should start with something about myself.

My name is Katey. I am a junior in college and I am working on a major in Accountancy and a minor in Spanish. I am also a member of a variety of other organizations and honor societies and clubs, most of which I have just joined this semester. These, combined with my classes getting much more difficult, make me extremely busy. When I do find some free time, I usually use it to catch up on my favorite shows, namely Glee, House, and Bones. Glee is absolutely fantastic. If you don't watch it, get yourself on over to hulu.com right now and check it out.

Another extremely important part of my life is Colin, my co-blogger. We have been dating for nearly ten months (ten on the first of the month), but it seems much longer than that. In a good way! We had been friends for a long time before we ever started dating and he is now my best friend. We are exactly alike and complete opposites at the same time, and he understands me perfectly. I know that we will continue to be we for a long time. This may seem idealistic, readers, but I guess you will just have to stay tuned to see who ends up being right.

Now. My one exciting event I can tell you all about that has happened recently (I won't bore you with the classes I attended today) is our journey down to St. Louis (St. Lou) to see Bruce Springsteen and the legendary E Street Band. It was fantastic. Yes, I'll admit, I did get a crippling headache and didn't deal well with all the standing we did. But. That does not make the concert any less awesome. It was a learning experience. I now know that I should not be on the floor. I should get a seat right on the side (so Bruce can see my fantastic sign to request a song) and bring along some Excedrin Migraine, just in case. The tickets were my birthday present from Colin (thanks again!) and I loved it. My favorite part was seeing how incredibly enthusiastic they all were. They have been performing together for years and years, and yet they still have an extraordinary amount of energy every single night. I hope to find something in my life that I love that much.

I suppose I should now get back to studying. Or, to be more accurate, start studying. Hopefully Colin will find some time soon to put in his two cents. Stick around for it. He is more eloquent than I. :-)