New Years in Time Square
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Lets play a game
That's what I think this school is doing. We're now playing a stupid game. "Let's see how much money we charge to one another". I hate to say that, but that's what I feel it's coming to. I said this before. $300 for writing on the walls, $450 for shaving cream & now $6,000 for 2 pulled fire alarms. Ta Da! We now all have to split up a $6,750 bill that is charge to all residents of this school. Granted it's not the $14,000 we had to split all the other times the alarm was pulled, but for us sophomores of this school, we're fed up with this shit. One thing that pissed me off this morning when we were all outside for the 4am alarm was that some freshmen was saying they were sick of this. Umm, hello! This is your 2nd alarm! I HAVE LOST COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE DONE THIS! I'm going with the 7-10 range. I've stood out in that stupid parking lot in October was it was starting to get cold, in January with snow on the ground, the first week of May when its pouring. Those are the ones I can remember off of the top of my head. Like I said, I've lost count of how many times I've done this shit. I'm fed up and I WANT OUT NOW!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
SUMMER 2009 P1
Well, I'm pretty sure summer 2009 was the best I've ever had! There is no doubt about it! Since every summer before this, I was either at day care as a little kid or bored outta my mind at home by myself. I know I've posted stories of all this before but I feel like this is a little more detailed.
So I know my summer started after this, but I'm including the What is Love tour into my summer. This was my very first time to the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Mass. I was wicked excited to see School Boy Humor. And I had found out that Mandy Van Duyne was going to be there. There was some opening act from Boston but have no idea who they were and they kinda sucked. My dad and sister thought the say thing. The next act was Kiernan McMullan.
Omg, I've been dying for a new artist like him. The best way to describe his music is like coffee house style or sitting outside of Berklee College of Music. And he's wicked sweet too! He kept on thanking us for coming to the show. Next up was Jet Lag Gemini.
My sister didn't really like them because they love to play very, very loudly. But I loved them. They know to have fun up on stage. And I love, love their song "Fit to be Tired". Every time they play that song, Mischa has the crowd hold him by his feet and his sings while the crowd is holding him. That's my kind of band, gets the crowd involved, gets the pumped. Next up, School Boy Humor.
I had only known two of their songs "Camera Shy" and their re-make of Colbie Caillat's "Realize". Omg, those boys are so cute in person! They had a lot of fun! Last but not least, Rookie of the Year.
Ryan Dunson is so...so....HOT in person. The whole band was so sweet like Kiernan, thanking everyone for coming out so early since it was a 1pm show. I still can't believe what Ryan was doing when I took a picture with him! So funny! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I met Mandy.
After I got home, I found out that this girl named Laura who I had just started to know tried saying "Hi" to me but I was running around the place like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get autographs & pictures! But Laura said it was okay and we've gotten to know each other better and I know the next time we're both at the same show, not run around!
I finished my freshman year of college on May 7th but started my summer classes on May 11th. No break, straight to work.
A month later was another concert at the Middle East Club. This one I was really pumped for before I even got to Cambridge. My friend Ashley had told me that Phil Bensen had a show at the Middle East and it was the day before my birthday! So I knew I had to go! I told Phil like 2 weeks before that I was going and he told me he would sing me "Happy Birthday". Ashley told me to remind him a few days before because Phil doesn't have the greatest memory. She even told him before the show for me! Aww, she's such a great friend! The first act was Jesse Ruben.
Jesse, Jesse, Jesse. How do I describe him? Well, first off, love his music, I love anyone who plays acoustic! But he's such a "smooth talker". Trying to win all the ladies hearts. Haha! I love how he said he was in a "tree phase". Don't really remember why he said that, but it was funny. Next up was Phil Bensen.
Who, again was playing acoustic. Gahhh, I love acoustic so much! And I love how he was getting lost in the music he wrote. He was "smooth talking" just like Jesse. Wow, guys can really win me over real easy. And last but not least, the headliner Parachute.
I had never really listen to these guys except for hearing their single "She is Love" on their myspace. And I thought it was so cool, the day before I went into my parents' bedroom, turned the television on and BAM there was Parachute on VH1's Top 20 Countdown! I was like "no way, I'm seeing them tomorrow!" So when I met the band, I had to let them know! Of course, Johnny and Kit were the only ones who hadn't heard the news and my dad and I were the first to tell them! Oh yeah, Phil forgot to sing me "Happy Birthday" but I did get a hug from him!
My birthday was June 1st, I turned nineteen!
The Relay for Life was on June 12th & 13th!
I also got to see my boys from Boston @ the relay!
My baby sister graduted from middle school and became a freshman on June 18th. Crazy how time flies!
On June 19th, my friend Liss and I decided to go to Clifton Parks, New York to see Jackson Rathbone's band 100 Monkeys. This one is going to short. There were 3 bands before 100 Monkeys but I don't remember their names. The first band was pretty good. Wish I knew who they were. The 2nd band Liss didn't really like but I thought they were pretty cool. They were different. Alternative, punk/rock. At the time I didn't know the song but they play "The Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It sounded familiar to me, I never watch the movie before the concert. The 3rd band, omgggg the singer & back up singer were so HOT!
I really wish I knew who they were, they were really good too! And then last but not least was 100 Monkeys.
I hadn't really listened them much before the concert, but I have to hand it to them, they were really good! I love how every member switched instruments before every song. And they played many, many songs! And I love their style. Kinda bluesy/jazz/funk. I have 4 videos on Facebook from the show. After 100 Monkeys were finished, we tried meeting them. Liss got at least on autograph but I got nothing besides pictures. =(
This next concert has to be by far has to be my favorite concert all summer long! It was Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009. It was when the Hand Me Down Kids toured the East & partial Mid West USA and I was lucky enough to have them and their photographer come to my Nana's house.
And we were all lucky that the rain held off that one special day. It was so funny when they got to my Nana's house. All the girls ran to the door to see the boys. They played all the songs they had on their myspace. And then they were taking requests. Of course we had no idea what they knew for songs, what they could play. But my friend Adri started telling them every band/singer/song she knew. They were impressed that we were clapping as soon as the song was over. They said before they would finish a song at another concert, and the fans would just sit there, stare and then clap. So Amylynn (photographer) made a sign that said "CLAP" as a little joke. My dad had gone to Wal Mart and had gotten the band a present. While they were performing, Lamoni broke AmyLynn's baby slinky, so my daddy got them 2 (COUNT THEM 2) regular slinkies.
Everyone was so happy that they got 2 new toys to play with!
Then we got autographs, bought tee shirts and posters and took the group photo. We were all sad when they left. But they told us before they left that they were seeing the midnight showing of Transformers 2 in Hooksett. So my friend Krissy and I ate dinner and took off for Dunkins since that was the only place that had Wifi. But when we were at Dunkins, the Imax version of the movie was sold out. So we took off for Krissy's house for her to get changed, we had a few hours to kill. When we were at Krissy's I realized that I was looking at the Imax version of the movie, I didn't check for regular. Tickets were still available. Then I changed at my school and we finally headed to the movies. We almost got lost along the way but we managed to make it in time. The guys were surprised to see us at the movies, I guess Amylynn had kept it a secret from the guys hehe. =D It was depressing when we had to go into separate theaters because the band & Amylynn had Imax tickets. But after the movie was over, we said our goodbyes and we got hugs. All in all, it was definitely one of my all time favorite concerts!
Even though June 25th was the day that Michael Jackson passed away, it was also the day I met my new favorite NASCAR driver, Joey Logano.
It was also a very hot day. Thank God we got there when we did. We were I don't know, 50th person or so, but if I was the 1st person, gotten there real early, I probably would have had a nasty sun burn. Then they finally let us in! I got to meet Joey Logano! Then we went outside and my dad bought me a tee shirt and my sister a tank top. Once everyone got at least one autograph, they brought Joey outside. They had him build a wooden Home Depot race car with every kid that wanted to build a car.
Then once all the cars were built, everyone who had signed up raced cars. Joey was in the first race and won his first race. But unfortunately, he just wasn't fast enough in his second race and lost. I had video from both the building of the race cars and the actual racing but I have no idea how to get my videos onto iMovie because both videos are sideways and I don't think you wanna have to keep your head sideways the entire time you're watching the videos. After Joey raced, both my sister and I got pictures with Joey. Such a fun day but also sad day that Michael had passed.
The Cupcake Festival was on July 16th!
So I know my summer started after this, but I'm including the What is Love tour into my summer. This was my very first time to the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Mass. I was wicked excited to see School Boy Humor. And I had found out that Mandy Van Duyne was going to be there. There was some opening act from Boston but have no idea who they were and they kinda sucked. My dad and sister thought the say thing. The next act was Kiernan McMullan.
Omg, I've been dying for a new artist like him. The best way to describe his music is like coffee house style or sitting outside of Berklee College of Music. And he's wicked sweet too! He kept on thanking us for coming to the show. Next up was Jet Lag Gemini.
My sister didn't really like them because they love to play very, very loudly. But I loved them. They know to have fun up on stage. And I love, love their song "Fit to be Tired". Every time they play that song, Mischa has the crowd hold him by his feet and his sings while the crowd is holding him. That's my kind of band, gets the crowd involved, gets the pumped. Next up, School Boy Humor.
I had only known two of their songs "Camera Shy" and their re-make of Colbie Caillat's "Realize". Omg, those boys are so cute in person! They had a lot of fun! Last but not least, Rookie of the Year.
Ryan Dunson is so...so....HOT in person. The whole band was so sweet like Kiernan, thanking everyone for coming out so early since it was a 1pm show. I still can't believe what Ryan was doing when I took a picture with him! So funny! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I met Mandy.
After I got home, I found out that this girl named Laura who I had just started to know tried saying "Hi" to me but I was running around the place like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get autographs & pictures! But Laura said it was okay and we've gotten to know each other better and I know the next time we're both at the same show, not run around!
I finished my freshman year of college on May 7th but started my summer classes on May 11th. No break, straight to work.
A month later was another concert at the Middle East Club. This one I was really pumped for before I even got to Cambridge. My friend Ashley had told me that Phil Bensen had a show at the Middle East and it was the day before my birthday! So I knew I had to go! I told Phil like 2 weeks before that I was going and he told me he would sing me "Happy Birthday". Ashley told me to remind him a few days before because Phil doesn't have the greatest memory. She even told him before the show for me! Aww, she's such a great friend! The first act was Jesse Ruben.
Jesse, Jesse, Jesse. How do I describe him? Well, first off, love his music, I love anyone who plays acoustic! But he's such a "smooth talker". Trying to win all the ladies hearts. Haha! I love how he said he was in a "tree phase". Don't really remember why he said that, but it was funny. Next up was Phil Bensen.
Who, again was playing acoustic. Gahhh, I love acoustic so much! And I love how he was getting lost in the music he wrote. He was "smooth talking" just like Jesse. Wow, guys can really win me over real easy. And last but not least, the headliner Parachute.
I had never really listen to these guys except for hearing their single "She is Love" on their myspace. And I thought it was so cool, the day before I went into my parents' bedroom, turned the television on and BAM there was Parachute on VH1's Top 20 Countdown! I was like "no way, I'm seeing them tomorrow!" So when I met the band, I had to let them know! Of course, Johnny and Kit were the only ones who hadn't heard the news and my dad and I were the first to tell them! Oh yeah, Phil forgot to sing me "Happy Birthday" but I did get a hug from him!
My birthday was June 1st, I turned nineteen!
The Relay for Life was on June 12th & 13th!
I also got to see my boys from Boston @ the relay!
My baby sister graduted from middle school and became a freshman on June 18th. Crazy how time flies!
On June 19th, my friend Liss and I decided to go to Clifton Parks, New York to see Jackson Rathbone's band 100 Monkeys. This one is going to short. There were 3 bands before 100 Monkeys but I don't remember their names. The first band was pretty good. Wish I knew who they were. The 2nd band Liss didn't really like but I thought they were pretty cool. They were different. Alternative, punk/rock. At the time I didn't know the song but they play "The Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It sounded familiar to me, I never watch the movie before the concert. The 3rd band, omgggg the singer & back up singer were so HOT!
I really wish I knew who they were, they were really good too! And then last but not least was 100 Monkeys.
I hadn't really listened them much before the concert, but I have to hand it to them, they were really good! I love how every member switched instruments before every song. And they played many, many songs! And I love their style. Kinda bluesy/jazz/funk. I have 4 videos on Facebook from the show. After 100 Monkeys were finished, we tried meeting them. Liss got at least on autograph but I got nothing besides pictures. =(
This next concert has to be by far has to be my favorite concert all summer long! It was Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009. It was when the Hand Me Down Kids toured the East & partial Mid West USA and I was lucky enough to have them and their photographer come to my Nana's house.
And we were all lucky that the rain held off that one special day. It was so funny when they got to my Nana's house. All the girls ran to the door to see the boys. They played all the songs they had on their myspace. And then they were taking requests. Of course we had no idea what they knew for songs, what they could play. But my friend Adri started telling them every band/singer/song she knew. They were impressed that we were clapping as soon as the song was over. They said before they would finish a song at another concert, and the fans would just sit there, stare and then clap. So Amylynn (photographer) made a sign that said "CLAP" as a little joke. My dad had gone to Wal Mart and had gotten the band a present. While they were performing, Lamoni broke AmyLynn's baby slinky, so my daddy got them 2 (COUNT THEM 2) regular slinkies.
Everyone was so happy that they got 2 new toys to play with!
Then we got autographs, bought tee shirts and posters and took the group photo. We were all sad when they left. But they told us before they left that they were seeing the midnight showing of Transformers 2 in Hooksett. So my friend Krissy and I ate dinner and took off for Dunkins since that was the only place that had Wifi. But when we were at Dunkins, the Imax version of the movie was sold out. So we took off for Krissy's house for her to get changed, we had a few hours to kill. When we were at Krissy's I realized that I was looking at the Imax version of the movie, I didn't check for regular. Tickets were still available. Then I changed at my school and we finally headed to the movies. We almost got lost along the way but we managed to make it in time. The guys were surprised to see us at the movies, I guess Amylynn had kept it a secret from the guys hehe. =D It was depressing when we had to go into separate theaters because the band & Amylynn had Imax tickets. But after the movie was over, we said our goodbyes and we got hugs. All in all, it was definitely one of my all time favorite concerts!
Even though June 25th was the day that Michael Jackson passed away, it was also the day I met my new favorite NASCAR driver, Joey Logano.
It was also a very hot day. Thank God we got there when we did. We were I don't know, 50th person or so, but if I was the 1st person, gotten there real early, I probably would have had a nasty sun burn. Then they finally let us in! I got to meet Joey Logano! Then we went outside and my dad bought me a tee shirt and my sister a tank top. Once everyone got at least one autograph, they brought Joey outside. They had him build a wooden Home Depot race car with every kid that wanted to build a car.
Then once all the cars were built, everyone who had signed up raced cars. Joey was in the first race and won his first race. But unfortunately, he just wasn't fast enough in his second race and lost. I had video from both the building of the race cars and the actual racing but I have no idea how to get my videos onto iMovie because both videos are sideways and I don't think you wanna have to keep your head sideways the entire time you're watching the videos. After Joey raced, both my sister and I got pictures with Joey. Such a fun day but also sad day that Michael had passed.
The Cupcake Festival was on July 16th!
SUMMER 2009 P2
The next concert wasn't for a couple of weeks on July 18th. It was the World Tour. Yes, another Jonas Brothers' concert. We took my friend Adri to this one. It was her first Jonas concert. I was so pumped for this concert because I had been dying to see the opening act, Honor Society for almost a year. And you could never see one of their concerts in the past unless you lived in California. Honor Society crushed their set!
They were amazing, even though we were a few minutes late, they were still awesome. NO DUH! Hehe! Up next was the girl group who I have nicknamed the "One Song Wonder GIrls". What was the point of having them on tour? They seriously sang only ONE song! Pretty pointless if you ask me. After that disaster was Jordin Sparks. She killed it. Amazing as the last time I saw her with Jesse McCartney. But I only have one problem. There was so much screaming before Jordin hit the stage, that I had suffer a little hearing loss and it sounded like she was up a vocal levels. But that was the fans fault, not her. And last but not least, those 3 gorgeous boys from Jersey.
Their idea for a 360ยบ stage was a pretty cool idea since it was the first time I had ever seen it live. I think the guys definitely gave us our money worth. Oh yeah, during the concert, my dad had purchase for my sister, Adri and me a pre-order of Honor Society's Fashionably Late CD that should be in our mail box this coming Tuesday! But by pre-ordering Honor's CD gave us the chance to meet the guys!
Omg, they are so gorgeous in person! I'm so thankful that my daddy pre-ordered those CDs for us! I just wish I had been able to have gotten a picture with anyone of those guys or Kat or Janice. =(
A few days later on July 21st, my friend Krissy and I went down to the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA for Warped Tour 2009. This was my very first Warped Tour concert, so I didn't prepare well for it. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time Krissy and I were there. But we made the best we could. We watched a few bands, walked around a bunch. My first mission was to get a "Dreamer" bracelet for the designer Jac Vanek. I am in love with her bracelets and since she collaborated with Push Play to create "Dreamer" and it was glow in the dark, I had to get it! I wish I had more money on me because I would have loved to have gotten a "Slytherin" bracelet. Oh well. I had a bunch of bands I wanted to see but they didn't come on until after 5pm so I didn't get to see them. Luckily there was one band I did get to see their full set. Jet Lag Gemini's.
They killed it again! Such an amazing band! After JLG was done, we called it quits. Krissy and I were so soaking wet, freezing cold and tired that we decided to leave. Hopefully next year, the weather will be better! I used my Warped Tour experience in a speech I had to give for my Oral Communications class. I received a B+. I could have gotten a better grade if I had only had a handout for the class. I should have printed the entire list of bands who performed. Oh well. I was happy with my presentation.
Three days later we went to Boston for the Dew Tour. I tried going with my friend Laura, remember I told you about her at the What is Love tour, same Laura. But unfortunately her parents wouldn't let her go. =( We went down on Friday, July 24th. It was a two day program. We thought we were going down on the cheaper day and could see everyone (we mainly wanted to see Ryan Sheckler) but of course, we were the wrong day. Ryan was too go for us and couldn't show his face. But that's okay, I found my skater anyway! He goes by the name of Alex Perelson.
=P Soooo good for 18! Can't wait to see where his skate career takes him!
My friend Emily's baby shower was on August 2nd!
Atlas Protectinics had their 20th Annual Fireworks Display on August 15th!
My mom, sister & I went to Albany, NY for two days!
There was this mall and there was this store that had canvases for sale!
I can't believe I went over a month without a concert!
On August 25th, we tried seeing Forever the Sickest Kids at the Rockingham Park Mall but we didn't make it in time. Although I did get a bunch of pictures of them and I was only a few feet away from them.
I just didn't want to stand in that long ass line! So we decided to watch the BMX riders instead.
They were wicked cool! And I got to meet them! Their line wasn't hella long like FTSK was.
Remember my friend Emily, she had her baby son Jacoby William on September 5th!
This is the last concert I will include in Summer 2009. For a year now, I've been dying to see Push Play. I've tried and failed at least 5 times. Either someone was sick, there was weather issues or I had class. I found out that they were going to be at Six Flags New England in Awagam, Mass on September 7th. So I HAD to go! Nobody was sick, no snow and it was a holiday. We didn't take off until sometime after noon and it was about an hour and half to almost 2 hours drive. Once we got to the park, we were starving. After put food in our bellies, my dad and sister headed to the new "Bizzaro" ride when I went to go stand in line for the concert. I stood for about 20 minutes or so before we were let it. I had been before a few years back, but we didn't stay for the concert because it was raining a lot and it was only Uncle Cracker. But the 7th it was such a beautiful day out. Once we got in there, I was so tired and needed to take my meds, so I went to get water. I had just gotten my wisdom teeth taken out 5 days before. Crazy right? If you know how bad I wanted to see Push, you'd understand. lol. It was an hour before the concert started so I decided to sit on the lawn. I didn't really want to stand in the crowd of teenie boppers since I was by myself. But once Push Play took the stage, I made my way to the crowd to take pics & vids.
Let me tell you, it was so hard to hold that camera still while taking pictures when you're holding a bunch of shit. Camera bag, water bottle (that I stuck in my pants pocket), a poster and some dumb fan. So I apologize of how shitty those videos came out. But OMPP (Oh My Push Play) they were amazing!
Killing that stage! Once they were done I went back to where I was sitting to wait for Hey Monday. While I was standing there before Push took the stage, CJ Baran (lead singer of Push Play) came out to high five everyone. I tried calling my sister like a billion times to come to where I was, but of course she couldn't hear her cell. Oh yeah, I saw Mandy Van Duyne and CJ's two little sisters Elisha & Dani. If I wasn't looking so disgusting that day, I would have gotten another picture with Mandy. FInally I had gotten ahold of my sister. Her and my dad made their way over to where I was. They were deep in that crowd but were kinda glad to get out. Hey Monday took they stage and I went over to the crowd since I could leave the stuff with my dad and sister. They were amazing just like Push Play! Once Hey Monday was done, we heard screaming and CJ came back out to sign autographs.
He had made it down the first row of girls and started heading towards our way. But the stupid security guards escorted him away just when he was like 20 girls away from us! Way to rain on my amazing day, stupid security! Hey Monday was amazing! I wish I could have kickass hair like Cassadee Pope!
Then OMFG, that dumb Justin Bieber took the stage (after what almost an hour after Hey Monday's set was stripped down). What a diva! The whole place flipped the eff out. Girls were screaming bloody murder behind me. (This is when the lovely story happened.) I turned around to look at the girls and I said under my breathe "OMG" like omg why do you have to scream so ridiculously?? And some dumb mother said to me "Don't you expect screaming at a concert?" Well, uhhh yes, but not to the point were those girls are going to damage the lungs/voice chords & others ear drums. Seriously there was absolutely no reason those girls should have been screaming like that. I was in no mood to start fighting with those God awful woman, I turned around and later walked away. I wanted to soooo badly to stand in front of the camcorder she had, but I was a good girl and didn't. Pitbull was after Justin, but we didn't stay for him. When we finally left the park around 8:30pm, went to stand for the shuttle, there was some girls screaming and immediately knew it HAD to be that dumb Justin Bieber. I'm guessing it was him in the black limo. Once we got into the lines, my sister and I over heard the security guards tell each other "Justin just pulled 3 girls into his limo and took off with them". See, no way in hell would I do that. These only 2 bands that I trust to even get into a limo with. You have no idea where in the hell Justin is going or what is going to happen to you and how you're going to get home. And umm, where were Justin's parents when this all happened because I bet they weren't in the limo. I bet they wouldn't have let him do that. Such bad parenting. I still can't believe that I finally saw Push Play live and I almost met CJ Baran.
They were amazing, even though we were a few minutes late, they were still awesome. NO DUH! Hehe! Up next was the girl group who I have nicknamed the "One Song Wonder GIrls". What was the point of having them on tour? They seriously sang only ONE song! Pretty pointless if you ask me. After that disaster was Jordin Sparks. She killed it. Amazing as the last time I saw her with Jesse McCartney. But I only have one problem. There was so much screaming before Jordin hit the stage, that I had suffer a little hearing loss and it sounded like she was up a vocal levels. But that was the fans fault, not her. And last but not least, those 3 gorgeous boys from Jersey.
Their idea for a 360ยบ stage was a pretty cool idea since it was the first time I had ever seen it live. I think the guys definitely gave us our money worth. Oh yeah, during the concert, my dad had purchase for my sister, Adri and me a pre-order of Honor Society's Fashionably Late CD that should be in our mail box this coming Tuesday! But by pre-ordering Honor's CD gave us the chance to meet the guys!
Omg, they are so gorgeous in person! I'm so thankful that my daddy pre-ordered those CDs for us! I just wish I had been able to have gotten a picture with anyone of those guys or Kat or Janice. =(
A few days later on July 21st, my friend Krissy and I went down to the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA for Warped Tour 2009. This was my very first Warped Tour concert, so I didn't prepare well for it. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time Krissy and I were there. But we made the best we could. We watched a few bands, walked around a bunch. My first mission was to get a "Dreamer" bracelet for the designer Jac Vanek. I am in love with her bracelets and since she collaborated with Push Play to create "Dreamer" and it was glow in the dark, I had to get it! I wish I had more money on me because I would have loved to have gotten a "Slytherin" bracelet. Oh well. I had a bunch of bands I wanted to see but they didn't come on until after 5pm so I didn't get to see them. Luckily there was one band I did get to see their full set. Jet Lag Gemini's.
They killed it again! Such an amazing band! After JLG was done, we called it quits. Krissy and I were so soaking wet, freezing cold and tired that we decided to leave. Hopefully next year, the weather will be better! I used my Warped Tour experience in a speech I had to give for my Oral Communications class. I received a B+. I could have gotten a better grade if I had only had a handout for the class. I should have printed the entire list of bands who performed. Oh well. I was happy with my presentation.
Three days later we went to Boston for the Dew Tour. I tried going with my friend Laura, remember I told you about her at the What is Love tour, same Laura. But unfortunately her parents wouldn't let her go. =( We went down on Friday, July 24th. It was a two day program. We thought we were going down on the cheaper day and could see everyone (we mainly wanted to see Ryan Sheckler) but of course, we were the wrong day. Ryan was too go for us and couldn't show his face. But that's okay, I found my skater anyway! He goes by the name of Alex Perelson.
=P Soooo good for 18! Can't wait to see where his skate career takes him!
My friend Emily's baby shower was on August 2nd!
Atlas Protectinics had their 20th Annual Fireworks Display on August 15th!
My mom, sister & I went to Albany, NY for two days!
There was this mall and there was this store that had canvases for sale!
I can't believe I went over a month without a concert!
On August 25th, we tried seeing Forever the Sickest Kids at the Rockingham Park Mall but we didn't make it in time. Although I did get a bunch of pictures of them and I was only a few feet away from them.
I just didn't want to stand in that long ass line! So we decided to watch the BMX riders instead.
They were wicked cool! And I got to meet them! Their line wasn't hella long like FTSK was.
Remember my friend Emily, she had her baby son Jacoby William on September 5th!
This is the last concert I will include in Summer 2009. For a year now, I've been dying to see Push Play. I've tried and failed at least 5 times. Either someone was sick, there was weather issues or I had class. I found out that they were going to be at Six Flags New England in Awagam, Mass on September 7th. So I HAD to go! Nobody was sick, no snow and it was a holiday. We didn't take off until sometime after noon and it was about an hour and half to almost 2 hours drive. Once we got to the park, we were starving. After put food in our bellies, my dad and sister headed to the new "Bizzaro" ride when I went to go stand in line for the concert. I stood for about 20 minutes or so before we were let it. I had been before a few years back, but we didn't stay for the concert because it was raining a lot and it was only Uncle Cracker. But the 7th it was such a beautiful day out. Once we got in there, I was so tired and needed to take my meds, so I went to get water. I had just gotten my wisdom teeth taken out 5 days before. Crazy right? If you know how bad I wanted to see Push, you'd understand. lol. It was an hour before the concert started so I decided to sit on the lawn. I didn't really want to stand in the crowd of teenie boppers since I was by myself. But once Push Play took the stage, I made my way to the crowd to take pics & vids.
Let me tell you, it was so hard to hold that camera still while taking pictures when you're holding a bunch of shit. Camera bag, water bottle (that I stuck in my pants pocket), a poster and some dumb fan. So I apologize of how shitty those videos came out. But OMPP (Oh My Push Play) they were amazing!
Killing that stage! Once they were done I went back to where I was sitting to wait for Hey Monday. While I was standing there before Push took the stage, CJ Baran (lead singer of Push Play) came out to high five everyone. I tried calling my sister like a billion times to come to where I was, but of course she couldn't hear her cell. Oh yeah, I saw Mandy Van Duyne and CJ's two little sisters Elisha & Dani. If I wasn't looking so disgusting that day, I would have gotten another picture with Mandy. FInally I had gotten ahold of my sister. Her and my dad made their way over to where I was. They were deep in that crowd but were kinda glad to get out. Hey Monday took they stage and I went over to the crowd since I could leave the stuff with my dad and sister. They were amazing just like Push Play! Once Hey Monday was done, we heard screaming and CJ came back out to sign autographs.
He had made it down the first row of girls and started heading towards our way. But the stupid security guards escorted him away just when he was like 20 girls away from us! Way to rain on my amazing day, stupid security! Hey Monday was amazing! I wish I could have kickass hair like Cassadee Pope!
Then OMFG, that dumb Justin Bieber took the stage (after what almost an hour after Hey Monday's set was stripped down). What a diva! The whole place flipped the eff out. Girls were screaming bloody murder behind me. (This is when the lovely story happened.) I turned around to look at the girls and I said under my breathe "OMG" like omg why do you have to scream so ridiculously?? And some dumb mother said to me "Don't you expect screaming at a concert?" Well, uhhh yes, but not to the point were those girls are going to damage the lungs/voice chords & others ear drums. Seriously there was absolutely no reason those girls should have been screaming like that. I was in no mood to start fighting with those God awful woman, I turned around and later walked away. I wanted to soooo badly to stand in front of the camcorder she had, but I was a good girl and didn't. Pitbull was after Justin, but we didn't stay for him. When we finally left the park around 8:30pm, went to stand for the shuttle, there was some girls screaming and immediately knew it HAD to be that dumb Justin Bieber. I'm guessing it was him in the black limo. Once we got into the lines, my sister and I over heard the security guards tell each other "Justin just pulled 3 girls into his limo and took off with them". See, no way in hell would I do that. These only 2 bands that I trust to even get into a limo with. You have no idea where in the hell Justin is going or what is going to happen to you and how you're going to get home. And umm, where were Justin's parents when this all happened because I bet they weren't in the limo. I bet they wouldn't have let him do that. Such bad parenting. I still can't believe that I finally saw Push Play live and I almost met CJ Baran.
Can I marry this boy now!
By Joey Logano, special for USA TODAY
Editor's note: Joey Logano will document his rookie season in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series in an exclusive online driver diary for USA TODAY:
"I've been happy to spend the last few weeks offering a helping hand while taking what felt like a trip around the world. Last week we were in Phoenix and helped out with building homes for Habitat for Humanity through Coke and Home Depot. That was a good deal.
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Then we headed to Las Vegas, where GameStop was introducing a bunch of games at an annual convention for their store managers, before hitting Omaha, for a Home Depot appearance. Things got crazy leaving Vegas because our plane broke down, and it was a complete mess. But we managed to fly commercially through Denver to Omaha and then through Chicago on the way home.
We missed a connecting flight in Chicago and didn't get back until the Charlotte airport until 2 in the morning. We were leaving the airport, came around the corner and found a car flipped over. I said, "Oh shoot!" I ran to the scene with PR rep Heather Kincel and business manager Joey Civali, and we found three people trapped inside. We were very nervous because the car was in the middle of the road in a blind corner. If someone had come around the corner not paying attention while texting or something, the people in the car probably would be dead. So we made sure we got them out.
I called 911 and said, "Hey, there's a car on its lid!" while Civali pulled off the windshield to get them out. They said someone had tried to run them off the road trying to make a last-minute pass. I know what that's like. They were OK, though, and it made everything we went through (including waking up at four in the morning to catch our flight to Denver) worthwhile. That was our good deed for the day.
I got to participate in another one Thursday in Richmond. I helped build a racing-themed playground at Chimborazo Park in the east end of the city. There were volunteers from Home Depot, the city parks and recreation department, Joe Gibbs Racing and KaBOOM!, a nonprofit organization. This was a cool sponsor appearance, the kind I'd rather do than signing autographs. There were so many Home Depot associates who came to work on their off day. It's really cool to see how many people want to help and be involved in that.
On Wednesday, I finished a disappointing 20th in the Gillette Young Guns Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway. I had a pretty good car and was running third in a heat race when I scraped the fence with the right rear. I didn't think of it much, but apparently I caught the fence and ripped the whole spoiler off the back. There are no mirrors so I couldn't tell. I barely turned the wheel, and this thing snapped around on me and backed in the fence. That car was killed. I got in the backup car, started from the rear and had passed about half the field when I got caught in an accident. I said, "Oh well, there goes car No. 2." That was the end of my night. It wasn't very fun, but it was a little funny.
The first car was owned by Chris Wall, who's called "The Intimigator" because he worked on an alligator farmer in Louisiana. He was a really cool guy, and "The Intimigator" understood that this happens to the best of them.
It's a charity event, so I guess I wrecked two cars for a good cause. But hey, I was fast! I just had other issues. I did OK.
The Atlanta race was frustrating. I started 34th and moved up all the way to eighth, but then we struggled with the tires. One set would make the handling of the No. 20 Toyota really tight, and another set was really loose. I finally spun with about 55 laps remaining. There was just a lot of inconsistency with the tire. You saw a lot of cars doing it: Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch… I could name eight to 10 cars with the same problem.
I finished 22nd, but I still felt as if I learned something. A lot of these races lately, I've noticed if you're smart and stay on the lead lap, you can get the car good at the end and, get a top-10 finish. You've got to be there at the end. The first part of the race is getting ready, but at go time, you've got to be going and not going backward. The races are so long. You're running 15th-18th and all of a sudden, you're passing the guy who was leading the race. Holy cow. What happened?
Things change so much throughout the race. If you're junk, don't get too worked up like, "We're screwed." You can still have a top 10 finish after a junk start. You run enough races and you see that. I was never one to give up, but to see the trend, especially last week, of guys going forward and backward. Holy cow, it's weird.
As far as the Chase contenders on Saturday night, I'm going to race the same way I always do. I race everyone pretty clean. You don't want to screw someone up and hurt the chances of someone getting in the Chase. Next year it could be me. You want to be smart with that, as long as you're on your A game and don't do something stupid. You can't roll over and die. We're all out here running for the same trophy. They've just got a little extra stuff."
Seriously, can I just marry Joey now! He's the sweetest NASCAR driver besides Carl Edwards but Carl is married. He's what I'm looking for for a husband. If he's ready for a wife, I'm ready for a husband! Hehe =D
I WANT OUT NOW!
I know I've complained about this school I go to but seriously, this school is out of effing control! These kids are ridiculous, RIDICULOUS I TELL YOU! first week of school, i thought went fine even tho I was there for 3 1/2 days. But the second week wasn't so peachy. First, we get a noticed that some dumbass wrote on the walls (by the way, this was during the summer term & they took forever to notice it even tho its right on top of the 4th floor elevator buttons) and we have to spilt up at $300 bill. It's like little more than a dollar per student. We had a meeting last week about problems around this school. And the next night we had a 4th floor meeting because some bitch or douche puke all over the girls' bathroom floor. We haven't been charged for this...yet. Hope we don't or i'll be pissed!
But I guess this past weekend, there were some more dumbasses that had shaving cream everywhere & we're being charged another $300. And to add with that shaving cream bill, we also have a $150 bill for bulletin board destruction. So all three come to a grand total of.......$750!
I really hated last year, I had to pay like $75 for fire trucks & destruction. I hate this school! I WANT OUT NOW!
WHY DIDN'T I LEAVE WITH MY SPRING ROOMMATES???
But I guess this past weekend, there were some more dumbasses that had shaving cream everywhere & we're being charged another $300. And to add with that shaving cream bill, we also have a $150 bill for bulletin board destruction. So all three come to a grand total of.......$750!
I really hated last year, I had to pay like $75 for fire trucks & destruction. I hate this school! I WANT OUT NOW!
WHY DIDN'T I LEAVE WITH MY SPRING ROOMMATES???
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tumblr
I've only had my Tumblr for a day and I can understand why everyone has it! It is addicting! Just thinking about what I could put up there! Don't worry, I'm keeping my blogger account also! I'll just have to post everything twice, which I don't mind at all, just copy and paste. Change a few things here and there. I'll probably just post my thoughts here, like concert stories and such. On Tumblr you can post just like pictures, quotes, have chats going, ect. Well I haven't really dived into Tumblr enough yet. But it seems like a lot of fun!
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