i should have known a bad day was coming...
- went to bed at 3am very excited because kara was coming to visit me today!
- woke up at 8:53am to a text message. kara wasn't coming. and then we had a text fight.
- couldn't fall back to sleep.
- got up around 9:35am. suuuuuper early. was in a bad mood.
- then i checked my email and was in a good mood because of a wonderful blog comment i got! a fellow concert junkie was totally supporting my 'Crash King Concert Roadtrip Weekend.' i was so, SO excited to read this.
- just by talking about Crash Kings online i feel like i have met some great people. wonderful fans. and i'm very happy about this.
- then, i decided to find a home for my new flip clock. i cleared off the shelf above the sink, below the window and then dusted it. and then thought, "hm, where can i put all this stuff?"
- and then i remembered i have that cabinet next to the sink that i never use or open because it's full of harmful chemical cleaning supplies that was left here by the previous owners. and i thought, "i could probably move that stuff." and i opened up the cabinet, took out all the bad and moved it under the sink, which is a cabinet i never open at all because it's really gross looking under there.
- once all the bad was out of that cabinet, i scrubbed it clean with plant based cleaners! it's actually a really nice cabinet.
- then Ruby immediately hopped in. i had to coax her out with cat treats.
- and then again with a toy, after she immediately hopped back in.
- and then i moved my cutting boards down there along with my.... what's it called?
KEVIN: The bowl with the holes in it!
JOE: It's called a kah-line-der.
KEVIN: It's a calendar!
NICK: It's a COLANDER!!
oh, it's a colander. thanks, nick.
and then i moved ALL my plant based cleaning supplies under there too! it looks so neat and organized.
- then i moved my clock to the shelf! put some of the stuff back up there. just made it more nice looking.
- i was quite pleased with my kitchen accomplishment of the day. then i made some coffee.
- and then i talked to my dad on the phone! i was happy about this. he's going to start taking a class every wednesday at a local college! it's called, Core Canadian Values:
The core Canadian values are peace,order, good government, and respect for diversity. How are these abstract ideals articulated and honoured when applied to core institutions such as the family, work, health, business, military, the arts, education and the environment? Readings, guest speakers and class discussions will shape how we express our diverse perspectives. Listening with respect is a requirement, but our democracy doesn't expect 100% consensus.
great! i'm really excited for him. he started today!
- then i got sad because he's on the Canadian west coast and i'm here and i miss him.
- then i started getting text messages from Kara that made me think we were no longer fighting. she was telling me she was going to open up a Dunkin Donuts. i said i would support her as long as she hired me as a flatbread sandwich/apple fritter maker and she carried the Dunker's Vanilla Chai in the store. she said yes to both of these things.
- but then i guess we got into a fight again. which left me crying for like, an hour and half.
- then i decided to watch 17 Again because i figured it was nice eye candy, and would take my mind off of everything.
- and i was productive during the movie! i set up a large file folder to start using to file my important things away. i made homemade tab dividers out of teal paper. that was good.
- then my mom called because i had written her an upset email. which caused me to become upset again. but, she's coming up to see me this weekend and i'm really excited about that.
- and now i'm blogging and eating Spree. that yummy candy. i like the flavor of the outside part, but i don't like sour things. but, i'm eating them anyways.
i burnt my tongue yesterday on tea and it still hurts.
OH, what also still hurts is the huge slice i have on my hand from Ruby Tuesday this morning! she was in one of her crazy scary moods and decided to take it out on my hand, as usual.
it was a surprise attack. i was sitting at the kitchen table and she jumped up from the floor, latched onto my leg, i went to push her away, and she sliced my hand instead.
it's a huge scratch from below my middle finder to beyond my pinky finger. on my right hand. it bled a lot. and it still hurts.
i'm tired. i assumed i would take a nap today at some point because i got up so early. but, nope.
and, ya know what? it was actually pleasant to be awake during morning hours. like, between 10am-noon. especially because i got something accomplished.
i can't remember the last time i was happy to be awake so early. and willingly awake! and i feel like i've been awake a whole day! like, morning, afternoon, and now night. it's strange.
maybe i'll go to bed early tonight and do the same thing tomorrow.
i made popcorn today. that was fun.
actually, i might have to get up early either tomorrow or friday. because i have to go to the grocery store before my mom gets here saturday morning. i'm running low on coffee and didn't realize it until today. and i might be working tomorrow night. and i'm definitely working friday night.
okay. i think that's all. that JoBros clip made me really happy. everybody should follow @joejonas on Twitter because it's really funny. and he's always talking about how him and Robert Schwartzman hang out everyday. which, is weird, yet really hott.
oh! i know something else i accomplished today!
i figured out how to tweet photos from my phone and have them show up on twitter! this was something that amazed me, but i couldn't figure out how to do it. this was my fourth attempt. and i got it!!!!!!
i really don't like my phone. it kind of reminds me of Hampshire College's "The Hub" online system. it was really inconvenient and unnecessarily complicated.
oh, speaking of Hanson, here is something else that makes me happy!
wait, i wasn't just talking about Hanson. was i? hold on.
nope. i was talking about the Jonas Brothers, but looking at a picture of Hanson on Twitter. (they just tweeted that they're all having dinner together. and there was a photo.)
which made me think of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they're from. which made me think of the recent Crash Kings tweet that said, "on our way to Tulsa!" as well as the recent Paper Tongues tweet that said, "we're headed to Tulsa!"
BECAUSE, Crash Kings and Paper Tongues are playing another show together TOMORROW, the 11th, in TULSA.
so, all you Tulsans who read my blog - get out to the show. it will ROCK.
and that's what makes me happy.
anyway. ok, i'm done.
hope you all had a good day. i guess my dad was overall good, but sputtered with bad. that's better than overall bad, sputtered with good.
sputtered? is that the right word? is that even a word at all? spattered? is that the right word?
ah, i don't care.
ok. have a good night. and a good day tomorrow. take care.
with love.
fake a smile and only guarantee that nobody knows the difference...
<3
10 February 2010
09 February 2010
"if you're lonely you can talk to me"
hey GUESS WHAT?!
Crash Kings posted a video yesterday of them covering a Beatles song. i know - it sounds crazy, right?
WELL. i watched the video and the only thing 'crazy' about it is that it's CRAZY good. like, really good. (duh, what else would you expect from Crash Kings?!)
i tried to post the video right in this blog, but that never seems to work. so, i'll have to give you a link...
Crash Kings cover 'HEY BULLDOG'
i think it rocks. it's actually a music video. like, a real one. the guys are all acting hott and being funny. all while rocking, of course. the best part is when Tony rocks out on the air piano.
great song.
anyways.
i finished the show Tell Me You Love Me this afternoon. so good. and after i finished it i discovered that there is only 1 season! and then it got canceled. i am sad about that and don't really understand why. because, i really liked it. really good characters.
but, i guess the last episode was an okay ending to the series. vague, but hopeful.
tonight i think i'm going to watch New York, I Love You. it's an instant watch on Netflix. and i want to see it.
so, my bathroom feels empty since i turned it into a spa-like retreat. there's no more clutter! i mean, i like it and everything. it just feels bare. but i looooooove the orange bathmat.
i decided i REALLY like orange. it's actually a really great color. and i feel it's underappreciated. at least it has been by me. but not anymore. i will try and integrate more orange into my life. starting with my bathroom accessories and my still-to-be-finished scarf.
i haven't finished the scarf because i decided i don't really like it. it's too stiff, or something. and i think it's too wide. and i wish it was softer. and more delicate looking.
i don't know. i guess i should finish it just to finish it. but i might have to create another one to be fully satisfied.
Ruby is sleeping on top of the cabinets right now. it must be warm up there because of the heater. same reason why she likes to sit in the window.
last night (or maybe it was this morning....) i thought the ceiling in my bedroom was going to cave in. i was laying in bed and then all of a sudden i heard this loud "cracking" sound. like, something was splitting. like, a piece of wood. or a wall, or something. and i thought, "oh crap that can't be good." but then nothing happened. the ceiling hasn't caved in yet. the bed hasn't fallen through the floor yet. so i guess i'm okay for now. but it was weird.
i'm hungry. i think i might eat supper now. it's early. 10:35pm. i feel like usually i don't sit down and have supper until like, 1am. i mean, it's not like i'm doing anything of dire importance. usually either blogging or wasting time. procrastinating supper, that's what i'm doing. because i procrastinate everything in my life. hooray!
i got a thing in the mail the other day from the City Clerk's office. i had no idea what it was. and for some reason i kept thinking, "i hope they're not kicking me out..." like, of the city. can people be kicked out of cities? i don't know. but that's what i was worried about. and then i thought, "or maybe they owe me money!!" and then i got excited because i thought they might be sending me a check!!!! kind of like a, "thanks for being an awesome citizen! here's your reward!!!"
but, i opened it and it was a letter reminding me to register my car this month. BORING. and they were telling me how much money THEY want from ME. definitely not as cool as a 'good citizen reward check.'
$40 to the city
$73 to the NH dept of motor vehicles
CRAP. how much CRAP is that?! i swear it used to cost me like, $70 total to register my car in Maine.
OH! i remember what i wanted to tell you.
there was a scene in Tell Me You Love Me today that took place in a gas station convenience store, and i saw it and thought, "wow, that's awesome." and then i thought about it some more...
how great are gas station convenience stores? they're like, way better than normal stores. i can't quite figure out why. i think it's like, "hey, i'm getting gas, and now i'm going to go get a hot beverage! or a snack!" how fun is that!? and they always have a really odd selection of hot food. like, hot dogs. hamburgers. some have a soup selection.
but isn't going into buy something from a gas station convenience store so much fun?? and if you're with someone else you can be like, "hey, while you're pumping gas, i'm going in to get a snack!" now that's TWO things accomplished! gas and snack time!
it's just so great. and now i want to write a short story that is set in a gas station convenience store.
someone should start a website about convenience stores at gas stations. like, where are the best ones in the country. just how convenient are they? clean bathrooms? extra features such as Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's or Subway?
it could be useful. and it would be in the travel section at the bookstore. the perfect roadtrip companion!
oh wait, i said 'website.' well, there could also be one in book form.
i think it's awesome. i want to write it. anybody in? i feel like there should be a group of people doing this. not just one or two.
AWESOME. oh, i love this idea. how fun!?!?!? a group of people, traveling around together in a bus or van, hunting down each awesome gas station convenience store.
i wonder where this fits into my life plan. maybe just before 'security guard for major hollywood studio lot.' (oh yes, mr. scorsese, come right through!)
awesome.
ok. now i think i'm gonna go. eat supper. now it's almost 11pm. Ruby is still sleeping on top of the cabinets.
hey - don't forget to watch that video! Crash Kings cover The Beatles! there's a great shot of Tony's tattoo. you can really see the blue on his hand.
ok. have great days! great WEDNESDAYS!!!!! my second favorite day of the week!!!! (after Ruby Tuesday, of course)
take care. be well.
<3
Crash Kings posted a video yesterday of them covering a Beatles song. i know - it sounds crazy, right?
WELL. i watched the video and the only thing 'crazy' about it is that it's CRAZY good. like, really good. (duh, what else would you expect from Crash Kings?!)
i tried to post the video right in this blog, but that never seems to work. so, i'll have to give you a link...
Crash Kings cover 'HEY BULLDOG'
i think it rocks. it's actually a music video. like, a real one. the guys are all acting hott and being funny. all while rocking, of course. the best part is when Tony rocks out on the air piano.
great song.
anyways.
i finished the show Tell Me You Love Me this afternoon. so good. and after i finished it i discovered that there is only 1 season! and then it got canceled. i am sad about that and don't really understand why. because, i really liked it. really good characters.
but, i guess the last episode was an okay ending to the series. vague, but hopeful.
tonight i think i'm going to watch New York, I Love You. it's an instant watch on Netflix. and i want to see it.
so, my bathroom feels empty since i turned it into a spa-like retreat. there's no more clutter! i mean, i like it and everything. it just feels bare. but i looooooove the orange bathmat.
i decided i REALLY like orange. it's actually a really great color. and i feel it's underappreciated. at least it has been by me. but not anymore. i will try and integrate more orange into my life. starting with my bathroom accessories and my still-to-be-finished scarf.
i haven't finished the scarf because i decided i don't really like it. it's too stiff, or something. and i think it's too wide. and i wish it was softer. and more delicate looking.
i don't know. i guess i should finish it just to finish it. but i might have to create another one to be fully satisfied.
Ruby is sleeping on top of the cabinets right now. it must be warm up there because of the heater. same reason why she likes to sit in the window.
last night (or maybe it was this morning....) i thought the ceiling in my bedroom was going to cave in. i was laying in bed and then all of a sudden i heard this loud "cracking" sound. like, something was splitting. like, a piece of wood. or a wall, or something. and i thought, "oh crap that can't be good." but then nothing happened. the ceiling hasn't caved in yet. the bed hasn't fallen through the floor yet. so i guess i'm okay for now. but it was weird.
i'm hungry. i think i might eat supper now. it's early. 10:35pm. i feel like usually i don't sit down and have supper until like, 1am. i mean, it's not like i'm doing anything of dire importance. usually either blogging or wasting time. procrastinating supper, that's what i'm doing. because i procrastinate everything in my life. hooray!
i got a thing in the mail the other day from the City Clerk's office. i had no idea what it was. and for some reason i kept thinking, "i hope they're not kicking me out..." like, of the city. can people be kicked out of cities? i don't know. but that's what i was worried about. and then i thought, "or maybe they owe me money!!" and then i got excited because i thought they might be sending me a check!!!! kind of like a, "thanks for being an awesome citizen! here's your reward!!!"
but, i opened it and it was a letter reminding me to register my car this month. BORING. and they were telling me how much money THEY want from ME. definitely not as cool as a 'good citizen reward check.'
$40 to the city
$73 to the NH dept of motor vehicles
CRAP. how much CRAP is that?! i swear it used to cost me like, $70 total to register my car in Maine.
OH! i remember what i wanted to tell you.
there was a scene in Tell Me You Love Me today that took place in a gas station convenience store, and i saw it and thought, "wow, that's awesome." and then i thought about it some more...
how great are gas station convenience stores? they're like, way better than normal stores. i can't quite figure out why. i think it's like, "hey, i'm getting gas, and now i'm going to go get a hot beverage! or a snack!" how fun is that!? and they always have a really odd selection of hot food. like, hot dogs. hamburgers. some have a soup selection.
but isn't going into buy something from a gas station convenience store so much fun?? and if you're with someone else you can be like, "hey, while you're pumping gas, i'm going in to get a snack!" now that's TWO things accomplished! gas and snack time!
it's just so great. and now i want to write a short story that is set in a gas station convenience store.
someone should start a website about convenience stores at gas stations. like, where are the best ones in the country. just how convenient are they? clean bathrooms? extra features such as Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's or Subway?
it could be useful. and it would be in the travel section at the bookstore. the perfect roadtrip companion!
oh wait, i said 'website.' well, there could also be one in book form.
i think it's awesome. i want to write it. anybody in? i feel like there should be a group of people doing this. not just one or two.
AWESOME. oh, i love this idea. how fun!?!?!? a group of people, traveling around together in a bus or van, hunting down each awesome gas station convenience store.
i wonder where this fits into my life plan. maybe just before 'security guard for major hollywood studio lot.' (oh yes, mr. scorsese, come right through!)
awesome.
ok. now i think i'm gonna go. eat supper. now it's almost 11pm. Ruby is still sleeping on top of the cabinets.
hey - don't forget to watch that video! Crash Kings cover The Beatles! there's a great shot of Tony's tattoo. you can really see the blue on his hand.
ok. have great days! great WEDNESDAYS!!!!! my second favorite day of the week!!!! (after Ruby Tuesday, of course)
take care. be well.
<3
08 February 2010
undiscovered
i discovered these things today/recently:
1. the song '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' by Paul Simon. loves it!
2. that the main guitar riff in 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder isn't actually a guitar at all!! it's a clavinet! who knew?!
3. i really like the overly dramatic music of Joshua Radin. sorry, but it's true. the song, 'When You Find Me,' aw come on, it's pretty.
off topic but of nonetheless blogworthy:
4. Crash Kings say that if you follow them on Twitter they will guarantee you punch and pie. hey, it sounds like a pretty good deal to me. and they say they'll sort out logistics later. (if i were you, i would do it)
and now i'm stuffy, sneezy, scratchy, and feel like i'm getting sick. i think i'm going to use my Neti Pot in my spa-like bathroom and then go to sleep.
i've been waking up early lately. sunday it was 10:57am and i woke up and thought, "uuugggghhhhh too sunny." and today it was 11:35am.
anyways. ok. i'm going to bed. 1:52am. have great days!
<3
1. the song '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' by Paul Simon. loves it!
2. that the main guitar riff in 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder isn't actually a guitar at all!! it's a clavinet! who knew?!
3. i really like the overly dramatic music of Joshua Radin. sorry, but it's true. the song, 'When You Find Me,' aw come on, it's pretty.
off topic but of nonetheless blogworthy:
4. Crash Kings say that if you follow them on Twitter they will guarantee you punch and pie. hey, it sounds like a pretty good deal to me. and they say they'll sort out logistics later. (if i were you, i would do it)
and now i'm stuffy, sneezy, scratchy, and feel like i'm getting sick. i think i'm going to use my Neti Pot in my spa-like bathroom and then go to sleep.
i've been waking up early lately. sunday it was 10:57am and i woke up and thought, "uuugggghhhhh too sunny." and today it was 11:35am.
anyways. ok. i'm going to bed. 1:52am. have great days!
<3
interstate freeway green light GO
OH HI!!!! i didn't see you there.
i know i've been super lame about blogging! i don't know why. it's not like i have anything going on in my life right now. i have some things to tell you about and to keep order, i will make a list. i think this worked well the last time i did it.
1. BUG
2. Buck
3. bathroom
4. sushi and cheese
5. mind crazy
6. CLOCK
ok. for the most part, they might be in that order. but, i'm not promising anything. let's get started, friend:
1. BUG. Remember a few weeks ago when i thought my apartment was going to explode because i thought i smelled a gas leak coming from my oven??? and remember how i kept waking up in the night thinking, "oh good, i'm still alive." but i also thought it might be a stink bug due to the quickness of the horrible smell happening. WELL. i can't believe i kept forgetting to tell you this. BUT. i went into my bedroom one night long after i stopped smelling the horrible smell, and i thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye. so i looked, and what was it!?! A FREAKING STINK BUG. yep. there he was. just sitting on a cord. i have never been so happy to see a stink bug. if it's between dying in a firey explosion or finding a stink bug - i would choose bug. i hope we all would. so, i figured i couldn't squish the bug because then he would start to smell again. so, i got some chemical filled bug killing spray and killed him. sorry all you bug enthusiasts. he had to go. an amazing end to the horrible smell story, no?
2. BUCK. i was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and she said,
MOM: I can't believe that Buck was on that guitar pick!
JULIE: OH MY GOD I KNOW!!!!!!!
MOM: That's so weird!
JULIE: Don't you think it means we're supposed to be married?????
MOM: Well, I don't know about that....
she was even excited. i still can't believe it. BUCK. on the guitar pick. from MIKE. amazing.
3. BATHROOM. i woke up this morning, went online, read an article titled, "Turn Your Bathroom Into A Spa-Like Retreat" and immediately said to myself, "yep. that is what i'm doing today." and i did. i successfully turned my bathroom into a spa-like retreat.
here are the steps i took:
1. bought a set of plastic drawers for $7. turns out they fit perfectly in between my sink and tub.
2. got rid of my pink bathmat with a brown hair dye stain on it and bought an ORANGE bathmat that matches my orange porcelain tub and orange pipes on the ceiling.
3. bought some fake flowers
4. bought a tiny glass jar at a thrift store for $.50
5. came home
6. cleared off my bathroom floor. thoroughly swept. thoroughly mopped. put down the new bathmat and drawers.
7. cleared off/organized my bathroom shelves. putting most of it into the drawers. organized the shelves in my bathroom mirror
8. scrubbed the tub. scrubbed the sink. scrubbed the mirror. scrubbed the shelves.
9. arranged my new fake flowers in an old, glass, spaghetti sauce jar. put them on my nice clean shelf.
10. admired my new spa-like retreat!!!!
that's TEN STEPS!!! in just ten simple steps you too could have your own spa-like retreat. i love it. my bathroom looks probably 95% better than it used to. it's cleaner. more organized. and i think the orange accessories make it semi-hip. the bathroom walls are green. nice, right!? i was very proud of myself for doing this day project.
4. SUSHI AND CHEESE. so, last week all i wanted to eat was melted cheese. it didn't even matter what i was eating with it - as long as there was melted cheese. it was very weird. and i've had this sushi craving for a while now, but now that i've actually eaten sushi twice in the past week, it's in full force. so today, while i was out running my "spa bathroom" errands, i decided to stop at the grocery store to buy some sushi. i couldn't take it anymore! and so, that's what i'm having for supper tonight after i finish this blog. MAN. sushi and melted cheese. sooo freaking good. i haven't tried them together, and i probably won't. and i'll also make sure not to end up with mercury poisoning like Jeremy Piven did...
5. MIND CRAZY. i am going through a crisis right now. i'd like to say it's a minor crisis, but i think that would be downplaying it. it is MAJOR crisis. i think i am losing my mind. i don't know what's happening to me. let me explain:
- remember in my Crash Kings concert review from Providence i posted a link to a video from Providence that wasn't mine, but it was super good?? and i said it was from someone else who had a waaaaay better view? yeah. i don't know if you watched that video - but you really should.
- anyways.
- then i was on the Crash Kings main youtube page reading comments their fans have posted for them, and i noticed there was a comment from the person who posted that totally awesome video. and they were like, "i first saw you with Tally Hall at The Middle East, and then saw you at Great Scott last weekend, and then again in Providence....."
- and i was like, "holy crap, i've been at THREE shows with this person!" because I also first saw them with Tally Hall (although, i was there for Rooney), and then at Great Scott, and then in Providence. weird, right?!
- i posted a youtube comment on that video because i literally couldn't stop watching it. i'm smiling right now just thinking about that video. and then i just said that i had read the comment on their main page and that i was also at those three shows!
- so then she comments back to me all totally excited about the video and the Providence show in general and then she's like, "are you going to the next Boston show?! what about the shows on the 6th and 7th? i'm looking for people to carpool with!"
- so immediately i look at the tour dates and they'll be with JET all those dates in March. Clifton Park, NY on the 6th, Sayerville, NJ on the 7th, and then Boston on the 9th. and so, we're commenting back and forth for a little while and i'm just thinking, "how freaking awesome would it be to go on a roadtrip for a Crash Kings concert weekend?!?!?!?!" it'd be totally awesome, right!?
- BUT THEN, i thought, "holy crap - the Academy Awards are on the 7th." and then i immediately said to myself, "oh, well, you can't go."
- but THEN, i just kept thinking about how much FUN it would be to be at a concert, having met new friends! for a whole weekend! instead of sitting on the couch alone, watching tv.
- i'm feeling so torn about this. i mean, it's probably not even going to work out getting the nights off, because of the baby being due right around then. but could it hurt to ask?
- i guess the mind craziness comes in me thinking that it would be okay to miss the Academy Awards. my SECOND favorite night of the year. i mean, what!?
- but then i also feel like i haven't really been excited about Awards Season this year. i mean, i've hardly seen any of the movies. i hardly know any of the buzz. and i can't explain it! WHY??!?! what's happening to me?!! thinking about getting a tattoo?? thinking about missing the Academy Awards?!?
- i mean, i wouldn't miss them. i would have someone tape them for me so i could watch them at a later date. (how come they never came up with a fancy word for taping things onto VHS tapes?) but, i'm saying i would probably know the outcome before watching the show.
- I DON'T KNOW. talk me through this, friends. it's probably not going to happen because of the baby, and i have to keep reminding myself that.
- UGH but it'd be sooo awesome to go on a crash kings roadtrip weekend!!!!! with new friends!!!!!!! from my online stalking of other Crash Kings fans, it seems that many people have become friends while attending concerts, roadtripping, etc. and i want that too!!!!! how awesome is it to make a new friend? it's awesome. but if it's over Crash Kings it's automatically 100 times awesomer.
- and this is when i have thoughts that my job interferes with my life. and this is when i wished that i didn't work at nighttime and i had weekends off.
- maybe i could convince Crash Kings into doing matinee shows! then i could attend! everything cool and super fun happens at night. UGH.
- but then i think, "well you can't just leave your job because it's also where you live." and then i think, "oh yeah."
- so, i don't know what to do. i mean, i know there will be other times for Crash Kings. but what if they tour in Europe?! what if they become super famous next week and their tickets start costing $60?!!? (i mean, it's a give-in that they will become super famous) and i want NOW.
- yep. it's a crisis. MAJOR.
6. CLOCK. also today in the thrift store i bought A FLIP CLOCK. now, Maria had gotten me a 'rolling flip clock' a while back because i couldn't find one anywhere. and i love that clock. i've used it ever since she got it for me. it's currently sitting on top of my tv! rolling and flipping away! it's great! AND, it has a backlight! which my new one does not have. but this new one is an actual flip clock. where the numbers flip. and it's in super great condition. and i don't know where to put it, but i love it. it's currently in the kitchen. it might stay there. i thought i wanted it in my bedroom, but my outlet situation in my bedroom is quite depressing. anyways - GREAT purchase! $6!!!
(i'm adding a #7)
7. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. (see what i did? i took a popular Crash Kings song ('it's only wednesday') and changed it so it applies to my cat, Ruby Tuesday, who's name also contains a day of the week!)
i would like to show you her new favorite place, which makes me a nervous wreck:
yes. that is the very top of the cabinets she is on. she has really been trying to get up there ever since she moved in, back in the summer. she will sit on top of the fridge and cry, cry, cry up at those top cabinets. she'll sit on the fridge and do "the paw thing" up at those cabinets - she wants it so bad. and then, one day, she decided to take the leap.
she was so excited. look how close she is to the ceiling!!!!
and then, tonight, just after i started this very blog entry, she was up there, and she got sleepy.....
and she fell asleep. on top of the cabinets. for like, 45 minutes. sleepy tuesday! she's so cute!!!! but i was so nervous she would stretch and roll over and fall off.
don't worry, i coaxed her down with a piece of cheese.
ALRIGHT. we've completed the list and then some. i'm kind of feeling lousy right now. not like, sick lousy. but like, just, eh. eh.
i'm going to go eat my sushi. and i think i'll make rice with that. and watch a movie.
have a great tuesday! a great morning! a great afternoon and night and everything in between!!!!!
i'll talk to you later :)
<3,
J.
i know i've been super lame about blogging! i don't know why. it's not like i have anything going on in my life right now. i have some things to tell you about and to keep order, i will make a list. i think this worked well the last time i did it.
1. BUG
2. Buck
3. bathroom
4. sushi and cheese
5. mind crazy
6. CLOCK
ok. for the most part, they might be in that order. but, i'm not promising anything. let's get started, friend:
1. BUG. Remember a few weeks ago when i thought my apartment was going to explode because i thought i smelled a gas leak coming from my oven??? and remember how i kept waking up in the night thinking, "oh good, i'm still alive." but i also thought it might be a stink bug due to the quickness of the horrible smell happening. WELL. i can't believe i kept forgetting to tell you this. BUT. i went into my bedroom one night long after i stopped smelling the horrible smell, and i thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye. so i looked, and what was it!?! A FREAKING STINK BUG. yep. there he was. just sitting on a cord. i have never been so happy to see a stink bug. if it's between dying in a firey explosion or finding a stink bug - i would choose bug. i hope we all would. so, i figured i couldn't squish the bug because then he would start to smell again. so, i got some chemical filled bug killing spray and killed him. sorry all you bug enthusiasts. he had to go. an amazing end to the horrible smell story, no?
2. BUCK. i was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and she said,
MOM: I can't believe that Buck was on that guitar pick!
JULIE: OH MY GOD I KNOW!!!!!!!
MOM: That's so weird!
JULIE: Don't you think it means we're supposed to be married?????
MOM: Well, I don't know about that....
she was even excited. i still can't believe it. BUCK. on the guitar pick. from MIKE. amazing.
3. BATHROOM. i woke up this morning, went online, read an article titled, "Turn Your Bathroom Into A Spa-Like Retreat" and immediately said to myself, "yep. that is what i'm doing today." and i did. i successfully turned my bathroom into a spa-like retreat.
here are the steps i took:
1. bought a set of plastic drawers for $7. turns out they fit perfectly in between my sink and tub.
2. got rid of my pink bathmat with a brown hair dye stain on it and bought an ORANGE bathmat that matches my orange porcelain tub and orange pipes on the ceiling.
3. bought some fake flowers
4. bought a tiny glass jar at a thrift store for $.50
5. came home
6. cleared off my bathroom floor. thoroughly swept. thoroughly mopped. put down the new bathmat and drawers.
7. cleared off/organized my bathroom shelves. putting most of it into the drawers. organized the shelves in my bathroom mirror
8. scrubbed the tub. scrubbed the sink. scrubbed the mirror. scrubbed the shelves.
9. arranged my new fake flowers in an old, glass, spaghetti sauce jar. put them on my nice clean shelf.
10. admired my new spa-like retreat!!!!
that's TEN STEPS!!! in just ten simple steps you too could have your own spa-like retreat. i love it. my bathroom looks probably 95% better than it used to. it's cleaner. more organized. and i think the orange accessories make it semi-hip. the bathroom walls are green. nice, right!? i was very proud of myself for doing this day project.
4. SUSHI AND CHEESE. so, last week all i wanted to eat was melted cheese. it didn't even matter what i was eating with it - as long as there was melted cheese. it was very weird. and i've had this sushi craving for a while now, but now that i've actually eaten sushi twice in the past week, it's in full force. so today, while i was out running my "spa bathroom" errands, i decided to stop at the grocery store to buy some sushi. i couldn't take it anymore! and so, that's what i'm having for supper tonight after i finish this blog. MAN. sushi and melted cheese. sooo freaking good. i haven't tried them together, and i probably won't. and i'll also make sure not to end up with mercury poisoning like Jeremy Piven did...
5. MIND CRAZY. i am going through a crisis right now. i'd like to say it's a minor crisis, but i think that would be downplaying it. it is MAJOR crisis. i think i am losing my mind. i don't know what's happening to me. let me explain:
- remember in my Crash Kings concert review from Providence i posted a link to a video from Providence that wasn't mine, but it was super good?? and i said it was from someone else who had a waaaaay better view? yeah. i don't know if you watched that video - but you really should.
- anyways.
- then i was on the Crash Kings main youtube page reading comments their fans have posted for them, and i noticed there was a comment from the person who posted that totally awesome video. and they were like, "i first saw you with Tally Hall at The Middle East, and then saw you at Great Scott last weekend, and then again in Providence....."
- and i was like, "holy crap, i've been at THREE shows with this person!" because I also first saw them with Tally Hall (although, i was there for Rooney), and then at Great Scott, and then in Providence. weird, right?!
- i posted a youtube comment on that video because i literally couldn't stop watching it. i'm smiling right now just thinking about that video. and then i just said that i had read the comment on their main page and that i was also at those three shows!
- so then she comments back to me all totally excited about the video and the Providence show in general and then she's like, "are you going to the next Boston show?! what about the shows on the 6th and 7th? i'm looking for people to carpool with!"
- so immediately i look at the tour dates and they'll be with JET all those dates in March. Clifton Park, NY on the 6th, Sayerville, NJ on the 7th, and then Boston on the 9th. and so, we're commenting back and forth for a little while and i'm just thinking, "how freaking awesome would it be to go on a roadtrip for a Crash Kings concert weekend?!?!?!?!" it'd be totally awesome, right!?
- BUT THEN, i thought, "holy crap - the Academy Awards are on the 7th." and then i immediately said to myself, "oh, well, you can't go."
- but THEN, i just kept thinking about how much FUN it would be to be at a concert, having met new friends! for a whole weekend! instead of sitting on the couch alone, watching tv.
- i'm feeling so torn about this. i mean, it's probably not even going to work out getting the nights off, because of the baby being due right around then. but could it hurt to ask?
- i guess the mind craziness comes in me thinking that it would be okay to miss the Academy Awards. my SECOND favorite night of the year. i mean, what!?
- but then i also feel like i haven't really been excited about Awards Season this year. i mean, i've hardly seen any of the movies. i hardly know any of the buzz. and i can't explain it! WHY??!?! what's happening to me?!! thinking about getting a tattoo?? thinking about missing the Academy Awards?!?
- i mean, i wouldn't miss them. i would have someone tape them for me so i could watch them at a later date. (how come they never came up with a fancy word for taping things onto VHS tapes?) but, i'm saying i would probably know the outcome before watching the show.
- I DON'T KNOW. talk me through this, friends. it's probably not going to happen because of the baby, and i have to keep reminding myself that.
- UGH but it'd be sooo awesome to go on a crash kings roadtrip weekend!!!!! with new friends!!!!!!! from my online stalking of other Crash Kings fans, it seems that many people have become friends while attending concerts, roadtripping, etc. and i want that too!!!!! how awesome is it to make a new friend? it's awesome. but if it's over Crash Kings it's automatically 100 times awesomer.
- and this is when i have thoughts that my job interferes with my life. and this is when i wished that i didn't work at nighttime and i had weekends off.
- maybe i could convince Crash Kings into doing matinee shows! then i could attend! everything cool and super fun happens at night. UGH.
- but then i think, "well you can't just leave your job because it's also where you live." and then i think, "oh yeah."
- so, i don't know what to do. i mean, i know there will be other times for Crash Kings. but what if they tour in Europe?! what if they become super famous next week and their tickets start costing $60?!!? (i mean, it's a give-in that they will become super famous) and i want NOW.
- yep. it's a crisis. MAJOR.
6. CLOCK. also today in the thrift store i bought A FLIP CLOCK. now, Maria had gotten me a 'rolling flip clock' a while back because i couldn't find one anywhere. and i love that clock. i've used it ever since she got it for me. it's currently sitting on top of my tv! rolling and flipping away! it's great! AND, it has a backlight! which my new one does not have. but this new one is an actual flip clock. where the numbers flip. and it's in super great condition. and i don't know where to put it, but i love it. it's currently in the kitchen. it might stay there. i thought i wanted it in my bedroom, but my outlet situation in my bedroom is quite depressing. anyways - GREAT purchase! $6!!!
(i'm adding a #7)
7. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. (see what i did? i took a popular Crash Kings song ('it's only wednesday') and changed it so it applies to my cat, Ruby Tuesday, who's name also contains a day of the week!)
i would like to show you her new favorite place, which makes me a nervous wreck:
yes. that is the very top of the cabinets she is on. she has really been trying to get up there ever since she moved in, back in the summer. she will sit on top of the fridge and cry, cry, cry up at those top cabinets. she'll sit on the fridge and do "the paw thing" up at those cabinets - she wants it so bad. and then, one day, she decided to take the leap.
she was so excited. look how close she is to the ceiling!!!!
and then, tonight, just after i started this very blog entry, she was up there, and she got sleepy.....
and she fell asleep. on top of the cabinets. for like, 45 minutes. sleepy tuesday! she's so cute!!!! but i was so nervous she would stretch and roll over and fall off.
don't worry, i coaxed her down with a piece of cheese.
ALRIGHT. we've completed the list and then some. i'm kind of feeling lousy right now. not like, sick lousy. but like, just, eh. eh.
i'm going to go eat my sushi. and i think i'll make rice with that. and watch a movie.
have a great tuesday! a great morning! a great afternoon and night and everything in between!!!!!
i'll talk to you later :)
<3,
J.
06 February 2010
real quick: i remembered what i wanted to say
a few posts back i got a comment from a super excited Paper Tongues fan saying that they play an amazing live show. i think i talked about this and how happy it made me to receive the comment.
and then! on my Crash Kings blog from Boston last week i got ANOTHER comment from a super excited Crash Kings fan!!!! and they gave me a link to a great YouTube video of 'Carry On,' which i then turned into an mp3 and now am listening to it on my ipod/itunes all the time.
and i just wanted to talk about how excited this makes me. i think you all can see how excited i get when i am really into something. or, really loving whatever i am loving at the moment. i like to think of myself as an excited person in general. so, when complete strangers leave wonderful comments in my blog being excited about the things i am excited about - i love it. i really, really love it.
so, THANK YOU SO MUCH to the Paper Tongues fan and to the Crash Kings fan who commented in this blog. i have no idea if you are reading now, or if you will ever read this. but, you rock. and i hope you have enjoyed my concert recaps from both bands.
and actually, i clicked on the name of the Crash Kings commenter and it took me to this wonderful selection, or should i say, 'compilation,' of quality Crash Kings videos that this person had put together. and it made me oh so very excited. so great to meet other fans.
alright! that's it!
oh! one more thing...
it was tweeted by Rooney this morning that celeb blogger Perez Hilton had posted about Ned and his wife Sarah having a baby! so, i figured i had to post it here, so you can all read about it too. and it's a totally gorgeous picture of Sarah. and, when Perez talks about Ned he calls him a "drummer/hottie," which is why i love Perez Hilton.
ok! now that's it. have a great night!
<3,
Julie
and then! on my Crash Kings blog from Boston last week i got ANOTHER comment from a super excited Crash Kings fan!!!! and they gave me a link to a great YouTube video of 'Carry On,' which i then turned into an mp3 and now am listening to it on my ipod/itunes all the time.
and i just wanted to talk about how excited this makes me. i think you all can see how excited i get when i am really into something. or, really loving whatever i am loving at the moment. i like to think of myself as an excited person in general. so, when complete strangers leave wonderful comments in my blog being excited about the things i am excited about - i love it. i really, really love it.
so, THANK YOU SO MUCH to the Paper Tongues fan and to the Crash Kings fan who commented in this blog. i have no idea if you are reading now, or if you will ever read this. but, you rock. and i hope you have enjoyed my concert recaps from both bands.
and actually, i clicked on the name of the Crash Kings commenter and it took me to this wonderful selection, or should i say, 'compilation,' of quality Crash Kings videos that this person had put together. and it made me oh so very excited. so great to meet other fans.
alright! that's it!
oh! one more thing...
it was tweeted by Rooney this morning that celeb blogger Perez Hilton had posted about Ned and his wife Sarah having a baby! so, i figured i had to post it here, so you can all read about it too. and it's a totally gorgeous picture of Sarah. and, when Perez talks about Ned he calls him a "drummer/hottie," which is why i love Perez Hilton.
ok! now that's it. have a great night!
<3,
Julie
CRASH KINGS YEAAHHHH!!!!!
is it possible to be too excited to blog? yes, it appears it is. but, for an entire week? well, i suppose so.
why is this week so exciting, you ask? you may refer to the post below this one, if necessary. not only did Kara and i drive to Boston last weekend to see Crash Kings, but we met them afterwards, stole their set list and had them sign it.
this past thursday night, we found ourselves in Providence, about to see them again. after a brief (but super stressful) time when kara said, "actually, i don't think i want to go," we drove over to The Colosseum, in the "nightclub" district of the city, where they were performing.
now, not only was i excited to see them, but i was excited to get to The Colosseum, because they have the absolute WORST website ever. it's the most confusing piece of crap on the web. and no, i don't feel bad at all saying that. seriously - Colosseum people - you need to fix the site. stop being cool and start being useful.
anyways. we get to the show and show ID. i was worried about the show turning out to be 21+, but since there is absolutely NO useful information on the website, i figured it was probably 18+. it was. and i got a bracelet showing i was over 21. then we pay the entering price.
95 CENTS. yes. the show did, in fact, cost us only 95 cents each. we win again.
walked into this place, and there's like neon lights shooting through the floor, a video screen with colorful stars, and very loud music playing.
Kara was VERY FIRM in telling me that SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE the opening band, Violent Soho. we once again tried listening to their music on their myspace, and couldn't get through one song. it's like, heavy metal screaming music. at first, i felt bad about not seeing them, because they're just some kids from Queensland trying to make it in the music business. AND, we had never heard of Crash Kings until we heard them as an opening band, and they are so fantastic.
but, once we got there, and saw that there were very little people there, i didn't feel so bad. we got to the place around 9:25pm, and they were already all through their set, and had already cleared all their instruments off. Mike was on stage setting up his amps. and Tony's stuff was pretty much all set up. so, i have no idea how long Violent Soho played for, but it must not have been long.
anyways, then i look around the room and see a gorgeous guy with a scruffy face and wearing a red plaid shirt. that was exciting. and it wasn't Tony. just a random hottie.
i look around some more, and eventually see Tony hanging out at one of the tables with some other people, drinking. AND. he was wearing his glasses. oh boy, was this exciting for me. i pretty much died right there. he has these gorgeous glasses he wears sometimes.
ooohhh look at that face. that's him wearing glasses. i know, it's too much hott to handle. we didn't take that picture, i found that on their facebook.
and, um, also while looking for pictures on their facebook, i found pictures of Tony wearing a headband. now, for those of you who don't know - boys wearing headbands are one of my weak points. for instance, when Zac Efron comes out of the gym with his hair pulled back with a headband, i go crazy.
i was not expecting to find these pictures of Tony wearing a headband. but i'm glad the only other person with me is Ruby, because i am pretty freaking excited about this.
are you ready? i'm going to show you one. prepare yourself for HOTT.
WHOA. oh boy. i am lucky i haven't found a picture of him wearing both the headband and the glasses. because i would lose all control.
anyways.
wow, he's beautiful.
ok, anyways. again, he was just hanging out in the middle of the crowd and nobody seemed to notice that it was him. except me and kara. kara was keeping it calm. but, i might have been getting a little crazed.
then i said, "should we get drinks?" kara said she would get a sprite if i wanted to get her a drink.
i decided i would get a vodka cranberry. why the heck not?! i was at a freaking nightclub about to see a rock concert.
immediately after i started drinking the drink, i didn't want it. it wasn't very good. and the cup was so cold that it hurt my hands to hold it. it was a bad experience. i couldn't stand drinking that drink. and there were no trash cans anywhere to throw it away. what's with bars and nightclubs not having trash cans? after kara was done with her sprite, we went over and put our cups on the bar. i couldn't finish the drink. yuck.
so then, we find a good spot in the middle of the floor with neon lights shooting through it. there's aren't very many people, so we're pretty close to the front. it's a much bigger stage than in Boston.
and then a person from the sponsoring radio station comes out to introduce them!
AND THEN Jason comes out on drums!!! AND THEN Mike comes out on bass!!!! AND THEN Tony comes out on the keys!!!
Tony looks kind of like a vampire in this picture. still a hottie. see the video screen with stars to the far left? he was wearing a shirt with the periodic table on it. this made me happy.
Mike! on bass! with the orange amp. funny story - on our way to the concert, we were listening to 95.5 WBRU, the station sponsoring, and we heard an advertisement for a guitar store, and they said they sold Orange amps. great!
Mike with a little bit of Jason.
ok, Jason totally ROCKS on the drums. we really got a great view of him this time. it's super cool because he plays in his socks! or, bare feet, we couldn't tell.
Kara and i knew the words to every single song. YEP. it was a proud night. listening to their CD for over a month straight had definitely paid off. there were some people who knew the words to 'It's Only Wednesday,' which is the one from Zombieland, which Tony said he had finally seen. it came out on dvd this past Tuesday. kara was like,
KARA: I can't believe he knew the song was in the movie and didn't go see it in theaters!
and people also knew the words to 'Mountain Man,' which is the song they play on the radio.
but, since nobody really knew the words, nobody was really dancing and rocking out. DON'T WORRY - i was. and kara was for the most part.
Mike getting hott and sweaty! it was strange - Mike and Jason were totally drenched with sweat and hottness by the end of the show, but Tony was not. like, not even a little sweat on his shirt. i thought that was odd. you would at least think his arms would get sweaty, right? but, nope.
they played the same set as they did in Boston on sunday night. i was hoping they would switch it up a little, but it was fine.
AND, during the song 'Raincoat,' Tony TOTALLY looked at me, saw that i was singing/rocking out, and he smiled. oooo if you could only see him smile. he has one of those smiles that lights up his whole face.
wait! you can see him smile! go back and look at that picture of him with glasses!!!! yes. whole face lighting up.
and, remember how in Boston there was that gorgeous brother moment where Tony and Mike looked at each other and smiled? YEAH. there were MANY MORE during this show - and it was great. even Kara noticed that there were more.
Mike is so pretty. he looks so soft. i love it. and he has great stage presence. he's funny.
SO, during their last song, 'Mountain Man,' the crowd REALLY started to get crazy. i think because it was almost time for the place to turn into a nightclub. so the kids there started to get drunker and skankier. and, the crowd just went WILD. and then they ended and these two guys in back of us started SCREAMING, "EN-CORE, EN-CORE, EN-CORE!!!!!!!" and then the whole crowd was screaming it.
so, the guys met up for about two seconds in the back of the stage and then resumed their places.
TONY: So, we just had a band meeting. And, we don't do encores for every show. It really depends on the crowd. But, you guys asked for it. So, we're gonna play this one more song that we were fortunate enough to play with Chris Cornell when we toured with him. It's a cover song. Sing along if you know it...
and then they started playing Black Sabbath's song 'War Pigs,' which i had heard they do an amazing cover of, but had never heard them do it.
BUT HOLY MAN. they KILLED on that song. it was soooo crazy insane. and the people in the crowd ALLLLL knew the lyrics and EVERYBODY WAS ROCKING.
and then there was this part towards the end of the song where the band just totally jams the hell out of the song, and Tony went absolutely crazy. i wish wish wish i had gotten it on video, but i couldn't take my eyes off of him because it was so awesome to watch.
he is jumping off the ground, like a hardcore rocker. he's headbanging. his hair is just everywhere. all while he's rocking on the clav. it was the best thing ever happening in the world at the moment.
how does he rock on the clav so hard and still play the right notes?! i have no idea. he was getting air in those jumps. like, high off the ground. all while headbanging. oh man, it was so freaking crazy.
and i never thought i would ever go to a concert where this was happening. i mean, Phantom Planet gets loud and rocks out at some points. but, this was just so hardcore. so awesome.
NOW. you may not believe this - but it gets even better. EVEN BETTER.
so, the show ends. people are crazy. i'm in such a daze, i have no idea what's going on. then i hear kara scream,
KARA: He threw the pick!!!
JULIE: What?
KARA: Mike threw his pick and I didn't see anyone get it...
JULIE: FIND IT!!!!!!!!
and, you might not know this about kara, but she has a secret ability to find guitar picks. after the Rooney show, we were waiting in the merch line and a girl said,
GIRL: Oh no! I dropped the guitar pick!
GIRL'S FRIEND: Where?!
GIRL: I don't know!!! I can't find it!!!!
KARA: (looks down for one second) There it is.
GIRL: Oh my God thank you SO MUCH!!!!
kara was being a good citizen by using her ability to help others. i probably would have pretended not to see it, but really did, and then stole it. but hey, that's just me.
anyways, Kara knew the exact spot where Mike's guitar pick had fallen and her eyes fixed right on that spot. finally, enough people moved away, and there it lay, that beautiful guitar pick that Mike had been holding all night in his hott and sweaty hands.
Kara picked it up off the ground. you could almost hear symphonies playing in the background. angels began singing sweet harmonies of joy. she moved in slow motion as she turned to me, holding out the pick.
KARA: Happy Birthday.
she said, and handed it to me. it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
once we got into a more well-lit area, we were able to examine the pick more. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, it looks like Mike and I are meant to be together.
LOOK at this pick:
IT HAS BUCK ON IT. it is a Buck pick. for those of you who don't know, yes, i still sleep with a stuffed animal. am i ashamed of this? heck no. what is the stuffed animal, you ask? it is a turtle named Buck. and he has slept with me every single night (save for one) since i was in.... 9th grade? 8th grade? 7th grade? and Buck is the best. he's been to Ireland. Canada (multiple times). Boston. Providence. Newport. Florida (where he came from). Savannah. D.C. NYC. he comes with me wherever i am sleeping.
and, you should know, that every time i see a turtle, i say, "it's Buck!"
so, to see Buck on the guitar pick that Mike had, was a pretty freaking big deal.
can you see how the tip is frayed? HARDCORE playing. i don't know which songs he uses a pick for.
but there it is. Mike's guitar pick. i love it. i basically have not let it out of my sight since getting it. i'm so worried that Ruby Tuesday will think it's a new toy.
and i asked Kara on our drive home,
JULIE: Do you think getting the guitar pick at a concert is the same thing as catching the bouquet at a wedding?
KARA: Oh, definitely!
JULIE: Ok, good.
KARA: Yeah, it definitely means you're gonna marry Mike. Then, you'll be Tony's sister-in-law, and you can probably have an affair with him at some point.
JULIE: Wow, I'm gonna have a good life.
yep. pretty exciting stuff.
i'm not sure what to do with the guitar pick. if i should put it in a frame with the signed set list? if i should sleep with it under my pillow? turn it into a piece of jewelry?
anyways. now i'm going to post videos. i was on a strict video mission to get all my favorite parts of all my favorite songs on video.
you can watch them if you want, but i am mainly posting them so Kara can see. it's funny, because the way the lights were, Mike is pretty much a different color in each video he's in. in one he's blue, another yellow, and another red. it's quite amusing, in my opinion.
so, i've uploaded all the videos to YOUTUBE so you can watch them there in better quality and in a bigger window.
14 ARMS - one of my favorite songs. i got the second verse on video because it's my favorite, for some reason.
NON BELIEVER - i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyric, "i would love you Monday through 'til Sunday" and i did! ALSO - in the end when there's a shot of Mike, i believe i got one half of a "Tony and Mike smile at each other" moment.
IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY - got the chorus. loves it.
COME AWAY - my favorite song. the most beautiful song about winter ever. Tony said before they started playing it that he wrote it about when they used to go skiing up at Killington. then people in the crowd started screaming and Tony was like, "yeah!! go Killington!!!"
this song should be the theme of the winter olympics.
CARRY ON - yep. the song that i wanted them to play twice in Boston, and Tony totally laughed at me. whatevs. i got my favorite part on video. i decided that it might just be my favorite part of the whole Crash Kings experience. it comes at about 20 seconds into the video. it's like the headband picture, only in audio form. YEAH.
i actually think Tony has a really great singing voice.
SAVING GRACE - again, i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyrics, "stay with me late into this night, and lay with me and i'll promise to make you feel....whoooo!!!!"
ALL ALONG - another new song. so freaking good. the song gets really loud and rocking, but the beginning is sweet and pretty and that's what i got. it's just Tony and piano.
and actually, i found another person had uploaded videos from the providence show and they had a waaaayy better view than me! and, they got a totally, totally, super hott video of Tony in one of his 'rocking out on the clav' moments during 'All Along.' i kind of can't stop watching this video. it's sooo freaking good. and you wouldn't believe it's the same song of the video i posted, because it totally sounds different. please watch. you will be amazed.
you should really watch that video. there's a part close to the beginning where Tony knocks the microphone out of the way with his shoulder so he can rock out more, and for some reason, it reminds me of a lion. i have absolutely no idea why. like, the motion of his shoulder hitting the microphone looks like something a lion would do. i can't explain any more. i have no reasons.
MY LOVE - on Sunday Tony said that he wrote this song about coming home. meaning, coming home to Boston. but, man it's romantic. he must really love Boston. again, i had to get him on video singing the lyrics, "all the little pieces of the world come together so well....you're taking me home." so, so pretty. (both the song and the man.)
MOUNTAIN MAN - i only got a small piece. the chorus, mainly. this is a really good song. i watched an interview with the band and Mike said that Budweiser was thinking of using this song in one of their commercials, but decided not to because the lyric, "she's drunk by the daytime" goes against their, 'drink responsibly' motto. i'm glad about this. they're not singing about getting drunk on beer anyways. it's about being drunk on sunshine. way more cooler.
AND THAT'S IT!!!!! whoa, that's a lot of videos.
what a great week of Crash Kings!!!! i could seriously see them in concert every night of the week. i decided that they need to go on tour with Rooney and Hanson. hott, right?!
or, they should tour with Hanson and the Jonas Brothers. call it the BRO TOUR. and.... Oasis? were they brothers too? and Robert and Jason Schwartzman can be special guests.
man, brother bands are so great.
once they finish up this headlining tour in a few weeks, they are immediately going back on tour with the band JET. they sing that slow song, "oooohhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of something something something...." and that fast song, "1 2 3 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine!"
and they're coming BACK to boston on 9 March! and playing at The Paradise, which is pretty much right down the street from where we were last Sunday. it's where i first saw Rooney. great little club. i'm not planning on being able to go, because we have a baby that is due right around then. but, they have a very long list of tour dates in other cities and if they are playing in a city near you, i would strongly encourage you to consider going.
now that i'm part of the Crash Queens, i have a responsibility to promote this band to the max. because i haven't been talking about them enough for the past two months.
alright. i thought i had more to say, but now i can't really think of it. lucky you, right?
so, have a great rest of the weekend. now that all the excitement in my life is over, i can go back to normal blogging and focusing on the fact that it is my birthday month.
i might update you later. maybe not. i think this is a pretty good entry. i really hope you're listening to Crash Kings music after you read all this stuff. because they're seriously good and seriously cool. and, in total honesty, every single song on their CD is awesome. like, there's no songs where i'm like, "oo i'm gonna skip this one." for realz. it's all good.
ok. now i have to go to work!!!!
talk to you soon, friends. have a lovely evening!!
<3,
Julie
why is this week so exciting, you ask? you may refer to the post below this one, if necessary. not only did Kara and i drive to Boston last weekend to see Crash Kings, but we met them afterwards, stole their set list and had them sign it.
this past thursday night, we found ourselves in Providence, about to see them again. after a brief (but super stressful) time when kara said, "actually, i don't think i want to go," we drove over to The Colosseum, in the "nightclub" district of the city, where they were performing.
now, not only was i excited to see them, but i was excited to get to The Colosseum, because they have the absolute WORST website ever. it's the most confusing piece of crap on the web. and no, i don't feel bad at all saying that. seriously - Colosseum people - you need to fix the site. stop being cool and start being useful.
anyways. we get to the show and show ID. i was worried about the show turning out to be 21+, but since there is absolutely NO useful information on the website, i figured it was probably 18+. it was. and i got a bracelet showing i was over 21. then we pay the entering price.
95 CENTS. yes. the show did, in fact, cost us only 95 cents each. we win again.
walked into this place, and there's like neon lights shooting through the floor, a video screen with colorful stars, and very loud music playing.
Kara was VERY FIRM in telling me that SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE the opening band, Violent Soho. we once again tried listening to their music on their myspace, and couldn't get through one song. it's like, heavy metal screaming music. at first, i felt bad about not seeing them, because they're just some kids from Queensland trying to make it in the music business. AND, we had never heard of Crash Kings until we heard them as an opening band, and they are so fantastic.
but, once we got there, and saw that there were very little people there, i didn't feel so bad. we got to the place around 9:25pm, and they were already all through their set, and had already cleared all their instruments off. Mike was on stage setting up his amps. and Tony's stuff was pretty much all set up. so, i have no idea how long Violent Soho played for, but it must not have been long.
anyways, then i look around the room and see a gorgeous guy with a scruffy face and wearing a red plaid shirt. that was exciting. and it wasn't Tony. just a random hottie.
i look around some more, and eventually see Tony hanging out at one of the tables with some other people, drinking. AND. he was wearing his glasses. oh boy, was this exciting for me. i pretty much died right there. he has these gorgeous glasses he wears sometimes.
ooohhh look at that face. that's him wearing glasses. i know, it's too much hott to handle. we didn't take that picture, i found that on their facebook.
and, um, also while looking for pictures on their facebook, i found pictures of Tony wearing a headband. now, for those of you who don't know - boys wearing headbands are one of my weak points. for instance, when Zac Efron comes out of the gym with his hair pulled back with a headband, i go crazy.
i was not expecting to find these pictures of Tony wearing a headband. but i'm glad the only other person with me is Ruby, because i am pretty freaking excited about this.
are you ready? i'm going to show you one. prepare yourself for HOTT.
WHOA. oh boy. i am lucky i haven't found a picture of him wearing both the headband and the glasses. because i would lose all control.
anyways.
wow, he's beautiful.
ok, anyways. again, he was just hanging out in the middle of the crowd and nobody seemed to notice that it was him. except me and kara. kara was keeping it calm. but, i might have been getting a little crazed.
then i said, "should we get drinks?" kara said she would get a sprite if i wanted to get her a drink.
i decided i would get a vodka cranberry. why the heck not?! i was at a freaking nightclub about to see a rock concert.
immediately after i started drinking the drink, i didn't want it. it wasn't very good. and the cup was so cold that it hurt my hands to hold it. it was a bad experience. i couldn't stand drinking that drink. and there were no trash cans anywhere to throw it away. what's with bars and nightclubs not having trash cans? after kara was done with her sprite, we went over and put our cups on the bar. i couldn't finish the drink. yuck.
so then, we find a good spot in the middle of the floor with neon lights shooting through it. there's aren't very many people, so we're pretty close to the front. it's a much bigger stage than in Boston.
and then a person from the sponsoring radio station comes out to introduce them!
AND THEN Jason comes out on drums!!! AND THEN Mike comes out on bass!!!! AND THEN Tony comes out on the keys!!!
Tony looks kind of like a vampire in this picture. still a hottie. see the video screen with stars to the far left? he was wearing a shirt with the periodic table on it. this made me happy.
Mike! on bass! with the orange amp. funny story - on our way to the concert, we were listening to 95.5 WBRU, the station sponsoring, and we heard an advertisement for a guitar store, and they said they sold Orange amps. great!
Mike with a little bit of Jason.
ok, Jason totally ROCKS on the drums. we really got a great view of him this time. it's super cool because he plays in his socks! or, bare feet, we couldn't tell.
Kara and i knew the words to every single song. YEP. it was a proud night. listening to their CD for over a month straight had definitely paid off. there were some people who knew the words to 'It's Only Wednesday,' which is the one from Zombieland, which Tony said he had finally seen. it came out on dvd this past Tuesday. kara was like,
KARA: I can't believe he knew the song was in the movie and didn't go see it in theaters!
and people also knew the words to 'Mountain Man,' which is the song they play on the radio.
but, since nobody really knew the words, nobody was really dancing and rocking out. DON'T WORRY - i was. and kara was for the most part.
Mike getting hott and sweaty! it was strange - Mike and Jason were totally drenched with sweat and hottness by the end of the show, but Tony was not. like, not even a little sweat on his shirt. i thought that was odd. you would at least think his arms would get sweaty, right? but, nope.
they played the same set as they did in Boston on sunday night. i was hoping they would switch it up a little, but it was fine.
AND, during the song 'Raincoat,' Tony TOTALLY looked at me, saw that i was singing/rocking out, and he smiled. oooo if you could only see him smile. he has one of those smiles that lights up his whole face.
wait! you can see him smile! go back and look at that picture of him with glasses!!!! yes. whole face lighting up.
and, remember how in Boston there was that gorgeous brother moment where Tony and Mike looked at each other and smiled? YEAH. there were MANY MORE during this show - and it was great. even Kara noticed that there were more.
Mike is so pretty. he looks so soft. i love it. and he has great stage presence. he's funny.
SO, during their last song, 'Mountain Man,' the crowd REALLY started to get crazy. i think because it was almost time for the place to turn into a nightclub. so the kids there started to get drunker and skankier. and, the crowd just went WILD. and then they ended and these two guys in back of us started SCREAMING, "EN-CORE, EN-CORE, EN-CORE!!!!!!!" and then the whole crowd was screaming it.
so, the guys met up for about two seconds in the back of the stage and then resumed their places.
TONY: So, we just had a band meeting. And, we don't do encores for every show. It really depends on the crowd. But, you guys asked for it. So, we're gonna play this one more song that we were fortunate enough to play with Chris Cornell when we toured with him. It's a cover song. Sing along if you know it...
and then they started playing Black Sabbath's song 'War Pigs,' which i had heard they do an amazing cover of, but had never heard them do it.
BUT HOLY MAN. they KILLED on that song. it was soooo crazy insane. and the people in the crowd ALLLLL knew the lyrics and EVERYBODY WAS ROCKING.
and then there was this part towards the end of the song where the band just totally jams the hell out of the song, and Tony went absolutely crazy. i wish wish wish i had gotten it on video, but i couldn't take my eyes off of him because it was so awesome to watch.
he is jumping off the ground, like a hardcore rocker. he's headbanging. his hair is just everywhere. all while he's rocking on the clav. it was the best thing ever happening in the world at the moment.
how does he rock on the clav so hard and still play the right notes?! i have no idea. he was getting air in those jumps. like, high off the ground. all while headbanging. oh man, it was so freaking crazy.
and i never thought i would ever go to a concert where this was happening. i mean, Phantom Planet gets loud and rocks out at some points. but, this was just so hardcore. so awesome.
NOW. you may not believe this - but it gets even better. EVEN BETTER.
so, the show ends. people are crazy. i'm in such a daze, i have no idea what's going on. then i hear kara scream,
KARA: He threw the pick!!!
JULIE: What?
KARA: Mike threw his pick and I didn't see anyone get it...
JULIE: FIND IT!!!!!!!!
and, you might not know this about kara, but she has a secret ability to find guitar picks. after the Rooney show, we were waiting in the merch line and a girl said,
GIRL: Oh no! I dropped the guitar pick!
GIRL'S FRIEND: Where?!
GIRL: I don't know!!! I can't find it!!!!
KARA: (looks down for one second) There it is.
GIRL: Oh my God thank you SO MUCH!!!!
kara was being a good citizen by using her ability to help others. i probably would have pretended not to see it, but really did, and then stole it. but hey, that's just me.
anyways, Kara knew the exact spot where Mike's guitar pick had fallen and her eyes fixed right on that spot. finally, enough people moved away, and there it lay, that beautiful guitar pick that Mike had been holding all night in his hott and sweaty hands.
Kara picked it up off the ground. you could almost hear symphonies playing in the background. angels began singing sweet harmonies of joy. she moved in slow motion as she turned to me, holding out the pick.
KARA: Happy Birthday.
she said, and handed it to me. it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
once we got into a more well-lit area, we were able to examine the pick more. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, it looks like Mike and I are meant to be together.
LOOK at this pick:
IT HAS BUCK ON IT. it is a Buck pick. for those of you who don't know, yes, i still sleep with a stuffed animal. am i ashamed of this? heck no. what is the stuffed animal, you ask? it is a turtle named Buck. and he has slept with me every single night (save for one) since i was in.... 9th grade? 8th grade? 7th grade? and Buck is the best. he's been to Ireland. Canada (multiple times). Boston. Providence. Newport. Florida (where he came from). Savannah. D.C. NYC. he comes with me wherever i am sleeping.
and, you should know, that every time i see a turtle, i say, "it's Buck!"
so, to see Buck on the guitar pick that Mike had, was a pretty freaking big deal.
can you see how the tip is frayed? HARDCORE playing. i don't know which songs he uses a pick for.
but there it is. Mike's guitar pick. i love it. i basically have not let it out of my sight since getting it. i'm so worried that Ruby Tuesday will think it's a new toy.
and i asked Kara on our drive home,
JULIE: Do you think getting the guitar pick at a concert is the same thing as catching the bouquet at a wedding?
KARA: Oh, definitely!
JULIE: Ok, good.
KARA: Yeah, it definitely means you're gonna marry Mike. Then, you'll be Tony's sister-in-law, and you can probably have an affair with him at some point.
JULIE: Wow, I'm gonna have a good life.
yep. pretty exciting stuff.
i'm not sure what to do with the guitar pick. if i should put it in a frame with the signed set list? if i should sleep with it under my pillow? turn it into a piece of jewelry?
anyways. now i'm going to post videos. i was on a strict video mission to get all my favorite parts of all my favorite songs on video.
you can watch them if you want, but i am mainly posting them so Kara can see. it's funny, because the way the lights were, Mike is pretty much a different color in each video he's in. in one he's blue, another yellow, and another red. it's quite amusing, in my opinion.
so, i've uploaded all the videos to YOUTUBE so you can watch them there in better quality and in a bigger window.
14 ARMS - one of my favorite songs. i got the second verse on video because it's my favorite, for some reason.
NON BELIEVER - i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyric, "i would love you Monday through 'til Sunday" and i did! ALSO - in the end when there's a shot of Mike, i believe i got one half of a "Tony and Mike smile at each other" moment.
IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY - got the chorus. loves it.
COME AWAY - my favorite song. the most beautiful song about winter ever. Tony said before they started playing it that he wrote it about when they used to go skiing up at Killington. then people in the crowd started screaming and Tony was like, "yeah!! go Killington!!!"
this song should be the theme of the winter olympics.
CARRY ON - yep. the song that i wanted them to play twice in Boston, and Tony totally laughed at me. whatevs. i got my favorite part on video. i decided that it might just be my favorite part of the whole Crash Kings experience. it comes at about 20 seconds into the video. it's like the headband picture, only in audio form. YEAH.
i actually think Tony has a really great singing voice.
SAVING GRACE - again, i really wanted to get Tony on video singing the lyrics, "stay with me late into this night, and lay with me and i'll promise to make you feel....whoooo!!!!"
ALL ALONG - another new song. so freaking good. the song gets really loud and rocking, but the beginning is sweet and pretty and that's what i got. it's just Tony and piano.
and actually, i found another person had uploaded videos from the providence show and they had a waaaayy better view than me! and, they got a totally, totally, super hott video of Tony in one of his 'rocking out on the clav' moments during 'All Along.' i kind of can't stop watching this video. it's sooo freaking good. and you wouldn't believe it's the same song of the video i posted, because it totally sounds different. please watch. you will be amazed.
you should really watch that video. there's a part close to the beginning where Tony knocks the microphone out of the way with his shoulder so he can rock out more, and for some reason, it reminds me of a lion. i have absolutely no idea why. like, the motion of his shoulder hitting the microphone looks like something a lion would do. i can't explain any more. i have no reasons.
MY LOVE - on Sunday Tony said that he wrote this song about coming home. meaning, coming home to Boston. but, man it's romantic. he must really love Boston. again, i had to get him on video singing the lyrics, "all the little pieces of the world come together so well....you're taking me home." so, so pretty. (both the song and the man.)
MOUNTAIN MAN - i only got a small piece. the chorus, mainly. this is a really good song. i watched an interview with the band and Mike said that Budweiser was thinking of using this song in one of their commercials, but decided not to because the lyric, "she's drunk by the daytime" goes against their, 'drink responsibly' motto. i'm glad about this. they're not singing about getting drunk on beer anyways. it's about being drunk on sunshine. way more cooler.
AND THAT'S IT!!!!! whoa, that's a lot of videos.
what a great week of Crash Kings!!!! i could seriously see them in concert every night of the week. i decided that they need to go on tour with Rooney and Hanson. hott, right?!
or, they should tour with Hanson and the Jonas Brothers. call it the BRO TOUR. and.... Oasis? were they brothers too? and Robert and Jason Schwartzman can be special guests.
man, brother bands are so great.
once they finish up this headlining tour in a few weeks, they are immediately going back on tour with the band JET. they sing that slow song, "oooohhhh look what you've done you've made a fool of something something something...." and that fast song, "1 2 3 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine!"
and they're coming BACK to boston on 9 March! and playing at The Paradise, which is pretty much right down the street from where we were last Sunday. it's where i first saw Rooney. great little club. i'm not planning on being able to go, because we have a baby that is due right around then. but, they have a very long list of tour dates in other cities and if they are playing in a city near you, i would strongly encourage you to consider going.
now that i'm part of the Crash Queens, i have a responsibility to promote this band to the max. because i haven't been talking about them enough for the past two months.
alright. i thought i had more to say, but now i can't really think of it. lucky you, right?
so, have a great rest of the weekend. now that all the excitement in my life is over, i can go back to normal blogging and focusing on the fact that it is my birthday month.
i might update you later. maybe not. i think this is a pretty good entry. i really hope you're listening to Crash Kings music after you read all this stuff. because they're seriously good and seriously cool. and, in total honesty, every single song on their CD is awesome. like, there's no songs where i'm like, "oo i'm gonna skip this one." for realz. it's all good.
ok. now i have to go to work!!!!
talk to you soon, friends. have a lovely evening!!
<3,
Julie
02 February 2010
"hi, we're here to CRASH the party."
yes - i know i said i would update before we went to Crash Kings on sunday. and i realize that i did not update. i don't have a good excuse. i just didn't.
the weekend at home was great. arrived saturday around 12:30ish, maybe. i didn't stop at Old Navy on my way home. i left later than i wanted. and decided that i just wanted to get to maine. especially after my apartment cleaning extravaganza which took place into the early hours of saturday.
so, i arrived home and it was sooooooooooo sooo great to see my mom. she was in the middle of making my FAVORITE kind of cupcakes!!! that was awesome. we basically just hung around and talked all day.
oh, but then we went out. she had read this article in the newspaper about Neti Pots and how they are supposed to be super helpful for allergies and colds and general breathing. it's a nasal irrigation system that looks like a little tea pot. and you mix a little bit of this special salt with some warm water and pour it in one side of your nose, and then it's supposed to circulate through your sinuses, and drain out the other side - making your life generally better!
and she really wanted to go to this place called The Healing Garden to look at them for me. this place is right in Dover, NH on central ave. right next to Papa Ginos. it's a natural pharmacy.
so, we went and learned all about them. it was exciting and disgusting at the same time. and she said she wanted to get me one as an early birthday present. (IT'S FEBRUARY!!!!) so, i picked out a pretty green one.
and now i'm going to skip ahead to last night when i tried using the Neti Pot. i mixed the warm water with the salt and prepared myself. i was very nervous. but everyone swears by them that they have never had any cold or allergy medicine work as well as these pots.
so, i lean over the sink and pour the water into one side of my nose. and i'm standing there like that for a few seconds and thinking, "okay, now what?!" because, it wasn't draining out the other side like it was supposed to!!! and then i started to feel all this pressure build up and it started to burn really bad and hurt really bad. so, i stood up. and then my eyes started tearing. it was not a good first experience.
and i thought, "i wonder why it didn't drain out the other side like it's supposed to?"
i tried it again, with the same results. only this time the back of my throat also started burning.
then this afternoon i thought, "okay, i'll try this again." and i did. and i stood there again for abotu 10 seconds trying to get this water to circulate up in my sinuses. and it just wasn't!
i thought, "are my sinuses really that bad?" so then, i tried it on the other side. and then! i started to feel something. like, maybe the water was getting further up in my nose. and then my ears started popping!!!!!
but, it still wasn't draining out the other side of my nose. so i said, "okay, i'll try the other side again." and then i tried the other side. waited about 10 seconds AND THEN FINALLY, the water started draining out the other side.
and i tried it on the other side, and waited about 15 painful seconds and finally it started draining as well. but it was painful! and the back of my throat was burning.
and STILL, like, 6 hours later, it still feels like i snorted a bunch of chlorine.
i don't think i did it long enough. but it makes me think that something is wrong with my sinuses if it takes that long to drain, and there's that much pressure. i mean, my eyes teared up all these times. it hurt!
i think i just have to keep at it like, everyday. perhaps it will get better.
and that's my Neti Pot story.
SUNDAY was a big day in my life. i'm sure you can imagine. let's recap:
- super excited for the Rooney concert on 12/13/09
- had never even HEARD of Crash Kings before
- Crash Kings start playing. BAM. they freaking rock. and they totally steal the show.
- Julie buys their CD on iTunes the next day and hasn't stopped listening to it since
and now here's the happy ending:
- we saw Crash Kings play on SUNDAY, and we're seeing them again on THURSDAY.
here's how the day went down:
- kara and i spent all day being super excited
- then we gussied up
- we left the house at around 6pm.
- got gas. got ATM money.
- then went out for sushi!!!!! YUM. it was awesome. i had been craving sushi for a long time now.
- around 7:45pm we were finally on our way to boston. (we played 'shipping up to boston' once we saw the skyline and 'mass pike' once we got on the mass pike.)
- we were driving right to the club because with all the green line switchovers, and the concert not getting out until midnight, we didn't think we would be able to make it back anywhere. and my 'google map street view' skillz told me that it looked like there was, in face, plenty of street parking.
- and we found a spot almost immediately!!! right on Commonwealth Ave, across the street from the club, Great Scott.
and Allston, MA is full of cute hipster people. and the club was super cool. really tiny and also full of lots of people that were way cooler than me. i felt like i was in Prescott. (hampshire college reference)
ANYWAYS. it wasn't very crowded and people were just kind of milling around. kara and i debated about whether or not to get drinks. we decided yes.
for some reason, i was channeling Aliya and ordered vodka with orange juice. my under 21 year old sister tells me that is called a "screwdriver." i don't know these things. but, it reminded me of Aliya for some reason. kara got a sprite.
and then we made our way over to the stage area. which was about as big as my kitchen. SUPER tiny. but a good kitchen size. and the stage is super SUPER tiny and immediately i say
JULIE: HOW are they going to fit SEVEN guys up there?!!
i was very concerned for Paper Tongues.
so, we got to the club about 9.15pm. and only had to hang around for like, 45 minutes. and then PAPER TONGUES came out!!!!
now, i had heard via anonymous comment in this blog that the lead singer was full of energy. and i had seen via youtube that it looked like there set was pretty insane.
THEY WERE FULL OF CRAZY ENERGY.
they managed to fit all seven of them on stage. and it ROCKED. i'm pretty sure the kid playing bass is Danny, and i think he is the one who just turned 21. he changed his outfit like, 4 times.
that hottie was the guitar player slash backup singer. he semi-reminded me of Taylor Hanson.
where's the lead singer?
oh, there he is!!! he jumped down into the crowd and kara snapped this killer shot. during the first song he grabbed as many people's hands as he could. yes, kara and i were among those people due to our close proximity to the stage. it was awesome. it was less like a "grab" and more like a "hold." i guess i should say, "he held hands with as many people as he could." it was great. Aswan, is his name.
once i got a few good glances of the drummer, i realized he absolutely totally reminded me of Chris Gallot. who was my date to high school prom. strange, because Chris Gallot was also a drummer. only less tattooed.
other guitar player to the far right. and also Aswan goes crazy.
he borrowed someone's hat from the audience to wear for this song. it was great. he doesn't play anything while he sings, which gives him all the time in the world to DANCE AROUND. he was the best dancer ever. and he just kept moving. it was so insane. for real. he was so awesome.
LOVE this shot. great hair.
it looks like he's doing my signature move, the robot, in this picture. but i don't remember him ever doing the robot.
their set was so good. and they mentioned like, 4 or 5 times that Boston has always been their favorite city to play in. and they said that still definitely holds true. they were so awesome i can't even describe it. ENERGY. so crazy. so good.
AND THEN. it was time for Crash Kings to come out.
so, Paper Tongues is unhooking their stuff and moving it all off the stage, and i happen to look over to kara and see a familiar face in the crowd.
MIKE. super hottie bass player for Crash Kings. just standing around, talking to someone, drinking a beer.
JULIE: OMG IT'S MIKE.
KARA: Where?!
JULIE: The hott one with the beard.
KARA: Whoa!
JULIE: OMG he's right there! How come nobody is freaking out about this!!? Does anybody know it's him!?!? Wow, he's so beautiful.
he is quite a beauty. and he was just hanging around for a while and then,
JULIE: OMG IS JASON.
KARA: Who?!
JULIE: Standing behind Mike. OMG.
KARA: Wow!
JULIE: I can't believe nobody knows it's THEM!!!!!
Jason is the drummer. him and Mike were just hanging around drinking!!! it was GREAT. and then Paper Tongues cleared out all their stuff, and Crash Kings set up.
this made me very happy. even though this was their first headlining tour, they still set up all their own equipment. i mean, they had help. but, Jason brought out all the drums. Mike set up his pedals and ORANGE amp. Tony set up his keyboard and the clavinet. it was nice to see. especially because they're so gorgeous...
Jason set this right in front of us while he was moving other things. kara got this awesome shot.
TONY TONY TONY!!!!!!! setting up the keys!!!!! note the hottttt tattoo.
i REALLY wanted kara to get a shot of Mike with the Orange amp. because DARREN also played with an Orange amp when he was in Phantom Planet. and i remember the first time i saw Darren's orange amp. it was very exciting. and it was also exciting to see Mike play with one. he also uses some special thing to split the bass guitar so it also sounds like an electric guitar at some points.
the full set up. see how tiny the stage was? Mike is at the end of the stage, and the clav is right at the other end. and there's Jason. it was not an ideal set up to get a good picture of Jason. that symbol was right in his face.
in these photos of Mike, please notice the "sweat progression" on his t-shirt. it's intense. they were all gorgeous and sweaty by the end.
notice how Tony isn't wearing the black sweater anymore? that's because he took it off. i saw the whole thing.
ROCKING the clavinet. he is the best rocker out on keyboards EVER. it was the best to watch him. he was jumping around all over the place. but still at the keys. like, jump playing. hardcore. also great tattoo shot.
HOTTIE. (no sweat)
there was this GREAT 'tony and mike' moment during like, the first or second song. they were rocking so hard and they just looked over at each other and smiled SO BIG. it was totally the best out of anything else happening in the world at that moment.
HOTTIE.
BROS!!! i said to kara, "make sure you get a good brother shot."
love Tony in this.
CLAV ACTION!!!! there was one part about 3/4 of the show where they were just ROCKING OUT. and Tony was going crazy on the clav. and after they finished Tony was like,
TONY: And that's how you rock without a guitar.
because, the clav sounds like an electric guitar. and so then he explained it to us. and, what i didn't know, was that there are actual guitar strings INSIDE that top wooden part. and he took off the whammy bar and opened it up. crazy. it's like an electric guitar inside a keyboard. only 12 in existence.
(note Mike's chest sweat)
(also note Jason's chest sweat)
(also note Tony being hott)
(drenched!!!!)
there was one part where it was just clapping,
TONY: Hands up!
(everyone clapping with their hands up)
MIKE: Hands up Mom and Dad! Come on Mom and Dad, hands up!!!!!
that was very sweet and exciting. he named some other people too, which made me very excited because obviously all their friends from home came to the show!!! so great!
and then Tony was like,
TONY: So, Mike and I are brothers, we grew up in Andover, and our parents are here tonight. (crowd goes wild) I mean, really, without them none of this would be possible....(crowd goes wild)....and that one special night....
JASON: Two!!!
TONY: ....those two special nights.....
totally hott and sweaty.
ROCK.
yeah, there was a lot of rocking that night. OH MAN, it was the best. it was just so awesome.
so, then they leave the stage and are just standing around by the side. and, i look up on the stage, and nobody has grabbed Mike's set list yet. "um, hello! there's a set list right there!" so, i go up and grab it. YESSSSSS.
i guess because even though they are making a name for themselves, they're not quite there just yet. and me and kara were really the only super fans there. (oh, and this boy next to me.... that's another story....)
so, we got the set list and then kara says,
KARA: We should have them sign it!!!!!!
um, brillz.
so, we're hanging around in front of the stage while the guys are talking to a bunch of people. and it seems like they are mainly friends from home. i got this feeling by the number of instant hugs these people got. but there were a few non-friends talking to them as well. and then we see their parents come up. Kara actually recognized them from the Rooney show. how awesome is that? (or creeper....?) (no, awesome.)
so then Tony is free and me and Kara inch up to him. my crazy insane excitement level goes from 100 to 1,000 in about one second.
JULIE AND KARA: Hey!
TONY: Hey!
KARA: Awesome show!
TONY: Thank you!
JULIE: You guys rocked so hard.
TONY: Thank you so much. Thanks for coming out!
JULIE: It was so good.
TONY: Great, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
JULIE: We're actually seeing you guys again in Providence on Thursday.
TONY: Oh, wow! Great! That should be fun.
JULIE: I really wanted to hear 'Carry On' again.
TONY: Oh yeah?
JULIE: Yeah. That's such a good song.
TONY: We'll play that on Thursday.
JULIE: Will you play it twice?
TONY: Twice?
JULIE: Yeah!
TONY: In the same set??!!
JULIE: Yeah!!!
TONY: (laughing and smiling so beautifully) No!! (laughs) Why would we do that!?!
KARA: Back to back!
TONY: (laughing) Just keep doing encores.
JULIE: Yes!
TONY: This voice can only handle so much!
JULIE: (laughs)
KARA: (laughs) Hey, do you have a pen?
TONY: Umm...let me see.....
(and then he went looking for a pen and eventually got a sharpie.)
KARA: We stole the set list.
TONY: Great. (signs the set list) Well, thanks for coming!
JULIE AND KARA: Great show! See you Thursday!
and then Tony walked away. no tequila shots. and he went to go talk to his parents. and then we waited for Mike, who was talking to another fan.
me and kara were totally hyped up.
MIKE: Hey, do you guys have the set list?
JULIE: (ohmygod Mike just walked up to US)
KARA: Yeah! We're stealing it.
MIKE: What was the first new song we played?
(the other fan walks up too)
MIKE: Oh, 'Carry On.'
OTHER FAN: That was awesome.
MIKE: Thanks, man.
JULIE: That was my favorite. I love that song.
MIKE: Really?!
JULIE: Yeah, I wanted you to play it again.
MIKE: Wow!
JULIE: I totally love it.
MIKE: I actually wrote that song!
JULIE AND KARA: No way!!!
MIKE: Yeah! That's awesome.
JULIE: It's such a great song.
MIKE: Thanks so much! Thank you for coming!
JULIE AND KARA: Sure! We loved it!
JULIE: You guys rocked so hard. We'll see you in Providence on Thursday, also.
MIKE: Cool!
KARA: Do you have that sharpie?
MIKE: Ummm....no....(looks around)
ANOTHER FAN: I have a sharpie.
JULIE: Oh, wow! Thank you!
KARA: We have one.
MIKE: Great. (signs his name. sees Jason.) Hey! Come sign this.
JULIE AND KARA: Thank you so much!
MIKE: Have a great night!
JULIE AND KARA: You too!!
JULIE AND KARA: (to Jason) You guy are so awesome!
JASON: Thanks! Thanks for coming! (signs his name.) Oh, let's do this. What's the date? (checks his watch) (writes the date on the paper.)
JULIE AND KARA: Thank you so much!
JASON: Sure! Have a great night!
JULIE AND KARA: You too! Take care!
and THAT was when we met Crash Kings.
YEP. their signatures are way more "autography" than i would have thought. Mike is the one on the bottom "MB." Jason is above that, also in purple, "JM." he also wrote the date at the top. and then Tony is in black on the left. i have no idea how to read his signature. i can see the "B" but nothing else. it almost looks like an "A," which would make sense since his first name is Antonio. but, why wouldn't he just write a "T" if everyone calls him Tony.
SUPER COOL, RIGHT?!?!? we have the set list!!!!!! "Mountain Man" is their single. the one that they play on some alternative radio stations. "It's Only Wednesday" is the song from the movie Zombieland. which is out on DVD yesterday.
so technically, it's Wednesday today. which means we're seeing Crash Kings AGAIN TOMORROW. omg. i'm so freaking excited.
we realized that Kara's camera is better at taking pictures and my camera is better at taking videos. so, we'll both have important jobs tomorrow.
it was the best. such a great time.
and then the people at the Merch table were super awesome! it wasn't crowded at all, so we got to talk to them a bit. and every time we asked to see a shirt, the guy would hold it up to me and say, "let's see how this one looks." in the end, he said, "i think the darker colors look better." thanks, man! he was cool. and very excited when Kara bought a Paper Tongues t-shirt.
both bands were great and sooo much fun to watch.
okay. thanks for re-living the concert with me! no GO CHECK OUT Crash Kings. if you haven't yet. i promise they are awesome. if you like piano ROCK music. emphasis on the rock.
and it's taken me 3 hours to complete this entry. the first hour was spent waiting for pictures to load. so now i'm going to go eat supper. it's 12:35am.
i'll update again later!! i have no plans today. except hang around.
have great days!!!! great wednesdays. hope your weekend rocked just as hard as mine. although, it's doubtful.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS CAME OUT TODAY!! i'll talk about those later too. promise!
if there ever was a day that you should get away
i feel it in my bones, i think today's the day
<3
the weekend at home was great. arrived saturday around 12:30ish, maybe. i didn't stop at Old Navy on my way home. i left later than i wanted. and decided that i just wanted to get to maine. especially after my apartment cleaning extravaganza which took place into the early hours of saturday.
so, i arrived home and it was sooooooooooo sooo great to see my mom. she was in the middle of making my FAVORITE kind of cupcakes!!! that was awesome. we basically just hung around and talked all day.
oh, but then we went out. she had read this article in the newspaper about Neti Pots and how they are supposed to be super helpful for allergies and colds and general breathing. it's a nasal irrigation system that looks like a little tea pot. and you mix a little bit of this special salt with some warm water and pour it in one side of your nose, and then it's supposed to circulate through your sinuses, and drain out the other side - making your life generally better!
and she really wanted to go to this place called The Healing Garden to look at them for me. this place is right in Dover, NH on central ave. right next to Papa Ginos. it's a natural pharmacy.
so, we went and learned all about them. it was exciting and disgusting at the same time. and she said she wanted to get me one as an early birthday present. (IT'S FEBRUARY!!!!) so, i picked out a pretty green one.
and now i'm going to skip ahead to last night when i tried using the Neti Pot. i mixed the warm water with the salt and prepared myself. i was very nervous. but everyone swears by them that they have never had any cold or allergy medicine work as well as these pots.
so, i lean over the sink and pour the water into one side of my nose. and i'm standing there like that for a few seconds and thinking, "okay, now what?!" because, it wasn't draining out the other side like it was supposed to!!! and then i started to feel all this pressure build up and it started to burn really bad and hurt really bad. so, i stood up. and then my eyes started tearing. it was not a good first experience.
and i thought, "i wonder why it didn't drain out the other side like it's supposed to?"
i tried it again, with the same results. only this time the back of my throat also started burning.
then this afternoon i thought, "okay, i'll try this again." and i did. and i stood there again for abotu 10 seconds trying to get this water to circulate up in my sinuses. and it just wasn't!
i thought, "are my sinuses really that bad?" so then, i tried it on the other side. and then! i started to feel something. like, maybe the water was getting further up in my nose. and then my ears started popping!!!!!
but, it still wasn't draining out the other side of my nose. so i said, "okay, i'll try the other side again." and then i tried the other side. waited about 10 seconds AND THEN FINALLY, the water started draining out the other side.
and i tried it on the other side, and waited about 15 painful seconds and finally it started draining as well. but it was painful! and the back of my throat was burning.
and STILL, like, 6 hours later, it still feels like i snorted a bunch of chlorine.
i don't think i did it long enough. but it makes me think that something is wrong with my sinuses if it takes that long to drain, and there's that much pressure. i mean, my eyes teared up all these times. it hurt!
i think i just have to keep at it like, everyday. perhaps it will get better.
and that's my Neti Pot story.
SUNDAY was a big day in my life. i'm sure you can imagine. let's recap:
- super excited for the Rooney concert on 12/13/09
- had never even HEARD of Crash Kings before
- Crash Kings start playing. BAM. they freaking rock. and they totally steal the show.
- Julie buys their CD on iTunes the next day and hasn't stopped listening to it since
and now here's the happy ending:
- we saw Crash Kings play on SUNDAY, and we're seeing them again on THURSDAY.
here's how the day went down:
- kara and i spent all day being super excited
- then we gussied up
- we left the house at around 6pm.
- got gas. got ATM money.
- then went out for sushi!!!!! YUM. it was awesome. i had been craving sushi for a long time now.
- around 7:45pm we were finally on our way to boston. (we played 'shipping up to boston' once we saw the skyline and 'mass pike' once we got on the mass pike.)
- we were driving right to the club because with all the green line switchovers, and the concert not getting out until midnight, we didn't think we would be able to make it back anywhere. and my 'google map street view' skillz told me that it looked like there was, in face, plenty of street parking.
- and we found a spot almost immediately!!! right on Commonwealth Ave, across the street from the club, Great Scott.
and Allston, MA is full of cute hipster people. and the club was super cool. really tiny and also full of lots of people that were way cooler than me. i felt like i was in Prescott. (hampshire college reference)
ANYWAYS. it wasn't very crowded and people were just kind of milling around. kara and i debated about whether or not to get drinks. we decided yes.
for some reason, i was channeling Aliya and ordered vodka with orange juice. my under 21 year old sister tells me that is called a "screwdriver." i don't know these things. but, it reminded me of Aliya for some reason. kara got a sprite.
and then we made our way over to the stage area. which was about as big as my kitchen. SUPER tiny. but a good kitchen size. and the stage is super SUPER tiny and immediately i say
JULIE: HOW are they going to fit SEVEN guys up there?!!
i was very concerned for Paper Tongues.
so, we got to the club about 9.15pm. and only had to hang around for like, 45 minutes. and then PAPER TONGUES came out!!!!
now, i had heard via anonymous comment in this blog that the lead singer was full of energy. and i had seen via youtube that it looked like there set was pretty insane.
THEY WERE FULL OF CRAZY ENERGY.
they managed to fit all seven of them on stage. and it ROCKED. i'm pretty sure the kid playing bass is Danny, and i think he is the one who just turned 21. he changed his outfit like, 4 times.
that hottie was the guitar player slash backup singer. he semi-reminded me of Taylor Hanson.
where's the lead singer?
oh, there he is!!! he jumped down into the crowd and kara snapped this killer shot. during the first song he grabbed as many people's hands as he could. yes, kara and i were among those people due to our close proximity to the stage. it was awesome. it was less like a "grab" and more like a "hold." i guess i should say, "he held hands with as many people as he could." it was great. Aswan, is his name.
once i got a few good glances of the drummer, i realized he absolutely totally reminded me of Chris Gallot. who was my date to high school prom. strange, because Chris Gallot was also a drummer. only less tattooed.
other guitar player to the far right. and also Aswan goes crazy.
he borrowed someone's hat from the audience to wear for this song. it was great. he doesn't play anything while he sings, which gives him all the time in the world to DANCE AROUND. he was the best dancer ever. and he just kept moving. it was so insane. for real. he was so awesome.
LOVE this shot. great hair.
it looks like he's doing my signature move, the robot, in this picture. but i don't remember him ever doing the robot.
their set was so good. and they mentioned like, 4 or 5 times that Boston has always been their favorite city to play in. and they said that still definitely holds true. they were so awesome i can't even describe it. ENERGY. so crazy. so good.
AND THEN. it was time for Crash Kings to come out.
so, Paper Tongues is unhooking their stuff and moving it all off the stage, and i happen to look over to kara and see a familiar face in the crowd.
MIKE. super hottie bass player for Crash Kings. just standing around, talking to someone, drinking a beer.
JULIE: OMG IT'S MIKE.
KARA: Where?!
JULIE: The hott one with the beard.
KARA: Whoa!
JULIE: OMG he's right there! How come nobody is freaking out about this!!? Does anybody know it's him!?!? Wow, he's so beautiful.
he is quite a beauty. and he was just hanging around for a while and then,
JULIE: OMG IS JASON.
KARA: Who?!
JULIE: Standing behind Mike. OMG.
KARA: Wow!
JULIE: I can't believe nobody knows it's THEM!!!!!
Jason is the drummer. him and Mike were just hanging around drinking!!! it was GREAT. and then Paper Tongues cleared out all their stuff, and Crash Kings set up.
this made me very happy. even though this was their first headlining tour, they still set up all their own equipment. i mean, they had help. but, Jason brought out all the drums. Mike set up his pedals and ORANGE amp. Tony set up his keyboard and the clavinet. it was nice to see. especially because they're so gorgeous...
Jason set this right in front of us while he was moving other things. kara got this awesome shot.
TONY TONY TONY!!!!!!! setting up the keys!!!!! note the hottttt tattoo.
i REALLY wanted kara to get a shot of Mike with the Orange amp. because DARREN also played with an Orange amp when he was in Phantom Planet. and i remember the first time i saw Darren's orange amp. it was very exciting. and it was also exciting to see Mike play with one. he also uses some special thing to split the bass guitar so it also sounds like an electric guitar at some points.
the full set up. see how tiny the stage was? Mike is at the end of the stage, and the clav is right at the other end. and there's Jason. it was not an ideal set up to get a good picture of Jason. that symbol was right in his face.
in these photos of Mike, please notice the "sweat progression" on his t-shirt. it's intense. they were all gorgeous and sweaty by the end.
notice how Tony isn't wearing the black sweater anymore? that's because he took it off. i saw the whole thing.
ROCKING the clavinet. he is the best rocker out on keyboards EVER. it was the best to watch him. he was jumping around all over the place. but still at the keys. like, jump playing. hardcore. also great tattoo shot.
HOTTIE. (no sweat)
there was this GREAT 'tony and mike' moment during like, the first or second song. they were rocking so hard and they just looked over at each other and smiled SO BIG. it was totally the best out of anything else happening in the world at that moment.
HOTTIE.
BROS!!! i said to kara, "make sure you get a good brother shot."
love Tony in this.
CLAV ACTION!!!! there was one part about 3/4 of the show where they were just ROCKING OUT. and Tony was going crazy on the clav. and after they finished Tony was like,
TONY: And that's how you rock without a guitar.
because, the clav sounds like an electric guitar. and so then he explained it to us. and, what i didn't know, was that there are actual guitar strings INSIDE that top wooden part. and he took off the whammy bar and opened it up. crazy. it's like an electric guitar inside a keyboard. only 12 in existence.
(note Mike's chest sweat)
(also note Jason's chest sweat)
(also note Tony being hott)
(drenched!!!!)
there was one part where it was just clapping,
TONY: Hands up!
(everyone clapping with their hands up)
MIKE: Hands up Mom and Dad! Come on Mom and Dad, hands up!!!!!
that was very sweet and exciting. he named some other people too, which made me very excited because obviously all their friends from home came to the show!!! so great!
and then Tony was like,
TONY: So, Mike and I are brothers, we grew up in Andover, and our parents are here tonight. (crowd goes wild) I mean, really, without them none of this would be possible....(crowd goes wild)....and that one special night....
JASON: Two!!!
TONY: ....those two special nights.....
totally hott and sweaty.
ROCK.
yeah, there was a lot of rocking that night. OH MAN, it was the best. it was just so awesome.
so, then they leave the stage and are just standing around by the side. and, i look up on the stage, and nobody has grabbed Mike's set list yet. "um, hello! there's a set list right there!" so, i go up and grab it. YESSSSSS.
i guess because even though they are making a name for themselves, they're not quite there just yet. and me and kara were really the only super fans there. (oh, and this boy next to me.... that's another story....)
so, we got the set list and then kara says,
KARA: We should have them sign it!!!!!!
um, brillz.
so, we're hanging around in front of the stage while the guys are talking to a bunch of people. and it seems like they are mainly friends from home. i got this feeling by the number of instant hugs these people got. but there were a few non-friends talking to them as well. and then we see their parents come up. Kara actually recognized them from the Rooney show. how awesome is that? (or creeper....?) (no, awesome.)
so then Tony is free and me and Kara inch up to him. my crazy insane excitement level goes from 100 to 1,000 in about one second.
JULIE AND KARA: Hey!
TONY: Hey!
KARA: Awesome show!
TONY: Thank you!
JULIE: You guys rocked so hard.
TONY: Thank you so much. Thanks for coming out!
JULIE: It was so good.
TONY: Great, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
JULIE: We're actually seeing you guys again in Providence on Thursday.
TONY: Oh, wow! Great! That should be fun.
JULIE: I really wanted to hear 'Carry On' again.
TONY: Oh yeah?
JULIE: Yeah. That's such a good song.
TONY: We'll play that on Thursday.
JULIE: Will you play it twice?
TONY: Twice?
JULIE: Yeah!
TONY: In the same set??!!
JULIE: Yeah!!!
TONY: (laughing and smiling so beautifully) No!! (laughs) Why would we do that!?!
KARA: Back to back!
TONY: (laughing) Just keep doing encores.
JULIE: Yes!
TONY: This voice can only handle so much!
JULIE: (laughs)
KARA: (laughs) Hey, do you have a pen?
TONY: Umm...let me see.....
(and then he went looking for a pen and eventually got a sharpie.)
KARA: We stole the set list.
TONY: Great. (signs the set list) Well, thanks for coming!
JULIE AND KARA: Great show! See you Thursday!
and then Tony walked away. no tequila shots. and he went to go talk to his parents. and then we waited for Mike, who was talking to another fan.
me and kara were totally hyped up.
MIKE: Hey, do you guys have the set list?
JULIE: (ohmygod Mike just walked up to US)
KARA: Yeah! We're stealing it.
MIKE: What was the first new song we played?
(the other fan walks up too)
MIKE: Oh, 'Carry On.'
OTHER FAN: That was awesome.
MIKE: Thanks, man.
JULIE: That was my favorite. I love that song.
MIKE: Really?!
JULIE: Yeah, I wanted you to play it again.
MIKE: Wow!
JULIE: I totally love it.
MIKE: I actually wrote that song!
JULIE AND KARA: No way!!!
MIKE: Yeah! That's awesome.
JULIE: It's such a great song.
MIKE: Thanks so much! Thank you for coming!
JULIE AND KARA: Sure! We loved it!
JULIE: You guys rocked so hard. We'll see you in Providence on Thursday, also.
MIKE: Cool!
KARA: Do you have that sharpie?
MIKE: Ummm....no....(looks around)
ANOTHER FAN: I have a sharpie.
JULIE: Oh, wow! Thank you!
KARA: We have one.
MIKE: Great. (signs his name. sees Jason.) Hey! Come sign this.
JULIE AND KARA: Thank you so much!
MIKE: Have a great night!
JULIE AND KARA: You too!!
JULIE AND KARA: (to Jason) You guy are so awesome!
JASON: Thanks! Thanks for coming! (signs his name.) Oh, let's do this. What's the date? (checks his watch) (writes the date on the paper.)
JULIE AND KARA: Thank you so much!
JASON: Sure! Have a great night!
JULIE AND KARA: You too! Take care!
and THAT was when we met Crash Kings.
YEP. their signatures are way more "autography" than i would have thought. Mike is the one on the bottom "MB." Jason is above that, also in purple, "JM." he also wrote the date at the top. and then Tony is in black on the left. i have no idea how to read his signature. i can see the "B" but nothing else. it almost looks like an "A," which would make sense since his first name is Antonio. but, why wouldn't he just write a "T" if everyone calls him Tony.
SUPER COOL, RIGHT?!?!? we have the set list!!!!!! "Mountain Man" is their single. the one that they play on some alternative radio stations. "It's Only Wednesday" is the song from the movie Zombieland. which is out on DVD yesterday.
so technically, it's Wednesday today. which means we're seeing Crash Kings AGAIN TOMORROW. omg. i'm so freaking excited.
we realized that Kara's camera is better at taking pictures and my camera is better at taking videos. so, we'll both have important jobs tomorrow.
it was the best. such a great time.
and then the people at the Merch table were super awesome! it wasn't crowded at all, so we got to talk to them a bit. and every time we asked to see a shirt, the guy would hold it up to me and say, "let's see how this one looks." in the end, he said, "i think the darker colors look better." thanks, man! he was cool. and very excited when Kara bought a Paper Tongues t-shirt.
both bands were great and sooo much fun to watch.
okay. thanks for re-living the concert with me! no GO CHECK OUT Crash Kings. if you haven't yet. i promise they are awesome. if you like piano ROCK music. emphasis on the rock.
and it's taken me 3 hours to complete this entry. the first hour was spent waiting for pictures to load. so now i'm going to go eat supper. it's 12:35am.
i'll update again later!! i have no plans today. except hang around.
have great days!!!! great wednesdays. hope your weekend rocked just as hard as mine. although, it's doubtful.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS CAME OUT TODAY!! i'll talk about those later too. promise!
if there ever was a day that you should get away
i feel it in my bones, i think today's the day
<3
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