Episode 367: Julie Has A Boring Day

In this episode, our hero, Julie, has an uneventful, boring day. Stay tuned to find out what went on!



First, I woke up.

About an hour later, I decided I wanted to eat bruschetta and watch last night's episode of The Office and 30 Rock.

I went to get the 'bruschetta' bread and discovered it was moldy. I inspected the mold. Cool. Then I decided I would use my whole wheat multi-grain bread instead.

Still delish, although the bread turned out a little soggy.

Episode of 30 Rock was totes hilars. I laughed really hard when Liz is going on about how great Tracy's life with his family is and then she says, "Know what I have? A Sims family that keeps getting murdered." Yeah, I laughed for a while. Also appreciated the amount of the Che picture that Liz keeps tacked to her bulletin board.

Then I wasted some time.

Then I tried to rework my car insurance but the website kept getting errors and so finally after like, an hour, I gave up and was frustrated.

Then I decided to take my frustration out in the form of being crafty.

Here is the craftiness progression:





(note Ruby Tuesday and a pack of diapers in the background....)







Voila!! A pretty pot of fake purple flowers.


Then, I made Kara an anklet. I call it, "Blue Sunrise." It's a repeating rainbow progression of color. I don't want to post a picture because I want it to be a surprise for Kara.

Then, I fiddled around and tried to make a pair of chandelier earrings, but I couldn't get a design I liked. At first I was imagining them crystal and silver beads. But then I thought about adding color. But then I kept thinking about the crystal and silver. Now I'm undecided.

Then, I restrung the "sister crystal" that me and Aliya have to hang in my new car. I added some extra beads and a real clasp and hung it in the car!!



The Sister Crystal keeps me safe while driving. I haven't had it in the new car, and maybe that's why I've been so uneasy about driving.


Then I called my mom.

Then I had a bowl of chocolate cheerios.

Then I did some intense research on the song I heard in Old Navy back in January and still can't figure out what it is. Still no luck. Although, there was a very close call with this band called Fanfarlo, which I might be interested in listening to more of.

Then I went and washed out my earring with alcohol. Why? Because it's infected. Again. I've had this piercing ONE YEAR. ONE YEAR THIS MONTH. And it's still getting infected like, every two weeks. Why do I put up with it? Why don't I just take it out forever? I DON'T KNOW. I can't explain it. I guess I kind of like it. But it drives me crazy.

Then I decided it was time to finish season 1 of The O.C. SO I DID. (I might have cried a little. Just a little...) (Like when Seth and Ryan were saying goodbye to each other.) ( :'( )

While painting my fingernails black.

And my toenails 'steel.'

Then I got a letter ready to mail to my new BFF Lindsay who works at Toyota of Portsmouth. I enclosed a note on teal paper. She sent me a note in the mail the other day and it was on lime green paper!!! And I said to myself, "if she can send me a note on lime green paper, then I can send her a note on teal paper!!" SO I DID. Clearly the exchanging of professional notes on awesomely colored paper means we're BFF.

Then I got a little sad because Crash Kings tweeted saying that Jason has a horrible case of food poisoning. :( Feel better Jason.


Then Ruby Tuesday was playing with her favorite toy and it was really cute:



(note: Huggies diapers, again, and my Coconut Records tote.)


Then I watched the video of Chris Cornell singing 'Imagine' on Conan O'Brien while Tony plays piano. This was back on 11 September 2009.

And then I decided to blog.

Do you realize that someone has a birthday coming up? Two very important birthdays are in our future.

Scratch that - FOUR very important birthdays are in our future.

1. MARIA
2. Celine Dion
3. Ewan McGregor
4. THE BLOG

Can you believe we've been here at Blogger for almost one year!? Seems like only yesterday that we were saying goodbye to the livejournal, where we made our home for so many years.... And I planned the first ever online ribbon cutting ceremony for the new blog. This blog.

Man, I don't mean to brag - but I totally rock at planning ribbon cutting ceremonies. I should be a professional ribbon cutting ceremony planner. I have experience in both real-life ceremonies, and online ones.

Ya know what? I feel like I'm pretty good at planning online parties too. Remember when we had Blog Reader Appreciation Week and I planned a different event for each night? YEAH. Um, that rocked.

I should be an online event planner. It's probably the way of the future. I feel like I could team up with Myspace. They seem to always be hosting online things.

Anyways. That was my day. And then some.

Currently it's 2:55am. Saturday morning. Once again, I'm alone in the big house. Last night I was really creeped out. The house phone rang at 4am and it freaked me out. And then I couldn't sleep. And then I had to go down to the staff office and log the phone call. And I don't like walking around the empty house at night time. It's shadowy and creaky. Two things that don't mesh.

Plan for Saturday? Nope. Nada. Nothing. None. There is no plan. Except try and be awake before the post office closes so I can go get the first disc of season 2 of The O.C.

I was thinking about Crash Kings performing at SXSW and how Ryan is going. And how Elizabeth lives in Austin. And I said,

JULIE: I have the weekend off!!! I could fly to Austin for a few nights!!! And stay with Elizabeth!!! And meet up with Ryan for the show!!!!!

And then I thought about how I now have car payments.... It was a bummer moment. If I had an 'unlimited checking account,' (which Kara and I constantly joke about having) then I would have gone.

I miss Elizabeth. I think about her every time I look at my 'I heart Poe' button that I have hanging on my fridge. I should write her a letter.

Maybe I will write letters as my plan for Saturday. Maybe I will go somewhere and write them. That could be a fun and fulfilling plan. I like it.

Okay. 3:06am now. I'm going to get into bed and try and go to sleep. I'm not sure if I'm tired.

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 367: Julie Has A Boring Day.

After writing this entry, I feel like maybe it wasn't so boring after all.....




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show yourself!

HOROSCOPE FOR TODAY, 19 MARCH 2010:

Things could be taken to the next level today, so don't shy away from asking someone out on a date. Perhaps an office flirtation will move from a professional to personal relationship. If you don't have anyone in your scope, keep your eyes peeled as secret admirers will likely reveal themselves at this time.



DEAR SECRET ADMIRERS,

It's okay, you can come out now.

love,
Julie



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all i know, is there must be something more

oohhhhh what a day, what a day.

let's start from the night.

i had a fun night playing mom to the newborn. although, i don't think Ruby Tuesday liked it. it felt a little like when they bring the baby home in Lady and the Tramp. or, that's how i felt. but, Ruby and i spent all day today snuggling, so that makes up for it.

anyways. the baby was up from 1:15 until about 3.
then from 4:15 to about 5:20.

then we were supposed to wake up at 7:15 for another feeding....so i set my alarm for 7:05, just because i knew i had to bring him to daycare at 8am and i wanted to have time to pack up all his things, etc.

so, my alarm went off at 7:05. i hit snooze. and woke up again at 7:55am. aw, crap. baby was still sleeping.

so i JUMPED out of bed, packed up the diaper bag, threw on a sweatshirt, picked up the baby and brought him down to daycare. that was sad. i kissed him goodbye.

THEN, i went down to the office because i was driving the resident to an appointment at 8:15. it was now like, 8:05. and it takes like, 15 minutes to get there.

so, i get the keys to the van and then decide i'll go upstairs and tell her we should go.

i go upstairs, and she's still asleep in bed. ugh.

i wake her up and tell her we need to leave right now so get ready!!!!!!!

then i go downstairs and wait. we don't leave the house until like, 8:15, which was the time the appointment was for.

we get to the place at like, 8:30 and THEY SAY IT'S TOO LATE. uuugghhhh. great.

i'm also like, living in zombieland due to lack of sleep and very early hours. (note the 'zombieland' reference even though i haven't seen the movie. hear it has great music, though...)

ANYWAYS. so we drive back to the house. things are very panicky for like, 15 minutes.

finally, i am able to go back upstairs to my house. and i give Ruby a hug and tell her it's time to go back to sleep.

and it took me a loooong time to fall asleep. at first i thought it was going to be easy, but then i couldn't keep my eyes closed. and it kind of felt like i was on a roller coaster.

and then i slept until like, 2pm. mmm. nice.

THEN i went to the post office. got some Netflix.

then i had to go to wal-mart to buy cat food. so i did that. and also bought the new chocolate cheerios.

drove home. man, it's very hard for me to get used to this new car. it's like i've never driven anything before in my life. is this normal with new cars? to feel like you're the worst driver on the road? i can't get used to the car.

on tuesday i read the manual for the car. and i read it while sitting in the car to see if just being in the car more would make me feel more comfortable in it. but, not really.

BUT! there was an awesome section in the manual titled:

When You Want to Take a Nap in the Car

and it was about making sure to keep things safe while you're taking a nap. this made me laugh, really, really hard.

how often do people say, "ah, this is a good afternoon for a nap. i think i'll go out to the car." i mean, i know that people occasionally nap in their cars, but does there really need to be a whole section on it?!! wow, i still think this is really funny.

i tried to take a picture of the title to post as a twitter update, but the picture kept coming out blurry.

anyways. i drove home today and immediately had a bowl of chocolate cheerios. AAHHHHHHH THEY ARE SO GOOD. especially with vanilla soy milk. YUM DELISH TO THE MAX. ok, i had two bowls. and i watched an episode of The O.C.

i admit - i'm very sick of this Ryan-Marissa-Theresa drama. UGH. why can't it just be OVER?!! and now Theresa is living in the Cohen house!??! UUGGHH.

i was thinking today about The O.C. and remembered that SNL Digital Short with Shia LaBeouf that was a spoof of the final episode. didn't like, everyone die? does everyone die at the end of this show?! that would be weird and depressing.

i can't believe Julie is marrying Caleb. that's funny.

anyways. that's my O.C. update for the night.

here's my SXSW update:

TALLY HALL AND CRASH KINGS ARE BOTH PERFORMING AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

Tally Hall is at Emo's and Crash Kings are at the Rusty Spur!!!!!!

how do you pick?!?! who do you go see?!?!? WHY would the scheduling board of SXSW schedule these two bands to perform on the same night!???! CRUEL!!! although, i think Crash Kings is also performing tomorrow, and saturday night. or maybe just saturday? i can't remember.

anyways. if i have any readers at SXSW right now, please enjoy the music.

and i REALLY hope that the Tally Hall guys and the Crash Kings guys hang out after the show. ooooo they MUST be BFF because they were on tour together for like, a month! i'm so excited about the prospect of red tie hanging out with Tony. toomuchhottness.

oh, alright. i guess that's all for now. it's early still. 10:39pm. thursday night. i keep thinking it's friday. i've been so mixed up on my days ever since coming back from the Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend.

also - i reealllly have had to restrain myself from going to see the new Robert Pattinson movie, Remember Me. i reeallllly want to see it. and it's playing in the local sketch theater. (the one that needs the new sign letters. although, they're getting better. 'Avatar' is now spelt, 'Auatar.")

it was really hott in my apartment today. it's been really hott outside. really? already? it wasn't even that cold this winter! come on!!!! i'm not ready for warm weather.

ok. i'm going to make supper and watch The Time Traveler's Wife. i'm secretly very excited about seeing this. well, not so secret because i talked about it last night and i'm talking about it again right now. i feel like i saw the trailer about one million times, so now i'm excited about seeing it for real!!!!!

alright friends, i'll talk to you later. have a wonderful end to the week!!!!! i bet you all have super hott fancy plans for the weekend, right!??! awesome!!!! me too!!!!!! actually, no i don't. i have no hott fancy plans for the weekend. i guess i just got excited.

ok. have a great night. take care, be well, no worries.



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an outlaw for my love

so, i've got the newborn baby for the night. talk about taking work home with you, right?

geeze, i feel like Sandy Cohen when he brought Ryan home! omg, my life is sooo much like The O.C. it's crazy.

except, Kirsten didn't approve of Ryan at first. but, if Sandy had brought home this little baby, everyone would have immediately fallen in love with him.

he's pretty much been sleeping ever since i've had him. i fed him his bottle around 10:15, but he only ate 1.5 ounces. he was too tired to eat! he kept falling asleep. sleepy little guy.

anyways, he seems to like listening to Crash Kings and JET. get the kids started on good music at an early age. that's what i like to say. 2 weeks old isn't too little to start to rock!! for serious.

aw man babies are cute. and tiny.

i need to make a video of newborns sneezing and yawning. it would be the number one video on youtube for like, ever. because it would be all people want to watch. because it's the cutest thing ever. just sneezing and yawning. because no matter how many times you see it, it never gets old.

it's so weird looking at this baby and thinking, "i remember seeing you before you were born!!" remember i went to that ultrasound with his mother and we saw him blinking at us on the tv screen? THAT was crazy. and now the fact that he's sleeping next to me right now is ever crazier. right?!

anyways.

i was eating a piece of my staff meeting chocolate raspberry birthday cake earlier and listening to Crash Kings and i got SO HAPPY. like, at that moment, life could not have gotten any better. things were perfect!!! cake and Crash Kings. MAN. i was so happy.

anyways. thursday i am excited because i am getting the final disc of season 1 of The O.C. AND i'm getting The Time Traveler's Wife. yep. cheesy rom com. actually, i don't know if it's a rom com. i don't think so. more just a cheesy rom, i think.

OH HEY, it's sad that Alex Chilton died, right?! yeah! the singer in Big Star! who they are honoring at South by Southwest on Saturday, i think. that's sad. he was only 59.

MAN. i wish i could go to SXSW!!!!

my favorite Phantom Planet (performance) video on youtube comes from SXSW!!!! they're doing 'Knowitall.' i love that song. and i love the way they sing this.

Ryan is going to see Crash Kings perform!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous. but SUPER EXCITED for her. i bet they're gonna kill it. yeah. totes. and then get back to the JET tour.


SO, Kate Winslet is on vaca in mexico right now. apparently, there are already rumors that her and Leo are hooking up. but, according to a "source" those rumors are "absolutely not true." which means that they ARE TOTALLY TRUE!!!!!!!

oh geeze. i'm so excited.

also, i forgot to tell you this when it happened - but i'm now following ALL THREE Jonas Brothers on Twitter. yep. first it was Joe. and then last week Kevin joined. and then i said, "ah, what the heck!" and so now i'm following Nick too. YES. so far, it's amazing.

we're excited to have them on the Bro Tour 2011.

oh man every time i think about the actual possibility of the Bro Tour happening, i get soo excited. it would be too much amazing to handle, i think. shall we recap?


BRO TOUR 2011 featuring:

HANSON
JONAS BROTHERS
KINGS OF LEON
CRASH KINGS
JET
with special guests
ROBERT and JASON SCHWARTZMAN

and then of course the opening band will be called the Non-Brother Band and will be composed of the 'non-bro members' of Crash Kings, Kings of Leon and JET.

jason (crash kings) on drums.
marc (jet) on bass
cam (jet) on guitar
louis (jet) on the keys
(guy from kings of leon) on whatever he plays

hopefully 'kings of leon guy' sings. he can do lead vocals.

i should come up with a tour poster.

my friend Dave (who lives in colorado springs where crash kings will be in like one week!!) sent me the link to this awesome article all about brother bands!!! i'll have to find the link he sent and post it for you. it was actually a super great article. it like, rated the brother bands in terms of sibling rivalry.

i think Hanson was the band with the LEAST amount of sibling rivalry. Jonas Brothers was near Hanson. Kings of Leon was towards the middle, i think. Crash Kings didn't make the list. but, if they did, then they would be right around Hanson. Mike and Tony are BFF. and i think Oasis was the band with the most. Noel and Liam aren't invited on the Bro Tour because 1. Oasis broke up and 2. we don't want any stage fights.

ok. anyways. i should get out of this Bro Tour fantasy i'm living in.

there's like, 15 minutes before the baby needs to eat again. so, i'm going to go get ready. it's very stressful caring for a baby. because you have to do everything right. because babies can't do anything! i filled up all his bottle with water. they just need to be mixed with formula and warmed. or, the other way around. and i set up a diaper changing station in pretty much every room.

it's a big job. pretending to be a mother.

earlier, the JET song 'Cold Hard Bitch' came on and i said, "uh oh, this isn't appropriate for a baby." so, i had to switch it. too bad, cause it's a great song! but not for little ears.

maybe i should play 'Non-Believer' by Crash Kings so he can start to learn the days of the week.

OR, 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' by JET. then he could learn to count to 6!!

alright. for realz now. we're gonna move shop into my bedroom so that after the feeding i can go right to bed.

i'll be playing my lullabies tonight for sure. i wish they made lullaby versions of Crash Kings songs. maybe i'll tweet to them about that. i'm sure they'll get right to it. i bet they would be good lullabies, though.

OK. hope you all are having a great time doing whatever you are doing. and are having a great day. morning. night. whatever.

my plan for thursday = do nothing.

goodnight!!! sweet dreams!!!!!



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take a minute and remember

oh boy. daylight savings this year is KILLING ME. why? i have no idea.

tuesday i slept from:

4-5:30am
6:30-12:50am

i woke up from my phone ringing and realized i had slept through my alarm!! and almost slept through staff meeting, but Courtney called and woke me up. good thing - because my birthday snack was waiting for me downstairs. YUM. chocolate raspberry cake with black raspberry chip ice cream. YEAH. omg, so good.

staff meeting was good. there was approximately 5 minutes in between the time i woke up and the time i entered staff meeting, so it was very hard to open my eyes for like, the first 20 minutes.

and man, i just stayed tired throughout the day. i napped from

7:30-8:48pm.


today was very sunny and very warm. i don't like it. i don't like that i looked out the window and saw that it was so light and so late.

the sunshine just made me sleepier. Ruby Tuesday too. she's been so sleep lately! i think because our nighttime schedule is all messed up. she does not like it that i'm up so often with the baby.

anyways.

i got a smoothie today. peach mango. it was not orange, which disappointed me. it was white with orange pieces. or, peach pieces. i'm not sure exactly how i felt about it. i would get one again. but perhaps not mix the two flavors. maybe try raspberry. or kiwi. that one intrigued me.

oh!

i have some pictures to post for you. i hooked up my phone to my laptop and imported some very important ones.



MY BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!!! not the one from staff meeting - but the one Kara decorated for me!!!! remember how Kara always gives me the best birthday present ever by decorating WHATEVER I WANT onto my birthday cake. the designs she does are nothing short of awesome, and this year was no exception.

this year's design featured, of course, Titanic, with Jack and Rose standing on the bow, holding Oscars. the ship is sailing into an iceberg, on which the Crash Kings are skiing down. each member of the band is holding their respective instruments. (and Tony is wearing his hott red plaid shirt.) also featured on the iceberg, is Fantastic Mr. Fox. what a cutie.

in the lifeboat directly below the iceberg we have the members of Tally Hall. each wearing their tie color. kara looked at Zubin, who is second in from the right, and said, "wow, that looks exactly like him!!" she was very proud.

in the second lifeboat from L to R are Robert and Jason Schwartzman. Robert is wearing that hott icy blue shirt he wore when i first saw Rooney at The Paradise a few years ago.

and of course, the trademark green seahorse floats in the corner.

LOVE IT. a cake full of HOTTIES, right!!?? YES.



look at those Crash Kings!!!! i can't believe how awesome the red plaid shirt turned out. i mixed the red color and let me tell you - it was a mess. when kara mixes food coloring into frosting, it's like an elegant motion. she's very clean and it comes out perfectly. when i do it? there was red dye EVERYWHERE. i had it allllllll over my hands for like, two days. all over the table. the mixing spoons. the bowl. everything. and it wasn't even coming out red! it was hott pink. finally, after letting it sit for a while, the color darkened to perfect.

i love Mike. he looks like the Mountain Man with his beardy beard. i also love the CLAVINET!!!! i bet my birthday cake is the only cake ever created in the whole world to have a Clavinet on it. unless it was on Tony's birthday cake. or Stevie Wonder's.

man, it came out awesome. i looooved it. i can't believe how awesome Kara is. <3



ok, this is just a picture of Ruby Tuesday being very cute and standing up on the edge of my bed. awww!!! what a sweetie!! (and yes, those are drawers built into the wall. so hip, i know.)




THIS PICTURE i didn't remember taking. this is the Starland Ballroom is Sayreville, New Jersey where we saw JET and Crash Kings last sunday. what a creeper building in the daytime!!!! but in the nighttime - WHOA - rocking.



i also don't remember taking this picture. this picture is evidence that i would make a good member of the paparazzi.

see that van with the white trailer attached? Crash Kings van. YEP. Ol' Blue. and it's parked right next to the JET tour bus!!!!! awesome, right?! this was when we were hanging out in the parking lot all day with Jenny. cool. it was a fun day.



AND THIS - is my car hitting 100,000 miles. 667 miles into our Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend. just as 'Come Away' was starting to play. i believe somewhere around NYC. pay no attention to that 'check engine' light.... that light symbolizes the $2,000 worth of work my car needed.

oh, more on my car later. i keep putting it off because i don't want to talk about it. i'm still very sad.

or, i guess i could just give you a quick update now.

i don't have the car anymore.

my trip to Boston to see Crash Kings ONE WEEK AGO TONIGHT really did it in. it came back about 50% louder than when it left. it was bad. i absolutely could not believe that i didn't get pulled over. it was truly a Crash Kings Miracle.

i'm glad i got in some good quality time with the car before i had to give it up, though. i feel like those last few miles was final bonding time that we both needed. and yes, i admit, i shed a few tears.

yes, the car constantly gave me problems ever since i bought it in 2004. but overall - it never failed me. and even on it's very last legs, it never failed us once on the Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend. and, i admit, i was secretly nervous about taking it on such a long trip. but it made it! and i will always remember that fondly.

so, i spent about 5 hours at the Toyota dealership on wednesday and ended up driving away in a 2010 Prius.

it's crazy. this new car is crazy. it has an MP3 hookup. that was really the selling point, to be honest. it's got power windows and power locks! i can't believe i spent 6 years in the old car with crank windows. it's makes having the windows down way more enjoyable.

it's just crazy. there's so much stimulation though, that i have to remind myself to focus on the road and not the computer that tells me how well i'm using the gas engine.

OH! the part that is really awesome are the steering wheel controls. i can turn up the volume, or change the song on the cd player without taking my hands off the wheel!!!!!!! the person who invented that is amazing. i love them. i can also control the temperature of the car on the steering wheel.

i'll have to take pictures sometime. it's dark gray. but sometimes it looks like a bluish gray. it's pretty. i like it so far. i'm still not used to it. i'm not used to the size. or just the fact that it's a different car in general.

i'm not a fan of the rear window visibility. but i am a fan of the rear wiper. YES.

anyways. that's the car story. the new car story.


so, it's actually wednesday now. i never posted this entry on tuesday night because i got too tired/busy.

man, i'm tired.

i have one more disc of season one of The O.C. still great. although, Marissa drives me crazy. and i like Ryan, but not when he's with Marissa. i'm sad that Luke is leaving because he was starting to get hilarious.

ok - Mischa Barton. she needs to eat some donuts. she is disgustingly skinny. and lanky. and gross. her face is pretty. but other than that, she is gross looking.

hm. okay what else can i tell you?

another sunny day.

i'm really liking my Crash Kings ringtone. and alarm tone. it doesn't make waking up any easier. but, it makes is sexier, which is a bonus.

so far it's a quiet night at work. i'm working now, btw. i hope it stays quiet because i'm tired. and i hope the overnight is easy. last night was not easy. the little newborn baby was not a fan of the sleeping. i spent over an hour rocking him to try and get him to sleep. and he would drift in and out, but always wake up again. finally, during one of his quieter moments, i just put him in the crib to see what would happen. and after like, 10 minutes he fell asleep.

but, by that time it was like, 2:15am. and his next feeding was at 3:15am. so, after going back upstairs, finishing the last ten minutes of the O.C. ep i was watching, getting ready for bed, and actually getting into bed, i think i only slept for about 5 minutes before my alarm went off again.

and then i got back into bed again around 4:45 or so. up again at 6:20!! and then back to bed around 7:30. yikes.

i must have gotten up at some point to unplug the phone. but i don't remember doing it.

hm. i don't know what else. i'm just wasting time now.

OH! it's saint patrick's day today. i hope you are all wearing green. i am. color themed holidays are my fave!!!

alright, friends. have a great midweek. i'm sure i'll talk to you later.



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"HEART (BREAK) OF THE OCEAN"

KATE AND SAM!!!!!!! kate winslet and sam mendes have SPLIT.


(after saying that, i am now going to try very hard to be decent and respectful about this.)



i am shocked and very sad. they say it was mutual? hm. they say it happened earlier this year? hm. so, i'm guessing Sam wasn't at the Oscars with Kate? (you see, i didn't watch because i was rocking.)

i like Sam. i think he's a good guy. and he has a beard! you can't go wrong when a guy has a beard. but, maybe, i guess you can? hm.



photo taken from the 2009 Oscars. what went wrong, i wonder...

- hectic schedules?
- can a household with two oscar winning parents really work?
- the fact that Sam is directing the next Bond movie? (yeah, that might do it for me...)
- um...let's see....what else could break up a marriage........
- oh geeze, i can't stand it anymore....
- i tried really hard to not go here.
- but, i can't help it.
- i have to go here.....










- could it be the fact that Kate and Leo are in love with each other?? UM YES.


now, let me say again, that i am very sad about Kate and Sam splitting up. it's sad when anyone splits up. especially when there are little children involved.


BUT NOW!!!!!!! this will give Kate and Leo the rest of their lives to be together!!!!

and this news comes on the heels of the news that Leo and Bar might have split up again. i read that last week, i think. YEP. could it be? that both Kate and Leo are single at the exact same time?!?!?

oh, folks. this could be brilliant.

remember how i said that i better have a great second half of the year since the first half was kind of crappy? YEAH - THIS WOULD DO IT. this would make things great. Kate and Leo finally together!!!!!

i feel like i would sleep better at night. the air would smell better. the sun might even shine brighter. things would be RIGHT. maybe even peace on earth!? who knows what would happen when two powerhouse hotties get together!!?!

OMG. it is a sad day, but it is also a happy day.

also, how brillz is this blog subject title? 'heart (break) of the ocean.' does everyone get it? like, 'heart of the ocean' only with the added word - "break." totes brillz, right? i came up with that on the spot. like, in one second. genius happens with the prospect of Kate and Leo.


alright. it's 5pm on monday. 15 march. i managed to get 8 hours of sleep. although, all the hours were in the 5am - 3pm range. and they were not good hours. lots of interruptions.

ok. i haven't eaten anything yet, so i'm going to go do that. i bet the food is even going to taste better. just THE THOUGHT that now Kate and Leo could be together is all i need.

is it inevitable? are they really in love? the Kate and Leo message boards on IMDb are all over it.

"LEO STOP PLAYING AND GO GET KATE" was my favorite subject line. on the Leo board. the people love it.

let's start it now, people - PEER PRESSURE. sometimes, it's bad, but sometimes, it's also good. and this would be a good time.


take care, friends. have a great day.


(yep. now comes the time where i post a doctored-up version of Kate's acceptance speech at the Golden Globes last year.)

how can they deny it?!?!




<3

i don't believe that anybody feels the way i do about you

today was a momentous day!!! it was the first day where i have downloaded music after hearing it on The O.C.!!!! i know - BIG DAY.

so, The O.C. was always famous for having really great music from less known artists blah blah whatever whatever.

in the Valentine's Day episode (which i LOVED) there was a really great cover of 'Wonderwall' by Oasis. and so i looked it up, and it was by RYAN ADAMS!!! who knew he did a cover of Wonderwall!? i didn't know.

so, i ended up downloaded that, AS WELL as a GREAT live version of the song sung by Noel Gallagher. i really love it.

AND THEN!

i was just watched another episode and said, "omg i have to download this song too!!" so, after some "o.c. music research," discovered that the song is 'Something Pretty' by Patrick Park.

another great song! and it played during the part where Seth interrupts the kissing booth to proclaim his love for Summer. AWWWW. omg Seth. i need him. i love him so much. i need a Seth Cohen please.

i'm really loving The O.C. a lot. probably a lot more than i really should be. i had no idea it was so hilarious! all the scenes in the Cohen household crack me up. Seth and his parents are great comedy.

oh, here's the two new songs i got:

'SOMETHING PRETTY' by Patrick Park
'WONDERWALL' by Ryan Adams

check it out!

hm. that's pretty much all i did today. watch The O.C. oh, i went to the grocery store.

my horoscope for today kind of freaked me out....

The devil and the deep blue sea -- take your pick. Under most unusual circumstances, you may bump into someone today who seems to be a representative from both. Within days, oddly enough, they'll manage to find a place in your heart. Be ready. Be ready for their company, and be ready to feel the need to make a decision quickly. Good luck, no matter what you choose.

weird, right? i don't know. it gave me a very uneasy feeling when i read it. "the devil and the deep blue sea?" what does that mean!? it sounds like a Rolling Stones lyric. is it?

speaking of The Rolling Stones, i decided that most JET songs remind me of Rolling Stones songs. but, i can't figure out which ones. like, which Rolling Stones songs they sound like. JET definitely has a retro-throwback feel to them, i think. i think.

oh, i was also productive today in learning more about Crash Kings. i kept thinking about how one week ago Ryan and i were IN NEW JERSEY making awesome friends and seeing an awesome concert.

so, naturally, i went on Twitter and read through every single one of the Crash Kings tweets. it took a while. at first, i was not proud to be doing this. but then, it just became awesome. and i learned a lot about them.

i learned that Mike's birthday is 2 april. and Tony's birthday is 27 september. i had this feeling that Tony was a march baby. so, i was wrong about that. ah well.

and i found some really great pictures. they posted a picture from the time they went to a Jonas Brothers concert which made ME REALLY HAPPY. and i kind of can't believe that they went to a Jonas Brothers concert.

they also posted this picture of the three of them standing on a pier in front of the ocean. the picture is now currently my desktop background. "why?" you may ask. well, let me tell you.

Mike. is. wearing. a. cardigan.


REASONS WHY THAT PICTURE IS MY DESKTOP BACKGROUND:

1. Mike is wearing a cardigan


oh man. i can't look at the picture for very long because i start to lose my breath. for serious. it takes the wind right out of me. and then i get goosebumps.

MIKEWEARINGACARDIGAN.


shall we? we shall.

(prepare yourself... looking directly at this picture may cause burn damage to your eyes because IT IS SO HOTTTTTTT.)




oh wow. yep. there it is. BOY WEARING CARDIGAN. yeah. yep.

we all know how i feel about boys wearing cardigans. YEAH. they take my breath away and give me goosebumps.

WHOA. okay, we need to move on.


i also found this ridiculously adorable picture of Tony and Mike at a Dodger's game last summer. yeah. i really hope that picture is hanging in their parents living room.

and in THAT picture - Tony is wearing his glasses.

but, we can't get into that. or else i might go into some kind of sexy love shock.

SEXY LOVE SHOCK. that's what they need to call their next record. i'll have to remember that for when they are making their next record. i'll tweet it to them.

SON OF A GUN those boys are pretty.


okay. it's 3:14am. i need to be up again in 45 minutes. so, perhaps i will get some sleep before then. MAN, that daylight savings crap really jumped up on me. that sucked. i didn't think i would be that affected. but YEAH.

i was SO TIRED all morning. i have no idea what time i went to bed. but then i had to answer the phone at 7:15am, which was really 8:15am and i could barely talk to the person because i was soooo tired. i think i managed to do the entire thing with my eyes closed.

and then i had to go downstairs to let the day staff in at 8 am (really 9am) and again - i could barely keep my eyes open for 15 minutes. it was crazy. and then i slept until like 1pm. i think. i have no idea. maybe it was either noon or 2pm. i don't know. no, i don't think it was 2pm. i think it was 1pm.

ALSO - i set my phone alarm for 4:05am sunday morning. and i woke up at 5:45am and the alarm was going off - but there was no sound. LAME! i have no idea why the alarm on that phone sucks so much.

and then again, i had set it for 7:50am, and it just never went off at all. it just shuts itself off. it's so weird.

but! i made two new ringtones today online.

1. It's Only Wednesday
2. Skin and Bones

i'm currently using It's Only Wednesday. although it's going to be bad because someone called me today and i just totally didn't care about anything except singing along. the phone was in the other room and i didn't even get up to see who it was. i just rocked.

anyways. now it's 3:20am. i should get into bed for 40 minutes. should i? yeah, i should.

it's been raining all day. and it got really windy! i like it. although, the windows in my bedroom shake sooooo bad. it scared Ruby Tuesday multiple times last night.

i like the rain. except not when it creates mud. mud is gross. and we have a dirt driveway.

ok. now i'm really going to go to bed. 3:23am.

i still have to tell you about my car. i haven't done that yet. i'll post a picture. and i still have to post a picture of my old car reaching 100,000 miles. notice how i said, "my old car?" does that mean i got a new car?!?! maybe! maybe!! i won't give anything away.

tomorrow is sunday? or monday? i think it's sunday. no it's not - it's monday. because today was sunday because i had to get up to let in the day staff.

MONDAY! have a great monday. have a great beginning of the week. i have no plans! what a surprise!!!

ok. 3:27am. goodnight!!!!! good day!!!!! good everything!!!!!!

hey - know what's good? that picture of Mike wearing the cardigan. let's look at it again and have sweet dreams, shall we? yes. great idea, julie.


WOW. yep. i'm having good dreams already. and i'm still awake.

ok. this is getting out of my control. END. END IT JULIE.

ok!!!!! have a great day!!!! i'll write more later and try not to go crazy.


take care. be well.


<3!!!!!!

hey kids!

i woke up this morning (saturday morning, which it took me a long time to figure out) and immediately had a song stuck in my head.

i could think of the tune and two words, "hey kids" and then it went da dada dadadada. and i kept thinking, "what is this song? how do i know it?" and i kept singing it to myself. and then slowly, i could start to picture the band singing it. and then realized -

it was a JET song!!!

and then i could visualize Nic wearing that plaid shirt he never takes off, and singing the song. and then i needed to download it immediately. and now i love it! i've been listening to it all day!

what a great song!

that was an exciting way to start off the day.

and then it got even more exciting.

1. i got 2 discs of The O.C. in my mailbox at the post office!!!

2. i started watching an episode and the kids are all sitting around hanging out. and then a Rooney song starts to play. and one of them is like, "oh, i love this band!" and then Oliver is like,

OLIVER: They're playing tomorrow night.
SETH: Yeah, but it's all sold out.
OLIVER: I can get tickets.
SETH: NO WAY?!! To see Rooney?!
OLIVER: Sure! I'm friends with the band.
MARISSA: You're friends with Rooney!?

it continued like this as i sat in awe. i couldn't believe it. and then suddenly, everyone had Rooney posters in their bedroom (and also Ben Folds posters!) and it was all anyone talked about. it was like, "HEY, are you going to the Rooney show tomorrow?!!?" TALK OF THE TOWN. it was awesome.

and THEN, they get to the concert and ROONEY WALKS OUT!!!! and Oliver, who is friends with the band is like,

OLIVER: Hey Robert!
ROBERT SCHWARTZMAN: Oh, hey man, how's it going?
OLIVER: Great. Have a great show!

and i'm like,

JULIE: NO FREAKING WAY.

ALL the Rooney guys were on The O.C.!!!! and it was super exciting. and then they all went into the concert and Rooney played "I'm Shakin'" and "Popstars." they closed with Popstars and i was like, "hm, i don't think they would ever do that."

it was awesome. really awesome.

and i was thinking, i wonder if THAT'S how Mischa Barton met Taylor Locke?!?! there was one scene that was like,

RYAN: I don't think I'm gonna go. I've never heard of Rooney.
SETH: You have to go, they're a great band!
RYAN: Yeah, but Marissa will be hanging out with Oliver...
ANNA: You have to go. There will be rockstars there. Girls can't resist rockstars.

(i'm quoting from memory. that's probably all wrong.) but you get the idea. the idea was that GIRLS LOVE ROCKSTARS. and man, it's so true.

anyways. it was super cool. and i can't wait for the Rooney summer tour! although, they've started to release press photos for the tour, and some album artwork - and there's only four of them. no Matt Winter. and it makes me sad.

i can't believe he's leaving the band. or, that he's left the band already. :( oh, Matt. you are missed, my friend.

but, Robert was tweeting this afternoon asking people who they would like Rooney to tour with. and i posted this message to him:

@rcschwartzman rooney + crash kings = best show i've ever seen.

if you're reading this from my actual blog, you can see that message in the Twitter feed to your left. if you're reading from Facebook - that's what the message said.

and i can say that was the best show i've ever seen, and that was without knowing ANY Crash Kings music. imagine how good it would be NOW!!!!!

all i remember from the first time i saw Crash Kings are these things:

1. they opened with 'Carry On' and immediately i thought, "holy crap this rocks and i have to remember this song to download when i get home." (only to find out, it's not on their record and i had to wait until Great Scott to hear it again.)
2. they played 'Raincoat' and made a remark about how it had been pouring all day
3. Tony's red plaid shirt and me thinking, "holy crap how come i don't have a red plaid shirt!?"
4. that i thought Jason was really attractive.
5. that i thought Mike was totally beautiful.
6. TONY.
7. that Kara said, "oooohhhhh yeah!!!!" when Tony said "It's Only Wednesday" had been in the movie Zombieland.
8. that my wool jacket was wet from the rain and it was making my arm really itchy.

that's it. THAT'S what i remember from the first time i saw Crash Kings. it took less than 24 hours for me to realize, "wait, i can't stop listening to this cd."

but, i didn't fall in love with Tony until i had that dream about him wearing the red plaid shirt. remember? and we were doing tequila shots.

i was thinking about that tonight. i've had not one, BUT TWO dreams where me and Tony are doing tequila shots. strange and sexy.

anyways.

i guess tonight is the horrible clock turning forward thing. UGH. one of my least favorite days of the whole year.

my other least favorite day of the whole year? the day we turn the clocks ahead.

it's so confusing. i strongly dislike it.

and, i'm pretty confused. because the past two nights i've been up overnight monitoring a newborn baby. up every three hours! and, if we turn the clocks ahead, what does that mean for his feeding time?

like, he'll get fed at 1am. but it will really be 2am. so then for the NEXT feeding, which is supposed to be at 4am, will really be at 5am??

i guess now it makes sense. i just needed to write it out. he's not actually missing a feeding. we're just switching the times. right? so he'll be on a 2am, 5am, 8am schedule instead of a 1am, 4am, 7am schedule. although, he usually doesn't eat until around 5am anyways.

and last night was weird, i went to bed at 3am and set my alarm for 4:05am. and it didn't go off. and i woke up for no reason at 4:45am and thought, "aw crap." went downstairs for the feeding and our resident was still sleeping. so, i woke her up and she said, "my alarm didn't go off!" and i said, "neither did mine!" and it was weird. her alarm was still plugged in, but it had totally shut off. like it was unplugged. the clock wasn't even on. i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it worked again. but it was very strange.

anyways. i'ts 11:35pm now. i think i'm going to eat something because i'm hungry. and watch more O.C. and then get ready to go downstairs at 1am, but really 2am. man that's confusing.

ok. this was supposed to be a short entry. i had only intended to talk about the 'Hey Kids' song and Rooney on The O.C.. but, as always, i lost control of my blogging.

i have more to tell you. but, tomorrow, i suppose.

have a great sunday! i'm going to be doing nothing. great!

take care. change the time on your clock. drive safely. be well.

I CAN'T BELIEVE ONE WEEK AGO WE WERE IN NEW YORK SEEING CRASH KINGS AND JET FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!

man, that makes me really sad. i wish last weekend could happen every weekend. and now we're pros at Crash Kings/JET concerts. yeah. total pros.

ok. sleep well. good afternoon, good morning and good night!!!



<3

CRASH KINGS ROADTRIP WEEKEND (featuring JET)

OH HI. i almost didn't see you there!!!!!

figured i'd start the most awesome blog entry with the most awesome greeting.

folks and friends, prepare to be rocked. this entry is going to be EPIC. both in length, pictures, links to videos which you must watch, and in awesome.

epically awesome. that's how i am going to describe this.

OH, GET EXCITED.

there are a lot of sexy guys ahead. sexy, pretty guys wearing tight pants. YEAH. now you're excited!

i know i updated you once from the hotel in Albany, but i'm going to do a little rewind and start from that show. because i have pictures!!!! hott hott pictures of hotties!!!!!! (that's another good way to describe this entry)



6 MARCH 2010 - Clifton Park, New York. (Neon blue "over 21" bracelet.)

me and my new friend Ryan meet up in Needham, Massachusetts. we start heading west on the Mass Pike at the absolute worst time of day. the sun with directly at eye level and not ideal for pre-concert rocking out.

Ryan made totally wonderful, delicious cookies for the weekend. YUM a lot.

after stopping at a CVS quickly we arrived at the venue. Northern Lights. i believe i told you that this place was in a strip mall in the middle of a dollar store and a church. but i think it's so strange and bizarre for a rock concert venue, that i will tell you again:

this place, Northern Lights, was in a strip mall, in between a dollar store and a church.

we walk into the place and just happen to pick the spot in the crowd next to Tony and Mike. of the band CRASH KINGS. oh, beautiful brothers. we talked to Tony for a few minutes and told him that we would be at the next few shows. he was very excited to hear this. and very appreciative of our superfandom.

the opening band was the scary band Owl. with the creepy drummer. they were screamy a lot and i didn't really get into the music at all.

this place was also very foggy. like, they had the fog machine set on "super" or something. i mean, when Crash Kings came onstage, i was standing pretty much right below Mike, and i could barely see Tony on the other side of the stage, as evidenced in these photos:



MIKE!!!!! AND TONY!!!!! bro shot!! you know how i love those bro shots. see how foggy?



TONY! kind of. his set up was different than the other three times i had seen them. he was playing on an actual piano this time. a very cool folding piano. and his clavinet was set up on top of it. he's such a pro.



Mike. hottie.

I had a really great view of Jason on drums at the NY show. and he kept looking over at me, i think because i knew all the words and was dancing. that made me excited.

and i got a great video of my fave song, 'Carry On.' at least, i think it's my favorite song. i really can't decide. every time i hear a Crash Kings song i think, "oh, it's my favorite!" they're all so freaking good.

what was great about Northern Lights was that the "loading area" where the bands load and unload all their stuff, was behind these big glass doors. so, you could see everything! which was awesome. especially when Tony was talking to that guy and he was laughing and smiling a lot. oohhhhhhh that smile. so, even after they went offstage, we could still see them hanging around outside.

and then we were waiting for JET. and they took a SUPER long time to come out. it almost made me think, "wow, these guys are divas." because they took so long. and people were getting really impatient. and then it was just getting silly.

and then they finally came out!!!!



IT'S JET!!!!!



It's Nic, the lead singer! one of the brothers in the band. his bro is the drummer. Mark? Rob? i don't know. hold on, i'll find out the guys names in jet.

Nic = lead singer
Chris = drummer
Cam = lead guitar
Mark = bass
Louis = keys

and Nic and Chris are the bros. which means that Cam, Mark and Louis would be in the Non-Brother Band, which will be the opening band on the Bro Tour 2011.



Nic liked to come to the front of the stage a lot. i tried to resist whipping out my camera like every other person. but, i did get this one shot.

also - he wore the same plaid shirt for all three shows. i made sure to document this. i guess it's kind of hard to see the plaid here. but, it's like a cream and navy plaid shirt. and in NY and NJ he wore this gray denim jacket over it. hip!

also - Jet = tight pants. you can't really see the tightness of all the boys pants here. but, i have also photo-documented this in later pictures... :)

BUT WOW - i loved Jet. i loved them a lot. they had a killer opening song, "She's A Genius" which they opened with all three nights. my favorite song of theirs is "Skin and Bones." LOVE IT. and, it was very exciting to hear them play, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl." they did not play the other slow song. all three nights they didn't play it. but, they totally rocked. a lot. a mega lot.

and then Ryan and i ventured over to our hotel, which took longer than expected due to crazy construction that didn't make any sense. the hotel was on this super wide road and the whole thing was just covered with orange cones and construction workers. it was very hard to find the path you were supposed to drive through.

and also making it hard was the fact that we had just been to a killer rock concert and didn't really care about anything else at that moment. eventually, we found the hotel and were able to figure our way into the parking lot.

and then i blogged. and then fell asleep around 3am. maybe it was 3:30am. i slept good.


7 MARCH 2010 - Sayreville, New Jersey. (lime green "over 21" bracelet.)


i awoke on sunday (emily's birthday!!!) at 9:30am. went to the lobby for the continental breakfast which consisted of bagels that were really small. definitely not normal sized bagels.

then came back to the hotel room. showered. watched Ryan's concert videos from the night before. SHE GOT A GREAT RECORDING of "All Along," which is a new Crash Kings song. this one might be my favorite. oh, it's so good. i strongly encourage you to watch that video because it's a beautiful song.

and then we drove.

we drove from the Albany area of New York to Sayreville, NJ. which was like, just over an hour south of New York City. it was a long drive. i think just around 4 hours.

we pull into the venue, The Starland Ballroom, which is across the street from a VFW hall. also very strange. i had never been to these concert venues that weren't like, right downtown in a city. where there was no parking. these places had huge parking lots. and Starland Ballroom was on this long road full of factories and other depressing things. it was also very strange.

but! we pull into the parking lot and it's empty. except for one other car.

so we get out of my car and walk over to the box office. it's closed and they won't even let us use the bathroom. lame.

and then we go back outside and see a girl walking over to us from the other car. she is a Jet fan!!! who got to the place super early in hopes of seeing/making out with Jet before the show.

Ryan and i tell her that we're Crash Kings fans, but saw Jet last night and really liked them. her name is Jenny. she had never heard of Crash Kings, but was excited to hear their music. so, we walked back over to my car, and had a jam sesh in the parking lot to the Crash Kings cd. it was awesome.

then we got hungry and ventured to the little strip mall at the end of the street. we ate at a Filipino barbeque place that was really good. and got to watch an episode of Hannah Montana that was playing on tv. bonus!

then we headed back over to the parking lot. i parked next to Jenny's car. she was from Manhattan. cool.

the Jet tour bus was parking out back. we had a great view of it. no Crash Kings van. i believe they call their van "Ol' Blue."

eventually, Ol' Blue drives up with the Crash Kings inside. freaking out ensues. yeah, it was pretty awesome. watching the guys unload stuff. and that folding piano must be pretty heavy because of all the obscenities we heard the guys yell whilst carrying it.

and after all their stuff was unloaded, Tony drove away in Ol' Blue WHILE texting on his iPhone. we were very concerned about his safety.

and then the crabby parking attendant guy made us move our cars into a straight line AND made us pay $6 for parking. LAME. more people started showing up. we got into line around 6:30. doors were at 7. we had been there since about 3:30. HARDCORE.

the place was pretty big inside. and there was a full bar around every corner. the opening band was called One Lonely Boy. no. that's not right. ONLY Lonely Boy. no! ONLY LIVING BOY. that was the band. Only Living Boy. i keep getting them confused with Los Lonely Boys and Badly Drawn Boy. and also, Simon and Garfunkel.

they were pretty good. i definitely liked them better than Owl.

haha, but, while we were waiting in the parking lot with Jenny, we told her that the opening band the night before was Owl. and she was like,

JENNY: Oh! Don't they sing that song....."Fireflies!?"
JULIE: NO!! I made that same mistake. That's Owl City. It's confusing.

remember that night? where i downloaded all that Owl City music because i thought they were the opening band? i vote that Owl change their name. i'm sorry! i'm not an Own fan. they scare me. and so does that owl on their website.

ANYWAYS. finally we get inside and get a good spot next to some other Crash Kings fans!!!!!!! AWESOME!



Tony being hott on the clav!!!



During "14 Arms," which might actually be my favorite song, Tony kept going between standing and sitting. and you could tell he just wanted to DANCE AND ROCK. and finally towards the end of the song, he stood up and KICKED the piano stool behind him. it went pretty far. and then he continued to rock.

AND, i got the whole song on video. you should watch that. great song. it's their most 'screamy' song. but i love it. and the piano stool kick is hotttt.




Jason on drums and Mike on bass!!!! if you haven't noticed already, Mike is wearing a tight plaid shirt. just something to point out...



See those post-it notes on Tony's clav? set list!!!! yep. he told us the night before that it might be boring going to three shows because they were going to play the same set. and then he was like, "i guess we'll have to switch it up!"

AND THEY DID. yeah they did. the set was different ALL THREE NIGHTS. because of us? probs. because they love us? probs again.




YYEEPP. tight shirt and tight pants. i have no problem with that.



IT'S JASON!!!! i feel like i never get a good pic of Jason. and i think this is a pretty good one.






Jason throwing his drum stick!!! what a great shot!




and all three of them. niiiice.

they played a killer set. and Tony was rocking out so hard at one point, that his soundboard which is to his left, fell right off the stand and knocked over two bottles of water on the floor. he picked it up very quickly and got back to rocking.

and then! Mike helped Tony move the clav to the front of the stage and they KILLED on their 'War Pigs' cover. remember how crazy i went when they did this in Providence? and i could barely describe it for you because it was so awesome? well, they did it again. and this time: i was prepared.

"War Pigs," Crash Kings.

in THAT video, Tony starts rocking so hard that the whammy bar on the clav almost falls off. he has to screw it back in real quick. i would very strongly encourage you to watch that video. it's PRIME TONY ROCKING. and jumping. and headbanging. and dancing. full out, "making love to the clavinet," to quote that reviewer from Bowdoin College. it's amazing to watch him. for serious. he's an amazing performer.

AND THEN WE SAW JET AGAIN!!!!!! they didn't take as long to come out onstage:



BOYS. WEARING. TIGHT. PANTS. yep.



please note the same outfit as the previous night.



and the classic, 'side head rocking' shot. remember my first Rooney concert i got that great shot of Robert Schwartzman doing the "side scream?" same idea as this photo, only with a scream.




this was when he came and stood on the speaker RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. what a great photo, right?!

and i got two Jet videos that night. but, i'm going to post someone else's video because it's the whole song and overall more exciting seeming than my video.

ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL

i promise you'll recognize the song. my "blog singing lyrics posting" of Jet songs really don't do it justice.

"well it's a 123 take my hand and come with me because you look so fine that i really wanna make you mine!" cool.

i really enjoyed Jet again.

and then sadly, the show ended. we met up again with Jenny at our cars to say goodbye and exchange Twitter names so we could start following each other. she was super cool.

THEN came the marathon drive.

we left Sayreville, New Jersey just around midnight. got lost in Sayreville a lot. first, the directions were confusing. and second, Ryan got to talk to Tony for a while while Jet was playing and she was recounting their conversation and i was not paying any attention to road signs. or thinking about any productive to getting us on the Garden State Parkway. how can you when you're thinking of Tony? you can't.

Ryan had asked Tony what the meaning was behind some of their songs. awesome! except for the fact that he said he wrote "Non-Believer" about his girlfriend. but later on whilst recounting this, Ryan decided that him and his girlfriend had probably broken up. i wholeheartedly supported this. especially since i still think he wrote "Non-Believer" about me. i mean, come on.

"you're gonna light me up in a way i could never explain...."
"i would love you monday through 'til sunday...."

i mean, it's gotta be about me, right? OH so sweet.

it was on the drive back from NJ that Ryan spoke this piece of Crash Kings wisdom:

RYAN: Not only are they rock n' roll sex gods, they are excellent musicians, and overall really nice people.

how true!

we stopped for gas just south of NYC, i think.

AND THEN!!!!! something momentous happened. in New York City, just as "Come Away" was starting to play......

MY CAR HIT 100,000 MILES!!!!! yes! i got a picture of it with my phone, but i don't have the cord with me right now, so i can't show you. lame, right? i'll show you later.

around 4:30am we were both getting tired. so, we stopped at a rest stop on the Mass Pike to get coffee and a super second wind. and then entered Boston around 5am ish. maybe just after.

i dropped Ryan off at her apartment. sad times. and then i headed to Maine.

and i arrived in Berwick, Maine at 7am. not too bad, eh?

NJ
NY
CT
MA
NH
ME

all in one night!!! crazy times. and the Crash Kings' CD was playing the entire time. yep, the entire time. and the CD only lasts like, 36 minutes. that's a lot of repeat. but still, every song was super exciting.

and there was one time where we thought the Crash Kings van Ol' Blue was passing us on the highway. and we had a mini freak out moment. but, it wasn't. i mean, they were heading the same direction.

wow, what a great night.



8 MARCH 2010 - Berwick, Maine.



i went to bed around 8:30am after downloading a bunch of Jet songs that i liked.
slept until 2:30pm when Kara came and woke me up.
we went car shopping. lame.
came home and the power was out. for like, 4 hours. lame and cold.
power came back on and we went to get chinese food for supper. nice.
THEN,
Crash Kings tweeted. this was their tweet:
Just had a great dinner at our parents house in Boston with Jet!

how excited did this make me?? yeah, this made me really excited. to think that Jet was hanging out at the Crash Kings parents house?!?! OMG. they are friends!!!! and also rockstars.

and how lucky are Mike and Tony's parents?! they get to hang out with Crash Kings AND Jet! all while having their children home. aw, that must be great. right? to have your kids come home and be so successful?

i wonder if they all had a sleepover after this. oh, this makes me so excited.


9 MARCH 2010 - Boston, Massachusetts. (Neon orange "over 21" bracelet.)


woke up. put on my red plaid shirt in honor of the last CK show.
had breakfast at Friendly's. nice.
did more car shopping with Kara.
got a coconut coffee coolatta from Dunkin Donuts. not even out of the parking lot when i spill a bunch on the red plaid shirt.
go home. change out of the shirt.

after much stress and debate over whether Kara was going to attend the show with me, she decided not to. and then it was too late for me to drive in and take the T to The Paradise. so, i google mapped it and saw the The Paradise was about .8 of a mile away from Great Scott, where we saw Crash Kings and Paper tongues at the end of January. and we had no trouble parking there.

so, i drove there and parked. in front of a CVS. like, a block away from Great Scott.

and then walked really fast to the show. it was far. .8 of a mile is far when you know Crash Kings are waiting for you.

so, i finally arrive at the venue. it's a sold out show!!!! awesome!!!! good thing i already have my tickets.

i text Ryan and tell her that i'm here, and she tells me that she's in "our usual spot at stage right." i find her immediately.

she points out the "reserved" section on the side where Mike and Tony's parents and grandparents were sitting. along with all their friends. aw so exciting.

Crash Kings come out and the people go wild!!!! THE BAND goes wild!!!!! you could tell right away that they were super excited to be performing at home.


ALSO, what's that Tony is wearing?



YEP. the freaking red plaid shirt. that he was first wearing at The Middle East when i first heard Crash Kings. the red plaid shirt that made me say, "holy crap why don't i have a red plaid shirt?!"

so, on the morning on march 9th, two thousand and ten both myself and Tony woke up and thought, "i'll wear my red plaid shirt today." only, clearly, Tony did not spill coffee coolatta on his. SON OF A GUN why am i so bad at eating and drinking?

ANYWAYS,

Ryan took a video of the song, "You Got Me." which is possibly the sexiest song ever. ooooo the bass line. it's the kind of song that you hear, and then you feel like you need to take a shower, it's so dirty and as Ryan said, "raunchy." it sounds sweaty. Ryan and i were talking about it while listening to it in the car at one point and she said something along the lines of, "can't you just imagine the music video to this?" YEAH. and then we giggled to ourselves.

IT'S A SEXY SONG. and she got a sexy video of it. it's hott and sweaty. and Tony turns back to us at the end and smirks and sexy smirk. oooooooyeah.




and i got a great video of the end of "All Along." including the end of the clavinet solo.

the Boston show was the best out of the three shows. they totally rocked. and you could tell they were just so excited to be playing their hometown. for their parents and friends.

and this time, Tony was rocking so hard at one point that the clavinet became unplugged! so he had to do a quick switch over to piano instead.




and they played War Pigs at the end and again, totally killed and rocked the hell out of it. and the crowd went crazy.

and it was awesome. it was so awesome. there aren't really any words to describe the Crash Kings awesome, because it is so different than a normal awesome.

i've seen them 6 times now. that's 6 times in three months. and not for one minute does their show get any less exciting. it's like you can't take your eyes away from them for a split second because they are so freaking good that you don't want to miss anything.

it's crazy. if i could post every Crash Kings video on youtube for you, i would. because it's all so good. and i can't stress enough that i think you will love them. if you haven't started listening to Crash Kings now then GO.

also, why haven't you? i've been talking about them nonstop for three months, don't you think i'm on to something?

Crash Kings will be rocking South by Southwest in like, a week, and here's an excerpt from a "SXSW preview article," as i will call it:
I’m not exaggerating a bit when I tell you Crash Kings put on one of the greatest indie rock shows I’ve seen in the past year. A few weeks ago I caught this buzz band at the Viper Room – it was one of those shows so unique, so exciting, so inspiring I couldn’t help but imagine Crash Kings selling out stadiums in the future.

YEP. that guys loves them.

ok wait, before i get too carried away, let's finish the concert:




OH YEAH, Jet was there too!!! Again! Now i've seen them three times and totally love it.



note: same plaid shirt. by the third time it was great because i actually knew some of the songs and some of the words. i didn't feel like a completely lost Jet fan. and i would totally see these guys again, even if they weren't on tour with Crash Kings.

AND - there was a great moment where Nic thanked Crash Kings for being on tour with them, and everything. BUT THEN - he said,

NIC: These guys are from Boston and last night we all went over to their parents house and had a great dinner!! Thank you so much!!

and then the spotlight went on Tony and Mike's parents in the crowd and everyone went crazy. it was really cool.

i'm so happy that Crash Kings and Jet are BFF.

and every now and then we'd see Mike rocking out in the crowd. with his friends. and a beer.

and then after the show! we were waiting around and Mike just happened to be hanging out with his friends and Ryan overheard his friends telling him this story about sexual acts happening in someone's driveway. Mike thought this was hilarious, while us members of the Crash Queens didn't quite think so.

and then we said a few short words to Mike, who was clearly drunk. he shook our hands and thanked us profusely for coming to the show and said how great it was to see us again.

we then all moved outside The Paradise and met up with other Crash Kings fans. WHO, you ask? WELL, do you remember at the Great Scott show, there was the girl who let me and Kara borrow her sharpie so we could get them to sign the set list????

SHARPIE GIRL was there!!! and we became friends with her! her name is Jo. and she is super awesome. and she remembered me!!! we talked with her for a long time. she said that she had seen Tony run out of The Paradise with some members of Jet and some of his friends and they were all going to a bar down the street.

and we had some very insightful conversation outside of The Paradise....

"Mike might actually be prettier than Tony, it's just that Tony has this incredible stage presence that makes you just fall in love with him."

yeah, that's what we mainly talked about....

anyways. it was great. a great show. a great night. a great four days.

wow. SUCH a great four days. i can't even believe how awesome it was. and i can't believe how much fun i had and how many amazing people i met! and i heard great new music! and went to new places!!

IF THE CRASH KINGS/JET TOUR IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU: i would advise you to purchase tickets immediately. if you're not a Jet fan, if you're not a Crash Kings fan - you will be.

both bands are amazing and they mesh together really well.

i know i have friends in both Colorado Springs AND Austin. both cities where the tour will be going. now, i won't name any names............ but Dave, Renee and Elizabeth - you should go to those shows. and then photo-document the night so it feels like i was there.

if i had enough money, i would FLY to those cities and go with you. and pay for the cost of your tickets. THAT'S how strongly i feel about this.

ok.

i feel really good about this entry. i've been working on it off and on for about 7 hours. no joke. i was at work. and now i'm at home. and i took a few pauses in writing. but yeah. i'm tired.

i've got more to say, but i'm going to save it for a later date.

epically awesome? totally. hott hott pictures of hotties?? yep. i think i fulfilled my end of the bargain.

also, i watched a video of Jet performing thursday night in Richmond, VA and - Nic was wearing that same plaid shirt. for realz. the same one. i really hope there is a washing machine on that tour bus.

OK. please go back now and watch all those videos that you didn't watch before. ok, go!

heck, i'm STILL so excited from the Crash Kings Roadtrip Weekend. i'm still wearing my bracelets.

also, there have been two times this past week where i have been listening to songs featuring an electric guitar. and i hear the guitar, but automatically picture Tony playing it on the clav. like, how he would do it and how he would look. and both of these times i have to remind myself that it's not Tony playing the clav - it's an actual guitar. strange.

anyways. ok, now i'm really going to go. because now you're just getting sick of me. i can feel it. i guess i don't know how to end this massive, epically awesome entry.





Tony's shirt says it all.



have a great day.


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