This is me

"Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken."


thanks, Dr. Phil.

No one thinks I'm making any sense

Currently Listening: 2*Sweet - Life's Black Ice

Day 3 of house sitting.
Everyone is alive and well. Biscuit is rolling around on the floor, Roxy and Quiggly are sound asleep, and Splenda is lying at my feet starring at the carpet. I'm sure all the cats are sleeping too.
I've completely mastered the art of walking 4 dogs at a time, if I do say so myself. (And I do.) Sleeping with the herd of them is also another newly discovered talent of mine. (And yes, it is a talent.)

In other news, last night at the 3oh!3 show, in which 3oh!3 did not play (voice issues belonging to Sean) I had a great time watching The Chain Gang of 1974 and Innerpartysystem. Kam's drumming and IPS's lights made the show that was going to be "lame" a whole lotta awesome.

Things I need to do:
- Study for Mat0024 exit
- Edit AAR pictures (2 shows, guh)
- Finish New Moon finally

I'll let you know when I stop procrastinating.

House Sitting

Currently Listening: Sublime - Santeria

So I'm at Amber's, house sitting. I've been here for just over a day and I'm enjoying myself quite frankly. It's like being on vacation with 7 animals! I love all 4 dogs, they're awesome. Quiggly is my new shadow. Just being away from home for a few days is really nice.

Today is thanksgiving and I can't wait to go home for an hour and eat green bean casserole and tofurkey and rolls and all sorts of food. A nice slice of pumpkin pie would be awesome right about now.

I brought a lot of things with me that I "need to do" but getting around to them....well, that's a whole different issue.

Every generation sends a hero up the pop charts

...shifting one’s individual focus and regaining the strength to live another day without any challenges keeping you sore. It can hurt, you can bleed… but you still remain; you are still alive...

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today is a day that i did not want to exist.
today i wish i did not exist.

but,
today does exist.
today i exist.

today we start a new chapter.
today we get closer to the truth and farther from the sky.
or is it vice versa?

Midnight screenings are for weirdos

Currently Listening: The Chain Gang of 1979

Just got back from seeing Twilight. Out of 5 stars? I give it a 4. No matter if people like it/hate it/love it, this movie is going to make a ton of money. I'd have rather seen Harry Potter tonight, JUST FREAKING SAYING.

I can't sleep

Currently Listening: There For Tomorrow - Taking Chances

For the past few days my sleep pattern has been so off. I went to bed at 5am on Saturday and woke up at 2pm. On Sunday I went to bed at 4am and woke up at almost 3pm. Monday was really strange because I went to bed at maybe 2am but I slept til 3pm. So I was really nowhere near tired at around midnight on Tuesday, but I had class so I thought I should sleep. That didn't work so I just stayed up til 6am, slept for 2 hours, went to class, slept for maybe an hour then did some things, then slept for about 90 minutes. My poor body is so confused now. Maybe if I had a job or a steady schedule this wouldn't be an issue. Not much I can do about that...

I finally cleaned Salmon's bowl today, I hope he loves me again now. I also finally shipped my books back to Chegg so they can stop emailing me already. My Flickr is almost close to up to date, I love getting that done!

I need to seriously start deciding on what to get everyone for Christmas. I am drawing blanks for everyone :(

Just a few days now...fingers crossed.
Now we just drive away from everything I know
You're counting days on the back of your hands
You turn the pages 'til you have no more plans

Digging: Sycamore Meadows, Pages EP, United Nations

haha

Currently Listening: Mayday Parade - Jamie All over

I go to a show about every 11 days.

go look at my pictures

Surprise!

Currently Listening: Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

Yesterday we threw a surprise party for Trey. I love my little clan of friends. I wish we could do everything together. We played pin the tail on the donkey, ate cupcakes, laughed, talked, played Rock Band at WalMart, and Amber read us excerpts from those desperate housewife books Kristen enjoys. Just the porn parts, you know what I'm talking about.

Today Amber and I woke up at 2, bummed around, and then went to Town Center. Then we went to a lame Twilight thing/excuse for a party, and then back to town center for Yogaberry which is seriously the next best thing to Jamba.

some random things:
- We are going back to Chicago right before Christmas, mostly for the last 2*Sweet show.
- Chadam needs to go back home to Amber's *fingers crossed*
- I'm getting better with keeping up with my flickr.
- Totally wanted to go to INpassing's video shoot...

planning things

driving me crazy.


(Amber - Totally a mix of both! you know what I'm talking about, haha. I'm feeling like chris where I honestly just say EVERYTHING. Good thing neither of us is like hackysak otherwise i wouldn't read your blog at all.)

nothing makes me happier:

11:11 - 11/11

Currently Listening: Butch Walker - The Weight of Her

Stop making wishes, they aren't coming true.

I still haven't gotten my new BW cd so I have to stick with the 2 downloads I got. Lamesauce.

With as many good things that have happened/are happening/will be happening, I can't get over the one thing on my mind.

My All-American Favorites

Currently Listening: AAR - The Last Song

Super lame title, sue me.

Preface: If you don't know, I absolutely love and adore The All-American Rejects. We started out with a rough start back in late 2003/early 2004, but by late 2004 I had to give in and love them. 4 years later they are still one of my favorites.

Day 1: Yes, Vik and I got in line ridiculously early, but we had our reasons and no other choice. We're probably going to be on AAR TV for it anyway, so there. Also, I helped Tyson decide on what he was going to eat for lunch. Hello, Subway. So, let's skip to the show. The City Lives opened, and even though I think their name is kind of dumb, I like them. Kinda The Hush Sound/The Graduate feel. I was digging it. Jet Lag Gemini was next and wow. For being around my age they play some mean guitar and have a killer stage presence. I really enjoyed them. And finally, after a 2 year wait, The All-American Rejects. This was their first show back, their first show playing the finished new songs, and their first time in the Social since 2005. The 13 song set was so great and they played one heck of a show. Starting it with My Paper heart and ending it with The Last Song brought back memories of summers ago in Chicago. I fell in love with them all over again. After the show we talked with Tyson for quite a while, and we saw his interaction with (extremely) drunk females. In the end, we got 5 spots on the guest list for the next night's show. In-freaking-credible.

Day 2: We got there much later, stood in the back, and still had a killer time. Seeing the same show from 2 different perspectives is really neat. The crowd for this show was bigger, but much less enthusiastic than the previous night's. Still though, AAR gave it their all, including a hit at the Coldplay show happening about a mile away.

Overall, both nights were a great experience. Thanks to April & Melissa for making it that much better too. ;) And til the day I die I will defend Tyson Ritter. He is not a jerk, no where near egotistical, and he is not a liar. To me he is one of the friendliest, nicest, and most caring guys I have ever been able to meet. Sorry if your experience with him was something less.


you can sit beside me when the world comes down

Go on, give up, you'll never win

Currently: People watching

Last night I saw Bayside, which we all know is one of my top 5 favorites. I was almost embarrassed for Orlando as to how small the crowd was, but after talking about it with Chris, I understand that most were like this. Not that it makes it any better, but at least we weren't the most horrbile show. I've seriously NEVER seen HOB as empty as it was though, so weird. I'll expect the next tour to be back at the Social, thank you very much. The ticket confusion for this show was all sorts of stupid, but helping Valencia was nice. The Status and Valencia played good even if only 10 kids were into them. The Matches...why have I never seen them?! I absolutely loved them, although I wish they could play Chain Me Free becasue I've never seen it live. Shawn Harris is beautiful. Bayside was completely fantastic. My favorite thing about Bayside is seeing them live and even if this wasn't the *best* time, hearing the new songs live was awesome.

Right now I'm sitting in front of the Social with Vik waiting for The All-American Rejects. This means more to me than you'll ever know.

CHANGE

Barack Obama is the new President of the United States of America.

The state of Florida is blue tonight, and I am beyond proud to live here right now. I never would have guessed that he'd take our state, but the fact that he did and that we are what helped him win is so exciting. I voted for Obama and I feel as if I've made a difference. I'm beyond thrilled that I got to vote in this historical election and that my vote went to the winner. I am proud to be an American and to see where this takes us. This is a change we can believe in.

Things are looking up

that's all we can ask for, right?

today we celebrate

To the absolute best and most amazing person I have ever known. No one has ever taught me so much and giving me a new meaning to the word hero. I miss you and I love you.

Happy 80th Birthday, Grandpa.

November

I can't say you are welcomed with open arms, but you are here. It is with all my will that I pray the next few weeks slowly go by. I need all the time in the world now.