Why are my 2 favourite bands on the worst possible tour/not touring at all this summer? I'm extremely meticulous about the concerts that I actually decide to go to. I hate festivals. Outdoor venues suck. I like small clubs with one entrance. No VIP system for retards who didn't wait in line all day. Instead of these kinds of places, I'm forced to go to a venue I know I won't like. This blows. It's honestly a miracle that I've had better than great experiences at the multitude of concerts that I have gone to, since I need so many factors to be perfect in the first place.
At this point I'm just trying to squeeze any ounce of concert out of this summer as I can. Small clubs or not. So far I'm 1 for 2. The first one was better than my imagination could've ever come up with. The second was awkward (as expected). So I think I'm due for a good one next.
Get ready for a stretch analogy: They say it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. So I guess it's better that I go to some average concerts than not go to any at all, right?
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Get Some
It's been awhile since my last post.
I'm finally back in lovely Missouri and I'm trying not to take any of it for granted. So far I've been home for 13 days and I've already had (literally) a few of the best moments of my life. More on that later.
While my sister and I (im)patiently await a new Sick Puppies tour, we are busy finding a rebound band. It turns out, that band is Chevelle. After the awkwardness that was St. Patty's day with Janus, we decided to check out our new friends in Chevelle at the Blue Note in Columbia. First we had to sell the Incubus tickets for the same night that we had already bought...which was a problem in itself.
5/22 eventually arrived and we ended up having an absolutely wretched time in line all day. Luckily, our Aussie merch girl Hayley (Sam's wife) came through for us with VIP passes. During the show, Dean was talking to me through the microphone about his refrigerator that I broke...after the show, we ended up hanging out with the Chevelle guys on the bus. Instead of describing all that happened there, I'll just sum it up to: Peter sang and danced a broadway tune for us because we are sisters; and we ended up walking off the bus with some bananas, Easy Cheese whiz, and monster energy from the bus cupboards. (Thanks Dean).
Right now, Amanda and I are painstakingly planning out our summer to go ahead and do a tour (if possible), KV13, and Vegas. Maybe we'll even finally make it to San Bernardino. Who knows?
Also, we saw Janus. So over it. #JS #DS
Sidenote: Although I didn't directly reference it in this, fate played a huge part in this day. If you don't believe in fate then you're an idiot. Seriously. All I'm saying is "Get Some."
I'm finally back in lovely Missouri and I'm trying not to take any of it for granted. So far I've been home for 13 days and I've already had (literally) a few of the best moments of my life. More on that later.
While my sister and I (im)patiently await a new Sick Puppies tour, we are busy finding a rebound band. It turns out, that band is Chevelle. After the awkwardness that was St. Patty's day with Janus, we decided to check out our new friends in Chevelle at the Blue Note in Columbia. First we had to sell the Incubus tickets for the same night that we had already bought...which was a problem in itself.
Me and my sister at our home (concert club).
5/22 eventually arrived and we ended up having an absolutely wretched time in line all day. Luckily, our Aussie merch girl Hayley (Sam's wife) came through for us with VIP passes. During the show, Dean was talking to me through the microphone about his refrigerator that I broke...after the show, we ended up hanging out with the Chevelle guys on the bus. Instead of describing all that happened there, I'll just sum it up to: Peter sang and danced a broadway tune for us because we are sisters; and we ended up walking off the bus with some bananas, Easy Cheese whiz, and monster energy from the bus cupboards. (Thanks Dean).
This is me. I look more than rough. Rough pit. Long night. Don't care. Just call me DEADPAN.
Also, we saw Janus. So over it. #JS #DS
Sidenote: Although I didn't directly reference it in this, fate played a huge part in this day. If you don't believe in fate then you're an idiot. Seriously. All I'm saying is "Get Some."
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Status Overload
I have so many things that I want to post as a status, so I'll just post them here.
Facebook can fuck off. First it made me have a camera and messenger app that I didn't want. Now my chat is retarded.
I'm finally going home in 3 days. And I can't fucking wait.
My Darkest Days can just suck a big one.
I want to post the lyrics to every song that I've listened to in the past 20 minutes. (Family System, Get Some, Shameful Metaphors, Antisaint, Point #1)...speaking of this, I highly recommend watching the Chevelle: Live from the Norva DVD if you haven't yet.
Here's one of the many you should watch: (5:34-5:38)
Facebook can fuck off. First it made me have a camera and messenger app that I didn't want. Now my chat is retarded.
I'm finally going home in 3 days. And I can't fucking wait.
My Darkest Days can just suck a big one.
I want to post the lyrics to every song that I've listened to in the past 20 minutes. (Family System, Get Some, Shameful Metaphors, Antisaint, Point #1)...speaking of this, I highly recommend watching the Chevelle: Live from the Norva DVD if you haven't yet.
Here's one of the many you should watch: (5:34-5:38)
Friday, May 4, 2012
Jamais Vu
I've had 3 more dreams (that I can remember) since my last post. They were more than great. Finals are coming up and I'm freaking out. I'm so ready for summer and concerts and road trips. I love living in NYC but I'm ready to head home.
Here are some pics from the Natural History Museum/Central Park day:
Here are some pics from the Natural History Museum/Central Park day:
Dino Land
The skyline through the trees
Weeping willows have to be my favourite trees.
Anyway, right now I'm listening to Get Some by Chevelle. Such a great song. I'm patiently waiting for my laundry to finish downstairs. Then it'll be a fascinating evening of studying intermixed with Youtube concert video breaks.
Happy May! I guess I'll also throw out a "may the 4th be with you" just for shits and giggles.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Swallowed
I can barely drag myself away from Facebook and Twitter (mostly Twitter). I get so addicted to seeing certain people's tweets that I compulsively check my news feed.
Random: I went to the Natural History museum and Central Park yesterday. It was extremely nice and the park reminded me of home.
In other news, I've always been a person that has had dreams that I can mostly remember. In the past few weeks especially I've been having ridiculously vivid, numerous dreams. I started writing them down. From the past 5 nights, I'm up to 12 dreams. If only you knew what they were about...
One last thing before I go: 17 days until I go back home to Missouri for the summer!
Random: I went to the Natural History museum and Central Park yesterday. It was extremely nice and the park reminded me of home.
In other news, I've always been a person that has had dreams that I can mostly remember. In the past few weeks especially I've been having ridiculously vivid, numerous dreams. I started writing them down. From the past 5 nights, I'm up to 12 dreams. If only you knew what they were about...
One last thing before I go: 17 days until I go back home to Missouri for the summer!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
April
Okay, so today I'm just writing what has happened lately. Nothing exciting but I just realized it's been awhile.
2 days ago (that's right, April Fool's Day) was my birthday! I was a little worried that because I was away from my immediate friends and family that it wouldn't be that great. Luckily, it turned out to be fun. It was casual: just dinner with a few friends. But what really made my day was that the people that mean the most to me wished me a happy birthday (lame, I know).
This leads me to my next point. I mean what I'm about to say in a non-depressing way; I swear. Because I had low expectations for my birthday, anything that happened was an automatic plus. This is something I've been trying to do lately: Start with low expectations and then anything that happens is better. Weird.
2 days before my birthday I also ran into Ellie Goulding at urban outfitters. A pleasant surprise indeed.
Also, I've never been one of those people that died of happiness for summer but in the past few years I've become pretty damn fond of that season. And now that it's April that means that summer is so close I can taste it. Let's hope this summer lives up to my non-expectations ;)
2 days ago (that's right, April Fool's Day) was my birthday! I was a little worried that because I was away from my immediate friends and family that it wouldn't be that great. Luckily, it turned out to be fun. It was casual: just dinner with a few friends. But what really made my day was that the people that mean the most to me wished me a happy birthday (lame, I know).
This leads me to my next point. I mean what I'm about to say in a non-depressing way; I swear. Because I had low expectations for my birthday, anything that happened was an automatic plus. This is something I've been trying to do lately: Start with low expectations and then anything that happens is better. Weird.
2 days before my birthday I also ran into Ellie Goulding at urban outfitters. A pleasant surprise indeed.
Also, I've never been one of those people that died of happiness for summer but in the past few years I've become pretty damn fond of that season. And now that it's April that means that summer is so close I can taste it. Let's hope this summer lives up to my non-expectations ;)
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