Oh...so when I said "tonight" you thought I meant last night?
Alright so I guess there's no real way out of this one. I'm just a douche. And I "bibled" and everything. Sorrrro:( I have to revise this research essay, because my now former teacher wants me to hand it in for an essay contest! Exciting right? Yeah, I'm trying to make you have at least some sympathy for me...Is it working? Great!
So back to the delightful Friday night I had.
After the concert was over Ashley and I decided to try and get autographs/pictures with the fellas. I thought "yeah right! they'll never be outside and if they are it will be next to impossible to actually be even near them!" So I forgot to tell you that when we got to the Starlite Room that their HUGE tour bus was parked out front...Back to present time...Ashley and I went outside, through the alley, and found the rest of the concert goers waiting for the same thing as us. And it didn't take long (literally like 2 minutes) until I heard Ashley say "Do you want to get a picture now?" And I thought she meant just a memento of the two of us...and I turn around and the lead singer was standing right by the bus talking to a few people! I couldn't believe that he was already out, because last time I went to Hellogoodbye it took almost an hour standing outside in the freezing cold to get one autograph...
We walked up to him and asked for a picture and sigh...he stood with his arms around us and we got the money shot. It's actually my picture on the popular social networking site, "Bookface", right now. LOL
And of course I had to get his autograph, on the only piece of paper I had, my ticket. And to make things better he wasn't pretencious, like when we met the guys from Boys Like Girls. He was so soft-spoken and ...oh that Aussie accent. Heart.
And then came the other half of the lead-singing duo, who is also the main trumpet player. AND we got a picture with him too, as well as the back-up trumpet player. Who by the way is a fox. :D:D
I totally feel like I should've gotten the other guys to sign something as well but I couldn't find anything short of my skin...and the temps were in the minuses that night (Can you believe that was our first real aka not melted yet, snow of the season? I have a feeling they brought it with them lol)
But Ashley and I hung around for 30-45 minutes after those amazzzing few moments, wondering if they could see us through their bus windows and making faces if they could. LOL. While we were sitting and people watching at about 2.30 in the morning, we noticed something...Ashley wanted a picture with the trombone player and was ready to ask him, but for the whole time we sat there he seemed "deeply engrosed" in a conversation with an "interesting" young lady. We were trying to judge whether she knew him or was just random. We decided that if he did in fact know him that they would talk inside the bus rather than standing outside...Plus I seem to remember her from inside. So eventually she follows him into the bus (where the other members are already remember) and doesn't close the door....This againn leads me to think that if she was with them that she would know enough of the routine to close the door behind her...So to sum it up...groupie. See you could've just read that instead of the long version, but by now you probably realized that....muahaha.
In the end I didn't get home till about 4 since Ashley and I went to her house for tea and grilled cheese. Best night ever in forreveerrr. Second best concert I've ever been to. It would be hard to ever top OkGo/SnowPatrol. Sorry CE. I still love you. Especially...you...know what i sayin? No? It's ok. I rarely ever do either.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Rhyme and Reason
Ok, you can bang my head against the wall if you like; I haven't written in what feels like fo-eva, but I have a good reason, I swear! See I've had finals all this last week. No lie. BS right!? Cause I'm done my program in 14 months everything is smushed together, aka everything is quick-timed. I had one on Monday, and Wednesday and then two on Thursday and Friday. AND to round house kick finals in the face, The Cat Empire just so happened to fall on the Friday (last night). Perfect way to end hell week :) I knew that they were coming since September but it just made the night taht much better to not have to think about homework/studying!
Sidenote: This was my first "real" concert in almost a year (Since Kanye/Rihanna) and my first general admission concert in TWO YEARS. Wtf right?
So it was at the Starlite Room, which I had never been to before. WAIT, rewiiiindd. Ashley picked me up and we got there around 8, to hopefully avoid the long-(expletive) line. Unfortunately we didnt. So, the SL-room entrance is in a half-arm span wide alley, which just adds to it's indie cool facter. And then it leads up to these stairs (all of this is outside still though). So, flashback a bit, to get into the Starlite Room at any time you need a membership, which is $5 and good for the yr. So all these people, while we were in line, kept "forgetting" to get their membership (and I don't see how since the girl stands at the entrance to the alley saying "MEMBERSHIPS!". Anyway these ignorant peeps would go get their membership, saying "excuse me, pardon me" all the while. AND then what was really rude and annoying, was that after getting the membership these same people would come BACK through the line to get to the front. AS if somehow their entitled to go back to the front of the line, because they are forgetful/don't pay attention. And there were these awesome people behind us in life who were so hilarious and well let's face it pure be-otches. Even though one was a guy, they were just funny.
SO we finally get it, go to coat check and then the bathroom (which was down a big set of stairs and pretty grungy). Then we went to sit down near the back of the place, which had all the booths and the bar. But no booths were available, so we sat on bar stools near coat check, and a pool table. We sat there for like a few hrs even through the opening act. But it was just so chill and awesome. And more and more people just kept piling in the place. It was an 18+ show, and it was nice to finally not have a bunch on pre-teen or 14 yr old girls ruining the mood. But I do think we were some of the youngest people there...We were the 14 yr olds to everyone's us...LOL
So once Cat Empire was about to start Ashley and I got off our high stools, and walked down to the main "music" area. It was like 10 steps down from the bar and whatnot. It was packed! The only good thing about being small is being able to get through tiny spaces between people haha. We eventually got down pretty far, about halfway between the back and front of the "pit", as I like to call it. But somehow no matter which side, or where we went, the tallest guys in the place always seemed to push their way ahead of us. Ugh. I hate that about being small! For for the first half of the show we were about 1/4 of a ways back from the stage, and it was pretty ok. Don't get me wrong, the band was amazing just as I thought but I just wasn't feelin "it". So as people started jumping up and down during a song we saw our chance! With Ashley leading the way we "jumped" our way to the front, about 3 people from the front. And let me tell you, it became *itch city! It seems like the chill indie peeps were back where we had been...and the arrogant, pompous, obnoxious ones were up at the front. There was the typical "girl-who's-boyfriend-has-to-step-in-and-give-her-'personal space'-even-though-she's-at-a-concert", and the token "girl-who's-super-tall-but-separated-from-her-friends-even-though-she-still-has-more-but-finds-the-need-to-shove-and-stare-down-Ashley-anyway". BUT very surprisingly there was also many of the "older" (30-50) generation there. And one lady actually allowed me to go in front of her which was so so nice. And two other ladies (mid-40's?) were totally rocking our and screaming the lead singer's name like they were teenagers! It was awesome!
Eventually we got the the very very front, and bliss. This is gonna sound so lame, and don't worry I so know it. But I swear the lead singer looked right at me at times <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Part 2: The most exciting part of the rendezvous
(that rhymed!!!)
I promise fo realsies that I will do it tonight too :0 Swear. Bible.
Sidenote: This was my first "real" concert in almost a year (Since Kanye/Rihanna) and my first general admission concert in TWO YEARS. Wtf right?
So it was at the Starlite Room, which I had never been to before. WAIT, rewiiiindd. Ashley picked me up and we got there around 8, to hopefully avoid the long-(expletive) line. Unfortunately we didnt. So, the SL-room entrance is in a half-arm span wide alley, which just adds to it's indie cool facter. And then it leads up to these stairs (all of this is outside still though). So, flashback a bit, to get into the Starlite Room at any time you need a membership, which is $5 and good for the yr. So all these people, while we were in line, kept "forgetting" to get their membership (and I don't see how since the girl stands at the entrance to the alley saying "MEMBERSHIPS!". Anyway these ignorant peeps would go get their membership, saying "excuse me, pardon me" all the while. AND then what was really rude and annoying, was that after getting the membership these same people would come BACK through the line to get to the front. AS if somehow their entitled to go back to the front of the line, because they are forgetful/don't pay attention. And there were these awesome people behind us in life who were so hilarious and well let's face it pure be-otches. Even though one was a guy, they were just funny.
SO we finally get it, go to coat check and then the bathroom (which was down a big set of stairs and pretty grungy). Then we went to sit down near the back of the place, which had all the booths and the bar. But no booths were available, so we sat on bar stools near coat check, and a pool table. We sat there for like a few hrs even through the opening act. But it was just so chill and awesome. And more and more people just kept piling in the place. It was an 18+ show, and it was nice to finally not have a bunch on pre-teen or 14 yr old girls ruining the mood. But I do think we were some of the youngest people there...We were the 14 yr olds to everyone's us...LOL
So once Cat Empire was about to start Ashley and I got off our high stools, and walked down to the main "music" area. It was like 10 steps down from the bar and whatnot. It was packed! The only good thing about being small is being able to get through tiny spaces between people haha. We eventually got down pretty far, about halfway between the back and front of the "pit", as I like to call it. But somehow no matter which side, or where we went, the tallest guys in the place always seemed to push their way ahead of us. Ugh. I hate that about being small! For for the first half of the show we were about 1/4 of a ways back from the stage, and it was pretty ok. Don't get me wrong, the band was amazing just as I thought but I just wasn't feelin "it". So as people started jumping up and down during a song we saw our chance! With Ashley leading the way we "jumped" our way to the front, about 3 people from the front. And let me tell you, it became *itch city! It seems like the chill indie peeps were back where we had been...and the arrogant, pompous, obnoxious ones were up at the front. There was the typical "girl-who's-boyfriend-has-to-step-in-and-give-her-'personal space'-even-though-she's-at-a-concert", and the token "girl-who's-super-tall-but-separated-from-her-friends-even-though-she-still-has-more-but-finds-the-need-to-shove-and-stare-down-Ashley-anyway". BUT very surprisingly there was also many of the "older" (30-50) generation there. And one lady actually allowed me to go in front of her which was so so nice. And two other ladies (mid-40's?) were totally rocking our and screaming the lead singer's name like they were teenagers! It was awesome!
Eventually we got the the very very front, and bliss. This is gonna sound so lame, and don't worry I so know it. But I swear the lead singer looked right at me at times <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Part 2: The most exciting part of the rendezvous
(that rhymed!!!)
I promise fo realsies that I will do it tonight too :0 Swear. Bible.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Will You Be There?
But they told me
A man should be faithful
And walk when not able
And fight till the end
But I'm only human
Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems that the world's got a role for me
I'm so confused,
Will you show to me,you'll be there for me,
and care enough to bear me?
In Our Darkest Hour
In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care?
Will You Be There?
In My Trials
And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts
And Frustrations
In My Violence
In My Turbulence
Through My Fear
And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.
A man should be faithful
And walk when not able
And fight till the end
But I'm only human
Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems that the world's got a role for me
I'm so confused,
Will you show to me,you'll be there for me,
and care enough to bear me?
In Our Darkest Hour
In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care?
Will You Be There?
In My Trials
And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts
And Frustrations
In My Violence
In My Turbulence
Through My Fear
And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Who's Bad
PLEASE don't send the villagers with their pitchforks and torches after me. I'm sorry, I completely lied. I didn't write the next day (last Saturday) like I promised :( I meant to really! I had a draft and everything done. I was almost done and then just got waaaay too busy. I'm sure you'll forgive me if for nothing else than my good looks :)
Anyway I guess I've decided that (for now) I will let the MJ movie be left to your imagination if you haven't already had the good sense to go and watch it!!!
I gotta feeling that tonight...no I mean this week is gonna be [busy]....! Wait that made no sense. Well it did, but had nothing to do with the song...just thought I'd add it in. Anyway I work everynight this week except Wednesday, which is good for my bank account (It hasn't been fed in a long time) but blech for me...Something to look forward to though is that by next week I'll only be working weekends! YAYY!
Oh and speaking of bank accounts being starved...a certain former employer... :l STILL HAS NOT PAID ME SINCE I QUIT OVER THREE WEEKS AGO! Seriously get your act together and just give me my money so I can forget about you and pretend like that whole messy "era" (one month) never happened!
I've decided to try working out after work tomorrow...We'll see how that goes LOL. I've never worked out alone; it should be...weird. And sad.
I love MJ. More every day. I've realized that I don't get sad randomly when I see him, only when I see things that have been made after he left us. That's what tears me up. I love seeing his old vids, and home movies, and everything...I just can't handle the whole "Let's take a look back at..." That...is....just bad (to quote him in a COMPLETELY different context...lol)
Anyway I guess I've decided that (for now) I will let the MJ movie be left to your imagination if you haven't already had the good sense to go and watch it!!!
I gotta feeling that tonight...no I mean this week is gonna be [busy]....! Wait that made no sense. Well it did, but had nothing to do with the song...just thought I'd add it in. Anyway I work everynight this week except Wednesday, which is good for my bank account (It hasn't been fed in a long time) but blech for me...Something to look forward to though is that by next week I'll only be working weekends! YAYY!
Oh and speaking of bank accounts being starved...a certain former employer... :l STILL HAS NOT PAID ME SINCE I QUIT OVER THREE WEEKS AGO! Seriously get your act together and just give me my money so I can forget about you and pretend like that whole messy "era" (one month) never happened!
I've decided to try working out after work tomorrow...We'll see how that goes LOL. I've never worked out alone; it should be...weird. And sad.
I love MJ. More every day. I've realized that I don't get sad randomly when I see him, only when I see things that have been made after he left us. That's what tears me up. I love seeing his old vids, and home movies, and everything...I just can't handle the whole "Let's take a look back at..." That...is....just bad (to quote him in a COMPLETELY different context...lol)
Friday, October 30, 2009
This Is It
Well, that was it anyway....
I must admit that I didn't cry as much as expected! Good thing...? I suppose. I just thought that the movie would be more "real", and not such a "concert experience". Honestly, it did look like the tour would've been more than I ever thought possible and just...amazing (which is a totally over-used word and sometimes just fits with what I'm trying to say!). I'm not going to ruin the movie...yet. I'll post tomorrow with a bunch of spoilers but for right now my arm is killing me (from the H1N1 shot I got on Wednesday. More about that later too. TRUST ME) and I'm tired AND I have to work tomorrow early, AND I'm trying to come up with more lame excuses but can't because...I....can't LOL
But in all the movie was sometimes just jaw-dropping. It is amazing what technology can do nowadays, but just plain sad to know that fans won't be able to really see what could have been. I can't wait to put the spoilers out tomorrow. There is just so much to talk about with the movie. It was, in all, happy moments though. It made it seem like MJ was really loving what he was doing. And he was so happy. As were his dancers and crew :) Anyway I can go on and on now or make you suffer and pine until tomorrow...unless you promise to give me all your Halloween candy tomorrow....ok....well....suffer and pine it is then.
I must admit that I didn't cry as much as expected! Good thing...? I suppose. I just thought that the movie would be more "real", and not such a "concert experience". Honestly, it did look like the tour would've been more than I ever thought possible and just...amazing (which is a totally over-used word and sometimes just fits with what I'm trying to say!). I'm not going to ruin the movie...yet. I'll post tomorrow with a bunch of spoilers but for right now my arm is killing me (from the H1N1 shot I got on Wednesday. More about that later too. TRUST ME) and I'm tired AND I have to work tomorrow early, AND I'm trying to come up with more lame excuses but can't because...I....can't LOL
But in all the movie was sometimes just jaw-dropping. It is amazing what technology can do nowadays, but just plain sad to know that fans won't be able to really see what could have been. I can't wait to put the spoilers out tomorrow. There is just so much to talk about with the movie. It was, in all, happy moments though. It made it seem like MJ was really loving what he was doing. And he was so happy. As were his dancers and crew :) Anyway I can go on and on now or make you suffer and pine until tomorrow...unless you promise to give me all your Halloween candy tomorrow....ok....well....suffer and pine it is then.
Gone too Soon
I know that your hearts have ached for me for about a week. Sorry playa. School/Work have been craazaay but I missed you just as much as you missed me, trust me. Anyway, I guess you want me to get to the point of why I finally chose today to write...Well come on, you guys, you should know by now!
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT!
I know it came out on Wed. but don't blame me for being 2 days late! I still love him just as much and bought my tickets two weeks+ ago.
A part of me is worrying that a certain site claiming that the movie is not an accurate portrayl of his late few weeks/days is true. I hope it's not. It would be such a let down to know that they picked and chose only what they wanted the world to see from the 100+ hours of rehearsal footage.
At the same time, would it really be a good idea to "accurately" show him during his last few weeks (considering some reports that he was "frail", "sickly", and "skeleton-like"?? I don't believe those reports for a second; I mean come on did you see the rehearsal vids that they've put out so far? He looks amazing! I hope that this movie is not some big cover up to relieve guilty conscience and placate the public/fans.
Either way, MJ was the most amazing/talented performer/entertainer this world has ever/probably will ever see. I can personally say that with 100% confidence. There is no one that even comes close to his energy or creativity. It's still hard to believe that he could really be gone.
In the end....I'm just EXCITED. I got all ready, so that I can look good for MJ. How sad, right? Oh well, you know me by now, and I know you love me more.
Scotiabank Theatre. 6.45 pm. Friday Oct. 30. Be there or be ...not there. But if you're not you're missing out!
PS I have to write about this MJ book I'm reading. It's ridiculous, but for all the wrong reasons. It makes me mad...for all the wrong reasons. Tell you more later.
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT!
I know it came out on Wed. but don't blame me for being 2 days late! I still love him just as much and bought my tickets two weeks+ ago.
A part of me is worrying that a certain site claiming that the movie is not an accurate portrayl of his late few weeks/days is true. I hope it's not. It would be such a let down to know that they picked and chose only what they wanted the world to see from the 100+ hours of rehearsal footage.
At the same time, would it really be a good idea to "accurately" show him during his last few weeks (considering some reports that he was "frail", "sickly", and "skeleton-like"?? I don't believe those reports for a second; I mean come on did you see the rehearsal vids that they've put out so far? He looks amazing! I hope that this movie is not some big cover up to relieve guilty conscience and placate the public/fans.
Either way, MJ was the most amazing/talented performer/entertainer this world has ever/probably will ever see. I can personally say that with 100% confidence. There is no one that even comes close to his energy or creativity. It's still hard to believe that he could really be gone.
In the end....I'm just EXCITED. I got all ready, so that I can look good for MJ. How sad, right? Oh well, you know me by now, and I know you love me more.
Scotiabank Theatre. 6.45 pm. Friday Oct. 30. Be there or be ...not there. But if you're not you're missing out!
PS I have to write about this MJ book I'm reading. It's ridiculous, but for all the wrong reasons. It makes me mad...for all the wrong reasons. Tell you more later.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
It was draining...
It only took me a collective 3 weeks (or so) but I finally "finished" my blog format! (Background, layout, fonts, etc. )
I say "finished" because it never really is with me. I always have to change something about it every once and a while. BUT I hope you all (the hopefully billions who read this...ahem) love it. I love it. :)
But more importantly, I hope you're loving the blog! If you're not...then my only consolation for you is...at least you're not living it hahaha!
I say "finished" because it never really is with me. I always have to change something about it every once and a while. BUT I hope you all (the hopefully billions who read this...ahem) love it. I love it. :)
But more importantly, I hope you're loving the blog! If you're not...then my only consolation for you is...at least you're not living it hahaha!
Taylor Swift & T-Pain together at last!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPOiqtf2FTE
You out clubbin but I just make caramel delights! WORD YO!
LAWLZ!
You out clubbin but I just make caramel delights! WORD YO!
LAWLZ!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I'm thankful for...
Happy Canadian Turkey Day (aka Thanksgiving) everyone!
Yes, we know that it's different from American Thanksgiving, even though most of them do not...
So this is probably the only TG (Thanksgiving, b/c I don't wanna type it every time!) where I won't have Turkey, or Stuffing (my favourite :()
I miss solid food...they're the best kind haha
Anyway hopefully there will be left overs...by the time I'm better. I'm sure there will be b/c right now there are only 3 to eat the whole turkey.
Ashley came over today! It was awesome to actually have someone want to visit me when I look and feel...ugh. We basically creeped fb....and enjoyed it hahahaha I think I feel "less" guilty than if I'm creepin by myself lol
OH and I'm using this time to finally listen to my Spanish lessons. De donde es usted? Entiende? (Where are you from? Understand? - I bet I spelt that all wrong! LOL)
PS. I'm thankful for...Spanish lessons on the computer, bffs, tylenol 3's, baby name books to keep me busy, the internet, michael jackson's music, 30 rock, surf the channel (when it works), yahoo answers, blogs and much much more :)
Yes, we know that it's different from American Thanksgiving, even though most of them do not...
So this is probably the only TG (Thanksgiving, b/c I don't wanna type it every time!) where I won't have Turkey, or Stuffing (my favourite :()
I miss solid food...they're the best kind haha
Anyway hopefully there will be left overs...by the time I'm better. I'm sure there will be b/c right now there are only 3 to eat the whole turkey.
Ashley came over today! It was awesome to actually have someone want to visit me when I look and feel...ugh. We basically creeped fb....and enjoyed it hahahaha I think I feel "less" guilty than if I'm creepin by myself lol
OH and I'm using this time to finally listen to my Spanish lessons. De donde es usted? Entiende? (Where are you from? Understand? - I bet I spelt that all wrong! LOL)
PS. I'm thankful for...Spanish lessons on the computer, bffs, tylenol 3's, baby name books to keep me busy, the internet, michael jackson's music, 30 rock, surf the channel (when it works), yahoo answers, blogs and much much more :)
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