Going To A Sullivan Show Is Like Taking A Shower.

Played at the Edge yesterday with Fesseden and the Fall of Icarus. Great show.

Krista and I got there a little before seven, when the show was supposed to start. But you know how it is... always a half an hour late. I introduced her to all my friends there. No one she knew was there. But that's most likely because it was Schlarman's prom tonight, and everyone was there.

We decided to head over to Sullivan's merch table because we both really wanted t-shirts and I was also supposed to buy one for Paris, since mom wouldn't let her come with me and Krista to the show. It was awesome, because Brooks (the singer of Sullivan) was selling the shirts. We talked to him for a little while, bought our shirts (mine's gray with kind of a blue x-ray of a man in a suit and the one I bought for Paris is back with white, blue and green designs. they both say "Sullivan", of course...) and then headed over to the stage.

The Fall of Icarus played first. They were pretty good... not really my style, though. But still good.

Next came Fesseden, who are really great. I don't

own any of their music or anything, but I always enjoy seeing them. They also sang this awesome song that went like this, "Pray for snacks, thank God when you get 'em 'cause people in *insert impoverished country name here* don't always get snacks." It was cool.

And finally, Sullivan played!! Krista and I were standing right at the front of the stage. At one point, the bass player was playing so close to us, I thought he was going to hit us with his bass! And, of course, Brooks did that thing where he throws water all over the place. Going to a Sullivan show is like taking a shower. Minke got hit with a water bottle first, and then the same bottle bounced off her and hit me in the head! I suppose I could consider it an honor. And at least the bottles aren't glass!

I took many pictures and videos with my phone. Of course, they all suck, but I tried. I really need a new camera.

Happy Blogging.

OK Go

is FANTASTIC live!! I suggest EVERYONE go see them. Even if you don't like them or don't know who they are, you would have a GREAT time at one of their shows. It was DEFINITELY the BEST concert I've ever been to, and that's saying a lot (considering I've seen The Used, 30 Seconds To Mars, Green Day, Saosin, Jimmy Eat World and Sullivan, to name a few...).

The show started at 7:30, with a local Champaign/Urbana band playing. They were pretty good. It was funny because they had played around seven songs and still hadn't told us their name, so this random girl yells out, "WHO ARE YOU!?". They told us. I forgot.

Paris and I were EXTREMELY excited when OK Go came out. They played ALL of my favorites ("Invincible", "You're So Damn Hot", "A Million Ways", "Don't Ask Me", "Television, Television", "Get Over It", "Here It Goes Again" and "Do What You Want".) And of course, they played a LOT more songs than just those.

At one point, they all came down to the middle isle and everyone crowded around them and they played a few songs acoustically like that. It was really cool because it made it feel like they were human, too. You know, when you go see a band you love in concert and they're on the stage the whole time... they seem almost like they aren't real. Or the seem inhuman or something. Or maybe I'm just crazy.

When they played "Don't Ask Me", they threw tamborines out into the audience. I just thought that was worthy of mentioning.

At one point, Damian was talking to the crowd, and then he just says "Did you just say 'take your pants off?' I'm starting to wonder what we mean to you people. I mean, I know we're those assholes from the treadmill video, but I didn't think we were strippers." And there was another time when he was mentioning how slippery the stage was. That was entertaining.

They played their "last" song, ("Here It Goes Again"). I was kind of unfufilled, because they still hadn't played "Do What You Want", which was what me and Paris were most excited to see. But everyone still clapped and cheered and screamed even after they walked off stage. The lights didn't turn back on. People kept screaming. And finally, after about two minutes of non-stop cheering, they came back out. They played a cover of a song, and then they played "Do What You Want" for the real last song. Me and Paris were so happy. We were standing in the isle instead of our seats with a ton of other people, so we were dancing and singing and everyone was having a great time.

Oh and sorry the pictures are so crappy and pixely. I was using a camera phone.

Happy Blogging. (and concert-going!)

Ondessonk CIT... OFFICIALLY!!

I am OFFICIALLY a Camp Ondessonk CIT for summer 2007!! HEEPWAH!!
I got my letter today. I'm going to be a handicrafts major. Surprising, because that was my first choice, and I heard from a few people that you rarely get your first choice.
I. CAN'T. WAIT.

The AP Show and iWhatevers.

I love the AP Show. I just decided to download the podcast a few weeks ago because I always saw it on XM, but never had the chance to listen. And my oh my, (ew. I shouldn't say that again.) 'tis spectaculary! No, I didn't mean to type "spectaculary", but it works. So I won't fix it.

They play LOVELY, overlooked and underplayed music. Aaaand the two DJs are hilarious. Which always helps.

If you have iTunes, I suggest you go download it. Now.

Oh and another thing. I really, really HATE it when people type/write "Ipod" or "IPod" or "Itunes" or "ITunes" or something like that. The "I" is NOT capitalized, and the second letter of the "iItem" ALWAYS is. If you aren't going to type it the right way, do not type it at all. Please. For my sanity.

Screamo Shows and Insane Boyfriends.

I pretty much just decided to babysit for my neighbors over going to a show. That's not normal. Buuuuut I suppose it's okay, since most of the local bands are stupid screamo-hardcore-metal crap. Too much of that stuff gives me a headache. Plus, the venue that the show was being held at is always full of smoke. And this week, I have no tolerance for moshers or hardcore dancers.

OK Go concert is on THURSDAY!! And I have no one else to be excited with besides Paris because either people aren't going or they have no idea who OK Go is. Crazies.

My boyfriend is insane. He gets so jealous over little things like me hanging out with my friends. Especially when I hang out with Miranda... maybe it's because he and Miranda have known each other since, like, birth. But STILL. It's not like I'm cheating on him.

Sigh.

Happy Blogging.

Lovely Comments and Advice from the Underworld

Wear sunscreen.
Don't litter. It makes you look trashy.
Read a book.
Believe it or not, I have a life, too.
Showers are your friends. So is deodorant.
You seem pretty nice to me. I don't know what everyone else is talking about.
Be direct.
When I tell you to stop, you better stop. I got people, and they won't be nice.
Make sure I know what you're talking about.
Don't be jealous over silly, little things.
Don't ask me.
You aren't invincible.
You aren't Rick James, either.
Fire is fun to look at, but don't touch it.
We already know: Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Care Bears and Pokemon are AWESOME.
Say "please" and "thank you".
Looking both ways before crossing a street is always helpful.
I don't care about what Jerry did with Marry, and I don't care about what Larry said about Sherry.
Don't make fun of people.
It's not funny when you make fun of a teacher or mess with a sub. It's just annoying. And quite immature.
Stop complaining.

Sunny Sundays

It is sunny. It is Sunday.

I rode my bike over to Alora's house. She showed me her little brother's new puppy, Tod. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh he is the CUTEST little puppy in the world!! Sooooo adorable.

After we were finished playing with Tod, we set out on the long walk to Custard Cup. We stopped at Miranda's house to see if she wanted to walk with us, but she could only come out and talk for a little because she had to go to Krista's art show at DACC. But it was nice talking to her.

We got to Custard Cup, ordered overly priced ice cream, had some water, and then decided to walk to the mall.

In the lame empty building that is the Danville Village Mall, we visited Teresa at Sears, went to the book store (okay, so it was me dragging Alora into the book store...) and watched a guy play guitar.

Man, I am wiped out from today. I walked/biked a LONG way!! And I'm way out of shape since it's not swimming season...

Happy Blogging.

Plays Pretty For Baby

Now you kids can NOT tell me that's a Saosin song. That's definitely a Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer song.

You see, it all started on the day of... yesterday. I was bored looking for guitar tabs and I thought to myself "ZOLOF THE ROCK & ROLL DESTROYER!" So I looked up "Plays Pretty for Baby" on ultimate-guitar.com, and all that came up were Saosin songs. I was extremely confused and slightly disappointed, but I decided to check it out anyway and GUESS WHAT. SAME SONG.

How did this confusion start? It's on a Zolof album, for crying out loud.

I hate it when people say "for cyring out loud".

Happy Blogging.

Firsty.

Mmmm... rhymes with "thirsty".

I love writing my first blog at a new website and then never writing in the blog again. But I already promised myself that wouldn't happen. I promised myself that I wouldn't start a blog and then forget about it three hours later.

I suppose I'll write about this yesterday and today:

Yesterday was Friday. We got out at 11:50, so that was great. I cleaned my room when I got home and then called the lovely Miranda to hang out. She came over, we played guitar, went on a walk, called Zach, frustrated Zach, ate pizza, downloaded guitar music and so on.
What did I do Friday night? I don't remember. Oh, yes I do. Zach called and we talked and I painted two pictures. Two down, two more to go.

Today was (and still is, I guess...) Saturday. I've had a horrible head ache all day due to lack of coffee. I started on another painting. Hung around outside. Played guitar. The usual. I was going to ask Zach if he wanted to see "Disturbia", but then I found out I had to go to church and out to dinner with (well, most of) the family.

*End of talking about today and yesterday...
**Randomtime.

Disturbia looks pretty good, although it's incredibly hard for me to take Shia LaBeouf seriously. I always think of Louis Stevens and Stanley Yelnats whenever I see him now.

Oh man, next week is going to be concertcrazy!!
On Thursday, I'm seeing OK Go at the University of Illinois, which will be REALLY fun.
On Friday, there's some show at the Mooselodge, which will be okay. I don't really like Moose shows, because all the bands are stupid screamo shit, (pardon the language.) and the air is not even oxygen - just a thick layer of cigarette (and probably pot) smoke.
On Saturday, me and Krista shall be going INSANE because Sullivan (!!!) is going to be playing at the Edge with Fesseden and some other band. I forgot what the other band was. Heh.

Well, today was a beautiful day, and I hope tomorrow is nice, too. Maybe I'll call Alora and we'll walk to Custard Cup. I'll probably paint some more. Finish those other two paintings... And I'll definitely play guitar, because I do that every day. Oh, and I garantee you I'll start my homework at nine PM and finish it at eleven, because that always happens.

Happy Blogging.