My bands are outgrowing me.

Most depressing thing ever.

:)

I'm so proud of boys I don't even know, even though I don't like their newest CD.

But watching them perform in huge venues internationally makes me want to cry.



I don't understand.

genre jumps, devolution, and cover art.

I'm unhappy with Fueled by Ramen [and Fall Out Boy]. All their bands are changing their sounds. And yeah, sure, I'm cool with them maturing musically and everything, but most of the time it sounds like they're devolving. Panic[!] at the Disco, The Academy Is... - it's not that I don't love the bands [because I do]. It's just that I expect more from them. Quality stuff, not the somewhat cliche, not-entirely-pop-but-reminscient-of-it, slightly boring stuff they've put out recently.

Panic[!]'s newest CD, which they worked on for years [literally], was a disappointment. With the exclamation point went the energy of the music. Sure, I liked a few of the songs on Pretty. Odd. - We're So Starving, Pas de Cheval, sometimes Northern Downpour. It's certainly not as if the rest of the songs are bad, but they just don't catch my attention like their old music did. Honestly, if the CD hadn't been by Panic[!], I would never have bought it. I only listened to it when I was getting ready to see them, because I wanted to be able to still have fun if they only played songs off that. [Luckily, they played the old songs also and sounded better than ever.] I love the band, but I expected more from them.

The Academy Is...'s new CD isn't terrible. I still haven't listened to the whole thing, but I do like a fair amount of the songs I have heard. Paper Chase and His Girl Friday are my favorites off the album at the moment. But I would never specifically choose those songs to listen to. I'll listen to them if they come up on my playlist, but I'm not going to seek them out. Even in Santi, their previous album, it was a little hard for me to find the sound that I loved about them. I grew to love Santi though, especially after seeing them perform it live twice. It's a CD I probably would have bought even if I had no idea who the band was. Fast Times at Barrington High is a CD I wouldn't have looked twice at. The music isn't bad, but it doesn't catch my attention. I hear it, but I'm definitely not captured by it the way I was with their first album - which I discovered years late. The lyrics on some tracks are brilliant, but most are slightly cliche. [Not that I can even write cliche lyrics.] Again, I love the band. I just wanted more. However, considering how often they toured between Santi and this album, it's pretty impressive.

Fall Out Boy - who isn't on Fueled by Ramen, but whatever - has a new album coming out on Election Day. I've already made sure that the CD store that I go to is ordering it. I'm buying no matter what. I adore the cover art as well as the title. I liked the new songs on the free mixtape they put out. But "I Don't Care" just doesn't really meet my standards. As selfish as it sounds, I wish Patrick had never learned to sing; in my opinion, his voice is absolutely brilliant on Take This To Your Grave [which is my favorite CD anyway] and decreases from there. That's not to say that I don't love his voice, because I do. I just don't love it as much. The lyrics to I Don't Care aren't great, but I can deal with that. I wasn't worried, because I felt the same way with Infinity On High and still ended up really liking that CD. Besides, I'd already heard other new songs that I liked [despite the constant "GET FAMILIAR" crap]. It can't be all bad. They put out a new song on iTunes the other day, and I was totally ready to text my dad to ask if I could borrow a dollar to buy the song. I was even a little excited, but I ended up not even wanting to buy it. I was just like "Eh, it'll be on the CD... Why waste money?" I never like the singles though, so I still have faith in them. :)

I'm not giving up on these bands.

Y'know, maybe it's me.
Maybe I'm outgrowing them.

Living in Fast Forward = Not Fun.

Listening to: Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us) by Lonestar
What I Should Be Doing: Driver's Ed or Homework or sleeping
I'm Also: Reading fan fiction and backing up the files on my computer

I don't know what's wrong with me. Today, I wanted to cry about four times for absolutely no reason. I didn't cry any of the times, but I really wanted to.

You know when you get into somebody else's car and it just smells different? I want that feeling right now.

I kind of hate myself this year. And I - I just want to go back to last year.

I start listening to Kenny Chesney when I kind of want to cry.

I'm oh-so-jealous of The Academy Is... I just want to hug them all. =( I don't even know why, I'm just like 'YOU'RE MY HERO!' Eh.

Powerspace in 13 days. I should really figure out what their name's are... *shame*

Mike Carden = Milk Carton

Listening to: Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
What I Should Be Doing: Figuring out what the multiplicity of each zero is
I'm Also: Trying to do homework and IMing my friends

I moped again today.

Anna's site = a-mazing.

Mike Carden's birthday is in like 20 minutes. =)

Oh, yes.

Someone want to help me with my Algebra 2 homework? xD

We wanted to send Mike Carden a milk carton that was filled with something. *nods*

We didn't. :P

Your Pajamas Make Me Sleepy

Listening to: Nothing
What I Should Be Doing: Sleeping =)

Okay, so today was awesome. xD

I woke up around 12:45 and Manola and I hung out for a little bit before going to IHOP for "breakfast." Afterward we drove around for a while, looking at venues to see if tour buses were there yet, and then we went to a huge parking lot and I got to drive for a while. xD We came home around 3, I showered ['cause I'd gone to "breakfast" in my pajamas] and we decided that we were going to see Fred Claus at 4:40. We went and saw it [it was a pretty good movie] and then decided to drive around to see if This Providence and the bands they were touring with were at the venue they were playing yet.

We drove by a bridge THREE times just so I could see if the two guys leaning against it were in the band or not [I'm still not sure if they were or not. =)] because I'm indecisive and didn't want to ask them. Then we decided we might as well just go watch them play and talk to them afterward, so Manola went home really fast and put jeans on ['cause she was still in like pajamas. xD]. She also grabbed a Sharpie, because we wanted them to sign stuff. xP

We go, pay the $12 each to get in, get the 'underage' wrist bands, buy a This Providence T-shirt, and go stand with a bunch of other people to watch the first band play. It's already almost 8 and the show started at 7, so I don't know why the band hadn't already started, but either way, we watched The Reign of Kindo, who were pretty good. [We kind of played tic tac toe on the water bottle I bought instead of paying much attention though.] I hadn't heard any of their songs before, but we ended up buying their EP. Then The Higher came on, and they were amazing, even though I only knew Insurance?. I was impressed and we ended up buying their CD, too. =D

When This Providence came on, we actually got to move closer to the stage, but they took FOREVER to set up. Still, they were AMAZING. I forgot a lot of the words, but they were still so awesome live. =) I was really really sweaty and my feet hurt and I kind of had a headache, but I was REALLY happy. Plus, I had My Beautiful Rescue stuck in my head. xD

That's when we went and bought the CD and EP, and got Seth from The Higher to sign the CD booklet thingy [y'know, the thing with the lyrics?]. We also got a free poster from The Reign of Kindo. =) Then, I went and got all of the members of This Providence to sign my shoes AND my shirt. xD That just about made my life. I mean, my shoes now have seven amazing signatures from seven amazing people AND I have an amazing band T-shirt with five amazing signatures. xD Yeah, I'm a loser.

Anyway, they were all really nice about it, even though I had NO idea what any of their names were [and felt AWFUL about it]. I walked around with my shoes in my hands and now my socks are disgustingly dirty. I shouldn't have worn white ones. xD Since my shoes are kinda filled up with writing and drawings and crud, it was kinda hard for them to find places to write. David said my shoes were "filled with goodness." Dan just said something about space being limited. xD Sean signed my shoelace. That and the "filled with goodness" comment seriously made me happy. xD Gavin seemed kind of annoyed, or maybe just indifferent, and Andy was nice about it, but didn't really say anything more than agreeing to sign both things. Still. The whole thing just made my life. Especially since I wasn't even going to go to the concert in the first place.

Unfortunately, I forgot my camera [since I wasn't sure if we were actually gonna go or not] so I don't have any pictures... :( But it's okay, 'cause I still had an awesome time. Even though I forgot the words and leaned against a patch of gum that was stuck to the wall. xD

I really like that they walked around after the show so that their fans got to meet/talk with them. [I mean, I guess they have to do that to make a good impression or whatever, but still.] After The Academy Is... didn't come out, I was kinda worried that I wouldn't get to meet ANYBODY. But everybody from This Providence was hanging out with people and taking pictures and signing things. I like that a lot more. =)

Daphne Loves Derby started playing during all of this, but neither of us really knew who they were and I was tired and Manola was sick, so we just left. We went to Whataburger for dinner and watched parts of movies until I was sure that I was gonna fall asleep on the couch upstairs, so I decided to go to bed. And that's when I came down here, put pajamas on, and decided to update my blog instead of going to sleep. xD

THISPROVIDENCEISAMAZING.THEEND.

Homework is Overrated

Listening to: Middle of the Night by Sherwood
What I Should Be Doing: English homework

I always put English homework off. :D ALWAYS.

It's because I hate the class. xD I suck at it... Therefore, I dislike it. :D

I'm still obsessed with The Academy Is..., but not as much as I was. =)

Bill's signature's fading. :(

I love my new CDs. Though I haven't listened to Isn't This Supposed To Be Fun by Farewell yet. =) I love A Different Light by Sherwood. xD

I'm gonna go try to get something done. =P

I Really Want a Sloppy Joe Right Now

Listening to: Thank You by Simple Plan
What I Should Be Doing: SLEEPING! or PACKING!

I'm tired and this week has been CRAZY long. We finally got our internet back, but it sucks, 'cause sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I SWEAR MY ITUNES IS IN LOVE WITH SIMPLE PLAN. LIKE IT'S HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THEM. If I EVER actually let one of their songs play [I rarely listen to them anymore, but they were the first non-country band I liked], it plays EIGHT of their songs in a row. It doesn't do that with ANY other band. Seriously.

I annoy people with my addiction/obsession with Solitaire. xD

Uhm. I'm really hungry right now.

At 1 AM, I develop a tolerance for like any type of music. Like, I usually refuse to listen to Kernkraft 400 because it annoys me, but I'm okay with listening to it right now. Same with Simple Plan and country. Except for Taylor Swift. Couldn't listen to her for some reason.

I want fruit loops.

I feel like a completely different person than I was last year and that scares me.

Today my friend got meat stuck in her throat and coughed up mucus for like 6 hours. She had to go to the emergency room. It was scary, but she's okay. =)

I should get some sleep 'cause I have to wake up at TEN TOMORROW. TEN AM ON A SATURDAY! Ah well.

WHY AM I HUNGRY!?

I need to remember to pack like six AA batteries. That reminds me of The Academy Is...! xD *hugs concerts*

I need a life. *nod*

A frozen Eggo waffle sounds AMAZING right now.

Oh, I'm packing for a like two day trip with my friend. =)

I wish it was cold.

I Got to School Today When I Would Normally Still Be Asleep

Listening to: The Phrase That Pays by The Academy Is...
What I Should Be Doing: Working on my English essay

I've been at school since 7:10 AM. It kinda sucks. I need to work on English, but I'm lazy and don't wanna do anything.

I want Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun by Farewell and A Different Light by Sherwood. And I think I'm gonna try to get the new Armor for Sleep CD when it comes out. I should probably find out what it's called. And if I have enough money. xD

... I only have $12. I need like $45. RAWR. Well, M.E. owes me at least $12.

I need a job.

I'm so sick of school. Tomorrow's shortened classes, but I'm so sick of it. I'm so glad that it's Thursday. *nod*

I want to see Powerspace SO badly. As soon as my internet comes back, I'm making a MySpace just to ask the bar/venue whether the show's all ages or not. And then I'm gonna find some small screamo-ish band and ask them to cover Bingo for me. Because that would make me happy.

I'm tired. :)

I have a Latin test in like an hour and a half, and I haven't studied, but I don't wanna right now. I have better things to do. xD Actually, that's a lie. I should work on English but I'm updating this instead. And I can't get to like anything on this computer. Not YouTube, not Facebook, not Yahoo! Mail, not even FOB's website. I don't get it.

My hands are ALWAYS really cold. Same with my feet.

I had to watch the movie North by Northwest for Digital Video. It was okay, but I got bored, and some scenes seemed way too long and the ending sucked. I wanted them to die. And Leonard's totally my hero. xD Okay. I'm done.

My English teacher dislikes me. I'm not exactly sure why. At least, it seems like she dislikes me. *shrugs*

I'm gonna go work on my essay... *face*

I’m Bad at Making Friends

Listening to: I Caught Fire by The Used
What I Should Be Doing: Rereading the Chemistry chapters

Um. We went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, and I annoyed my mom to the point where she wouldn’t talk to me anymore. xD But I didn’t do it on purpose. I was just trying to look for the best in people, rather than automatically assuming they all suck. *nod*

I asked her what she would do if she had never seen me before and I asked if I could hug her. She said she’d probably walk away [like Jack the camera guy. Though all I really wanted was a picture with him... Or just of him. xD] and then she was all “Think about their daily lives and how people are always like ‘ILOVEYOU!’ and how they’re just using him and stuff.” [I had told her earlier that I yelled “ILOVEYOU” to one of the guys that was setting up for TAI.] I was like “How am I using him?!” and she’s like “Well, you don’t really love him; love’s not a one way relationship” or something and I’m just like “... I know that. I didn’t tell the camera guy that I loved him, I just wanted a picture of him.” And she goes into how they’re all on drugs ‘cause it’s easy and how they all get married and then get divorced ‘cause they don’t try or something. And I’m just like “Yeah. But you don’t know that the camera guy’s on drugs or that the band even is.” And then my brother’s all “You just said that because they’re famous and that’s the only reason you like them.” And I’m like “NO! They’re crazy awesome and they’re really not all that famous and they’re not even IN THE BAND!”

Basically everyone got ticked off.

And then I said that I hated college and asked if I had to pay for gas [which I was really just wondering about] and by the end of it all, my mom was really mad. Yeah.

I dunno. I’m not gonna assume that everybody in every band is on drugs. I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. That’s kind of unreasonable anyway. I dunno. It’s dumb.

My brother’s fortune cookie fortune was “If your cookie is in two pieces, the answer is yes.” I love that SO much that it’s not funny. xD

I’m getting my wisdom teeth, which SUCKS. There’s this flap of skin and it’s all raw/sore and it hurts. =( And today just kinda stunk. X(

I’m totally gonna bring my laptop to school tomorrow to post all the crud. Except I can’t get to YouTube or check my mail. But OH WELL.

If we watch my footage tomorrow, I’ll scream.

My dogs chewed up my cell phone. *face* I’m mad. At least it still works.

I wrote this on the 8th. It's going up on the 10th. Deal.

The Lyric ‘Pizza of My Eye’ Really Bothers Me

Listening to: I’m Like A Lawyer with The Way I’m Always Trying to Get You Off (Me + You) by Fall Out Boy
What I Should Be Doing: Homework and SLEEEEPING!

I realized about an hour and a half ago that my digital video project is due tomorrow, not Friday. So I did the entire project by myself, while my storyboards like REQUIRE two people. So my footage sucks. A lot. And she’s going to hate it, because she already dislikes me and there’s so much wrong with it that it’s not funny. I’m totally done with that class. Seriously. It’s only like a month in and I’m freaking SICK of it.

I still have so much to do, and I’m tired, and I really shouldn’t have school tomorrow anyway, but I do, because the school’s MEAN and HATEFUL. Columbus Day = holiday, right?? Not according to them. *sulk*

My room’s a disaster area right now. It kind of makes me happy.

Usually, I get through school and homework and the stupid junk by thinking “I just have to get through this and then I can go this concert” or “I need to do this and then next month that CD comes out.” But I have NOTHING to look forward to at this point. And I don’t have internet. So I’m kinda upset. Actually, I wanna cry. =(

Thanksgiving break is the only thing good right now. And that’s forever from now. x(

Um. I guess I can’t wait till we get internet back. But I’m not really excited about that. I’m more mad at Geek Squad because they’re freaking idiots.

I’m really tired.

Um. Yeah.

I had something else to say but I forgot.

I love Fall Out Boy more than I should.

I want to see these bands live:
§ Powerspace
§ Motion City Soundtrack
§ This Providence
§ The Used
§ Fall Out Boy [again]
§ The Academy Is... [As many times as possible, man. They’re AMAZING live.]

Yeah.

Yeah, I wrote this on 10-7-07, but it's going up on the 10th. Just because.

“SHE JUST HAS BLOODY STUMPS! ... PATRICK!”

Listening to: Tie the Rope by The Format
What I Should Be Doing: Working

I really need to work on my essay for Oedipus the King, film for my video class, read and summarize documents for my step-dad, finish my chemistry problems, study for the chemistry test, finish my quiz question sheets for my history class, and work on my Algebra homework. But I’m writing this instead. =D

I realized the other day that I probably came off as a jerk to Bill. I mean, after we took pictures and I asked him to tell Mike that he was my hero, we were kind of standing there watching him sign other people’s things and I said, “I don’t think you’ll tell him. I think you’re lying like Jack the camera guy.” And I didn’t really mean him to hear that, but he looked up at me from what he was signing. And I was just like “Don’t look at me!” really fast. *face* I feel bad about that. I was just kidding! Really! I think! xD Um.

Okay, while my friend Anna and I were spazzing over Tony and James/Jimmy and Mikey [basically TAI’s crew], I yelled “I LOVE YOU!” to James/Jimmy. And according to my friend, he looked down at me [‘cause we were right in front] and kinda smiled/looked freaked out. I had NO idea that he heard me. Seriously. Like. I missed that completely. But she swears it happened. =P

Yeah, my friends and I wanna go to Chicago, but I realized that we won’t be able to really meet/talk to them afterward in Chicago, ‘cause it’s their hometown and they’re actually playing at like an arena/theater/thing. And it’d be like impossible to get backstage/to the tour bus and there would probably be a ton more people than there were at our concert. So I’m kinda like “Maybe we should just wait till they come back here?”
I’m worried that they’ll get big before that though and then everyone will love them. =( Not that I’m against everyone loving them, but that’d make it so much harder to meet them. And my goal in life right now is to take a picture with all of the band. And it doesn’t matter if it’s individually or in a group, I don’t really care. xD I just wanna picture with ‘em all. And I already have one down! =D

I talk about The Academy Is... too much.

Uh. I totally had something more interesting to say/talk about.

Oh. Geek Squad = idiots. Every time they come to fix ANYTHING, whether it has to do with the internet or not, we lose our connection. I hate them. So much. I’m so bored and I don’t want to do homework and I just wanna slap them and their dorky car. *rawr*

That new show Chuck’s like awesome. I saw the second episode today and I liked it a lot... xD And I saw Journey Man? Journeyman? I dunno. That show. xD We saw the first episode and that seemed kinda cool too. =D And I also saw part of the first episode of Bionic Woman or something. That one freaked me out. Too much blood. xP

Okay, here’s what I’m going to name my children:

1. Jesus [Hey-soos]
2. Bob
3. Chuck
4. Jepharee
5. Harris
6. ChasingOkapi
7. Butcher!
8. Queso

I swear there was another. I don’t remember it though. Anyway. Um. My goal in life is to take a picture with people named one of those names. Like, a picture with a Bob, a Chuck, a Jepharee, etc. I have one down. I have a picture with a Jesus [he’s my hero!]. I only need seven more. xD I don’t think I’m going to count ChasingOkapi though. And Queso could be a nickname. Yeah. :P And... Butcher doesn’t need the ! and it could be a nickname, too. And I got that from the drummer of TAI; it’s NOT the action or the profession. I’m not naming the kid like “KILL!” or “SLAUGHTER!” or something. It’s the DRUMMER, OKAY!? THIS GUY -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/skepticsxo/190363386/ The guy that’s “NOT WEARING ANY PANTS AT ALL.

Sorry.

Um. I’ve had the first four names for at least a year, I think. Or almost a year. Something like that. xD The last four have been added on randomly. Harris was last year too, but toward the end... ChasingOkapi was over the summer; Butcher! was this year; Queso was this year.

Yup!

I better go do my homework... BLEH.

This was written on Oct. 7, but it's going up the 10th. Don't ask.

IMISSMYVANS.

Listening to: YYZ by Rush
What I Should Be Doing: Homework!

Um. I love how I blog more when my internet’s not working than I do when I can actually post stuff. xD

I’m afraid Bill’s signature’s gonna come off my shoe. I will seriously cry when that happens... Ah well, I’m trying not to think about it. =)

Anyway. The Academy Is... is playing in Chicago three times at the end of our Thanksgiving break, so my friends and I are just like “Wehavetoseethem.WEHAVETO.” I asked my mom and she said maybe. Which is WAY better than I thought her answer would be. *beam* We have a place to stay and a chaperone [my friend’s older brother] for the concert; we just need to work out who would take us [the only way our parents would let us go is if a parent went with us and the chaperone] and how we’d get there. We wanna go to both the shows on Friday and Saturday night. xD But who knows?

So. I should do homework! But I don’t wanna...

Yeah, I wrote this on Thursday, October 5, but it's going up on the 10th because AT&T sucks.

It’s Fun To Annoy The People Selling Merch

Listening to: Give 'Em Hell, Kid
What I Should Be Doing: Showering and/or doing homework

Okay, I saw The Academy Is... live last night. They were AMAZING. Which wasn't surprising, 'cause the other two times I've seen them live, they were crazy awesome. =) I think they're my favorite band to see live. Anyway. They were really awesome and we were really close to the stage and I had an awesome time. I think that was my favorite concert. Then Panic! at the Disco, then My Chemical Romance, then Fall Out Boy. It might’ve been because it was my first concert not in an arena, though.

Yeah. And my friend, Anna, and I were like determined to meet the band. So we waited outside their tour bus for like thirty minutes. xD There was a huge crowd of people and then this random girl came out and said they weren’t signing autographs, so we were upset, but we stayed anyway with about twenty other people... Like ten people actually went inside the tour bus and they got to take pictures with the band. That made me SO mad. x( I saw Mike [my favorite guy in the band. xP] taking a picture with some kid through the window of the tour bus and I tried to get a picture of him through the glass but he moved and my camera’s old and mean. (He was on the other side of the stage from us so all the pictures I took of him sucked, ‘cause my camera like didn’t pick up any of the light.) Anyway, Jack the camera guy [who I actually saw before any of the bands even started, but I was too shocked to stop him to ask for a pic. =( I wish I had...] came out of the bus and I asked him if I could hug him, but he just told the crowd that he’d be right back and left. And didn’t come back. At least not while we were there. Then I started doing cartwheels in front of the bus, mostly because I was bored. =D I hugged the tour bus and then The Butcher came out and we were all just like “BUTCHER!” But he left. Like he walked away. I got a pic of him walking away, but that was it, and it’s just really dark and you can’t see anything but something that may have been his foot. xP So now my babysitter/chaperone/friend is starting to get impatient and comes over to tell us we have five more minutes. Our ride was already there and we’d already been waiting outside the bus for like twenty five minutes... She kept trying to convince us that they weren’t going to come out... But we waited for another five minutes and then BILL [William Beckett] comes out. My friends and I are just like “... BILL!” He also said he’d be right back and we were just like “RAWR. Everyone’s ignoring us.”

But this time, he actually did come back. =) He said he couldn’t sign stuff for all the people and take pictures with everybody, but he was really nice about it. He looked exhausted, but he signed my shoe, signed Anna’s poster, signed Whitney’s ticket receipt, took pictures with all three of us, and signed everybody else’s things. And took pictures with a ton of people. It was actually really amazing. I asked him to tell Mike that he was my hero. I doubt he will, but I don’t mind. =D It was most definitely one of the most awesome experiences of my life. We left after we took pictures with him, ‘cause our ride was waiting, but my friends and I wanted to wait to see if the rest of the band would come out... I hope they didn’t. Ah well, if they come back here, I’m SERIOUSLY gonna go and be like “Bill, you signed my shoe last time, can I get everybody else’s autograph please?” xD

I love all the guys [as much as you can when you don’t really know them. xP], but Bill’s actually one of my least favorite. Or tied in third. I think tied. With Sisky... Anyway. I like him a lot more now, because of how nice he was... My friend was trying to take a picture of me and him with my camera and didn’t know how to work it and it was taking forever so she kept apologizing and we’re all just standing there like “Sorry!” and he was all “It’s okay, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it.” And he asked everybody for gum and nobody had any except for one girl that had had a piece in her pocket during the concert. She gave it to him, but it was all melty-ish and stuck to the wrapper. He tried to open it and she apologized for it being kinda disgusting. He just like smiled and was all “It’s okay. I’m going to keep it anyway just to remember how nice that was.” He put it in his pocket. My friends and I were just like “You’re my hero.” :)

Haha, I froze up when I saw Bill standing in a room backstage when we were walking back from the bathroom, but when I took a picture with him, I was just like “Oh, hi, normal person...” xP And then today in my English class, it hit me. WE MET WILLIAM BECKETT. HE SIGNED MY SHOE AND TOOK A PICTURE WITH ME. AND I WAS WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE REST OF THE ACADEMY IS...! I was taking a test, and I started thinking about it and I just sat there with a stupid grin on my face for like ten minutes. I smiled for like three more classes, too. =) Last night seriously made my life. We got there around 6:30 so we’d get close to the stage and TAI didn’t go on until 10. xD Sherwood played first, then The Rocket Summer, then Armor for Sleep, and finally TAI. Sherwood’s cool and so is Armor for Sleep, but I seriously dislike The Rocket Summer... He sounds like a twelve year old. Or a girl. xD Anyway, when they were setting up for The Academy Is... to go on, Tony walked out on stage and my friend and I were just like “TONY!” I took like ten pictures of him, three or four of James/Jimmy [I can’t remember his name!], and one of Mikey [Butcher’s assistant/tech guy. xD]. Anna and I kept yelling Tony’s name, ‘cause we were all “DUDEYOU’REONTAITVANDIKNOWWHOYOUAREANDILOVEYOU.” The girl next to us looked REALLY annoyed and said something about us being idiots to her friend, but her friend took like ALL the guitar picks Chislett threw into the crowd, a towel one of the bands used, and two half full water bottles one of the bands had been drinking out of, so I really didn’t care.

My ears are still ringing from last night. We were like three feet from the HUGE speakers. xD I loved it so much. I’m SO glad we went. *dances* I complained for like twenty – thirty minutes afterward and then I was like “WHYAMICOMPLAINING!? I freaking LOVED it!” We got home about 12:40 AM and I hadn’t finished storyboarding for Digital Video so I did that while my friends fell asleep. x( But I got to bed around 1:15, so it wasn’t that bad. I got 5 hours of sleep, my ears are ringing, I haven’t showered in two days, I smell from the “pit”, and I haven’t taken the wristband from the club off yet. =D I can’t believe how amazing it was. At least three times during the show, I felt like I was going to pass out from the screaming and the heat and the jumping up and down and how badly my neck hurt. Like, I was seriously so lightheaded that I couldn’t remember the words to the last two songs and my knees were weak when I left the place. But it was SO MUCH FUN. I would totally do it again. xD

Only bad thing = I have nothing to look forward to now. Like nothing.

The end of the school year?

Yeah, I wrote this on Wednesday, October 4. But it's going up on Wednesday, October 10, because our internet connection SUCKS.

MIKE, GET A HAIRCUT!

Listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c10hyBKqpo4
What I Should Be Doing: SLEEPING.

Uh. I have problems. I've been watching TAI videos for like forever. Seriously, it's been like three hours. The Butcher is my hero. Anyway, I get to see them live in like two weeks. Should be amazingly awesome. I hope. Maybe. I love them and I've already seen 'em live twice when they opened for other bands, but now that they're headlining, I'm hoping it'll be even better.

Anyway. We had a ton of homework but like none of it is due tomorrow. So I left off almost all of it, which was STUPID. But oh well. I have an AP World History test tomorrow. I said there was gonna be one like last week, but I lied. xD [The teacher moved the test.]

I dunno. There's all kind of stupid stuff happening with my friends and my parents and my sisters right now, so today kinda stunk. But yesterday was awesome. xD I dressed up like an "emo" and M.E. and I scootered down to the music store. We scared people on the street and ordered some CDs and scared the guy [I think] and then we went to Smoothie King and they had better stickers than the music store... And then we went to McDonald's 'cause I didn't want a smoothie [I tasted M.E.'s and it was GROSS.] and I got a McFlurry and then we went home. =)

I have to go pick up both our CDs next Thursday and order one for my friend, who's going to the concert with me next week. We're gonna walk down to the music store before the concert.

By the way. Mike Carden now reminds me of a kid in my Latin class and egg ho's. Don't ask. xD

I'm in love with Santi at the moment.

The Razor Blades and Candy Tour, Featuring Six Minutes to Monday!

Listening to Embrace the Flatline by Until Wings Fail

I tried to 'ska dance' today. I'm awful at it. It's fun though. xD I was trying to dance like this guy... http://youtube.com/watch?v=b5PIeeQmRCU It's also calling skanking, I guess? It's hard to do. :) My shoe flew off at one point and almost beheaded my friend, too... xD I bet it's easier to do when there's music playing...

Anyway. I need to go to Blockbuster and rent American Graffiti for my Digital Video class. Steve's going to take me later today. I should really be doing my English homework, 'cause we have a socratic seminar tomorrow and I haven't done the opening or closing questions... Ah well. I'm listening to music and reading comics instead.

Earlier, I watched some old video about how the 'Ska Brothers' cheated on YouTube. I'd never heard of them before, so I checked out their website, and they're really annoying/full of themselves. At least, they seem that way. I read their 'Background' and it makes me want to hit them, even if it's supposed to be funny. [And it's not funny, by the way.]

Isn't Confucius's Mom an amazing band name? Today, my friends and I planned a fake tour for our four amazing fake bands. Yeah, I love AP World History.

I'm excited about The Academy Is... concert, but there's some others I wanna go to also. Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack, Powerspace... I have to convince my parents and my friends' parents about FOB and MCS, since they're kind of in a different city on school nights... But all I need to do for Powerspace is find a friend to go with me. xD

A screamo version of Bingo would TOTALLY make my life.

McDonalds Gets Old Fast

Listening to: Slow Down by The Academy Is...

I know I should be excited for the The Academy Is... concert, which is in almost exactly a month, especially since I've been listening to a lot of TAI's music recently, but instead, I'm in an awful mood, 'cause I really want to go see Fall Out Boy again, but the closest concert to us is an hour away and on a Tuesday. Which is not cool. At all. Especially since my parents would let me go if I wouldn't miss school. So I've been trying to convince them that missing like two days really isn't that big a deal, but they don't listen to me very much at all. So I'm really not happy right now. I know that sounds selfish, but they won't even give me a good reason besides "you can't miss school" and then they don't even tell me why I can't miss school. Ugh. And then my mom threatened to not let me go to the TAI concert, so I'm in a really bad mood now.

Happy Labor Day.

We went to my grandparents' lake house this weekend and went tubing. My hand kept rubbing against the handles and I have like four places where I've rubbed the top few layers of my skin off. Well, kind of. xP It hurts pretty badly. I'm supposed to keep it moist and keep bandaids on it, but I'm in too bad a mood to care at the moment.

Yeah. I still have to finish a book for English tonight, so I should probably get off the computer and read, but I reaaaaaaaaaally don't want to. I also need to do like two more problems for Chemistry... I need to staple stuff into my AP World History spiral too, but I don't want to go get the stapler again. Homework's the main reason I haven't posted anything here in like a week. That and just stress. I've had a pretty awful first week.

I need to go pick up/buy This Providence by This Providence from the CD store, 'cause it came in on Thursday. I just haven't had time. I was going to go today, but I wasn't sure it would be open. I hope I have time tomorrow.

I really don't think this year's gonna be fun at ALL. It's started out badly and it just keeps getting worse. *throws sarcastic confetti*

Sorry. I'm in a reaaaally bad mood right now. I haven't said that yet, have I? I'm sure you didn't notice. =P

I think I had something else to say here. Well, I've forgotten it, my feet are cold, and my hands hurt. Oh. I have to bring my camera tomorrow for Digital Video and shoot some scenes for our first project, which REALLY stinks. I don't want to do it at all. I'm like dreading it. I'm afraid I'll mess up or do something wrong or something stupid. Well, it's not like she really taught us how to do anything.

Bob's Too Special For Blue Eyes!

Listening to: Sleep, Everyone by Powerspace

Sleep, Everyone is probably one of my favorite songs off The Kicks of Passion. I don't really know why. =) It just kind of makes me happy. I also really like Right Here, Right Now, Dancing in the Future, Be Aggressive, and Amplifire. Okay, fine, I love like the entire CD. xD Except for I Met My Best Friend in Prague and This Is Not What You Had Planned. But still. =P

Day 2 of school went kinda boring. It was better today, but it feels like we've been at school for like a week or two already. So much homework... I should be doing my English homework right now, but I've been putting it off 'cause it's kinda confusing. Ah well.

My school shoes came todaaaay. They look very uncomfortable. =D

Nothing else happened today. Fun, right? xP Well, some bad stuff. But I'm not gonna worry about that now. Too much to worry about without all that. =)

Oh! My concert tickets came!!! I'm really happy about that. They're purdy and shiny and green. =) I'm excited for that concert. It should be awesome. *happy* Only 2 months left. xP

Everybody Hates Me by The Crash Moderns is an insanely amazing song and it wakes me up really fast. xD

Too many smileys in this one... Rawr.

The Polar Bears Don't Like You, Ryan!

Listening to: Chop Chop by The Academy Is...

I officially love The Academy Is... even more than I did before. x) The concert should be insanely awesome. Now I've just gotta make sure to remember the whole 'Mike, we love you but get a haircut!' sign. Anna's convinced somebody that's obsessed with him will like attack us, but I'm willing to take that chance. =P I'm excited! It gives me something to look forward to, now that we're starting school again.

Yeah, school. It starts tomorrow. I have to go back and highlight the quotes I used in my English book and skim the book I had to read for history, since I barely remember any of that. :D I have to wear my school shoes from last year, which are REALLY beat up and drawn all over, since the shoes we ordered won't show up till tomorrow afternoon. After school. xD Normally, that wouldn't matter, 'cause this is the first year we've started on a Monday... It stinks. Anyways. I'm nervous about school, but I'm excited too. It's weird.

Yeah, yesterday when I checked my schedule online [because I lost the print out already], it was different. Good thing I checked, 'cause only two of the classes are the same. Which kind of stinks. I was REALLLLY mad when I found that out. But it turns out I have more classes with my friends than I thought... Except I have free period alone, which really stinks. I didn't have anyone in my free period last year and it really kind of stunk. So I'm worried. =) Maybe I'll make friends. :P Yeah, that's like my goal this year. Make a new friend. Of course, it was my goal last year too, and it didn't happen. xD

The party was insanely awesome. Though we ended up doing like none of the stuff we planned. No T-shirts. Heh. We just kinda did nothing for a long time, but we were really high on life and it was fun. =) Anna and I googled Bill [from TAI] for like an hour and a half and we all made fun of The Karate Kid 3 and infomercials and watched Futurama. I laughed so hard for so long that my throat hurts. :D We're going to be dead tomorrow at school though, since four of the six of us didn't go to sleep until 7 AM and then woke up at like 11. Well, Allie slept till 1, but still... xD

By the way. Ryan Ross is responsible for everything bad in the world. For example, school starting on a Monday instead of a Tuesday, summer reading, global warming, and Anna not wanting to go meet The Academy Is... when we had the chance. He's mean. xD

Borders Hates Me

Listening to: Hey Brittany by Forever the Sickest Kids

Okay, so we went to eat dinner at a restaurant close to Borders. And I beg my parents to let me go over after I finish my food so they let me and my step-brother go basically across the street. Anyways. I go into Borders and I see two people I really dislike in there. And my brother sees the same people and is like "MY FRIENDS!" so I make a puke-face and he goes over to talk to them. And ditches me to look for my CDs.

So, I'm looking under P for Powerspace. I found two Powerman 5000 CDs, but that's it. No Powerspace. I'm like "Eh, I'll just go look for This Providence then." So first, I look under P, thinking maybe they'd have it under there. Nothing. So I figure, eh, it'll probably be under T, then. So I walk over to the other aisle, thinking half about how much I dislike the kids and half about how I forgot what the third CD was. After getting confused by the 'The ...' bands, I finally find T. Nothing. I finally remember the third CD and go to J.

This time they actually have a CD by the band. There's one CD by Just Surrender. But it's not the CD I want. It's the new CD. Hey, I know they don't always have the older CDs, but man, they have the old The Academy Is... CD! I probably just should have but We're In Like Sin, but I didn't wanna buy a CD I'd never heard songs off of. Heh. :P

So I'm home. With 0 CDs. But I'm making my brother take me to the CD store by McDonald's tomorrow to see if they have any of the CDs there.

Yeah. But I bought the concert tickets to go see The Academy Is... in October, so I'm pretty happy. =)