The Maine Presents: Pioneer + miscellaneous

On monday I went to go see The Maine with Ana. It was wonderful, the venue was awkwardly shaped and the Hollywood crowd was really boring and more preoccupied with looking cool then actually having fun, but it was a great experience. Pioneer is going to be a great record and I can't wait until it comes out!

The Roxy has the WORST lighting of any venue I've ever been to, so black and white makes my photo look less crappy.

Favorite finds: 

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 There's something about these two videos that I'm so in love with. 

Fried Egg

On friday my best friend and I went to Diamond Bar to visit Karen for her school's dance concert. We got to explore her school, which is so giant and so pretty! And then as we walked around Diamond Bar we happened to come upon Danielle and Sarah as we made our way back from H-Mart. Those girls are so wild, I felt like such a grandmother sometimes. The concert was really good, I enjoyed every single dance and the boys group were mesmerizing! Karen also did a fantastic job and made me so proud of her. It was a really fantastic day.

Karen's camera also happens to catch me at the worst moments. 

 

photos courtesy of Karen Long

Experience

There's nothing better than sitting in my room with a full cup of english breakfast and a notebook full of ideas ready to be put into my laptop. Too bad I'm sitting here, reading that notebook and am unhappy about what I'm reading. At school I carry around a notebook that I write in during class, usually outlining a chapter to the story I'm writing or sketching out scenes/scenarios for that story. Lately I've been feeling my writing has become really... boring. I read it and it doesn't seem believable. I have such little life experience the things I'm writing about don't feel authentic because I either haven't experienced those scenarios in a long, long time or I've just never experienced them. It's really sad to think of, especially because I don't know how to fix it.

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My favorite man ever.

It's no secret how much Andrew Mcmahon inspires me and how much I love Jack's Mannequin. Last night I got to meet him for the second time. We barely got to say a few words to each other but it was wonderful. I can't wait until next time.

  

  

You Me at Six (a late post)

Last saturday I met up with Kelly to go see You Me At Six. Gloves and jumpers were worn in line, it was a nice and chilly saturday afternoon.

After 5 years I FINALLY got to see You Me at Six preform. I was so excited! Playing first was some band that had absolutely no chemistry onstage together, it was really awkward and obvious that they had only been a band for a few months (they're called The Make, I wouldn't recommend giving them a listen to.) After them was There For Tomorrow. It was great to finally see them play to a crowd that actually knows their lyrics and was excited to see them, considering the past few times I have the crowd has been dead. When TFT ended You Me at Six began setting up and i began tearing up. I was so excited to see them, it may have been one of the best moments of my life. It was so wonderful finally, finally getting to see them! 

After We Are The In Crowd, it was time to go look for the YMAS guys. Kelly and I went scouting upstairs and right away found Dan. Dan Flint, my favorite member of the band, is so nice and sweet. He was a great guy, so talkative and friendly. I can't wait to get to see them come next year. 

After getting kicked out after the show it we found Max and Matt outside. Max is so adorable and so nice, we had a great conversation just him and I. 

After that a bit of drama went down involving the staff of house of blues and the rest of us. They began pushing band members away from fans and yelling at everyone to get away. It was really messed up and definitely made me not want to attend another event at the House of Blues in Anaheim. 

All in all it was still one of the best nights I've had this year. It was so much fun. 

Now onto some favorite finds: 

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my best friend and I spent yesterday watching Community. It's such a funny show! The Human Being is so creepy, I can't get enough of it. 

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Tomorrow: Jack's Mannequin 

21 November: The Maine

I'm excited. 

I've been so obsessed with this song lately. 

Halloween

My last Halloween as a child and in California was spent with some of my favorite people. I worked on my costume for three weeks to transform a plain red romper into Katy Perry's watermelon dress from a performance a few years ago. It's not nearly as good as hers but it came out nice.

I love halloween so much, you get to be someone else for a day (i even went as far as to darken my hair) and you get free candy! It was great this year and it makes me sad to think I'm never going to have another one like this again. But, who knows, maybe next year I'll come back to trick or treat just one more time. 

(our eyes came out crazy, which my camera has never done before. I blame halloween)

I also just have to post this just because of how perfect they are. 

Perfection thy name is Charla&Blake. 

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