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2009-11-30T04:57:00.006-05:00

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wicker chair

2009-10-06T15:24:00.009-04:00

glastonbury 2010 tickets selling out in a day is a tragedy. summer plans no longer involve the uk. trying to mend my broken heart.

heading back to the doctors in an hour or so. i feel like i'm there almost every day. why am i always blessed with being sick?!?! i need to start getting healthy!

i was supposed to be in austin, tx over the weekend for austin city limits. i should have booked my flight when i had the chance, definitely regretting it. i saw some pictures and videos from the weekend and it looked like so much fun.. except for all of the rain and mud. yeck! i would've been all set with my new wellies, though! my friend josh even called me during kings of leon's set. sounded great. was pretty bummed i was stuck being a customer's bitch all weekend instead. oh, well- there's always next time!

speaking of music festivals and texas.. i really, really want to be back in austin. this is probably my favorite picture taken during sxsw. a polaroid that captured a huge painting of daniel johnston's hi, how are you? album cover. it was painted on the side of a random building downtown. i'm itching for the next south by.

this post was obviously dedicated to my serious case of needing another music festival in my life, asap.
xoxo

ten minutes

2009-09-30T23:50:00.008-04:00

and it's officially october. theee best month that exists. i'm so excited!

artprize has taken over grand rapids. it's a bit overwhelming, but amazing at the same time. for the past few years, i've felt that grand rapids has been dying out a bit.. maybe it is, i'm not sure.. but having artprize here makes me feel like the city might actually be growing and i like that feeling. anyways, every block and corner you turn, there's art in your face. so many art exhibits, so many people, and so much creativity. a few fashion shows here and there too, those have been exciting to go to. i haven't made it to see all of the exhibits yet, there are sooo much. however, i have a few pictures that i took with my phone (from the art exhibits i did go to), but like i've mentioned and posted before, blackberry doesn't have a great camera to take pictures with.

in love with this headdress, i vant!

i really, really wanted this little indian too - so good

one of my favorites. a huge moose sculpture made out of nails

the wizard of oz tree! another favorite (basically just because it's wizard of oz)

the lochness sea monster in the grand river

this one looked way more neat in person than it does in this picture. the way the shapes and the colors of the lights looked in the complete dark was really cool.

the massive table and chair set on top of the bridge

this one also looks more neat in person than it does in picture. it's of melted glass. the artist was still finishing it as i was taking the picture

my new wellies that i ordered the other day come in the mail tomorrow. so excited to recieve them! could possibly be the best way to start the first day of october. i'm real tired and hungry.

fyi - it's now officially october!!!!!!!1!!!!!11!one!!!!!
xoxo

sea within a sea

2009-09-26T00:50:00.011-04:00

i'm sleepy. the kings of leon and glasvegas gig was earlier this week, on monday (the 22nd). jamie and i ventured our way out to detroit to catch it. SO GOOD. it was my second time seeing glasvegas, the first time was in august at lollapalooza. they're so great, especially live. there's something about them that i absolutely love and i don't know what it is. maybe it's their swagger. i'm not sure. either way, it's something that makes you want to watch and listen to them all day. i've seen kings so many times before and it seems that every show i go to theirs, they sound better every time. i don't know if i'd say my experience at the shows have gotten better or not, but i've definitely never had a dull moment seeing them. their shows are always fun and they always sound incredible.

ever since only by the night was released, it seems that the ed hardy and affliction shirt wearing crowd has found them. kind of bums me out. they deserve all of the recognition they've been getting and they deserve more and i'm so happy for them, but it'd be so nice being able to go to a show of theirs and not have bro-tools behind you scream requests for "sex on fire". it also sucks when caleb decides to speak and say, "i'm not good with speaking infront of a big crowd, but we want to say that it's weird for us to play in big venues and arenas.. we're definitely not an arena band. a couple years ago, we were a silly rock band playing infront of maybe 50 people and tonight there are 7,000 of you here. so we want to thank you for making this one of the best years of our lives." and have the same bro-tools interrupt him saying "shut up! then sing!!!! sex on fire!!!!" and then the bro-tools interupt ONCE again during the "we're not an arena band" part and say "I DON'T GET IT!!!!!!! WHAT?" - i mean, it's something i don't expect them to get. they were drunk, wearing ed hardy, only wanted to hear sex on fire, and probably just started listening to them ever since their favorite, alternative-rock radio station that plays hinder, nickelback, and papa roach started blowing up sex on fire and use somebody.. which was probably only a couple months ago.

anyways, besides the cool, frat boys making me want to punch them in the face, i had a wonderful time. shawn was there. we were really close, which was a nice change. i swooned all night. caleb and i definitely made eye contact for maybe a second (but seemed like five minutes), i of course swooned more. matt was playing guitar while smoking a cigarette, i was still swooning. then matt decided to play guitar with his mouth (though i think i've said swoon enough in this little paragraph, it needs to be said once more), i definitely swooned more. they played trani, ah-mazing! here are a couple pictures from my phone, blackberry is terrible.

glasvegas

....doing what i do best, being a creep

only jamie, my sister.. and probably ally would laugh at this

kings of leon

xoxo

i've got your number

2009-09-23T12:17:00.005-04:00

the other day, ally got the photos back from the manchester orchestra show. i'm missin' those guys, no one else i know shares the same amount of love for jack daniels as i do. here are some pictures from the night.

ally, myself, and ambrea

britainy showing chinchilla to jeremiah, j, and chris

aussie?

britainy and ally

britainy, chris, and ally

britainy and i creepin'

ally

xoxo

my daily routine

2009-09-20T02:50:00.003-04:00

sleepz -> gettin' clean -> repeat (sometimes)

told by my leetle cat, he's the cutest.
xoxo

there is a light that never goes out

2009-09-17T01:44:00.001-04:00

things have been going pretty well lately, minus working ALL of the time. well, i guess i don't mind it that much.. most of the time i really don't even consider it going to work, it's basically just meeting up and hanging out with friends AND it's pretty nice recieving steady paychecks with a good amount printed on them. it's just sometimes i wish every, single day wasn't spent being in the same place and listening to the same music. i hate routine.

i'm still in the process of figuring out where i want to move to at the end of november. i'm thinking and hoping my last week in grand rapids, michigan (for a little while at least) will be the week of thanksgiving. i'm deciding whether or not i want it to be in nashville, austin, or atlanta. i just know i want it to be more towards the south. i don't know how much longer i can handle freezing and brutal winters. i'm really easy to live with, i promise! - so someone help me find a serious roommate.. please!

we were slightly gutted at the croc sandals with fringe... really?

yesterday was my first day off from work in weeks it seems and it was wonderful. my friends were in town for their show last night, so ally, ambrea, and i ventured our way out to go watch and hang out. cage the elephant was SO GOOD. i was impressed. a couple of their songs gave me a pixies vibe, which made me enjoy their set even more. i saw them back at lollapalooza in august, and they did great, but the stage they played on had an awful sound- so it was nice being able to catch them on a stage with decent sound. manchester orchestra did really good too. their sound is great, i love how raw they sound. it was fun watching them. i enjoyed silversun pickups too. their set seemed forever long, but i wasn't complaining. besides, the girl bass player was absolutely adorable and had the cutest dress, tights, and t-strap flats on that i wanted to steal. however, about after 6 songs into their set, their songs started to sound the same.. but i still liked them nonetheless.

manchester orchestra

silversun pickups

after the show, ally, ambrea, and i met up with j, chris, jeremiah, and their friend christianna who we met earlier, all jammed into ally's car, and made a quick pit stop to a ghetto liquor store, then arrived back at ally, ambrea, ashley, brooke, and brittainy's place. it was definitely great being able to all just hang out for a little while. the night was full of good talks, good laughs, and cannonballs? if i can recall correctly? either way, the "cannonballs" definitely killed me. their bus call was 2am, so they had to leave fairly early to be on time, but it was a fun time while it lasted :). i didn't last much longer after they took off, straaaaight to bed.

i woke up this morning with a killer headache, no voice, and a huge "m" in blue permanant marker slapped across my forehead. ally, ambrea, and i got all cleaned up, ally and i dropped ambrea off at her job interview, then we all caught breakfast afterwards. on our way back, we spotted an ah-mazing garage sale and made what we thought would be a quick stop. our attention to all of the interesting tinkets (dragon switchblade knives, rubik's cube earrings, and tiger paintings) quickly got distracted by 2 of the cutest puppies ever! absolutely adorable! we were stuck at that garage sale for hours debating whether or not to buy them. they were going for $50 each, without having shots. ambrea wanted one and ally and i were going to go half and half on the other. i wanted to name it ziggy (fyi all of the animals i own, always have a z in the name.. and i suppose ziggy was inspired by david bowie too) and ally wanted to name it tenderloin. ziggy tenderloin. tenderloin ziggy. either way, the dog would have had a good first and middle name. we decided to put them down, go home, and put major thought into this debating process. we ended up venturing back out to the garage sale one last time, this time with ashley, and got her opinion. we, once again, were stuck debating for hours on if we could afford or have the time for 2 new puppies. we eventually decided against getting them :(. ashley had class, so we dropped her off and went to jimmy john's for subs. they put avacado spread on my sub, yeck! onya met up with us and then we thrifted for a bit. i got a new "boyfriend" blazer, new shoes, a new polaroid camera, and a new slip for all under $20. was slightly impressed with myself.

the "m" imprints on our faces, though i can't aim a camera to get my m'd forehead

best hat ever, it's ally's - peta would love me

ziggy tenderloin / tenderloin ziggy

these last couple of days was definitely in need. a break from work, a break from ghetto-fab customers, spending time with friends, and shopping. now i'm back at home, exhausted, eating mexican food, and listening to the whigs. heading off to bed to get some much needed sleep.

goodnight, xoxo.

completely brilliant

2009-09-15T00:09:00.002-04:00

2.55 chanel bag - SO GOOD.
gimme!

xoxo

chicago round two

2009-09-01T15:21:00.006-04:00

the week after the nate and casey's wedding, my family and i took a "family trip" to chicago. we walked every where, did tons of shopping, and did tons touristy stuff (i love doing touristy stuff even though i know chicago like the back of my hand). we took no trains, no cabs, no buses (except our way to chicago). i thought my legs were going to be missing the next morning, but to my surprise, i wasn't sore at all.. just very exhausted. i don't know how i managed, but i guess all of the walking during lollapalooza weekend paid off!

this dog was the bus owners' dog who broke free from it's leash

that's their home on wheels in the background, no jk

mom lookin' all informed n' wut not

in chicagoooo! my dad and i

this looks posed, but don't be fooled - i'm not that lame (really)

my seestor

they seriously have no idea how to read a map

pretty water

i wanted to kayak

creeeepy

next time i'm in chicago, i want to stay there!

we eat here every time we do a family trip to chicago

we lost my dad in nike town

on the search

still on the search..

had too much fun in nike town, that dad does not seem amused by my actions

my babe was too thick to straddle

nice butt though

i don't think the families or employees in the store were a fan of us

this guy- what a smooth operator

mr. smooth with his sunglasses down and winking

i need new shoes!

and new tights!

feelin' a bit awkward having our picture taken by a stranger, but we needed a sistor-pictor

indian!

me taking a picture of an indian sign, caused me to get left behind by my family hahaha

the city

i thought it was pretty..

prettiest sky

girl in numbered sweatshirt ruined my picture! get outta there!

my family

i thought this was pretty too..

hahaha

captured an awkward moment on the train, my mom had to sit next to a weird man

i don't think my dad was too amused with who he had to sit by either

my tights got worse as the day went on!

this laughter was brought on by the "penis game". we really know how to keep a silent train ride entertaining with seeing who will shout "penis" the loudest. i won. we're mature.

dr. pepper me, with a straw! please!

the end, xoxo

nate and casey's wedding

2009-08-31T01:24:00.004-04:00

a couple weeks after lollapalooza was nate and casey's wedding and it was so beautiful and they both looked perfect. i've known nate for about three or four years now and just met casey about a year ago. it wasn't until about a few months ago that we actually started hanging out and she's now become one of my good friends. it's so nice seeing two close friends of yours really happy. i'm glad they've found one another and they definitely deserve one another. it's such a great feeling to see two people in love and wanting to spend the rest of their lives together. i can't wait to share that feeling with someone someday. matt huff came into town for the wedding and i'm so happy he did! he's one of my bestfriends and it's so hard having someone so close to you move states away. it's nice having an actual conversation face to face rather phone to phone or via internet. i miss him a lot a lot a lot. he brought a little lady friend, kat, with him to the wedding. he met her while living in pennsylvania. she's great! after the ceremony and dinner, we went to casey's parents house for the reception in their backyard. so many friends, so much fun. after, matt, kat, and i drove over to ihop and met up with more friends. isaiah was there! anne, brent, tim, sierra, dave, joelle, josh, and a few others were there too. i caught up with joelle a little, i haven't seen her since she's come back from england. such a good night. the night came to an end and i went home and slept forever.

casey singing nate a song at the beginning of the reception
matt and kat!

anne

anne and merrill

matt and asa

kat and i.. kind of

my new pennsylvania friend

kat, anne, and i

xoxo

lollapalooza

2009-08-12T23:16:00.015-04:00

posting this a week late, no care. i love visiting chicago so much. it was a nice, little vaction.. and a wonderful weekend (despite the horrendous weather), but fun nonetheless. i never knew so many crazy things could happen in such a short period of time. now i'm back home again, off to being another busy bee and having no life while i slave away at work. i just looked at my work schedule for the next two weeks, what a big slap in the face! hello to having absolutely no life. i'll try to keep this post with as little text as possible and pictures from the weekend (though my camera is weak, most pictures are blurry, :/ and the rain made my camera even more weak).

just kidding, i have a story.. and this will be a LOT of text considering i love going into detail when i tell stories. for everyone's information, jamie and i can definitely hold our own for being little girls. for jamie being 100 pounds and i being 110 pounds, both of us never being involved in a physical fight with anyone (minus the time i punched a girl in the face during a soccer game, but that doesn't count), and for both of us being pretty friendly/easy to get along with, i don't understand how we got away with what we did on saturday night (or sunday morning). saturday night, we both went to the vip/artist hard rock hotel after party. band of skulls and passion pit (so good) were playing a small show for the small gathering of people inside. we met up with my friend dave (whom i haven't seen in over a year). the band he tour manages played lollapalooza, so he was in town for the whole weekend as well. it was so nice seeing and catching up with him again. he gave me my artist/vip badge to get into the after party and an artist wristband for backstage at the festival. he happened managing getting jamie a artist/vip badge for the after party as well. after catching up with him for a bit and hanging out with some friends that night, he and his band left to go back to their hotel. the after party ended at 2am (shortly after dave left). so jamie, myself, a couple of the guys from manchester orchestra (whom were some of dave's friends that we were introduced to throughout the night), and a couple of their friends decided to head down to a bar, that was owned by friends of manchester orchestra's tour manager, abouta block away from the hard rock hotel to grab a few free drinks and hang out for a bit. we were all having fun, drinking free drinks, having good talks and laughs, and jonathan and i went and sat outside to talk for a bit. eventually the good talks, good times, and good laughs had to come to an end. we all left and went back to the places we were staying at. jamz and i got to the train station to take the red line back to caty's (my friend's place we were staying at for the weekend), when all of a sudden a group of 5 people (2 girls, 3 guys) asked us if we had a dollar. we told them we really needed to catch our train before it took off, we then started walking to our gate. that pissed them off. they cornered us and one of the guys pretended to have a gun in his hand, put it up his shirt, and up to my head. they obviously thought i was some dumb and naive girl who would fall for something so ridiculous when it was completely clear it was his hand in the shape of a gun (wuuut up WAAANKSTA!). so jamz and i tried walking away and got out of their little "circle" we were trapped in. that pissed them off even more. they then pushed jamie and tried mugging and jumping us. jamie fell to the ground while they had a hold on both of our purses. the bitch broke my fucking purse strap! MY. FUCKING. PURSE. STRAP! (yes, i'm seriously pissed about that purse strap). i was then free and shimmied my way under the gate. i thought jamie was behind me, but i looked back and she was still on the ground with them on top of her and going after her! her arms with her purse broke free somehow, and she launched her purse over the gate to me so i could hang on to it. the security guard FINALLY decided to run out and save us before we died. the wanksters ran away (keep in mind- WITH MY PURSE STRAP) and everything was over with. i don't know how jamie and i managed to escape 3 guys and 2 girls (all of which were twice the size of us, if not, larger), without any injuries! (well jamie and a cut on her hand and a bruise and i have a bruise on my hip.. but still). let alone, us escape without them taking anything away from us! except my fucking purse strap! what a HUGE FAIL beyond their half! i bet they didn't go back home to their "gangster" friends the next day and brag to them about mugging two, tiny, white girls and only coming out with a damn purse strap.

long story short(...er): getting mugged/jumped (if you can even call it that) was scary while it was happening, but completely hilarious afterwards. we couldn't stop laughing. the security guard looked a bit puzzled while she was walking us down to the gate when she saw us in tears of laughter. picturing it over and over in my head just gets funnier and funnier. we all looked so pathetic. the fact that jamie and i managed to slide ourselves out of such a dilemma blows my mind.. and imagining the "pre-teen wannabes" (jamie's insulting term to the group trying to mug us.. yes, she really called them pre-teen wannabes during the mugging process. why? i don't know, she was drunk and thought it was the most insulting thing to call a group of people) reaction when they realized they only ran off with a purse strap out of both of us, makes it even more laughable. it might not sound as funny to someone reading this, unless you really knew jamie and i and our personalities. however, i am thankful that god was watching over us both during that time.. because we seriously could have had it so much worse than my purse strap missing. we could both be in the hospital! with no money to our names! thank you god, i love you.

_______________________________________________________
so in memory to my purse strap, i wrote a little speech/obituary:

R.I.P.

my poor, little, black purse. you were barely ever used and you looked very nice with all of my summer dresses. you were small, but you held a lot of the stuff i carried around. you were the cause of most of my compliments i've ever recieved on some of my outfits. lucky magazine even complimented you when they took my picture for my "street style" at the festival. you were just a baby, about 1 month and a half old. you were on sale when i bought you, but you looked like a million bucks $$$$$.

you're lying next to computer right now, just chillin', lookin' at me, lookin' very pathetic and sad that you remain strapless. that strap was your companion and you did treat it well with such kindness and respect. i'm very sorry that you had to go through so much physical abuse on saturday night (or sunday morning). i never would've expected such a thing and i was a terrible mother to have something so awful happen to you. i'm deeply sorry. all we have to do is thank god that those rude people who terrorized you that morning, didn't completely steal you away from me. i'd be lost without you (and the stuff you held for me, including my phone, camera, 26 dollars and some odd cents, my id, my artist badge for lollapalooza, my train/cta tickets, and bobby pins).

i promise, when i encounter those sonz'a bitchez (or in jamie's terms, "pre-teen wannabes"), i'll yell at them for stealing your strap.. and then running off with it and NOT returning it. they obviously DON'T know their manners.. but i do have to say, you did a very good job holding up and not falling apart during the "mugging process" you went through.. sale purses are the best! ps- i love you.
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now, back to the festival. i had tons of fun. i saw almost every band i wanted to, exept for white lies, friendly fires, and living things (i was devestated). we went back out to the last night of the hard rock hotel after party on sunday night/last night of lollapalooza. ra ra riot and chairlift were playing. the party offered us so many great opportunities for people watching. though the free berry vodka drinks were a fail, the weekend was sooo good!

overall, lollapalooza = train rides train rides train rides. music. friends. no sleep. catching up. meeting new, wonderful people. almost getting mugged to death at the train station, then laughing hysterically about it. swooning over kings of leon (of course). karen o. yeah yeah yeahs, brilliant. lykke li. lou reed! jack and cokes. hard rock hotel. free beer. lucky magazine photos for street/festival style. good talks. good laughs. walking waaay too much. spotting CHUCK BASS and VANESSA aka ed westwick and jessica szohr. leather jackets. melting to death in the sun and heat. drowning in the pouring rain and mud puddles. after parties. getting attacked by caty's cat. my knee high/thigh high stockings dilemma. mexican food!

// friday // on our way there, shawn and kristen

hahaha donald and wade // the virgins

crystal castles + horrible weather

FLEET FOXES! ah-mazing!

peter bjorn and john + a tow zone sign, i somehow managed getting stuck behind that sign every time i was at citi

kings of leon started late, so i decided to take a picture of the lighted buildings

kings of leon, oh boy!

just my two babez, thinkin' about me or somethin'

CREEPIEST statue in a garden... ever!

train ride to jordi's

that was bigger than it looks in the photo

waiting for jordi to get home, jamz reading

// saturday // animal collective's dj set, very disappointing

chairlift

arctic monkeys! (aka, how many times can you spot alexa chung?)

no age

GLASVEGAS!

santigold

LYKKE LI!

sweet bald head, man!

free ray ban cupcakes! i hate the frosting, so i gave it to jamie

yeah yeah yeahs! SO GOOD. karen o, what a babe!

this is the taxi we got stuck in for over 40 minutes because our driver was lost in his own city. his windows also didn't roll up or down, so this is jamie rolling up her window

we noticed this sign by the train on my birthday last year and couldn't stop laughing, we still couldn't

we laughed even harder when we came to the conclusion of this is how jamie looked when the "muggers" pushed her down

//sunday// bat for lashes!

kaiser chiefs

passion pit - passion pit + passion pit's keyboardist

dan auerbach!

LOU. REED. i was in love. he opened with sweet jane! and played dirty blvd!

mstrkrft

band of horses. so good!

jane's addiction's little helicopter light circling the sky, it looked so cool

the end, xoxo

pictures from cornerstone

2009-07-12T04:06:00.005-04:00

i didn't take many photos from cornerstone and i wish i would have. the other photos i took are on nate mavis' phone. it was such a fun week and so many funny things happened that i wish i would have captured, but i suppose these will have to do for now!

sitting back and watching the boys set up my tent.

...and my air mattress

copeland

adam vass got his rat-tail hair wrapped

i was crushin' hard on the man in the hot-shorts, ow ow!

nate1 lurking nate2 in a calendar

bradley hathaway

me trying to cover my face to avoid photo, seconds late- watching mewithoutyou

some girl randomly getting dreads in her hair during the skies revolt

the skies revolt

the outcome of rain + dirt roads, photo courtesy of nate's phone

my very "clean" hair, photo courtesy of nate's phone

dan

casey was really thrilled about the rainy weather

that's all he did all week

still thrilled

my feet, thank you mud

casey's feet

jarred

"give me all your money, or i WILL shoot.."

the skies revolt next to weezer in a magazine, weird

nate bragging

sierra showing off her favorite band

dave

casey and nate

sierra

steve keeping us entertained on our way home

xoxo

hello, michigan

2009-07-08T15:21:00.002-04:00

cornerstone was great up until it down poured at the end of the week, which resulted in me almost drowning in my tent. i left sunday night (the 28th) to meet up with a friends band in lansing. i hitched a ride to the festival, which was in illinois, with them. i thought the ride would be a bit awkward considering i only know one of the guys and met the rest of the band only once, but the ride went pretty well. we happened to get lost for two hours (thanks to gps) and finally arrived to the festival early monday morning. i later met up with the skies revolt, the band i was doing merch for the week of cornerstone. we got our camping spot and set our things up. i failed miserably at setting up my tent, so i let the boys do it. once everything was set up, i caught up on z's for a few hours.

the week was amazing and tons of fun. i love camping (minus waking up to hundreds of people each morning) and the fact i had my own tent for the week was a definite plus. i got to see and hang out with a lot of friends i don't see too often. i also met tons of new people who were really nice and wonderful. the line-up for cornerstone is never really exciting to me, but i was really psyched on being able to watch mewithoutyou again, and to watch david bazan. i was also really excited on being able to finally catch dignan live- they were great. i had the chance to watch some of my friends bands play, which i was also happy about- la dispute, bradley hathaway, the rocketboys. friday-saturday was constant rain. absolutely terrible. it'd be nice if cornerstone had gravel roads instead of dirt roads, nothing is worse than losing your shoes in 6 inch deep mud-slush! i basically even ruined my favorite pair of moccasin boots! :/

i got home late sunday night, took the best shower of my life, and went to bed. i worked monday morning, then headed out to holland in the evening to meet up with josh and watch his band, the rocketboys. they played at lemonjello's. they're seriously so talented and always put on such a good show. they're currently on tour promoting a 2009 tour ep, which includes a few new songs from their full-length, 20,000 ghosts, that's to be released in september. so if they're playing a show near your city, check 'em out and pick up the ep!

www.myspace.com/rocketboys

xoxo

sunburned cheeks

2009-06-25T15:43:00.003-04:00

on tuesday i went to grand haven with merrill, walked the pier, played frisbee, laughed tons, walked too much, got sunburned, people watching, saw tons of tool's dancing to lady gaga and doing the "stanky leg" (terrible), and swam. we headed back to the beach yesterday, but instead of just the two of us, casey came along! we went to a more secluded area with less people and lots of dunes. we walked the dunes, hiked in the woods, got more sunbrned, laughed lots, walked a lot, had tons of sing alongs, met funny little kids, climbed trees, swam, connected our rafts and drifted off in the lake, talked a lot, read magazines, and played frisbee. i love merrill and casey, they're great.

later yesterday evening i ate a quick dinner and made my way downtown to see my wonderful friend, brian, and his band play. person l did so great- i was impressed. i was thinking it'd be more poppy like the starting line, considering it's kenny vasoli's new band, but it didn't sound anything close. i made it to the venue, picked brian up and he went to the gas station with me. we made it back just in time before he had to set up- perfect timing. ally, brooke, and ashley biked to the venue and met up with me. we waited for ace enders to finish his set and for everyone to load out. from there, the girls biked back to their place and i took the boys from person l (plus kenny's girlfriend and myself of course), to the grand coney. we all ate and went back to brooke and ashley's place. person l ended up crashing there over night. brian and i went for a long walk early in the morning and happened to get lost. i don't know how i managed to get us lost in my own city, but we eventually found our way back to our destination. i said my goodbyes, walked to my car, took off for home, and slept. i was exhausted.

sup, i'm a tool!

casey

merrill

me, failing miserably

the best, little kid took this picture for us, i loved him

merrill showing off infront of all of the old people and little kids

casey

...must've been my pose for the day

merrill hangin'

that's all for now.
xoxo

i do have proof

2009-05-17T03:15:00.006-04:00

that the statement "polaroids make everyone look better" is absolutely TRUE! check it out for yourself, man. i'll eventually post more photos from the tennessee/sxsw roadtrip when i decide to be unlazy.

told'ja polaroids make ya turn into a big babe ;)!

however, to update on my very much interesting life, i finally have a job.. after five months of being unemployed. i'm currently a customers bitch at forever21. i also help ghetto-fab, club-going, hussies find the perfect outfit to look more slutified. it's not half bad though- the whole getting paid thing for stuff i don't mind and/or enjoy is nice. example, listening to music (which most of it is actually good or decent). talking, a lot. looking at clothes. helping customer's fashion dilemmas. styling. plus, on top of that, i get to work with a few close friends and i'm making more friends while working (which is great, i need more legit friends in the grand rapids area- let alone in michigan). it's hard having your closest friends scattered around the country. now, back to the music part- like i said, most of it isn't bad at all (though, it is annoying hearing lots of remixes), here is a list of bands/artists that i get to listen to while folding denim: the clash, the stones, white lies, lykke li, yeah yeah yeahs, peter bjorn and john, band of skulls, passion pit, phoenix, animal collective, little boots, la roux, yelle, and cut copy. how-ev-er! unfortunately, with the good definitely comes the bad/annoying: metro station, demi lovato, neyo, rihanna, and beyonce. i enjoy when customers ask me for my opinions or to help them find outfits. it's a good feeling when someone asks you for advice and they actually listen to it. i know it's only retail and forever21 (which blows), and almost a huge nothing for what i want to do career wise (styling and design- eventually), but i'm learning new things that will become helpful for what i do want to do career wise. for instance, it's easier eyeing out materials, piecing things together, getting ideas, realizing peoples wants, personal style, and what not. so i'll take it! trust me, i don't want to sell $5.50 tees for a living.

xoxo

high and dry

2009-04-17T20:16:00.007-04:00

i definitely can't keep up with this thing, i'm falling way behind. it has come to my surprise that updating a blog is way harder than i thought it'd be. who knew? i think it's just the fact that my life isn't that interesting to where i should feel the need to always update. maybe i will start updating this thing once a month.

xoxo

goodbye sxsw, hello michigan

2009-03-23T19:44:00.006-04:00

(THIS WILL BE THE LONGEST POST OF MY LIFE)

i'm finally back home from sxsw and i already want to be back in either austin or nashville. i just looked at the weather for the rest of the week in michigan and frick my life. i definitely need the austin weather to invade my life again. jamie and i left saturday night (technically it'd be morning time) at 5am. we drove 16 hours straight. finally we decided to pull over into some janky parking lot of a restaurant and passed out for a few hours. we woke back up early in the morning, finished the last part of our ride, and arrived to her place at noon today. i never thought i'd be so happy to take a real shower in my life, i finally smell good.

the whole week during sxsw, our home was jamie's car, parked in a parking ramp on 12th and trinity. it wasn't bad at all, actually. we woke up every morning (if we ever fell asleep), drove to the nearest walmart parking lot, and took our "showers" there, which was just washing our hair and brushing our teeth. thank god we're both not anywhere close to being high maintenance, otherwise i'm sure our whole week would've been hell. we got a hotel the first night we arrived in austin, just because i happened to spend half of that first day in an emergency room. the only rough part about sxsw on my behalf was my eating. i barely ate anything and lived off of ten blueberry cereal bars and a few crackers.

last sunday: left michigan @8:30am and drove down to nashville to catch the ryan adams & the cardinals show. so good, they were wonderful live. we stayed the night at jaclyn's house, one of isaiah's friends that was willing to put up with jamie and i for the night. she was awesome.

last monday: we spent the whole day in nashville. met up with isaiah and he showed us all around town. i think i know nashville like the back of my hand now, i love that city and miss isaiah tons. we all went to a cafe and ate, ran into some of isaiah's friends and met them. later that evening, jamie and i left for memphis and stayed in some janky hotel. two mexican men drove into the parking lot and saw us unloading our bags into our room. they decided it'd be appropriate to park their car infront of our room and lurk through our windows for a bit. creepy. while we were sleeping, a man kept walking by our room talking loudly on his cell phone while smoking a blunt. memphis is classy!

tuesday: we hung out in memphis for st. patrick's day. the city was full of interesting characters. we met an old guy dressed as elvis, he was a toothless wonder.. but very nice nontheless. he walked by us while we were stopped on the sidewalk trying to figure out where to go next. he stopped, looked at us, and spit some game at us, "i'm trying to decide which one of you is more beautiful.. is'sa tie!" then strutted off like he was somethin'. we couldn't stop laughing, so we found him a few minutes later and asked if he wanted to be part of our video we were making of our trip to austin. he agreed, showed off, and did a couple of elvis poses. he even sang me the hound dog song. a group of people even gathered around to watch the show, it was the funniest moment ever. as we were leaving memphis, we randomly ran into ryan adams on the streets. so random, but he was cool. we finally took off for austin and arrived at 6am.

wednesday: the first day of sxsw and i spent half of it in the ER. my sickness from my "long month journey of being sick" decided to kick up a notch and get even worse. how wonderful. i have an awesome polaroid of me looking absolutely miserable, an awesome wall-e band-aid to show off when i wear a dress or shorts, and an awesome hospital wristband for proof. we got to our hotel, cleaned up, took showers, then i crashed from all the medicine i was on. later that night we headed back out to go downtown, hung out for a bit, met up with some friends, saw a friends show, then went back to bed.

the rest of sxsw went pretty amazing. thursday-saturday/sunday morning was basically the same thing, minus the hospital part. met up with some friends, caught a lot of sun, ran into some friends i didn't think were going to be there, laughed a lot, saw amazing bands, watched a few friends shows, met tons of new people, and enjoyed the warm weather.

+'s: drinking lonestar in jamie's car on top of a parking garage while watching the black lips perform (definitely one of the best moments). seeing and hanging out with tons of friends. meeting new people. dance parties. running into ryan adams randomly on the streets in memphis. hula hooping every morning. laughing 24/7. free gigs. good bands. new states/new cities. sun. free beer. free jack and cokes. walking. good talks. purevolume party. 114 havanna st (of course).

-'s: hearing a rumor that kings of leon had a secret show at sxsw and having it turn out to be ABSOLUTELY FALSE! not eating one real meal in seven days. missing paul's all that sparkles party for iamsound records. missing perez hilton's party with paul. missing little boots doing a duet with kid cudi. missing kanye, kid cudi, daniel johnston, and echo & the bunnymen perform. getting creeped on by ONLY creepy guys, thugs, and over 40 year old men (why?). not running into zooey deschanel, paul rudd, OR seth rogen once during sxsw.. though! i was standing next to drew barrymore at the purevolume party.

however, on the total upside- i did get asked to see metallica play friday night with some man named spencer! HE WAS A REAL CATCH!!! he was roughly aged in the mid 40's, had a nice sunburn that looked like it felt really great, height ran between 5'3-5'5, his hair was brushed back and swamped in gel, had a very thick southern accent, wore red-yellow tinted-lens oakley sunglasses, and had a couple of missing teeth. AND YEP! TOTALLY GOT HIS DIGITS!

i'm too lazy to upload some photos. i will post them later.
i'm going to watch tons of movies now.

XOXO

one week of danger

2009-03-12T01:55:00.001-04:00

the virgins performed on jimmy fallon tonight and it was ah-mazing! yesterday i went back to see the doctors with my mom :/.. they might as well diagnose me with "YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!" next time i step foot in there. afterwards, my mom and i went shopping to get the little things i need before i leave for the sxsw/tennessee trip. i think i have everything covered besides a swimsuit top. i also need to find something sparkly for paul's "all that sparkles" party on thursday night. his record label, iamsound, is throwing a party.. which, if it hasn't clicked by the title of the party, is basically all sparkles. i also picked up some reese's peanut butter cups because they were on sale. $1 for a pack of 8?! WHO ARE WE KIDDING, HERE?! seriously, who could pass that up? so i got three packs and i'm almost already finished with them all. i will regret this once my metabolism slows down someday. we picked up pizza for dinner and rented role models. no matter how many times i see that movie, it will always be funny. perhaps it's because i went to school with nerds who were exactly like those sword fighting nerds in the movie. besides, paul rudd is a BABE!

oh yeah, and i'm an idiot and got a twitter. shoot me.
actually, it explains why i got one on my page.

www.twitter.com/thebriannac

this is where i will be in a week! :D in high of 70 degree weather!

xoxo

i need a life

2009-03-03T03:15:00.005-05:00

FACT: i just lurked martha stewart's twitter. (that statement sounds awkwardly disturbing), but back to the point- martha. stewart. indeed. has. a. twitter! who knew!? she kind of seems like a bitch. after lurking into three pages, i finally thought to myself "what the frick am i doing!?" and quickly x'd out. my god, the life i live. so much fun!

anyways, quick update on my life seeing how i haven't done so in quite some time. march 9th will mark one whole, entire, sad, and long, straight month of me being sick! i know i've been complaining about it a lot, but if you were in my position, i'm positive you'd be doing the same. it's the worst feeling constantly feeling absolutely miserable and having your face look as if you were just beat by chris brown (yes, i'm serious). my self-esteem is completely shot right now. i wouldn't wish this upon anyone, ever! i'm in the worst pain and i look terrible. i really hope i will be better before that one month mark hits, if not, then at least by the time i leave for sxsw. being sick for a month means that i haven't been out of the house much. obviously because i feel miserable, but like i said, my self-esteem and confidence is at an all time low. i don't want to be the annoying complainer if i do go out. however, i have taken a couple chances on getting out during the past month, one of them being last night:

last night was wonderful. bianca was back in grand rapids from new york, seeing how her and dave are following the let's get happy tour (nevershoutnever!, the honorary title, the bigger lights, and the scene aesthetic) for a week. dave manages nsn! so he and bianca got me a pass and on the list to come out to the show to hang out for the night. it was just what i needed. i've been locked in the house for so long! the show ended up being sold out (800+ people), i was so happy for every band- especially nsn!, it was his first headlining tour.

some of the +'s of the night include: seeing bianca and being able to hang out with her for the night. spending time with many of the other people i met during the night. seeing adam and being able to catch up with him for a bit. the HUGE buffet of food that the venue set up for the bands backstage, that fed me some of the best tortillas i've ever consumed along with the beer they supplied. good talks. dancing and singing with b. getting out of the house. fresh air!

a couple -'s: my feet feeling numb after wearing my boots for only a few hours (i'm pathetic). me parking only three blocks away from the venue, just so i wouldn't have to pay for parking, and almost ended up freezing to death walking because i'm an idiot living in michigan who a) wears a dress and tights when it's only SEVEN DEGREES outside and b) doesn't own a winter jacket.

in the end, i had tons of fun and i can't wait to be allllll better so i can have the chance to go out more than three times a month. i also can't wait to leave for texas in a few weeks :)!

XOXO

my heart is currently taken

2009-02-26T02:04:00.003-05:00

BY THIS LITTLE CHARMER:

xoxo

GET IN MY LIFE

2009-02-17T01:24:00.001-05:00

xoxo

zzzz

2009-02-10T01:05:00.000-05:00

i need to get on top of updating more often. i haven't had internet in a while and i've also been out in east lansing at jamie's for basically three weeks. during those three weeks in east lansing, i've met tons of new people, saw the black keys, kings of leon, the whigs, the virgins, started dance parties, shopped, video chatted/video danced with bianca, had nightmares about my dog running away, and ate tons of plain noodles. the black keys are now one of my favorite bands live, i was amazed. the virgins did great too, they're fun. and kings of leon and the whigs obviously did amazing too. i got home yesterday and on my way home, jamie and i stopped in a mcdonalds parking lot, parked the car, rolled down all windows, and blasted lfo's "summer girls" song. i danced for all the cars in the drive thru while in my pajamas which consisted of: moccasin boots, grey leggings, "drunk lindsay" shirt, hoodie, my hair looking like a hot mess, and no make up. that lasted for about 10 minutes, i love how mature we are. as soon as i got home, i got ready to head back out to see some friends and to hang out with a friend before he left to tour in europe. then today i was back out seeing landon since he was in town for his show. i've missed him so much and i'm super happy i got to see him! it's been since cornerstone since i've seen him, so that was definitely nice catching up. while the bands were loading out, one guy in a band that's touring with landon's band had a girlfriend send him chocolate covered strawberries for valentine's day. he was offering them out to the few people still hanging out, so i took one.. and now i'm craving another one. they were so good. and speaking of music related things, i missed the grammy's last night so my mom recorded it for me and i tried catching up on most of it today. dave grohl on drums for paul mccartney - so amazing. i was so into it. it's raining really hard right now and i wish it'd stop. it's supposed to be like 48 degrees tomorrow and i'm psyched! so warm! i don't have much else to say besides that i really would like some more chocolate covered strawberries. -----------

tick tick tick

2009-01-22T22:00:00.001-05:00

- - 4 days: KINGS OF LEON!

- - 7 days: THE BLACK KEYS!

- - the week after: THE VIRGINS and LISSY TRULLIE.

so much good music in less than 2 weeks. also, i'm praaaatty excited to get out of grand rapids for a bit. someone please hook me up with a sweet job! :) LIFE IS LUKIN' GUD!

rest in peace, ron asheton

2009-01-12T00:52:00.000-05:00

on january 6th, while i was at jamie's house in east lansing, i had found out that ron asheton of the stooges had passed away at his home in michigan. so, though i know i am posting this six days late, i'm still bummed the frick out! i love the stooges so much, waaaaah! :(

who i'd like to meet

2009-01-05T00:01:00.000-05:00

besides that, christmas was good. got some clothes which is always nice. a wii. some money, which i spent on magazines, daisy by marc jacobs, and more clothes. and i also got a new record player, which i'm totally excited about. i've been in the mood to go record shopping for the past two or three weeks. i want to go with my dad just because i know it'd probably be more fun record shopping with him than anyone else and because we never get bonding time, he has weird working hours. i guess there is this really cool record shop by my house that i never knew existed, maybe i'll go there when i get back from east lansing. UNFORTUNATELY, NO MEN WITH THE LAST NAME OF FOLLOWILL DELIVERED ME THE HEELS I WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS. :(

seventeen

2008-12-21T16:17:00.000-05:00

i've been slacking on this whole updating thing. nothing is really new besides snowstorms, almost getting into car accidents, michigan's weather bringing the suck, and still not sleeping that great, but i am sleeping an hour or two more than usual, so that's cool. and things seem to have been getting a little better too i guess, so that's cooler. -

christmas is this week already. it's so crazy, it came so fast! i don't really want anything so i didn't ask for anything, BUT i just happened to change my mind today. so here's a little heads up on my christmas list:

if someone can find these white shiny / light-blue high heels and deliver them to me on christmas morning. i'll marry you. seriously. ---

it'd be even better if those shoes were delivered to me on christmas by one of these men.. but if that's asking for too much, then i suppose i can deal without the shoes and just settle for any one of these guys.

anyways, i saw kirstin last night for the first time since june! it was really nice seeing her and catching up. she moved to australia for a little while for school. i love her so much and i'm very glad she's back!

other than stating my very WONDERFUL and MUCH NEEDED christmas list and seeing friends that i've missed a ton, i also need january-march here ASAP! and this is why: kings of leon, the black keys, friends, hang outs, sxsw, texas, jamie's birthday, black lips, new places, the virgins, lissy trullie, AND morrissey.. ALL within 3 months of eachother!!! so psyched. MESSAGE TO JAMIE "JAM JAMZ STRIKER" SPIKER: FANGZ UP 24/7/365 FOR ALL 'DIS! hahaha. --------------------

ps- someone make michigan's snowstorms go away already! >:[ ------

DA TR00F ON DA R3AL

2008-12-07T22:04:00.000-05:00

this is long, but i feel like it needs to be done.

THE REASON WHY I "NEVER WANT TO HANG OUT":
A. for over a month, i haven't been able to get any sleep. at all. if i were to actually get sleep, the most i'd get a night is maybe 3 hours AT the most. i can't even sleep for 2 full hours straight. i'll wake up every hour for at least a half hour before i'm able to shut my eyes again. ----

B. along with the sleeping thing going on for over a month, i've also lost my appetite. i'm not eating as much as i normally do and i don't feel hungry often. about 2 weeks ago, there was a point where i went 4 and a half days with out putting ANY food in my body and i felt full. ----
C. for about 2 months, my hair has been falling out. ---------------------
D. i get bad headaches everyday to the point where i feel sick. --------

this is all making me so fucking frustrated and i've been bumming the fuck out ever since it began. this all has taken a toll on my mood. i'm usually someone that's always in a good mood and happy- but lately, i'm NOT happy, i'm bummed, i'm frustrated, and i don't have any patience with anything. on top of all of this, i went to the doctor friday to see what was wrong and she didn't do anything about it. she just suggested some over the counter am/pm tylenol to see if that helps with my sleeping. everything else is a result to my fucked up sleeping schedule. she told me "if you want, i can do blood work, so it's like i'm actually doing something, but i can promise you that there will be nothing wrong or found," just my brain is "too active" for me to sleep. -

seriously, it's the most fucking frustrating thing ever and it's hard for me not to cry about it. ever since everything started, i never want to do anything or hang out. i just want to stay home and do things on my own. it's annoying. why would i want to hang out with someone when i'm straight bummin'? --------------------------------------------------------

what's even MORE annoying about this whole situation is that when i actually do hang out with people, they will say something like "oh, you're finally coming out of your house to hang out?" or the fact that people claim i "never want to hang out with them," or people saying i'm "ditching" them and/or being a "bad friend". i know it's mostly just joking around and it's not meant to be taken seriously, but for real. STOP. it's getting old and it's not funny, nor was it ever funny to begin with. it's just annoying and frustrates me even more. if you think that i'd ever seriously "ditch" you or would never want to hang out with you, then i honestly don't want to continue a friendship with you. i am also getting pretty annoyed getting asked repeatedly "when are we gonna hang out?"- i'll let you know when i feel like hanging out. like i said, i don't have much patience for anything right now. -------------------------

among the many other things that are going on in my life and frustrating me that i could list, i'd rather not be that open. i think this post was personal enough and gives you a much better reason other than "I DON'T EVER WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOU" as one of my reasons for laying low. all of this was hard for me to post and i feel weird posting it and sharing what's going on personally in my life with everyone reading this. but now you know what's been going on in my life, even though it doesn't go into too much detail and now you can all leave me alone about stupid things. sorry if this post was harsh, but i'd rather just let everyone know, especially my friends that i'm not purposely "ditching" you or not wanting to hang out with you. just give me time to feel and get better. ---------------------------------------------

the only thing i'm psyched about is the fact that i just bought 2 kings of leon tickets for january and the harry potter marathon that was on all weekend. weeeeeow! --------------------------------------------------------

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITNEY!

2008-12-02T02:16:00.000-05:00

YOU'RE NUMBER 1 IN MY HEART, ALWAYS.

UR 2 MUCH SH00GER 4 MY SW33T T00TH.

2008-11-27T22:59:00.000-05:00

today is the day of giving thanks. i have TONS to be thankful for: god has blessed me with an incredible life, including- my amazing, supportive, and loving family who are there for me unconditionally. my wonderful friends who have always stuck by my side and who are always there for me when i need it most. everything that has happened to me in the last year, even when things were at an all time low, it's made me stronger and helped realize a lot more about myself and other people. having a roof over my head every night. mirf and annette for welcoming me and giving me the opportunity to work at their music venue- which has given me the chance to meet so many new, incredible people and to work with some of the best people in the world. having opportunities to do a lot of things that other people don't get the chance to do. my cute, little animals- ozz, tazzy, and zeke (monster and s'norman too). the new friends i i made this year. rock band drums. and britney spears' comeback. she rules. #1fan4ev, duh.

on tuesday, tom gabel of against me! played an acoustic set at the music venue i work at. i was so excited when i was told that he wanted to come back and play one last time before skelletones signed their lease over. against me! has been one of my favorite bands for i don't know how long and tom gabel has been one of my favorites, not to mention, i've had a total crush on him for-ev-ver (sandlot style, of course). the turn out wasn't what we expected, i imagined it being sold out and jam-packed like it was last year when against me! played there. it was a small turn out and i was hoping that would happen. smaller crowds at shows are always better than sold out shows. annette ended up not needing anymore help and let me go watch tom's set. seeing one of your favorite bands live is one thing, but seeing a guy you've looked up to for so long from one of your favorite bands, standing alone on the stage, performing nothing but acoustic songs for a crowd less than 170 people, is amazing. it was one of the most intimate or personal shows i've ever been to. everyone seemed so happy and everyone was so into it. tom's wife was at the show, she's beautiful. and i still stick to my word saying that tom is one of the nicest people i've ever met. after tom's set, i went upstairs to mixtape to watch isaiah play. a couple other of my friends bands played too. they all did well and it was fun. isaiah leaves on saturday to go back to tennessee :(. boo!

i finally have a doctors appt. scheduled for me next week thursday to figure out what the frick is wrong with me. i hate going to the doctors so much. it creeps me out and it's always so awkward. hopefully on top of everything, they'll give me some awesome sleeping medicine. i took nyquil last night hoping it'd make me fall asleep, but i was up until 6am! ISN'T NYQUIL SUPPOSED TO KNOCK YOU THE FRICK OUT?!

DAM U LUK GUD N IM DRUNK.

2008-11-24T02:12:00.000-05:00

this weekend was so messy :(. friday was absolutely terrible. saturday was alright. i worked at skelletones and my friends played. stephan and jordan were there and hung out with me a bit at the doors. i'm glad i got to see them, those boys are 2 of the funniest people i know, especially when they're together. i met some of their friends too, they were pretty cool. i cut out as soon as i could leave. i was just in a mood to come home and hang out alone and watch the disney channel.

today was okay. jamie came into grand rapids to go to the cobra starship + forever the sickest kids show with me (i know, great night of music, right?). we were only going to see some friends and meet up with them. james was photographing for cobra and we had a few other friends there just hanging out. i refused to step foot into that show alone, so jamie being the great friend she is, offered to come with me though she hates cobra more than anything (although i know all she wanted to do was to put her FANGZ UP all night). we got there and it was packed. we hung out in the lobby for the whole thing where the moms were located. james came out to hang for a bit and all the 13 year olds rushed to him thinking he was in cobra starship, it was so funny. seeing the moms sit around mingling with the other moms, looking like they wanted to kill themselves, was even funnier. jamie's sick and being smart, she decided to have a cigarette. she took one hit and started choking and slammed the cigarette into the ashtray. everyone looked at her and we laughed about it for like 5 minutes straight. i'd say that was the funniest.

jamie and i couldn't handle listening to ftsk's set any longer, so we decided to cut out and grab something to eat at coney. after we were done eating, we didn't want to go straight back to the venue, so we decided to get super mature and blast terrible songs and serenade people with them while we drove around the venue and into the parking lot. only, the parking lot was packed with the bands buses and cars so we could only pull into the parking lot up to the buses and then reverse our way back out. i can only imagine how entertaining it was to watch. our playlist consisted of: journey, metro station, ftsk songs, and the chocolate rain song (great playlist). i guess being surrounded by 13 year olds and 13 year old music, it starts to bring out the 13 year old in yourself. we got bored after our 6th round we quit. jamie went home and i went over to britty's to say hi.

hopefully next weekend is better. someone eat pizza with me, plz :(.

i want pizza.

2008-11-21T14:43:00.000-05:00

yesterday was the first time i cried in i don't know how long. well, technically it was this morning considering i didn't fall asleep until 8am. my eyes hurt and feel irritated. it felt good getting a good cry out, so maybe a good cry is what needed to happen. i feel like an idiot. i know how to read people so well and i know when i'm going to get screwed over, but i let people screw me over constantly. getting screwed over is my life story. it's happened to me so many times before that i seriously can tell who will hurt me, who will screw me over, and what will happen. though i know this will happen, i still let it happen to me because i'm the type of person that likes to believe there are at least some nice, decent people out there that won't hurt me or screw me over and will respect me. i still believe that there are good people out there.. somewhere, but i just seriously want to give up. it's just getting so tiring to have to weed through all the bad ones and get hurt over and over in order to finally find the "nice" person. you know?

no one really knows why i'm so irritated. these last 2 weeks have been bringing the suck for me, that's for sure. i want someone to talk to or at least listen to me- and i know i have amazing friends that are willing to do so, but i don't have the nerve to confront a person and just spill my guts to them. i sometimes wish i was more open about my feelings, i just feel like whenever i open my mouth about how i feel, i sound self-centered because i feel like i'm the only one talking-which is awkward for me because i hate talking about myself, even though i'm really not "talking about myself". besides, i always feel like the person listening really doesn't have any interest in what i'm saying. i'd rather be there for others and listen to them than have people be there for me. i don't like asking for help or for advice, i like to do things on my own. maybe that's my problem. maybe this post isn't even making any sense- no care. i'm just typing whatever comes to mind. i'm way too tired to go back and read everything and my eyes are going all crazy because they're craving sleep. zzzZZzzZz.

lounging around the house, eating pizza, and watching movies all day with someone sounds perfect right now.

i guess on the brighter side of things- i've been busy seeing friends when they come through michigan that i haven't seen since summer or longer, i've been meeting some pretty cool people, and bianca comes home in 5 days. those are always pluses. BUT! it's cold, my toes on my right foot feel broken, and my hair is the grossest it's ever been and baby powder isn't doing the trick anymore (attractive, i know). so i'm going to try and take another two hour shower. yesssss.

no title.

2008-11-12T13:20:00.000-05:00

it's getting super, super cold out and i am not diggin' it what so ever. i don't want the winter to come at all. there is nothing i hate more than cold weather, snow (though it is pretty to LOOK at), and drawn on eyebrows.. but my main hate is towards the cold weather and snow. isaiah is in town from tennessee. i'm glad he's back in town for a couple of weeks. we went to the coffee shop today to catch up for a few hours. i enjoy listnening to his stories, they're great. the soy chai i had was the best i've ever tasted too. everything is going well for him down in gn and i'm really happy for him. i came back home and watched some tv with my mom for a little bit. i've been sewing too much lately, but i'm okay with that. this weather just makes me want to bake cupcakes 24/7. my little cat found a new bed for himself. he sleeps in the basket next to the heater. he's so cute.

it's heavy, i know.

2008-11-09T02:29:00.000-05:00

kings of leon was tonight and i just got home. jamie dropped me off to the car in east lansing and then drom there i went back to grand rapids. it seemed like the longest car ride in my life. kings of leon did so soSOsoo good. they are amazing. they played for over an hour and forty minutes and every moment of it was wonderful. i have so many photos to ulpload. the whigs and we are scientists are on the tour too. the whigs were great! they did so good, i was into it. i'm really glad i got to catch them live finally. while jamie and i were in chicago last month for my birthday, they were on tour with the kooks, but we got to the show late and only caught the kooks. watching we are scientists was kind of boring. for liking their music, i wasn't too into their live set. maybe i was just too antsy for kings of leon to get on stage. no saw 5 tonight :/, however, i bought new shoes, 2 new tank tops, and a shirt today. AND I FINALLY GOT MY COAT AND SCARF BACK!!!

aladdin sane.

2008-11-02T20:31:00.000-05:00

i'm too lazy to update. october is over, unfortunately. it was one of the best months evar. november is going to be really busy. halloween was good. the parties were interesting for the most part. i went as david bowie and joelle went as "the cats pajamas". not many people knew what either of us were besides maybe 2 people. who just doesn't know who david bowie is? let alone, the phrase "the cats pajamas"!? i refused to take off my halloween make up for hours and it stained my face! :/. i saw high school musical 3 with my sister the other day, it was actually really funny. the newest hannah montana episode was just on and she has new hair, i don't know how i feel about that. almond milk is really good. next year for halloween, i'm going to be "little dead riding hood". my life has been taken over by rockband. ONLY the drums though. i'm so addicted. KINGS OF LEON IN 6 DAYS!!! life = complete.

shake your hips.

2008-10-18T01:42:00.000-04:00

my sister bought me a book on the rolling stones for my birthday. it's all about the process and what happened while they were recording the album exile on main st. i'm so psyched. i love the rolling stones more than anything. k bye.

chicago pt. II + 18.

2008-10-15T13:58:00.000-04:00

first of all, i love chicago and the people that live there, so much. my birthday was amazing and it was the best one i've ever had. i want to move to chicago asap. i hate michigan.

seeing the kooks live was one of the best things in the world for me. i've loved them forever and they've been in my top 5 ever since i heard them. they're wonderful live. and i get to see another top 5 in november! :). so pumped for kings of leon.

+ buying myself a new marc jacobs dress for my birthday.
+ jamie & i getting matching necklaces from marc's for "bff necklaces".

+ my dad gave me his whole record/vinyl collection. sooo good.
+ SEEING THE KOOKS LIVE! big dance party and losing voices.

+ SEEING LUKE PRITCHARD MOVE ON STAGE FEET AWAY FROM ME.
+ just being in the same room as luke pritchard (biggest crush ever).

+ hotel.

+ getting tons of exercise by walking everywhere.
+ hanging out with my bff jamie.
+ meeting some of the most amazing and awesome people.
+ getting surprised with cake and candles at 2am.
+ party + free beer.

+ watching jamie pass out free beer to random people on the street.
+ staying out and getting back to our hotel at 5am.

- walking so much that i seriously couldn't feel the bottom half of my body for the next 2 days.. and still feeling it.

serisouly. i got out of bed on monday and collapsed back on the bed because my legs were so stiff.. we walked at least 20+ miles in less than 2 days. walking up hills with a 50 pound suitcase (i was only there for a night and 2 days) is a bitch. i've learned my lesson, i'm never over-packing again. a back pack will do for my next trip.

jamie is the best bff ever, without her, NONE of this would have even happened. she rules! and so do the people i met in chicago. i am so surprised with how different people are there than in grand rapids. they're so much nicer and way more kind. jamie and i walked in the house not knowing anyone and feeling totally awkward.. and everyone just started talking to us and they were really welcoming. i wasn't expecting to show up at a party and not know ANYONE (seriously, not anyone besides jamie who came with me.. and dmitri - who invited us. 50/50) and them being so welcoming to the point where they went out at 2am and came back to surprise me with a cake. not even some of my "closest" friends in grand rapids, let alone "closest" friends in general, wished me a happy birthday.

i miss chicago! :(
chicago bound pt. III november 1st + 2nd. brian and person l! woo.

octOber.

2008-10-09T18:27:00.000-04:00

it's already nine days into october and i've loved every day of it so far. things are going really well and i've been very happy lately. i wish halloween was everyday of october, that'd be the best. i love fall time.

my dad finally got a job after being laid off for about seven months. i'm excited and happy for him. it's nice to see him happy again. i've met so many new people, mainly all of jamie's friends, but i've liked them all. i talked to kirstin the other day for a little while and she's having a great time in australia. i want her home already! i miss her so much and i have much to tell her.

i turn eighteen on sunday, it's so weird. i'm just excited that i will be spending it in chicago with my best friend seeing the kooks! it will be a crazy weekend, but a great one nonetheless. i will be absolutely broke when i return back to grand rapids. i promised myself i won't leave chicago without buying myself a marc jacobs dress. i know i shouldn't do that, but i don't really care. i still have to do laundry and finish packing. i'm last minute with everything.

when i get home from chicago, i'm going to the grocery store with my mom so i can make vegan pumpkin muffins :D.

sneaky.

2008-09-26T18:17:00.000-04:00

the next pet i'm going to get, the name of it will be sassafras. i'm thinking about a puppy, boy pitbull. i think the name would fit him very well.. or maybe another kind of animal. perhaps a boy kitten. either way, the name sassafras will be awesome and fitting.

i have a few tricks up my sleeve, i'm a little sneakster.

chicago. chillatto.

2008-09-22T16:49:00.000-04:00

i'm back in grand rapids from the little trip jamie and i took. jamie invited me out to chicago with her to see her friends that she used to be on tour with. i couldn't pass up a free trip to chiacgo, so i went along. i liked the whole traveling around and not knowing what to expect thing. i like new places and new people. however, i am thankful to be home and actually having a bed to sleep on.. and food. i barely ate anything. i had a little cup of rice on thursday, nothing on friday, and a half a muffin on saturday.

thursday morning i left to meet up with jamie. we shopped in east lansing for a little bit and then headed over to get new tires put on her car. we spent 3 hours looking for a place that'd change them for her. we finally got into chicago at about 4pm. we shopped for a little bit and i blew $200 in less than 45 minutes. i'm really pathetic. i love chicago, but we didn't get to spend a lot of time in the city and enjoy it as much as i'd like. we were always rushed around. we got to the venue and the beat kitchen has to be the smallest venue ever. it was so hot inside. i met all of jamie's friends in damiera, they were cool. it was too hot inside, so we left in the middle of fear before the march of flame's set and walked around outside. doing so, we found the best and cheapest mexican restaraunt that fed me the best rice ever! we got out of chicago around 2am and on our way to finding a hotel, we saved a kitten by the highway. i refused to leave without finding it a home, so we went through denny's asking people if anyone was interested in a free kitten haha. mission accomplished! the hotel was so nice. it had a huge bathroom, a walk out porch/deck, the best microwave, two ginormous beds, and a big tv.

friday we woke up and drove back to jamie's house. we spent a couple hours cleaning up her house, then left again for the second day of the hang out thing. fear berfore, damiera, and i am ocean were playing in detroit. we arrived and this time we stayed and watched the whole set of fear before. though i only saw half of their set in chicago, they sounded better in detroit. they are so crazy. the show was done and all the bands were loading out. damiera's van smelled like gross, un-showered boys.. so i did them a favor by putting patchouli all over their seats to make it smell better. i'm sure dave is the only one who will appreciate that considering everyone in the world (besides dave and i) hate the smell of patchouli. there was a huge dance party after the show, it was kind of boring. they played decent music, but it was only ratatat, justice, mgmt, and daft punk songs over and over. jamie, dave, and i walked back to the van to hang out and talk. we talked for two hours until the rest of the band decided they were all "partied out" and they drove us back to jamie's car. we left detroit and got to jamie's house right when the sun decided to come out.

saturday i woke up at eleven and stayed at jamie's until three. we drove back to my place and got there around five, to only have to leave again at 6:30 to work the dear future show at skelletones. i invited jamie to come along and help me. jamie's friends had a party where a few of my friends were, it ended up being lame and i left.

yesterday i got ten hours of MUCH needed sleep. i watched flight of the conchords all day. today meg dyed my hair and i like it.

betsey j.

2008-09-16T17:03:00.000-04:00

just ONE more reason why i need to work for betsey johnson.

everyone go out and buy jonezetta's new cd, cruel to be young. it's really good and it just came out today. besides, it'd mean a lot to them.

chicago in two days! jamie and i are making up code names. meow = babe approval. if you hear one of us meow around you, it means you're a total babe. just throwing that out there. winner winner chicken dinner = we need to chat. woof = no thanks. i feel like we should be in the movie 21. being in a movie with jim sturgess would rule. i can't wait until halloween! it'd rule if someone would go as sid and nancy or kurt and courtney with me. oh well, i think i'll settle for being either debbie harry or a girl version of david bowie. i need to go out and buy more red nail polish, i lost mine. what a total bum out.

i just really want to travel the world or go on tour or something. someone needs to go back-packing with me in europe and then we can spend a month or two in ireland and england.

ps: new lastfm. www.lastfm.com/user/thebriannac

beast of burden.

2008-09-11T18:48:00.000-04:00

i listen to the rolling stones 24/7, seriously. my mom and i rented a movie for tonight. the life before her eyes or something like that. then i begged her to get gossip girl season one. that will keep me busy for the next day of two. we're having pizza for dinner tonight and it's from my favorite pizza place in grand rapids. i've been craving pizza for two weeks now. my boots arrived on my porch today! so pumped :D. no work tomorrow. today my sister volunteered at some church with some food thing. she just walked in the house and surprised me with a whole crate of strawberries. i love her. chicago next week!!

the rolling stones. gossip girl season one. movies. pizza. no work tomorrow. chicao. new boots. and a bunch of strawberries.. all i need. life is good.

ps - i would do anything for a chance to work for betsey johnson. or to see the rolling stones live.

revelry.

2008-09-08T15:17:00.001-04:00

shawn just sent me the new kings of leon cd via aol instant messenger. it's the best thing i've ever heard. it's so sososSO good. i can't wait until it's released so i can go buy it. my life is now complte, thank you. :D

i'll be in chicago a week from thursday! i'm seriously counting down the days until i'm out of michigan, even if it's for a few days. i ordered my boots last night. they are similar to the stella mccartney boots i posted a few blogs back, only the ones i'm getting are black and i saved $700. woo. for the last 2 days, my food intake has consisted of: pears, bananas, and cherry tomatoes. i love the farmers market. the weather is perfect again today. i love fall.

i've been sketching and drawing again lately, which is weird. i haven't done that in months. usually all i do is water color and mixed media pieces anyways.

k thnx bai.

PS: BRITNEY SPEARS RULES.

oooh la.

2008-09-04T22:40:00.000-04:00

mood: confused. waaah.

+ i played match-maker today. so far so good. i'm so good at that "game". i'm thinking i should just choose that as my profession or something. i'm sure i'd make a killing for having that as my career.

+ today was perfect weather. it's so chilly outside, i love it. i've been home all day cuddled up on the couch, snuggling in millions of blankets, sleeping, and watching movies and shows like project runway, the janice dickinson modeling agency, tabatha's salon takeover, and hannah montana. it rules.

- i can't play match-maker for myself, obvious reasons. i need to find a match-maker of my own, please.

- i believe i'm coming down with a cold!

outcome: my day was nothing special. it has obviously been evened out with the amount of good things and the amount of bum-outs. i've come to realize that i'm way, way too picky and i'm never satisfied. i guess that can sometimes be a good thing.. sometimes. but most of the time: EL WRONGO! sometimes i wish i wouldn't have dropped spanish.

i just want to be in chicago already and eat grilled cheese sandwhiches while listening to the kooks forever. that's all.

meet my new bf.

2008-09-02T23:22:00.000-04:00

seriously, hahaha.

i want time to go by quicker. i will be in chicago a lot within this month and october. then i will be in california for most of january. then i will be moving to new york next fall! i'm so psyched. i need change and i'm definitely looking foward to it.

i've been so sleepy lately and i don't know why. all i want to do is sleep, but other than that, life has been pretty okay. i hate that's so raven. raven always wears the ugliest outfits ever and it bothers me. i love hannah montana though.. and britney spears.. i'm pathetic.

that's all.

1 2 3 4 getcha b00ty on the dance fl00r.

2008-08-31T03:56:00.000-04:00

i wish every night in grand rapids was like this one. i miss it. i miss nash, ben, pj, and eric. jamie, eric, and i took a walk during one of the bands sets and jamie and i showed him a little bit of grand rapids. we walked to jimmy john's and brought some food back. after the afs show, jamie, lq, and i waited for them and hawthorne to finish loading up. hawthorne left early, so jamie and i said our goodbye's to eric. hung out with nash for a little bit. then we left and walked to tgi friday to meet up and have a late dinner with ben, pj, hit the lights, and lannie. we ate dinner and colored. dinner was done, everyone walked back to where the buses were parked. we all hung out for a few more hours and talked about the rolling stones (yes!) before they had to leave.

the other night i had the weirdest dream. mickey avalon was in it? he was this huge producer and had his own record label and i worked for him. in my dream, i went to bed early so i could wake up easily and go work for him. mickey called me at around 5:30am to let me know that he was closing down for the day and there was no need for me to come in. he sounded upset so i asked him what was wrong and he replied with "my dog just died and i'm having a real rough time." he was seriously heart-broken and crying. (REAL LIFE TIME: my mom was yelling for me to wake up and get ready for work because i was already running late. i woke up for a good minute and thought to myself that i didn't need to because mickey told me not to come in. so i rolled back over and fell asleep. 2 more minutes, my mom yelled for me again to wake up. i rushed down the stairs and went up to her and told her that i didn't have to go into work today. she asked why and i said "because mickey avalon's dog died and he said he didn't want anyone coming into work today so he shut everything down.") she looked at me like i was tripping out on acid. sooo weird.

i'd kill for these.

2008-08-27T19:57:00.000-04:00

for that dress and those boots.
not really kill, but seriously. kind of. just sayin'.

i'm lazy.

2008-08-25T21:47:00.000-04:00

1. i need to do some of my laundry PRONTO. i'm running out of clothes and it's been about 2 months since i've washed some of my clothes. that sounds really disgusting.
2. my light-bulb in my bedroom has been out for 2 weeks, so it's always pitch black in my room and i can't see anything.. but today i finally got the motivation to walk over to the lamp we never use and stole the light-bulb inside and switched it over into my room. so now i have light! hopefully someone doesn't need that lamp.
3. my phone keeps beeping because it's dying and it's really annoying.. but i don't feel like grabbing my phone to turn the power off so the beeping will stop.. or i don't feel like going into the room next to me to grab the charger.

HOWEVER! for the unlazy part:
the lady i'm doing work for at work is gone for this week and gave me the option of taking this whole week off too, but i decided to go in because i need to save money for when i move. she left me a whole weeks worth of work just incase i came in AND I TOTALLY FINISHED IT ALL TODAY IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. i was speedy! and! i'm finally going through all of my clothes and getting rid of tons of them. i always buy things i never wear for some reason, it's stupid of me. i just gave 3 pairs of jeans to my sister. 2 of them i've only worn once for 3 hours in my life and the other pair still had tags on it.

a. i'm done waiting.
b. life is super good. :D
c. i want the fall to be here already!
d. i'm freezing. it's 80 degrees in this house and i'm in a hoodie.
e. the hills is on! k bye.

ps- go purchase armor for sleep's new ep, the way out is broken.

corona and lime.

2008-08-21T10:48:00.000-04:00

my cat, ozz (who actually looks like a fat kitten, he really hasn't grown in height, just width), has no claws because when we first got him, my parents were mean and decided they wanted him declawed. he got outside yesterday in the backyard and was running around and around and i couldn't catch him! i was afraid he'd run away and i'd lost him forever. for being a little chunkster, that little fucker is fast! ////////////

my mom let my dog out to help me catch him. zeke usually captures and corners ozz for us to grab him. only ozz tried out-running zeke this time and thought he'd be tricky and attempt climbing up a tree. he got half way up the trunk and realized he had no claws. he slowly slid all the way down and rolled over on to his back and just froze up. it was the funniest and cutest thing i've ever seen, but kind of sad. ///////

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life has been really good lately. summer has finally decided to start getting fun and now it's almost at an end :/. i've been hangingout with jamie and lq a bit. i've been meeting really chill people and having "friend reunites" almost every night this week. i can't wait until fall time is here! :) ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

ps- this is why i never want a car in my life: yesterday i went to go pick up my sister from drivers training and i didn't even pass my house until i smashed the car. i backed out of my driveway and nailed my dad's car that was parked on the side of the road. it was so loud and now the car has the most wonderful looking dent in the back. it's like a seat, whenever i'm outside talking with friends, i usually sit in it. woooops. i'm the worst driver evarrrr. /////////////////////////////////////

i'm sleepy.

2008-08-17T23:50:00.000-04:00

i'm definitely not one to just talk about my feelings to anyone. i'm more of the "keep to myself" kind of girl. i always feel awkward talking about myself, i find talking about myself rather annoying. however, if i do end up talking to someone about what's going on, it's usually never about relationship things. i feel like that stuff should be kept between you and whoever else it involves. however, i'm posting this as more of a rant than a "i want sympathy" or "i want to be in a relationship" post. because, honestly, i'm pretty content with being single, i have no complaints.. and i'm definitely not desperate enough to be posting a "omgzzz i relle want a bfz nao" blog. ////////////////////

i'll just start with saying that i've never been in a real relationship before, let alone, an actual relationship. i've only had one boyfriend my whole life and i wouldn't even consider that to be remotely close to being an actual relationship. it didn't even last a month, i was twelve years old, and we had no idea what boyfriend/girlfriend even meant. i've always had the worst luck with guys. i'm way too picky and i always find myself finding the wrong guys- the types of guys that usually aren't my type and i know i shouldn't go after, but i do anyways. i usually have good/accurate judgement on guys to begin with.. and i know what i want - but somehow, i find myself with the guys i promise myself i'd never get involved with. they're always the ones that end up lying and cheating. i always get screwed over because somehow i only attract the slew of sluts, and me, being a girl who is not willing to give it up to anyone, always gets left because they know they can go anywhere within minutes and find some hussy to sleep with. i'm okay with it though, i'm glad with who i am and what i believe in, and i'm proud of myself for being strong enough to not give in to anything i don't want to do. //////////////////////////////////////

however, i do feel like i deserve better than that. i know i do. anyone deserves better than that. every guy i've been with, i've been completely honest to, i've never lied, i've never cheated, and i'm pretty trustworthy. don't get me wrong, there have been a few great guys, but they always decide last minute that they don't know what they want. so i guess what i'm getting at is, it's just tiring and sucky putting myself in dumb situations with dumb boys. ///////////////////////

i mean, there HAS to be a cute boy out there who will do cute things with me and treat me with respect, right? i know i will find him eventually, and i'm not rushing to find him.. he'll pop up when he does, but i'm just waiting for that one person to prove me wrong with my "every guy is a whore that lies and sucks" attitude. /////////////////

i just want someone i can hang out with. watch tons of movies with and not get bored. someone that i can actually talk to and keep conversation with. someone that i can joke around with and not have things be taken too seriously. someone that will understand my humor and find me funny (because it's dry and weird.. and only my sister and i find myself to be hilarious). someone to do nerdy things with, like play dumb video games.. especially ms. pacman, tetris, and paper boy. someone who will watch mean girls and fresh prince with me. i want someone that will walk around the city with me during night time. someone that wants me for my intelligence. as much as i find it lame, someone that will do typical and cliche, but cute things with me; like go to the beach and watch the stars at night or kiss my head or forehead. someone to have loud taking back sunday sing-alongs with, kings of leon and the rolling stones too. i want someone with a sense of humor. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT, I JUST WANT A FRIEND. ////////

ps- i love britney spears.

what to the frick.

2008-08-13T13:15:00.000-04:00

if a guy were to buy me this betsey johnson charm bracelet and this erin fetherston dress, i'd marry him in a heart beat. //////////////////

choco-late raiiiin.

2008-08-11T16:01:00.000-04:00

i can never remember to update this thing. i only like mtv when they have america's next top model marathons. those rule. /////////////////

jamie and i went to detroit on saturday for some shopping and to see poison. we went to this mall in novi, which was HUGE, and it had a betsey johnson store inside! she's been one of my favorite designers for years and it was the first time i was able to step foot into one of her actual stores. other times it's just been little boutiques that carry her collections. i was in heaven. i couldn't leave without buying anything, but i didn't bring much money on me.. so i bought some really cool socks. haha, i don't even wear socks. ////////////////////////

i went into seeing poison as a joke, but it was actually fun. 80's hair metal always makes me laugh. AND LET ME JUST SAY, THERE WILL BE A ROCK OF LOVE 3!!! my life rules! i don't think i've ever seen so many people over the age of 45 completely drunk in one place before. nothing is better than seeing a whole bunch of drunk broads and hussy moms with their mullet-husbands singing along together. i took so many videos of those older-aged, drunk fans dancing and trying to attempt the air guitar whenever bret yelled, "take it away cc!"... which happened to be every guitar solo cc had. /////////////////////////////////

hahaha, and that last picture is for my sister of course. cc's hair hasn't changed in the past 20 years and i don't think it ever will. he was sporting an awesome farmers tan too. ////////////////////////////////////

a younger who was sitting next to me with her boyfriend, totally bit the dust during their set. she was feeling no pain and was a dancing machine the whole night. she started getting closer and closer to me during a song and i thought she was trying to get out to buy some more beer, only when i moved back to kindly let her out of the aisle, she fell flat on her face and spilled her beer everywhere. it was like she was top heavy. i suppose she just got a little too tipsy and lost balance. i felt bad considering part of the reason she fell so hard was my fault, but it was so funny. ///////////////////////////////////////////////

next week should be good :)! i don't want to go to work tomorrow. ////

trippin' the life fantastic.

2008-07-21T00:35:00.000-04:00

new york has taken bianca away from me and i don't like it at all. i'm going through old photos and all of the funny ones are from when she still lived in michigan. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

from the weatherbox + snuffaluffagus house show at her + dave's place. to the all time low, the matches + ftsk show where we spent the majority of our time crammed behind the stage while bianca was doing some photos and getting creeped on by some news photographer named raul. instead of saving her, i just sat back and lurked him spitting game at her with his awesome, thick accent. it was quite entertaining. also, to the hang outs and girl talks to dance parties, until her going away get together. ////////////////////////////////

i miss her so much. thank goodness new york is finally letting her leave to come back home and spend a few days in michigan. 7 days!

grand rapids has been really boring lately. july has been somewhat busy with me doing merch for tsr at cornerstone for a week, traveling to 5 warped dates, spending tons of time in lansing + detroit, and working 2 jobs. however, i do enjoy leaving this city and state as much as i can and i'm super excited for chicago next week :). i also quite one of my jobs, i only have 3 more days left. ='s more time to hang out, relax, and sleep! psyched. ///////////////////////////////////////

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