Metro Station - Disco

I'm a little creeped to find out that over 80,000 people visit my site daily... and read my blog. Well not creeped about the site but the blog? There is nothing to see here!!!

Um anyway, someone IM'd me last night to tell me they saw me at the Tennessee Sleeping with Giants Tour and I was with Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship. The weirdest part was, they WATCHED ME. She said we were dancing and singing to The Academy Is (it was moreso me and Stephy's mom and Alex just popped up next to us)... while they were on the stage. All the while, she never even bothered to say hi. She just watched. She then asked how long I hung out with the bands... well, lets just say my friends and I didn't leave the venue until around 3:30am. Just for future reference kids, if you see me at a show.... DON'T WATCH ME. Say hi. I feel less stalked that way.

Hannah Montana - Lifes What You Make It.

Um so the trip to Tennessee was so worth it. I got to hang out with Stephy, her mom, her friend Rachel, my friend Stephanie, her boyfriend, my friend Chris and Cobra Starship haha. We did a little hanging out with The Academy Is... too which was pretty fun. Is it bad that when we went to interview The Academy Is, it was SISKY again and as soon as he saw my face and Stephanie's he kind was like "Its you two again?" Hahaha. But at least he remembered. We had a little alone time with him before the interview because Cobras were doing soundcheck and you could hardly hear anything at all. Hopefully it isn't ruined. I interview Cobra too but my battery died like right at the very end. SUCKY.

Anyway, yesss it is awesome. Cobra is touring with Metro Station.

Fresh Prince Of Bel Air

So it's 3:30am. I'm supposed to be halfway dressed by now or something but I haven't done much or made an effort to get ready. I feel weird getting up and showering at 3:00 in the morning. Chris and I are supposed to be heading out to Nashville, Tennessee at around 4am but so far it looks like we're leaving later if we're leaving. I really need to get up from here and shower but blah, it feels so much easier to just sit here and not do anything haha. I forgot to charge my camera batteries so if they die midday, I'm screwed because I kind of have to shoot the concert tonight. Tonight, I'll be interviewing not one, not two, but THREE of the bands tonight. I'll be interviewing Cobra Starship at 3:00pm, The Academy Is... at 5:00pm, and Armor for Sleep at 6:00pm! Exciting right? Wrong. I don't have any of my stuff together, I'll admit I'm in no position to be interviewing three bands today. I have interviewed Sisksy for The Academy Is already but I need to be ten times more prepared than I was last time so I'm nervous. I've never done three interviews in one day before except for Warped Tour. What if I choke? Or better yet what if I run out of memory on my memory card or something? Ah, this is crazy but I'm doing it because I love doing this so much... the whole band promoting thing. And to think this is probably my last show of the year if I don't see Angels & Airwaves at the end of the year.

Glassjaw - Ry Ry's Song

Last night, my friend Chris and I went to see American Gangster. Now, I'm pretty sure everytime I see a movie, I say this but seeing it made me realize how much I miss acting. Acting is my dream. It's what I believe I was set here to do but why did I suddenly get so sidetracked and end up working at Starbucks and doing this concert thing? Aren't I supposed to be working on building my amazing acting resume or something? I mean, the acting in that movie was incredible. It always is when it comes to talents such as Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe. They are some of the most brilliant actors out there in Hollywood. Another brilliance who is my all time favorite actor of all time is Johnny Depp. Now, I know everyone says he's their favorite but usually for all of the wrong reasons. He's attractive or he played a role in one movie or something that people particularly love but does anyone love or admire him for his dedication and time spent developing all of these different characters that he so easily becomes. Or so it looks like he easily becomes these characters from the stiff seats of the movie theatre. Acting isn't as easy as it looks though people instantly think it is. It's not just reciting lines, it's about learning about a different person and actually becoming that person on screen. Not everyone can pull that off and I'm sure anyone who has watched The Disney Channel already knows that. But Johnny Depp will never be one to be typecast because he's never just been that one character. He's been several. He's been a crazy drunken pirate, a dude with blades as fingers, a psycho candymaker, a psycho author, and many many many many many more that I would take all day to list. He is the most admirable actor in Hollywood because he isn't even really apart of Hollywood. To be one of the top paid and top requested actors of our time, he sure knows how to avoid the 'place of dreams' because we all know it isn't everything we dream it to be and he knows that. He keeps himself level and dedicates his time to researching the characters. He adds himself to the spin and we get the most perfectly played roles in Hollywood. Honestly. I love that. I always tell myself that is what I want to be. That dedicated to this career. I want it. I hate that I easily got sidetracked and missed out.

Anyway, American Gangster, even in the three hours long that it was, was a really amazing kickass movie that everyone should see. I hate that even when Denzel is playing the bad guy, I still never want him to get caught but sadly, I already knew the story of the person he was portraying and you can't exactly alter real life... Plus it makes for a good movie when they stick to the realistic factors of the story. Great great movie and the acting is impeccable.

Williamsburg - Armor For Sleep

Starbucks
Originally uploaded by thisyearsparty

Look! I opened with a picture, lol. Story behind it? Well at Starbucks, we have this juice blend frappucino called Tangerine Juice Blend. It's a frappucino with passion tea and tangerine juice blended with ice. It's David's favorite drink. He gets it everyday that he works. I swear that kid drinks like 5 of those things a day, haha. Anyway, Starbucks just discontinued it. Once our store runs out of the ingredients, we probably won't be getting anymore so Gunnard thought it would be funny to try and sell them asap just to mock fun of David. Haha so of course, we put David's Barista's choice as a Tangerine Juice Blend and put the little tombstone next to it. Funny to say, he didn't appreciate it hahaha. I guess it's one of those you-have-to-be-there kind of moments. Hope you enjoy my great drawing on the barista's choice board!

I have stuck with my word about not going to anymore shows and honestly, things just feel better. I don't have to worry about people or who I'm hanging with or anything. I admit, I don't have fun anymore at shows unless I'm taking pictures in the photo pit. That's what this all built to. I don't mind. It's pretty easy to get a pass to whatever show but whatever, I needed a break. My last show of this year will probably be The Academy Is on Tuesday with Cobra Starship and then Paramore the following day. Same town. After that, I'm chill. Not many shows in the winter anyway. I don't know what is going to become of the site over the next month. I've been working hard on reviving everything fast. So far so good even if it's technical and not a cosmetic change just yet.

Today, Shanna, the lady who escorts the photographers to and from the photo pit at Hi Fi Buys came in to Starbucks today and it took me a good few minutes to realize who she was but then it dawned on me. She and I had a good little bit of catching up to do since Hifi Buys Amphitheatre is closed so she doesn't do anything there right now. It was pretty cool that she remembered me. I don't know why I felt the need to point that out.

I could write a ton about my adventures in Washington DC, New Jersey, & New York with Chris last Sunday/Monday but I don't feel like writing all of that down. I'll just hold it in my memory.

Everything loses it's spark at some point in life. In everyone's life. And I hit that point even though it shouldn't be here just yet. Isn't that supposed to happen when you're like 25 and you realize nothing is all that amazing or anything? I hate that I'm not amused by much. I laugh at my nephew more than I laugh at anything else. At work, they do a lot of funny things every now and then but yeah... not much. I just lost interest in the people I've been around. At shows or not at shows.

And for the last thing... people stop heckling me about the ALL TIME LOW INTERVIEW!! It will be up tonight. I've been busy.

THE PURPLE HOODIE HAS BEEN RETIRED!