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Bringing Sexy Back… YEEEP July 27, 2006

Who’s bringing sexy back?? Oh… that’s right…

HE IS!!!!! 

Who’s going to see Justin Timberlake at the House of Blues???? Oh… that’s right…

WE ARE!!!!

Well… we hope. Tickets go on sale at 10:00am tomorrow… I’m counting on my sister, Nicole and Jen to get tix! Then we’ll be bringing sexy back allllll night long!

Who would have thunk that I would ever go to a JT concert? Not me… but sheeez I think it will be really exciting and fun. I really really hope we get tickets before it sells out so I can dance all night like a crazy star struck 15 year old!

TAKE EM TO THE H.O.B!! YEEEP!

Best Night in a Long Time! July 23, 2006

As you all know from my last post I went to see Muse  for a 2nd time on Friday with Nicole, Adrian and Sara. As Adrian (who never even listened to Muse before Friday) would say:

BBE!!!! (best band ever)

Seriously, everything the show was lacking on Wednesday at the Greek was just back in full effect on Friday. I don’t even really miss the cool keyboard as much anymore. Although the venue (Soma) was WAYYYY too hot (see our before and after pics below) it was still a way better place to see them than the Greek. The crowd was more energized, it wasn’t overly crowded and the darkness of the indoor venue made the lights and effects soooo much cooler than the outdoor venue. Back to the heat…notice the picture on the right. I think it was Jen who asked me “was that sweat or did you guys put water on yourself?” Umm… that was ALLLLL sweat baby. My glistening cheeks, Sara’s wet bangs… allllll sweat. Pretty right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some other shot’s from the show… I don’t have Nicole or Adrian’s pics yet (and they are good) so I may add some when I get them. OOOO then I would have 3 blogs about Muse and Andrew would REALLLLLY love me even more!! I just still can’t describe how good they are live. You have to see them to understand.

 

 

 

 

 

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After the show we all went to a bar in PB (oh, after we drove back to the hotel so Nicole could re-blow dry and straighten her hair). The bar was pretty fun and a cool 80s band rocked the house. They sounded so good that I didn’t even realize they were still playing after 30 minutes. I thought they had gone back to a DJ because their songs sounded exactly like the real ones!

Thanks to Adrian for providing the laughs for the weekend… who knew you could be so witty?? I don’t think poor Sara (aka Cornhole) necessarily appreciates all your humor… but it kept Nicole and I laughing for hours!! I will just recap the funniest moment of the night.

 

Scene:

 

 

A crowded Denny’s at 2:00am. Nicole, Sara and I sitting at a booth in the back of the restaurant looking at our menu’s. Adrian enters with 4 roses.

 

 Adrian: (yelling to Sara from front of the restaurant to our booth in the back) “I’m Sorry I cheated on you!!! I’m so sorry. But the other girl does that one thing with her tounge that you’ll never do!!!”

People in restaurant started staring and laughing

Me: (with my face down hiding in the menu) “Please stop please stop. I’m hungry and we’re gonna get kicked out. I don’t want to get kicked out. I’m hungry.”

Nicole- CRACKING UP

Sara- Looked embarrassed

Adrian: “I was going to wear a condom but then it was too hot, so I just poked holes in it for air conditioning. It was like the concert tonight, it just needed some air.”

People in restaurant (including staff) – still laughing and still watching.

Me: (while cracking up) “Please stop, please stop I’m hungry I dont want to get kicked out.”

Evidently, the staff found it pretty funny becasue we never did get kicked out and I did get to eat my grilled cheese. And the entire restaurant had a few laughs in the mean time

Here’s a pic of us with our roses after the madness died down.

It was such a fun night. We all had such a great time. I hope Muse comes back sooner this time so we don’t have to wait almost 2 years to do it all again

Muuuuuse <3 July 20, 2006

 

 

Well I though I would make this short and sweet. But… it’s not so short and sweet after all!

We saw Muse last night at the Greek and they were WONDERFUL- such good performers. I had Just a few concerns though.

First of all, I hope the yappy yacky biznatch standing next to me who wouldnt SHUT UP wakes up with laryngitis tomorrow and can’t talk for 2 weeks. I don’t understand how her boyfriend put up with her. I didn’t hear him say one word the entire show but she sure had plenty to say. Especially during the really mellow quiet songs. I seriously wanted to punch her in the face. At one point I turned my whole body and stared right at them for 10 seconds hoping maybe they would get the hint. I know they felt me staring, so they wouldnt look. Jen sensed my anger and moved me to her other side before I knocked the chick out-not that i would have, but I did have clenched fists because I was so annoyed. Good move Jen, I think I was about to snap!! (especially since the SAME thing happened to me at Dashboard last week.)

Secondly, and most IMPORTANTLY!!!!

 Can someone PLEASE tell me where this went??? Maybe it has been kidnapped and it is being held hostage!!!! HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT??? I’ll scrape my savings and send it off because I need this back A.S.A.P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This keyboard is the most amazing part of the entire show. See the cool lights in the right picture? WHYYYYYYYYY did they get rid of this and replace it with a boring white keyboard. I mean I know it matches their whole “white” theme which was cool (see below)…  but really,  it can NEVER compare their old super cool psychadelic light show keyboard!!

 

And what happened to all the cool effects and stuff??? Last time they sent giiiiiinormous floating white balloons into the audience during the encor and at this show below they had cool red stuff flying around… see….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just miss all the cool pretty visual effects that seemed to be lacking this time around! 

Anyways… they still were amazing live. Their music was great- I just wasn’t as super stoked about the theatrics of it all. The crowd was pretty gay and dull too. I think people were all smoking too much weed. Wake up stoners! Time to dance, not take bong rips! GEEEZ.

Don’t worry! I’ll post another blog in two days after I go to my SECOND Muse concert tomorrow night I bet you can’t wait! Especially you Andrew who I know will write me some horribly mean comment about how shitty and Gay Muse is! Well… you can’t get me down with your evil words.

Dashboard I love You July 14, 2006

Jen and I went to the Dashboard Confessional concert last night and it was AMAZING!! I was excited to go but little did I know just how much I would enjoy it. The fans were CRAZY. Loudest encore screaming I have ever heard. They had an awsome stage set-up. As Chris Carraba said “we wanted to make our stage beautiful for you.” Well, maybe that’s not a direct quote, but he said something along those lines. And they SURE DID make it beeeauuutiful!!! (although you can’t really tell from the pictures).

One of my FAVORITE parts was when he played “Rooftops and Invitations.” He asked the entire audience to hold up their cell phones (I couldn’t ’cause I left mine in the car.. oops)… but, it felt like I was floating in outerspace amongst all the stars. It was beautiful… all these shooting stars started darting across the big screen in the back. Seriously- I LOVE stars… and I LOVE Dashboard… so what could be better than Dashboard playing in an ampitheater that looks like a starry sky?? That’s right… NOTHING! Well, maybe if Andrew was there too- that would be better. Or if my he was the one on stage, and he was singing all those songs to me… that could be better! Some girl(s) out there are very lucky to have such sweet songs written about them.

And… who knew that Chris played the piano too?? I sure didn’t…. but I lovvvve musicians who can play the piano. They even have a violinist now and the drummer had a little xylophone… it was a beautiful set with beautiful music. Or… as jen says “I like the fun sounds they make.” HAHAHA.

Here are a few pics of the WONDERFUL evening. Now I am even more excited to see Muse next week! Yay for great music and concerts.

Oh My Dear Friends, it’s Been so Long June 23, 2006

Dear Chris Wolstenholme, Matthew Bellamy and Domic Howard,

Oh my dear friends, it has been far too long. Almost a year and a half to be exact. How could you leave me for so long? Did you forget all the wonderful shows we had together in 2004?? Well, I guess I must forgive you because I know you were just away temporarily creating your fabulous new MUSE CD that I FINALLY got from Nicole

You sound great. It is so nice to hear your voice again Matthew. I look forward to seeing you soon, July 19th and July 21st to be exact. I’ve missed you lots! Of course not AS much as I miss my wonderful Andrew, but… close.