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So I finally went to Warped Tour for the first time. Speaking of deciding things last minute, me and my friend Ryan decided to go at 2am the day of. =D I was actually planning on relaxing and seeing Rilo Kiley in the evening, but I decided that I would be angry at myself for missing out on Warped Tour for the millionth time. Overall I think it was a good decision, I had a good time. HFStival lineups have been so disappointing lately so I haven’t gone to any of them. It was nice to go to a festival where I actually enjoyed a good percentage of the music. Although, I only really went for two bands: Brand New and Yellowcard… both of which rocked.

I really like Yellowcard a lot even though they’re a bit “poppier punk” than what I usually listen to.. whatever, I like ‘em. They have a violin player if you haven’t heard them.. I’m all about the classically trained musicians being in bands haha. I don’t really know if he’s classically trained but he was running through a minor scale for sound check which is good enough for me. =D They do all their harmonies live which is excellent. That’s always a big disappointment to me - when the singer is the only one who sings and they leave out some great harmonies that are on the CD. (I’m also biased because I have a band that does 5 part harmonies, and we’re such dorks that we ADDED a few more harmonies AFTER finishing our CD for the live show) Anyway, I unfortunately don’t know a lot of Yellowcard songs becuase I only have the EP, but everything else that I heard was great as well. So I picked up a shirt.. hopefully it’ll fit okay becuase they only had youth small or adult small. It should be fine as long as I don’t shrink it or gain weight. (;

Brand New was probably my favorite of the evening. I’ve just recently been introduced to their music a month or so ago, but they’re quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. I especially like their new CD, it seems a bit darker than the one before it. So, their set was great.. the crowd was insane and I was right in the middle of it all. They also get bonus points for doing all the parts from the cd live.. they tend to have several vocal parts going at once in a kind of “round” like fashion which they pull off very nicely. Good stuff. Another thing I’m quite fond of is some of the bass riffs the guy does, particularly on the new album.. simple but friggin’ rock. But anyway, I crowd surfed for my first time during their last song, wee! I decided that would be the best way to get out of the middle of the crowd haha. Fortunately I wasn’t dropped.. although came pretty close to it. =D

I also caught a little bit of Mest, the Dropkick Murphies, Suicide Machines, Rancid, Big D & The Kids Table, The Starting Line, Mad Caddies, and a bit of Coheed & Cambria. I’d have to say Mad Caddies get the award for coolest of the bands I’ve never heard before. So yeah.. good times.

I leave for my own tour with KG on Friday. Rock.

Aug 1st - Black Cat (Washington, DC)
Aug 2nd - Club Culture (Chester, NY)
Aug 3rd - Shadow Lounge (Pittsburgh, PA)
Aug 4th - Broadway Joe’s (Buffalo, NY)
Aug 5th - 242 Main (Burlington, VT)
Aug 6th - The Lucky Dog (Worcester, MA)
Aug 7th - 1619 House (Williamstown, NJ)
Aug 8th - Out of Bounds (Richmond, VA)
Aug 9th - Blue Sky Court (Nashville, TN)
Aug 10th - Swayze’s (Marietta, GA)
Aug 11th - Alley Cafe (Colombia, SC)
Aug 12th - The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)

Lately I’ve been very last minute about everything I can be.. and I think I’ve figured out why. I always have my life planned out months at a time, and I hate it. I just wish I could live my life day by day and let things happen. But no.. in order to keep everything from not colliding in a mess, I have to use the super convenient Microsoft Calendar on my computer. I look at it and almost every day has something planned. It drives me nuts… so lately I’ve been kind of flaky on whether or not I decide if I’m going to do something. I guess it’s the only time I can have control over what’s going on. I don’t want to be a flaky person though.. I just want to not feel like my life is an endless schedule. Eh.

Thank you Sunny Day Real Estate for that touching, yet tragic quote. =D

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~hoorj/puzzlee.swf

As David put it.. this is the emo of flash animation. So true… it’s such a good little cartoon. (:

No matter how much I refrain from being a super girly-girl, chick flicks always turn me into a pathetic loser. I watched How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days tonight with a few friends. So cute.. gah! Despite my smartassed comments throughout the entire movie, BAM! When it’s all said and done I’m all “awwwwww” and almost crying at the cuteness. I wish that was meeeeeeee! *smack* And if it couldn’t get any worse.. inspired by a gala/dinner thing in the movie where Kate Hudson dressed up all pretty, I decided to try on one of my favorite dresses to see if it still fit (and I’m happy to say it does!). Oh man I’m such a girl. *sigh* (:

All this week I’m helping my mom out and going to my grandma’s in the morning. I’m making her breakfast, and seeing that she gets downstairs okay and everything. It’s so strange going over to the place I literally grew up at to take care of somebody who took care of me for so many years. I don’t want to make her feel stupid or helpless, but at the same time I don’t want her to think I don’t care. The way I look at it she needs some extra help because of her surgery, not because she’s helpless.

I also don’t really know what to do when hanging out with her other than just sit there and watch tv. I guess just being there is enough. Her physical therapist came today, and I heard them talking upstairs about me. My grandma told her all about how I made her breakfast in bed and successfully made my first fried egg without even breaking the yolk. She sounded so happy to have me there - it made me cry. Then later on as I was leaving, when I told her I’d see her tomorrow her eyes lit up and she said “Oh you’re going to be here tomorrow too?” all excitedly. It really made me feel good.

I don’t really see my grandma that much becuase of school and everything. I hate to say that she’s kind of a difficult person to deal with in general, but I love her. I never visited her in the hospital, so I’m glad I can be there for her now.

So yeah.. I should write more often.. but I suck.

I can’t believe summer is already almost over. After this month, I go on tour with the band for 12 or so days.. I can’t wait. I’m going to go INSANE though.. I have problems sitting through movies. We’re going to be on the road every day for countless hours. It’s going to be really cool besides all the driving. I’m so excited to see all these places I’ve never been to before. It’s also the first time I’ll really be out without any kind of parental/school supervision. Nothing like some good ol’ reckless fun. Rock and roll baby! =D

So after the tour I have to start getting my stuff to move back into school. Then on the 19th I have to get my wisdom teeth out.. I’m terrified. I’ve gotten 9 teeth pulled in my lifetime so far (mostly baby teeth) and they are my most dreaded memories. As soon as I recover from that, I have to move back into school becuase I’m supposed to be at band camp on the 20th. Yes.. band camp.. go ahead and laugh and make your jokes. No but seriously, I want to kill myself. =D I have to do marching band for one semester.. I dread it about as much, if not more than getting my wisdom teeth removed. I just have to keep telling myself only one semester and then never again. *shakes an angry fist at the music education major*