Alyheartscandy's Journals

forever the sickest kids show

last night, justin and i went to bogarts to see forever the sickest kids. we got there just in time for the doors to open, thank god because it was freezing outside! my favorite highway went on first, and they were much better live than they are on their cd. vita played next, her voice got so annoying. she kept squeaking at the end of her words and it just got to me. then sing it loud played, and they were really good. then the rocket summer came on. SO amazing. and of course, forever the sickest kids was amazing as always, and justin and i danced and sang the entire night.

we didn't go onto the floor until sing it loud. so we were sitting up in the chairs with the parents and everyone who was old enough to drink (justin and i, and the rest parents) and met some really cool parents. we ended up finding out they go to almost every show we do, so now we're gonna say hi to them when we see them next haha

it was such a fun night! i can't wait for hit the lights at the end of november!

halloween 2009

so this is a journal about halloween eve and also halloween night. so halloween eve (as i call the 30th haha) justin had a party over at his house. it was just a few of our close friends. lots of card games, dance party music, and the night ended at 6am with chris falling asleep inside a giant pumpkin costume and marc passed out cuddled up with my stuffed panda.

anna, mckenzie, and i. anna was a german beer girl, mckenzie was some morbid little red riding hood or something like that haha

eric was a vampire surgeon. he had fake vampire teeth which he is now claiming he will wear every single day haha

anna and i, and mini alice in the background lounging on the chair haha

i was dancing with maple syrup :)

and this is how chris fell asleep. knees inside the costume and all. it was hilarious

then on halloween night, (which was FREEZING!) justin and eric and i went to anna's halloween party. mckenzie came over a little later too. anna had a ton of people over, i didn't know anyone except the people i came with. but it was fun with only minor drama. the night ended with anna crying, her mom carrying her off to bed, and justin having to drive marc's stick shift car back to justin's apartment. he had only driven a stick once, but surprisingly he only stalled one time. i drove behind him the entire time with eric to make sure they made it without us having to push the car the rest of the way haha

this is the only picture i have on my camera from halloween night. anna has tons on hers, but i'm pretty sure she slept the entire day today. needless to say, it was a great halloween. my friends and i decided every month, on the last day, that's going to be halloween from now on. so we're going to dress up once a month. i'm all excited haha

what did everyone else do?

i love halloween

i am so excited for tonight! justin is having a halloween party at his apartment and it's going to be amazing. the only sad thing is he's moving in with his grandma about 30 minutes away on sunday. he already lives 30 minutes from me, so it'll be close to an hour for me to see him. but the apartment he's in, the building was sold and the owner is destroying all the apartments and making it a real house again. so he had to leave.

but this party is going to be really fun! we originally were planning it for saturday, until our friend anna invited us to her halloween party on saturday. so i get to be a pirate for 2 days straight!

today my dad has a photoshoot with a guy named bootsy collins. (if you don't know who he is, he was popular in the 70s, he's a funk bassist and singer) my dad has to photograph his wife and some other ladies and he said i could come watch the shoot if i wanted. i may be able to do the editing for it, and make some money. so that would be good!

i just want to stay dressed up in my pirate costume all day haha i'm obsessed with it!

what else is happening...oh on november 5th justin is taking me to see forever the sickest kids and the rocket summer. i'm SO excited for that show! the last time forever the sickest kids came to town, justin spent $80 getting them drunk haha so this time should be interesting...haha lots of fun i'm assuming :)

there are a ton more shows in november i wanted to go see, bayside, silverstein with madina lake and i see stars, breathe carolina, but i think the only other ones i'm going to in november are hit the lights on the 24th, and all time low with hey monday, friday night boys, and we the kings on the 28th.

anyway, i'm off to go shower and then pick up some party supplies for tonight, so i hope everyone has a very fun and safe halloween and post pictures so i can see everyone's costumes! i'll make sure to take pictures tonight and saturday :)

crunk kids tour

so last friday, my boyfriend justin and i drove to indianapolis to see the crunk kids tour. brokencyde (who i've never heard) was headlining. once we got there, the line was about 100 kids long. we didn't get in til right as blood on the dance floor was going on. they were pretty awful live, but fun to watch. i still love their music. so fun to dance to haha

then watchout there's ghosts came on and they were truly truly horrible. their cd is so good, but they're just BAD live! so we walked across the street to the bar because this venue didn't have a bar. we got a beer and hung out for a little and then went back over.

after watchout there's ghosts, was the ready set. they were AMAZING! i seriously was happy we went just for them. i had only heard them once or twice before the show, but they were SO good live. i have to get their cd.

next was kill paradise. they had amazing disco lights and i thought it was a fun show. they played pretty well. then after they ended, we went back over to the bar because we weren't staying for brokencyde.

the bar had karaoke night, so we heard some really redneck people singing and it was amazing haha this one guy had SUCH a deep voice, like amazingly deep and it was so good. we kept asking him to sing more songs. and some other guy was telling us about magic mushrooms. he was about 50 haha it was the best night.

justin and i sang at our table, but we never got up to do karaoke. we stayed at the bar until about midnight, and then he drove us back to cincinnati. we sang really loud oldies songs and afi the whole way home haha it was such a fun night :)

if you're in need of a laugh

go to this website

http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com

it seriously has made me laugh until i cried.

now whether that's because the photos are truly that hysterical, or because it's almost midnight and i've had a super long day and am a bit slap happy. either way, it's something to check out if you are bored and have time :)

sometimes i feel like i'm back in high school

with the amount of drama i've been dealing with lately.

i've been kind of fighting with my best friend nick, and he and my new boyfriend justin can't stand each other and that's just stressing me out a little bit because yesterday i was in the middle of a texting war between them and i was just like omg GROW UP!

i try to stay out of drama as much as possible because i don't like focusing my energy on that. i don't want the negativity in my life. right now, i'm doing so many positive things that i just want to surround myself with positive energy and focus on what's important.

so now that i got that out, i went to a cancer benefit concert the other night and saw close to home, made avail, the paramedic, delta delta, and some other bands. it was so much fun and i got an awesome t shirt from inspire and infect clothing

inspire and infect is my friend josh from close to home's clothing line. if you wanna check out their stuff you can go to www.myspace.com/inspireinfect

and here's a picture of my boyfriend haha

i can not WAIT until september 30th because some friends and i are driving up to grand rapids michigan to see a day to remember (my favorite band EVER!!!) with in fear and faith (another amazing band), i see stars, and parkway drive. EEEEE!!!! that's my excitement right there. seriously i am counting down the days.

to add another total random thing to this, here's a picture of my healed tattoos because this looks way better than the photo i posted before of them

i want to start getting back to buzznet more. i made so many good friends on here that i want to stay in contact with. so sorry for not being here lately and thank you for those of you who are still checking my posts and keeping up with me!

the bled / alesana show

so last night i went with justin, chris, and eric to go see the bled, alesana, broadway, enter shakari, and asking alexandria at the attic in dayton. we got on the bled's guest list thanks to justin because the guys had just seen them in illinois 4 days ago and talked with them there.

we went and hung out with them around back, got yelled at by security for drinking (the attic is a christian venue) and then ended up hanging out in the parking lot for a while and going in for the show.

asking alexandria was the first band we saw, broadway had already played and we missed them. but asking alexandria was so good! they're from london, so i loved how they talked. i love accents haha

then enter shakari played, also from london. they were SO good. i really liked them. then the bled went on, and were amazing. alesana was last, and they really played a good show. it was so much fun watching them. i love their guitarist's facial expressions and how he acts on stage. they are just amazing live.

after the show, we walked to sonic so i could get a grilled cheese haha and went over to the bar by the venue and waited for the bands there. the bled showed up and hung out for a little, but one of their guys didn't feel good so they left. alesana stayed the whole time we were there though. we were playing songs on this juke box, you could pay and pick songs and close to home was on there so we kept playing that and crazy swedish dance music.

it was such a fun night, lots of drinking, dancing, singing, just an all around great time. in another hour i'm going to a cancer benefit show with made avail, the paramedic, close to home, and some other bands. i'm super excited!

i hope everyone is doing well!

philadelphia

nick and i just got back from philadelphia today and i honestly had the most amazing time and wanted to write a journal if not for anyone else to read my experiences, but just so i'd remember them. it's sad but buzznet has become like my diary, it's so easy to go back and see when i posted a photo or a journal describing an event.

so anyway, here's my philly story.

on thursday morning at 3am, we woke up and started driving. it took 10 hours exactly to get there. on the way, we stopped at a rest stop and nick's beef jerky got stuck in the vending machine and some old man bought another bag (even though he didn't want it) just so nick's would fall out too. it was so nice of him. so the entire trip was all about karma, complimenting people or doing something nice because in return, people would do something nice for you.

we got to philly and it was pouring rain. i met wes, nick's best friend. he lives right in downtown philly and works as the head chef in an amazing restaurant / bar called vintage. we spent most of our time there, hanging out, having amazing dinner and drinks.

thursday night wes played a show and we met a ton of awesome people. then we all went out to a club for drinks and had a great time. the people there are so amazing. i got along with them really well. there is the most amazing lager in philly called Yuengling and it's america's oldest brewery. i usually don't like dark beer, but this stuff was amazing! after the club, we walked to an all night pizza place and got a slice of some delicious pepperoni pizza, and tried walking back to some girl named amber's house but ended up piling into a cab. we hung out there for a couple more beers and sat out on her deck talking and having a great time. the sun rose, and we all watched that. it was really nice. i was exhausted though from the drive, so after about an hour we took off. we got in around 7am and slept til 2pm the next day haha

then friday nick and i went and got philly cheese steaks from jim's, which was SO good, and then we walked around some and went to wes' and got ready for dinner. nick said he was taking me out on a "date" to vintage haha so we got dressed up. i had on a teal and black printed tube top dress that i loove but never wear for some reason. nick looked so good too. i wish i had remembered to take pictures of everyone! we went there at around 6pm, had a couple beers, and then ordered calamari as an appetizer (i tried it, and actually liked it!) and then got dinner. nick ordered duck (wes insisted) and i had a few bites. it was SO good! i was amazed haha and i got the best chicken i've ever had. wes is such a great cook. after dinner we hung out at the bar and had some friends come up, and once wes got off work at midnight, we had the after hours party there and stayed til 3am drinking and dancing to old taking back sunday cds and 80s music.

everyone was hungry, so we drove to a pizza place but it was closed, so at 4am we stopped at a mini mart to get snacks, and then went to wes' and fell asleep right away. saturday we woke up late, and went out with wes' roommate dijuan to some really cute cafe for lunch. after that, we packed up and went to say goodbye to wes at work. it was hard saying goodbye, i wanted to stay so bad. then we started the drive back home. while i was trying to find the correct highway, we somehow went across a bridge and ended up in new jersey. good thing chris lives in jersey, so we called him and had him direct us the right way. we got lost one more time that night, and by 10pm i was so sick of driving that we decided to stay in a hotel.

all the hotels in the areas were booked, i had a list and called about 20 of them. so we had to drive another hour past 2 more towns of booked hotels and finally got an amazing king suite at a hampton inn. it
worth the money to be able to sleep and not have to worry about driving home at 2am. we woke up this morning and left around 9am after a wonderful complimentary breakfast. the drive today wasn't bad at all, very short and great weather.

i really am considering moving to philly sometime in my life, hopefully within the next year. i honestly fell in love with it, the people, the atmosphere, everything. it was just an amazing trip and i can't wait to go back again!

oh and here are the only pictures i took the entire trip haha a couple in wes' bathroom getting ready for our dinner date. and then a bunch of photobooth pictures from the hotel last night haha

(i was NOT ready for him to take a picture haha i was in the middle of talking to him and telling him how to focus using my camera, and he goes ahead and takes it and goes okay it's a good picture. then i look at them once i load them in the computer, like THANKS nick! great picture haha )

i love summer grill outs

my boyfriend nick is staying at our friend carrie's house, and their electricity went out yesterday, so he invited me over for a grill out while carrie and her kids went to her parents to stay for the night. i went over and sat outside while nick grilled out chicken, steak, and porkchops. the chicken and steak were SO good, but i don't like porkchops so i thought those were gross.

since there wasn't any power, we went to the store and bought a bunch of little candles and set those up all around the house. it was really romantic, and just a really nice quiet night, talking about everything. we realized how much we rely on electricity for entertainment, like tv and the internet, and how when it's out, all you can do is just spend time together. we really had a good night. it was a lot of fun, except i burned myself while i was lighting the candles. but that figures.

we ended the night by laying on his bed with my ipod blasting so we could hear the music and singing to each other. we sang for over an hour, and then i put nick to sleep by rubbing his back and then i went home to bed.

today is raining like CRAZY. my mom and i went out shopping and i got a really cute tube top and sweatshirt from american eagle.

the sweatshirt is SO soft and comfy. it's a great day for sweats. my mom and i are about to watch the 5th harry potter movie so that i can finally go see the 6th eventually. i hope everyone is enjoying their week so far!

things are definitely looking up

so today has been a great day! my mom just got back from having surgery, there were minor complications but everything worked out in the end and she's home in bed drinking a coke and eating some crackers. she seems to be doing really well. so that's a HUGE relief!

also, nick is flying back to cincinnati tomorrow morning. he missed me, and cincinnati in general and said he had to move back here. so i'm really excited about that!

monday i'm going putt putt golfing with the paramedic, so that should be fun! they're awesome guys

and i had wendy's for lunch today. i'm just in a great mood right now haha