I've been so restless for the last couple weeks. I'm tired of living paycheck to paycheck, but I can't find another job.
I'm also tired of having the responsibility of making sure my brother gets to school. I'm tired of basically taking over the "parent" role. I get that we're all older now and we don't really need parental supervision, but it would be nice if my mother wasn't gone all the time. It would be nice to actually have a legitimate conversation with her again, without her going off on a tangent about my stepfather.
IDK, I need to get out of here, but it comes back to money issues. I can't find a full-time job, so I can't start saving money, because I'm barely paying my bills with the money from my current job.
Don't mind me, I'm just in a weird mood today.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
I fail at blogging
Jesus, I should really use this more often. :| I'm such a Twitter addict, though, that I'm at the point where, if it takes longer than 140 characters, I very rarely have the inspiration to actually type it all out. This is sad.
I'm going to see AFI again on March 15th. I'm so fucking excited! :D
I'm steadily getting more and more irritated with my family. Everyone is always bitching at each other and it's never quiet at my house. It's pretty sad when the only peace I get is when I'm at work...in a restaurant.
Cassidy Haley will (hopefully!) be in Atlanta on April 25th. This means I better start saving now so I can go see him. I think he's an amazing artist, and who knows when I'll get another opportunity to see him live?
My New Year's Eve turned out to be kind of lame. I went to a party at a friend/coworker's house, but it turned out to be not really my scene at all. Plus, I got hit on by a 57 year old. DNW. :|
Adam Lambert. Have I mentioned how much I love him? It's really kind of ridiculous. He's one of the only people in the world that has such an impact on me. I was watching his Fuse interview a few days ago and they showed his American Idol audition and I just burst into tears. I mean, this guy, this flamboyant, open, in your face, amazing singer was on American Idol. Like, what the fuck? It gives me hope that we're travelling in the right direction...slowly, but surely.
I guess that's all for now...
I'm going to see AFI again on March 15th. I'm so fucking excited! :D
I'm steadily getting more and more irritated with my family. Everyone is always bitching at each other and it's never quiet at my house. It's pretty sad when the only peace I get is when I'm at work...in a restaurant.
Cassidy Haley will (hopefully!) be in Atlanta on April 25th. This means I better start saving now so I can go see him. I think he's an amazing artist, and who knows when I'll get another opportunity to see him live?
My New Year's Eve turned out to be kind of lame. I went to a party at a friend/coworker's house, but it turned out to be not really my scene at all. Plus, I got hit on by a 57 year old. DNW. :|
Adam Lambert. Have I mentioned how much I love him? It's really kind of ridiculous. He's one of the only people in the world that has such an impact on me. I was watching his Fuse interview a few days ago and they showed his American Idol audition and I just burst into tears. I mean, this guy, this flamboyant, open, in your face, amazing singer was on American Idol. Like, what the fuck? It gives me hope that we're travelling in the right direction...slowly, but surely.
I guess that's all for now...
Monday, November 23, 2009
For Your Entertainment
Did anyone else watch the AMAs last night? I was severely unimpressed with pretty much everyone and everything.
The things I wasn't disappointed with:
-Kelly Clarkson. Her voice is phenomenal.
-Carrie Underwood. Same reason, even though I think she's a little too big for her britches and a little too stuck up.
-Green Day, despite Billie Joe's bum note about halfway through.
-Green Day winning the award they were up for. It was the only award I wasn't disappointed with.
-Adam Lambert. Oh god, Adam.
Seriously, I love Adam. It's kind of ridiculous how much I love him. I was a little worried about his AMA performance, not gonna lie, because it was the first time people outside the Idol bubble have really, really heard him. He fucking blew me away. I was flat on the floor laughing in glee by the end of that performance. God. It started out pretty tame, even with the men on leashes. But then...he grabbed a male dancer's face and pushed it into his crotch! And gyrated! That made me jump off the couch and go, "Holy shit, did he really just do that?" And then. And THEN. He fucking made out with his twinky little bassist/keyboard player. (His name is Tommy Ratliff, if anyone cares.) Jesus Christ. That put me on the floor, giggling like a schoolgirl. It was so fucking hot, I can't even tell you. All that was going through my mind was, "Oh my God, Adam just made out with another guy on live national television."
Yeah, I know he's getting a shitload of negativity for it, but he's also getting a lot of positive feedback and he's converting new fans that otherwise may not have given him the time of day because he was on American Idol. I think it'll balance out in the end, and in the meantime, he accomplished what he set out to do: get people talking.
I will end this post with this statement...
FUCK, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!! <3>
The things I wasn't disappointed with:
-Kelly Clarkson. Her voice is phenomenal.
-Carrie Underwood. Same reason, even though I think she's a little too big for her britches and a little too stuck up.
-Green Day, despite Billie Joe's bum note about halfway through.
-Green Day winning the award they were up for. It was the only award I wasn't disappointed with.
-Adam Lambert. Oh god, Adam.
Seriously, I love Adam. It's kind of ridiculous how much I love him. I was a little worried about his AMA performance, not gonna lie, because it was the first time people outside the Idol bubble have really, really heard him. He fucking blew me away. I was flat on the floor laughing in glee by the end of that performance. God. It started out pretty tame, even with the men on leashes. But then...he grabbed a male dancer's face and pushed it into his crotch! And gyrated! That made me jump off the couch and go, "Holy shit, did he really just do that?" And then. And THEN. He fucking made out with his twinky little bassist/keyboard player. (His name is Tommy Ratliff, if anyone cares.) Jesus Christ. That put me on the floor, giggling like a schoolgirl. It was so fucking hot, I can't even tell you. All that was going through my mind was, "Oh my God, Adam just made out with another guy on live national television."
Yeah, I know he's getting a shitload of negativity for it, but he's also getting a lot of positive feedback and he's converting new fans that otherwise may not have given him the time of day because he was on American Idol. I think it'll balance out in the end, and in the meantime, he accomplished what he set out to do: get people talking.
I will end this post with this statement...
FUCK, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!! <3>
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Additions to my last blog
So...I was obviously more interested in posting the pictures from the Atlanta AFI show than I was about actually re-capping the concert experience. :) Here are some interesting/funny stories about the concert itself.
--Dave Hause threw a tamborine into the audience to some girl who obviously had no fucking clue what to do with it. He basically had to kind of teach her to play it. Then, when he told her to throw it back onto the stage, she threw it AT HIM. LOL, fail.
--Davey Havok called us "fucking awesome." Twice. :D
--I have never in my life waited after a concert to meet the band. I did this time. It was fucking cold, and I was already sick, but I love these guys so much!
--Jade came out first and sped through the line of about 100-ish people in about 20 minutes, but he was very sweet and tried not to ignore anyone.
--Hunter stopped and talked to pretty much everyone...like, seriously, had a conversation with everyone. He was out there for, like, at least 45 minutes. That was amazing, because he's totally my favorite.
--Then Davey came out and stood in the bus stairwell and we all lined up and he signed for everyone. That was kind of awesome. I told him it was my first AFI show and that I loved it and he said "Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it." He. God. This was the first time I've ever been starstruck. Meeting him was on my Bucket List. <3
--Security had said Adam had left the venue and wasn't coming back, so I left after I met Davey. By that point, it was 1 in the morning. I found out the next morning, though, that Adam showed back up about 10 minutes after I left. Damn, I should have stayed!
--Dave Hause threw a tamborine into the audience to some girl who obviously had no fucking clue what to do with it. He basically had to kind of teach her to play it. Then, when he told her to throw it back onto the stage, she threw it AT HIM. LOL, fail.
--Davey Havok called us "fucking awesome." Twice. :D
--I have never in my life waited after a concert to meet the band. I did this time. It was fucking cold, and I was already sick, but I love these guys so much!
--Jade came out first and sped through the line of about 100-ish people in about 20 minutes, but he was very sweet and tried not to ignore anyone.
--Hunter stopped and talked to pretty much everyone...like, seriously, had a conversation with everyone. He was out there for, like, at least 45 minutes. That was amazing, because he's totally my favorite.
--Then Davey came out and stood in the bus stairwell and we all lined up and he signed for everyone. That was kind of awesome. I told him it was my first AFI show and that I loved it and he said "Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it." He. God. This was the first time I've ever been starstruck. Meeting him was on my Bucket List. <3
--Security had said Adam had left the venue and wasn't coming back, so I left after I met Davey. By that point, it was 1 in the morning. I found out the next morning, though, that Adam showed back up about 10 minutes after I left. Damn, I should have stayed!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
MY EPICALLY LONG AFI CONCERT RECAP
Okay, I’m finally posting my recap for my first ever AFI show! :D
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I left Dahlonega at 7 am, thinking that would put me in Atlanta by 8:30. I forgot it was a Monday and I ended up stuck in rush hour traffic. I got to the Tabernacle at 9:30 instead. When I got there, I set up my little chair and made friends with the 15-ish people that were there before me. Some of them were really awesome…some were kind of annoying.
Starbucks trips were taken, Battleship was played, books were read. I was so fucking nervous that I actually couldn’t eat lunch. It was my first time seeing AFI and I knew it was going to be awesome, but seriously, I was so fucking nervous. That bears repeating. lol. But you guys don’t want to hear about that, amirite?
They came and set up the barricades at 1:30-ish in the afternoon, so I packed up my chair and chilled on the Tabernacle steps instead. I didn’t feel like walking back to my car yet, but about half an hour-ish later, they came out and separated the lines. DF to the left, yo. So I got the very nice older ladies who were in line behind me to hold my spot while I ran to my car.
Waiting in line was pretty much boring as fuck. And it was cold in the shade of the building. And there were line cutters. If you follow me on Twitter, you might remember me live tweeting my rage about the line cutters. They did go to the back, though, after about five of us said something to them.
We organized ourselves into some semblance of a line at around 5:30, but Smith made fun of our concept of a line when he started handing out wristbands at 6. :P
Doors opened for the DF at 6:50. I managed to get a rail spot…right side of the stage almost directly in front of Jade. I also chatted with the people next to me, who were really nice. We discovered our mutual love of Kill Hannah. :)
[Have a picture of the backdrop from my spot.]
The opener was Dave Hause of The Loved Ones. I was really not sure how that was going to work…he plays the acoustic guitar, FFS, and he’s opening for fucking AFI. But he was actually really, really good. Lots of crowd interaction. He was hilarious, too, which was nice.
[Here’s a picture. Note the beer and Jack Daniels on the stool.]
When AFI started, I pretty much lost it. Everything and everyone sounded so fucking amazing. The setlist was mostly Sing the Sorrow, which was perfect for me because it’s my favorite album. :P We also got Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Wester. Fucking Wester. I screamed until I had no voice during Wester. Fuck, it was amazing.
[Have concert pictures. There is a severe lack of Adam and Hunter. The drumkit cockblocked me from good Adam pictures and Hunter is a fucking spaz, so most of the pictures of him came out blurry lmao.]
This may be one of my favorite ones. Possibly because I fucking love Hunter.
This is the best one I could get of Adam behind the drums. :-|
Another kind of, halfway decent one of Adam
He was intense with that shaker. :)
No flash. I like the pretty colors. I don't like the blurry hand so much.
All four of them during On the Arrow. Please excuse the security guard. I was too lazy to crop him out.
Another awesome shot of Hunter. I'mma crop out that chick's hand later. >_<
Here’s the full setlist, in case you wanted to know…
Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Wester (!!!!!!!!)
Beautiful Thieves
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Dancing Through Sunday
Medicate
Love Like Winter
Death Of Seasons
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold
After the show, I waited around outside to see if the guys were coming out. Jade was out first, at around midnight. He’s so sweet, seriously. And tiny. And he smelled really good.
[Have a picture of me and Jade. Excuse my fug-it was late, ok.]
Hunter was next. He’s totally my favorite, so I was a little excited. He took the time to talk to everyone, too… he was out there talking to everyone for at least half an hour. So cool.
[Here’s a picture of me and Hunter. Again, excuse my fug.]
Then Davey came out, but security had told us beforehand that we couldn’t do pictures or hugs. He stood in the stairwell of the bus (where it was warm! Smart man!) and we all lined up and he signed for each of us and talked to us a little bit.
I left at that point, because security had said that Adam had left the venue and wouldn’t be out to sign. HOWEVER, I found out this morning when I woke up that Adam did actually come back to the venue…he got there about 10 minutes after I left. :(
[Here’s my signed ticket and the sign for the DF line that a LJ/Twitter friend told me to grab. :)]
All my pictures are at my Flickr account HERE in case you want to see them bigger. Feel free to steal, too, although I don't know why you'd want to...I was too flaily to get really good ones. :P
So…in conclusion, my first AFI show was a-fucking-mazing. It completely reaffirmed and strengthened my love for them and I will absolutely be seeing them again. I also met some really cool DFers that I will definitely be keeping in touch with. A+ concert experience. :)
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TL;DR - LONG DAY IN LINE. OPENER WAS COOL. AFI WAS FUCKING AWESOME. NEW DF FRIENDS ARE MADE OF WIN.
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I left Dahlonega at 7 am, thinking that would put me in Atlanta by 8:30. I forgot it was a Monday and I ended up stuck in rush hour traffic. I got to the Tabernacle at 9:30 instead. When I got there, I set up my little chair and made friends with the 15-ish people that were there before me. Some of them were really awesome…some were kind of annoying.
Starbucks trips were taken, Battleship was played, books were read. I was so fucking nervous that I actually couldn’t eat lunch. It was my first time seeing AFI and I knew it was going to be awesome, but seriously, I was so fucking nervous. That bears repeating. lol. But you guys don’t want to hear about that, amirite?
They came and set up the barricades at 1:30-ish in the afternoon, so I packed up my chair and chilled on the Tabernacle steps instead. I didn’t feel like walking back to my car yet, but about half an hour-ish later, they came out and separated the lines. DF to the left, yo. So I got the very nice older ladies who were in line behind me to hold my spot while I ran to my car.
Waiting in line was pretty much boring as fuck. And it was cold in the shade of the building. And there were line cutters. If you follow me on Twitter, you might remember me live tweeting my rage about the line cutters. They did go to the back, though, after about five of us said something to them.
We organized ourselves into some semblance of a line at around 5:30, but Smith made fun of our concept of a line when he started handing out wristbands at 6. :P
Doors opened for the DF at 6:50. I managed to get a rail spot…right side of the stage almost directly in front of Jade. I also chatted with the people next to me, who were really nice. We discovered our mutual love of Kill Hannah. :)
[Have a picture of the backdrop from my spot.]
The opener was Dave Hause of The Loved Ones. I was really not sure how that was going to work…he plays the acoustic guitar, FFS, and he’s opening for fucking AFI. But he was actually really, really good. Lots of crowd interaction. He was hilarious, too, which was nice.
[Here’s a picture. Note the beer and Jack Daniels on the stool.]
When AFI started, I pretty much lost it. Everything and everyone sounded so fucking amazing. The setlist was mostly Sing the Sorrow, which was perfect for me because it’s my favorite album. :P We also got Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Wester. Fucking Wester. I screamed until I had no voice during Wester. Fuck, it was amazing.
[Have concert pictures. There is a severe lack of Adam and Hunter. The drumkit cockblocked me from good Adam pictures and Hunter is a fucking spaz, so most of the pictures of him came out blurry lmao.]
This may be one of my favorite ones. Possibly because I fucking love Hunter.
This is the best one I could get of Adam behind the drums. :-|
Another kind of, halfway decent one of Adam
He was intense with that shaker. :)
No flash. I like the pretty colors. I don't like the blurry hand so much.
All four of them during On the Arrow. Please excuse the security guard. I was too lazy to crop him out.
Another awesome shot of Hunter. I'mma crop out that chick's hand later. >_<
Here’s the full setlist, in case you wanted to know…
Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Wester (!!!!!!!!)
Beautiful Thieves
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Dancing Through Sunday
Medicate
Love Like Winter
Death Of Seasons
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold
After the show, I waited around outside to see if the guys were coming out. Jade was out first, at around midnight. He’s so sweet, seriously. And tiny. And he smelled really good.
[Have a picture of me and Jade. Excuse my fug-it was late, ok.]
Hunter was next. He’s totally my favorite, so I was a little excited. He took the time to talk to everyone, too… he was out there talking to everyone for at least half an hour. So cool.
[Here’s a picture of me and Hunter. Again, excuse my fug.]
Then Davey came out, but security had told us beforehand that we couldn’t do pictures or hugs. He stood in the stairwell of the bus (where it was warm! Smart man!) and we all lined up and he signed for each of us and talked to us a little bit.
I left at that point, because security had said that Adam had left the venue and wouldn’t be out to sign. HOWEVER, I found out this morning when I woke up that Adam did actually come back to the venue…he got there about 10 minutes after I left. :(
[Here’s my signed ticket and the sign for the DF line that a LJ/Twitter friend told me to grab. :)]
All my pictures are at my Flickr account HERE in case you want to see them bigger. Feel free to steal, too, although I don't know why you'd want to...I was too flaily to get really good ones. :P
So…in conclusion, my first AFI show was a-fucking-mazing. It completely reaffirmed and strengthened my love for them and I will absolutely be seeing them again. I also met some really cool DFers that I will definitely be keeping in touch with. A+ concert experience. :)
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TL;DR - LONG DAY IN LINE. OPENER WAS COOL. AFI WAS FUCKING AWESOME. NEW DF FRIENDS ARE MADE OF WIN.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Hey!
Hmm. I haven't whined here in a while. I think it's ~time.
First...I had surgery to have my gallbladder out last week. I got really, really sick on Halloween morning, went to the emergency room that night, they told me I had pancreatitis again and admitted me. At that point, I was so sick of having to constantly watch what I eat, how I eat, what I drink, etc. that I said, okay enough. My doctor agreed, and I had surgery on Tuesday morning. Came home on Wednesday, and I'm already back to, hmm, I would say 90%. There's no pain anymore, other than a really ugly bruise just under my belly button, but I'm not allowed to lift anything over 5 pounds for another two weeks.
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I've started paying back my student loan. That kind of sucks, especially since I only work part time.
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It's November, which means NaNoWriMo. Last year, I tanked. I only made it to 26,000 words. Partly, I think it was because I was busting my ass in college, but also, I ended up hating my novel about halfway through the month, which really gave me absolutely no incentive to write. This year, though...this year, I love my plot. It's challenging, but I really think I can do it. I'm behind by about 6ooo words, but I'm confident I can catch up. Write or Die is a godsend, though, let me tell you. I'm bad about letting myself get distracted while I'm writing, but when Rick Astley starts singing when you haven't typed anything in a few seconds, it really motivates you. :)
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My best friend is getting married in four days. :'-) The wedding is going to be so much fun, and Daniel is an awesome guy. He fits right in with all of us crazy people. :-)
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MY AFI CONCERT IS IN SEVEN FUCKING DAYS. IN EXACTLY SEVEN DAYS FROM RIGHT NOW, I WILL BE STANDING IN LINE, LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM GOING INSIDE THE TABERNACLE. I'm going by myself, but I'm getting to the Tabernacle really early, so I'll definitely be making friends in line. I honestly think I'm probably going to cry my fucking eyes out when AFI comes onstage.
In other AFI-related news, I joined an awesome LiveJournal community called ONTD_AFI. It's small and lovely and made of wonderful people that fangirl just like me. We're snarky and not afraid of making a little fun of our favorite band, but we still love them to death and are the first ones to go crazy about new songs/shows/news/etc. If you have a LiveJournal account, you should come check us out. We're good times! :-)
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Kris Allen's album streamed live today. It's fucking amazing! Seriously, go look it up...it's on AOL's new music page. You need this in your life. I'm not going to do a song-by-song breakdown like I did for AFI and Kill Hannah, but I'll give you my high points.
--Live Like We're Dying is the single. It's actually the weakest song on the album, in my opinion. I mean, I still like it, but compared to the rest of these songs, it's a little weak.
--Before We Come Undone totally should have been the first single. It's catchy and different and so completely Kris.
--Can't Stay Away is the same way. I've been singing the chorus of this song since I first heard it at 10:30 this morning. So catchy!
--The Truth made me want to cry. It's so sad!
--Bring It Back's chorus made me immediately think of the chorus in "All We Are" by OneRepublic...like, to the point that I thought, "Oh my God, Ryan Tedder, why are you such a fucking douche? Do you have any original ideas?" Except then I realized this isn't one of the songs that Tedder has writing credits on. Oops. Still, though, it's eerie how much the two choruses sound alike.
--I Need to Know made me cry. The backstory is that Kris recorded this in one take, lying on his back in the recording studio, with his acoustic guitar and the mic set up so that it was hanging over his face. Seriously, by the end of this song, I was sobbing. It's so gutwrenching, and Kris's voice. God, his voice...it's like his heart was being ripped out. :-(
--Heartless...yet another version of Heartless from Kris. This makes the fourth version of his that I have saved on my laptop. This one is better than all of them (except maybe the unplugged version from that radio show he did...it might be tied with that one).
--My favorites (in order): I Need to Know, Can't Stay Away, The Truth, Written All Over My Face
--My least favorites (from lesser least favorite to least least favorite): Red Guitar, Lifetime, Live Like We're Dying
First...I had surgery to have my gallbladder out last week. I got really, really sick on Halloween morning, went to the emergency room that night, they told me I had pancreatitis again and admitted me. At that point, I was so sick of having to constantly watch what I eat, how I eat, what I drink, etc. that I said, okay enough. My doctor agreed, and I had surgery on Tuesday morning. Came home on Wednesday, and I'm already back to, hmm, I would say 90%. There's no pain anymore, other than a really ugly bruise just under my belly button, but I'm not allowed to lift anything over 5 pounds for another two weeks.
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I've started paying back my student loan. That kind of sucks, especially since I only work part time.
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It's November, which means NaNoWriMo. Last year, I tanked. I only made it to 26,000 words. Partly, I think it was because I was busting my ass in college, but also, I ended up hating my novel about halfway through the month, which really gave me absolutely no incentive to write. This year, though...this year, I love my plot. It's challenging, but I really think I can do it. I'm behind by about 6ooo words, but I'm confident I can catch up. Write or Die is a godsend, though, let me tell you. I'm bad about letting myself get distracted while I'm writing, but when Rick Astley starts singing when you haven't typed anything in a few seconds, it really motivates you. :)
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My best friend is getting married in four days. :'-) The wedding is going to be so much fun, and Daniel is an awesome guy. He fits right in with all of us crazy people. :-)
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MY AFI CONCERT IS IN SEVEN FUCKING DAYS. IN EXACTLY SEVEN DAYS FROM RIGHT NOW, I WILL BE STANDING IN LINE, LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM GOING INSIDE THE TABERNACLE. I'm going by myself, but I'm getting to the Tabernacle really early, so I'll definitely be making friends in line. I honestly think I'm probably going to cry my fucking eyes out when AFI comes onstage.
In other AFI-related news, I joined an awesome LiveJournal community called ONTD_AFI. It's small and lovely and made of wonderful people that fangirl just like me. We're snarky and not afraid of making a little fun of our favorite band, but we still love them to death and are the first ones to go crazy about new songs/shows/news/etc. If you have a LiveJournal account, you should come check us out. We're good times! :-)
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Kris Allen's album streamed live today. It's fucking amazing! Seriously, go look it up...it's on AOL's new music page. You need this in your life. I'm not going to do a song-by-song breakdown like I did for AFI and Kill Hannah, but I'll give you my high points.
--Live Like We're Dying is the single. It's actually the weakest song on the album, in my opinion. I mean, I still like it, but compared to the rest of these songs, it's a little weak.
--Before We Come Undone totally should have been the first single. It's catchy and different and so completely Kris.
--Can't Stay Away is the same way. I've been singing the chorus of this song since I first heard it at 10:30 this morning. So catchy!
--The Truth made me want to cry. It's so sad!
--Bring It Back's chorus made me immediately think of the chorus in "All We Are" by OneRepublic...like, to the point that I thought, "Oh my God, Ryan Tedder, why are you such a fucking douche? Do you have any original ideas?" Except then I realized this isn't one of the songs that Tedder has writing credits on. Oops. Still, though, it's eerie how much the two choruses sound alike.
--I Need to Know made me cry. The backstory is that Kris recorded this in one take, lying on his back in the recording studio, with his acoustic guitar and the mic set up so that it was hanging over his face. Seriously, by the end of this song, I was sobbing. It's so gutwrenching, and Kris's voice. God, his voice...it's like his heart was being ripped out. :-(
--Heartless...yet another version of Heartless from Kris. This makes the fourth version of his that I have saved on my laptop. This one is better than all of them (except maybe the unplugged version from that radio show he did...it might be tied with that one).
--My favorites (in order): I Need to Know, Can't Stay Away, The Truth, Written All Over My Face
--My least favorites (from lesser least favorite to least least favorite): Red Guitar, Lifetime, Live Like We're Dying
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Now that it's had time to sink in...
I'm listening to my copy AFI's Crash Love right now. I maintain that it is one of the best, if not the best, releases this year. Usually, after I've listened to a cd several times, I start finding things I don't like...not so with Crash Love. I actually think my love for it is growing, which is funny because I was a flailing fangirl all over this thing since pretty much the first listen.
Kill Hannah's Wake Up the Sleepers has grown on me. I thought it was a little disjointed on the first couple listens, but now that I have my digital copy and have listened through a few times, I can see how everything is connected. I love the darker side of Kill Hannah that we see in this record.
That's all for now. I have to go to work in 20 minutes, but I just wanted to update whoever is reading this on my opinions of CL and WUTS. :-)
Kill Hannah's Wake Up the Sleepers has grown on me. I thought it was a little disjointed on the first couple listens, but now that I have my digital copy and have listened through a few times, I can see how everything is connected. I love the darker side of Kill Hannah that we see in this record.
That's all for now. I have to go to work in 20 minutes, but I just wanted to update whoever is reading this on my opinions of CL and WUTS. :-)
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