sweet, sweet heartkiller.

say hi:

on the 28th of october i happily, happily was able to see my favorite band, say hi, at the turf club. eric, the lyricist and frontman, graciously put me on the guestlist +1. i had already bought a ticket, so i was then able to bring two friends with me (as lydia, heather, and laura already had bought a ticket as well). i proceeded to call tommy, because tommy is as much of a fan of the music as i am, but i know he was trying to save money and wasn't planning on going. he agreed. and then i got ahold of brittany, since i think she is a rad chic, but i never get a good excuse to hang out with her, and she is friends with tommy.

anyhow, i arrive and eric is standing outside and i run into him. he is such a lovely, lovely human being. ugh! he is definitely my musical man crush. true story. justin was supposed to come with me to the show but decided he was too busy. in any event, i warned justin how much i crush on eric and his tunes. he dutifully accepted this knowledge! anyway, eric talked to us for a long time before his set. yum! i bought a tote of my favorite lyric, "let's talk about spaceships." hoorah!

the show began, and of course us girls were front and center (we would have murdered people to get there). the set was wonderful. some new, some old, all very singable. heather and i swayed and swooned. toward the end of the set, eric announced that the next song was dedicated to me and heather for singing all of the words (or something to that affect). ::die:: and it turned out to be the first song i ever heard from them via heather's mix cds. we were lucky girls that night. i felt like i was walking on clouds all night. it has been a while since i have felt like my show-going self (that i was a few years ago). it was good. obviously not someone i want to be 24/7 anymore, but it is fun to get back into the groove of things for a night.

below is a music video for say hi. delicious!



motion city soundtrack halloween show:

the two weeks previous to this show, i was basically harrassing justin to push the set time back to 7:00 because i get out of work at 6:00 or later. if i had missed the show, i would have died (or at least would have had an AWFUL night). luckily, (along with brittany's updates), the show was at 7pm and i was able to attend! when i got there it was less packed than i thought it was going to be, perhaps it was because so many people were in the front. i found my friend matt, said hi, and then found my mom and my cousin. said hi to jaci, who was my awesome college roommate. soon after, tommy, kari, and ann came over to stand by where i was. when the guys went onstage, they came on to political music. the four besides justin came on like security guards, and justin came out in a nice outfit with a dinosaur hat on. after he took it off, he gave a "political" speech (pretending to be obama, i'm sure). pretty cool. the crowd was spectacular! everyone was excited to be there, singing, jumping, etc... i spent the majority of the show just watching the crowd react to the songs and the guys. made me really proud of them. justin was totally "on" that night. extremely talkative, super funny, and totally quirky. it was hilarious. what a fun, fun show.

what was really fun about the show was that my little cousin, morgan, was at the show with my mom. morgan is a big fan of them, and she even bought a sweatshirt with her own allowance money from online. aw! so at the end of the show i elbowed my way to the front of the small crowd waiting for the guys to come out and sign things (meanwhile i said hi to jill and shane). i felt bad, since i see him all the time, but it was for my cousin! ha. she had to make it to a halloween party with her friends, and the show was running long (which made me happy). i introduced her to jp, he signed her shirt, and took a picture with her.after the show i headed over to the bar where kari, ann, and myself drank, laughed, and shared many great stories. god i love those girls! a little later, justin needed a ride to luce where the dinosaur costume contest winners were having a pizza party with the band. luce! love it, as always! the costume winners were straight up adorable. i was so excited for them, as they clearly put tons of work into their costumes. i also met the videographer, alex, for the guys' first few webisodes. i re-met tiffany. i talked to jesse about pee-wee, his and jessica's new kitten (what a good story!). i waved at justin from across the table. what a good night!

it was sad seeing justin leave for his dino trail tour the next day. but i know he is so, so excited about it all--and he has been having SO much fun meeting people, doing random acts of craziness, etc... i will see him on thanksgiving. i can hold out until then, especially with all of the twitter updates, twitpic updates, videos, and this website (www.mydinosaurlife.com).


other stuff:

speaking of mcs stuff, their new album is coming out january 19th, 2010!here is the track listing:

1. Worker Bee
2. A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
3. Her Words Destroyed My Planet
4. Disappear
5. Delirium
6. History Lesson
7. Stand Too Close
8. Pulp Fiction
9. @!#?@!
10. Hysteria
11. Skin And Bones
12. The Weakends

#7 is my favorite.
#9 gets stuck in my head (and you definietly will know the title when you hear the song, as jessica said in her tumblr! haha. it is greater than you would think).

for halloween i didn't do a thing with friends. i had good offers, but i was starting to feel sick and i just wanted to stay home with my dad, the birthday-boy! so he made a fire, and we all lounged and ate french silk pie. yum. my mom also made my dad an awesome dvd slideshow showing my dad's entire life. pretty rad.

otherwise i have been catching up on my sleep!

i think i am planning on reading 50 books this coming year. jessica did her list last year, and i think i have been inspired! i will keep you posted on that!

that's all i have, loves!