Today is Halloween! Most likely one of the best holidays because you can dress up and be someone totally different from who you are. (Those are the pumpkins my dad and I carved!) This year I went as Decora, which is a Japanese street fashion. Decora girls wear 20-30 hair clips in their hair and wear tons of layers and cute characters! I wore two tutus, 22 hair clips, a Tokidoki shirt, mismatched knee high socks, 5 necklaces, black Converse, 18 bracelets, and stickers on my face! Go Google it, so you can see what I mean! Anyways, my theme was pink and black with tons of Hello Kitty! I went trick or treating with my buds Val, Sophie, and Aadil. Val went as a zombie fairy and Sophie went as a stereotypical person from the 80's. Meanwhile Aaadil went as someone from Jabbawockeez. Aadil wanted to go into the Haunted house, but Val, Sophie, and I were too afraid. Sort of like how Dimtri was too much of a party pooper to join us! Anyways, Happy Halloween!
So I saw Andrew McMahon for the second time on October 27, 2009. When am I going to stop obsessing over Andrew? Not soon. For everyone, there is one band that they just adore for their whole lives. For my mom, it's Bruce Springsteen. For my dad, it's Phantom of the Opera. For me, it's Andrew McMahon. This concert was amazing. I was told that Andrew was only going to play for 1 hour, but he played for around 2 hours straight! Here's what he sang:
Hammers and Strings (JM)
Dark Blue (JM)
As You Sleep (SC)
Crashing (JM)
Holiday From Real (JM)
Annie Use Your Telescope (JM)
The Resolution (JM)
She Paints Me Blue (SC)
Spinning (JM)
Walking By (SC)
Just Like a Women (Bob Dylan)
Olive (Bikelock)
21 and Invincible (SC)
La La Lie (JM)
The Mixed Tape (JM)
Moon River (Andy Williams)
Bruised (JM.One of Andrew's favorite songs from the Everything in Transit record)
There There Katie (JM)
Punk Rock Princess (SC)
Swim (JM)
The Astronaut (SC)
Bloodshot (JM)
In the very beginning of the concert Andrew was holding up signs that said, "HI I'M ANDREW. NO REQUESTS! REQUESTS ARE FOR KARAOKE BARS!" I laughed at it and so did everyone else. I was super excited that Andrew played "As You Sleep" because it was the first song I ever heard by him and it's my favorite song in the world. Andrew was talking about how he came up with some of his songs and "Holiday From Real" is about Venice Beach, while "Annie Use Your Telescope" is about one time when he was stranded in an Australian airport. The story behind "She Paints Me Blue" is really funny. It's about when he moved out of his house at 18 and how he bought his bed at IKEA. Then he went and bought a blue light bulb, which he always wanted, but the light bulb gave off about as much light as a night light. So Andrew spent 6 months of his life in a poorly lit apartment. This was all part of his "hippie phase", but now Andrew jokes around and says he's in his "grandpa stage" because he grew a beard. At that moment, the guitarist, Bob Anderson said, "Hey, you have a beard, since when?" "For awhile now," replied Andrew. Before Andrew started to sing "Walking By", he explained that "Walking By" was written to swoon a girl and it was a quick addition to Audioboxer. The girl he wrote it for ended up marrying him. Halfway through "Walking By", Andrew stops and says, "Oh my God. I forgot to mention this, but this was the stage I first played "Walking By" on!" Then he restarted the song. After that, he sang his favorite Bob Dylan song and then Bob sang a song from his side band, Bikelock. Then he sang "21 and Invincible" which he wrote because his eldest brother one day just looked at him and said, "Dude, Andrew, why you gotta sit like a girl?" Andrew then set off for the garage and sulked. (One line in the song says, "No one makes fun of me, 'cause I cross my legs like a girl.")After that, he sang "The Mixed Tape" and instead of singing "Where are you now?", he sang "Where is Bob now?" Bob replied with "I'm right here!" It was really funny. He then did a cover of "Moon River", which he sings just to defame someone. The story is he told a girl he wanted to sing "Moon River" at a concert and she told him it's way out of his range, which he thought was rude. At that moment all these ideas go through his head. He wanted to push her down and have Bob pour beer on her, but Andrew refrained himself. His encore started with "There, There Katie", which is about his sister Katie. Katie was in the audience, so Andrew said, "I didn't have time to practice this Katie, so if I mess up, don't kill me!" Oh yeah, during one of his songs, he was all like, "Has anyone ever burped into the microphone like I just did? I'm ashamed of myself; it's really quite disgusting."
I should probably end this post because I need to go do homework. I have like 4 hours ahead of me. Aren't I lucky?
Anyways, it was a wonderful night and everything went smoothly. I bought an Andrew McMahon shirt and poster. When I was in the bathroom, I heard someone say they had backstage passes. I wish they took me with them! Oh yeah, throughout the concert, my stuffy nose was ticking me off. And for everyone out there, I have two goals in life. 1. Meet Andrew McMahon! 2. Go through a metal detector and get stopped because of my braces! Good bye everyone.
On October 21st of this year, I went to my local Hot Topic to meet Adam young of Owl City. The good news is I got my CD signed and I got a poster! Also, I got some really good photos! Overall I'm pretty happy about the whole incident! BUT on the downside, I was rushed through the line by a group of irritating girls behind me. So I had to use my zoom to get close up! I didn't have time to talk to him but I wanted to ask him a question! Why did he chose to put the Burj Al Arab Hotel on his CD cover? Why did he chose a hotel from Dubai? Yes, it is an amazing looking hotel and it looks like a sailboat, but why that hotel?
Going a bit off topic, but here are some cool facts about the Burj Al Arab Hotel. It's the most luxurious hotel in the world and has 7 stars! (Keep in mind that the Waldorf Astoria only has 4 stars!) There's a plasma screen TV and a jacuzzi in each room! Also, there's butlers on duty 24/7! The Burj Al Arab Hotel is the second tallest building that is used exclusively as a hotel in the world. Some people say that the inside is so incredibly overdone that it becomes tacky, but to me, I would go just because the exterior is so breathtaking.
Anyways, here are the rest of my photos from the day:
I've been meaning to blog about this for awhile now. My friend, Sophie, wore this on the first day of school, 9/11, and now it's been a tiny bit less than a month since then...I kind of forgot to talk about this and I'm sorry! Either way, I thought this was awesome. random, and cute. And I really like it. That's about it. There's nothing deep about it other than it made me laugh and I love it. I thought it'd be funny if the dinosaur was eating the Eiffel Tower.
1. Some very good songs like:
"Last Straw" by Jack's Mannequin (Picture to the left)
"Despite the Distance" by The Hand Me Down Kids (Can't get it out of my head)
"I'm On The Football Team" by The All American Rejects (From their first album called "Same Girl, New Songs". I still want to buy the album from someone!)
"Konstantine" by Something Corporate (REALLY PRETTY SONG!)
2. The Hello Kitty "I love nerds" collection. It's Hello Kitty with too big nerd glasses with tape on the bridge. I have two shirts and a key chain from the collection. My friend, Tiffany, has hair clips, a bag, and a pin from the collection. After all, what's better than a geeky Hello Kitty? It's like the Bill Gates of Hello Kitty's. (Bill Gates pwns, just for the record!)
4. This dish my dad gets from the Korean Grocer called tai gu or something along those lines. It's spicy and sweet squid strips. It's like candy, only it's spicy and it's squid.
