tomorrow Ryan, Timmy, Elnora and I are going to San Fran to visit Alexandrea and wander around the city.
I decided to make a couple cds for the car ride and this is what I came up with :)
Numero Uno:
"So Contagious" by Acceptance
"Doctor" by Cute Is What We Aim For
"Practice Makes Perfect" by Cute Is What We Aim For
"Shake It" by Metro Station
"Umbrella" by All Time Low
"Dear Maria, Count Me In" by All Time Low
"Check Yes Juliet" by We The Kings
"All Again For You" by We The Kings
"August Is Over" by We The Kings
"XOXOXO" by Secret & Whisper
"Summer of '98" by The Secret Handshake
"I Wish" by The Secret Handshake
"Crushcrushcrush" by Paramore
"For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic" by Paramore
"The Great Escape" by Boys Like Girls
"Amazing" by Impel
"The Mixed Tape" by Jack's Mannequin
"Sometimes When You Lose, You Win" by Karate High School
"Summertime" by Mae
[Mellow]:
"Always Be My Baby" by David Cook
"Special" by Mew
"Dark Blue" by Jack's Mannequin
"Sweet and Low" by Augustana
"Me, You And My Medication" by Boys Like Girls
"Stolen" by Dashboard Confessional
"Dig" by Incubus
"West Coast" by Coconut Records
"Control Freak" by Copeland
"Embers And Envelopes" by Mae
"Seattle" by The Classic Crime
"California" by Rogue Wave
"Of What We're Made" by Lion of Ido
"Release Me" by Mae
"Wake Me Up" by Number One Gun
"Brightest" by Copeland
"A Day Late (acoustic)" by anberlin <3
"Polaris" by Jimmy Eat World
"The Music of the Night" by David Cook
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
SF Warped 2008 :D
Jack, Olivia, Talia, and I went to Warped Tour in SF yesterday.
we left Friday afternoon and stayed at a Marriot hotel in Pleasant Hill that night. we hung out in the room for quite awhile and went out to Chipotle around 7 for dinner. yummy :). then we went back to the room to watch the Jonas Brothers' movie "Camp Rock". but no! we didn't get the freaking Disney Channel. we were all quite disappointed so we went swimming instead which was quite refreshing.
then we went back to the room and showered and hung out some more taking random pictures and Jack even did funny doodles. and I wrote anberlin a letter :). then we went to bed.
we woke up around 7 Saturday morning to get ready. we went over to the lobby to get breakfast and then we went back to the room to eat. we ate and I had to shave my legs and straighten my hair. it took longer than I thought it would so I was under pressure I did not enjoy. we left for BART and saw about a bazillion kids going to Warped as well. we got on BART and went to the city. then we got off at the Embarcadero station and walked over to Pier 30/32. we saw Alex from We're Not Friends Anymore along the way. we waited in line for a few minutes when a girl came around asking if anyone wanted to volunteer for catering. I wanted to, but Olivia was like "what if you miss anberlin b/c of it?" so I didn't.
then we went over to the line for people who already had tickets and as we were walking towards the end of the line this total cutie was like, "Hey, you guys can cut us, it's a long line." so as we waited to get in we talked to this cutie (who's name was Jessie). the line started moving and our bags got checked and whatnot and then we headed over to the Time Board.
and there I saw it: anberlin was playing at 10-freaking-30!!!!! I was like WTF?!?! I was really pissed at first b/c they were going to be like the first band of the day and nobody was going to be there to see them :(. so Jack and I headed over to the Route 66 stage which was right behind us and saw like 4 other girls waiting over there as well. we were right up against the crowd surfing barriers to a little left of the center and it was great. I saw Spanky (anberlin's drum tech) setting up, and then Ping (guitar tech) came out and set up stuff too, and even Christian was helping :D. during the entire time they were setting up I was jumping up and down in excitement and anticipation and kept saying "I'm sooooo excited!!!" and one of the crew guys in the pit was like "Are you excited?" and I was like "YEAH!!!!!!!!" it was pretty funny :). so it was about 10:40 when they put the clock up and a couple minutes later anberlin came out onstage and opened with "Godspeed." Stephen's mic wasn't up enough or something because it was hard to understand him. (also, while we were waiting it was really freaking hot and the air was really still, but right when they came out a breeze picked up and a few little clouds covered the sun. it was pretty perfect.)
next they played "The Feel Good Drag" which I had never seen them do live before so I was pretty stoked. at some point during the song the SEXIEST thing I've ever seen happened. and one of the SEXIEST people alive happened to do it. [k]nate (drums) took his drumstick and licked it. full on LICKED it. it was sooooo incredibly hot it was ridiculous :D.
next they played "A Day Late" and that is my all-time favorite so yay! after that was "Hello Alone" :). during one of those songs, (I'm not entirely sure which one but I think it was "A Day Late"), Stephen smiled at me. he looked over at me and got the hugest grin on his face. it was incredible and adorable and I was like "OMG!!!!!!!!!!" and Olivia and Jack think he smiled at me again later, but I'm not entirely sure. that one smile will last me a lifetime :).
then Stephen explained how he loved San Francisco and how there is a song on the new record ("New Surrender" due out Sept. 30) called "Haight Street". (back in November when I saw them at the Warfield in SF he said there was going to be a song on the record called "Haight Street" but I wasn't sure if it was still going to be on it b/c they cut down 28 songs to 15 during pre-production.) but I was happy to hear it's still going to be on it.
so then they played a new song called "Breaking" which I knew as "Bittersweet Memory" and it was abso-freaking-lutely AMAZING!!!!! I was probably the only one who knew the words to the song in the crowd, but whatever.
so after that Stephen was like "I know you can't sing along to that" and I was like "I did!!!" it was funny.
then Stephen was told they only had time for one more song and they finished with "Paperthin Hymn" which I've grown to truly love in the past few months. amazing amazing amazing.
then they left the stage and Ping came out to help clean up and he was ripping the set lists of the stage I was like "Hey Ping! Can I have a set list?" so he threw a couple out to the few of us that were left and I got one and I was happy.
so then Olivia filmed me freaking out a bit afterwards and it was mildly entertaining ;)
I'm not entirely sure what happened over the next few hours.
we saw parts of Jeffree *fucking* Star and The Devil Wears Prada, and other bits and pieces here and there. after anberlin I really didn't freaking care who we saw. amazing amazing amazing.
when Olivia and I were by ourselves we went over to get From First To Last merch for her and she got the "Fuck Tank" that says "FROM FIRST TO FUCKING LAST". it's great. then we headed over to the anberlin tent so I could buy merch. Spanky was there and I bought like $35 worth of merch: a kickass shirt, a bag, a poster, a button, a sticker, and sunglasses. crazy cool. and I got a picture w/ him. I was like "Wow, you smell really good" and he was like "I can guarantee you I'm not clean." it was pretty funny.
around 2 Olivia, Jack, and I went to get a good place for FFTL for O. we waited around and then they did their first song and then Jack and I left to get in line for the anberlin signing at the AP tent. Talia showed up at some point and asked if she would get my set list signed for me and she said she would. so then the line started moving and then I got up there and handed my bag (that [k]nate signed in November) to Stephen and he asked "How are you today?" and I was pretty much speechless but I was able to get out "I'm really excited" and then he was like "Thanks for coming out and singing along" and it was then I knew he remembered me lol. it was AMAZING. and then he shook my hand I just stared at him, I didn't even introduce myself I was so 'star struck' I guess. I felt like a fool afterwards for not telling him my name, and I still feel pretty idiotic, but whatever. then I went down the line and got to [k]nate and I was like "You've already signed this, but will you please sign it again?" after he signed his name he put "<3's"after that I was basically on top of the world and I didn't care about anything else really.
we watched somebody on the Route 66 stage after that and then we went up to the anberlin tent again so Jack could get merch. I met B-rent (that's how the tape was on his walkie-talkie :D ) and he was super cool. we were talking and he was like "what's your name?" and held out his hand so I shook his hand and told him my name was Candace. at some point the wind really picked up and moved the tent like crazy and we both grabbed the pole to keep it in place. then I took a picture w/ him, he's kinda goofy but in a cute way. then as we were leaving I was like "Try to stay somewhat clean this summer" and he was like "Stay what?"
"Clean"
"I'll try to"
and then we walked away, but before we had gone to far I ran back to him and was like "I have a question, how old is everybody? I know [k]nate is 21, but that's all I know."
and he said, "They're all in their mid-late 20s, all like a year apart. it jumps from 21 to like 26."
he was so sweet! :D
then we wandered around and ended up at Family Force 5 and I shoved my way through a horde of people to get to my cousin Alexandrea :). I love that girl. so we watched the lovely boys jam and they were super entertaining as usual. they were all wearing amazing pants ;). during "Supersonic" they were like "San Francisco" and it was hilariously awesome. and during the middle of like all there songs they had some guy run out on stage in different outfits and dance. during "Luv Addict" he came out as a giant heart. it was amazing. they turned out to be one of my fave performances of the day. :D
I got separated from Jack, O, and T-Mama during FF5 so afterwards I called them and found them sitting against the metal gate things by the FFTL tent. we were sitting for a good 30-45 minutes when something AMAZING happened. we were just looking through our magazines and chit chatting when I was like "Hmm, that guy looks really famili- CHRISTIAN!!!" and I shot up and started running over to him (he plays guitar for anberlin) and I was like "Hey, can I get a picture with you?" and he was like "Yeah, sure!" so I was like "Olivia! Hurry up!!!!" (she had the camera). while I was waiting for her I was like, "I'm Candace by the way" and he shook my hand. it was amazing. so then we posed for the picture and he put his arm around me and it wasn't like a loose eh-you're-a-fan wrap-around thing, he liked actually pulled me into him. it was IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE. then I thanked him and said "have a good day and have fun on the rest of the tour". it was amazing. I still can't believe it freaking happened. it was just so coincidental and random and SPECTACULAR. I'm in love with the picture so much :)
after that we finished by watching Alesana and Talia's cutie hxc dance ;). Dance Gavin Dance was randomly there and I got a funny picture with them in the background. it was pretty sweet.
after that we left and got on BART and went back to Pleasant Hill. Olivia's mom picked us up and we went back to the new hotel where we were planning on swimming, but the pool was 'out of order' so we went back to the room and watched Camp Rock and ate pizza instead. it was pretty great.
then Jack, Talia, and I stayed up until like 2 o'clock talking and stuff and Jack modeled for us and it was HILARIOUS!!!! then we went to sleep and got up this morning around 8 or so. then Talia and I had this whole long conversation about periods while we were lying in bed and apparently Jack heard the whole thing. hahahahahahaha.
then we left around 10:30ish. oh, and I lost my sunglasses I think :(
we left Friday afternoon and stayed at a Marriot hotel in Pleasant Hill that night. we hung out in the room for quite awhile and went out to Chipotle around 7 for dinner. yummy :). then we went back to the room to watch the Jonas Brothers' movie "Camp Rock". but no! we didn't get the freaking Disney Channel. we were all quite disappointed so we went swimming instead which was quite refreshing.
then we went back to the room and showered and hung out some more taking random pictures and Jack even did funny doodles. and I wrote anberlin a letter :). then we went to bed.
we woke up around 7 Saturday morning to get ready. we went over to the lobby to get breakfast and then we went back to the room to eat. we ate and I had to shave my legs and straighten my hair. it took longer than I thought it would so I was under pressure I did not enjoy. we left for BART and saw about a bazillion kids going to Warped as well. we got on BART and went to the city. then we got off at the Embarcadero station and walked over to Pier 30/32. we saw Alex from We're Not Friends Anymore along the way. we waited in line for a few minutes when a girl came around asking if anyone wanted to volunteer for catering. I wanted to, but Olivia was like "what if you miss anberlin b/c of it?" so I didn't.
then we went over to the line for people who already had tickets and as we were walking towards the end of the line this total cutie was like, "Hey, you guys can cut us, it's a long line." so as we waited to get in we talked to this cutie (who's name was Jessie). the line started moving and our bags got checked and whatnot and then we headed over to the Time Board.
and there I saw it: anberlin was playing at 10-freaking-30!!!!! I was like WTF?!?! I was really pissed at first b/c they were going to be like the first band of the day and nobody was going to be there to see them :(. so Jack and I headed over to the Route 66 stage which was right behind us and saw like 4 other girls waiting over there as well. we were right up against the crowd surfing barriers to a little left of the center and it was great. I saw Spanky (anberlin's drum tech) setting up, and then Ping (guitar tech) came out and set up stuff too, and even Christian was helping :D. during the entire time they were setting up I was jumping up and down in excitement and anticipation and kept saying "I'm sooooo excited!!!" and one of the crew guys in the pit was like "Are you excited?" and I was like "YEAH!!!!!!!!" it was pretty funny :). so it was about 10:40 when they put the clock up and a couple minutes later anberlin came out onstage and opened with "Godspeed." Stephen's mic wasn't up enough or something because it was hard to understand him. (also, while we were waiting it was really freaking hot and the air was really still, but right when they came out a breeze picked up and a few little clouds covered the sun. it was pretty perfect.)
next they played "The Feel Good Drag" which I had never seen them do live before so I was pretty stoked. at some point during the song the SEXIEST thing I've ever seen happened. and one of the SEXIEST people alive happened to do it. [k]nate (drums) took his drumstick and licked it. full on LICKED it. it was sooooo incredibly hot it was ridiculous :D.
next they played "A Day Late" and that is my all-time favorite so yay! after that was "Hello Alone" :). during one of those songs, (I'm not entirely sure which one but I think it was "A Day Late"), Stephen smiled at me. he looked over at me and got the hugest grin on his face. it was incredible and adorable and I was like "OMG!!!!!!!!!!" and Olivia and Jack think he smiled at me again later, but I'm not entirely sure. that one smile will last me a lifetime :).
then Stephen explained how he loved San Francisco and how there is a song on the new record ("New Surrender" due out Sept. 30) called "Haight Street". (back in November when I saw them at the Warfield in SF he said there was going to be a song on the record called "Haight Street" but I wasn't sure if it was still going to be on it b/c they cut down 28 songs to 15 during pre-production.) but I was happy to hear it's still going to be on it.
so then they played a new song called "Breaking" which I knew as "Bittersweet Memory" and it was abso-freaking-lutely AMAZING!!!!! I was probably the only one who knew the words to the song in the crowd, but whatever.
so after that Stephen was like "I know you can't sing along to that" and I was like "I did!!!" it was funny.
then Stephen was told they only had time for one more song and they finished with "Paperthin Hymn" which I've grown to truly love in the past few months. amazing amazing amazing.
then they left the stage and Ping came out to help clean up and he was ripping the set lists of the stage I was like "Hey Ping! Can I have a set list?" so he threw a couple out to the few of us that were left and I got one and I was happy.
so then Olivia filmed me freaking out a bit afterwards and it was mildly entertaining ;)
I'm not entirely sure what happened over the next few hours.
we saw parts of Jeffree *fucking* Star and The Devil Wears Prada, and other bits and pieces here and there. after anberlin I really didn't freaking care who we saw. amazing amazing amazing.
when Olivia and I were by ourselves we went over to get From First To Last merch for her and she got the "Fuck Tank" that says "FROM FIRST TO FUCKING LAST". it's great. then we headed over to the anberlin tent so I could buy merch. Spanky was there and I bought like $35 worth of merch: a kickass shirt, a bag, a poster, a button, a sticker, and sunglasses. crazy cool. and I got a picture w/ him. I was like "Wow, you smell really good" and he was like "I can guarantee you I'm not clean." it was pretty funny.
around 2 Olivia, Jack, and I went to get a good place for FFTL for O. we waited around and then they did their first song and then Jack and I left to get in line for the anberlin signing at the AP tent. Talia showed up at some point and asked if she would get my set list signed for me and she said she would. so then the line started moving and then I got up there and handed my bag (that [k]nate signed in November) to Stephen and he asked "How are you today?" and I was pretty much speechless but I was able to get out "I'm really excited" and then he was like "Thanks for coming out and singing along" and it was then I knew he remembered me lol. it was AMAZING. and then he shook my hand I just stared at him, I didn't even introduce myself I was so 'star struck' I guess. I felt like a fool afterwards for not telling him my name, and I still feel pretty idiotic, but whatever. then I went down the line and got to [k]nate and I was like "You've already signed this, but will you please sign it again?" after he signed his name he put "<3's"after that I was basically on top of the world and I didn't care about anything else really.
we watched somebody on the Route 66 stage after that and then we went up to the anberlin tent again so Jack could get merch. I met B-rent (that's how the tape was on his walkie-talkie :D ) and he was super cool. we were talking and he was like "what's your name?" and held out his hand so I shook his hand and told him my name was Candace. at some point the wind really picked up and moved the tent like crazy and we both grabbed the pole to keep it in place. then I took a picture w/ him, he's kinda goofy but in a cute way. then as we were leaving I was like "Try to stay somewhat clean this summer" and he was like "Stay what?"
"Clean"
"I'll try to"
and then we walked away, but before we had gone to far I ran back to him and was like "I have a question, how old is everybody? I know [k]nate is 21, but that's all I know."
and he said, "They're all in their mid-late 20s, all like a year apart. it jumps from 21 to like 26."
he was so sweet! :D
then we wandered around and ended up at Family Force 5 and I shoved my way through a horde of people to get to my cousin Alexandrea :). I love that girl. so we watched the lovely boys jam and they were super entertaining as usual. they were all wearing amazing pants ;). during "Supersonic" they were like "San Francisco" and it was hilariously awesome. and during the middle of like all there songs they had some guy run out on stage in different outfits and dance. during "Luv Addict" he came out as a giant heart. it was amazing. they turned out to be one of my fave performances of the day. :D
I got separated from Jack, O, and T-Mama during FF5 so afterwards I called them and found them sitting against the metal gate things by the FFTL tent. we were sitting for a good 30-45 minutes when something AMAZING happened. we were just looking through our magazines and chit chatting when I was like "Hmm, that guy looks really famili- CHRISTIAN!!!" and I shot up and started running over to him (he plays guitar for anberlin) and I was like "Hey, can I get a picture with you?" and he was like "Yeah, sure!" so I was like "Olivia! Hurry up!!!!" (she had the camera). while I was waiting for her I was like, "I'm Candace by the way" and he shook my hand. it was amazing. so then we posed for the picture and he put his arm around me and it wasn't like a loose eh-you're-a-fan wrap-around thing, he liked actually pulled me into him. it was IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE. then I thanked him and said "have a good day and have fun on the rest of the tour". it was amazing. I still can't believe it freaking happened. it was just so coincidental and random and SPECTACULAR. I'm in love with the picture so much :)
after that we finished by watching Alesana and Talia's cutie hxc dance ;). Dance Gavin Dance was randomly there and I got a funny picture with them in the background. it was pretty sweet.
after that we left and got on BART and went back to Pleasant Hill. Olivia's mom picked us up and we went back to the new hotel where we were planning on swimming, but the pool was 'out of order' so we went back to the room and watched Camp Rock and ate pizza instead. it was pretty great.
then Jack, Talia, and I stayed up until like 2 o'clock talking and stuff and Jack modeled for us and it was HILARIOUS!!!! then we went to sleep and got up this morning around 8 or so. then Talia and I had this whole long conversation about periods while we were lying in bed and apparently Jack heard the whole thing. hahahahahahaha.
then we left around 10:30ish. oh, and I lost my sunglasses I think :(
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Bittersweet Memory
I was on anberlin's page tonight just looking around, I posted a comment and looked at the other comments.
I saw somebody's comment that said they had heard "Bittersweet Memory" and I was like "WHAT?!?!?! WHERE IS IT ?????????" so I googled it and found a video on youtube.
when I first heard it I honestly started crying. it's absolutely amazing.
I'm in love with them and I cannot wait until September the thirtieth :D
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