let's pretend it's april 25th.

so, we are pretending that today, april 26th, is actually april 25th so i can recap the events of april 24th and refer to them as "last night". hopefully that sentence made so kind of sense.
as many of you know, last night i attended fall out boy's believers never die part deux tour. it all started when my mother checked me, my sister, emily, and my friend, marissa, out of school at about eleven. we quickly packed our bags, changed our outfits, and piled into the car. we drove off to charlotte, north carolina in search of the bojangles coliseum. the drive seemed to last years, because i knew what was on the other side. when we arrived to the coliseum, my mother was confused as to where to drop us off so we drove around the coliseum once to find a drop off spot. as we were doing so, my mother says "PETE WENTZ IS STANDING RIGHT THERE" as she pointed towards the sidewalk next to the coliseum. me and marissa jumped out of the car and walked towards him. pete was showing an old couple pictures of his baby, bronx, on his blackberry. i made marissa ask for a picture and this is what she said "hey pete, my friend is afraid to ask you, but could she get a picture because she's been obsessed with you forever". pete's response was "don't be scared". he put his arm around me and then took the picture. 1) i was shaking so badly because of what marissa said (obsessed?! WTF?!) 2) i was creeped out by myself for having the weirdest luck to randomly stubble upon pete wentz. i called hayley and freaked out to her, i seriously could not believe that just happened to me. while still in a pete wentz themed daze, me and marissa went down to wait in line. when we first got there, there weren't many people in line at all. we just sat around for about thirty minutes until it was time for marissa to leave to attend her all time low meet and greet. i was left to fend for myself, which worked out pretty well. i somehow made it to the very front of the line, right next to the gate. the guards were letting in twenty guests at a time. i busted though the gate and actually did make it in the first group. since marissa had meet and greet, it included early entry, so she already saved me a spot second row away from barricade. i've never been that close during a fall out boy show so i wanted to pee my pants out of excitement. soon after, hey monday took the stage. i have to admit for a fake paramore sounding band, they were pretty good. the bassist was also very cute :) during their set, pete wentz came out during one of their songs to scream. he was so close! marissa got some pretty good pictures. i feel i should mention that at this point of the show, the pit was not bad at all, very bearable. hey monday finished up and the stage hands set up for all time low. once all time low came out, the pit immediately got very, very bad. people were pushing towards the front so hard. i was on top of marissa in the whole time, i felt really bad about that. the lack of space caused lack of air which caused sweat, and lots of it. it was so hot and sweaty in that pit. by the end of all time low's set, i started to feel really weird. the only way to describe how i was feeling is that i felt like i was living in a dream. i couldn't feel, i couldn't see, i couldn't breathe. i was trying to have billy, the barricade guard, take me out but another of the guards wouldn't let him so i can to turn around a walk out. luckily, people were yelling "SHE NEEDS TO GET OUT!" so people moved and i finally got out. first thing i did was call my mom in tears. i didn't know what to do and i was afraid that i was going to miss cobra starship. she told me to calm down and get something to drink. i got a huge diet coke and downed the entire thing. i felt much better. cobra starship started to play so i just stayed at a distance and watched. i actually enjoyed the show so much more from a distance. i could jump around and scream to the songs without being bothered. cobra had an amazing set. i loved every song they played and i had so much fun, even if i was alone. after cobra's set, i found marissa and we set off to buy our merch because we knew that 50 cent was going to be playing next and we didn't care to see him. i bought the believers never die tour shirt and the young and rich clandestine shirt. we went back into the arena and watched a couple of 50 cent's "songs". my heart was beating so fast because i knew that fall out boy was next. once i heard the beginning to "disloyal order of water buffalos", i got so extremely excited. fall out boy came out and rocked it. they played all of my favorites off of folie a deux, including disloyal order of water buffalos, she's my winona, coffee's for closers, what a catch donnie, headfirst slide into coopers town on a bad bet, and tiffany blews. i couldn't believe what an amazing set they had. the best part of their set though was the fact that they actually played "the patron saint of liars and fakes". i was screaming so hard when i heard the beginning to that song. and hearing patrick say "take this to your grave, i'll take it to mine" just made my heart skip a beat. it was the greatest experience ever. one of the best shows i've ever been to, i love fall out boy. and i had an amazing time at that show even if i didn't get to see them from barricade level. april 24th was a night to remember <3

a short update

my dad may take to be see madina lake on may 15th in richmond, virginia as an early birthday present.
i'm so extremely happy about this possibility.
and plus, hayley would be there.
it's like a tradition for us to see them together.
oh, madina lake.


ALSO.
attics to eden is AMAZING, FANTASTIC, GREAT, TERRIFIC, AND OUTSTANDING. plus, all the other words that mean "great things".
not for this world and welcome to oblivion are my favorites on the album.
oh god.
did i mention that i completely adore madina lake?
because i really, really do :)

goodbye spring break, you will be missed

so, today was the final day of spring break.
i did nothing important except homework, which i still didn't finish.
but that's okay.
i'll get it done eventually.

tomorrow morning, i have another dentist appointment.
i will be missing first period and majority of second.
but, hey, that doesn't bother me.

i feel i should also mention how me and my sister searched for about a hour on facebook and we still couldn't find doug.
i thought it would be easy.
doug.
augusta georgia.
cross country.
westside high school.
if only we would've used our common sense and asked for his last name!
it's sad that i still think about doug and laugh.
i miss hilton head island so much.
everything about it was amazing, it was the best spring break i've ever had.
i love my family, my cousins, and my best friend.

thanks for giving me a great spring break guys :)

home sweet home...? maybe...?

today is easter.
i woke up to a bag filled with candy and a twenty five dollar money card.
which i'm saving for may 15th, because i need to see madina lake.
it's not a want, it's a need.

basically all i've done today was lay around and i enjoyed every second of it.
i've been up and about all week and i barely slept all that much.
plus, i don't want to leave my house and enter the drama of holly springs.
i don't want spring break to end.
but, it has to eventually.
only two months until summer, hallejuah.

long time, no blog

brace yourselves, this update will most likely be a long one considering i need to fill you all in about the amazing spring break that just occurred.
it's start with a week from today, last saturday.
4/04/09: i woke up at the crack of dawn and hurried to get ready so that i could meet up with hayley at nine. after an hour and a half drive, we reached the destination. i was beyond excited to see hayley, because it's been nine months! hayley jumped out of her dad's truck and we just screamed and hugged. we got into my car and departed to the wonderful land of holly springs. once we got back to my house, we all met up with marissa at homegrown because i wanted hayley to meet majority of my friends from school. granted, the trip was quite awkward because i didn't really know what to say to either of them. after that, me and hayley ventured off to walmart with my mom and aunt so we could pick up a few things for dinner. when we got back to my house, megan was there. she only stayed for about five minutes but at least she got to say "hey" and "bye" to hayley. the night went on filled with closet wreckings and phonecalls.
4/05/09: this is the day when it all started. we all woke up, packed up the car, and headed off to hilton head island. the ride was actually really fun, hayley is the only person that i actual enjoy going on road trips with. the best part of the ride was our stop at the famous "el drug store". hayley and i find el drug store to be fantastic. this is were hayley discovered the ever so great 'ethnic bag'. we continued to drive with a few stops along to way but in the end we finally reached the disney hilton head island resort. i was really excited to show hayley to resort because it's basically my home away from home. we settled in, rented our bikes, and then went for a little night adventure. while on this night adventure, hayley and i decided to stop and play a short game of shuffle ball, which was suddenly interrupted. the interruption had a name, and his name is "doug". doug started up random conversation with us which included questions such as "what's the worst thing you've ever done?", "have you ever...well...done it?" and "what sort of grades do yall get?". let's just say these awkward questions started a revolution. doug became the center of focus of our vacation.
4/06/09: me and hayley woke up quite early because of loud obnoxious noises coming from our fellow roommates, shane and cole. we got dressed and then proceeded to walk down to the mercantile area. we were trying to avoid doug because we were actually quite concerned that he'd creep us, but litte did we know, we're the creepers. it started to rain so we ran back to the villa to enjoy chips & salsa and some E! television. at 11:00, we made disney character mugs. i made a mike from monsters inc mug and hayley made a stitch mug, and both of the mugs actually turned out quite well. shortly after the mug making, we made not-so mickey tye dye. i know have a growing obssession with tye dye because mine and hayley's turned out really well. we used about the same colors which was green, blue, and yellow. for dinner, our families all went san miguels for dinner, which is a delicious mexican resturant that is within walking distance of the resort, so we rode our bikes to the resturant and back. after our ride, we decided that a dip in the hot tub would be nice. luckily, doug was in the hot tub. erica and emily ran up to us as we entered the pool area warning us of the fact. we jumped into the bubbling pool anyways. after a while of dicussing, we all dared hayley to go talk to doug from money. it was very hilarious, she even told doug that she was being paid to do so. he left soon after.
4/07/09: tuesday was the most boring/ less productive day of the trip. we woke up early again and got dressed, we sat around for a while thinking of things that we wanted to do for the day. we decided on a trip with the schuens to target. at target, we bought the two new flavors of vitamin water, which are delicious by the way, and crap loads of easter candy. we came back from target, ate the candy, and washed our newly tye dyed tee shirts. while trying on our shirts, we made barbasol beards featuring the soul patch and hilter stachue. we took pictures with cole hovey too. for the rest of the day, we went over to the schuens villa and played scattergories, which was quite amusing actually.
4/08/09: the day of wednes. this was such a fun day. first part of the day, we went down to the pool and got food at 'tide me over'. after eating, we just put our feet into the pool and talked, it was a beautiful day outside. emily came around and told us that an activity called pirates of the calibouge was about to start. me and hayley decided to participate. b'lou crabbe was the leader of the activity and we soon annoyed him, which was great. our team was TEAM DOUG, of course. we made up creative chants such as "D-O-U-G DOUG!", "who's team is it?! DOUGS TEAM!", and "when i say team, you say doug. team DOUG team DOUG." the entire island heard our shouts including three little hoe girls who associate with doug. we went into the pool after our success with the activity, because yes, we did win. hayley met this adorable little girl named cara. we all played a game of keep away: girls vs boys. we went back to the villa and got dressed because we planned on going out to eat and then returning to go to the campfire. we ate at panera, which is becoming a tradition for me and hayley. we ate our food fast so that we could make it back in time for campfire. we got to the campfire and of course, we started obnoxiously singing songs about our beloved doug. the man sitting next to erica quickely got P.O ed and told us to stop, so we got up and left. while all of this was going on, the hilton head hoe or HHH for short, was texting my cousin, alex. she wanted alex to meet her at the playground, we all got together and traveled to the playground. this hoe tried to make a move on alex so hayley told her off. then we found the man, himself, sititng in the hot tub. it was doug. we were already all hyped up because of the HHH, so we decided to hardcore harass doug, but before we could do so the three little hoe girls (as mentioned above) informed doug about our doug chants and our team name. he was severely creeped out. we decided to creep him out more. hayley grabbed her camera and started to take pictures of doug while shouting "the camera loves you doug", "work it!", and "smile of the camera doug!". we turned around and started to ignore us on purpose. we ran away completely satisfied with our harassment. we sat in luggage carts for the rest of the night and just talked.
4/09/09: our beachy day! emily, alex, and erica went to 'teen kayaking' at 11:00 and me and hayley went to 'the mental world of b'lou'. it was so crazy. b'lou read both me and hayley's mind. he handed me a pile white cards with movie titles on the back. i picked a movie, and held it close to me so that he wouldn't see. surprisingly, he guessed my movie correctly which was 'mulan' of course! after that adventure, my mom drove us to the beach. first thing we did was go on to the beach and feel the water. the water was freezing cold but it was so beautiful. hayley found four sand dollars, but she threw them away because they reaked! we went back up to the pool area, ate lunch, and then went swimming in the pool. hayley's little friend, cara was there so we played around with her for a bit. for the rest of the time at the beach, i laid out, played scrabble, and walked on the beach one more time. we took the shuttle back to the resort where we walked in our pool side karaoke. we though knowing of it until my mom came into our villa and said "guess who's first at the mic? DOUGIE FRESH". me and hayley screamed and then sprinted to the pool. doug sang "respect" which we are convinced was meant for us. let's just say, doug is a great singer, except not really. after doug, hayley, emily, and erica grabbed the mic. they sang "umbrella", i recorded a video and i also got some pretty amazing pictures of doug. i went back to the villa to change my clothes, when hayley busted in and informed me that she had just gotten a picture with doug. i screamed and forced her to help me find him so that i could get a picture with him as well. the picture was very forced but it was amazing. trust me. that night we went back san miguels and ate our dinner.
4/10/09: the last day. we woke up early, packed up the car, said our final goodbyes to doug along with my cousins, and set off to holly springs. the ride home was very, very long but it included another stop at el drug store. once we got home made videos, GOT ATTICS TO EDEN VIA LEAK, and spent our last night together.
today: today was very, very, very sad xinfinity. i miss hayley so much already. she left at about two today but on the brightside, i met andrew today. although, me being the huge awkward turtle that i am, i didn't say anything besides "hey" and "bye". regardless, it was interesting! oh god, i'm so upset that this week is over. it was such an amazing vacation, and i love hayley. and hayley, i'm not sick of you, i can never get sick of you, you're my best friend and i love you so much. let's pray for may 15th and if not, summer :)

and that concludes my extremely long update.