As I sit here making a playlist of my all time fave songs, I remember I haven't blogged for a week. So now I will write my little heart out for all you readers, while listening to some Chiodos (I just realized that they ARE good, and I haven't listened to them for a very long time).
Yesterday I wrote a pretty nice essay for English in under 2 hours, which is really good for me. Somehow I don't think I'll be able to do that with my Global Warming Controversial Speech, though. Maybe I should stop procrastinating? Nah...
Have you heard of Jared Leto's new book coming out? It's called The Eco-Friendly Murder, and he's supposedly writing it under a pen name. Kait has all the new info, so tune into HER BLOG. She's working on ordering like 50 copies and getting Jared to sign them all, so keep your fingers crossed...
I really don't have a favorite song this week, either, so I hope you weren't looking forward to something new and exciting over here... Go listen to Pretty. Odd.? That's my favorite song of the week. Pretty. Odd. And Chiodos. They're pretty good.
That's all I got for you for today.
What is Melanie listening to right now?: Intensity In Ten Cities - Chiodos
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Call Me Crazy
Hello. I need to blog, since everyone else isn't doing blog-like things, but I really don't have anything to talk about. I won't give up on you bloggy! *coughcough* Expect random thoughts at intervals...
Hey! Pictures fill up space!
I guess that's all I have for you...and it didn't fill up much space at all. Does anybody know who these strange people are? I do. But does anybody know what they are doing? Is it a drug deal? Why is one half naked with lots of money? These are questions I ponder. And I don't really want to know what exactly is happening in this image, so don't answer that second question.
My mom got the Panic tickets for the concert in Omaha (a.k.a. Council Bluffs). I don't know if I've mentioned that or not...I'm thinking everyone in our group who's going to that concert should get together at my house some weekend and make shirts. My idea (since there's only four members and a lot of us, and Brent doesn't count, Maddy), is that we should be 'characters' from the songs from Pretty. Odd. For example...
Behind the Sea = Too Smart, Too Small
Friends In Holy Spaces = Famous Friend
Northern Downpour = One Who Never Yawns / At the Top of Your Lungs
Folkin' Around = Finding My Way Home
From A Mountain... = Drug Farm Entrepreneur
Nine In the Afternoon = Eyes the Size of the Moon
The Piano Knows... = Dancing Fancy Pirouettes
She's a Handsome Woman = Eating Buttons
When the Day Met the Night = Under Green Umbrella Trees
I don't know, maybe that's just my mind for you. My concert friends, if you are reading this, talk to me. Tell me what you think of that idea. Or list your own. Please. Making shirts is fun!
What is Melanie listening to right now?: When the Day Met the Night - Panic At the Disco
Hey! Pictures fill up space!
I guess that's all I have for you...and it didn't fill up much space at all. Does anybody know who these strange people are? I do. But does anybody know what they are doing? Is it a drug deal? Why is one half naked with lots of money? These are questions I ponder. And I don't really want to know what exactly is happening in this image, so don't answer that second question.
My mom got the Panic tickets for the concert in Omaha (a.k.a. Council Bluffs). I don't know if I've mentioned that or not...I'm thinking everyone in our group who's going to that concert should get together at my house some weekend and make shirts. My idea (since there's only four members and a lot of us, and Brent doesn't count, Maddy), is that we should be 'characters' from the songs from Pretty. Odd. For example...
Behind the Sea = Too Smart, Too Small
Friends In Holy Spaces = Famous Friend
Northern Downpour = One Who Never Yawns / At the Top of Your Lungs
Folkin' Around = Finding My Way Home
From A Mountain... = Drug Farm Entrepreneur
Nine In the Afternoon = Eyes the Size of the Moon
The Piano Knows... = Dancing Fancy Pirouettes
She's a Handsome Woman = Eating Buttons
When the Day Met the Night = Under Green Umbrella Trees
I don't know, maybe that's just my mind for you. My concert friends, if you are reading this, talk to me. Tell me what you think of that idea. Or list your own. Please. Making shirts is fun!
What is Melanie listening to right now?: When the Day Met the Night - Panic At the Disco
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I Can't Prove That This Makes Any Sense
So, to be organized here, we'll go in order...in order of time, not of importance:
This weekend, as most of you know (if you can read), I was in Arkansas for "spring break." It was a long drive, a.k.a. 9 hours one way. A good 22 hours in the car altogether. Good times visiting my family up there (down there?), though. We hadn't seen them for awhile, and a lot of things changed. It's funny how you forget how funny your relatives are when you haven't seen them in awhile...
On our way there, we stopped in Kansas City to hit an American Apparel store, and I FINALLY got an American Apparel hoodie like I've been wanting. A nice addition to the trip.
In Arkansas we did a bit of shopping too, especially at the A to Z stores, i.e. several warehouses full of everything you know you don't need but buy anyway. We brought back gifts back for most of you (you know who you are...). We also gambled...I lost. And on a more exciting note, we got to go 4-wheeling through the open plains of Arkansas. Between the everyone's properties, we had a lot of acres to 4-wheel through. So that was pretty fun and frightening, and other F words I do and don't know!
Next up, I'm hoping most of you know of the big event that was yesterday. All I can say is
This weekend, as most of you know (if you can read), I was in Arkansas for "spring break." It was a long drive, a.k.a. 9 hours one way. A good 22 hours in the car altogether. Good times visiting my family up there (down there?), though. We hadn't seen them for awhile, and a lot of things changed. It's funny how you forget how funny your relatives are when you haven't seen them in awhile...
On our way there, we stopped in Kansas City to hit an American Apparel store, and I FINALLY got an American Apparel hoodie like I've been wanting. A nice addition to the trip.
In Arkansas we did a bit of shopping too, especially at the A to Z stores, i.e. several warehouses full of everything you know you don't need but buy anyway. We brought back gifts back for most of you (you know who you are...). We also gambled...I lost. And on a more exciting note, we got to go 4-wheeling through the open plains of Arkansas. Between the everyone's properties, we had a lot of acres to 4-wheel through. So that was pretty fun and frightening, and other F words I do and don't know!
Next up, I'm hoping most of you know of the big event that was yesterday. All I can say is
WELCOME TO THE SOUND OF PRETTY. ODD.
It was amazing, because I got my Deluxe Edition copy yesterday in the mail, so I didn't have to wait for three weeks like I thought I would. I've semi-listened to the whole thing as of now, and I'm really excited (funny, iTunes keeps playing all the Pretty. Odd. songs. And it's playing my whole 405-song playlist. Odd. PRETTY odd. Hehheheh. I've been doing that a lot...). It's a lot different, less techno-dancey with !'s, and more laid-back, folky and Beatles-ey with .'s. I'm hoping to get a chance to listen to it all closely tonight, following along with the lyrics and all. I'm so happy Ryan Ross (guitarist) gets to sing, as well! We all knew he had a good voice, so it's good he gets a little mic time, along with Spencer and Jon. In other Panic news, my mom got the tickets for the Council Bluffs concert yesterday. Lots of Panic love on the 25th...
Oh, and I got my Powerspace T-shirt, too. Hopefully it will be washed by tomorrow and I'll be sporting it around. It kinda got lost in the Pretty. Odd. excitement.
Well, due to lack of sleep, I feel that I've been rambling and adding details where they don't need to be added. Can't. Concentrate.
What is Melanie listening to right now?: Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low
P.S. Kait and Liss went to a Three Days Grace concert last night. Check out their blogs for more details...I'm sure it was great!
P.S.S. I'll be uploading the Arkansas pictures soon, too. Stay tuned!
Oh, and I got my Powerspace T-shirt, too. Hopefully it will be washed by tomorrow and I'll be sporting it around. It kinda got lost in the Pretty. Odd. excitement.
Well, due to lack of sleep, I feel that I've been rambling and adding details where they don't need to be added. Can't. Concentrate.
What is Melanie listening to right now?: Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low
P.S. Kait and Liss went to a Three Days Grace concert last night. Check out their blogs for more details...I'm sure it was great!
P.S.S. I'll be uploading the Arkansas pictures soon, too. Stay tuned!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Welcome To the Gun Show
SO much to talk about. It's unbelievable. I never have things to blog about...well my day has come. To start off with, I just got an E-Mail in regards to my Fueled By Ramen package, and it has started shipment! YAYAYAYAY! PRETTY. ODD.! Also, I can take on 17 five-year-olds in a fight. And not that you noticed, I just took a 2-hour break between the last sentence and this to watch The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream. I predicted the whole thing, seeing as all the Cutting Edge movies are exactly the same. But ya gotta love 'em. #2's still my fave.
On Friday, Kaitlyn, Alissa and I went to Alissa's church for a concert of the Christian kind. What I want to know is how we ended up with hardcore, pig-squealing screamo for all 3/5 of the acts. Oh, well. Five bands for $2 is a pretty good deal in my mind. The first one and the last one were good, whereas the middle three, not so much...we sat out. And tried to decipher what exactly they were saying. Or screaming. "The rats ate the radio?" I also happened to get hit with EVERYTHING while we were there. Fat screamo guy throws water bottle? Hits Melanie. Fat screamo guy runs into crowd? Melanie gets covered in sweat, and promptly wipes it on Alissa. Nihilio's drummer (Pete) throws drumstick into crowd? Melanie gets hit in the shin with said drumstick. That last one wasn't so bad, seeing as I wanted a drumstick...especially from the band I really liked. We bought their merch (thanks Lissa's mom!), and you should see me in a nice robot shirt tomorrow. We also got to meet the band members. Justin got a nosebleed and thought he had a Hot Topic tag on him (we know where he gets his shirts), Ryan sang us Moulin Rouge since we didn't want to smack him in the belly for buying our t-shirts... Ask about it sometime if you want more details. I'm tired of typing it all.
So, Kaitlyn and Alissa spent the night, and we organized Pokemon cards, played hide-and-go-seek, listened to the EP we bought the night before, and, oh yeah, extinguished the flaming corndog my sister put in the microwave...for 10 minutes. Our microwave was billowing smoke when we walked into the kitchen, and our house still smells awful, even though my mom Pine-Sol'ed the walls. What scares me is that our fire alarms didn't go off, even though it was hard to breathe through the clouds of noxious honey-battered frank smoke. Not to mention the paper towel and styrofoam plate, a.k.a. fuel for 'da flame.
Well that's about it. Turns out it wasn't much, but it took up a lot of space!
What is Melanie listening to right now?: The Interview - AFI
P.S. I hear Who's too...
On Friday, Kaitlyn, Alissa and I went to Alissa's church for a concert of the Christian kind. What I want to know is how we ended up with hardcore, pig-squealing screamo for all 3/5 of the acts. Oh, well. Five bands for $2 is a pretty good deal in my mind. The first one and the last one were good, whereas the middle three, not so much...we sat out. And tried to decipher what exactly they were saying. Or screaming. "The rats ate the radio?" I also happened to get hit with EVERYTHING while we were there. Fat screamo guy throws water bottle? Hits Melanie. Fat screamo guy runs into crowd? Melanie gets covered in sweat, and promptly wipes it on Alissa. Nihilio's drummer (Pete) throws drumstick into crowd? Melanie gets hit in the shin with said drumstick. That last one wasn't so bad, seeing as I wanted a drumstick...especially from the band I really liked. We bought their merch (thanks Lissa's mom!), and you should see me in a nice robot shirt tomorrow. We also got to meet the band members. Justin got a nosebleed and thought he had a Hot Topic tag on him (we know where he gets his shirts), Ryan sang us Moulin Rouge since we didn't want to smack him in the belly for buying our t-shirts... Ask about it sometime if you want more details. I'm tired of typing it all.
So, Kaitlyn and Alissa spent the night, and we organized Pokemon cards, played hide-and-go-seek, listened to the EP we bought the night before, and, oh yeah, extinguished the flaming corndog my sister put in the microwave...for 10 minutes. Our microwave was billowing smoke when we walked into the kitchen, and our house still smells awful, even though my mom Pine-Sol'ed the walls. What scares me is that our fire alarms didn't go off, even though it was hard to breathe through the clouds of noxious honey-battered frank smoke. Not to mention the paper towel and styrofoam plate, a.k.a. fuel for 'da flame.
Well that's about it. Turns out it wasn't much, but it took up a lot of space!
What is Melanie listening to right now?: The Interview - AFI
P.S. I hear Who's too...
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Fancy Guitar Chugga-Chuggas
Why have I not been posting as of late? The real question is WHY DON'T I HAVE PANIC TICKETS?!? I'm gonna be SOOOOO pissed when they're sold out without a nice seat/floor space for Melanie. Beyond the fact that everyone will be going to two concerts that weekend, I will be alone - possibly not even going to one. At least I'll have Alissa to pout with. Let's all cross our fingers that she'll be able to join the rave in Council Bluffs, minus the electronic dance music and ecstasy. (Well, I could be surprised at what Pretty. Odd. will sound like...or what designer drugs are used in Iowa.)
It's been a pretty good week. I finished my English project and gave the presentation of said English project...AND DIDN'T FAIL! Which is always good. I also didn't have to give a speech or write one this weekend. I had no homework, therefore allowing me to have a social life again. Too bad me and the little satan were home alone all weekend, thus limiting above-mentioned social life. Oh, and she had a child. What does that make me, an aunt? Ick.
I've driven a few times since we last...read. I almost killed me and my mom and the groceries on our driveway. That would be why there's a giant Prius-shaped indentation in our snowbank - going UP the hill. Who put that snow there anyway?
I really need to watch more movies. I'm thinking DVR. Free movies On Demand = hours of entertainment. And they're cheaper than buzzing out to see what's playing locally. Since they're free.
More random thoughts next time...
What is Melanie listening to right now?: Shameless - All Time Low
P.S. Ryanguy thinks I'm cute. E for EMO!
It's been a pretty good week. I finished my English project and gave the presentation of said English project...AND DIDN'T FAIL! Which is always good. I also didn't have to give a speech or write one this weekend. I had no homework, therefore allowing me to have a social life again. Too bad me and the little satan were home alone all weekend, thus limiting above-mentioned social life. Oh, and she had a child. What does that make me, an aunt? Ick.
I've driven a few times since we last...read. I almost killed me and my mom and the groceries on our driveway. That would be why there's a giant Prius-shaped indentation in our snowbank - going UP the hill. Who put that snow there anyway?
I really need to watch more movies. I'm thinking DVR. Free movies On Demand = hours of entertainment. And they're cheaper than buzzing out to see what's playing locally. Since they're free.
More random thoughts next time...
What is Melanie listening to right now?: Shameless - All Time Low
P.S. Ryanguy thinks I'm cute. E for EMO!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Favorite Song of the Week
Some important dates not mentioned in the previous post...
- New Maximum Ride: March 17
- Pretty. Odd.: March 25
- Chapter 27: March 28
- Panic concert in Minneapolis: May 27
- Panic concert in Omaha: May 31
- TAI concert in Minneapolis: August 3
This week, I was listening to the Across The Universe Soundtrack and I forgot how good this is. And how easily it gets stuck in your brain...
MY FAVORITE SONG THIS WEEK IS...
- New Maximum Ride: March 17
- Pretty. Odd.: March 25
- Chapter 27: March 28
- Panic concert in Minneapolis: May 27
- Panic concert in Omaha: May 31
- TAI concert in Minneapolis: August 3
This week, I was listening to the Across The Universe Soundtrack and I forgot how good this is. And how easily it gets stuck in your brain...
MY FAVORITE SONG THIS WEEK IS...
Blackbird
Sang by: Evan Rachel Wood, Lyrics by: John Lennon
Sang by: Evan Rachel Wood, Lyrics by: John Lennon
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
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