and we can stay like this forever

I have a blackberry!!!

2010-06-06T20:48:00.000-07:00

Well since danger, sidekicks, and t-mobile have taken a huge shit I went
back to verizon and got myself a Blackberry Curve! I love it already.
Definitely different to use than the sidekick but loving it. If you
have a Blackberry and BBM pin, e-mail me your pin and I will add you.
You can get to me at justonebreath at tmail dot com (sidekick e-mail,
almost done with it). Ahhhh anyways, summer is going fabulously and I
am working between 5 1/2 to 7 days a week (two or three with my parents
for our side business). What can I say? I really enjoy money.

Hope all is well with you guys!
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

soco, chicago, bars until 5 a.m...

2010-05-18T06:21:00.001-07:00

well last weekend was a shit show. it started friday when we went to
see locksley (we didn't stay for butch walker, only a few songs. we
drove to chicago saturday morning). we danced and drank and it was a
great night.

saturday was rough. i wanted to die. but i just thought about
something corporate and i made it through. which, that thought alone
makes my heart skip a beat still. fjdksla. it was nice getting to
enjoy chicago and not have a walk to go on, worry about a decent spot,
and just plain be hanson-less. we wandered around before soco's set. i
only fan girl's a bit....or a lot.

still recovering. i need two more days of sleep.

long time no blog

2010-04-12T05:30:00.001-07:00

yeah yeah yeah, im slacking. at least im trying to update my lj,
hahahahah.

lets see. in the past couple months we got a new puppy. she's
adorable. her name is lucy and she loves to play. my grandparents gave
me a car (SCORE!). not much else is going on. chicago next month for
MOTHER EFFING SOMETHING CORPORATE. just a little excited.

i have a TON of hanson merch im trying to sell. bunches of t-shirts, a
goodie, and some membership kits. anyone interested???

it's been a good year...

2010-03-05T03:37:00.001-08:00

well, hey 2010, you've been one good thing after another.

im home from toronto in one piece. first time seeing jack's mannequin
live and hey, i loved it! fun. was awesome as well. the best news came
in the form of bamboozle chicago though. something corporate is not
only playing the west coast bamboozle but now chicago along with 3OH3!
and cobra starship. yes, don't judge me. i love jamming to "don't
trust me" and "good girls go bad".

last night jill, shannon, lauren, and i went to see hellogoodbye with
fireworks, saves the day, and new found glory. hgb is SO much better
live it's ridiculous. it was one big, drunk dance party...like it
usually is. they're all super nice too. glad i got the chance to see
them! i forgot to mention it's almost shannon's 21st. my sister and
lauren will be 21 at the end of the month so it's time to plan some sort
of shindig.

well, it's 6:30 a.m. and I've only slept a couple of hours. maybe i
should get up and make some coffee, do some laundry, and get ready for
work. yes, it's friday!!!

xoxo

1/18/10 ♥

2010-01-28T06:25:00.000-08:00

On the 18th, we put Sam to sleep. Her hips were getting really bad and the arthritis medicine to vet gave to us wasn't helping much at all. The last snow we got, she fell outside so if it would snow she wouldn't go outside unless we helped her. I had eleven WONDERFUL years with her and I'll miss her everyday. Riley is unsure of what to do. Sam wasn't the nicest to her the past couple years but she was just playing Queen Bee. It's weird not having her around, not hearing her walk down the hall if someone is cooking in the kitchen, and definitely weird not putting her to bed every night in my parent's room. Hey Sam, I'll always love you. Stay near.

happy new year!

2010-01-04T08:24:00.001-08:00

the new year brought about a lot of healthy changes. that doesn't just
cover the diet aspect either. im rekindling friendships, starting new
relationships, living life the fullest. i figure sleep can happen when
im dead and you only live once, so here we go!

new years eve was a blast. i won't let taco bell (grumble grumble)
bring me down so other than that, it was a great night. champagne toast
at midnight, loads of uv blue and sprite, and games of flip cup. which
i am surprisingly good at, by the way! even drunk!! well, i hate beer
pong so i guess flip cup it is.

hope you guys keep all your resolutions! i know im trying my hardest
to. xoxoxo

happy thanksgiving

2009-11-25T05:11:00.000-08:00

this year has been one hot mess after another. i'm ready for the new. thanksgiving is the beginning of the crazy holiday season, which i love. come monday i'm putting up the christmas tree, taking all the fall decorations down, and turning on the lights i've already hung up.

the holidays are the only thing i have to hold onto as sad as it sounds. really can't get any worse than this, can it?

AHHH, HALLOWEEN <3

2009-10-30T08:18:00.001-07:00

im sitting here on my lunch break enjoying a V8 fusion. pretty good
stuff. im not a fan of the regular V8 (BLECHHHH). this is strawberry
banana and i could drink it everyday.

anyways, what's up? long time no see. halloween is tomorrow and im
REALLY excited. i bought a french maid costume. i need to run around
tonight and finish getting things together for it. it's really short so
i need some spanx type underwear to wear under it (or really short black
shorts, like dance ones). it's a playboy costume and im SO excited that
it fit. kyla is having a party but ill probably end up at the bar after
that. first halloween that I've actually done something so yay.

hope all is well and maybe ill make this more priority. :) we will
see.

first day of spring? NOT

2009-03-20T04:32:00.001-07:00

last weekend we were in toronto to see a few shows for canadian music
week. it was hipster paradise. okay, so a little more so than usual.
we did a lot of shopping, drinking, and eating. friday night we had
dinner with the twins at jack astor's. i can only describe it as a
higher class applebee's. by higher class i do mean a little more
pricey. while we waited for the twins, i bought a round of shots (holla
butter crowns. wait until chicago thans, just you wait) and a drink.
$25, not bad. i spent $100 on dinner for ash and i.....what did i eat?
it was good.

we had sushi on saturday. it's what i wanted, just once, while being in
toronto. we don't have any place that serves it other than fishbones
and i don't like theirs. i tried eel. it sounds worse than what it
tastes like. it was bbq. so good. i also had some salmon rolls (i
think philly rolls, i don't remember). MMM RAW FISH. honestly, you
wouldn't even be able to tell it was raw. one of the appetizers on the
boat had raw salmon and it was delicious.

we saw the ting tings and then ash and i ventured out with sarah and
tonya for a bit. we wanted to party until 4 a.m., they were serving til
then that night, but we all pooped out. went back and passed out. it
was a blast and i could so see myself living in toronto!!!

next up, tinted windows in chicago. what a shit show it will be!!!

THIS YEAR <333

2009-03-03T06:46:00.000-08:00

it is shaping up to be better than '08 and that is pretty tough to
beat.

march 13-15: toronto with the besties (minus one :( ) and magenta!!!
sushi and booze, oh my.
april 30: tinted windows in chicags, woohoo.
may 13-16 (i think) tulsa, mayfest.
july w/e: dfest with ash, alyssa, ashley, and hopefully d!!!

im a busy busy busy girl. yayyy.

is it may (or july) yet???

2009-02-25T10:18:00.000-08:00

alyssa left for tulsa yesterday. i won't see her until may and then we
are going back for dfest. i plan on eating sushi, watching step
brothers with ashley until i wet myself, and drinking 42 oz.
margaritas. and no one will stop me.

also coming up:
march 13-15 toronto weekend <3
april 30 TW in chicago maybe??
may 15-18 tulsa for event
july 23-28 tulsa for dfest

i really wish i could do sxsw, but w/e. dfest was fun.

know what is funny?

"toms shoes, providing shoes for kids for 3 1/2 minutes"

i was reading notes in my sidekick and died laughing. thanks for that
one, muff!

shopping trips and tunes

2009-02-14T09:24:00.000-08:00

i spent yesterday looking for new music and it was great. i spent two
hours doing it and im heading home to make a mix or two for alyssa for a
going away gift.

that's bobo (the pic). hahahah riley, our middle pup, loves them. i
also got a boyf sweater for $6 and skinnies for $11 from target. AND
THINGS TO MAKE FOR BABY COLE!!! im so excited to meet this new little
person.

so excited for tonight. sad to see her go, though. :(

the biggest loser~

2009-02-12T07:17:00.001-08:00

it's starting today. im not looking to lose, but just get motivation
from my friends to keep on my diet and a healthier life style. i was so
good for almost eight months with not eating meat. trb proved i can go
without pop (tea, iced tea, a pop OCCASIONALLY will do me over). five
days and all i had was one coke, i was amazed.

who's down? i think we all want to look fab on trb x.

late~ years resolutions

2009-02-10T08:29:00.001-08:00

im slow, we all knew that. i need to start working out for trb. i said
i would last year and never did. i have a wii fit that i need to get in
the habit of using again. i have a weight machine and treadmill
downstairs. it's nice today, i might throw some songs on the mp3 player
and run like i did last year. it ends up being a mile and im usually
weezing by the end of the block, but it feels so good sometimes,
hahahah.

what are you guys doing? exercise/diet wise. i need to get back onto
my vegetarian diet and plan out meals and snacks that will fill me up.
i keep getting off track. and more tea and water!!! this pop crap is
killing me.

TRB X

2009-02-08T07:26:00.000-08:00

yep, we are booked. im so excited.

im also in grand rapids until....well the next hour or two. then
heading home to the east~ side.

this party store was having a blow out on their merchandise to get new
stuff in and i picked those napkins up and a bunch of pirate stuff for
our room, im so excited. you don't even know. YAY PIRATES OF THE
INSPIRATION.

crafty~

2009-02-04T16:10:00.000-08:00

yep its time to become crafty AGAIN and set up my etsy. i mean it this
time. look at my cute v-day card. cupcakes and glitter.

what isn't there to love?? :)

nothing says....

2009-01-28T05:34:00.000-08:00

...welcome home like a few more feet of snow!

eff this nonsense. i want to go back to paradise. i need warmth (even
if it was 50 and windy, a lot better then 8 and snowy). next year.

trb x marks the spot.

im addicted

2009-01-23T08:04:00.001-08:00

to soft serve ice cream and 24 hour food. the end.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

2008-12-25T03:07:00.001-08:00

it's 6 a.m. I've been up with a horrendous toothache/headache on and
off for three hours. Ice cold rice bags and motrin AND excedrin finally
helped. Now I can't sleep because there's so much caffiene in my
system. Wow, I typed sister instead of system first. MY LIFE.

I hope everyone gets what they wish for! I know one of my "special"
things is under the tree, waiting for me. YAY.

Ohhh three weeks to im with my bffl's for a week, YAY.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <3

2008-12-20T09:40:00.000-08:00

im on my way to pick tyler up and the snow is gorgeous. cookie
decorating tomorrow. BEST PART OF THE HOLIDAYS.

i hope you all get what you wish for. ill be on a cruise this time next
month, that's more then enough for me.

SNOWS FALLING DOWN

2008-12-18T06:52:00.001-08:00

omg christmas is right around the corner! im so excited. even though i
have a handful of people to buy for still. oops, i fail! im going
saturday i believe, to finish it up.

also, i need to order my toms today and pay ridic $10 shipping to have
my hoodie and shoes for christmas. i want the new tour hoodie but it is
out of stuck so i have to wait for the new year. boo.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! ill have pictures up next week.

TWILIGHT

2008-11-21T07:08:00.001-08:00

i had to go last night and see it. it was AMAZING. erika went with me. i'm going to see it again sunday. let me tell you, the amount of teenies was astounding. like...it was worse then a hanson show, that's for sure. when the lights went down for the PREVIEWS they started to scream and holler. i'm like "really, is this necessary?" saw the creepiest trailer, i'm surprised i didn't have nightmares. it's a movie called "the unborn", freaked the shit out of erika & i (and probably the rest of the PRE-TEENS IN THE THEATER). i wish my parents would have taken me to a midnight showing when i was in middle school and let me skip the day after. DAMN I MISSED OUT.

the only thing that bugged me was robert's voice. it sounded like a really bad fake NY accent and it was kinda ridiculous. but shit, i'm in love with alice & jasper, that's for sure.

NYC DEC. 1ST, perhaps?

2008-11-19T05:59:00.000-08:00

yeah we're discussing it. i miss it so much i'm about to be insane and drive ten hours for a walk. i'm about to be locked up for this, hah hah. oh well. it's been quite some time since chicago (okay so not even a month, i just can't let go yet!!). by the way, chicago was an epic mess. i'm not sure if i've written since then. but lets just say, dance party, fourth row, isaac's side. we ended up like second row by the encore.....pretty sure he thought the ten or so of us were having seizures. not to mention almost laid out diana ON ACCIDENT, HAHA. oops, sorry. :(

oh by the way, drink your O.J. i've had the worst cold for the last week, it's been rough times.

GARY, INDIANA

2008-11-05T07:17:00.000-08:00

i feel like we're going to get hepatitis driving through, my life.

last night was....amazing, to say the least. set list was a plus, i
think i punched ash in the face, and we've been up since 6:00. OUR
LIVES. im sad these were our last shows for awhile but so glad i was
there with my best friend and "witnessed" history. we sat in the
foundation room because getting to grant park would have been nuts.

yay obama!!!!

IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME HOME FROM CHICAGO

2008-11-02T15:02:00.001-08:00

i don't but im just saying. ash and i are sitting comfortably on a
train, good times. im going to pass out shortly, hopefully for most of
this trip. we've stopped in detroit and dearborn and we still have ann
arbor and kzoo and who knows what else.

see ya tomorrow chicago! well, late tonight.

CHICAGO HERE WE COME!!

2008-10-30T08:52:00.001-07:00

you have no idea how excited i am that things worked themselves out.
ash and i are now taking a train into chicago, staying with catie sunday
night, and then staying with katie north dakota on the other two
nights. its kinda nice things fell through with pearl, ash and i never
have traveled to a show alone before. its going to be quality time.
not that i don't love pearl and our crazy bullshit we do on tour, but
things get overwhelming with too many people.

so i need to spend tonight packing and doing laundry. the weather.com
people said its supposed to be "nice" in chicago on monday and tuesday.
that worries me. in '05, it was FREEZING and SNOWING. surprise, i
didn't take a coat either. but this time im wising up. just in case.
watch i won't need it, or my rain boots that i LIVE in. whatever i hate
having wet feet, its gross.

so, our train leaves sunday morning, we get in around noon. if you want
to make plans to see us, let me know! we plan on marching down to navy
pier (yep, im a big kid, don't hate) and then grab dinner before passing
out in a warm bed.

ps, is it weird im going to miss camping? i miss front row already but,
hey, we'll be sitting comfortably in a box, YAY.

SERIOUSLY

2008-10-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

this week has been a mess. we're possibly NOT going to chicago, i found
that out last night. im livid. this whole thing has been a mess.

when i got up to go to the bathrrom at 3, i wiped out in my hallway. my
elbow is completely bruised, i have a few minor cuts under that bandaid,
and a bump the size of HALF OF AN EGG as well. it hurts, lol. my
luck*~

yay it's fall

2008-10-23T06:21:00.000-07:00

/end sarcasm. it's freezing. i am going to die in chicago. UGH.

speaking of chicago, we need a ride home after the second show. pearl can only do the first. it sucks since we have a box & i wanted to share it with all three of my besties (yay they'll all be there, night one at least). i asked my friend andrea who is from around here, she's not sure she can go. we're waiting for the twins to let us know whats up. i think we're staying with them too! i'm actually pretty excited for this, haha. we usually just see them the day of a show for a couple hours and then go our seperate ways. i just need to find a way home and i''ll be fine!

so if anyone is driving home from chicago to metro-detroit, let me know. i'd love you forever.

it's almost friday

2008-10-16T06:01:00.000-07:00

thank god!! i've had nothing to do all week. i finished pretty much all my bracelets that were on order (except one). and everything was shipped out, so i feel accomplished. except i forgot monday was a holiday and i wanted to get everything out then. my muffler fell off monday night so tuesday i didn't get to do it either, UGH. and the line at the post office was ridiculous. i hate that place. i've never seen it that bad during the week. you would have thought it was the holidays already. gross, don't want to think about that, either.

i was so excited for it but i don't even want to go on the rock boat anymore. it just sounds like a damn mess, ugh. kill me.

recovered

2008-10-10T19:49:00.000-07:00

ugh i feel worlds better. i've also stopped drinking caffeine. i haven't had it in three days. i've been drinking strictly water and cranberry juice. oh, which is gross unless you mix it with rum or vodka. i haven't drank since...cleveland. my life is rough. i've become addicted to mac'n'cheese (thank god i'm not vegan!). ROUGH TIMES, FO SHO.

i have to be up at 8 a.m. to do a show with my mom tomorrow. i'll spend all day making jewelry for my lovers and e-mailing half my phonebook because i'll be bored. so you better leave me your e-mails, i'll harass you too.

i'm so glad i'm feeling better. i don't feel like i'm going to infect the entire population of SCS with my disease. I CAN LEAVE THE HOUSE YAY.

CRANBERRY JUICE, GROSS.

2008-10-07T18:46:00.000-07:00

unless it has either vodka or malibu in it, i should say. i've been drinking this shit all day because i do believe i had a kidney infection. how i end up this sick after a few shows is beyond me but i'm too busy and poor to go to the doctors. they'll tell me to drink lots of fluids, rest it up, and i'll pay them $40 for that useless information. i don't need ten years of schooling to tell myself that. GET REAL HEALTHCARE, GET REAL.

so, apologies to anyone i've come in contact with in the last two weeks. you will all probably be sick eventually and it's ass kicking, stock up on tylenol cold pills, water, gatorade, and actually, salty chips help scrape the nasty buildup off your throat. sorry for that visual but i can actually swallow now!! i've called off THREE days in the last two weeks. i'm about to be dead in a coffin.

sob, i still want to die.

got to love the flu

2008-10-07T05:44:00.000-07:00

i'm home again today. they let me leave around noon yesterday. i spent the day in bed, rotating dimetapp and tylenol cool burts cold/flu pills. not to mention grape gatorade which ended up in the toliet. ahhh, got to love being sick!! i've never been this sick before post-tour. i usually have a cold but never the flu. my mom works at a daycare/pre-school with little kids so that's PROBABLY where i got it from. ugh my life, i swear. i want to die.

want bracelets? get real. i know you do.

pretty much still love him for this. d asked him to measure his wrist, LMAO. oh so amusing. not asked, i should say TOLD him.

not so good morning

2008-10-06T05:55:00.001-07:00

i have the flu. i am pissy and cold and sick and vomiting. yeah sorry for that visual but i am. tour KILLED me, no lie. i can't even keep water down and do you know how disgusting it is for it to come back up? it's not good times. at all. the kicker is they are making me come into work. i texted my friend because they don't know how to hang up a phone and was like "let them know i have the flu, but i'm going to try to come in" to give them the benefit of attempting to find someone to replace me but the bitch was like "we had 2 call off's, i need you".

well i'm throwing up, so you're going to be sending me home at 10:30. you need to get real bitch. i am so miserable and cold. ugh. someone put me out of my misery.

i miss hanson. i miss tour even if it's what caused this ridiculous cold. i miss front row and rocking out with my best friends. i want to be better. get me some vitamin c stat.

by the way. lay me down is the most depressing song i've ever heard and makes me want to impale myself on a sharp object. stop making me cry. :(

I AM HOME.

2008-10-03T06:26:00.000-07:00

wow, tour was amazing to say the least. we started out in minneapolis and were front row. yep that's the way we roll, get real. we had some issues with the venue staff but their manager actually came through and was AMAZING. so we bought her and another worker a $5 sbux gift card for watching out for us. um...we watched a lady get mugged. it was hardcore. ash gave taylor the bracelet i made for him and we talked about it on the walk for a little bit. i figured he'd just like shove it in his pocket and it'd end up in the trash can but he had ash put it on so...it stayed on for three days. we asked about it in columbus and it was a little big so i'm going to make him a new one and give it to him in chicago. except i don't remember what size the original was, UGH. i never make stuff for guys so this is hard.

before going into the minneapolis show, we went to take our sleeping bag to the car to find out there was a nail in our tire, leaving it completely flat. after the show we struggled to find someone that would come tow it and fix it. pearl & katie ended up having to stay in minneapolis and it was fixed by 8:30 the next day, ash & i took off with jenna to ATTEMPT getting good numbers for milwaukee. we ended up with 70 something and said screw it, we stayed in the back that show. that walk was intense. taylor stepped on the back of my heel, that hurt like hell. they played 'lay me down' that show and we were seriously on the floor, face down. it was rough times.

the drive from milwaukee to cleveland was HORRIBLE. i almost took out a few guardrails and we ended up pulling over to sleep in an oasis parking lot for 2 hours. i was so tired. that's what happens when you rock out two days in a row, okay? we're rockstars, get real. we were the second group of girls in cleveland and there was already venue drama when we got there. i said fuck it all and had some chicken (YES I'M A BAD VEGETARIAN OKAY). i was in a bad mood, hadn't slept in days, i was starving. sue me. we ended up second row even though we deserved first but these shady bitches were there so, what can you do? i will not drop to my knees for front row EVER. i earn it like i should. whores.

ah, columbus. i am now a decibel club member for some strange reason. whatever we got to "pass the line" and REALLY got front row. right in front of taylor's piano. right where i like to be. that show was amazing. my throat still hurts and i have no voice.

oh...

"when i was 13/14, i couldn't talk until the show. i was still growing"

"taylor, sign right by my name"
"okay!"

thanks for that taylor, we love you. hope you miss us!!!

i'll have some pictures later, i have to leave for work though. i need some throat coat tea stat, though. KILL ME. i'll leave you with these jems though:

IS IT CHICAGO YET? I NEED A BOX AND SOME BOOZE AND MY FAVES.

HELLO CLEVELAND

2008-09-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

YEP WE ARE ALIVE. the ride from milwaukee was a bitch, what a
surprise, eh? im currently walking to the car to change into decent
looking clothes because i look like shit. i need to get real.

ash just said "girl put some makeup on, your eyes don't look right, like
they didn't form good in your momma's womb"

IM CRYING.

ROUGH TIMES.

2008-09-28T06:50:00.000-07:00

i missed front row last night, as lame as it sounds. taylor commented,
after the minneapolis show, how we put on a good show. TOUCHE MR.
HANSON, GIVE ME MY $40 BACK THEN. By the way, he is still wearing that
bracelet. The following is an actual conversation:

Me: Hey Taylor, how's the bracelet holding up?
Taylor: Its good, except it jingles a lot when I play.
Me: ....oh Im sorry.
Taylor: No its okay! I really like the hope ribbon though.

He wore it on stage again last night. The kid likes to see me happy, I
guess. We, as in ash and I, gave the Veronicas bracelets too. They're
too adorable. Since my voice is cutting in and out, Ash asked them if
they would do the walk with us in Cleveland tomorrow. They took my
phone number down and said we would meet up by their bus. Ahhh they're
too fucking cute.

Also, tolls can suck dick for sure. More later.

yeah you guys put on a good show

2008-09-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

so, last night was intense. we were front row on taylor's side and it
was nuts as hell. first of all, camping is a mess of an idea lets get
that out there. especially in the capital of the ghetto. it wasn't bad
until some lady was mugged. get real, it was a few days of rough
times.

the show itself was amazing, met some cool fans butttt most minnesota
fans are nuts as hell. it was hotter than hell in there to be honest, i
wanted to die.

ugh im skipping details so don't kill me. im running on a total of 5
hours of sleep in the last three days. im clinically insane.

ISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC

2008-09-25T06:28:00.000-07:00

im ready to die. im serious. im having hot flashes because im a wreck
and decided to take two stackers so pearl could sleep a bit. my heart
is going NUTS.

but almost there. sweet jesus kill us.

THUG LIFE: tour edition

2008-09-24T19:48:00.001-07:00

we're literally waiting for pearl to come get us. i don't feel like i'm forgetting anything but i PROBABLY will have.

um, keep watching here for real, i'll post from the road. like when we're delusional in seven hours and somewhere in wisconsin.

you love me.

i worry i won't see your face light up again

2008-09-11T06:22:00.001-07:00

i cut my hair. if you know me, you know how INSANE this is. the last time i cut it was april '07. when i was in tulsa i was contemplating shaving it off because it was ungodly hot and i was irritated. so what did i do? i had pearl come over and chop it all off. I LOVE IT TOO. it's short. i think 7 inches are gone. it used to be midway down my back. i actually need to go straighten it before work, i have a fro when it's not done, no lie. oops didn't realize i posted a picture yesterday, LMAO. i made a sidekick post, that's for sure.

tonight i HAVE to sit down and finish the bracelets and send them out tomorrow. i've sold like 4? i think. i also need to get information on where to send my check for the chris hani hospital. thank god, stand up for cancer you can make a donation with your debit/credit card or even on paypal, i think. makes my life a tad bit easier.

tour? OMG. is it here yet? they apparently played deeper last night (fyi, i couldn't even make it up for the setlist. I AM SO OLD) and i freaked out at 5 a.m. when i randomly woke up to check the setlist on my sidekick. my life, i swear. i wanted to cry a little. favorite isaac song next to watch over me, that's for sure.

and love me. DO ME NOW. i need to get out of here before i offend someone.

by the way, how much is this song me?

see i'm a fool and i'm a mess,
i just drink too much and it went to my head
see this mess and i could be a star

i drink way too much, i think.

OMGZ

2008-09-10T05:07:00.000-07:00

i cut all my hair off last night. it needed to be done, the ends were
disgusting. but yay i have a new 'do for tour! except i was watching
something and it looked really similar to someone elses.......hair
twins, FO SHO.

i love it so much. i straightened it last night and it looks amazing,
so now i actually have to do my hair. HAHAAHAH IM LAZY THOUGH.

two weeks, three days until minneapolis i think?

i love jesse mccartney

2008-09-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

i'm being serious. that reminds me of the time emily k, margo, jillian, and i went to ST. PAUL to see him because hanson wasn't touring. i think that was early '05 we did that, HAHA. wow we were intense. it was fun though. if he tours again i'm so going.

i've been busy this weekend. puppy has kept me on my toes!! she's so funny, too. she's napping right now so i might take a quick nap too. sam & her played outside yesterday, i should have videoed it, OMG SO FUNNY. riley would go lay down and sam would bark and she would get up and chase her more. i went to the bead store with my mom & grandma yesterday and this is what i came out with:

(inside joke LOL)

(the twilight fan in me, sorry :/ )

(St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers and hi, music note, what do i do all the time?)

i also made some great divide bracelets, they're red and have HOPE ribbons on them. i'm doing a craft show next weekend and i hope to sell a few. if i do, i'm donating whatever i make from those. i was thinking $10. that's not too ridiculous is it? if you want one, holla. i need to go get more hope ribbons but then i'm cool.
(this is what they look like, but i can make a pink one for breast cancer too, or any other color)

yes, almost tour. i'm chopping all my hair off too, SCORE.

OMG TOUR SOON

2008-09-04T06:39:00.000-07:00

i'm not looking forward to leaving this little lady behind for a week (along with my doggy :( ). but omg she's adorable. i took my camera out and she ran up to me and got all up in the lense.

i'm running late for work so this will be short for sure. but yay tour soon. it's going to be tulsa part two, FO SHO. i just requested my time off for it a week and a half ago LOL. i didn't realize it was that close, omg.

end of summer :(

2008-08-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

finally home from up north. well, finally isn't the word. i wanted to stay but my sister decided to be a douche and said she wouldn't work for me tomorrow, then texted us AFTER we packed the car up saying someone could. whatever. a nice sleep in my bed won't hurt since i was shoved on an air mattress and woke up freezing cold friday and saturday nights.

we came home with this:

oh yeah. that's riley. b wanted to name her mia but riley is much cuter.

PSYCHE!

2008-08-28T08:24:00.001-07:00

tour is so on. thank god. i made a shit ton of jewelry (pearl im
making yours tonight, measure your wrist for me!). plus im just excited
LOL. i had a dream, dear god i woke up sobbing with laughter. we had
some m&g thing, but it was totally like something out of tta-era, a
table, three band members, and terrible 8x10 pictures. i go up to
taylor and im like "hey taylor, excited for tour? we sure are!!" i
don't know, the creepy dreams need to end.

last night i sliced my finger open. right below my nail, where your
nail bed meets the skin. it bled for like three hours, through TWO
bandaids. I'd take a pic but i just put a bandaid back on it. UGH MY
LUCK I SWEAR.

but yay tour and up north this weekend.

throw up the peace sign

2008-08-27T05:23:00.000-07:00

ahhh two more days and then i'll be up north for the weekend. i need to make a list of things to do before i leave (um like pack tonight, tomorrow is thursday and as soon as i'm off friday i have to rush home and shower). i haven't been up north in a long time so i'm really excited. i'm seriously going to lay in a hammock and do nooothing all weekend. except play with jacob & kaitlyn if they come (my cousins, they're 1 & 3). i just don't want to work the next two days.

oh sad, our tour plans are possibly on hold. but HOPEFULLY not. i have my fingers crossed, lol. i need to get out of the state for awhile. tulsa seemed so long ago. it was only a month! i had a blast that weekend, too bad i'm not going back for the show.

note to self:
*charge camera batteries
*empty memory cards
*PACK!!!
*organize jewelry stuff i'm taking
*make tiff & i cookies
*clean room up
*wash blanket

i want

2008-08-20T06:36:00.001-07:00

someone to call me and sing me 'calling you' by blue october. i'm serious, HAHAHAHA. it's such a creepy boyf/girlf song. and i'm all about it. i need to make this happen

by the way went on a jewelry making spree. just in time for tour. we're going to be ballas.

(like my sexy shamrock jammies?)

(my head hurt after this one)

(<333)

(for my best friend, duh)

AND I'LL BE DOING MORE TONIGHT. help me, i've gone insane.

insanity

2008-08-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

i out tulsa'd myself. no really. i was face down, passed out drunk last night and i'm so ashamed. i got the best text this morning as i was curled up, fetal position, on the bathroom floor. it simply said DEAD.

oh yeah it was that bad.

but w/e i had fun, made some jewelry (MMMM EIFEL TOWER NECKLACE!!!!!!!!!).

i'm going to light myself on fire.

i kissed a girl...

2008-08-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

JUUUST KIDDING. i got my fingers on the ingram version of this and let me tell you, justin moore, i love you even more now. this, plus with you times REHAB equals death of me.

so this wii fit business is serious. i am EXHAUSTED. i worked out for 30 minutes last night and about 35 today. lunges will be the death of me. i'm mastered the warrior position in yoga though. i got yoga master (4 stars? i think). tomorrow i need to wake up and work out, but weigh myself later in the evening since i work all day during the week, it "recommended" i should be consistent. my video games lecture me. I LOVE IT.

i'm currently waiting on jillian. um, nearly just typed it WEIGHTING. who am i today? my brain is not where it should be that's fo sho. we're heading to TNT's, some bar on 15 mile to meet bret michaels? who does that? honestly my life is ridic.

i am done. i'm spent. i'm ready for bed after a few drinks.

apparently

2008-08-09T10:05:00.000-07:00

i think im thans today. scarf, neklaces, vneck.

yeah random.

i made a new necklace before jillian picked me up, it's just hemp with a
bead that has a red ribbon on it. nothing special but im addicting to
necklaces. is it tour so i can get away with wearing all these things?
(i can't at work, GAYYYY).

w/e im meeting bret michaels tonight. im kinda exciting.

lazy saturdays

2008-08-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

today i'm going out with jillian & sarah to meet bret michaels at some bar tonight. LOL I KNOW RIGHT? i'm excited, haha. i haven't gone out to the bar since that sunday in tulsa. ugh. needless to say i need a night out. i'm broke as fuck but i'll take my flask with me. that makes me sound like such an alcoholic.

by the way, sam is doing a lot better. she has doggie pain killers and she's actually WALKING on it now, so yay. my baby is okay for right now.

i messed around on wii fit last night and unlocked a few yoga poses and strength ones. i love it. i need to go get my time in really quick and get myself weighed. i was up a pound last night, lmao. what the hell.

wii fit

2008-08-08T21:41:00.001-07:00

holy hell, i just worked out for half an hour mostly with the yoga stuff
and i am sore as HELL.

ill have a nice body for the rock boat in no time though, as long as i
do it daily.

A GOOD THING ABOUT TODAY

2008-08-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

my grandma picked us up a wii fit from costco, holy hell. hopefully today doesn't end up so shitty so i can play it later without sobbing.

2008-08-07T06:44:00.000-07:00

thug life.

2008-08-06T20:13:00.001-07:00

i just saw pineapple express with alyssa & ashley. let me tell you. i haven't laughed that hard since step brothers. OKAY TWO WEEKS AGO JESUS. i also bought this hideous tote bag from forever 21. i can't wait to use it as my purse, YESSS.

oh james franco as a dirty...stoner...was oddly hot.

FUCK THE POLICE. how does he know my life? it's like stl all over again. possibly going to vanessa carlton tomorrow? HOLLA.

by the way....

2008-08-03T19:46:00.000-07:00

vegan veggie burgers are amazing.

so is veggie chili.

why did i wait so long to do this? oh yeah, almost two months!!!

busy busy busy weekend

2008-08-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

first of all, i need to start off with:

SOMEONE STOLE A 40 POUND BIRDHOUSE FROM MY PORCH THIS WEEKEND. yeah i don't know when it happened, sometime between friday night and this morning. my dad made it and it was on this gorgeous pedestal too. needless to say i am upset. :(

i spent a few days this week painting. yeah i wish i could ARTISTICALLY paint, yeah right. i paint signs my dad makes for his craft shows. i do it all the time, it's not bad, i get paid for each sign i paint (but now it's going to the brakes he just did on my car, because i drove off the road and ripped my brake line out i think, lmao).

(i'm sometimes good)

(paint on me for dayyyyys)

(want custom signs? hit me up, no lie)

soooooo i spent the last two days up in lexington, dad did a craft show up that way. it went REALLY well. i had fun hanging out with my...third cousins? it's my mom's cousin's daughter. it was fun. we played volleyball and went swimming in lake huron. the waves almost KILLED me. not to mention i wasn't wearing my own bathing suit so pre-water, i was already swimming in it. :(
(lake huron)

(94 pre-construction)

(ARGHHHH)

(blue water bridge<3)

i'm not ready to return to work tomorrow, but yay next weekend i might be in kalamazoo for the ribfest with my gparents, aunt, uncle, and cousin (minus the ribs since i don't eat meat....). have a good week, guys.

2008-07-31T08:17:00.000-07:00

This is my lunch (and breakfast and dinner and snack....). I am
seriously in need of detox. Yes that is right.

from alcohol, from junkfood, from life itself.

i had a dream about tour the other night and taylor introduced me to
someone as "his friend". HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. this means i spend way too
much time around/thinking of these guys. by the way, if we were friends
I'd make him punch me in the face. everyone needs a little ass kicking
sometimes.

so my cunt of a manager (LOL) changed my schedule tomorrow from 9-4 to
10-2 because apparently im hot shit and can't take time off to get
insanely drunk in tulsa, ok. whatever new job right now please.

eight ball(er) tour '08

2008-07-30T11:53:00.000-07:00

i don't know why we insist on nicknaming our trips/tours. i think we're fucking retarded sometimes. i'm sure a lot of you agree, too. whatever, i have fun. fuck off.

so this is what we're doing. prepare for the worst:

MINNEAPOLIS-MILWAUKEE-CLEVELAND
COLUMBUS-NASHVILLE-LOUISVILLE
CHICAGOX2
TRB*~

quote of the trip:

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I will kick you repeatedly in the balls!

the end.

random gems from the weekend*~

2008-07-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

i've slept about ten hours and still feel like this is what my face looks like:

X_-

no lie. i am passed dead on the toliet, i'm nailed in the coffin, waiting for burial.

i also took my bra off last night to some black smudges, like eyeliner. it looks like someone tried to Y SO SRS? my chest. what the hell happened sunday night in tulsa? how inappropriate was it? i need to know.

(there is a beer in my hand, THAT JUST HAPPENED)

(at this point none of us could stand)

(lmao my face behind A, and that was the choice holder for redbulls)

SATURDAY/SUNDAY

2008-07-29T20:52:00.001-07:00

alright i'm still dying, fyi. look no capitals, bad grammar & punctuation ahead, i swear. not to mention my right heel is DYING. i'm a mess. oklahoma fucks people up. i am fucked. after friday night being so AMAZING, i didn't know how we would live saturday. um..i think shay was still there? oh yeah, she was. we spent the day dicking around, that's for sure. shay and i woke up at got some coffee from the always amazing*~ starbucks in bixby. we had to go back to woodland hills, shay needed makeup. god for some awful reason this day was a blur. i bought some horrendous yellow dress to wear. it was cute though. we went back, i think we had some cocktails to start the night off right and headed downtown. i don't remember who we saw that night but it was all sorts of fun, even if shay & i walked around randomly. we met up with bree for a drink right down from cain's, well i wasn't drinking there, she was.

i seriously can't understand what happened this night. except crazy almost dance parties. and hot heath ledger look alikes. it was a hit mess. so blah blah blah we ended up back at the apartment and shay had to leave to drive home. i miss her terribly. i slept like 3 hours and woke up to:

liiiiindsey....can you get my shirt, it's by the door?

it seems to me that C had the bad case of GHB-sies. friday night she was fall down drunk out of nowhere, saturday she was being stripped. what the hell.

saturday we ended up seeing step brothers (ashley & i) and then the dark knight (the four of us went, second time seeing it, i think it's safe to say we'd all bang the joker....not kidding). we had the most god awful kids behind us and A went to complain to the staff. it was ridic. TWENTY TIMES we turned around to say 'shut the fuck up you brats'. i paid $2.75 but not to hear your dumb ass talk.

we ended up downtown at plan B, drinking before our 14 hour car ride home and let me tell you, it was fun in my head when we made plans to do it but when the alarm went off at 6:30 a.m. to leave, i was sobbing. i don't know what i drank, it could have been draino for all i know, and it was amazing. i had four and vaguely remembering ending up at a waffle house then demanding C takes me to the moe house. if there was tequila in my drinks, the night makes a lot of sense now. i drove most of the way home too, it was hotness in a bottle (idk i'm so tired STILL, i've had 8 hours of sleep the last four days, yay stackers).

i am so glad to be home, i missed my shower; the pressure is heavenly. i missed my dog too. even though she ignores me half the time.

ps:
my heel kills, i'm about to slice it off.

change your song before i throw your iphone into 75

2008-07-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

lmao i love myself sometimes. few more pics, but unfort. i have no photo editing program right now, my life.

(this is where the night went wrong)

(what the hell? free redbull??? there were 5 in my purse)

(pre-drunk eyes)

(one of my fave cities)

(mmmmmtyson)

BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY ONE EYE OPEN

2008-07-29T10:46:00.000-07:00

(bracecizzles and beer '08)

We almost died in Tulsa and I'm pretty sure it would have been the funniest shit ever. I don't have all the pictures YET but bet your damn ass I'll post some here when I do. First of all, drinking & that heat makes you get so damn silly (um Sunday night....I wasn't in the right frame of mind, let me tell you). The trip started off really shitty. First of all we couldn't pick up our rental (didn't end up getting it until 5:30, nearly). WE GOT SIDE SWIPED ON THE WAY TO GET THE CAR. Alyssa and I were like "um, we should probably not leave the state, okay?" and needed a shot right away. The cop took 45 minutes to get there and then another 30 minutes to run our info.

So we finally got on the road about 5:30/6:00 and it was all down hill from there. We got through MI/IL like a breeze, like usual, once we hit STL it was storming something fierce. I am pretty sure we needed Noah's Ark to get through. Halfway through I took two stackers and decided to let the bitches sleep (love ya guys, srsly). QUOTE OF MY LIFE:

just saying guys, i'm about to have a heart attack and if we end up upside down in a ditch, you know why.

LMAO OMG I ALMOST KILLED US. They'd wake up every hour or two and ask if I was okay. So needless to assume, Smooth Criminal was in my head all weekend. As soon as I hit Oklahoma it was 95-100 on the turnpike, we rolled into Tulsa about 8:30/9:00 and I was ready for a drink. NO SERIOUSLY. We got to Ashley's and decided there was no sleeping and went to Woodland and Jamba (MMMMMM) and then Hong Kong for a lunch buffet. By the time we got back to the apartment, which is in Bixby, so it's a good decent drive outside of downtown and our shopping excursion area, we were ready to shower, make jewelry, and drink. Note to all: do your makeup/hair before drinking because you'll probably have purple and green eyes. We all were hot bitches.

So we headed to a bar near Ashley's house for a pregame session and then headed down to the downtown area, stopping at a shadesville liquor store for more pregaming. Whoever lets me in a place like that when I'm CLEARLY intoxicated should be tased on the spot. I wanted to vomit by the time we got there already. We went and shared 2 42 oz margaritas (LMAO the night had a bad turn due to tequila, isn't that always how it happens?). It was messed up. We were soooooo stoked for Phantom (hm, wonder why). We got there and I headed straight to the bar alone I think. When I came back, it was time to give Taylor his bracelet C&A made for him. I needed a shot of tequila first. Oh, apparently when I was drunk I'd log into my h.net mail to make sure I wasn't banned, LMAO. I'm not lying. So we walk over to the fence and Taylor was like -_- (maybe he had a few beers and margaritas too, I can dream right?). "You guys aren't from around here". Why do you know where I'm from, whyyyyyyy! Not to mention I go to 10 different cities on tour so....

After that went down it was back to the bar and I came back with double-fisting action of yumminess. By this time it was a one eyed time. I'm sure while we dance we looked like we were having seizures. Would explain Taylor & Zac's horrified faces!!! WHATEVER. I worked hard for this trip, I haven't done anything since APRIL. Kiss my butt. We left after AAR and I still didn't have enough so we needed to find a new bar. C had to use the bathroom so she hit McNellies (?? maybe i don't remember) and I was outside screaming at Shay to hurry up, she drove up from Louisiana. She also took an 8.5 hour trip into 6. She is the love of my life. C was in the bathroom for sixteen years so I had to go inside. She ripped me into the bathroom and goes: GUESS WHO THE FUCK IS AT THE BAR. I was hoping she was going to say Garth Brooks or my love Orlando Bloom (HAH I WISH) but no, it was Taylor. Not like our life that night could get any worse. She called Alyssa and she rushed over like Batman or some shit. They decided to buy shots for Taylor (oh god I needed another beer, fremboise FTW!). So after 15 minutes he didn't do it, they wanted to go revoke it (I would have done it, SoCo and all). LOL, oh they were Red Headed Sluts, minus jager which is sick shit, SoCo replaced it. Reminds me of last summer when Jillian & I drank a whole punch bowl of SoCo punch together. SO DAMN GOOD. He proceeded to ask if Alyssa was a red headed slut and then did the shots. I slammed the rest of my beer and was ready to call it a night. I would need 2 hours of sleep if we were going to have anymore encounters like this and thankfully, we didn't.

I can't even get into Saturday yet until I see the pictures, I had to step it up 20 notches though, that's for sure.

Saturday/Sunday will come tonight/tomorrow (YAY DAYS OFF)

(pre-one eyed driving and voms)

WOW I AM ALIVE.

2008-07-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

HEY IT'S SUMMER! I've been pretty dead since winter, huh? But now I think I am back to stay. I love it over here. Don't really care if anyone reads this, I like rambling, there is nothing wrong with that.

Tour dates...just came out. In case you're wondering, I'm doing seven (plus TRB in January makes eight in my mind). The tour motto is STILL "balls to the wall". Our tour name, well, is a bit funnier. Eight Ball(er) Tour. I swear, we're so funny sometimes I can't even stand it. I want to make a t-shirt, like a baseball jersey type deal, with SHARK and the number eight on the back. It'd be funny.

LOOK OUT TULSA. Christal, Alyssa, and I are coming down for Dfest. Bring on the tequila, vodka, and sunshine because I plan on being a hot wreck all three days I'm in the city. Just throwing that out there. It will be like the Ingram fiasco part two.

Random picture time....
That's from the Royal Oak show in April. Oh, yes, a tour happened in April. I almost forget until I see my picture on facebook. It feels like forever since I've seen 'the boys'.

xoxoxo

lindsey

ahhh, christmas

2007-12-28T15:35:00.000-08:00

I literally just finished taking my tree down. It felt good, I'm ready for the New Year. The last bit of snow is finally melting. It's actually raining outside right now. That's Michigan for you. Never know what you're going to get, literally.

My sister decorated all of those. She's a perfectionist when it comes to some things.

Poppa, Nan, Me, Mom, Brandon, Tony, my cousin.

Oh ya, you stylin' lady.

Hope everyones holidays were great! HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3

HOLY SNOW STORM BATMAN!!!

2007-12-16T07:30:00.000-08:00

I woke up to CHAOS this morning. We were supposed to take a trip to the DIA (Detroit Institue of Art, for those who don't know) and have lunch at the Hard Rock or Hockeytown Cafe, instead we're buried in 4 inches of snow. We'll be getting another 9-11 before the day is through.

The last picture was just ten minutes ago. My poor car. :(

happy holidays!

2007-12-15T17:24:00.000-08:00

yeah since gj is apparently going down the tubes, i thought i'd come back over here. nothing pleases me more than seeing my georgia font, how lame am i?

today was the family christmas, the only time this holiday season we could all get together, minus my family that recently moved to vegas.

i smell like baby. it's hard to put my finger on. baby shampoo, baby powder. i love it. more from me later, the cousin's and i are off to bowl.

(yeah my sister looks really happy in that one)

do it do it do it

2007-07-03T05:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.savenetradio.org/about/index.html

Without music life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

summer 07

2007-07-02T05:37:00.001-07:00

it should be called summer 06.5. last summer was pretty amazing. ash & d were here for a week (d got to see detroit, holla). we had endless bonfires at margo's, drank wine from boxes because we're so classy. we're going to nyc, well.....it's this month now. in 3 weeks, actually. we went to tulsa the beginning of may (damn that's so long ago now). i can't wait to stay at the beach house with the #1's (ash, d, wawa, jenna, jenni [hopefully], the twins, and so on and on and on)

and we'll never miss a party
'cause we'll keep them going constantly