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Devious Journal Entry

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:03:09 PST

So I have a new blog, since I finally decided to make the move to Tumblr instead of blogger... and this is making me want to pimp myself out with links to all the other non-DA stuff that I'm on (other than personal shizz)!

Tumblr - [link]
last.fm - [link]
Twitter - [link]

Feel free to check them out and add me or something!

getting to know you

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:12:46 PDT

Borrowing this from =xxkiriku
Tell me about yourself.

1. Your Name.
2. Age.
3. Single or Taken.
4. Favorite Film.
5. Favorite Song or Album.
6. Favorite Band/Artist.
7. Dirty or Clean.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings.
9. Do we know each other outside of dA?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the "world peace", etc.). What are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you re-post this so I can fill it out for you?

featured??

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:25:15 PDT

I'd like to thank and for featuring some of my work recently!

I encourage all of you to drop by Heledwidis' journal and googly-googly2's news article and check out some of the other work that they've featured!

On another note:
Random adventures involving tequila, casinos, Sonic, and road trips make for some pretty fantastic nights! I might not have won any money but I definitely had fun!

More photos will be coming in the near future!
Maybe tomorrow?
I've got a bunch of photos from Florida to upload still, then I'll get back into my back-catalog of concert photos.

EDIT
And I've just received news that a few more of my photos have been featured in this music themed News article by ! Thank you so much!

More works are coming soon, lately I've been occupied with work, friends, and getting some spring cleaning out of the way.

not so homesick

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:07:57 PST

You know how I said something about spamming your watch-box before?
Well, it's going to get worse once I get home.

I've been in the lovely Sanibel, Florida all week and I've taken a ton of photos. Sunsets, palm trees, birds, the Bubble Room... it's gorgeous down here.
After we fly back home I'll try and get around to uploading the photos I keep promising as well as these new ones.

(Though honestly, I wish I didn't have to go home)

Long Time Coming

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:30:02 PST

After many months of procrastinating I finally put PSP back on my laptop.
Which means that I'll probably upload all of the pictures I've been taking.

So I apologize in advance for possibly spamming your DevWatch once I get started.

I haven't updated in ages...

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:07:16 PST

First:
I have not been motivated to post anything on here in a while... and I have no idea why. To those who watch me and care, I apologize. Hopefully I'll be able to motivate myself to upload all of the things that I've been talking about sometime soon.

Second:
I'm a bit of a music junkie, as most of you probably know, and I saw this in ~Lasrin's journal and decided that I absolutely had to give it a go.

x The bands you've HEARD OF. * The ones you LIKE. (I take this to mean as "actually listen to on purpose", because I have listened to more music than I've heard of, but that doesn't mean that I'm crazy about all of it. I might like a song or two by somebody, but not actually listen to them often)
Be honest, people! If you really have never heard of them. Don't mark it. it just makes you look faker.

ALTERNATIVE:
[x] Weezer
[*] Paramore
[*] Panic! At The Disco
[x] October Fall
[*] The Academy Is...
[*] Coheed And Cambria
[x] Bayside
[x] Yellowcard
[*] Sugarcult
[*] The Dresden Dolls
TOTAL SO FAR : 10

COUNTRY:
[x] Rascal Flatts
[x] Carrie Underwood
[x] Leanne Rhymes
[x] Garth Brooks
[x] Dixie Chicks
[x] Kenny Chesney
[x] Tim McGraw
[x] Faith Hill
[x] Shania Twain
[*] Johnny Cash
TOTAL SO FAR: 20

EMO:
[x] Hawthorne Heights
[x] Halifax
[*] Forgive Durden
[x] Amber Pacific
[x] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
[x] From First to Last
[x] Senses Fail
[*] Underoath
[*] Something Corporate
[*****] Hit the lights
[ ] Dear Whoever
TOTAL SO FAR: 30

INDIE:
[*] The Hush Sound
[x] Eisley
[x] Death Cab for Cutie
[x] Dashboard Confessional
[x] The Killers
[x] Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[*] Hot Hot Heat
[*] Gym Class Heroes
[x] Franz Ferdinand
[x] Modest Mouse
TOTAL SO FAR: 40

METAL:
[x] Slipknot
[*] System of a Down
[x] Disturbed
[x] Metallica
[*] Guns n' Roses
[x] Lamb of God
[x] Slayer
[x] Hatebreed
[x] Killswitch Engage
TOTAL SO FAR: 49

POP:
[*] Teddy Geiger
[*] Ashlee Simpson
[x] Kelly Clarkson
[x] Jesse McCartney
[x] Avril Lavigne
[*] Pink
[x] The Veronicas
[ ] Daniel Powter
[x] James Blunt
[x] Natasha Bedingfield
[*] Ryan Cabrera
TOTAL SO FAR: 59

POWERPOP/POP PUNK/PUNK:
[*] hellogoodbye
[x] Cute is What We Aim for
[*] Cartel
[x] The Click Five
[*] Fall Out boy
[x] Lucky Boys Confusion
[x] Good Charlotte
[x] Bowling for Soup
[*] Relient K
[x] Less Than Jake
[x] Simple Plan
TOTAL SO FAR: 70

RAP:
[x] Ying Yang Twins
[*] T.I.
[*] Paul Wall
[*] Tupac
[x] Jamie Foxx
[*] Ludacris
[x] Lil' Jon
[x] Outkast
[x] 50 Cent
[*] Kanye West
[x] Notorious B.I.G
[x] Young Jeezy
TOTAL SO FAR: 82

SKA:
[x] Reel Big Fish
[ ] The Specials
[x] Mad Caddies
[x] The Aquabats
[x] Sublime
[*] No Doubt
[ ] Madness
[x] Operation Ivy
[*] Bob Marley
TOTAL SO FAR: 89

ROCK:
[*] Taking Back Sunday
[*] All American Rejects
[*] Motion City Soundtrack
[x] Avenged Sevenfold
[x] Angels and Airwaves
[x] Evanescence
[x] My Chemical Romance
[x] Green Day
[*] Blink 182
TOTAL SO FAR: 98

CLASSIC ROCK:
[*] The Beatles
[*] Led Zeppelin
[*] The Rolling Stones
[x] The Who
[x] Pink Floyd
[x] The Doors
[*] Jimmy Hendrix
[*] Queen
[*] Van Halen
[x] Bob Dylan
[x] Simon & Garfunkel
TOTAL SO FAR: 109

Now multiply by two and put "I Am ___% Obsessed With Music"
218% ... haha. Yeah, I'm nuts. But I guess that's what happens when you surround yourself with it all the time...

Progress

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:06:08 PST

Just Another One by A Rocket To The Moon

So I'm happy to say that I've finally got some of my photos from earlier this year uploaded! I promise I'm not slacking off as much as it might look like!

Still to come:
- The Cab
- The Hush Sound
- Pretty much everything that turned out decent from Warped Tour
- The Bronx
- Every Time I Die
- The Academy Is...
- the purse I made last week

As for what's coming up the 'Stache Bash is this week, and since it's at Mac's I can't promise photos... but I will promise that I'll be rocking a fake mustache and having a blast! The Sunday after that is my second time seeing the Sassy Back Tour, and I'll attempt photos but sometimes lighting at the Intersection kind of makes those difficult as well.

Procrastinators Of The World Unite! ... Tomorrow

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:52:32 PDT

I am such a horrible procrastinator!
I have so many photos to upload for your viewing pleasure and I just... haven't... and I apologize!
It's been so hot lately that I can't stand to be in my room half the time, and I haven't brought the computer downstairs in a while.

I do have a promise of what's to come (especially after tonight):
- My Favorite Highway (April)
- Random non-music shots from BledFest (May)
- The White Tie Affair (June)
- Random shots from True Colors (June)
- Cyndi Lauper (June)
- Group shots from True Colors (June)
- The Cab (July)
- The Hush Sound (July)
- Farwell (Warped Tour - July)
- Every Time I Die (Warped Tour - July)
- The Academy Is... (Warped Tour - July)
- Cobra Starship (Warped Tour - July)
- Jack's Mannequin (Warped Tour - July)

I'm not sure what order they'll get done in since I actually owe some of these bands the photos that I took... but they are all coming sometime soon!

EDIT:
Okay, I'm not as horrible of a procrastinator as this journal and my lack of posting might lead you to believe... my computer was MIA for a few weeks due to viruses and repairs, so that's a key factor, too. I'm back, and once I get things operating the way I'm used to again there will be plenty more photos... like the ones promised above.

Also, I'm blogging now!
I have been for a few months, but I realized I haven't mentioned it here at all... so you can come read the things that go through my head here: [link]

Imitation is the sincerest form of battery

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:48:57 PDT

* Choose a singer/band/group
* Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group
* Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged)

I choose: Every Time I Die

1. Are you male or female?
Buffalo Gals

2. Describe yourself.
Rebel Without Applause

3. What do people feel when they're around you?
Nothing Dreadful Ever Happens

4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
Rendez-Voodoo

5. Describe your current relationship.
Hit Of The Search Party

6. Where do you want to be now?
California. Gracefully

7. How do you feel about love?
Champing At The Bit

8. What's your life like?
Guitarred and Feathered

9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Romeo A Go-Go

10. Say something wise.
Enter Without Knocking And Notify The Police

I tag:
Whoever wants to do it.

Things have changed for me

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:38:16 PDT

Life has continued at a fairly normal pace.

Work. Concert. Work. Friends. Concert. Work. Sleep (maybe). Work.

Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way. Okay, maybe with a little less work (or a different job?) or a little more sleep... but other than that life is amazing!

In other news, The Honda Civic Tour stopped in Detroit tonight... and it was phenomenal! As if this month hadn't been amazing enough!

I have a ton of new (and old) pictures to edit and upload soon... including some of Panic At The Disco, The Hush Sound, and Phantom Planet (among many others!).

I hope everything is going well for all of you as well!

Streakers?

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:38:28 PDT

I plugged in my external hard drive for the first time in a few months today... with the intention of converting some music and putting more pictures on it for me to go through and upload... until I realized how many photos I had on there from last year that were actually decent images and hadn't been uploaded.

What does that mean?

Well, you can expect a lot of uploads from me over the next few weeks... as I sort through everything and get it out into the public eye.

What does that mean to you?

Honestly? I'd like your opinions, comments, critiques, etc. See something that can make it better? Tell me. Absolutely adore it? Tell me. Hate it? Hell, tell me. I don't know if I'm improving or staying put like a stick in the mud unless I get some feedback.

Oh! Also, this weekend was amazing.
Two kids messed up their legs at a crappy band's concert. There was a streaker during Hellogoodbye at Sparty Party. And, to top it all off, a lot of touring friends were in Michigan on Sunday and things were phenomenal.

asdfjkl;

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:22:10 PST

I am so completely and utterly confused right now.

Have you ever been randomly attracted to somebody you didn't actually know, based on personality alone? As in, somebody on the other side of a computer screen... or half-way across the world?

If not, let me just tell you that it sucks.

I had dreams about this person the other night, and I don't even know what they look like. My brain was all "hokay! Here's what -insert name here- will look like until you know otherwise! Have fun!"

I no longer know what the hell is going on... fun times, right?

In other news, I get to see three of my favorite people tonight... maybe. If Jamie ever calls me back and tells me when we're leaving.

And, while I'm trying to distract myself from my frustration... here's a music game. =3

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game, post your own

1. Can I say I miss you for lack to obtain
2. Introverted boy, you are not interesting boy
3. We in the streets playa, getcha mail
4. So who's that girl there? I wonder what went wrong so she that had to roam the street
5. Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worry on the doorstep.
6. Do you get what you want? Do you get what you need?
7. This is not the end this is just the beginning and don't you know everything we want is within our reach
8. You might sleep, but you never dream. Onward! Progress! Or so it seems.
9. Words like love and happiness never seem to stand up, baby, when you put 'em to the test
10. Blow the last candle out. Let the wax harden.
11. We dismiss the back roads and ride the streets unafraid
12. On a perfect day, I know that I can count on you
13. Lie lie lie lie liar you lie lie lie lie lie, tell me why tell me why why d'you have to lie
14. I'm not sure what's worse, the waiting or the waiting room
15. You had demons to kill within you screaming
16. This bridge I've established has been crumbling down
17. Sometimes I wish I had a farm
18. Little angels whisper softly while my heart melts for you and I'll see
19. Love love me do you know I love you
20. Do I attract you, do I repulse you with my queasy smile

Great moments in photography... ?

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:59:20 PST

Have you ever taken a picture that, the instant the shutter goes off and you see the result on the display, you feel immensely proud and excited about? The feeling of pride just swells inside you until you want to burst, and you feel compelled to show that photo to absolutely everyone you know?

I took one of those last night.

In technical aspects it's probably only an "okay" photo, but I'm absolutely in love with it.

I can't wait to show you!
Possibly later tonight...

I'm sorry for this, seriously

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:40:45 PST

Sometimes I want to be beautiful.

People could try and get me to deny the fact that I'm not all they want, but I'd still know the truth. I'm the one who looks at myself in the mirror every morning, after all. You only see me for moments at a time.

I like to think that personality will prevail.
That charisma will conquer.
That alliteration isn't annoying.

Then I realize that it's surprisingly difficult for me to find love of the romantic variety.
Obviously I'm either hideous or doing something wrong.
And I'd like to think that I'm not quite hideous, though I know I'm not stunning either.

It's all incredibly frustrating.

I'm not normally this angsty.
Maybe it's because I've been drinking.
Maybe it's because I hang around too many gorgeous men that are far beyond my reach.

For once can't inner beauty triumph?

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Now playing: Patent Pending - Sleep Well My Angel
via FoxyTunes

EDIT: I also now have a Stickam account for crazy people who want to talk to me and see me (crazy, right?)... [link]
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Now playing: All Time Low - The Girl's a Straight-Up Hustler
via FoxyTunes

The trouble with poet...

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:59:39 PST

I suppose I owe a post-holiday update, though there isn't much information to give.
The holidays are, indeed, over... and I'm okay with that.

I thought that I'd found somebody to join me in the adventure of romance and dating, and it turns out that I was wrong. Of course, this is nothing new.

Instead I found somebody in my arsenal of friends who's willing to both advise me in romance and fill in as somebody to break my two-year dry spell of intimacy (of any type that exceeds that which comes with friendship). He's already tried to help guide me through why I never fall in that prospective-girlfriend type of roll, and offered to share kisses next time he's in town. I may have to take the offer if nothing happens between now and then.

Art-wise, I have a lot of older photographs from last year that I still have to upload... and I apologize for taking so long, but I'm easily distracted whether it's by conversation, random excursions, or getting lost in music. Rest assured that more photos will be coming soon... and hopefully I'll get out and take some more.

I hope you all have been amazing.

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Now playing: Jamie Campbell Bower, Johnny Depp & Laura Michelle Kelly - Johanna(2)
via FoxyTunes

snowballsnowballsnowball FIGHT!

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:09:46 PST

I think I'm one of the few people in Michigan that's happy about the weather right now...

There's about six inches or so of snow on the ground!
Everything is freaking gorgeous!

Sure, driving sucks.
Walking in it sucks.
But there's so much you can do in the winter that you can't do any other season...
Sledding! Skiing! Snowboarding! Making snowmen! Snow angels! Snowball fights!
It's exciting!

I'm sure I'll be sick of it and ready for warmth soon, but right now I'm just enjoying the serene beauty that winter brings.

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Now playing: Jimmy Fallon - Snowball
via FoxyTunes

My Survival Plan

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:58:36 PST

I've come to realize the key to my survival, or at least what it is that calms me down in dangerous situations.

I focus on detail. Not important details like "what did his face look like" but minor stuff like "his coat and his pants didn't match" or "this is my first time wearing this shirt and now it's going to be covered in blood" or "I should probably put the cap back on my bottle". Stupid little stuff like that keeps my mind off of the main problem and puts it to work on something else, and it calms me down. I don't understand it, but it's what happens.

When I was robbed in August of '06, all I could focus on were what the kids were wearing, what I was wearing, how stupid it was of me to back away from the safety button... things like that.

Today, on the way home from the casino, Jen and I hit a patch of ice on the highway and spun. When I say that, I mean that at one point we were going home, the next minute we were facing the headlights of the car behind us, and the next we were spinning through the grass. All I could think was that I needed to put the cap on my Dr. Pepper so that it didn't spill everywhere. It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. The next thing I remember thinking was "ohshitthatcar'sgoingtohitus!" and then "why am I sitting higher than Jen?" (we ended up on a hill, the passenger side was up higher on the hill than the driver's side).

For the record, the car didn't hit us. Our car didn't flip over. The car is okay. And, of course, both of us are fine. We were a bit shaky for a while, but we're fine now.

It was just that it made me realize how I cope with danger, why I tend to not be afraid of much anymore. When I start to get scared I start to focus on all of the details instead of the big picture that's making me nervous. Hm.

Let me just say that this is one of the first Thanksgiving's that I've consciously been thankful for something.

Proving Existence (BIG NEWS INSIDE!!!!1!!!11!)

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:39:02 PST

People take pictures of each other,
Just to prove that they really existed,
Just to prove that they really existed.
People take pictures of each other,
And the moment to last them for ever,
Of the time when they mattered to someone.

________________________________________ _________________

Today was pretty amazing.
I went to see Sound The Alarm at Mac's, by myself, and ended up spending the first half of the show with Carly or alone. I had a Long Island on an empty stomach and proceeded to find out that it's not a good idea to do that... because I almost instantaneously got really dizzy. So I said something to Carly about it, and Sean (The White Tie Affair) practically shoved a piece of crazy bread into my hand stating that he didn't want me to pass out, and offered me his chair. I sat and talked to Carly and munched on more bread and a slice of pizza. A few minutes later Sean looks over and freaks out about how he hadn't seen me eat anything and decided to feed me the rest of his crust... and split the rest of his Sprite. It was pretty sweet.

The rest of the night was spent drinking and dancing with the boys in Say No More, The White Tie Affair and Sound The Alarm. They all had pretty phenomenal sets, and they were such sociable and amazing people! I made many a new friend tonight, and I finally got the numbers for my STA boys so I can talk to 'em more often (after I told Joe that if his girlfriend got mad at him over me that she could call me and I'd explain that it is most definitely not like that).

I also made some connections and got Mike frickin' Shea's phone number! For those of you who don't know, my dream is to write (or - at this point - take photos for) AP magazine... and Mike is the president and founder of the magazine! I'm ridiculously excited! Now all I have to do is work up the courage to call him at some point!

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Now playing: The Kinks - People Take Pictures of Each Other
via FoxyTunes

Let my last breath be something I hold (dear)

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:50:45 PDT

Something I hold to myself
Kept locked away inside
I tried my best
But is it enough

___________________________________

I've been having some insecurity issues lately that come from so many things.
But I keep up my ever-present optimism and confidence on the exterior, afraid to show that inside I feel pretty fucking worthless.

I also hate how people I'm interested in (even if it's only remotely) seem more interested in my friends. It makes me a slightly jealous person, and that's not something that I normally am.

I know that it'll pass and I'll be fine in a day or two... but residing in my subconscious, I guess I just want to feel wanted.

On a more positive note, last night's show was pretty fantastic. The Photo Atlas played some new tunes, and I discussed how their music being a total mind-fuck was a large part of it's appeal with Devon. Damiera was goooood... since I finally got the chance to pay attention to their set (last time I was too busy talking with Jen and P.TM). Their bass-lines amaze me.

Now... I think I should sleep.
Last night was an all-nighter.

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Now playing: Vanna - Heavens to Betsy
via FoxyTunes

I won't play the fool for you...

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:32:53 PDT

I won't forfeit my soul
for a pretty penny
is anybody listening?
do I make myself clear?

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It's days like the past few that make me love life.
It's autumn, which means that all of the leaves are magnificent shades of yellow and orange and the air is crisp and cool. It's hoodie weather, glove weather, scarf weather, and it makes me smile.

Last night was absolutely amazing... and because of that, I didn't take pictures.
The Reign Of Kindo was eclectic, but amazing. I definitely wasn't disappointed.
Then came my drinking buddies, The Higher. Despite some technical difficulties they did phenomenal! They put on such a good show! The drunk girl behind me grinding on my new friend kind of annoyed me, but interaction with Tom and Reggie while they were on stage made it all worth it. Plus, their new drummer is great!
Then we had This Providence. I'm sad that it takes me seeing them live again to make me re-fall in love with them. As people, I love them. As musicians, I positively adore them. They are, all around, fantastic. We had some fun taking photos in the parking lot... though if they get uploaded it'll be Jen who does it since they were on her camera.
Daphne Loves Derby was gooooooood. I wish I'd been paying more attention, but I was having far too much fun with my friends by that point.

My best friend is finally turning 21! And she loved her present.

I know I have a ton of pictures from ages ago to upload still. I promise that, one of these days, it'll get done! Things are just so crazy lately!

thoughts of mediocrity

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:38:46 PDT

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So
naked
and cold
my intimate thoughts
are hung out to dry,
like red flannel underwear
dangling conspicuously
in the critical wind

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That quote (by Ruth Anne Hankins) reminds me so much of how paranoid I used to be when I'd show my poetry to people... and now I can easily look back on my book of poems and find maybe five that are any good. I can look back and be that very critical wind and realize that I was nowhere near as talented as people led me to believe. Maybe that's why I can't bring myself to write as much anymore. Maybe that's why I have this horrible creativity block. Or maybe it's because I'm currently lacking of strong emotion. I'm not angry, I'm not in love, I'm just existing. Nobody writes about simply existing, it's not inspiring... and apparently neither am I.

I get random lines that'll pop into my head in the middle of the day, but nothing to go with them. I had this idea to write something about metaphors, and then nothing would come out. I had a line about not intending to inspire anyone, and then I realized that I probably really haven't inspired anybody.

Am I just a fake? Do I live in a dream and neglect the reality that I'm not nearly as amazing as I'm led to believe? I don't think I'm fake, as far as I can tell I'm as genuine as I can possibly be. I never tell the whole truth, because some of that is way too painful... but I don't lie.

It's kind of disconcerting.
<3Kendra

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Now playing: Brighten - We Chose The King
via FoxyTunes

Placebo Of A Decade

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:18:48 PDT

The rest of August went pretty well... minus the end of the trip to Canada. We were stranded in a parking lot overnight waiting for a repair shop to open... and had to wait for Jamie's dad to drive to Chatham to pick us up and bring us home. Then she had to go back and get the car fixed and whatnot. There was more to it than that, but let's not re-cap. I mean, it's funny now, but that was one hell of a stressful situation!

I have a ton of pictures that I need to post! Maybe I'll do that some day soon... It depends on plans and all that. Starting next weekend things are going to get a bit busy for me. Friday I'm supposed to go drink with D and get him drunk enough to not drive down river. Then Saturday my Alaskans are going to be in town! The 25th I get to see my Canadians, then the 26th I get to see them again, with The High Court (again), and the 27th is The Secret Handshake (aka - Luis brings Irv and Greg back home for a day!) and Powerspace!

Pictures will come soon, I promise. I just have to go through and figure out exactly what I still need to upload. Which could take some time and sorting. Wooo!

PS - I'm kind of depressed at the moment due to some issues with a family pet, so if the photos don't come quickly, I apologize. But I'll do the best I can.

PPS - I started a new weekly blog on buzznet featuring my top ten artists of the week according to my last.fm charts. Check it out here: [link]

<3

Birthhhhhhday!

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:34:06 PDT

My birth-month this year has been absolutely amazing so far!
The shows, the people, the presents... I can't get over how much has been going on... or how much more I want to be going on!

My mom got me the most amazing pair of treble clef earrings that I pretty much never take out of my ears now... like, ever.

I got my hair done on my birthday and it looks fantastic! Most of it is dark brown with black lowlights (I look weird with dark hair... but a good weird), then the under-coat is hot pink! It fits so well, and it looks ridiculously good!

Tonight was my "birthday show" which was, well, unbelievable! Some of the people that came out made me soooooooo happy. There were cupcakes. There was friends. There was amazing bands... I couldn't have asked for much more! Except, I gained a fangirl... which is odd... but whatever. Sound The Alarm pulled one hell of a set, through which Joe was really happy that I knew the words. It was cute. Then Mayday Parade was pretty damn impressive. The boys of StA kind of co-own my soul with those of NOGH at the moment. Whether they know it or not.

Tomorrow's my day to see my favorite guys ever! I'm so excited! It's been six months since I've seen their crazy asses... and they've put out two cds since then! I feel gypped! Oh well... Tomorrow...

Warped Tourrrrr

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:52:57 PDT

So, Friday was absolutely phenomenal!

I have quite a few photos to go through and re-size and whatnot so that I can upload them here...

I got the chance to see some of my current favorite songs performed live... and it made me estatic! (Break Out! Break Out! by All Time Low was LOVE!) Not to mention that I ran into a lot of people that I didn't even know were going to be there, and it was good times. I hung out with some friends that I'd made earlier that week (Jonny, Craig and Nick... thanks for spending time with me, seriously), helped my boy Mike from The High Court get some people's attention directed towards their stage, and finally met DJ.

The only downside: the horrible sunburn that I got from the ordeal. It's what I get for forgetting that you can still get burnt even if it's overcast. Go me.

Any day but today

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:57:20 PDT

Have you ever had a day where you spent the day wishing that it were any other day? Wishing that it was yesterday, or last week, last month, even last year? Wishing that it was a day some time before you were faced with something that makes you feel absolutely miserable?

Today was one of those days. Let me tell you, losing yourself in novels and television shows that aren't even that good only numbs the feelings... they're still there, buried in the back of your mind, making you just want to go to bed and never have to leave it's safety and simplicity ever again.

Can I just take today back? Can it have never happened?

There must be more than this...

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:51:11 PDT

So the past few weeks have been amazing.
I've got to spend parts of it with some of my new favorite people... which is good enough for me.

I also found out that a trip to Germany with Portugal. The Man may be in my future thanks to Zach. Not the near future since there's a lot of people before me, but the future none the less. Yay!

I've been in a rather metal mood lately... which could be because this is the week of metal shows for me. Means/Emmure was last night... and it was amazing. I hadn't been to a show like that in almost two years! Tomorrow I get to go and have me The Devil Wears Prada experience, which should be a blast! All I can say is that it better be worth it because that show is why I'm missing the only day at Cornerstone that I really care about this year...

Also, I sponsored a kid through World Vision on Sunday! So, I get to get that "making the world a better place" feeling.

Unfortunately, the next day I found out that my rent is going to be doubling in about a month... and that I'm supposed to move out next Spring. So... yeah.

Church Mouth

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:19:12 PDT

This year promises to be absolutely amazing.

I just found out a day or two ago that my favorite Alaskans are coming back to Michigan around my birthday... again. I get to celebrate with Zach, John and Jason! Seriously, they are some of my favorite people.

I'm getting back into the artistic-photography thing... since I keep forgetting to bring my camera to shows lately.

There's this house around the corner from me that caught fire about a month ago. An elderly couple and their dog were killed in the fire. The house looks so desolate and tragic... and there's these rose-like flowers growing at the front corner of their lot, like a small beacon of hope. It's just one of the most beautiful sights I've seen in a while... and that thought makes me feel so morbid.
I'm hoping to get some shots of that house sometime soon, before they knock it down.

I still have a few Chi-town photos to upload.
And some older concert photos that I never got around to showing off.
They'll be here eventually.

<3

Devious Journal Entry

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:41:23 PDT

Chicago was absolutely amazing.

The show was beyond words.

I have a bunch of non-concert photos.

But instead of uploading 'em I'm going to go to sleep.

Chi-town here I come!

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:15:57 PDT

So... there's only a matter of days before Jen, Lindsay and I make the four/five hour drive to Illinois. You have no idea how excited I am! I haven't been there in about five years... and it's my favorite city. The plan is to chill around the city for a few hours, then head to Kenilworth for Blacktop Mourning's CD release show. The trip should be absolutely fantastic!

As for other news... I still have pictures to upload. I suck. I'm sorry.

That being said, I really need to go and just take my camera out one day and take some pictures... it's been a while since I've done anything that hasn't been concerts or my pets.

Odds are that my camera's coming to Chi-town with me, though.

Other than that I've been swamped with work... and concerts, but I've been going to shows more for fun than pictures lately. Sorry. That means you guys have missed out on some photos.

<3Kendra

Complications

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:48:22 PDT

Men are confusing.
Seriously.

And they think that women are messed up... right....

I'm in a predicament that I've never been in before. And it sucks.

And I haven't been bringing my camera to shows lately. So I'm not as behind as I have been. Yay.

I'm Dancing With Myself

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:33:45 PDT

I can't remember the last time that somebody's voice on the other end of a phone line has made me this happy. Things are good, complicated and confusing, but good. So yeah, I guess the whole point of this is that I'm ecstatically happy! Woo!

I know, I still owe you guys about 8347024 different photos... for multiple bands.

And I keep taking more.

I'm an idiot.

Love me anyway?

ajkfdl;

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:19:44 PDT

I have new hair!

The stylist was amazing... and excited because I was giving her something "fun" to do instead of the same request she gets all the time. She also said that she wished she'd had a camera for a before and after shot... wow.
That was some of the most fun I've had sitting in one of those chairs in a long time!

Hair: [link]

In other news, I still have plenty of photos I need to upload. But I'm lazy. So who knows when they're coming.

Tomorrow I have another trip to Mac's. For Blacktop Mourning again... I miss them. I'll probably be taking pictures, but who knows anymore. I'm too anxious about a few other things to worry about that.

<3Kendra

Santi

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:34:55 PDT

Okay, so the new Academy Is... CD came out on Tuesday.

I was at Best Buy when it opened, and bought it.

It's pretty much all that I've been listening to since.

Seriously, I'm that impressed. Santi is definitely more mature than Almost Here (though I still love AH!) and I adore it. Beckett did an amazing job with the lyrics, and they all did superb on the music. I don't even think that I was this impressed with Fall Out Boy's Infinity On High - which is saying something because it took quite some time for that CD to emerge from my personal CD player. I think the next time Santi leaves it is going to be in mid May when Blacktop Mourning releaces their new CD via Adam Durtiz's Tyrannasaurus Records. Because I love those boys on a more personal level.

Anyway, if you haven't bought Santi yet, you should. There's all kinds of deals on the CD right now: Best Buy gives you two extra songs, Target gives you a DVD, and I'm sure there's more. But either way, this is a must have for your music collection!

<3Kendra

All we want is dinner oh-oh-oh

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:31:24 PDT

I am so overwhelmed when it comes to things to skim through and upload... and it keeps adding up.

I still have photos from The Higher, K-OS, POS, Gym Class Heroes, and who knows who else.

Not to mention that I have about forty pictures that I took tonight just during Floating To Catalina's four song set... and on my camera they all look pretty decent. The real test is going to be looking at them full-sized.

Random note - The Forecast = <3 live.

<3Kendra

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:14:41 PDT
I haven't had a crush this big since I was eighteen, the first semester of my first year in college.

I haven't hurt this much in a long, long time.

Love has given up on me.
So maybe I should give up on love.

If only that weren't such a difficult thing to do...

Zombified

~kamikaziekitten — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:01:49 PDT

So, I just got back from Cleveland at four thirty this morning... it made for one hell of a long day.
Hilights:
Not being home
Getting ten kinds of turned around
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Seeing items that belonged to many of the musicians I admire
Pictures with the oversized Ramones guitar
Hard Rock Cafe... and our waiter
Tower City (and new shoes)
Being on TV
Kill Hannah
30 Seconds To Mars' ridiculously long set
Meeting Jonny and having him be insanely nice
Patrick - the random drunk guy from Pennsylvania
Meeting 30 Seconds To Mars, for all of five seconds

Downpoints:
Parking scam
Only meeting 30 Seconds To Mars for five seconds
No cameras allowed, professional or otherwise

Overall, it was a pretty sweet trip... and it's probably the reason I'm out of it today.

I have pictures that I need to upload from a few shows ago (Boink, K-OS, P.O.S., Gym Class Heroes...) ... but I'm not sure when I'll get 'em up.

<3Kendra

I'm The Kid With The Laser Stare

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:12:48 PST

First of all, I'd like to say that all of you should check out Nic Newsham's (vocalist of Gatsbys American Dream) newest project - RedRedBlue. It's amazing. You can find it here: [link]

The latest concerts have been absolutely amazing! And I have a few pictures from the Island View Drive/Wax On Radio/Forgive Durden/Brazil show as well as from the Jenn's Apartment/Boink/The Summer Obsession to upload! I didn't get many at the Portugal. The Man/The Fall Of Troy show for various reasons, so none of those for you!

6.Feb.07
Island View Drive makes me happy. They're different and that's rare in music these days. Plus they're some of the nicest boys I've met in a while.
Wax On Radio was... interesting. I don't really think that the vocals matched the music, but they were fun to watch none-the less. Their drummer reminds me of Animal.
Forgive Durden was absolutely amazing, as usual. I was happy to see that there were more people there for them this time.

10.Feb.07
This show sold out... which makes me feel the tiniest bit guilty for getting in free... but not really.
Tera Melos was amazing. It was pretty much a mostly instrumental rock out during their set, and it was sweet as hell. I now regret not buying their CD and only getting a t-shirt.
Dameira... I was rather impressed with them, at least more-so than I'd been expecting to be. They sounded like I would expect a band on Equal Vision to sound, but certain beats in their set made me fall in love... a little.
Portugal. The Man... they were off, but that's okay. They worked with what they had available to them since Johnny was just getting over Bronchitis and still sounded a little bad, and Zach still had Bronchitis, and Larengitis, and he couldn't even talk above a whisper. Dewey has apparently re-joined the band for this tour... During The Devil some of the guys from Tera Melos and The Fall Of Troy were on stage rocking out with the P.TM boys and it was amazing. I missed Zach's back-up vocals. I was later chastized for not going on stage and singing them for him when I'd said something about how Jen and I were singing his part in the crowd. He informed me that I'd have been welcome on stage. I wish I'd have known that before the set.
The Fall Of Troy was absolutely fantastic! I have to say that I'm definitely a fan of them now... and the crowd was absolutely insane! Some kid even broke his leg in the pit... it got pretty violent. But the music was just... mmm.

16.Feb.07
No Ones Anthem, at least I think that's what the first band was called... some punk band from the Detroit area. They weren't all that impressive. I wasn't fond of the vocals, but the guitarist did stick out to me a bit... he had talent.
Jenn's Apartment... thank god for them sounding how they did! I used to think that they were absolutely terrible, back in the summer of '05. Now two friends of mine from high school are in the band and with their talent and the different direction that the music went in, well, they aren't half-bad now!
Boink never fails to impress. The set was energetic and one hell of a lot of fun. It's a shame that Lucien got kidnapped and couldn't rock out up front with me, Jen, Nakita, Jeremy ("the Boink Guy"), Chris and Tanja (two ex-members). I love those boys.
The Summer Obsession got a lot, well, dirtier since I saw them last year. Lucien and Christ remembered me, and talked to me for a while... which was fun... Lucien even made a grab for my chest when he was talking about/looking at my Tera Melos t-shirt. But back to the show! I was a little disappointed in the performance, though not in the music. Apparently they had some mutual differences with Fin, their old guitarist, and now they're a three piece band. What does that mean? Half the fun out of watching them is gone. Lucien doesn't play his keyboard any more since he's got the guitar thing going, and Christ doesn't move around as much now that he has to make sure he's by the mic for back-up vocals. Boo. Christ's pants fell down... that was rather amusing.

Coming up:
2.March.07 - The Matches, I Am Ghost, Escape The Fate... and others?
5.March.07 - This Providence, Blacktop Mourning, and more
7.March.07 - Gym Class Heroes, Rx Bandits, K-OS, P.O.S.
10.March.07 - Island View Drive, Jenn's Apartment
19.March.07 - 30 Seconds To Mars, Kill Hannah
30.March.07 - The Hush Sound, Mae, Sherwood, New Atlantic, Reliant K(Maybe, I've herad rumors)
17.April.07 - Hit The Lights, Forgive Durden, Valencia, Love Arcade
??.April.07 - Poison The Well, Fear Before The March Of Flames, Portugal. The Man
21.May.07 - Honda Civic Tour - Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, +44, Paul Wall

All of the lovers with no time for me

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:09:09 PST

Okay, so more music-type stuff for an update... what else is new from me, really?

First of all I'd like to say that I have a new infatuation... and I'm not talking about my picture with that title (the bass has been an infatuation of mine since high school). However, I'll leave it at that and keep you guessing. It's more fun that way.

Now, on to the rest of the update.

The first concert of the year has come and gone for me... and it was absolutely amazing. I'd been looking forward to seeing Blacktop Mourning again since I'd last seen them in August. Mostly because them live is how I love them. They had the addition of Nate and Greg from IEG (a Holt, MI based band that opened a lot of shows I'd seen over the past year) to their line up. Those two are amazing musicians, so they fit in well with the rest of the band. I've got a few pictures of the boys of BTM up already... and I've yet to weed through the rest to decide what's worth posting.

Talking to Joe after the show was pretty great... he's definitely one of my new favorite people. Of course, so are Shawn and Max.

On to more news!

Forgive Durden will be playing in East Lansing this Tuesday, and I've made sure that I'll be out of work so that I can go and hang out with Big T and Andy again. I miss them. Odds are that there'll be more pictures from that show, too.

A week from tomorrow marks the day that I'm reunited with Zach, Johnny and Jason for the first time since November. I miss those boys like crazy. Apparently they'll be playing with The Fall Of Troy, so that should be interesting. Oh, and they got their Christmas cards, so I'm happy. I get nervous about the USPS.

Of course, there's a lot more coming up than just that, but I'd like to think that I'll update before March.

Currently I'm listening to the streaming of Infinity On High - Fall Out Boy's new album (it comes out Tuesday, Feb. 6th! Buy it)... and I'm in love with it. I started out not being able to stand this band, fell in love with their old stuff, got to know the stuff I originally didn't like (and ended up satisfied once it wasn't over played... or once I stopped listening to the radio/music vids/whatever)... and this new CD excites me. It's quite a bit different, but still recognizably FOB.

<3Kendra

Of Melodrama And Memoirs

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:54:24 PST

--Copied From My LiveJournal that can be found here: http://kamikaziekitten.livejournal.com--

First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and state that jello shots and mixed drinks while playing Monopoly here and now (fighting over Vegas and the few things from Chicago) and blowing those noise makers at barking dogs pretty much wins.

As usual, I have no new years resolutions and little new hopes for the year to come. All I can desire from it is that it's just as amazing if not more so than the past year... and '06 is going to be difficult to top.

The first show of the New Year (at least that I'll be interested in and attending) is coming up this Saturday when I get to go see some friends from high school play with my boys in Blacktop Mourning (whom I haven't seen since August).

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Okay, this next part I'm stealing from Johnny. These are my top twenty records of 2006. Feel free to discuss what you think should be higher, lower, off the list, or is simply missing from it in your opinion. Or post your own top twenty and compare.

1. Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!"
2. Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
3. Gatsbys American Dream - Self Titled
4. Forgive Durden - Wonderland
5. Anathallo - Floating World
6. The Hush Sound - Like Vines
7. The Matches - Decomposer
8. Hit The Lights - This Is A Stick Up... Don't Make It A Murder
9. This Providence - Self Titled
10. Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel As School Children

11. Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors
12. Under The Influence Of Giants - Self Titled
13. Be Your Own Pet - Self Titled
14. Cobra Starship - While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets
15. Misery Signals - Mirrors
16. Cassie - Self Titled
17. The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
18. Sound Of Animals Fighting - Lover, The Lord Has Left Us
19. MC Lars - The Graduate
20. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

<3Kendra

Some people are terrible actors...

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:26:52 PST

...but some will break your heart.

I have so much I could say, yet at the same time there's really nothing to report that hasn't already been said someplace else. My LJ and MySpace are really the places to go for those thoughts, random pictures, etc.

I just wanted to wish everyone on dA a Happy New Year! Eventhough it's a few days early. I hope you all have fun.

Genre Abuse

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:52:51 PST

Due to the genre abuse surrounding music I think I'm just going to abstain from using a genres to describe bands now.

Oh, and life is decent. I have pictures to upload eventually... and I'm going to attempt something really ballsy at a concert tomorrow. Wish me luck.

The Scene Avenger

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:09:35 PDT

A friend of mine gave me the title as a nickname the other day when I was coming up with elaborate plans to save Lansing's music scene... especially now that my favorite venue and third-home of sorts closed down on Wednesday. Hopefully it's only temporary and it'll open again under new management, but it's still a big blow. I lost a job and a half when it shut down ... so I haven't been in the best of moods lately.

I have quite a few more shots that I really should upload at some point... so... I guess you should expect some more photos soon.

HTL = <3

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:01:04 PDT

Hit The Lights never ceases to amaze me with their performances. Seeing Colin and Omar again was pretty much everything I'd expected it to be. The crowd begged for an encore, and we got it. However, when asked what songs we wanted to hear I yelled out "At 6:00, We Go Live", a song I haven't heard live in over a year. Unfortunately the rest of the crowd was lame and didn't know any old-school HTL... so they played Science instead. I did get promises from both Colin and Omar that next time they'd play it just for me... and I plan on holding them to it. A few pictures of Nick turned out decent, and I have a picture for my lighting project of Omar's fro for the backlighting portion... it's great.

I also got to see and meet Envy On The Coast for the first time. Those boys were amazing and total sweethearts... once Ryan got his crotch out of my face. I got a few somewhat decent shots of them... I think.

Then there was the Minor League, and unfortunately I wasn't impressed. Oh, and if you can't tell I'm going backwards since HTL was the headliner...

Then there was Every Bridge Burned who started the evening off with, well, metal. It was different from the other bands in a good way. The boys were from HTL's home town and were absolutely amazing! They were pretty great people, too.

I love my life... I love that I get to meet people like that on a regular basis... and eventually I'll upload the pics.

--EDIT--

Upcoming concerts:

22 October - MTV's $2 Bill Tour (Hed Automatica, 30 Seconds To Mars, Cobra Starship and Envy On The Coast)

21 November - Panic! At The Disco with Bloc Party and Jack's Mannequin

15 December - The Hush Sound, Murder By Death, This Providence and This Is Me Smiling

-bounces...again-

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:33:49 PDT

My photography class is quite possibly the best thing that's happened to me artistically in a long time (well, other than the fact that I've been playing my bass again recently, yay me!). With some of the projects that my professor is having us do I've had to look at things a different way and I have quite a few decent pictures that I need to upload as soon as they're transferred to my computer! I'm quite proud of them, and the prof even gave me a few compliments on some of them... so... keep an eye out!

MCS = <3

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:27:41 PDT

Okay, so I have some more pictures that I have to upload in the next few days from tonight (last night according to my clock... I really should sleep more). Since most of you don't know, I went and saw Sherwood, June, The Hard Lessons and Motion City Soundtrack tonight and it was absolutely amazing! I'm not sure how many of my pictures turned out decent though... I guess I'll find out when I get a bit more sleep, go through a day of work, and find time to get them off the camera and on to the computer.

Anyway, the show was great, the crowd was amazing... it was a total blast. The crowd was massive. I know there will be at least one shot from up on the balcony just looking at the people below... so... yeah. Sleep time. <3

EDIT:
I have some pics up now, but only one from the show. A few more are still to come but not many turned out to be all that fantastic. So as of now I finally have pictures from my cousin's wedding up...

Squee!

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:56:21 PDT

I'm really excited, I'm taking a photography class this semester of college... in fact, it's my only class! Hopefully it'll spawn some interesting pieces for me to submit! This was the result of them cancelling my Journalism class (much to my frustration and disappointment), but I guess some good might come of it.

Life has been going pretty good... I still miss the guys from P.TM now that they're gone (and Jen of course! <3), but according to Jason they may be back sometime soon before they go off and start working on their new cd!

I met some more awesome band-folks on Sundady, the guys from Blacktop Mourning and Valencia are absolutely amazing people! Joe (singer/bassist) from Blacktop Mourning made me promise I'd be there next time they were in town, and two of the guys from Valencia asked if I'd go see them when they came back through with The Early November... so hopefully I'll remember my camera for those shows!

I'm severely disappointed that I didn't bring my cam to Sunday's show... the guys from Rydell dressed up as an 80's hair metal band, and I so missed some great shots. Sean did tell me that he'd let me know the next time they were planning something that crazy. Let's hope he does and I can get it on film!

I'm hoping that I can get some decent pictures at the remainder of the shows this year so that my gallery doesn't go stagnant!

Portugal. The Man and the Haunted Opera House

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:00:12 PDT

I had one of the best nights ever tonight! Zach, Wes, John, Jason and Jen all came back to Michigan and durring the show and after we had an amazing time. Five minutes after we payed Zach told one guy we were on the guest list... a little late, but still the thought that we were actually supposed to be on it made me smile. He said that he thought I'd be texting him about it and that I had his number (but his phone was broke)... but I didn't, he had mine... so he gave me his so that next time I could text him if I was going to come. He is the sweetest boy ever. Later in the night he took me and my Jen over to a restaraunt type place and bought us some soda, he even told me that it was supposed to be in place of the beer he was supposed to buy me... but that I could still have a rain-check on the beer and that I'm supposed to take him up on it next time they come back to Michigan. Apparently Wes owes me a drink now, too. Wes makes me want to play Animal Crossing, but I don't have the system or the game.

After the show we were allowed to go upstairs into the haunted opera house, just P.TM, Jen, the booking guy and his girlfriend, and me. It seemed like such a crock but we were getting into it. It was absolutely gorgeous! If nothing else I'll post pics of me and the group in my scraps later.

Now for the photography info: I know I promised more pictures of the band, but the lighting in the place was pretty crappy so I didn't get many that turned out good. I do have one or two though and they're up now, along with pictures from the Haunted Opera House!

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EDIT:
Everything is fixed and all the ones I posted are visible again! Yay!

It's Portugal. Day!

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:15:42 PDT

Okay, so my twenty-first birthday came and went and it was decent... but today is the day I've been looking forward to: Portugal. The Man is coming back since their tour is over and I asked 'em to and all that jazz! I can't wait to see Zach and Wes again!

If I remember to take pictures I'll probably have some new ones up soon.

Birthday week is moving along pretty good. Tomorrow is Halifax, So They Say, The Classic Crime and June... wow.

This year (minus near death experiences of course) is absolutely amazing!

So, I almost died today

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:23:08 PDT

Okay, so this is going to seem so out there, but I've posted it everywhere else so why not here.

I almost died today. Three men came and held up the store only fourty minutes before we closed. Two of them had guns, one of them might not have. All were masked and they didn't make it out with much. The most I'll have to show for it is bruises on my arms and back... and I'm the lucky one. My coworkers are still alright but thier injuries were slightly worse.

Dealing with cops is not the most fun thing in the world, though they do have a tendency to calm you down while asking for information.

I worked out a deal with my boss so that I don't have to close again since he saw me and my hysterics first hand.

Again, I'm okay.

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In happier news, now only three days until my 21st birthday.

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My MSN change still stands, if you haven't added the new one, do so.

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"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." - Chuck Palahniuk

There is still nothing more true than this statement.

Birthday-time! (EDITED)

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:31:43 PDT

Okay loves, so my 21st birthday is in exactly one week! I'm rediculoulsy excited and the entire month of August seems to be my celebration. My friends from Alaska are coming back yet again, which is probably the most exciting thing to happen this month.

So, yes, birthday. Know what that means? Grace me with presents/comments/whatever in the next week or so! You don't have to, but it'd be awesome since I got pretty much nothing for my birthday (from most people, even in real life) last year!

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"What you don't understand you can make mean anything" - Chuck Palahniuk

There is still nothing more true than this quote.

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OH! Also, I have a new MSN addy, so go and add me on that one now. I love it so much more than the old one...

GiveMeLustBaby_Flash@hotmail.com

Quote-time

~kamikaziekitten — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:37:15 PDT

"What you dont understand, you can make mean anything."
- Chuck Palahniuk

There is nothing more true than that statement.

I'm a busy bumblebee

~kamikaziekitten — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:40:35 PDT

I haven't updated this in a while... mostly because I don't have much to say. My mind is all over the place lately and I've been working a lot... and I mean a lot.

I have a lot more pictures to upload from the Urban Ledgends and Suburban Hymns tour... but I'm not sure when exactly I'll get around to it.

I have a lot of stuff coming up, or at least it seems like I do. This weekend is my cousin Katie's wedding, then Thursday is the Panic! At The Disco concert, then sometime shortly after that I should be getting my tattoo (if I don't chicken out of it), then the Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, This Providence and Hit The Lights show in Detroit... then my birthday... then Portugal. The Man coming back to Lansing to celebrate my over-21-ness. Oh, and lets not forget the dress fittings for Rachel's wedding.

-dies-

-bounces-

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:55:53 PDT

So I realize that I'm way behind on replying to comments, and forum posts. I apologize. I'll start getting around to them as soon as I get the rest of these pictures up. As I mentioned beofre, life has been a bit crazy. I will be responding to them as soon as possible, I promise.

OH! I have awesome news! Jen and I managed to get some tickets to the P!ATD show in Grand Rapids after all! So on the 13th I'll be watching one of my favorite main-stream bands LIVE! I'm extremely excited. The one downfall is that cameras aren't allowed...

Devious Journal Entry

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:42:55 PDT

I just realized I still have some pictures left to put up from the Forgive Durden/Portugal. The Man/Gatsbys American Dream concert... they'll be up soon. I might toss up a new ID, too. I like the one I have, but I do have some pretty decent new pictures, too.

Anyway, life is going on and being kinda hectic but I'm lovin' it, as usual

Indecisive Me

~kamikaziekitten — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:41:30 PDT

Okay, after taking a few days off from DA for the most part... I've started to upload the rest of the pictures from Sunday! There's still more to come (Hit The Lights and two more from Permanent Me!), but for now I need to go get a few things done before I head off to work for a few hours.

I'm getting my hair cut tonight, so odds are there'll be a new ID up sometime soon. I'm excited about it, eventhough I know I'm going to look completely scene.

Also, going to see Gatsby's American Dream, Forgive Durden, Portugal. The Man, and Horse The Band on Friday! I haven't decided whether or not I'm taking my camera with me or not. A big part of me is afraid it'll get completely destroyed because it's in Detroit... yet another part of me wants some good pictures of Portugal. The Man and Gatsby's...

Almost done...

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:36:34 PDT

Okay, so I managed to get some of the pictures from last night up now. The Rydell set is there, and so is the set from The Summer Obsession (though I have one or two more I might add to that one tomorrow). There's still one picture from Cartel and a few from Hit The Lights that have yet to be uploaded.

However, I spent some time uploading the videos that I took (five of them, most of 'em are pretty short) so if you want to check them out then let me know! The only band I don't have a video for is Rydell... so if that's the one you wanted to see I apologize.

Anyway, I also threw up some pictures of my cat, 's cat, my house, and a few other things today, too... so check 'em out, comment, show me some love.

Devious Journal Entry

~kamikaziekitten — Sun, 21 May 2006 22:56:44 PDT

If I wasn't so sleepy I'd describe tonight's concert and all the amazing things that happened... but I am.
So instead I'll just let you know that in the next few days you can expect pictures from:

Rydell
The Summer Obsession
Permanent Me
Hit The Lights
Cartel

And maybe eventually I'll describe the evening.

Stoked!

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 15 May 2006 13:06:02 PDT

I have a new camera! So... now I don't have to snag the family cam when I want to go take pictures. It may have hurt my pocket book but I'm estatic!

So, hopefully, that means more photos to come.

Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock

~kamikaziekitten — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:23:33 PDT

So, I fell in love last night. Over and over and over again.

Part of me is glad that I didn't get a chance to bring the family camera to that show simply because I'd have had to stop rocking out long enough to take the pictures that were presented to me. Especially being in the front row . . . as in so close that they were sweating on me (and occasionally spitting, eew). But I did get a lot of interaction with the bands while they were up there. Of course, the other part of me recognizes that I could have had some absolutely amazing shots. Especially of Jon from The Matches since he was right in front of me through a good portion of their set.

Anyway, the love thing... that reminds me... I need to tell all of you to check out these bands!
Whole Wheat Bread
MC Lars (he's awesome, and extremely nice)
and, of course, The Matches.

I didn't get around to seeing Amber Pacific tonight, unfortunately. However, I do have another few shows coming up in the next few months. The most anticipated: Cartel with Hit The Lights and Rydell (on May 21st) and Snow Patrol (June 9th). By then I should have my own camera and come up with some decent photos to put up for you guys.

And now I'm going to attempt to find some way to entertain myself.

<3

If you're all about free speech . . . shut up.

~kamikaziekitten — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:31:04 PDT

Tonights show was amazing . . . lots of good times . . . and a few good pictures!

Damn, if I wasn't in post-concert daze I'd share some of tonights stories with you guys.

So, I have some new deviations!

Shots:
Shaun - 2
Jimmie -1
JP - 1
Jen and Nakita - 1
Music Equip - 1

Of course, you guys don't know who most of those people are yet.

And I can't wait for The Matches and Amber Pacific next weekend!! Hopefully I can snag the camera again for those.