Being Alicia

BEDAugust was a fail this year.

2011-08-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

I was so hyped up and ready to do BEDA this month, and then the moment it turned to August the 1st, I was bombarded with so much stuff! So here I am to tell you why I haven't been blogging at all this week.

About a week and a half ago I was asked out on a date for my next day off. My next day off just so happened to be this past Monday. We got together at around noon. We went for lunch at a sushi place in Greenville. Then we went to Downtown Greenville to get coffee at Coffee Underground, and to walk around Falls Park. We then went to Books-A-Million (He automatically won awesome points with that one.), and then to his house to watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. What made the watching of the HP so awesome was the fact that he hasn't seen but one movie (And of all the ones he watched he watched the worse one in my opinion: Goblet Of Fire). I am just converting all of these people to like HP. it is quite great, but I digress. The point of the story is, we got along like a big house on fire.

Tuesday I worked. After I got off, I joined my mom in watching the rest of the last HP movie. When we got home, we went out to eat and then shopping. Again another day where I wasn't home.

Wednesday, I worked until five when Patrick (My date from Monday, now my boyfriend) picked me up and we went to my house to hang out. I was home the rest of the night, but I was busy watching movies and youtube videos, and playing Halo Reach.

Thursday was my day off, but I went shopping for groceries for the following week so that I won't starve while my mom is at the beach. After that, I took a nap, and when Patrick got off work, I went to hang out with him. I got to meet his friends, and I think they like me which is awesome! :)

Friday, I went to weight watchers where I found out I lost 5.6 pounds this week!?!?!?!?!? This shocked the hell out of me, but hey I will take it. :) THen I got home and got ready really quickly because I thought I worked opening shift. When I got there however I found out that I work the closing shift. When I got home I took a nap, and when it was time I walked to work and didn't get home until well after midnight.

Tonight is the first night I have been able to blog, and it would have been sooner in the day if it wasn't for my internet being stupid and not working.

So in the past week I gained a boyfriend. Not much, but considering how much time we have spent together just in this one week, it has made it almost impossible for me to write here. I will try a lot better for the rest of the month because I really do love blogging.

Now I am going to go because I have been on my knees entirely too long, and it is now really hard for me to get up now.

I will start the music video of the day back up tomorrow. :)

DFTBA and much love
~Alicia~

These are slow times there's no denying. (BEDA #24)

2011-04-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

You see what I did there? I took Rufus Scrimgeour's first line of Deathly Hallows pt. 1 movie and applied it to how today went. It just felt like a really long, slow day, but finally work is back to normal. Spring break for the high schoolers in our county is over which means back to weekend working until summer. I'm not happy about that because that is less money to be made, but at the same time I am tired of babysitting teenagers. haha

I vacuumed the lobby today, and it took me about an hour to do the entire floor. When it came time to empty out the dirt chamber/filter, I went outside to empty both of them. Wouldn't you know that the wind was blowing, and no matter where I moved the wind seemed to want to constantly blow at me. It took a while to clean the filter of all the dust, and by the end of it I felt like a chimney sweeper that's how covered I was. From now on, I am emptying it out inside away from the wind.

I just finished watching Deathly Hallows pt 1 with my mom. It was mom's first time watching it. It was my fourth time watching it, and I still cried at all the sad bits. I don't think I've ever been able to say that about any movie. Normally if I cry at a part the first time, by the second time I'm ready for it and no emotions surface. It must be the fact that Harry Potter has such a special place in my heart that it will always pull emotions out of me no matter how many times I read it or watch it. That is what's so good about the Harry Potter series. The books/movies carry you into another world, and dwell in your soul. I'll be totally sad when it's all over this July. I just hope the fandom doesn't die out. That's my outlet. :)

Today music video is The Wallflowers "One Headlight". I love this song to pieces!!! It is just one of many masterpieces to come out of the 90's! I could listen to it for hours! It comes of their album "Bringing Down The Horse"

It's time for me to go get some sleep. I have a long day of cleaning/packing to do tomorrow.

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

New Doctor Who season starts TONIGHT! (BEDA #23)

2011-04-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

I am so excited!!! I've been waiting for this since Christmas!!! I have a feeling that I am going to be at the edge of my seat for every single episode, but I am like that with every single episode I've ever watched. :)

I have been kind of avoiding the internet all day because I actually have friends who live in the UK, and I know they are going to watch it. I also have a lot of friends who will be downloading it off torrents to watch it early. (I probably will as well, but at the moment I am getting ready for work). I won't get to see the episode until after I get home from work which could be at exactly 10 pm if I can find a ride home, or midnight when my boss gets off work so that I will have a ride home. Either way I am going to watch it the moment I get home. I may have church tomorrow morning, but I can run of five hours sleep no problem. I did it last Sunday. :) Though if I get off work before ten and get home before Doctor Who ends, I am going to wait until five minutes after. I'm really weird about spoiling myself. I don't even like watching a movie or listening to a song unless it has started at the beginning, even if I have seen/heard them before.

I am having so much fun learning guitar. I have started learning how to switch chords fluidly, but I am having a slight problem with it. I think with practice it will be better, but I am not quite ready to start playing songs yet. I think that is what's driving me to keep learning. I also don't want it to be a waste of 150 dollars.

Also last night I won my very first bid on ebay. It was for blue pirate dreads from one of my favorite Real World/Road Rules Fresh Meat 2 contestants! She has only made two of these blue dreads, and I will be the only one to own them!!!! How awesome is that!!! They will make a fine addition to my Ravenclaw outfit for leaky con!!!

Today's video is a song that I have always loved, and the name of it kind of relates to what I am going to be doing today. Pantera is by far one of my favorite metal bands. It's just a shame I never had a chance to meet Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P.). He was such a genius, and from what I could gather from every interview I've seen him in a really nice down to earth guy! He is still missed to this day! The Song is "Walk" and it is off their album "Vulgar Display Of Power"

Well I am going to go back to watching doctor who and making things for the craft fair so that I can earn my 50 dollars for the final battle...hopefully.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

The zombies are coming!!! (Music video Friday BEDA #22)

2011-04-22T20:24:00.000-07:00

My mom got my guitar last night from the theater, and I've been trying to play it ever since. It is kind of confusing, but I am finding it to be pretty fun. I can't wait until I get to play actual song which will probably be a long while. haha

Anyways!

The theme this week is ZOMBIES!!!! Don't judge me, the idea popped into my head last night. So I don't have a lot of time due to the fact that my brother didn't hook my internet back until I was about ready to leave for work, and that I just came home about an hour ago. Instead of the normal five videos, I am going to shrink it down to four. That way I can still probably post this before midnight.

The first video is "Big Brat" by Phantom Planet. I was listening to this song when the idea popped into my brain. The video starts off with people getting ready to film a short zombie film. It isn't until the very end of the video that you get to see the zombies. I won't ruin the ending, but it is adorable...for zombies.

The second video is Wednesday 13's "I Walked With A Zombie". I really like this video because it reminds me of a classic zombie movie. The song is also really cool.

How could I have a list about zombies without including Rob Zombie! The song "Living Dead Girl" has been one of my favorites for a very, very long time. I really love this video for the fact that it is true to the decade they are portraying. It's a silent film style video set in a circus and the living dead girl is the main attraction. It's awesome! Some people think the song is about necrophilia, and some think it is about a guy who is in love with a heroin addict. Either way I still love it no matter what it is about.

And last but certainly not least we have the most well know zombie music video ever. It's Michael Jackson's "Thiller" This is probably the most iconic music video of the last century. I don't think any video would beat it out. I could have a word vomit about how awesome this video is, but I am sure you all know why it's awesome anyway. I also don't want to bore you. However if you have a short attention span when it comes to music videos, this one may not be your cup of tea.

Well I hope you enjoy all of these videos.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

About to travel mode (BEDA #21)

2011-04-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

The past two days after I went hiking I have been in extreme getting ready to travel mode. Anyone that has traveled knows what I mean. It's when you know you only have a week until you leave, and you have way too much to do before it is time to depart.

Yesterday was the first day I had even thought of writing down my "to-pack" list. This is how I felt when I was getting ready for Awanita, Infinitus, my trip to New York, and even my senior year band trip. I am not much of a planner, and I always tend to forget at least one thing. For my band trip it was my toothbrush. (luckily one of my friends always tends to bring an extra one.) Both years at Awanita, I would call my mom up before she came for the fourth of July with a list of things to bring me. Luckily for both Infinitus and The New York trip I didn't forget anything important. I am hoping to make that three trips in a row of not forgetting anything.

I just printed off the directions to get to the hotel of the convention, directions from there to Lena's college, and then from there home. I need to make a mixed cd of wrock songs for us to listen to on the ride up there. My mom wants to at least get a feel for what she is going to be listening to when she is there.

I also want to get my room clean before I leave. I have a problem with cleaning my room. It takes me for-ev-er. I'm serious. I am so horrible about it. I have always been one to get distracted, and the computer in my room doesn't help at all!!! There is one particular reason why I want my room clean before I leave. My brother is wanting to do a serious cleaning to his room. He will be emptying his entire room, vacuuming, washing the walls, and everything that comes back into his room is going through a severe dusting. When he empties out his room, he uses my room and my moms room to store his stuff, so I don't want to give him the opportunity to break my stuff. And it would be nice to say that I had a clean room for a week. haha

Today's video is "Surrender" by Billy Talent. I know I featured Billy Talent earlier in the month, but I have had this song stuck in my head all day. It is a very good song. It is off their album "II". If you have not heard of Billy Talent, I highly recommend them. They are awesome!

I am going to attempt to clean a part of my room... after I record a video for 7NAP. :)

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Being alone can get boring. (BEDA #20)

2011-04-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

This blog kind of stems from a conversation that myself, Killian, and Brandon had yesterday. Well mostly just myself and Killian, but Brandon was there.

He was pointing out the fact that since his brother left on his trip that he now has the house to himself when his parents are gone, and that he enjoys being alone. I for one don't really enjoy it all that much. I told him that I used to love being alone, but as time went on I kind of got bored of it.

I have never thought about why I don't like being alone anymore until last night and this afternoon. When I loved being alone, I didn't have many friends. The friends I had mostly used me to stay at my house and invite their boyfriends over so I was always left out. I didn't trust anyone at that point in my life, so it was better for me to just be alone all the time. That was okay with me. I also think that the school environment had something to do with that. I was surrounded by people who I couldn't stand most of the time, and I was made fun of and bullied. I think that being alone was my way of re-energizing myself for another day of the same thing.

When I joined color guard something changed about that. I was finally around like minded people. I made friends that actually wanted to hang out with me. My whole "trust no one" philosophy was slowly going away. I don't know if any of you have ever been in band or had friends in band, but you are practically around these people for hours at a time. Sometimes even for a whole day. When you around people non-stop for so long, and then suddenly you are stuck at home for long periods of time, it messes with you. I kind of went through a bout of depression after graduation because I was alone. So I think that is why I don't like being alone.

Now every once in a while I like being alone to recollect my thoughts or to film a video (I'm still not comfortable filming in front of people or with people being home), but I can't stand it for very long. I've had a taste of being away from the house, and I can't help but want more. I guess that will change when I get a car, but I doubt it.

I can understand where he is coming from being the youngest of three brothers and still in high school. He had the taste of being the only kid home when both of his brothers lived on campus at their colleges, but only for a semester. One of them transfered back home and is a commuter.

Today's music video is from Arcade Fire. It's the song "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" off of their album "Funeral" This is the first song I had ever heard from them. They were performing it live on Later...With Jools Holland years ago. I loved almost immediately. The video is also really cool.

Alright it is fifteen minutes until midnight so I better post this!!! Darn those distracting chat conversations on facebook. Oh well. :)

DFTBA
~Alicia~

I had a fun active day... (BEDA #19)

2011-04-19T18:40:00.002-07:00

...When can I have a day like that again?!?

I went hiking today. I have only ever been hiking twice. The first time was at table rock, and I wanted to quit every five minutes. It took myself and the group I was with at least five to six hours to get to the top and back down. It was cool getting to the top and I had fun, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. The second time was with my first year working at Awanita. We went to a trail in North Carolina, and I didn't get to finish the hike. I was about to pass out and tripped up a root. My friends didn't want me going any further, so I was sort of forced to quit. That was a fun day, but almost fainting wasn't.

I went with my friends Killian and Brandon, and I had a blast. We went to Table Rock and took the trail that I took for the first time. I did have to stop a few times to shake out my legs to get blood flowing to them and to catch my breath before going up huge stone step things, but not once did I want to quit. I don't know if it was for the fact that I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it, or the fact that I didn't want to look like a square in front of my friends, but I kept pushing myself. It didn't help that one of them is a cross country runner and Ultimate Frisbee club member, and one of them used to run cross country and track. I couldn't keep up for the life of me. They were totally cool about though. (Well at least Killian was.) I respect both of them for being patient with me.

We didn't go to the very end of the trail, but the "Top" of the mountain was about a 2 minute hike down hill then back up hill to the end. The view is way better where we stopped anyway. We ate a sandwich and some fruit while we enjoyed the view. It was nice. At the half way mark on the way down, the guys decided that they wanted to run down the rest of the way. I walked back down. Knowing me if I attempted to run down, I would end up tripping. They ended the trail about 20 minutes before I did. We started at about 10:15 in the morning, and we left the park at 1. I improved my time by three hours. That made me feel super awesome! Here are some pictures I took.

I don't know if you can see, but Brandon is posing.

Brandon climbing the rock, and Killian trying to figure out how he did it.

This little shelter marked half way to the top.

The view from where we stopped.

Brandon (Right) and Killian (left) resting.

One of the little waterfalls from the bottom of the trail.

After that we went to a Chinese restaurant called Jin Jin's for lunch. It was good. It probably wasn't the best thing to eat after just hiking a mountain, but who cares. It was delicious!!! We then went to throw around a Frisbee for a bit. Brandon's friend joined us and then we tried having a two on two game of Ultimate Frisbee. That was a disaster, a train wreck if you will. When I play Ultimate, it's normally with a big group of people that agree with me running to the goal area and catching whatever comes. This time I had to do a lot of running, which isn't my cup of tea especially after just hiking and eating greasy Chinese food. Even though Brandon and I lost against Killian, and their friend, I still had fun. Though I will admit that having Killian's arm bash into my face wasn't fun. At least it wasn't his elbow. haha.

I'm not a fan of repeating what I say, but I must say this again. When can I have another fun active day like this again?!? I hope it is soon!

Today's video is not a music video. It is a video of Yellowcard performing their song "View From Heaven". This was off their DVD "Beyond Ocean Avenue". There are two reason's why I picked this song. One reason is Killian gave me a copy of their album Paper Walls, and second to pay tribute to Elisabeth Sladen who played Sarah Jane Smith on the Doctor Who series, and in the Sarah Jane Chronicles. She passed away this morning. You will surely be missed. You were always one of my favorite companions. Your memory and spirit will live on. Rest in Peace, Elisabeth.

I hope you all had a wonderful tuesday.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

I had a fun active day... (BEDA #19)

2011-04-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you can see, but Brandon is posing.

Brandon climbing the rock, and Killian trying to figure out how he did it.

This little shelter marked half way to the top.

The view from where we stopped.

Brandon (Right) and Killian (left) resting.

One of the little waterfalls from the bottom of the trail.

After that we went to a Chinese restaurant called Jin Jin's for lunch. It was good. It probably wasn't the best thing to eat after just hiking a mountain, but who cares. It was delicious!!! We then went to throw around a Frisbee for a bit. Brandon's friend joined us and then we tried having a two on two game of Ultimate Frisbee. That was a disaster, a train wreck if you will. When I play Ultimate, it's normally with a big group of people that agree with me running to the goal area and catching whatever comes. This time I had to do a lot of running, which isn't my cup of tea especially after just hiking and eating greasy Chinese food. Even though Brandon and I lost against Killian, and their friend, I still had fun. Though I will admit that having Killian's arm bash into my face wasn't fun. At least it wasn't his elbow. haha.

I'm not a fan of repeating what I say, but I must say this again. When can I have another fun active day like this again?!? I hope it is soon!

Today's video is not a music video. It is a video of Yellowcard performing their song "View From Heaven". This was off their DVD "Beyond Ocean Avenue". There are two reason's why I picked this song. One reason is Killian gave me a copy of their album Paper Walls, and second to pay tribute to Elisabeth Sladen who played Sarah Jane on the Doctor Who series, and in the Sarah Jane Chronicles. She passed away this morning. You will surely be missed. You were always one of my favorite companions. Your memory and spirit will live on. Rest in Peace, Elisabeth.

I hope you all had a wonderful tuesday.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

It's just one of those days!(BEDA #18)

2011-04-18T18:41:00.000-07:00

If you didn't read the blog that I posted at 1:30 am yesterday morning, it pretty much was just me saying that I was going to be gone all day. Getting an opportunity to work from open to close is awesome. More hours for me means more money in my bank account, but working with only a few hours of sleep is hard. By the end of the night I started feeling loopy. It was funny.

The only thing about yesterday was one customer. He was this tall kind of built bald guy with a lot of piercings. When he first came in, we were all in the office waiting to go clean. I saw him and started walking out of the office and I was about two feet away from the opening to the concession/box office area, and he yells out with this high pitch voice "Can I get some service?" I said yes, and he asked about what times we are open tonight. He comes in about an hour later, buys his ticket, and walks on. He then comes back to the concession area, and he mumbles his order. All I hear from his mouth is "large cherry icee coke cherry." I don't know if this is the lack of sleep taking affect, but I ask him what was that? He looks at me (Mind you he is wearing sunglasses), and says in a tone that insinuates that I am complete idiot, "Cherry Icee, Large Cherry Coke." I got him his order, and he handed me his card. I swiped it once and it wouldn't work. I swiped it up, down, rubbed the black stripe on the back, and did every trick in the book on my machine. Sometimes the card machine attached to the concession screen doesn't pick up well, and the card looked worn, so I ended up having to use the tel-check machine in the back. He started talking crap about me. The only thing I heard myself was "That card is new too." I come back with his card and receipt, and when he is out of ear shot I say, "What a total asshole." I ask Chris what he was saying. He told me that he was saying things about how slow I was, and calling me a grandmother. I turn to Eric and ask, Should I know that guy?" thinking it was a family relative from my dads side of the family, and Eric said, "I thought you knew him". The guy was using my name since I had my name tag on. Eric told me that how come I couldn't get the card the work the first time like it did for box. So this guy was talk crap about me when my back was turned, using my name to make it look like we knew each other, and didn't have the balls to say any of it to my face. Maybe he has a girlie voice for a reason. There is no reason to tear me down for the fact that the machine wouldn't work in my favor. I really hope that he doesn't have children. He is a horrible jerk, and I'm sure his spawn would be too. I was pissed off at first, but then I realized that the guy wasn't able to say any of the stuff to my face. Just shows that he is a pussy. Next time he comes in and tries to pull that BS on me, I will not have it.

Sorry about that long story/rant. I had to get it out so that I will be in high spirits for tomorrow.

I did have a good day today. Went for a walk, didn't have any horrible customers, and I got to see my friend Bippy for a little bit.

Tomorrow I am going hiking with two of my friends (well that is if one of them has convinced the other one to go. If not it will just be two of us.) I'm excited. I haven't been hiking since the first year that I worked at Awanita. I still need to get some stuff together, but other than that I am ready! I am going to record some footage, so I can put together either a vlog, or a thoughts from places video. Oh exciting!

Tonight's video is the song that I always listen to when I am angry. It calms me down strangely. It's Limp Bizkit with "Break Stuff" off their album "Significant Other". Now I know what you are saying. "Limp Bizkit sucks1 How could you listen to them?" They were at one point good. It was everything after he album "Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water (Which is still one of my favorite names for an album!) that sucked. My favorite part of this video is 1:02 into it. Wes Borland was a weird genius. When he left, that is when things went down hill for Limp Bizkit. Seeing Paulie Shore prance around with a wig and then twirl around with his underwear showing is pretty great too! Either way this is still a good song to listen to when you are angry, and nothing can change that really.

Well I am going to go finish getting things together. Peace out!

DFTBA
~Alicia~

This is an early post! (BEDA #17)

2011-04-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

I am writing this blog so early because I have a long day ahead of me.

First I am going to church around 9:15 for sunday school and morning service. From there I am going to straight to work. I will be working from 12:30 to close which is practically midnight. I will not be home all day. I was originally just going to work from 3:45 to close, but I took someone's hours on top of mine. I don't mind because I need the hours and money that comes along with it. :)

I am kind of sad that I am not going to be hanging out with my friends like I do every Sunday night, but sometimes you have to do what you've got to do. I'm sure they will be glad for a night without a girl around.

I would make a longer blog, but I am tired and I have to wake up in six or so hours. I'm not looking forward to being up for so long with little sleep.

The video of the day is a song that my boss actually played earlier tonight while she was counting down her register. It's Rob Zombie's "More Human Than Human" from the album "Astro Creep: 2000"

It's 1:30 am in the morning and my brother just flipped out because he saw a spider. It sounded like he was falling down. It's so funny hearing him freak out when he sees a spider. :)

Good night everyone!

DFTBA
~Alicia~

The thought machine is working! (BEDA #16)

2011-04-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

I just had a few good ideas on blog posts and I just wrote them down so that while I am at work, I can start writing them. Why am I not posting them now? The reason being is that I want these blogs to portray my full opinion, and if I were to write about it on the fly (like I did for the Guitar Hero/Rock Band blog) then my opinion would probably be lost in translation. I have a hard time concentrating on one topic that it is hard for me to get it out properly without first writing all the thoughts out and organizing them. For a person that has such a messy, cluttered room, I sure do like to organize my thoughts a lot. I still have yet to understand how my brain likes to function.

Anyway. It is Record Store Day which I am happy about and sad about. I am happy because Indie Record stores are finally starting to get the recognition that they deserve! I'm sad because Wild Flag (A new band that has both Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney) is releasing a limited edition 7-inch record today, and I have no way of getting to the nearest record store that is carrying it. I wanted it so BAD!!! I'm not sure if they are going to be releasing it online to buy, or if it is just a Record Store exclusive, but all I know is that I want it!!! I hope Earshot doesn't sell out f it, and keeps it until I get a chance to buy it. That is way too wishful thinking. It's all about being positive!

I lost 1.4 pounds at weight watchers today! I'm excited! If I lose 1.8 at the next meeting I would have lost 30 pounds so far! That's a little under half of my goal weight!!! Let's just hope that I can lose that, and lose weight while I am in New Hampshire!

Today's music video is from Incubus. I have been in an Incubus mood lately. The video is "Warning" and it is off their album Morning View. I really love the building of the song. The more it goes, the more intense it gets! Also the girl in this video is quite creepy. I wouldn't want her near me. haha

Well I need to start heading to work.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

Metal will ensue! Music Video Friday #2 (BEDA #15)

2011-04-15T13:41:00.000-07:00

When I tell people that I like Heavy Metal, they normally don't believe it. It's almost the same thing as when I tell people that I listened to rap as a child and early teen. I guess people think that I'm too nice or nerdy for such music. False! I have Metal on heavy rotation on my zune at least once a week or so. It was what kept me going in times of depression, and I continue to listen to it to get some of my anger out. I even auditioned to be in a metal band in my area. I used to be able to cookie monster growl with the best of them. Unfortunately they found someone else. :(

If you haven't noticed, this weeks music videos are strictly Metal. All of them are favorites of mine and I probably have a recording of them on tape somewhere that I have worn out!

The first video is "Death Blooms" by Mudvayne. Mudvayne just happen to be my very first concert! This is also my favorite song by them! The video is probably one of the weirdest video of its time, but I find it rather beautiful in a twisted kind of way. I will let you judge for yourself.

Probably the song and band that got my into wanting to be in a metal band was Kittie's "What I Always Wanted" This video is a pretty simple concept. Greed can be a vicious monster, and take you down a road of suffering. This guy almost drowns because he doesn't know when to stop collecting the coins. It doesn't hurt that Morgan can harmonize and growl like a champ!

Otep's "Warhead" came out around the time George Bush was still in office and was running for his second term in office. This is how I feel about the bush administration. I just HATED IT!!!

Back whenever Uranium was still on the air on Fuse (You know back when it was good at playing different kinds of music.), Juliya was set to interview Killswitch Engage. The band had other plans. They kidnapped her, tied her up, and Adam put on a wig that looked like Juliya's hair and pretended to be her. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen in my laugh. I still to this day I can't help but laugh at it, and I have probably watched it over 30 times. Anyway every time I go to watch their video for the "Rose of Sharyn" I think of Adam saying in a sort of muppet like voice "The trees are bleeding, Blood is Metal!"

The last video of this blog, I will be playing Fear Factory's "Archetype". I really like this song. I really like this video. They did a really good job of making Burton look like he was floating and strapped to the machine that it kind of looks painful. Maybe that's just me. :)

If you are not a fan of Metal, I'm sorry that this blog doesn't suit you. For those of you that think I went a little weak with my metal, I just wanted to give people a taste. If I wanted to bust out Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, or any band of that nature I would have. I will probably make another metal video list in the future.

Well I need to go get ready to leave for work. Maybe I will get to the theater before the rain starts. The last thing I want to do is walk in the rain.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

Dreams are made winding through my head. (BEDA #14)

2011-04-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

I have been watching a lot of Metal and Rock music videos on youtube. When I do I try my best to avoid vevo videos as much as possible because I hate having to watch ads before my video. That's why I stopped watching Fuse and MTV hits, so that I could avoid commercials. Something else that has come to my attention is that Vevo has no idea about music. If you look at the tags for the video, they normally put what music genre it is apart of. They put System Of A Down as pop music. WHAT?!?! Are they kidding me?!?! I don't know if it is the music snob in me talking, but they are a metal band. They always have been. Yeah they may be in the mainstream music world, but that does not mean they are pop-stars. Leave it to corporate companies to know nothing about what they are working with. What makes it funnier is they have Daughtry as Rock. Vevo, you suck at life.

Later tonight after my mom gets off of work, we are going to the new Super Wal-Mart that they just opened yesterday. That is about 30 or so minutes after midnight. The reason why we are going so late is because we are going to buy the Deathly Hallows pt. 1 DVD. It was mostly my mom's idea because she has yet to see it. I told her that she would more than likely have to see it by herself because it was closer to the Holiday season which means that I would be working every Saturday after I got back from New York. She didn't heed my advice which means she didn't get to see it in theaters. She wants to see it before she goes to Aeternitas because she thinks she would be out of the loop if she doesn't. Whatever. That means I am getting it sooner than I thought.

I went to go get my schedule up at work like I normally do, and Josh had brought the guitar that I am going to be buying from him. It is a black Ovation celebrity acoustic electric guitar. I wasn't originally going to get an acoustic guitar because I really don't like how big the body is, but this is slimmer than a normal acoustic guitar which makes me happy. :) I am excited to start learning. I have always wanted to learn, and now I get a chance to do so.

Today's video is from System Of A Down. If you are familiar with any of their songs, you might recognize the title of my blog. It is a lyric from the song "Spiders" and it is off their self titled album.

It is time for me to go wash the dishes like I promised my mom I would do. :)

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

This almost didn't happen. (BEDA #13)

2011-04-13T19:41:00.000-07:00

I really can't stand it when our cable provider, Charter, decides to do maintenance randomly. I remember that they used to send out letters and digital messages telling us when they were going to do said maintenance. What happened, Charter? Why are you not being courteous anymore? We would like to know so those of us who are blogging everyday can make an effort to post a blog earlier in the day. You're lucky that you finished early.

Not only was Charter having problems, but so was Verizon. My brother came home about an hour after the internet went out yelling at me because I wouldn't answer my phone. Apparently he had called me three or four times. I didn't get a single one of them. Nor did I have any message saying that I missed a call. He shortly tried sending me a text message and I got the message roughly fifteen minutes after he sent it.

What is going on?

After I posted the blog yesterday, I went to Love You To Death's website, and found out a couple of things that to me are awesome. I want to share because I think all of you that like free music will enjoy it too!

They released a free EP called "Putting Out So You Like Us More" back in December. It is really good, but I think all their music is really good. :)

They also have it to where all of their cd's are only .01 cent plus shipping which is practically a steal. Most of the time I will not buy cd's online because the shipping ends up being ridiculous. With this it is almost as if you were buying the cd's at a store for really cheap. Because of that I bought "6 Week Summer Vacation In Hell" and "Recipe For A Ghost" (I already bought "Recipe For A Ghost" through iTunes, but I really love having cd copies of music that I love, so I couldn't resist.) I also bought a button. I only spent $11.75 and all of that except $1.02 is shipping. If you were to split that in half, that is about the same price as you would pay for used cd's. It's awesome!!!

I still have yet to work on the workout playlist though... I am such a procrastinator. I need to work on that.

Today's music video is coming to you based on a coin flip. I make fun of my friend for always flipping a coin on things he has a hard time deciding on, and here I go doing the exact same thing. :) I told him that he can call me a hypocrite if I ever poke fun at him because of that again, but I digress.

The video that won is from one of my favorite Canadian bands, Billy Talent. (Just a little fun fact, the other video in question was also from a Canadian performer. I can't help it that Canadian's have very talented musicians!) This video is probably their mildest video that they have released. What I mean by that is all of their other video are rather weird! I didn't choose any of their other videos because I wanted to use that in a future music video cluster blog. *Rubs hands together in thought of her master plans* The video is "Red Flag" off their album "Billy Talent II". If you are a Burnout fan like I am, you will recognize this song from Burnout Revenge and Burnout Legends.

Well it is time for me to go catch up on my Harry Potter reading.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

"Stop wasting my balls!" (BEDA #12)

2011-04-12T20:31:00.000-07:00

I have always found listening to my brother complain about the events that happen in the videos games that he don't benefit him very entertaining, but hearing him yell out "Stop wasting my balls" takes the cake! I could help but to laugh, and I am really glad he waited until after I had taken my sip of tea. Obviously he is talking about Pokemon Black. It took him a lot of pokeballs to catch one pokemon, and he ended up catching it with the second worst pokeball available in the game. I pointed and laughed at him!!!

I just finished watching The Biggest Loser, and when I say just finished it I mean like 40 minutes ago. Anyway. In the show, they are on vacation in New Zealand. I am rather jealous of them. A few of the contestants gained weight, and that is what I am afraid of every time I go on vacation. Even though I am always walking and being active, I tend to over eat just a bit. I don't think I have come back from a vacation, and lost weight. I would love too. I hope that since I am going with my mom, who is not only on this weight lose journey with me but will also be training to walk her first 5k since having her knee surgery, that I will have a better chance of staying on track. Now the only time I will be full on worried is when I go to the Beach at the end of May and at Leaky Con. I won't let the worrying get to me until I am on the scale, but I just want to prove to myself that I can go enjoy myself without totally going overboard with food.

I started running today. My mom and I went to the track, and I told her that I want to run a 5k. Unfortunately the 5k my mom is going to be apart of is on the day after I leave for the beach. That doesn't mean I can't get something good from this. I have been wanting to get into running for a long while now. This being said, I need a stellar running/walking playlist. The songs I have so far are "Gotta Get Thru This" by Daniel Bedingfield, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by Kylie Minogue, and "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk. That's not much of a playlist. I need some good song suggestions. If you all could help me out I would greatly appreciate it!!!

Today music video is an in-studio music video. It's by the band Love You To Death and the song is "99 Lives" That is one of my favorite songs by them. It is the rerecorded version of the song, and it is amazing both ways (That's what she said). The Original is off the album "CheeROCKracy", and this version is on their iTunes exclusive "R.I.P, Cupcake" EP.

I am going to get back to making my playlist. I have 7000 songs to rifle through, so I am bound to get a decent playlist, right?

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Wedding bells are ringing (BEDA #11)

2011-04-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

Well there really weren't bells ringing, but there was a wedding!

Yesterday, my friend Melissa, Ashley, and I went to Table Rock Lodge for our friend's wedding. It was a lovely day which was a good thing because the wedding was outside.

We had to be there at 10 am to help set up. Ashley's mom is the wedding director, and Angie (The mother of the bride) asked us if we would like to help out as well. I couldn't say no because Angie had always been there for me when I needed someone to talk to at camp.

We decorated the reception area, put out chairs where the wedding was taking place, and I helped take pictures of the bride getting ready.

Once 2 o'clock rolled around, we got everyone in their seats and it was show time. I was moving all over the place filming shots for my friend Adam, who needed someone else to film (Moments like this make me glad I bring my video camera every where.), and taking pictures. I probably climbed up and down the stairs about 20 or so times. I didn't mind because I was getting in a little exercise. I did get a little burnt on my chest, but it's fine. It was a little bit of a long winded ceremony, but all in all it was a beautiful service and I am happy for Holly and Daniel!

The reception was fun. I got to see someone I worked with at camp in 2009 for the first time since then. It was a god thing because I missed her a lot. I hope to get to hang out with her in the future. Since a few of my friends are going to Clemson next semester, I can go visit her.

It was also a good day because I got to hang out with Elaine, my weight watchers meeting leader, and her daughter Karen outside of weight watchers. Elaine is Angie's best friend, and she was also asked to help out.

We got to dance a little bit, and had a blast before we had to start cleaning up the place. Once everything was put away and we got all of Lorraine's wedding things together, we hit the road back to Easley.

Since we were heading back at around 5 o'clock, I was able to go to church. I was dropped off, and I was fifteen minutes early. It isn't my home church, and I normally walk in with Killian since he is my ride there, so it was a bit awkward. We didn't go out to cici's afterward. Killian had a family dinner to go to, I didn't feel like eating anything because I was full on cake and oreo truffles, and Brandon was going straight home. Matt wanted to go out, so he was a little disappointed.

I had a headache for the greater part of the day, and it didn't bother me until I got home. The moment I got home it became worse. It was to the point where I started feeling sick. It is basically why I didn't post a legit blog yesterday.

Besides the headache, it was a really great day. I always enjoy the time I have outside of the home.

Today's music video of the day is a song from my past. I have always loved this video and the song. It's probably the only time I've ever liked clowns. haha. I was listening to it earlier, and decided I wanted to post it not only to show off the video, but to also to show my thanks to all of you. Just listen to the song, and you will know what I mean. :) It's Natalie Merchant's video for "Kind And Generous" of her album "Ophelia"

Thank you! :)

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Not feeling it at the moment.

2011-04-10T20:12:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry everyone, but I really don't feel up to writing out a full out normal blog right now. I started getting a headache on the way home from my friend's wedding, and it escalated to a full on migraine. It hurt to the point of me dry heaving when I was standing up. I took aspirin, a hot bath and went to bed for a nap. I feel better now, but I would rather not push my luck.

I will post a blog about today tomorrow. I just need more rest now.

I love you all very much!

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Lost train of thought. (BEDA #9)

2011-04-09T18:42:00.002-07:00

Don't you just hate when you have such a great idea, and the moment you put pen to paper, it just washes away?

That's how I am feeling right now.

I had such a good idea for a blog earlier today while at work, but since I forgot to write it down the moment I had a little bit of free time, I totally have no clue what that idea was anymore.

So instead of having a topic, I will just talk about random things that pop in my mind, and some of the latest things that has happened as of late.

Aeternitas is in two and a half weeks, and I am so excited. It doesn't feel like it is so close now. I feel like I need to start getting things ready. My mom and I are driving up to the con, and I'm really interested on how things will go. You see, my mom and I can't be in a room together without having some kind of argument. We are both very outspoken with what we have to say, and most of the time they are opposing. We are both Scorpio's, you can tell by how stubborn we are. Hopefully we can forget about our disagreements, and enjoy the weekend with good people and fun events.

One of my co-workers is selling a Ovation Celebrity acoustic/electric guitar for $150. I don't know the exact model, but I know that he said it was originally $300. The first thing I told him was don't sell it! Next paycheck, I will buy it. I have been looking for a cheap but good guitar to learn with, but I am afraid of ordering one online. I would go to actual music stores to look, but without a car, that is kind of hard. I asked my friend, Matt, if I should get it, and he said if you can find one at a reasonable price get it. So I have decided that I am going to learn guitar sooner than I thought I would. :)

I can't think of anything else to write. I really do need to get ready for tomorrow. A friend of mine is getting Married, and I need to make room on my video camera, charge my batteries for my picture camera (Yes I have two cameras. I have no shame.), and figure out what I'm going to wear.

Today's music video is one from a band that recently formed. This is one of the bands that I can say I have been following since the very beginning, and all because I was a fan of the lead singer! :) The Band is SUMO CYCO and the song is "Mercy". They have yet to release an album, but this single is available on iTunes. All the proceeds for that and their other single "Limp" go to help aid Japan after the Tsunami/earthquakes that happened weeks ago.

Have a great day everyone!!!

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

I've got you covered. (BEDA #8)

2011-04-08T12:24:00.000-07:00

As a side note to yesterdays blog, I feel I should have posted Reel Big Fish's "Don't Start A Band" music video because it would fit with the theme of it better. Oh well. I can always save that for when I rant about the mainstream music companies. :)

Anyways I just thought of something I can do on Fridays. I'm not sure if I want to make it a thing yet, but I thought I would make a blog series called "Music Video Friday". I would come up with a theme and post five or six videos to fit said theme. You all an tell me if I should make it a thing or not.

This week I will be posting cover songs! Who doesn't like a good cover? Not many bands can pull it off, but when you find a band that can, it is like magic to the ear drum. These video's to me encompass that feeling.

The first one is a video by Save Ferris. I don't know what it is about Ska bands, but they can make some of the best covers I've ever heard in my life. "Come On, Eileen" is a classic song by Dexy's Midnight Runners, and I love it. Save Ferris takes it and makes into a song that any Rude Boy would Skank to. They played this version at the Firvolity Ball at Infinitus, and I couldn't help skanking (I promise you, Skanking is an actual dance!) You listen to this cover, and try not to dance in your seat! I dare you!!! Tell me how you succeed in the comments!

I just made the decision to make all of these bands Ska bands. For two reasons. One: I have been on a ska kick since yesterday. Two: I have to get ready, and I already have in my mind four or five covers by just Ska bands alone. :)

Two of the video are from one of my favorite bands, Reel Big Fish! I love them. I don't think I've heard them cover a song and it suck!

This first one they covered and recorded for the movie BASEketball. If you watch through the movie, you can see them play their song "Beer", which fits the movie perfectly. Anyway. They covered "Take On Me" which was originally released by A-Ha. Another 80'd classic that I love.

The second song is "Monkey Man". The original version was released by Toots and The Maytals. This is a song I can truly say I have never heard of until I heard Reel Big Fish sing it. I like the original, but I think that Reel Big Fish's version fits it a bit better. Reel Big Fish released a cover album back in 2009 called "Fame, Fortune, And Fornication", and they included this song, just re-recorded from when they released this video in 2006.

The Next band is Goldfinger with their version of "99 Red Balloons". I love both versions of the song that Nena sings (The Original version was sung in German and is called "99 Luftballons"), and I like the punk twist that Goldfinger gives it. Not only that but the incorporate some of the German lyrics in at the end as well. Goldfingers version has appeared in two movies: Not Another Teen Movie and Eurotrip.

The video of the day is from Fishbone. They did a cover of "Date Rape" from Sublime that I instantly fell in love. I first heard this when I was watching the DVD "Look At All The Love We Found: A Tribute To Sublime Live", and it was awesome. I haven't heard a tribute album like that in a really long time. It wasn't about the bands performing, it was about paying tribute to one of the most influential bands of the 90's, and help those in need at the same time! I found out shortly after I watched the DVD that Fishbone made this video, and I couldn't stop watching it! It was awesome, and now I share it with you all.

I hope you all enjoyed this. If you all liked this I might make it a thing. I have a huge vault of music video knowledge that I want to share, and this would be a good way to do so on top of the daily videos that I already do. Just let me know in the comments! :)

Anyway, I need to go get ready for work. I hope you all have a great day!

DFTBA
~Alicia~

My beef with Guitar Hero and the like. (BEDA #7)

2011-04-07T20:13:00.000-07:00

Before I get into the serious discussion, I just want to let you all know how weird I can be during the day. Earlier my foot was twitching really bad, and I sat there for a good ten minutes just watching it! It is so weird looking that it fascinated me. I am so amused by the simplest things. :)

Alright! Onto my rant. I am going to tell you about the conversations leading up to what brought up why I don't like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Our conversation started off with me hearing a song on his Zune that I knew. It was the Christian Band Pillar. He told me that it was one of the albums he got off my zune (I let him borrow my Zune because he was lacking awesome music and I have plenty of it!). I thought that he already had it because he knows more about Christian rock (and Christian music in general) than I do. He grew up on Christian music like I did with secular music. He said to me, "If it has the word Jesus in it, then I probably know it." I told him I could probably prove you wrong on that. He said, "Well if it put Jesus in a negative light or says something bad about him. Unless you could that song on Guitar Hero." I told him I don't play Guitar Hero or Rock Band because they simplify instrument playing. We made jokes about it, and I also said, "It's kind of like Dance Dance Revolution players. They may be able to do every single step to the game right, but if you try and teach them a dance routine, odds are they would have a hard time."

Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fun games to play. I get that they are just for party entertainment, and to have a good laugh. I even play them when I'm with friends, and enjoy it. I just think the games are a little misleading.

I have met some kids who get so upset when they are trying to learn to play an actual guitar, and complain about how it is not simple. It's not suppose to be. Learning an instrument takes a lot of practice and patience. It is not as glamorous as these games make it out to be. Being in a band is actual work. For some, it is a job. Yes to entertain and express yourself, but it does take effort.

It is also a way for the big name bands to make themselves know just a little bit more and make a little more money. Now every once and a while they will feature relatively small bands, and I give them props for that. I would have given Rock Band even more props if things went through with that program that let any band make their music available to play. That would have been ground breaking!

The singing feature is another thing I don't like. You could just hum random stuff and as long as you have it on the line your fine. NO! That is not ok!!! That is pretty much giving the middle finger to the person that wrote that sound. You are pretty much saying, "I don't care about your music, You can bite me." I just don't appreciate that. These people pour their heart and souls into these lyrics (Some more than others), and you pretty much just poop on them.

There are other things, but I don't have much time to rant, and I think I went on long enough. I promised my mom I would wash the dishes, and I will do it darn it!

The music video for today is from a band who had their music in a video game...not Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but MVP Baseball 2006. It is also a song I transcribed for music theory class in high school. It is The Zuton's video for "Don't Ever Think Too Much" from their Album "Who Killed The Zutons"

I hope you all don't hate me for speaking my mind about a well loved game. :)

DFTBA
~Alicia~

A Day Wasted. (BEDA #6)

2011-04-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

Have you ever spent an entire day working on something, and you wake up the next morning to find that all your work was for not because their is not a trace of it left?

That's what happened to my Pokemon game... 11 hours down the drain. Apparently the save function is faulty because it saved and I turned it off and turned it back on to play some more (addiction at work), and it was perfectly fine. I guess if it is left alone for a while it just says, "Hey this person will never play me again. I might as well just wipe my memory clean. That will show them!"

Oh well. I can either play the game and leave my Game Boy on until I am done with the game, or just wait until my brother gets to transfer all of his level 100 pokemon and really rare items from Silver onto his game. I have no idea how long that will take because he still has yet to send me the picture of the theater sign. I think I might just go do that one myself.

*Goes to fetch Eric's cell phone*

Success! Now I just need to send it to my email address, save it to my computer, and then I can post it!!!

So now we are probably going to get more calls about what is playing because our sign is no longer capable of doing so. haha

I had a conversation with Killian tonight about my thoughts on Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Dance Dance Revolution when he was driving me home (I'll post my thoughts on those later on this week). It was pretty interesting because he somehow segued it into a conversation about the Killer's music video for Human. I love having conversations that can just weave into one another. I tend to have those kinds of conversations with Killian and the guys a lot which is why I like hanging out with them.

I think I am going to post a Killer's video since I did just mentioned that I talked about them today. haha Except I'm not going to post Human. I am going to play what I think is their weirdest video. It's "Spaceman" from the album "Day & Age"

Well I hope you all have a great rest of the night, and Peace Out!

DFTBA
~Alicia~

Storms and Pokemon taking over my day. (BEDA #5)

2011-04-05T20:18:00.000-07:00

Last night there was this huge storm that blew threw most of the south east area of the US. It was pretty bad. Luckily we didn't get that much of it. We mostly just got the really bad winds, a severe thunderstorm, and about 5 minutes worth of hail. I didn't think that there would be that much damage done to our area, but I always tend to be wrong about these things. Earlier today, my brother got a picture message from our boss, and it was of our sign with huge gapping holes in it. My brother showed me it and instantly cheered because he hates having to put the movie titles on that thing. I asked my brother to send me the picture so that I can show you all, but I doubt he will send it to me until like tomorrow or something. More than likely I will have to post that picture tomorrow. *Crosses fingers*

Like the title says, Pokemon took over my entire day! Besides going to the library, the grocery store, the bathroom, and the kitchen to get something to eat for the three meal of the day, I haven't left my room. I was sucked into the world of Pokemon Gold. Now before you say, "That is such an old game, why not play Black or White?" I don't have a DS. I own a Advance, and my brother this morning found his old silver and gold games so that he can try and transfer them to his DS and to his copy of Black. He would not under any circumstances let me play or even touch his DS. haha. No matter what Pokemon game you play, you will still get hooked to it. Pokemon and World of Warcraft have the same addict-ability (I know that is not a word, but it suits this coversation.)

Instead of finishing the book "Lizard" by Banana Yoshimoto ( Which that has to be one of the best pen names I've seen!) like I planned, I sat around and beat two gym leaders, evolved four Pokemon, hatched an egg into Togepi, and have gotten so flustered because I can't beat the Goldenrod city Gym leader! (Curse you Miltank!!!!)

I've always loved Pokemon, but I have to say that I am a purest. The first 150 Pokemon plus Mew and Togepi will always be the best! I don't know if it is because I basically grew up knowing the pokerap by heart (Don't ask me to recite it now because I couldn't do it, but I have it on my wall!), or because Blue and Red were the shiz, but you can never beat the original product no matter how you try to spruce it up. Also The TV show is nothing without Ash, Misty, and Brock. I think Brock is by far my favorite. He is probably the only character in all of children television who could be a total hornball and still get away with it! :)

Today's music video is one of the coolest I seen in years. The video is "Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie. It is from his album "The Opposite Side Of The Sea"

Well I am going to get back to trying to destroy that Goldenrod gym leader!

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Riot Grrrl Manifesto (BEDA #4)

2011-04-04T19:24:00.000-07:00

Before I get into what I want to talk about, I just wanted to tell you that...I didn't take a nap today!!! I came close twice, but I forced myself not to. I kind of used a trick I learned back when I was pulling an all nighter during NaNoWriMo 2009 and at the same time watching Nanalew's (If you don't know who she is, Go to her Youtube channel.) 24 blog tv show. I drank a lot of water. Not only will you hydrate your body, but it also makes you have to use the bathroom a lot. All of that getting up is going to make you not so sleepy! Genius!!! Why didn't I think of that before?!?!

Anyway On to the topic at hand.

I started reading "Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now" (This is what it looks like > ), and one of the things in it so far is the Riot Grrrl Manifesto. If you would like to read the manifesto, you can go HERE, but basically it's a list of all the things a riot grrrl is. A Riot grrrl wants to break the status quo of what society thinks a girl should be, and to me that is everything and more of what I want to be. We need this frame of mind now more than ever.

The media is the reason why we need this mind frame. It is spilling out all of these toxic images that are saying "You are nothing until you have a significant other." or "Unless you dress the right way and wear a ton of make-up, you won't go far in life." It pisses me off even more that they are targeting younger girls and pretty much brainwashing them into thinking that all of the above is true.

Even though this manifesto was written in the early 90's, you can still apply it to th events happening today!

It was a way for women musicians to show what they had, and they didn't really care if you liked it or not. They played their music because it was something they loved doing. It was a way for creators, writers, illustrators, artist of all kinds to publish their works even if it was a hand made booklet given out at shows. It gave a way for women of all sexuality, race, religion, and backgrounds to come together and bond and be their true selves, and not give a damn what anybody else thinks.

The riot grrrl movement may not be as big as it was in the 90's, but it is still alive as long as people still believe in it's values.

I think that I would be nuts not to include a music video from one of the founding bands of the riot grrrl movement. This is Bratmobile's video for "Eating Toothpaste" from their album "Ladies, Women, And Girls"

I hope you all had a great day, and DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Best Day, Sunday. (BEDA #3)

2011-04-03T18:55:00.000-07:00

Sunday's are the day of the week I look forward to the most. A lot of people dread it, but I absolutely love it. It's the one day of the week where I am kept busy, and I really have no down time to sit around or take a nap.

On Sunday mornings, I go to my home church. We have Sunday school, and then I go and play in the orchestra for the service. I love playing in the orchestra. I think I may have mentioned it before, but I am going to say it again. I feel the most useful in church when I am playing in the orchestra. Since I do play Timpani, it is also a good way to let out some frustration.

For the past few months, I have worked every single Sunday, which I am totally grateful for. I need all the hours I can get, and it keeps me from doing nothing. Those days I don't work I would normally take a nap, and you all know how I feel about that. My normal schedule for Sunday is 12:30-5. Sunday's tend to be busy, but not to the point where we struggle to get things done. I don't like sitting still, so those are the days I like the most.

Once I get off work, I get home, and get dress and chill for a bit before I am picked up by my friend, Killian, to go to a church that our friend, Matt, plays in the band for. I love going to this church because it's something different. They never have the same person preaching every week, so you get different points of view instead of the same one every time. Variety is the spice of life after all. :)

After that service we go out to eat to Cici's Pizza. Normally Killian's brother, and our other friend will join us. It's kind of funny that I throw out the "variety" quote right before I talk about the restaurant that we go to ever single week. It's gotten to the point where the cashier remembers if we get water or not, and all the employees recognize us. It's kind bad. I think there was only one time where we went somewhere different.

These dinner's are probably the things I look forward to the most. The guys I hang out with are super hilarious. a few of them get way to carried away with the perverted jokes, so I will normally turn to Killian for a sensible conversation. I mean don't get me wrong, I can be a pervert with the best of them, but there are lines, and they not just cross it, they bulldoze over it!

Tonight was no different, but I didn't have Killian, and our only other sensible fried, Brandon, left early. So I was left in the thick of the perversion. It was hilarious, but at the same time there were a lot and I mean A LOT of Face/Palm moments.

Anyways. Time for the music video of the day.

I think it is time for me to pull a music video from the vault. Today's video is Fastball's "The Way" from the album "All The Pain Money Can Buy"

Well I am going to go wash my face because every time I work I feel like I have popcorn oil exhaust plastered on my face.

DFTBA

~Alicia~

When napping gets carried away. (BEDA #2)

2011-04-02T13:47:00.000-07:00

I bet you are looking at this title and you're thinking to yourself, "There is no such thing as getting carried away with napping. It's a fantastic creation, napping is." To you I agree, but I will explain what I mean because I am going through this right now and it is quite annoying.

I am never against taking a nap on Sunday afternoon, or after working hard on something and needing a little break. However, What I've been doing is taking a nap everyday because I've been bored. My body has gotten so used to it that if I don't take a nap, I start feeling incredibly weak. It makes things complicated when I am really wanting to do work. It has also made me incredibly lazy, and I haven't been wanting to do do anything at all besides go to work and go to church.

So if anyone out there has any advice on this, can you please leave a comment or something? I really want to stop this habit because it really is getting on my nerves.

Anywho!

Onto a more positive note, I had a lot of fun at the bon-fire last night. Ashley, Melissa, and Ashley's brother, Adam, picked me up. We had pizza, and waited for our friend Grant before we went outside. Before we could start the fire we had to go get cat litter for Ashley's mom. Once we did that We started the fire. It was quite funny because Melissa kept putting paper after paper into it to try and get the fire to light. It got to the point where she used an entire stack of filler paper, and her used tissues. After a while of just moving the wood around, we got the fire to stay lit. I didn't get home until until 2 o'clock, but I laughed so much that it was totally worth it.

Because of the pizza I ate last night, I thought for sure that I was going to gain on the scale at the weight watchers meeting. Apparently not. I lost .4 on the scale, which isn't much, but I didn't gain and that is all that matters. It was this time last year that my mom and I joined weight watchers. My mom has lost 21 pounds, and she is .8 away from her goal weight. I have lost 26.6 pounds since joining. I am a far way from my goal, but I am determined to stick with this, and not give up.

Today's music video is Killola's "Cracks In The Armor" which is off their third album "Let's Get Associated"

Well, my mom is on a date tonight. That means I will have to walk to work, so I better go get ready!

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

Blog Everyday In April 2011! (Blog #1)

2011-04-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again. The time where I get over my laziness and blog everyday this month. This is my third year participating, and I love it when April comes around! I wish I had as much enthusiasm (a.k.a. I wish I wasn't as lazy) about writing blogs any other time of the year. That way I wouldn't have to get back into the swing of writing these again. :)

So it is Fred and George Weasley's birthday today! (R.I.P. Fred) I think it is very fitting that the two coolest fictional pranksters share their birthday with April Fools Day. I used to prank people all the time on April fools day, but once I graduated high school, the only people that I could prank were my mom and brother. I don't feel really safe pranking my brother, and if I pranked my mom she'd probably kick me out of the house (not really, but you never know.) That being said, I haven't celebrated it in a long time.

*long break*

I just back from work, and my friend Melissa saw me walking home. She invited me to a bon-fire thing tonight. I never really get invited to things very often, so I'm excited. Though in my defense to that, I am working during the part of the week where people normally go and hang out. I do love working though so it levels itself out.

I also saw someone from high school that I haven't seen since, and he was one of those people that I did want to keep in contact with. It was rather awkward, but at the same time it was good seeing him. He looks completely different and I did not recognize him until he actually came up to the register. I guess it was all those years of not seeing him that threw me off.

I kind of want to do a thing every day where I suggest a music video that I think you should watch. I used to do this on my live journal years ago. I do love music videos, and I love sharing them as well!

Today's music video is by Sleater-Kinney (My latest obsession two months running. haha), and the song is "Jumpers" It is from their last album "The Woods"

I am now going to go get ready for this bon-fire. I hope you all have a great day! :)

DFTBA!
~Alicia~

My New York Trip...2 months late

2011-02-05T16:43:00.000-08:00

So I was going to talk about my trip to NY/NJ in a vlog, but I kind of feel like my time has come and past for me to make a video about it. That and I also think it would be really lengthy for a normal vlog. So instead I shall write a blog about it and make it extra special.

Also I will probably post a lot of pictures in this post. If this post looks like it is going to be really long or the scroll bar on the right side is really small, that is probably why.

So let us take a trip back to November 2010. Seems so long ago doesn't it? (I wish Sarcasm translated well in text.)

Wednesday the 17th, I took a plane ride to Ithaca, NY to get picked up by Lena. I wish I could say the plane ride was fun, but I and my stomach would be lying to you. Once I got to Ithaca and changed clothes, I felt perfectly fine.

Once Lena picked me up we went to Wegman's (Best grocery store I have EVER been in) I grabbed something to eat because I was STARVING, and after I ate Lena grabbed a few things, we played around a little bit,

and she showed me one of the coolest candy departments I have ever seen! (I wish I had gotten a picture of it!!!)

After that she showed me the local music store which was also really cool. We then went to The Commons (I think that's what it was called. Don't completely quote me on that.) We browsed several of the stores.

We were pretty much biding our time before Lena could pick up her new guitar that a fellow youtuber was giving to her FOR FREE!!!

We also went out for sushi and bubble tea with a couple of her friends from school which was pretty fun. It was funny because I had never had bubble tea before so when I went to get my first sip of it they were watching me very eagerly. I enjoyed it very much and I have actually been craving it for a few weeks now. Thanks Lena!

Thursday, we got dressed up in our Hogwarts attire,

had breakfast, and went to Lena's two classes of the day, Harpsichord and Choir. Once Choir was finished we pretty much rushed back to her dorm, loaded her car, picked up Rachel, and headed to Cole's house in Jersey.

Once everyone arrived at Cole's, we packed into the van and headed in to the city. I was most excited about this because I have always imagined going to NY, but I never in my wildest dreams thought it would happen. The traffic is probably the only thing that I didn't like. We found our parking garage, and headed to the opening of Central Park (I Think). When we got there we pretty much had a sing-a-long, chilled, and had a blast.

Then we got our instructions about the flash mob wizard duel.

We were split up into the death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army.

Cole got picked to be Harry, and Andrew Slack was Voldemort (Who would have thunk it? Haha). We then marched to Columbus Circle to have said flash mob. It was really fun. I was out pretty quickly. I am not very good at dueling and I couldn't stop laughing to save my life! It's all good though because it gave me a chance to take pictures and film.

It was really cool because when Cole and Andrew finished saying all the lines they could remember from the Final Battle (YES!!!), Cole finished of Andrew and the moment Andrew drops to the ground it starts raining! It was the coolest thing ever. We were jumping up and down chanting Harry, and it was a really fun time. We picked up our stuff and walked over to Lincoln Center to go wait in line for what we all were waiting for. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1!!!

The theater let us take our seats early which was great because we got to sit in comfortable seats, but not great because time seemed to take longer. Lena and Jay from Lily & James had a jam session which made the slow time passage bearable.

Myself, Rachel, Katie, Katherine, Anna, and Cole played "Imperio, Love Potion, Avada Kadavra" which is the equivalent to the muggle game, "Marry, Screw, Kill." It was pretty hilarious.

Everyone cheered when the movie started, and everyone was in tears and applauding the movie when it ended including myself. I find it funny because I have always been to person to hate when people clap at the end of the movie, and I end up doing it for Harry Potter. Well, there is no lie about it. It deserved the applause it got! :D

Friday was a sleep in day for us. We didn't get up until about 2 or 3 in the afternoon. The moment I woke up I took a shower so that I would actually wake up. By the time everyone was awake is when we were joined by Jacqui, Jennie, and Jacob. Cole's mom made us dinner. We helped with putting out dishes, silverware, putting the food on the table. We then had dinner at the table like we were the Weasley's.

This is something that I haven't done in over a decade. Well not the Weasley dinner, but an actual sit down dinner. It was a heart warming feeling. It didn't last too long because we had to go to Sam's school to see him in The Drowsy Chaperone. I had never heard of the musical before, so I wasn't sure what was to come, but it was fantastic. Sam was the lead role, and he did a fantastic job.

Once the show was over we kidnapped Sam, and went back to Cole's to make sandwiches,

had a Final Battle sing-a-long session,

and watched Sam and Cole be, well Sam and Cole. :)

Saturday morning, we woke up pretty early and headed to the closest IMAX theater to watch Deathly Hallows pt. 1 again this time with Jacqui and Sam. I cried just as much if not a little more watching it the second time.

Once the movie was finished we headed back to he house and said our good-bye's to Sam. Unfortunately, Sam still had two more performances of his show to do, so he wouldn't be able to hang out for the rest of the weekend. It was a sad day. Lena took him home because she had to go into the city to rehearse for the Wizard rock festival for the following day.

We pretty much for the rest of the day were biding our time until that night for the Upright Citizens Brigade Hogwarts Improv Championship show.
We did what normal Harry Potter fans do, Play Harry Potter Scene It. I almost won too!!! Darn that Cole!!!
When it was time for us to head on out, Cole's mom drove us to where we needed to be, and there we waiting in line for about an hour for the show.

I didn't know if we were allowed to take pictures so I didn't just in case I would have gotten yelled at. It was really funny. The thing that made it even better was the Emcee was a Slytherin, and he was making fun of Hufflepuffs, and Lena wasn't gonna let him bring her down like that. For a Hufflepuff, she sure is spunky! They were playing the 142 ____ walk into a bar game off and on, and they made that the tie breaker of the improv show. He asked Lena to give him a magical thing since he was giving her such a hard time. She threw out Time Turner, and the winning joke was the best of the night. It was 142 time turners walk into a bar, and 142 time turners walk into a bar, and 142 time turners walk into a bar.... It was funny, and I laughed myself into tears. They were Hilarious. I think the mocking of the teams were just as great as the actually improv games itself.

Sunday was the NYCWRF (New York City Wizard Rock Festival.) It was an entire day of nothing but wizard rock, and it was glorious. A group of us actually went early with Lena so that we could help her carry in her eqipment, merch, etc. We got there early, so we went to a muffin shop and had brunch. I had the BEST pumpkin muffin I had ever had, and some really great chai tea. Once the building was open, we loaded all of the equipment in front of the stage, and went upstairs to practically wait until the show started.

All of the bands that played were amazing!!! A lot of those bands I haven't seen live before so it was pretty cool seeing them in a setting that I was familiar to. I love going to rock shows like this. I love being able to change where I want to stand at the drop of a whim. I love venues that allow you to be on the floor to dance and when you get tired go to an upper level to chill. The music was loud, but not to the point where you couldn't understand what the singer was singing. Those are the shows I strive to go to. It was my second ever Wrock show (Well if you count all of the concerts at Infinitus one complete show. If not then it is my 5th wrock show. No biggie.)

Monday was the day I was dreading. I didn't want to say goodbye to anyone. You could tell that Cole was ultra sad that everyone had to leave. Katie left the night before, and so did Jennie and Jacob. Anna went home after the show and so did Jacqui. We got to see Katherine before she went to school. Myself, Lena, and Rachel were the last to leave. We drove back to Ithaca, had lunch, we dropped Rachel off at her car, said our good-byes, and Lena dropped me off at the airport. What made matters worse was the fact that my plane was delayed an hour because of heavy rain at my layover airport.

All and all it was one of the best weekends (A long weekend too.) of my life. It was a completely spontaneous trip. I didn't plan on going until a month and a half before, and it was all because Lena asked me to come. I am so grateful to Harry Potter for bring so many great friends, and so many great adventures into my life. I probably wouldn't have as interesting of a life if it wasn't for him! I'm glad I got over my indifference with him so many years ago. Who knows what I would be like now. Sheesh, I don't even want to know!

Sorry if this blog was long. This would have been a long video! haha.

Everyone have a great day and DFTBA!!!

Much Love
~Alicia~

Last day of BEDA!

2010-08-31T20:05:00.000-07:00

IS it the last day of August already?!? Time just flew by so fast!!! I hate when it does. Even on the days that are really quite boring.

I would say I am not going to have anything productive to do, but I have plenty I can do.

I do believe I have mentioned HOL the Virtual Hogwarts website before. Well, I can go ahead and start turning in the "school" work after tomorrow. It's my way of going back to school without it actually costing anything. :)

I will also get more time to read! With having to write my blogs, film my daily videos, convert the files, edit it, render it, and then upload the viewable video to youtube, I didn't have a lot of time for just reading! Maybe after tonight I can finish Mockingjay!!! I may write about my thoughts on it later on this week.

I also need to work on my submission for the Guide To Nerdfighting book. I told them I would write a article about fandom cons for beginners. Coming from my first con, I think I would have a lot to say. I am also going to be doing some mad promotions for them. Even if I am not on the promotions team, we all need to do our part to promote the awesome that is The Guide!!!

What I am trying to say is, as much as I enjoyed doing Blogging and Vlogging everyday this month, I am going to enjoy doing different things everyday. I remember saying that I will post more than I used to after my first BEDA go around, but that didn't happen. Hopefully I will write a bit more than usual. I still have to write 50 album reviews. I should have done a few this month. Oh well. Maybe next month!!!

Best wishes and DFTBA

100th post and Kids in the Hall!

2010-08-30T19:07:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I've written one hundred blogs. Though it has been throughout a three year span, so it isn't that spectacular. I get excited about stuff like that. The fact that I had so much to say to write that many blogs is just mind-boggling!!! I'm not at all interesting though. My friends Lydia, Meg, Chelsea, Jessie, Clint, Taylor, Mckenzie, Melissa, They have the interesting awesome blogs!!! Most of my blogs are just random thoughts or things that happen to me that amuse me.

I mostly write these blogs for me to go back read in the future. If you think about it, everything we write, vlog, post, tweet, or document in some way about is like a time capsule for our future selves.

I have to put at least one thoughtful post for the month.

Anyway. I just figured out that IFC brought back The Kids In The Hall. No I do not mean that stupid rap group that stole the name. There was a tv show that used to come on Comedy Central in the early 90's. It was a mature comedy that watched when I was younger. I remember I had a crush on Dave Foley. I think he was my first Celebrity crush. Then when I was a bit older and saw him on Celebrity poker, I was really disappointed that he wasn't as good looking as he had used to be. lol.

Here are a few of my favorite skits!

Anyways They have reunited and have a new spin off of the show! It makes me so happy because I've missed that show like crazy!!! This one however isn't like their show from the past. It's like a regular story line tv show. I am wondering how it will be. So far it's pretty funny. They pull off the same sense of humor which is awesome.

I am going to go watch more Kids In The Hall clips on Youtube!

Best Wishes and DFTBA

Frustrations with words.

2010-08-29T15:24:00.000-07:00

For some reason my mouth doesn't want to say what I want it to. Which is why I am writing the vlog. It didn't cooperate to the point that my camera's battery died. It makes me so frustrated!!!

I now have to wait until my camera charges back up, but I can't really do the video I wanted to do because my brother is home. I hate vlogging with him around because he always, I mean ALWAYS wants to interrupt me, annoy me, and ruin my video. You're 25, Eric! GROW UP ALREADY!!!

I haven't been in a good mood since we got on the road from the trip. I got such bad motion sickness. Our van was so cramped too, so I couldn't find a position that made me feel better. The only positions I had were sit up straight and lean to my left. Neither one helped.

The last thing I need is for Eric to annoy the crap out of me.

I'm going to go. I've ranted enough for one day.

Best Wishes and DFTBA

Super tired!!!

2010-08-28T04:45:00.000-07:00

I sure about 95% of people can agree that they don't like getting up super early no matter what the circumstance. The only time I enjoyed get up early was for marching band and winter guard competitions. I'd be excited for this trip if I didn't feel alone. If people make conversation with make and actually try and make me feel welcome, then maybe I'll get excited for this trip. Until then I'm not looking forward to it. I'll have Mockingjay and my zune to keep me occupied on the long trip to Tennessee.

I just finished decking out my purse with buttons! Most of them are my Lauren Fairweather buttons I ordered offline. I also have all of my Alex Day buttons (sans sonic *sad face*), My Accio-Potter button Alex gave me, my two linkin Park and Gir buttons, and buttons I bought from Swish and Flick, Whimsic alley, The Parselmouths at infinitus. I also have the Acendio button that they gave us in our registration bag. I'll take a picture of it soon and let you all see. It goes along with the butterfly that's originally on my purse to begin with. It's pretty rad.

Can you guys tell I'm running out of things to talk about? I thought so.

Best Wishes and DFTBA

Busy day reflects a not so long blog.

2010-08-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

My mom thinks I'm downstairs. I guess she didn't see me go up the stairs. Oh well.

The days I end up having to go into work early are always the days that I have to get a lot of stuff done. I need to wrap a book so I can send it off. I have to write this blog. I've already edited and rendered my vlog for the day. All I have to do is upload that. I need to buy headphones before I actually clock into work, and I need to pack first thing when I get home. Too much!!!

I'm hoping that I can write my blog and at least film my vlog for both my channel and the Seven Awesome APs channel. I love being apart of collab channels, but I feel bad for my friends that have to watch craptastic videos because of my time restraints. Sometimes I love having a bit of a life, but it cuts out some of the stuff that I love doing. Vlogging and blogging are things I love doing, and now that I have a feel for how I like to do it, I don't think I'll stop doing either one of these things. Granted it won't be every day like this month, but it will be more often than I have been doing before.

That's all I really have to say!

Best Wishes and DFTBA

A heads up and more.

2010-08-26T15:41:00.000-07:00

I have work tomorrow and that is the only day I work. I really need a second job! I don't work Saturday or Sunday because I am going on a retreat with my Sunday school class. I was mainly going because I though the only two friends I have in that class were going. Turns out they aren't. This is going to be awkward for me. Either way I am still going to video as much as possible because I'm a vlogger and that's what I do. I am looking forward to the horse back riding though. :)

Got to look on the bright side of things!

I haven't added anything to my since last time. I might put some more pictures up tonight. It depends on how long I want to read. :)

I want to finish Mockingjay before I leave Saturday. I would like to finish it tonight, but I know that won't happen. I will get too distracted what with editing and uploading my 7NAP video and thinking of ideas for tomorrow VEDA video. I'm in the home stretch for both VEDA and BEDA, and I'm glad for that because I have no idea what the hell to talk about anymore.

On that note. Hope you all have a great night.

Best wishes and DFTBA

I love making friends!

2010-08-25T18:19:00.000-07:00

I have never been one to make friends. I will be honest, I tried my best to avoid it. Every time I became friends with someone when I was growing up they either moved away, changed, or just became friends with other people and shunned me away. I really never knew what it was like to have a true friend for life. When I finally have a friend that I would consider close, I always kept them at a distance because I was afraid they would shun me away like people in the past would. I still kind of feel like I don't have a really close friend, but I am learning to stop pushing people away.

It wasn't until marching band that I found people that actually wanted to be my friends. I gain two close friends out my marching band experience. Then I graduated, and they both were still in high school. It got kind of hard to keep in touch and stay friends when you aren't around each other everyday like it used to be. Now I barely talk to either of them, and it breaks my heart.

When I found Nerdfighteria, I realized you don't have to be near each other to be really good friends. I have some really awesome friends, and I haven't met them in real life. Hopefully someday we will have the honor of meeting, but until that day comes I am still going to talk with them.

Esther Earl (Rest In Awesome) was a nerdfighter who battled with cancer up until late last night. She loved life and loved her family and friends even more. Her wish for Make-A-Wish Foundation was to have all of her closest friends together in the same room. As simple as that. She loved her friends and she hung onto them. I wish that I could be the same way.

I think since hearing about how awesome she was got me thinking that I better start showing my love for my friends because you never know what could happen.

Best wishes and DFTBA.

Catching Fire.

2010-08-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

I have reached part 3 of Catching Fire. I just can't stop reading! I just stopped to take a break and realized I haven't written my blog for the day. So this blog will probably seem a bit rushed. Sorry about that in advanced.

I really can't wait to read Mockingjay. It now sits in my book shelf "mocking" me in a sense. I just hope that I can finish before I fall asleep tonight. I say that all the time when I want to finish a book, but my body always wants to crumple my reading dreams. lol

I added a bit more to my wall last night, and I forgot to post a picture of it.

I think I'm going to make it a thing. If I add to my wall, I'll take a picture of it when I'm finished for the day. I don't have the patience to do it all in one day, nor do I have the attention span. To be quite honest, I have no idea what I'm going to put up next... I'm not really good with decisions. I remember when I first tried to hang thing on my wall. It was all posters from Metal Edge magazine (Which I am so pissed that I can't find it anywhere anymore. If they discontinued print, I'll be even more pissed!), but I never finished. Those poster were pretty big too, so it didn't take a lot of them to cover up my wall. I just really bored with hanging them up.

I think this will help me completely decorate my wall. With my luck, I'll have to take everything down the moment I complete it. lol.

Anyway, I am going to stop typing.

Best Wishes and DFTBA!

I have no life.

2010-08-23T20:38:00.000-07:00

Actually I should say that South Carolina is restricting me from having the life I would like.

In my utopia of a life, I'd live close to all of my Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and youtube friends, and I'd be able to visit them on a regular basis. Wrock concerts and cons would be just a hour away. I would also be able to vlog without people looking at me like I'm a crazy person.

Unfortunately, I don't live in such a glorious place. I live in hick town. Not fun.

Whatever. It's their loss if they don't want to like awesome stuff, and I'm still going to talk to myself in front of a camera whether you like it or not.

The reason why I bring this up is, I would be at a Mockingjay release party right now if there was one within my able limit of transportation. I think the nearest one is probably in either North Carolina or Georgia. I'm not sure. South Carolina may be one of the cheapest states to live in, but it sucks to be a nerd that wants to be active in the various fandoms while living in such a culture deprived state.

Enough of my ranting now.

Instead of completing Catching Fire or cleaning my room, I ended up watching Righteous Television skits on youtube. I get so distracted some times.

Anyways, in order for me to post on time, I better stop typing! :)

Best wishes and DFTBA!

The blank wall finally getting filled!

2010-08-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

The main wall in my room has been blank for way too long, so I have finally decided to decorate it. This is what I have so far! I'm getting there. I think I might have to print more photos though.

I woke up late this morning. I normally can wake up right when my alarm goes off, but I guess I was jamming to it. I use Starkid's "Liam's got a phone call" *Youtube video for an example*

Yeah it's awesome, but I guess I'll need to change it if it isn't waking me up anymore.

I love Nerdfighteria. It is probably the most accepting group of people I have ever had the pleasure of know of. Is it sad that my first time ever meeting nerdfighters was at Infinitus? I would really love to meet nerdfighters in my area though. At least I would know I'm not the only one. :)

Every time I listen to Reel Big Fish's "Beer", I want to drink beer. Where's the beer?!?!

This blog got away from me really. Sorry for the randomness of it.

Best wishes and DFTBA!

I love getting mail!

2010-08-21T14:53:00.000-07:00

I especially love it when I get things I wasn't expecting until after the weekend!

I ordered prints of picture from Infinitus, Awanita, and a lot of my photography, and I wasn't expecting it until Monday because it was suppose to be shipped to me within three to five business days. I ordered them and they shipped it Thursday, and I received them today. They look so good! I am happy with the way they turned out! I not have the task of putting them on my wall and finishing what I started with decorating my wall. :) I love when things are ahead of schedule.

I also got a letter from google about how they want to advertise my blog or something of that nature. I use the ad-sense feature on my blog, and they want to help. I'm still not exactly sure what it is about. I will probably blog about it later when I figure out!

Well, I am off to Jack in The Box to get a grilled chicken sandwich. Then I am off to work.

Best wishes and DFTBA!

The waiting game.

2010-08-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

I am currently playing it now while I wait for my video to convert to a editable version. Normally I'd take my time, but I'm working on a time deadline. I have until 2 to finish this video or else I fail VEDA.

I bet you are wondering why until 2? Because I am going to get a ride to the theater from my mom because I don't feel like sweating. I also want to watch Scott Pilgrim again before I have to clock in before work! :) My mom and I both get off at 11, but seeing as how her work place is 45 minutes away from mine there is now way I'd get home in time to post it before midnight!

Anywho, I think I am going to take the time before Scott Pilgrim starts to either finish reading Goblet of Fire, or finish some of my HOL homework! I think that if I were to replace my high school self, I would do all of my homework and on time! It's a shame that is not possible. :(

The video has finished converting, so I bid you all a fond adieu.

Best Wishes and DFTBA!

Adopt a word, save the language!

2010-08-19T20:08:00.000-07:00

With this title, I feel Peter when he tells Hiro to "Save the cheerleader, save the world".

But in all seriousness, our culture is ruining the language as we speak. In my case, as I type really. Net speak being a big thing now. It really does bug me when I see people replacing you and are with u and r. It shows how lazy we are becoming. I kind of feel bad for teachers having to grade essays. I know my essays weren't that entertaining, but at least I tried to make it as close to grammatically correct as possible.

It happens a lot on the internet. I don't know why people feel the need to shorten words. I also can't understand why people would (and this is just to reference) TyPe ThErE SeNtEnCe'S LiKe ThIs. It is rather annoying to look at, and takes up twice the amount of time to type it.

I digressed a lillte from what I was originally wanting to talk about. I found this through my friend Bevin. (Team FBO!) It is a website that lets you browse through words and adopt as many words as you want! You can find it HERE!

So far I have adopted the word divinipotent which means powerful in intuition or divination. Awesome word right?

I just thought I'd share that little gem with everyone.

Best wishes and DFTBA!

Pandora Radio is amazing!!!

2010-08-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I just now figured that out!

Minus the headache that I had a little while ago, today has been a fun day. I went to the grocery store with my mom. We bought cherries, and this was the first time I've had a cherry that isn't in bright red syrup. They are so delicious! I wonder if they would taste good with nutella...

I also went to the bank to deposit my money from my last two paychecks. It's about time! I tend to spend more when I have actual money on me as opposed to just my bank card. though most of it was for lunch or dinner at work on the days I had to walk to work. I normally bring my lunch, but when my mom was at the beach, it made it harder to do so. Most of the stuff I take to lunch has to be refrigerated, so thirty minutes in the sun swinging back and forth wouldn't be so good for it.

I miss all of the Infinitus and Final battle friends of mine. I just thought I'd put that out there.

Best Wishes and DFTBA!

Feeling sentimental?

2010-08-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Would anyone judge me for having to spell out sentimental out in the blogging area to see if I've spelled it right?

So yesterday I was looking at a JCPenny's magazine that my mom got in the mail, and saw that one of the Junior's shirts had a skull and crossbones on it. I liked it and said to myself, "I would have worn this years ago...if it wasn't for the heart eyes." It got me thinking that the world has changed so much!

In middle school and high school I'd wear or draw a skull and cross bones and people would think that I was either an angry person, morbid, or down right evil. Now it seems like it's normal to wear it now. I have been ridiculed, teased, and put down for being a nerd in school, and now it is high fashion. I have been played video games since I can remember, and have been made fun for doing so because I was a girl and girls weren't suppose to like video games. Now I hear all of these girls that say they play video games, but I mostly just hear them talk about Rock band and guitar hero. (I'm not talking about the serious girl gamers like me though.) (I will say this. Rock Band is fun and I do like playing it, BUT Frequency and Amplitude are by far my favorite Rhythm based games out there. Second is DDR.) Anyways, In just a few years, things that I treasured for being unique and different is now the "it" thing, and I'm not sure if I quite understand what is going on.

Am I the only one that thinks that? Has anybody else though, "What the hell is going on?" I'd like to hear people's opinion and I'd like to hear what else has went from being a social no-no to being the new thing.

Best Wishes and DFTBA!

Quizzes and I don't play well together

2010-08-16T18:52:00.000-07:00

Especially when they are the kind of lightning round kind of quizzes.

I signed up for a website last week called HOL - Virtual Hogwarts. It is pretty much what it says. I sign up a first year student an do actual homework to work my way up to being a professor (if I wanted to.) This is pretty much the coolest premise for a interactive website I've ever heard of. It's also a great way to fill up my spare time (you know, apart from my video making and blogging!). I got sorted into Ravenclaw (YES!!!), and I decided that I would like to try out for the Quidditch team. The way that they play quidditch is you have to answer questions to get certain things to happen. It's really hard to explain because I don't quite get it yet. Anyway, the way you have to try out for the Ravenclaw team is to get 100 points by botting. Botting is kind of like a lightning speed questions round. You are given a Harry Potter related question and you are given two clues as to what it could be and a short amount of time to answer the questions. The only problem is, they only have about 4 or 5 bots to get these points on. So you have to earn these points by beating out other people. I am just not a fast typer. :(

My brother bought pizza and he isn't sharing. :( I might just steal a piece, or a fraction of a piece.

Best wishes and DFTBA

~Alicia~

Why is it that...

2010-08-15T18:42:00.000-07:00

...every time I want to start a work out plan (or restart it), I end up getting sick or get a severe cough? I wanted and planned to start P90X again tomorrow because work had slowed back to where I can actually work out in the morning without having to worry about going in at 9 o'clock. (Stupid kid shows *shakes fists*) This morning I woke up feeling fine, then my throat out of the blue felt like someone scratched the hell out of it. I've been coughing up my lungs since, but I don't think you all wanted to read about that.

Moving on!

I'm currently watching the DVD that comes with Reel Big Fish's "Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album" (Technically listening to because my back is to the tv, but that is besides the point.), and every time I watch it, I want to see them live in person even more!!! They are just totally awesome.

Anyways, I need to go upload my video and pack all of my clothes that I'm putting into storage into its container.

Best wishes and DFTBA!

Aeternitas becoming a reality?

2010-08-14T10:20:00.000-07:00

So my mom was putting something in my closet and she saw the Aeternitas flier that I got from Infinitus. She said it was cute. I told her that it was a HP con I was thinking about going to up around Massachusetts. She was like, "that would be really cool to go to." I might actually get to go, and my mom might actually come with me!!! That would be super awesome!!!

Anyways. I have to go. Sorry about the short blog. I am heading to the theater early today because (1) my mom has to work today, (2) it looks like it's going to rain today, and (3) I want to see Scott Pilgrim before I have to clock in!

DFTBA and Best Wishes!

I met Scott Pilgrim today, but he was totally different in RL.

2010-08-13T19:01:00.000-07:00

So I normally don't promote my videos on my blogs because like my friend Lydia, I like to keep them as two separate entities.

But I need my blog friends opinion on this as well.

If you want to watch the video go HERE, but I am going to make a more condensed form of the situation now.

This guy (Whose name is Scott Pilgrim) came in wanting the poster for the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. The reason why is because people have been commenting to him about what an awesome movie HE had. He's been using the movie to promote himself (He's a DJ after all). HE has no idea what this movie is about, and didn't even know that it is based off of the graphic novel series. I had already signed up for the poster months ago fangirling over it and already having read the series. Ihe is willing to pay 40 bucks for a poster that is going to be sun-bleached and in not great shape when he can pay 20 dollars for the exact same poster in great condition. I told him I would think about it. Should I make this deal?

I just feel like I would be pretty much turning my back on a series that I love and handing it over to the forces of evil.

Am I just being stupid?

I'm a fan, and a nerd and I don't like seeing clueless people ruining the reputation of such an awesome series.

Anyways. Other than that I had a pretty boring day.

I'm going to go. I kind of have a headache, which is pretty much the only reason why I repeated a video topic. Sorry friends.

DFTBA and best wishes!

Parody covers

2010-08-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

While waiting for "Dinner For Schmucks" to start, there was a commercial for an ABC Family show on our Ad projector. I think it was for Hellcats, but is beyond the point. The point of this post is the song that was playing in the background. It was "First Kiss" by 3OH!3 and Ke$ha (Which I don't really care for Ke$ha), but instead of singing the original version, I start singing Alex Carpenter, Jason Munday, and Kristina Horner's version of the song. This got me thinking of all of the other times that this has happened. I have come to the conclusion that most of the parody/cover/reworked songs that I have listened to, I like ten times better than the original. I have a few examples.

First the one I just talked about

Skyway Flyer's "California Dorks" (Parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls")

Shane Dawson's version of "Telephone" by Lady Gaga

And Brittani Louise Taylor's "Everything Is Going To Be Okay" (A more inspiring version of Miley Cyrus's "Party In The USA")

Just a side note that Brittani also did a rendition of "3" by Brittany Spears entitled "I'm Not Easy" which I also like

There are plenty more out there, but I don't have the time.

I guess the only why you can get me to listen to a "Mainstream" song is to make a parody version that is ten times better than the original.
Which I am going to make a side note about the first video. Alex Carpenter, Jason Munday, and Kristina Horner are some of the nicest people I've met that is of celebrity status. (Well weblebrity is more like it, but that isn't the case.) Ke$ha doesn't seem like she would be that pleasant to meet. Just saying what's on my mind.

I better go. Here's to hoping my brother get's off of Xbox live for at least twenty minutes so I can post my VEDA video. If I fail this project, I'm putting sole fault on him. :)

DFTBA and Best Wishes!

Hershey kisses vs being a slacker. (BEDA # 10)

2010-08-11T18:20:00.000-07:00

I love being in the Orchestra at my church. Why you ask? Because when we have rehearsals on Wednesdays, they provide snacks for us to munch on. This week it was Hershey Kisses!!! Hershey Kisses are by far my favorite chocolate candies EVER!!! You know I got about two hands worth! :)

I was being a total slacker today. I was going to try and tidy up my room (A statement I never get to say because my room is always in the constant state of disaster), but instead I decide to read Goblet of Fire and take a nap before church. I always tend to be lazy on my days off. That's probably why they are so boring all the time.

Tomorrow I am hoping beyond hope that our theater will let us (the employees) preview Scott Pilgrim VS. The World. I want to see that movie so bad!!! I've read the graphic novels years ago, and I have been excited about this movie coming out since it was announced! I am totally going to have a fangirl moment when I watch it. :)

Ten blogs. Here's to hoping I can do 20 more. :)

This is not the blog I intended it to be.

2010-08-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

So I had an idea for today's blog earlier today, but I decided to take a nap, and now I can't remember. It sure was a good nap though.

It seems that every time that I'm gone for a week or my mom is gone for a week I tend to fall completely off track with weight watchers. It wasn't until my mom got back from the beach that I realized how much her presence with my weight loss actually helps. When she is around I tend to eat more sensibly because I don't want her to think that I am wasting her money (being a member of WW doesn't come free.), but when I'm by myself I can't help myself. I tend to over eat, and it's mostly because of boredom.

I am still reading Goblet Of Fire, and I am on page 239. I am not one of these readers that can read a book fast. I love soaking in as much as I can when I read which is probably why I didn't do so hot on seven books seven days. My friend wants to do it again a week before the first movie comes out. She wanted me to help with the facebook event, so I told her I would help but I probably wouldn't be able to participate because of NaNoWriMo. She said that I could spare a week, but I don't think I can. Last year maybe considering I didn't have a job and the only thing that held me back was an annoying clingy ex boyfriend. (Which that month was the deciding factor on me not wanting to be in a relationship with him. Oh well.) I want my nanowrimo story to be so good (I know that the nano version of the story is going to be pure suck.) because I am actually thinking if it is good enough to publish it. Who knows what could happen. :)

Anyways. I'm going to go back to bed.

DFTBA and Best Wishes!

2010-08-09T11:35:00.001-07:00

I forgot to post a blog before I went to work. Since I will more than likely not get home before midnight, this is all you are going to get. Sorry. :)

A Little bit of a rant.

2010-08-08T18:41:00.000-07:00

My brother is such a hog when it comes to the internet.

I went to go upload vlog for the day and he starts complaining because it is going slow and blames it on me. I haven't even been home all day, so he has had ample time to play his stupid game online.

I would completely understand him getting angry if he was paying for the internet, but he doesn't. He has no right to get pissy. I swear he is a constant PMSer.

*Rant over*

I have been away all day. Since I didn't have to work, I took my opportunity to escape from home. :)

My mom got back from the beach last night. She got me a couple of shirts (Which I told her not to because I have no room in my closet for them.), one of those mugs you put in the freezer, a Dolphin keychain, and a necklace with a dolphin made of jade. I just found out that my mom likes stones and gems and stuff like that. It would explain why I have such a fond liking to them.

I am feeling tired from all the ice cream I ate. I am going to go upload my video now (or at least try).

DFTBA and Best Wishes

Fortune eater. (BEDA #6)

2010-08-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

I am currently eating a fortune cookie as I write this blog. They kind of taste like vanilla wafers to me. :) Vanilla wafers were always my favorite part of banana pudding.

Sorry for that random introductory.

I had a weird dream last night that I randomly went to Camp Awanita at night. They were going to play Roman Soldiers (A pretty fun game to play at night), but only people over the age of 20 could play because the younger people just used it as a way to make out with each other. I don't know. But it was in the middle of August, so I started freaking out because I didn't write a blog or make a vlog that day. So I tried desperately to record a video on my phone and send a sentence to blogger, but there is no service up there. I was in the middle of my video when Benny (the staff parent) sees that I have my phone out, and disqualifies me from the game for using a light source to find where I'm going. So I leave Chateau (the lodge it was played in), and all of a sudden it is daylight and I'm on top of hummer hill. That is where the dream ends.

I don't understand it either.

Anyways I am going to go clean and get ready for work. :)

DFTBA and Best Wishes!

Thinking ahead.

2010-08-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

I normally like thinking ahead when I do things. I tried thinking ahead for VEDA, but I was so caught up in The Final Battle that I forgot. I'm pretty much just going on a whim with what I want to talk about. Though now for me vlogging is like talking to a group of people, so it comes sort of natural.

There are things, however, that I can't just do on a whim. Take for example writing a novel.

I participated in NaNoWriMo last year, and it was pretty fun. Though I was stressing so much because I just thought of everything on the spot, and it turned out to be a really bad story that I could not save no matter how many time I revise it.

This year I am going to do it again, but I am already thinking ahead of what I want to write and what the story is going to be.

Most of the ideas I get from dreams. The particular story I'm going to write is a recurring dream I've been having for about 3 years now. I'm so excited because this is the one story I want to make perfect.

Enough of that.

I have had the strange urge to dance, so I am going to feed that urge!

DFTBA and best wishes!
~Alicia~

Arcade Fire and floating head boy band

2010-08-05T18:15:00.000-07:00

So tonight Youtube is going to broadcast Arcade Fire live. I love Arcade Fire, so I will definitely be watching!!! I first started listening to them about three or four years ago when they played "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" on Later with Jools Holland. They are so awesome!!!

So today I had a day off, so I pretty much relaxed...until I went to go record my video. It took forever. I would guess it took about 40 minutes to get it right. I should have edited it, but with movie maker messing up, I couldn't. I also had to make my 7NAP video a one take video as well. I really need a better computer so I can get a better editing software!

I figured out the video I wanted to post here was. All I had to do was type into google, "Floating head boy band". It's a music video for the song, "I Feel Better" by the band Hot Chip. It is really weird and kind of creepy after about 50 seconds, but that is what makes it so funny to me. Maybe I just have a really messed up sense of Humor. ;D

Hope you all have a great night!

DFTBA and Best wishes!

Mudkips? (BEDA #3)

2010-08-04T20:15:00.000-07:00

This post has nothing to do with mudkips. :)

I really hate it when guys try and be nice to a girl in a friendly way, but the girl takes it as a sign that he likes her and wants to date her. It's stupid. Especially since it's illegal for her...

I know some interesting people.

It is really hard to have a work life, a social life, and a internet social life and try and read all seven Harry Potter books in seven days. It is almost impossible.

I just crammed so much stuff for myself this month now didn't I?

I really wish that I would have worked as a summer staff at camp this year! I missed it so much, and considering all the people that were on staff, I would have loved it more than my previous two years!!!

If you haven't watched this yet, you need to. It's pretty hilarious! I watched it at work the other day, and laughed! There was another video that I watched that was even funnier, but I can't remember what it was called or where to find it. If I find it, I'll post it tomorrow.

Self realizations (BEDA #2)

2010-08-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

I have figured out how I want my blog to work out for this month.

Every time I make a video I realize that I always forget to include something. That's the way it is for everything in my life. I always tend to forget one important thing when I pack for a trip. I forget that I have to do something moments before it is due (note when this blog is published...).

It's just the way things are, but surprisingly enough, I haven't forgotten a single thing in my video today. Who would have thunk it?

Well considering I only had that story from last night, and the telling people to thumbs up Nina's video (DO IT HERE!), I didn't have much to talk about.

I finished Chamber of Secrets today, and got halfway through Prisoner of Azkaban. I knew doing 7Books7Days would be difficult for me, not only because I'm a slow reader, but also because I get so easily distracted. I swear I have some form of ADHD. Work and having to walk to and from work doesn't help much either. I don't complain about that one much because it puts money in the bank. :)

Either way if I don't end up completing this task of reading all HP books in seven days, I am going to continue reading them after wards so I don't stop at a weird place. I don't like the thought of quitting.

That's all I've got for today!

Best Wishes
DFTBA

Starting BEDA a day late but hey I try.

2010-08-02T20:21:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again. I loved doing Beda (In April) last year. It was quite a fun experience. This year I am doing both Veda and Beda because I have nothing better to do with my life. That and I haven't blogged in a while and I miss it. :)

Anyways.

I have yet to make a blog post about Infinitus! This one is three weeks in the making.

Infinitus was by far my favorite week ever in my whole 21 and a half years of living. I hate to say it, but it tops my Senior year band trip.
I met so many cool people while I was there. Some of them youtube "famous", some people from Accio-potter (One of which I was hanging out with and didn't realize she worked there until she sent me an email shortly after.), and met all of the orchestra, cast, and crew of the final battle.
I was almost afraid I wasn't going to make it there because someone I couldn't get in contact with the person I was supposedly going with. It freaked me out, so like the paranoid narcissist that I am, I posted it on Facebook. Luckily Lena saw it, and reacted immediately! She booked a plane trip for me.

If nothing, this weekend was a bunch of firsts for me. My first plane ride, my first trip by myself, my first time going to a convention, my first time meeting people I met online, my first time going to a wizard rock concert, my first time playing in a musical, my first time taking a train, and my first time paying for almost everything (I still have to pay back the other half of the plane ticket).

It just shows how much I have yet to do in my life.

The main reason for my going was for the Final Battle. It was stressful, demanding, tiring, and frustrating at times, but it was totally worth it for the final product!!! It went so well, and it was so well received! It was awesome to hear the reactions people had to it. They cheered, booed, gasped at all the right times. It was amazing!!!

The best news I heard there was Mallory (The Director) say after the performance, "Let's do it again at LeakyCon!". At first a lot of us were questioning this. We weren't sure if she was being serious, but word got around that indeed we will be performing it again at LeakyCon Next summer!!! I am so excited! I already know my plans for July 13-17 of next year! I have already started saving up. This year is good because I have a lot longer of a time to save up than I did for Infinitus (I got my job about 6 months before Infinitus and I also have to factor in the fact I paid close to $300 for driving school and $200 for registration.) I will be better prepared this time!

I really can't explain how awesome Infinitus was except that I had an absolute blast. Afterward I had extreme Post Potter Depression because I miss everyone, and I miss the awesomeness. I am now anxiously awaiting LeakyCon, and wondering what amazing things will happen there.

I will never forget Infinitus for as long as I live.

Anyways I am going to and try finish reading Chamber of Secrets for 7books7days (Where myself and others are reading all seven Harry Potter books in seven days.)

Good night everyone and best wishes!!!

20 things to do in a year

2010-07-01T16:41:00.000-07:00

This blog is in correlation with the most recent video I posted on my youtube. It basic is twenty things I want to achieve in one year. It starts today, and goes until July 1st of next year. If you want to see my video for that, click here. If not, here’s my explanation of each thing.

1.) Write a Song – I have always wanted to write a song, it was just for lack of equipment that I never did. Now I have my own computer, a piano, basic knowledge of how to play that piano, and a lot to write about.

2.) Audition for the Real World – It has been a dream of mine since I was about 8-ish to be on the Road Rules. Unfortunately they canceled Road Rules, so I have to go with the next best thing. It would mostly be so I’d have a change of participating in the Challenge. :)

3.) Complete the 50 book challenge before my birthday day plus 25 more – That was is pretty much simple. I like to read, so why not read as much as I can?

4.) Meet my hero – If you didn’t already know, Margaret Cho is my hero and my idol. I would probably die a happy person if I just got to say hello to her.

5.) Win Nanowrimo again – Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month, and takes place in November. I won it last year barely, but this time I want to be fully prepared and write a way better story than last year’s!

6.) Watch every episode of all my favorite shows – There are only a good handful of shows that I actually like, but most of them I haven’t gotten to see every single episode due to special circumstance. That is going to change very soon! I will probably post a list of all the shows I will be watching.

7.) Go to at least 5 concerts – I love concerts. Who doesn’t love them? I only get to see maybe one concert a year if I’m lucky. This will be the year of a multitude of music extravaganzas!

8.) Listen to and review 50 albums – I had the chance to review Ben Lee’s “Rebirth Of Venus” last year a week before it came out, and I absolutely loved doing that. This will be one of the things I do in the year to see what I could possibly do with my life.

9.) Stop drinking soda – Soda is gross and bad for the health. I need to stop drinking it!

10.) Ask someone out in person – I am such a pussy when it comes to telling people my true feelings. I have always resorted to telling them online, but I am in that stage of my life where I just feel like changing everything.

11.) Go to my first fandom convention – This one I am kind of cheating on. I am going to Infinitus in TWO WEEKS!!! Though I am a bit worried because I haven’t been able to get in touch with the person I am going with, and we were going to do it road trip style.

12.) Learn a new instrument – I love learning to play a new instrument. It makes me feel so successful. That and it would be really impressive if I ever wanted to join a band that would want someone to play different instruments!

13.) Booth for the entire year without missing a day – If you haven’t heard of or visited Dailybooth, it is a picture taking site where you try and take a picture every day. I’d like to complete an entire year. Now that I have a cell phone, I have no excuse for missing a day.

14.) Buy a car – It’s the one thing I want more than anything! I hate having to ask people for a ride. It’s embarrassing.

15.) Get my License – same thing with the car!

16.) Run a mile and a 5K – I love working out, but running has always been one of those things that I have always wanted to do, but physically couldn’t. I just want to be able to say I’ve ran an entire mile and 5K without having to walk.

17.) Learn to juggle – I had to include one silly thing. Plus I have always wanted to learn. I think it is a pretty neat party trick.

18.) To keep my room clean for the entire year – This may not seem like a hard task, but you can ask any of my irl friends. They know it is really hard for me to keep my rook clean for longer than a few days, and it takes even longer to clean it.

19.) Watch fifty new movies – This one is kind of my way of using my job to my advantage. I work at the movie theaters and one of the perks is I get to see movies for free. Why not put it to good use.

20.) Vlog Everyday August – I participated in Beda last year, and I found it to be pretty fun. Now that I have a computer of my own, I can now make sure I get to post every day. I think it would be really cool to vlog every day. I’m not saying it will be easy, but it would be an interested experience.
Well, that was my list of things I want to do in the upcoming year. Hopefully when I report back next I will have completed all of them!!!

Until next time

DFTBA!!!

This is a refresher summer...

2010-05-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

This is the first summer in two years that I'm not going away for two months. It's a weird feeling to not be packing up ten weeks worth of clothes and random junk I'll never use.

It's like my welcome back to a lazy summer, but it won't be that lazy considering all I am going to be doing this summer.

I still have my job at the theater, and it is starting to get a little stressful. The District Manager just moved to Anderson which is about a forty five minute drive to Easley. This is NOT a good thing. This man is strict and he is also a douche bag which makes it worse. He is one of those guys that fires you for a very minuscule reason. He made all of these rules for us to follow that make no sense what-so-ever. We normally would ask people if they would like butter, but he told us not to ask anymore because it will take too much time. I tested this theory out, and it actually took up more time. People love butter here. You'd think it were going out of style. There is rarely anyone who doesn't want butter on their popcorn (and if you are one of these people, thank you so much!). He also wants us to up-sale everytime!!! That takes too much time, and when you have a crowd of over two hundred people it is just not worth it. I'm sorry to complain, but whenever the manager of the theater is stressed out to the point of tears, you know there has to be something wrong.

Infinitus is only 44 days (I am writing this at midnight so it is technically Tuesday now.), and I finally have music to learn for the Final Battle. It is a lot of pages, but I think I can get my parts down! I love a challenge, and this just excites me more. If any of you follow Alan Lastufka's Blog, then you would have read that he donated $1,000 to the fund that we are trying to raise. That just made everyone's day that is involved with the musical, especially Mallory and Lena! Now all we have to raise is less than $500 (I'm guessing it's less because of him asking people to help donate). All of the money we are raising is going to building the set and to rent instruments (mainly the one's I am going to be playing.) If we raise more than is needed, then it is going straight to the Harry Potter Alliance. I just think that is awesome!!! I am really excited for everyone to see the finished product! If you would like to donate then you can go to http://thefinalbattle2010.blogspot.com/

Hopefully this summer I will get to reconnect with the friends that I haven't gotten to hang out with because of going to camp two summers in a row.
Maybe not going to Awanita this years is going to be the best thing for me. At least I hope it is!

Since Alan helped out the Final Battle, I am going to promote his single "Erase This" It's the least I can do. He is an amazing person for that.

Well I'm off to bed.

Much love!

DFTBA

I've won at life!!!

2010-05-18T11:51:00.000-07:00

Or at least a contest!

I enter contest all the time, and I have yet to win one... Until now!!!

Jessica Brody was holding a contest for her new book "The Karma Club". It was to get people to watch the book trailer. Each person was given a special link, and how ever many clicks that link got the person got that many entries. I don't know how many I got, but it was enough for me to win a 25 dollar itunes card. It's not much, but I still won something. I would have rather won that instead of the grand prize because I'm not a big fan of the flip cams, and it helps me grow my music collection (Which is at a little over seven thousand songs!). Not only did I get the gift card, I also got a book mark and a sneak peek of the book which Jessica Brody signed. I find that pretty cool.

Anyway, It has been a while since I last posted (and has anyone noticed that I say that in every blog post I write?).

I have started to drive. I am no where near being able to afford a car and insurance yet, but I thought it would be a good thing to learn in advance. It's also kind of a good thing as well because my mom is getting herself pretty much a full body physical, and she needs someone to be able to drive her if needed. Yesterday she had a colonscopy, and was heavily sedated. She actually waited until I was a little comfortable driving to have this done. So I wasn't as nervous driving her as if she were to have it done a week ago. I've only been driving for two weeks and she was comfortable and trustworthy enough to have me drive her in a incoherent state. That actually made me more confident that nervous or scared. I love my mom. She is awesome.
Hopefully I will be able to go for my drivers license in a few weeks. That's my plan anyway.

Well I'm going to go. I hope everyone is having a great month. I hope to blog again soon!

Much love and DFTBA
~Alicia~

The Karma Club

Loving to read, and win books.

2010-03-11T09:53:00.000-08:00

You all know (Or should know) that I love to read...A LOT!

So when I heard there was a girl hosting a contest to win books, I immediately went to sign up.

I think it is the coolest thing ever! The way it is set up is you have to fill out a form. and you get entry points by doing little things like posting a blog about the contest or tweeting about it.

So if you are interesting in this contest it is called March Madness Contest and you can find it HERE

:D

The Final Battle.

2010-03-06T13:24:00.000-08:00

For most of you that are friends with me on Facebook or watch one of my many collab channels, you know that I am in the orchestra pit for the musical "The Final Battle"

I bet some of you are wondering, "What in the heck is The Final Battle?" The Final Battle is a musical based on the last 200 pages of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows. It is going to be performed at Infinitus 2010, which is a Harry Potter convention happening in July at the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida. The scripted is being written by Mallory Vance. The music is being composed by Lena Gabrielle Weinstein, of the Butterbeer Experience.

Well the reason why I brought this up is because I just finished listening to Act 1's music, and I officially love it! I can't wait to hear Act 2's music. The more I listen to the music, the more and more I get excited and pumped for July to come faster!

Infinitus, Here I come!

I want to be a challenge girl

2010-02-22T12:52:00.000-08:00

Since I was about 7 or 8, I have been watching the Real World/Road Rules Challenges. I remember watching these shows and saying to myself, "I want to be able to do those awesome things!" Since then it was my life's mission to be on the Real World or Road Rules (I mostly wanted to be on Road Rules since it was based on doing challenges.), so that maybe one day I'll get to be on one of their Challenges.

I still really want to be on one of these shows. Not for the attention, not for the money, but for the experience. I'm one of those people that want to do weird crazy disgusting things, and do something that nobody else will get to do or want to do in their lifetime. I love being challenged physically and mentally in a competitive environment. I love being able to prove that I can do better than what others think I can. I'd like to prove that to myself as well. I'd be perfect for that kind of show!

I know with the way reality tv is now-a-days, I wouldn't have a shot in Hades to get on these shows.

Which makes me a sad Alicia. :(

It doesn't mean I'm still not going to audition!

I'm thinking about applying to be on the Real World. I can't audition for Road Rules because they canceled the show. Obviously they didn't know a good show when they saw it because they get rid of Road Rules to replace it with Jersey Shore. Enough said.

If they come out with a third Fresh Meat Challenge, I might apply for that because it would get me right into the Challenge!!!

I am such a dreamer, I know.

I bet you are wondering why I brought this topic up.

Well the other night I had a dream having to do with it. It was based on the challenge except it had a few friends of mine, some famous Youtuber's (The only one's I can remember at the moment is Johnny Paula, Jory Caron, and Haley G Hoover), The 7NAP girls, and myself. It was a really cool dream. I might make a short story out of it.

The dream made me happy, and I was sad to know that it was just a dream.

So now you all know my secret not-so-shameful, but completely unreachable dream.

I want to be one of the people on the Real World Road Rules Challenges doing crazy stuff that normal people wouldn't be caught dead doing.

Is that so bad?

Oh wow I'm finally posting.

2010-01-19T14:41:00.000-08:00

It's been a while.

I probably say that every time I post a blog here.

Sorry.

Anyways, life has been interesting the past few months.

Since I last posted I've...

Finish Nanowrimo. I wrote 50,058 words! I am in the process of revising it because I think it could have a lot of potential. This is actually the first story I have ever finished before. I've probably started over fifteen stories in my lifetime. One out of every fifteen stories. That's not a good statistic.

Recently I broke up with Casey. The feelings just weren't there for me anymore. I was beginning to feel trapped, and the relationship aspect was fading and wearing thin. In other words, I enjoy being single too much. Is that a bad thing?

I've started an idea for videos on my youtube that has to do with my love for music. It's called Music Tuesday. It's were I will mention two or three bands that I think are awesome. They can be signed to a mainstream label, or an unsigned band.

I've been trying to figure out what I was going to do with this project. Since The New Rock podcast was canceled, I was kind of left with a sour taste in my mouth. I felt like my job wasn't done, and that I still need to be introducing great bands to people who would thoroughly enjoy it.

I was thinking about restarting the radio show I had on Blog Talk radio, but an hour was too long of a time limit for me. Even if I made it a 15 minute show, it would still feel a bit long. A lot of the times I felt like I was rambling about random things that didn't even go along with what I was talking about. The times I was on topic I tended to repeat a lot of what I was saying.

With a vlog style music show, it will cut down on dead space, and repeated lines. It will be shorter, and be more about the bands that I am talking about. That's what I like. I like making informative things be kind of scripted. I never got the chance to script my radio show, and the podcast was free form and I can't really think off the top of my head really fast.

That's why I'm starting this. More than likely the first episode will be next week.

In other news, 7 Nerds A Plenty is going pretty awesome. I love being able to say that I am making new friends with this project.

In The Great Perhaps Started the first day of the year. I am Monday on that channel. That channel is going to be based on themed weeks. It's a new and interesting thing for me.

Easley High held the CIPA (Carolina Indoor Performance Association) Qualifier this weekend. I had to work for the first half, so I was only able to see the Easley Varsity guard, and The Cast. The Cast is an independent guard based in Dorman (I think) that I wanted to audition for. They canceled the '09 season, and for the '10 season I didn't even know they were going to do it. My friend Dee is in it though, and she is Amazing. The Varsity guard was also amazing. I love being able to see my friends grow, and improve in the sport of colorguard. I'm so proud of them.

Anyways, I better split. I think I talked to much.

Peace out friends.

DFTBA!!!

and

Ha Bisky!!!

Nanowrimo and turning 21.

2009-11-03T20:10:00.000-08:00

I am participating in Nanowrimo, or National Novel Writing Month. It's where you try and write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. On day three I have 5,691 words, and I'm still writing. I feel like it's going really good so far. I also realized with the way my story is going, I can incorporate a story I started writing last year. I didn't plan that out at all, so that really blew my mind.

Next Monday I turn 21. Time for me to go out and get drunk? WRONG!!! I just decided yesterday that for the year I am 21 I am going to do various challenges, and film them to share with the world. I think it will be quite interesting, and would definitely keep me from being bored all the time. They will range from Yearly, monthly, and weekly challenges. Every month will have a specific challenge that I have to complete. I'm still figuring it out, and will keep you informed. Tomorrow I'm filming a video to explain it more in detail. I can't wait!

Other than that, I've been making videos for a collab channel I joined two weeks ago, Nerdfightercollab. The people in it are super cool. Brain Eclipse hasn't really posted videos since we all talk through skype and facebook. We still post videos from time to time, but not regularly.
I also going to be apart of one more collab channel. We are still working with the info, but I think we have come up with the channel name "7 Nerds-A-Plenty" (Awesome right. I came up with the name! hehe) I'm excited to see how that goes. Especially since it's more of a worldly group. Two of us are from America, 3 from Canada, one from the United Kingdom, and the one who came up with the idea is from New Zealand. It's super cool!!!

Well, I think I'm going to go write some more for Nanowrimo so I won't get behind.

Best Wishes!!!

DFTBA

and

HA BISKY!!!

Blarg to the tenth degree.

2009-10-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

I am in the mood to blog today so I decided I would.

I have been in such a weird mood today.

It's one of mood's where you're happy, but then you're in a state of panic, and then back to happy.

I guess I am just so worried about finding a job, and moving on with my life that is putting in the state of panic. It's one of the weirdest feelings I've ever had.

You know what is awesome? Japanese pop music. I have been listening to it for the past two weeks. It all stems from watching Human Tetris (The Japanese game show where the people have to try and fit through a hole in the wall, or get pushed off the platform into water). In the related videos box, it had a video that caught my interest. It was a Japanese fitness video with the catchiest J-pop song. After that one was finished, I went looking for more. I found something that made me so happy and so sad at the same time.

This video is the dance routine to the song Renai Revolution 21. It may seem trivial to you, but I've been listening to that song since tenth grade. I never knew the name to it, and I had no idea who sung it. My friend Sophia gave me a cd with the song on it. She was a foreign exchange student from Korea. Every time I hear the song I think of her, and how great of a friend she was. It just made my week.

I went to Awanita this weekend. Cassen, Steven, Tim, Ashley, and Alex were there. Tiffany came up Saturday, and so did Lauren and a guy named Ian. Ian was sort of annoying, but I didn't let that damper my happiness. It was a beautiful weekend. It wasn't rainy for once! Don't get me wrong I love the rain, but when I want to be outside, I'd prefer that it is sunny.

I got some pretty good shots this weekend.

I also film a bunch, and will be making a video of that soon.

*(For a side note I just tried to spell soon soong. haha)*

Anyway, Yesterday I was watching "The Women" with my mom, and I got inspiration from that movie.
There is one scene where Meg Ryan's Character tries to find herself, and she goes around and takes photo's of random things. I want to do that!!! So when I get a chance, I'm going to go around downtown Easley (At Least to Start off), and photography random things. I'm also going to film things as well. Yay for Inspiration!!!

Well I'm going to to get ready for church. I haven't been to church in two weeks. I need to learn to call people and tell them I'm going to be gone or something lol.

I am a Fag Hag...

2009-10-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

...It's true.

I'm also watching Margaret Cho. lol.

So I told you in my last blog that I'd post my first video from my new youtube channel.

I've been coming up with many ideas for videos. I'm excited for what's to come.

I have also been applying to jobs like crazy. This week Applebee's and Bi-lo.

I need to call Staples, CVS, and Pizza Hut to see if they received my application, and have processed it.

Tomorrow might be the BHP marching Competition. The time is pending because of chance of rain, so I have no idea when it starts or even if they are going to have it. I really hope it doesn't rain.

I'm thinking about applying for Tri County for fall of 2010, or spring 2011 since they are building a Campus in Easley. It's a good step for me in furthering my education. I just really hope they have a photography class, or some type of graphics media.

Anyway. That's pretty much it.

I never have anything to say any more.

HA BISKY!!!

Best Wishes!

My feet are cold.

2009-09-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

That has nothing to do with what I'm blogging about.

I have completely neglected this blog.

I can't blame it on being busy. I haven't been busy. I haven't been up to anything. I have just been plain lazy!!!

So I have a few updates.

1: I am now a member of the Brain eclipse video collab channel on youtube. I am Saturday. Nobody has posted since I joined though. lol. I'm sure it's only temporary.

2: With the brain Eclipse crew, we have thoroughly discussed going to Infinitus 2010. Now for those of you who don't know Infinitus is a Harry Potter Conference. It will be held from July 15-18 at the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida. The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter is Universal Studios newest theme park, and it will be so awesome. I'm truly excited about going, and I'm even more excited about meeting the Brain Eclipse crew as we head down there together. :)

3: I have started writing video ideas. I have been wanting to get back into making vlogs, and music videos. A lot of ideas have been storming into my brain, and I just need to get them out. I'll post the videos up once they are uploaded.

I have applied to three jobs; Pizza Hut, Staples, and CVS. In a week, I'm going to start calling them and asking how my application is going. I really need a job.

My brother told me that our friend, Alan, is looking for another job. He currently works at the movie theater with my brother. Now I know this sounds mean, but I hope he finds another job. If he gets another job, then he's going to quit the Theater job, and Eric is going to ask the manager to interview me for a job there. Now as much as I don't want to work with my brother (And since he is management, he'll be over what I do), I really need a job. I need something that pays, and if that means getting orders from my brother then so be it.

I need a car. For two reasons. One, I'm tired of having to ask my mother and other people for a ride places, and two because I need to go visit my friends.
Most of my friends are in college, and I want to be able to go visit them. I have a few friends (Thanks to Awanita) that don't live anywhere near me. I need to be able to go visit them on a weekend or something.
I want to be able to drive when I need to when Cassen and I go on that road trip that we want to go on soon. Let's face it I don't want my brother having to drive the entire time!!!

I've been obsessed with Doctor Who and reading lately. I really don't need to give an explanation on either one of those because they are both freaking awesome!!!

That's pretty much it.

Hopefully the next time you see a blog from me, it will include a video from me. :)

DFTBA

~Alicia~

P.S. I forgot to mention that I've been dating Casey for two months now!!! I'm excited. I've never been in a relationship for that long before. It's weird for me.

So life after Awanita is...

2009-08-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

BORING!!!

Going straight from working everyday to doing nothing everyday is not fun. Though I have been hanging out with Casey alot.

Last Thursday I went with Kathryn to the Easley Band camp, and I thought it was awesome!!! They have come along really well, and I'm excited to go to the competitions!!!

There is another reason why I'm excited to go to the competitions.

Back at Workcrew weekend I met a girl named Mary Ogle. We didn't talk much then, but she came up this summer to volunteer for a week.

We became really great friends!!! We have a lot in common. She's in the Wren Marching band so I told her that I would yell at her if I ever was at the same competition as her.

That is going to be extremely awkward though. Considering that Wren and Easley are major rivals. I don't know. It will be weird being in the Easley Crowd and cheering for someone in Wren!!! lol.

I Don't care!!! I'll do it anyway!!!

Also someone I can't wait to go visit! My Twin!!!

Briana Riley

I don't know when I'll get to visit her, but if she hears of a show that I might be interested in, I will definitely try and go with her.

anyways.

I got to Hang out with Casey yesterday and it was great!!!

I met his dad, and we saw G.I.Joe. Then we took his dad home which was like a 45 minutes to and 45 minuets from Anderson. Then we dropped by Best Buy where I bought Garden State, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles box set. Casey wanted to show me this comic book store called Planet Comics. It was great!!!

Casey was dumb enough to show me that they had Doctor Who books. lol. So I splurged and bought two of them. lol. Then we headed to my house. I feel sorry for Casey because he's pretty much been on the road all day.

He called me at about 9:30 in the morning. Got to my house at about 10 ish. Then we headed out at 11:30 and we didn't get back to my house till about 6:30.

We watched Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and half of the Reel Big Fish DVD that I got in the mail, and he headed home at about 9.

So yeah yesterday was a fantastic day just because I got to be with Casey!!! I like him a lot!!!

Anyway

Bama(Rebecca) posted a picture on Facebook that I've been wanting for a while now!!!

Yeah I missed all three of them all summer!!! I wish they were apart of the summer staff this year.

I'm gonna go. I am going to be making a video of my summer, so be looking out for it!!!

Much love

DFTBA
~Alicia~

Home From Awanita....

2009-08-14T10:32:00.000-07:00

And it is kind of bittersweet.

Yeah many bad things happened, but the friendships I made will last a life time.

I am fortunate to have met everyone I did. They have helped me through the bad that have happened. I learn who I could trust and couldn't trust, and I learned that first impressions can be false impressions. My first impression of one girl however did not change, and to be quite honest if I never saw her again I'd be the happiest person ever!!!

I want to give a shout out to everyone of the summer staff.

Cassen

Tiffany

Kristen

Steven

Sydney

Noah

Jeanette

Black Zack

White Zack

Elizabeth

Katelyn

Grayson

Kasey

Brandon

Josh

Colby

and Josiah

You all have meant so much to me and I thank you so much for helping me when I couldn't quite take care of myself. You all are like family to me, and I will keep a piece of each of you in my heart!!!

I also would like to say thanks to all the volunteers that have come up. You all are awesome. If it wasn't for the camp allowing volunteers to come up I probably would be single right now. lol. I would post a picture of myself and Casey, but I haven't gotten one yet. He has two on his phone, but I have yet to take any.

This summer was not like last summer, but it was a different summer, and I'm grateful for the experience.

Just for future reference, if you ever go to Awanita and you want to go down the water slide, cross your feet so that you can avoid breaking your fibula bone like I did. Yes it ended up being a fracture and not a jammed ankle.

Whatever. I stuck it out working there, and it was well worth it. I'm not a quitter.

Anyways Just letting you know that I'm back and that I should be popping out blogs a lot more than I have been doing.

peace out

and like the watermelon rind says

Don't Forget To Be Awesome!!!

~Alicia~

I jammed my ankle

2009-06-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

going down the water slide...

It hurts, but I'll live.

I love it when I tell them how I jammed it. I get asked either "Did you hit something going down it?", or "did you go down it the right way?"

I went down it like you should... except I forgot to cross my legs, and that causes all the pressure to go into your heel. I didn't do it so my right foot went a weird way once I hit the water.

Now I can't walk on it. I can barely move it, and it hurts when I make any sudden movements.

This summer has had one bad omen after the other for me.

Cracked my zune screen
So much unnecessary girl drama in our room
Steven singing the Helen Keller song...(Actually that's pretty hilarious!!!)
Having to work in the Kitchen ever other two weeks for two weeks when I specifically signed for ropes and grounds...
My breakdown last Sunday
my ankle
having my laundry come back damp the past few times.

I'm having fun don't get me wrong, but it is definitely not last year.

In good news, everyone got Sunday off. The camp that is there right now is leaving before breakfast, and it's only like 50 campers, so they gave us the whole day off!!!

I Was excited!!!

I've got to go. My mom is going to go pick up Eric, who every time I've been home has been really nice and generous...It's weird.

Oh and speaking of brothers. I want to give a shout out to my bro Cassen up at the camp. He is just so awesome, and I love him like a brother. He is all that and a bag of chips. He helped me get from the dining hall to Angie's van which was far away...For someone on a crutch. He gave me a piggy back ride. I was scared, but he was actually able to hold my weight, and he didn't falter. He's awesome!!!

Oh and BAMA'S COMING TOMORROW!!!!! WOOT! WOOT!

Peace out.

DFTBA
And pray for me the rest of the time I'm at camp.
I'll try and keep my blog posted when I get to come home.

So today's my day off.

2009-06-09T10:52:00.000-07:00

I'm really excited about that!!!

This might have been one of the only times I would have been able to come home.

Oh muy goodness. It has been so stressfull so far, and it's only been a week!!!

I'm already bumping heads with one of the girls. Oh she is so annoying. She reminds me of Keri-ann, a girl that work there last year. I was this close from smacking her, so I was really glad she wasn't able to come this year (thankgoodness for age limits!!!). This new girl is Keri-ann all over again, and I don't think that I'll be able to restrain myself from smacking her if she ends up pushing the wrong button.

Other than that the other people are great. A few of them are whiney. Cassen's back this year, and I don't know what I'd do without him. He's my bro!!!

I am close friends with three girls this summer, so that is a change from last year. It's mostly new girls vs. vet girls. lol. I find it kind of funny.

I had to teach ropes course. My mind is too spastic to be teaching people. I remember to tell people things like a few days after I teach the stuff. It's bad. lol. I finally got my first group yesterday, so that made me happy. Last week I had to go through and sort of supervise the new people. It was weird for me.

I'm just hoping that the stress will pass with this big 500 camp coming Thursday.

And here I was looking so forward to going to Awanita, and I'm already wanting to leave whenever I get the chance.

It's probably because Matt and Bama aren't there. :( It makes me sad. But I'll have to make the most of the situation as much as I can. I have a few people there I can talk to, but nobody I can fully trust except Cassen now.

I dye a few streaks of blue in my hair. But it's fading really fast so pretty soon, I'll have blond, and I don't like blond. Next Walmart run we make, I'm getting purple, that way when it fades it doesn't look like a different color all together. People keep asking if it's green in my hair, but it's blue. haha

Well I'm gonna go rest up, or visit Kathryn. Whichever.

Peace out!!!

And so it goes.

2009-05-31T11:30:00.000-07:00

This is probably my last day to be able to use the computer, so I might as well make a blog before I go. It's the least I could do. lol

For some reason though, after this weekend I really don't want to go now. I'm just finally starting to appreciate what I have. The podcast just so happens to be something that I love doing. As much as I don't like doing research, (I never have but what can you do?) I like hanging out with the guys, and most importantly I get to talk about the one thing that I know a lot about, and it's something that makes me happy. It's also something I feel I can contribute to, and not feel out of place (well I'm the only girl so I'm sort of out of place, but I can roll with the big dawgs...I don't know why I said that).

Friday I went to my friend's Heather and Cassidy's joint 16th birthday party. I got the biggest surprise when I walked in the door. My friend Shannon whom I haven't seen since High School was there. It just so happened that Heather's brother was friends with her. Small world. hehe. But over all it was a fun party, and it was something to get my mind off of packing.

Packing! Oh fun...NOT!!! I hate packing. Along with packing, I am also having to clean my room, so that when I do pack I won't break my neck. lol. Those of you who have seen my room (Harrison, Clint, Kathryn, Will, etc.) knows that I have a hard time keeping it clean, and that it is pretty messy. Thy also know I hate cleaning it. So this weekend has been one of the best, and worst weekends of my life. lol.

Yesterday we recorded the podcast. It was the 26th show which means we've been going strong for half a year!!! So to celebrate we had a mini party, and with that I mean myself, Brandon, Tyler, Jason, Alan, and My brother. Yeah they made me play a football game on the xbox. I don't understand football, nor do I have the attention span to play it as a video game. By some strange luck, I got picked to play against my brother. He also has no clue about football, but he plays video games more than I do. I was expecting him to win, but by a chance of luck I beat him fourteen to Zero. Haha Something I can Beat Eric at!!! YAY!!! He gets pissy when he loses.

Brandon and I when we were not playing watch the IT Crowd. I got someone else to like the show. I like talking to Brandon. He's a cool guy, and I feel like I can trust him. I have trouble with trusting people, so I found it so strange to me that I was able to trust him so easily so quickly. I just like spending time with him. I think I'll miss him the most out of everybody. We are still going to write each other, so that's always good. I like getting letters more than I do emails or anything internet related. I just feel like it's more personal.

Anyway. I already wrote a lot, but I found this old writing I did. I never finished it, but I do want to share what I have.

Music inspires everyone of us. It's a way to express ourselves whether it be playing an instrument, dancing, singing, or even writing lyrics to a song. Music is all around us, but what would happen if music was banned? Would it really be that bad, or would this society go to ruin?

I was wanting to write an article using that, but I never got around to it. Personally I'd hate it and I'd probably go mental. lol. Music is my life, and I don't know where I would be without it.

Anyway.

I'm gonna go either take a quick nap before church, pack, or find some bands that are giving away free downloads. Man I love Bands like that!!!

Until August

Much love
DFTBA
~Alicia~

P.S. I will miss blogging. :(

So in nearly half a week...

2009-05-27T13:32:00.000-07:00

...I'll be gone. I will go off for my second adventure as Summer Staff at Awanita Valley Christian Retreat Center.

I am hoping like I've said plenty of times before to make this go around a lot better than the last. Why you ask? Because last summer, I didn't act like myself.

I was a completely different person, and I didn't like who I was. I'm just hoping that they don't think that the way I acted last summer was who I am. This summer, I'm going to show them who I really am, and if they don't like it they can bite me...jk jk lol.

Anyways, I'm really excited...except for the packing part. I hate packing. That means I have to clean my room, so I can find everything. lol. I'm not very good at keeping my mind on one particular thing. I'm pretty sure you can tell by most of my blogs. lol.

Sunday was a very fun day. We, that is Kathryn, Will, Alex, Ryan, Abi, Allie, Tori, and myself went to Mellow Mushroom (I finally got to go!!!), Got to Shake hands with Clint Unicorn, as I posted in my last blog. Clint told me to post a blog that says just that and nothing else so I did. lol.
After pizza, we went to Coffee Underground. Allie, and Tori left after that, and the rest of us went to Falls park. That was an interesting trip. It was dark, and we ended up getting quite scarred. That's all I'm going to expand on that.

It was quite a hilarious night, and it was full of funny quotes. I wrote down what I could remember, but not enough to make into a post.

I have quite a bad memory.

Anyway. Thursday is the final Sunday School outing with our current Sunday school teachers Tony and Lisa. That makes me sad. I mean I've been used to them for the past few years. It will be really weird getting used to the new teachers.

Friday is my friends birthday party. It's at her house, and it's in walking distance so I don't have to worry about a ride!!! YES!!! It's hard for someone to go to a person party without a ride.

Saturday is my last recording of the podcast until August. It's also the half way through the year party for the podcast. lol. We've been going strong for 26 weeks!!! hopefully we'll go for much longer. Much much longer!!!

Sunday is church of course. It's graduation recognition service, so that means in orchestra we're playing...Pomp And Circumstance!!!! Whoop Whoop! lol. I don't have a part...unless Darian makes one.

Well I am listening to one of the best Trock bands out there...Actually the only one I know of. Chameleon Circuit!!!! They are awesome!!! Their cd comes out June 2nd and that sucks for me!!! I will have to wait till August to get it. :(

Well I've got to go.

Until next time

Much love
DFTBA!
~Alicia~

I have something to say...

2009-05-25T08:42:00.000-07:00

I shook hands...(hoofs?) with a Unicorn that lives on Clint's face!

That is all.

Probably one of my last blogs...

2009-05-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

...before I leave for the summer. I'm excited and raring to go, but I'm also afraid of making the same mistakes I did last summer.

But I am finally going to stand up for myself, and I am not letting anybody use me or push me around. Heck no!!!

Well I've had a pretty busy week, or at least it was busier than it normally is.

Went with my mom to the Saturn of Greenville Tuesday to figure out that she needed a new Fuel pump. With a rental Kia we went to Books-A-Million(I'd live in there if I could!!!), and before we even went in noticed the car had a nail. We still went in the store, and I got myself a copy of Maureen Johnson's book "Devilish". I got it for only 3 dollars. Yay for bargain books!!!

We then spent about 30 minutes looking for the car rental place. Found it and then got ourselves a Suzuki.

We went back to Saturn on Thursday to pick up mom's car, which she was super happy about. lol.

We went back to Books-A-Million, so we could look around more. I already knew what I was going in for though. I brought my wallet, and I bought myself "Paper Towns" by John Green. I'm so excited to read it!!! I do have to wait to read it because I told myself I'd read through The Harry Potter series before I left in honor of the movie that is coming out next month, and because I can't have non Christina books there. I'm still bringing "Paper Towns" and "Devilish". I need something to do on my days off, and free time...If I get any.

I went for a walk once my mom left for work. I checked the mail, got the newspaper, and read that the Easley Band Concert was that night. I had no idea what-so-ever. So I rushed to get ready, and called Kathryn up.

We went to Dunkin Donuts before and got ourselves some flatbread sandwiches. They were yummy!!

The Band Concert was Amazing. They played some really great songs, and they played it well. I really liked when the Wind Ensemble played Vesuvius. They played it really well.

Today, I went to play Ultimate Frisbee. I've been wanting to play the game since February. I love it!!! It's one of my favorite sports to play. I always look forward to playing. This was my only chance of playing.

We were suppose to record tonight, but there was a change of plans. Jason and maybe Brandon are going to the Spineshank show tonight. I'm glad for that because I'm so sore!!!

Right now I am listening to Harry and the Potters. This weekend is leaky Con, and I wish I was there!!! One day I will go no matter what!!! I will go and there is nothing anybody can do to stop me!!!

Tomorrow, since the guys moves the recording to tomorrow, I might go to Symon and Alex's joint birthday party, but I don't know how I'm going to work that out.

It's at these moments I wish I could drive. I hate having to rely on other people. It sucks!!!

Oh well.

Sunday I finally get to go to Mellow Mushroom. I'm excited about that!!! I'm gonna be chillin' with Kathryn, Will, and a whole bunch of our others friends. It's going to be great!!!

Well I've chatted enough.

I'm going to post two videos right now.

The funny one, which I think anyone will like even if you're a Twilight fan or not. It's got the guy who played James in the movie, and a group of Twilight Tweens girls. What follows is just pure hilarity!!

Cam Gigandet vs. Twilight Fans from Cam Gigandet

And this next video is a song I really like from the musical group that got me into music in the first place. I relate to this song a lot, and I think any girl that doesn't like to dress up will relate to it too!

Well I hope you enjoyed those.

Until next time

Much love and such.
DFTBA
~Alicia~

The end of a great week.

2009-05-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

I have been itching to write this blog all week long, and I finally get a chance to!!!

I am just hoping that I can finish this before the season finale of The Best Years comes on. Let's just say it's two hours and I know I will loss my train of thought.

Tuesday I got a sudden call from Skank (Ashley) asking me if I'd like to go to Awanita with her, Adam (Her Brother), and his friend Josiah. Of course any time I get a chance to go up to leave my house I jump all over it. So I get ready, and we head on out to go pick up Josiah, and then head up the mountain to a place I'll be spending ten weeks of isolation goodness at...in two weeks that is. Anyway Josaih was going up there to apply for the last open summer staff spot available. Anyway we pretty much hung around the staff house. Angie and Colby came down to talk to us. Adam, Josiah, Colby, and myself had a mini flip-flop fight, and Colby and I had a argument again about who won the flip flop fight this past summer. To me, I will only take into account what video evidence shows us, and it shows that I had the last hit, therefore I win! If you want to have a debate on it, then watch this.

Anyway I only have 3 minutes till The Best Years comes on. I have the attention span of someone who doesn't have a great attention span.

*2 hours later*

I love "The Best Years", but I don't like how the have the season finale's end in cliff hangers!!! That makes me a bit mad. There has only been two seasons, but I'm sure there will be more.

*The Next Day*

My brother came home really early last night so I didn't get to finish.

Anyway back to what happened. After we went to Awanita, I hung out with Adam and Josiah at Adam's house. We watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Heck yeah!!!) Brittany and Tiffany came like in the middle of the movie. Then we watched The Virgin Spring, which is a Swedish film that is actually pretty good. I love Foreign films. then we had pizza. We also had tea which with the way we were acting it seemed like there was something in those Lady Gray tea packets...It was the funniest thing ever. I couldn't stop laughing from the way we were talking.

We watched the Surprise party and Body Fusion SNL clips. They are hilarious.

After that we watched Drop Dead Gorgeous, and I find it to be a funny movie, and a funny take on documentaries. I love documentaries,a nd I've always wanted to make one so I just found it humorous.

Thursday I spent the day hanging with Ashley O. I went with her to a ranch up near Awanita. She wanted to ride her horse Monty, and of course I took it as grand photo opportunity...That and I rarely get to hang out with Ashley. Horses are my favorite land animal, so I was happy that Ashley wanted me to come with her. I got a lot of pictures, and it was such a beautiful day. Then we got some Taco Bell, and headed back to her place to watch Big Bang Theory. That show reminds me sort of The IT Crowd. I love it!!! I love any show that involves scientific people, but I hate when they use the stereotype that Nerds are lonely sad people. It kind of pisses me off. Stereotypes suck and they should be banned from the universe forever!!!

Anyway. I thought my week had a great end, but then my brother had to come home pissy last night. I asked him if he had to work today, and he said your an idiot because I've been saying all week that I don't. Yeah he told mom at night while I was asleep. I kept trying to tell him that, but he kept interrupting me and calling me an idiot. I told him not to call me an idiot again, and he did so I pour a small drop of soda on his head. He was smiling for the first minute, then he just flipped. He tried to punch me like 5 time but only got me once. Then he kicked my door, and said I hope I broke something. I would have laughed if it was something of his. He left a mark on my door. The door did nothing to him.

Anyway He said he was going to lock me out of the computer...Doesn't look like it to me.

I apologized because I was really sorry, but he didn't. He always thinks nothing is his fault. He is quite a jerk, and an egomaniac. I seriously think he's Bi-polar, and needs help.

And he wonders why I don't like telling people that I have a brother.

Anyway. I should be at a birthday party for Kristen, but I'm here waiting. We have podcast recording tonight, and I don't want to miss the next few shows because then I'll have Ten weeks without it. Oh I'm going to be so out of the music world loop for some time.

Well I've got to go get ready.

This blog last longer than I originally planned on it to be. I guess I've learned my lesson. I need to be more focused when I post a blog. Or else it will take a whole day to post lol.

Much love

DFTBA!!!
~Alicia~

It's mother's day!!!

2009-05-10T12:42:00.001-07:00

Yay!!! I first want to say I love my mommy!!!

I am super hyper today. Normally I'm all sluggish and tired on Sunday's, but I'm super hyper and happy.

Yesterday myself, Brandon, and Tyler went to Jason's house to record for the podcast, but his computer is acting funky. So we didn't get to record. The guys played Madden while I caught up on sleep. I haven't been sleeping well the past few weeks. Brandon kept bothering me. I hate being so ticklish!!! He'll get what's coming to him very very soon!!! I didn't mind not playing Madden though. I'm just happy to get out of my house anytime I can.

I'm currently catching up on the Brotherhood 2.0 videos. I only started watching their channel in about November last year. I want to at least finish all of the B20 videos before I leave for Awanita so I don't forget what day I'm on. lol.

I'm excited. I'm mentally ready for the summer, but not physically. I still need to get all my toiletries, cclothes, and other such things. Three more weeks!!!

Oh my brother got an internet connector for the Wii, so if you want have Wii wifi, and you want a friend, send me your friend code. I don't really know which friend code I should get. The only games I have that you can play online are Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Pokemon Battle Revolution.

I do not have church tonight. Longer nap time!!! yes!!!

So I'm going to get off here.

I miss BEDA. I like having to rack my brain for things to blog about. It's been almost a week and a half maybe even two weeks...And I can't think of what to talk about!!!! How sad is that?

I did have an idea yesterday, but I want to wait till I have my thoughts all written down on paper about that subject. It will be interesting. Who knows. I might even use that topic to make my come back onto vlogging. Exciting stuff.

Well until next time

Much love and best wishes

DFTBA
~ALicia~

I'm writing about...

2009-05-01T16:23:00.000-07:00

...writing.

I have recently started writing poetry again. This was all brought out from watching HBO's new show Brave New Voices. It's awesome. All these teenagers are freaking talented. They are spitting out these lines like their life depended on it. It's powerful stuff. I think slam poetry is the top art form that can render me speechless. I've been a fan for years. It's just awesome.

It inspires me to keep writing, and to grow stronger in my writing. I know I will never be as great as other people, but I only write to get my thoughts out.

I like it so much that I thought I'd share a video with you all.

I really should be washing my dishes.

Oh well

Yesterday was a really great day to me. Recording the podcast is always really fun, but I feel I was at my best at last nights recording. I find that fun because I was at my best while at my worst. I'm still a bit sick, and my head is filled with snot, so that worried me a bit. I'm just afraid I'll sound a bit nasally.

I read a quote today that I loved once I saw it. It's from Brave New Voices and this girl named Britney Wilson wrote a poem called Crutches. From that poem is this line "It's hard for me to express myself cause I can't protect myself if I'm exposed." That is so true. I guess that's why I have such a problem writing because I'm afraid of what people will think if I lay my heart on the table for everyone to see.

Anyway.

I'm going to go.

I hope everyone has a great day and great weekend.

I'll see ya when I see ya!!!
~Alicia~

So it's the last day of BEDA

2009-04-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

...and I must say I'm kind of sad. It has been a very insightful month, and I have learned a lot just by typing in these blogs.

I have learned that I'm not very good at paying attention to writing these blogs. I'll type a little, then open up a tab and check facebook, or my email, then continue typing.

I learned that I actually have a lot to say. I thought that this blogging everyday thing was going to be hard because I sit at home all day pretty much. What interesting information could come from me. I guess in those times I spend doing nothing, my mind manifests all these thoughts.

BEDA was a good thing because it helped me be more confident in my typing skills, and in my ability to get my thoughts out there. Not only that I found a few interesting blogs to read. I love writing blogs, but I love reading other people's blogs better. I found a few great ones like Delightfully Mediocre, and of course Maureen Johnson's blog was pretty insightful. You never know how something like this impacts people.

I'm glad I participated in this even though the past few days I haven't been able to blog. It was fulfilling. I never thought I'd be able to post this many consecutive blogs in a row.

Yesterday's lack of blog was because my brother kind of got ticked at me for proving I think 6 times, that he complains to much, and doesn't know when to stop complaining. I found it quite funny, but apparently he didn't. He loggged out, and he has the profile password protected. I don't know the password, so I guess that didn't help anything. lol

So I'm not in Clemson. I'm not hanging out with Jennifer, which is a bummer. She got sick the past few days as well, and on top of that she has exams to study for. I wouldn't have wanted to keep her from studying, so it's for the best.

We are recording the podcast tonight. So that means I need to go research like mad!!!

But before I go, my friend Will found this story, and I read it, and found it freaking funny. I also think it's a great way to end out BEDA for me anyway.

Don't Mess With The Marching Band Girl

QUARTZ HILL, Calif. - Don't mess with a marching band girl, especially one armed with a baton.

A 17-year-old high school marching band student beat up two assailants who tried to mug her as she walked to school in this high desert community about 40 miles north of Los Angeles, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

The girl punched one of the men in the nose, kicked the other in the groin and beat both with her large baton before she ran away on Friday morning, officials said.

"The moral to this story is don't mess with the marching band girls, or you just might get what you deserve," said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Michael Rust.

He said two men approached the girl from behind, grabbed her coat and demanded money. Deputies searched near Quartz Hill High School for the muggers, looking for a man who was holding his bloodied nose and the other limping.

No arrests have been made, but Rust said it appears the girl made her point to her assailants.

"Final score: Marching band 2, thugs 0," Rust quipped.

Haha!!! Marching band girls kick butt. I mean come on now. People think you can't get hurt by flags, and wooden rifle, but they've never been hit by one. Talking from experience they hurt when they hit you.

So until next time

Much love, DFTBA, and Best Wishes!
~Alicia~

Argh!!!!

2009-04-28T11:53:00.000-07:00

I missed posting yesterday!!! Dang it! lol.

I was extremely sick yesterday, and I'm better today. That and my brother was rearranging his room, s he restricted the computer from me. :(

Anyway.

Nothing new has happened. I'm excited for the week to come.

New Whitest Kids U' Know tonight.

Hopefully I'll be able to go hang out with Jennifer Wednesday or Thursday. Which ever is best for her schedule. She has exams this week so hopefully, she won't be to bogged down, but if she is, I don't want to be a nuisance. Saturday, my mom's boyfriend's sister, and family are going to be having a birthday/mothers day bash. There are four people in that family that having birthdays in the next coming day's so I'm looking forward to that. I mean they are like family to me.

Sunday is the Youth choir end of the year party. The youth choir has done a really great job this year, and I think they deserve some time to relax and have fun.

With all that happening, I don't even know if I'll be able to record the podcast this week. I wish I could say I could schedule around for the podcast, but it's time I finally had me time, and let my life revolve around other things. Don't get me wrong, I love the podcast, and the guys are awesome, it's just I've scheduled around around it for a while now, and it's one more month before I go to Awanita, and that will pretty much be my entire summer. I need to hang out with my friends while I can.

Well, I have to go. The Zyntec(sp?) is starting to make me drowsy!!!

Until next time

Much love
~Alicia~

Naps are good...

2009-04-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

...especially right after a trip home from Awanita.

I had a fun this time...Well I always have fun, but this time I actually made an effort to talk with my friends. It was just five of us; Cassen, Sydney, Grayson, and new girl Katie, and myself. There were also two people came came for a little bit and their names were Noah, and Katrina I think. Anyway I got to have a conversation with Noah. He is pretty cool. He's a Business major at North Greenville. I told him that I wanted to get into photography as a back up, and go into film and hopefully become a music video director. HE asked me the one of the questions I could probably never answer. He asked what's your favorite music video. That's just as hard as me saying what my favorite song it. It really changes day to day. It's never the same. Anyway he said that one of his was "In The End" by Linkin Park...I could tell by his answer that we are going to get along just fine!!!

Anyway Saturday I had kitchen duty til after lunch, and then myself and Grayson got put on Zip line duty, so needless to say that I didn't get to go to Mr. Don's Funeral, but it was for the best. Somebody had to stay to keep the camp running.

I loved being at the zip line because I was outside enjoying the nice day, and it was just so peaceful. Even having to put all of the pulleys on the wire. I didn't care. That's what the good outdoors does to you!!!

Anyway that night. We had Bible study. I really wasn't "There". I could hear what Benny was saying, but it just went out the other ear. Hey at least I was awake. Grayson slept through it, and started snoring. lol. I wanted to throw a peppermint at him, but I decided to be nice.

After that, I got to talk with Cassen and Sydney, and we just had a ball. Cassen had gotten up to go get some kool-aid, and when he came back sydney was reaching for something, and Cassen said, "Don't put your thumb out under me before I sit down. That junk hurts. That's not for entering." Sydney and I just started busting out laughing. I had rice crispies in my mouth so I had to make sure I didn't breathe to hard or else they would fly everywhere that's how hard I was laughing. He also added to that, "I should get that tattooed on my back(Refering to "That's not for entering.)" And he also said "I was thinking about dying this green(Motioning towards pubic area), and get a tattoo that says don't walk on the grass." That comment ruined it a bit, but I was still in stitches. Cassen is just hilarious.

Anyway this morning, we had breakfast, and finished with kitchen work, and then headed home. :( I love being home, but I adore being with friends even more.

Once I got home I took a nap. Then woke up, and now I'm writing this. I have Church tonight. I need to talk to Jennifer tonight as well.

Anyway to leave you with something, here's a video I saw that I liked a lot. It's boring for the first forty seconds, but once it gets started it's quite great.

Until tomorrow...If I can wake up tomorrow.

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

whoop whoop!!!

2009-04-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

I finally finished my review of Ben Lee's "The Rebirth Of Venus"!!!

Now don't make fun because it's my very first album review. I think I did a pretty good job. (Every time I press the shift key, it shows a little box that says "Shift. lol. just thought I'd throw that out there.)

In all honesty, I've only heard a few of Ben Lee's songs, so I didn't really know what to expect listening to his new album "The Rebirth Of Venus." The album art is very colorful, and it catches the eye, but they always say never judge a book by it's cover. On the inside cover, he talks about Venus, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, and how we, men and women, need to cultivate the many qualities this Goddess represents and embodies.

Once the album starts, you're just introduced to pleasant ear candy. I pretty much got entrapped into the entire album. I've only listened to a few albums all the way through, and this one is added to that list. Not because I had to, but because it is amazing. I was captivated by all the songs and how each one is unique in it's own way. I loved the use of pots and pans in "What's So Bad(About Feeling Good)", and the backing vocals in "Blue Denim" sounding like Kazoos' at one point. It wasn't just the music, but the lyrics were so well written. They spoke a lot of truth and in some way, I could relate to each song. The lyrics are just really motivating and makes me want to get out there and make a difference in the world. "I Love Pop Music" is one of the those songs that just need to be played on mainstream radio because of it's unique take on all of the trails and tribulations going on in the world today. It would definitely get people's attention.

All in all, this album is a refreshing take on the male's perspective of femininity. It exceeded my expectations, and I recommend it to anyone. If you're a Ben Lee fan, if you need a happy pick-me-up, if you need motivation, or if you are someone who wants a taste of feminine ideals; I have a feeling you'll love this album as much as I did.

So that's that.

Oh I'm going to Awanita this weekend, so I will unfortunately have to miss posted tomorrow. Not because there won't be any internet up there, it just would take forever to even post it. They have dial up and it is as slow as molasses on weed...I don't know that just seemed like a good depiction of how show it really is.

But hey I've gone this far blogging in April. I will also be home Sunday, so really I'll probably just miss one day. I thought that I would miss about five or six blogs due to my bro being home, but that wasn't the case at all. I'm proud of being able to stick with it.

One more week of BEDA! That kind of makes me sad, but also happy because I was totally running out of things to blog about. I think this experiment kind of helped my blogging ability. I am hoping to write better blogs in the future...just not every day. haha

Until Sunday.

DFTBA
~Alicia~

DFTBA!!!

2009-04-23T14:41:00.000-07:00

So I just got done watching Hank Greens new song, and video for...of course "DFTBA" It was amazing. Have you seen this video? Well I'm posting it right here!!!

Seriously!!! It's freakin Awesome!!! Makes me even prouder to be a Nerdfighter!!! I never knew Hank could rap! lol.

Anyway.

My brother complains to much. He asked me why don't I put on my clothes in the bathroom right after I take a shower. Umm I don't find it comfortable. He just doesn't understand other people's personal preference. He's just a weird guy!

Oh!!! I got the new Ben Lee cd "The Rebirth Of Venus" in the mail yesterday. I have to review it before Tuesday. The reason being is that it comes out on Tuesday. I have listened to it, and it is fantastic...Now I just have to wirte the review. Here's to good luck for my first ever album review. Hopefully I can do a good job, and give Ben Lee some Justice!!!

Well I have to go do so reseacrh for the podcast, because I haven't done a single bit and I'm probably leaving in about thirty minutes to an hour.

So until next time.

DFTB DFTB DFTBA!!!!
~ALicia~

Yo and Hello

2009-04-22T12:41:00.000-07:00

haha I totally ripped off Kim from Radio Free Roscoe.

So today I went with my mom to the optometrist. One of the ladies said that I look sort of like her niece. As the appointment went on she said I was more and more like her niece. I found it weird. We got herself a pair of glasses, and she wanted me to help her pick it out.

My brother and I are having a yelling conversation about how I have trouble spelling words, and that he thinks he's a god at spelling words. So I quizzed him on a word about how to spell optometrist, and he was like Oh I can spell words I've seen before. I never have to use the word optometrist, so I don't know how to spell it. Then we went on saying how you don't use the word optometrist in everyday speech, and we said it enough to be able to have a week or two conversation using the word.

haha We argue about some of the weirdest things.

oh and apparently my oldest aunt got the nick-name betch. I don't know I'm just repeating what my mom said.

I just found out today that the co-founder of Camp Awanita Mr. Don passed away yesterday, so I will be keeping the Baltz family in my prayers. I hope I get to go to the funeral Saturday.

Well until tomorrow.

Buh-bye!!!
~Alicia~

Quick...

2009-04-21T16:23:00.000-07:00

...post because I have till my brother makes his bed. lol.

I've been having the same weird dream for the past few days. I'm in this huge room. I mean like it's like a mile long. In the middle of the room, there's a couch. I'm sitting there with a guy (Whom I can't see his face.) we are just chilling out and when I got to give him a hug, two people appear out of nowhere, and take him away. No matter how fast I run, I can never catch up. After a bit it gets to hard to breathe and I fall to my knees, and that's when I wake up.

I find it weird, and I thought I might share it with you all.

I'm currently drinking hot chocolate, and watching Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

I'm gonna go.

Peace out homies!!!
~Alicia~

This really can't be long.

2009-04-20T18:15:00.000-07:00

My bro is in the shower and I have to make this quick!!!

Today was such a gorgeous day, so I decided to go outside. I wrote a bit for a story I'm working on. I took pictures of flowers that are blooming. Normally the flowers that bloom in the back and front yard don't bloom till June. So I'm glad they bloomed early for me. I love them. The ones in the front yard are red, and the ones in the back yard are purple. I also saw two caterpillars while going to check the mail. It reminded me of when and I used to play with them all the time. Aww the good ole days.

I love going outside.

I have to go before my bro gets out of the shower.

Until next time

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

I am trying real hard...

2009-04-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

...to keep my eyes open. I almost drifted to sleep at lunch!!!

So, we didn't end up going to Mellow Mushroom at all. :( Oh well as long as they go before I leave for Awanita!!!

It was all good though. We got Papa John's pizza, and pretty much hung out for a while before we recorded the podcast. It was fun. Yesterday was all in all one of the best days ever!!!

It was also a very pretty day outside also!!!

I am though confused about something. I'd rather not say what it is, but I am confused.

Church service was really good.

My Sunday school class found out that the current teachers, Tony and Lisa, will not be teaching our class after June 1. That made me sad. Tony is a pretty awesome teacher, and Lisa is amazingly awesome. I don't want them to leave. They will be replace by another couple. I don't know about this, but if it is the will of the Lord I can't really complain about it.

I'm listening to "Accio Deathly Hallows" by Hank Green

I love that song!!!

Enjoy

I'm now going to go take a nap!!!!

Until next time.

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

Random thoughts

2009-04-18T14:38:00.000-07:00

- Reel Big Fish is one of the best ska bands ever!!!
- Typing with two fingers is way easier and faster for me then using all my fingers...though I sometimes miss some of the keys
- I am writing this at someone else's house
- I just finished typing out cleaning documents for Awanita
- I don't even think I'll finish typing this onto my blog before I have to go get ready for the podcast.
- I'm writing this at 2 o' clock. So if it says a different time, it's because I finally got on the internet.
- When I write with a felt tip pen, I feel like I'm apart of the show Ghostwriter. Man, that was an awesome show.
- I wish I could own a panda
- To play piano like Ben Folds would be freaking amazing!!!
- I really don't want to leave Awanita, but since this is posted that means I'm already home. :(
-One month and twelve days until summer.

Just so you know those were all written earlier today.

I just got back from Awanita, and I am now about to go take a shower and get ready to record the podcast.

Afterward...Mellow Mushroom!!!! I love it there.

I've had a great day so far...Let's hope that doesn't get ruined. lol.

until next time

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

Haha!!!

2009-04-17T14:39:00.000-07:00

I was so desperate to do something today cause I knew I would get bored, and guess what? I'm still bored, but Angie is going to come pick me up, and I'm going to camp Awanita for the night!!! Yippy Skippy.

It's not like I won't be there for 10 weeks this summer, right?

She needs help with inventory, painting, and all that good stuff to get ready for the summer. I might as well. I have nothing else planned for tonight or the greater part of tomorrow. The only other thing I have tomorrow is the Podcast, and that won't be till around eight or nine at night. Maybe even later.

I need to cut my nails. They are getting a bit long.

I also have to do research before Angie comes get me, so I won't have to worry about it at all tomorrow.

I really should pack.

I'm sorry about this one being a really random thought blog.

I've been really scatter brained lately. I'm also going back and forth from different pages. I can never really just focus on typing and finishing a blog post without being distracted.

I better go.

But I do have a video for everyone.

This song has been stuck in my mind...well the beat of it anyway. It took me about 3 days before I knew what it was. That bothered me, and when I figured it out I was super duper happy.

It's a video from Sunshine Taylor. The song is from a group called Little Birdy and the song is "Bodies". I really like the song, and I can't find it anywhere!!!! If you know where I can find it, please tell me.

Hope you enjoy.

Until next time

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

P.S. Diablo Cody is one of the best writers ever!!! Case and point...United States Of Tara, and of course Juno!!!

The first part of this blog...

2009-04-16T14:22:00.001-07:00

...is a question.

Ok so today my mom and I went to Jack and the Box. While waiting for the food at the drive-thru, I took the straw paper and tied it in a knot, and broke it. Now here's where the question comes into play. I was told this years ago, and I can't quite remember what the little trick thing was. Now the trick was you tie a knot into the straw paper, and rip it apart. Now I can't remember if you rip it apart and the knot stays together something happenes, or if you rip it apart and the knot doesn't stay together something good happens. I am just curious because for the first time ever in my exisitance I have ripped the paper apart, and the knot came unraveled!!! I just want to know if that's a good thing or bad thing.

I am so bad at all this superstitious stuff. I've never been a big believer in superstition. Now I'm not saying I don't like doing some of the things though. For instance, when I'm in the car with my friend Kathryn when we see a car with one headlight out we always say popeye, and kiss our hands and hit the roof of the car. That and I also like to say 11:11 make a wish. I believe I've done that in a past blog recently. lol.

Anyway. I need to get ready for my radio show which is in 20 minutes, and I also have to do more research for the podcast, which I'm assuming we are recording tonight...I haven't gotten the word yet.

I'm always the last to know everything...Well not everything. I'm just glad I have a friend that trusts me and knows he can confide in me that which he doesn't want anyone to know yet.

Well until next time

Best Wishes!!!
~Alicia~

I really can't write a long blog...

2009-04-15T11:37:00.000-07:00

..so this is going to be a drive by posting.

Pretty much I'd like to talk about a movie I watched last night on IFC.

It's called Trainspotting. It has a very young Ewan McGregor ( as seen in Moulin Rouge, The Star Wars Prequel. and many more movies that were great.), and Jonny Lee Miller (Also played in Hackers, one of my favorite movies.)

I found it to be a very good movie, and the story line was fantastic. The movie came out in 1996, so it's twelve years old, but it's so much better than most of the movies that are coming out now. It was on IFC so it is sort of independent like.

I love IFC. It's sucha great channel. I mean it brought me to liking The IT Crowd, and it brought me The Whitest Kids U Know uncensored. (I actually started watching TWKUK on Fuse, but it was censored, and no fun. lol.) Not only that, it also shows some of the best movies out there, and it also has a show that features some of the best indie music out there. How could I not love IFC.

Anyway. I better go. I have to dry my hair, and get ready for church tonight.

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

It's Tuesday...

2009-04-14T13:14:00.000-07:00

...and some how I am on the computer. Yeah I have no idea why? It just so happens that I think God wants me to be able to complete the BEDA challenge I set for myself. lol. My brother is on his way to the Theater (where he works) to exchange quarters for dollars, so he can go by more RAM for his computer. He got the game "The Last Remnant" for windows. Which means I'm going to have to get used to...again...Windows Vista. I had just gotten used to XP, and now I have to change my mind set. Oh how I dislike changing computer settings. lol

Anyway. Yesterday, my friend Nicole (A.K.A Symon) and I went around various locations in Easley and filmed ourselves randomly dancing. Boredom makes you do really weird stuff. The various locations include; The High School, one of the elementary schools, three locations at the park, three spots in Wal-Mart, two spots at Downtown Easley, in front of a pasture with cows, and at a friends house. It was quite fun, and I enjoyed myself completely. I can't wait to start editing it, and letting people see how bored we really get. I'd edit it now, but I have no idea how long I have on the computer. I will start editing on Friday, and hopefully be done by then.

Tonight, I will be watching The Whitest Kids U Know. I will also be watching the IFC Music Blast, so I can find bands that i could possibly ask to feature on my radio show. I need to find more bands.

Oh and a few days ago, I got my first follower (Or at least it's the first one to show up on my dashboard.) I just want to thank all of you that read my blog. I never thought that anyone would be interested in reading it at all. Everytime I get a comment, it just makes my day! So thanks again!!! :)

Well I'm going to go.

Until next time (hopefully tomorrow lol)

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

It's a gloomy day...

2009-04-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

...outside. I was hoping it would be a nice day outside like has been the past few days. I can't stand this Bi-Polar weather.

I am currently watching John Green talk about the stories and stuff in This is not Tom. I wanted to get involved in the riddles for this is not tom, but I suck at riddles. Puzzles I am really good at, but riddles confuse the crap out of me. I'm just glad they posted the chapters in a website called thisisnotforums.com so that way I can just read the story, and not have to slam my head against the desk figuring these riddles out.

I did get to g to dinner with my friend Jennifer last night, and I think it was needed. We've been wanting to hang out, but never got a chance to so it was very delightful to hang out with her. I think we both learned a lot about each other that we couldn't really talk about around other people. That's why I like hanging out with people one on one.

So I am to look up a video (on direct orders from Jennifer) on youtube called Mario Cart Love Song. I am going to post the video because I want those of you who haven't seen it to see it so that I won't be the only one who hasn't heard of it.

(Just got done listening to it.) Aww that is precious!!!

Oh well, that's really all.

I am hoping I get to post tomorrow. If there isn't a post here you can always check on my profile page on Maureen Johnson's ning.

Until next time

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

Easter Sunday!!!

2009-04-12T10:13:00.000-07:00

Yay!!! Today is the day that Jesus rose from his grave two thousand years ago.

It's a great day to be alive. It's nice outside I'm wearing my hippie skirt, and converse...I'll show you a picture of my outfit.

I never really wear skirts, but I love this skirt!!! I wanted to wear it for the longest time, I just never had a time to wear it. Easter Sunday I think was the best day for it. I liked my outfit. I care what anyone says I like it a lot.

Anyway. Sunday school caught me by surprise. Our lesson was the last on in the series friends, and this one hit really close to home. It was about Identity, and how people sometimes can influence, whether it be a good or bad influence, what we think of ourselves. Now, I have had a tough time with identity, and lately it's been rough because I just don't know anymore who I really am. Hearing the two kids stories about it really made me relate to them because for years I dictated who I was with who I hung out with and who I was friends with. One of the stories was so close to mine that it brought me to the point of crying. I don't like to cry because it shows weakness, and I tried to force it back. I have had problems with people making fun of me, and telling me I'm not cool because I won't do what everyone else does. I just got so sick of it. I didn't have friends for most of Middle school, and when I did have friends I built walls and not bridges.

The guy that was summarizing the stories said that in order for you to be able to find your true Identity is that you have to be honest with yourself. Don't be negative about yourself, but be sure to find what your faults are and continually work at improving yourself. He said other things, but I can't quite remember what he said.

Anyway, I then played in the orchestra, then listened to the message Pastor Jim had for us. I thne came home, and now I am bored sitting here writing this blog.

Jennifer, I'd have to say probably the person I'm closest to at church, said that we might go to dinner sometime tonight. So I'll be looking forward to that. I never get to hang out with her as much as I want to, but we can never find a time that is perfect for the both of us. She's an RA at Clemson, and when she's on duty I have nothing planned, and when she isn't on duty is when I have planned. I just want to hang out with her before she's out of school, and on her way to the mission trip she's going on over the summer, and before I have to go to Awanita. So it will be hard to plan, but it will happen.

Well I'm going to go take a nap.

Best Wishes
~Alicia~

Interesting day.

2009-04-11T19:57:00.000-07:00

So I only have one hour to complete this blog before the end of the day!!! I got to make this quick!!!

Tenebrae went really well last night. I found it pretty ironic though that there was a huge thunderstorm going on during the performance. the power went out during one of the songs. It would have been really cool, if communion wasn't going on and people didn't need to walk around. Anyway. It was a huge storm. There were a few uprooted trees here and there. (11:11 make a wish)It's a good thing that it came and passed while everyone was inside. I got to talk to him, but it seemed like he wanted to leave pretty fast, so I'm going to assume that he was trying to avoid me.

Anyway. I promised myself that I wouldn't talk about guy stuff at all, but I had to throw that little factoid out there.

I got to hang out with my friend Bippy!!!
Yay bippy!

I haven't seen her in like forever almost. (almost 6 months.) We hung out for a bit. Walked through the woods. Watched Trod Monsoon (I think that's the name.) Went to Taco bell where I ate a bean burrito that did not sit well with my stomach. Went to Miracle Hill Thrift store. I like it, it's like goodwill without sales tax!!! I love any store that doesn't have tax. I'm so going there to get myself a tweed skirt!!! I want one so much. Then we went on a bike ride, where we met up with three of Bippy's friends and two girl that neither one of us knew. then rode the bikes back to her house. Watched an episode of The IT Crowd. Then her mom came home. after a bit, we went to Arby's, and then I came home. We really didn't have anything planned, but it was better than being at home by ourselves. It was just good to hang out with a friend. I haven't had that in a while.

All in all a good day. The only bad thing was the bike ride was hell to my pelvis. Sorry to be so blunt about it. Though it was a very fun scenic route. I guess it was the fact that I haven't ridden a bike in years. I'd say almost 10 years. lol

I hope to have a blog tomorrow. It just depends on if my brother works tomorrow. Tomorrow might be my last day, and then I think my streak will be over. :(

I finished it with 22 minutes to spare. YEAH!!!

Good night all

Okay...

2009-04-10T10:02:00.001-07:00

...Tonight is Tenebrae. I'm excited to perform for His glory. I'm really excited for people see our hard work pay off, and I'm excited to see if it impacts people's lives.

I really have nothing to talk about. Yesterday we recorded the podcast, and according to Brandon it was our best show to date. I will agree a little. Anyway, I still think I am stupid sounding. Oh well what can you do?

anyway since I have nothing to talk about at all, I just thought I'd post a thing one of the ladies in the orchestra sent to me.

A GREAT RECIPE...

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Talk to God about what is going on in your life. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to__________ today. I am thankful for______________'

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli , almonds & walnuts.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You are not so important that you have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

14. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. GOD heals everything - but you have to ask Him.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch!!!

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for__________. Today I accomplished_________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

25. When you are feeling down, start listing your many blessings. You'll be smiling before you know it.

Send this to everyone you care about.

God Bless You

I read this, and it made me feel ten times better. Especially after what happened this week. I'm going to apply it my everyday life.

Well I'm going to go, because I need to get ready, and if I procrastinate any longer, I might end up forgetting, and being left with only 30 minutes to get ready lol.

When Judgement Comes...

2009-04-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

So I didn't get to blog here yesterday, but I still got to blog on my profile on Maureen Johnson's ning. I still have blogged everyday this month so far. I am hoping to keep it up!!
So yesterday. I had orchestra practice because This Friday we are going to be having a Tenebrae service. For those that don't know Tenebrae means the cross...from what I heard. So if you've been reading my blog you know that I was stressing about yesterday. I was afraid that my friend(Whom I told I kind of liked on Monday) would completely not talk to me because of what I said to him. I was also afraid of it being an awkward situation. Well Good news, It wasn't awkward at all. We talked like we normally would, and it seemed like it never happened. I'm super happy about that because he is a really good friend of mine, and I like talking to him about random things. So things are good, and I am not disappointed anymore. I would like to take it back yes, but it didn't seem to cause much damage. Though he is very good at hiding things, so who knows really.

Anyway. The reason for the name of this blog entry is because I recently joined a street team called System of Freaks. It's for the band Mary Magdalan. Her music is awesome. I like it a lot, and makes me want to do what makes me happy with myself. I am proud to be a member of the street team, and I'm ready to spread the word of her music, and to make a difference for music I like. Though it's metal, so most of my friends would not listen to it, but I will find someone that will.

I have to get ready for my radio show, which is in an hour. I also have to research for the podcast, which we normally record on a Saturday, but we are having to record on a Thursday. I am hoping that they'll let me record on the Thursday of the weekend I'm going to Awanita. Or else I'll be absent for another show. lol.

Well I'm going to go.

Best Wishes
~ALicia~

Difference of opinion.

2009-04-07T14:34:00.000-07:00

I like what Delightfully mediocre said in a comment to my last blog. She said that she considers disappointment and rejection a difference of Opinion. I find that to be more opptimistic and doesn't hurt as much to think of it like that. SO I'd like to thank you first before I start telling you what happened. By The way on her Last.fm she has a picture of Amelie, which so happens to be my favorite Foreign movie. So Delightfully Mediocre...You are awesome in my book!!!

Anyway. Like I said in my blog post yesterday, I said I was going to tell this guy that I like him (I'd like to keep his name a secret.) Anyway I wanted to tell him in person so badly, but I'm the biggest wuss ever. I decided to ask him if he'd be online in the allotted time slot (Because my brother wasn't home in between that time.) So he got on about 4:50ish. So we talked about random stuff for an hour, and when it was time for me to go, I made the stupid mistake of saying. oh I forgot to tell you what i wanted to tell you. and he asked if I had time. I said I guess. I wanted to tell you this yesterday, but I think I kind of like you.

All he said was ok. I then said I better go cya.

I feel like such an idiot. I now have to see him at orchestra practice tomorrow. It's going to be so awkward, and I'm going to be so embarrassed. That's why after I got offline, I watched as much IT Crowd as I could, so I could take my mind off of the situation that wouldn't have happened if I didn't all of a sudden get brave.

I guess God didn't want us together like that. Maybe we were just meant as friends. I just hope we can stay friends and no be so awkward around each other.

Anyway. My brother doesn't have to work tomorrow, so I more than likely will not be able to blog tomorrow. *tear* So much for wanting to complete BEDA. I knew it was going to be an almost impossible feat for me to complete. At least I tried!!! I can at least keep my promise that I made about blogging ever day that I am on the computer.

Other than that I have just been watching The IT Crowd, and I started to watch Bleach (The Japanese version. I watched one episode of the English version, and hated the voice overs.)

Well I have to wrap this up. I'm about to go hang out with my friend Nicole. I need it!!!

Today...

2009-04-06T10:13:00.001-07:00

...Is Monday. Nothing interesting ever happens on a Monday. At least not till this very day.

Well it depends on if I don't get caught.

My brother told me that I was to leave the computer alone. Well considering I am making this blog post, I am disobeying his wishes. I already had a mind set that I needed to be online...at least on Facebook.

See I was going to tell the guy I like that I liked him yesterday, but I flaked out. So I decided in my mind that I'd at least tell him in a chat. I know that is very cowardly of myself, but I'm too afraid to get rejected face to face. I guess it's just the security of never having to show defeat or emotion in front of the other party.

That has always bothered me though. I have always wondered why I let emotions get the better of me. I should be able to say, "Okay" and get over it, but emotions always mess it up. I have always considered emotions to be signs of weakness. I used to be so good at hiding when things bothered me, and no one would ever think twice. I've been rejected so much in the past, that I had just gotten used to it. But it wasn't until a few years ago that I had gotten so over whelmed, that I just started crying one morning at school, and I couldn't stop at all that day. I guess it was 17 years of bottled up emotion making it's way out of me. Ever since then It's been really hard for me to keep any emotion from showing.

I'm still trying to get used to it, but how do you get used to disappointment?

Has anyone felt like that? Emotions are such fickled fiends!!!

Well wish me luck telling this guy I like him.

I need all the luck I can get.

Everyone have a great day!!!

DFTBA
Best Wishes
~Alicia~

PS Someone left me a comment somewhere on my blog. Something about the person having a long distant relationship, and I approved it, but I can't find the post it was on...at least I think I approved it.