Rocktober

This month is definitely rocktober! (It's also Zactober *Hanson fans unite!*)

But yeah... friggin' ROCKTOBER!!!!

It's only 12 days in, but this month has totally rocked my socks. It's kinda making me forget about Shittember. Ha.

Hockey season is in full swing! My Sharks are undefeated! 5-0-0. Tomas Hertl is a friggin' beast. Seriously. The kid is a beast. A few nights ago, the Sharks beat the Rangers 9-2... 4 out of those 9 goals were scored by Hertl. Goals 3, 4, 5, and 6. Holy shiz balls. The Sharks need to keep this up... and win the cup. It's time, boys. It's time. Bring that sucker hoooooome!!!!!!!

The month of October means that it's Fair time, here in Fresno. My family (sans my brother) and I went to the Big Fresno Fair on October 4th, to see Tesla play at the Paul Paul Theater. Tesla absolutely ruled (totally badass!) We explored a bit of the fair prior to the show (and a bit after the show)... we played on the huge pirate ship!!! Yes, I love pirate ships. And pirates. Arrrrrrrggggg.

No shame.

We also stumbled upon this. The best booth at the fair, in my opinion.

A BOB MARLEY BOOTH!!!!
Well, it was a "Reggae Shop"... but 98% of it was Bob Marley stuff. Hell yes. ♥
I went back after the concert and got a shirt. It was so hard to pick just one.

After Tesla, we walked around a bit more. We found a dinosaur exhibit. Another hell yes!
I even touched a snake. Yeah. 

More epicness. My Mother and I got to work the Bon Jovi concert! They put us on the floor. Facing the stage. Can I get a MASSIVE hell yes?!?!?! Yeah, I friggin' love my job. The sporting events... maybe not so much. But the concerts. Even if we never get the floor again... lol. It was awesome. Beyond awesome. 

The new Pearl Jam album, "Lightning Bolt" comes out on Tuesday (October 15th). I can't wait for that. I seriously cannot wait any longer. I'm about to explode. The new AFI album drops soon, too. I can't wait for that, either.

Back to Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam Twenty premiered on VH1 Classic and Palladia tonight. I own it on DVD, but I still set the DVR. I'm actually watching it right now. I seriously cry every time I watch this. Not because it's sad... it isn't sad. I just love Pearl Jam. I honestly cannot find the words to express how much I love that band. 

Holy blog views, Batman!

I love Batman. 

But that's not the main focus of this blog post.

Heh.

The main focus of this blog post, is the number of page view this blog has gotten so far. As well as my other blog (the music one). Yesterday, this blog hit 2,000 page views. Now, I know this probably isn't a lot... but it's a lot to me. I mean, this blog isn't even a year old yet. I've only done 54 blog entries (yes, I am a lazy blogger... I'm going to try and change that. I promise.) this post being blog entry #55... and between those 54 posts, I've gotten 2,044 views. I've gotten 44 more views since last night around 10:30pm, when I posted my last entry. It's insane. And very, very, cool.

When I started blogging, I didn't think anyone would actually read what I had to say. Maybe a few friends and a few family members... because, well, they're my friends and family members. Clearly, a lot of other people have been reading this thing, and I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to read my words. My random, babbling, fan-girling self thanks you! ♥ 

I promise to give you more honest, random, babbling, fangirl -inspired blog entries. 

Nowwww to my music blog. That blog is... uhhh... was (?) supposed to be my main blog. I started that one first and that one has more entries posted. 75 posts. Yeah, I am a TOTAL lazy blogger when it comes to that one. Sheesh. I promise to change that, too. I promise. Anyway, that blog has 6,244 views... so far.

I never thought in a million years that the music blog would ever take off. I don't know why... I'm just like that. This blog gives me high anxiety sometimes. It really does. 

Anyway, back in August, I did an entry for a local tribute band, who covers a certain classic rock band. I thought about posting the link on their fb page... but yeah, I didn't do it. Welll... someone either in their camp or in the group stumbled across my blog entry and posted the link to their fb page last night... one member even LEFT a comment on my blog... as well as an anonymous comment. A long comment, which I fully enjoyed, btw. Since that happened, I've gotten 58 more views for that particular entry... and the views just keep coming. It's crazy. It really is. I think the total for that entry is damn near 80 in total? Seeing my blog posted somewhere other than my own fb page or Twitter page is crazy. It's super rad... but crazy. I think I need to have more faith in my writing. Yeah, I need to change that, too. October is the month for change, is it not? Change of season... changing of leaf colors... change of weather? Yeah, ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Bowie. 

Octoberrrrrr!!!!!!

October is my favorite month ♥

Hockey. 

Halloween.

Hoodies.

Yep... this year, I will have all 3 of my lovely H's. Yipeeee!!!! I'm feelin' it man, I'm feelin' it. Let's get it on.

Hockey. Today was opening night. The first official day of the season!! My Sharks don't play until Thursday (2 more days, babyyy!) My fave east coast team, the Washington Capitals played tonight, though. They lost. 6-4 against the Chicago Blackhawks. I had my first 3 hockey strokes tonight. Mmhmm! 

Yep. Awesome texts like this, start in October.

I surround myself with good people. ♥

Halloween. 30 more days, ya'll!! Yeeeeeeee!!!!! I freak out over almost every Halloween display I see. I love it. I love it all. Not so much the candy, but the decorations! Yes, the decorations!! And the movies. The moooooovies!!! 

Hoodies. I've had the pleasure of wearing both of my AFI and SJ Sharks hoodies over the past 2 weeks. We've had strange weather. The nights/mornings are cold and the days are hot. Pretty soon, it will be hoodie weather all day long. Can I get another "Yee"?! Yeeeeeeee!!!!!

Yeah, I just love October. 

September did almost nothing for me. It was good to half of my friends... but crappy to the other half of them. It was more crappy than good for me. I will not focus on the crappy stuff. Just the good stuff.

*September (well, the middle of it) brought me "Sleepy Hollow" on FOX. "Sleepy Hollow" is my new favorite show (or my new current fave show). It totally freaking is. It is fabulous. It is gross. It is crazy. It's funny. It is fabulous... wait, I already said that. Ha! Yeah, I'm pretty much obsessed. I know I stated in a blog post last year, that Johnny Depp was the ONLY "Ichabod Crane" in my eyes... no. Tom friggin' Mison for the ABSOLUTE win. He's perfect. 

THIS is the perfect explanation... overview... synopsis (?) of this wonderful show. It was written by my non-related twin (I swear to the heavens above that Tracey and I are the SAME person) Go here: Sleepy Hollow

I'm reposting her blog post because this was almost the SAME thing that I was going to write on here. Almost. Because, you know, Tracey and I are the SAME person. *Insert Twilight Zone music here* But yeah, I highly recommend "Sleepy Hollow". It's sexy. Rawr. Rawwwwrr!!!

*Paychecks. Need I say more? Didn't think so. They weren't much, but it's a start, y'all.

* Random acts of EPIC kindness from 2 strangers who aren't exactly strangers. I mean, we've never met in person (but we will the next time a certain band tours, dammit!! QUOTE ME!) It all started back in June when I started posting on a certain app app. Not an app... but an app app. (Ha!) Things went crazy in July (I would actually almost like to thank the person/people responsible for the craziness) and about 50 or so people migrated to various places (social networking) to chat about daily life/talk about a certain band that we all love, and pretty much whatever. But it is so much more than that. We are a little family. A support unit. We are all different... yet, we are all the same. Whether it be similar interests, similar tastes in music, similar quirks, similar personalities... whatever. I really think we were all brought together for a much bigger reason. Anyway, I could probably write an entire blog post about these lovelies, but let's get to the epic kindness.

Ash offered to pick me up (from the bay area) on her way to SoCal to see Hanson perform for 3 nights. That probably would've hindered her route and made her lose time on the road. She was not going to charge me a damn thing. I only had to pay for my tickets and food. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to swing that :(

Then maybe a week or so later (?) Lexi had a spare ticket to the L.A. show (her sister could no longer go)... so she offered it to me... free of charge. FREE OF CHARGE. I was halfway there, I was livin' on prayer. I couldn't go. It killed me for a while, but I was happy for my all of my Cali sistas on their epic adventures! I was there in spirit. These ladies didn't have to go the extra mile... but they DID. These people are good people. Damn good people. And not just these 2 lovely ladies... there are about 50-ish or so people in our fanson family, and every single one of them are epically amazing people. Seriously. I wish we all lived in the same state (and um, country? One of these lovelies lives in Lebanon, there's one in the U.K., and I believe two are in Australia). We would have beyond epic times together!!! A lot of  the "misfits" have met up with each other over the course of the current "Anthem tour" and more are going to meet up as the tour continues... but one day, we will ALL meet up and it will be friggin' fantastic. I'm happy just knowing that these amazing people exist. Damn, that was really mushy, wasn't it? Sorry. Not sorry. ♥ I could boast some more, but like I said, that's another blog post.

*Pre-season hockey. Such a tease... but it does the trick. 

That was pretty much the only goodness of September... from what I can remember.

VIVA OCTOBER!!!!!!

 

SAN JOSE SHARKS PRE-SEASON HOCKEYYYY

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, FOLKS!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

Is it October 3rd, yet?!?!?!  

(Vancouver scored towards the end of the 1st period. Bring on the next 2 periods!)

Birthdays, birthdays...

Today, I've been celebrating three birthdays.

Today is my Mom's birthday! We gave her a nice little party. We ordered pizza and had cake/ice cream. I think I drank too much Dr. Pepper... I started seeing spots. That was definitely a first.

Mom got some really rad prezzies (presents)! Prezzies and cash. Cash is always nice. Mmmcash!

It's also this guy's birthday, today...

 Mmhmm! Rick Springfield turned 64 today. Yeah, 64. Yeah, I know.

I love me some Rick Springfield ♥

I also love me some River Phoenix. It just so happens to be River Phoenix's birthday today, as well. He would have been 43 years old. ♥

I love River Phoenix. He will always be one of my favorite actors. He was super talented. Absolutely talented. He was a great actor (great is actually an understatement). He stole the spotlight in almost every movie he was in. He was passionate in everything that he did: movies, music, his activist work... 

From everything I've ever read or heard about River, he seemed like a really nice and genuine person. I wish I could have met him... at least once. Yeah, he had some issues... but don't we all? He was perfect because he wasn't perfect. That probably doesn't make sense... but it makes perfect sense to me.

I've been spamming my Twitter feed with lovely pictures of Rio... and semi-spamming my Facebook feed, as well. When I celebrate, I celebrate hard, man. Ha! I've also watched a few of his movies on my iPod. 

My movies of choice were:

Stand By Me

 I Love You to Death

 Dogfight

 My Own Private Idaho

I'm about to finish things off with "The Thing Called Love"... I don't care what anyone says, I love that movie.

Okay, my River Phoenix spam fest is over.

Expect another one on Halloween...

Soooo... ummmm...

I AM NEWLY EMPLOYED!!!! I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!

(The lovely Zac Hanson)

*Sings* "It's about tiiiiiiiiime...."

I will now have to try and rock the color yellow. Yellow...

I haven't blogged in a while. It wasn't for the lack of wanting to... my laptop just hated me. I think we are now on good terms again! 

I do believe my last official blog post was about going back to Morro Bay? (Not the middle finger one... lol)

Welllll, I've been to Morro Bay again since then. Yeah, my Mother loves it there... and yeah, I kinda do, too. This last trip was probably my favorite of the 3, so far. Better weather. Better routine. It wasn't all about the beach this time. Betterrrrr. haha! We went to the beach ONCE this trip... aaaand I didn't stay in the car this time. I'm tellin' ya, better weather. Not 'omg I want to take off all of my clothes and get sunburned' weather... but 'Omg I actually want to hang out on the beach' weather. Windy, but not enough to make a person's ears bleed... and warm enough to pull up your hoodie sleeves to your elbows. I helped my Mom look for sea shells and sand dollars this time around. It was actually pretty fun. We collected a lot... and I mean, A LOT!

Bad camera angle, because that thing was filled damn near to the top! While we were walking the beach looking at the water, the waves, and for shells/sand dollars, I had Anthem blasting (Hanson's new album) from my phone. That made it even more fun!!!! (Which I STILL have to write a review for that over on my other blog, btw.) That is such an empowering album. Which brings me to my next two pictures.

 I willingly went down to the dock. Yes, willingly.

My Mother always wants to go down there. I'm always like...

However, as soon as we got out of the car, I told her that I suddenly felt empowered. I walked straight down to the dock. I unwillingly walked down there on our previous trip and it freaked the living f*ck out of me. I couldn't quit shaking. Yeah, I have this fear of drowning... lol. This time, I was like, "f*ck it, I'm just going to do it." Boom. I was still a little cautious, but it was whatever. I mean, I was willing to take a picture. Let's get fired up! I'll stop with the Hanson references, I swear. Another boost in the butt also could have been the fact that that was our last night there. Who knows? But it was awesome. We watched yet another beautiful sunset... you won't find that kind of a setting where I live. That kind of stuff makes you NOT want to leave.

Mom wanted to back down to the dock once the sun went down... I was still feeling frisky (haha!), no, I'm still going to use the word empowered and willingly walked back down. She wanted to go further out by the water. Why not? We took some great pictures (after taking about 5,000 re-takes, we were down there for about 10 minutes... seemed longer, though lol)

THIS.

We were ALMOST at the edge of the dock. Seriously.

I think Rudolf Schenker would say that I "rocked my life"... haha!

And then there's this. Yeah, I'm pretty much the biggest dork you will ever meet. No shame.

Oh, and the "different routine" I mentioned earlier... we walked up and down Main Street and searched all of the thrift stores, antique stores, book stores, etc. 

 *NSYNC marionette dolls were inside an antique store. AN ANTIQUE STORE. What?! Justin's doll was $5 higher than the rest. 

 Same antique store. $12.50 a piece for these bad boys. I did not want to part with them. 

A different store. And yes, the big Troll on the right is wearing lingerie. Red and black lace.

Hmmm... what else? Oh, "Farm Kings" is back from a brief-season hiatus. Seriously, it came back for a 2nd season, for like 3 episodes... only to disappear again for nearly 5 or so weeks. That killed. Joe King also kills. He's making it so hard to watch that show. He's Mr. Bossman... I get it... but damn. 

I saw Hanson!!!! In Fresno!!! In a rather 'intimate setting'. It was amazing. Truly amazing. 

I love my IOMF sisters... and brother. haha! (I'm not elaborating, it's safer that way.)

I'm still playing Songpop... not as much as I used to, but I'm still playing. However, I think my newest app obsession is 4 Pics 1 Song.

I'm probably forgetting a lot of stuff, but that's okay... lol. 

OH! The new Pearl Jam song is AMAZING... and the new AFI song "I Hope You Suffer" is equally amazing. I can't wait for both of their new albums!!!!

One final thought: The next time I cross paths with a cute guy, I'm asking to see his I.D.

Hey.

 

That is all.

Ah, Morro Bay... we meet again...

And you are still cold and windy. Not as bad as last time, though... but still. Ya think ya can warm up a bit? We're leaving on Saturday.

Anyway, we've accepted the offer to stay in the 5th wheel for a few days. It's a nice place. It's a small place. However, I think I might die of motion sickness. Every time someone walks, it rocks from side to side. Lovely. It has a TV but it isn't hooked up, which is fine. I have my phone, and I brought two books and a word find. This is my first attempt at blogging from my phone... and it will probably be the last. The app for blogger is weak. Actually, it's terrible. Buuuut this place has no Wi-Fi, so this is my only option for blogging until I get home. Good times.

I pretty much have this place to myself, at the moment. My brother is asleep and mom is at the beach. She's getting her zen on. What should I do? Read? F*ck around on youtube? I haven't even touched Songpop today. Ha! Maybe I won't do anything... and find my zen.

Before I go, 3 things: 1) Some dude asked us if we spoke English. That's Fresno, for ya. 2) I didn't even look up once while passing through Cholame. 3) I have awesome friends. Mhm! I received these in the mail! I squealed rather loudly and almost had a semi-heart attack... that Jordan card. ZOMG.

(If the picture shows up on its side, that's not my fault. That's a blogspot app issue... one of its many issues.)

Is this thing on...?

Long time, no blogging. I know. But hopefully that will change. My laptop works when it wants to... and it's a pain in the ass trying to blog from my phone. Also, the last month and a half of school semesters are absolutely ridiculous... instructors try and cram everything in at the very end. Meh.

A lot of things have happened in my world since the last time I've blogged. 

I got a new phone... FINALLY!!! I am officially out of the Stone Age! I can finally use data and stuff... yes, I was in the Stone Age. 

That RIDICULOUS essay that was handed to us... the one that we were pretty much given two days to complete... yeah, that one. Well, I didn't get an F. I should've gotten an F. What is wrong with that instructor? 95%... and I'm still wondering HOW?! That paper was absolute rubbish... and it didn't even meet the proper page requirement. He wanted 5 full pages, and I gave him a little over 4 1/2... and the sources were shitty. I guess I'm just good like that? Ha! 

The final for that class wasn't as bad as we had anticipated. I haven't checked my final grade yet... and I don't think I'm going to. I don't really care, to be honest. 

My mind wasn't even on the frickin' final. My mind was somewhere else. My brain was pretty much in mush mode. Those eyes... and that smile. 30 seconds of sparks and electricity. Of course, it felt like time was standing still... it felt like it lasted for 5 minutes... lol. But yeah, it was probably only about 30 seconds. And then it was over. That was it. I guess I'm just supposed to forget about everything... and forget that homeboy even exists. 

I ended up passing my math class with an A++. 614/600. I was stunned. Hell, I'm still stunned. That last test? 100%. Again. Three 100% scores in a row. Mhm, stunned. 

So yeah, I've been on Summer break since May 14th... and I wanna go back. Yeah, I know. I actually wanted to go back on the 15th... ha. I would've been fine with a three week break, maybe a month... 3 months is too long. I'm not going to remember a damn thing when I go back. Also, things get to be quite boring. The only bright side: I get a bit more sleep.

Buuuuut I'm thankful for a break... and we went on a well-deserved vacation... even if it was only for 3 days. My mother's mother invited us to visit them in Morro Bay. That was good, I needed a distraction... to distract me from my other distraction. Ha! It kinda made it worse but I quickly got over it. Kinda. But it's all good. 

Anyway, my mother's mother and her man have a trailer thing there. They go there whenever they need a break (or whenever they have time off from work). They were able to rent the little studio apartment thing in their complex for us to stay in. The place was cute, it really was. I wouldn't mind living there... haha! "Ferris Bueller" and his pals were waiting for us... I knew that had to be a good sign. 

Morro Bay was cold and windy. Of course it was... it was the last week in May. It was cold and windy at every beach we went to.

The wind down at the Morro Bay beach was absolutely ridiculous. It almost knocked us over. It was so windy that it almost made me deaf. I'm not even kidding. If we would've stayed for maybe 10-15 minutes longer, my ears would've popped. My ears ached for awhile after we left. 

We drove around some more... and we noticed a little playground place with a wooden pirate ship. A PIRATE SHIP. We had to stop. I had to play. I repeat... A PIRATE SHIP.

 I AM A PIRATE!!!! ARRRRGGG!!!!

I also made some friends...

 

Yes, I'm silly... and I don't care.

 After we thawed out for a few hours... we all went to dinner. We went for pizza... now I remember why we haven't had Round Table in a while... they use waaaaay too much sauce. Just... ew. It was a nice, civil, dinner. I don't think we've ever had a nice, civil, anything with my mother's mother and any of her previous men? Okay, I know we haven't. Her boys always found some way to ruin everything. So, this makes 2 civil dinners with us and them. (The first was last "Thanksgiving".) This is still a new concept. I'm not sure what to make of this... but it's about damn time. 

After dinner we went back to that studio apartment thing... watched TV, listened to the iPod... played some SongPop. I should probably mention that I did not watch "Mr. Belvedere" once while were on "vacation"... it was weird.

The next day we went to San Luis Obispo to check out a record store called Boo Boo Records. Ummmm yeah... I flippin' LOVE that place. LOVE! They have vinyl for days... and good vinyl at that. Wasn't really impressed with their CD selection... but everything else in that store made up for it. Ramones bobbleheads, Jim Morrison bobbleheads, posters/shirts galore, Beatles toys/toy buses, music-related mugs/lunchboxes/bags/post cards, etc. Books... they had a Joan Jett book. Omg. Just... I love. 

I also wanted to check out Kwirkworld. I wanted to see if that store was still "quirky"... or if it had to turned into a pile of massive lameness like the one here in Fresno did. It's about half and half. I don't like the new direction in which that store is headed... they need to change the name. It isn't "Kwirkworld" when the inside looks like a Macy's-inspired clothing store.  Come on, now.

Oh, oh... Anthony randomly bought us all ice cream. Yeah, I know... no big deal. Buuuut it's kind of a big deal. My mother's mother has NEVER dated (or married) a guy like this. For some reason, she's always craved assholes... this guy is no asshole; he thinks about other people and not just himself. I'm still trying to take this all in...

After my moments of fun... we headed to a few beaches again. Beaches are my mother's moments of fun. Avila beach... was packed with people. I guess people figured that Pismo would be packed since it was the weekend before Memorial Day (they figured wrong, Pismo was practically a ghost beach. Ha!) I did not go and walk the pier... nor did my Brother. We value our lives... lol. We sat on the beach while the rest of our party walked that crap... I shudder even thinking about this. One of the food places there kept blasting Social Distortion... and I had no problem with that. They switched it to a few country songs but quickly went back to Social D. Good stuff.

 I am not impressed with Pismo or Pismo Beach. I'm probably in the minority... but I think it's overrated. After we were done with the beaches, we went to dinner. Hometown Buffet, this time... that is such a dangerous place. My plates always look so stupid... "normal" food on one plate and "kiddie" food on the other (pizza and fries)... haha! NO SHAME! And their ice cream is ridiculously good. Again, I say, dangerous.

We had fun in our living quarters on that second night. "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" was on... Tapatio Doritos, chocolate brownies... adult beverages. I didn't go overboard with the beverages, I never do. I'm a lightweight. But someone sure had fun... and I have the pictures to prooove it... hahaha! It was hilarious and I loved it. Good times.

We left on Sunday afternoon... but before we left, we went to the Waterfront in Morro Bay where all the shops and food places are at. It was windy but it wasn't too cold... thank gawd. We were getting tired of the cold. 

Scorpions, Bathory, and Queen... we're a musically diverse family. 

So yeah, it was a good mini vacation. I think we all needed it. It went by super quick, though. Once we got there, it was already time to leave! We had fun. There was no drama, no screaming, no f*ckery... it was nice... and normal. We've never had a normal trip with my mother's mother and any of her men before. Again, I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. I repeat: IT'S ABOUT TIME.

The drive back to Fresno was less painful than the drive up there. The road we took to get there... yeah, we're never taking that route again. Talk about a trip! A bad, bad, trip. haha! My soundtrack for the drive back was pretty much the same one as the drive to: Zeppelin, Gin Blossoms, Hanson, The Doors... and my country music playlist. I was just in a weird mood. Weird enough to not want to stop in Cholame on the way home. We've stopped there once before and took pictures of the James Dean memorial thing... but I hate that place. It doesn't have a good vibe. It makes me sick, to be honest. "No, just keep going..." I didn't want to stop. I didn't need that distraction...

The Sharks forced a game 7 that night. I had hope. Then I remembered that game 7 was an away game for them... they had yet to win a game at the Staples Center... the Kings couldn't win at our barn, either. But it just so happened that the Kings had home ice advantage, so the Sharks were f*cked. The Sharks are now golfing... or doing whatever, but I can tell you one thing: they're not playing hockey in round 3 of the playoffs. The Kings beat the Sharks and advanced to round 3. Meh. Can't say I'm surprised... but it still crushed me. I would've been even more crushed (and even more pissed) but I had "Mr. Belvedere" going... that eased the pain.

What else is going on in my world? Hmmm... let me think. iTunes hates me but what else is new?

Oh, and I miss those eyes... and that smile. Actually, I miss that face. 
Yeah, yeah... hush.