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Warped Tour

Wow, my first Warped Tour! what can I say, it was an experience! I left my house @ 10:30am, where I met up with my new friend at the bus stop. We talked for awhile about The Believers Never Die Tour as the bus came packed with scene kids! The bus driver was like “where the hell are all these teenagers going?” and I was like “Warped Tour.” and he said “well I guess I’m gonna have to come with you.” haha, that was hilarious. I had a pre-sale ticket, so I could’ve just went in but I waited with my friend instead J I met some of her friends during the line-up, and they’re kinda weird :S after the bag check, we were finally in Thunderbird Stadium! Stages were set up all over the grass and there was a walkway down to the other side with the Vans and Ernie Ball stages and tons of merch tents. Every Avenue sounded great, but a little too pop star for my taste. Scary Kids Scaring Kids were awesome, besides the fact that I could barely hear Tyson’s vocals. My friend wanted to see The Maine, and they were really good. John got the crowd singing during “Girls Do What They Want” and drummer Pat threw his drumstick which landed into the crowd. me and this other girl lunged towards it, and we were wrestling for that drumstick! I eventually pulled it outta her hands, but I gave it to her anyways, because she’s a bigger fan J A Day to Remember was so much fun! crazy-ass mosh pits and tons of cheesy breakdowns :P Escape the Fate was great, with Monte shredding on guitar but some songs were pretty generic :/ Buddy of Senses Fail was terrible, while Heath did most of the vocals, and he’s the guitarist! strangely, I lost my friends so I called them from some guys cell phone to which he said “I don’t care if you use it, it’s not my bill!” while waiting for them, I watched You Me At Six which pleasantly surprised me cuz they were awesome! Josh Franceschi has a beautiful tone to his voice J I eventually found my friends by the schedule tent while Nathan Leone of Madina Lake walked by and said hi J  I was eating lunch by the fence while watching Alana Grace. I got to meet her later and I got a poster J Saosin singer Cove was shit! but the rest of the band rocked. I took a break and checked out the merch tents and managed to get a couple pictures with some bands. one of the highlights of my day was meeting Rob Dyer of Skate4Cancer. He was incredibly nice and I bought a shirt J Silverstein was amazing. They’re one of the most beloved bands at Warped, and they easily proved why. Bad Religion was fun, and controversial as Greg was talking about how the 2010 Olympics shouldn’t be built. I ran up the walkway just in time to see There For Tomorrow and I got a sweet picture of Maika. Alexisonfire was the highlight of the day. They were incredible, and they had the nastiest mosh pit, but I hate mosh pits :P Madina Lake had the best fan interaction. Nathan crowd surfed and held out the mike for all of us to sing. VersaEmerge had a solid performance, and Sierra was on key! Theset was sick! Martin’s auto tuned voice sounded creepy but his falsetto rocked! I finally got to see them! Last but not least, innerpartysystem, who had sick beats but I couldn’t hear a word Pat sang and he spit on everyone! I left while The Gallows were playing and I heard Frank say “We’re better than 90% of the shit on this tour!” and that offended me deeply, but the Gallows won’t last 5 years, he said so himself J I left without my friends because, they ditched me. good thing is, they were never MY friends to begin with J good thing I learned stuff for Warped 2010 J

      1.   make sure you set up a place to meet your friends in case you get lost.

      2.   don’t bring water, it’s too heavy and there’s a water fountain!

      3.   after a band’s done playing, wait by the fence to meet them instead of an hour during the signing.

      4.   don’t be afraid to push your way through. If you need to get to the front, then do it!

      5.   if you can, go alone. No restrictions, period.

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China

So this Summer, I went to China after 13 years in Vancouver. I boarded China Eastern Airlines to Shanghai, and I got seated beside a guy that doesn’t talk so I was speechless the entire ride. as the plane took off, I could feel major head pressure and I suddenly felt tired. After 30 minutes, my head finally went back to normal and I fell asleep. After sleeping for 2 hours, I woke up and did my theory. I had an exam in august which I’m sure I passed J I had noodles for lunch and I had to wait 8 hours before they served me dinner! the airplane soon experienced turbulence and it was shaking and rocking from side to side. That was the only fun part of the entire 11 hour ride :P after a couple more hours of sleep, the airplane started dipping down and I could feel my ears clogging up. The plane finally landed, and when I got out - 30 degrees! I met my brother and mom at the airport and we took the taxi to her house. We ate dinner at a Japanese Restaurant and I am now in love with Taro ice cream :D I didn’t sleep for 2 days, so when I finally got to sleep at my mom’s house, I was exhausted! The next day we went to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower that’s 468 metres in the sky! When we got to the top, there was a vast view of the Huangpu river with tons of high rises surrounding the view. I got to walk across the glass floor where I could see everything underneath. When we came back down, we went to the Shanghai Municipal History Museum which was super cool and featured old chinese mannequins. After that, we went to Super Brand Mall with 13 floors! There were SO many restaurants and stores, and I now have an obsession with Tom’s World, this colourful 24 hour arcade. The next day, we went to visit my uncle’s TV Set where we saw a recording of an episode with old ppl singing Chinese Opera, yeesh! After that, we went to Ikea which had it’s own restaurant! We had Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes, and it was alright :/ the next day we went to the Zoo, where we saw tons of cute animals and I managed to get a couple pics of them sleeping J next day we went to Jinjiang Amusement Park, which was 37 degrees = I got burned! Some rides included a motor coaster, a Cave Mountain like the one in Disneyland and a special roller coaster which started out on the tip of the line and went backwards and into a circle and straight up the other line, and back down. It looks terrifying, but it actually wasn’t that bad J we went to many shopping centres and I bought shoes and clothes from Daphne, Betty Boop, Vera Moda and Susie, this boutique underneath the subway. I visited many relatives and I found out I have 8 cousins! Michaela, Dongdong, Xixi, and Baobao in China, 2 kids in England, Declan in Hong Kong and Annabelle in San Jose. My favourite place in Shanghai would have to be Nanjing Lu, a pedestrian street with many clothing stores and restaurants and it looks so pretty when lit up at night! There’s this wonderful renaissance-looking building where a saxophone player performs on the balcony. my family went to this delicious Italian restaurant called Babela’s Kitchen, which is now my favourite restaurant J I had some pasta and risotto, strawberry cider and the ice cream was amazing! We also took the train to Hangzhou, which we went with a travel group and had to stay in a shitty 1 star hotel! I didn’t even know those existed :O we walked along the Qiantang River and ate in the food alley.  My one month trip to China was great, but I have to admit, doesn’t beat living in Vancouver!

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Grade 10

After 9 months of pure torture, Grade 10 is finally over. This has definitely been the most gruelling school year ever. 1st term was majorly tough with my harmony 4 exam and science 10 being a bitch, with sections in geology, biology, chemistry and physics. 2nd term was the worst, it always is. My marks dropped significantly and I struggled just to pass. 3rd term, my marks went up significantly but I failed my history 3 exam, so that was time well wasted. However, new things did happen this year. I managed to make a lot of good friends that I now cherish. My math tutor had a crush on me, so I got creeped out and I haven’t got tutored since. Juno Fest has definitely been the best day of the whole year. I escorted my friend to prom and she looked beautiful. I won tickets to Rise Against and ended up selling them 2 for $50! I tried out for my school’s singing competition and didn’t make it because it was rigged. I placed 2nd in a piano competition, which was a big dissapointment. Canadian Idol didn’t come to CTV this year, which totally sucked cuz I was gonna audition for the show. They better bring it back for 2010! my 16th birthday wasn’t that great. Originally me and 10 of my friends planned a trip to Cultus Lake, but only 1 friend showed up so we cancelled it. Instead, me and my 2 closest friends played Sweet and Sour in Downtown which was fun, but not as fun without my other friend L June was my friend’s graduation, and that was a big deal. I watched her walk across that stage as she accepted her diploma. I’m so proud of her! the provincial exams were a bitch! I stayed home all week just to stupid for those stupid exams. I passed all of them, but not without studying super hard, cuz I can’t concentrate on boring material. So I am done Grade 10, good luck on myself for Grade 11, and summer’s gonna rock!

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Disease

i would like to wake up and see you both dead in your sleep

I wanna put, a gun to your heads, but I’m really not that dumb

you've caused everyone so much pain, how do they fucken endure?

do you have any regrets? you better speak for yourselves

how could you go on living, knowing you've done everyone wrong

criminals in disguise, you deceive everyone

only i know who you are, but i wish i never did

cuz the people that i see, is my own disease

why would i look into eyes of such disgrace

you never treated me with love, you never had any respect

how could you just, how could you just, walk away from problems

that you started, but never were solved

how could you go on living knowing you've done everyone wrong

criminals in disguise, you deceive everyone

only i know who you are, but i wish i never did

cuz the people that i see, is my own disease

in truth, i am frightened by both of you

your dangerous minds, your crazy lies, how could anyone trust you?

you never loved me, you always hurt me

unintentionally, but it left a scar in my heart

fix me, I’m broken, I’m broken!

how could you go on living knowing you've done everyone wrong

criminals in disguise, you deceive everyone

only i know who you are, but i wish i never did

cuz the people that i see, is my own disease

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Juno Week

Juno Week has been the best week of my life. It all started Thursday March 26. I went to see a band play at Tom Lee and I bumped into Dallas Green! I ended up taking a picture with him, and I was disappointed cuz he’s not that nice :( then my friend and I wanted to watch The Dudes, but the security guard said it was a 19+ show so I was pissed :@ I went home and we had the Fettucine Alfredo I made. Later that night I went to see City and Colour and it was beautiful! The Orpheum is a gorgeous theatre and Dallas’s voice just echoed with perfection. Every song he sang, I felt my heart flutter with joy. Kathleen Edwards opened and I love how she rocked out on the acoustic guitar :P So on Saturday I went to Juno Fan Fare where I got to meet a couple bands including Midway State, The Arkells, and Faber Drive. I took a picture with Nathan Ferraro and he has an afro! After the bands were done signing autographs, me and gabby waited behind the tent and out pops The Arkells. They were all smoking so I didn’t wanna approach them, but I walked up to them anyways and they turned out to be one of the nicest bands I’ve ever met! The drummer talked to me for 5 minutes and the singer went to look for a person to take a picture for me. faber drive was nice but the drummer is a major dick. i told him my name was kelsey and he called me chelsea and he accused me of being wrong? Later on at night, we went back to the street party and saw Midway State who played some heartfelt piano-pop songs while Faber Drive sucked major cock as usual :P then State of Shock took the stage and I immediately sensed the presense of rock stars. The guitarist was right in front of my face, so I got a great picture. This band takes fan interaction to a whole new level. Cameron, the singer, walks into the crowd and lets people touch him and the guitarists pose to let you take pictures of them. They got the whole crowd pumped and energized and I love the sing-alongs! I met the coolest girl ever from Duncan and we jumped and danced the entire show. State of Shock just happened to be the best band I’ve ever seen live, and I totally wasn’t expecting that! I never asked the girl for her email, and I regret that cuz we got along so well. We did meet some asian kids, but they were pretty lame. On Sunday, I watched the Junos and Russell Peters was hilarious! him and all his brown jokes :P a couple crappy Canadian bands performed and I was so happy when City and Colour won Best Songwriter of the Year! So that was Juno Week, and basically, I’m gonna remember it for the rest of my life :D

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