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"...It ain't Watermelon County. It sure as heck ain't Banana County. It's Orange County!" - River Cuomo

Catching up #2:

WEEZERRRR 8D

AT THE OC FAIRRRR

So yup. itsuka, yoursenq, super_no_1 and I went to the OC Fair in the beginning of August to see a Weezer show. Shh, I know I just saw them at the Memories Tour end of last year. I wanted to see them again. Yes. That soon. Shush. Anyway, they were fucking awesome as usual! 8D!

I took off early from work and went to pick up Setsu on my way down to the OC. We met up with Jennifer and Nergene there and had nomming time. I had a philly cheesesteak, a churro and a lemonade (oh god so good on that hot day). I don't know how I still remember that...Anyway after stuffing our faces, we headed to the Pacific Amphitheatre. Jennifer and I got ourselves some beer and there was also cotton candy and kettle corn and we all settled down in our seats for the show to come.

The band came out to the 21st Century Fox fanfare much to my amusement and went immediately into song. No introduction, but yeah I don't think they need such frivolities anymore. Rivers...I'll never get over how good he looks for his age cuz seriously -- minus his thinning hair -- he basically still looks the same. He did sport this huge tribal sleeve tattoo though. He never addressed it and I thought it looked odd, yet...fitting for him. He always seemed to be the quirky type. He was crazy as usual with his antics: He grabbed some guy's hat and wore it. He ran around in the audience way more than enough (of course, sadly, he never got close to us ;A; ). At one point, someone threw him some giant briefs with =W= on it. He held it up to the audience with a look of, "Wtf?"...and proceeds to put it on over his pants and wears it for the rest of the concert. XD It also dawned on me that he'd make a freakin' awesome Quailman for Halloween, hahaha. They ended the night crowding around the drums to while singing Buddy Holly. Woo!

The Set List:
"Troublemaker"
"Surf Wax America"
"Perfect Situation"
"No One Else"
"Undone (The Sweater Song)"
"Pumped Up Kicks" (Foster the People cover) - OH FUCK YEAH
"My Name is Jonas"
"Dope Nose"
"Island in the Sun"
"Pork and Beans"
"Pink Triangle"
"Photograph"
"Keep Fishin'"
"Hashpipe"
"Paranoid Android" (Radiohead cover)
"Beverly Hills"
"Say It Ain't So"

Encore:
"If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To)"
"Buddy Holly"

After a very awesome, fun and fulfilling show, we all ate some more! We got that funnel cake that comes with ice cream. Mmmmm. I was amused by the pizza on a stick. Oh and we also visited the ice sculpture exhibit. It was VERY cold, lol.

A good night overall. A very good night indeed. :D

Pics are here.

I saw R.E.D. last night with silvernaofficer and mollypocket at the Arclight Theaters. Man, that theater's crazy fancy. Their board of movies tells you when seating's begun, in progress or stopped for a showing. It was also quite odd being able to choose where you sit. I've done the assigned seating in theaters but they were in Taiwan and I didn't get to choose. They also have a glorified usher welcoming us to the movie. I seriously thought she was going to give us a synopsis of what we were about to watch, but she didn't, lol. I liked how they had no movie trivia questions nor advertisements from local establishments before the showtime.

The movie itself was entertaining. I really loved Helen Mirren in it, haha. And John Malkovich wasn't bad either in a wow crazy man sort of way. He was very good for lulz. ( Cut for spoilers, in case. )

Afterwards, we were on a hunt for dinner. I had found a sushi place in Hollywood, only to find that it was closed, wtf. So, we wandered a bit down Hollywood Boulevard and ended up at Lotería, some fancier smancier Mexican place. The food was pretty good. I didn't appreciate our waiter not telling us that the chips and salsa/guacamole weren't on the house. But, I guess it was also our fault for not asking? We're all so used to getting free bread, chips and salsa, etc. at other restaurants.

Then it was off to Cinespace, where we weren't ready to be surrounded by hordes of hipsters. The carpet also vaguely smelled of soggy wetness. Gross. Then the carpet in the actual room with the stage was all sticky. Even grosser. I went for Wyatt's band One Silver Astronaut. They weren't bad, really chill mellow stuff. Though the xylophone bugged the crap out of me. Maybe the mic on it was too loud... Kiev was pretty cool. We didn't get to see the remaining bands as we left around 11:30 pm. Ah well.

Bonnie wanted to make a drinking game out of how many people were wearing flannel shirts. Or leggings. Or messenger bags. I think we would've been smashed within 20 minutes.

While walking to Cinespace, we came up to some random guy who was air shooting cars driving by with an imaginary rifle. o___o; Then there were three random teenage boys trying to chat it up with us or something. Oh Hollywood. It's like a tamer version of Vegas at night.

( Hey, look pics + a video! )

That meme:
Day 02- The meaning behind your LiveJournal name.
I think most of you know this already. It's a rather boring story. I needed an alias for cosplay and couldn't think of anything for the longest time that wasn't something lame or extremely weaboo. So I was driving somewhere and an Evanescence song came on the radio. The result was basically EVAN(+A)E-(scence). Yeahhh....and I don't even like her, though butchering "Bring Me to Life" at karaoke once in a while is exhilaratingly hilarious. |D

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 5 interesting facts about you.
Day 02- The meaning behind your LiveJournal name.
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends.
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have.
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you've been to.
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why.
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why.
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days.
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad.
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends.
Day 12- How you found out about LJ and why you made one.
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 14- A picture of you and your family.
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play.
Day 16- Another picture of yourself.
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why.
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have.
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them.
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/ being with in the future.
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy.
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else.
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot.
Day 24- A letter to your parents.
Day 25- What I would find in your bag.
Day 26- What you think about your friends.
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge.
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned.
Day 30- Who are you?

So the zoo. Los Angeles Zoo to be exact. It was fun. It was hot. It was a tad bit too crowded for my liking. It was cool to see all the animals, but at the same time I was a bit sad too that they were enclosed.

We got to catch the bird show. It was a bit short...but wow crazy birds!! I wish I got pics of them but they were kinda flying in and out from everywhere. It's really fascinating how smart birds are.


They had dinosaurs!

( Moar here. )

I had a nice chillax time at the So Cal Gathering. I seriously thought it'd be CRAZY. But there were enough ppl there that I was able to kinda avoid the crazies...like that one Sasuke who was walking around tied up w/ clear packing tape...O_o;

But, it was great seeing everyone again! I didn't stray very far from nerdcore's special tent though~ Her cake tasted like strawberry Poptarts, it was amazing. I almost thought they had just spread jam on slices of cake. The burger I had tasted awesome, but maybe more so cuz I totally accidentally cut in line without realizing. XD; Oops.

aznbassplayer, I totally missed you~ D:

Afterwards, silvernaofficer, hajima and I grabbed din din at the ghetto Lakewood Mall's CPK. :3

I didn't take that many pics.
( Piccies. )

The rest of what few pics left are here.

Ahaha, whoops~ I totally overslept. I had class at 9...I was thinking, "Ugh, 5 more minutes.." when my alarm went off and the next thing I knew I woke up around 11...>_<; Ah wells. Gotta hit up the photo lab sometime b4 Sunday then. Gonna go stalk to moppetnear's house to take piccies of her and her kittie later today. Anyone else who's within decent driving distance have pets and is willing to lemme take pics of them tomorrow? :x

I saw The Prestige last nite with silvernaofficer. I hafta say, that was a very good movie. Maybe the movie industry's finally coming outta its long time slump of churning out crap? Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale were oh so hawt~ I want Scarlet Johannson's hair, it was so...wavy and nice, lol. D: The movie was somewhat of a mind trip, but that made it all the more awesome.

Lucille's was for dinner. Their gumbo was omg!salty like whoa. X__x; Never gonna order that again. I also realize I don't like minty alcoholic drinks...It's just odd, like drinking toothpaste, yuck. But, Bonnie and I approve of their spinach and artichoke dip. XD

Today was go-to-Ren-Faire day. Went with gottabegenki, silvernaofficer, and alie_n. Bonnie was sexy AzN piratess and I was super ninja who used secret ninja skillz to fly by the ticket ppl so fast my katana wasn't peacebonded (Ok...I was wearing my Soul Society uni .-.) Karla and Alie were time travelers visiting the era.

There were a lotta things to do and see. I tried my hand at archery and hooray for like no upper body strength. ^^; Me and Bonnie saw a smexy guy in poofy shorts and thigh high boots. XD Some random guy told me that having ur blade facing down was dishonorable?? Another pulled a nice trick on me with a blank card. Some kid wanted to go back to the the future with Karla. We took pics with a viking and some knights. I saw more cleavage that could last me more than a life time and also a fair share cod(sp?) pieces. Oh and A LOT of ppl can't throw for shit. =X

All in all, other than the awesome hot weather and dustyness, it was fun. Though I think next time, I want to dress up more European Ren-ey instead of representin' the East side of the world yo. Peace out - A town.

ok, on last sat nite (aka 7/10), carlos and i went to la cabana in venice to celebrate sarandi's bday. it was funny, cuz we overshot the restaurant badly. carlos was told that it was on the pier...but venice has no pier...so we were like a block away from the beach when he calls sarandi. apparently, he had already started drinking and wasn't even at the restaurant yet. sarandi answers w/ a "yooo mann, waassuppp!!??" in a half drunken slur. hahaha. that was classic. anyway, we found the freakin' restaurant. i got to see helen and ellis w/ his gf. that was cool. it was like half a marshall reunion and the other half was bday boy's co-workers from banana. the food was yummy, so was half of the strawberry margarita i had. we took some pics, but they were all on carlos' cam and atm his comp has gone off to a better world. so u gotta wait. we left at 11 and went to the bean for some coffee and met up w/ ralph, kristen, javi, and maria again. i got my usual : english breakfast latte. damn liz for getting me hooked on that. i got home at midnite and thought the alchohol and tea would keep me awake for a while, but i died on my bed at like 2 ish. haha. all in all, i'd say that was a fun nite.

on sunday i hung out w/ mike, it was fun. we drove around DB getting lost cuz he lives there but doesn't know where anything is. *shakes head* i ate red lobster for the first time. it was aight. the cheesebread he told me about was overrated, haha. or maybe cuz he told me it was yummy so i expected more from it. meh. oh yeah, i also got frames for the artwork i got at AX. xD

on thurs, i went to wash my car (finally, i think the dirt was like caked on there, at least the bird poop was...ew..). i also tried to pick up my paintings from st. ama but like...she had cancelled class. *sweatdrop* mm oh we went to fry's. i want an ipod or mp3 player. :| *thinks of asking the folks for an xmas gift, haha*

yesterday, i went to a dodgers game w/ a buncha friends. they were playing against the arizona diamondbacks and they LOST!! that sucked. :( but, at least i had fun. it was funny cuz it seems l.a. crowds (iono about elsewhere) are the boo'ing kind. they boo at everything, haha. they boo'ed at ppl wearing other teams' jerseys/caps. they boo'ed at the person who lost the beach ball to the stadium security. they boo'ed at the section where the wave dies out. and of course, they boo at the opposing team and whoever dodger player they don't like, like that choi guy. lol. luckily, this time, we found my car easily. *thank god* oh, it was kinda funny how steph was kinda lost and kept on asking me when i don't know much more than her. well, it WAS my 2nd game so i knew what to do when the screens prompted it but yeah, it was still funny. ish ok, steph, i still lava u. :D i wore the dodgers shirt i bought. but then it got hidden under my hoodie cuz it was freakin' cold. >.> i need to post up the pics on my online album but i'm kinda stuck at the lame comp, soo...i'll paste a link up next entry.

today, i went to my first OLHE meeting (mainly cuz carlos made me cuz of lack of ppl who show up >:P). we had a guest speaker who was this chick who works for the senator of (as i found out) the district that i live in. she was cool and stuff and a real smarty pants being that she graduated from USC at age 18. but she talked for so freakin' long!!!! i thought i was gonna die of boredom after a while. she talked for an hr which left me no time to go eat lunch or finish my japanese h/w. rawr. i ended up buying a subway and eating half of it b4 class and the rest during break, then i lied and said i accidentally left my h/w at home. well, i know the h/w was kinda my fault but i really didn't think she'd have THAT much to say. poo. T_T