Mayhem fest was AWESOME! I had soooooo much fun! I only put on sunscreen once & didn't tan nor burn! but i did inhale too much dust & coughed a lot. it was a small price to pay for such a good show!

of course that's not the best part. even though i missed the beginning i did get to see the bands i went for. i got to hang out w/friends as well even though i kept bouncing around from group to group. the 1st band i really got see was BLACK DAHLIA MURDER who i really wanted to see again after last year's Summer Slaughter Tour. my friends wanted to see them too & even dragged me up to the front of the crowd w/the mosh pit slamming into our backs! one friend picked me up so I could get a better view of the band! :-) after that was over i saw Trivium, where we ended up between 2 pits, and CANNIBAL CORPSE, who i've never seen but was looking forward to their performance; they didn't disappoint!!! my friend lfited me up again to get a good view of them, too! i took pics but cuz my phone's so small i can't tell how good the pics really are.

then we headed to the main stage where Bullet for My Valentine started. they were OK but i didn't really care for them. next was Killswitch Engage who most of my friends love. i got really into their set. when they did their cover of Holy Diver the whole crowd went crazy & many ppl went crowdsurfing! one friend went & his friend asked if i wanted to go, too, but i had a backpack & didn't wanna risk losing my phone either. after them, i went w/Jennifer to our seats to get ready for SLAYER!!! they didn't disappoint again & i rocked out to their set. i think they're the reason my ribs & neck hurt from moving to the music. after Slayer was MARILYN MANSON, who is the main reason i went to Mayhem fest. they played a few new songs, some Antichrist Superstar that they usually didn't play, but the set was WAY TOO FUCKING SHORT! i think it had to do w/time constraints; they started after 10 but ended by 11. i was highly disappointed that 1 of my favorite bands had such a short set. good time i had a wonderful time during the other performances.

i've never been to the Gibson Amphitheatre. i thot it'd be a lot bigger...& outdoors. oops. my mistake for dressing like i would be outside freezing my ass off.

i'll keep this as short as possible.

my mom borrowed my camera on Sun & i told her i needed it back for the concert. well, stupid me was too chicken to take pics or record songs. :P it came out really good for the Weezer concert but i remembered wanting to dance & sing all the damn time, making my vids a bit shaky & my voice being recorded in the background. i was w/my bf so that made up for it. my coworker got floor tix so i'll see if she got any good pics or vids.

1 vid i WISH i got was their performance of "Mayonaise" cuz 1) i LOVE that song & 2)Billy Corgan fucked up hahahahaha!!! about 2/3 of the way thru he did the solo part but let the audience sing one word. ONE. WORD. IN A NORMAL KEY (not too high or low pitched). & tho the audience sang it he sang it too...but choked & started coughing. ohhhh maaaan it was AWESOME.

i got 2 shirts...then realized i wanted another, even though i already spent $75. :P the shirts from the last tour were holy crap expensive so i hope that if any are left that they aren't too expensive.

i had a great night overall, but wasn't too happy about having to go to work early the next morn. but it was worth it.

it's my 1st Sat. off from work in a looooooooooooooooong time & i'm grateful since i'm still sore from working Wed. & Thu. @ Perilous!

this morning The Cure tix went on sale to the public & i went online @ 10 AM to look for tix (tho i got 2 diff presale codes). the ones that kept coming up were too far back for my liking so i'm most likely gonna shell out big bucks (@ least $175 per ticket) to see them. i wanna be close, not like last time i saw them!

on a brighter note i found out thru email that Muse tix were also on presale yesterday but managed to get some seats @ their Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre concert. yay, no standing on the lawn! i spent just over $100 for both tix cuz of bastard convenience charges but oh well.

so far concerts i'm going to are:
Marilyn Manson/Slayer (Aug 24 @ VWA)
The Arcade Fire (Sep 20 @ Hollybowl Bowl)
Muse (Sep 21 @ VWA)

still need tix for The Cure! (Oct 14 @ Hollywood Bowl)

i'm excited & sad @ the same time (goodbye paychecks!) but it's gonna be well worth it! i guess i won't be going shopping much for awhile. :(

THE CURE IS GOING ON TOUR!!!

they are schedule to play the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 14. i am already looking forward to it! it's a Sunday so i should be able to go!!!

now back to my essay that hasn't been started but is due @ 8 A.M., which is why i'm awake right now! haven't gotten much rest @ all!!!! this good news isn't helping!!!!

i'm so happy i think i'm gonna cry...tears of happiness of course!!

Edit @ 3:49 P.M.: i also saw my friend, Johnny, who used to work @ Knott's! i thought he & his friends left before seeing me so i was sad..til i saw them after 9! i got some wonderfully nice hugs from him!

Saw/heard/experienced the power of (faves in all caps):

Against Me!
THE ARCADE FIRE
Arctic Monkeys
Bjork
Circa Survive
Comedians of Comedy
The Coup
The Decemberists
Explosions in the Sky
INTERPOL
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings of Leon
Mando Diao
Manu Chao
Of Montreal
Peaches
Peter, Bjorn, and John
Placebo
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Ratatat
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Regina Spektor
The Roots
Sonic Youth
Stephen Marley feat. Jr. Gong
Teddybears
Tokyo Police Club
Travis
VNV NATION
Willie Nelson

( Friday, April 27, 2007 )

( Saturday, April 28, 2007 )

( Sunday, April 29, 2007 )

it was one of THE BEST weekends of my life. i'm already to see what next year's Coachella brings!!

COACHELLA!!! ALL 3 DAYS!!!! weather's supposed in in the 90s but i'm taking a crapload of sunblock & drinking just as much water! i can't wait! i hope to finally have a good picture to replace the almost 2 yrs old 1 i have on myspace! haha

will update about Coachella sometime next week. gonna be too damn tired to update every night, i already know!

it was 2 days ago, but i still wanna write about it.

( April 10, 2007 @ The Forum )

i started this journal as a fresh start on my life. there have been many thoughts & actions going on as i move closer to graduation, which is planned for December. though it is a long time from now, i'm already thinking of what i want to do & how i want to live my life. fall '07 should be an easier semester - i'll only have 2 classes to complete @ CSUF & 1 @ Cerritos College, though more than likely i'll add more to my load. this year will be very busy for me, but i still must stay organized to keep my sanity. this journal will be my outlet to share w/ others as well as to myself when i think no one will listen or don't want anyone to listen (yes, i have MANY of those cases). so for those of you who will read my journal, i hope you enjoy the posts i make available to you. don't be afraid to tell me if i sound like i'm whining & bitching about nonsense.

thank you and have a great day

*originally from my 1st journal, chibi_etoile*

earlier i was talking to Zia when my phone beeped w/an incoming call. it was Sheryl & i thought she was calling about going to Applebee's later this week. instead she told me that Christina Cho passed away. all i could think was, "are you serious?? you must be fuckin kidding me." but unfortunately, she wasn't. i hung up w/her & switched back to Zia & told her what Sheryl told me. we both couldn't believe it & i soon hung up w/her. i was ironing my clothes but stopped & froze. i didn't know what to think, didn't know what to feel.

so now i'm here. i've read other journal entries & AIM away messages & i still can't believe it's true. i feel kinda lame to write anything about Christina because i didn't get to know her as well as many others since i went to shitty ass Peary & didn't take many "challenging" classes @ Narbonne. but what i remember most is Spring semester of 10th grade when we had P.E. together during 6th period. we always tried to say the other had the biggest "hole" & even in my yearbook she wrote mine was "as big as a basketball hoop." (it was so funny i still remember it though i haven't looked my yearbook since who knows when) thanks to Julie i reremembered her rolling up her sleeves to get rid of her t-shirt tan (or maybe it was to prevent it from happening). when running around the school Christina ran w/ me. one day some guy passed us on a bike & "dropped" a dime & we went back & forth about who it was for because we always said the other was a pole dancer, lol. oh, those were such good times. :)

and so i try to bring this to a close. i'm upset, i'm shaking, i'm hungry but won't eat. my dad is getting nervous about dying because lately it has been happening to more people his age that he knows, & after hearing about an on-campus suicide from my own school it makes me nervous, too, regardless of how the person died, because i could just as well die a slow death or instantly. two quotes from the brilliant Otep come to mind but i won't post them but will repeat them in my own mind to help heal. anyway...

Christina, i love you, and i will miss you. rest in peace.

*originally from my 1st journal, chibi_etoile*

i saw all 3 bands perform Wed. night @ the Key Club. just to let u know, this is a looooooooooooooong entry.

( eye'm sorry, eye'm ugly. )

*originally from my 1st journal, chibi_etoile*

i would've written all this stuff yesterday but i was tired & had to shower cuz i reeked of sweat & cigarette smoke. >:(

( My thoughts on Curiosa... )

*originally from my 1st journal, chibi_etoile*

so nothing interesting has happened within the past week but i did read this article from, i believe, the L. A. Times last Sunday & some of the stuff that was said pissed me off.

( opinion on article here )

let me know if you thought i was being too harsh, too stupid, too anything. thanx.

the end.