Bruce! (last Giants Stadium show evarrr)

Caitlin brought me to Bruce Springsteen again tonight at Giant's Stadium (last show there evaaaar, because they are tearing it down with a "wrecking ball").

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT/MY LIFE
(que the serious name dropping, sorry...I know but ohmygod):
- Watched sound check from the stage
- Had a conversation with Bruce and Caitlin after sound check about random things + writing Darkness on the Edge of Town (like actually oh my god)
- Got a kiss on the cheek from Bruce (OH MY GOD)
- Delicious food at catering (best cheesecake of my life)
- Drinking the most coffee I have ever had in my life (I do not drink coffee)
- Getting one cup of coffee next to Chris Martin (don't hate, you know you like Coldplay too)
- Dancing next to Matt Damon
- Seeing Tom Colicchio
- "Wrecking Ball" still being the best song Bruce has written in forever
- Seeing Clarence ride up to the stage in the "Temple of Soul TO GO!" golf cart



Bruce Springsteen is the nicest man in the world and I can't wait for the Philly show + MSG + Baltimore!

CAITLIN WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME BRINGING ME TO THESE SHOWS, THNX GURL LOVE U <3 (No but seriously, I had been in such a weird, awful mood this past month and going to these shows has honestly made me so happy).

Also thank you to her awesome cousin Lenny for getting me the passes!

THE BOSS

(my backstage pass!)

There is a reason they call him that and I just figured it out tonight!
Caitlin brought me to my first Bruce Springsteen show tonight at Giant's Stadium.
We took the train out to the Meadowlands and met up with Caitlin's cousin. He got me a backstage pass which was SO awesome and really great of him (I literally had the best time tonight). Caitlin gave me the grand tour and we visited Cindy from the E Street Band in her dressing room while she was getting ready for the show. Caitlin gave her some shirts she made for her and she loved them (NO BIG DEAL). She is hilarious and I'm going to wear my matching shirt next time I go to the show. She complimented my hair too? Hahha...

Anywho then we went over to catering and had some of the best cheese cake we've ever had...then explored backstage, around the stage, sides of the stage...etc. Actually some of the most amazing stuff I have ever seen. There were so many people there!

The show was probably the best concert I have ever been to, which is saying something. Three hours non stop! And I didn't get sick of it once...(which is pretty rare, I usually get sick of a show and wish for it to be over towards the middle of it). Bruce played all of Darkness on the Edge of Town + a million other things. Also did a cover of Jailhouse Rock. Sounded pretty good for it being unrehearsed!

My favorite of the night was Prove It All Night. It sounded amazing...and so did Rosalita obvyyyyy! They had fireworks and everything. Ugh love it.

Jeremy Piven was leaving the bathroom as we were going towards it and he was zippering his pants and made a face at us like, "THAT BATHROOM IS AWFUL." Later we saw him in the crowd and watched people take stalker photos of him. Then when we were getting ready to leave he was dancing by himself, pelvic thrusting. He pelvic thrusted in my face. NIIIIIIICE HIGHHHLIGHT OF DA NITEEE~*~

As we were leaving Bruce saw Caitlin and called her out and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Um ridiculous much?! All the super fans were jealous. I got a wave from him because well, uh he doesn't know me and that would just be weird.

Seriously I am ready to see him a million more times after tonight. Officially converted. THANKS, CAITLIN!

The only thing I was sad about was that he did not play "Cover Me"


(also I took some film shots with my new slim black devil camera, when i develop those i'll scan them!)

ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION WE RODE IN THE ELEVATOR WITH MAX WEINBERG

18 years old!

So I turned 18 on Friday! This birthday isn't really a milestone in my life like it is for people, there's nothing I really wanted to do but had to be 18 to do it. I mean, I guess other than going to 18+ shows but I solved that predicament awhile ago. I could buy cigarettes, but I don't smoke. I could go to a strip club, but I'm not currently in the mood for that. I could buy a machete? Just in case there is a zombie attack on the world that might be helpful but I don't know if I'd go with a machete. I could gamble? But I don't really have that much money to even gamble with (plus it doesn't look very fun and I'm not the luckiest person in the world).

For my birthday Hayden bought me a Crumbs cupcake after class, which was so sweet (and the cupcake was too)! Then I went out to dinner at Bubby's. We got peanut butter mousse pie or something and it was AMAZING. Caitlin, James and I did some photoboothin'






After that we walked around for an hour or two. We went to go to this coffee shop that Caitlin went to a few months ago but it was closed so we went to this other cafe that looked super cute and was 24 hours. Then lo-and-behold we saw this guy Ryan who helped work the Venexiana show working there! Small world! I had delicious lemonade. James had to leave but Caitlin and I continued to walk around and ran into Emma. I bought Freaks&Geeks on DVD because Caitlin needs to see it and then we ran into this girl that works on the bakery down the block from us on the train.

Fun stuff. Now I have to go buy a spool of yarn for class. We are going to Washington Square Park to play with yarn. pSyCheD* (love art school)

Catching up via Flickr

How to Deal

So Caitlin and I watched this tonight:


we noticed that:
the guy on the right looks a little bit like this guy.
yeah? yeah.

also that movie sux.
like so much.

Apartment Virtual Tour!

In case some of you (a lot of you? I don't even know, how many "you" even read this?) haven't been inside the apartment Caitlin and I share yet, I created a virtual tour because I am bored and have nothing better to do with my life.



142 RICHARDSON ST:

First stop, Caitlin's room! It's in the front of the apartment. How exciting!

This is in my room. As you can see to the left there is an air conditioner, given to me by my old babysitter Kristen, who just got married (so congrats!). This thing has legit saved my life. To the right is my favorite drawing by my friend Tracey Alvarez. It's appropriately placed next to my shelf with all my cameras.
This is our kitchen-area. We have postcards from Sweden on the fridge (and not pictured but we also have a photo of Nikki as a child, naked playing with blocks and a random photo we found on Lorimer St), cow shaped salt & pepper shakers, and way too many cups.

This is a sign my dad stole from the Berlin zoo a long time ago. It says "Do Not Feed." We're really clever so we hung it in the kitchen.

Oh, here is the fridge again. I should have taken a photo of the inside.

Tola's housewarming gift. A self portrait. It is wonderful and matches everything in the living room-area.

This is the bulletin board where we hang out bills and other things. We have a subway map, it was Mihran's housewarming gift to us...of course. Above is a manila folder on which Henry drew a bunch of people and it emphasizes the theme of "a lot of dick."

Here is our DVD shelf thing. It does not fit all of our DVDs. We have the weirdest DVD collection, but whatever it's cool. We also bought flowers.

This is the hallway from the living area to my room. Another Tracey Alavrez original is pictured.

This is the view from the bathroom. It looks messy but it's really not.


This is the bathroom.
This is our backyard from my window.

This is my totally empty closet because I forgot all my hangers in Tuxedo and I don't have all my clothes here anyway. Plus all I brought were sweaters and it's fucking disgustingly hot outside.

This is my shelf with all my cameras (or, rather, it will be since not all my cameras were with me when I took this picture)

My clothes in a heap on the floor next to a dresser drawer I bought from Target. I need another one.

The door to the backyard + other part of my room.

My bed/bulletin board.


My bed where I am currently residing in as I write this blog entry on my shitty stolen internet at 3:30 am.

I need to go to bed. Detailz on actual life l8tr.

THE MUMMIES TONIGHT!

Shit is going to be awesome.
First I have a doctor's appointment, dropping off film, picking up flyers for Shoot to Thrill at Adorama, then to Park Slope for THE MUMMIES!!!!! Ahhhhhh!

I have my French exam, Economics exam, and Film & History exam tomorrow and I'll probably get home around 3:30 am. Ugh, I will feel so awful tomorrow but whatever it will be worth it!

Caitlin gets back to America tomorrow too!
I move in less than 30 days!
So many exclamation points. Too excited for everything (except for exams, obviously).

Gonna go eat. Bye!

Stuck in Tuxedo

Hey all,

So I've spent the entire week so far in Tuxedo (this is a very rare occurrence) and am surprisingly not that bored. I've met up with Grace who I haven't seen in forever (we got to catch up almost completely), I went and ate delicious food at the club (their chicken fingers will always be the best), explored Sugarloaf (but everything was closed so we're going back soon) with Caitlin and Stelle (and passed thru the Bruderhof, which was sort of eerie), and started to organize all my magazines.

Caitlin is currently in Sweden. On tour with Bruce Springsteen. That's basically all that needs to be said about that.

Tonight was the *awards ceremony* at my school. I got the highest grade in my Government/Economics class which was awesome and I got an award for French. Cool.

Also decided that when Caitlin comes back we're going to go to Storm King. I haven't been there since the second grade and I remember loving it. Especially Peach Boy because you could actually climb on it. I want to take the Hasselblad there so badly! Hopefully I will still have it by then.

On Friday I will go back to TPS (my elementary - middle school) to recieve my 8th grade diploma with Grace. That will be interesting to say the least. I haven't been up there in forever (and it's only 5 minutes away). Jack graduates on Friday too, and then it's HILLSTOCK:


I'm actually tired for once so I'm going to bed now. G'night.

Went to the doctor today...

I have asthmatic bronchitis!

I'm on antibiotics, cortisone, and have a super new red inhaler. SWEET. I'm going to be the cutest girl at the prom tomorrow puffin' it up every 4 hours.

Went to lunch with Sam at this Japanese food place, it was delicious (except I completely burnt my mouth)! When I got home I legit could not breathe at all and started freaking out/crying. I really thought I was going to die. After that I sat in the steam shower for about 30 minutes and it was wonderful.

Watched Seinfeld and House, drank a lot of tea and now I'm about to watch some shows on my computer because I am too lazy to go into the living room, which is downstairs (that would require me to walk, therefore exerting myself, therefore making my bronchi tighten up again, no thnx).

Photos from Turbo Fruits/Boogie Boarder/JEFF/Grocery Thief/Broccoli Destroyer up on BV here.

so pleased w/ how that picture came out.

Also check it, my gurl Caitlin studded this entire dress for Karen O (i fucking love that outfit btdubz):