Friday, November 9, 2007

Darren Hayes in Hollywood...

Darren came to Hollywood again. And again, I was lucky enough to be there, this time, due to some tears on my part and my father being unable to say no to me. We left later in the evening for the show, and dad dropped me off in front of the store around 7pm. I was surprised by the group of people already waiting for Darren to perform. (I ended up with a decent spot in the middle of the crowd, just surrounded by tall people. *smile*)

Around 7:22pm, Darren was introduced and started performing. He started off by saying hello and said that he needed to seduce his guitarist, Steve to the stage. He also asked which microphone he was supposed to be using... and really started to relax and warm up to the crowd.

He began to perform then, and started with A Fear of Falling Under leading into Who Would Have Thought. Now, the really special thing about this particular performance was that it was acoustic, so Darren sounded even more incredible than usual. He decided to continue with a classic from his sophomore album. This song is very dear to my heart, so more tears showed up when he sang I Like the Way. It was incredibly touching. Darren followed that with On the Verge of Something Wonderful, then thanked the fans for his success by singing the old Savage Garden classic Truly, Madly, Deeply.

Darren spoke again for a moment, remembering his childhood fondly, along with a car that was an escape for him. That was the opening for Casey. What a beautiful way to end a concert.

Yes, this was quite a short concert, only about 30 minutes because it was free and in Borders... Anywho, it was followed by a serious signing. I waited in line for about 45 minutes to an hour. When I got to the front of the line and had my stuff ready to go, Darren shook my hand, and I asked him if he remembered reading an email on myspace from a girl named "Wolverine's Newest Lover" about how she had been sick and his music had helped her to heal more quickly. Darren replied in the affirmative, and I told him that I was that girl. His eyebrow quirked very cutely. Then he started signing my things. He signed EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING! Here's the official list:<

•ALL 3 CD Covers (Spin, The Tension and The Spark, & This Delicate Thing We've Made)
•3 of 5 CDs (Spin & This Delicate Thing We've Made are double albums.)

And Finally, the most important thing:

•My old Roxy Concert Ticket from June 22nd!


I have never been more thrilled in my life. It was absolutely incredible!

Even better: after the signing was finished, Daddy and I went to IN 'N OUT for a snack. What a rare treat! Soooo much fun!

Monday, September 17, 2007

1989

If you're under the age of 13...you shouldn't even read this ...and if you do, you should not repost this.

Just because you were born in '97 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid.

It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons. I am sorry but three conscious years of the 90's just wont cut it.


You ARE a 90's kid if:


You can finish this [ice ice __ _ _ ]

You remember watching:
-Doug (Quailman RULES!)
-Ren & Stimpy
-Animaniacs (Addiction I still uphold)
-Pinky and the Brain (Other addiction I still uphold)
-AAAAAAAH Real Monsters! (Loved and Hated it!)
-Rockos modern Life
-Gargoils


You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" (Who, Me? Never! - Psyche! lol)


You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."


You remember:
-LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE!!!
-Step by Step
-Family Matters!!!
-Dinosaurs
-Boy Meets World!!!! (Corey and Crazy Shawn Hunter, the one every girl loved!)
-Wild and Crazy Kids

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.


You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. (3rd and 4th grade, man)


You remember reading "Goosebumps" (Say Cheese and Die!, Phantom of the Auditorium... Phantom of the Opera remix... the best shite ever)


You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. (My Little Pony, anyone?)


You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not


when everything was settled by:
-rock paper scissors (when did using this one end? I still do... lol I'm such a dweeb!) or
-bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or
-daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
-skunk in the barn yard
-ms. mary mack (Thanks... stuck in my head now. F**k!)
-big mac a tea a tea

When cops and robbers was a daily activity. (I love being the bad girl!)



When we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.


When we used to obey our parents (or pretended to while they were around and then mocked them)


You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.


"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show. (Where in Time is Carmen San Diego DOES NOT count. That was horrible!)


Captain Planet. He's a Hero.


You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together. (Been there, watched the old show, wrote the fanfics...)


You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genesis became popular. (Yeppers, just wasn't allowed to own them - still have nothing like that... my Mac is good enough)


You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny. (But my neighbors did and refused to let me send the tape in - I actually almost stole it to send it in... let's not go there *wince*)


You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" (My babysitters laughed at my pathetic attempts)


You remember watching:
-The Magic School Bus
-Wishbone (I still keep searching for clips on youtube and reruns... anyone know where i could get some? I miss that damned doggie)
-Reading Rainbow (Levar Burton version only... I was almost cast for the book review part of the show..)
-The Big Comfy Couch (old school sisterly bonding time...)
-and ZOOM on PBS (what happened to the good "smart" shows?)

Tu Pac was BOSS (sry, never liked him)


You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.


You remember those Where's Waldo books. (still have mine hidden in the garage... I dare you to try and find them)


You remember eating Warheads. (Had one the other day, and found old Warheads toothpastes that I used to try and eat)


You remember watching:
-the 1st Batman
-Aladdin
-Ninja Turtles (or seeing them being filmed out in Santa Clarita)
-Animporphs
-ghost busters
-The Secret World of Alex Mack


You remember Ring Pops.


You remember drinking Surge, and Tang. (And teasing anyone who had the last name Tang about it)


If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"


When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.


You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.


Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them.


You played and/or collected "Pogs" :) (still have them in my sister's room, in the Paper Rabbit containers...)



You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere. (it died the first day i got it... daddy killed it)


one word. . . . . . . . Furbies. (Evil buggers, my cousin's was the literal DEVIL, all I did was say hello to it as he turned it on the first time, and it cussed me out! My mom, dad, aunt, uncle, and grandmother about had a heart attack from the shock, then laughing at my little disgruntled face.)


You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.


And Windows 95 was the best. (to play with so that adults couldn't use it... I always was pro-Mac... still am, here on my Powerbook G4... F**k you, Microsoft!)


Michael Jordan was a king. (And those stupid looney toons movies with him in them...)


YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff! (my collection is in a museum aka my room!)


The old dollar bills.


Silver dollars, which were cool to have. (again, my room is a treasure-trove of 90's stuff.)


Everyone watched the WB (not the CW) and yelled at people who interupred them. (And 7th heaven had a decent plot and realistic characters, not like the most recent seasons where they've run out of stuff for the overgrown family to do.)


You collected all the Troll dolls


If you even know what an original walkman is,
or you still have one.


You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.


You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (used to play games about it with friends...)


You know the Macarena by heart. (or the Animaniacs version "Macadamia Nut")


"Talk to the hand" (Cuz the face don't give a damn) . . . enough said


You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!" (made the parents laugh the first time, cringe after that)


You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.


You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.


Before cell phones. . . (parents didn't need to know where you were every second of the day - they actually trusted you)


Before the MySpace frenzy . . .


Before the Internet & text messaging . . .


Before Sidekicks & iPods . . . (when it was hard to have music on hand at all times)


Before MIKE JONES . . . (WHO... haha lmao)


Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .


Before Spongebob . . . (die sponge, DIE!!!)


Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.


When light up sneakers were cool.


When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.


When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.


When we recorded stuff on VCRs.

if you remember watching-
aeon flux (the original cartoon on mtv)
the head
siffle and ollie
and the first apperence of daria on bevis and butthead

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkman.


When checking out drawing books and that one book about the rainbow fish from the library was THE cool thing to do.


You had slap bracelets!


Way back.


Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.


Post this in your bulletin if you remember these days . . . .


Post with the year you were born

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Another Hugh Jackman Dream...

A couple quick notes about this post. First, AOC is the name of my high school, Academy of the Canyons Middle College High School. Second, some of the names have been changed to protect the true identities of people I know. Hugh and Deb are two who are not, as they're the focus of my dream, and thus very important. (Plus, I don't know them personally...)

Ok, now on to my magnificent dream! LOL


















I had an even better experience last night in my sleep. First, I was at some sort of performance that was outside in a park. The Jackman family was there as both members of the audience and players onstage. I caught site of them running back and forth to the bathroom for costume changes. I noticed that Ava was running off, so I yelled to Deb, since she was done changing, and ran after then grabbed Ava, carrying her back over to her mother. Deb thanked me profusely, then asked if I was going to the party afterward.

I responded with an “Of course,” and continued on my way.

Soon after that, I went over to the party. It was at some kind of school campus, with several rooms set up just like an elementary school. Once we walked in, the hallway turned a 90 degree angle right. The first room was vacant. The second room was where we went in.

The party was already going, and lots of people were dancing and playing games, including one of the few chaperones, Hugh. He and Deb had someone else watching the kids, so now they were enjoying themselves. Hugh was playing some weird games with the guys in the room, and Deb was sitting in a chair by the door, looking very relaxed and comfortable. The other chaperones were milling about, and they included the entire staff from AOC.

I went over to the door, and asked Deb if I could ask her a question. She said it was fine, so I asked her about if it was possible for me to get a copy of “Corelli” on DVD as a Region 1 set. She grabbed my hand, and pulled me into the room to our right, which was where personal objects belonging to the chaperones was. She then went to her purse, grabbed a phone, and dialed it, telling whoever was on the line that she needed a copy of her show “Corelli” on DVD for a Region 1 player. She followed up with a hand over the phone and asked if I wanted any other DVDs.

Being grateful, I said no. She smiled at me, then went back to talking on the phone for a few minutes, then hung up. We started to chat, and I asked her if she had an iPhone. She told me yes, but that she was still figuring it out, so it wasn’t with her there.

We walked back into the party, and as we did, she asked for my phone number with area code. I gave it to her. Deb smiled again, and thanked me, then asked if I would ever be willing to travel with her and Hugh and their kids, kind of as a nanny. She assured me that I would be well paid, and she’d almost always be there too.

I thanked her and accepted the job.

By this point, we were back in the party room, and sitting in chairs next to each other. Deb told me that while she was enjoying our chat, I was young and should go enjoy myself and play some games or dance. I listened, and went towards the dance floor, letting the music that was playing fill my blood and started to move.

I danced for a while, not really caring that I was the center of attention until I noticed that Hugh was kind of stalking towards me. The song I had been dancing to ended, so I stopped to take a breath and let my heartbeat slow down.

Hugh stopped when he was right in front of me, and a tango started to play, rather like the ones from the Addams Family movie, dark and very sensuous. He held out his hand to me, and I grabbed it as he twirled me into his body.

From then on, the dance went very quickly, and we were smiling and laughing the whole time. Deb came over again, and told us that we were wonderful dancers.

The she grabbed my hand again, and we walked out of the room and into the hallway, where we followed the turn, and continued on until we reached the main office, where the office ladies of AOC sat chatting and laughing. Mrs. Newman had some kind of a dog there with her on a leash, though it was not a black lab. Deb smiled at her and told that I’d been asking about an iPhone. Then she left to go back to the party and chaperone again.

Mrs. Newman handed me her iPhone and told me to be careful with it. I thanked her and then l gathered my things and went outside.

From there, I got bullied by 3 girls, though I can only place 2 of them. The first was Jennifer Burder* and the second was Angela Romea*. They chased me around, trying to get the iPhone. Just after they had gotten it, a guy came and grabbed it from them, then gave it back to me.

I figured that there was no point in trying to use it anymore, so I picked it up, grabbed my stuff, then went back to the office, and returned it to Mrs. Newman. She told me to go to the first room, the one that I had passed before, and go in. Prince would be giving a fee concert.

I did so, and sure enough, there was a concert. Somehow, in the middle of the first song, Alanis Morissette stands up from the crowd, and starts singing “Ironic.” She also started passing out pies and such, then spoke to me and my friends surrounding me.

Soon after that, I left the concert and went back to the other room. Even though I begged for an autograph from Hugh, he denied me, saying that I would soon be his employee, so I didn’t need it.

All in all, it was a fun, interesting dream.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Darren Hayes' Roxy Concert (June 22, 2007)

I just got home from the concert!! It was soooo incredible!!! It started late, around 8:30 pm, instead of 8:15, so it wasn't so bad, I guess. First was the opener who was only known as Julien, who sang only 3 songs, then retired for the night. The second opener was this band from England, called Temposhark. I really liked the way they sounded, and they did a great cover or two, along with some incredible songs of their own. I ended up purchasing their debut CD for $10, and getting it signed by two of the band's members. I also got a hug from the lead singer, Rob, and a hug and kiss from the other member who signed the CD, Luke. It was awesome, and I look forward to more stuff from them.

Finally, there was about a 20 minute break between them and Darren, but it was totally worth it. Darren played the audience incredibly, and we (the audience) responded very enthusiastically. He sang a couple of old Savage Garden songs (Violet, I Don't Know You Anymore, & I Want You), then did one from Spin (Insatiable), did a couple from The Tension and The Spark (I Like the Way, Pop!ular, Unlovable, & Void), and also performed some new stuff, including: A Fear of Falling Under, Step Into the Light, Who Would Have Thought, How to Build A Time Machine, On the Verge of Something Wonderful, and a couple more I can't remember. Darren also covered Prince's Baby I'm A Star.

How incredible... The only thing that could have made it better would have been if we weren't kicked out immediately, and if he'd come out to sign autographs. Oh well. *shrug* I'll take what I can get, until the album comes out at least.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Something that amused me...

I can't remember where I found this, but it got a grin from me once I saw it - thought I'd share... However, I remind everyone that I DO NOT OWN this image, or any characters portrayed within. Just sharing the smile.... Click to see the whole thing!

Saturday, January 13, 2007

I Dream Of... HUGH JACKMAN?!?!?!?!?!

Last night, I dreamed of Hugh Jackman again. In this dream, we were all sitting near each other on a plane in the business seats. It was me and mom, and him, his wife, and his two children. Hugh was the row behind us, and he has Oscar on his right and Ava on his left, and beyond that, no one else. The plane was pretty empty. Mom and I were the row in front of him, and I was sitting in front of Oscar. Hugh’s wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, was sitting directly to my left, and in front of him. We started chatting, and she was nice, but very detached.

Later during the flight, my bra got trashed because it was too small, and had ripped by getting caught on the back of the seat over the top of the tank top I was wearing. Deborra-Lee told Hugh to give me his jacket, and he tossed a nice, warm, sweet-smelling leather jacket over me. I then used the jacket to cover myself, turned my head over the seat, and thanked him.

With that little conversation started, we spent the rest of the plane ride talking, except when I went to the bathroom to put a bra top on (that had been stowed away in my carry-on luggage). When I got back from that little chore, Oscar had decided that he wanted to hang with his mom, and Ava was asleep beside Hugh. Hugh then whispered to me that I should sit next to him so that we didn’t have to talk so loudly and wake Ava up.

I, of course, very happily sat down next to him, and we continued to talk. At one point, he told me that he admired my work. He also told me that my last two novels were very well written, and that he hoped that they would be turned into films soon. He even offered to set me up with a meeting with some potential directors, and the companies behind them, so long as he was able to be a producer/actor in the film versions.

Of course, I accepted happily, and told him that some of the characters had pieces of him in them, and that I wanted him to play the main character, if the films were ever made.

Hugh looked at me and laughed. “Those books are considered two of the greatest American novels ever! I’m sure if you checked your phone, then you’d have tons of missed calls!”

At that point, the flight had ended, so I thought that the conversation was over, but it turned out that all of us had to switch planes to get where we were going. (I still have no clue what our destination was supposed to be.)

On this other plane, my mother and I were in busincess class again, but the Jackman family occupied the 1st class seats. Since they were the only ones in first class, they told the stewardesses that they wanted me and mom to go sit with them.

The flight staff agreed, and this time, the rows were:

empty seats (Open Aisle) empty seats
Hugh Me (Open Aisle) Oscar Deborra-Lee
empty seats (Open Aisle) Mom Ava
empty seats (Open Aisle) empty seats

We all continued chatting until we reached our destination, and then I woke up.

This is the best dream I’ve had in a long time.