Endless Summer has ENDED

The last day of summer. Well, with school starting. It's the end of free time and reading childhood books and no homework. The start of big school: college.

My nerves are on edge and I don't know what to expect. A new adventure and I will try to tackle it head-on. It's the least I can do.

This Lovebug Again*

I went to the Jonas Brothers concert on August 11. I didn't write yesterday because I was still extremely tired from going to bed late and waking up early. I don't understand myself sometimes, it is still summer. 

Anyways, the day started out with a promised free kickball game as a charity event for a radio station. There was literally two blocks of Jonas Brothers fans lined up. I suspect a lot of parents took their children out of school to go to this free event. There must have been some empty desks at the local schools. I'm not pointing fingers.

Here are some of the crazy lines just to enter the kickball game. There were ambulances all over the place getting teens who passed out from the heat. It was 110 outside. And the shade while waiting in line was zero.

Honor Society, one of the opening bands for the Jonas Brothers, was signing autographs and they passed really close to my friend Josey and me. We didn't get their autograph because we weren't sure of how they sounded like. They walked passed us and headed off down the street. It was kind of weird.

 

We decided to leave rather than experience heatstroke and pass out. That would not be very fun. And the screaming started to drive me crazy. Whenever someone walked out on the field, someone would scream. Plus the line was super long and the chances of getting in late were slim unless you wanted to sit in a really bad bleacher seat.

Hung out at my house going through old yearbooks and listening to music and playing volleyball to pass the time before the concert. It was a madhouse trying to get in. The screaming was again unbearable. We sat in the wrong section at first and then found our seats behind four crazy fangirls. One could scream so high only dogs could hear her. Sorry to say. I thought I went deaf for a while after the concert because of that. 

Honor Society performed first. My camera was really shaky because I was getting used to taking pictures with it still. Plus, all the jumping up and down wasn't helpful. I could zoom in a lot and make the performers look less like ants. I thought they were the Jonas Brothers at first and was like "Ah, I can't see Jordin Sparks or Wonder Girls. Sad day!" But, I found out who they were and their songs were really good. They made me want to check into them a little more this week.

Jonas Brothers had a video that introduced the Wonder Girls and they played a brief clip of "Nobody as they took to the stage with their five mike stands. Wonder Girls performed right after Honor Society with their first English single, "Nobody." I took video of their performance but there was sadly no sound. They taught the audience their dance before they performed. They did really well and the audience was dancing along with them. The song is super catchy and I think they hopefully made some more fans by being exposed through this concert. 

 

Jordin Sparks followed the Wonder Girls and did her own set of 6-7 songs. My favorite performances of hers were "One Step at A Time" and "No Air." Of course. Her belting is very impressive and it was cool to see her live since she is sort of coming back to the place where her career started.

Waiting for Jonas Brothers performance = camera time! I decided to make a weird face. What do I have to lose? 

  

Then, finally, the Jonas Brothers take to the stage. They opened on a revolving stage singing "Paranoid." Their performance was overall very entertaining and well worth the ticket price. I know I mainly went to this concert to see the Wonder Girls but the Jonas Brothers really impressed me. They had a cherrypicker go over the audience for a little bit and spray foam at unsuspecting fans. That was funny! 

They also went on this big platform and did a song from up there. Nick talked about his diabetes while he played "A Little Bit Longer." It was really touching and made me cry. There was also some insane jumping on a trampoline. They had a small band join them and even a violinist. Crazy stuff! Kevin did a fashion show in a rain jacket before "Love Bug." They ended with "Burning Up," but by that time Josey and I were downstairs getting ready to meet. . .the Wonder Girls! We could still hear the Jonas Brothers blaring outside in the lobby. 

The line started getting long after we got in. It was awesome to see Jonas Brothers fans dancing to "Nobody" as they passed by and some even stopped to take pictures of the Wonder Girls. We got to hug each of the members which I didn't expect. They were a little taller than I thought they would be and all were really pretty. The Wonder Girls were very friendly and thanked us for coming to see them. They were really polite and made the fans feel welcome. JYP wasn't around and if he was, I didn't see him.

Overall, getting to meet the Wonder Girls and being forced to dance with Josey to the "Year 3000" and getting my camera taken away by her were some fun highlights of the night. Giving directions to my ride to pick me up were not so fun a story. Miscommunication is such a funny thing. 

Day of Random

I cleaned out my whole room of clothes from high school and middle school. I think of it as a new start and a fresh year in a new year. Maybe, that's where they got the word freshmen from? Ha! Let's just say my discarded clothes filled up two bags. Yikes! Where have I been putting it all?

I submitted my dog's picture for Birthday Pet of the Month. Let's hope she wins. I used two pictures. One was too hard to see. It was in shadows.

I got to borrow my brother's digital camera for tomorrow. Let's just say I get to see a kickball game and a concert. Wow. One of the above is free which is a good for a poor starving college student.

I got a new printer or my parents did. It only prints in black and white. Sad day!

I had an interview for the hospital volunteering. I'm excited to be doing that because I want to go to medical school after college. Best part is its in the neurology department. Whoot!

Summer Days~

"Summer days drifting away to uh-oh those summer nights!"

I still can't listen to that stupid song without shuddering. Maybe, performing in a show and hearing the same songs over and over for three months is a kind of torture. I think yes!

Days cross into night quickly during summer. I almost have to go back to school. No more reading outside on a bench in the heat. Ah, the good times. Or singing karaoke in my room with a hairbrush. A guilty pleasure. But, I can still do that any time.

I'll miss hanging out with friends whenever sporadically. It's kind of fun to be random sometimes. At least, I don't have to repeat high school again. I shudder at that. Ugh.

I'm gonna start driving by myself offically next week. Oh, I'm growing up so fast. Enough rambling. I'm not sure of what else to say but I'll leave it at that. Adios!

Life Is...Oh, yeah, ONE TIME!

People go throough the motions of day-to-day life not knowing how precious each moment they live is. Some treat it as a way to get monetary gain or a complete thing of chance. Life is precious and it is important to cherish every living moment. That sounds like a cheesy Sailor Moon quote. Cause it is. Guilty as charged.

Things are easily taken for granted and we believe we are never suspectible to accidents but as I learned we are not invincible. The death of a classmate can open your eyes to the true realities of, well, life. They are harsh but are affected from the standards of reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r3txMbN9lo

Morning Musume - Mikan

The inspiration for this blog entry. Explanatory enough with the English lyrics of the song.

Had a girls night with Destiny and Vivian. We watched random videos on YouTube and saw the Last Holiday. Ice cream with sprinkles and chocolate is a must.

I'm reading the last book of the Song of the Lioness. It's nice to explore old childhood reads and appreciate them in a new way.

New Level of Calm

I was trapped for the last five days in a land of no internet. Or that I could access. The horror. I got to visit my cousin briefly for a surprise visit and went gocarting. I was unable to pass my brother on the track but thats not the most important thing.

I came in last in miniature golf at the last hole. Just when I was leading for a long time. Oh, well. At least I didn't lose by much. Like 2 points. It doesn't really count in my eyes and I haven't played in a long time.

I got some cool leopard glasses from my cousin Hope. She's on a cross country trip across the US. That must be some journey. I wish I could do that someday. It makes you realize how small you are compared to the country.

My babysitting stint with Gergy or Fuu Fuu comes to an end tomorrow. She kept me up all night the first night. It was horrible and I would never want to repeat that. No!