I'm not gonna lie - last night made me feel a little old.
As an early birthday present to myself, I went to see My Chemical Romance, Blink 182 and Matt and Kim at Lakewood Amphitheater. What a show!! I've seen MCR and Blink a few times but I had never seen Matt and Kim and it was AWESOME!! They were so hyped up and got the crowd going - it was amazing! I loved it! I kind of wish I had seen them the last time they were here at a different venue. Not that there's anything wrong with Lakewood... I wish their set was longer! It was so much fun!
MCR was amazing, as always. It was nice to see the Blink Bros getting into Matt and Kim and MCR. (I forgot how bro-ish Blink fans are.)
How did I forget that? Oh yeah, the last time I saw Blink 182 was around 10+ years ago. At the same venue too! LOLZebras. I will say this: Blink 182's visuals are insane! I loved it! I loved the whole thing! The cartoonish cameras, the moving screens in the background - all of it was amazing!
And the best part about it: after they had played a decent sized set, Tom DeLonge said, "Okay, we're pretending to leave but we'll be back in about 5 minutes". Then a huge drop cloth came down and they were gone. Five minutes later, there was this DJ mix playing in the background and then we all heard Travis Barker's crazy drums. Then, we all SAW Travis Barker at his drumset but it wasn't on stage, oh no, it was ABOVE IT. WHAT THE WHAT??!?!? That shit was crazy!! His drumset was on a mechanical arm that came down from the ceiling and hovered over the crowd! I had put my PowerShot away since I figured I was done getting blurry photos (damn that camera!) so I got my phone out. After about 15 seconds with my phone I was like, "You idiot! Get the other camera so you can zoom in!" So, I grabbed my other camera and shot away.
I wish I had a better camera. All my MCR footage is blurry and this video does NOT do this performance justice. This was probably one of the better shows I've been to in a long time! I had so much fun and I was sad when it was over. Oh well. All good things must come to an end. Until next time, kids! I hope all 3 bands come back to ATL really soon!
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
It's Almost Glee Day!
We've all been waiting for it and it's almost here: the return of Glee! I can't wait! I saw this cute article on their Facebook page - but it wasn't the article that drew me in, oh no. It was this dreamboat:
HNNNNNNGGGGGGG
And to make it worse (well, actually better), I went and looked for more of these school portraits and found these gems:
LOVES IT!! How great does Lea Michele look?! How dreamy does Chris Colfer look?!
They're all great but these are my faves out of the bunch. Okay you caught me - I love all of them but I didn't want to over do it. If you want, check out the full gallery here!
I can already say this: I have MAJOR hair envy. Just look at how great Dianna Agron looks with pink hair!!
I can easily say that I'm supper jealous of her fierceness. Maybe I'll have to bring some pink back to my own hair - whether it's a track or if I get adventurous enough, I can try dyeing my hair again. I might not risk it since it's still on the mend.
Tomorrow is the day, my dears! Get ready!
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.
HNNNNNNGGGGGGG
And to make it worse (well, actually better), I went and looked for more of these school portraits and found these gems:
LOVES IT!! How great does Lea Michele look?! How dreamy does Chris Colfer look?!
They're all great but these are my faves out of the bunch. Okay you caught me - I love all of them but I didn't want to over do it. If you want, check out the full gallery here!
I can already say this: I have MAJOR hair envy. Just look at how great Dianna Agron looks with pink hair!!
I can easily say that I'm supper jealous of her fierceness. Maybe I'll have to bring some pink back to my own hair - whether it's a track or if I get adventurous enough, I can try dyeing my hair again. I might not risk it since it's still on the mend.
Tomorrow is the day, my dears! Get ready!
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.
Sunday Funday: Arts & Crafts, Ancient Aliens & TC: Just Desserts
So far my weekends have been pretty chill and I ain't even mad. Today was even more chill - which has been good and bad.
The good: I've been really productive! I had a vision, of sorts, for my outfit for Wednesday's excursion and I jumped out of bed to make it. What is it? It's a hot pink shirt that I bought a while back to put a metallic Pegasus iron-on transfer. But alas, the transfer didn't make it. Why? Because I had bought an animal print dye kit that needed to be explored. The zebra stencil was calling my name so I accidentally mixed up some blue, got my shit together and mixed up some black and sprayed my little heart out to something horrifying: the spray nozzle was super splattery! I hadn't counted on that at all because I had left a lot of the fabric exposed - which made a clear line around the stencil. Oh well, too late to turn back right? Luckily I had started on the top right shoulder area and I worked my way down in a diagonal - ending on the bottom left. It actually looked pretty neat! Like a zebra printed tire track! Along the way, I added splatters and dye drops to add a little something to the design.
And that was only yesterday.
This morning, I jumped out of bed with a vision of stencils that lived in the middle of the zebra patterns. My first thought was to burn a screen but I didn't have the patience. I guess I wanted something more...instant. So I gathered my thoughts, cut a rather large piece of freezer paper and very carefully traced out 4 of the same stencil. While it took a toll on m y back, I was happy to do it this way because if I had done a silk scree, I would still be working on it now...
Anyways, I placed it very daintily on my shirt and ironed away. Then came the fun part: painting! Each stencil got its own color so I took my time and carefully colored each stencil with silver, blue, yellow and green. I let it sit for a couple of hours and realized something was missing: another stencil. Ugh...my back.
I sucked it up and cut out another stencil. While I was working on this fifth and final stencil, I happened to be watching Top Chef: Just Desserts. While I'm a fan of the Top Chef franchise, I wasn't too jazzed about Just Desserts until I heard about a contestant who has a very distinct name: MINE. This contestant is named Katzie. Granted, she has an "e" at the end of her name but still - that's my name !
And since I missed the first part of the show, I gathered that they had a Willy Wonka challenge and guess what? Katzie won! It was neat but really weird to hear my name on tv. I haven't heard it on tv since that one set of Sailor Moon episodes with the four sisters (and one of them was named Katsy). LOL. I did what I thought I should do: I ran around yelling, "I won! I won! Thanks Gail, Hubert, guest judge who I don't know and rockabilly host guy!" That's what people do when reality show contestants have their names and win, right?
After that, there was NOTHING on tv. Nothing. So what do I do? Turn on my trusty Nexflix Instant and watch a mini marathon of Ancient Aliens. that really made time fly by. Before I realized it, I had cut my shirt, stenciled one more thing with the cutout of the last stencil, splattered more dye and visualized what I would do once my shirt is done setting - which will be in about 4 more hours. Hopefully it will be everything I was thinking of and hopefully I'll be able to get it done by Wednesday morning!
Where am I going on Wednesday? It's a surprise. All I can say is that I wish my brother was joining me...Oh well. Maybe next time?
The bad thing about my chill weekends is that I'm antsy and all I want to do is dance! Obviously, a night out is in order. The other thing I want to do is sleep in. Not just on the weekends, I want to sleep in every day. If only...
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.
The good: I've been really productive! I had a vision, of sorts, for my outfit for Wednesday's excursion and I jumped out of bed to make it. What is it? It's a hot pink shirt that I bought a while back to put a metallic Pegasus iron-on transfer. But alas, the transfer didn't make it. Why? Because I had bought an animal print dye kit that needed to be explored. The zebra stencil was calling my name so I accidentally mixed up some blue, got my shit together and mixed up some black and sprayed my little heart out to something horrifying: the spray nozzle was super splattery! I hadn't counted on that at all because I had left a lot of the fabric exposed - which made a clear line around the stencil. Oh well, too late to turn back right? Luckily I had started on the top right shoulder area and I worked my way down in a diagonal - ending on the bottom left. It actually looked pretty neat! Like a zebra printed tire track! Along the way, I added splatters and dye drops to add a little something to the design.
And that was only yesterday.
This morning, I jumped out of bed with a vision of stencils that lived in the middle of the zebra patterns. My first thought was to burn a screen but I didn't have the patience. I guess I wanted something more...instant. So I gathered my thoughts, cut a rather large piece of freezer paper and very carefully traced out 4 of the same stencil. While it took a toll on m y back, I was happy to do it this way because if I had done a silk scree, I would still be working on it now...
Anyways, I placed it very daintily on my shirt and ironed away. Then came the fun part: painting! Each stencil got its own color so I took my time and carefully colored each stencil with silver, blue, yellow and green. I let it sit for a couple of hours and realized something was missing: another stencil. Ugh...my back.
I sucked it up and cut out another stencil. While I was working on this fifth and final stencil, I happened to be watching Top Chef: Just Desserts. While I'm a fan of the Top Chef franchise, I wasn't too jazzed about Just Desserts until I heard about a contestant who has a very distinct name: MINE. This contestant is named Katzie. Granted, she has an "e" at the end of her name but still - that's my name !
And since I missed the first part of the show, I gathered that they had a Willy Wonka challenge and guess what? Katzie won! It was neat but really weird to hear my name on tv. I haven't heard it on tv since that one set of Sailor Moon episodes with the four sisters (and one of them was named Katsy). LOL. I did what I thought I should do: I ran around yelling, "I won! I won! Thanks Gail, Hubert, guest judge who I don't know and rockabilly host guy!" That's what people do when reality show contestants have their names and win, right?
After that, there was NOTHING on tv. Nothing. So what do I do? Turn on my trusty Nexflix Instant and watch a mini marathon of Ancient Aliens. that really made time fly by. Before I realized it, I had cut my shirt, stenciled one more thing with the cutout of the last stencil, splattered more dye and visualized what I would do once my shirt is done setting - which will be in about 4 more hours. Hopefully it will be everything I was thinking of and hopefully I'll be able to get it done by Wednesday morning!
Where am I going on Wednesday? It's a surprise. All I can say is that I wish my brother was joining me...Oh well. Maybe next time?
The bad thing about my chill weekends is that I'm antsy and all I want to do is dance! Obviously, a night out is in order. The other thing I want to do is sleep in. Not just on the weekends, I want to sleep in every day. If only...
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Project Runway: What Woment Want - The Recap
He did it! Joshua edited his aesthetic, left the attitude at home and freakin' WON! I know he techincally won the New Balance challenge but in reality, Viktor was announced first and then Joshua's name was called but who cares - he has 2 wins now!! Good for you bb!
Last night's challenge was fun! It was boyfriends/husbands describing looks for their girlfriends/wives to the designers. It was full of hilarousness, awkwardness and lots and lots of boob talk - which made Olivier a little upset because his client kept saying his wife had HUGE BOOBS but in actuality, they weren't that big. See?
I'll admit that the top does tone them down a bit but, believe me, they're not as huge as the guy made them out to be.
More after the jump! I'll admit that the top does tone them down a bit but, believe me, they're not as huge as the guy made them out to be.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Holiday in Jacksonville
My old man and I took some time for some serious R&R last week and all I want to do is live by the ocean forever.
It was amazing! Jacksonville isn't exactly the touristy spot like, say, Disney or something but it has what we wanted: nothing. We wanted a nice, chill place to spend the last days of summer being lazy and Jacksonville was perfect.
Neptune Beach is the BEST. The water is fantastic and because of the tropical storms on the way, the surf was AMAZING. It made me want to learn how to surf. For serious, y'all.
Our other favourite place is Saint Augustine. I was so moved by the architecture of the Ponce de Leon Hotel (now known as Flagler College) that I spent quite a few hours researching the history of the oldest city in the U.S. NERD ALERT I know, but it's beautiful.
All I kept thinking about was: imagine Flagler College the way it was before - when it was a hotel. A super fancy monocle worthy hotel. According to our Ghost Host (on the super fun Ghosts and Gravestones tour), you didn't pay for a room a the Ponce de Leon by the day or week, you paid for the whole season! When we go back, we're definitely going to take a tour and see if we can truly imagine what it was like as a hotel.
Another tour I'm glad we did was of the beautiful lighthouse. Yeah, it was quite the climb but it was totally worth it! On the Ghost and Gravestones tour, our host talked about my favourite Ghost Hunters episode involving the lighthouse while we were on the grounds right outside. We couldn't go in because the lighthouse has a separate ghost hunt tour thing BUT just standing outside and hearing the stories was enough for me to get creeped out - especially after what TAPS found in that particular investigation. I took lots of photos on the ghost tour but here are some shots during the day tour
It is as gorgeous at night as it is during the day. What a beauty! And it has such crazy history - just like the rest of Saint Augustine.
We spent some time at the Castillo de San Marcos as well. I wanted to walk around the grounds this time since we didn't last time we were there (in 2008, I think). There's a rich history of war all over and I'm glad they have managed to capture that and keep it for the rest of us to enjoy and appreciate
Sorry all the photos here are from my iPhone - I took TONS more on my other camera that I'll be posting to Flickr soon (including the ghost tour pics!) Keep an eye out for those!!
Until next time!
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I
PS - Looks like TAPS co-founder Grant Wilson is looking extra dreamy for the Syfy banner ad for this season of Ghost Hunters.
Why have I stopped watching?! I need to get back on it!
Neptune Beach is the BEST. The water is fantastic and because of the tropical storms on the way, the surf was AMAZING. It made me want to learn how to surf. For serious, y'all.
Our other favourite place is Saint Augustine. I was so moved by the architecture of the Ponce de Leon Hotel (now known as Flagler College) that I spent quite a few hours researching the history of the oldest city in the U.S. NERD ALERT I know, but it's beautiful.
All I kept thinking about was: imagine Flagler College the way it was before - when it was a hotel. A super fancy monocle worthy hotel. According to our Ghost Host (on the super fun Ghosts and Gravestones tour), you didn't pay for a room a the Ponce de Leon by the day or week, you paid for the whole season! When we go back, we're definitely going to take a tour and see if we can truly imagine what it was like as a hotel.
Another tour I'm glad we did was of the beautiful lighthouse. Yeah, it was quite the climb but it was totally worth it! On the Ghost and Gravestones tour, our host talked about my favourite Ghost Hunters episode involving the lighthouse while we were on the grounds right outside. We couldn't go in because the lighthouse has a separate ghost hunt tour thing BUT just standing outside and hearing the stories was enough for me to get creeped out - especially after what TAPS found in that particular investigation. I took lots of photos on the ghost tour but here are some shots during the day tour
It is as gorgeous at night as it is during the day. What a beauty! And it has such crazy history - just like the rest of Saint Augustine.
We spent some time at the Castillo de San Marcos as well. I wanted to walk around the grounds this time since we didn't last time we were there (in 2008, I think). There's a rich history of war all over and I'm glad they have managed to capture that and keep it for the rest of us to enjoy and appreciate
Sorry all the photos here are from my iPhone - I took TONS more on my other camera that I'll be posting to Flickr soon (including the ghost tour pics!) Keep an eye out for those!!
Until next time!
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I
PS - Looks like TAPS co-founder Grant Wilson is looking extra dreamy for the Syfy banner ad for this season of Ghost Hunters.
Why have I stopped watching?! I need to get back on it!
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