I went with Craig and Eddie, which was strange, but turned out really well. We got there a little after 11 (which I wasn't so happy with) and had to hike to the end of the line. The line was so long, it rapped around the parking lot, and then the outside fence of the parking lot. But while the three of us were waiting we ran into Lionel and Sadie (Craig's friend and said friend's girlfriend), and then Sam, Jared, Etc. (A group of guys my friends and I know). When we were about halfway through the line we found out that all the girls were allowed to go to almost the front, so I kind of ditched the guys I was with to hopefully catch some of the earlier bands. I ended up missing Playradioplay!, and I was pretty bummed. But I did see the end of New Years Day and I also watched some of The Automatic Automatic's set. They were so good! THen I walked around, trying to get a feel for the layout of the stages and booths, and while I was exploring I found Escape the Fate's booth and chatted with Mr. Max Green (WHO HAS DE-LUNCHIFIED!)

Around then Craig and Eddie found me and we caught the tail end of Funeral For A Friend's set and started to wait for Circa Survive. We waited in the blistering heat (did I forget to mention how fucking HOT it was?!) for about 45 mintues, but we were right at the front, so it was worth it. They were so amazing. I got hit with shoes in my temple and above my lip, but other than that, walked away faily unscathed from a very rowdy show. But oh man, Anthony Green is basically God.

I was so frustrated that Circa and The Matches were sceduled to play at the same time, so I watched most of Circa's set and then ran over to the Hurly stage to catch the very end of the Matches. Once again, AMAZING. They played Papercut Skin, which is one of my favorites, so I was happy with that.

So many of the bands I wanted to see overlapped! After the Matches finished I high-tailed over to see Escape the Fate, and saw their last song. Situations, of course, and Ronnie's ass was hanging out, of course.I saw Audrey Hitching hanging out side-stage at ETF and I wanted to tell her to put some fucking pants on. I don't like her, if you didn't guess already.

After ETF there wasn't really anyone very good playing for a while, and we were sweltering, so Craig, Eddie, Lionel, Sadie, and I just hung out in the shady grass. We cooled off for a while and then explored the merch booths, which were pretty cool, but I didn't buy any shirts or anything like that. They were handing out so much free stuff, I didn't feel like I had to buy something. So we explored and the boys needed food, so while they waited for food I explored the other booths, I found DAN in the Playradioplay! booth! We chatted for a minute and he signed my shirt (that I made with Elle for Warped... it has PRP! lyrics on it). He looked so much older in real life...funny. So then I stacked up on free stickers and whatnot, and waited in line to meet the Matches! It took forever to finally get to the front of the line, but Shawn and the rest of the guys were so nice. Shawn and I talked about drawing, which I thought was really cool, because you could really tell that he was really interested in his fans, which means SO much to me. So I got their autographs, and then ran to catch Chiodos. Craig's voice is so high! So many people watching thought that was weird, but I just thought they were being mean and jealous ;)

After Chiodos we were once again dying from the heat, so we sought shelter and waited for more bands that we liked to play. We watched this one band called the Hanks because their bassist sold us some $1 EPs , and he was a nice guy, so we wanted to see how the band was. They were actually really great! I could tell by then that our energy level was sinking, but I wanted to stick it out for just a few more bands.

I bailed again on the guys, left the Hanks and watched We Are the Fury. They were, too my suprise, really not that popular. There really weren't that many people there for them at all. But I thought they were great. Their singer really reminded me of a less cracked-out, more William Becket-esque Ronnie Winters, which is kind of weird.

After We Are the Fury finished I stayed put at the same stage (right on the barrier!) because Victim Effect were on after them. I was so excited to see VE again, and they were just as amazing as I remebered. Dawn was, as always, the coolest person ever. I was so amazed and pleasantly suprized at how many kids came to see VE when Paramore and Bayside were playing! The energy was so positive and amazing, it was an amazing time. They pulled out the same tricks as last time, but they were still really fun.

After Victim Effect we left, picking up more free stuff on the way. The ride home was long and hot, seeing that Craig's car is too ghetto (or as I'm supposed to say 'janky') to run the AC. But as soon as I got home I made up some excuse for where I had been all day, and why I was so gross, which my family easily bought, and went straight to my shower to get rid of the grime. So now I'm officially clean of Warped dirt (sans the stamp that won't come off my arm) and exhausted.

 It was an amazing day. I can't wait until next year when my darlings Katherine and Elle can come with me!

 So Sunday night my mother and I franticly left my house, escaping my little brother's 12th birthday to drive down to the show. It was down in a college auditorium in Salt Lake, and when I got there I met up with two older women, one who was the wife of my AP history teacher, Mr. Krenkel. Nate Krenkel, their son, is the manager of Bright Eyes, so Mr. Krenkel got me a ticket. The opening bands, Oakley Hall and McCarthy Trenching, were both good, but not very exciting. They were both very much Team Love material. My. Krenekl was actually coming on from Hawaii that night, and he got to the venue just in time for Bright Eyes to come on. The show was AMAZING. The first song from Cassadaga was played and various members of the band just kind of walked on stage and started playing their instruments, and Conor came on in time for him to play guitar. The stage was so pretty. Everything was white, but there were lots of fake flowers everywhere, and the band was wearing all white (some even had white nails). A giant projector connected to a camera in the back of the auditorium was displaying live footage of just random, colorful objects, like flowers or dye. The things were moved around and messed with, corresponding to the songs playing, and it looked so cool. Almost the whole set was from Cassadaga. I was so glad that they played my favorite songs from the new album, like "Middleman" and "Cleanse Song", as well as old favorites like "The Calendar Hung Itself". The musicians were all fantastic, especially the violinist and flutist. After the set was over, the band came out after a minute for an encore, playing "Gold Mine Gutted", which also sounded amazing, and everyone in the auditorium was standing and cheering. It was an amazing show.

After the concert was over Mr. Krenkel found the two other kids he gave tickets too, and he gave us our backstage passes. Alex, the other girl who came with us, and I were trying so hard to keep from fangirling, lol. But after about 10-or-so minutes we were brough down to the dressing rooms. We entered a bright room with lots of musicians, all whom I recognized from the show. Conor immediately went over to the Krenkels and treated them like his parents. It was so cute, he was hugging Mrs. Krenkel and it was just SO CUTE xD. After they chatted a little we introduced ourselves to Conor, talked a little, and then took some pictures. He was so nice and so sincere, it made me so glad that the person behind the music is so great. We talked about Conor's shirt, which had a picture of Scout and Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird and also about the show a little. I still can't believe how great he was; actually, I kind of can, but it's still so exciting to know he's such a great guy.

 It was basically the best night of my entire LIFE.

help me know which ones you would most want to buy, what colors/patterns you would like, and what you might pay for them.

basic bow

sparkle bow
with rhinestones


 
button bow


 
button bow (version 2)


 
medium long bow


 
long bow


 
fancy bow


 
party bows


 
dino bow

with plastic dinosaur

 
x-long button bow


 
headband

 
thank you!

first,school was tolerable. i didn't have to give my english presentation for the second tmie in a row. i got a good grade on my history essay, and elle & I were singing Mama and Blood, and we got quite a few looks. i'm not doing so well in chemistry, but its ok.

after school i drove and got coconut macaroons <3

but it started to snow today. it's so pretty and makes the indoors so nice and cosy. It was snowing so incredibly hard almost all day, but when i put in my cd, it seemed like it stopped. it was pretty cool.

just having the black parade made my day 387849659458978294893274902 times more amazing!

I hate this.