Danity Kane...Show Stoppin'

So one time (Wednesday night) I was flipping through radio stations and randomly stopped on Z90, which is the local hip-hop/rap station. I don't listen to it much because it gets a little to gangster for my taste. But they were playing the best song of all 5 of my radio presets, so that's where I landed. I must have stopped listening once my song was over because I left it on that station. I hear a commercial not much longer for Danity Freaking Kane. Not only are they back together (last I heard, that was just a rumor) BUT THEY WERE ON TOUR! I texted Lime ASAP and told her we absolutely had to go. 

Side story. Caroline and I met playing ball at PMar. Obviously all most of the girls became friends, but the thing Lime and I bonded over was our love for DK. On our long practice days our schedule was morning workouts from 6-7, morning break from 7-8, study hall from 8-9, and practice from 9:30-1:00. During that morning break, most of us girls would either go grab burritos or McDonald's, bring them back to campus and have tailgate parties while bumping Danity Kane in the parking lot before study hall. It was mine and Lime's soundtrack to our life at 17 years old during our freshman year of college. 

Back to the main story. We didn't buy tickets that same night because Chels wanted to go but we needed to wait it out and see if anyone picked up her work shift. No dice. Whomp. So I bought mine and Lime's tickets Thursday morning and was pretty amped for that night.

We get to the place where the concert is being held (Humphrey's by the Bay) and had a couple of drinks before we chilled in our seats waiting for everything to get started. No "professional" cameras were allowed (not that I have one) so all we've got are iPhone photos. You're welcome :]

View from Humphrey's was a lot sweeter than it looks.

Pre-show best friend selfie with Lime!

After having to sit through 2 opening acts, it was time for the main event! 

The 4 girls. Drea, Aubrey, Shannon, and Dawn. #sweetresolution.

Dawn, Shannon, Drea, Aubrey. #betterresolution. #notreallythough.

Ahhhh. It was seriously the best thing ever. They did leave out some classic songs. And they went and announced that DK went from 5 members to 4 (leaving D. Woods behind) to 3 (Aundrea bailed) so now Danity Kane is a trio. That made me a little sad. But whatev. At least I got to see a majority of them. And it was incredibleeeeee. I'm still on such a high from the show!

And then there were 3. DK3. Aubrey, Dawn, and Shannon. 

Sad faces after learning the news that they're now a trio.

They announced that they'd be at one more show in LA this weekend...and Lime and I seriously considered the trip for a quick second, but the existing plans we each have for the weekend trump the trip just a little. It's all good. This concert was just the start of a bomb.com weekend! 

Workout Playlist

What's up weigh-in Wednesday?!!

Still not posting my weight. Props to those of you that do.

By the time you read this...I will be on my 3rd consecutive visit to the gym. Actually, it depends on what part of the world you're on. It sounds like something small and insignificant, but since this semester started in August, finding 3 consecutive days to work out has been impossible. I'd dropped in here and there, but nothing habitual. My load has lightened...sort of. I'm done with observations, and tutoring has dropped to once a week, so I have my nights back. There's still homework and credential packet prep to get done. Ahh! 

Anyways, back to the point. Because I'm visiting the gym more often...I created a new playlist that I can dance to jam to while I put in some miles and crunches. I think I've finally perfected a playlist that keeps me moving for an entire hour. Working out for that long sucks, but the good upbeat music makes the time go by faster. And fret not, I spared you all my Disney artists that pump me up. You're welcome. I figured I'd share my playlist with everyone :] They all link to youtube if you want to give them a quick listen before you buy...or rip, Just kidding. Don't steal music.

Jennifer Lopez-Get Right

Pitbull-Bojangles

Beyonce-Crazy In Love

Birdman-Play Ball

Britney Spears-Radar

Flo Rida-Club Can't Handle Me

Britney Spears-Boom Boom

Pitbull-Don't Stop The Party

Shakira-Waka Waka

Kanye West-Power

Brooke Valentine-Girl Fight

Pitbull-Back In Time

Lil' Jon-Outta Your Mind

DMX-Get It On The Floor

Ke$ha-Die Young

Britney Spears-Do Something

Bruno Mars-Marry You

Drake-Show Me A Good Time

Don Omar-Danza Kuduro

Pitbull-International Love

Pink-Raise Your Glass

So what do you think? Any songs in there you love? Any I'm missing? Let me know! Also, how cute is that pup?!! No idea where the original image is from. I found it on Pinterest and tried to track it down, no luck. So if it's yours and I stole it from you...sorry. Happy hump day folks!

Bruno Mars...Damn

Damn, indeed. That's all a man needs to say to a woman to let her know he's feeling her...according to Bruno Mars. But it's totally true.

His concert was f-ing amazing. AMAZING. 

Caroline and I on our bestie date!

Ellie Goulding opened up for him, she was a little meh-ish. Reminded me a little of Ke$ha without the craziness. I was left a little underwhelmed with her performance. I couldn't recall any of her songs, but at the end of her set, I realized I knew 3! That was probably my highlight of her performance. Didn't get any pictures or video worth sharing...you're welcome.

selfie sesh during intermission.
you only get the good one. no outtakes.

After like an hour of intermission, it was time for Bruno to take the stage. I have a sucky camera, but it gets the job done. Sort of. Be prepared to be jealous, check out what you missed...

So I have learned how to not sing crazy loud when I'm recording, but unfortunately I've mastered a shaking technique that makes you feel like you're in an earthquake. Either way, I'm glad I have these videos to look back on. He's so amazingly brilliant <3

Marry You 

Runaway Baby

When I Was Your Man

Locked Out Of Heaven

Saving the best for last...

Pony

It was such a great show. He was an amazing dancer and even better singer. I also loved how his band was able to keep up with playing the instruments and be his backup dancers with such quick paced numbers. Another great show in the books! I can't wait to see him again :]

Music I love, 6/13/13 Edition

Thursdayyyyyyy! I've been looking forward to you :] Why? Because it's almost Friday and on Friday I get to skip town for a couple of nights to Orange County to hang out with a friend and watch some Yankees baseball :] and then the Pitbull concert Sunday! Finally. 

So I've blogged about this one time before, but there is SO much music on the radio that I am loving right now, I had to share...

ARIANA GRANDE- THE WAY FEAT. MAC MILLER

I love Disney and Nickelodeon shows, including Victorious. Cat was my favorite character on the show! I'll totally admit to recording Ariana's new show Sam & Cat :] Anyways, when I first heard this song I totally thought it was Mariah Carey. Legit sounds like her. Obv. a little younger, but there are similarities. Love the awkward Mac Miller in this too.

MARIAH CAREY- BEAUTIFUL FEAT. MIGUEL

Speaking of Mariah...this song is gold. I love it. Mariah is a legend and besides that award show jump that might have caused damage to a fan...Miguel can do no wrong. I fell in love after seeing him in concert a few months back. Now thatyou've listened to the two, tell me Mariah and Ariana don't sound alike. I dare you.

ROBIN THICKE- BLURRED LINES FEAT. T.I. & PHARRELL

I really don't know what to say about this song other that it is fun. And 3 beautiful men have collaborated to give is a great summer song!

PITBULL- FEEL THIS MOMENT FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA

Mr. Worldwide! I had to throw him in here A) because I love this song...but more importnantly B) I love Pitbull and I'm seeing him with Caroline and Chelsea this weekend! Whe I was younger and used to go out dancing regularly, I'd wear heels that killed my feet. I'd take breaks to sit and give my feet some rest...every time a Pitbull song would get played I'd hop up and run (in that way that girls whose heels are hurting them do) to my friends and dance for the song. Once it was over, I'd peace out and sit again...until the next Pitbull song. Excited for Sunday!

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE-CRUISE FEAT. NELLY

FGL is the duo that people are obsessing over right now in regards to country music. I kind of get it, they've got good music. But I don't see the hotness that everyone else does. Meh. Love the original Cruise but I do have to say I'm happy for them to be on Top 40 radio thanks to the help of Nelly. 

That's it for now :] What do you think? Do I have good music obsessions right now? Anything you think I should hear? Let me know!

Music I Love, 3/7/13 Edition

[Update...so I totally just went in to erase the period in my title, and it changed my published date. This is totally killing my OCD, but whatev's.]

Happy Thursday! It's almost Friday which means it's almostttt the weekend! Which I so desperately need. 

There is so much music on the radio that I am obsessed with that I decided I must share it with my readers :] Shout out to my newest followers: Rachel (remember her from the Valentine's Day swap?!! She's stuck around!) and my newest one...Lauren over at Pink On the Cheek! Kayyyyyy was pimping out Lauren's "Hello Box" where you're paired up with a blogger and get to know them and hopefully become bff's! I'm paired up with a girl [to be blogged about in the future!] who is recently engaged. Hopefully I charm my way into her bridal party! Haha.

Anyways...back to music:

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ

I don't know what it is about this song, but I am alllll about it. It makes me so happy and I always want to dance!

ALICIA KEYS - NOT EVEN THE KING

I. Love. Her. LOVE. I love her piano skills. I love her amazing voice. I love everything about her. I'm going to her concert next week! Wooo! So excited because I've never seen her live. I bought her latest CD, and love all the music on it, but Not Even The King and  When It's All Over are my two favorites. There's no official video but below is Not Even The King on David Letterman. I love the message of the song. The relationships we have with each other are priceless, materialistic things are worthless, not even someone as rich the king can buy the happiness we've got. Click that When It's All Over link...good song, but my favorite part is when she features her baby at the end <3 

MIRANDA LAMBERT - MAMA'S BROKEN HEART

I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I'm not too fond of Miranda or Blake as country artists. I feel like they're too hollywood for me. [Says the girl who is obsessed with LA! I'm an odd one.] I don't know what I don't like about them, I just know I don't LOVE them. With that said, I love this song. I think one comment that convinced me of it was a KSON DJ saying this song would probably be sung in a cabaret. Which I'm currently obsessed with...hahaha.

KACEY MUSGRAVES - MERRY GO 'ROUND

I don't know much about this girl, but what I do know is she helped write Miranda's song up above, and I was intrigued by Merry Go 'Round the second I listened to it. This song is too true about how we get stuck in ruts and just go with it. Not doing anything to shake up our lives and move on to bigger and better things. Hope this girl makes it big time! She's on her way!

Let's pick up the mood and close out with this song...

BRUNO MARS - LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN

Another song that makes me happy. I don't think I've every really listened to the song, but the beat and hook are so catchy [as with any Bruno Mars song] that it makes me want to dance. Tickets for his concert go on sale Friday! I can't wait to buy them!

Weekend Update: All Sorts Of Blah

Mondayyyy. You have arrived. Meh. This weekend had so much potential, but ended up being a little lackluster.

Thursday: Yep, we’re starting with Thursday. I worked all day and then headed to a Relay For Life meeting. This will be my 3^rd year doing it, and it’s crazy how big the event has grown in our little town. 1^st year was 2011 and we had like 5 teams, 2^nd year totally blew up and we had like 18 teams or something AND raised like $40,000 for the American Cancer Society. The event is still 2 weeks away and according to the website, we have 20 teams and have about $39,000+ raised. Super cool! My team captain is my best friend’s mom so I got to the meeting a little early and raided her fridge like the good old days. We talked about what is gonna happen at the relay and what our team has planned…should be an awesome event.

 

This walk is for the AmericanCancer Society , an organization that raises money to fight ALL cancer. The Relay For Life is a 24 hr walk where teams participate and each team must have at least 1 person walking at all times. Ideally, there should be 20 people walking the course at any given time. Even at 3:00 am! I've kind of sucked at raising money, so I’m pitching it to my readers :] If you've got an extra $5, $10, $20, or even $100…throw it my way! It will be greatly appreciated!

Friday: Remember how I was super excited for Tim? He kind of did not impress. We left town a little late, encountered traffic, missed our exit, more traffic, tailgate, strongggg honey jack & coke, found an InCahoots group that brings speakers and line dances in the tailgate lot before the show, completely missed Love & Theft, caught Brantley Gilbert’s last 2 songs, searched through the masses for friends, didn't find them, and mostly chilled through Tim's set. My problem with Tim was he played a lot of new music I didn't know. I guess that’s my own fault for not being a true fan. Loved the last 20 minutes of his set which was where he played everything I knew! Chilled in the parking lot and waited for traffic to die down, saw a chick dance on the roof of a car and secretly wished she fell…no luck. Mexican food. Sleep.

Chelsea with the photobomb.

3 amigos <3

Let's take a second to appreciate the growth of my hair! Left is 2 summers ago (I think?),
baby piggy tails, right was at Tim Friday night.

Saturday: Worked in the morning, 3.5 hour nap, unpacked my bedroom stuff, hung art I've collected in the last year, caught up on SYTYCD, sleeeeeeep.

Yankees Stadium

Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate autographed lyric posters. 

1 more off the 100 things to do before you die list! #33.

Sunday: Did laundry & ran errands with my mom. Purchased bedroom curtains. Bought cinder blocks to put on the corners of my bed frame to raise it. Got the idea from pinterest! I bought the wrong size, had to make another trip to HD and buy the right size which raised my bed about 10 inches. Now I’m kind of scared I’ll fall off! Pictures soon once my room is completely done!

Wasn't a boring weekend, but nothing too exciting.

Weekend Update: Cornstalks I Tell Ya!

Weeeeeeeeeeekend update :] It was a good one!

Let's start with Thursday. I'm in a theater for wannabe teachers this semester and we spent a majority of the time working on a play that we were supposed to perform for an elementary school. We had to write the play/scripts, master the craft of acting, develop and construct out set, and put on a show for the kiddies. Thursday was performance day. It went really well, I'm pretty sure everyone loved it! It took place at Story Farm, Farmer Jessie was the narrator, Petunia & Penelope pig were BFF's with Sally the sheep and even though Shaggy wanted to play with them super bad, he couldn't get them to notice him. Throw in some costume changes, our interpretation of 1 Dalmatian's performance at the Farmer's Choice Awards, the moral of our story which is "Be Yourself" and viola! you have the best play of our class. At least in my opinion. Keep your eyes peeled for Shaggy the Shy Wolf at a jungle gym near you!

Friday was my friend Caroline's birthday so I went over to her place and had dinner with her and her family. The plan was to go out to downtown SD for a night of dancing and drinking. Unfortunately, my back decided it'd be a fun weekend to hurt. No idea what happened but the muscles are like super tight. This kind of killed my plans to go out because of how much it hurt. I waved goodbye as I headed home and they headed to the club.

Saturday was Caroline's pool party/BBQ so I headed back to her place to hang out. It was a pretty beautiful day but the water was cold :[ butttt that didn't keep me out. Spent most of the time playing with her super adorable 3 year old nephew but I did manage to mingle with the grown-ups. We played some drinking games and corn hole and it eventually turned into a jacuzzi night with all of us haning out. I stayed until 11-ish because it was time to head home and get some sleeeeeep.

[Cool & The Gang with a few missing]

Sunday a group of us headed out to Del Mar for the Brizal Bazaar at the Fairgrounds. One of the CLAMS, Keri, is engaged, so we hit up the madness to do some scouting. Holy moly talk about craziness. There were so many people there, and so many vendors! It was more of picking up fliers and seeing cool stuff rather than actually talking to vendors about details and pricing. After a few hours of that, we all went out to La Jolla for some lunch. Good food, good drinks, and good times had by all :]

Then we all parted ways, but Caroline, Chelsea, and I stayed in the area because we scheduled massages for Lime's birthday at Spa Gregories in Del Mar. Thanks for the hook up Groupon! Oh, btw...my masseusse's name was DRAGON. That was pretty awesome. Hahaha. The massage definitely relieved a majority of the tension that was in my back that carried over from the other day! They've gained a customer in me!

Back to reality. Whomp. 

How was your weekend?  

Jack's Mannequin

Remember when I talked about about my favorite music over here? Jack's Mannequin was one of my favorites mentioned. 

I love that guy. A lot. Enough to have camped out for like 10 hours a few years ago to see him open for The Fray. He wasn't even the headliner! Which was SO worth it because I was totally front and center!

I haven't seen him since...2009? Welp, I got to see him again Wednesday night, and he was just as amazing as I remembered.

This week's show was at the House of Blues in Downtown San Diego which I was super stoked about because I haven't been there since I've been 21+ so for the couple of shows I have seen, I was up in the top seats. This was the first time I could be in the GA Pit all up in the action!

But first we ate some dinner at the HOB restaurant. They have this deal where if you spend over $20 you can cut infront of the line that was waiting outside to enter into the venue. We totally planned on taking advantage of this, but got distracted because it was trivia night and I love me some trivia! haha. 

[Sara had a rough  day, which called for shots!]

Once we finished, we entered the venue like 30 minutes after the doors opened and it wasn't packed. Which was a good thing for us :] We were in the 3rd-ish row which normally would be very cool, but I'm kind of a shorty so my view was kind of obstructed.

The opening opening band was pretty freaking legit. I think they were called Erland? Either way, I was thoroughly impressed with their musicality. 

Something noteworthy...they keyboard player was really hot. Ready for a creeper stalker photo?

Their guitarist was pretty cool. He was wayyyyy into their music. He was fun to watch...when I wasn't busy oogling the keyboarder.

 

[Fun guy on the left, lead singer on the right]

The next opening band was a group called Barcelona. Never heard of them but they had some fans in the audience. Two of the guys looked like brothers, and the drummer looked pretty out of it, but was really good.

The lead singer was a really good story teller, talking about sweat pants among other random things. 

And now for your feature presentation: Jack's Mannequin.

The lead singer's name is Andrew McMahon. He was once part of a group called Something Corporate (SoCo). You should actually go check out his story. It makes him so much more of an inspiration and gives his lyrics so much more meaning.

I don't smoke anything, but I love that this sticker is on his piano <3

He gets SO into the music, that he's rarely in his seat. And goes between the two microphones the entire concert.

One of my FAVORITE things he does during his shows is that he jumps ON his piano. You read that right. JUMPS. ON. HIS. PIANO.

He played my favorite song of his...Holiday From Real :]

And one of my other favorites, Swim.

We stuck around for a bit and guess what happened?!!

I. GOT. TO. MEET. HIM.

Unfortunately I have a sucky and super gross picture to show for it, but picture none the less!

And some cool merch & autographs!

'Twas a marvelous night. I can't wait to see him in concert again!

Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend <3