restoration

i've been working in a photo studio and store since late september.
here's what i've been working on this week:





blogger obviously messes with the quality, but it's prettier in it's original size.
more to come.


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i especially liked this one.

"she'll be front row at every show."

as december approaches, i sat back in sociology class this morning and thought about all that this year has blessed me with. i've been able to meet a lot of amazing musicians, meet new friends, and enjoy good music. now what i think is good music could very well be different from yours. actually, it probably is. but, i guess this entry is an ode to the musicians that have shaped MY year.

jonas brothers - maybe two years ago, i would have laughed at them. but i owe them so much. they've given me a really good friend and have gotten me closer to an old one. i've gone through really rough nights by watching old youtube videos just to make me smile. a fan since august '07, i can say, although not as much as fans since '05, that i've seen them blow up from playing a shotty stage in Queens for about 10 minutes to sold-out arenas in London, Paris, and here in lovely NYC. & without knowing about them, i would have never gotten to know this other band. . .

honor society - when i first 'friended' this band on myspace, they had almost 7,000 fans. they still had 'heartache in the suburbs' and 'unpredictable' on their player. they were trying to win an online contest for a record deal, which they ended up placing 2nd in. the first show i went to, i was able to interview them with my JB/AZ friend, Marie [look @ past blog entry for deets].some things i noted at that show were that they are hilarious, genuine, and serious lovers of making music. i want to say there were less than 40 people crowded around the stage, a few at the bar, and some up on the balcony. fast forward now to august 5th and i've never seen the line that long for HS (and by this time, I've been to 3 shows). it was the most exciting concert, feeling everyones energy around me, and even Jonas stopped by for the show! Now they are on the west coast, opening up for Jonas, playing for arenas when just 6 months ago, i was bopping my head making googly eyes to these kids just 3 feet away on stage. i'm proud of where they've gotten to in such a short time. and I'm glad that i got to know them before the hysteria.

now i will get choked up with nostalgia & provide you with videos of before and after:

jonas brothers
then...




now...


honor society
then...




now...




www.myspace.com/jonasbrothers
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HONORSOCIETY

cheers to you boys, keep on rockin' =].

a lot of catching up.

to the future me that will read this in a year and ask, 'why the hell haven't you written since October?!', i apologize profusely. and since i haven't written since the 23rd of october, this will be an unnecessarily long entry.

1. fall of the albatross wins! i'm so happy for my FOTA boys. i was so anxious because i arrived late and was worried they were going to go on and...well, to avoid rambling, they actually didn't go on until 10:30pm because they sold the second most tickets next to this european band called, 'the clocks'. they were AMAZING. i'm not a fan of metal but boy did they win me over. here are some of my favorite shots:




2. halloween 2008 i really couldn't find anything better to do so we went to the parade. again.



3. our first black president wow, 11pm on the dot was the most moving moment of my year, if not my lifetime. i was a part of a generation that helped to elect change. cheers to president-elect, barack obama.



4. the post election PMS show the post-election radio show was really cool. i didn't have my camera BUT we did record it. i'll find a place to upload the entire broadcast ASAP. we invited members of the college democrats to share their thoughts. but, here's a picture from the pre-halloween show to fill the void.



5. i'm studying abroad! rome, paris, dublin in that order, folks =] i need to get my italian visa, like...now. i'm so excited for next term. i've worked for a year and a half just saving for this trip. my entries will be like those from the philippines/texas earlier this year.

i can't think/remember anything else that are blogworthy. so i'll end it here.




edit/ rasheem or "raz" will be on PMS this thursday. tune in, k?

you're letting her handle money?!

ok, so i was supposed to go see this guy like 2 other times over the summer but it never fell through. now i am going to be merching FOR him! nifty-cool, huh?....well, i think so. so, check him out: www.myspace.com/erniehalter. he does this mean cover of 'cyclone' (by baby bash & t.pain) which i never thought anyone with artistic moral would cover but he does a lot of covers, so i'll give him credit for having balls cause it sounds pretty good.

if you're interested, he'll be in NYC at the Canal Room with Curtis Peoples (myspace.com/curtispeoples) and Tony Lucca (myspace.com/tonylucca) on November 14, 8 pm. you'll definitely be seeing me at the merchandise table so come by & buy a CD!

& bah, i need to put up pictures & the song playlist from last week, i know.

this is how it feels.

since my last entry, my little old chihuahua doggy, jake, passed away. i won't even lie and say i'm not crying like a little girl as i type this out, but i guess that's my excuse for not updating in close to two weeks. it's been really hard on my end because he was MY dog. i do have another dog nammed manny, who's a puppy, but jake was always considered mine. he'd been getting sicker and skinnier in this past year alone and i knew, that week especially, that he was dying. he was 14+ years old and a fighter 'til the end. he'd been a lost dog, then an abused dog, then my dog. i don't think i can write anymore on this subject without wanting to shut my laptop off, curl up in my bed, and sob for long hours, so i'll end this jake bit here.

so, here's to you, "jake-o". you can bark & sing all you want where you are =]]]]]
love your bigger (but much younger) sister, len.

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on a completely different, and much happier note, I still did go to the Veronica's private show at Crash Mansion. It's a cool feeling being on a "list" even if it wasn't under my name. [Thanks again, Paula, for bringing me] It was a private web-series release party for The Veronica's hosted by Yaz(the birth control), In Touch Weekly, and Yahoo! music channel. I was basically 2 inches away from getting kneed in the face by one of the Origliasso twins (The Veronica's) and I loved every second of it. Here's some evidence:

The one in the plaid dress (Jess) totally had a crush on me. Here's where I'll brag and show you the video. No, you can't see me, but she touches a girls head (mine!) and bats those pretty make-up covered eyelashes at me. Bahahaa. Watch from 2:17-2:23 =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvzCkalaWs

I'll update tomorrow with pics from the radio station and the playlist from last week.

Sorry it's so late.