maybe together we can get somewhere

i remember, we were driving

driving in your car

the speed so fast, felt like i was drunk

city lights lay out before us

and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

and i had a feeling that i belonged

and i had a feeling i could be someone, be someone, be someone

-"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman

mmhmm

I fought you for so long
I should have let you in
Oh how we regret those things we do
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
But so were you
So were you

- "Be My Escape" Relient K

angela chase

"Sometimes it seems like we’re all living in some kind of prison. And the crime is how much we hate ourselves. It’s good to get really dressed up once in awhile, and admit the truth. That when you really look closely, people are so strange and so complicated that they’re actually... beautiful. Possibly even me.”

My So-Called Life

i'm currently obsessed with a tv show that came out when i was three.

a show that only lasted one season.

but it's so. good.

a young Claire Danes.

a young (and really hot) Jared Leto.

teen angst.

nineties clothing and music.

IT'S SO. GOOD.

rugrats

so i'm looking after my brother's robo-baby while he's at the play, and i'm feeding it with the bottle for the second time. i walk into the living room, and the following conversation happens:

me: ARGH! this baby is just so needy!

mom: hmmm. it's just like another baby you know.

me: ahahaha actually that thought has already crossed my mind.

mom: you can't shove a bottle in that baby's mouth, though.

me: actually, you can. it just has beer in it.

mom: i walked right into that one, didn't I?

me: yup, you did.

suspense

dislikes: when facebook tells you that someone commented on your status, but when you go check, the person deleted what they posted. I CAN'T HANDLE THE MYSTERY.

florence & the machine

outrageous

what is it that boys do when they hang out together?

i got an inside look last night, being the only girl at this particular hang out:

• they squeal, hide behind blankets and pillows and say things like, "I don't like it. no. noooo. WHY would you do that? WHY would you go in there?! Ahhhhh!" and "Is a scary part coming? Please tell me if a scary part is coming." during a horror movie (The Haunting in Connecticut, this time)
  
• they play the original Grand Theft Auto from 1997
• they watch poker (so. boring. i will never understand.)
• they giggle at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
• they giggle at infomercials for ShamWOW!, and that magic "FASHION!" bracelet
• they giggle at The Planet's Funniest Animals on the Animal Planet Channel
• just lots of giggling overall...

keep in mind that we are 18 years old.

tee hee.

"why would you buy these pants?"

"Look, other bands, they want to make it about sex or pain, but you know, The Beatles, they had it all figured out, okay? "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The first single. It's effing brilliant, right?... That's what everybody wants, Nicky. They don't want a twenty-four-hour hump sesh, they don't want to be married to you for a hundred years. They just want to hold your hand. " 

- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

i'm your lazy dancer

metric ♥

i have loved this band since their song "Monster Hospital" was the iTunes free download of the week back when i was thirteen. it was just really great to finally see them in concert. if i didn't love emily haines before, i sure adore her now. i loved her dancemoves, her dress, and the fact that the band sounded just as good live as they do on their albums. they truly put on a great show.  here are some other highlights of the evening:

• driving down to Kelowna with the Haberstocks and their Mexican extended family. "hola!"
• COSTCO. hahaha Paige, Brooke and I picked up as many samples as we could. noodles, liquid yogurt, health bars... "I WANT A COSTCO CONE!" helloooo, Costco employees Travis and Mike =)
• quickly eating at White Spot
• Brooke's impressive pile of napkins
• we met up with Alyssa, Chea, Nikita, Alex, Jaz and Marina
• the opening band, Zeus. they had their indie hipster rock uniforms on - skinny jeans, grandpa cardigans, ironic mustaches and dirty, long hair. they were pretty good =)
• METRIC. ahhhh i still can't get over how good they were. 
• there was one guy ahead of us to our right, and he was all by himself. that didn't stop him from having a great time. he was dancing and even whipped out an air guitar for a bit. so entertaining.
  
• they played their last song, "Stadium Love", and i couldn't help but be disappointed that they hadn't played Monster Hospital (the first Metric song i heard) or Combat Baby (my favourite Metric song). then they came back for the encore and played those very two songs. Combat Baby was just Jimmy playing acoustic guitar and Emily singing. i came very close to weeping. it was soooo great.
• when the lights came up, i realized that my Communications professor had been sitting in the seats directly in front of Brooke and me. I had been loudly, enthusiastically singing Metric lyrics into my prof's ear all night long. hahahaha =)

now i wanna go to another concert. Death Cab, are you listening?

this is how it works

this is how it works

you're young until you're not

you love until you don't

you try until you can't

you laugh until you cry

you cry until you laugh

and everyone must breathe

until their dying breath

no, this is how it works

you peer inside yourself

you take the things you like

and try to love the things you took

and then you take that love you made

and stick it into some-

someone else's heart

pumping someone else's blood

and walking arm in arm

you hope it don't get harmed

and even if it does

you just do it all again

- "On the Radio" Regina Spektor 

hallowpalooza

successful halloween?

i should think so.

• group costume: the yacht rock captains and their first mates =)
• being at Lukas's house for 17 hours
• the photoshoot in Luke's room 
• getting the dirtiest looks possible from 15 year old girls in Safeway
• PATRON! TEQUILA! I'M DRUNK ON MARGARITAS! 
• seeing people i haven't seen for a long time
  
• our dance moves to MGMT's "Electric Feel" 
• attempting to sleep in THE MOST CROWDED "BED" OF ALL TIME (gavin, brietana, rhianne, me, marty, sarah, sammy, and sometimes devin)
• Flo Rida
• -"is there anything on my neck?" -"what, do you mean a hickey?" - "i thought you guys were just 'listening to music' " - "yeah, i tend to only get that reaction when i listen to jazz." 
• laughing so hard that i nearly puked
• "what seems to be the officer, problem?" - Marty Kraus
• "Bad Boy Bill"
• getting a phone call from some of my Fandango lovelies =)
• Brietana and my Tim Horton's run and memory lane drive at 4:30 in the morning
• almost running into a cop during above mentioned drive 
• finally finding a comfortable place to sleeeeep. or at least rest with my eyes closed
• finding the note that was left for me at 3:15 a.m. that made me happy and sad all at the same time