Baylie's Journals

I need some help/assistance/input/etc...

So, in case you didn't already know, I'm a senior!! Hell yes!! But with that comes the ever-looming, imminent, impending Senior Project. The Senior Project is basically a really big year-long project that all seniors have to complete and pass in order to graduate. You pick a topic, get a mentor, log some hours, make a product, write a paper that somehow relates to your topic while also arguing a specific side from a (usually controversial) current topic, and give a 6-10 minute long speech in front of a panel of community members.

I still am at a loss as to what my topic should be. At first I was going to organize a benefit concert featuring local Denver bands and the proceeds would go to an animal shelter. That plan has since fallen through because I am still band-less. Music is my passion but I have no means to do anything with it at the present time. =(

Then I thought about doing something music-production related. Maybe interning at Blasting Room Studios (not sure how that would turn out though). But eventually that fell through. It just wouldn't work, for various reasons.

Next, I pondered about elementary art education. Just because it would be fun. Finger painting with little kids. But I don't feel passionate enough about it and I will be working on this for practically a full school year.

Photography briefly crossed my mind. But it's cliche and contrived. I don't know what the bigger picture, greater good it would relate to. And I'm just not that great of a photographer anyways.

But I think I may have found my topic. Creating my own fashion line. Sort of. It would be waaaaaaaaaaay scaled down. I would just make a handful of sample pieces, maybe alter some store bought clothing into something more original, write an essay about the benefits and downsides of apparel companies outsourcing labor, and the end. I do enjoy sewing, and diy-ing in general. Plus, i've been wanting to actually "create" some clothes of my own for forever, but just haven't had the drive to. This would push me to get on that. Even though I usually dress like a lazy hobo, I do like fashion. I'm just too moneyless to actually buy an extensive array of cute clothes. And I think it's a less common topic; most seniors end up doing some sort of variation on about five different topics, they all become redundant. I'd like to do something original.

So the reason I'm posting this unnecessarily lengthy journal is to ask your advice. What do you think would be a good Senior Project? Any of my ideas, or are you much more creative that myself and have a better idea?

Let me know.

Plzkthnxbai.

~baylie

the trials and tribulations of religion.

this is the entire transcript of my conversation with Father Brian, my friend(?) brian who is a devout catholic kid who plans on becoming a priest.

this all started after he left me a voicemail criticizing my answering machine which happens to be matt skiba talking about animal rights stuff.
and brian used to be a vegetarian until he became anemic.

yes, both arguments are completely baseless, but i just wanted to show the insanity that is his religious justification. i deal with this every day.
"jesus says so. the bible is completely true. if i believe it, it's true despite the lack of evidence. you not believing doesn't mean it's not real. i'm right because i'm religious."

purple = me.

Well, itâ�™s true. God created animals FOR humansâ�¦so we could eat them :]

Did jesus come down from heaven and tell you that personally? otherwise, no.

Well the Bible is the living word of Godâ�¦So in a sense yes He did :]

I take that as a no, he didnâ�™t.

Well you shouldnâ�™t. Itâ�™s in Genesis, chapter 1. Look it up. Man has dominion over the animals. They arenâ�™t rational creatures, nor do they have a soul.

first, iâ�™m not believing a second hand text as proof. and what the hell animals donâ�™t have souls?

They are just matterâ�¦Flesh and bone. Not body and soul. If we eat themâ�¦It doesnâ�™t really matter. Feeling sorry for something that isnâ�™t rational and was made for us to eat is just silly.

I think Jeffrey dahmer used that same argument to justify his actions.

Whoâ�™s that?

Google.

I donâ�™t really have a computer near byâ�¦

Serial killer and cannibal.

Well human beings and animals we eat are entirely different thingsâ�¦He sounds like a lunatic.

No more insane than a zealot.

Hahâ�¦Yes way more insane than a zealot. Being passionate about something and a serial killer are also very different things.

Two extremes. both intense beliefs and actions. both think they are right and think they have the right to act how they want.

But what if the zealot IS right?

thatâ�™s only a what if. Same argument can be used on the cannibalâ�™s side.

And I hardly think a serial killer feels they have the right to murder. They are just numb to how awful it is.
Eating other humans canâ�™t be justified.

Says you.

Says most of the world as well.

Majority does not equate correct.

But God equates correct and He says eating other humans isnâ�™t okay. Itâ�™s the same as murder, again if you feel like thatâ�™s okay then you need to sort out some priorities.

you use an imaginary omnipotent figure as your justification for living. your priorities need a bit of sifting through as well.

Haha but not so imaginary. Well what are you living for then?

Myself. why live for something/someone who may not exist and probably doesnâ�™t like me anyway?

He loves you more than you could ever know! But living for yourself is completely selfish and wonâ�™t bring you any happiness. I mean true, lasting joy. Not instant, selfish gratification that canâ�™t keep you happy.

there is no proof that god loves anyone. more evidence claims that he doesnâ�™t. so why not just make myself happy. if god loves me heâ�™ll want me to be happy.

Selfishness isnâ�™t happiness. Freedom isnâ�™t to do whatever you want. Freedom as it was made, means not to be a slave to your sings. If God took away all of our problems and made everything easy, how would we ever know what it means to be faithful? There is proof. You just have to open your eyes to it.

Iâ�™m quite content being blind. it allows me to wear cool glasses.

Cool glasses is nothing compared to unconditional love that lasts forever.

I love my glasses unconditionally. and will for forever.

But they canâ�™t love you backâ�¦Itâ�™s an inanimate object.

Says you.

God says that tooâ�¦Do you really think being blind will bring you happiness? Itâ�™s trueâ�¦Ignorance can be bliss, but only for a time. And there is something much greaterâ�¦

Allegedly. there may be nothing after bliss.

Yes there is. Eternal bliss. Ignorance certainly wonâ�™t bring you that. Itâ�™s impossible to be unaware of the truth forever.

unless youâ�™re ignorant until you die and nothing happens after. thatâ�™s forever.

But there IS something after that. Eternal salvation or the fires of Hell. Itâ�™s not like not believing in it changes the fact that they exist.

Believing doesnâ�™t make it real. your only proof is the bible. second hand accounts written by people who werenâ�™t there. no hard evidence.

There is only one real author of the Bible. God. Science canâ�™t tell us whatâ�™s beautiful, it canâ�™t tell us why people sacrifice themselves when it tells us that our basic instincts are completely self centered. It IS the truth, and it is real :] there is way more proof. Miracles (still not explainable by modern science) happen all the time. Bodies of saints that havenâ�™t decayed for well over a few hundred years, and a lot more.

You sound like a sermon preaching to save his life. Trying to justify your existence. No point in trying to convince me.

Yes there is. I know why Iâ�™m here. But you donâ�™t Is being concerned about the fate of a friendâ�™s soul really so meaningless?

if you think it has meaning then it does to you. not to everyone else.

But it SHOULD have meaning to you. What if youâ�™re wrong?

then it will suck to be me.

john mccain...

...looks like yertle the turtle.

y/y?

jumpin' on the bandwagon...

because it's a wagon (a little red wooden one, perhaps?) and it has bands.

a little guess the lyrics??
put the music on shuffle and post the first line of lyrics.

1. "A bunch of punks hangin' out on the streets before a show."
2. "It doesn't hurt me. You want to feel how it feels?"
3. ~~"I almost got drunk at school at fourteen."~~
4. ~~"Well shake it up baby now."~~
5. "Build a wall of books between us in our bed."
6. ~~"What's with these homies, dissin' my girl? Why do they gotta front?"~~
7. ~~"Cut my tongue out, I've been caught out like a giant juggernaut."~~
8. "I wake up every evening with a big smile on my face."
9. "Dear mr. and/or mrs. sender..."
10. ~~"There's someone down below blowing you a kiss."~~
11. ~~"Thursday night, everything's fine, except you've got that look in your eye"~~
12. ~~"This is a jetsetter music letter from me to you."~~
13. ~~"When it began, for those who don't know, it didn't matter how you looked or what you wore to a show."~~
14. "It must be your skin that I'm sinking in."
15. ~~"My girlfriend, my dumb donut..."~~
16. ~~"Don't come looking for me..."~~
17. "I pushed the button and elected him to office..."
18. "It's not easy having yourself a good time."
19. ~~"Do you know who I am? Good, neither do I."~~
20. "There is nothing to see here people keep moving on."

Channel 93.3's Big Gig: Denver, July 26

So, yesterday was Channel 93.3â�™s Big Gig. Itâ�™s an annual summer festival-type show at Fiddlerâ�™s Green Ampitheatre where Projekt Revolution and various other shows are (as well as my high schoolâ�™s graduation, haha). Last yearâ�™s Big Gig had Social Distortion, Motion City Soundtrack, Jackâ�™s Mannequin, Blue October, I Hate Kate, and Single File (I really wish I had gone).

I actually found out about the show from my mom. She was reading the paper (Denver Post, I believe) which had a collective Colorado summer concert list. She was all like â�œoh, Paramoreâ�™s playing in Denver in Julyâ�. I responded â�œNo theyâ�™re not. Itâ�™s not listed on their myspace or their website.â� I even checked Ticketmaster which advertised the show as â�˜Channel 93.3â�™s Big Gig featuring The Offspringâ�™. So I forgot about it.

But then it appeared on Paramoreâ�™s website and myspace tour dates list and I decided to go. Me, Lexi, our sister Kassidy, and mom and dad went. My mom usually doesnâ�™t go to concerts unless she loves the band or I force her, haha.

The lineup was originally Dropping Daylight, The Spill Canvas, Dropkick Murphys, Paramore, and The Offspring. Then The Flobots were added, to my dismay (Iâ�™ll get to that later), as well as assorted local bands opening on a Locals Only stage.

We entered the ampitheatre at 4-ish, as soon as Dropping Daylight started playing (doors opened at 1-1:30). All the local bands had finished and there were practically no seats on the general admission lawn (for the record: lawn seats were WAY oversold). But we were able to find a spot anyway. We had two nice, soft blankies as well as a brolly (a.k.a. umbrella). So Lexi and Kassidy layed down shaded by the umbrella while I listened, my dad did nothing, and my mom read, haha.

For the record, it was so hot. Sweltering, in fact. My mom even got a mild case of heatstroke. And I had chosen to wear black skinny jeans, of course. Plus, there were many clouds in the sky just beyond the sun, taunting us in our over heated misery.

Dropping Daylight were quite good, surprisingly. I knew about them previously, but very apathetically. But after seeing them live, I really like them. They sounded really good â�“ which seems to be a problem for opening bands, especially the first band, for whatever reason: lack of experience, unexperienced sound techs, not good enough sound checks, etc. â�“ but they were great. And they had a pianist. Not a keyboardist. Not those shitty little 20 (or however many keys) things that so many bands have (Underoath and Motion City Soundtrack come to mind. I love them both, though). It was a real electric keyboard and the lead singer could actually play. Blasphemy! Seriously, if you have never seen a real pianist but only just keyboardists, you have no idea.

They played a cover of Journeyâ�™s â�œDonâ�™t Stop Believinâ� which got the whole crowd singing because everyone knows that song. And their pianist (Sebastian Davin, I believe) played the piano part of the song amazingly.

Next was the Spill Canvas. They werenâ�™t really that good for me. Their sound quality wasnâ�™t anything special, the between song banter was annoying (â�œthe drunker you are, they better WE sound!!â�, really?), and I didnâ�™t really like their songs. During one of their songs they played a riff from â�œCarry On My Wayward Sonâ� by Kanasa. They closed with their new single, â�œAll Over Youâ�, which had a huge crowd response, of course.

During their set, there was some intense pot smoking going on around us, which of course pissed off my mom.

Flobots played following Spill Canvas. I feel horribly ignorant towards them now. I only knew about them because of their album commercial which plays â�œHandlebarsâ�. Because I had seen that commercial only a million times, I found them to be a very annoying band. After seeing them live my opinion has changed.

Reasons they are amazing:
*They have a girl member, who doesnâ�™t sing! She plays violin! Extremely well, too.
*Theyâ�™re a mix of rock and hip hop and random stuff. Kind of like Gym Class Heroes. I happen to love crossover bands if they do it right.
*They are a band with a message; a message that actually runs their lives. Every one of their songs that they played was about peace, unity, compassion, love and all that wonderful stuff.

Oh, and their from Denver. That always helps my opinion, haha.
Their set included Handlebars, Fight With Tools, Stand Up, and a lot more.

Dropkick Murphys played fourth. I think theyâ�™re okay. I like their Irish sound mixed with more hardcore stuff. There were actually a lot of people there for them, which surprised me. They had great crowd responses during all of their songs. One guy even said â�œStand up! Show respect for the Irishâ�. Lots of crazy â�“ probably drunk, haha â�“ Irish dancing ensued. Most of the energy was coming from the cheaper, general admission lawn seats (where we were) so one of the members (Al Barr, I believe) said â�œI see most of our fans are up there, you cheap bastardsâ�, haha. They ended with their biggest song as well, â�œIâ�™m Shipping Up to Bostonâ�, which caused most of the remaining people that werenâ�™t already dancing crazy to do so.

Some great music was being played on the PA in between Dropkick Murphys and Paramoreâ�™s sets, like â�œDonâ�™t Lost Touchâ� by Against Me! and â�œSic Transit Gloriaâ�¦Glory Fadesâ� by Brand New.

So finally came the band that I was waiting for: Paramore. Iâ�™ve liked them since 2005 when I saw them on Fuse and read about them in Alternative Press. Unfortunately, every opportunity to see them live failed. 2006 Warped Tour they werenâ�™t in Denver. 2007 tour with The Almost didnâ�™t come to Denver. 2007 Warped Tour I watched a bit of their set but there was stuff going on soâ�¦yeah. 2007 Fall tour was at the Fillmore Auditorium as a 16+ show. Recent tour with Jimmy Eat World didnâ�™t come to Denver either. And they didnâ�™t play the Denver date on Warped 2008. So here was finally my chance to legitimately see them live.

So, they were amazing as expected. Huge crowd response (more so for â�œMisery Businessâ� than any other song, of course. The other singles got a lot of sing-a-longs too.) And my mom somehow (finally!) came to the conclusion that Hayley is a good singer. â�œBetter than Katy Perryâ�, apparently.

Paramore Setlist:
Born for This
Thatâ�™s What You Get
Here We Go Again
Fences
Crushcrushcrush
Let the Flames Begin (and the â�˜Oh Fatherâ�™ ending)
When It Rains
We Are Broken
Emergency
Pressure
For a Pessimist, Iâ�™m Pretty Optimistic
Misery Business

I was surprised that they didnâ�™t play â�œWoahâ� and I thought â�œStop This Songâ� might have been played. And I wasnâ�™t expecting them to play â�œWe are Brokenâ� but it didnâ�™t exactly surprise me either.

Iâ�™m pretty sure a lot of people left after Paramore but not all that many because there was thousands watching The Offspring. The Offspring had always been one of those bands that I wished I listened to more because all the songs I had heard I liked. My mom and sisters all love â�œPretty Fly for a White Guyâ� (those posers, haha) and my dad had never heard them before.

Turns out my dad has a penchant for punk bands. Current punk bands. This first came to my knowledge last March (2007) during My Chemical Romanceâ�™s â�˜Black Paradeâ�™ tour. Rise Against opened the Denver show and my dad loved them. And now it turns out that my dad loves The Offspring, too. Itâ�™s a little weird, haha.

Their set list included:
Come Out and Play (Keep â�˜Em Separated)
Youâ�™re Gonna Go Far, Kid
Why Donâ�™t You Get a Job
Spare Me the Details
Pretty Fly for a White Guy
The Kids Arenâ�™t Alright

Towards the end of their set, Dexter said â�œIt smells like a giant cloud of marijuana just came down on the stage. Are all of you guys stoned? Jesus Christ.â�

I thought they would end with â�œPretty Flyâ�¦â� but they played â�œThe Kids Arenâ�™t Alrightâ� after it. Then they left the stage, the crowd screamed encore, and the lights didnâ�™t go on. But we left anyways, haha.

I would have posted videos but:
*I didnâ�™t bring an actual camera because my mom told me not to and I stupidly listened to her, argh. Soâ�¦
*I only have fifteen second video clips on my phone. I have a lot of them and could have put them together somewhat collectively in imovie butâ�¦
*During all of my Paramore videos you can here my shitty singing in the background and you all donâ�™t want to hear that, I promise.
*And the sound and video quality isnâ�™t that good anyways. Though I did mostly film the big screens that the bands are projected on close up.

I tried forever to win backstage passes. I woke up at seven for about five days and listened to 93.3 for an hour to win. Then I resorted to the other contest called Make It Stop where a horrible song is played and you have to call in with the name and artist to make it stop. Turns out that the song played Friday (last time to win passes, day before the show) was a song that my dad knew. Yeah. Jesus hates me. =(

And I seem to have some weird obsession with predicting set lists during the shows. And Iâ�™m almost always right. (I basically called Paramoreâ�™s entire set list.) I think it annoys Lexi.

Oh, and me and my mom are convinced that the couple next to us were vegan, or at least vegetarian. They only drank water, only ate trail mix, had clothing that looked â�˜green-ishâ�™, and were like the only people not drinking or smoking. But I donâ�™t know for sure.

I think thatâ�™s about it.

The End.

~baylie

goodbye, buzznet...

i shall be temporarily gone.
M.I.A.

until saturday, july 12.

and where will i be?

bonaire.

one of the ABC islands, off the coast of venezuela.
apparently the scuba diving is fantastic there so...
and there are flamingo sanctuaries. =D

but: our flight out of denver leaves like five-ish. then we land in houston for a FIVE HOUR LAYOVER then we take a red eye to bonaire and arrive at five-ish in the morning. oooooh, fun.

and i hate airports anyways. i'm not scared of flying but the people that work at airports are usually pretty mean. power hungry occasionally. and the security is way too intense (if my headphones are confiscated i will be pissed beyond belief).

plus my grandpa is the one in charge of the trip and he's like a vacation nazi. we're diving twice each day. early morning.
when we went to disneyland he made us go early (7 am) and stay late (11 pm).

and my mommy isn't going. =(
so i'm going to miss her mucho. and my puppies. =(

so, no internet because i'm not supposed to bring my computer (but i probably wouldn't have internet access anyways) and no picture via cell phone text messages because the roaming charges suckkkkk ($1.30 per minute for calls, 50 cents or more per text).

but i shall take plenty of pictures and videos, hopefully. (unless i use up all my memory making a movie with lexi during our five hour layover.)

later skater (or l8r sk8r, if you're 'cool' like that, haha)

~baylie

Warped Tour 2008: June 29, Denver...

Sorry it took so long. Monday I was just being lazy and yesterday was my birthday so I didnâ�™t really get a chance to finish this until today.

So this is my third Warped Tour. I first attended in 2006, then 2007, and now 2008. This year me, Lexi, and our dad went a little later than usual. We got at Invesco Field at about 11am and had to wait in line forever, of course. First order of business was to find the big inflatable schedule and plan out the day.

Thank you Action for Animals for having flyers of the schedule even though I didnâ�™t get one until halfway through the dayâ�¦

We watched The Academy Isâ�¦â�™s set at 12:30, from the back. While eating a $4 icee thingee, haha. They were awesome. The played The Phrase that Pays, Checkmarks, Weâ�™ve Got a Big Mess on Our Hands (random fact: me and Lexi got to introduce that song last year for Fuseâ�™s Warped Wednesday/Weekend. We still donâ�™t know if it ever aired, haha), Slow Down, and a few others.

Then me and Lexi got into a fight. From First to Last was doing a signing (at 2:15) after their set which was at 1:30. Cobra Starship was doing a signing at 2:30. I didnâ�™t really want to meet From First to Last just because our littler sister Kassidy wasnâ�™t there yet and she loves Matt Good and always quotes him from the Hollytauntes video he did with Audrey and Hanna, and I didnâ�™t think itâ�™d be fair for me and Lexi to meet them when Kassidy couldnâ�™t. Plus I really wanted to meet Cobra.
Eventually me and Lexi went to see some of From First to Lastâ�™s set (just enough for me to hear Two as One live; I didnâ�™t want to wait around for songs I love that they may or may not play).

Then we continued our search for T13Câ�™s tent. Lexi is friends with them on buzznet and they told her to come see them. She had to go up to some random guy with a T13C sticker and ask him where their tent was, only to have him point like five feet away to a tent we had just passed.

Meanwhile, our dad found a nice shaded, grassy spot right beside T13Câ�™s tent, and that was where he stayed for the rest of the day, haha.

Then, me and Lexi went to stand in line for Cobra Starshipâ�™s signing. The guy who was in charge of the signing was kind of a spaz. He kept yelling that the line be single file and being slightly crazy, haha. There were no pictures with the band, only of the band. And Gabe was â�œsick. But will be performing tonightâ�.

Now, this might make me sound like a horrible fan but I donâ�™t care. If you are actually, legitimately sick, then by all means miss your signing. Get better. But if you are healthy enough to be able to play then you should be able to participate in your bandâ�™s signing four hours before your set; pop some aspirin, chug some Theraflu, and get over it.

Anyways, we got to meet the rest of Cobra, and they were all super nice. Vicky T. said she liked Lexiâ�™s and my sunglasses. =)

Oh, and horrible planning: Cobraâ�™s signing was at the same time as Gym Class Heroesâ�™ set, on the other side of the parking lot. Yeah. And Say Anything was playing during the signing but their stage was close(r) to us so we got so hear some songs like Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too.

So after the signing me and Lexi went to go see some of Against Me!â�™s set because I absolutely love them. They were playing White People for Peace when we got over there and they played New Wave. In the middle of one of their songs, they stopped playing and Tom was like â�œwoah, whatâ�™s going on?â�. Apparently in the front of the crowd there was a fight going on but they got it to stop.

Then we just chilled under our tree. My mom and Kassidy showed up at about three-ish so we went to go get them from the gate. The Hurley stage was right in front of our shaded spot (though there were food tents in between) so we got to hear Family Force Fiveâ�™s set. Then we got to hear We the Kings on the Hurley stage which was good because I wanted my mom to hear them since she was so pissed about All American Rejects dropping off (sheâ�™s a pop-punk fiend: AAR, Panic!, Cobra, TAI, Paramore, etc. Itâ�™s quite funny).

Me and Lexi quickly went to the Say Anything signing at the Alternative Press tent. We got to use our AP cut passes that I got because I re-subscribed to AP when I preordered my tickets. There was a little line of cut pass people and a few of us were integrated into the line at a time. It took less than ten minutes for us to meet them.

They werenâ�™t â�˜meanâ�™ but they were kind of stand-offish. Didnâ�™t really talk or anything. Didnâ�™t seem to excited to meet fans.

Katy Perry was doing a signing at five. My entire family (as in: me, Lexi, Kassidy, and my mom) absolutely love her so we wanted to meet her. But, me and Lexi wanted to meet Against Me! too, who (we thought) were doing a signing at five as well. So my mom, being a nerd, brought a folding type chair and a book and sat in line reading, drinking a frozen margarita for like an hour.

Then it turns out that Against Me!â�™s signing is at 5:30. But at five the line for Katy wasnâ�™t moving. At all. We didnâ�™t meet her until about 5:45 and rushed into Against Me!â�™s line right after. Katy was awesome but I didnâ�™t really get a picture with her (other than her and my back, haha) and my little sister Kassidy met her and her merch girl was like â�œaww, take a picture with the little oneâ� so Kassidy got a picture. =D

I stole this little poster thingee from Lexi because youâ�™re supposed to get one if you buy Katy Perry merch. I was going to replace it when I bought a shirt but I didnâ�™t get one when I went back to buy my shirt. =(

During Against Me!â�™s signing, me and Lexi were pseudo-fighting and they made fun of us, haha. And Tom was all like â�œHi, Iâ�™m Tomâ� and Lexi said â�œI knowâ� which was like the funniest thing ever.

I won this poster because I signed up for Gigbot. If you sign up you get to spin a wheel for prizes like free concert tickets and posters and stuff. My spin landed on poster and my choices were a Warped Tour 2008 poster, Against Me! poster, and something else. I chose Against Me! =D

After the signing, Cobra Starship was playing so we listened to Send My Love to the Dancefloor and then returned to our shaded, grassy spot. It was about 6:15 and we all (mom, dad, Lexi, Kassidy, me) were hanging out.

Pierce the Veil was playing on the Hurley Stage and we heard them play Beat It. As soon as they started playing it my mom was singing and I kept saying that Fall Out Boyâ�™s cover is much better. T13C people (band or crew or whatever, I'm not quite sure) were talking to some random girl fans (who apparently were also pseudo-groupies*) who apparently loved Pierce the Veilâ�™s cover and T13C told them they were wrong and that Fall Out Boyâ�™s was much better, haha.

Then I look at my little schedule flyer and realize that we are right next to the Hurley Stage, where Jeffree Star would be playing at 6:50. No bueno.

So I tell my mom and she finds it hilarious. When Jeffree went onstage my mom noticed him because of his hair, which she liked, haha. But his entire set was utterly horrible. Seriously. His songs have great music, but terrible lyrics that sounded like shit live. But it was entertaining for me which is all that matters. T13C people kept complaining, saying that Jeffreeâ�™s set needed to end. And the local food tent people hated it too. One of them even mimed a shotgun and pretended to shoot Jeffree offstage. That whole thirty minutes was pretty hilarious.

Then we trekked over to the Hurley.com stage to see Katy Perry. She played One of the Boys, Youâ�™re So Gay, I Kissed a Girl, and a couple others. I Kissed a Girl was the last song she played and she intro-ed it by pretending to talk on the phone with her mom saying â�œyeah, Mom, I did kiss a girlâ�¦â�. During the first chorus when she says â�œhope my boyfriend donâ�™t mind itâ�, she pointed to Travis who was onstage to the side. During the whole song he was kind of dancing in place looking all proud. =D

Then we left, haha.
The End.

I spent $70 on merch-

$25 Katy Perry shirt

front:

back:

$20 Cobra Starship shirt

front:

back:

$15 Against Me! shirt

$10 Peta shirt

I got a nice case of melanoma on my back, haha.

Iâ�™m assuming that my sunburn matching my red bra is not a good thing.

*My dad told us that said girls were talking with T13C peoples about the barbeque after warped. The guy said â�œYou can only get in with a pass or if youâ�™re invited.â� to which the girls replied â�œWhat do we have to do to get an invite?â� T13C dude was all like â�œWell, that depends on what youâ�™ll do but youâ�™re not getting one from me.â�
Ahahahaha, I love it.

~baylie

full warped tour report...

coming soon. hopefully tomorrow. i'm just really tired and really sunburned so writing it now would prove useless. plus i have many pictures i need to upload for this journal as well as some pictures i need to take (of the merch i bought). and least this way now i will have to actually write this in a timely fashion since i sort of promised i would. haha. ~baylie

a little music update...

warped tour is tomorrow. i lost my camera and lexi broke hers so as of right now i'm planning on hijacking my grandpa's, ahahaha.

mindless self indulgence is in the new alternative press magazine. the warped tour one. it's basically all about jimmy; kitty, steve, and lyn-z are mentioned a couple times. but it really is jimmy's band so i didn't mind. and gerard was not name dropped at all, haha.

katy perry's cd one of the boys is my current favorite. i love it. the title track is my obsession of the moment (excluding "i kissed a girl" but...)

metro station is in the new AP as well. and "shake it" is being used in commercials for bravo's shear genius and the-n's degrassi.

anddddddd...

so, we've been leaving the radio on in the kitchen so that our dogs don't get too lonely. for some reason the radio is on radio disney; i think my sister kassidy did that...
anyways, i was in the kitchen and the d.j. says "'that's what you get' by paramore" for that 'kick it or pick it' shit or whatever it is. it only played like thirty seconds of paramore but people were calling in saying whether they wanted it or didn't. so some girl calls in and says "kick it, definitely" and the d.j. dude is like "well, any reason why?" and the girl is all like "it's not really my style" in a snobby-ish type tone.
yes, dear preteen and tweens who religiously listen to radio disney, paramore is not your style. fer realz. (unless you happen to be my eight year old sister, but that's a different story). and honestly, it shouldn't be on radio disney, sandwiched in between that miley cyrus / hannah montana freakshow of music and the jonas brothers / their camp rock characters aural abuse.
but this girl sounded like she was old, as in like fifteen or something. argh.......

oh, and charlotte sometimes is my current hero. haha.

~baylie

p.s.

now on radio disney is that one a cursive memory song. and their video was playing in american eagle on monday. the worst part of them being overplayed is that i don't even like them, haha.

and now it's back to the paramore "kick it or pick it". another girl said no and then two girls, one whose name was baylie, both called in to pick it.

and now it was just a miley cyrus commercial in which she referred to herself as a rock star. excuse me while i puke.

thirty books..............

i've joined the 30 Book Challenge group so this is where i shall post my progress. i haven't decided on my deadline yet, haha.

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

The Tracey Fragments - Maureen Medved

This Earth of Mankind - Pramoedya Ananta Toer

1984 - George Orwell

Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Night - Elie Wiesel

~baylie