28nicky @ 2008-08-28T00:07:00

2008-08-28T07:14:44Z

So far this week has been an epic rollercoaster. Here's the break down:
Monday: Year two of my college life started. As is always with the night prior to my first day back at school, I didn't sleep. Tried: mission failed. Pretty lame considering my first class is at 9:30 in the morning. >_<
Tuesday: Things became AWESOME! At Warped Tour, they sent around these clipboards asking if we knew of any young, unsigned bands so, I wrote down my band. =D I wasn't sure if I'd ever hear from anyone, but Tuesday morning my phone starts ringing and it's a number I don't know. The following ensues:
Nice lady on the phone: Am I speaking to Alexis from Day Dreamers Live the Night Life?
Me: Erm. . .y-yes?
Lady: Great! Alexis, I just wanted to ask a few questions about your band.
Me: *Has a mini panic attack on the inside and prays that she doesn't ask for a website where she can hear our music considering that we have only two songs and no MySpace, Pure Volume, etc. etc.* Uhh. . .kay.
Lady: How many members are in your band?
Me: F-five.
Lady: And are any of them in high school?
Me: No, but three of them just graduated.
Lady: And what is the age range of the band?
Me: 17 to 21.
Lady: Great. So how far are you from Bakersfield, CA?
Me: Uhm. . . we live in Palmdale (Side note: It's the Meth capital of the world. . . no joke.) So uhm. . . about an hour and a half to two hours away I guess.
Lady: Cool. Well, I just wanted to let you know that on November first we're having a show in Bakersfield and we would like to offer your band a half hour slot. And if you win, your band will get a free 16 hour recording session in a studio.
Me: 0_0 Really?
Lady: Yes. So, would you be interested?
Me: Uhm. . .let me call my band and see if they're up for it.
Lady: Alright. Great.

*Insert me getting a call back number and then proceeding to do my Happy Dance in my kitchen while I call the rest of the band.*
That night I was so excited I wrote two new songs. I'm not sure if we'll record them and perform them or what. The three day weekend will be spent at my drummer's house throwing ideas around, recording the two songs we do have, perfecting them, writing new songs, hopefully recording those as well, getting sick off of pizza and watching cheesy, awesomely amazing movies (Grind, She's the Man, and hopefully Accepted). I'm praying that we can also have an official MySpace up and running. When we do, I'll give you the link. I haven't been this excited since. . . uhm. . .I don't recall. (Okay, I was probably this excited when Lindsey and I got to talk to Johnson at the Dance Across the Country Tour. Me and that kid are going to be best friends one day. Lol.) I'm not sure where the venue is (or what it's called). When I called to confirm the gig today, they said they would call us at the end of September to let us know all of the nitty gritty details. Dudes (and/or Dudetts). . .this is seriously the coolest thing ever! We're so excited! (If any of you live in or around Bakersfield and can make it to the gig, please come! Saturday November 1st. Be there please! =] )

Wednesday: So Tuesday was ammmmmazing right? Right! Well, Tuesday evening I had auditions for my college's choir. Unfortunately this semester, my old high school choir conductor (who is the college conductor too) is only allowed to have 20 singers and about 52 people auditioned. I had a feeling that I wouldn't get in, which I didn't. So naturally I was upset. (I think my eyes have finally stopped burning from crying about it. . . =/ ) But then I got really pissed when I discovered that two girls that I went to high school with that were always flaking out on the choir got in. Not to mention one of them was in the college choir with me last semester and she missed so many classes that the teacher told her that he would drop her from the class soon. And she got in. . .what? Blah. Ever get the feeling that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you improve, you just won't be good enough for someone? That's pretty much how I feel right now as far as my conductor goes. And all I can hear in my head right now is my mom saying, "All you can do is keep singing, keep building your musicianship, keep practicing and pray that it's enough." I know, but I have this feeling it won't be.

It's amazing how quickly one small thing can completely change how you felt that day. How you viewed yourself. It is also amazing how much the opinion of another person can make you feel sometimes. To say that I don't care what people think about me would be a lie. I do, but I don't. I don't care what some girl/guy on the internet that I've never met thinks of me. I don't care if some lady at the store gets offended by my tattoos and my weird hair. I do care when a friend/mentor/family member is involved though. *Sighs* Here's to hoping that tomorrow is better.

And because I don’t want to end this on a down note: Here’s one of my favorite videos on YouTube. (I hate the fact that it posted at the top, but whatever.) I wish that I was clever enough to look at my best friends and go, “You know what would be the funniest thing ever? Follow me on this. . . “
Enjoy!
<3
Lex

Why so serious?

2008-08-26T07:22:40Z

So I'm only posting this for the sake of posting. Also, in case anyone actually comes to this thing, I want there to be something here. So, I was rereading some of my old posts. Good lord they were obnoxious. Haha. . .It's funny how "awful" sophomore year of high school can be compared to sophomore year of college. I just want everyone to know (That is assuming someone is reading this. . .probably not.) that I'm seriously going to try to stay updated on my Live Journal now. Mainly because I wrote a FOB fan fic a while ago and I'm currently working on a Cab fan fic and I'd like to have a place to post them. They're not slash. . . sorry. While I adore slash, I always feel awkward writing it . . . Personally, I think it would just be stupid if I were to attempt it because I think I'd suck at it. Haha. So I'll leave it to all of you manic geniuses out there. And I'll just read your shit with a gleeful smile plastered on my face. Seriously, some of the ones I've read make my heart happy because they are that amazing. I used to post on Quizilla (28nicky) but when they changed the site, my friends and I said, "Peace." Mainly because they got rid of the rating system and basically told us that if things were too suggestive, it would be deleted because they were trying to have a more wholesome feel. (Funny though, seeing as how MTV is one of their sponsors. So much for a "cleaner" image.) *Shrugs* Whatever. (This is me ranting, but I guess it's like The N canceling Instant Star because they wanted to have a more "family oriented" feel. WHAT?!? And now they're showing reruns of That 70's Show. I will never understand people. Oh, speaking of which. . . more random ranting, if there are any of you out there who are I.S. fans and want a 5th season, my friend started a forum where they are actually writing out a 5th season. If anyone's interested, I can get you the link. You can also help them write the season if you'd like. My friend's trying to rope me in. Haha.) Okay. . . so where was I? Erm. . . *thinks* Oh! Right. Quizilla changed their. . . well everything and I up and left it. Found another site to post fan fic on. (Which I have yet to use because I refuse to post chapters of a story until I'm well into it. Okay. . .I'm on Ch. 12 of my Cab fic but there's a few things that I need to clear up first.) I might . . . I just might, if I figure out how to work this thing properly (Help?) I might post my fics here. And if not, I'll set up links to where they can be found once I've got them up and running. So, that being said, I'm starting this thing over. . . again. I've decided I'm going to post more stupidity and less "poetry" here. (I do have a site for my lyrics/poems/etc. if anyone's interested.) Basically, expect random shit to be discussed. Actually. . .I'm thinking about starting it soon because I like to talk about stupid crap that's happened to me in my life and what not. Alright, I'm going to go find some people to befriend. Goodnight.

Love,
Lex

P.S. Please feel free to send me messages, comments, etc. I promise to get back to you and honestly, I do love meeting new people. =] Especially if these new people write awesome fics! =D