dog parkin

a lovely day in the neighborhood

old friends

Monster Ball 2011

Just in time for Jamie's birthday, the Monster Ball came to Atlantic City. Somehow, someway Jamie found it in her heart to permit to attend with her. I'm glad she did because the seats were awesome and the night was top notch! The wind tried to blow us off the top of the car garage, but that didn't stop us from singing and dancing our hearts out. Not even the stupid people behind me telling me to sit down spoiled things. I still don't understand who goes to pop shows and expects to sit down, though. That's just stupid. It's dance music. You're supposed to dance! It's not a new trend. Point is, I LOVE THE GAGA!

RIP Chilly Willy xxoo

No matter how much time passes, some people will always live in your heart.

Jenell & the Yet-less

The Brownies had a CD release party and I was honored to be asked to be one of their openers. I hadn't played live in over a year so it was a little nerve racking. Nevertheless, it was fun. I really do miss it.

Here's a little taste from the show. This is a song by me called "Little Bit Closer". Little sloppy, but pretty good considering how long it'd been since I'd played.

PATCO in the winter time

Here we go again.

Back to school. Boo.

Oh snow is me!

Snow, snow, snow. Too much snow!

Birthday Weekend: DAY THREEEEE

As luck would have it, my friends had their monthly amateur wrestling match on my birthday weekend! We'd never gone and it was pretty fun despite how frickin bitter cold it was in that place! Being in a warehouse in the beginning of January with no heat isn't fun. Luckily we were amused!

Then Jamie and I went back to my place and I opened gifts. I got so many great gifts from her and others so I'm going to share some of them! I used to think I was great at giving gifts, but my friends are so good at it! I'm so spoiled!

Birthday Weekend: DAY TWOOO

Before going out for some real karaoke fun, Jamie and I went and got some sweet manicures. It was snowing and the streets weren't exactly safe, but we made it and I got my nails "minxed"! I don't think the girl that did them had done them very often nor did she do them correctly, but they looked cool regardless. Then we went to one of our favorite places in Philly for karaoke, the Elephant and the Castle. Some friends I hadn't seen in QUITE sometime came out and there was great joy and great sadness all mixed together! There was also singing. Oh yes. But did I win the gift certificate at the end of the night? NOOO!! Whatever!

Watch this... if you dare. It's not really all that great, honestly.

My 27th Birthday Weekend!

I don't know if I should say that I've had 27 birthday weekends, but I've definitely had 27 birthdays now. That's pretty crazy. I don't feel much different than when I was 17. Except I have noticed it's getting harder and harder for me to get up with any amount of grace after sitting indian style on the floor for awhile.

Although I may have decrepit knee joints, I have great friends and the start to the celebrations were quite awesome. There was some hiccups in the beginning. Iron Moto rolled my sushi "wrong", the hibachi chef had a battle of wills with me (I WON!), and they lied about karaoke. After that mess, we went to a better location for partying and lots of dancing was had. At least by me and Steve. Another thing I had a lot of was drinks. I would say I probably shouldn't have had that many, but at least I didn't puke in the car or anywhere else inappropriate. 

The birth of a very excited star

I live near this amusement park. Maybe I'll get a job here and I'll meet someone from a foreign country and I'll become close friends with them and fly across the globe to attend their wedding. Nah, that'd NEVER happen. ;)

Happy Birthday, Weezy! xxoo

There's worse things in life than rain

I give people the best gifts.

Happy Days!

Yay! I have a record player!

It's me against the time zone

Being out til about 5am definitely is not helping me adjust to East Coast time! It's so bad that I don't even hear my alarm in the morning whatsoever. Actually, I think maybe it does wake me and I just don't remember it waking me. I'll wake up at 2 and I'll see my lap top is closed and I always go to sleep with a movie playing on my lap top so I must have woke up at some point and closed it. I'm so mad at my sleeping self. Wake up! Get back in the zone! We keep missing all the sun!

Pehce out, 2010

2010. At points it seemed like it would never end and now that it's over I can't believe it already is! I definitely can't say that 2010 has been one of my favorite years. When this year began, I still lived at home and commuted over an hour to class three or four times a week. There was a whole mess of snow and a whole lot of driving. I nearly burnt myself completely out this year! My parents moved to California and Andrew moved into the house. I gained friendships and lost friendships and lost friendships and got them back. I went on one date this year that lead to nothing but headaches and confusion. But good things happened too! I went to a lot of weddings and I received Best of Quarter for the first (and possibly only) time. Road tripped to Florida with Jamie again. Recorded a demo that's still yet to be finished. Went to some great shows like Sia, Taylor Hawkins, Good Charlotte, Marina and the Diamonds, Tegan & Sara, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Eat World, and the amazing, incredible Sir Paul McCartney. Saw Back to the Future and Princess Bride in the theater. I worked out what seemed to be an impossible hurdle and sorted out my student loans in order to get my own apartment with my little Mo. We went to a dog park and flew in a plane! We spent Christmas in California and got the most awesome blanket in the lands! So, it wasn't the worst year of my life, but it definitely wasn't the best. It was a year pretty much completely dedicated to AiPH. The low point was definitely when my mother moved 3000 miles away, but I'm lucky to have great friends and the best dog ever and I'm going to somehow make it through 2011 as well. I expect it will be just that much harder without being able to escape to Millville and hang out with my mom. Huge bummer. But if I can live through that, I think it'll make me just that much stronger. But my farewell to 2010 was good! Had a yummy dinner at Uno before going to Zane street for some drinks and Dick Clark watchin. I accidentally became a smoker. Go figure. My New Years Resolution? Quit smoking! As long as I stay away from that electronic cigarette, I think I can do it!!!!

One Step Closer to Heaven, 2011!

Last minute Christmas

Since I pretty much left for California right after finishing school, I didn't get to do my last minute Christmas shopping until, well, today. But I'm proud to say that I finished it all up AND got a $78 dress from Urban Outfitters for $14.99!! Amazing! Didn't intend to buy anything for myself but I do have a birthday coming up and now I have something beautiful to wear! Hopefully there will be somewhere to wear it to!

I blame the TSA.

Casualties of travel! I'm going to try to do some intensive emergency surgery to save it. I got some super glue, but I don't know how it's going to go. Fingers crossed! Other than unpacking, I didn't do much. I felt like crap and was trying to take it easy. Did some painting, some movie watching, and some cooking. That's about it! these lazy days are going to FLY by and I'll be back at school in the blink of an eye. boo hiss.

Day Nine: Farewell Long Beach, We'll Miss You!

Very sad morning. 
Lots of tears and sad goodbyes. 
I'm still pretty sad about it!