Amy's show on Saturday!

Hey guys! So, I was going to write this days ago then decided not to but now I am. Because Laura requested that I do so. :)

As you may or may not know, Amy (Kuney) had a show in the city on Saturday, the 24th. If you were wondering, it was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE.

Hm...where to begin? Well, my friends and I went to the city at about 1-ish. We didn't really have any plans on what to do until the show so we walked around aimlessly and had TONS of fun! On our journey, we wound up going to the GIANT Toys R Us, the GIANT Disney store, the Hershey store, M&M World, and the American Girl Place (briefly)...I think there was more than that haha. It's always quite an adventure in the city...so as you can imagine, we encountered some interesting people (and some amazing gorgeous ones! <3). Our plan was to take a subway downtown to where the Living Room is, so at about 4-ish we started looking for one....and somehow didn't find one with the right train for A WHILE. We found one, got our tickets and all that crap and waited. And waited. And waited.....it didn't come. Oh, and we were supposed to be at the Living Room sometime before 5....So we got all pissed, ran back up to the street, and took a cab.

We got there at about 5:10. Amy was starting late so that was a relief. She wasn't even on when we got there; it was allll good. The guy at the door was soooo strict when it came to being under-aged haha. He marked every single hand that belonged to somebody under 21 with a giant black X (and I mean EVERY hand) and told us we "HAVE to leave right when the show is over." Damn.

After both my hands were attacked by the Sharpee, I ran (or walked quickly) to the curtain that leads to the back room and was stopped by yet another lovely employee. I paid my $5 and my hand got marked again, this time with a little green stamp that said "PAID." Ha. I was practically on the other side of the curtain while the lady was trying to stamp me.

So yeah, I said hello to Reese and Amy, took a look at the merch table, and at some point met Kate (Voegele)'s manager, Doug. Haha, yeah. Reese asked my friends and I to introduce ourselves then was like "Wait, you guys know...Doug is Kate's manager." I had a feeling!! Anyway, when Reese said that, I was like "OHHH...Hi, I'm Leah!" He knew. How wild is that? He said he recognized me from...the internet, I think? All over Kate's myspace, perhaps? He called me a Super Fan and I imagined myself wearing a cape with like, Kate's face on it or something. Haha.

THEN...I made my way through a jungle of people to the bathroom. Pretty exciting. When I came out, my friends were already sitting and I shuffled around looking for a chair to grab and at least a few cubic inches of space to put it in...It was a tad crowded. We were also sitting behind some guys who had heads slightly larger than I would prefer to be obstructing my view. Whatever.

Amy came on eventually and my friends and I cheered like wild beasts. She had a FULL BAND and it was sensational. Amy's acoustic sets are always wonderful, but with the band...it was so great! I loved how different it was than hearing just Amy's voice and the guitar or piano. The guitarist was awesome and had little solos here and there, and the whole band was just absolutely amazing. Ari Hest was on background vocals and guitar at times. He's great. The songs would get so intense and I wanted more than anything to get up and dance hahah. If I remember correctly, Amy played "Simple Things," "Bookmark," "Love Is Trippy," "Thank You For Last Night," "Rocket Surgery," "Appreciate Your Hands," and "Breaking Bad Habits," and "Would You Miss Me?" UnFREAKINGbelievable. As expected, my friends and I sang along (I think we were the only ones) like psychos and cheered a lot...I think Amy enjoyed our participation haha. At one point during "Love Is Trippy," she actually stopped singing for a second as she was looking toward us because we were singing...sort of loud I guess? Ha. We all kind of looked at each other awkwardly for a second then she was like "No, no...keep singing" then continued. That was kind of amazing!! I could NOT stop laughing after that. Too cute. :) As you probably guessed, she told her share of funny stories also and charmed the crowd like always.

After the show, I scurried over to the merch table to assume my position as "Merch Person." It was fun. Lots of people bought things and there are a couple in particular that I'd like to share.

Birthday Lady:
So, it was this lady's birthday. She was with her daughter and husband (I guess). She was quite a character and apparently (Sherine told me) she was slightly singing along when Amy sang "Thank You For Last Night" so she was automatically cool in my book. What made her even more cool is that she was questioning whether to buy three or four CDs. First she bought a bracelet and poster ($5 bracelet + poster deal!) for her daughter then was torn. She insisted on buying albums for some of her friends and wasn't sure if she should also buy one for (I'll make this up..) Betty. So, she bought three (sorry, Betty) and went on her way. A couple minutes later, I looked up and there was Birthday Lady again! She wound up buying a fourth CD (YAY BETTY)! That made me really happy. YES. :)

"Does the CD sound like THAT?" Guy:
This guy/kid/person came over to the table and asked to look at a CD. He didn't know whether to buy it or not so proceeded in asking us "Do the songs on the CD sound like THAT?" and pointed to the stage. Now, not knowing whether he liked what "THAT" sounded like, I didn't know how to answer him. Did he like how "THAT" sounded, or did he not? I stumbled on an answer and my friend Jesse asked him what he meant. He was concerned as to whether there were the guitar riffs and things during "Love is Trippy." What the heck is the difference? Haha. He kept asking questions and I just answered with "It's amazing, the whole album is amazing. Definitely worth the $15" (I thought that might sufficiently answer all his questions). Apparently it did, because I persuaded him to buy it. Yay!

Unknown Random Guy:
This one is GREAT. So some random Asian guy/kid walked through the curtain things, saw the merch table, as well as my lovely friends and I stationed beside it, and stared. Now, I didn't notice this staring but apparently he was looking back and forth from Amy's poster to me. He then remained looking at me and asked, "Are you Amy?" HAHAHAHA. I tried not to laugh in his face while I said no. I politely showed him where Amy was and he was like "Oh." So, he stood there for a good 5 minutes looking at the merch table and grabbed a postcard. He held it and stared for a couple more minutes and I suggested that he go over by Amy, say hello, and get it signed. No response. I showed him yet again where Amy was and tried convincing him yet again to go say hi. He then stared at the postcard again and asked me if the show was over. Yupp. I informed him, he continued staring at the postcard, returned it to the top of the stack on the table, and exited. SO FUNNY!!!!!! HAHAHAHA. It was kind of creepy, I'm not gonna lie.

At one point, I heard my name called, looked around, and there was Doug. He thanked me for being a Super Fan (now I'm really considering the cape thing) and said some form of goodbye. He's so awesome! I didn't really know how to respond so I hesitated when saying "Thank you?" and told him to have a great night and all that.

While my friends and I were being completely normal (I'm not being sarcastic, either. I'm rather proud of their cooperation as they were composing themselves like REAL HUMANS) and we were being Masters of Merch, the waitress who hates us (I came to that conclusion at the last Living Room show), told us in a rude way that we had to leave. Reese was across from us talking to someone, so we just chilled (partially because we didn't want to go) and waited for her to be finished so we could say goodbye. A couple more people passed and bought things, and with them was the waitress yet again. She glared at us and we pretended to be gathering up our things. On the way back out of the back room, she told us again that we really have to leave. My friend Kirsten explained to her that we were waiting to say goodbye and the lady got all bitchy to her. Ugh. Then the lady approached Reese and explained to her that we "MUST LEAVE." :| So lame.

We got our things and hung out for a couple minutes longer, helped Reese and Amy with a couple things, got a couple pictures and exchanged some hugs with Reese, and said goodbye. Amy walked us and a couple other fans out and standing in the chilly air, we talked for a while. When I was sure Amy could/should have been suffering fromsome form of frostbite or something by then (she wasn't wearing a coat and it felt like it was -6554345.00009 degrees outside), we got some pictures and sadly bid farewell. Haha. I really wish we could've hung out for longer, but it's okay. :) At one point, I contemplated whether I should stuff Amy into my "Mary Poppins" (thanks, Sherine) bag but decided against it. For the record: she'd totally fit.

I'm going to miss those girls!!

So then my friends and I walked around for a couple minutes trying to get a cab. Most of them denied us because they "couldn't fit" 5 people in the car. One guy shook his head back and forth violently then locked all his doors. Sherine was asking him; it figures. You'll be happy to know that eventually we hopped into a cab and made our way back to Times Square. We went to Burger King (that's a whole different story haha), hung around Port Authority (bus terminal) for a little while and looked around the carts of sunglasses and purses and things, got onto our buses and went home. There's more, but I don't feel like typing anymore and this blog is already ridiculously lengthy.

Fantastic day/night. Definitely should do it again. :)

Oh, and pictures are on my myspace (myspace.com/dadiisgurlxox92) and "videos" are on my youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/imposterAJ).

Um...

Why do my blogs say "Posted on undefined undefined" at the bottom of them? Everyone else's blogs have normal things like the date and time. WHY IS MINE DEMENTED? Does anybody have any idea? Haha...

The commenting on my blogs was also not working....of course. Nothing seems to work for me...ever. Ha.

today. was. freaking. amazing.

Hey, so Amy came today! I was so anxious about it all because I didn't want people to be stupid about it and I wanted everyone to like her and I wanted to make sure everybody who wanted to go got the chance to and IT WENT SO WELL. :) Everybody loved her and I was quite surprised with the behavior of certain people haha. They were all really into it and eventually got over the semi-awkwardness (because something like this has never been done before). In no time, people were asking questions and when Amy was finished performing, just about everybody who was there went up to talk to her and get an autograph. Some even got pictures and one kid asked for her number. Hahahaha! The rest of the day consisted of people coming up to me asking "How do you know her?" or saying "That was so cool!" People REALLY liked her! My teacher even started talking about how great she was, and other students mentioned how they're going to check her out on Myspace and buy her music. SO COOL. I'm pretty sure this performance caused the recruiting of some new fans. I'm trying to rally some of 'em up to come to the city next Saturday to the Living Room. :) A couple people who wanted to see her got turned away (which I'm pissed about, but I'm working on getting them to come on Saturday), but for the most part, everyone who really wanted to got to see the performance. We had people sitting on the floor ha. Silly little band room.

And the performance- oh. my. god. I haven't actually seen Amy play live since August and AHH. She was just- there are no words. I LOVE HER. I literally just sat here trying to think of a word that best describes her and couldn't think of one that would be accurate enough. Anyway, she told her share of funny stories and interacted so well with everyone as well. For those who are wondering, she sang "Simple Things," "BOOKMARK," "Sore Loser," "All Downhill From Here," "Love is Trippy," and "Appreciate Your Hands." Apparently "Appreciate Your Hands" was just for me...though I didn't even ask her to sing it. I was thinking about asking her to, but didn't. IT WAS BREATHTAKING. Literally. I honestly was mesmerized. I've never gotten to see it live and it was just...wonderful. Beyond wonderful. I still have no idea how she knew it's my favorite...hm. :)

Every single song was marvelous. Every. Single. One. I can't express how much I adore her. I'm so grateful for everything Amy and Reese have done for me. IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE THEM. At my school, nonetheless. I can't get over it. Never will.

Oh, and since last night, my head has felt like it's going to explode. I have a cold and that feeling that you get when your ears need to pop...it's just constant. VERY irritating as everything sounded slightly muffled all day and I couldn't even hear my own voice clearly. Hate it. And my throat is still sore. LAME. These factors prevented me from being able to sing along (without making anybody partially deaf) with Amy. I have to admit, I felt kind of awkward haha. I kept feeling everyone's glances on me throughout the performance...which isn't a bad thing. I'm just not used to it ha. I wish I were more comfortable with that...and with being the only person (besides Sherine and Kirsten) lip-synching to all the songs. I did anyway. OH, and I wish I'd taken pictures and videos. Yeah, I know. I wasn't sure if I was "allowed" to take my camera out...which now makes no sense to me but whatever. The memories will last forever anyway haha.

There's the scoop, if you were wondering. :) Today was one of the coolest days of my life- unbelievable. Ahh.

Felt like sharing

I'm procrastinating...what else is new? Anyway, I'm supposed to be writing a compare and contrast essay but instead I've been listening to tunes/jumping on my bed (mind you, the ceiling in my room is pretty low...it took great skill to not get a concussion), reading through old things I wrote, and doing some myspace/facebook stalking.

Amidst the 17 degree weather, some snow decided to grace us with its falling. NOT ENOUGH CAME. I had faith that the clouds would be generous and give us enough snow for a half day at school...it never happened. My hopes were crushed some time right before lunch when I realized we were still in school. Oh well.

AMY IS PLAYING AT MY SCHOOL TOMORROW. FDKLGFDKMFGKLFDGMKLDF. The excitement's just kicking in, despite the annoying situation of who gets to see her. Whatever. It'll all work out. :) But like.....it's real. Agh!

Random fact: I hate that I get so bothered and stuck on the tiniest things.

And now...I leave you with this:

Found

Letters put together

Like yellows and blues

Painting a picture of truth

My canvas: a page

A promising escape

And I’m going under

The hues are sincere

Pieced together, so clear

My emotions,

So jumbled before

Assembled like a puzzle

Rough and fragmented

In its perfection

My heart sprinkled

On the page

No need to stay within the lines

Much better than dreaming

A reason for believing

From the sidelines,

Yet in the game

All the same

A world, all mine

In the crevices of time

Please don’t pull me away

And THAT, my friends, is a cliche, half-assed poem I had to write for my AP Lang (Language and Composition) class which I conjured up the night before it was due. Excuse me, the morning before it was due (I'm standing firmly beside my belief that I write my best at absurd times like 2am). :) I got a pretty little "check plus!" on it (note that it didn't actually say "check plus"...it has a check AND a plus....)! HOLLA. Check plus= A+.



OH, and if you were wondering, my friends and I never did go ice skating OR have a "wii fit" party the other day. :/ HERE'S TO SOME DAY!

Hello

Hi.

I actually have no real purpose behind writing this, other than the fact that I'm sitting in my room, trapping my poor dog in here with me while two men "fix" our shower. Apparently they work with my dad....but they haven't done whatever they're doing right now in "50 years" ....should I be worried? Guys, if you smell something strange in a couple days....sorry.

Hm...so...yeah. As of now, I have nothing to say. Update: Guy #1 is yelling at Guy #2. PS: Guy #2 is really getting into Plumber Mode....when I tiptoed to the kitchen a couple minutes ago (to make a pepperoni pizza hot pocket- yum), I saw something I would've rather not seen. He should wear a belt.

...and I have no school today. And hey, this unbelievable musician who goes by the name of AMY KUNEY (www.myspace.com/amykuney) is performing at my school on Friday. AWESOME MUCH? :) People are excited. I'm excited.

SO UNREAL. Amy's fantastic :) Wow, I never in a million years envisioned this happening. I'd say this is a great start to 2009, no?

Random thought: My friends and I are supposed to be having a "Wii Fit Party!" today....but right now I'm here. With my dog.

Random thought: We're also supposed to go ice skating!


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Okay, I'm done. PEACE. :)