bye bye '08
hello 2009!!
hello 2009!!
having a little fun with the condensation on my bedroom window. my window's sweaty, haha. anyway, i was going to make another end of the year list but dang, that last list took so long. i got a little carried away. but here's a list anyway...i'll try to make it short(er).
best 5 moments of 2008:
5. moving to california.
- granted, i haven't been loving living in california for most parts. however, living in california has always been a dream of mines since as long as i can remember. in truth, i believe i just don't enjoy this area of california...it's too small town for me rather than big city, it just feels like there would be more to do near the city. i hope to one day move closer to the city life i've always dreamed of. the fact i'm already in california just brings me closer to that dream. maybe after a couple of years this place might actual feel like home.
4. runner runner music video shoot.
- i'm so glad i got to go and be a part of their music video. i won't write a long rant about it now since i've already done it here. but i will say this, was a very fun day. and it was nice to see familar faces (still can't get over the fact nick totally remembered me) and meet a few new ones as well.
3. incubus concerts.
- refer to previous entry. let's just say all those concerts should fall right here on this list.
2. spring semester.
- one of the best semesters. all my classes were of those i actually enjoyed going to, which might explain how i ended up with straight "a's" for the first (and last?) time in college. lunches with brooke and/or sara were the best part of each school day. actually being part of art events. the printmaking room: litho and letterpress. the art building was my second home. share-a-bike. first fridays. bar/house/apartment parties. girls night. dancing all night. the 14th (13th) floor/apartment. much, much, more...and of course the reason behind all of it, what makes it the best...all my friends, old and new.
1. my 23 birthday.
- best birthday i've had in a long time. i usually forgo parties and end up just having a dinner or something. but this year, i figured since it was probably the last b-day i'll have with my friends, why not make it "the best day ever!" and to me it was. the dinner was awesome and i was so thankful for everyone that showed up. the party back at the apartment was crazy...jell-o shot snorting, champagne, cupcakes...everywhere, flower people, polroids, the half-eaten apple pipe, extreme edward 40 hand, and even more friends/people showing up. and i can't help but love that my friends and mostly my roommates help make that day #1 for me in 2008.
worst 5 moments of 2008:
5. elise getting mono and leaving school.
- she was my partner in crime. and having to say "good-bye" to a friend is never easy. in fact, i didn't even get the chance to say it in person. the night (or night before?) she was leaving was hard for me. with everything else on my mind at that point (see #1 on this list) this was a breaking point and i ended up breaking down...thankfully the boys next door happen to be awesome friends.
4. moving to california.
- ok, so this also is on my "best" list and like i said up there, for most part moving to california seemed like a bad idea. it just seems like the timing was bad. the location kind of sucks. and i can't help but feel loneliner than ever here. but i'm making the best of it and still have hope for something better. only time will time if this really belongs in the "best" or "worst" moments of my lifetime. though being #4 here and #5 on the "best"...that might be saying something, at least for 2008.
3. having to miss out and many things because i'm here and not there.
- it's not just about living in california while a bunch of my friends are still in hawaii. it also the fact that i'm in california with so much happening around me...yet, i'm still too far to go to them (especially since i'll be alone). it's not fun hearing about everything going on in places i want to be but aren't. plus, i'm a homebody. somedays that's fine...but i've never liked the feeling of being left out, worst feeling ever.
2. having to say good-bye to hawaii/all my friends and family.
- for all the years i've been wanting out of hawaii...now that i got that chance, sometimes i can't help but feel like i want to go back. everyday, i catch myself thinking of certain places, events, moments of the past and end up missing hawaii like crazy. it has been my home for most of my life so far. up until recently, it's all i've ever known...and it hurts sometimes to be so far away. and it should go without saying that what i miss most of all are my friends and family. i hate knowing i'm missing out on seeing the kids grow up. i hate not living next door to family (and people who were pretty much family). and my friends. it's just hard. funny, just when i feel like i'm actually a part of something, that i can be comfortable with being me...i have to start over again...and alone.
1. the aftermath of a broken heart.
- i wrote about this here and a few entries in my old blog here. i can honestly say for the most part i'm over it. i mean it doesn't hurt as bad as it did...it doesn't even really hurt anymore. though sometimes i still find myself thinking about him every so often but then i stop and it's done. ugh, i hated how i ended up feeling because of him. and then having to see him around almost everyday was painful. but i guess, a plus for moving to california, is i don't have to be around him, that he's not a part of my life (no more stupid run-ins and no more me trying to make him like me - even as a friend).
and with that said, i'm still nursing a broken heart of a different kind...having to leave my love ones, having to leave my heart, at least a part of it, in hawaii.
i tried to keep it short(er). it kind of worked.
tomorrow is the last day of 2008...
till later.
ok so he's a dj and maybe it shouldn't count as a concert. but hey, most of these are from when i lived in hawaii and the fact that i even had 10 music related events to put down is pretty rad so i'm counting it. plus, he was able to make me dance all night, even with my high heel boots on. there was so much people there, it was packed and so hot. it was such a hipster/wannabe scene, my photo even made it onto one of those hipster/party photo blogs. interestingly, i was sort of dressed like a flapper that night.
free concert on the beach, need i say more. thanks for the heads up on this one sara. oh and they played hanging by a moment which was my sophomore banquet song so it was a fun thing to hear again. if i counted what happened after the concert this would maybe be higher up on the list. champagne on the beach, good friends, a cigarillo, and foreign boys...
yes, lifehouse made it onto the list twice. there are a few more doubles on the list as well, like i said not a lot of people/bands make it out to hawaii. for some reason i cannot find my photos from this concert, it's probably still on my camera somewhere. hence the fact i'm using another block party photo. i think i was having an off night that concert because i enjoyed it but it wasn't the best otherwise it would be higher on the list. though the best thing about it was that i got to go with sara.
again, the company i had at the concert outweighed the actual concert itself. don't get me wrong they were great and everything but hanging out with jamie at the show made it better. tbh, i mostly went just because she didn't want to go alone. and once again the aftermath of the concert made the night much more memorable...oh how i miss those random house parties.
so i had never listened to them before the concert. i went because sara was going. and i have to say i'm so happy i got to go. the crowd was so intense, it was crazy good. i could have lived without the opening act(s). but i had so much fun, i had the bruises to prove it. though i will never want to be up front and center again. i don't mind hanging out towards the sides, safe and out of the way from the crowdsurfers. and that night i also was introduced to the greatness that is big dan!!!
i even caught a pick from him :)
even before the actual concert started things were looking good. i ended up having a nice conversation with a girl in line, that made me not feel like a loser for being there alone, not dressed like a scenester, and not still in high school. ugh, i do not miss waiting in line with those kind of people, talk about not fitting in and feeling super old. i also got to meet parker who was so dorky cute, he really liked my outfit, and jake, who totally was mimicing me while i was on the phone with jamie...who ended up coming to the show with noa.
my first and only concert, though not really a concert, in california of this year. i already wrote about this event 
i never thought i'd get to see tsl in concert. when i was in high school i just loved them and remember reading some girl's blog (before they were called blogs, maybe) about how she'd go to their concerts all the time. let's just say when i heard they were coming to hawaii it was no question as to if i would go or not. when they were first announced to come red jumpsuit apparatus was suppose to be their opening band. i had a few people tell me they were going to go to see rja. me, i could have cared less about them, i was there to see tsl. but then rja had to back out and were replaced with...all time low!!! however, out of all my friends i seemed the only one excited about the change and ended up going by myself. seriously, how could you want rja when atl was coming instead. i mean atl is ap's "band of the year" while rja is well...where are they now? in the end i had a blast. i go to meet (for the first time) alex, zack, jack (who ended up being a favorite of mines) and matt from tsl...plus they played "best of me" (alex jumped on in the end). the high school girl in me was jumping for joy. and speaking of long time love...
hands down one of my favorite bands of all time. the music video to drive is absolutely my favorite music video and stellar and talk shows on mute are some of my favorite songs ever (as well as countless other incubus songs). and i have already written about my love for b.boyd 
is it cheating if i listed this concert twice? i mean they took place on different days...and different islands. ah, it's my list. i'll do what i want. so not only was i able to see my favorite band play, i got to see them live twice...back to back. what makes this #1 and not the other concert? well, although i did not have my amazing friends with me at this concert, what i love most about maui concerts is the ability to get up pretty close because of the smaller crowd. i was up front all night. and at points b.boyd would walk up all the way to the front. so close. when he took the stage, my heart stopped for awhile. the only other time that had happened (when it wasn't because of him) was when jared leto took the stage...he's just so pretty, as is b.boyd. oh, and not to take away from the other bands because they were both great, it's just i was totally in love with incubus all night (both nights).
this was the start of the fall semester and gch was the first concert of that school year. i got to meet disashi, who was really nice, dejesus, who was really funny, and travis, who was really tall. the vip area smelled of weed and "trying" to have a conversation with travis was classic. so funny.
if this concert had taken place in 2008 it probably would have cracked the top 5 on the list. um, jesse lacey is pruely amazing. and this show was just epic. no opening act...not having to sit, i mean stand, through a so-so band was heaven. and to top it off band new played for 2hrs...which meant they played all the songs i wanted to hear. it was so good, so good. and the closing...already been said, epic.
a concert in my own backyard, too good to be true right? right. the students of uh will never forget the night aerosmith put on a concert at our campus...but none of us were invited. that's ok though, our neighbors' got an awesome view and the music played loud and clear. we made the best with what we were given. haha, this even landed elise and me in the school newspaper thanks to our mega $ellouts (with the toyota symbol in the "o") banner. in the end, steven tyler knew who the real fans were when before he got into his van (a toyota perhaps?) he turned toward our apartments, got on his knees and bowed down to us. amazing.
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