Womp. Womp.

So, I've been reading every blog my friend Sara posts while studying abroad in Rome, and everything she posts and writes about is so cool and interesting. From what I have read and from the pictures I've seen, she seems like she's having might I say, the time of her life. And let me just say I am super jealous of where she is right now and what she's been doing. It seems like every weekend she's heading off to a new city or country and having so much fun. I wish I could study abroad... without the studying part... But I don't know if I could go so far away from my family and friends for so long. I get homesick at home when I don't have certain people in my life for long period of time. Just thinking about it right now kinda makes me sad.

But then I start to think about all the stuff I've been up to here in the local scene. I'm pretty much knee deep in the music scene in Chicago and the burbs, and it seems like I have concerts to go to every weekend, and people to see all the time.

So, you might be asking what I have been up to lately, right? What shows I've been too? Oh. you know the same old, same old.

uhhh... Let's start with The A Kidnap In Color headliner at the Metro. OH YEAH!

Sam, Josh and I hit that sucker up with a purpose. Sam and I started the Revolution... which is a very long story and I really can't go into any details on it. haha.. so.

A Kidnap In Color always bring the heat and throws an awesome set. That was my first show where I could actually drink at, so it was cool to set ourselves apart from the massive heard of teeny-boppers. AKIC played some new songs, but most of it was from their first EP, which is normal, because they only have like 7 songs on it. Sam had met a few people from other bands from a show she had gone to like from the week before, so we had the hookups to the after party, where we drank and had a dance party, and it was pretty sweet.

We have also started going to Angels and Kings on Wednesday nights for One Man(no) Show, which is a free show hosted by Ryan Manno, a DJ from a local radio station. It's free cover so we go. Sometimes it's a big name local band, but sometimes it's little local bands. Either way, we get to hang out with kids from different bands and have a good time.

I took Jessie to her first A Kidnap In Color show last weekend in Indiana. What's with me going to Indy for AKIC shows? I don't know... but the show was in a little Union Hall and in Indiana smoking in public places is allowed and we were all dying. It was totally cool to see the difference between Chicago kids and Indy kids. The kids from Chicago all would go outside to smoke and freeze their asses off, but the kids from Indy would just light up in the hall... totally weird. Davey was complaining about how gross it was in there and I was like just shows how spoiled we are with the no smoking act in the Chicago area. And yet again, AKIC totally rocked the hall. The boys had everyone moving and rocking, it was a good time. They played a lot of their new stuff, which is amazing like usual. Their new EP should be coming out soon. There was this couple of girls behind me and were like smitten with Davey's voice and told me that if A Kidnap In Color isn't famous within the next month something must definitely be wrong with the music scene. Give it time girls, no worries, they'll be big before you know what happened to Ke$ha.

I have like four Kidnap shows in the next month, plus a DIMMN show and a The Audition show coming up too. I'm Just a busy busy revolutionist... if only you knew what that really meant. womp womp.

PLUS... tonight I'm selling merch for Matt Hires at his show here in Chicago. pretty excited about that. I get in to the show for free and sell merch and get to meet him. how sick is that!? Super pumped.

Then this coming Saturday is the The Academy Is...'s 5th Anniversary show for their album Almost Here at the metro and I have been looking forward to this since I found out about it from Teegan and stood in the freezing cold for a ticket... (major fail) but it's all worth it to see William Beckett again. :) haha.. oh man. if you dont know what im laughing at... go read some previous posts...

Oh. there is a show for a local band some kids I went to school with are in... but i don't know if I'm going to go to that... is it weird that I'll go to every other local band's show, but when it comes to supporting fellow RB classmates, it's like I'd rather slit my wrists than see people from school... OK... yet again... I'm not really gonna slit my wrists and I know it's STILL not funny to joke about, and I am still sorry about your friends brother's friends brother's girl friend who use to cut her wrists because she wasn't cool, but I couldn't really think of a better analogy than that. sorry.

In other news. I took my first spanish test today and totally ROCKED it!! HELL to the YEAH! but it's not like i didn't know what I was doing or anything... I took two years of high school spanish, so being in elementary spanish is like taking Spanish 1 all over again... I know all of what we're learning right now. I know it'll get harder soon, but let me shine right now. haha.

That's about it... I'll keep you up to date with shows I go to... I won't let you hanging for too long. But for now... i gotta go get ready for MATT HIRES!!!

Peas!