you're as cold as ice...

i just won this vintage foreigner concert tee circa 1985 on the electronic bay:



and my favorite part is the agent provocateur (from the album of the same name, mind you) emblazoned on the front, omg:


i like to say it with a french accent "a-jaun provahcahtuuuuur". haha. can you believe this little slice of heaven is all mine? me neither!

misty, kate, and i are going to see foreigner, def leppard, and styx in two weeks over in concord & i'm trying to find tee shirts for us to wear to the show. misty & i agree that this is the one time that you can be that dude that wears the tshirt of the band that is playing. for chrissake, this is foreigner, styx, and DEF LEPPARD that we're talking about people. if you would've told my 8 year old self that i'd be seeing def leppard 20 years later i would've punched you in the face. okay, i wouldn't have actually punched anyone because at 8 i wasn't a violent child, nor am i a violent person now, but i had to get my point across. did you get it? did you?!?

okay, good.

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Now playing: Joan As Police Woman - Eternal Flame
via FoxyTunes

kind of a big deal.

what? the glorious day has finally arrived? yes yes! the WilloToons store is live!

i've been lending a helping hand (and brain. and body.) to willo over the past month or so, getting the store ready to unleash it's awesomeness upon the general populous and now you - yes YOU - can sport some of her fabulous designs! and check out those hot models, would ya? wow, how could talent like that go undiscovered until now? haha.

america's next top models.
we are so proud of willo and her kick ass designs and i just know they're going to start flying off of the shelves like hotcakes. if hotcakes were the sort of thing that were stored on shelves. or something. whatever, don't mind me - just go visit the store! doooooo it. the next time i see you, you'd better be wearing a WilloToons tee!

oh! and make sure you check out the baby stuff - it is soooooo cute and little munch (jess' nephew) is one of the models! babies. heh.

reasons why tonight was awesome.

1) i didn't pay for a single drink. and i saw some kick ass rock n' roll for freeeeeeeeeeeeee!

2) this photo:

3) i got to hang out with two of my favorite rawk starrrrs, john & blake.

4) the frames asked the subs to come up and play a song during one of their encores (they did three - !!!) and blake played an awesome new song that has never been played before ever in public (ever) and she sounded amazing!

5) "let's do something really rock" - as said in an irish accent. dear lord just kill me now.

6) having aubs with me for this magical night of rock.

7) spending time with good, honest, decent people. makes my heart warm. cheesy, but true!

8) pilfering the subs dressing room for snackens for aubs party tomorrow. haha. we're cheap.

9) the fact that all of this is connected to MY JOB. which just about makes the life i'm having right now pretty freakin' awesome in my book!

10) w00t w00t! i didn't really have a number ten but i thought my list looked dumb stopping at nine. hollaaaaaaaaa!

milkshakes and curly fries.

there are lots of fun things that i need to blog about but i'm in the process of dyeing my hair brown (!) and i have to make sure i don't leave the deadly hair colour on too long and let it seep into my brain. eep!

sunday night i went to my first live rock show of the year. uh huh, take a moment to process that. yep, ali hadn't seen live music since BEFORE the new year. i know - it baffles me as well. things have been so busy with getting back to work after the holiday break and i've been trying to lay low - especially with the mcleod-related illness. and i was supposed to go see alex's band on saturday but i got a stupid migraine and couldn't even make it out of my house to get coffee all day - which i'm sure didn't help the headache. anyway, i digress...

a whole gaggle of my peeps rallied to go see my current musical obsession that i will not stop yammering on and on about and thus they knew if they didn't go to the show with me i would defriend them and frown upon their lameness. oh yeah, the band? the changes! w00t w00t! somehow my blogging prayers were answered and they ended up playing out here and i was soooo psyched to see them that i almost imploded (because exploding is so uncouth) with glee. GLEEEEEE!

anyway, they were sooooo rocktastically awesome and played my current jammy jam, "the machine", and i swear i did not stop smiling for their whole set. i heart music. and then to make matters even MORE AWESOME division day played a super fun set, during which i had a magical realization that these sorts of shows are why i am addicted to rock. not THE rock, 'cause crack is whack (uh, totes, whitney says!), but rock music. yeah, i'm sure everyone else knows that about me, but i guess i momentarily underestimated it & my inner show ho pro was definitely reawakened and invigorated. good thing i have a bazillion shows to go to for the next three months. awww yeah.

oops - time to rinse! brb.

okay back! success!!! ummm, where was i? oh, okay - so after the show i got a chance to chat it up w/ the changes boys who were sooooo nice (hi boys!) and fun, which made me happy b/c sometimes bands that i love are not nice in real life and that makes me not like their music as much anymore. but no worries here! awesomestest (non-sf) band boys ever. i *officially* heart them. and after the show teddy, cam, aubs, and i went to sparky's w/ them and had milkshakes and curly fries. i'd say that's a pretty good sunday night, wouldn't you?

i'm attempting to write a complete, professional* review of the show for my other blog but this week has been insanely busy so far...i'm working on it though, i promise.

oh! and make sure you go check out the changes when they come back to SF to play noise pop on march 3rd @ the rickshaw too! okay, i'm done now.

*and by professional i mean less zomg w00t w00t's and more actual music geek speak. and no milkshakes or curly fries. heh.