HOW FAST TIME CAN GO BY WHEN YOU HAVE AAR

FOLKS LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE HITTING THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS YET AGAIN THIS TIME IT'S IN A WEEK. IT IS APART OF THE HOLIDAY BASH EVENT GOING ON WITH GAVIN DEGRAW. I HAVE TO WONDER WHY THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO PLAY WITH HIM BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING SINCE IT JUST MEANS AAR IS COMING BACK TO MARYLAND AGAIN.

I AM STOKED TO HEAR THIS NEWS EVEN IF THIS SHOW WAS ANNOUNCED 4 WEEKS AGO ON A LATE POST. AS SOON AS I WAS TOLD ABOUT IT I WAS ECSTATIC & JUMPING WITH GLEE BECAUSE I REALIZED IT WOULD BE A KILLER EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO MYSELF. I HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY SONGS AAR WILL PERFORM SINCE THEY ARE THE OPENER FOR GAVIN DEGRAW & NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.  EVEN THOUGH I WOULD FIGURE WHY ISN'T GAVIN DEGRAW OPENING FOR THEM ?? 

I HEARD SOME TALK THE AAR WILL BE PLAYING ALL ACOUSTIC FOR THERE PERFORMANCE THIS TIME WHICH HAS ME WONDERING WHICH SONGS THEY WILL PLAY.  I HOPE ONE OF THEM IS THE LAST SONG & OF COURSE MONA LISA.  I HOPE THAT I CAN ALSO GET IN THIS TIME INTO THERE SOUND CHECK WITH MY OLD FRIEND EMILY.  PLUS HOPE THAT I CAN CATCH THERE SETLIST AGAIN THIS TIME & CATCH SOME MORE GUITAR PICKS & MEET THEM AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MEET & GREET TOO. 

I JUST WONDER WHAT THIS TIME THE GUYS WILL SAY TO ME. I KNOW TYSON HAS HIS NICKNAME NOW FOR ME & MIKE PROBABLY WILL CALL ME NOW THE DR. PEPPER CHAPSTICK GIRL OR THE SNEAKER GIRL. WHILE I BELIEVE NICK WILL CALL ME THE BLEED INTO YOUR MIND GIRL OR THE PLAIN WHITE T'S GIRL. JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHAT WE HAD BACK IN SEPTEMBER.  I WISH THE TIMES SPENT BRIEFLY TALKING WITH THE GUYS NEVER WOULD END BUT THEY USUALLY MUST COME TO AN END EVENTUALLY.  

THAT TIME JUST GIVES ME A REASON TO WAIT AGAIN PATIENTLY UNTIL THEY COME BACK TO MARYLAND FOR ANOTHER STELLAR SHOW.  IT JUST SEEMS NO MATTER WHENEVER THEY COME BACK THE GUYS ALWAYS BRING THAT HOME FEELING WITH THEM NO MATTER WHAT.  THE SAME FEELING HAPPENS WHEN I HIT A PLAIN WHITE T'S SHOW TOO. 

I HAVE TO HAVE FAITH & FOLLOW THAT VISION FEELING THAT SOMETHING BIG IS GONNA HAPPEN AT THIS SHOW. I JUST WONDER WHAT IT IS THOUGH SOMETIMES THAT FEELING IS VERY UNCLEAR WHEN IT HAPPENS.  I WONDER IF THE VISION IS TRYING TO TELL ME THAT LOVE IS GONNA HAPPEN AT THE SHOW OR IF IT'S A FRIENDSHIP THAT WILL DEVELOP WITH THE BAND EITHER. 

TO MY FELLOW BLOG READERS I WILL POST ABOUT THE HOLIDAY BASH EVENT NEXT WEEK & WILL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED. 

LOVE ALWAYS,

JOANNA 

THE READY SET / BOYS LIKE GIRLS / ALL - AMERICAN REJECTS FOLLOW UP September 23rd, 2012

    The day of the concert (Sunday September 23rd, 2012) started off amazingly well while only running on 7 hours of sleep for the day before from hanging with Aimée, Michael, & Kelly all day in Washington Dc at the National Book Fair.  Before heading to the venue I had to gather things together that I had bought the band and also had to get my adorable outfit out to wear. I had to also get my make up on and style my hair as well.  I had searched through my envelope and grabbed the Devil Mamelok Mask to take to wear at the show. I had gotten everything together in Time to leave to be at the venue by 3 pm and then realized I had to head back home to grab the Concert Tickets .. Yikes on that one I didn't mean to forget those. The good side about being able to go back home for those is that I could grab my Yellow AAR guitar pick pendant and wear the bracelet I had placed it on the night before. 

    After that little mishap and slip up I was able to finally get to the venue and actually saw the bands buses by the venue again which here's a picture of them. We got to the venue by 3:05 pm.  

    As soon as I got out of the parking lot and all where my mom and I had parked our car I went walking around and called the Twins (Heather & Melanie) to find out where they were so we could meet up and if they got in for the sound check.  Turns out nope they didn't get in for that but we all went over to the VIP ROCKSTAR area & sat and waited to get in early into the venue.  While walking though by the bands buses I caught Morgan from Boys Like Girls smiling and starring at me as he was trying to get into the band's bus. I felt so flattered that he was and thought at the time "am I blushing".  After that happened I did find out that Tyson Ritter had gone right by before I had gotten there and had waved at Heather and heard that Nick Wheeler had just gone into the venue before I gotten there too. 

    I had chatted with the Twins while waiting outside of the Venue the whole time pretty much until 5:00 pm and then mom and I went to the same place dad & I went to the last time in April for dinner. Mom loved the place we went to for dinner and since we got stamped when we got into the VIP ROCKSTAR LOUNGE we were able to get back into the venue again with no problems. We ate and got back by 5:55 pm I found out when I got back that most of the folks there at the show was most teenagers if anything. I had waited in that line for 35 minutes again until the doors officially opened to get into Rams Head Live which was 6:30 pm and then was # 5 in line to get in there so I could be by the stage. I was thank goodness to that but had Melanie save my spot so I could go buy a bottle of water and also buy my merchandise from Merchant Mike. He was pretty awesome I actually gave him in the process my old pink Ipod after reading a few days before Nick Wheeler's tweet about donating an old ipod and you get a free poster that is signed by the band. Turns out I didn't know this little detail as soon as I gave Mike the ipod he gave me a free Meet and Greet bracelet to meet the guys again & that was the best thing of all and the guys signed the poster when they were waiting at the table to meet folks.  

    I had actually ended up buying at the show the AAR NECKLACE and the new AAR tour shirt which in truth both are pretty awesome. I had then put the meet and greet bracelet on my wrist and gotten back in my spot which was saved by the Melanie and Heather. The spot was actually on Mike Kennerty's side again which is a pretty epic side to be on. 

    The show finally started up at 7:30 with The Ready Set 1st and I in truth didn't really know there music and when I heard them I realized OMG they are pretty darn kick ass.

Here's a few pictures of them that I took at the show. 

After the band played there set they had thrown the setlist into the audience thankfully I was so close that I actually caught it. Next it was TIME for Boys Like Girls to play and in truth I really only knew of them but never heard any of there songs before.  When they started they were terrific and I loved how great there songs are.  I had been right by Morgan the whole time and he kept smiling at me and pointing & making hearts at me & was even touching my hand on occasion from the stage.  

Here's a few pictures of Morgan for you all.

    The band truly had outdone themselves and played there new album and played there original old ones as well. The lead singer Martin actually stopped the performance & had a chat and said no cameras no youtubing & no recording this is our TIME this is the NOW we are living in this moment and you should be enjoying yourselves. It looked like he was freaking out thankfully there was nothing thrown or broken like what Billie Joe Armstrong did at the IheartMusic festival with his guitar and his F. word flip out.  I know thankfully while I was recording some of there songs from there performance Martin or Morgan didn't take my camera and throw it or break it.  

Here's another picture of Martin from the show.

    The band played a bunch of songs and ended with a song that led into Hey Jude by the Beatles it was a shocker and I just loved it since I am a Beatles fan at heart.  After the last song the band BOYS LIKE GIRLS came out into the crowd and took pictures with us and I had Morgan actually take my sunglasses off of my head and wear them lol it was pretty great and I took a picture of it. After that had happened the band had left the stage and the stage crew was cleaning up and prepping for the All-American Rejects to perform. The stage crew I had asked if I could have there setlist and they threw it at me so I caught that band's set list as well. I was stunned I caught that but am glad I did since I told myself I am gonna catch them this TIME.

  Next it was the MOMENT we all were waiting for the TIME my REJECTS side could come out and I could get my GROOVE on to GIVE THEM SOME HELL. The band had come on and started playing DIRTY LITTLE SECRET and you could see Mike Kennerty jumping up and down with Matt Rubano on there guitars. It was a sight to see and lead into eventually the bass guitar off between Tyson Ritter & Matt Rubano it was such a epic thing to see because they were playing old theme songs such as the Mario Brother's Video Game theme song, Superman, and of course StarWars Empiral March.  I was loving seeing that and was loving that even after all these years Tyson can still act like a KID when he does a show. 

Here's a picture of Mike Kennerty from the show

    During the show I wanted to be that girl that Tyson noticed to bring on to the STAGE to sing MONA LISA to and dance with.  I however wasn't that lucky on that part but I think Ty's leg was acting up because he was just laying down on top of the black foot locker chest thing on the stage.  He had just sat and lied on it and was singing Mona Lisa I had seen Nick was sitting and playing his guitar part for it. In truth Nick was amazing & I loved seeing his adorable SMILE.  After that the guys had gone into the song KIDS IN THE STREET and in which I knew it was TIME to go into using my cell phone to use the FLASH LIGHT APP I wasn't expecting that I would be the only one using a FLASH LIGHT while the band played it. Since I was by the stage Mike Kennerty was just having his head tilted and I could only imagine behind the MASK he was wearing was raising a eyebrow at me & thinking "OMG dudes she is the only one using the FLASH LIGHT I guess she reads our FB PAGE & Tweets." I was so totally getting into the song though when it was going on and did LOVE how Tyson was using a swinging FLASH LIGHT that looked like it was apart of the Microphone he was using for the song.  

   Once that song was completed the band pretty much ended with the big hitter of GIVES YOU HELL which in truth Tyson had the fans start it off for singing it and then chimed into it & started the whole thing with the band playing.  I was totally of course singing along and believed by the end of the show that the guys had really out done themselves since the APRIL show.  After the last song and the guys had left the stage they were heading upstairs and all to get ready for the MEET & GREET & I was still by the stage waiting to move to the bathroom. While I had been waiting by the stage I was waiting for the stage crew to notice the AAR's set list and was asking for it while yet having to repeat myself like 10 times for them to hear me finally.

I actually got it which added to the night of excitement.  I was thinking after I caught it OMG OMG this is epic and I will have the band sign it.  

    Once I got to finally move from the stage I had hit the bathroom and freshened up before I had hit the Meet and Greet.  I had hit the Merch Table again to chat with Merch Mike & ask about the POSTER from the band & also help the TWINS.  I had walked over by the side area briefly and noticed NICK again was doing it the eyeing me over again & was smiling down at me this TIME from upstairs while I was downstairs. While he was walking I did scream up at him "NICE ASS NICK" just to get his attention and make him blush. I'm certain it worked and he was "thinking OMG I like her."

    I Then finally got into the long line for the M&G and made sure I was last in line with Heather and Melanie so that we got more TIME with the guys.  By making sure you are the last ones you are certain more one on one talk TIME with Ty, Chris, Mike, & Nick.  I had made my way up the stairs and got up in that line and waited till everyone else had passed. I got to the stairs to get into my bag and grabbed the new pack of sharpies out of my bag and opened them to grab one n write my name and phone number on the drawings I had given to the band mates.  I got to Tyson finally again and gave him the Wonders of the younger bracelet that I explained yet again it reminded me of the KITS album because it's the same concept again.  I also had given Tyson the Fast & Slow drawing & explained to him "I know the song FAST & SLOW is your favorite song and I drew this drawing on that concept and so wanted to give it to you."  He remembered me & said your the girl from last TIME I remember you you gave me that stuff before & so I asked him for a picture with him and he said: "JOANNA omg sure you are the last one in line it's not a problem I'd love to."

    I had also then in the process of that all given TYSON some stuff to sign including the BLEED INTO YOUR MIND DRAWING that was my own copy that I drew, the AAR set list, and my album covers and my ticket.  I do love that the guys signed it all.  Next it was TIME to move down the line to CHRIS and I told him I had a drawing for him too and said to him: "Chris you were amazing during the show & truly were stunning on those drums." - Tyson had chimed in saying "dude that's something you don't hear that often it's great to hear that."  I then moved down the line yet again to well MIKEY KENNERTY and said "Mike hey I know love Dr.Pepper and well I got you something pretty epic to tidey you over its some Dr.Pepper Chapstick" "the pack also has 2 other soda flavors in the pack as well which are A&W rootbeer and of course 7-Up" he said sweet and I then told him saying "Mike I brought you something else as well which is this drawing" it was the WALK OVER ME DRAWING which he said wait omg I saw that on twitter your that person who tweeted it to me. I said to him yep I am I just thought you may want to hard copy evidence of it.  

It's the Walk Over Me Drawing that I had given to Mike Kennerty

I then moved down the line yet again to Nick Wheeler .. alas I realized he didn't know it was me from the K.N./J.W. shit that happened before so that meeting was pretty awesome. I told him I had some stuff for him too and gave him his drawing that is the Bleed Into Your Mind drawing and he said "SWEET" - I then said to him: "I'm sorry its twisted for the drawing concept but this is what came to my MIND" he said "don't worry about it the song title is FUCKED Up." & then I was able to give Nick the other thing too which was the coupon for a free coffee I told him that I used to work in a Starbucks coffee and had a left over coupon that never expires & it's for a free any size free coffee. He said "OMG WHHHHHHHAT Really? that's pretty sick thank you." I said no problem NICK.

   After that all happened I then got a picture with Mike and then got a picture with Nick.  The Mike picture had had 2 pictures taken one was silly and the other was a great classic picture.  After all that had been taken place I chatted some more with Nick and asked him if they would ever do a tour with the Plain White T's and he said sure why not & then he told me that they used to have the same manager as them & used to be on the same label as them at one point too and he said they know a girl who is working now in the same record label as the Plain White T's as well.  I had then asked Nick if the band would do a 3rd leg of the K.I.T.S. Tour and he said if they did it wouldn't be until next year probably as well. 

That's how the night went while I did have some great laughs and made some bad jokes with the band mates around they could tell I had a dirty mind too like they do. It brought Nick to his laughing point again which I loved hearing it.

Here's the pictures with me and the AAR

The one down side of this show was that they didn't toss the guitar picks into the crowd but the plus side is they did toss the Set List and that's something I'm LOVING since I caught it.

Love always again,

Joanna 

I'll be blogging soon again I promise you on that. 

I Realized & Believed ..

It's funny what they say .. Time is a fickle thing it never stays the same .. Everything changes before we really settle into how OUR LIVES should be & then could be .. I have found this out over this year thanks to the All-American Rejects & being my new muse for the moment .. Realizing that LIFE will never be the same again & realizing that perhaps yes working in a daycare and or being a teacher isn't really after all meant for me. Realizing that deep down where my passion in LIFE really lay are actually with MUSIC & the ARTS including drawing, photography at concerts and of bands, and also working on video projects is where my HEART will always lay .. I realized that SUMMER has truly also come and passed & the innocent can never  LAST .. I realized that a total year can fly past in a instant of a moment before you really knew that it even did .. I realized that yeah even my best friends are moving forward to better things it seems with out me .. I realized it seems no matter what job I do in general also that I am always stuck it seems with the BOSS from HELL as well .. & I realized that I am going to be a AUNT again sooner then I thought .. I also realized that my next new AAR concert is indeed now just 11 days away as well with the bands THE READY SET & also BOYS LIKE GIRLS .. I also realized that while others are falling in LOVE so quickly and all & also ending things just as quick I am always the person who takes things slower and analyzing things before always stepping my foot in the dating scenes .. I realized that if anything I am also ready to try to gain some help from the show READY FOR LOVE as well once I believed that that LOVE door hit me over this past year. I believed that things would happen the way it was meant to be & happened from the fates of the GODS up above .. I believed that things happen for a REASON while the NOW time never told us why but had us FIGURE it out later down the road .. I believed that there was 1 some one for each of us out there just some where waiting to be found .. I believed that MUSIC was the soul of who we PEOPLE are deep down to help guide us to become more then we can be.  I believed alot .. Now that things in my eyes have changed for the WORLD & LIFE that I knew is differed on a new PATH which I forsakenly never saw before in the visions I saw myself to have .. For in which where I would be NOW about 10 years ago .. when I was in HS and then when I was in college .. If I had only known back then that I shouldn't had taken all those education classes then I wouldn't have wasted all those years with those courses & could have actually back then followed where My heart lays now for the things I am truly passionate in. I possibly could have been BIG today then & totally been happier then all my BLISS could contain for JOY ... 

If only I could have done things differently would I had made the same choices & decisions that I did back then NOW ?? 

These things and thoughts have been taking over my MIND over the past few weeks & days after dealing with the BOSS from HELL at my job .. & these thoughts have had me debating and afraid of where I will be from some many more years from NOW .. where and what will I be doing then? .. will I be MARRIED? will I be FAMOUS? .. will I be HAPPY? .. and will I be doing something by that POINT that will have me SMILING all the TIME? .. and will I not be afraid then to STAND UP for my beliefs and STOP being that DOORMAT that I know I am on occasion:? .. I wonder if I get MARRIED one day to who it may be & how I will MEET them .. I wonder will the person be a BIG NAMED musician like my DREAMS keep pointing too & also where my HEART keeps telling me to do as well .. 

Anyway I suppose I should be heading out now but will be writing on here again very soon before my AAR Show on the 23rd. 

Love Always,

Joanna <3

PFA ALL- AMERICAN REJECTS - GREEN DAY NEWS

With all the hoop la what the hell is going on .. I just heard the news yesterday that Ben G. from the band 100 Monkeys has decided to let Mat Black go from the band Pink Fuzzy Animals. From the story of what I can understand of it it has to do with the fact that Mat lives in AZ & doesn't live in LA & wasn't able to attend practices everyday.  Mat had stated on Twitter that Ben G had said that there are hundreds of folks in LA who could take his place in the band & be there to practice everyday.  Mat had stated as well that Ben Johnson is in fact leaving PFA in December.  

I'm not sure why he is leaving unless it deals with the news I heard recently that he is Marrying his long time girl friend named Mollie.  The leaving of Ben Johnson has me wondering if Ben G is taking that news out on Mat.  If that is the case it's not right that Mat has to pay the price for Johnson leaving.  All of this stuff reminds me of when 100 Monkeys split up back in February because of the Jackson stuff.  I just believe its all crazy & reminds me of a soap opera.  

I know to now change the subject of things I found out last week that the band THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS will be touring yet again this time for the FALL & they are co head lining this tour with the band BOYS LIKE GIRLS & will be having the band THE READY SET open the show for them for most of the TOUR & then the band PARACHUTE will be taking over for the mid end of it because PARACHUTE is touring with another band till the end of September. I have decided to plan on attending there Baltimore MD show again at the RAMS HEAD LIVE venue like I did back in April for my birthday.  I am stoked to see them yet again & party with Tyson, Nick, Mike, Chris, & Matt.  I really do wonder when the Plain White T's will be posting out there NEW ALBUM so that I can see those guys again on another TOUR.  Because that really is starting to feel like another WHOLE life time ago that I saw & met Tom,  Dave, Tim, Mike, & De'Mar & those guys are just truly sweet hearts. 

Plus now changing things yet again has anyone heard the new SINGLE by GREENDAY called Oh LOVE ? I have been playing that song over & over again & it's amazing I just feel like the band's new album called UNO is going to be fantastic after listening to that one song. I can't wait until they tour because I would LOVE to see GREENDAY in concert & just wonder if Billie Joe Armstrong when he performs with the band is anything like when he was as the character ST. JIMMY in the play AMERICAN IDIOT.  When I saw him as that character I noticed that he brought a lot of energy to that show as St. Jimmy.

Let me tell you also that I have a month & a half until my niece Aidda is here & I'm so stoked for her to get here.  This time has gone by way too fast since finding out my Brother & his Wife were expecting again & in that TIME Quinn has grown so much, he's now talking up a storm & he's so verbal for his communicative skills.  It's like what they say in a BLINK of a EYE everything can CHANGE in a total instant. 

Anyway folks I have to go now but I'll be posting up again soon ! 

                                                   

Love Always,

Joanna 

My Follow UP on the All-American Rejects

The concert last night was amazing. I had gotten to the venue around 5:45pm which is later then what I was hoping for but still worked out. I actually ended up seeing the band's tour bus parked right by the parking garage. 

 I went & ate at a place right with in the area of the venue with my dad & we loved the place. I showed the lady there at the place what she thought about what I should do about my Meet & Greet print out of the band's trivia contest that I won. She had said to show it to the ticket office before the doors opened for the show to ask them. I did that after I was done eating & the lady at the office said go after the show & take the print off to the guy at the merchant table to show him for the M&G. 

When the show started I ended up finding a amazing spot by the stage & ended up having my dad save my spot for me while I hit the restroom before the show officially started. When I got out of the restroom I actually bought a shirt, a bracelet, & a cd which the cd when you buy it at the show includes a M&G wrist band to meet the Rejects. So I put all the stuff I bought into my bag & then decided to head back to the spot where my dad was saving my spot. As soon as I got back into my spot I realized that well the 5-7 minutes later the guy on the stage was throwing guitar picks & I ended up getting hit in the head with a guitar pick. I found where it had landed & found another one too & long & behold they were guitar picks from the All-American Rejects.

After the picks were thrown I was still waiting for the show to start which didn't start until 8pm I realized then that a lot of the folks there were in fact teenagers. Once the show started a Rocket To The Moon came on & in mid play I was trampled on by 2 fat chicks here is a picture of one of them that bulged her way in front of me & on my feet. this picture was taken after the show had ended. 

The band A Rocket To The Moon was amazing and I'm glad to be able to say I've now seen them play twice. Because they opened for the Plain White T's back in October at the Silver Springs Fillmore Venue. Here's a few photos of how amazing there performance really was last night. 

When ARTTM had finished there set it was officially time for the All-American Rejects to come on I really wasn't sure what to expect right before they came on. But when the show started I knew I loved being in that fan base energy. It's like the quote from the film preview of Rock Of Ages when the woman says: 

That stage is a pedestal & when your up there your untouchable .. I could feel how the generational gap between the ages of everyone while I knew we were all there for the amazing music brought on by the AAR. 

I loved how Tyson and the band started off the show with there song Dirty Little Secret then did BeeKeeper's Daughter, Fallin' Apart, SomeDay's Gone, Walk Over Me, another 2 songs that I wasn't sure what they were & did I For You, Gonzo, Kids In The Street, Move Along, & ended with Gives You Hell. It was an epic show that I know I'll never forget. I just hope & wonder if I'll be able to see them now again sometime down the road over time. 

This picture down below was actually taken by Tyson Ritter of everyone in the crowd & you will see me 2 from the left the of the guy with the red shirt. I loved that Tyson did that to keep track of his touring experience.  

After the show was done I was able to go for my meet & greet with the All-American Rejects & was able to give Tyson his bday present which included this ring 

and also included three drawings that I drew & in which one included my cell phone number on it and my name.  I also ended up giving Tyson a birthday cd & created one for Nick too for a late birthday present for him as well. We ended up talking & it seemed soo natural to talk with them like you could talk about anything with them. I ended up talking to Nick & Mike Kennerty too about facebook if they are on there or not. Mike said he wasn't & I then talked to him about there is a poser of him on there who's in a relationship with a girl named Skye & nick said looks like she has a poser too because apparently she doesn't have a facebook either.  Nick told me he does have a facebook page but its set to private which means you can only find it if you have his email address. He also said his twitter is public & said his posts are connected to for both. 

I know Gaylor was just very quiet & was looking at the Kids In The Street Drawing that I drew & gave to the guys too & was listening to my story about the drawing. Tyson and the guys also signed a few things for me & Tyson asked me what my name was so I told him & he wrote thank you on my cd for the birthday stuff I gave him. He also btw said to me sure I'll sign anything you want me too like in a sexy flirtatious way too. I just thought that was adorable. 

I know before meeting the band as well when I was waiting to Meet them I had Nick Wheeler starring across the room at me & was smiling his adorable smile at me. I'm telling you I really think I'm a destined to end up with a big named band mate. Which I'm not complaining about. 

Pretty much all in all if you are able to catch this TOUR for KIDS IN THE STREET I say go for it & hit the show. You won't regret it it's one of the best decisions to make. 

All in all I'm glad I went & am thrilled about how my 27th birthday was made fantastic just by these guys. 

love always,

Joanna 

The Day Has Finally Arrived

The Day has finally arrived my birthday concert is happening tomorrow night. I am seeing the All-American Rejects & I actually am meeting the band.  I plan on taking the lead singer a birthday present as well & also his band mate Nick a late birthday present as well. I am ecstatic that this show is finally here. I do have to wonder when I meet the AAR tomorrow night if I'll be able to get there digits as well. If I can manage to get them I truly promise to keep in contact then with Tyson & Nick & get posted about what's going on with the rest of there tour. 

While I am also in my happy count down mode as well for the new show called Ready For Love to start. The show has Tim Lopez in it from the band the Plain White T's who is looking for Love. I have actually applied to be one of the girls on the show too who can go out on a date with him. I'm not sure if I will be picked though but I'm glad that I took the chance & the leap to go out on a date with a amazing musician. 

I know I am also looking forward to the fact that I heard the Plain White T's will have a new album being released this summer as well. That means new tour dates & new tours going on which will be amazing to see tom and the guys again. Since the fact that he did it again & on my actual birthday tweeted & wished me a happy birthday & said thanks for being such a great fan. That just made me realize I need to see him again & soon. 

I really wonder if anything when they tour again will I be able to get Tom's digits then & just keep in contact with them & him. Because right there would be awesome to do that & could open up a door that could lead into a real dating relationship perhaps with Tom. 

Anyway folks I have to go & will keep you all updated & posted with my concert pictures from the All-American Rejects show. 

love always,

Joanna 

the All-American Rejects Interview

Yes I know I've gone now another month with out blogging and for that I am sorry yet again. While I'm back again with some awesome news to spill. I have had the pleasure today to have a question that I tweeted for the All American Reject's Billboard Interview actually answered on live camera by Nick & Tyson from the band. I was shocked and stunned to know that my question was the 2nd one that they answered.   I know also lets see I can actually tell you the good news in my family that I will be a aunt yet again my sister in law & brother are expecting baby number 2 which will b due September 26th 2012 as well. Plus I can't believe that my birthday concert that I'm hitting is 1 month from today's date you just can't beat that count down. 

Anyway guys here's the link for the video for the interview with the rejects from today that has there answer to my question.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21448484

love always, 

Joanna 

April 29th 2012 My 27th Birthday Bash

As it stands right now it looks like it's happening. I am going to see the All American Rejects for the new tour Kids In The Street.  I am officially on my count down mode to get to party with the band & also use my meet & greet with them then too. The band has stuck it out over the years it's officially there TIME to Shine.  My thoughts are why not go out with this year with a awesome concert right ? I know if you all have heard the new single called: Kids In The Street - you will be able to tell the whole album coming out March 26th 2012 will be 1 of there best albums yet.  I am stoked to celebrate my birthday bash like usual & I just hope I can get a hug from the AAR & try to get them to follow me on twitter when I meet them. 

Love Always,

Joanna 

 

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

SO LONG AND BEHOLD THE TRUTH IS BEING REVEALED. JACKSON RATHBONE & JERAD ANDERSON ARE LEAVING THE BAND 100 MONKEYS. JACKSON IS LEAVING PROBABLY BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH ON HIS PLATTER SINCE SHEILA'S PREGNANT. JERAD IS LEAVING BECAUSE OF OTHER FILM PROJECTS THAT HE IS WORKING ON. THE BAND WILL STILL BE LIVE AND KICKING BUT WILL BE REPLACING JACKSON AND JERAD. WHICH BTW THAT BITES SINCE THEY ARE APART OF THE ORIGINAL BAND MATES.  BEN JOHNSON, BEN GRAUPNER AND THE UNCLE WILL BE STAYING WITH THE BAND WHILE STILL PLAYING SOME SHOWS.  

THIS IS ONE SAD DAY FOR US TRUE MONKEY JUNKIES & ONE STEP FOR THE NEWER FOLKS TO TAKE OVER YET AGAIN IN PLACE OF JACKSON & JERAD.  THIS CHANGE COULD BE FOR THE WORST OR POSSIBLY COULD BE FOR THE BETTER. I REALLY HOPE THAT THE 100 MONKEYS WILL REPLACE JACKSON WITH JAKE MILLER & WILL REPLACE JERAD WITH WILL SCHMIDT OR EVEN SHAWN FERNANDO.

LONG LIVE 100 MONKEYS YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN & ALWAYS WILL BE MISSED !

LOVE ALWAYS,

JOANNA