Broken Secrets

2006-09-22T15:10:00.000-05:00

OMG...The Prestige looks sooooooo good!! Guess who's in it! CB!! Christain Bale, the guy who was in Batman and Little Women!! AHHH!!!

And....GREY'S ANATOMY....was good last night! Ack! McDreamy what he said to Meredith was so unbelievably cute!

The only thing that's depressing me right now is the White Sox who are just inches...maybe even millimeters away from being eliminated from the playoffs. And my poor hubby...Joey played horrible the last couple of days. *sigh* 'Tis not fair.

AND AND....guess what's coming out on Nov. 7th!!!! Josh Groban's new album "AWAKE!"
FINALLY!!

2006-08-18T15:35:00.000-05:00

So, as you can probably tell I have returned from vacation all safe and sound. It was a fun trip nontheless with lots of swimming and lying on the beach.

I just recently had my birthday, yippee!! I turned 20 years old and got an iPod among many other White Sox related gifts.

I also went to my last White Sox game of the season on the 15th, which they lost terribly. I wasn't very happy with it and I had wished that my last game could've been a winner. I also am going to miss U.S. Cellular Field very much. It's such an awesome experience being there and knowing that this is where the World Champs PLAY. People who were lucky enough to score tickets to those 2 games played here in Chicago actually sat in those seats and watched those games play out.

Just even turning onto 35th and knowing that at the end of that street is the stadium gets me excited. Walking through the underpass and seeing the golden sides of the stadium with the black roof and hearing the music blaring out of people's cars as they're tailgating....it's great.

I'll miss it very much.

2006-07-16T19:59:00.000-05:00

I will be going on vacation from July 17th - 24th to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In the meantime, stay safe and cool, especially those who I work with at my job. You know who you are.

2006-06-15T23:42:00.000-05:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Listening: ---
Watching: ---

++Post Start: 11:41pm++

Ok, so it will almost be a week since I went to my first White Sox game of the '06 season. Let me tell you, it was such a wonderful feeling to be back there. I remember when we were trying to find the Cash Only parking lot, we drove right past U.S. Cellular Field and I remember feeling very nostalgic. I was thinking about last year and how we had won the World Series and how crazy it must've been that night on October 26th.

I also remember that after we were let in and we were climbing the huge ramps leading to the upper deck, I saw the first Grinder Rule stenciled into the wall....Grinder Rule #1: Win. Or Die Trying. I just couldn't help but smile. Then, my excitement rose even more when I was able to get peeks through the walls at the World Series banner. Even. More. Awesome.

The game was quite an experience as well, lasting into 11 innings with us coming out on top! I remember jumping up and screaming my head off when Iguchi hit a line shot past the Cleveland first baseman, scoring Pablo Ozuna and the winning run from second.

The Intro Video....the fireworks...actually getting to see the players on the field..it's something I'll never forget. U.S. Cellular Field is still one of the places I'd love to revisit again.

++Post End: 11:50pm++

2006-06-09T07:50:00.000-05:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: 1984 - G-Orwell
Listening: Call on Me - Eric Prydz
Watching: ---

++Post Start: 7:56am++

Despite the Sox losing yesterday, I found two things that brightened my day, er night:

OH SNAP!!

And, if you look at the second row of lines underneath the word "Central," there's a word there, "Chicago." Yeah, that's the White Sox last year. They never left first place standings in the Central. Just Awesome.

White Sox never leave first place

++Post End: 7:58am++

2006-05-22T10:26:00.000-05:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: 1984 - G-Orwell
Listening: Faithfully - Journey
Watching: ---

++Post Start: 10:26am++

I have no respect for the Cubs...do not ask me about them.

Wow...what a Crosstown Classic. This was the first one I ever watched and it was unbelievable, especially with the brawl that ensued between A.J. "Pie" Pierzynski and Michael "1 Punch Champion" Barrett. The amazing thing about is that these two were long-time friends as this happened. Seriously, I don't even know why Michael did it, A.J. did nothing wrong. He needed to score the run and Michael was in his way, and the only way for him to do that was to plow him over. I think Michael was asking for it. There were some awesome pictures taken, including these two, one of which is f***ing unblelievable.

And the Aftermath:

The Sox lost the last game after a few miscommunicated errors by us which opened the door for THEM. We still won the series and that's all that matters.

Saw the Da Vinci Code on Friday and it was OK. It wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't a bad movie either. But, the book was definitely better. The movie left out things that I thought were important and the beginning of the movie with the crime scene and chase inside the Louvre was done in a really fast-paced manner which I thought seemed rushed.

I LOVE THE WHITE SOX!!!

++Post End: 10:46am++

2006-05-11T17:05:00.000-05:00

Mood: Lazy
Reading: The Da Vinci Code by D-Brown
Listening: Talk - Coldplay
Watching: Memoirs of a Geisha, White Sox games

++Post Start: 5:06pm++

I'm finally home free! School is out!! But now I have to work and this sucks, but I gotta do it. I hope I did alright in my Math class 'cuz I probably didn't pass the final.

Well, basically I've been watching every White Sox game there is and make sure you check out my secondary journal, Burning-Souls for all season-long coverage. I'm going to a game in August, I guess as a late b-day present. YAY!!

I've finally started reading The Da Vinci Code!! Omg...it's really good!! The movie's coming out next Friday and I'm definitely going to get tickets soon.

LOST...geez haven't talked about this in a while. The last two episodes were really freaky, I don't even know where to begin. The finale's coming up in a few weeks. That's all for now!

++Post End: 5:13pm++

2006-04-25T21:36:00.000-05:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: Thunderstruck -- AC/DC
Watching: White Sox vs. Mariners

++Post Start: 9:15pm++

Haven't posted that much but that's because I've been busy with end-of-the-semester stuff and watching White Sox games. Speaking of the Sox, we started off really slow and bad, except for opening night, then we lost 6 games and went on the road and finally started finding something. Came back home and won 8 straight before we lost yesterday to the Mariners. I'm watching tonight's game now and there's no score, bottom of the 2nd and Vasquez is pitching.

Love the black uniforms. YUM. YEAH...double play just witnessed.

JOE CREDE'S birthday is tomorrow!! He'll be 29 I think.

So, I'm going to a Sox game a couple of days after my birthday and we got a pretty sweet deal on it too. 4 Upper Reserved tickets plus 4 hot dog meals...for like 71 dollars. I'll be along the 1st base line in section 518...by Paulie and J.D.

God...I'd give anything to get seats along the third base line hint, hint.

School's alomst over. Got about 2 1/2 weeks left. Need to start studying. Other than that...I'll be working all summer for tuition. I'll probably be getting a new job after this season...Borders maybe, don't know yet.

++Post End: 9:30pm++

2006-04-04T21:35:00.000-05:00

Mood: Excited
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: ---
Watching: White Sox 2006 games and WS DVD's

Please see my secondary journal, Burning-Souls, for coverage of the Chicago White Sox 2006 Season!

Let's defend the title!

2006-04-01T21:55:00.000-06:00

Mood: Excited
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: Heaven -- Bryan Adams
Watching: Sailor Moon, White Sox DVD's

++Post Start: 9:56pm++

Just a reminder to all Chicago White Sox fans and non-fans:

Chicago White Sox 2006 Season Opener - April 2nd, 2006 7:05pm CST
U.S. Cellular Field
333 West 35th St.
Chicago, IL 60616

Broadcast TV: ESPN2 (channel 144 on DISH Network, 9452 on HD Signal)

The White Sox will NOT be receiving their World Series Rings on this day. They will be given out on Tuesday during the day game.

I'm doubly excited....so tune in and cheer on our defending WS Champions!

Here are some cookies for your troubles: (all courtesy of WhiteSoxInteractive.com

^^Currently my desktop wallpaper

++Post End: 10:10pm++

2006-03-28T19:49:00.000-06:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: Ethan Frome by E-Wharton
Listening: ---
Watching: NGE, Sailor Moon (1st Season), Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

++Start Post: 7:51pm++

When I have something more interesting to post, I'll post it but for right now I made a list of the DVD's that I own on DVD Aficionado

When you are viewing the list, please keep this in mind:

Not all of the DVD's I own are listed here. This is because I couldn't find them on the site. These are also DVD's I personally bought or were given to me as gifts. We have many more DVD's in this house but I chose not to put them there because they are not essentially "mine."

LoveForShinji's DVD List

++Post End: 8:04pm++

2006-03-12T21:11:00.000-06:00

Mood: Excited
Reading: The Talented Mr. Ripley by P-Highsmith
Listening: ---
Watching: ---

BUBLE CONCERT REVIEW, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS!!

My Buble concert review, my sister's pictures and videos are all posted on the Buble message board! CLICK HERE -----> Michael Buble @ the Auditorium Theatre - March 11th, 2006

*skips* It was wonderful!

2006-03-11T13:51:00.000-06:00

Mood: Excited beyond belief!!
Reading: The Talented Mr. Ripley by P-Highsmith
Listening: Celine Dion - The Power of Love
Watching: Carrie

++Post Start: 1:53pm++

++EDIT: 3/12/06 9:06pm

Oh...My..God, in 7 hours I will be at the Auditorium Theatre listening to MICHAEL BUBLE!! Can you believe it! I just got the tickets TODAY from a very nice woman who private messaged me on the Buble message board yesterday and I didn't see the notice 'till this morning! I kept thinking there was no way in hell I was going to be able to go, but after some persuading and MANY phone calls, they were emailed to me and I'm going!!

My first Buble concert....probably will be up there with my first Josh concert back in August of 2004! I'm no "Buble concert virgin" anymore! Whoopee!

Made these recently:

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TONIGHT! 8pm!! Auditorium Theatre 50 East Congress Parkway

++Post End: 2:17pm++

2006-03-09T13:53:00.000-06:00

Mood: Calm
Reading: The Talented Mr. Ripley by P-Highsmith
Listening: "Hung Up" by Madonna
Watching: Carrie(1976)

++Post Start: 1:56pm++

Well, I got both my Psych midterm and my Math midterm back. Psych I passed, Math, I failed. Please DO NOT ask me if I was pissed because I was majorly pissed. I was very close to passing and I was kicking myself for it. I studied really hard for it too.

Oh....My....God....

I found some super-HOT pictures of Christian Bale courtesy of Enigmatic

Along with these I also made some graphics with them that I hope you'll like:

Wallpaper:

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Icon and Banners:

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**Next Week

3/15 Lost is a re-run!

++Post End: 2:25pm++

++EDIT: 8:08pm++

Made another gorgeous wallpaper! (be warned of the size!)

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2006-02-27T15:07:00.000-06:00

Mood: Content
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: ---
Watching: Buble Special/World Children's Day Concert

++Post Start: 3:10pm++

Wow, what an incredible Olympic games! There was so much to watch, even though some of it was on during the wee hours of the morning. The teams being represented were all such extraordinary athletes in everything that they did. One in particular that I liked was Apollo Anton Ohno who is a speedskater. I remember watching the first few races that he participated in and he was always finishing in the wrong place. But, finally on the last race, the 500m he won gold. I'll never forget the look on his face as he was rounding the curve of the final lap. He knew that he had it and there was no denying the look of pure joy on his face!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH & CHRIS GROBAN!!! (2.27.81 - 2.27.06, 2.27.85 - 2.27.06)

So, my laptop fried earlier this weekend and I'm getting it fixed at a repair shop on Pulaski Rd, right by Daley College.

Mid-f***ing-terms are this week and really all I need is to get through this week and I'll be fine.

I really am regretting the fact that I wasn't able to get tickets for Buble's concert coming up this March. I like seeing him do his goofy dances. Josh really needs to learn how to dance goofy. Well, he kinda does if you count LATG.

I miss my laptop. *sad* Why the hell didn't they let Buble sing at the closing ceremonies! He's Canadian!

LOST-FORUM.COM and LOST-MEDIA.COM are fixed now. Some dumb hacker decided to mess with one of the best, if not THE best Lost fansite/board on the web. Bastards.

**This Week:

--LOST returns with 2x15: Maternity Leave! (last week was a re-run)

++Post End: 3:42pm++

2006-02-12T14:54:00.000-06:00

Mood: Content
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: ---
Watching: Olympics/Scrubs

++Post Start: 3:03pm++

Please visit my brand-spanking new Livejournal Burning-Souls for continuing coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.

++Post End: 3:04pm++

EDIT: 6:36pm

So, even if it's one of the templates from the Blogger site, at least I have a layout! I actually quite like it!

EDIT: 2/13/06 5:50pm

Added 1 fanlisting: Scrubs(television show)

EDIT: 2/19/05 - 3:39pm

Sorry, I'm not doing another post until the Olympics are over. I want to keep that announcement about my LJ up there so that people can be directed to it. Most, if not all of my fanlisting links are working. If they are not, either the site is down, the owner is switching layouts, or the owner is switching servers. It could also be that the fanlisting has been closed and someone else will pick up the subject when they apply for it. I chose to leave the "down" links as they are because I want people to know that it is closed/down/404ed for a reason instead of leaving the graphic there with no link.

Also, LOST-FORUM.COM and LOST-MEDIA.COM have been hacked! Do not visit these sites and if you are a member of the boards, I suggest logging out so as not to endanger your computer from malicious hacking. The mods on the boards have advised to not even visit the forum until they have everything cleared up. More on this when it becomes available.

2006-02-10T12:46:00.000-06:00

Mood: Excited
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha by A-Golden
Listening: Bugler's Fanfare/Olympic Theme J-Williams
Watching: Scrubs/Olympic Ceremonies

++Post Start: 12:53pm++

Today is the day! The Olympics are here! Let's root for our Team USA! The Opening Ceremonies are on at 7pm CST on NBC. Make sure you watch!

Temporary Wallpaper:

This is best viewed when set against a white background and centered. Right-click on your desktop, go to properties, go to desktop tab, set "position" to center and "color" to white.

++Post End: 12:58pm++

++EDIT: 11:55pm++

Added 2 fanlistings: Dr. Pepper(drink), The Olympics(event)

The opening ceremonies were awesome! I hope USA wins gold!

2006-02-07T21:03:00.000-06:00

Mood: J-Gro pictures/news!
Reading: Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by J-Luceno
Listening: She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Watching: Scrubs

++Post Start: 9:07pm++

Omg...I've got some good news on Josh's upcoming album! First, it's slated to come out this summer! Then, back in 2003 when Josh was working on Closer, he collaborated on 2 tracks from that album with a world group called Deep Forest. (The tracks were Remember When It Rained and Never Let Go) Well, courtesy of Pierre Jacquot's website (PierreJacquot.com) Josh is working with them again and they even said that his album will be more "worldly." Cool...let's just hope he doesn't forget how he started.

Courtesy of (DeepForestMusic.com)

02.06.06 - Eric Mouquet and Pierre Jacquot (sound engineer for Deep Forest) spent a few days at Eric's home studio in January recording music with Josh Groban. Josh's previous album Closer sold over 6 million albums worldwide and included two songs co-composed and arranged by Eric. The new album will be available this summer, and is expected to be more "worldly". During their session Pierre had a chance to compare 7 high-end microphones he was loaned for testing. Josh was very impressed with the recording quality.

Also, there are some "new" old pics on Pierre Jacquot's website that were from the 2003 session. Here's a preview but if you want the rest go here: Josh '03 Closer session pics

***This Week

2/8/06: LOST: 2x13: The Long Con!
2/10/06: Buble on Letterman (rescheduled from Mon.)

Added 1 fanlisting: Christian Bale(actor)

++Post End: 9:21pm++

2006-02-01T17:51:00.000-06:00

Mood: Tired and Bored
Listening: Here - VAST
Reading: Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by J-Luceno
Watching: Equilibrium & Kristin's EQ video

++Post Start: 5:54pm++

Well, something happened today, well actually yesterday that I thought would never happen. I don't know if any of you know that I've been listening to a LOST podcast ever since Season 2 started. That particular podcast was Ryan & Jen's "The Transmission" located here Transmission. Well, today I go on the site to see if they're going to have another theory show because tonight's episode is a re-run. Then, I come across this:

Trans 2006-01-31: "Aloha"
January 30th, 2006

There's so much more we should have said, and yet we know we could never have said enough. "The Transmission" must end, but we hope you've enjoyed the ride at least half as much as we have. We'll never be able to fully thank you for sharing your love of "Lost" with us, and for making our little show something truly remarkable. We look forward to joining you in the fantastic "Lost" fan community, and to tuning in to the "Lost Podcasting Network" for our fix of some true LostCasting talent. Mahalo a nui loa, and aloha.

The first thing that came out of my mouth was "What!" Then all the "why's" started coming. So, I listened to their 8 minute goodbye and basicaly they didn't give us a straight reason as to why they're ending the show. What's weird about it though and what's surprising to me is that this podcast is incredibly popular, they even have a hotline that you can call to tell your theories to them. Hundreds of people listen to this podcast as you can tell because they gushed about it constantly in their previous shows. They decide to end it now when the season isn't even halfway over!!?? It just seems so out of place and weird that they would end the show when LOST hasn't even reached it's peak yet! They were incredibly good at their analysis and discussion. Give them a listen even if you haven't watched an episode of LOST before. They were actually the best out there because they broadcasted FROM Hawaii, where LOST is filmed. They also gave cast sightings in their show which was pretty cool. I just feel kind of "lost" (no pun intended), as to their true answer for cancelling the podcast. I hope they tell us sometime. In the meantime, if you're interested the very last "-cast" by them is the first post on the page...so give them a listen and maybe dig in the archives for a praticular episode that interested you.

-----To Ryan and Jen-------

Thank you for all you have given the LOST fan community. Your in-depth analysis of the show and your witty banter as well was a treat for me to hear every week. It's a shame the show had to be ended and I hope you will find the time (3 kids, my gosh!) to continue the show.

Picture of Ryan & Jen

***Next Week

-LOST returns with an all-new episode! 2x13: The Long Con!

Happy 20th Anniversary to my parents! February 2nd, 1986 - February 2nd, 2006!

Screencaps from "Equilibrium" - John Preston

Added 2 new fanlistings: Equilibrium(movie) and John Preston(character from Equilibrium)

++Post End: 6:52pm++

++EDIT: 10:17pm (2/2/06)++

I found this picture of Josh and some girl on a Livejournal and I just think it's really hot. Also made an icon.

2006-01-28T10:50:00.000-06:00

Mood: C-Bale is hot!
Listening: James Bond Theme
Reading: Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by J-Luceno
Watching: Batman Begins (soon to be Equilibrium)

++Post Start: 10:54am++

Yesterday night I spent a lot of time looking up C-Bale stuff and I found this amazing wallpaper!

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Be warned! It's huge though! It was made for widescreen laptops or PC's. Re-size if you wish! Courtesy of AwesomeBale.org

I also have a video. It's what C-Bale would be like as James Bond. Be WARNED: SMOKIN' VID!! Also, I have another video and this one is just as good as the other! The song is awesome too! (Courtesy of KnightVisionVideos

Click pictures below

***This Week:

-LOST is a re-run! Returns next week with 2x13: The Long Con!

Added 1 new fanlisting: Jack/Rose(relationship from "Titanic")

++Post End: 11:41am++

2006-01-17T17:39:00.000-06:00

Mood: Excited
Reading: The Andromeda Strain by M-Crichton
Listening: ---
Watching: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring!

++Post Start: 5:37pm++

First day of school! Yaay! I had Psychology today and it looks to be an interesting class. This one guy during our introductions has two tattoos, one of a rose for his mom and one of a skull and crossbones for his dad when he had a liver transplant.

There's no homework in the class except read the book, take good notes and study hard, plus a presentation. What fun. *sarcasm*

But, that's not the best news of the day! The best news is:

Joe Crede signed with the Sox for a one-year 2.6 million dollar contract. I think that makes it so he'll stay till 2008. Thus, he avoids arbitration. (process of becoming a free agent, which means you're up for grabs for another team)

*SQUEE*

Article: CREDE SIGNS!

Added 3 new fanlistings: Michael Buble(musician), Starbucks(store), The Island(movie)

***This Week

1/18 LOST 2x11: The Hunting Party! 8pm!

++Post End: 5:54pm++

++EDIT: 9:17pm++
Added 3 new fanlistings: Nazgul(Ringwraiths)-FOTR character, "Fields of Gold"(song) and Hot Chocolate(drink)

++EDIT: 1/18/06 5:54am++
Added 3 new fanlistings: Evangeline Lilly(actress), Conan O'Brien(TV Personality) and Evenstar necklace(from LOTR)

2006-01-15T22:22:00.000-06:00

Mood: Content
Reading: The Andromeda Strain by: M-Crichton
Listening: Fields of Gold - Sting
Watching: The Island (time count: 15:21)

++Post Start: 10:26PM++

****So apparently something hacked/comprmised my comp and I had to use the recovery disc to save my comp..so brand new start here.

Got up around 9:30, stayed on the computer all day talking to dawn and what not.
Installed NTI-CD-Maker on my comp 'cuz the crappy shit they gave me was well just shit.
Watched a lot of videos via Yahoo! Music

LostVideo.net has some really good videos up! I would recommend

Beautiful Goodbye - Jack/Kate
Born to Run - The Sory of Kate Austen
Fields Of Gold

****I now have 5 email addresses....I would recommend using the ones that I use as "main or "main/alternate"

vteen@sailormoon.com - main
grobanlover16@yahoo.com - main/alternate
vteen2002@friendsofjoshgroban.com - alternate
broken-secrets@hotmail.com - alternate
vteen2000@aol.com - alternate

Installed Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Messenger.

***Next Week

-1/17 School begins!
-1/18 LOST: 2x11 The Hunting Party 8pm!

++Post End: 10:56PM++

++EDIT: 1/16/06 12:51PM++
Added 5 new fanlistings: Fellowship of the Ring(movie), The Island(movie), Take Me Away/Lifehouse(song), Michael Crichton(author), Lucia Micarelli(musician).
Deleted some 'cuz they were closed.

2006-01-08T20:08:00.000-06:00

It's pronounced Boo-blay...

^^^^^^^^^^
WATCH ME!!

If you want more info on Buble, please visit his official site, which is located in my Links section below.

Other than that, the first thing I saw Buble on was his "Caught In The Act" special which is available on DVD now!

2006-01-01T00:54:00.000-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

It's 2006!! I hope you all have a safe and prosperous new year!!

2005-12-27T18:43:00.000-06:00

Yee-Haw! I'm Geoff Blum!! My birthdate means...

Take the quiz:
Which White Sox Postseason Moment Are You?

Geoff Blum's GW HR in 14th inning of Game 3
You are a quiet, unnoticed hero. You value your family above all.

Quizzes by myYearbook.com -- the World's Biggest Yearbook!

Your Birthdate: August 10

Independent and dominant, you tend to be the alpha dog in most situations.
You're very confident, and hardly anything ever shakes you.
Mundane tasks tend to drain you - you prefer to be making great plans.
You are quite original. When people don't "get" you, it bothers you a lot.

Your strength: Your ability to gain respect

Your weakness: Caring too much what others think

Your power color: Orange-red

Your power symbol: Letter X

Your power month: October

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

*whimpers* I wanted Crede!

Oh and the time is wrong on this thing! Can't change it...sorry.

2005-12-25T13:58:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Day! Actually, a lot has happened since I last posted. I got a laptop for Christmas as a early present though and haven't stopped playing with it since. I absolutely LOVE that I have a DVD burner on this thing! If anyone wants specifics, my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite series M55-S139/Mist Grey. I got it at Circuit City and it was a lot of money. It has wireless internet built into it and comes with a SuperMulti Drive which is basically a DVD-RW/CD-RW drive combo. I didn't really ask for it early but my dad opened it up in front of me so it couldn't be helped. As far as gifts go, this was definitely the most expensive and "biggest" gift that I've ever got.

Another thing that keeps coming back to haunt me is White Sox fever. I swear it only happened a few months ago but everytime I see something with the Sox logo I go crazy! And believe me, I wouldn't have gotten that custom-made Crede jersey if I wasn't a fan. Got some nice White Sox stuff for Christmas....

I hope everyone got what they wanted this year...I know I did....so here's my list..

Laptop
Sox Pride DVD
Angels in the Outfield DVD
Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno
Lost: Endangered Species by Cathy Hapka
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
White Sox World Series Fleece
Gloves, scarf and and 2 ornaments
Cash
The Polar Express DVD

My favorites are definitely the Sox Pride DVD and my laptop.

There were a couple of other things that I wanted but didn't get because they cost too much. There was a game, a dvd box set and some other things that I can't remember right now.

Well...I hope you're all enjoying the time that you have with your families because that's what it's really all about right? I'm still waiting for my Christmas dinner and I hope you have fun with yours!

Go White Sox!

I want to dedicate this Christmas Day to my now deceased grandmother who died earlier this year. We had no idea that she would've been gone by this time but this will be our first Christmas without her and without dinner being at her house. I sincerely hope that she is in a better place and has passed from her suffering.

2005-12-01T13:31:00.000-06:00

Jate is Fate

OMG....I love being a Jater right now! Ah! It's heaven!

Lost, 2x09 What Kate Did, aired yesterday night and HOLY CRAP was it good!

We finally got our Jate kiss!! YAY! Passionate, angsty, shocked expressions all in a span of about 2 minutes!

*dies a happy Jater*

Anyways, reason for the post is to show off a pretty wallpaper that I made! (So, NO STEALING MY WORK!! GIVE PROPER CREDIT!!!)

So, I highly recommend, if you're interested in finding out more about this episode, visiting, Matthew Fox News, Lost-Forum, or Lost-Media for info on the episode and where to download it!

Thanks for reading!

2005-11-22T17:34:00.000-06:00

It's been a while...

Yeah, you're all probably going to yell at me because of how long it's been since I posted. Well, as of right now A LOT has happened since I last posted and I'm gonna try and give a summary as to what's happened...

Blog Status:

I'm actually not happy about it. I emailed the girl who does the layouts and never got a reply back and my graphic is not working on the main page. Don't know what's up with that.

Computer:

I'm definitely getting a laptop for Christmas!!!! Yay!!!! With a CD/DVD burner and Internet too! I can't wait! The screen resolution has been changed on this computer so instead of being 800x600, it's now 1024x728. So, any desktops that I post are going to be in that size.

LOST:

OMG....it's been so good so far. In episode 2x06 somebody died and guess who it was!!! Shannon! Have to say that I'm actually glad that she's dead because she wasn't giving anything to the story after Boone died in Season 1. So, they (the writers) made it a sappy episode with flashbacks of Shannon's life and then at the end after Sayid said "I love you!" BOOM...gone. Just like that.

And I'm not even telling who the killer was.

Now, episode 2x07 just passed and that episode gave us a background on what happened to the Tailies as they're being called. (people who survived the crash that were in the back of the plane) Verrry interesting it was. *shameless Yoda plug*

Now, this week, 2x08 Collision and all I've gotta say is WHOA, this is gonna be a riot!

Lost -- 2x08 Collison US Promo

2005 World Champion Chicago White Sox:

On October 26th, 2005, a miracle upon miracles happened in Houston, TX. The White Sox beat the Houston Astros in a 4-0 sweep of the '05 World Series.

Pandemonium....Ticker-Tape Parade...Rally at Intersection of Wacker and LaSalle follow.....

I went to the parade, and the rally, and the coming-home party when they drove down West 63rd street on their way to their off-season homes. Got some great video footage. 'Course there's no way for me to upload it. Pre-ordered the DVD. Got tons of White Sox memorabilia, including a custom-made jersey that I wore for Halloween at work. It says '24, Crede' on the back. Joe Crede was awesome during the games that I saw him in. He should've been made MVP, and not Jermaine Dye. He saved the Sox's asses a few times during games.

And also, Paul Konerko's GRAND SLAM in Game 3 of the World Series was something I'll never forget. I remember my mom saying that he was going to do it during the commercials as a joke, and sure enough on the first hit, he got it!!!

BRING PAULIE BACK!!

And we cannot forget about Scottie Posednik's walk-off homer in Game 2 of the World Series! That was freakin' awesome!!! It was the last play of the game and we were kind of in a jam and Scottie goes and hits his FIRST EVER homer in the postseason!!!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:

Woo-hoo! It came out last weekend and it was seriously THE BEST of them all so far. It was hilariously funny and Voldemort was actually frightening. Also, we had such a great time during the pre-show antics. We were all so high on candy and soda (by "we" I mean me, my sis, my mom and a bunch of my sis's friends) that we were cracking weird jokes and getting weird looks. I remember all the people screaming when the WB logo came up. I love when stuff like that happens!

Also, another plus in seeing the movie was hearing Josh's "Mi Mancherai" being played during a movie preview!!! Gah....so heavenly. The movie was "Lady in the Water."

Josh:

Not much going on the JG front, except that a few pictures were floating around that showed January, his girlfriend, wearing a ring on her left hand. But, again it was a false rumor. I remembered when I first heard about it, my hands got really sweaty and cold and I had chills running down my back.

And those weren't bad symptoms, I would've been ecstatic if I heard that they were engaged! No denying and no sarcasm here! For crying out loud, they've been going out for 2 YEARS!!!!

And yes, Josh was at U.S. Cellular Field on opening day of the World Series. Yeah, I found that out AFTER we had tried to get tickets and successfully failed. Believe me, I was crushed! Do you want to know what would've happened to me if I had gone and didn't know about it! I WOULD'VE DIED!

To end the post...here are things that I've made and some audio/video clips that I've grown liking and maybe you will too!

Feeder -- Feeling A Moment MP3

Lostzilla's "Take Me Away" vid featuring Jack/Kate/Ana-Lucia from LOST

2005-10-07T17:20:00.000-05:00

Jack & Kate.....Jaters Rule!

Ok, so if you don't know what Jate means by now, I just gave you a simple explanation in this posts title.

I'm planning on changing the layout to that too. Yippee!

Seriously, LOST rocks right now! I am loving this new season and I am STILL watching Season 1's DVD's. Hee-hee. I'm obsessed I know.

Oh yeah and I forgot about Jack. *thud's & dies at the same time*

Yeah, he's married in real life but I don't care. He's friggin hot!!!

So, here's a picture to prove it. Please tell me that this isn't hot. *sarcasm*

Oh and OMG....this is the reason for this entire post.

If you want to watch Lost, please watch it for these reasons:

Yeah, I bet you're going to watch it now. Hee-hee.

In Josh news....

He performed on the Today Show on Sept. 26th and sang "America" and "Smile" and looked increibly sexy and sounded wonderful!

And here's an icon I made of a certain picture:

There's going to be a chat on MSN on October 11th! See you there!

Love you guys, Lost Rules! Airs Wednesday nights @ 8pm (CST) on ABC!

2005-09-21T18:39:00.000-05:00

LOST SEASON TWO! TONIGHT 8PM (CST) ABC! IT'S HERE!!!

Oh.....My.....God..... in 3 hours I'll be watching:

2x01: Man of Science, Man of Faith (aka: Jack & Locke)

(2x01 means: Season 2, Episode 1)

*huge gulps*

And I'm hoping that there is going to be Jaterness in this episode! Please!
(Jaterness: Jate, means Jack/Kate the relationship between the two main characters on Lost)

Don't forget to watch the hour special @ 7pm entitled "Destination: Lost." It's basically a recap of everything up to this point using the flashbacks in the previous episodes.

To end the post:

PLEASE PUSH FOR THE PETITION TO SAVE THE MARSHALL FIELD'S NAME FROM BEING ERASED FROM CHICAGO'S HISTORY FOREVER!!

Don't know what I'm talking about? Go here: MARSHALL FIELDS PETITION

And........my new favorite place on the internet

LOST-FORUM.COM

And my wallie:

2005-09-14T19:43:00.000-05:00

Lost Season Two...The Return of School....

Sorry I didn't post on September 11th, I was too wrapped up in my Lost DVD that I completely forgot about it. But, that's not to say that I didn't care about that day. I did very much and in fact I brought all the newspaper clippings that we had collected from that week and brought them to work to read. I was actually surprised that I didn't cry. I ALWAYS cry on that day. Geez...hope I'm not forgetting about it...

OMFG.....WEMIHFGHGKJDHG&*#%$%@&^**(&!!!!!!!

LOST SEASON TWO IS ALMOST HERE!!!! SEPTEMBER 21ST @ 8PM!! DON'T MISS IT!

Speaking of it, since this summer I was completely oblivious to Lost since Season One's finale, and since I remembered to buy Season One on DVD, my fondness for Jack & Kate also known as Jater has been renewed. Ugh, I can't wait, there's supposed to be some Jaterness in the first episode!! AHHH!

Josh made an appearance at T-Wood a.k.a. Tanglewood, which is a music program held ever summer on the T-Wood grounds in Lennox, Mass. There was a video taken at the M & G in the tent where Josh was supposed to have been hilarious, but due to some Katrina problems, the video is being delayed until Katrina aftermath is dealt with. I strongly advise checking out the Josh boards for awesome pics, better yet, Ping's site which is the Featured Site right now.

Ah yes, college. It's September and it's already the third week of my sophomore year. Now, that's crazy. I'm only 19 and I'm already a friggin' sophomore. Anyways, it's been good so far, except for Math. God, I hate Math! The teacher and students in that class are just obnoxious and immature. There was one class that got so rowdy, that I almost got up and left. Seriously. But, other than that it's pretty good. I'm not gonna sit here and gripe about my school life all day.

So, to end the post here's some stuff that I made...found...etc...

Screencaps from a Jater fanvid: (click thumbnail for original size)

Icons that I made:

Video of my cat: (HAHA!) Quictime video

Jasper on the Stairs
September 14th, 2005

And a Jater vid:

JATER vid! (I DID NOT MAKE THIS!)

2005-08-21T17:57:00.000-05:00

Medieval Times....Outlaw Star...Last week of summer break

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, been pre-occupied with the TV and anime. I had fun on my birthday, we went to Medieval Times which is seriously, a rockin' place to have a party. This was my second time being there, so I was basically telling everybody in the fam what was going to happen. We ended up being in the Blue Knight section this time. (I was in the Red/Yellow Knight section the first time.) And if any of you's don't know what Medieval Times is all about well it's basically like this, you sit in this huge arena according to what crown you were given when you enter and you are given a feast and a tournament to watch while you cheer on your knight. It's really a lot of fun.

But, the best part about that night was....OUR KNIGHT WON THE TOURNAMENT He was the CHAMPION!

And he was CUTE too! We ended up getting autographs at the end and I found out his name is Vincent! Everytime he rode past our section, he flash this humongous smile and throw flowers into the audience! I didn't catch one though :(

One other thing to mention...that announcer guy was hilarious!

I have a few clips as well as pictures that I'll post below!

NOTE: You MUST have Quicktime in order to view the clips.

Clip 1:

Blue Knight Meets With Princess Esperanza
Aug. 14th 2005
Medieval Times: Schaumburg, Illinois

Clip 2:

Blue Knight vs. Yellow Knight
Aug. 14th 2005
Medieval Times: Schaumburg, Illinois

Pics:

--It was horribly dark in the arena, so that's why this picture did not come out very well.

--This was after the show. Blue Knight and Red Knight sitting on their thrones waiting for autographs.

--I took this picture, but this IS NOT ME!! This is my sister getting a lucky picture with Sir Vincent from Casa Valiente.

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Ok, the other thing I wanted to say is that I got my birthday presents and one of them was the Outlaw Star Perfect Collection Box Set. As soon as I put it on, all the Toonami memories came flooding back. The theme song, "Through the Night" was also rockin'. It's a fun, space thriller series. I enjoyed it very much after not having seen it for a while. I may even make a layout of it AND I've aquired a new relationship, Gene x Melfina.

Oh yeah, and starting tomorrow it's my last week of break. Ugh.

2005-08-10T22:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday......

Yep, today's my birthday! I'm officially 19! You wanna know how I celebrated it? I watched lots and lots of Gundam Wing. Yeah, that's what I did.

Sorry, I've kind of been GW obsessed ever since I bought the boxset of the entire series. I ain't gonna tell you how much it was and I used my own money! HAHA! Plus, watching GW brings back memories of when I was in 6th grade and me and my sis would come home and watch Toonami It was a bittersweet memory.

So, besides watching GW that has also got me going on another relationship that I should've added to the list. Heero x Relena Now, if you watch the show they do seem to have their moments, which I'm eternally grateful for, but you almost wish that there was more than that. I'm almost finished watching the series, (there's 49 episodes) and I know there's a HxR scene coming up pretty soon.

Other than that, I work and have been reading this hilarious Josh x Lucia fic at Joshfics. It's called There is More.

See ya!

2005-07-27T22:30:00.000-05:00

Fandoms....they are truly ways of life....

Ok, so you've probably noticed the new layout! It's called Legacy because the two relationships that are represented in the graphic (Christian & Satine and Josh and Lexie Groban) are in fact legacies of their own. One is from a movie, the other from a fictional story. I highly recommend checking out both.

So, I thought that to start off this new layout, I should share some of my favorite fictional relationships and some of the songs that remind me of them.

((Graphic Heavy)) -- Downloadable music files below!

Ship: Christian & Satine
From: Moulin Rouge
Song: Elephant Love Medley or Come What May

Ship: Josh Groban & Lexie London
From: Through the Night (Fanfiction)
Song:
Happy: A New Day Has Come -- Celine Dion
Sad: Batman Begins Soundtrack Track 11 -- Corynorhinus

Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Padme Amidala
From: various fanfictions written on the net, inspired by Star Wars
Song: With or Without You -- U2

Ship: Harry Potter & Hermione Granger
From: various fanfictions written on the net, inspired by Harry Potter
Song: none :(

Ship: Aragorn & Arwen
From: Lord of the Rings
Song: The Evenstar

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Again, these are only some of the pairings that I like, trust me there are a lot more, but I felt that the best should be mentioned here.

In other news:

---I finally got my JGF wristband!!!
---I also have a BORDERS "Care" wristband!
---I bought, The Island, Batman Begins, The Best of Mandy Moore, The Thief Lord, and The Crueling Miles, which are both books.
---MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING!!! (August 10th)

2005-07-26T08:30:00.000-05:00

Hello, Luke. This is your wake-up call. Your name is finally in my blog, you egomaniac. Happy Birthday by the way, even though it was yesterday! You're 22!

2005-07-22T18:40:00.000-05:00

The Island is out today!

*SQUEE!* I can't wait to go @ 7:30! Ewan hotness galore! Yes, my Must-See Upcoming Movie under my //Current// list is The Island and it came out today! I hope I like it since I bought an advance ticket on Fandango!

My layout will be changing soon...hopefully...it was supposed to be a long time ago...so bye-bye to Obi-Wan and say hello to couples who's stories will live on for eternity!

Did that sound cheesy or what? But it's true and they mean a lot to me....

COMING SOON: BROKEN-SECRETS VERSION 4 - BLISSFUL ETERNITY
(and a new upcoming must-see movie!)

Picture:

2005-07-17T12:21:00.000-05:00

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and what I did over the weekend!

Well, when I got home from work on Friday I was majorly pissed, upset and depressed and I'd rather not talk about it on here, cuz there are people who read my blog from work. So I was extremely glad that I went to the HBP party in Oak Park, IL to celebrate the release of the book! (I'll try and see if I can get pictures later!)

We all dressed up and by we I mean, me, my sister and her fiend Chrissy. Lin was a Slytherin, Chrissy and I were Gryffindors! I was the only one that didn't have a tie and I was so sad about it!

Basically we walked around Oak Park Ave. and looked at all the shops that were decorated with some of the names from the book. (Leaky Cauldron, Three Broomsticks, Flourish & Blotts) We took lots of pictures with people who were dressed up, including Gilderoy Lockheart and Narcissa & Lucius Malfoy, Professor McGonagall and a girl who was dressed up as Prof. Trelawney) There was actually a Weasley family walking around but we never got around to a picture with them. :(

I actually bought a Hogwarts Acceptance Letter from a bookshop and this really nice lady was writing them out for people. You had a choice if you wanted it mailed or not, I wanted it mailed so hopefully it'll be coming soon.

We got A LOT of compliments about our costumes including where did we get them. We always said Party City and people's reactions were always "where is that? is it a store?" Like DUH!!!

There were also some really cool stuff going on in the Scoville Park across the street. Some of the bands that were playing were really horrible. (The Sharp Cookies)
But the re-enactment crew was pretty cool. There were also tables set up with cool HP stuff. One had copies of every book signed by J.K. Rowling, that were priced at thousands of dollars! There were also first editions and advanced copies of the books (books that were pre-released before the actual books were made) Then there was a guy who painted HP portraits and would paint you if you wanted him to.

We only stayed until about 10:30pm, because parents wanted us home by a certain time. By the time we left, people were already lining up for the book.

We met this really cool Slytherin guy who we kept bumping into a lot throughout the evening. No picture though. It was an awesome night, but I got my book only yesterday around 6pm.

I finally saw Batman Begins! It was majorly cool and Christian Bale is HOT!!

OMG, the newest issue of EW (Entertainment Weekly) has Ewan and Scarlett on the front cover!!!!! *Squee* It's about the Island! Go pick it up now!

MY SCAN!!! DO NOT HOTLINK OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGE! (do not think it's yours)

<------- Check out my sexy new wallpaper! Meow!

*SQUEEE!!!!* THE ISLAND COMES OUT THIS FRIDAY!!!

2005-07-10T23:15:00.000-05:00

Pimping LJ communities.....

The most active of all the Josh Groban LJ communities!

Joshfics

Josh Groban Community

The Grobanite Iconwhore -- Elvishdesire

The_Tenth

HopelessFangirl

Moulin Rouge Community

2005-07-03T15:21:00.000-05:00

Back from vacay.......SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT!!

HELP STOP POVERTY!! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!!

ONE.org

Sign the Live8List now! They don't want your money, only your voice!

Live8List.com
AOLMusic.com

Josh Groban and Sarah McLaucghlan (sp?) performed "Angel" at the Philly branch of the Live 8 concerts! They rocked the house! Go to AOL Music to see re-broadcasts of the concert!

Click here to download the performance

Click here to download the MP3

Support the Josh Groban Foundation! Get your wristbands!

GrobanitesForCharity.org

Oh yeah and I'm back from vacay...I'll post about it some other time.

2005-06-26T08:46:00.000-05:00

HIATUS!!!!!

Starting tomorrow this blog will be on a short hiatus due to my family and I going on our annual vacation!

If anyone is interested, we are going to Walhalla, Michigan to live in a cabin and maybe go hiking sometimes.

I'll see you all when I get back!

2005-06-21T00:05:00.000-05:00

Pointless Post.....Marriage to Josh Groban Quiz

Courtesy of:
Memgen 5.1 The Ultimate Quiz Factory

<<<<<< I rule!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!! I'm gonna try another!

2005-06-19T16:52:00.000-05:00

Filler post.....more "Island" screencaps, work and the 6th tour vid

This probably won't be a major update at all, just like a filler update since I'm getting bored with my last one.

I've added some food fanlistings. Go check them out at the bottom as well as the others.

Anyways, we are currently "tearing up the house" because we'll be getting hardwood flooring in the living room and we'll be re-painting my sister's room a green color. Of course nothing will be done to my room. My parent's room will also be redone.

I've made some more "Island" screencaps. I'll post those below. I also found a sexy Ewan "Island" wallpaper. I'll post that as well.

Ewan "Island" wallpaper:

The 6th and last Tour Vid was posted a couple of weeks ago and they had some scenes from the Rockford, IL show that Josh did. I remember reading on the boards that some questionable stuff happened at the show. There was one girl who shouted out after Josh had finished a song, "I wanna f**k you!" Um.......yeah, NOT something to say to Josh Groban during one of his concerts. Check that one off the list. Also, please don't bring as a gift, provocative clothing for Josh to wear. Yes, someone did actually present Josh with a THONG as a gift, wrapped in a tiny box with a note reading: "For the ROCK STAR that you are, please open now." And yes, they did show that during the video..............screencaps by NCGrobanFan to follow.

6th Tour Vid

You should've seen the look on his face.

I will be finally getting weekends off from work and having a normal workday schedule, Mon-Fri. WHOOPEEE!!

I'm starting to watch Disney movies again. I just watched "Mulan" yesterday and I think I'm gonna go watch "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" right now.

Bought these:

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE GREAT DADS!!!

2005-06-07T22:18:00.000-05:00

You have been chosen to come to the world's last remaining paradise -- The Island

Ok, I know I'm copying off of Krys's website (Hopelessly-Devoted.net) when I say this but, if there ever was an obsession cam on me right now it would know that I can't stop researching this movie! And no I don't like this movie JUST because Ewan is in it but that's one of the reasons. hehe. The other reason is the whole cloning, science - fiction thing they've got going on just intrigues me.

The trailers are really getting to me. Especially the music from the trailer. O__O OMG....it's so freakin' awesome! I love when they put chorus music in trailers! It makes them so much more exciting!

By the way, I was able to obtain an MP3 of the exclusive music that's extremely hard to find!
Courtesy of: MichaelBay.com

"Lucius Dei"

(sorry, I don't have lyrics to this song. if anyone is able to translate the song title or the lyrics themselves, it would be greatly appreciated)

And here are my 3 favorite trailers:
International Teaser

US Trailer #1
(this was the trailer that I saw with Star Wars)

Final Trailer

EDIT 2: June 9th, 2005 - 1:09PM

Since I've been watching the trailers in Quicktime, I wanted to share with you a high-res version of the trailer I saw at Star Wars. Believe me, this is the ONLY way to watch movie trailers. It's crystal clear. (Just make sure you have Quicktime software)

Trailer #1 Quicktime High-Res

And finally, here's some screencaps that I made from the Final Trailer

And one more that's a little racy: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/vteen2002/Blog%20Stuff/racyislandcap.jpg

EDIT: June 9th, 2005 - 11:50AM

More screencaps that I made

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The Island Official Site -- July 22nd, 2005.

The best line in the trailers: "How come we've never done this before?" "Shut up."
And, "You two, watch your proximity." LOL.

2005-06-01T21:15:00.000-05:00

Happy 4th anniversary Moulin Rouge!!

On this day, 4 years ago, Moulin Rouge graced cinema screens worldwide. Today marks its 4th anniversary/birthday of its release. I'll be watching the movie tonight and reliving the wonder that is Baz Luhrmann. This movie was nominated for the 2002 Oscars for Best Picture, but lost to A Beautiful Mind which is another exceptional movie. Baz took a HUGE risk with this film, he wanted to re-invent a genre that was almost going to be erased from our time. I believe he successfully did that with this film.

Here's to you Baz for taking an enormous risk ------------ and succeeding. We salute your uniqueness for directing and your movie tonight!

STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH REVIEW IS BELOW!!

2005-05-27T19:00:00.000-05:00

EDIT: 8:38PM Ok, some other stuff that I forgot to post along with the review.

----School is officially out!!! YEAH!!! It officially ended on May 26th, 2005. I went out to Subway with a classmate after my Bio final and then went home on a different station than I usually board. Took me a while to find the entrance. So yeah, I can shred my U-PASS now. It expired today.

----GUESS WHO FINALLY FREAKIN' POSTED ON A CERTAIN MESSAGE BOARD!! Yes, you heard me right JOSH FINALLY POSTED!!! He was in France attending the Cannes Film Festival (yes, he went to that too), which is the most prestigious film festival in the entire world, with his girlfriend January Jones.

Here's Josh's post: http://p071.ezboard.com/fjoshgrobanfrm3.showMessage?topicID=14493.topic

From here on in, this section of the post is dedicated to Rachel B.

----So, I've been recently re-watching all 5 SW movies. I just watched AOTC last night and TPM the night before. After I watched TPM, I was researching Qui-Gon and found something interesting about him.......................................................he actually has a theme song and it can only be found on the Phantom Menace Super Soundtrack which I currently have.

The Phantom Menace Super Soundtrack

And here's some things I thought you would like -

And here's things that I've bought over the past week:

Obi-Wan Kenobi EpIII

General Greivous

Anakin Skywalker

Darth Vader

Gossip Girl Book 7

Legacy of the Jedi

Moulin Rouge Illustrated Book ---I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

AND LOOK WHAT I FOUND:

REVENGE OF THE SITH REVIEW IS BELOW!!!

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith REVIEW!!!!!

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

PRE-SHOW

Ok, now that you've been warned, I can start my review. But, before I start talking about the movie, I must get rid of the pre-show antics, including what happened outside of actually going to the movie. So, I woke up and went to school. It was the last lecture day in Biology so our teacher was giving a sort of "farewell" speech. Basically, all that's left of that class are the 3 exams next week: Lab Practical, Exam 4, and the Final. Social Science was boring. We just went to the computer lab and typed up our paper for our project. In my opinion, I don't think we did a good job. We were like rushing through it and I was literally restraining myself in not trying to say that we need to make our paper more thorough. We ended up staying there a bit later than we usually do to finish up. I was antsy and I wanted to go home, but I didn't want to be rude.

Anyways, I came home and then picked up my sis @ 3:30. Then around 4:30 we left for the theater. I was starving so we stopped at Taco Bell and got some tacos. It was starting to become stormy outside and I couldn’t help but feel like it was the perfect atmosphere for the movie. We got to the theater around 5:00 (a literal TWO HOURS before the movie). I had to eat my tacos in the car ‘cuz obviously I wasn’t going to eat them while I was driving. Sis kept telling me to hurry up and I did. Went in, past the box office lines (which weren’t that long, everybody’s being smart see!!!), got to the ticket lady person who scanned our Fandango sheet and produced our OPENING NIGHT TICKET STUB:

Then, we walked down to Theater 8, all the way in the back and sat down in back of a group of about 10 teens. I was so thankful that we got there when we did because other people started showing up right after we got there, including a bunch of 12 year olds who couldn’t decide where they wanted to eat, who we swearing up a storm AND were trying not to act like the SW Super Geeks like they were. They had toy lightsabers with them and some older dude actually had a plastic Darth Maul lightsaber, the double-bladed one. That was pretty cool. We then sat there listening to all the other people talk until our parents got there. They came at about 6pm and then there were rumors that security was going to let us in at 6:30. By the way, another showing of ROTS was going on while we were waiting, so an occasional “boom” could be heard. Eventually, we were led in and I remember as we were walking in someone shouted “Star Wars!!!! WHOOHOO!!” We then proceeded about the third row from the back and sat right in the middle. It was perfect. The 12 year old group sat in the row in front of us and then repeatedly kept going back for drinks and popcorn. It’s way too overpriced there believe me.

A half-hour wait. Believe me, it was agonizing. You start to feel those anxieties like “what if they don’t start it on time?” In the meantime there were a few ALMOST lightsaber fights since there were so many people who brought them. Actually, 2 or 3 people brought those really cool lightsaber replicas where the blade always stays up and when it turns on it glows really bright blue or red. Someone took those out and lit them up and everyone in the theater let out collective gasps and “OMG’s!” all at the same time. There was a group of older teenage boys sitting behind us that said, “You guys should fight together!” (He was talking to the person with the replica and one of the 12 year olds sitting in front of me) I had a red lightsaber replica in my row and the 12 year olds had a plastic blue one, a few rows down there was a green plastic one and in the 2nd row in the front, all the way on the left, there was a green and blue plastic one, with a blue lightsaber replica as well.

The 7:00pm show was sold out as was confirmed by the piece of printer paper stuck to the front glass windows of the theater. It read: STAR WARS 7:00PM!! SOLD OUT!!!! This was because Fandango had some of it’s highest ticket sales that month and because many bought their tickets very early, like me. (end of April, whoohoo!) I always like when shows are sold out because then it’s an even more awesome experience.

There actually was an incident in the theater involving the 12 year olds and a mother with about 4 kids. The 12 year olds had sent a scout out for food in which he had to walk a very long way, and they were saving his seat for him. Evidently, a few moments before, security personnel came in and said “because this is a sold out show….everyone must move to the center to make sure we can seat everyone and blah, blah, blah….” The woman however was starting to take one of the 12 year old’s seats, and one of them stood up and started arguing with her in the theater. He said, “No, no, you can’t do that! We waited in line!” The woman said, “Well, I’m sorry but this is just the way it is…” and so on and so forth. I can’t really remember what was said but I remember sitting there thinking to myself, “I can’t believe I’m watching this..” The woman eventually sucked up and let the kid have the seat back and the scout also returned with food.

“2 minutes to STAR WARS!!” When the kid said that, I remember thinking, wow this is it!!” And then the lights went down………….

Coming Attractions:

The Island (Starring EWAN!!!!!! HAAAAA I’m going to see this!!!!!)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cinderella Man
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
(and I can’t remember if there was any more, darn!)

THE MOVIE

20th Century Fox

LUCASFILM LTD.

*black*

“A long time ago in a galaxy, far, far away…….”

*huge collective inward gasp*

(star wars fanfare)

STAR WARS: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH!!!!!

War! That was the first word of the infamous crawling opening that graces every SW movie. From there it became an awesome space battle. Anakin and Obi-Wan are heroes of the galaxy. R2-D2 kicks some major ass. Ani/Obi banter, Mace Windu, Yoda puching those 2 Imperial guards, General Greivous and his 4 lightsabers, the death of the Jedi Temple, the infamous duel between Ani/Obi, the “I HATE YOU!!” line said by Ani, the birth of the twins……

“You were the chosen one! I loved you like a brother Anakin….”

This movie is so depressing it’s no wonder GL (George Lucas) has all the funny and happy moments crammed into the first half-hour. But that’s not to say I didn’t like it.

I F***IN LOVED IT!!!

It was so cool to see how GL upped the anny on so many things. The acting for sure had improved since AOTC and I was extremely happy about that. He made the movie so much darker and cooler. We as SW fans, couldn’t have asked for more.

For me, these movies aren’t supposed to be taken seriously or literally. They are supposed to be fun action movies that you’re supposed to enjoy. I didn’t go in with the attitude of “ok, I hope GL delivers this time or I’m gonna be f**kin mad!” That’s not for me. I appreciated what it was and the impact that these movies have had on us for almost 30 years.

I just want to thank most of all GL, The Father of Star Wars, who made everything about this movie what it should be!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Ok, now go see the movie!

(also, during the opening credits, someone whipped out their cell phone and took a picture of the SW logo and when the fanfare was playing all the lightsabers in the room lit up.)

2005-05-19T00:02:00.000-05:00

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith!!!!!

Well, today is the day! Although it is still only May 18th here, thousands of fans are already lining up for the midnight showings at 12:01AM all across the world. I am personally not one of them.

I'll be seeing it tomorrow after school of course!

Anywayz, I just wanted to wish everyone HAPPY STAR WARS day and a HUMONGOUS THANK YOU TO GEORGE LUCAS for his incredible vision that has surpassed these 28 years.

We all hope it will live up to its expectations. And we know it will.

Cheers and see you at the movies!

(Fixed link to Aussie interview)

2005-05-13T23:41:00.000-05:00

Hilarious "TRL STAR WARS" clip and Josh Aussie Interview

This hilarious Hayden Christensen clip from TRL SW special, aired Today: May 13th, 2005. Enjoy!

Click picture above to download file

Credit: Desiring Hayden

And an adorkable web interview by Josh from Austrailia! LATG is finally getting released there, he talks about Louisville, KY and the interesting "Bedpost Story!"

Click picture above to see file

Courtesy of : MSN Austrailia

Note: All screencaps here are made by ME! Except for the Hayden cap above. If you want to use any of these, please credit! (Sierra - Broken Secrets)

2005-05-06T12:31:00.000-05:00

Star Wars....The Power of Goodbye and the End of School

Hello! How is everyone! Well, the semester is finally winding down and we're now in our last few weeks of school. If the strike hadn't happened, however, we would probably be getting out around now. Oh well, next spring.

Anywayz, I've been obsessing with Star Wars ever since I found out about the third movie! I'm currently watching A New Hope and soon will be watching Empire and ROTJ (Return of the Jedi). I've already watched TPM (The Phantom Menace) and AOTC (Attack of the Clones). I personally love TPM, only because the extremely sexy Ewan McGregor plays my fave character Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Which by the way is going to be my new layout! HEEEEEEEE!!!!! :)

ROTS, Revenge of the Sith is the third movie if you haven't found that out by now. And......I HAVE TICKETS!!!! Muwahahaha!!! Fandango is da bomb!!! Seriously, if you want to save yourself the agony of waiting in what is to be extremely long lines, GO TO FANDANGO!!! It will save you lots of time and money! (well, maybe not money....$40 bucks for the 4 of us!)

Here's my ticket:

I'm hoping to hang out with Rachel, next Friday before she leaves for Canada. :( *crosses fingers*

And, while I've been going to school, riding the train, I've been reading SW books and studying of course, but also I've been listening to Madonna's "The Power of Goodbye" on repeat. Not only because it's an extremely good song, but because a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..............................................

*crickets chirping*

Ok, I better stop that, LOL!

--continues, but because a long time ago, probably when I was a soph in HS, I started writing an SW fanfic that had to do with this song. It got deleted though because my computer crashed about 3 times since then because of viruses and stuff like that. Obi/Qui-Gon mush!!!!

Anywayz, I thought I'd share the lyrics:

The Power of Goodbye
Madonna

Your heart is not open so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say no

You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress you had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to God that it won't be long
Do ya wanna go higher?

There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

Your heart is not open so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
You were my lesson
I had to learn
I was your fortress

There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

Learn to say goodbye
I yearn to say goodbye

There's nothing left to try
There's no more places left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye

Power of Goodbye Video:
mms://wm.wbr.com/madonna/instavid/16_469853_19.Asf (Paste into Windows Media Player) --courtesy of http://allaboutmadonna.com

And I'm so happy! I finally figured out how to make screen caps from Quicktime vids!

2005-04-27T09:31:00.000-05:00

Star Wars......

MUWAHAAHAAA!!!! I've got my tickets for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Thursday May 19th, 7:00pm @ Loews Quarry 14 Cinemas!!! They were $40 bucks, but what the hell!!!

I'VE GOT THEM!!!

Here's some nice pictures for you!!!

(Click the thumbnail to get a larger size)

2005-04-20T09:01:00.000-05:00

My Life Since Then....and What Is Now........

Wow, it's been a long time since my last post. Or that's what it seems like. I just can't wait for this semester to be over so I can do something else besides school! Curse school! So, what's been affecting my life lately:

--The CTA might approve a plan that will provide huge service cuts and raised fares if the state doesn't help by July.
($1.75 = $2.00 Longer waiting for trains and buses, some routes will be eliminated, no longer able to get transfers from paying with cash.....which means that the CTA SUX!!!)

--Josh performed on VH1's "Save The Music" concert this past Sunday. He sang two songs, "Canto Alla Vita" and "Downtown Train." He rocked his a$$ off on both! Then, in tribute to Rod Stewart, he sang "Stay With Me" with all the other artists that were present. Not to mention that he looked extremely hot!! DRUM SOLO! O_O

--Um, school's been pretty hectic....and I have a couple papers that are due next week that I haven't started yet.
(How many times have I used this as an excuse!!!!!! LOL)

--Has anyone seen the "Virgin Mary" water stain underneath an underpass on the Kennedy expressway? If you picked up yesterday's RedEye, a division of the Trib, it was the cover story.

--Oh yeah, guess what next month is.......that's right, May. And what's the big event happening in May? A saga coming to an end that has amazed the world for over two decades? Yes, my friends, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opens on May 19th. Go pick up the book or this month's latest issue of Premiere magazine, it features the lovely Hayden Christensen (or maybe I should say Vader) on the cover, with an extensive article inside. Very good. (Oh and stay away from http://boards.theforce.net if you don't wanna be spoiled!) I'm already spoiled, so there's no hope for me! hehe.....

--And last but not least, since the passing of Pope John Paul II, we have ladies and gentleman, a new pope! And if you want to hear my comments about it, see one of the blog's on my "Connections" list. In particular, click the one that says "Chrissy."

--Oh yeah, one more thing...I almost killed my sister and her friend, Chrissy, on State Rd. coming home from Q of P. 'nuff said.

Here's a cookie for your troubles:

2005-04-04T09:28:00.000-05:00

Josh Pics......Happy Dance and Star Wars: Episode III.......

*insert mood here* What kind of mood are you in? Right now, I'm happy! Even though it's 7:12AM and I have to leave for school in like 2omins, I'm still happy! It's because I went online and found out about my grades! They are super-good! 2 B's, 1 A and 1 C. Whoopeee! I got a B in Biology! *does happy dance*

Omg........new Josh pics resurfaced on the net! They aren’t exactly “new”, we just haven’t seen them before! But man, they are H-O-T-T!!! And I literally mean it this time! Just check out my wallpaper!

<---------------- O_O

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith! O_______O *gulps* Looks like to be an awesome movie! I just got the book yesterday, the 2nd and I haven’t really started reading it yet 'cuz I still have another book to read for school that I have to write a paper on that I'm currently reading. 'Tis very interesting though. I've mostly been hanging out here: http://boards.theforce.net/ spoiling myself silly about SW!

May 19th...gulp...omg...going to be best Star Wars ever! If you don’t want to be SPOILED...stay off the internet PERIOD!!!

4th Tour Vid was posted a couple weeks ago by Jeff! Two more to go!
http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_episode4_450-v.asx

Picces!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/peoplemag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/fullthrottlelove.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/wickedsexyman.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/autographingmyself.jpg <-----he's autographing himself!! LOL!

2005-03-20T10:24:00.000-06:00

Trees....Death and Dying...3rd Tour Vid......

Why kill trees? Is there any point in doing it? Why cut off the bottom branches of trees just because they are getting "too long?" It's every car owner's worst nightmare, because you know what happens when there's no bottom branches to protect those trees? The birds poop everywhere! I have a car that sits outside every day because our garage is not big enough to fit three cars!

I just don't think it's right. They don't even cut the trees properly. They're only supposed to cut off a few branches and leave it, but they end up cutting all the bottom branches so there's nothing to catch the poop when it falls! Stupid SAS....... (Streets and Sanitation)

The second topic of this post is on more of a serious tone that concerns my immediate family. My grandma died yesterday in her home with my grandpa, my mom and my mom's brother watching. I came home from work yesterday and got the news. Then, I went over there, cried a lot and looked at old pictures. It was extremely sad thinking about all the good times we had together and how she would spoil us silly and loved cats. She had breast cancer twice, once about five or six years ago and then again recently, which ultimately led to her passing. Once the doctor said that she needed to stop chemo, (because it was making her too sick) she gave up on living. We then had to provide hospice care and my mom had to go over there after work everyday to help my grandfather out and comfort her as well. I think what I'm really crushed over was that I never got to say goodbye. The last time she saw me I think was right after my surgery, saying that I looked really nice. I didn't like the fact that I was at work when she died, even though my mom said that she was glad that I wasn't there when she passed because she was suffering those last few hours. I'm ultimately glad that she isn't suffering anymore because she was so depressed and out of touch those last few weeks. At least I know she's in a better place now.

I'm taking off work these next two days because of the wake and funeral.

Sorry to end on such a cheery note but, the Jeffmeister posted the 3rd Tour Vid over at FOJG.
http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_episode3_450-v.asx

2005-03-14T09:31:00.000-06:00

Oh, the randomness.....

So, basically this is going to be a brainless entry since everything's been pretty much the same since I last posted. I never have any time anymore because of you know what and Josh is the only thing keeping me sane right now......speaking of him....OMG.....*sexiness picture posted below* AHHHHHH.....the sexiest alive! This is one flippin', sex-lovin', "come-hither" look!!! Ahh, must check out! (I'm starting to sound like that girl from livejournal: www.livejournal.com/users/the__tenth) haha!

<----- My wallpaper is H-O-T-T!!!

Spring break is almost here! Thank god, or I'm gonna DIE!!! TOO MUCH WORK!!

Oh, yeah and I'm definitely going to be working over break! That kinda sux because I have MID-TERMS coming up!!!

Oh and thank god I kinda got rid of that annoying thing with my contacts (or my whole right eye) for that matter! Was driving me crazy!!!

To all my friends: sorry I haven't been online...you know the excuse! :)

OMFG! The 2nd Tour vid is flippin' awesome!!! Check it out!!! W00T!!!
http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_jgepisode-01-2_450-v.asx

Mmmmm...hot!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Graphics/comehitherbig.jpg

Ciao!

2005-03-04T14:31:00.000-06:00

Long 1st post of brand new layout!

Hey everyone! How's it been since I last posted! So, by now you've noticed the NEW LAYOUT!! Isn't it PIMP!! I love it! And it's in my fave color too! PURPLE!!! I also chose this layout because I absolutely ADORE these two! That's why I support them so much! Plus, there's WAY too much bickering at the boards over January! They just need to get over themselves! She's such a nice person (not that I've met her myself or anything, LOL) but there are some people who've met her and have said that she is adorable! And she's great to have a guy like Josh to have as a boyfriend!

So, what's my excuse for not posting in a while! What's the obvious? School! It's just this semester has been really demanding and hectic and you're probably sick and tired of hearing me say this! :)

There's also been a lot happening in Josh's world since I last posted! First, he had his 24th birthday on Feb. 27th, plus he performed with Beyonce that same night! He was a KNOCKOUT!! Not to mention he wore that same black suit he's been wearing on his current tour! I swear he was in prime condition that night! He hit every note, was smiling the whole time, was confident (even though he sounded nervous at the beginning), I just couldn't stop being happy for him! Even though "Believe" didn't win, I thought that performance was the highlight of the night! They even got a Standing O! Now, how cool is that to get a Standing O @ the Oscars! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH & CHRIS!!! (Yes, Chris is his brother and they have the same b-day 4 years apart! I think Chris is 19!)

The next thing was that he was on Oprah for the 5th time on 3/2/05!!! OMG!!! Gayle (Oprah's friend and assistant who introduced Josh to Oprah) is so gosh darn lucky! She got a visit from Josh in her office which she didn't even know about! Plus, she even got serenaded by him! He sang WYSYLM (When You Say You Love Me, a song us Grobanites have NEVER heard him sing LIVE!). At the end after she said, "Yes, I'll marry you!," he got down on one knee and sang the last verse of the song, even putting in her own name in the last verse! "When you say you love me, oh do you know, Gayle I love you!" Ugh...that was quite possibly THE best part!

Anyways, that's basically all that's been happening, except yesterday on the train I talked with this guy from my Bio & Soc. Sci. class! His name's Marty and he's 20 and wants to be a firefighter! Then, there's this other guy in my Bio class, his name's Josh as well...he makes fun of me a lot! The little bugger!

Ciao!

2005-02-25T18:59:00.000-06:00

What a hectic day.......

So, school's been a bitch. I've had so much reading to do, and quizzes and tests to study for. *sighs* This is gonna be a short post. Oh yeah, my layout's gonna change too. I'm not saying to what, but this'll probably be the last post for this one.

So, I'm sorry about the last post I made about a certain person that I know. That's all I'm going to say for that. I'm really, really sorry.

The Oscars are this weekend! Go Josh & Glen Ballard! That's all I'm gonna be doing Sunday, besides working.

I really hope my best friend is gonna be ok. She's not having a good time.

My mom had another heart murmur today. The reason I say "another" is because it's happened in the past, although I was very young when it happened. I hugged her when she came home.

And last but not least, LOST this past Wednesday was awesome! Full of surprises! It was so good! Here's a picture of what I take to get downtown everyday!

Looking forward to the Oscars!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/midwaycurve.jpg

2005-02-19T16:33:00.000-06:00

Josh Groban rules.....

I am so pissed off! I absolutely hate it when people try to understand my obsession with Josh. Then they make fun of me and I feel bad about myself because I spend so much time worrying about him. Well, everyone can just FUCK OFF! I know I have no life and that I spend most of it on the internet, but there is a lot more than you think about Josh that NO ONE WANTS TO UNDERSTAND!! It's not about his voice or his looks! I don't go walking around everyday forcing people to like Josh or to listen to him! I know better than that!

If any of you ever spent 2 hours on that message board that I post on, you would truly see why I support him the way I do! HE CHANGES PEOPLES LIVES!!! HE TRULY CARES ABOUT HIS FANS ENOUGH THAT HE POSTS ON THE BOARDS ALSO!!! PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT OF THE WATERS BECAUSE OF HIS MUSIC, GIVING THEM A NEW LIFE!!! I know it's corny, but it's true! I have never seen an artist affect someone the way Josh does! It truly is amazing!

The Grobanites raise money for his foundation, for other foundations, we even raised money for the TSUNAMI RELIEF!!! It's just sad that people don't want to respect artists that actually want to change something in this world. That's what we want to do. We want to spread the Josh because we feel he is someone unique. He isn't like anyone else out there. Who have you ever heard that actually cares about their fans enough to listen to them! No one I've heard! There are so many other artists out there who are cruel to their fans, such as Britney and Usher. They don't give a rats ass about them! All they care about is money and what they can make off of us fans to get more money!

Time and time again Josh has been astounded by the support that he's received from his fans! I've seen so many testimonies from fans who have been to his concerts and have been wowed at how much fun Josh really is! I remember when I went to the Aug. 8th, 2004 concert in Tinley Park when You Raise Me Up was playing and all the glowpens were raised in the air, it was such an uplifting moment. Such a moment to be a fan. There have also been moments during standing O's when Josh would get teary-eyed because he knows how much his fans support him.

Josh has a wonderful personality. He is funny, witty and carelessly devotes himself to whatever he is doing with his music. He never misses a beat and we are always there right behind him.
I know I've had a life-changing experience discovering Josh. There just isn't simply anyone else like him out there. I have never seen such devotion in an artist like we the Grobanites have done. I have to admit, when I first started posting on the board in 2003, I was overwhelmed by all the acclaimed "silliness" that was going on, all the inside jokes. But, now that is what makes the board fun. I've met so many ppl on that board and have established quite a residence there. And even though they may be a lot older than me, they have continually given me support throughout my time there.

In conclusion, all of this was written with truth. Nothing I have said here is false. I strongly urge you to check out some of the places on here, before you judge me and what I like. Because I absolutely cannot tolerate when people try to talk about something they don't understand. It dehumanizes me.

"WE ARE GROBANITES!"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/thumbsup.jpg

2005-02-18T20:11:00.000-06:00

School...GRAMMY'S.....Tour Vid.....

Ugh...school..school and more school!

So, since my last update, school has gotten even MORE demanding! I have to study for a HUGE bio test (covering 5 chapters) for Tuesday and I have to write a 4 page paper by Wednesday that has something to do with our research topics that we picked! Once again there goes the procrastinating.....

Josh didn't win the GRAMMY. In actuality, I'm not surprised. It's going to take a while before ANYONE in the higher-up music industry notices that REAL TALENT such as Josh should get recognized for something! I've kinda gotten immune to him losing to nominated awards! But, the OSCARS are coming! And it's Josh's BIRTHDAY!!! Feb. 27th! The big 'OL 24!!! So, I know what I'll be doing that night! What about you? (Oh and make sure to watch not only to cheer Josh and Glen Ballard if they win for "Best Original Song In A Motion Picture", but also watch because Josh'll be singing "Believe" with Beyonce! *triple-crosses fingers hoping she doesn't screw it up!*) And as Josh said, "The Grammy's are fun, but the Oscars is the premiere event for Hollywood!"

OMG.....Jeff (Josh's tour videographer) posted a BRAND NEW tour vid from the road! Waaaa! It's so freakin' cool! I LOVE the music, especially that funky synthesizer stuff during the middle of it! And PLUS, I made screencaps! I'll post a bit here!

Well, that's all for now! Ciao!

And here's the AWESOME tour vid:

http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_2005tour-episode1_450-v.asx

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Tour%202005%20FOJG%20Caps/fojgtour058.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Tour%202005%20FOJG%20Caps/mickeygloves2.jpg
-Tis my favorite one!

And here's the whole album!

http://photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Tour%202005%20FOJG%20Caps/

2005-02-10T21:09:00.000-06:00

My life seems to revolve around.....school, Josh and.....

Woo...school is VERY demanding! This was nothing like last semester! Last semester, even though I had math to worry about, I wasn't reading 50 billion pages a night like I am now! But, I have to say I'm starting to get used to it! Being a first semester freshman was easy! But, now I'm a second semester freshman and it's gotten a lot harder! I can't wait until we start doing our research in English! 0_0

So, my high school is officially closing. I knew it was gonna happen. It was inevitable. They had a declining enrollment, financial problems and had a 2008 freshman class of 65, which is pretty embarassing considering they're usually up to 120 so people. But, tuition has risen also and that was also a factor in closing the school, plus no one is giving them money so they basically had no choice. 'Tis sad. :(

THE GRAMMY'S ARE SUNDAY!!! GO JOSH!!! (Oh yeah and guess what, Josh is performing "Believe" with BEYONCE!!!! She's also performing 3 other songs in addition to "Believe." Pisses me off.)

I saw my old English teacher on Wednesday. I was on the 6th floor and as I was coming out of the bathroom, he was going into it. (the MEN'S room of course!) He was talking to someone he had last semester while he was walking. I still wish I could have him as a teacher.

Sorry such a short entry. For some reason everything I wanted to talk about is leaving my brain.

2005-02-02T21:19:00.000-06:00

School, NSYNC and the GRAMMY's.....

Whoohoo, I'm finally updating! Omg, I've been wanting to do it for a while, but then school got in the way (spring semester started Monday) and now it seems like that'll be my main focus for a while. But, I'll make sure to get on here as much as possible. (I try to make as much time for everything as I can during my day) Speaking of school, looks like Biology and English are going to be the bitches of the semester, but that's not your problem, it's mine. My teachers all are very nice, although I wish I had my old English teacher back (and NOT because he was kinda cute!!!) I liked English better with him!

Ok, now onto the topic of choice! First it was ANIME, now NSYNC!!! What is wrong with me! I swear, I'm rediscovering my old obsessions and actually starting to like them again! Wait a minute, what am I saying I've always liked them, I just got over my obsession a long time ago. I kinda wish they were back together though, I loved going to their concert in 1999. It was my first concert too! I was watching some of my old tapes and uh wow, I'd forgotten how good their dance moves were!

So today is both my parents and grandparents anniversary!!! My parents: 18yrs. my grandparents: 49yrs, I think. So, my parents are out to dinner! I had McDonald's cheeseburgers for dinner! Yummy!

The GRAMMY's are on next weekend! Go Josh!

Oh yeah, I got some sweet pics to show!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/tampa.jpg
Killer smile!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/morebuttons.jpg
OMG, more buttons are UNBUTTONED!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/omg.jpg
I just love the looks on two of the girl's faces! Priceless!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/heyisthat.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/smallDSCN2199.jpg
Lucky bitch!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Graphics/armanibanner.bmp
Whoohoo! I made this!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/handsup.jpg
Put your hands up!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/Challenge_For_The_Children_I_Atlanta_Georgia_18.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/jcheatlookatcamera.jpg
Hot JC!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/justinblueflames.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Other%20Pictures/normal_justinchrisstripes.jpg

2005-01-25T22:37:00.000-06:00

I hate my life and everything in it.....

The future...oh why oh why does there even have to be a future? I am SO SICK AND TIRED of being asked, "What do you wanna be when you grow up?" I don't know what the fuck I wanna be so shut the fuck up about it. I hate my life, it's so boring and meaningless and stupid. I'm gonna be almost completely broke by tomorrow because I'll have to spend over $400 for my god-damned schoolbooks, when I spent over $900 paying for my fucking classes! I worked almost HALF THE YEAR to earn all the money I have in my account and by tomorrow it'll be almost gone.

God, I hate this fucking shit. I hate this fucking world. All they want is money and they don't care how desperate people will be to get what they want. I WANTED to take Rachel to see Josh in February, but that doesn't seem like a possibility now. Why can't I do anything for a friend who is LEAVING soon to go back to her homeland? I'm never gonna see her again and she's the only person that I'll be able to hang out with that's closer to me. After that, I'll be alone. I can't make friends at my college b/c all the ppl there are older than me.

The only thing good about my life is that I am obsessed but highly respect the wonderfully talented Josh Groban and post on boards where I can share my feelings wholly, whereas the rest of the world could care less.

I was never a person that grew up having dreams of what I wanted to be. I always thought that I could just go with the flow and then I'd find something. But now, I see that that's not possible.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO BE IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, YOU MY FRIEND ARE POSITIVELY SCREWED FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/tour04purple07.jpg

2005-01-23T21:58:00.000-06:00

Josh's 2005 "LIVE" Tour is here!!

Hey all!

Well, guess what! Josh's 2005 Tour has started! As of yesterday!!! Whoopee! I can't wait to start hearing some more tour stories! There's even pictures up already! But, basically it's nothing new. No new songs and even the SET is the same! Although there were rumors going around that he's performing "My Confession." He didn't do that on the last tour. Let's keep fingers crossed that he is! Oh and speaking of performing songs, a lot of Grobies are pissed because he's not doing "Si Volvieras A Mi." Those two and "When You Say You Love Me" are the only songs that we haven't heard him sing live yet.

I didn't really do much today. I was so antsy to get on the board because I wanted to see if anyone had posted about the concert. They were pretty much the "OMG, he touched my hand", "OMG, I was sitting in the front row" and the "OMG, my dad got to play a late-night game of Blackjack WITH JOSH!!!!!" (the venue was by a casino) I still have to investigate that one! Hope it's true!

Other than this, didn't do much. I wanna go to Rockford with Rachel so badly before she leaves to go back to CanuckLand!

One picture and one icon that I found on this LJ:(http://www.livejournal.com/community/__grobanites)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/ellencap.jpg

This is a KICK-ASS icon: (I can't remember who MADE it!!! ARGH!!!)

2005-01-20T18:58:00.000-06:00

Re: Stop bashing Josh's girlfriend!

I got a response back from Margie about the incident on the message board and this is what she said:

Thanks so much, Sierra!

I feel the same way you do. I think Josh and January make such a cute couple and yes, you can tell they adore eachother. I almost melted when I read the People magazine article where January says that even though they've been together for awhile, she still blushes when she sees Josh when he returns from touring. It reminded me of my husband and I (when we were that young! lol).Jealousy is ugly and sad. I hope they realize someday how much their words can hurt. Thanks again for taking the time to PM me!

Margie

I'm really grateful that I helped her in a way and I hope others see this who continually bash her and learn from this, because there may come a day when Josh sees this and may start thinking differently about his Grobanites.

Stop bashing Josh's girlfriend!!!

2005-01-19T23:08:00.000-06:00

Stop bashing Josh's girlfriend!!!!!

Ok, it's weird for me to post 2 times in one day, but this is getting ridiculous! I hate people who think that just because they don't know someone that they can STOMP all over them!!!

This girl started a thread with a harmless question, only to have a couple of posts later, her feeling guilty that she had even asked the question!

Here's my reply to her via PMing: (Private Messaging)

Marj, I recently visited the thread that you started on the questions forum about possibly seeing January in the audience at LatG.

A simple harmless question.

I scroll down and all of a sudden see things that are making me sick. It's not worth it to repeat them here. Then, I see your post at the very bottom of the thread saying that you were mad at yourself because you asked a harmless question. I just want to say that as a frequent inhabiter of this board, I'm sorry that you and many others had to go through this. I respect your decision in not wanting to take part in discussions about Ms. Jones for fear of being "hated." This is exactly what I have been doing. Unlike them, I choose to support Josh and his relationship with her because I've heard that someone met her and said that she was a wonderful person. Also, if you look at pictures of them together, you see that they care about each other deeply and they love being together. Sometimes, I'd like to see the looks on the faces of the people who choose to bash her when Josh does in fact happen to read any of this about his g/f. Will they be saddened? Will they leave the board? Will they feel any guilt that they've insulted her and Josh at all? They have absolutely no right to do that, no matter if it's their opinion or not. This is a PUBLIC MESSAGE BOARD! Millions of people read this everyday!!

I usually don't do things like this, but I felt I needed to reach out and support someone who feels like me in that these people who are jealous and want Josh all to themselves just so they can live in a fantasy.

I hope this helped you. You can PM or email me at vteen@sailormoon.com if you want to talk.

Here's the thread if you want to see the actual evidence: http://p071.ezboard.com/fjoshgrobanfrm5.showMessage?topicID=4656.topic

2005-01-19T16:02:00.000-06:00

(EDIT -- 2:54PM) "Aragorn" and "You're Still You" fanlistings have dead links. Also "Teddy" fanlisting never resurfaced. No word from TFL.org or sites that host those fanlistings.

First off, WHOOHOO!!! I finally finished that gosh-darn Star Wars book! The whole book was boring and I didn't get it until the end. But, now I'm onto better books like the Gossip Girl series. VERY ADDICTING!! You should really check it out!

Gotta love really cheesy 80s music.....wow, that was random! Can't help it, I'm listening to Top Gun and rockin out baby!

Yep, today was my last day of Animation class! Yippee! Don't have to worry about long-term projects anymore! At least not in that class. Now, just gotta go on Friday and then Fall extended semester will be over!!! Basically, it was a waste to even come today. All we did was watch everybody's project and critique on them. What everybody liked about mine was the zooms and the lip-syncing. I was like, "Yay!"

OMG, did anyone see the pics of Josh at the GG's!!!! (Golden Globes) Yep, he was there, with his girlfriend, January of course! They were so B-E-A-U-tiful together! Josh looked hot in his tux w/ white tie! I'll post some pics down below! Then, he was interviewed by comedic people like ANT, (from the Dennis Miller show, who's GAY) and "Ross the Intern" (who's also GAY). Everybody who's a Josh fan should see those clips; they are so friggin' hilarious!! OMG, I was dying in my chair from laughing so hard! (go to http://p071.ezboard.com/bjoshgroban and click on "Josh Media")

I made some beautiful J & J (Josh & January) banners, which one of them my sister helped me on and they turned out awesome! I'll post links!

Oh and sorry to end on a sad note, but the J-Man didn't win for "Best Original Song" for "Believe" at the Globes. 'Tis sad. Ah well, we still got the GRAMMYS!!! *sweats profusely*

Pics from Goldenie Globes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/jjaftergg2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/JoshGroban_Grani_4200358_400.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/gg4.jpg

Banners -- J & J (Jasc Paintshop Pro)

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J & J -- (Microsoft Picture It!)

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http://photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Graphics/

If you want more go to the JG board! Trust me, they're all there. Or you can try gettyimages.com or wireimage.com

2005-01-16T00:51:00.000-06:00

Just watched the Tsunami Aid concert. Josh was beautiful. He sang "To Where You Are." Afterwards, he even helped out in manning the phones! You rock Josh!

Here's what I posted on the Josh board: PTC:

Hey guys! What's chillin?

So, who caught Josh's performance on the Tsunami Aid concert? Wasn't his choice of song just the best? I was hoping he'd sing TWYA and not YRMU, it was starting to get overplayed. And I did see the thread on the MF (Main Forum) about all the great quotes that Josh has said about US and his music over the years! It is such a blessing to be reminded constantly of WHY WE ARE TRULY HERE!!! See, that's the thing. I'm obsessed with Josh. I have to admit it and I can't help it either. When I like something as much as I like Josh, I go and find out everything there is to know about him. And I keep up with it too. Like we've all said, we're passionate about Josh and what we do for him and what he does for us. I don't think that my obsession is bad in any way. I think it's healthy because of the person that Josh is. He's NOT like other artists out there, who are complete jerks as some people have said. He IS the beautiful, caring, humble, Josh that we've come to know and love. There have been some confrontations on this board, but we do come out of them. We are so strong as a FAMILY. We must never forget that we are part of a family of friends who come together to share in this beautiful person that God brought us. Like Josh has said, "They're mine and I'm theirs!"

I AM SO PROUD TO BE A GROBANITE!!! BEING A GROBANITE HAS SO MUCH MEANING!!

Goodnight everyone! Sweet Joshie dreams!

Just wanted to share a tidbit of what being a TRUE & LOYAL FAN (aka: A GROBANITE) in our eyes means to Josh.

2005-01-12T19:25:00.000-06:00

Josh, King of Grobania

I'M A 2005 FLAPAHOLIC!!!!

I think every time Josh is either onstage or on TV, he should come with a WARNING LABEL!!! Slap it on his forehead, his chest, anywhere! (or maybe I shouldn't say that, hehe) I really don't think he knows what he's doing to us when he leaves so many buttons open on the bottoms of his shirts! Everytime he steps towards the edge of the stage, WHOOSH! It all goes up and millions of flashbulbs go off after that! I tell you, it's too much to handle as some of these pics below will show you!

Geez Louise, you wouldn't believe all the sexiness as in pictures, I've found on the FOJG message board! This man is just too damn hot!!! There's even a thread dubbed the "flapper" thread whereupon hundreds of pictures are slapped in your face with the TUMMY!!! Ack, I'll never forget the very first picture that showed some actual SKIN at one of his concerts! The JG board went totally, utterly, INSANE!!! It was literal pandemonium! And oh yeah, since finding some sexy pictures, I've posted some of them on appropriate threads such as, the "thigh" thread, the "Oh to be that Micstand" thread and the "Big, Brown Eyes" thread. Let me tell you, I am NOTORIOUS in the thigh thread for posting drop, dead gorgeous pictures! I was even included in one of their skits that they had on the board! The reactions I've gotten are the typical ones that I wanteed. One girl blubbered: OMG!!! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! TUMMY! And that's exactly the reaction I needed to get the gears in my head working.......

I posted this on FOJG:

I can just picture it now: Josh, in a spur of the moment, drops to his knees on the stage, Grobanites fainting in the audience, Josh looks down at his shirt, looks back up at us, gives us a smile and then one after another...after another......

Ok, enough Josh ramblings, here are the pics!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/lookingatyou.jpg
--Ping is so lucky sometimes when she gets shots like these!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/orangeshirt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/joshnj10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/tummyshot2.jpg
--Here's the pic that sent the thighs, eyes and micstand threads through the roof! It's simply to die for!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/mydecemberwhitejacket.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/flapper.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/floating.jpg
--L oV e this picture! And there's a reason why it's called "floating!"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/josheyesfojg.jpg
--This pic currently resides on the back of my assignment notebook! My favorite part of Josh! HIS EYES!!!

2005-01-06T22:11:00.000-06:00

Ok, so as for the technical additions to this, I added a whole bunch of fanlistings. A/A, Opening Theme for NGE, HP Movies, HP character, LOTR movies, Aragorn, Satine & Christian, SW movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi fanlisting and the SWBL fanlisting which is way at the bottom!

Ugh, I can't believe what happened to me two days ago. I wake up to someone pounding on my window, then going to ring the doorbell only to tell me that my car had been broken into! I couldn't f-ing believe it! Smashed the front passenger side window, tore out the entire dashboard where the clock, heating vents and radio were! What were they after, the radio! The entire cd/radio player was stuck in the gaping hole that was part of the dash. They made off with the face place, so that thing was completely useless to us now. But, we later concluded that they were scared off, by the way they were trying to get the radio out. It was completely jammed in there and there were marks on the side of the dash where they had been prying at it. Toyota Corrola's are made that way. You'd think the radio would come straight out once you unscrew the screws! Nope! Not in my car! You see, there's metal brackets holding the radio in place to make it harder to steal. So, in actuality, the only thing they stole was the faceplate. But, I remember I was paniked because I thought they had stolen my cell phone. Since I don't use it much, I would leave it in the car. Thank god, it was in the house, in my backpack. We later found out that the car wouldn't start either! When I first saw the car damaged, I noticed that the flashers were blinking! They left them on all night, probably accidentally hit the button when they were paniked. So, the battery was dead. My dad and I tried to jump start it with another one of our cars, but it didn't work. Tried it twice. But, in the end I ended up buying a new cd/radio for the car, WITH MY OWN MONEY and my dad bought a new battery for it too. But man, if they had actually STOLEN the car, it would've been history by now. We have no insurance for it. Now, I'm gonna remember to take the faceplate off each time I get out of the car.

Ok, now that's over. Did my f-ing Cinema class paper. The movie I watched was good. Tis called "The Dancer Upstairs." Should check it out.

Bought "Troy" today. Nothing much else happened.

2005-01-02T16:18:00.000-06:00

EDIT #3 (1/3/05 - 11:07PM): Added text link to http://animemusicvideos.org I'VE BEEN SORTED!!! Added code for "Where Do You Belong?" quiz.

EDIT #2 (1/3/05 - 10:16PM): Checked fanlisting links, all fine. Added 2: "Blind Target" manga and "Episode Zero" manga. Teddy fanlisting is still not available. No word from http://thefanlistings.org

EDIT: Fixed fanlisting links. Teddy (Christian Bale's character in "Little Women") is gone. Will try and find it. Fixed Neon Genesis Evangelion fanlisting link, cuz it moved!

Ok, you're all probably wondering why I haven't posted in a while. Well, at least the people who don't know me. It's because I had my breast surgery on the 29th and I was feeling really shitty afterwards with nausea and vomiting and that sort of thing. It really, really suxed. And I don't feel like recounting it all here cuz I just wrote a really long email about it to someone. I'm just glad I'll be able to eat again!

So, I'm back and still obsessing over Josh and Anime. I recently joined a Yahoo Group that centralizes on the 5 voice actors from Gundam Wing. It's pretty cool. Got to meet one of them at an amine convention in 2002. That was a blast. His name's Brad Swaile and he's really cute and funny. I'll post pics here.

And it's so nice to be back on the Josh board. I watched an interview from SA (south africa) with all these crazy people calling in and telling him that they loved that he came to SA and that his music is so great! One guy called in and said, "God gave us two angels, one was Celine Dion, the other was Josh Groban." I thought that was the freakin best! You should've seen the look on his face! It was such a refresher hearing Josh's music again after not listening to it for a while. Josh is so hot......

Okie dokie, time for pics and bye bye!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/mydecember.jpg
A little banner....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/josh354.jpg
Sexy pic of Josh!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Josh%20pictures/broadway_sonota.jpg
Sexy wallpaper of Josh!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/grobanlover16/Anime/aniverse-1-59.jpg
My desktop wallpaper!

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Brad and I at Acen '02

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Brad and ex-friends at Acen '02

2004-12-24T00:27:00.000-06:00

Yeah, I know it's really late. I've been so lazy with this blog. Sometimes it just feels like I don't have anything to write about. Well, tomorrow should be exciting, it's Christmas Eve! We're gonna have to open presents tomorrow since Mom won't be home on Christmas Day. We usually open them that day. Whoopee!

Today, I basically watched Gundam Wing. I was looking for particular episodes to watch. I really wanted to see the one where Heero goes insane in the Epyon and of course the last episode! They both brought back a lot of memories! I hope I can save up enough money to buy the box set! Gotta work some more...that's the key!

I emailed my friend Rachel and I'm probably going to be either sending or getting ready her present for tomorrow. I know it won't arrive by Christmas, I told her that. Hope it's ok with her. She knows what I'm getting her. I hinted way too much.
The fam and I just watched a really cheezy movie called Elf. There were some parts that were hilarious, but the movie was just too cheezy for my liking.

Gotta go. Have to wake up early to watch GMA cuz Josh's on!

2004-12-20T23:05:00.000-06:00

Ok, I've been really random lately. I've been watching ANIME.... I haven't watched ANIME since well over a year and a half now! That's all I did Sunday, watch all the anime I had in my house! From NGE, (Neon Genesis or New Century Evangelion.....MY PERSONAL FAV!!!) to Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X series) to Shinkidosenki Gundam Wing (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing)! I mean isn't that crazy or what!
Actually I'm not that surprised. I used to be obsessed with anime 2 years ago and I did go to a convention and meet one of the voice actors from the one of the shows! (If anyone's interested, his name was Brad Swaile and he did the voice of "Quatre" from Gundam Wing) I got my pic taken with him and I videotaped his entire convo with us and other obsessed fangirls! No setiously, Gundam was extremely popular when it aired here in the US. I'm not kidding! When Toonami was all that watched, it was big time.

I think people really don't get what anime really is. It's NOT kid's stuff. Believe me, the stuff they show on Cartoon Network and Toonami and all is not what anime actually is. Anime has very mature adult themes, at least the ones I watch. Not like the American version of Sailor Moon which they hacked beyond belief. Now do you wonder why they never aired the 5th season here in America? It was because there was a trio of girls that when they transformed into their respective Sailor Senshi, became guys!!! And they actually showed it!!! That's why I hate watching the English DUB! It completely strips anime for what it is! There's actually an excellent description of the stereotypes and differences between animes on animenation.com I highly suggest you visit it!

Ok, I was reading a Heero X Relena story on FF.net and WOW that story was just about............yeah......kinda like the song I'm listening to right now! o_O

2004-12-16T21:14:00.000-06:00

"What am I doing now?" - I'm eating!!! Pizza (Home Run Inn) with hotdogs on top! I know, it may sound gross, but it actually is really good!

Ok, I'm sorry AGAIN for not posting every other day, but I've had way too much stuff happening to me. With work and all and school too its just been really hectic. I've had finals and two of my classes are done, but the other two are gonna resume on the 3rd cuz of the extended semester. Animation and my Cimema class are the ones being extended. That project in Ani is killing me. :(

Monday, the 13th, I had to go to the hospital for pre-admission testing for my surgery on the 29th. My mom had to leave me there to go her appointment across the street @ 9AM. (Mine was at 8:30AM) So, I was nervous because I knew I'd be receiving pain and all. So, the nice attendant lady told me to basically go down the hall to the room marked Pre-Admission Testing and sign in at the desk. When I entered the room I heard "You're my Obi-Wan Kenobi!" WTF??? Apparantly they were making fun of someone and they fired off SW comments while I was there. I so wanted to say that I liked SW too but I had no time as I was already being lead to the room. There I was asked a billion questions about insurance and "have you taken this?" or "have you had this symptom?" Then, the nurse came in and basically did it, which was weird because usually nurses talk to you before they administer to you. While she was doing it, I was wincing and closing my eyes and that was it........The next thing I knew I was waking up in a groggy state with all the nurses around me asking if I was ok. I had no idea what just happened. I seriously didn't feel myself pass out or fall asleep. I just remember quickly having dreams about nothing, thinking that I was at home sleeping and then opening my eyes and saying to myself, "Why did I fall asleep?" Seriously, that's what it felt like. Like I was sleeping although I didn't actually feel it happen. The nurse then got me some orane juice and asked if I had come with someone. I said that my mom had driven me there and that she was at the cancer center across the street. They then went and called her. I was all shook up, it was just scary the way I didn't feel anything at all. Just to be safe the nurse wheeled me in a wheelchair to the ER, to check vitals and all that. Then, I was wheeled into a private room to have an EKG and get registered into the ER. I remember the nurse saying that I had gotten all pale and that my heart rate was way down. She thought I was having a seizure and that freaked me out. They have a medical term believe it or not about ehat happened to me. I can't remember what it was but I do remember that there is a nerve in your chest that connects from your heart to your brain and in response to either pain, sight of blood, needles, that stimulates that nerve and causes you to pass out. Simple.

Well, this has been too long already and nothing else exciting happened, so see ya!

Some pretty screencaps from Josh's latest performance! (Royal Variety Performance - London England, December 14th, 2004)

2004-12-08T23:57:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, college is really nagging me now. Gotta study for those finals! Talk about major bore! But, seriously, I almost had a mental breakdown. I realized that my current major isn't really what I wanted and I'm planning to change it to Fine Arts instead of Digital Multimedia Design. I was looking over the different classes and they seem much more interesting than drawing and making animations on computers. I'm just such a huge procrastinator and I don't like having to do all these projects, one of which I may not finish due to other circumstances. We teenagers, I swear being hounded in every which way to make sure we're doing what we want to do. It's so frustrating!

LOST: OMG!!! Wow, today's episode was a shocker! Charlie and Claire have been kidnapped by Ethan/Lance and Jack, Kim, Locke and Boone all go out looking for them. Jack has flashbacks about a surgery gone haywire where a patient dies by his or his father's (you choose) hands. His father wants him to sign a report saying it was Jack's fault that the patient died, when in reality it was his father's fault! First of all, he was under the influence, second, he cut a major artery which caused her death (even though he said that she was in a car accident) and third, she was pregnant and totally ignored the baby's life and went straight for the mother. Jack eventually rats him out in front of the committee in the end! Yay! Meanwhile, back in the real world, Jack and Kim find Charlie hanging from a tree, blindfolded. He was assumed to be dead. Jack tries to revive him, performing CPR, and that fails. So then, he resorts to pounding on his chest, literally. He is afraid he's going to make the same mistake he did last time with the patient. After a few tense moments, all hope seems to be lost, when all of a sudden Charlie gasps for air. Of course Jack and Kim are relieved and head back to camp. Charlie is still in shock and doesn't speak to Jack when he asks him about what happened. Jack tries to coax him and when he mentions Claire, Charlie says, "All they wanted was Claire." Ooooo..... Boone and Locke are still searching when they stumble across a piece of metal, either from the plane or it could be a pipe. And that's where they leave us. Next week, they're doing a recap from the beginning.

Ok, this is getting kinda long, so I'll wrap it up. I'm having an insane craving to watch "Little Women." Christian Bale who plays Laurie (aka: Theodore Lawrence) is hot in that movie! w00t!!!

AND GUESS WHAT!!!!! JOSH HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY!!!!!

2004-12-03T21:32:00.000-06:00

OMG!! "LIVE AT THE GREEK" IS SO FRICKIN AWESOME!!! I've only watched the extras though, cuz I'm saving the actual concert for when it airs on PBS! 2 days! 2 days until the party! Yippee! I can't possibly wait! Omg, but Josh is so hilarious on that special about the tour! Especially the part where he says: "ok, ish you like da show you sae wassup, (holds hands to form a "W") ish you don't like da show, you sae ish don't think so!" That's hilarious! Then, those funny outtakes at the end! Ahhh, he's such a goofball! Josh says that he works on his golf swing 99% of the time, uh Josh................no.

Well, school's hounding on me. I've got papers to write, finals to take and last minute projects to do, not to mention registering for next semester! They don't even have the course books out and people have already registered! Stupid.....

Well, all I did today (today is Friday, Dec. 3rd) is be on here, lurking at the Josh boards and put up the 'ole Christmas tree! Can't wait till I get my Josh hoodie and all the other goodies that await!

I really wanna go watch the tour special on the DVD again, but I think we're watching another movie! We're also going to the mall tomorrow....plus I gotta work Holiday Magic...ugh.

I've got some caps from the tour special!

(self explanatory)

Actual Quote: "Why do I do that? It makes me feel so hot and stupid!" (talking about playing the drums)

Actual Quote: "Where am I? I don't know where I am? Am I in Texas?" (notice the shape of the glasses)

(Josh does a funny sound inbetween a gulp and a laugh. You have to see it to actually believe it.)

CIAO!

2004-11-30T00:24:00.000-06:00

OMG!!!!!! LIVE AT THE GREEK IS OUT TOMORROW!!! NOV. 30TH!!!!! WHEEE!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Ok, now that that's done....I talked with my Grobie friend Rachel today, we're finalizing our plans for next Sunday when we are *drum roll* FINALLY HAVING OUR JOSH PARTY!!! Seriously, I'm going to splurge and show her everything from the concert, from like memories, to my t-shirt, to the tour program, everything!!! And plus, we're going to see THE POLAR EXPRESS!! OMG, it's gonna rock ass!

Now, I just have to get through school tomorrow...ugh. Break's over, school's back in session. yay....not. Wait for Christmas! YAY!

Ok, it's late but wait, I have an adorable picture to be shown:

Isn't it ADORABLE!!!

CIAO!!

2004-11-27T21:12:00.000-06:00

What's up everyone!

Just came home from work about an hour ago! Didn't work the full Holiday Magic today because I basically just helped out and wasn't on register! That was weird....I was used to being on register and now I wasn't! The zoo looks so pretty though, all the lights and music! The weirdest thing though that happened was that these "little people" came in and started chasing us around! They were basically midgets in those oversize costumes! They were elves, but they were scary looking! I actually went in the back room because I didn't want them to chase me around!

Then this magician came in and did some tricks for us cuz it was so dead there! Barely anyone came and all they wanted was hot chocolate and cider and preztels! Gosh darn those PRETZELS!!! That's such a popular item!

Other than that, didn't do much today. Yesterday, went to Borders and bought an LOTR book, The Official Movie Guide to be exact and some DVD's for the fam.

TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY IS THE DVD!!! "Live at the Greek!" Although, some Grobies already have it! Argh, I'm jealous! And NEXT WEEKEND is my Josh party! I can't wait, since I have the day off! Whoopee!

Can't stop listening to "America" by JG, so frickin awesome! When he sang it live at the Chicago concert on Aug. 8th, that was awesome as well! Never fails to amaze me!

CIAO!!!

2004-11-25T22:00:00.000-06:00

First of all, I'd like to say HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all! I hope you had lots to eat (especially turkey...YUM!!) I know I did and it was pretty good! I'm just not one of those people who like to stuff their faces on Turkey Day and then make themselves sick! GROSS!!

Anyways, yesterday was a complete nightmare on the bus & train! It was completely packed and I had to stand the entire way back home! Plus, on the bus people were talking too loud and it was very annoying!! I'm just glad I have a few days off now! School's kinda hectic! Can't wait until the fall term is over!

Well, grandparents left and we had a nice dinner, except for the fact that my sis got freaked when bug's appeared in her food! NO KIDDING!! She was grossed out for the rest of dinner!

No LOST this week....*sad* Will return next Wednesday though! YAY!

OMG!! I just saw the America video from FOJG, which is a clip from the upcoming "Live at the Greek" and WOW!! THUD!!! It is so GOOD!!! Got some lovely screencaps to show you!
Other than this, that's it! Gotta go to work tomorrow until like 9pm, ugh....sux all the way!

And now, for the piccies!!!

2004-11-24T11:04:00.000-06:00

"What am I doing now?" I'M AT SCHOOL!! BORING!!!

Hashbrowns and fried hotdogs are the best breakfast ever! I just had those this morning and YUM!!! The hashbrowns taste good with ketchup!

OMG, I watched POA with my sister's friends and it rocked the house! My mom was commenting on how they looked like nerds because they were all dressed in their Harry Potter robes. It really was quite funny. One of my sister's friends, Mary, absolutely LOVES Remus Lupin!!! She went crazy every time he came on the screen! It was hilarious!! And of course my sister and her friends made up a group called The Marauders. They even made up a club at school and got away with it! How cool is that!!

OMG! Six days until the 'Live at the Greek' DVD comes out! It's gonna be so hard not to watch it until Rachel gets there on the 5th! Argh! Why couldn't it have aired on TV first, then be released on DVD!

Well, ciao! Have to begin class now!

2004-11-23T00:03:00.000-06:00

<-------Ok, the girl in that icon pic on the left IS NOT ME! That's Amanda Avila, Josh Groban's ex-girlfriend.

Well, Sunday I didn't pretty much do anything. Just hung out on the Josh board and lurked.
Today, I didn't pretty much do anything either. Hung out on the computer, on the Josh board (nasty stuff going on around there), picked up my sister and blah.....

HP POA comes out tomorrow! Yay! Got my two fave magazines in the mail today! Premeire and Cosmo Girl! The Premiere mag is so huge cuz it's a double issue! I was just like Wow! I'm going after school tomorrow to pick up the DVD! I hope it rocks!

Yeah, I am a little bummed though. Can't go to Josh's Rockford concert. I was going to bring a friend but it's just so far and my parents don't want to buy the tickets. *sad*

Well, that's all from here, it's getting late and I have school tomorrow! DEC. 5th! Can't wait!

2004-11-20T20:55:00.000-06:00

If you want to see what I'm currently doing, please see the left side of page entitled "CURRENT."

"What am I doing now?" - I'm typing this, DUH!!! I'm encoding files to burn onto a cd, getting excited about the POA DVD out this Tuesday! And, the Josh 'Live at the Greek' DVD out Nov. 30th!!! YIPS!!

Today: Well, I went to work. Wow, exciting. Yeah, I live in Chicago so I work at the world famous Brookfield Zoo. It's nothing major, I just work at a restaurant. It pays good though. I was actually surprised at how many people turned up. But that was because of the tree trimming going on. Yeah, Holiday Magic is fast approaching and soon I'll be going to work at 4:30pm and coming home at 9pm. Sux. I'm just glad I didn't sign up to work on Christmas Day. For me that's a no brainer. Working on Christmas Day is bogus, especially since it's the zoo and who's gonna come to the fucking zoo on Christmas Day! Ha!

I'm just so tired from work. Plus, I stayed up late trying to finish that thigh story for the Grobies! (i'm gonna post it here so y'all can read it) I just realized that it's gonna take me forever to finish that book I'm reading right now! I'm always on the computer or in my room watching movies! And my sister always finds time to read! Speaking of the thigh story, the Grobies want me to finish it! It was only a daydream and I never wanted it to turn into an actual story, but oh well, if they want more I'll give them more!!!

I can't wait until Dec. 5th rolls around! Rachel and I (my Canadian Grobie friend) are gonna have our LONG AWAITED JOSH PARTY!! I'm so excited! PBS is gonna broadcast the 'Live at the Greek' concert and some Chicago Grobanites are gonna be manning the phones for their pledge drive! Yippeee! I'll be cheering them on!

Yesterday: Sorry, forgot!

AND HERE'S MY STEAMY STORY ENTITLED: "THE DARE"

We were both sitting on Josh's bed in the back of his tour bus. No one was around, just us. We were both waiting for each other to make the next move. It was a hard decision to make, considering what Josh had just asked me to do. No, dared me to do. It had been something that I wanted, oh yes I had wanted, but in reality, in the real world, it seemed impossible. So many things were at stake. We had waited a long time before we had decided to play this game. We had made sure of it, otherwise I would've probably made the worst mistake of my life. Since the first time I saw him, I knew something was between us. Yes, I was obsessed with him, but there was just something more when I saw him in person. A more personal connection. He got to know me better and that's how I had ended up here. Now, he was asking me something that I had wanted for years and years. Something I had never had in my life, never experienced."Truth or Dare, Josh?" He hesitated a little before he made his choice. "Truth." I gave him a devilish smile. "Ok....are you a virgin?" I immediately blushed and averted my eyes from him. It was the question I had wanted to ask him, but never really thought I would end up asking him. A few tense moments passed between us. I was wondering why Josh wasn't taken aback by my question, because when I looked back up at him, he was smiling. It was almost like he had been asked this question many times."No." My eyes widened a little and my mouth parted slightly. Now I was the one to be taken aback. In my mind's eye, my jaw was on the floor. How could Josh not be a virgin? I mean I knew he and Jan were in love, deeply in love, but I never thought that they had any time for...for THAT! I was suddenly jerked from my thoughts by Josh laughing. That deep belly-throated laugh that I had fallen in love with the first time I had heard it."Why are you laughing?," I asked bewildered. Josh pointed at me, all the while choking back laughs. "The.....the...look on your face." "What look? I didn't make a look." "Yes, you did," he said. "Your eyes widened to saucers and your mouth was hanging open.""Well, it is kind of surprising you know. I mean, the innocent, handsome, angelic Josh Groban, you'd think that he would never do something like that. You'd think he'd be too scared too." "Well, I was scared. I mean I didn't want to hurt her and I didn't know what it was going to feel like."
"I bet it's always scary the first time......" I let the sentence drop and stared into space. Was he thinking about what I was thinking? I mean I didn't want him getting any ideas....I didn't want us to go that far...yet. "Hey." Josh had jerked me out of my thoughts. I turned my head to face him."Truth or Dare?"I thought about it for a sec. Truth was probably going to be a boring, lame question and dare...well...dare came with risks. I'm not usually a risk taker, but I guess I can let dare slip. Besides, it might be interesting what he asks me. "Dare." Josh was actually surprised at my response. I knew he would be, because, like I said I wasn't usually a risk taker.He then asked me a daring question. "Are you sure?"What was that supposed to mean? Was he actually going to do something dangerous, or something that would make me totally mortified? It turned out to be none of those things. What he asked me to do would've had every girl in Grobania dying to be in my place. I nodded. Afraid, scared, nervous. Josh moved a little closer to me. My eyes never left his face. His never left mine. "Kiss me." He didn't crack a smile, didn't laugh. He only kept a steel, hard expression on me, like he was testing me to see if I would actually go through with it.I, on the other hand, was completely dumbstruck. It was the first thought that crossed my mind. Josh wants to do what with me! Then, I thought about how wrong it was. Josh had a girlfriend and he and I were never supposed to come to this. I was just merely along for the ride. "I don't want one of those little pecks on the cheek, I'm talking about the real thing. " Silence. When I didn't respond, he moved even closer to me, so close that I could feel his breath on my mouth. His eyes were so close to mine, it was the only thing I could stare at. I was afraid that if I talked, it would break this moment that we had. "Josh," I whispered. He looked down at me. "I've...I've never been kissed before, what if I'm bad...." Josh cut me off. "You won't be. Trust me. To be bad at kissing is impossible." Somehow that gave me courage. He knew I had let all my defenses down, that I had been exposed. He knew what I was thinking and he knew that I was waiting for him to make the first move. I suddenly felt him wrap his arm around my back, bringing me even closer to him, until our bodies were almost touching. It was then that I knew I had to do it. There was no turning back now.
"Alright Groban, you'll get what you want." I smiled at the thought. Just feeling his hand on the small of my back, gave me the courage to do what was next. I placed my hands on both of his sides and then looked deeply into his eyes. Now I could fully see the emotion behind them. They were so beautiful it was intoxicating. They were slowly drawing me in and I was powerless to stop it. Then, I noticed that Josh had closed his eyes and I knew this was it. Our lips were almost touching.....he was waiting....waiting for the tense moment to begin....for the experience to begin.....

Josh's POV: I liked the way she slid her hands up my body, from my chest to my shoulders. Se rested them there and looked deeply into my eyes. They were so full of uncertainty, afraid of what was coming next. She wasn't moving, so I thought I'd give her some encouragement. I closed my eyes and then the waiting was over. She leaned in and I inhaled sharply.

Fireworks immediately went off in my head as soon as I made contact with Josh's mouth. White, hot electricity raced from my lips to my brain, until I saw white lights behind my eyes. I heard Josh inhale sharply and wondered if he was surprised at my sudden course of action. The kiss was very light, no where near as passionate as I thought it was going to be. At first I thought we were going to break the kiss off, but I didn't want to. I pushed my body up against his to deepen the kiss. It momentarily through Josh off balance so that he had to catch himself so he wouldn't fall onto the bed. I just kept surprising him. The kiss had already deepened and I was loving every minute of it. Josh had completely wrapped his arms around my back so that my entire body was touching his. Hormones were raging and butterflies were coursing throughout my stomach. All throughout my mind, I kept asking myself questions. Did it really matter that we were far apart in age? Did it really matter that Josh had a girlfriend? Who would ever find out? No one was there and it was the perfect time to see if this would work! I guess you could call if forbidden love, or maybe we were just testing our boundaries. All those answers were erased from my mind when I thought of a new question to ask Josh. I wanted to see if he actually wanted this to continue. I wanted to see if I could test his limits. In one swift movement, I pulled him close and teased his mouth with my tongue. It was the only way to see if he'd respond.... And he did. He responded in the way I wanted him to respond. Not only did he groan into my mouth, but placed his own tongue in my mouth as well. Now, we really began to explore. We rarely came up for breath after that. It was an emotional rollercoaster and I was swept up in it. Whether it was the constant touching and holding of each other, or the constant sighing and groaning, we knew it would be a while before we would be done. It was passion like I had never experienced. I never knew he had it in him. It was almost like he never got to do this with Jan and was unleashing it all on me. Our heartbeats were going so fast that at times I thought they would explode.

It was only when I pushed Josh onto the bed and straddled his waist, that I began to be worried. I was so caught up in it all, that I almost didn't realize what I was doing. I was so engrossed in the way he was kissing me that I didn't notice that Josh hands were sliding up my back through my shirt. As soon as this thought crossed my mind and I felt what he was doing, something lurched in me and I sat up. "Josh, stop!!" I was totally out of breath and Josh was giving me a weird look. Josh's hands dropped to his sides and he looked at me bewildered. "What's wrong?" "Don't touch me like that, Josh. We had only agreed to kissing, but never for it to become a sexual act. I'm sorry, I'm just not ready for that. Please respect my decision." At first Josh looked hurt, but then he softened and said, "Yeah, I'm sorry. I guess I got a little carried away." Josh then looked down. "Hmmm....now about the way you're sitting on me." "I like it this way, it gives me power. Power over you." "And you're telling me not to be sexual." My mouth crashed on his again and then I found new ways to explore and began wondering if it was wrong to not be wanting something more........ "Josh?"

I lurched up, thinking it was my own voice that had said that. I looked at Josh and he had a horrified expression on his face. He was looking behind me towards the door. I slowly turned around to face the intruder. And that was how David Romano had found us. THE END.

Woot! See ya!

Quote: "Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues." - Baltasar Gracian (on back of Celestial Seasonings Cinnamon Apple Spice Herb Tea box)

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2004-11-18T20:24:00.000-06:00

WOOT!!! My blog is finally up! Yips! Now, I can write in it as much as I want! Well, what do I want to say as my first entry....hmm....how about WELCOME, HELLO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT READING THIS BUT WHO CARES!! Or I could just introduce myself...I'm 18 years old, a Grobanite (yes, I love Josh Groban), I love movies, being on the Internet...a lot of other things I can't remember! LOL. I'm not sure how much I'll be writing in this, but I'll make time!

Ok, what happened today? Nothing much, took a math test, hope I did good! Went to tutoring, talked about my lame ass math teacher...(yeah that was fun) oh yeah and my english teacher, HOLY SHIT!!! He walked in Tuesday and I swear I almost died! What he was wearing man!! Geez, I was like, "Do you borrow Josh Groban's style because I swear I thought he walked through the door instead of you!" Yeah, that was Tuesday, but today I didn't even want to look at him! He's so young, that's what makes him attractable!!! And he's funny too! That's basically the only class that I feel I'm actually having fun in, the others are okay (math is a definite no-no) but english is just fun!

Oh yeah, at the Josh board, (http://p071.ezboard.com/fjoshgrobanfrm13.showMessageRange?topicID=1655.topic&start=2921&stop=2940), look for vteen2002, I'm writing this killer story that the Thigh Grobies are lovin!!! RAWR TO THE THIGHS!!! That's it for first entry, whoopeee!

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2004-11-14T16:09:00.000-06:00

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