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December 8....another anniversary is here.  29 years since John Lennon was killed.  This day is always the saddest for me.  I know I wasn't born yet when it happened but it still effects me deeply.  I've been a Beatles fan ever since before I was born but it wasn't til I was 12 that I started to really get into John Lennon.  I've read many books on him, done countless hours of anything Lennon related since the 7th grade and it still feels like something's missing him not being here.  It took me 12 years to finally be able to go to Strawberry Fields and now I go there every 4th of july as tradition.  I even got a poster there that Yoko left for the fans to take that says "IMAGINE PEACE".  And I have to say sometimes I do wish what it would be like if he was still around today...   

I had skating lessons today.  I didn't think it would be that bad since it was a Tuesday...boy was I wrong.  First of all the guards at Rockefeller are so stupid!  They wouldn't let any of us season pass holders down.  They made us get on line even after we told them we had lessons.  The reason we get season passes is so we don't have to wait on lines.  That's a rule the manager of the rink gave us.  Then when the skating guards got mad at the regular guards not letting us down, they got nervous cause they were in trouble and said that the manager said season pass holders have to wait.  OMG...that was such bull and everyone who works at the rink knew it.  Sometimes they're such idiots I swear.  I dont know how I managed to get skating in..the rink was crowded.  And we went over recital music...I'm doing Michael Jackson's "Bad".  I couldn't do "Beat It" for the competition so instead I'm doign Jason Castro's "Let's Just Fall In Love Again," which was my original choice anyways.  I should've stuck to it lol.

Finally got in touch with Ticketmaster.  They mailed my tickets on Nov. 18!  I never got them which means this post office here, which is the worst and never gets mail straight sent the tickets to the wrong address. And instead of returning the tickets those people decided to keep them!  Well sucks for them cause I got those tickets canceled and the guy at Ticketmaster ordered two more for me.  HA!  Justice is served!  And I'm picking the tickets up at the box office so that's good cause I don't gotta worry bout them being lost or stolen again.  A month from today and me and Jen will be seeing Jeremey!!!

Had a bad class...My professor...ugh that's all I gotta say.  I got a B on my project and she makes me stay after class!  It was almost 9 by the time I got out.  Why she kept me after is still beyond me.  It wasn't like I failed!  I got a B!  She didn't like my lesson plans...not surprised.  She hasn't liked one thing I've sent in to class since it started.  The one who observed me told me my lesson plan was excellent and that I did a great job with my student.  So what was this professor's problem?  Really...And I'm not mad she didn't like my work.  I could care less what she thought of it..I thought it was good and so was my field work adviser.  So I don't care what she had to say about it.  I'm mad I was stuck after class for no reason!  I mean class is over at 8:30 and it was like 8:50 or so when I got out and she kept me for what? I just yes'd her cause I wanted to get out of there.  I just took my papers back and left.  Thak God I'm taking the semester off next month.

They played my fav song in the world twice at work...So I don't know how many people know this but my favorite song in the world is Hallelujah.  And my favorite version is by Jeff Buckley.  And well I love Jason Castro's version as well..and Constantine Maroulis's too.  Anyways...before I get off course LOL.  They played the song twice at work!!!  First when I first got on the floor and then right before I had to leave.  OMG...the second time they played it, it was Jeff Buckley's version. Of course I was singing it lol.  But I just love that song so much.

Some guy  tried to get my number after telling me he likes italian people and he was creepy!...I mean all I was doing was minding my own business at the bus stop and he came up to me and asked how my family was.  So I assumed maybe he knew us from Chelsea or something.  Then he started asking me these weird stuff and I was trying to nicely tell him to leave me alone.  And he went on like do you need to leave, can't we go off for and sit for coffee.  And I was like no I gotta go.  And he's like what no number to give me?  I was like no! And he goes will I see you again?  I was like OMG...just get away from me you creep!  Really why me?  Why do they bother me on the Manhattan streets?

just contacted ticketmaster for the Safetysuit tickets. Hope they can figure this out soon!...I mean I know the show's next month and all but really...they told me a week ago tickets were shipped.  I should have then already!  And I wanan just know that I have them in my hands...ya know.

Gotta call Ticketmaster tomorrow so I can find out what happened with my SafetySuit tickets. Knowing this post office someone else got them!...They sent me a message last week saying my tickets had been shipped.  But I haven't gotten them yet and it's worrying me. Cause when I ordered the David Cook tickets back in June for August I had received tickets a few days later.  But I ordered these tickets Nov. 13 and still no sign of them.  And the concert's in 33 days.  I just wanna have those tickets so I know I have them in my hands in time for the show.  You know what I mean?  So if they aren't in the mail tomorrow, I'm calling Ticketmaster.  Our post office here sucks so knowing them...they probably delivered the tickets to the wrong hour.  Ugh!!!

bought myself a new purse...nope don't have a problem at all with purses...Khols had a sale today on purses and I had $30 to spend there...so I found a nice one from Nine West that was only $26!  I couldn't pass it up.  Not that I actually needed a new bag either.  I only have like 50 of them LOL.  Pretty funny when I was younger I could care less when it came to purses...but now it's like whenever I see one I need to buy one.  Nope I don't have a problem at all LOL.

You know I'm getting really creeped out and scared by someone who i thought was a friend and started stalking me and now is badmouthing me...I mean it's really scary now finding out this one time friend is doing this and then trying to put the blame on me.  I didn't do anything, she's the one who called me up telling me David Cook is disgusting and I shouldn't like him, then she yells at me on the phone for liking Adam Lambert.  I mean really...don't yell at me cause I like different singers then turn it around and say I stopped talking to you for the differences.  I stopped talking to her cause she was attacking me on the internet!  I had every reason to stop talking to her...she started becoming friends with everyone I was friends with so she could talk against me.  She went through what musicians I like and then magically started to go after them...meanwhile she had no idea who they were or  anything about them, but if it was someone I loved she immediately started to love them.  And if I just told her I didn't like them anymore she decided she didn't like them anymore.  You know it took me so long to come to terms with finally liking who I am and knowing I wasn't like most people.  I didn't need this one come along and try to be exactly like me...and stalking me.  She's scary and I was getting myself sick cause I got so scared by her.  And I don't need that...really I don't.

This friday is gonna consist of me and Jen having rum and cokes and the Alex Band live in brazil dvd... Can't wait...the week already began and I want it to be Friday already LOL.

Since when did I all of a sudden start becoming Team Jacob or find Taylor Launter so hot...And now I can't wait to see him on SNL on Saturday.  Well maybe I'm hoping to run into him in the building I work in since that's where the show is...but this doesn't happen.  I love Edward...Edward is my vampire...I can't be for the wolf boy LOL.

Skated for an hour and a half. Longest I've done in one session...Let me tell you though...skating was the worse today.  These tourists are ridiculous.  One woman pushed me hard into the lockers cause she was just nasty.  Her friend was at my locker and I was polite and asked if I could get into my locker.  The woman moves not her body but just her head away from my locker.  So I went ok...I'll just wait cause I need to get stuff out of the locker...you know important stuff...like my skates!  So I go to sit on the benches when the friend pushes me as I walk by. Next thing i know, I'm going flying into the lockers.  And in the process of trying to keep my balance I ended up kicking that woman.  But when she pushed me she goes EXCUSE ME!  Uhh hello...you pushed me, and I was like I ain't apoligizing for you pushing me into the lockers.  Then she was like ugh some people and her friend was like yea I know and she kept giving me dirty looks.  I really wanted to cry.  I was being treated like crap at my rink by tourists.  OMG do I hate NYC at Christmas time.  I want the holidays to pass already.
2nd graders are highly amusing...Yesterday was my last day working in the 2nd grade classroom.  And by the time of 3rd period, we had to deal with 2 fights then went on in the classroom.  I mean these are just second graders but 4 of them had hit each other and that's when it all started.  I'm gonna miss those kids but I promised the teacher that after the new year I would come back to help her out whenever she needed it.

I just brought in the pic for the andy skib statue and the woman asked me if he was a man!...How stupid was this woman really.  Yesterday I brought the pic back to the store and shes like well they'll call you about the statue and she's like describe it.  So I describe the body I ordered for the statue right.  I give her the pic too and she goes to me, so is this a man?  You had to see my face.  I was like yes he's a man!  I mean really come on...idiots I tell ya.

Harry Potter weekend!!! So know what ill be doing all weekend...It's been so long since i saw the first movies...I'm like OMG...little Harry LOL.  I love Harry Potter.

I always knew the grammys were fake..ever since Hanson lost that year when they had 3 nominations...and I'm so sick of Taylor Swift now!...I mean seriously...no nominations for David Cook but Taylor Swift gets all of these nominations?  When will it stop?  Enough is enough with her.  She's just getting all these awards and nominations now cause of what Kayne did.  And you know what...now I'm starting to take his side on what he did cause frankly...she's getting so annoying now!  I'm so upset that Cook wasn't nominated.  Oh well the Grammy's suck anyways.  They gave Hanson 3 nominations back in 1998 and they didn't get one award.  It's all fake anyways!

I'm crazy for doing this right? ...David Cook is in NYC for the week.  I was hoping to see hom today.  I took a walk around the city since it was nice out...but no luck :(  But me and Jen are hanging out in the city tomorrow...for Margarita Friday!  I gottaa go back to that store for the statue so maybe....

Ok one musician hass passed me....Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister walked passed me in Manhattan today!!! How cool is that!

I'm sick of always being the nice guy and letting people walk over me. True friends don't drop you just because of difference of opinions...I mean can you believe it...a friend has dropped me just because I like Adam Lambert and am supporting him.  And just because I said I felt bad for how ABC is treating him she attacked me on Facebook!  Some friend right...ugh!

now that the tour is over...David Cook's tour ended last night.  And it just brought back so many memories from the past year.  1) The NYU show which me and Jen had no intention of going to see but ended up getting tickets at the very last second...like half hour before show started.  And Thank God we did get it....who knew it would've been the last time I got to see Joey perform in the band lol.  That afternoon when we met the guys...and I was the only one who said hey to David...only cause I didn't realize it was him lol.  2) The Foxwoods trip to see him.  Me and Jen running into Andy and Neal in the casino after we got lost. 3)Meet and Greet in Manhattan.  Still upset Jen couldn't be there with me for that.  But David remembering me from November...so sweet.  Then I ran into him later that day and finally got my pic with him! And he talked to Jen on my phone when I told him she couldn't make it to the signing. 4) Nokia show...how me and Jen got stopped by papparazzi asking us about David Cook.  Well she was asked about David, I somehow got asked about Adam Lambert LOL.  How we ended up right in front of Neal the whole night and how David almost took Jen's eye out by throwing a guitar pic that almost hit her. 5)The day!!!! The final day of our David Cook week when me and Jen ran into him in Manhattan, got pics with him.  Well he surprised me when he put his arm around me and posed for a pic without asking me if I wanted one or not...not that I didn't cause uhh duh!  Of course I did.  Wow was definitely a year to remember wasn't it.  Can't wait til the next tour.

Really am I not meant to see Alex O'Loughlin on TV? First Moonlight gets canceled and now Three Rivers :(...I can't believe it...Three Rivers is canceled now :(  Damn...luckily I have Moonlight on DVD...guess I'll just have to watch those huh lol.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate nyc at christmas? Cause I really do!...The streets are so crowded, people are even more stupid now.  You get pushed around on the streets..oh yea loving it!  Skating's gonna be sooo much fun now (sarcasm)

So glad our final paper has been pushed back a week..there was no way that final project could've been done for next week's class. And you know what...10 bucks says she'll hate what I've handed in anyways. Well all that matters is that the one who observed me told me my lessons plans were very good and very thought out. I only have 2 classes left then no class til the summer. I'm taking off for the spring semester since tuition for grad school is ridiculous. There's no way I can pay them in time for next semester...not on a Starbucks salary. And they're mad I won't take out a loan for the grad school. First of all I'm still paying off my undergrad loan not to mention if you take out a loan in grad you need to taake 3 class. Hell no! I've had all this work to do for just one class...3 would be...forget it. But I think deciding on taking this semester off relieved some stress I was having.

I am so excited that Chuck is coming back on TV...I'm upset that I like missed the whole second season since I was never home for it. Must remembe to rent that season from Netflix. But now it's returning and I'm so happy! Good tv is back finally. It would be nice if they brought back Moonlight and Las Vegas but that's obviously not gonna happen.

Are you kidding me? Snow flurries on Saturday...can my skating lessons get anymore complicated this weekend? I have like only one nice skating lesson. It's either been raining during them or way too cold. Or I've had to cancel cause I've been sick. And now they're saying there may be snow flurries on Saturday. I hope not.


This is ridiculous now...it shouldn't take me over an hour to get home. Let alone spend half an hour on just one block. The bus driver had problems with a door and couldn't get it to close. So we were stuck on the bus. Til another bus pulled up and then two women from my bus ran off to stop that guy so he could take us. You had to see the scene of all of us running from one bus to another LOL. I was never so happy to be home before as I was today. If I had know I wouldn't have been home til 3...I would've said I could've stayed later than an extra hour at work lol.
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What was the last concert you attended?
Oct 18 Jason Castro at the Galleria Mall

What bands have you seen in concert the most, and how many times?
David Cook...6 shows I think it was

Do you have any setlists? From what bands?
nope.

Are there any CDs in close proximity to you? Which ones?
nope

What band are you in the mood to see live right this second?
Andy Skib...just him solo...really thats the only person I wanna see in concert

Have you ever been on a tour bus?
no. close but no LOL...dont ask LOL

Have you ever partied with a band?
nope...but we hung out with Ryan Star once...does that count

How many states/provinces have you been to concerts in?
mostly ny...some NJ and one conneticut

What bands did you see live the month of May?
David Cook

What CD are you addicted to at the moment?
SafetySuit, Adam Lambert, and Mother's Anthem

Who is one band that you used to like, but now you can’t stand?
hmmm...none really

Have you ever been on anyone's guest list? Whose?
nope

Last band person that you got a picture with?
Jason Castro at the Galleria

Do you consider yourself a groupie?
nope

How old were you when you went to your first concert?
6 1/2.

Who was it?
New Kids on the Block

Which artists haven't you seen yet that you want to see?
Well I've seen Andy Skib perform when I went to Cook's concerts. But I wanna see him doing his THH work

Are you wearing a band shirt right now?
nope.

What band do you own the most merch of?
I think it's a tie between David Cook and Hanson

Do you ever do anything crazy at shows?
Besides yelling out I love you... very very loudly LOL...nope HAHA

What are your favourite venues to go to shows at?
small ones definitely

What band do you have the most performance pictures of?
Definitely David Cook. I got 100 of Neal alone during the Nokia concert

Would you ever get a tattoo representing a band?
no

How many concerts do you average a year?
like one or 2 normally but this year was totally different...so many more lol

Upcoming Shows?
SafetySuit...in 38 days...and whatever other concerts come out way that me and jen will go to lol

Am i the only 1 who gets upset there's not enough Andy in videos from the tour? ...I mean I love Cook and all but really when I go to the shows, it's to see Andy.  Well it was to see Joey and Andy originally but now it's just to see Andy.  And since I've hardly been able to get good pictures of Andy at the shows I went to...I would love to see more Andy in videos.  But there's hardly any.  That's my next goal when we go to Cook shows...to get mostly pics and videos of Andy lol.

And apparently i need to get a new andy pic for the statue...I'm in the process of finding one.  I think I have a few that may be a good choice.  So maybe I'll make copies of each of them and then give them to the store and see if they can choose which one would be best to use.

Andy and joey look alikes came in...like within 5 minutes of each other LOL.  I almost called Brian, Joey to his face.  OMG...how embarassing would that have been?  He has a beard now so he looks even more like Joey.  No wonder why I almost called him that lol.

Omg I hate tourists!!they are making it so miserable to work in Manhattan.  I missed the bus cause of them not walking when it says to cross the street or because they almost pushed me down.  Not to mention now that the tree is us...skating is gonna be impossible.  All I gotta say is how long til the season's over and I can have the rink back to normal?

Todays officially the day from hell a limo driver went practucally onto the sidewalk and almost and ran me over...That was just so scary.  The guy sped down the side street, made his own lane and almost went up onto the curb and almost hit me and another person.  OMG...it really was scary.

Into the 30s now!...39 days til the Safetysuit concert!!! And my tickets were finally shipped so I should be getting them this week!  WOO HOO!!!

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I just ordered two DVDs on Amazon.  They were for gifts for my best friend.

I just spent $55 on getting an Andy Skib statue made!  Me and Jen hung out in Manhattan on Friday night.  I made it to that store that does the custom made statues and put in an order to get an Andy Skib statue made.  $55 I spent on it.  $55!!!  He is so worth it though.  Though I'm going space out getting the other band members made now though.  I gotta go down to the store on Friday again so I can give them a better picture of Andy lol.  Jen told the woman to make sure the statue has huge eyes.  I was like Andy doesn't have huge eyes so Jen told the woman to look at the pic and see if his eyes are huge.  OMG...the woman tried to tell me in a nice way his eyes were huge.  This is gonna be an interesting statue LOL.

Wow...James van der Beek is just as hot now as he was in Dawson's Creek! I saw the ad for that Christmas movie he's in that's gonna be on.  OMG I so gotta see it.  I had the hugest crush on him when he did Dawson's Creek and he's still so hot!!!

That's the fastest I've lost $30 haha. Me and Jen went to Foxwoods yesterday.  Yea we didn't do so good LOL.  Last time I was there I won money this time..losy $30.  I always find it hard to walk away  from the slots lol.

Ok so I dreamt of andy last night and woke up with my sheets all off of my bed haha...Must've been some dream huh.  Well that part I just know i dreamt of Andy...have no idea what about LOL.  But somehow I had Jason proposing to Mandy in the dream as well...as if I wanted to be reminded that Jason's engaged now right LOL.

Ugh I hate nyc at holiday time...It's horrible downtown. The rink was packed!!!  OMG...I have no idea how I'll be able to do lessons this week.  Ugh..how long til the tree's down and the tourists are gone?  Cause seriously...I want the rink back to the way it normally is...when I am able to skate.  Luckily today all I wanted to do was go to my locker to get something and not skate.

The andy look alike gave me all 4 of my drinks for free at starbucks...How cool is that.  He makes me love Andy even more LOL...just cause he looks like him and is like extra nice to me lol.