a dream is an answer to a question you haven’t asked..

Last friday, the dynamic duo no. 2 and I decided to go biking along Lakeshore at 6 in the morning the next day. This required me to wake up at 4:30, load my bike in car and get to the trio’s place 15 minutes before 6. Which I did, and after a few calls, I realized the duo were still in bed. Great thing bout those two is that they move fast. 15 minutes later, we were on our way to the bike trail.

If ever you get the chance, go biking along Lakeshore in the early morn. There’s few cars on the street, and the sun isn’t too hot. The scenery can be breath-taking too. We did an easy 20 km, and returned to the trio’s place famished. After a breakfast of eggs, rice and pancakes, I went home to drop off my bike and hopefully get a few Zs before I pick up Josh in the afternoon.

Sarah, Josh, Louie and I got tickets to see Fall Out Boy at the Molson Ampitheatre. This was Sarah and Josh’s first concert, and sadly, nobody had a camera aside from Josh’s phone. I know, I know. I’ve failed as a seasoned concert-goer. *sniff*

I’m a big fan of Fall Out Boy, and getting to see them live was something I’ve been looking forward to since March. Opening for them was Cobra Starship (from Snakes on Planes), followed by performances by Paul Wall, The Academy Is…, and +44 (by former members of Blink 182). Cobra Starship did well as an opening act. We ditched Paul Wall’s for some grub, returned to some ho-hum numbers by The Academy Is, and got pumped from +44 high-energy songs. Despite the long wait for Fall Out Boy, I was going to try and enjoy all $44 bucks worth of it.

On a side note, I have to say that Travis Barker is a god on drums.

Although I was disappointed by Fall Out Boy’s taped live performance on MTV, I was optimistic that their Molson gig would be better. And it was. It was good, in a mo** fucking F. O. B. way.

For the next two hours, Fall Out Boy gave a fist-pumping, seizure-inducing, madly-jumping, dizzily-spinning show. The video accompanying the numbers were well done, with well-timed fireworks and audience-rallying in-between-ers. I also saw for the first time the morbid video for Carpal Tunner of Love. The lyrics don’t make sense at all, but I was too distracted with the bloody animation to really care.

FOB did a cover of Michael Jackson’s beat, which Pete Wentz called a song that makes him want to “drink, fuck and sing”, with brief apologies to the crowd’s mothers.

Other highlights of the FOB concert was a guy who purposely got hit by baseballs as part of the intermission, and a guy who did pushups for an entire FOB song whose title I can’t remember.

To call back FOB for the encore, the crowd had to chant “MO*** FCKIN F.O.B!!!” Nicely done. LOL!

All in all FOB was bloody awsome. I’d go see them again. Next time, I don’t care if I have to walk, but I’ll park closer to the exit, since it took us half an hour just to get out of the parking lot.

By the time I dropped off everybody, it was almost 1 am. After a quick shower and some last-minute facebook updates, I fell asleep close to 2 am. By that time, I’ve been up for more than 21 hours. Crazy!

Still, 21 is better than 40-hour insane days. Such is my love-hate relationship with sleep. Cheers to long crazy-dream-filled sleep!

I haven’t blogged in a while because I figure with the amount of time it takes me to write my post, I could’ve used it for something else. Which would probably be one of the following: work, biking, going to the gym, visiting my mechanic, watching scrubs, hanging out. I thought not taking any summer classes would leave me with so much free time, but the slowly creeping summer brings forth urges to simply live life. And so that’s what I’ve been doing. And I’m loving every moment of it.

It’s almost June, and by my standards I’m doing well with living. My mourning for a life, that on much thought wasn’t so spectacular and fulfilling in the first place, has ended. I’m still working on fulling embracing the positive things in life (as Belle puts it), but I can honestly say I’m happy where I am. I’ve gotten rid of some baggage, used my negative energy towards better things, put some things in proper perspective, and forgiven myself for things I couldn’t control or can’t change. Even I get tired of picking on myself.

My birthday is coming in a few weeks and I have yet decided what to do. I think a celebration this year is necessary because last year’s birthday is a stark reminder of how far I’ve come. This year I’ve grown spendidly. I’m proud of myself, and this I say with utter humility. Still working on my walls, but I’m busy chipping away.

For the remainder of this year, I’m going to make memories starting with attending as many concerts or live events as much as possible. I’m also planning to pass my G driving test and take at least 3 classes towards my cert. I’ve even considered Louie’s idea of taking hip-hop classes (yes, I know).

More importantly, I’m going to lose weight this summer so I can at look amazing in a dress that I’ve fallen in love with. I’m going start to take care of myself, starting with actually eating healthy food and exercising like crazy. This is where the Becel Bike Ride fits in. I’m taking my biking seriously, hence I’ve actually invested in buying a nice bike - a Norco Vermont, aptly named Hazuki, because I want to ride like the wind (insert inside joke hah). I’ve asked the family to pitch in with the bike expense, since i’m pretty much broke from buying new tires for my car. Cars are financial black holes, I tell yah.

I just realized I’ve digressed from what I planned to blog about. Which is quite common considering how random I am. I guess I’ll just have to write a two-parter.

One of these days, I’ll find to re-read my posts. And from now on, I’m going to close on a positive note.

Good job on living today, Row. Now let’s see if we can do better tomorrow.

In my quest to embrace the ‘carpe diem’ way of life, I have decided to start trying new things. So I’ve signed up for this year’s 25 Km Becel Ride for the Heart this coming sunday.

Which means, it’s time for you to show me how much you love me! Show your support by donating, and/or stopping me from consuming so much junk food in prep for my bike ride (applies to people within close proximity).

If things go well, I might attempt another fund raiser later this year. But before I start fantasizing about bigger things, get your credit cards ready and CLICK ON THAT LINK!

Many thanks to the supportive ones! As for the others.. Well.. *puppy dog eyes* *blink* *blink*

Still no go? Hey, I tried. LOL!

http://www.rideforheart.ca/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=222611&supId=178244116

Because I passed finance with a C+! HELL YEAH!!! So proud of myself. SOOOOO HAPPY!!!

I think that’s enough excitement for today. ^O^

Been a while since I did this..

- A Halo inspired animation - MUST SEE!
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-obsessed lady
- Zeroes - a new take on Heroes
- Human Transformers - wicked cosplay, awesome choreography
- Earth Defender Freshmen - like the Power Rangers, only weirder
- Japanese kids interviews Dakota Fanning - it’s a bit old, but funny.
- Teenager shot for an XBox 360
- CSI Dead Body - because I love CSI
- miniaturekiller.com - because I want to be a dead body on CSI
- The World of Warcraft credit card - too bad it’s only for the US