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I’m a fan.

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Everyone has something that they are completely and totally passionate about, right? Whether it is a hobby, a sports team or a band, everyone loves something. Well, I love The Smashing Pumpkins. Sure, I like a lot of people and things, but nothing more than the Pumpkins. Since my freshman year of high school, I have been enamored with this band. What is it? At this point, I couldn’t even specify certain reasons, they are just a part of me. I have very strong emotional ties to their music and where it takes me and how it makes me feel. Just the opening riff to a certain song can make me grin from ear to ear, become extremely introspective or a complete and total basket case. All their songs tie together to represent my formative years, to form…me.

And if musical soulmates were to exist, well Billy Corgan, you’d be mine. I still believe that no one can hold a candle to him as a lyricist. And despite his less than stable emotions at times, I believe deep down he is a really beautiful person with an open mind and a big heart. I have seen the Pumpkins 5 times now and each time is better than the last. I am lucky enough to have gotten tickets to their sold out show at Revolution Live, a really small venue for the group, and that show is now a week away.

It may seem like just another show I will add to my arsenal, but words cannot really express how excited I am to see them again. To see them as fired up as the reviews have been reporting. I saw this video from their performance of Hummer at the Viper Room and got really emotional. That is the Pumpkins I remember and grew up with. And I will be experiencing it first hand in a week.

So let the countdown begin:

…but nobody’s counting. from Melificent on Vimeo.

Who do you feel this way about?
What are a fan of?

Weekend Highlights

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When I got home from work on Friday, there was only one thing on my mind: relaxation. I had had one hell of a week and definitely deserved some downtime. Thankfully, the weather has been a lot more cooperative as of late so the pool called to me as I stepped in the front door. I debated it, since I had so much work to do, both around the house and for the office (take home work always sucks), but finally the pool won. I quickly slapped on my bikini, grabbed a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon (we are low on beer) and hit the water! It was really relaxing just to float in complete peace and quiet (aside from the passing traffic on the other side of the fence) and say hello to my weekend.

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Photo credit: Agustin Sanchez
Photo credit: Agustin Sanchez

Saturday was my favorite little boy’s 4th birthday: my nephew! He had a great time at his race car themed party at a local school. I have to say I teased my sister quite a bit for buying several bite-sized cars on Ebay to have the kids race with, but they had a complete and total blast. In fact, I had a blast just watching them! And possibly the best part of the day was watching my nephew speed around with a gigantic smile on his face. Happy birthday, little guy!

This week will be especially tough on me as I have to find the time to concentrate amid the excitement – I leave next week to Comic-Con!!! Can I press the fast forward button and then the slow-mo?

SDCC Show & Tell

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Now that I’ve rounded up my birthday girl outfits for this month’s Comic-Con, I decided I’d play a little show and tell with you all! That and people have requested to see them and who am I to deny you lovely people? 😉 Now, I realize that it looks like I have some sort of strange antlers growing out of my head, but I assure you it belongs to my cardboard buck.

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I’d really appreciate some help from you all with this one. I’m pretty sure this is the winner for my official birthday party (note amazing princess tiara & shoulder details), but I’m concerned that it is a little on the short side, especially since the back is exposed (not pictured). So my question to you all is, should I brave the streets of the Gaslamp District with the itty bitty number or should I pair it with my favorite jean leggings? Advice needed!

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I absolutely love this dress! I found it at Loehmann’s this week and haven’t stopped obsessing over it since! It’s the runner up for my birthday dress if I am feeling a little more demure and less sex kitten. It’s so perfectly form fitting without being too suggestive and is made of the most delicious sweatshirt material.

So there you have it! My outfits for our nights on the town in San Diego! Hopefully I’ll look a little cuter the next time I wear them since I’ll actually make an effort to do my hair, accessorize and slap some makeup on 😉

Sicky poo

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Yep, that’s about the way I feel right now. What I thought was some sort of heat exhaustion over the weekend has turned into this nasty flu-like sickness. High fever, body aches, headache. You get the picture. So I’ll be taking a little break today to try to recuperate. Hopefully I’ll start feeling a little better by tomorrow and be back as usual.

xoxo

Lovable Friday!

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Today there is only one Lovable Friday item and that is because something absolutely magical happened yesterday afternoon. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you are in the know, but for the remaining 2 people who do not, here’s the deal:

Bush is getting back together. Remember I posted about it here? Well, Epicenter Fest, the music festival hosting their first performance together since 2002, has been randomly giving away passes to the show (regular and VIP) through their own Twitter and Facebook accounts. I’ve obviously been entering, hoping to win so I can actually afford to go.

And yesterday afternoon…I won.
I flipping won.

I’m going to see Bush LIVE (in SoCal no less). I am in complete and utter shock. And since it was a pair of tickets, I invited one of my closest friends and Bush partner in crime since 1999, Bonnie. We are absolutely thrilled for the trip – I’ve always wanted to travel to see a band with girlfriends and here I am! I say girlfriends because not only am I going to share this experience with Bonnie, but also with about 19 other hardcore Bush/Gavin Rossdale fans that I have become friends with over the past year on Twitter and Facebook. We refer to ourselves as GRoupies (cute, right?) and are making the trek from all over the U.S. for this show.

All in all, it’s going to be one hell of good time.
Can life get any better? I don’t think so.
I love my life.

In the words of Jason Stackhouse:
Thank you God, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Allah, Confusion, Buddha, Scientology, Aliens and the lion from Narnia!