Too Cool for the Second Grade.

I don't know how to delete this.

2008-12-02T20:20:00.001-05:00

Basically, I just moved to Tumblr.

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I can't help it...

2008-12-01T00:21:00.002-05:00

This song makes me want to strut my shit down a runway or take a twirl around a pole or something. God damn you, Fall Out Boy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T12:20:00.001-05:00

Finally, the company I work for is doing something I can back.

For those of you who don't know, I am a big supporter of Product (RED). This year, Starbucks has signed a multi-year contract with the organization, ~~and it launches tomorrow - Black Friday. Which Starbucks has renamed to (RED) Friday. Corny, but possibly still effective.~~ Rumor is, they changed the date and launched the program today.

Basically, for the entire duration of our Winter Holiday season (I believe it ends around the beginning of January), any Holiday drink (Espresso Truffle, Gingersnap Latte, or Peppermint Mocha Twist) purchased from Starbucks automatically earns a five cent donation toward (RED) and the Global Fund to fight AIDS. It may not seem like a lot, but considering we sell Hundreds of those particular drinks a day - it adds up. After the Holiday Season, it will expand to our other drinks. We don't know which yet.

More importantly, on World AIDS Day - which is December 1st, so write it down - every drink you buy from Starbucks will earn a five cent donation. So drink Starbucks on December 1st!

I know this seems totally corny, that I'm posting this all over my journal this way for some company I work for, but (RED) is something I really support, so excuse me for my momentary rant.

For more information on Product (RED), go here: joinred.com

And for more information on Starbucks + (RED), check out red.starbucks,com.

Spread the word and buy those drinks, seriously.

Oh, I've seen better days, but I don't care. Oasis got my letter in the mail.

2008-11-17T00:28:00.001-05:00

This is my current obsession.

My daughter is becoming an internet celebrity...

2008-10-12T18:58:00.001-04:00

...and my biggest regret, is that I was unable to brush her hair.

Die Romantic or Vampiric Hipster? I can't tell which is more amusing.

2008-09-28T00:46:00.004-04:00

Last night was amazing and ridiculous all rolled into one. My baby brother turned 20 which means he's no longer a teen. We celebrated by getting shit-faced together, compliments of the venue we work for, Bronx Underground and their new Friday Night Dance Party called Revolution! which is like a little piece of the Lower East Side in the South Bronx.

The reason we were at the venue instead of somewhere else drinking (aside from free drinks, of course), was because wiL Francis of Aiden was hanging, doing a DJ set, and then performing with his new side project, William Control. He is an awesomely nice guy, even after I yelled at him. And while his music was kind of lol-worthy, it was pretty danceable. I'm down with that.

In closing, we had a pretty good time. Hello, world. How are you?

Union Square at its best.

2008-09-27T17:55:00.001-04:00

Enjoy my ridiculous sense of humor

2008-08-20T19:08:00.002-04:00

The Interwebz makes me laugh:

How ashamed am I?

2008-08-20T18:29:00.002-04:00

I have such a weakness for these ridiculous cheesy Disney movies. And also, I love Joe Jonas because he reminds me of 10 years ago when I loved Taylor Hanson. I am so old.

Sugarbaby needs a sugar daddy.

2008-08-19T11:22:00.004-04:00

This is totally my current favorite music video. I'm in love with Sugarbaby.

And that first shot of Chantal - it's perfection. Please be my girlfriend. I will share you with Jimmy Urine, it's all good.

PS - I know Virgin is currently going insane, but suing 30 Seconds To Mars for $30 Million dollars? Isn't that a bit excessive?

You act like you're famous, you're shameless...

2008-08-06T13:50:00.005-04:00

Back in June, I was given the opportunity to be in the video for Mindless Self Indulgence's "Never Wanted To Dance". It was finally released, and it is epic.

That's me! Watch it and Rate It!

All you little kids who like to rock and roll. You sure got the style, but you aint got no soul.

2008-08-05T11:08:00.004-04:00

The Remnants of Warped Tour
Every year I feel more and more disconnected from the crowds at those shows. I only go for a (very) select few people/bands, and the crowd is getting younger and younger, while the music gets worse and worse. Granted, I do enjoy a decent amount of the "warped tour" bands, but they're not generally people I want to shell over a lot of cash for. This year, once again, I knew some people on the tour so I didn't have to worry about paying too much money for people I didn't care about.

Age gap aside, I still had a fantastic time. I showed up super early with the Venue I work with, The Bronx Underground, and then I spent almost all of my time in the not for profit area (make sure to check out the Boarding for Breast Cancer booth - ask for Jasmine, donate a dollar, and tell her Cc sent you). I got a gigantic welt on my leg thanks to a Razor Scooter to the shin while setting the booths up early in the a.m. (the aftermath in the photo above is from well over a week later). I got attacked with water guns. I got to harass friends in bands I hadn't seen in ages (My dear sweet Matt Wachter, formerly of 30 Seconds To Mars and currently in Angels and Airwaves only had to say this: "Where are your glasses? Don't you always wear glasses?" - I upgraded to contact lenses for Warped Tour, thanks a ton), I was in turn attacked by Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon) at the end of the night, at the nightly barbeque (which was HI-larious) and best of all, I got to do it all for free. Can't beat that price.

Alex of Mayday Parade. He's the guy who drank the nasty drink-concoction at the Jamie All Over shoot.

Charlotte Sometimes. Something about killing a man.

You're So Pretty and You're So Dead...

2008-07-21T02:10:00.006-04:00

It has been so, so long since I've updated this blog. I was consumed with another one that is sort of necessary so that I may get paid in the future. Last I really left off, was after that first Love Cats show. A brief update of my life looks like this:

After that show, I went to work for a week and was somehow cast, super last-minute as a lead role for Mindless Self Indulgence's "Never Wanted To Dance" video. Two of the dancers had backed out last minute and, I looked the part. As did another girl, Jenny. Of course, we had no idea what we'd be doing, and weren't even informed we had lead roles until ten pm the night before.

The next day we showed up at about 3 in the afternoon and were told the entire concept of the video, and what we needed to do. Awesome? Awesome. Except for one thing. It involved a lot of dancing and Jenny wasn't really a "dancer", so I had an hour to come up with a dance routine that fit our "role", to teach it to her, and then we had to get into wardrobe (which were amazing poodle skirts and pink jackets, and I wore heels - BAD idea). It actually went off REALLY well considering we had no time or warning.

However, the next day I was so sore I couldnt move. I hadn't danced like that in a long, long time.

So I called out of work and was promptly fired. Awesome? Not so awesome.

A few days later was The Love Cats Part Deux. This time, I went with two of the same girls from the previous show, plus my friend Kristin who is actually a friend of the Way family or something over the last few years and knows Frank. I always find it very awkward to stand around while someone I know is having a "let's play catch up" conversation with someone "famous" while everyone stares on with their creepy jealous faces. But I maintain that Frank Iero is one of the sweetest dudes ever.

Also, I'm a little bit in love with DJ Values. I'd just like to let that be known.

Since then, I haven't been up to a whole hell of a lot. It is so hard to find a job in NYC in the middle of summer, though. I hate it to ridiculous degrees and wish I'd moved to New York years sooner so I could have just worked out a job in the music profession like I really wanted. Instead of bitchwork in retail so I can still have the time to randomly follow tours.

Which reminds me. In less than a week, Warped is rolling through. My friend is on it, and desperate for the company for as many days as possible. She wants me to go and is only charging me some of my world famous funfetti cupcakes. There's a perfect four day window of shows. Starting in Jersey, then Long Island, PA, and back to Jersey. This is my ideal trip. However, realistically I may only make it for either the first jersey show and long island, or just long island. And by the way? I hate the long island venue. We'll see.

Hopefully this week I'll also have a job. Where? At a sex shop. My life rules.

Over and out.

I still have the home video this commercial is on

2008-06-12T11:31:00.001-04:00

I brought you my bullets, you brought me your...

2008-06-09T00:21:00.001-04:00

So let's see. I left off right after Bamboozle?

+ MTV has me as one of their casted "fans" and I am currently spending the summer recording random opinions on random music videos for them. The first was for Fall Out Boy's Beat It cover. It was amusing.

+ I have currently gone to two auditions for a new show Fuse is doing called She Will Rock You. It's basically the catty female rock star version of American Idol. They like me. Hopefully, I get a callback this week.

+ Callbacks mean I get to go to LA for 6 or 8 weeks.

- Dont know what that means for Lola yet.

- Got written up at work for calling out of work too much. Ooooops.

- I hate my job with a deep black kind of passion.

+ On a whim, I decided to travel to Asbury Park, NJ for a show at Asbury Lanes. A Bowling Alley. Playing were three acts: Anna Copa Cabanna who put on some sort of wacky variety show that was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. Tragedy, a heavy metal BeeGees tribute band. And The Love Cats, "a star studded The Cure cover band featuring members: Frank Iero (MCR), Pete Steinkop and Michael McDermot (Bouncing Souls), DJ Values (Let It Burn/Bouncing Souls), Andrew Everding (Thursday) and Matt Scara (Pitch Black Blonde)"

The evening went a little something like this:

Crystal: sorry i was in my father's room telling him about my ridiculous night
Damon: ha k
Damon: bad ridiculous or good?
Crystal: good
Crystal: it started really questionable
Crystal: but it ended amazingly haha!
Crystal: we drove to asbury park
Crystal: in nj
Crystal: and had to go to asbury lanes
Crystal: and i swear to god it's a bowling alley in a barren wasteland at the edge of the earth.
Crystal: we were so creeped out by the neighborhood
Crystal: and once we got inside it was like the most awkward time warp ever. i think that asbury lanes is like the happening spot in that neighborhood. it has a bar and everything. and a disco ball. and mid-life-crisis show-goers.
Crystal: in tight shorts and tank tops with feathered hair and earrings.
Crystal: and those were the guys.
Damon: oh man...
Crystal: but then the show started, with this like two hour variety show from this chick called anna copa cobanna
Crystal: and it was ridiculously hysterical and involved songs about how shitty NYC can be, lots of spandex, interpretive dancing to Jane's Addiction songs...and she played enter sandman on a xylaphone. i was in love with her
Crystal: and then a midlife crisis heavy metal beegees tribute band called tragedy who wore spandez and glitter and had scarves on their microphones and THEY WERE SO GOOD.
Crystal: and then the love cats which is who we went for, which was frank iero, a few guys from the bouncing souls and a guy from thursday, and they did a The Cure coverband and we were all so skeptical about it
Crystal: but when they started we were so impressed.
Damon: ha
Damon: man does sound like a wild night
Crystal: it was ridiculous

+ We (myself and the girls I went with) have nicknamed ourselves The Lust Kittens and will be doing this again in NYC two weeks from now.

My birthday so far. Angels & Kings 5/13/08.

2008-05-19T09:40:00.002-04:00

Today is Monday, May 19th. My 24th birthday isn't officially happening for another three days. But already, I've started to celebrate. I found out a few weeks in advance that Angels & Kings was having a Prom-themed night! My dream come true! I'd been planning a similar theme (I was aiming for 80's prom myself) for my own birthday party, so now it just seemed I no longer had to. Man, I was stoked. I got all dressed up, loaded up on carbs (so that I may drink and not make an ass of myself), and started on adventure number one:

Get My Underaged Friend A Fake ID. It seemed like it'd be so easy. All I know is, the climax of said adventure involved us treking down long, dark Brooklyn streets, barefoot, searching for landmarks (Like Nathan's Hot Dogs) so that we could find our destination. It was insanity. We didn't even get to Angels & Kings until almost 1 am. However, once we got there we caught up very quickly - a shot and a few drinks, many sweaty dances, and lots of hot guys. Oh yeah, and, The Academy Is... was there. Also, as I learned much, much later - so was Jason Siska, Adam's brother. The dude who was on Survivor. Well, you learn something new everyday. Even while drunk. Good times!

This guy was awesome.

Myha and I learned that fake IDs don't matter. All asians look the same.

Who can resist one of these pictures?

It was a funny night.

My bra is famous and all over the internet.

William Beckett is a cockblock. True story.

Overall, it was awesome. Let's do this again some time, Trainwreck Tuesday.

What the last week of my life has looked like:

2008-05-09T01:32:00.006-04:00

Wednesday, April 30th:

I have the day off from work at H&M because I am scheduled to merch for Jessie Baylin at the Bowery Ballroom. She's opening for Newton Faulkner and she is a fantastic musician. I am excited because I happen to know her best friend is one of my favorite actresses ever. Said actress lives in NYC, so I am hoping to catch a glance of her at the show. I brought my friend Myha with me and we had a crazy Asian-filled night, and sold a ridiculous amount of merch (because of our stunning personalities, and the fact that this was a hometown show and all of her friends and family were there to support her). Afterward, she came out to Myha and I and thanked us for being so crazy, because all of her friends and family were telling us what a trip we were and how much they enjoyed us. She invited me to merch for her again, and then invited me to an afterparty (where they didnt ID, because Myha is only 17), at a bar called The Magician. We attended, had a good time, and who shows up? None other than Jessie Baylin's best friend. Scarlett Johansson. I was so stoked to see her, and having that whole experience and I died a little inside. She really does wear a septum ring and have a tattoo on her arm. And she's a ridiculous hipster. My life was complete from that point on.

Thursday, May 1st
I am supposed to be at work at 8 am, but I stayed out all night drinking with Jessie Baylin and Scarlett Johansson. Hahaha. During this whole adventure, I also received text messages from my friend Amanda with flight information - she was flying in that day (the first) from Miami so we could celebrate her birthday by going to Bamboozle and such. So I called out of work, and headed to the airport to pick her up. I was also informed that I was placed, as of that day, in Purgatory at godsgirls.com - so if you have an account, go vote for me! My god's girls name is Reese! Anyhow, I pick her up and spend the day talking about how in love I am with Scarlett Johansson. We go almost immediately downtown to St. Marks, wander around and shop, and go to the playground. Stop by Angels & Kings for a second so Amanda can see the famous bar she always hears about, and then we head home because it's raining out.

Friday, May 2nd
The weather didnt seem to great, so we just did some food shopping and relaxed, spending the day preparing for saturday.

Saturday, May 3rd Bamboozle - Day One

We decided only to attend this day, because originally we were going to see Taking Back Sunday also on the 5th, but the tickets sold out RIGHT before I could get my hands on them. But Bamboozle day one was ridiculous. It was cold and mildly rainy, and the first person we ran into, no lie, was Shaant Hacikyan (Cute is What We Aim For). I was like "Uh Amanda if this is any indication of what our day is gonna be like, let's just go home now". Amanda and I got our asses kicked at ridiculous sets - Cute Is What We Aim For, Metro Station, and Armor For Sleep. Mindless Self Indulgence was incredibly safe-feeling. LynZ is amazing. Donna (Way, Gerard's mom) was there with a disposable Kodak camera taking pictures of the whole thing. Amazing. I am so in love with her, I am jealous of Gerard. No lie. Who else did we see after that? Oh OH. I TOLD MAT DEVINE HE OWES ME 24 CENTS. It was epic. He quickly blame-shifted and informed me it was all Greg Corner's fault. Greg then explained the situation to me where he sent some merch out and all of the postage was wrong. Also, Greg looks like the guy from the movie Accepted, who blew shit up with his mind. So even though the debt is unpaid, the story was great, Greg was a sweetheart, and I didnt want him to blow up my car. So I'm letting it go. Then we inadvertently watched The Chariot and Blessthefall's sets while waiting for Kill Hannah. They were great (my first time seeing them - FINALLY). Sarah Lewitinn (Ultragrrrl) was there! Highlight. She was so adorable bouncing around to Lips Like Morphine. I am also in love with her. I dont remember much else about Bamboozle. Except that on our way out we once again ran into Shaant Hacikyan, and also Jeff Czum. We had a quick conversation, took a few pictures, and headed home.

Sunday, May 4th

Spent recovering, and discovering and documenting all bruises, scrapes, swells, and other various injuries from the day before. And also sleeping.

Monday, May 5th

I managed to get us on the casted audience list for Fuse's The Sauce with Hayley Williams from Paramore, which started at about 5. However, we also found out there would be a "Decaydence Takeover" earlier in the day at TRL so we decided to wait around for that, too. Most of that day was spent trying to avoid Tokyo Hotel (Who followed us around for almost the entire trip in some way, shape, or form), and a large group of guys who insisted on calling me Amy Winehouse and would hoot, holler, cat-call, sing, and scream HEY AMY! IT'S AMY WINEHOUSE! Every time I walked by. They also serenaded me with Rehab. I have no idea what brought on the Amy Winehouse thing, but it was great. I talked to Victoria (Cobra Starship) for a minute, because we had talked on AIM previously about where I work and where she shops. She is a complete sweetheart. The Sause was incredible because I discovered that two of the boys from the new Chronicles of Narnia movie are ridiculously good looking and also over 21. Hayley was precious as usual. I came home and was casted in a Mayday Parade music video for their new single - Jamie All Over. I love Mayday Parade and have for a few years, thanks to their Warped Tour adventure.

Tuesday, May 6th

Sadly, Amanda had to go home. It was pout-worthy, but I am planning a trip to Miami at the end of October, so Missy and I will once again be reunited for our ridiculous adventures. We'll be back in trouble central for three days of that - New Orleans. I made my way to the set of the Jamie All Over video, which was in Astoria, Queens and makes me think of The Ataris. We had to dress "fancy" and spent the day in a "casino", pretending to gamble, pretending to drink (O'Douls, wtf?) and had a few ridiculous adventures. I convinced Alex (from the band) to drink the crazy concoction in my wine glass - a combination of O'Douls and Pepsi (yuck) and he actually did it. I do not want to be his girlfriend for that kiss. The shoot was ridiculously fun.

Wednesday, May 7th

First day back at H&M in a week. It was boring, and I sooo didn't want to be there. But then who do I see? Victoria Asher. I was so excited, because we'd discussed her shopping at my store. I walked up to her and said "Hey, Victoria!" And she was like "Oh, hi!" And I said, "I told you I'd recognize you in public (she says no one ever does)! You really do shop here!" And she laughed and was like "You really do work here!" We talked for a few, and then I helped her in the fitting room (she picked out some cute stuff), and then I had to go to lunch. She was buying her stuff at the same time and overheard my manager telling me to clock out - so she invited me to go to lunch with her! CRAZY! She is really one of the nicest people I've ever met.

Thursday, May 8th

Today. Nothing exciting has occurred, and I took the day off of work because I just havent been feeling well. Talked to Cliff (As Tall as Lions Cliff) on Myspace for a few and enjoyed that. Man, I hate having to go back to work.

We're all caught up now, but the week has reall been surreal. I'm sure there's plenty I left out but it was just so ridiculous.

OH AND DID I MENTION RYAN GOSLING WAS IN MY STORE LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO? My heart fell out of my chest.

/entry

He's Just Not That Into You

2008-03-12T01:18:00.006-04:00

I quite literally just put this book down, and I'd like to take a minute to get a few thoughts down on paper. So to speak. Excuse me if it's jumbled.

For starters, in case you can't tell, He's Just Not That Into You is a self-help book for women who, for some reason, just can't see the signs that a man might not be physically, emotionally, or otherwise available to them.

Now, I enjoyed the book. I feel it brought light to situations that for some reason, women seem to let slide when they absolutely shouldn't. However, there are two major things I'd like to point out:

1. I feel that Greg, the man answering the questions and letters, and giving advice, has a bit of an archaic outlook when it comes to relationships: if a man is really into you, he should be the one calling you, asking you out, doting upon you. etc, etc, etc. you should not be the pursuer. if you are, he insists, He's Just Not That Into You.

I'll start by giving the cons to this manner of thinking:

In this day and age, not every woman wants to sit around and wait for the perfect man to realize he has found the perfect woman, and thusly, ask her out, ask her how many children she'd like to have, ask her to marry him, and live happily ever after. Most believe that men need a bit of poking and prodding, and sometimes the lighting of small fires (or giant blazes) under their asses in order to get the ball rolling is necessary. Men are dumb creatures and sometimes they need "the right choice" to be pointed out to them. Greg says: Do not poke and prod. Eventually, he'll come to you. If you are the right choice, he'll just know.

Pros:

Well, what woman doesn't want to be chased after and doted upon?

2. Also, and this isn't a criticism against the book or its authors, but reading this book reminded me of how poorly women treat themselves. I mean this in the sense that, women are so willing to settle for "good enough" or "better than nothing" and completely overlook the things that make them miserable because they are just so darn excited to have some attention. This saddens me greatly.

I don't know, maybe it's just because my stance on relationships is so completely unyielding. I have ridiculously high expectations when it comes to someone getting to a part of me that's so delicate. I am admittedly a brick wall of a girl, and it is hell on earth trying to crack my shell. Despite the fact that in almost 24 years I have never had a boyfriend, I've dealt with my share of no good men. I've witnessed some of the worst kind of men compliments of my mother and her poor choices. I refuse to spend my life depending on and living for someone who doesn't treat me like a queen. Because I think when you love someone, it comes down to this: You will do everything in your power to make them happy. And if they love you the way you love them, they will reciprocate (without prodding).

I feel like I just talked in circles, but these are the thoughts floating around in my brain after this book. It's pretty good and I recommend it to every girl who has wondered why she just cant seem to keep, pick, or choose the right guy. Most likely? It's not you. It's him.

Guys are simple creatures, everyone. Make sure you find one who treats you as you should be treated. If you have to work hard to keep his interest, well, He's Just Not That Into You. Don't settle.

My life. Angels & Kings. 3/3/08

2008-03-05T11:34:00.002-05:00

Met up with my buddy Kristin again and went to Ultragrrrl (Sarah Lewitinn)'s book release party-slash-karaoke night at Angels & Kings. Two of my favorite pretty bassists, Mikey Way and Matt Rubano were there. Mikey is so awkward in person and Matt is a fucking riot. Kristin and I both sang.

More pictures here or here.

And yes, I am ridiculously drunk.