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I WENT TO FUCKING WARPED TOUR!!!!!!!!! IT WAS SPECTACULAR!!!

yes that is the highlight of todays blog. oh yeah and sorry ive been slacking a bit in the blogging realm. its been what? a week? i dunno but im getting back on track.

warped had to be one of the greatest experiences of my life. i got to meet a ton of small bands and even some big ones. i found some new music that makes me happy and got to meet a delicious hot sweaty man. mmm. i got my shoe signed by cobra starship and all time low. i gave my best friend the happiest day in her life by letting her talk on the phone with every member of all time low. that made me really happy. i was seriously shaking. i also got a hug from cobra starships gabe and victoria complemented me on my shoelaces. and i befriended the we the kings merch guy. those were the highlights of the day probably.

i also got to hear the heavenly tones of we the kings, all time low, cobra starship, the academy is, charlotte sometimes, angels and airwaves, anberlin, and other various bands. it was excellent. cobra starship, we the kings, and all time low were definitly the faves. i had very few dissappointments over the day. we didnt have time to see motion city soundtrack which was sad. and i didnt get travis to sign my shoe even though i chased him down. that was extremely sad. oh and the heat was unbearable. jeans was a bad idea, no matter how amazing they looked. but in the end it was one of the most exciting days of my life.

the night before was an adventure. it was extremely exausting. we all (jennifer, lauren, katie, kelsey, and i) all stayed the night at kelseys house so we could leave early the next morning. kelsey is neighbors with jc who can be a pretty cool kid but jennifer doesnt like him. so at about 1 in the morning everyone snuck out to go see him but jennifer and i stayed back at the house. they ended up coming back at 2 completely drunk. mostly uhm we'll call her howard though. wow she was trashed. i wasnt exactly surprised though. i had a feeling something was up. but i was surprised and extremly dissappointed when uhh bertha came back stumbling and slurring.

i had always thought she was smart enough to stay straightedge and avoid all that crap and peer pressure. shes an extremely strong person who usually knows whats good for her. it made me really upset. whats the world coming to when the strongest person you know gives in to something that is really really stupid? i guess i just have too high of expectations for people. i dunno. but later she told me shes always drank but not often. that upset me too that she didnt even tell me being my best friend and all. but i guess everyone makes mistakes and gets into crap. so im willing to forgive her though in the back of my mind ill always remember how she dissapointed me. it shouldnt get in the way of our friendship though. i wont let it. im sick of losing friends and getting in fights over stupid stuff. so im going to do my best to get this stuff ive written down on this page out of my mind.

back to howard. she is a really really funny drunk. im not gonna lie. shes already a funny person so when you add not having a clue as to what shes doing it makes it hilarious. but then later after the humor was gone, she started throwing up and such. she drinks a lot and can usually hold her alcohol, but i guess it was just a little too much. she had never thrown up before now from it and it scared her to death. she thought she was going to die and she sat there for hours, head over the toilet, not being able to move at all except for the uncontrollable shaking. it was terrible and we all felt for her. so we stayed up until 4ish in the morning holding her hair and caring for her. but we definitly werent going to leave one of our best friends sides. we just dont work that way. we finally got her to go to sleep and got her through the night. she was still buzzed the next day which was pretty amusing but she puked a few times. not so good.

even with all these setbacks it was an exciting few days. i tightened up some friendships, mostly with jennifer. and i loosened one that im thinking might be a good idea to loosen a little bit. no matter how much i hate losing friends. i just hope that everything works out with everything and this soon to start school year will be great and ill always have this excellent memory of warped tour.

love to fans and friends,
ashleyy