Thursday, 31 July 2008

A Dark Knight

I said I'd keep my mouth shut, so here's a picture instead XD
Frankie Jonas is A W E S O M E and so cute :)

I went to see "the Dark Knight" today. After my friend literally forced me XD, no just kidding. But I haven't seen the first movie and I'm not at all interessted in seeing it. Then why would I go and see the sequel ?!?!
I knew this movie would be one of the most spoken of, this whole year because of the sudden death of Heath Ledger. I mean that's the biggest PR 'trick' ever! XD Then I watched the trailer and maybe I felt sorry for Heath or something but I thought Joker was a very interessting character. So I went for it. (I like going to the cinema anyways, I like the smell XD)
ABOUT the movie XD.
I quickly learned why it was a 15-year-rated movie, hö-hö. It was many times when I had to look between my fingers or through my hair. (I'm such a wimp XD) In general I thought it was an alright movie (people starts to throw things at me), I guess I'm just not really into this twisted violent action movies.
I liked the fact that it was not predictable, which relly is the worst about movies. The movie was really twisted, it really made you think how twisted can people get? "How twisted can this Joker guy get?", everytime you think it's enough he comes again and does something worse. At the same time I think the Joker is (kinda) funny and interesting, I'd be really scarred everytime he came on screen because I knew he'd do something crazy like slit someones mouth open. XD Though I felt that the Joker scarred the crap out of me I find his quote "Why so serious?" ironicly appealing. If you don't think about the quote in the context with the Joker. But just otherwise...Why so serious?!
I got very emotional at the ending with the ferries about to bomb each other, OKEJ I'm not going to spoil everything if you haven't seen it. After seeing this movie with all the cruelty and hopelessness, I was surprised by the people actions. It made me feel "Wow there really are hope, people are not all that rotten". But it is the truth right, in a world with all the intrigues and lying, you must believe that people are good because it'll make yourself stay good.

When the movie (finally) was over. I was like "OMG thought the movie would never end!", really there were two times I really thought the movie would end but NO it kept going. But it wasn't like boring (långtråkigt) but I was like what else is going to happen now? Everyone is freakin' dead XD (Okej don't read that, spoiler! XD)

Saturday, 26 July 2008

Imeem-struck

Ops, I totally forgot to blog. XD I've been so "busy" with Imeem and such. XD (I hate that expression, what does...and such really mean?)
I got so caught up on it because I figured out that JB actually wrote comments here and a few days ago I talked to Chelsea Staub (starrs in j.o.n.a.s, minute men). Yes like more than a couple of words!
They've shot 10 J.o.n.a.s episodes and are waiting for the boys to finish their Burning up tour to shoot more episodes. Huh? I got that information directly from the source itself ;) (hoho, bragging)
Plus there's this cool friend tracker too, so you can see comments/blogs (and so on) your friends have made and to whom. (some would say stalking...XD) And for me being online for and more I've gotten more friends, which makes everything more interesting.
So if I haven't posted a blog in 2-3 days, you'll find me on Imeem. XD
www.imeem.com/tiffanysan , check the comments out ;)

So guys, what do you say about the weather huh?! :D Personally I think it's great, I know loads of you think it's uncomfortably hot (even when you've been to Asia where it's at least 30 C everyday...caugh carro caugh) Finally I can work on my tan (doesn't sound like me XD) and I got so depressed with the lousy weather anyway. Maybe soon I can take my first swim this year.
We've planned to go to the beach tomorrow, so get your fingers crossed for warm water! XD (I'll dive in even if it's 10 degress, watch me XD)

I came home from Helsingborg today after being at the festival and all. It was great I really that festival feeling. At some good food and bought cool stuff. The Malmö festival is going to great.
There's just this one thing that annoys me so much on festivals. I know, much people is inevitable but haven't people learned how to walk and behave properly?! You know what, babies doesn't fit in festivals neither does baby carriages! By the stands (where there are most people), you do not suddenly stop and stand still! People constantly walks back and forth by the stands, therefore if you want to stop and talk or whatever, step further away from the stands!

Guess who we saw at the festival? SPONGEBOB !!XD

And about the so random entry about Jonas Brothers and me, earlier. Really I felt that I needed to get it out, it was all the time in my head better to get it out. So that makes up for all the little JB updates on every entry, so now we'll have some JB silence....for a while. (my readers cheers)

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Jonas Therapy

[pre-entry]
I went shopping with my cousin, brother and sister a few days ago. GUESS what I found?!!? the Jonas Brothers CD! It was just by the entrance, I don't know how I could miss it. It wasn't until we were heading out that i saw them. (Why is it mroe expensive than the regular CDs? Regular price at Rocks: 159 kr)

Do you know what I have to get this out of me once and for all. Then I know it's out and I don't have to think of it anymore.
What's up with this major obsession of mine? I'll prove it to you that it is not just some irrational bullshit. XD

Never, never in my life I've been so crazy for a musical artist/band than now. (I guess you can call it a obsession..) Or maybe for anything, or what about Harry Potter? (Oh yeah!) Maybe I'm just that kind of person that needs to have an obsession to stand my pathetic (?XD) life.
[being obsessed and why]
But I don't think I've ever gotten to this extreme kinda level with Harry Potter that I (clearly) gotten with Jonas Brothers. Where you constantly think and needs to see/listen the object of obsession, when you desperately need anything with them on, when you can sit for hours listening/reading about them or just when you constantly need to talk about them.
But then again" Jonas Brothers" and "Harry Potter" are two different things, I do think being "obsessed" with a musical group is easier, because these are living people, living people you can meet, living people you can see new (paparazzi) photos of everyday, living people do interviews and all those things. What's true is that "Harry Potter" was more than just the books, there were movies, video games and so on. Even if the actors of the movies are living people they are not the characters from the book. The characters in the end will not do anything more than what is written about them in the book. Aren't there always this distance between reality and fantasy? Maybe you think all those are not reasons to not be obsessed with a book. I am saying that it is easier to adore something that are living people(especially musicians) with it's own will and face.
(wait, I'm spacing out XD......)

I thought this was kind of a "13 going on 20" (fjortis) phase. I thought it was something that wears off you know, the older you get. But this obsession is bigger than ever (well I am not that old...yet). I never thought I'd get trapped in this boyband phase, because really, I think they are ridiculous! But music evolves and this boyband happens to play and produce music that I like. So in the beginning I was cautiously (XD?) listening to a few songs and just listen to them, you know. Then eventually it became music videos, pictures, interviews then I was lost.... You can blame it all you like on the boys and their looks, but excuse me for being a girl! It's true the boys are gorgeous (I'm not going to lie XD) and in this business image really is everything. I think (know) there are loads of (silly) people listening to Jonas Brothers just because they think Nick is the hottest guy on earth (and that disgust me really). But I, personally, know that there are more than good looks and good voices, because these guys have talent.
[there are more than only good looks?]
You can say I am being subjective because I'm so into them but this is the truth. At the age of 6 Nick Jonas got discovered for singing at a barbershop, at the young age of 10 he writes a song together with his father which would be played at the radio before a record company discovers the young boy. What is so great about Nick is that he has not only a fantastic voice but for being so young he is serious and mature.
This is the song he wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mywZGjkxr6c .The song is about he praying for joy to the world and that every child will have food and warmth and so on, listen to it and you'll see. I was listening to this song one night and found myself being fascinated by the sincerity in his voice and the meaning of the song. When I was 10, most I was concerned about was not having enough of Barbie dolls! (I mean come on)
Then Nick's two older brothers joined and they became Jonas Brothers (Yes they really are brothers!) and they started to write songs together. ALL of their songs are written by the brothers together or themselves seperately, except for the covers they've done. That's one more reason to like them, I mean how can you not like someone that write songs that are, how should I put it, perfection! XD (Disagree, ask the millions of fans they have! ;))
[resaon: caring]
There are thousands of other reasons why I love the Jonas Brothers and I'm not going to torture you with posting them all on here (maybe I'll make a seperate entry for that..XD). But one of the major reasons is that they care, they care about their family, they care for their fans, they care for the environment (Tiffany screams out loud), they care for their co-workers. They care genuinly, you may ask how the hell I know that. I have my methods and if I tell you the amount of time I put down for JB you'll get scared....and I've met them remember? ;)

The Jonas family is one of the tightest you'll ever see, the 6 of them (dad, mum, Kevin, Joe, Nick and little Frankie) always travels together. On their never ending tours (like WYLMITE tour going on Europe tour with Avril going on Burning up tour) they are always together on the bus tours. The family always gets their own bus. They love their mum, they are really good older brothers to Frankie and their Dad is even their manager.
What is really awesome with the Jonas Brothers is that they are really grounded and thankful, despite the bullet fast success and millions of crazy fans, they stay grounded. I think it's a sign of a well-balanced loving family. They even have a motto that says: Live at the bottom even if you are at the top.
[reason: caring for fans]
Jonas Brothers knows ,and keeps reminding us, that it is the fans that have made all this happen and without them they wouldn't do all the things the do now. (You think: And you bought this crap? NO they really mean it) I know all musicians says they love their fans but I don't know if they really mean it, Jonas Brothers does. Everything they do they do for the fans.
-When they did the Hannah Montana tour and the tickets sold out in 10 seconds and they knew that loads of fans didn't have a chance to buy tickets, they did smaller secret shows after the tour to make up for the fans.
-They always make sure that the real fans gets the best spots on shows, by saving those tickets for only fans to buy.
-When their shows get sold out, they always try to get more seats or even put in extra shows.
-They never reject a chance to do meet and greets, because they love to meet the fans in person, at the meet and greets they always meet at least hundreds of fans and they can stay for 2 hours in front of their hotel or leaving a show to give autographs and take pictures with the fans.
-They greet warmheartedly every single fan that shows up (my own experience) with hugs, handshakes and they always ask how you are. Which make you feel so welcome and appreciated. WHY? Because they love their fans.

What kind of fan am I?
I've stated how I felt when meeting them for real (on previous entries) and that I behaved like some random fan. Why didn't I scream, why didn't I faint? Why didn't I...
I've reflected on all those things (oh believe me, I have) and came to the conclusion that (first of all) that all people reacts differently and that instead of being in love with the boys (you know I can say that I think Joe is drop-dead gorgeous and blablaba but I've never really like crushed on them. All those "Mrs Nick Jonas" and "JoeIsMyMan" are just kinda silly) I've cared for the boys and I haven't realized that until I've actually met them.
Before I've always been so anxious about the expanding fanbase and false fans and all that but now I've changed drastically. What I care about is the boys really, that they get all the support and that every show they do are as awesome as for the fans. I wish them all happiness and I hope that they keep doing the things they love.
I love listening to their songs because they make me feel so happy and ecstatic, that all I want to do is sing and dance. I love seeing the boys, everything from interviews, commercials or musicvideos because they always have such energy and they can be very serious but at the same time hilarious.
Jonas Brothers makes me happy and why would I refrain from something that make me feel good?

OBS: I do have proof for every statement I did in this entry and if you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you ;)

Saturday, 19 July 2008

Do you want me to blog about how to comment blogs?

Guys, you know what? I do check my blog (almost) everyday to check up comments and so on, why don't I post a new entry then? Well, I feel it's kinda a waste of the previous entry to post a new one when the previous haven't got any comments yet. (Did you follow that? XD)
Haha, is it because you know I'll eventually post a new one anyway. XD
But IF you for some reason read any of my entries please comment. I know some of you think commenting is difficult because you don't know what to write or you're embarrassed to write because you think my readers or I would judge you? XD I will definitely NOT and I wouldn't think my other readers will either because face it they're not that many XD (Hö-Hö) (Do you want me to blog about how to comment a blog?! XD)
You know what, I'll be really happy even if you just leave a smiley and your name as a comment because then I know you've read it and it makes me more motivated to write or think of new things to write about. But I do love all of you who keeps reading and commenting. Tiffany loves YOU.

Haha, I really do want to go back to Jonas blogging XD. There are still so much to say...but I'll wait! So I don't bore you guys to death with the ever ongoing Jonas Brothers. JUST ONE THING, Kattis this is for you XD. I found this video ages ago but still thinks it's funny and really good. It describes the brothers very well and Joe is being hilarious! (We've missed that!)
Okej here goes; Behind the scenes of shooting the Burning Up music video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfQiw9WReA&feature=related while you're at it why not watch some of my youtube videos. XD Tell me what you think, because I'm having doubts now. I'm really not that good and I don't know what I thought when getting a Youtube. I've got some ideas to improve my videos but I don't know if it's worth the bother, maybe I'll just cancel everything and go back to my blogging?

Can you believe it? It is less than a month (a month minus 1 day) now until school starts again! For once I thought summer break would pass slower when I have all these things to do, but no one month left and I still have loads of things to do. (Do I? Have to check the list again)
I'm learning how to play "I Gotta Find You" from Camp Rock, it is not how Joe plays it but I think it's pretty good verision. Have to work on it more though. I really want to upload vids of me playing "Kung-Fu grip"," Hey There Delilah" or "Eternity". Which one do you prefer the most? XDI've been playing them for so long now (a couple fo weeks? XD) and I have to play new songs in order not get bored, huhu.

Huhu, I took this picture when hiking with my class in the woods somewhere XD The sign says: Living Children.... XD

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

About the list..

The list of Summer promises (copied from previous entry)

-Read at least 2 books (eventually Twilight, Harry Potter och Dödsrelikerna?)
still reading one..(The Body in the Library-Agatha Christie) XD
-Learn new songs on the guitar (All-american rejects, Hey There Delilah the whole song, Camp rock songs?) Any requests? XD
Kung Fu grip and Hey there Delilah are actually pretty decent now. I also just started to learn I Gotta Find You (Camp Rock). All american rejects? feels waaay in the future XD
-Learn the "Hey the Delilah" lyrics properly (!)
I think I know the words now, I mess it up sometimes but I know the words now. I'll post it someday and you'll see yourself XD
-Upload new video(s) to the blog
Does concert videos count? XD
-Get a youtube account
Yes I did! www.youtube.com/thatmandy
-Make tutorial videos and co-op with Therese! (Therese!)
looks a bit dark right now. I'll work on the tutorial but the co-op we'll have to wait and see
-Redo the walls of my room
DONE! I'll show you some time..;)
-Print out photos
After London I think..
-Get present for a friend
I made her one, she was really happy :D
-Blog at least every other day
Hhmmmm, how was that coming? XD
-Get a proper tan (t-shirt tan, so embarrassing..)
Working on it!
-Ride bike around whole Malmö
Meks! Call me! XD
-Look through all the school application brochures/booklets and decide my future
I did look through them, not very properly. Need to be redone.

List of important dates: XD
16/6- Start summer working
This went pretty well I think :D
17/6-Release of Camp Rock soundtrack (can I wait until U.K? XD)
Yes I can
20/6- Going to Göteborg (Camp Rock premiere in US, Carro going to Vietnam )
Had a really fun time
23/6-Watch Camp Rock! [new]
Rushed over to Therese's to watch, the songs are awesome!
26/6- AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, JB in Copenhagen (more screaming)
O-M-J, first time seeing them. So unreal
28/6- IIIIIIHHH once again, JB in Stockholm (loads of more screaming)
It was just INSANE! The best day of my life, Kattis you're the best! :')
2/7- Premiere of Narnia; Prince Caspian (and I am going!)
Höhö, actually really good. :D
14/7 Last day of work
I didn't want to leave, I swear.
14/7- The cousins from France are coming
Yup, they are here. :D
29/7-"Tonight", JB new song off the new record premieres on iTunes!
Means I'm getting it on Youtube XD
2/8-Me and Meikei going to London!



Insane I tell you, INSANE!

Monday, 14 July 2008

When Youtube didn't made the cut

Haya, just uploading some more videos. This video, annoyingly, couldn't be uploaded onto my Youtube due to reasons yet unknown. *angeeerrr*
Anyway this is a short clip of JB performing Goodnight and Goodbye at the Annex in Stockholm 28th June.

And this video is taken only because of Elin, I know you're sad that you couldn't go to one fo the concerts but there you ahve a clip of Avril playing Complicated.
(I do think it's pretty funny that there are so few people waving their hands even though Avril waved hers. Well, it came to mind that those must be the parents XD)

Sunday, 13 July 2008

AWESOMENESS!

I wasn't thinking of blogging today, or at least not right now but something came up and I just have to. I haven't been Jonas surfing for a while, I searched on the Burning up tour on youtube and watched a couple of videos, the new songs and so on.
I found some videos on their Burning Up performance on the Summerfest in Milwaukee (spelling?) and Nicks accidently drops his mic. from the stage and has to jump down to fetch it, when he comes up the mic. won't work so Joe had to improvise (putting his mic. to the audience for them to sing XD) and later go on solo until the end. Luckily it was near the end. How many mistakes are the boys going to do on the Burning Up tour? XD I'm kinda jealous of the fans on those concerts, I wan't to see them make mistakes too. XD But I also feel to bad for some of them, I've seen so many videos where the videoshooter sits like 500 metres away from the stage and have to zoom in just to see the TV screen they're on, I mean that's really sad. Here I am standing in the front row and everything, feel kinda spoiled. XD (or just very lucky XD)
The new songs are SO awesome, especially Love bug, Can't have you and BB Good. The new CD is gonna kill me, literally. I haven't really thought of the new CD until now, gosh I'm excited. XD

Okej here's the main reason why I wrote this entry: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/jonas2.html Burning Up music video on HIGH DEFINITION! OMJ, I thought I'd pass out XD The video the JoBros have on their youtube is NOTHING against these. They are insane! You see everything!
(Kattis this is for you really..XD)


Well when I'm on it I'll tell you about yesterday. Me and a friend decided to have a girls night, we've came up with the idea a while ago but now we finally got it running. We had like hundred ideas. XD
So around noon saturday I took the bike to her house and we lay in the yard and talk for some hours. I really want to get rid of my t-shirt tan you know! (EW!) Then we went to supermarket to by food for the dinner we were making ourselves. XD We decided to make a wok, I'm sure you have all the prejudice just because I'm a chinese I do wooks all the time, NO I've actually never done a wok before and yesterday was the first time. XD I think it went kinda ok, it didn't look veyr but the taste wasn't all that bad. :D Because the thing was she had never done it before either. XD (Yes way to go! XD)
After dinner we pulled out our guitars (she recently got one and she wanted me to teach her something), I just explain soem thing and I eventually taught her how to read tablets. we started instead looking at photos and that took hours, it was really surprising that we've done much stuff together. I've almost forgot it all. Then we watched Devil wears Prada (totally a must!) and we ate nuts and strawberries instead of all that junkfood. (Had I something to do with it..?) XD
Then we realized we had tons of things we'd planned to do but haven't done yet. We did some facial masks, ahha so much fun, then we put on 27 Dresses and did our nails. (remind me to write about the movie later...) After that I basically went to sleep right on the spot. XD

Friday, 11 July 2008

A Kindergarden story

I think it's time for my Kindergarden stories now, my friend and I (who also worked at the kindergarden) found out that we could just sit and talk about the kindergarden for hours. XD Kinda crazy, are there really so much to say? XD

Story one and the never ending one.
What's up with the name TI-FFA-NY? I tell you what's up it waaaaaay to hard for kids to remember or pronounce (not mentioning the adults). I remember the very first day when this cute middle-eastern (political incorrect, ops!) 6 year old boy [Shayaan] comes up to me and asks me in a perfect Swedish accent: What's your name? Tiffany I said, in the clearest I could. He frowned and put his head a bit on the side and said "skifanny?", like what's that? XD
I don't think any kid in my department really knew my name but one of the teachers. The other teachers were like: You or (the best) that girl. In the beginning I thought it was kinda okej that they didn't know my name or pronounced it wrong, but in the end it really ot to my nerves.
Examples:
Stephanie [ste-fa-nee] (MOST popular, I think they called me more Stephanie than my actual name)
Stiffany (Shayaan always called me this)
Stefani [steh-fa-nee] (like the swedish Stefan with an I, the other summer interns annoyed me with this..)
Teacher (mahahha felt so grown-up)
Mamma (always cool when the smaller children called you mum XD)

I sometimes wished I just had a bloody simplier name, like Emma or Anna. XD I had to like test the children all the time with saying "What's my name? What's my name" everytime they wanted something. So this last week Stephanie was fine by me, I didn't care anymore. It was funny that the people who remebered my name, like the other summer interns and the man working in the kitchen and how they had to remind the other teachers or kids what my name was. So annoying. XD
Therefore I felt extra spiteful when I heard a kid call my friend "Ingrid", her name is Therese.....XD So I made fun of her for that with the children and so on, I think it was then she started to mock me with Stefan. (Haha)

Story two, the guessing age game
Guessing ages are always fun with children, one breakfast one of the teachers asked them how old they thought she was, they were like; 13! 19! Huhu, she was 41.
I think it was the third week when Shayaan asked me how old I was and I told him to guess. He was like: Hmmm, 30! I laughed so hard. XD He was really serious though and I said I'm not that old I'm eighteen, then he replies that his father was 50. I was like OK, I am not only 20 years younger than him. XD

Story three, the singing
It was after the concerts, the second week, when I couldn't think of anything but the Jonas Brothers. Whenever I got bored looking after the smaller children (watch them play) I started to sing JB songs, out loud, to entertain myself, it was very comforting and made me less bored. Later on I started to sing(JB songs) when I was drawing with the older kids (older; 3-6 years) and then it began singing whenever the teachers were not there and later it became whenever I felt like it. XD
My friend was like "Tiffany STOP!" Why? Am I embarrassing you? She was like: Are you so obsessed?! or I have had it with your Jonas Brothers obsession. Haha so in the end I just sang just to annoy her.

Story four, it's rubbing off !
I don't know if you have noticed but the longer you be around kids you slowly become one yourself. I swear, on the last week, the four of us (the summer interns) acted all childish; mocking the kids, throwing balls at each other, play around on the mattress and so on. (Muahah) It is as I said you can act all silly and nobody reall cares, because they will act silly back. XD Those times were great fun, I think it's because I really missed it.

I also told you about the seeing Narnia, I'll not spoil for you if you haven't seen so I'll write this in black colour, highlight if you have seen Narnia: Prince Caspian or just want to know the story.
Even in the very beginning when Caspian met the Pevensies and saw Susan I thought something was going on and thought that was really funny. So everytime it was a Caspian and Susan moment I was all giggly, like some six year old but I couldn't help it! I even made up a joke about Susan saying to that glasseye boy back in the real world; Sorry I already have a boyfriend (referring to Caspian) and whispered that to my sister. Then in the kissing scene, yeah you know I laughed but NOBODY else did. XD
Why? I don't know really, I can only guess that I was acting like a kid and thought those things were funny. Kinda silly when I look back at it, fun but silly. XD



You can not believe how many kids liked "Cars", everyone had t-shirts, jumpers, bikes, toys everything! XD I've seen the movie, it's nothing special. XD
The day I had my camera with me, this one kid had this t-shirt (picture 2) and I thought that itwas like some crazy destiny, haha XD If you don't read the second line, WHAT do you get? :D *Tiffany get's overexcited, Therese thinks I'm really silly. XD*
secret message XD: How come I think of you all the time, STOP IT!

EXTRA (!): It was this day I started to listen to my normal music again (maybe not started but could listen to it). Ever since 26th June I couldn't listen to something else than Jonas Brothers (barely even Camp Rock!), everything else was liek shit in my ears. XD But today I somehow could lsiten to Guilty pleasure-Cobra Starship and thought it was pretty decent. XD
26th June-11 July JB fast, healthy for me :D (or not....)

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

JB FREE entry.....

Okej, I will try my hardest to make this a Jonas Brothers free entry, but can not promise anything. XD My life keeps on rolling, with unsually much emotions and Jonas. Can't help my freakin' hormones , they really are horrible!

My work at the kindergarden is coming to an end and I am not lying when I say that it's sad. This is my very first, you know, real real work (the mail-commercial delivery doesn't count XD) and it have been quite an experience. I never wanted to work with children before, thought it was creepy, you know kids they scream and run and drool you down. I've never really been with small children either, my brother and sister were babies ages ago and my cousins doesn't really live here so. But when I started it felt alright, it was not that bad. You get really attached to them eventually and I keep wondering how they will be when they grow up. I think I've had this image in my head of children being annoying and..icky but most of them are really cute and funny. You try your hardest to not make any favoruites bu in the end you can not fight it anymore. XD Huhu, personally I had one kid he looked just like Joe (Jonas) when he was a kid, SOOO CUUTTE. XD But then he went on vacation and then automatically I got a new one, I don't how it happens but it just does. XD

I think I've gotten like happier working with kids (hhhmmm can be questioned, who else is there? XD), they are so full of life and they are so untroubled. Everything is so new for them and they are just happy to learn about new things and they don't have any prejudices to mess with their head, they're so free. And for me it's amazing how they trust in me and how they in the smallest way show affection to me, it makes a person happy. Because in this cruel world of adults showing trust or affection is SO hard.
Being in the kidergarden have been like a escape from the real world, here you can act all silly and nobody cares you can act all bossy and nobody cares. It's great goofing around with kids, really.

About the funny stories, another time I swear by back is aching form sitting here too long. XD

Me and Sara making or own shakes! :D

Sunday, 6 July 2008

Youtubeness!

This is Jonas Brothers playing "When You Look Me In The Eyes" from the concert in Stockholm 28th June. I uploaded this on my youtube also, www.youtube.com/thatmandy but this is without the watermark thing and a bit higher quality. :D Enjoy!

Uploading videos here takes soo much less time than on youtube, so here you go Jonas Brothers playing "Take On Me" also from the concert in Stockholm. *it's not me singing in the end....!*

Back to reality life....just not yet

I was kinda relieved when I was finished with the whole JB concerts blogging and was happy to go back to some regular blogging but then this comes up, right. XD Their "Burning Up" tour just started and I feel so lucky I've met them and seen them play in (a lot!) smaller venues, because when I see how they play for like thousands of people it feels distant you know, even in the same room. ANYWAY!
Their new tour seems incredibly awesome, you can really see that they've become so big and just the closeness of their whole band it's awesome.
I've seen some of the new songs they performed in their opening concert in Toronto, it just hit me how mature they've become and so has their sound, like in Can't have you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJyx7lu0whI. It feels like they can make music in a wider range and not retricted to disney-pop and I'm really happy for them. I've also found Love bug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naNkpCGQUvA and Video girl (this song is awesome!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4DMKODNIXs. Just now I found Be be good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B4OUnmH89o. Muhaha, they have a whole entourage on stage now XD They also did a cover of Shania Twain's "Gotta getcha good", it's so cute :D

OKEJ FAST RECAP:
I've been working most of the time from Mondays to fridays, from eight to three. I have some funny stories, save it for later ;)

The JB group (we who went to the Copenhagen concert) and I went and saw Narnia: Prince Caspian this wednesday. I think it's actually really good, I just haven't thought much of it I'll get back to you about my conviction but I know one thing for SURE: Skandar is so damn hot! :D:D Everytime Edmund came into the screen I was like "EEEEDD!" and waved my hand. Man he's awesome. MAHHAAA Caspian make me laugh so hard especially with....Susan. XD Okej I don't want to spoil anything in case you haven't seen it. It was kinda in the end and it was a "Caspian and Susan moment" and I couldn't help myself letting out a big laugh like "HHHHHAAAAAA" and to my surprise no one else thought it was funny.XD It was dead quiet and I let out this loud laugh and immediately I put hands on my mouth. I would have been pretty embarrassed if it wasn't dark. XD

The JB group and I have also had a great time making our own Burning Up video, it is awesome I tell you!

I've also finally made a Youtube account, (woohoo! I hear from Therese) I haven't uploaded anything yet but I will as soon as possible. Hang in there! And thanks again for all the support, I love you all! :D


STOCKHOLM! If I only knew how to go back in time...

the JB evidence..

I've uploaded all my best pictures from both the JB concert into my photobucket, click on the sidebar for the ones in Copenhagen or the ones in Stockholm (includes the CD signing). The photos are not in a chronological order, it just became that way, sry! XD
Besides those photos I have a couple more, if you are interested just let me know ;)

The link: http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/ravenclawbeauty/Jonas%20Brothers/

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Jonas and Me; episode II, Stockholm

28 June 2008 (ATTENTION, very long post skip to the signing part 2b and the meeting for the most interesting)

My Stockholm plans are as follow; (if you don't know them already) coming up to Stockholm the same day as the concert then sleep at a friend's house and taek the train back home the day after. For real it is her that made all this happen and I love her forever! KP (L).

Part 1: On the train
My train, as said, left kinda early in the morning 8.11, luckily my dad could give me a ride. I had only a backpack as luggage and I knew that I was going to drag around with it the whole day on the CD signing and all that so I tried to pack as minimalistic as possible. I was really glad I did take with me my iPod and one book or else I'd die in boredome. A little more than 6 hours, is the time it takes to take this (cheap) train from Malmö to Stockholm.
I didn't know that they would have a CD signing(not even the store knew back then, bought like 4 months ago XD) when I bought my tickets so I thought arriving at 13.20 would be a perfect time to get in line. Later on I learned about th CD signing which I first absolutely didn't think was true, only a rumour, but it was true and the time for me to get there would be very tight. So I hoped on all the higher powers that it wouldn't be late or anything. Well of course I couldn't have the cake and eat it right ? (XD!) We were 15 minutes too late because we had to wait for a delayed connecting train. ARRGHH! I hoped or wished there wouldn't be much people knowing about the signing!

Part 2a: The Signing
Luckily my friend knew a shortcut, I mean I'd been to the place before but it would have taken me at least 20 minutes to get there. From a distance we already saw people in line. My friend was surpirsed seeing all the people standing there, it was still more than one hours left. We came from the north side (of picture 2) so we walked passed the entire line, we kept walking and walking but the line seemed to never end. Finally when we turn around the corner there's an end. First we stood in line along the building, but the cafés there were so angry at us standing in the way for their costumers, so the guards told us to cross the road and wait on the other side. (oppurtunity to cut in line! XD)

Deciphering the picture: The red boxes is the line, as far as I saw anyway, it was probably way longer. XD The big black box it the whole building with the restaurants and stores. The blue box is the CD store the signing was held in, the cross is the entry.

While queueing (spelling?) on the other side some norwegian girls came up to us , they asked (I think XD) us what numbers we had. Apparently people who bought the CD (the Swedish verision of "Jonas Brothers" don't have Year 3000 nor Kids of the future, MADNESS!) today got a number on their hands in order of their turn of buying the CD. And the norwegian girls made it sound like only the people with numbers could get in or at least they thought it was their right to stand in front of us. We didn't have any weird numbers since I already have the CD! My friend started to go further back in the line and I was like NO WAY, unless the guards or anyone tells me to move back I wouldn't. I asked my friend to go down in the store and ask the employers about the numbers and wouldn't move one bit until anything was confirmed. In the mean time I asked two girls behind me how they got the numbers and what they knew about it. I told her I didn't buy the CD because I already have it and she was replied in this really silly way: "It's always nice to have two copies right" and she turned to her friend and laughed.
OMG never in my life I've felt more wrong placed, these girls were AWFUL! They're so fourteen-year-old (eww)! It was not just those two girls, I soon found out that the whole queue was full of them, uuuhh! XD I was like standing all cool and grown-up (huhuhu...), becasue I had the 'real' CD (even the bonus verision) and already seen them. They were all like" OMG, is SOS on this CD?" "OMG, my English is not so good what if they dont understand me" "Do I look okej? I mean I'm gonna meet THEM" and loads more silly things. They were screaming for every car coming up the street, like the Jonas Brothers were arriving in some old red volvo, come on! So when these silly girls went out from the line to look at the cars that didn't contain the Jonas Brothers it was all for me to step into their spaces. XD

The clock was ticking and we started to get closer and closer to each other making the queue a bit shorter, which meant we coming closer the entry. XD They went on saying silly things and screaming for every car and singing SOS and so on.
The guards came up to us and said that only the ones with CDs were allowed in the store, and that means the new CD (like someone here got the old one!) but also the american verisions. So my plan with giving the posters to my friend to sign (for my friends) kinda went into the dumpsters. In order for my friend to even come in with me was that she had to go and buy a CD, which she did and I can still not thank her enough for that.
The clock became 15.00 and passed. I think it was around 20 minutes past 3, some girls came running and said they'd took pictures of the real Jonas Brothers. Eventually the queue started to move and I can't believe the calm I felt, it was like Copenhagen all over again. When we finally came down to the store, they have these windows right and you could totally see Kevin, Nick and Joe standing in there signing. Most of the girls were so stunned or something they just stood there drooling in front of the window. XD The guard was like "Are you going to get a CD signed or are you just going to stand there?" It was here me and my friend went passed at least 10 girls in the line, I was like HO-HO-HO!

Part 2b: The meeting
As said before the guards were really grumpy and my friend told me (she goes to these CD signings in this CD store all the time), that they didn't allowed fans to take pictures with the artists, they were only allowed signing for one thing-the CD, you were not allowed to hug them. SO I got all scared up that I wouldn't be able to take autographs for my sister and friends. I gave one of the posters to my friend just in case the guards didn't say anything.
They let us in in groups like 7-10 in each group then we got things signed and then the next group went in, really weird and which made Kevin, Nick and Joe have moments they didn't sign or hugged anyone, WASTE OF TIME!
CAUTION for the rest of this story I have A LOT of memory gaps so the things I write is NOT the enitre story!

We came into the store and immediately I felt weird again, like blank. Maybe I was shaky, maybe I was not but I think I was a bit excited though. I finally met Big Rob, looking bigger in person. XD There was this small little girl just before me (maybe 8 years or something) and Kevin said to her in the kindest way "Ah nice to meet you again" and had to bent down really low to hug her. (so cute!)
The 3 minutes to come are VERY vveerrrry blurry, I guess instead of crying and screaming you know my brain just shut everything down making me forget everything.
I first talked to Kevin (he gave me the best hug I've ever had). My sister had drawn 2 pictures of them (really good I swear, link: http://shadowswolfsbane.deviantart.com/art/Jonas-Brothers-sketch-89535092 ), one of them to sign and give back (link: http://shadowswolfsbane.deviantart.com/art/My-Pride-and-Joy-90164874) and one for them to keep. I told Kevin that this was for them (I'm most positively sure that I told them that it was from my sister XD) and he said (this I remmeber) AH, cool! and then (this is confirmed by a short blurry video my friend took for me, which I totally have forgotten) he took the drawing over to the end of the table and put it in some box thing, this was the same time as I moved over to Nick. Nick first shook hands with me and asked how I was (which I don't have a single glimpse of memory from, confirmed by video). Don't remember that I answered or anything but I remember that told him that they had a awesome show in Copenhagen and I don't think he answered me (or maybe he did and I just can't remember). Then I moved over to Joe and this was the same time as Kevin reached this part of the table and put my sister drawing under the table, MAYBE Kevin said something to Joe because Joe moved his head to watch the drawing as Kevin put it down. Then I saw that Joe had my CD closed (they signed on the second page) and I asked him if he had signed it. He was kinda confused and opened it and confirmed that it he had (maybe he said yes or something I can't remember). I also took a picture, hmm when was that?....The chronological order in this part is indeed very incorrect, the same as it is in my head. XD
I took the CD or maybe Joe gave it to me and I went away, took a while to figure out the exit and then there was two girls (women?) giving us a JB poster each I remember I was so happy and I don't think I've ever said "AAw, thank you so much" more happily than I did back then. When I came out reality slapped my face and I was back again.
*Kattis what happend in Stockholm stays in Stockholm, right ;). Nick gives awesome pats doesn't he girls? XD*

Part 3: The concert
We came to the Annex (Globen) after 16.00 and we saw that the queue was divied in two halfs, why? First the one from the entry with the fence thing and then there was a open space between them and a smaller queue of people sitting on the ground. I didn't get anything but quickly we stood behind the first queue. I don't know why there was a open space there and I don't think I ever will learn why either, but that was the HUGE save for standing close to the stage, because I didn't count on standing close since we went to the signing and it was only 2 hours until the opening and I thought I already been so close to them in Copenhagen. (Boy I was wrong)
We waited and saw the one JB fan showing up after the other, it occasionally rained but it was ok. Then they opened the doors, there were 3 doors and everyone was like all jammed into the nearest door and we went to the one furthest away and went in quickly, they basically just asked if we had any bottles or hairspray and such. Then we came to these gate thing you had to insert your ticket in order for them to open, there was this girl in front of me looking all confused "How do you do this thing?" I was like maybe it's the other side, because the bar code was on that side. XD Then we ran over to the wardrobe to get my backpack in, luckily it went pretty fast (we were one of the first in so) and we ran into the stage room in excitement and the guard yelled at us to stop running and walk! And we walked. XD There were already people sitting in the first row by the fences.
The stage in the Annex was a lot wider than in the KB hall so there was still room in the very front but on the sides and I decided quickly I'd rather stand in the second row than in the first on the sides. When we came there a girl came to us and told us to sit down so that it wouldn't be a such pressure already from the begining, which was actually smart. We sat down and started to talk to the 2 JB fans in front of us, they were pretty okej at least they were more real fans than those back in the signing, they had made t-shirts for the Jonases and even Frankie and they had taken pictures with Greg Garbo. I was like me too and I've also taken a picture with him! Like some hypocrite, don't know if they believed me or not because then one of the girls showed me the picture of her and Greg. But what was really cool was that they made room for me to stand by the fence, it was really nice of them (and I never thanked them!:( )

Just before 19.30 we started a "JO-NAS JO-NAS" and it was loads better than the one in Copenhagen even some us in the front screamed "GAR-BO GAR-BO" but that died out pretty quickly but what was really funny was when the band came out, Greg was like running to the front of the stage and hold his hand behind his ear and like listened to us and we screamt Greg as loudas we could. I'm so happy for him. :D
Then Jonas Brothers came in and the crowd went completely wild. Never in my life I've felt so happy. The crowd was so energetic, we sang really loud and we had just this great enthusiasm, it was awesome. It showed on the faces of expecially Joe that he could feel our energy and the support, he was really happy too. He glanced over at Jack all the time like "Man, look at these fans!" In the middle of Take on me I notice that Big Rob came out and sat on the stair thing just in front of me. Then I figured out why, Joe suddenly jumped up on one of the stair things and into the fans, sadly a couple of metres away from us. It was awesome anyway :D And before When you look me in the eyes (or maybe was it SOS? XD) Nick started to talk and saying this have been a awesome tour and touring with Avril was great and then this next song... Then I screamt the loudest as I could WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES, everyone was like quiet and I screamt all that I could, don't know if Nick hear me though XD. Then they played WYLMITE and just in the end of the song Joe takes up this really HUGE Sweden flag and starts to wave it. OH MY JONAS that was incredibly awesome! And in the end you could just see the happy faces of Joe, Kevin and Nick and you feel that this is all I need. XD Nick threw out his tie and I took it! No just kidding, I would have literally died then but some JB fans got them and screamed. Kevin also threw away some guitar picks and I saw some of them landing on the other side of the fence. All in all it was just so awesome and perfect, I got some really great photos and I was in the very front! How insane is that? Only that those people pushed on to us so hard, it really hurt sometime and I tried to push them back, also when we jumped everyone was like jumping as one person because it was so packed with people in the front.

When JB went out we wanted to get out, the two girls we talked to asked the guard in front us to lift us over the fence so that we could go away. He did, can you imagen I haven't been lifted up by someone since I was like 2 years old! (It was insane how the people pushed when someone left the place!) This was really creepy, I was so scared that he wouldn't be strong enough to lift me and like drop me, but he didn't. XD Anyhow my kees and leg hit the fence while I was lift up and screaming of fear. When I was lift over I bent down to look if any of Kevins guitar picks was there but the gurd took me and led me out from the crowd. I didn't realize that I hit the fence so hard because when I came back to my friend's house I had some ugly bruises on my knees and now most of them have gone away, only leaving a 11cm long bruise on my right leg (yes I mesured it!) It's pretty ugly!

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS PICTURE?! I took this photo! It's insane!

Read about us (OBS in Swedish): http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1214511/jonas-brothers-skapade-hysteri