So...the AFI concert. I'm not going to go into crazy detail here for 2 reasons.

1 : If you've seen an AFI show then you know there are no words that can truly encompass how remarkable and undeniably amazing they are live.

2 : If you haven't seen an AFI show then you need to. Right now. GO!!

But yea, I was in "my spot" as it has been rightfully named, (on the barricade about six inches right of Jade's mic.) Opening bands were awesome, Scarlet's Grey and then The Loved Ones...definitely made up for the disaster we had in Orlando who went by the name of Johnny Craig...*shudder* Anyways, AFI's set was fantastic; music was spot on, as always, the energy was incredible both from the band and the fans, and the DF was out in full, unbridled force. Some pictorial evidence for you here...











Absolutely stunning. I honestly don't think I have enough adjectives in my vocabulary to describe it all so I'll just leave it at that.

I managed to obtain (finagle) Jade's setlist after the show...


Lead singer of ModernHell took it right off the stage for me (Thank you Alex!! Awesome, hellaXrad job on "Love Is A Many..." btw, you killed it in a totally righteous way!!)

Hung out after the show with the DF fam. I got to talk to Adam again and took what has been dubbed the "cheesy myspace picture."


Stayed even later with a few die-hards and got to meet Davey too. Davey doesn't do pictures but I did get his sig, (even though it looks like he had a mild seizure in the process of signing my CD sleeve.)



Of course Jade's an elusive bastard, (lol, no I love ya man,) so I'll just have to wait until either the summer tour or the next BA show. One way or the other it will be finished, even if I have to wait another 12 fucking years. It's really ok though because that's just one more reason to go to every show possible until I get it completed.

So that's that...amazing band + awesome friends = killer, kick ass night! One more down in the record book. Ciao!

I met Davey Havok.

Yep, I think that about covers it.

Goodnight.



No, really, it was an amazing show (as always,) but seeing as it's 4AM on the dot right now, I will do the whole story thing and pictures tomorrow. For real this time, nighty night!

Today was a fun day. Like seriously fun. I don't think I've laughed as much in the last year, at the very least, as I did today. The following photos are a result of the combined boredom of 3 creative (albeit crazy creative) stylists...




For some oddball reason, I just could not stop laughing. Hmm. It shall remain a mystery.



The finished style...



The aftermath...


And this is why I love my job. Even in our down time we're doing hair and loving every second of it! It's not a chore, it's not just a job...it's life and it's hella fun!! I feel so lucky that in the world we live in, where so many people wake up moaning and groaning, bitching and complaining that they have to go to work, I can honestly say I love what I do. Even at 5:15AM on a Monday morning, when "Torch Song" is blaring from my phone and rousing me (not so gently) from sleep, I am excited...no...thrilled to start my day. Grateful no longer covers it. If pride is a sin I am most certainly going straight to hell...and I'm looking forward to it. (< As long as they have flat irons that is.)

Look Ma, no eyebrows!! Er...well...yea, you know what I mean. Not too bad for the first time around. Definitely needs improvement and some tweaking, but all around the only bad thing was how long it took. And just so it's known, this was done without instruction, without a tutorial, without anything. Inspiration was taken from others that have done butterfly designs of course, but when it came down to it...it was just me, a picture of a Monarch butterfly, and my liquid eyeliner.






I think the edges are way too thick and the colors can be way brighter, but as I said it's not bad for a first go-round. I'll tinker with it when I have more time during the week definitely!

Alrighty, it's back to writing I go. Ciao, (for good today!)

So much for my weekend. It was productive on a professional level, I have to say, but a total bust for what I had planned. I worked Saturday and it was an awesome day, but then I totally forgot I had volunteered to help paint the salon on Sunday. We have a top Redken artist coming in next week for a class so we wanted to spruce up the place. We just touched up nicks and holes, repainted those spots, and then changed the color on two walls to add accent. The plan is to change the base board and crown molding color too, but that has to wait til next weekend. It looks great and the boss took us out to dinner afterward which was nice, but yea, my relaxing day off turned into a paint covered one. Oh well, we did have a bit of fun doing it...no paint fights though, thankfully.

Other than that, there's really nothing new to report. Writing project is going good, makeup is still hella fun, and ONE MORE WEEK til AFI!! Tres exciting!

Well, I'm going to go and enjoy my day off now, I may try that butterfly technique I mentioned in my last post since I have time today. If I do you will hear from me later today with some pictures (minus the furry eyebrows because, as promised, I got them taken care of.) Ciao!

Yes, I know...eyebrows...I am well aware. Ya know, they need to grow out a bit before you can wax them off.

Ok, ok, I will get them done tomorrow at work. I promise.

So I had an awesome "last day" at work. By "last day" I mean that I start my new level tomorrow, as per the promotion I mentioned (and showed a picture of) in the first of yesterday's post. Hella. Speaking of yesterday, I thought I'd add these to the bunch....





Yea, I decided to have fun with color today. Same leopard print concept, but it just goes to show that it's versatile and you can mix it up. I think I'm going to do the tiger print tomorrow for work because it's my favorite, but over the weekend I think I want to try out this cool butterfly technique. I'll post pictures if I do.

So...yea, nothing too exciting going on here that I haven't said already. Obviously I've just been playing with makeup...a lot. My writing project is coming along nicely. It's flowing now and finally getting to where it's almost writing itself. It's like that show ghost writer...words are just appearing on the screen. Magical. It's pretty badass.

Well, with nothing else to report or talk about, I bid you a goodnight. If I think of anything constructive or even something really random, I won't hesitate to post again. Ciao!

As promised, I bring you amazing animal prints...(be forewarned, these are all really, really big pictures as I did not crop them down. So if you click on them you will see me...HELLO...in great, vivid detail. Ugh...I am well aware now that I need my eyebrows waxed. Grr. Oh well, please, please disregard.)







^^So tired of trying to get decent pictures in my horribly lit bathroom at this point, can you tell?



And that is that. I'll post more at a later date. I definitely want to do my 5 color rainbow and get better pictures of my 'vampire/gothic' one, so look forward to seeing those. With that being said and done, I bid you a goodnight for I have work tomorrow. Ciao!!

Neglect...I know and I shall make up for it. Still working on my writing assignment, but I bring you fabulous news and some hella awesome pictures.

Promotion! Booyah bitches! *fist pump*


New hellaXrad makeup technique. (Kinda shitty picture of the actual makeup but kick ass picture of what the colors do for my eyes!) I will be posting more of these as I try new ones.



Saw this beauty on my way home from work yesterday and was just barely able to snap the shot with my phone. Epic win or epic fail?? The jury is still out on this.



I have the day off today, so between my writing I may try some of my new makeup techniques to keep from going crazy. If I do, I will post pictures later on and continue making amends for the severe blog neglect. Two or three posts in one day should do it, yea? Yea. Ciao (for now!)