What I'm Looking Forward To

I've been ridiculously busy and stressed out with a whole bunch of B.S. I feel like I've grown up in a few months, weeks, even days. I'm learning while I'm struggling and trying my best to find the best solution for my parents and I. I never thought searching for an apartment can be so difficult; especially in Los Angeles when in 2007 it was so easy when I moved there two weeks after graduating from high school. That's why I haven't put the effort into blogging as I was determined to when I first started it in November. So, I apologize for not updating but I'm back for good.

Any who, April should be a very good interesting month for me. My 20th birthday is coming up, which I'm so stoked for... I'm not sure about going to New York City now because I want am going to London to see Michael Jackson LIVE for the first night of his "This Is It" tour. I'd rather save my pennies for London than going to NYC again within five months. I might see Britney Spear's "Cirus" concert in L.A on my birthday, April 17th. Have you seen those videos from her tour? Badass, I don't care if she's lip-synching; she's dope. I'll also be relocating back to L.A to complete my school in Southern California by the end of this month or early April. I'm looking forward to returning, it should be a good year for me. 

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention. The Italian designer Valentino and his long-time business partner and love have been taping "The Last Emperor" for nearly two years. Once you watch the trailer, you'd be blown away how he's so hands on with his pieces. It's pretty fascinating to see an older designer being so focused on his collections like if it was his first. Check their website out to see when it'll be coming to a major city near you!




P.S. I've been running in 5" heels since 9AM... I don't think my doctor would be happy with this. lol

The Best Day of My Life

I wanted for Friday(2/13) for a week or so and it was totally worth the wait! I was being a brat the past week because I wasn't able to find anything I actually loved for the show, but once I arrived I did not care. I was there for Kanye West as the true fan that I am. So, my cousin and I had lunch at Kitchen 24 that day.. And let me tell you, k24 is SO good. I'm actually pretty picky about restaurants because I'm afraid of not liking it. But this is my new spot in Hollywood! It's cute, cheap, good customer service and good sweets! (Kitchen 24 is the restaurant that's always on Daddy's Girls on MTV.)

YES, KANYE WAS LEAVING THE BUILDING.. SO HE HAD TO PASS BY ME... HE WAS SHAKING FAN'S HANDS... AND LOOKED AT ME, SMILED AND SHOOK MY HAND. HE HELD MY HAND FOR A GOOD 4 SECONDS! I WAS SHAKING SOOO MUCH THAT I BEGAN TO GET HOT. I WAS PLANNING ON NEVER WASHING MY RIGHT HAND BUT I FORGOT THE NEXT MORNING.... KANYE TOUCHED ME! HE NOTICED ME. MY DREAMS CAME TRUE!

It's soooo much to type out, so I just copied what a fan wrote on a forum who was also there.


Some notable highlights :

1. Kanye constantly talked to the audience, on camera and off. Perhaps most heartbreaking of all, though, was his story about getting the cold shoulder by Thom Yorke during the Grammys. Before Radiohead's performance, Kanye had the chance to meet up with Thom backstage. He went up to him and said, "Hey I'm a huge fan of your music." Thom didn't seem to care much. Then Kanye said, "I write music!". Thom replied, "Yeah, I've heard of you," and walked away without saying anything else. Kanye was heartbroken. "When they performed, I sat the fuck down," he said.

2. Kanye became very emotional when talking about his mother. He noted that Dr. Jan Adams (the doctor who operated on Donda) is now finishing a book that covers the event. Obviously pretty angry, Kanye stated, "My mom....probably wouldn't want me to be in jail right now....for KILLING A MOTHERFUCKER." Very powerful moment.

3. If anything, Kanye was absolutely hilarious, always talking back and forth with the band + audience, making jokes, sharing opinions on different things. At one point he was blowing his noise during a quick break and said, "I don't do cocaine... there's just a shit load of mucus in my noise." *audience laughed* "I actually don't do drugs..." *10 second pause* "......I do watch porn, though." Everyone was cracking up as he went into a brief narration on the beauty of Brazilian porn lmao. He was definitely having a good time-- when he wasn't performing, he was smiling, laughing, and actively talking.

4. During his story on the making of "Paranoid," he explained how everytime he listens to the song, he wishes he could have added some vocal harmonies to the final product. During the song's final minutes, he began demonstrating those harmonies via auto-tune along with the back-up vocalists. I have to admit, it was pretty damn cool.

5. As Kanye was getting ready for another take, someone in the audience yelled "Happy Valentines Day Kanye!". He laughed, then said something like, "You must be in London time or something."

6. Even when the camera wasn't rolling, Kanye was an extremely gracious person. At one point after the quick Q/A, he went into a big speech (cameras off) merely thanking everyone for listening to his music, helping make 808s a huge success and so forth. It was definitely from the heart.

7. At the end of the show, the emotionally exhausted Kanye said, "Thanks for being my shrink tonight and listening to my stories. I felt like the stage was your couch."

8. "Seriously, how dope is this shit?" - Kanye

9. Almost every song lasted for a good 6-10 minutes because of his storytelling + constant freestyling. It was great.

10. Late into the show, Kanye started talking about Chris Brown. In a freestyle, he said people should give him a break. Audience didn't seem to agree. During "Amazing," Kanye freestyled about "amazing" people who happened to get in trouble. Examples in the freestyle were Michael Jackson, Michael Phelps, and surprisingly, O.J. Simpson. Once again, audience didn't seem to agree on that one, evident by the fact that almost no one was clapping. But that didn't take away from the performance. Not at all.

Set-List (from what I remember)

Note : Every song was remixed differently in comparison to the the album version(s). Instrumentation included percussion, taiko-drums, drum-set, guitar, keyboards, moog synthesizer, bass, strings, back-up vocals, and more.


1. See You in My Nightmares. YES, a string-oriented See You In My Nightmares opened the show.
And it was sick as hell.
2. Robocop (amazing transition + Kanye saying that the "You must be joking, haha you kidding me, your first good one in a while" line is his attempt at "Tenacious D / Jack Black" humor.
3. Flashing Lights
4. Go Hard. Incredible, epic performance.
5. Touch the Sky. Probably an audience favorite. Everyone was dancing, including me.
6. Amazing
7. Paranoid
8. Stronger. Different version with verses that were solely based on the taiko-drums.
9. Good Life
10. Homecoming
11. Say You Will. Probably the most exhausting-- he kept re-doing it because of mistakes.
12. Heartless
13. An amazing, beautiful remix version of Love Lockdown to close the show.
He bowed to the audience for an entire minute after the performance.

At the end of the show when Kanye was thanking the audience + his crew + his band, multiple fans were shouting "Street Lights!". Kanye then went to the keyboardists, talked to him, and performed Street Lights with the entire band, just for the audience's request. The camera wasn't even rolling! It was extremely moving.

After that, Kanye took pictures with the VH1 Storytellers creator; then the band randomly started to play Welcome to Heartbreak. Kanye smiled-- he obviously loved that-- and then danced his way out of the aisles while graciously shaking multiple fans' hands.

As everyone began to walk out, the band continued to play Welcome to Heartbreak.


Other note : Kanye said that they are having a hard time picking the next single. He's personally leaning towards "Say You Will," but Robocop, Paranoid, and See You in My Nightmares are up in the air as well.

- Asian from KL.

*** REMINDER: The show airs on 2/28/10 at 9pm!!!!!


VIA: G.O.O.D Music Blog

Life

is hard sometimes. I've had more downs than ups this year. Why can't things just go the way I planned? Now I have to wait until April to relocate and return back to FIDM. I will be a bum for four months. I am too stressed to sleep, I don't even think about sleep as I used to. My diet has been very poor, I have no appetite to eat due to everything that's happening. Working out has became my best friend. I really don't care for the Holidays. My parents and I still aren't on speaking terms, even my mother.... I never realized but I'd rather have my parents attention, then their credit cards.

The only thing that makes me happy at the moment are my material things, my books, magazines, "808 & Heartbreak"(the soundtrack of MY life), "I Am...Sasha Fierce" and friends. And material things have NEVER made me happy only after I purchase them. I think I need to get away. I'd love to just be able to fly to New York City right now when round-trip tickets are $248 but sadly, I have no funds for that.

Life really is tough, sometimes.

"I’ll be stuck with a sister her name is defeat
She gives me agony so much agony
She brings me so much pain
So much misery like missing your last shot and falling to your knees."
- History by Jay-Z

P.S.
Sue London flats prices vary.
The ones I purchased from Barneys were $180.
Online their $134 & $148. - slighty cheaper, plus no shipping fee!