JIMMY EAT WORLD // X AMBASSADORS

 

 

Concerts are fun, ya know?

A PLAYLIST FOR YOU

Bananna Pancakes//Jack Johnson

Good Girls//Cris Cab

I Would Be Sad//The Avett Brothers

Zombie//Jay Brannan (Cover)

Hipster//The Dirty Heads

Better Together//Jack Johnson (Hawaiian version)

On Your Porch//The Format
Sunshine//Matt Costa

Never Fade//Jack Johnson

If It's The Beaches//The Avett Brothers

ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

The Fun. concert was so much fun!

...Sorry, I had to.

But really though: a few weeks ago I went to the fun concert with my two favorite blonds and our awesome mommies.

We got in arguments with the people around us,

then we made up with the people around us and hugged it out,

and then the people around us got really, really drunk and tried getting into all of our pictures.

Good times, my friends. Good time.  

Other things to note:

 -First ever outdoor concert, it was pouring rain which was actually amazing.

-They had, hands down, the best concert tee's ever.

-I got goosebumps when they sang "The Gambler."

-Nate is really, really cute.

 

 

 

#TOOMANYSELFIES



▲Check out some of my favorite Fun. songs here, here, here, and here.▲

CURRENTLY OBSESSING OVER...

I'm currently loving the band The New Electric Sound, especially their live video shout outs.
They're like a mix of The Beach Boys and The Strokes, so basically the most amazing band ever.
Hope you enjoy!

LENNON & MAISY, EVERYBODY.

If I could be best friends with anyone in this whole entire world, I would choose these two girls.
I mean honestly? You cant get any cooler than this.

▲▲ check them out here and here and here, too.▲▲

A PLAYLIST FOR YOU

Old Pine//Ben Howard
Stuck On You//Meiko
Sweater Weather//The Neighbourhood
She got the Honey//Mat Kearney
Royals//Lorde
Dixieland Delight//Alabama
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You//The Black Kids
Do you Remember//Jack Johnson
Out of my League//Fitz and the Tantrums
I Want Crazy//Hunter Hayes
I Love It//Icona Pop

I GIVE A CRAP ABOUT AN OXFORD COMMA

 

I've seen Vampire Weekend in concert twice before, and both concerts were unforgettable. It was back in my middle school days, when I was young and naïve and didn't even know what a mosh pit was (and holy cow was I surprised when that started happening. I had no idea what was even going on!) The venues were small and the tickets were cheep. VW had only just released their freshmen album and they weren't very well known- so it was fun and intimate; I swear Ezra Koenig stared straight into my soul for half of it ;)

 

 This concert, however, was completely different-in a good way! Vampire Weekend has released two more CDs since then and have become a pretty popular band. The venue was huge and the lights and effects and such were crazy! So. Much. Fun.  

 

 

Obligatory pre-show pictures with our loot. And I mean, how cute are these shirts?! Favorite concert T's by far.

These cuties opened for Vampire Weekend. They're in a band called The High Highs (which is an absolutely fantastic name ;) and they're from Australia. Major babes.  

Post-concert pictures because it was THAT GOOD.

Also, Vine. I'm obsessed with Vine, people. I didn't understand it at first but now I do. Obsessed.


▲▲It was super hard for me to narrow down, but you can check out a few of my very favorite VW songs here, here, here, here, & here.▲▲

BLIND PILOT & THE OREGON SYMPHONY

Last month my cute momma took me to go see one of my very favorite bands, Blind Pilot, perform with the Oregon symphony. Blind Pilot is a little band from Portland who have been making a name for themselves recently. They just performed on Ellen's birthday show, and she even named them her favorite band of 2013! How awesome is that?
It was really cool to see the Oregon symphony perform, too! I've been going through this really big classical music kick lately, so I found the whole thing so beautiful and fascinating. Music is just so cool, you know?!
Here's a video of my very favorite Blind Pilot song. The video isn't that great of quality (they don't allow you to take pictures/videos in the concert hall, but come on. Don't they know me? I always have to take pictures/videos. ;) but the song itself is great!

A PLAYLIST FOR YOU

 

i and love and you//the avett brothers
flowers in your hair//the lumineers

missed the boat//modest mouse
dance me to the end of love//the civil wars

hero//family of the year
cooler than me//jayme dee (cover)
lost in my mind//the head and the heart
tonight//lykke li (piano version)

the freshmen//jay brannan




MY LITTLE BROTHER IS QUITE THE SUPERSTAR.

Just slightly jealous that his not-even-a-full-year of piano lessons has already trumped my 7 years of piano lessons.
Tis' the life when you have a 12 year old brother with the IQ of Einstein. ;)

BECAUSE I HONESTLY HAVE THE BIGGEST GIRL CRUSH ON TAYLOR SWIFT EVER.

PERFECTION.

A PLAYLIST FOR YOU

coconut skies//damien rice

such great hights//iron & wine

outside villanova (live)//eric hutchinson

all the pretty girls//fun.

the last time//taylor swift feat. gary lightbody

re:stacks//bon iver

hey ya//obadiah parker

by and by//brett dennen

what i wouldn't do//a fine frenzy

bulletproof weeks//matt nathanson

JOSHUA RADIN & A FINE FRENZY

a super cool parking garage. the best named restaurant in all of portland. a waitress with an adorable accent. crazy men holding fake babies on the side of the street. attractive men that look just like james dean. trying to take a picture of that man without getting caught and failing miserably. getting front row seats. the lady that threatened to sue rockelle for talking to her. waiting and waiting and waiting. taking obnoxious and unattractive pictures to past the time. the weird girls behind us that kept trying to take pictures of my shoes. making new friends. namely, the guy standing next to us that said, "okay girls, you gotta hold your ground. because this sexy (points at his face) can only hold back so many people from trying to take our spots." also, emerald! the adorable girl standing right next to us. it was her first concert and joshua dedicated a song to her. she was bawling and kept looking at us saying, "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT?" alison sudol, the lead singer of a fine frenzy. newest girl crush, no questions asked. she's stinking adorable. and when she sang almost lover? AMAZING. i have no words. it was beautiful and emotional and you could've heard a pen drop in there. gave me chills. listen to it here, would ya? (i didn't take the video, but i was standing really close to the person that did.) the amount of times joshua looked right at me. all of us buying the same t-shirt. meeting him!!! how he remembered us from last year, and told us that we looked so cute and beautiful and all grown up. (!!!) telling him that i play guitar and then getting his picks. and he signed them, too!

basically, best concert of my life. 

On to the pictures!  

funny story: the lady that took pictures before us was really crazy. she put her hand on joshua radin's stomach for the picture and it was kind of... weird. cassidy, laura and cerena were appalled. "disgusting! who would ever do that?" they said. "are you guys kidding me?" i asked. "it's joshua radin! i would do it!" they didn't believe me. they told me i would never do something like that. and being myself, i had to prove them wrong.

by the way, rock. solid. you're welcome. (i know you were all wondering.) 

also, this is now my facebook profile picture (but my mom is cropped out of it.) (sorry mom) and we totally look like couple. isn't that just the greatest thing you've ever heard?



listen to some of my favorite joshua radin songs here here here and here.

A PLAYLIST FOR YOU.

Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepsen
(watch this video, it's so horribly amazing...)

Stereo- IAMDYNIMITE
(don't watch the video, it's ridiculous.)

Love Vigilantes- Iron and Wine

The Gambler- Fun.

(but truthfully, I like this cover even more.)

The General- Dispatch

Kill Your Heroes- AWOLNATION

Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song- Matt Hires

Little Talks- Of Monsters and Men

We Get On (Acoustic)- Kate Nash

Gray or Blue- Jaymay

Boys With Girlfriends- Meiko

And, last but not least...
One Thing (Acoustic)- One Direction

One Thing-One Direction
(the not acoustic version, only because they look freaking hot.)
and...
Boyfriend- Justin Bieber

(since when did JB get all sexy sounding? I swear, I thought it was my boy Timberlake at first.)

TEACHER THINKS THAT I SOUND FUNNY, BUT SHE LIKES THE WAY YOU SING.

a little back to school video i made with my siblings a few months ago.
are they the cutest, or what? :)

{song is "we're going to be friends" by the white stripes.}

a few random thoughts before i head off to school.

I've been driving a lot lately. It's pretty wicked awesome. I even test drove some mini coopers with my good friend james dean the other day. It was fantastic. I've decided that all I want for Christmas is a red convertible mini coupe with white racing stripes. please. 

On a completely unrelated note, have you seen the Irish kid on Glee?
OH DANG. He is so stinkin cute.

I think I am in love.

well guys. it's been awhile.

{via.}

school has been slowly but surely taking over my life.

i am going to college presentations on monday and tuesday.

which makes me feel really old.

other things that make me feel really old:

driving. like, legitimately driving. on a road. to church.

studying for SATs. kill me now.

paying for dinner. with a credit card.

people asking me if i'm in college.
having friends going on missions.

and the fact that i am almost 16. so weird...

in other news: i went to another dance last night.

and yes, i saw the cutie in the button up.

but no, he did not dance with me.

he did give me the heads-up-whats-up, though. so that was cool.

But guess what? I met somebody better.

he was wearing a red bowtie and red suspenders.

can you say "dream come true?"

he bumped into me and when i turned around to see who it was i almost died.

then he touched my shoulder and said: "i am so. sorry."

no big deal.

this week, 3 people told me i was a good singer.
{which is, funny because i am totally not. proof here.}
and 2 people asked me if i was a singer, and when i answered "hahaha. no." they said:
"really? you look like you would be a really good singer!"
..........................
what does that even mean?

speaking of good singers, have you heard this girl?
she is so great, i can hardly stand it.

peace out, dudes!
love,
CasiDee

this is how laura and i spend a saturday night.

{we have the gift of song, no big deal.}

yes, we are making a band.

and yes, it will be amazing.