ok so that title really has nothing to with my blog but that is the song stuck in my head at the moment ~ Razz...Kings Of Leon of course, CLASSIC tune!!
The trip of a lifetime, the trip where i go all the way to the US to see THAT group of guys again, the trip that has me meeting up with some of the loveliest girls ever that i have just gotten to know through a computer screen and THAT group of guys..did i mention them??
I am so fuckin excited!!!! Excited x999873465893754439857349568390. This trip has been so long in coming and i really, REALLY cant believe it is just about here. In 7 days I will be taking off in a massive plane to the grand 'ol US of A, In 8 days I will meet my girls and share with them im sure what will be an amazing, mind blowing gig by THOSE guys, then in 9 days I'll be heading off with my girls on a bus trip to go see THOSE guys again for what has been dubbed one of the MUST see gigs of the century!!!! And yes, I"LL FUCKIN BE THERE!!!!!!! how insane is that?! Wish i knew how to do a little 'what the hell' smiley face man here cos really, i still dont believe this is all happening!
This blog makes no sense really, im just typing as the thoughts flow out of my ever crowded brain..yes for once it does actually appear to be working!! What is going through my brain you wonder?? What am i going to do on that massively long flight? Will i remember to take everything? Grits really do look disgusting! what the hell am i going t say to any of the Followill's if they come out after one of the gigs? Will the girls like me? This trip is insane. what shoes should i take? Jared..what was that thought again?? Jared...and again Jared :)
I cant even really put into words how much i need this trip, want this trip. Apart from the fact that i am dying for another KOL gig..seriously its been 7mths i think thats long enough! But one of the most important parts of this trip is meeting the girls, they have become such a part of my life without me even 'meeting' them yet, all of them all amazing in their own ways. Really can not wait to meet you all and share this whole experience with you...Do you think the US is ready for us?? Can they really handle a bunch of overly excited KOL fans from all over the globe in the one place?? They better be ready!!!!
In parting as i think i have rambled long enough...To Jared, Caleb, Matt & Nate ~ Please dont ever change what you do & how you do it...you are all amazing, thankyou for the wonderful music that has bought me some of the best friends i could possibly wish for. Can't wait to see you guys in 8 days time, us girls are going to show you exactly how the Kings should be appreciated!!!!! Good times to roll on...Birmingham and Nashville..WOOHOO!!!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Guilt trip
I have so many emotions running through me right now it's amazing i can even think straight..ok scratch that, I cant, that was proven by the man that gave me a $10 note at work today and I could have sworn he gave me a $50, even put the damn thing where the $50 notes go, lucky he was a decent guy and didnt just walk away with his extra $40 change..anywho back to emotions: excitement, guilt, confusion, euphoria, nervousness, more guilt, scared, amazed, bewilderment and guilt. Yes thats the main one today: GUILT!
Why do i feel guilty that I, yes just me, am going away on this amazing trip. I am leaving the family behind which is so very hard especially when a little 4yr old girl begs her Mummy can she come too so she can see her favourite man. Yes at the age of 4 her favourite man is none other than Caleb Followill. And it is going to be so, so hard saying goodbye to them for 11 days, not having them with me for 11 days but i need to do this, I need to try and find myself a bit because she tends to get lost under everything else quite a lot. I just hope i can fully be her in the US and leave all her emotional baggage behind in Aus. I hate guilt, it follows you around and likes to peer its head out when you least expect it. I am allowed to have me time and yes, its a fairly massive huge amount of me time but none the less, i work hard im allowed this right?! I dont want to feel guilty anymore, i want to feel so so happy that i am doing this just for me, one great big huge KOL fan heading over to see her Kings and meet her girls, just for me, for noone else and no other reason except the simple fact that I, Tanya, want to fuckin do it!! Even though its crazy this is so badly what i want to do. So not only is this trip for the Kings, it's for me, about me trying to tell myself that I am allowed to have me time, about forgetting the past that has plagued me for far too long, cementing some beautiful new friendships I have made, adding an incredible experience with one of my bestest friends that will be something we will never forget and hopefully coming back a new and improved person! The next 19 days can not go by fast enough, I need this so much.
Song for the day ~ "Use Somebody" just because yeah, i kinda could use somebody right now!
Why do i feel guilty that I, yes just me, am going away on this amazing trip. I am leaving the family behind which is so very hard especially when a little 4yr old girl begs her Mummy can she come too so she can see her favourite man. Yes at the age of 4 her favourite man is none other than Caleb Followill. And it is going to be so, so hard saying goodbye to them for 11 days, not having them with me for 11 days but i need to do this, I need to try and find myself a bit because she tends to get lost under everything else quite a lot. I just hope i can fully be her in the US and leave all her emotional baggage behind in Aus. I hate guilt, it follows you around and likes to peer its head out when you least expect it. I am allowed to have me time and yes, its a fairly massive huge amount of me time but none the less, i work hard im allowed this right?! I dont want to feel guilty anymore, i want to feel so so happy that i am doing this just for me, one great big huge KOL fan heading over to see her Kings and meet her girls, just for me, for noone else and no other reason except the simple fact that I, Tanya, want to fuckin do it!! Even though its crazy this is so badly what i want to do. So not only is this trip for the Kings, it's for me, about me trying to tell myself that I am allowed to have me time, about forgetting the past that has plagued me for far too long, cementing some beautiful new friendships I have made, adding an incredible experience with one of my bestest friends that will be something we will never forget and hopefully coming back a new and improved person! The next 19 days can not go by fast enough, I need this so much.
Song for the day ~ "Use Somebody" just because yeah, i kinda could use somebody right now!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
My emotional roller coaster day
So the day started off ok..woke up with my usual US/KOL grin plastered over my face. Actually did some exercise before i went off to work because you know in only 21 days i will be on a big, scary plane heading over to see my crazy friends and indulge in some Followill action..and i do not want to be looking horrid in any of my US photos. Saying that, Im sure after a couple of drinks there may be some dodgy pics involving inflatable sheep..hang on, Im ok, Angie's the one doing the naked sheep riding haha!!
Now this is where we day turned decidely pear shaped...that place where you have to go only because you need money and you dont really enjoy it much, thats right work :( The first hour was actually not too bad, then i got called down to go onto registers. I fuckin hate registers..with a passion..and thats when the mother of all headaches hit me. Full on, think i may pass out headache and i just had to stand there for 3 fuckin hours and hope to hell i wouldnt end up killing someone wether it be the way to over the top nice granny or the older lady who kept throwing her fuckin card at me. You want to use EFTPOS? Swipe the damn thing yourself you silly old broad!! But through it all i thought of Nashville, ok mainly Jared and him driving up in some old American muscle car and taking me far, far away. A girl can dream right?! And i needed something to pass the time :)
Finally it ended and i got to go home, driving way too fast but i just wanted to go home and lay down!! And for whatever reason unbeknown to man i laid down and cried. Dont ya just hate that cry for no apparent reason thing? The headache has now subsided a bit but i think it will be an early night here in Australia and on another good note, heard from Mr Tattoo guy ~ only going to cost between $60-$80 to get it done. I thought that was well good!
In closing I will leave you with some pics of the man himself: Thank the lord for giving us the Jman, Amen!
Now this is where we day turned decidely pear shaped...that place where you have to go only because you need money and you dont really enjoy it much, thats right work :( The first hour was actually not too bad, then i got called down to go onto registers. I fuckin hate registers..with a passion..and thats when the mother of all headaches hit me. Full on, think i may pass out headache and i just had to stand there for 3 fuckin hours and hope to hell i wouldnt end up killing someone wether it be the way to over the top nice granny or the older lady who kept throwing her fuckin card at me. You want to use EFTPOS? Swipe the damn thing yourself you silly old broad!! But through it all i thought of Nashville, ok mainly Jared and him driving up in some old American muscle car and taking me far, far away. A girl can dream right?! And i needed something to pass the time :)
Finally it ended and i got to go home, driving way too fast but i just wanted to go home and lay down!! And for whatever reason unbeknown to man i laid down and cried. Dont ya just hate that cry for no apparent reason thing? The headache has now subsided a bit but i think it will be an early night here in Australia and on another good note, heard from Mr Tattoo guy ~ only going to cost between $60-$80 to get it done. I thought that was well good!
In closing I will leave you with some pics of the man himself: Thank the lord for giving us the Jman, Amen!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I think i may have a problem....
Im sitting here, in my study, on my own not wanting to really chat to anyone in my world or online just watching the KOL footage i took when the guys were in Australia, completely lost in the Followill moment. In just over 22 days I will be there again..although this time i'll be front row in front of my fav Followill with some crazy bird from Scotland and all my other crazy mates spread out over the front row (if i say front row often enough it's gotta happen?!)
This my be my littlest blog in history but i have more Followill viewing ahead...PROMISE my next blog will have nothing to do with Followill's or the US!!
This my be my littlest blog in history but i have more Followill viewing ahead...PROMISE my next blog will have nothing to do with Followill's or the US!!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Take off your overcoat your staying for the weekend
24 days: Fly to the USA
25 days: KOL gig in Birmingham
26 days: KOL gig in Nashville
28 days: New York
OH MY FUCKIN GOD!!!!!!!!
This trip is really starting to sink in now but yet at the same time still seems so completely unbelievable, I mean really...why the hell would you fly all the way to the US from Australia to meet up with a crazy bunch of girls and catch 2 KOL gigs. You want to know why? Because i think deep down i am bloody insane :) This trip is so huge for me, leaving my world behind & everything i care about in it even though it is just for 9 days, never been out of Australia before, meeting girls i know fairly well yet have never spoken face to face with before, and the icing on that already unbelievable trip...Kings Of Leon, 2 gigs in 2 days *deep breaths* This really is happening!!
Today i have been packing a bit more, printing out all the ticket information for the flights, hotels and concerts, filled out the paperwork for my travel cash card so i can go get that tomorrow. I think I am actually organised, just got to wait this trip out.
I am sitting here at the moment listening to the guys do their thing, grinning like an idiot because in 25 days I will be seeing them again in a strange, totally new country. Every time i watch a youtube clip from one of their recent gigs i get butterflies because soon that will be us girls being in an arena with those guys. Will be my first time mosh pit at KOL too so that has added yet another level of excitement to this whole thing because they are going to be right there!!! Like literally right in front of me and thats just crazy in a completely great way!! I think back to when i first seen them live in Australia this year, how the whole evening blew me away so much that i then paid a stupid amount of money to buy tickets off ebay and flew to another state just because i HAD to see them again before they left Asutralia because who knows how long it would be before they came back and I would see them again. Never, in my wildest dreams did i think that here i would be, in the same year, 24 days away from flying to America to see tham again. Even Caleb would say i was fuckin insane for flying all that way to see them!!! But you know what? It is going to be so incredibly worth it, a new country bringing totally new experiences ( Do i really need to try grits??) and meeting new friends i feel like one of the luckiest people alive right now I dont know how much better life could actually get...ok, the Kings will play True Love Way, Soft, Trunk, Trani, Razz and Joes Head between their 2 gigs ( if i cant be so greedy just please for the love of all things Followill PLEASE play True Love Way!!) and we will get to meet atleast 1 Followill (Jared..did someone say Jared?? haha) while we are there..now if any of those things happened i think i could write this off as going to be the BEST TRIP EVER!!!!!
Apart from trying to survive the stupidly long flight to get to the US, then we get there jetlagged and have to get up at about 530am to catch a bus ride to Birmingham, KOL gig then do it all again the next day to get back to Nashville. Sleep?! What the fuck is that and who needs it? We're on holiday!!! Yet something else that will lead many people to the assumption that yes, we are indeed insane!!
Now after Birmingham/Nashville Leah and I are spending a few days in New York. I love New York, always been one of the places ive wanted to visit in the world and yet i cant seem to even get excited about going there yet. I think the whole Birmingham/Nashville part of the trip with KOL and meeting the girls is just fore front in my mnd and is pretty well all i can bloody think about! Must start making some plans for New York..am thinking statue of liberty, central park, empire state building for starters!
I think i have probably ratted on enough and you get the jist of just how bloody excited i am right now!!!! To all my girls enjoying this trip with me ~ Love you all, Can't wait to meet you all and BRING IT ON!!!!!
25 DAYS!!!!!!
Look what i just found...FINALLY!!!! TRUE LOVE WAY!!!! I love this song immensely..i had goosebumps watching it, just about had tears, sounded so good even though it looks like Caleb was having sound problems and it aint the entire song unfortunately but wow!! They gotta play this for us!!!
25 days: KOL gig in Birmingham
26 days: KOL gig in Nashville
28 days: New York
OH MY FUCKIN GOD!!!!!!!!
This trip is really starting to sink in now but yet at the same time still seems so completely unbelievable, I mean really...why the hell would you fly all the way to the US from Australia to meet up with a crazy bunch of girls and catch 2 KOL gigs. You want to know why? Because i think deep down i am bloody insane :) This trip is so huge for me, leaving my world behind & everything i care about in it even though it is just for 9 days, never been out of Australia before, meeting girls i know fairly well yet have never spoken face to face with before, and the icing on that already unbelievable trip...Kings Of Leon, 2 gigs in 2 days *deep breaths* This really is happening!!
Today i have been packing a bit more, printing out all the ticket information for the flights, hotels and concerts, filled out the paperwork for my travel cash card so i can go get that tomorrow. I think I am actually organised, just got to wait this trip out.
I am sitting here at the moment listening to the guys do their thing, grinning like an idiot because in 25 days I will be seeing them again in a strange, totally new country. Every time i watch a youtube clip from one of their recent gigs i get butterflies because soon that will be us girls being in an arena with those guys. Will be my first time mosh pit at KOL too so that has added yet another level of excitement to this whole thing because they are going to be right there!!! Like literally right in front of me and thats just crazy in a completely great way!! I think back to when i first seen them live in Australia this year, how the whole evening blew me away so much that i then paid a stupid amount of money to buy tickets off ebay and flew to another state just because i HAD to see them again before they left Asutralia because who knows how long it would be before they came back and I would see them again. Never, in my wildest dreams did i think that here i would be, in the same year, 24 days away from flying to America to see tham again. Even Caleb would say i was fuckin insane for flying all that way to see them!!! But you know what? It is going to be so incredibly worth it, a new country bringing totally new experiences ( Do i really need to try grits??) and meeting new friends i feel like one of the luckiest people alive right now I dont know how much better life could actually get...ok, the Kings will play True Love Way, Soft, Trunk, Trani, Razz and Joes Head between their 2 gigs ( if i cant be so greedy just please for the love of all things Followill PLEASE play True Love Way!!) and we will get to meet atleast 1 Followill (Jared..did someone say Jared?? haha) while we are there..now if any of those things happened i think i could write this off as going to be the BEST TRIP EVER!!!!!
Apart from trying to survive the stupidly long flight to get to the US, then we get there jetlagged and have to get up at about 530am to catch a bus ride to Birmingham, KOL gig then do it all again the next day to get back to Nashville. Sleep?! What the fuck is that and who needs it? We're on holiday!!! Yet something else that will lead many people to the assumption that yes, we are indeed insane!!
Now after Birmingham/Nashville Leah and I are spending a few days in New York. I love New York, always been one of the places ive wanted to visit in the world and yet i cant seem to even get excited about going there yet. I think the whole Birmingham/Nashville part of the trip with KOL and meeting the girls is just fore front in my mnd and is pretty well all i can bloody think about! Must start making some plans for New York..am thinking statue of liberty, central park, empire state building for starters!
I think i have probably ratted on enough and you get the jist of just how bloody excited i am right now!!!! To all my girls enjoying this trip with me ~ Love you all, Can't wait to meet you all and BRING IT ON!!!!!
25 DAYS!!!!!!
Look what i just found...FINALLY!!!! TRUE LOVE WAY!!!! I love this song immensely..i had goosebumps watching it, just about had tears, sounded so good even though it looks like Caleb was having sound problems and it aint the entire song unfortunately but wow!! They gotta play this for us!!!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tattoo
So I decided that Nashville would be the place for my first tattoo. Wanted something to remember this incredible trip by and had wanted a tattoo for quite awhile but had always been too chicken!! Figured since it's getting done in Nashville and this trip is all about our love of music and Kings Of Leon that i would get kinda a musical kol kinda tat? Trying to decide on what and wear has been so damn hard but i think i finally have something that i like. Is a bit bigger than what i was originally thinking and with lack of time that we all have together am thinking maybe i'll get it on the Sunday once we have all parted :( I don't know?? I have no idea how long these things take.
Here's a rough drawing of what i'm thinking of getting....
Here's a rough drawing of what i'm thinking of getting....
Tired.com
Why do i do that to myself?? Up till 5am last night, this morning whatever you want to call it. The downside to talking US holiday before going to bed, was so excited just could not bring myself to go attempt the sleep thing, even at 5am i didnt want to but forced myself too and sure enough as soon as i lay down i was out...may be the best sleep i've had in a long time!!
25 days people, 25 days i'll be flying to America :) 26 days I will be at a KOL gig in Birmingham, 27 days I will be at a KOL gig in Nashville!! Take off your overcoat your staying for the weekend...good times to roll on indeed!!
Love this following song at the moment, gets played a lot and holy fuck, it aint KOL. You are massively surprised aint you..see i do listen to other stuff occassionally!!
Foo Fighters ~ Best Of You live at Wembley stadium
25 days people, 25 days i'll be flying to America :) 26 days I will be at a KOL gig in Birmingham, 27 days I will be at a KOL gig in Nashville!! Take off your overcoat your staying for the weekend...good times to roll on indeed!!
Love this following song at the moment, gets played a lot and holy fuck, it aint KOL. You are massively surprised aint you..see i do listen to other stuff occassionally!!
Foo Fighters ~ Best Of You live at Wembley stadium
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