ONE BAD APPLE DON'T SPOIL THE WHOLE BUNCH GIRL

fact: as i type this, my mother is buying 2 VIP tickets to see Donny & Marie Osmond live @ the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Which means that during the week of April 20 - 24, I will be sitting front row with my sobbing mother, while she sees her teen idol, Donny Osmond, and then meets him afterwards for the first time in her life.
Oh. And also during that week? I'm going to see Elton John.
At Caesar's Palace.
KILL ME NOWWWW.

JUST ENJOY THE SHOW

as does any good trip, this one begins with a very special mix.
a from me to you battle dance mix. from me, who hates you, that is.
(this mix is available for any & all who request it)







also, any good trip begins with a visit to the durham dinosaur.
REUNITED & IT FEELS SO GOOD.



coming back looking delicious cause new edward's on a missssssion



cici aids & abets the meeting of the two most glorious phenoms this world has ever seen.



clearly a lover's picnic



edward uses his fierce flying skills to dazzle even the durham dino. ciera & i merely marvel from the ground.



aint no picture better than a DIY.



i spy with my little eye ...



edward shows us how it's done.



cici skipping to the loo with EC. literally.



taylor hanson, you left your feet in this photobooth.







cici realizes her photostrip is a dud.
and i take the saddest succession of photos of a young lady ever known to man



nothing like a good cock block outside the show
(thanks 2u, sewer wenches of UNC Chapel Hill)
We sit outside and listen to you know, only my favorite TSS song until we are allowed inside.









i am proud to say that one of my favorite bands includes a horn player. or whatever that is. instrument of desire!



lenka (headliner) is a surprisingly good find with a surprising attitude.



i'll forgive you this time, lenka, since your set is the cutest thing i've seen in my life.



joining legions of enthusiastic lenka dancers!



I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
I WANT MY MONEY BACK.

THANK YOU, JONATHAN LARSON

KEEP IT COMIN, HANDSUUUM

bye2u, TRB IX. hi2u running into taylor hanson at the airport.



the strangest $25 ever spent



we wont get angry if you covet our fierce luggage.



how much for that cici in the window?



another day. another winged deathbird.



OMIGAWD WE'RE BACK AGAIN
and this time, surrounded by a pack of PDA loving students.
who are making jokes about the plane going down.



that kind of humor earns this kind of attitude



unlike cici, who is undisturbed & slips right off to dreamland midair.



home again.
UNTIL NEXT YEAR!
I leave you with this:



Just like Zac Hanson.

TRBIX DAY 005 - EMERSON'S HEART

I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME TODAY.



ICE







there is a drummer of this band, but i seemingly forgot to photograph him.





a few shots and a mean "single ladies" later ...





BOOTS' BIG DAY OUT

I think this was like M&G day. Because I really don't have any pictures of anything else. OH WELL.
I have tried to block this painful afternoon of of my brain forever.




caution: turtles drawn here



i would later entertain ideas of suicide





the kin, probably the nicest guys ever.
Excluding...


EMERSON HART.
who told us he loved us when we went back through the m&g line & asked him to sign a <3 by his name
and called me baby.
needless to say, ciera & i wept happily in the elevator





aslyn!



I LOVE YOUR BELLYYYYY





Keaton Simons, fiercest of them all.



have you ever seen such happy faces.



i fondly like to refer to this place as the devil's taint.



Michael Tolcher ...



AND FRIENDS.



david ryan harris. on our table.



let me just say that when taylor hanson came into the aslyn show i:
001 - died, at my two worlds colliding
& 002 - died, since now 400 screaming teenies had just come in on his heels. THANKS TAYLOR.



DID ASLYN EVEN COVER BENNIE & THE JETS
I THINK SHE DID



"We Are the World" finale by all the artists



omfg @ this.
best way to end TRB ever. "i was next to him on the stage!!" aslyn says to me, 20 mins after this performance.
GRL, DONT I KNOW IT.



there is so much to say about this incident. i will start with saying nothing at all.
other than ... DADDY HITS.

the last night on TRB ends on Ciera's floor sometime after 4AM, after more fred leblanc than i could possibly stomach, a slide down the main stairwell banister, "did you guys see we are the world?", linus & her blanket, an elevator exchange with isaac & his woman, and casino indecency I will never, ever live past.
Oh well. You know what they say.