Most recent Adventures...Allstar Weekend

On my Birthday, I went to see Allstar Weekend in Downtown Disney. It was my first time seeing the guys since they were signed to Hollywood Records. They were sooo good, performed 4 songs from their debut album "Suddenly" acoustically. Then hung out with some of the fans in their meet n greet. :) Good job guys, and congrats! And thanks for signing my CD. :)

Here's a flashback to when I first met Zach over a year and a half ago :)















Then it was off to the Roxy on Thursday to see them perform their Record Release Show at the Roxy in Hollywood we got there early to wait, and their were annoying girls standing next to us, but otherwise, it was fun. Here's some of the best shots. :)


Cameron <3 he liked to move...very energetic. :)
Zach. <3 <3
Inside the Roxy, we had to take a pic from above, due to how packed it was! :D
Waiting outside...the guys stopped by for a few min.
Zach. My favorite shot of the night!

And Lastly, the meet n greet. Got hugs from the guys :) Awesome night...Thanks girls for coming with me!

Favorites at the moment

Some of my favorite things right now are...

Songs
1. Terrified by Katherine Mcphee featuring Zachary Levi (From TV's Chuck)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw4P9pspac8
2. Hello by Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele from Glee
3. Song of the Imperfect by Landon Rogers
4. Crash and Burn by Jesse Mccartney (rediscoverd off his most recent album)
5. Overboard by Justin Bieber
6. Wild at Heart by Gloriana

Music Artists
1. Justin Bieber
2. Jonas Brothers
3. Glee Cast

Actors
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
2. Shia Labeouf
3. Roberty Downey Jr.

Actresses
1. Rachel McAdams
2. Ginnifer Goodwin
3. Sandra Bullock

TV Shows
1. Glee
2. LOST
3. CSI Miami
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. American Idol
6. Project Runway

Movies
1. Iron Man 2
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. The Last Song

Celebs
1. Zachary Levi
2. Joe Jonas
3. Jonathan Groff

Other
1. Graduating :)
2. Light Ice Vanilla Chai's with Cinnamon powder
3. Moving back down to Anaheim in a few weeks
4. Broadway videos and music
5. Boots
6. Sun dresses
7. Plaid :)
8. Disneyland (still)

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Premiere!

The El Capitan Theatre!
So...I went to my first Hollywood movie premiere!!! Finally!!! It was a long day. Me and Ana Paula got to the El Capitan theatre on Hollywood Boulevard at about 11:30. And to our dissappointment, there were already a ton of fans there. But no worries, we found spots in front of the "Guest check in" sign. Which we later would find out was where the celebs would be dropped off. (Well some of them :( )

We then got to wait for 5.5 hours till celebs started to arrive. However, it was still pretty fun! We actually saw Justin Long driving in front of us, stopped at the stop light! He waved to us!!!

Then, the moment came. 5:00 came around. It was finally time for the celebs to start arriving. Most of them got dropped off at the purple carpet. So we didn't see any of the big artists. :( However, we got to see Allyson Stoner. I got her autograph! We also saw Megan from Camp Rock, Chelsea Staub, Honor Society, Jordan Pruitt, Jason Dolly, and Brenda Song (she was a late arrival).

Megan from Camp Rock
Brenda Song
Honor Society

Allyson Stoner

Now, for the moment of truth. The Jonas Brothers arrived quite early. They drove past us. And Kevin rolled down the window and waved to us!!! I saw Nick next to him. But then they had moved on. They stopped at the purple carpet, and then Kevin stood up with the door open and waved to the fans!!! That was all we saw them. (Other than for two seconds when they stepped off the carpet for some reason. And we didn't know for sure if it was them) But that was the ONLY time I saw Joe, and I didn't even get to see his face! Just his back.. :( (But I'd know that hair anywhere!!!)

I know its hard to see, but Joe's there, and Kevin too (look for the hair)

Then that was it.

We were about to leave, but when we were leaving the new and undiscovered band Allstar was hanging out. We got to meet them, take some pics and get their autographs. That was cool! They were hott! Well Zach anyway...lol

Zach from Allstar!!! Hes hott!

So, although it turned out to be a disappointment, it was still fun. I'm here for 6 more months, so I'm sure they'll be other opportunites to meet them! At least I hope. Fingers crossed!!!

My Top 5

So, my two best friends both made top 5 lists...so here's my top 5 male celebrities!!!! (It was much easier then I thought it'd be.)

1. Joseph Adam Jonas

Yes, call me the stereotypical girl all you want. That I'm like every single teenage girl in America. I don't care. I love him. Why? He sings, dances, plays guitar, dresses amazing, is a Christian, wears a purity ring, has AMAZING hair and many other amazing things! Who cares if he breaks up with Taylor Swift over the telephone?!? Plus I love feeling like I'm in Jr. High again sometimes. :) And I love that in a world encompassed by sex, he and his brothers bring clean, wholesome music and lifestyles to the youth of the world!!! :)

• Keep rockin' it Joe!!!

2. Shia Labeouf

Well, you all find this to be no surprise I'm sure. But I am proud to say I've been a fan of Shia since he played the nerdy class clown Lewis in "Even Stevens", and the Mentally Retarded Eddie in "Tru Confessions", as well as Stanley Yelnats in the movie "Holes"Then you all fell in love with him later. But I have loved him and seen his potential since way before he was in Transformers and Disturbia. I know he'll continue to have me watching him in the future. Because he, in my opinion, is an amazing actor!!! And has made the transition from 'child star' to adult actor very well!

3. Robert Pattinson
Yep, I know, me and every girl in the world...again. I don't care. I mean three words: Dazzling, Vampire, British. He intrigues me with his British accent, and gorgeous hair. (even if he cut it all off). I think he's going to prove a successful career in Hollywood. Even if he doesn't, I'll watch Twilight so many times you wouldn't think it was possible!!! :) And if I get tired of that, I'll watch him die (beautifully) in Harry Potter over and over again! :)

4. Leonardo Dicaprio
I love Leo. Yes, I was one of those teeny-boppers who fell in love with him during Growing Pains. But he is no longer "just a pretty face". Leo is and always will be one of my favorite actors of all time! He picks amazing films from the Departed to Titanic (hey you know you love that movie) and does well in every role he plays. He is brilliant at dying over and over, in almost all the movies he's in, and does so looking as gorgeous as ever. But his movies always make me cry, and are sooo powerful. I love Leo!

5. Kirk Cameron

I didn't only fall in love with Leo on Growing Pains, but also Kirk Cameron. But since Growing Pains I have learned to love and respect him even more!!! He rose above the downfall that so many child stars fell into, and found the One who makes all things new, Jesus Christ!!! And his work that he does with The Way of The Master inspires me, and encourages me in so many ways! And I will always love his films. They always have a message to go with them, and inspire. Thanks Kirk!

High School Musical 3: The Review

So, I know some of you read reviews on other blogs, but I want to start posting mine here. I really think I could be a critic, (even though I love most movies), I can talk about them as an artform and form of entertainment as well....So here's my HSM 3 ReviewFirst I must say that HSM 3 is probably not going to be a hit with one who is not a fan of the other movies. This being due in part because it follows the same pattern as the previous two movies do; the high school romance, the non realistic portrayal of the modern high school, and the big song and dance numbers. However, those who love film musicals will love this film I believe. It continues where the last film ended, with the East High Wildcat gangs' Senior year. It follows the activities and worries of the average high school senior, in a cheerful and lightweight manner. Now, those who have seen the prior two films will notice that the numbers are bigger and better and are not as few and far between in the third installment. It is obvious that this is a feature film vs. a television movie, in regards to this fact. The bigger dance and music numbers are likely due to the actors gain of experience, and no doubt to a larger budget. Any person would find themselves captivated by wanting to dance in their seats, and would be smiling through the entire film. Despite it's cheesy parts, and bad acting in moments (mostly due to Vanessa or lower cast members), it has an innocent and cheerful tone throughout the movie. Is it predictable? Yes, but the film and director Kenny Ortega, did a marvelous job at taking risks, and going from the small screens at home, to the large screens of the theaters. The crew also did well with catering to an adult audience who takes their young children to see the film. It resembles many other moments in musical film history, making it enjoyable to various ages; from young to old, and anything between. And unlike most threequels, this one is the best of the three movies, a perfect end to a much loved and popular series of films. :)

Twilight at Midnight

Yes, it's time for a Twilight blog, I know you're all sick of hearing about it, but I don't care. Yes, I'm proud to say that I'm a nerd. I saw it at midnight. Me and Tiff even made shirts, cause you can't go to a midnight showing without dressing up in some way. We arrived at Edwards at 3 p.m. to see many people already forming in the 14 lines that would be showing the movie later that night. We got very good spots in line. I'd say like 10-15 people in front of us. Then...we waited for 7 hours (we became friends with the girl next to us who had no one else with her). After the three of us split a pizza and my sister and Dillon brought us blankets, we waited till 10:00 when they let us in. Then two hours later, the movie finally started!! It was worth the wait.

So...here's my review...

I thought it was quite splendid. I was pleasently surprised. I mean I went in with low expectations, so I wouldn't be too disappointed when it lacked and strayed away from the book. Books, after all are always better then their respective movies. However...this movie stayed very true to the book, yes the plot had a few added moments, and a few scenes were changed slightly. But not many were. The dialogue held very true to the book in that much of the dialogue came directly from the book.

As for the movie itself, yes it had a low budget of $37 Million, so parts of it were kind of bad, obviously. Parts of it were cheesy...but I mean the books cheesy!!! So did you really expect the movie to not have cheesy moments. The acting was alright. The supporting characters known as Bellas friends, were quite terrible actors. However, I do believe that Edwards family was quite splendid. (Plus they were casted brilliantly.) Overall, I quite enjoyed the movie, it made me quite happy, and I mean it's cute, they could've developed the relationship of Bella and Edward more, but I mean they do have 3 movies left to do that!!! So I'll get over it.

P.S. It was better the second time I saw it! And for me that's important, because if a movie is worse the second time, than it can't be considered as good. I prefer second times, because the hype and anticipation is gone. And if a movie is better the second time, that means it's good because it can intrest you even though you've already seen it.

10 years (Decade) Ago...

So, I was watching the SERIES finale of TRL tonight on T.V. It's been running for 10 years!!! It was bittersweet. Old moments, new moments, but one thing remained most clear. How much time has past in the past decade...so in honor of a ending I thought I'd blog about what was happening 10 years ago. It's shocking to believe!



But, what's crazy is looking back at what was happening 10 years ago. So here's a somewhat brief list...


1. I was 10 years old!


2. Titanic hit theatres, and became the highest grossing film to date. (Yes it's that old)

• Wins best picture as long as 10 more Oscars
  

3. 2 words....Boy bands.

• BSB....yes the song "I want It That Way" was released 10 years ago! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgH-jWCny9U
• N'SYNC's....first album N'SYNC hit stores!!! "All I ever Wanted" and "Tearin' Up My Heart" were on this album!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAGjzd5vi_E

4. We wore what?

I'm pretty sure I had this exact poster on my wall believe it or not...yes yes, even a Christian girl like me, had posters of Britney on my wall!


5. T.R.L Premieres in Time Square New York. Helping out the careers of many artists!


Finding anything else, would require research, and let's face it, is that necessary? But there was an article in the Fresno Bee not too long ago about things from ten years ago returning. So here's a list of some modern things.

1. Boy Bands

• BSB still together, one of the only Original boy bands left. But has only 4 members instead of 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxsoGheXnZ4
• Jonas Brothers-One of the biggest bands currently.

2. I am 20

3. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio return to the big screen together in their film "Revolutionary Road"

4. Twilight

5. T.R.L ends!!! *tear* Thanks for the Memories! (How'd you like that Fallout Boy reference?) huh?

Favorites

These are a few of my favorite things...

1. Designer: Vera Wang
2. Shoe Designers: Steve Madden!! and Converse Shoes ( I LOVE his shoes!!! I own like 4 pairs of them, all bought discount at Nordstroms Rack!!!; and I own like 5 pairs of Converse shoes!)
3. Books: Harry Potter and Twilight Series as well as the O'Malley Series, and Christie Miller, and The Bible of course!
4. Comedy Show: FRIENDS
5. Dramatic Show: CSI and CSI Miami
6. Reality/competionShow: American Idol
7. Action/Adventure Show: LOST
8. Disney Show: Hannah Montana or Even Stevens
9. Guilty Pleasure Show: Degrassi: The Next Generation
10. Reality Show: Project Runway
11. Comedy Movie: Juno
12. Chick Flick: I really love She's the Man, but I don't really have a favorite
13. Action Flick: Transformers
14. Musical: hard one, but probably Newsies
15. Musicians (celebs): The Jonas Brothers, particularly Joe Jonas
16. Pop/Rock Band: The Jonas Brothers
17. Christian Artist: Relient K
18. Solo Artist: Carrie Underwood
19. Country Artist: Rascal Flatts
20. Actor: Shia Labeouf: close second is Leonardo DiCaprio
21. Actress: Amanda Bynes (she's so cute and funny)
22. Athletes: Michael Phelps (hands down) and I kinda like Ryan Sheckler
23. Winter Sport: Snowboarding
24. Summer Sport: Swimming
25. Favorite some would say Non-Sport: Dance
26. Favorite Team Sport: Gymnastics
27. Clothing Store: Forever 21
28. Everything Store: Target
29. Musical Show: Les Miserables
30. Myspace vs. Facebook: Facebook
31. Fast Food Resturant: In-N-Out
32. Resturaunt: Yoshinos or Sweet Tomatoes
33. Jamba Juice vs. Starbucks: Jamba Juice
34. Location: L.A.
35. Theme Park: Disneyland!!!

Other things I love

1. Awards shows (I'm addicted)
2. Movies (in general)
3. AIM
4. Hume Lake
5. itunes/ipod
6. Apple Movie Trailers
7. Wet-2-Dry Flat Iron

Twilight vs. Harry Potter?

Well obviously there is much hype about Twilight, and Harry Potter has had much of that as well in the past years. Well I must say they are both entirely wonderful in their individual ways and in similair ways!!! I am currently reading the last book in the Twilight series, and I must say I think that Breaking Dawn is quite wonderful. I know many people said they didn't like it, but I love it!!! I'm on team Edward for sure! But Twilight and Edward gives you false hopes for love because Edward is so perfect; but I'm willing to deal with that for the sake of the book. Hehe.

That said, Harry Potter is absolutely amazing as well, but there's some tragic news about the sixth movie! I'm sooo sad, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now not coming out in theaters till...get this...July of 2009!!!! It was supposed to come out in November! AHHH Now Twilight coming out is even more great!!! Because that, I could not stand! ahh!

History in the Making

Every Generation has those life-changing or otherwise historical moments that will go down in history. Whether its in sports, or society, or some other reason, these moments define the time we live in. I was just reflecting on the ones that I have already experienced in my lifetime; even at the young age of twenty. So I thought I'd list them here, and give some thoughts on them too.

Tragedies

• September 11, 2001- (I was in like 8th grade, but remember it like yesterday.)


• Various school shootings. Virginia Tech, Columbine... :(

Entertainment

• Harry Potter Series


• Titanic and Dark Knight etc...


• Apple-ipods, iphones, etc...

Sports Victories

• Boston Red Sox


• Fresno State wins College World Series!!! (Go Dogs!!!)


• U.S.A wins 4X100 freestyle relay in the 2008 Olympics!!!


• and of course....Michael Phelps!!! (need I say more? )

It's so wierd to think about how these events will be remembered for many many years, and I lived to experience them. It's crazy! I can't even wait to see what the rest of my years brings!??!

Olympic domination!!!

Michael Phelps is awesome! I love watching him race! I don't even understand how it's even possible to swim that fast!!! But yeah, last nights 4X100 meter freestyle relay was insane! wow! I loved it! I'm so glad I got to watch that!!! Even if it wasn't on till 11:30 at night! Anyway go Michael Phelps! 2 golds down, 6 to go! I know he can do it!!!

Three Words....

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3!!!!


Yep, not only do I LOVE the Jonas Brothers (especially Joe); but I love HSM!!! it's amazing. It may be cheezy but I mean most musicals are. How often do you get to randomly burst into song and dance? So, yes...it's true...I love these movies. The first two are great but I'm still so excited for the new one that hits THEATERS in October! seriously can't wait! It's gonna be great! Here's a sneak peak!! AHHH


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifK4b6wzGPA&feature=related

FACT #2-The Jonas Brothers Rock!!!

Yes, it's true! I love the Jonas Brothers! And as hard as I try to not like this amazing brothersome known as Kevin, Joe and Nick, (although I don't really try at all) I continue to fail. So what is it I love about them...one cannot count the ways...but...here are a few.

Why I like the Jonas Brothers

• They can sing
• They can play the guitar
• They do back flips on stage!
• They write all their own music!
• They sing clean "wholesome" music, in a not very wholesome time.
• They are really cute.
• They wear purity rings
• They are CHRISTIANS!!!
• Their father/manager is a pastor!
• They aren't from California
• They sing
• They love their fans
• "Hello Beautiful"...enough said.
• They have great hair!
• They give 10% of their earnings to charity
• They founded the "Change for the Children" Foundation!

So, maybe I'm a little obsessed with them, and I know I shouldn't be. But if you're a friend of mine, you better get used to it. Because I don't think my liking them is going to change anytime soon. If you're interested in them, you should go listen to them! I would recommend their song "Burnin' Up"! It's great!

Twilight and Eagle Eye, and a little Shia...

So, I know what all you are thinking, Katie has another blog? Well, it's mainly because, I want to use my other blog strictly for my design stuff, you know a portfolio. So, hence I thought I should create another blog for all my other crap/nonsense...or perhaps treasures? I guess it's all in the perspective that you see it in. What I consider nonsense, or what I may even consider treasures may be taken completely different to any of you....so...Enjoy, or perhaps leave, if it doesn't interest you. Either way, enjoy...lol.

The first thing I want to post is two movie trailers of movies I cannot wait to see...like you have no idea, I'm so excited. And just fyi, if shia's in it, I'll probably post it on here, because I love his movies, and yea he's awesome. So enjoy!!!

Twilight movie

teaser trailer #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTiaKvXqOtQ


teaser trailer #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tQk8pKnnVY

Eagle Eye and shia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4irce-kalhk