Hail The Villain at The Roxy!!!

Finally go to posting this.  Best part of the whole trip!!

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Here is the marquee for the club and the huge lineup of people.  So cool.

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Bryan was really great at this show.  He was definitely creeping me out.

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Is it obvious that I like the bass player?

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Their set was so good.  The crowd loved them!  My sis and I rocked out so hard and everyone around us was freaking out

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Me and my man after his show.  So proud and getting a little drunky.

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Tryg (sp?) from Fall From Grace.  He was on stage for Hail The Villians last song “Social Graces”.  It was awesome.  We made friends at the show.  Cool guy.  Here he is with Drew and aren’t they cute wearing each others band shirts on stage.

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Kristin and I with Tryg.  By this point we were pretty buzzy.  Notice I’m giving deuces in LA.  Apparently its a gang sign there, so it was retired, and here I am throwin’ it up.  Yeah.  Awesome.

After this Chad told me I wanted more drinks and he told me I didn’t need any.  Then I said I wasn’t even drunk and tripped  and almost fell.  Time to go back to the hotel and goodnight!

Packing and Travelling

I’m the worst packer.  I always take way too much with me and never wear most of it.  Here’s what I needed to take for two days and two nights (one on the plane).

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and this

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plus all my makeup and toiletries (i don’t like that word)

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into this.  I know.  It’s way too much but what if I feel like wearing something else?  I love Betsey Johnson and bought the red and black bags for myself for my birthday.  Every girl should have a good set of luggage.

Luckily I decided to drink a bottle of wine while I packed so I could get some sleep.  I set my alarm for 2am cause Liam (HTV’s manager) was picking me up at 3am and we were driving to the airport.  My phone rang at 2:50am and it was Liam saying he was almost at my house.  And I was still sleeping.  I’m ridiculous.  I wasn’t hungover when I woke up, cause  I was still a little buzzed.  This is how I felt.

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Here’s me and my new travelling BFF.  Probably one of the worst pics of me ever.

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Pulling up to the border in Buffalo.  It was like $200 cheaper to fly from there.

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My first plane was so freaking small.  I couldn’t belive it.  From Buffalo to Chicago.  On the way home from Washington to Buffalo we were on another small plane and had to walk out onto the tarmack and board up the steps from the airplane.  I was not a fan of how small and loud these two planes were.

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See.  I seat on the right and two on the left.  Most carry on bags don’t fit in the overhead storage or under the seat and they have a bag valet service.  So weird.

I started to feel hungover on this flight and it sucked.  I totally threw up in the bathroom.  I’m such an ass.

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Here’s me at Chicago O’Hare.  I look a little sickly, but I was feeling great at this point.  That woman beside me was not impressed with anything and she was flying first class.

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Sky on my plane ride from Chicago to LA.  It looks so pretty.

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This is flying over the San Andreas Fault

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And starting to get to the Grand Canyon

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And then here’s getting close to landing in LA.  I kept taking pictures and the guy in the window seat would squish himself back to get out of the frame.  It was funny and nice of him cause I took a bunch.  I was so excited to get to LA.

When I landed I had to meet up with the other four people who were travelling on seperate flights.  Darryl, Victor, Krystina and Liam.  I just wanted to get out of there and change into some non-travelling clothes.  We ended up leaving before Victor landed cause his plane was an hour later than all of ours.

Our hotel was The Orlando at 3rd and Orlando.  It was really nice and we got it on Hotwire for almost $100 cheaper than the day rate.  I’ve never used Hotwire before but I’m def going to use it in future.  I can’t believe how cheap it was.  The only drawback is that you don’t know where you’re booking until you accept.

Here’s our room.

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I need a King size bed.  Chad and I both slept sprawled out and didn’t even touch each other.  I could even sleep sideways on this bed and it would still be long enough.  So comfortable.

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This couch turned into the clothes couch.  I had my stuff everywhere!  Our view kinda sucked.  You looked out onto an airconditioner and then could see a bit of the city, but the room was so nice.

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My travellin' man…

Chad just sent me a link to Google Latitudes and it lets me see where he is on the road!  This is such an awesome feature on Google, that I didn’t know existed.  It’s really cool to see whereabouts he is on tour and he can see my location as well.

It’s amazing how much more connected we can be, compared to last year when he was on tour.  We could only text or talk on the phone every once it a while but this year we have so many more options.  With our Blackberry’s we can BBM, we video chat with G-chat, talk on the phone when we can, and now I can see where he is on a map.  I still miss him the same, but it makes me feel closer that we can be so connected.

Driving through the Prairies

Driving through the Prairies

Who can guess where he is now?

Hail The Villain at the Opera House

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Merch and Kawi’s head.

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This is Darryl, he’s a friend and produced the HTV album Population Declining.  This is his playoff beard.  It’s pretty white trash and for some reason I secretly love it.  haha

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It was very hard to get a good shot inside.  I have yet to figure out all the tricks to my camera so until I do here are blurry show shots.

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There were a ton of people there.

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How cool do the scrims look!  That’s Chad rocking out.

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Bryan and Drew.  This is what the photos look like with the flash.  I just can’t figure it out yet.

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The red lights were pretty cool.  Kristin, Me and Ally

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You can tell where my focus is…. I always stand on Chad’s side of the stage and usually in the back.  Sometimes he sees me and gives me a nod.  I love it!

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Julie and Kamil and another friend of theirs came out.  He was taking the picture and wasn’t sure if the camera was working.  This is my unsure face.

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After the show with my man.  I love going to watch them play.  HTV is fucking awesome.

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And a group shot.  Darryl looks like the devil, Chad has an extra long neck.  My sis and I are lookin fine as usual.

Hail The Villain is on a North Amercian tour with CKY.  Check out their site for dates in your city.  Go and see them.

My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble….

Yep that’s right.  Chad’s back for two days for the Toronto stop on the CKY tour.  I cannot wait to see him tonight!  It’s only been five days, but I miss having him around.

Hail The Villain plays the Opera House tomorrow night with CKY and maybe another band, but I have no idea.  Hope to see you all out!  Make sure you come say hi to me if you’re there.