D-Activ8, "firsts" and FREE parking

Well folks last night was amazing. It was a spur of the moment decision but I am glad that I kicked myself in the butt and experienced this.

Ok, you might be thinking: "What in the world is she talking about?" Last night I went to a club in downtown Ottawa, not a dance club mind you but a small club to hear a ne and upcoming band play. By new I mean starting out in this business because they were not completely new to everyone there.

The band is called D-Activ8, I heard about them from Ben, a guy who was in my soccer team, it is his brother's band. It is a rock band heavy rock I would say at least heavier than the type of music I listen to, save Eric Lapointe of course. Check them out on myspace music. If you like this sort of music that is.

They are great and they definitely deserve to make it in this business. I think they are going straight to the top.

Of course I a not an expert when it comes to music, all I can say is that THEY CAN ROCK. And that is what they did last night: ROCK THE HOUSE if I may say so.

The opening acts were not bad at all either. One was called "The Birthday Boys" and I forget what the first one's name was, although compared to D-Activ8 I would say they were good. :)It is safe to say that last night, they gained a new fan.

Experiencing something you might not have done before, and I am talking a couple years ago if you told me that I would be going to a club downtown to hear a new band and be part of the social scene, I would have told you: "Are you kidding, this is not my thing".

First and new experiences are great. Life is about new experiences because if you always stay in your little comfortable bubble and never force yourself to do anything new, you simply cannot grow as a person.

The show was at the Live Lounge, if I remember the name carefully. It was really cute and well decorated and also kind of cozy, meaning that it was not huge and able to fit and insane amount of people. I prefer this sort of thing to incredibly crowded places.

I almost went into the wrong club though, club that is kind of the "slut club" as Ben called it. He calls it that because you see all these girls in skimpy outfits and you clearly know what their aim is: possibly hook up with some guy. Yikes. I got all the way to the cash to pay the cover charge when luckily I asked if it was where D-Activat8 was playing. When the girl said "no, it is next door" I ran out of there a little embarrassed at my mistake but hey it happens. lol And also glad that I didn't join in on that crowd which is definitely not my type of crowd.

First experiences are great but I do not think I want to start going to clubs known as the "slut club". I much prefer the cozy and artist feeling of the live lounge and actually hearing some new music rather than the purpose being to see all these people hook up with just about any guy. I really felt like I didn't belong as I was standing in line and kept wishing to see someone I knew, aka ben or perhaps catherine who said she might go, just to know that I was not in the wrong place and indeed I was.

That is totally me for sure though, making a mistake like that and almost going into the wrong place. lol Well, lesson learned and now I can say I have found a great place to go if ever I want to hear some new groups.

I always thought that it might be dangerous or scary to walk in the market at night. But somehow I didn't feel so scared. Mind you I made sure to be extra careful and park my car in a well lit area, no parking garage as this can be a little shady. But when I got out of the club at the end of the show, there was a lot of people walking around and I did as I usually do, make sure I walk amongst the crowd rather than on some street on my own, always holding my cell phone in my hand as my mom always made sure to warn me just in case. Even though I live close to the market, well possibly a 15 to 20 minutes walk, yes I walk slow, small legs lol, I prefered to take my car since it was at night and walking back to my place this late alone, is a stupid move for any girl. It is sad to say but the world can be a scary place sometimes for girls, with creepy weirdos that come out at night and everything you hear on the news, mind you I haven't really watched the news or TV lately but I do hear what happens and make sure I am safe at all times.

I was not sure I would find parking downtown at night. I found a spot after a couple times of driving around and I was looking at the meter-thingy to find out how much it cost and how long I could stay there for when a couple asked me the very question that was puzzling me: "How much does it cost?"

We later found out that it said FREE until 8:30am and nothing on it said we had to put money in it at night. Sweet! I mean if we got tickets we could have contested it because the machine CLEARLY stated "FREE UNTIL 8:30AM".

All in all, it was a fun night. I was quite tired as I got back home around 1am but it was totally worth it.

Awesome experience and amazing new band.

This year is totally the year of firsts for me. Started playing soccer, well I started that a little before this year but I digress. I joined a volleyball group and went out to a pub after a game with them, signed on for a drawing class and a photography class. I like this new me, becoming a little bit more social. No worries though, the liking my alone time will never disappear, I am still the little nerdy girl prefering to sit in a coffee shop's comfortable chair and spend hours reading or drawing or learning geeky programming from google or painting in the comfort of my home. Which lately I haven't found the time, but I will eventually. I MUST since I have a great idea for a painting and am quite antsy to start putting colours on canvas.

Bye for now, folks and hopefully I will see you tomorrow.

BEDA 23: Getting ready for new kids on the block day - april 24th

Hello fellow bloggers

This may be a short one because I am tired and need to get some sleep.

So we are getting to the final countdown of BEDA, I am proud of myself for stiking with it, even if I missed some days. I might not blog EVERY day after BEDA just because the nice weather has finally arrived and I plan to enjoy that quite a bit, plus as I said in my next post, I have a lot of things to do for my self-betterment project and I plan to stick to that as well. Especially painting, drawing, guitar.

I thought since we are in the final countdown for BEDA, if you have any questions you could leave them in the comment and I could make a BEDA blog about answering questions, I can return the favour and ask some questions to help you guys find blogging topics.

Moving along...

Did you know that April 24 was declared, in Boston, new kids on the block day, a while back when they first were popular?

The reason I am bringing this up since they came back after 14 years, I thought I would do my part to celebrate new kids on the block day by ONLY listening to their songs for an entire day.

Before anyone says anything like: they weren't good, they are just a boy band, one hit wonder (though they had more than one hit for sure), or they were lip synching (not true), or anyone who liked them were stupid and didn't know music... spare any of those comments.

I was a fan and back then I couldn't care less what anyone thought. I am still a fan and loved that they came back after 14 years and I DO NOT care what anyone thinks. And will continue to be a fan and support the new kids on the block until the day I die.

I love the new cd, upbeat music, the song summertime is one that makes me want to take a road trip on a beautiful sunny day and just crank up the volume, windows rolled down and just have fun. I think they have grown as musicians as well, now they can write their own song not having to sing what the producer wants them to sing.

I went to their come back show in montreal, last september and the frenzy was still there, it didn't take a second after they got on stage for people to start screaming just like they did 14 years ago.

That being said, I recently found the new kids on the block ning network. WOW! So any new kids fans who are still fans and carry the boys in their heart to this day, I SAY LET'S BRING BACK THE NEW KIDS FRENZY OF 14 YEARS AGO.

What do you say?

I think they deserve it. As the song said: "the hardest working kids in showbusiness" even if now they aren't kids anymore, though I think they are still kids at heart, which I personally find great.

It might seem odd but when the news that the group was no more, I never believed for a second that it was definite. Deep down something inside me said: "they will come back, you 'll see". And THEY DID! I am so happy.

I know people might say I am silly for hangin' tough, hehe yes pun intended, but judging from the crowd at the montreal show, I am far from being the only one who were hangin' tough.

Check out the new kids ning: http://newkidsnetwork.ning.com/

They already have 49,414 members. Pretty good, I would say, for a group that just came back after 14 years.

And oh my Joe still looks amazingly hot! Sorry you probably didn't want to hear that. But I had to say. As you can probably guess now, Joe was my favourite. I went through a Jordan phase but too many people liked him and I ended up falling for Joe's beautiful blue eyes and smile. Plus he was my age, well he still is duh.

Healthy tip of the day:

Instead of regular sodas, drink diet drinks or water. The sugar in regular sodas turns to fat in your body.

This about wraps up BEDA 23. I guess I had more to say than just a small blog.

See you tomorrow.

Summertime - New Kids on the block

I am so excited New kids on the block are making a come back, waited and hoped for so long for this that I don't care what anyone says. I like a boy band, yes I used to be a new kids fan and still am and will be until the day I die.

Found the first video of their come back, the song is called summertime, yes it still sounds pop-ish music, but i find it entertaining, it has a good beat to it... so I love it.

And to all the non-believers out there: they're back baby and they're here to ... STAY!



And I am going to see them in Montreal, this september. I can't wait.