RIP CHESTER BENNINGTON

BIGGEST NEWS OF THE WEEK AND IM SURE EVERYONE ALREADY HEARD IS THAT LINKIN PARK'S LEAD SINGER CHESTER BENNINGTON COMMITTED SUICIDE. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT WHEN I HEARD IT... I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE, A REALLY BAD JOKE TOO. THEN MORE AND MORE NEWS CAME OUT AND SAD TO SAY, IT WAS REAL. ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT I AM A HUGE LINKIN PARK FAN!!! ALWAYS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE. FOR ME IT ALL STARTED WITH "IN THE END" WAY BACK IN... 2001/2002 IM GOING TO SAY. I CANT REMEMBER BUT IT WAS BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR FIRST TOUR TO VANCOUVER. THEN IT JUST KEPT GOING WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THEY CAME OUT WITH. TRUE THERE WERE A FEW SONGS, WELL... FEW CDS EVEN THAT WERENT REALLY LIKE HOW THEY WERE IN THE BEGINNING. I STUCK WITH THEM THROUGH IT ALL. OBVIOUSLY THE BAND GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER AND THEY TRIED OTHER STYLES A BIT, EVEN IF IT DIDNT WORK, I STILL LIKE THEM. HONESTLY LINKIN PARK WAS THE GO TO BAND FOR ME THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN A LARGE PART OF MY LIFE. THEIR LYRICS AND SOUND MATCHED HOW I FELT OR WAS GOING THROUGH. IT MAKES SENSE SINCE LINKIN PARK SANG ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE THEY KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. CHESTER HAD A ROUGH LIFE AND THROUGH IT ALL MAKES IT EVEN MORE REAL AND RELATABLE. LP DEFINITELY HELPED ME GET THROUGH TOUGH TIMES IN MY LIFE. IT MADE LIFE BETTER AND SITUATIONS LOOK LESS DARK. THE AMOUNT OF OUTPOUR FOR YOU IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES AND HAVE HELPED MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. HELL, I EVEN MADE FRIENDS BECAUSE OF YOU. TALK AND SUNG ABOUT YOUR SONGS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND JUST ENJOYED EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAME UP WITH. IVE JUST BEEN BLASTING LINKIN PARK THE PAST WEEK AND THE LYRICS HIT YOU HARDER NOW THAN EVER. THERE WAS ALWAYS A SONG FOR HOW YOU ARE FEELING. DOESNT MATTER IF YOURE HAPPY OR SAD, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING FOR YOU. ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING OUT! THERE WAS ALWAYS A SONG THAT CAN GET YOU PUMPED. I CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GONE, AND I WAS GOING TO SEE YOU IN OCTOBER WHEN YOU CAME BACK BUT I GUESS THATS NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE. IM GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE YOU ONCE YEARS AGO. I WASNT ABLE TO GO THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE HERE, BUT I MADE IT THE SECOND TIME. IT WAS MY FAVOURITE CONCERT OF ALL TIME. YOURE GONE NOW, AND I HOPE YOU FIND THE PEACE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. THERES SO MANY LYRICS THAT CAN FIT HERE... BUT I THINK THE BEST IS THAT "THE SUN WILL SET FOR YOU," REST IN PEACE CHESTER.

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LINKIN PARK CONCERT!!!

THAT IS RIGHT!!! FINALLY AFTER 10+ YEARS LINKIN PARK HAS RETURNED TO MY CITY TO PERFORM FOR ONE NIGHT :) THIS WAS PART OF THEIR NEW TOUR FOR THE CD LIVING THINGS. MY OPINION OF THE CD IS THAT ITS NOT BAD. THERES A TOTAL OF 12 NEW SONGS ON IT AND ABOUT 5 SONGS I LIKE AND SOME THAT REMIND ME OF THE OLD LP STYLE, 4 SONGS THAT IM LIKE MEH OK WITH AND 3 SONGS THAT I DONT REALLY CARE FOR AHEHAEHAH. THE TICKETS CAME OUT BACK IN APRIL OR MAY AND I WANTED GOOD SEATS SO I SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW FOR PRESALE CODES SO 3 DAYS IN A ROW WITH 3 DIFFERENT CODES I STILL FOUND CRAP SEATS... I ENDED UP BUYING TICKETS ON THE GENERAL RELEASE DATE AND GOT MYSELF SOME NICE SEATS WHICH WERE ABOVE THE GENERAL ADMISSION PEOPLE AND CLOSE TO THE AISLE. 

LINKIN PARK WAS OPENED BY INCUBUS WHO WAS OPENED BY MUTEMATH. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY VONNIE TO THIS CONCERT. WE BOTH KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MUTEMATH SO WE DECIDED TO GO WALK AROUND. OH OH OH AND I BOUGHT A TOUR TSHIRT THATS AWESOME AND IS IN THE PICS BELOW SOMEWHERE :) THE SHIRTS WERE $40 FOR S,M,L SIZES AND $45 FOR XL I GOT A L AND IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT. SO WE GO BACK TO OUR SEATS AT AROUND 715 AREA AND SOON AFTER INCUBUS CAME ON. THEY HAD THEMSELVES A MINI FULL CONCERT... THEY STARTED AROUND 715 AND DIDNT END TIL A LITTLE PAST 9... YA... FINALLY THE MAIN EVEN GOT STARTED AROUND 915 AND FROM THE MOMENT THEY STARTED THEY DIDNT STOP GOING ALL OUT TIL 11. 

I WAS SO GLAD THEY PLAYED TONS OF SONGS FORM THEIR OLD CDS LIKE HYBRID THEORY AND METEORA. I ROCKED OUT AND SCREAMED/YELLED/SUNG MY HEART OUT TO THEM. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOSH GOING ON, ON THE FLOOR AND SOME CROWD SURFING BUT WAS PRETTY CONTROLLED. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN TICKETS FOR THE GROUND IF I WANTED TO BUT I DID NOT WANT TO STAND FOR LIKE 5+ HOURS  IN THE PIT WITH PEOPLE PUSHING ME OR SMELLING GROSS... SAME WENT FOR VONNIE. I ENJOYED MY SEAT TIL LINKIN PARK CAME ON AND THEN DIDNT SIT ONCE HAHA. THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY WENT ALL OUT AND IT WAS AMAZING. FINALLY GETTING A CHANCE TO SING IN THE END LIVE WITH THEM WAS TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE. 

ALSO IF YOU KNOW ME YOU WILL KNOW ME AS A HUGE LINKIN PARK FAN,  SO YOU WERE THINKING IF I AM SUCH A HUGE FAN HOW COME I DIDNT GO WHEN THEY CAME HERE THE FIRST TIME...??? WELL ANSWER IS EASY, I WAS IN GR...9 I BELIEVE AND HAD EITHER A TEST OR MIDTERM OR SOMETHING AND WAS SOMETHING I COULDNT GET OUT OF. I REALLY WISHED I WENT THOUGH :( AND LP HAS GONE ALL OVER AND EVEN PERFORMED IN HK AND MACAU BUT HAVENT BEEN BACK TO MY TOWN SINCE. I WAS DEFINITIVELY NOT GOING TO MISS THIS.

AS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK??? WELL JUST AS USUAL HANGING OUT AND DOING WHATEVER IM USE TO DOING. IT WAS ALSO MY BUDDIES BDAY DINNER SO THAT WAS FUN TOO. I DID END UP GOING TO THE PNE WITH SOME BUDDIES AND HAD A PRETTY FUN TIME JUST BEING RANDOM. ATE AND PLAYED SOME GAMES, BUMPED INTO OTHER PEOPLE AND EVEN WON A GIRAFFE :) 

ALSO I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST SEPTEMBER THAT I HAVENT HAVE HAD SCHOOL... I DIDNT HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL... ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND IT FEELS... FANTASTIC I TELL U :)

MY AWESOME TICKETS

CEREAL BOXES AND CEREAL... HMMM

RANDOM NUGGESTS AT HOME FROM MCD MOM CAME HOME WITH...

RANDOM COFFEE NIGHT WITH A FRIEND

CRAB, PARMESAN AND SPINACH DIP 

GARLIC CHEESE SHRIMP

BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS

MY MED RARE PRIME RIB WITH EXTRA AU JUS

CLOSE UP OF IT WITH MY CESAR SALAD

WE THEN WENT BOWLING AND THEY HAD A GREAT START HAHA

HE LOST SO HE HAD TO DRINK

ANOTHER NUGGET NIGHT...

THATS NOT A NUGGET... SPICY CHICKEN FINGER... HMMM...

GOT IT

SO MANY LOW PAIRS...

PRETTY SURE I WON THIS ONE TOO

PNE ME AND BUDDY WON 10-1 ON BLACK HAHA

TILT-A-WHIRL THINGY

SO GOOD RIBS AND BRISKET AND SOOO FULL AFTER

MINI DOUGHNUTS WERE BUSY ALL DAY AND NIGHT...

MY AWESOME GIRAFFE I WON :)

JUST A COUPLE OF SIGNS

CHINESE GARDEN

KOI

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED 

HMMM NOT MANY CHOICES... ACTUALLY NO CHOICES AT ALL AHEAHEA

PHO AND TACOS :)

HERE WE GO!!!

ANOTHER SIGN :)

INCUBUS

LP FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES YES YES

CHESTERRRRRRR

MIKE

ROCKING HARD!!!

AMAZING TIME

SO MUCH FUN

ALL OF MY FAVE SONGS WERE PLAYED

I SCREAMED SO MUCH

LPS SO FREAKING AWESOME

NEAR THE END OF THE NIGHT

I THINK THIS WAS IN THE ENCORE

JUST AMAZING

MY AWESOME SHIRT I GOT :)

TOUR TOUR TOUR

BUCKET LIST:

GO TO LINKIN PARK CONCERT AND SCREAM/YELL/SING MY HEART OUT - CHECK


THIS WAS DEFINITIVELY ONE OF THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!! I WAS SURE THAT I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY VOICE AND I SORT OF DID... ITS PRETTY SCRATCHY AND THIS MORNING I DIDNT SOUND LIKE ME... MY VOICE GOT DEEPER THAN THE REGULAR DEEPNESS... HAHA IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. UNTIL NEXT TIME I SEE YOU LP, UNTIL THEN :)

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