It's David Cook day (the second) for us!! Headed to Winstar in a couple of hours to get in some gambling before the show. :D

Going to try and sneak my camera in so I can get some pictures (like the ones from David Cook day, the first), but if all else fails, I will have my trusty iPhone.

I will be updating my twitter if you wanna follow me.

Anyone on my flist going today?!

I am coming for you Tiemann...believe that. Deep in your soul.

So, I got a new camera for Valentine's Day and I've been dying to get it to a show like this and test it out and see what it can do. Luckily, the opportunity came up and we were able to go see David Cook in Tulsa with a friend. It was epic basically, we were almost barricade (second person back) and I have to say my camera kept up with me pretty well. I took over 200 shots of just David's set, plus 2 videos and my batteries didn't die once. YAY! I really could not wait to get these shots up so the videos will have to be edited in later. As it is, there are 119 shots of Cook (with lots of Tiemann and a little Skib... he came out blurry most times). I did some editing to these, but a couple are just SOOC, which is .. well I'm not sure what it's a testament to.

A few things of note...

Regarding the show/trip:

• I'll be honest, I doubted that David was going to be able to capture the feel of a small intimate show with his varied fanbase, even in a college setting, but he made me a believer. I don't think I've ever actually felt the intimacy or closeness (which had nothing to do with proximity) that I did at this show.


• I have an untamed infatuation with Neal Tiemann... and this show/trip did not do anything but fan the flame. :/


• This trip was amazing, I may not have gotten to say anything to David other than "thank you" when he autographed a picture I took of him at the Idol show in Tulsa last year (which .. in itself was a whole 'nother milestone, but we won't talk about that) but I'll always remember it and I got some great stories and met some really cool people.


• Did I mention I met David Cook? It was awesome.. except the part where someone else took up my entire moment to continue to talk to David (even though she'd already had her turn and her moment) while I was standing right in front of him. Way to be greedy.


• I think my friend frightened Kyle Peek to the point of almost wetting himself outside the buses and it remains one of my favorite memories of the entire trip. He. was. so. precious.


• My favorite memory? Driving through the deserted streets of Tulsa at 2 in the morning calling for Neal to come out and play with my friends.


• I really hope that I get the chance to do something like this again... soon.

Regarding the pictures themselves:

• I could NOT get any of Kyle Peek because basically he was behind David and I was pretty much dead center (which is why my Andy shots also suck for the most part).


• I have an untamed infatuation with Neal Tiemann, I'm pretty sure this came across in picture form.


• These are all resized to 25% of the original size. I'll probably be posting the larger ones on flickr, eventually. They are also watermarked, just my email in an unobtrusive spot just for my own peace of mind.


• I'm cool with reposting and using these for graphics, just asking credit for the shots. I take a lot of pride in my concert shots, especially these.


• These are public and like I said I don't mind anyone using these for graphics or reposting these whatever, but please don't hotlink them. They're on my own personal domain. Feel free to send your friends to this entry, like I said, this one's public.

I really hate doing these, honestly.... wow, everyone says that...but I just did a Friends Cut.. it was pretty large and I cut a bunch of people for lots of different reasons, some were dead journals, some hadn't updated in a while, some I just looked at the recent entries and felt like I couldn't relate. Nothing personal, I just kinda wanted to get my flist down to a manageable thing since I've been working so much and can't flist as much as I would like to.

So, no hard feelings, eh? I wish you all the best. If you were cut, I'm really sorry. If you weren't cut and you wanted to be.. sorry, you're stuck with me. ;)

So, I couldn't let the day go by without properly mentioning it. Today.. as most of you know, is Jensen Ackles' birthday. And in celebration of the birth of the love of my life... I picspam. 29 photos, plus one extra to grow on. Enjoy.. I know I did. Feel free to share the love, the post is unlocked. :D

So we all know how much I love a certain Mr. Winchester no.. not that one.. no.. not that one either.. the other one! Anyways.. I was making myself feel better today about an interview that.. well let's just say never happened.. by watching some Supernatural. So I'm watching Dead Man's Blood and I get to this scene.. with Dean and the sword.. and it hits me.. I've totally seen this sort of shot before! I don't know why I never saw it before!!




Also, speaking of those Supernatural boys... now.. officially half my icon space is dedicated to SPN/Jared/Jensen. I made like 14 icons for myself yesterday. These boys own my soul. I have also, with the help of holdmesam, created a new community that we shall debut SOON*! AND ... we are both currently ripping the episodes of SPN for ipod in a larger size to share!

* damnit, now everytime I say that.. all I can think is OMGWTFKRIPKE?!?!

I've been considering it for a while. My list has just grown so much that I couldn't keep up with who was who anymore. Seriously. I was tired of feeling bad about having these people on my list and not knowing anything about them. I cut a lot of people. Some of the people I removed were new, some I've had friended for a while. Either I felt we didn't click or we've drifted apart. It was nothing personal, obviously. I hate doing these things, I always feel guilty, but I'd feel worse if I kept that list where it was. In the end it all came down to connections really. So, if you've seen that I removed you.. please do the same.

I enjoyed getting to know you guys and I wish you well in everything you do, you're all fab. Happy Holidays and the best to you and yours.

It's been a while since I did one of these, well a couple of months anyways. But I thought with fall and all the changes, maybe now would be a good time for a friending meme! Plus... holdmesam told me to! So, here it is... a friending meme. I'm not creative or anything, so it's pretty basic, just fill it out and find some new fun fall friends. Oh and don't forget to tell all your friends!



<b>Name/username:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Favorite Fall color:</b> <b>Cider.. hot, chilled, or not at all?:</b> <b>Raking leaves or jumping into piles of them?:</b> <b>Halloween: just for kids or fun for any age?:</b> <b>Best Halloween costume you ever wore?:</b> <b>Favorite TV shows <u>returning</u> this fall?:</b> <b>Favorite <u>new</u> TV show this fall?:</b> <b>Free community/icon journal pimp... GO!:</b> <b>Something random?:</b> <b>Anything else?:</b>

So... fill it out and then PIMP IT!!!

So I'm slowly warming up to Reichen.. okay quickly warming up, so I needed a few Lance & Reichen icons for myself, so I made a few extras and figured I'd share them. Anyways, I like to focus on coloring rather than text and stuff, so my icons are basic, but I put effort into them so I do ask that you don't alter them. These are all shareable. All I ask is that you comment and credit if you take any. :)