The Direction and How Many Seconds of Summer?

Hi Hello

I was scrolling through my photo gallery on my phone and remembered that I never posted a blog about my trip to Chicago at the end of the summer. So Imma do it now. Legggooo!

At the end of the summer a group of friends and I took a road trip to Chicago before school started (for them). But it wasn't just any random trip, oh no, we went mainly to see One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer (judge us). But we decided to make it a whole trip instead of just going down there for a day to see the concert.

When we got there we went and did the traditional Chicago tourist thing and went to Millennium Park and took selfies in the big bean. I mean, its not a trip to Chicago without doing that. I also found out that I was the only one in the group that has seen the big bean before, so I got to watch everyone else's first experience which was cool. We spent the rest of the day just walking around downtown Chicago and taking in the city.

Cherry and I taking bean selfies

 The Trump Building

 Over looking the river on Michigan Ave.

The Jay Pritzer Pavilion

The next day was the day of the concert. But we needed something to do during the day, so we decided to go down to Navy Pier and take a boat tour. It was such a beautiful day and the boat tour was very interesting and relaxing. We took the architectural tour, which I know my friend AJ would have loved because he's going to school to be an architect. It was nice to just sit back and cruise down the river and look at some buildings and also take in a little history and see the city in a different way. 

Then it was time for the concert! Even though we spent 2 hours in heavy stand still traffic and spent 50 dollars in parking, we made it into the stadium just as 5 Seconds of Summer started their first song. But finding our seats was a struggle, stupid Solider Field, and the security guard that we asked for help was extremely rude and asked me if I could read. Excuse me? I was inches away from initiating bitch mode and slapping him with a Packer fan comeback to his rudeness, but I was not about to get kicked out of this concert, so I just gave him a judgmental look and walked away saying thanks for nothing. But once we got to our seats we were all good to enjoy the concert. 5 Seconds of Summer was great as well as One Direction, but those pesky fan girls behind us were not. The decibel of their screams were high enough to cause me more hearing problems then the actual concert. And every time Niall started to sing they would scream, and I mean they screamed so loud it rattled my eardrums to the point where it hurt my head. There were a few times that I looked back at them and gave them the bitch face, and there was one time I wanted to turn and tell them that I did not pay this much money to hear them scream in my ear but to hear the boys sing. Like what is the point of screaming when an artist starts to sing? Don't you want to hear them sing and not yourself screaming? Like I don't understand the logic of a fangirl. But, besides all of that, the concert was very pleasant, and it was Liam's Birthday as well, so it made it a little special. Judge me all you want, but I was so happy that I got to experience a concert like that. Even if you don't like One Direction or 5SOS, it is an experience in itself to see a music group that big live in concert. And, to just shoot down al the haters, they do sing live (trust me, I know the different between live and recording) and they gave a great performance. So shut your hating mouth. We all have our own opinions, if you like them you like them, if not you don't. But don't talk shit about an artist or make false acquisitions about them just because you don't like them. Overall, it was a great night.

Zayn, One Direction.

Harry, One Direction.

Niall, One Direction.

Ashton, 5 Seconds of Summer.

Michael, 5 Seconds of Summer.

The next day we were all pretty beat, so we just went home. It was a great trip and I'm glad that we made it into a whole weekend trip and experienced the city. It had been a while, a whole year, since I had been to Chicago and it was nice to go back and see this concert. But now I have no concert planned to see in the near future and that leaves a hole in my heart. I need to see someone live soon. Time to go searching for bands to see!

If you have seen a concert recently, leave a comment below about your experience, good or bad. I want to know what you guys are up to!

Until next time my misfits,

Stefanie.

The Feels are Strong With This One

Hi Hello

Its been awhile. And I want to say that the reason for the lack of blogging was due to my life being super busy because of an awesome social life....but its not true. I have no social life.

I have just gotten back from one week of training at camp (home for a week of vacation before the intense stuff starts) and I have been sitting around doing absolutely nothing. I mean, I did hang out with my friend Cherry within six hours of me being home. *we have separation problems* But that was the only social interaction that I had since Friday.

Now I don't know about you, but when I have nothing to do and I'm home all day being lazy I sit on my computer searching bands and movies and going on Tumblr and Twitter and Youtube and so on and so forth. Sounds normal, but I take it to an extreme. I don't just go on Tumblr, I invest my life into it. I don't just go on Youtube, I watch videos of people until I feel like I know their life. *creepy but they put it out there in the videos* It gets real.

During this time I experience something that is known to the internet world as "The Feels". The Feels are when you feel so many emotions at once about someone or something that you just can't take it anymore and you feel bad about your life because you are not this person, you are not with this person or you are not in this situation. You just can't deal with life because you are so overly emotional. Some will say that the best way to understand "the feels" is to observe a "fan girl" of a popular band or artist like One Direction or Elvis Presley. These girls are feeling so many emotions that they appear to be crazy or just really excited to see the particular band or person that they experience "the feels."

Now having the feels can be portrayed in different ways. You can go crazy fangirl, like the majority of the One Direction fandom, or you can just sit in a corner quietly thinking "damn I wish I was dating this person." I experience this phenomenon on a daily basis and this week it got real.

Now I am a huge fan of the band McFly . They are a British band that has been around for awhile time but they are still such awesome people and musicians. Their guitarist and singer Tom Fletcher just received the award for Marvel's Celebrity Dad of the Year and the photos of him with that award just made my heart melt. You may know who Tom Fletcher is if you have seen his Wedding Speech video or his most recent hit video, From Bump to Buzz . Either way, he is probably my favorite human. And this week I got the feels for him so bad. Just the way that he loves his son Buzz and his wife Gi just makes me all warm inside and I just wish that I knew him personally.

He seems like such a great dude to just chill with and to make you laugh and to pretty much just hang out with in general. I am just sat here in my house, doing nothing for the week, thinking about how I wish Tom and I were friends. Like why is this not a thing? WHY? Now, don't get me wrong, I love all the members of McFly and want to be all of their friends but these past few days I have just been having the "Tom would be the best friend" feels and I just cant seem to shake them. *not that I would want to*

Anywho... if you know what I'm talking about with "The Feels" phenomenon and have experienced some version of them please leave a comment below and tell me who. If you don't thats cool too, some people don't get the feels and thats probably the simpler life.

Until next time my misfits,
Stefanie