The Final Riot

Yesterday, my mom and I went up to Reno for a Paramore show. It was the Final Riot Tour. Surprisingly they aren't coming down to the bay, so I'm glad my mom got us tickets. I finally got to see them live. Yay! The openers were The Paper Route(yuck), Phantom Planet, and Jack's Mannequin. For only waiting in line for about 45 minutes, I made it to barracade..even if was a little off to the side.

We had so much space around us, because we were near these two girls from San Jose and then a mom and son that were really cool. We bascially bonded together against all the complete idiots around us. I elbowed and shoved so many girls off of me. It was great. Man....shows make me violent. lol.

Branching off from the amazing show. Idk. I've been feeling differently about things lately. I think camp kind of changed me in a way. I'm not sure how, but I feel myself becoming a little different. A good kind of different though. Somethings I'm not sure about anymore and that's scary. I don't know how to explain it. I'll figure things out.

-Riot!Ross

The Missing

I can't believe GRAMMY Camp is over. It's a really weird feeling not hanging out and singing at Ground Zero. I miss all of the GRAMMY kids already. I wish we could all just live near each other instead of all over the country. My new friends are amazing and are inspirations. I will never forget them and I hope they won't forget me because I would love to work with them in the future. I am definitely going to keep in touch with them whether if it's on facebook, email, AIM, or by phone. If you guys are reading this..I love you all!

This morning was very sad. Everyone was super tired...( Since a lot of us only got 3 hours of sleep due to the after dance party! Thank you Techno Scott!) It was hard to say goodbye to all of them. A part of me wanted to cry, but I didn't. That cart ride to breakfast was pretty funny. Can't believe we all fit on there. Oh, and Lisa is super rad. So glad she didn't fall off the cart..(I won't mention the name that caused it. haha)

Being home right now is strange. I don't hear the piano playing, or the guitar players strumming along. I don't have my GRAMMY friends to laugh and joke with. I'm watching the showcase though. It's at the end where we all go on stage. Best day ever.

I decided to dedicate this post to Joseph LeMay because of what he said to me when we were saying goodbye. He asked if I had a blog cause he wanted to read it. Anyone that wants to read my blog is amazing. So thank you Joe! Also, thanks to all of you who made GRAMMY Camp the best experience ever. I hope they change the age range to 14-19 (yes Alex i know you are hoping too) Hope those of you who can go next year go!

-Riot!Ross

Catch Me If You Can

I know I was tired before. Well, I'm always tired, but now all this GRAMMY Camp "go go go", stress, and everything else is just catching up to me. My body is like slowly breaking down and little things (such as things taking to long to do) are getting on my nerves and I don't have the patience to wait for a couple of freakin word changes. My god, I hate the feeling of wanting to punch something. 

At least I get to see my mom and grandma tomorrow. Last night was awesome though. We got to go backstage of the Steely Dan concert, eat their YUMMY catering ( holy cow it was delicious), and we got to tour the whole NOKIA LA Theatre. Pretty super rad. The show was great. The songs kinda blended into one at one point but it was cool. Got my own backstage working pass..yess. Ok, I gotta work I guess. Wish I could sleep instead.

- (Losing my mind)-Riot!Ross 

"Never Ever, Never Ever"

FINALLY finished the program for the Showcase concert. That took soo long. I hope I never have to do that again. Typing up those names took soo freaking long. AND waiting for people to send me the list of the names took even longer. Yeah, I'm exhausted. 

2/3 more days till I can go home. Don't get me wrong. I'll miss all my friends that I met here at GRAMMY Camp, but I miss home, my family, and my other friends. It'll be weird not seeing the V.I.P group everyday (aka the music journalist/promo kids) It'll also be weird not getting into exclusive things or meeting big time people in the business. I'll miss it. But I love home too. Shout yes if you want your own bathroom. 

Steely Dan concert tonight. We get to eat and see how the backstage area works and then we get to watch the concert from box seats. SWEET. Gotta go and be a journalist. Peace.

-Riot!Ross

I Keep Snapping My Fingers But The Lights Won't Turn Off

I am so tired. Beyond tired actually. More like exhausted. But even though my eyelids are feeling very heavy, I am pushing ahead to get my work done. I am in love with the video I did. I spent about 4/5 hours editing it. In the end it was worth it. Glad Joseph likes it since it's about his combo lol. Super Rad. By the way, before GRAMMY Camp I hated Macs, but now I love them and wish I had one. They are amazing. Enough said.

So I have to finish typing up the names and companies for the program for the Showcase on friday. Man, the beginning of camp went by so slow. Now it's going by like warp speed. It'll be weird not seeing all of these kids everyday. Connections=Important and awesome. 

Tomorrow, the journalism/promotion track get to go to backstage at the Steely Dan concert. Sweet...even though I can't really remember any of their songs. Can't wait to experience the backstage madness...and food. yess. lol. Ok, I am going to do something else now. Bye for the day. Unless something else random pops up into my mind like always. Love-Love. 

-Riot!Ross

Let There Be Life

Hey! So this is my first post for Memory Lane. It'll be pretty short since I'm busy editing a video for Grammy Camp at the moment. The dudes I taped are awesome. I went to their combo rehearsal last night and was able to watch them create a new original song. It's pretty rad. Definitely a "head bobber" song. 

Anyway keep checking back for new posts. I'll be writing about all my experiences and memories that happen from here on out (FHOO!..man I miss them lol) Thanks for taking the time to read a little into my life. <3

-Riot!Ross