Taylor Takes on the Staples Center!!

A sold out Staples Center and thousands of screaming fan girls is what greeted Taylor Swift last night in her first major city of her first headlining tour. And she performed admirably because of it. Here is the rundown on her performance last night.

Opening Act (s)

• I missed the first act because of traffic; I think it was called Gloryiana.
  


• Kellie Picker was good, but it felt like she was trying to milk her own concert out her opening spot. She performed 8 or 9 songs and seemed to not really understand that fair few were actually there to see her. She was fun though and did an adequate job. When she talked though, it reminded me of a guy impersonating a girls voice (yes, it was that high pitched) mixed with pink frosting sprinkled doughnuts.
  

The Set

-It was awesome! Here's pic.

Taylor's Performance

-She seemed genuinely grateful that there was this many people here to see her- and completely overwhelmed. She played more than enough songs for us to get our money's worth; and had so many costume changes my head hurt. It was cute, fun, girly and perfectly suited to her; I got a little country for me at some points but it comes with the territory. She was having so much fun on stage that it was friggin' impossible not to have fun in the stands even if the girl next to you could scram it pitches only dogs could hear. She loved every second of it- so did I.

High Notes: The love story sequence with her dancers having a Elizabethan Ball and her uber-fast wedding dress change made the night for me, because I'm just as much of a romantic as she is. Also her dancers were absolutely beautiful!! John Meyers surprise performance (he's even cuter up close).Not to mention her outfits…

Low Notes: During Change it got a little too "God Bless America" for me. Kellie Picklers speaking voice. It was really cold outside.

4.5 Golden Feathers

Star Trek Fan..Or bona fide Trekkie?

Rundown: Well yesterday I saw Star Trek for the second time and quite frankly it only gets better the more you see it, way to go J.J Abrams! I am now officially a huge fan, but am I a trekkie? I don’t know. In the new film I was a huge fan of almost every actor/actress in it and J.J. Abrams before I saw it so when I saw it, naturally my mind was blown and I was an instant Star Trek fan. I also am a huge Science Fiction fan but for one reason or another I never really got into Star Trek, this being the only installment of the cult classic I’ve seen. So does that make me a trekkie or just a Star Trek Fan? We won’t know until the original series comes in the mail. Hum. Must ponder further.

Movie Facts: Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams, tells the story of the early life and carrier of the legendary U.S.S. Enterprise captain James T. Kirk (a shmexy Chris Pine) and how he came to know Spock (a super cute Zachary Quinto) and the rest of the Enterprise crew. Essentially it updates the beloved SciFi classic with younger more attractive actors and a back story.

Movie Fun: I’m going to marry Zachary Quinto and have an affair with Chris Pine, after I join Star Fleet.

WTF!?!: [SPOILER ALERT] As good as this movie is about incorporation all the quirks of the original series, there were a few glaring flaws. The first and most annoying for me was at one point of the film EVERY senior officer was dead, missing, or unable to do their job so we can cleverly slide in the replacements that we know so well. I found it a tad hard to believe that a massive ship with a crew of at least 800 would allow ALL of its replacement senior officers to be under 30. Chekov even proudly stated that he was 17. Abdthe best part- they were bossing people around that was twice their age. Also, why was Kirk getting beat up so much? Now, I get that it was part of character growth and all for him to learn to choose his battles but after like the third time he got his ass handed to him it just became annoying.

Acting: great! Not Oscar worthy, but according to people who are actually familiar with Star Trek most of them stuck pretty close to their original characters and did them justice accordingly. The cameo by Leonard Nimoy was brilliant. The one by Tyler Perry, not so much.

Arts: The music, special effects, and editing were all things I’ve come expect from J.J. Abrams, good, interesting, and well suited for the project. And I totally want one of those uniforms.

4 out of 5 Golden Feathers.

Bats Day at Disneyland 2009

As a loyal SoCal gal I go to Disneyland a lot. Over the years I have come on a day where it seems every Goth/scene/punk/Victorian has descended on the park by accident. Man, was I wrong. It is Bat’s Day where every Goth/scene/punk/Victorian has descended on the park- but definitely not by accident. Now I've always sort of sensed that this was organized but when I went today it was completely proven.

I was totally impressed by the devotion, style and sheer beauty of these people who clearly made their own costumes especially for this day. I love fashion and some outfits I really just needed to remember- but was far too nervous to go up to someone I had never met “Hey, can I take your picture?!”- So shortly after getting there I started taking candid pictures of people. After about an hour of this I started asking the more beautiful outfits if I could take their pictures. The sometimes awkward conversations went something like this. It’s been going ton for 10 years in fact, you can read more about it on the site below.

Me: “Hi, I'm a journalism/fashion student and I write a fashion blog. (Sort of true) You look soo lovely-may I take your picture?”

Them: Oh, really. Sure (picture taken) where do you study?

Me: (insert the first school that comes to mind and hope that they aren’t alumni)

Them: oh that’s cool…

Me: Well thanks! Have a nice day.

Them: You to (sweet smile)

I know a lot of Goth/scene/punk/Victorian people so I just thought of them as people in really nice outfits, but it was seriously entertaining to watch people who were genuinely frightened of them. Even the girl I was with was scared for a bit.

On Halloween once I went to Disneyland with myself dressed as an angel and my friend dressed as a Goth/scene kid devil. And they refused to let her through the gate-yup they actually refused to let her unless she changed. So I wonder what Disneyland feels about this. Hum. Must ponder further.

Anyway, here are my pics- some candid some not. Just marvel at their sheer awesomeness.

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