Shows, shows, shows.

And holy shit, did I mention shows? Hahah.

Hey ya'll. I've been so dang ass busy working shows, playing shows, being at shows, it's been wild lately. I worked every show last month, played two. And same goes for this month. I thought I'd just do a huge photo post of people at shows. :)

ALSO: here is the summer#3 video:

This last one is probably my favorite photo.. I love all of them so much, they're the best friends ever. (:


Sorry about the lack of posts, I'll work on that. <3 p="">

Love, Noralee.

5 Things: SUMMER EDITION.

Hey ya'll :)

I've made these "five things" post for most seasons already, but I thought it'd be kind of cool to do this "summer edition" with a bit of a twist.

FIVE THINGS I'M UP TO THIS SUMMER:

1. READING! I've been keeping track of all the books I've been reading in a draft on here, with mini reviews as well. I'll post it once the summer is up.

2. Hanging out with my friends every chance I get. :)

3. Stressing over what I'm going to take in the Fall. I know that's a really nerdy thing to say, but ugh, I am. I've been constructing my "preferred list" for a few months now. ugh.

4. Working shows at 1919. I will say the best one this month was the Pity Sex//The World is...//Cat People//Two Knights//Dads show. It kicked ass.

5. ALSO, playing shows!

ME! (Olivia took this awesome photo)

And here's where the twist comes in!

FIVE THINGS I MISS ABOUT LAST SUMMER:

1. How much more relaxed I was! I don't know why, but this summer has been a huge stressful ball of fucking stress. I guess this comes along with growing up and having more responsibilities.

2. The fact that I wasn't completely broke. (Yeah, little known fact to my internet frandz, but I am completely and utterly so broke. I am lucky I still live with my parents.)

3. My brother coming to visit! That made last Summer amazing, and I'm sad he's not coming this summer.

4. How much I got together with my old friends from high school. So far we haven't planned a get together this summer, which kinda sucks. I've seen some of them separately, but I hope we all get together sometime before this summer is over..

5. ALSO, my hair. Early on in summer I had this pink dip dye hair, before I did the blonde stuff in the photo above. I don't miss my undercut, but I miss this coloring:

It'd be cool if some of ya'll did this post too, if you do you should totally tell me! I'd love to read each of your five things.

Love, Noralee

Summer #2! :)

Hey ya'll. :)

Here's the second episode of my shitty cellular documented summer!

Enjoy! :)

ALSO, just a quick update. My Sony DSLR is in the shop. It's been out of use for a few weeks now which really sucks. I was doing a really awesome photoshoot of some of my friends, when the wind came out of nowhere and knocked my tripod over. It cracked the LCD screen completely, and knocked loose a part inside my kit lens. So, that's why I've been making these shitty cellphone videos. And that's why I haven't had any really nice quality posts lately. It's going to take awhile, so I've been brainstorming ways around this to keep the content going and I've finally planned out some posts that are do-able. Sorry I've been gone the past week. I love ya'll. :)

Love, Noralee

Snippets Sunday #13

Hey ya'll. :)

Honestly I haven't done anything today. I just woke up and it's 3PM. But, I saw a really awesome show last night, and the lineup went a little like this:

Ya’ll should really check out The Buzzkills. (so perf.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Buzzkills/185871108225620

And, Signalman. (THESE GUYS FUCKING RULE, BY THE WAY.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Signalman/128253213975978?fref=ts

American Swine (Also super fucking cool.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Swine/143797145660621?fref=ts

The Ancient Gods. (pretttty sweeeeet.)
https://www.facebook.com/adamandtheancientgods?fref=ts

I got tacos with the above fuckers. They were all really sweet people, who play kickass music.

AND, OF COURSE. NOT HALF BAD. Which I’ve made probably a million zillion posts about them on Tumblr, and I don’t give a shit. Their music is awesome. And, I legitimately love each and every one of them on a personal fucking level. So, hey, as if I haven’t said this enough times.. Give them a fucking listen, pls & thnk.
https://www.facebook.com/nothalfbadmusic
http://nothalfbadpunk.tumblr.com/
http://nothalfbad.bandcamp.com/album/good-people

okay, cool night, cool people, cool times.

For the rest of today I intend to probably lay in bed, and watch the new season of Arrested Development. Then maybe go to a vegan cook out later this evening at a friends place.

I hope ya'll've had a great weekend and a great Sunday. :)
Let me know if you check out any of those bands!

Love, Noralee

an update full of I'm Sorry's.

HEYHEYHEY.

I'm just going to be honest, I've gotten a lot of messages from people via tumblr and from here about where I've been.. and the truth is this was the hardest semester of college I've ever had to go through.

A lot of you who have been following me here or Tumblr know that my Grandma lives with me and she's been sick for a few years. This semester we had to put her in a nursing home, and it really took a toll on my household, and my schoolwork. I was playing catch-up constantly for months. And then finally I got some good news about my scholar work I've done on rape culture. I was asked to be a speaker in Washington DC two weeks ago. The week before I went though, there was a death in my life. One of my best friends, mentor, and ex teacher, passed away at a young age and very suddenly. I went to his funeral that Sunday, then Tuesday I left for DC. It was bittersweet, honestly.

I've also been playing a lot of shows and working on stuff for an album.

photo credit to Olivia Themudo

  I've been stressed with this biology class I'm currently in, and the fact that I also need to find a job. It's just been a very dang stressful semester. It's almost over though, and I'm not taking summer classes, so, hayyyyy. ;p

I just want to thank everyone who has continued following this blog from the bottom of my heart. There will be new content coming ya'll's way. I've queued some beauty reviews, and some thrifting posts, already. And once this month is over, and finals week is over, I will get back into a regular swing again, I pinky promise.

Here's a stop motion video I made of my travels in Washington, DC, I hope ya'll enjoy it:

Love, Noralee