Shows in February/March

This new year has somehow brought back my excitement over going to local shows. I don't know what was wrong with me last year, maybe I was just burned out (on life?) but I felt like I was turning into an old apathetic asshole that only listens to bands from their teenage years and refuses to see anything new.

I'm glad that's over now!

Oh, but I still don't like going to shows where I can't drink. If you're gonna expect me to stand up straight and ruin my hearing for four hours, you better let me drink some goddamn alcohol!

Anyways, tonight I'll be getting a ride up to Orangevale for this show...



I really hope that that is an actual picture of the Shanty. I wouldn't be surprised, after all, it is in Orangevale, which might as well be called the Armpit of Citrus Heights.

And in the next couple months...



I hear from Facebook that one of the bands is buying a keg for this show. I have a feeling that my liver will never forgive me after this night. Either that or my basement will experience The Great Beer Flood of 2011.

If I'm not too hungover the next day...



Clayton, a good friend of several of my friends, suffered from a stroke several weeks ago. This show is a benefit for his medical bills. I've never actually been to the Hub (again, I was super lazy last year) so that gives me another reason to try to make it to this show.



The Shitty Ramones? Hahahaha...



And another benefit. My friend Rich was robbed on Thanksgiving. Help him buy his shit back. The Haz-Mat is a great place for shows, I did a photoshoot there with some friends about a year ago: Oakland Photo Shoot 2010

Now the next show will also be a benefit, for my alcoholism, of course:



Just kidding, I'm not an alcoholic. I just pretend to be one on weekends.

I also made some new flyers for my website! I hope Cassie and Laura don't mind that I used their photos. If anybody wants a stack of them to pass out, let me know. I usually just put them in orders when I ship stuff out.

I just copied tons of them at Arbor Press on 20th and P. That place is awesome.

January Update (NY Trip Postings, Interview with Jinxi, and more)

The spring semester started earlier this week. I am taking five classes this time...yikes! If I manage to pass all my classes, pass a math competency test (and retain my sanity) I will be graduating this spring with AA degrees in fashion design and fashion merchandising. It will be nice to have something to show for the past, um, 4-5ish years of community college. Even if it is two almost useless degrees.

What's next? I may continue going to school to take more business classes, maybe get a business degree. Worrying about the future just stresses me out, so I'm trying to not think about it until the time comes to make more decisions. Right now I am just trying to focus on getting through all my classes. I've somehow managed to maintain a 3.9 GPA, which means my perfectionist side will be stressing out about receiving any grade less than an A. Anybody want to trade brains with me? I drive myself nuts sometimes.

Anyways, earlier this month I was interviewed by Jinxi, writer/vegan/tattoo collector/all-around awesome person. You can find the interview on her blog, here's the link:

Jinxi Boo Interview with Annie Rose (Deranged Designs)



I also finally managed to finish my write-ups of my trip to New York last year. Here are links to all the postings, complete with lots of pictures:

NYC Fashion Industry Trip (Part 1)
NYC Fashion Industry Trip (Part 2)
NYC Fashion Industry Trip (Part 3)

Any sewing or fashion design nerd should find something of interest in these posts. I spent a lot of time on them, so I would appreciate any comments!

Since I will be so busy with school over the next four months, I probably won't have time to update my website as much as I would like. If I have any spare time, I will try to make some new one-of-a-kind outfits to put up for sale. A while ago I promised a friend of mine that I would make a bunch of polka-dot themed outfits that she could model, because she loves polka-dots. Now she won't stop annoying me about it. So I might start on that soon!

My house is having another basement show tomorrow night. I think the Secretions might be shooting a video of it, for their new song "Casa de Chaos". This should be a lot of fun!

Well, now I'm off to do more homework. It never ends!