Feeling Strangely Sexy...

I've been a fan of MSI since Jared introduced me to them at age 15. I had a huge crush on Jared(what else is new) and I wanted to get to know him and I knew that they were his favorite band, so I asked him to burn me some cds. After a bit he finally got around to it, and I eagerly went home to listen and was like "um." haha, they're not for the faint of heart. They're fun, inappropriate, distasteful, and all around great. Then all at once I was crazy about them and was buying their cds myself at Hastings. When I moved up to Alaska I remember back to school shopping and finding one of their shirts at Hot Topic and I was so stoked. That shirt helped me catch the eye of a lot of my future friends there who were into music just as weird as I was. So since my hair is purple, it finally dawned on me to recreate the cover art drawn by the amazing Jamie Hewlett from their album Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy:

You know me, any excuse to play dress up!

Mindless Self Indulgence III

Mindless Self Indulgence has been one of my favorites since I was in High School. It was Jared's favorite band, and me being completely enamored with him, asked him to burn me a cd sophomore year. At first I was like "...woah". They're a band that's not for everyone, it takes a little time to digest for some people. Once I mulled it over I had to have more. I bought myself a cd from Hasting's and it was obsession from there. I can still remember dancing around my yard with my ipod up in Alaska doing my very best Jimmy Urine falsetto.

They've been touring every year basically since I moved back to Ohio, and being that I was stuck in Alaska every time they toured previously, I've taken every opportunity to see them. This year marks the third year, and they've also mentioned they're going on hiatus. I made sure to get a ticket and make the most of my night. Boy did we ever though. I blew out my knee dancing like a fool and have had water on the knee since then(it pops at least once a minute and its swollen with fluid and the grossest thing ever), Jared went into the moshpit and sprained his ankle, and Lynne just got nice and drunk. All in all we had an amazing time, and I'm sad that I don't know when/if I'll get to see them again!

Lynne and I, pre-show.

Not pictured- Jared dropping all of his drinks >u<

A tasty drink with a misogynistic name.

The one, the only!

As per tradition, he briefly removed his pants.

After the show was bassist Lyn-z :) She walked up the stairs I was standing next to then all kinds of people started running over.

Kitty, the drummer! She always happens to find me on social media sites and I love it ^_^

Me and My buddy hamming it up :)

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, can't you see?

Sometimes your words just hypnotize me!

I love Jared for snapping so many pics of us XD

This is the best and most clear photo, and it rules. He picked the pose.

Lynne and I were waiting patiently to meet Jimmy, and Jared ran up OUT OF NOWHERE and flung his arm around Jimmy like they were old pals.

A big ole hug :) He said "Someone needs to get this person a cheeseburger right away!" haha, come on! 

Mindless Self Indulgence @ Bogarts!

Last Tuesday Lynne and I traveled down to Cincinnati to see Mindless Self Indulgence! We'd been beating around the bush for months beforehand about whether or not we were going. We saw them last year around this same time and it was an amazing show then, so I don't know why we were hesitating so much. I think mostly because of money and scheduling, but we finally worked it out and decided to go.

The weekend before I got off of work early one day and realized I needed to get an outfit together! I'd been planning to cosplay Juliet from lollipop chainsaw(its a videogame), because her outfit is on point. The lead singer(or mic commander if you will) of Msi is Jimmy Urine. He did the music for the game and voiced the first boss, so as a perk in the game, one of the unlockable outfits the main character(Juliet) gets it a gender-bent version of one of Jimmy's old stage outfits. So I set off to the thrift store and then the mall, and somehow managed to find all the perfect things! The jacket was a little too big, but otherwise I think I nailed it!

My reference photo of Juliet

I had to turn a pair of awkward hot topic underwear into a top. Yes, I am a crafty lady.

TAH-DAH!

So when Lynne arrived we headed to the mall to get her an outfit that looked like the bassist's (Lyn-z). After we finally managed that, we were off. We arrived just in time for the opening band's set. Before we went in, I ALMOST chickened out and wore a black jacket. I'm really glad Lynne told me I should go all out.

The show was incredible! We didn't stand too close so I had plenty of dancing room, and oh man did I dance my ass off! I was sore for several days afterward. It was extra awesome because we were expecting them to play only stuff from their new album, but they played so much old stuff! Like decade old stuff!! It was so much fun. A couple of people came up to me and complimented my outfit too which was great.

Lyn-z shreddin' bass.

After the show, the band always comes out to sign autographs and hangout. Last time we didn't wait around to talk to Jimmy, but this time I was determined to because of my outfit. We hung out and met the other band members first.

Steve signin' shit.

Waiting on Jimmy....

The fabulous Kitty(who plays drums) recognized me from a pic I posted on twitter!

Lyn-z and me! (Our nails look fly, btw)

Then fiiiiinally the crowd around Jimmy started to die down and I was kinda hovering near by. I started to walk toward him and he saw me and got all excited.

Jimmy: Ahh You dressed up! Thank you for that!
Me: (super excited now) Yeah you like?!
Jimmy: Yeah I love it, you look like Juliet!

And then my life was made. I was all giddy and a little nervous and stoked all at the same time. So then I asked him if he would take a picture with me and he said "Yes of course!" and waved me over, and all of a sudden our arms are around each other and Lynne takes the perfect picture and ahhhh!! I couldn't have had a better experience meeting him. I can remember dancing around my house and backyard up in Alaska singing like him, and then finally meeting him now was just so awesome. It was perfect.

I just love everything about this picture. Our hair, his expression, our outfits, how we're huggin' on each other. BWAA!

We left after that, so giddy and exhausted(Lynne couldn't stop talking about Lyn-z calling her adorable, and I couldn't stop going on about Jimmy loving my outfit). I've been on a high from it for days, every time I listen to my ipod, it's msi or the left rights. I even changed my phone's wallpaper to that photo! I already can't wait to see them live again.