Kimberly Grace So Love

Warped Update

2009-08-12T09:49:00.000-07:00

So I'll be the first to admit, I'm TERRIBLE at keeping up with this. I mean just awful. But I think one of these days I'll figure out a system and not be so MIA.

On that note, I'm having the freaking best summer ever. I mean hands down. I'm so blessed to have been given this opportunity. I've met so many amazing people on Warped Tour and it got me away from some negative vibes in LA. I'm learning so much, not to mention, I have one of the best summer jobs ever. I mean, I'm on Warped Tour with the Truth campaign. It's insane!

The above picture is of Allison, Justin Sane (Anti-Flag), and me at the Warped Tour bowling tournament. Here are a few more pictures from the road so far.

Summer job = making kids rock, paper, scissor for shirts!

Tahir, Felix, Nick, and DJ JDayz hanging out at the BBQ.

Allison was too cool to hug us.

Truth girls dancing at the BBQ. We're usually the only ones dancing.

Angelo and I at the Mustacho Basho.

Sim (The Exposed) and I showing off our mustaches.

So Keiko thinks its pointless that I updated this because she thinks it's a lost cause. I'm going to prove her wrong.

I hope everyone is having a great day!! I'm going to go explore Seattle with my crew since it's our day off. See what kind of trouble we can get into...

-Kimberlygracesolove

Panda + Bunny = Love

2009-04-23T23:15:00.000-07:00

Keiko comes to town tomorrow!!! Yay!!!

There's going to be pandas, bunnies, cupcakes, frozen yogurt, flea markets, headbands, fabric, magic, love, hugs, mango lemonade, $1 sales, presents, food, craft fair, friends, and so much more!!

I'm so excited. But we have a lot of work ahead of us. I need a thimble. My thumb got pricked by a needle and is not happy.

On another, unrelated note, I miss my old hair:

At least I'm starting to get my tan back. Find the positives.

-Kimberly Grace

The Boy

2009-04-21T03:40:00.000-07:00

I've been in Los Angeles for almost 3 years now. In those 3 years, I've met a lot of guys, but none that I could actually really date or commit to. Don't get me wrong, I have amazing guy friends. Some of the best! But dating in big cities... eh. I never really got why my parents waited so long to get married and have kids but now I think I understand. They were in New York and it's just a different lifestyle in a big city.

I was fine with all of this until I met Alex at church. We were friends for a while but there was always this sort of pull. I can't explain it and at the time, probably didn't think much of it. But we gave up on ignoring it and everything has been wonderful since. I had my guard up for a while, but finally let it down because I realized in order to give this a fair chance, I'd have to.

Those last two pictures are from when we went to Bamboozle Left earlier this month. We had a lot of fun and it was great seeing some of my friends from the East Coast. Alex especially had a good time because the line up was more his speed. I got to see A Skylit Drive (who I'd heard about from Alex) and some other bands that I hadn't seen in a while, like Taking Back Sunday.

So whether its going to shows, church, bowling, reciting YouTube videos to each other Ouch Charlie!, or just hanging out at my apartment, we're having an amazing time. Who knows what will happen in the future. The rest of this year is going to be a challenge for sure with my plans to travel a little, but if it's meant to be, it will work out. For now, we make each other smile and that's all that matters.

-Kimberly Grace

Procrastination Proclamation

2009-04-19T23:38:00.000-07:00

Alright, I get it. I haven't been very good at keeping up with this. Keiko has yelled at me on numerous occasions. I'm going to really try this time to update more. It's just pictures, flickr, time, summarizing, general putting off until tomorrow what I could do today. Ya know. But seriously, no more. So here's a brief summary of the last few weeks.

I worked the LA Weekly Theater Awards at the El Rey. I loved seeing all the themed outfits! This is me with my friend, Danielle. She works at LA Weekly with me but was also nominated for an award that night!

Tara and Bryce were in town while Bryce recorded his new album (The Rocket Summer). I loved having them here. Tara has officially joined our "bunny" group. This was at Ryan's (Tara's brother) dinner party (so is the picture above, but Ryan was MIA from my pictures). There were a ton of people, so by the time I showed up with my cupcakes, a lot of the other food was gone. But the decorate your own cupcake idea ended up being a success.

My friend Chad just had his movie (Bart Got A Room) open in select theaters in NY, LA, and FL. I met up with him and the director at the Sunset 5 to watch it. I was so proud!!! The movie was really funny and it was so awesome to see Chad on the big screen. I was grinning and hugging him like a proud mama. I really hope the movie did well enough to open nationwide. It was so good and it would be so amazing for Chad. He's the title character, Bart. Yay!

Later that night, I went to meet up with Matt and Drew for Drew's going away party. They are two of the funniest guys I know. And as funny as they are apart, it's magical when they are put together. They feed off each other. It's wonderful. I got Drew to try on my bow later in the evening. I dare say he looked better in it then I did.

I need to clean and work on hairbows for a little bit before bed. I have to wake up at 5:45am. Ahh!! I will update again soon. I swear I'm going to be better at this thing. There's a new boy that has been taking up some of my time but I'm learning to rebalance everything again. I'll talk about him more next time.

Goodnight darlings.

-Kimberly Grace

Rachel's Glowstick Princess Birthday.... Oh And Happy Heart Day

2009-02-14T11:47:00.000-08:00

After church last Sunday night, we all headed over to Piano Bar for Rachel's birthday celebration. I love all of my Mosaic darlings. It was so much fun. There were some really great musicians playing all night. I had never been to Piano Bar before. It was nice to find another chill place in Hollywood. You get a mix of places out here and you kind of have to pick through them a bit, but every now and then you find a little gem. It also helps that I was with a lot of my favorite people.

Birthday Girl!

James, Kelsea, Rachel, and Jonathan.

Colin didn't like the angled shot. I did. My blog. So I'm posting it.

I decided instead of posting a Valentine's Day entry, to just update with the last three entries that I'd been procrastinating on. I think Valentine's Day is great. But you should show your love, commitment, and devotion year round. Not just on a Hallmark holiday. If I didn't have to work, I'd totally just want to stay home with my Valentine and cook together. I think that is the cutest. None of this going out for overpriced price fixed meal crap. Oh well.

-Kimberly Grace

Food, Friends, and Fun!

2009-02-14T11:25:00.000-08:00

Drew had free tickets to see Matt & Kim at the Troubadour the other night. They are so freaking cute. I've been listening to them nonstop for the past couple weeks.

Drew is on this new vegetarian/cooking kick. I benefit from this because he makes enough food for 2 and feeds me. Yum! He made a pizza the other night with whole wheat crust, fake bacon, pineapple, jalapenos, onions, and this bbq/chili paste sauce. Delicious. Paired with Newcastle (which Drew claims is the chocolate cake of beer), it was a fantastic dinner.

I want to start cooking more. Whether by myself or with friends. It's so much fun. Not to mention healthier than the crap I eat. And what a sense of accomplishment. So that's another new goal. To cook more. This blog has become my late resolution list. Whatever works, right?

-Kimberly Grace

Phantom!

2009-02-14T11:08:00.000-08:00

So one of my favorite musicals is Phantom of the Opera. The music is just incredible. Keiko says Andrew Lloyd Weber is the pop of musical theater but I don't care. Those damn Phantom songs lodge themselves in my head and I end up just singing them all day at work. Fine by me. And a night out at the Pantages Theater to see said musical, enabled me to finally wear my Betsey Johnson dress and Steve Madden shoes. I almost ate pavement 5 times because of those shoes but they looked great. Nelinda and Drew were my dates.

I also got to meet Nelinda's new addition to the family, Ziggy Stardust!!

That little guy has sooo much energy. I forgot how crazy baby pugs are.

I have a few more pictures to post before I get ready for work. I really need to start updating more often. It will be my new goal. One of them anyway...

-Kimberly Grace

Something To Be Thankful For...

2009-01-27T02:13:00.000-08:00

I was hit by a drunk driver on the 101 highway exactly one year ago today.

As my car was spinning out of control and eventually slamming into the median wall, I just prayed that no other car would hit me. I would take whatever else happened. What followed was a broken foot and bruises on my shoulder, down my chest, and across my hip bones from the seat belt, which no doubt saved me from worse injury or maybe even death.

I hopped away lucky... thankful... grateful to be alive.

My beloved car, Reggie wasn't so lucky, but he saved my life.

I found out today that a makeup artist that I worked with in New York passed away about a month ago. His name was Todd Homme and he was a finalist on some makeup reality show called Blush. He was only 23 and died in his sleep. No drugs... no alcohol... no health problems.

All of these things just strengthen my belief that life is way too short to worry about things that either don't really matter or that are completely out of your control. Say how you feel. Do what makes you happy. Take it all in and make as much of a positive impact as possible. Who knows if you'll always have the opportunity.

Now for something a little less intense...

Last night was Cara's birthday dinner at Pirate Dinner Adventure. It's basically Medieval Times but with pirates. Amazing. We all dressed up and headed down there. Ashley was nice enough to upload a couple pics for me to loot and pillage.

I need to wake up in 3 hours for work so it's bedtime for me. Goodnight my Loves.

-Kimberly Grace

Everybody's Leaving LA :(

2009-01-24T04:01:00.000-08:00

I've been covering everyone's shifts at work which means I'm working 12 days straight with 1 day off in the middle. I was supposed to go see Kelsea DJ at Spaceland tonight but passed out. Sorry MamaLove. I'll make it up to you!!

This week has been insane. A week ago was Lexy's last night in LA before her flight back to the Big Apple. We gathered Alice and Alexis and hit up Bang!

My dress is a Christmas gift from BabyKeiks (Postlapsaria.com)

I don't even remember which night it was, but there was an art gallery opening, my friend Chris' show at The Scene, and then a karaoke bar all in one night. I got to see a rather larger than I remembered Mr. Belding (Saved by the Bell) belt out Mustang Sally with a ton of girls around him. I made a new friend that night, Amy, and I got to hang out with some old favorites as well.

Amy, Ryan, and Colin at the karaoke bar.

Amy, me, and Bamboo (my panda).

Wednesday was my day off, so I wandered around Sherman Oaks with Alex. We tried this burger place right off of Ventura that was so good. And the people working there were so nice!

Alex and I outside of Ahhs.

That night, I met up with Kelsea, Ryan, Colin, Becca, Rachel, Lauren, and James squared at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood for the Glare of Rockets show. Mariah, Aaron, and Matt were amazing. I think they are getting better and better every time I see them. After they played, Colin and I snuck into the other room (via a very nice security guard and our friend, Becca) to see Metro Station. I was the oldest person there except for Colin, parents, and Billy Ray Cyrus. I heard Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were in there but I didn't see them. I know Metro Station isn't exactly praised for their musical genius but if you stop critiquing and just dance around, they really are a lot of fun.

It was Lauren's last night in town before going on tour with Peachcake (why is everyone leaving?!). I got to experience them for the first time that night after sneaking back into the original room we were in. I was going to post a video or picture of them but honestly, you just have to go see a live show. There are stuffed animals and purple, glitter onesies. Enough said.

Lauren and I at the Peachcake show.

Alright, so I already knew I was more productive at night but this is ridiculous. It's 5am and I'm blogging. But while I'm on a roll, I'm going to go grab my guitar and work on music. I promised James a song by February 19th. I'll sleep later.

-Kimberly Grace

Introduction

2009-01-15T23:57:00.000-08:00

Hi. I'm Kimberly Grace. It is so very nice to meet you!

I've been meaning to start this blog for some time now. But seeing as how procrastination and I are best friends, it just kept getting put off. I'm going to keep up with this though. I promise.

I'm living in Los Angeles now, although I'm considering a move back to the East coast (I'm originally from Manhattan and Coral Springs (Florida).

This blog is going to be used for me to document life in LA, or wherever else I end up while traveling or moving.

That's me modeling a headband for Postlapsaria.com

I need to wake up ridiculously early for work so it's my bed time. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I think it will be the start of a beautiful friendship.

- Kimberly Grace