i love katy perry.

Let me just give you a little recap of my recent trip to Candyfornia. If you are unaware of my love for Katy Perry, please check out my previous post here.

Now that we're all on the same page I will continue. I have been waiting since basically last summer to see Katy Perry live and the day finally came. Andrew and I road tripped it to the 'burgh to make all my dreams come true.

Before we left:

We arrived downtown thanks to Greta and found a lovely parking spot in a garage with the most narrow, curvy, ramp of all time. Yay Pittsburgh! We drove past tons of girls in neon colors, cheetah prints, and blue wigs everywhere. I hadn't really pictured what the crowd was going to be like. I'm so used to college town Harrisonburg being surrounded by twenty & thirty somethings. I was not prepared for 13 year old girls with colored clip in hair extensions. Anyway, we made it to our seats. More excitement!

I don't know if you can tell or not, but yes we are second to the last row from the very back. No, really, it's fine.

Katy Perry opened with Teenage Dream and my heart was as giddy as ever! Seeing Katy Perry live can be crossed off my 24 things to do while i'm 24 list!

View from our seats:

Her set really was a magical candyland! At the end of the show the arena was filled with pink confetti and glitter.

That blue wig right there... that's her! omg!

Check out this video for a little preview of the craziness behind the scenes of Katy's California Dreams tour:

My love for Katy Perry has continued to grow. Probably to an unhealthy level. It's totally fine. I have it under control.

Tootles!

summer resolutions.

So, I didn't really make any new years resolutions. It just wasn't a good time for them, but now that it is officially the first day of summer I think I am ready for some resolutions.

#1 I am giving up drinking soda. I started this at the beginning of June and I have been staying strong. There was some grape soda temptation recently, but I managed to remain true to my goal. Grape and Orange soda are definitely going to be my weakness. I have been feeling surprisingly good about this one. I'm starting out with this as a summer goal, but am actually just thinking about giving it up forever.

#2 I am going to quit picking my nails. This has been a habit since pre-school. So a 20ish year habit shouldn't be difficult to break right? I'm trying to combat this one with super cute nails all the time. I love and have a slight obsession with nail polish already so this is a great motivator. Check out my new teal shade:

You can't tell, but my drink is blue too. I am just so color coordinated!

#3 Perfect iced coffee. I have been working on this for a couple weeks now too and have it down pretty well! I make my coffee at night while I brush my teeth then place it in the fridge over night. In the am right before I leave for work I use around 5 ice cubes, and by around 5 I mean exactly 5, add the coffee, 2 packs of sugar, about 3-4ish seconds of creamer, that's the official scientific measurement, some hershey's caramel syrup & stir! Add a neon straw to my JMU recycle travel mug and I am out the door. I'm going to experiment with some other flavors too.

#4 I am never going to get tragically lost again. Dupont Circle at rush hour taught me a lesson and this girl has been lost for the last time. Meet Greta, my new tour guide:

Greta is the perfect addition for summer time adventures!

There they are, my summer time resolutions. Happy first day of summer!

behind the scenes peak.

If you haven't checked it out yet, here is Big Meadow Sessions's second video featuring Andrew!

My dear SMAD pals, Tyler Conta and Colin Greene, and I started this little live music video project and I am very excited to see how it evolves. We're still in the beginning stages and any feedback you have would be lovely! If you missed our first video of Lights in the Fog you can find it here!

Here are some behind the scenes shots from our sunny day filming adventure:

The fellas reviewing the footage.

Leaving expensive things laying around a playground.

Play time post recording.

Dizzy.

Make sure you follow Big Meadow Sessions on twitter here for updates and so you don't miss our next video! I hope this brings a little sunshine to your Monday!