I am norma H.

Hey everyone! I know Warped Tour's been over for a while now. Hope you all had an amazing time! Want to re-live it again? Well now you can! On September17th, local movie theaters will show a special one night movie event that celebrates Warped Tour's 15th anniversary! The bands that will be there: 30H!3, The All-American Rejects, Bad Religion, Blink 182, The Decaydance All Stars, Ice T, Katy Perry, NOFX, Ozomatli, Pennywise, Rise Against, and UnderOath. So just click on the link to buy your tickets!

 

"You forfeit your chance to live your life at its fullest when you withhold your best efforts in learning."

- Mr. Forte (my AP U.S. History teacher)

 

When you start off a syllabus with that you know that this is going to be a class to remember. I sure hope it is. I don't care how nerdy or geeky it makes me sound but I am truly excited for this class! I can tell that Mr. Forte really does love history just by the way that he speaks about it. He's even writting a book on the Civil War. (which I will buy if when it gets published.)

Summer was fun. Buzznet was fun (although I neglected visiting it more :[ ) But it's time to get serious. 

The first day of school involved with most of my teachers telling me how my Junior year was going to be the hardest year. Gee, thanks...I nearly hyperventalated in the middle of my AP Language class. 

I love you guys. I really do. I'll check back on the weekends and comment/buzz when I can. 

 

"Set high but realistic expectations for yourself and convert every challenge you face into oppourtunity. The motto of our classroom will be Carpe Diem! (Latin for "Seize the Day")"

 

Did I mention how excited I am for this class??

As of today, I've been on Buzznet for a year! And all I've got to say is...

Thank you! 

I can honestly say that the community is what keeps me coming back. You're all just awesome. Simple as that. 

So, thanks for being here for me through thick and thin. 

For being ridiculously funny.

For being possibly the smartest people to talk to.

For being you!

Here's to another year! 

 

I love Warped Tour. It's the first concert I've ever been too and it's what got me here, on Buzznet (thanks to the SmartPunk ticket give away). Being the desperate fan that I was, my fifteen year old self scoured the interweb trying to find contests to enter, just so I could have a chance at winning one and going to Warped Tour. I didn't win any of them (I am very unlucky) but maybe you have better luck! Here is a list of all of the places you need to check out if you want to give it a go and enter some contests. 

 don't forget to take the Warped Reporter Surverys for your chance to win a VIP pass.

For those of you over 18, Fuse is holding a contest in which you can enter to win a three day trip to L.A. to go to Warped on September 5th at the Nokia Theater. Enter right here. 

Got a crazy Warped story? Then go to Soda Head and tell them all about it. You would win some tickets. 

 

Sign up and enter to win tickets to Warped from Hit The Lights. You can enter once a day up until June 29th!

Sign up for news on Alexisonfire and be automaticaly entered to win some tickets.

 

Register over at TheTruth.com. They'll send you a quiz 10 days before your Warped date. Take it for your chance to win. 

 

The very caring people over at Music For Relief are trying to help out cyclone victims in Eastern India and Bangledesh. All they ask of you is to change your myspace layout to their own special one for a month. Find out how you can win some tickets right here. And make sure to follow them on Twitter as well. 

Twitter!

Alternative Press

Alternative press is holding a contest in which you answer a question (there will be 3, meaning three chance to enter) Make sure to follow them and keep up with the questions. You have until Saturday, June 6th to answer question one...which is...

RockDaMullet

This man knows how to hook you up! Follow him, espically if you're living in the California area. Convince himthat you're worthy of free tickets. 

 

 

They might hold thier own contest in the future but for now follow them for the latest informtaion on contests! 

WARPEDTOURDOC as in The Warped Tour Documentary, how awesome is that?!? Which by the way you can get right here

WinMusicWin These guys will be posting a journal like this one so check it out and make sure that I didn't miss anything!

Minkus Tiffany Mink, the Warped Tour Reporter keeps you updated on everything that has to do with Warped. Follow her! 

Fan2Band  The master minds behind street teams. They recently gave away a pair, you never know when they'll do it again!

MusicSavesLives This amazing organazation just got their 60,000 sign up to donate blood this year! Help them out to ream 100,000! Follow them for more info on Blood Drives and how to get your VIP pass. and check out their website for more information on them. 

FearlessWarped Love bands on Fearless Records? Follow them for future contests and set times! 

 

If you drink please don't drive. 

I'm not here to stop you having "fun".

Although I hate that you drink.

I'm not here to tell you you're a bad person for drinking.

Although I do worry about you.

I'm not here to scold you...

I care about all of you on Buzznet too much to see this happen to you.

 

I want to see you graduate.

I want to see you go to college.

I want to see you fall in love.

I want to see you get married.

I want to see you start a career.

I want to see you living your life.

One fun night with booze is not worth losing your life, or in this case, the life of another. 

I might not have known him but he is just another innocent victim of drunk driving. 

One too many.

 

RIP Adam Stephens

I love Warped Tour. It's the first concert I've ever been too and it's what got me here, on Buzznet (thanks to the SmartPunk ticket give away). Being the desperate fan that I was, my fifteen year old self scoured the interweb trying to find contests to enter, just so I could have a chance at winning one and going to Warped Tour. I didn't win any of them (I am very unlucky) but maybe you have better luck! Here is a list of all of the places you need to check out if you want to give it a go and enter some contests. 

UPDATED ON MAY 1ST: Enter Absoluetpunk.net's contest for your chance to win tickets and VIP passes to Warped!

Like Meg and Dia? Check THIS out to win free tickets to one of their dates on Warped.

 

and of course don't forget to take the Warped Reporter Surverys for your chance to win a VIP pass.

Got a crazy Warped story? Then go to Soda Head and tell them all about it. You would win some tickets. 

 

Sign up and enter to win tickets to Warped from Hit The Lights. You can enter once a day up until June 29th!

Sign up for news on Alexisonfire and be automaticaly entered to win some tickets.

 

Register over at TheTruth.com. They'll send you a quiz 10 days before your Warped date. Take it for your chance to win. 

 

The very caring people over at Music For Relief are trying to help out cyclone victims in Eastern India and Bangledesh. All they ask of you is to change your myspace layout to their own special one for a month. Find out how you can win some tickets right here. And make sure to follow them on Twitter as well. 

Twitter!

Alternative Press

Alternative press is holding a contest in which you answer a question (there will be 3, meaning three chance to enter) Make sure to follow them and keep up with the questions. You have until Saturday, June 6th to answer question one...which is...

RockDaMullet

This man knows how to hook you up! Follow him, espically if you're living in the California area. Convince him that you're worthy of free tickets. 

 

 

They might hold thier own contest in the future but for now follow them for the latest informtaion on contests! 

WARPEDTOURDOC as in The Warped Tour Documentary, how awesome is that?!? Which by the way you can get right here

WinMusicWin These guys will be posting a journal like this one so check it out and make sure that I didn't miss anything!

Minkus Tiffany Mink, the Warped Tour Reporter keeps you updated on everything that has to do with Warped. Follow her! 

Fan2Band The master minds behind street teams. They recently gave away a pair, you never know when they'll do it again!

MusicSavesLives This amazing organazation just got their 60,000 sign up to donate blood this year! Help them out to ream 100,000! Follow them for more info on Blood Drives and how to get your VIP pass. and check out their website for more information on them. 

FearlessWarped Love bands on Fearless Records? Follow them for future contests and set times! 

 

Show us the colors that we used to love.
You have been dark and gloomy for too long.
You are something we don’t remember of.
Winds no longer carry that special song.
Your sun refuses to show it’s bright face
We go for days without light and forget
That there once was color with the human race.
Lifeless clouds conceal us in a dark haze.
Waiting for spring to bring you back to me.
A time when we can breathe and touch the sky.
See all your colors, what a view to see.
Forever here even after we die.
Shed our frozen skin and soak up the sun.
Gone for too long, it’s time to have some fun.
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GUESS WHAT GUYS??

My grandpa's here! My happiness just shot through the roof! I've missed him so much! We have a lot of catching up to do. :D

Is it just me or has the air suddenly gotten thiner?

Wake up. Study. School. Homwork. Eat. Homework. Study. Sleep. Repeat.

Stressing here. At this rate I'll have gray hair by the age of thirty.

Spring is sooo close I can feel it. It's soupoused to be in the upper 70's here and I CAN'T WAIT. I can use some fresh air.

 

 

Please don't give me credit for this, I'm just the researcher not the scientist. I was looking up the dates and was only two bands away form being down when I came up on http://www.myspace.com/vanswarpedtour08 -_-. well there goes three hours of my life haha. well here you go, not all the bands are on here but they'll be on here by March 1st when Pre-sale tickets go on sale. Check out my other journal that tells you who's on Warped this year, and please tell me if the links are not working! Thanks :)

A Day to Remember - All Summer
Aiden - All Summer
A Skylit Drive - All Summer
Attack Attack - All Summer
Bad Religion - All Summer
Bayside - All Summer
Big D and The Kids- Table All Summer
Black Tide - All Summer
Breathe Carolina - All Summer
Breathe Electric - 7/30 and 8/1
Brokencyde - All Summer
Dance Gavin Dance - Playing 6/26/-7/23
Dear and the Headlights - Playing 6/26-7/23
The Devil Wears Prada - All Summmer
Dirty Head - Playing 7/19-8/23
Escape The Fate- All Summer
Gallows- All Summer
In this moment - All Summer
Innerpartysystem - All Dates
Ivy League- Playing 6/26/-7/18, 8/7-8/8 and 8/15
Jeffree Star - Playing 6/26/-7/23
Left Alone- playing 7/15-7/23
Less Than Jake - All Summer
Longway - All Summer
Love hate Hero 8/15-8/22
Madina Lake - All Summer
Meg and Dia - All Summer
Millionaires- June 26th- Aug. 21st
Saosin- All Summer
Scary kids scaring kids - All dates Except 7/9
Shad - All Summer
Silverstein - Main Stage, Playing 7/10-7/11 and 8/12-8/23
Sing it Loud - All Summer
Streetlight Manifesto - All Summer
TAT - All Summer
The Adolescents- Playing 6/26-6/28
The A.K.A.s- All Summer
The Architects - All Summer
The Ataris- Playing 6/26-7/7
The Goodnight Anthem - 7/17
The White Tie Affair - All Summer
There For Tomorrow - All summer
Therefore I Am - All Summer
TV/TV - All Summer
Underoath - All Summer
Vanna- Playing 7/18-7/21 The following bands will be playing on the Kevin Says Stage on various stops on the Warped Tour. After Midnight Project Playing 6/28-7/5 and 8/1-8/9 The Blackout Playing 6/26-7/19 Born to Lose Playing 7/3-7/5 Death Punch Playing 6/26-6/28 Designer Drugs - 6/28-7/2 Disalto Playing 6/26-6/28) Echo Movement (Playing 8/2-8/19) Foundation (Playing 7/22-7/23) Ice Nine Kills (Playing 7/19-7/22 and 7/24-7/25) nward Eye (Playing 7/29-8/9) Jet Lag Gemini - 6/30-7/1, 7/5-7/14 and 7/21-7/22 Kelsey and the Chaos - 7/9-7/12 and 7/14-7/22 Landmines (Playing 7/12-7/16) The Lives of Famous Men Playing 7/7-7/9 Middle Finger Salute Playing 7/17-7/29 Orange Playing 6/26-6/27 Pull the Pin Playing 7/7-7/9 and 7/12-8/1 The Scenic Playing 7/12-7/17 These Green Eyes Playing 7/29-7/31 The Truth Playing 8/20-8/23 Ultimate Power Duo Playing 8/12-8/14 You Me At Six Playing 8/1-8/23

 

PRE-SALE TICKETS: look for them mid-Feb. JUST ADDED:

Settings

 innerpartysystem

Ivy League

The Drama Club

A Rocket To The Moon

Breathe Electric

Kiros

NeverShoutNever!

RunnerRunner

Shooter Jennings

The Goodnight Anthem

Vanna Longway

Attack Attack

Forever The Sickest Kids

Madina Lake

In This Moment

 

 

30H!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Bayside, Big D and The Kids Table, Black Tide, Bouncing Souls, Breathe Carolina, Brokencyde, Cash Cash, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Dear and The Headlights, Dirty Heads, Escape the Fate, Every Avenue, Flogging Molly, Gallows, Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends on Fire, Jeffree Star, Less Than Jake, Lights, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, NOFX, Outernational, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Silverstein, Sing it Loud, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.S, The Architects, The Ataris, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The White Tie Affair, There for Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, Thrice, TV TV, Underoath, Valencia, Westbound Train

Stupid computer. I had to delete all of my files just to log on. AHHH. It deleted all of the photos that I took with my Nikon. AHHH.

Thank god for posting things on the internet. But still, it sucks. :/

 

Hey, guess what...we have a new president! HORRAY!

 

Prehaps my favorite quoete from the inaugurationin general...

 

"Few things are more exciting than watching Bush finally release America as his eight year hostage."

-Rise Against

I was kind of disapointed that not that many kids at my school cared.

 

One of my least favorite quotes form the inauguration....

 

"I really could care less about Barack Obama and the inauguration"

Maybe it's because I live in a mainly conservative republican city, but seriously????

 

It's still your country and if YOU don't even care about it, what makes you think that the rest of the world is?

It was sad.

Today through December 19th.

HELL. Kill me. I'll be studying for finals (espcially math and science).

December 19th-25

Fun :). Cartel concert (maybe) on the 19th and then some time with the family on Christmas. Expect a lot of photos :)

December 26-30

BABY WATCH. Mom's going to have her baby any day now so you know I'm going to be really excited/nervous during this time!!

December 31st

Happy almost 2009 (where did the year go?)

 

Whole month of January/January 12th

Mom's birthday and a continuous line of parites held by extended relatives. -blah-

 

God, I felt like I haven't talked to you guys in ages! How have you all been?

My dad has agreed to buy me a digitial camera (all those years in math class finally payed off! I drew up a complete research on how much it would cost for him to develop the film, and for the film itself, per year and in the end it costs about the same but if you include gas it costs a whole lot more. I didn't even include the summer (in which I take about 100 pictures a day).

 

ANYWAYS...

 

i've narrowed it down to either a Nikon D40 or a Nikon D60.

If you own/have any experience with these cameras or just the brand I would love your opinion.

I was looking through some of my parents old stuff today and to my surprise I came across two Canons, lenses, and filters!

I was estatic until...

I found out they were film cameras...ahhh!

Canon EOS 700 (Early 90's)

Canon AE-1 (from the 80's)

I have no experience with these types of cameras but my anxiety pills must have been working that day and I felt motivated. After four hours on google I found out all about the different lenses, the batteries I had to buy, the filters I wanted, and the film needed.

I'm still a little uneasy about this though. I don't have access to a dark room so I don't know how the photos will come out. I would love your tips and advice if you have any experience with film cameras!

Thanks in advance!

 

no more crying.

no more. not now not ever.

 

i've lost a little peice of me and i fear i'll never get it back.

 

money ruins everything. espically when you don't have it.

I came home from school on Friday to my little sister crying. We were robbed. They took my laptop, my camera, my brother's plasma tv, his x-box, all of his game (60+), my sister's t.v., my parnets t.v. all of my dad's saved up money(thousands of dollars), his coin collection (worth thousands), all of my mother's jewlery. Most of the money they took was going to be saved up for our college education or in case of emegercengy. Times are tough right now and with my mother pregnant right now, we can't afford to lose any more money. I won't be posting any photos for a while and I also won't be online that much. (I have another camera that they didn't find but it's really crappy and the computer they left is like form the stone age.). A news station came over to film this afternoon and it will be on TV on Fox 5 @ 10.

 

the thing that depresses me the most is that all of my photos were on my computer. They might not have been the best but I have spent countless hours working on them and now they are all gone. They were irraplaceable.

 

My family is a little uneasy right now.Unless this has ever happened to you, you don't know how horrible it is to be in your own house and not feel safe. I'm just happy that my mother and little sister were not in the house when it happened.

 

God bless,

Norma

Obama won. There is nothing you can do about it. You can bitch and complain all you want but FACE IT. Obama is your new president wither you like it or not.

Take into consideration the words of another well loved Chicagoan, Abraham Lincoln.

"A nation divided against itself cannot stand."

Now is not the time to be fighting, we should be rejoycing that here in America we even get the choice to choose our own leader. Obama is not going to be the only man running the naion, he will have help from others, yes even Republicans.

Now breathe. Take a chill pill. Maybe a nap. Blow off some steam. (I'm looking at you Milton!)

 

We are not going to die.

Say it with me now...

We are not going to die.

Good.

 

I can maybe understand about how some people are worried about how "prepared" he is to be president. In all honesty, is anyone prepared for anything these days? We are faced with new challenges every single day and it's not a matter on how prepared we are, it's the abiliy to face these problems head with the stuff you already know.

The people that are just against him because of the color of his skin or his name. I have to tell you one thing:

 

F*** YOU!

 

 

Now look what you've done. You've gone and made me all flustered. I shall follow my own advice and just take a nice little nap. Good night Buzznet!

 

 

This election is going to go down in history no matter the outcome.

I think most of us are too busy fighting about who they want to win though.

 

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I'm feeling a tad helpless at the moment. I have my opinions yet I'm not old enough to vote yet. This election is so important to me. I have a relative in the war and if Obama comes through with his promises of ending the war by 2011, my cousin will be able to come and see me graduate high school. He has always been one of my biggest role models and if came to my graduation and see how far I have come, and how I really couldn't have done it without his support, it would mean the world to me.

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I hope you voted today, McCain or Obama. I'm being selfish when it comes to Obama winning. America needs someone who can get us out of this economical slump and if McCain is the man who can do that, well bring him on. It's all unpredictable and it's one of the things that I hate about this election. We need help, and I hope America is smart enough to figure this one out.