the end of a journey...

last night 30 seconds to mars played their last big show :( they have 2 very small acoustic shows tonight & tomorrow, and then their long 2 year tour is over. although i wasn't able to be in new york for their final shows this week, i was able to watch last nights show in it's entirety (live, in HD!) online. it was an amazing show. i may or may not have cried. three times. i hated seeing them say goodbye, and talk about 'the ending'. i got sad thinking about how i won't hear/see them singing those songs live again. it made me realize how emotionally attached to this band i am! (i may need professional help). they were presented with the guinness world record last night, for longest tour by a rock band. 309 shows in 2 years! absolutely amazing!!! i can't imagine how tired they must be. 2 years seems like a loooong time, but the past 2 years have flown by for me on my journey with mars. i started thinking about the 6 shows i went to, and how amazing they were. i figured out we drove more than 1,320 miles going to and from mars shows the past 2 years!!! to give you an idea of how many miles that is... if i left my house right now and drove north for 1,320 miles, i'd be at the border of washington and canada. just right below vancouver. that's crazy!!! we spent well over 24 hours in the car driving to/from mars shows. we spent HUNDREDSSSS of dollars on tickets, parking, gas and 1 hotel room in vegas. (most of that money was spent parking at the greek theater in LA. ok, i'm exaggerating, but the greek parking was $20... for stacked parking... in a dirt lot. i was shocked. ok, i'm getting off track here.) we saw lots of crazy people. met some new friends from other countries (yes, i still keep in touch with them). took a ton of pictures and videos. sang songs at the top of our lungs. had 5 late-night-post-show-in-n-out-meals :) and made a bunch of memories that i don't think i'll ever forget. 

mars hasn't said if they'll record another album in the future. they just keep saying "we need a break. we don't know what the future holds". if they do, i'm certain it won't be for a loooong long long time. i hope they do make another album, and if/when they do, i can guarantee i'll be roadtripping it to more shows. so what if hubs and i will be 40 by then?! i'll still be there!

this is what i'll miss about mars shows. these are the things i won't forget.

jared jumping into the crowds and singing on top of people...

giant balloons and confetti...

jared always putting his hand on his heart when he could hear us singing...

there were sweet moments when he'd bring fans on stage...

(this girl had a sign that said 'j, give me your shirt'. he did. he kissed her on the cheek and put his shirt on her. awww)

and it's not just girls that go crazy.

(i saw this online and thought it was funny;)

 last night he brought this tiny little boy on stage...

sa-woooon.

and of course there were many times where the guys just acted silly, and i loved it.

sometimes jared will pull you onstage and play 'would you rather'.

or make you dance in front of thousands of people...

so, yes. i'm sad i won't get to go to these 'parties' anymore. but maybe "we'll meet again" :(

thank you jared, shannon and tomo.

*if you were 1 of the unfortunate people to never attend a mars show. you should watch their video 'closer to the edge' and see what you were missing. if you don't like the music, watch it on mute! ha*

anyone still here?...

i don't even know if i have any followers left. i'm not doing so well with the whole blog thing lately. sorry. i keep thinking "hmm, maybe i'll post a recipe or something tomorrow", and i never end up doing it. i still don't know what to talk about tonight... so when all else fails, it's best to post pics of hot guys, right?! you know who i haven't talked about in awhile... yep, him. :) 

hmmmm, what's jared been up to lately??

he's been: 

bonjour beau

hanging out in paris...

playing guitar in my bed in a paris hotel room...

geeking out with the band (while looking 22 years old. vampire.)...

trying to disguise himself at the airport...

you can try to hide all you want. the girls will still find you.

trying harder to disguise himself at the airport...

geeking out at restaurants...

love his shirt.

eating popcorn...

busy being all good looking in hats...

monkeying around...

getting 2 new tattoos in the middle of the night...

i like 'em.

showing off the new tattoos...

hypnotizing people with his eyeballs...

shooting commercials for hugo boss...

he titled this 1 "million dolla smile" on his website. dork.

geeking out (again!) at the airport...

i die. *thud*

and singing all over the world.

so basically he's been killin' people with his hotness and finding some time to geek out in between killings. 

i never get sick of looking at him. fo realz.

i'll try to post something else... before next sunday. haha. it's gonna be a busy week, but i PROMISE i'll get on here and post something. promise. 

41 is the new 30-something (for some lucky people)...

my favorite drummer/hottie/rockstar from MARS is FORTY ONE today!

happy birthday shannon leto!!!!!!!

since when does 41 look this good????

no forehead wrinkles....

no eye wrinkles...

should i remind you that shannon is only 4 years younger than charlie sheen?! 

"WINNING!"?!? uhhh, sorry charlie, not even close! you're sooooo losing here! your tiger blood has NOTHIN' on leto blood! truth.

normally i find myself liking skinny-ish guys, but shannon's body KILLS me!

if you want a fit guy, that's not overly muscley, go for a drummer. 

they get such a good workout drumming. he sweats his ass off during shows.

he's 41 people. for.ty.one.

HOT!

arms...wow.

beastly back - this pic is amazing

i loooove this pic, i'm not sure why.
it might be the beads of sweat on his arm, i dunno.

ok, so we've established that he looks good in pics. but he's also a phenomenal drummer. for reals. he's an animal. you get a bit hypnotized watching him drum. you start wondering 'wow, how can he move so fast? how do his arms bend that way?'.

since you're already here... wasting time in your busy day, you might as well watch the videos i'm gonna post right now :) i know most people don't have the attention span to watch a 4 minute video of someone drumming, so i've helped you out. i'll tell you exactly what parts to watch.

during their song 'vox populi' he always stands up to drum this slower part of the song. i don't know if it's to give his numb butt a break, or so that we can get better pics of his sweaty shirtless body. either way, thanks shan!
(the vid is less than a minute long. don't let jared's blue hair distract you, just watch shannon :)

ok, the next 1 is precious! the band picked this little boy out of the audience to play drums for the last song of the night. watch 0:01-0:25, you can see that the boy is concentrating sooooo hard and is so stiff. fast forward the video towards the end and watch 6:51-7:35 the kid has loosened up and is having fun... and shockingly can keep the beat. i love the very end when shannon hugs him then says "you can keep those drumsticks, ok?" and the boy nods, then looks back at his dad with a grin. cute little kid.

adorable.

1 last thing.... shannon smells amazing. when i met them in vegas, he hugged me (then later put his arm around me for our pic) and i smelled like him for the rest of the night. my shirt still smelled like him the next day when i unpacked it at home. the 14 year old in me thought "i'll never wash it again!", then i realized "i'm 29. this is the real world. i wash my clothes because i need to wear them again... and oh yeah, i'm married".

did you know that on all of my blog posts, you can click on the pics and it will usually bring the pic up in a larger size?! i'm sure you're all blog savvy and already knew that... but just wanted to remind you.

dress up time...

remember when i said that 30 seconds to mars puts on amazing live shows that are super fun?! (i mentioned it in an older blog post HERE). well, for a handful of tour dates they set up 'theme nights'. i came across some newer pics this morning and thought i'd share a few.

here are a couple of pics from "doctor/medical" night-

atlanta - jan. 2011

dr. jared in his scrubs, lab coat, rubber gloves and face mask

(i AM still a bit sick. does anyone have this dr's number?)

dr. tomo (dark blue scrubs), dr. jared (light blue scrubs & lab coat) and 

dr. matt (touring bassist - red scrubs)

here are some pics from "preppy/yuppie" night-

denver - jan. 2011

yuppie jared (i think it's adorable!)

yuppie tomo

yuppie jared running around with a tennis racket - so 'hamptons-ish' :)

it's not just the band that dresses up, they encourage the audience to dress up as well. they send out messages on facebook, twitter, radio interviews etc announcing the themes.

"neon war paint" night

somewhere in europe 2010

fun, huh?!?! they've also done army/camo night, bloodball night (which is fun around halloween. people dress up like they're going to a ball, and mars sets up a 'blood booth' where you can get fake blood painted on you), kings & queens night, and so many more.... even a field & stream night. i'm serious. it was years ago, i wasn't there, but the pics were hilarious. they even had a tent onstage. unfortunately none of the shows that i've been to have been theme nights, but if i get the chance to go to one, I WILL! who doesn't love to dress up for a night?!?

crush of the week....

i'm gonna warn you now, this post will contain a lot of pics. i apologize, i can't help it!

to call him my 'crush of the week' would be greatly downplaying my adoration for him. after seeing him in concert this week, it's only appropriate that he's my crush of the week lifetime.

this weeks crush is jared leto! actor, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, artist, photographer, director, (what can't he do?!), hottie. jared is the frontman of the band 30 Seconds to Mars (read my last post HERE). he has been in a number of films, including 'requiem for a dream', 'fight club', 'american psycho', and others. if you are around my age, you will probably remember him most from being hottie jordan catalano on the 90's tv show 'my so-called life'. i liked him back then and i still like him today. *start nauseating sequence of pics now*

i like him acting...

i like him singing...

i like him with long hair...

i like him with pink hair...

i like him with blue hair...

i like him in a hat...

i like him in a skirt...

i like him pretty... 

i like him geeky...

i like him looking like zac efron...

i like him looking like kurt cobain...

i like him pouting...

i really like him smiling...

i like him in 1994...

i like him now...

i like him. I. LIKE. HIM. A. LOT!!!! *sighs* so what?! get over it. mind your own business ;)

who is your crush of the week lifetime? do you have one?

♥