MY TAYLOR SWIFT EXPERIENCE

SO GUYS I WENT TO THE 1989 WORLD TOUR AND I CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT MYSELF. You guys should know by now im a huge t-swizzle fan and if you didnt you must be new... Anyway, i did get the opportunity to go to her recent tour concerts in columbus!

So let start from the beginning..
My mom bought my sister and i tickets for the friday show in december of 2014. So ive been waiting for over 7 months and then months later its a week before the concert when my aunt tells my mom she has something to give me... ITS HER TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS FOR THE THURSDAY SHOW!! I couldnt believe it i get two nights of taylor and my seats are to die for.

first night tickets

FAST FORWARD TO CONCERT NIGHTS:
So for the thursday show i brought my mom and we went to Dicks Last Resort which is right by nationwide for dinner and it was so much fun. Even though our waiter didnt give us hats and mock us it was still delicious. Then my friend anna was actually going the same night so i waited for her to arrive so we could take some pics together before the show!

 

Then my mom went into the venue to find our seats and when we did i think i peed because WE WERE SO CLOSE! I mean the stage was literally right there in front of my eyeballs.

So once we arrived at our seats we kind of just relaxed because we were in there about 45 minutes early before the show actually started. Most of the time we were watching the screen and what taylor was playing or on our phones telling everyone about our amazing seats. I literally could not fathom the fact that we were so close, we had seats where you didnt have to watch the screens to see the artist up close you just see them. It was truly insane and im so thankful to my aunt and uncle for their tickets! Oh and by the way THEE andrea swift ended up being 10 ft from me and waved to me and i think my hear exploded.

Then finally 7;30 hit and her opening act Vance Joy came out! I know a couple of songs by him, but he only played one song i knew. Now dont get me wrong that doesnt mean i didnt enjoy his set because i definitely did. Vance has such a good vibe to him and his sound of music. Its very calming and nice to listen to.

Once Riptide came on though i was jamming hard core. My plan for the night was to record things i wanted to. I had such good seats i couldnt help myself and plus i had another night to relive it and remember it without a video camera.

My favorite performance from vance was probably the song where he had everyone hold a light up in the arena. It made everything so much brighter and it made it beautiful. It made the song a lot more connected too. I believe he performed Georgia during it and im now in love with that song.

After Vance left the stage it was about 8:00 and taylor came on in like 30 minutes. Now im sure you can imagine how i felt at this point and that i could not contain myself. MY IDOL WAS COMING ON A STAGE 20 FT FROM ME IN LESS THAN AN HOUR I WAS NOT OKAY. I couldn't believe how lucky i was to even be at the concert because it was sold out and thats 15000 people.

It was honestly the longest 30 minutes of my life waiting for her, but it was worth it. When finally the lights went out and the crowd was on their feet and the only thing you could hear were screams, time was no longer relevant. The opening scene was a clip of New York and the stage was set in that type of scene and finally the lights brighten, the dancers come out, and then i see a little ball of sunshine appear and i scream so loud i think i made my mom deaf. Then she began to sing Welcome to New York and i sang every single word.


That is not a zoomed picture and now you can really tell how good our seats were. And at one point during welcome to new york she came towards our side and i could see her sweat and she looked my way. I MELTED AND DIED. I couldnt believe what i was seeing and the night had only just begun!!

The rest of the concert was just as great with so many great speeches, performances, costumes, and vocals. If i went into detail we would be here all night so youll just have to trust me.

  

All the wristbands lit up red while she sang an acoustic version of RED

Taylor day 1 is just as successful as i assumed it would be. At the end when she sings shake it off confetti canons and fireworks went off and you know after the show i stole me some confetti and brought it home. Its memories guys its not creepy.

Anyway, after the concert was over i couldnt believe how time flew by. I really didnt want it to be over but i knew id be back tomorrow! It made me even more excited for the friday show just to see her again!


I did end up buying a concert shirt. It is just a black t shirt that has 'Taylor Swift' written in neon looking signs on the front then it has her tour dates on the back. How basic i know but i wanted it so whatcha gonna do.



NOW ITS TIME FOR DAY 2 ARE YOU GUYS PREPARED?!?!?!

I WASNT



Day 2 began with my sister coming home from her apartment and then we got our hair done and my hair was finally redyed and cut short again! I love it and s/o to stephaine she is the bomb. After we got our hair done we went to pick up our friends Kristina and Carolynn because they also had tickets so we decided to hang with them before the concert! So we decided to eat some subs then head down the nationwide were we had a huge photoshoot!

After our photo shoot we took an adventure down town because Carolynns and i's older sisters wanted some gum so we headed to the convention center to find a convenience store for there stinky breath problems.

Once we eventually found one we all noticed that kristinas outfit was inside out the whole time and that was so funny but she got it fixed dont fret.

After our adventures we headed back to nationwide and i bought another shirt this time a cutoff with her face on it. Also jess bought a mug and we bought our mom a calendar. Then we headed inside and we had to split off because we had lower bowl seats and they had upper bowl.

Once we arrived in our seats we got super excited and didnt have to wait as long for vance to come on and sing his songs. Jess really enjoyed his slow and calm vibe as well as i did.

Now when Taylor came on we freaked out. I didnt take as much photos or videos because i was to busy living in the moment and screaming the lyrics. Her setlist and dances happened to be the same but that didnt bother me one single bit. I loved it just as much, if not more! My sister and i ended up losing our voices and couldnt speak at all after the concert ended.

In conclusion, if you have a chance to see her in concert i suggest you do because she is amazing live and she is the best. She has amazing musicality and a perfect voice. I dont have a favorite because everything was equally amazing.

And here are some final pictures for you to enjoy. Thanks for reading my taylor swift experience and if you want more heres a video for it:

Turn the Page!

HEY GUYS IM FLIPPING OUT!

So for this book review i was suggested this book by my fellow reader friend Kevin. It is called "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz. I didnt expect the ending of this book and it is driving me crazy. You have to go and read this book.

Its a very unique story that i never really expected. I couldnt really tell anything about this book from the title either, the only information i got about is how my friend summarized it for me. I really enjoyed reading it and kinda figuring out as i went along. Especially, the characters, they were portrayed in such a different way and i really liked it.

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Honestly, it was hard to pick a favorite character because they were written in such a different way. If i had to choose. i would pick Dante. Dante just acted in a way i preferred over Ari. Ari reminds me a lot of myself and thats why i think i didnt like him that much.

Prepare for a lot of quotes, the book was filled with some good ones :)

Favorite Quotes: "I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess i was a mystery even to myself."

"It was better to be alone and miserable. It was better to drown."

"I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didnt get-- and never would get."

"Words were different when they lived inside of you."

"Through the telescope, the world was closer and larget than i'd ever imagined. And it was all so beautiful and overwhelming and -- i dont know -- it made me aware that there was something inside of me that mattered."

"Maybe a part of you died when you were sick."

"I wondered how that felt, to really like yourself. And i wondered why some people didnt like themselves and others did. Maybe thats just the way it was."

"But the worst part was that those words were living inside me. And they were leaking out of me. Words were not things you could control. Not always."

"What ever happened to reading a book because you liked it?"

"I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that were thinking about things that we dont know were thinking about -- and those things,well, they sneak out of us in our dreams."

"I wont waste good paper on theories that i come up with when i cant sleep at night."

"Busy doesnt mean happy. I know that. But at least im not bored. Being bored is the worst."

"Maybe mom and dads forgot about this one small fact: being on the verge of seventeen could be harsh and painful and confusing. Being on the verge of seventeen could really suck."

"Senior year. And then life. Maybe thats the way it worked. High school was just a prologue to the real novel. Everybody got to write you -- but when you graduated, you got to write yourself. At graduation you got to collect your teachers pens and your parents pens and you got your own pen. And you could do all the writing. Yeah. Wouldnt that be sweet?"