its a good time to be a fan!

this weekend was an exciting one...and anyone who is a harry potter/jets/backstreet boys fan like myself will tell you the same thing...i know none of these has anything to do with the other but it was a great weekend for all 3!...

lets start off with harry potter (*said in brittish accent*)...friday was the official opening day of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1...(or hp7a as i like to call it...haha!)...obvi i went to see it friday...i would have gone thursday at midnight but unfortunately someone has to be responsible and go to work...so that option was out...instead i went with cool girl after work...oh.my.god...sooo freakin good!!!...i loved it so much that i saw it again on saturday night!!!....i dont really want to say to much in case you havent seen it yet...but trust me when i say this is a DO NOT MISS!!!!...the only complaint that i have is that it ended...haha!...it was 2.5 hours but i didnt think it felt that long...and then it cuts you off right when the story is going to get really good!...i know this because i read the books...*gasp* i know! i read the books? how could that be???...haha!!!...anyway i cant wait until hp7b comes out...its going to be amazing!!! =)

sunday afternoon i went to the jets game...J! E! T! S! JETS! JETS! JETS! WOOOOO!!!!!! they played the Houston texans...and wow! what a game!...they had a huge lead going into the 4th quarter and then in typical jet fashion they blew it and Houston went up...the only way we could win was with a touchdown...too bad there was less than 2 minutes left...not impossible but it was improbable...so in typical jet fan fashion the stadium emptied out...less than half the fans were still there...of course i stayed...my grandfather taught me never to leave a game early cause you never know what could happen...and boy was i glad that i stayed!!!...sanchez threw a bomb down the field to a wide open edwards...everyone went wild!!! it was another jets FIRST DOWN!!!...so then there was 16 seconds left, 1st and goal, with the ball on the 6...sanchez threw another great pass to santonio holmes right into the end zone....TOUCHDOWN JETS!!!! i thought the people went wild before...no i was wrong...this is when they went really wild!!! ahhhh!!! im not even sure i can express in words the level of excitement going on in that stadium and that moment...it was just crazy!!!

now the jets are 8 and 2...can you believe it?? 8 and 2???...its been a LONG time since the jets have had a season like this one...there arent any that i can remember clearly...its just a really fun time to be a loyal jets fan...if you stick with them long enough they are bound to surprise everyone with an awesome season!!!...im so proud of them!!!

as if that game wasnt enough excitement for one person to handle i came home to watch the american music awards...my backstreet boys closed the show with new kids on the block...hands down the BEST performance of the night!!!...if you didnt see it go to YouTube right now and watch it!!!...the who thing was perfect...i loved everything...from the opening mash up of everybody and hangin tough...to the old school clips in the background during i want it that way...to the proof they were really singing during step by step...to the awesome dance break...to the classic right stuff dance...to "all you people cant you see cant you see n - k - o - t - B - S - B!"...yeah just perfect!!!...i am sooo pumped for the nkotBSB tour next summer...i already have tickets to one show...but im def gonna need more!!!

right now is such a good time to be a backstreet boys fan!!!...so many good things are happening...this tour with the new kids is gonna be so amazing...even my mom said she wants to go!!...i just cant wait for everyone to know what ive always known...backstreet boys are here to stay!!! =)

the official soundtrack of the summer of ten

thats right folks i have created an official soundtrack to the summer of ten!...i know that you are all yelling at the screen saying "but ashley, its practically winter...what are you doing still talking about the summer???"...well the answer to that is a simple one...i am a procrastinator...haha!!!...durring the summer k dubbs and i decided we would create a cd with all of our summer songs on it...so this way we could listen to it and remember the awesome summer we had!!...so every time we came up with a song we would put it on the list...having a list was great...too bad it took me 2 months to put the list onto an actual cd for listening enjoyment...i finally have it and it totally brings back memories from the summer...goal accomplished!...

so without further ado i bring you the track list (along with a little blerb) to the official soundtrack of the summer of ten!!!

1) taio cruz ~> dynamite ~> the first time i heard this song was at my friends wedding in july...k dubbs was with me and she said "how about this sound for our cd?"...i said i never heard it before...next thing i knew it was all over the place...LOVE IT!!!...so i went back to k dubbs and told her its def going on!!!

2) jason derulo ~> in my head~> this song doesnt really have a story we just like it!...haha!

3) backstreet boys~> bigger~>i took k dubbs to her first backstreet concert this summer...so its only natural that a song from their newest album made the list!

4)dj otzi ~> hey baby~> ob1 offered free zumba classes...we went to them on a weekly basis...this was our fav song from class...if you dont know it download it...i promise you'll love it!!!

5)big time rush~> halfway there~> thanks to my litttle bff i became completely obsessed with btr...turns out k dubbs loved them too...haha...so of course they made the cut!

6) diamonds on my neck~> okay so i have no idea who sings this of if thats really what its called...but its one of those fun songs that you blast in the car and have tons of funs with

7) shontelle~> impossible~> no story relating to my adventures with k dubbs but i did dance to this song in my makeshift dance class

8) the script~> breakeven~> no story...just like it! =)

9) mike posner~> cooler than me~> same as above

10) michael buble~> havent met you yet~> love this song...gives me hope

11) b.o.b ~> airplanes ~>okay so im not crazy about this song but k dubbs likes it AND it has a good story...during the summer i like to sit outside and look at the stars...so i have seen many shooting stars over the years...but people would always say to me "are you sure its a shooting star and not an airplane?"...of course im sure!!!...anyway...this is why i find the chorus of this song to be so awesome

12) taio cruz~> break your heart~> please see number 8

13) selena gomez~> naturally~> this song doesnt really remind me of the summer...it reminds me of the spring...one of the nights i hung out with concert guy and co. we were on our way home...this song came on the radio...we turned it up super loud and everyone sung along...good times!...

14) backstreet boys~> panic~> this song makes the list because of its name...when we were in disney for my bday my little bff said to me on one of the rides "its dark...dont panic ashley"...it was one of the top quotes from the trip and we used it all summer...dont panic!

15) usher~> dj got us fallin in love~> this song wasnt even on the list...i just added it cause i still had space...and i love it!!!...haha!!!

16) miranda~> vamos a la playa~> as you know the world cup we this summer...the mayor was obsessed with spain...so every time they had a game the mayor would play this song to get into the spanish spirit i guess...i really could care less about soccer but the do think that this is a super fun song!!!

17) michael franti ~> say hey (i love you)~> this is just a happy feel good song...makes me smile!

18) 3oh!3 ~> my first kiss~> this song reminds me of kent on sytycd...i think its a fun song...so why not put it on...right?!

19) shots! ~> no idea who sings this...maybe its lmfao...i dont know...but who really cares...if you went to any sort of club or party or somethin this summer im sure you heard it...i dont even take shots and i love this song...it just gets you pumped and ready to go!!!

well thats it for my soundtrack...sooo...what do you think???...lol...and what songs remind you of the summer???...or do any of these songs remind you of something good?...please share...dont be afraid (or panic...haha)...i would love to know...maybe i missed something really good!...haha!!! =)

psych stars on snl...please and thank you

as you probably know last season there was a facebook campaign to get betty white to host snl...and it worked!...since then im pretty sure there have been tons of campaign to get all sorts of people on there...(i havent really followed to closely so i dont know who these people are but im pretty sure theyre out there...lol)...finally one of these campaigns came along for 2 people who actually deserve the hosting gig!...who am i talking about you ask?...why its JAMES RODAY and DULE HILL!!!!!...or better known as shawn spencer and burton guster on psych...

psych is by far one of the funniest shows ever!!!...i always tell people that they need to watch it and they kinda brush me off...but then a few weeks later they'll say to me "you know what show is awesome? PSYCH!"...of course my response is "please...i've know this for years"...haha!...oh so now you wanna know what makes the show so awesome??...there are tons of things...11 point turns..the definition of banana...shawn and gus running away and screaming...pineapple upside down cake made in an easy bake oven...pineapples in general...shawns nick names for gus...gus' little blue car...the mentalist jokes...shawn and jules <3...squirrel assassins...shawns psychic episodes...gus tapping...the super sniffer...lassie...and the list goes on and on...but the number one thing about this show is the relationship between shawn and gus...james and dule are sooo funny together!

which leads me to why i think they would be perfect for snl...i feel like lately snl has been picking big stars to host regardless if they are funny or not...dont get me wrong i love payton manning...hes an awesome quarterback...i wish he was on my fantasy team...but would i have picked him to host snl? no way!...i think if snl were to cast hosts who may not be as huge of stars but bring more to the table (and are actually funny) the show would be way better of...if i knew that the show would def be funny i would def tune in every week regardless of who the host is...does what im saying even make sense???...

i think that james and dule would bring quality back to snl...i can see it now shawn spencer coming face to face with the mentalist...how spectacular would that be?!?...or a spoof of sytycd or american idol (im currently having a flashback to "american duets" haha!)...or anything really because these 2 can make a paper bag funny!!!...

having them host the snl would also create a ton of buzz for psych!...as far as im concerned the more poeple who watch the shenanigans of shawn and gus the better...the world would totally be a happier place!!!...

so in conclusion its really a win win scenario for universal...snl ratings will go up...psych ratings will go up...everyone is happy!!!...so now the big question is how can you help to get these 2 fantabulous actors on snl? its simple...just click on this link and "like" this campaign on facebook...so easy right? right!!!

well i must be going now...please please please like this on facebook...(its already up to over 12,000 people...whaaaaaaaaaat?!? you know thats right!!!)....i promise you wont regret it!!! =)

odds and ends

hello there everyone!...ive been mia for a while and for that i apologize...will you please forgive me? yes, you will? oh excellent!!!...haha!!! so lets see what have i been up to since we last spoke??? (warning: i may be all over the place and/or start rambling so just bare with me...thanks!)

as you all already know, concert guy moved and no longer takes the train...i was doing pretty good with the whole thing...i wasnt really thinking about him too much...so i was convinced that i was completely over it and didnt really miss him and all that jazz...but then the other night i had a dream about him and i made me realize that i do miss him more than i thought...i really wish something more happened there...it could have been great...but it didnt...oh well... =/ ...

it seems like i need someone new to crush on before i could ever really be over the crush on concert guy...one of these days one of my silly crushes is gonna turn into something more that just a silly crush...i really hope that day is sooner rather than later...i am so over being chronically single...it stinks...not fun at all...ya know what? im gonna stop hoping that a boyfriend is just gonna fall out of the sky...how about i start small...how about just a date...i just want to go on a date...would i be a nervous wreck? im sure i will be!...but its okay...this is something that should have happened 10 years ago...im a little behind...so what...i wasnt really ready then...but i am now...so if anyone out there has any advice or help they would like to give me i will take it!!! im serious about this...pretty please with a cherry on top!...

im playing fantasy football this year...its week 5 and my team is currently 2-2...unfortunately it looks like im gonna lose again...ugh...its not that i have a bad team...i have the second highest point total in the league...its just that the person im playing happens to have an awesome week...oh and it doesnt help that this week my star running back arian foster only rushed for 25yards...what is that about?!?...ugh...im gonna have to make some big moves for next week so i can get another win...i NEED another win!!!...

backstreet boys cruise is less than 2 months away!!!...i can not even begin to express how excited i am for this cruise!!!...on friday we got an email with the themes for the deck parties...international luv...masqurade...black & blue...AND they announced the door dec contest...little sis and i are so gonna win!...i have to keep my idea under wraps...but i can promise that its gonna be awesome!!!...now all i have to do is come up with an outfit for each theme and make all of my decorations...so what do you guys think...for international night should i represent good ol u.s. of a. OR represent dirty jersey???...its a tough call!!!...haha!!!...

this weekend i was in providence visiting little sis...little one and bff were there also...friday night they picked me up at the train station and then we were off...there was WAY more traffic than any of us had anticipated...so it took us over 5 hours to get there...it was brutal!!!...yesterday we participated in all sorts of fun fall festivities...we went to a corn maze...picked pumpkins...and went to a jack-o-lantern spectacular...the last thing was soo cool...they had tons of giant pumpkins cared into all sorts of things...it was really exciting...today we didnt do much...just went to lunch and watch some football...got upset while watching football (im looking at you foster!...haha!)...now im on the train going home...little one and bff are still up there...they both have off tomorrow but i do not...so i must go home...so sad right?!...

ive decided that i want to be on dance your a** off...that show was totally made for me and i could def win...but more on that another time...im going to make a full entry about why i want to be on it...

oprah is asking for backstreet fans to write to her in 2000 characters or less saying why you love them and how they have changed your life and things like that...i have no idea what to say!...of course i love bsb...they are my all time fav but i dont have a sob story or anything...i love because i do, they make me happy...its as simple as that...so i feel like there is no way that i could win without any story...so why should i even enter...but at the same time how do i know what shes looking for...if i enter at least i tried and there is the possibility of winning...but if i dont even put an entry in then there is no chance of winning...what the prize is, no one knows...but its oprah we are talking about here so its gotta be good!!!!....

ummm...i cant really thing of anything else to babble about this evening...so im gonna stop here...i guess ill have to find something else to occupy myself with for the remaining hour and a half of this train ride...

so as always...until next time happy blogging!!! =)

oh and ps...if you ever see an eligible bachelor please give him my number...thanks in advance!...haha!!! <3

my first 10 on tuesday

since im a follower im gonna follow again and start answering 10 on Tuesday...i stole the questions from cait...she got the questions from someone else...and im really not sure if that person made the up of got them from another person...im sure you can follow the questions back to find their origin if you wish...anyway...lets get on with it shall we!

1) Favorite way to travel (plane, train, automobile, etc.)

well i HATE the train and the subway...i love my new car but if i had to go far i would def start to get antsy...so i am going to answer my fav way to travel is by plane!!!...i love love love flying!!!...there is something about being up in the sky with the clouds and looking out the window and seeing miles and miles of land of ocean...when i was real little i use to look for the carebears in the clouds...but now i like to look for things that are a little more real...lol...like my house (which i have yet to spot)...another thing that makes planes so awesome is getting on a plane = going on vacation!!!...and who doesnt love vacation?!?

2) where's your favorite place to that you've been to?

DISNEY WORLD!!!!

3) wheres the place that you want to go but have never been?

i want to go on an ALASKAN CRUISE!!!

4) do you deal with traffic well?

it depends...if there is a ton of traffic and no one is moving then im pretty calm cause what am i gonna do about it...but if there is just one slow car in front of me blocking my way for no reason then i get road rage real fast!!!

5) ever had an emergency while traveling?

no...knock on wood!...

6) do you have a passport? what countries have you been to?

of course i have a passport!...ive been to bermuda, mexico, canada, england, st maarten, bahamas, spain, france, dominican republic, and i think thats it...

7) are you a light packer or do you pack everything?

oh i pack everything!!! this includes my own pillow and towels...haha!...

8) do you take the fastest route or the road less traveled?

most of the time i take the fastest route...but every once in a while i enjoy taking the road less traveled...

9) do any activities on the road? (like road games, reading, sleeping, etc.)

if im driving i like to sing super loud or chat with my passengers...if im a passenger it def depends on the length og the trip...i would typically check my twitter (@ashalia11)...or write in my handy dandy blog...or read a magazine...or play some type of game on my phone or ipod...or i may eeven pull out my Nintendo ds!...

10) use a paper or gps?

paper map all the way baby!!!...i feel like the gps tells you to turn too late...i prefer to get directions and look at a map before i go so i have some sort of idea of where im going instead of relying on the gps to tell me where to go...

crafty to do list

hey kiddies! whats going on?!? nothing much here...same ol stuff different day...ya know...and of course im on the look out for a new boy to talk about constantly but i just havent found him yet...haha!...anyway...

i have a few crafty projects brewing in my head that i want to start working on but im not really sure when i have the time to create them...

first up is a scrapbook...i really want to make a scrapbook with all the pictures from my 25th birthday bash: disney edition...i have all these pictures and theyre just sitting in my computer...i want to do something with them...and just putting them in an album is lame...i want the scrapbook to be just as exciting as the trip was...also ive never made myself a scrapbook...ive only put them together for other people...so i think its about time i put a little bit of hard work into something that i can keep and treasure forever...right? right!...

the other project i need to start working on is my door dec for the backstreet cruise in december...rumor has it that there will be a contest for best door...the winner gets FRONT ROW TICKETS!!!...i need those!...haha!...in high school i totally rocked hall dec so i should be a pro at door dec!...little sis and i are gonna win...i just know it!...i came up with a great theme...and already put together some sketches...im so excited for this...the only problem is if they assign a theme for the contest and it doesnt match the one i already have planned for my door...then i would have to scrap what i have planned and start from scratch...i really dont want to do that...i just hope that the contest is an open theme...fingers crossed...=)

so those are the 2 big projects i have up my sleeve right now...if i ever finish them i will try to provide pictures...

well i must be going now...until next time happy blogging!!!

concert guy's last day

unfortunately today was concert guys last day taking the good ol njtransit 713...so sad right?...im def gonna miss him...im also a little jealous that he doesnt have to deal with the stupid train ever again...its really been a nightmare lately...anyway i guess its story time now...haha...

so this morning when i got to the train he confessed his true feelings for me so we're gonna go on lots of dates and fall madly in love and live happily ever after...oh wait...that only happened in my imagination...haha!!!...

in real life nothing nearly as exciting happened...he just said standard things like "you guys will have to come visit me in hoboken" and "i'll be around dont worry"...but i know the chances are that ill never see him again...oh well...the school girl crush was fun while it lasted...now its time to move on...so readers if you know any single, straight, 25plus guys SET ME UP!...its not that hard...i know you can do it...haha!...

oh man...is this my stop already?...it cant be i barely wrote anything yet...well i was on twitter for a while...so that could be where the time went...speaking of twitter if youre not following me you should be...haha... @ashalia11

i guess we will continue chatting another time..well its not really chatting...more like me rambling on and on and you reading...but it works... =)

this is us tour

as you all know i have been to a lot of backstreet boys concerts...33 to be exact...haha...the latest one on my list was on thursday at Hammerstein ballroom in manhattan for the this is us tour...and it was AMAZING!!!!

i was gonna go with little sis but at the last minute she (along with little one) decided to get general admission tickets, sit there all day, and be in the front...the reasons for me not doing this also are 3 fold...1) im a crowdaphobe...too many people jammed into a small place gives me anxiety...haha...2) some people actually have to be responsible and go to work...and 3) (the most obvious) i already had a ticket...duh...so now i was left with the task of filling the extra ticket left behind by little sis...i asked around and ended up bringing cool girl from work...she has NEVER been to a bsb concert before...can you believe it?!?...so this makes cool girl the 3rd person this tour that i brought to their first bsb concert...yay! more fans!!!...she couldnt believe how many hits they had and how many songs she knew...she had a ton of fun and to that i said why do you think i go to so many...haha...

anyway, on to the event...some dj opened for them...he was entertaining for the first 5 minutes then i got old...he played for at least a half hour...its not like he was horrend or anything like that...its just that it wasnt really the place for that...if he was the dj at some club or a party he would have been awesome...i just wanted him to finish so the boys would come on!!!

when the backstreet boys finally came out the crowd went wild!!!...it was def the loudest crowd ive been a part of in a long time!...everyone was singing along to all the songs...it was great...

the boys sand most of their old singles and most of the songs on the new album...and they added in "if i knew then" which was not on the set list the first time around...so that was exciting!...i love that song!!!...but they still didnt sing "shattered"...shattered is def my fav song on the album and i would have LOVED to see it live!

they had dancers again...they added a lot to songs like "all of your life" and "bye bye love"...but they werent really necessary for songs like "all i have to give"...speaking of aihtg...im not gonna lie i was a little upset over no suits and hats...but whatever ill get over it...

sticking with the movie theme of the album they each had a movie they were green screened into...howie's was the fast and the furious...aj's was fight club...brian's was enchanted...and nick's was the matrix...they were all pretty entertaining bits to hold the crowd over while the boys changed...and they contained great lines like "first rule of backstreet boys fan club is you dont talk about backstreet boys fan club" and "has it really been 10 years since i was teen peoples hottest male?"...

lets see...what else???...i think thats it...oh the picture at the top was taken using my phone...i figured out how to zoom after the concert was over...oh well...now i know for next time!!!

here i am!

hello there readers...sorry that i've been mia for a few weeks...i thought now would be a good time to play catch up...

first i want to say that i got a new phone!...i ended up with the lg ally...there is a definite learning curve when moving from a regular cell phone to an android powed cell phone...i must admit that i miss my trusty voyager broken hinge and all...lol...but this one is growing on me and i am learning to love it!...since this is my first blog using tins phone and im not 100% comfortable with the keybord yet there may be more mistakes than normal...but its okay...you guys will forgive me, right?!?...haha...

just incase you were wondering were i dissapeared to dont panic cause im gonna tell you!...haha!...a few weeks ago f.u.n. decided that i needed to read interview with a vampire...she claims its the best vampire book out there...so i read it...and all my precious commuting time went to reading instead of blogging or playing bejewled or any of the other fun things i find to do on the train...haha...when i finally finished the book i thought "eh"...it was okay...nothing great...i have absolutely zero desire to run out and get the rest of the books in the series...there were some parts that i liked but some parts were slow...and there was way too many details on the killings...i could have done without those...well anyway now i can say that i read it and thats that...

so lets see what else is new and exciting in my life???...oh...it looks like concert guy will not be continuing on to the next season of me show...he will be moving to hoboken in september...so the odds of me seeing him too much more are slim...sad, i know...but its alright...its time to move on any way...

im sure there is a ton of other things i need to share but this is my stop...ill be back soon...no worries!!!

i need my own sitcom!

ive been thinking about it and i decided that i should totally have my own sitcom!...haha!...ive been told by many people (and by many i mean 2...haha) that my blog is very funny...so how cool would it be to have a sitcom based on my little blog here?...and since its a sitcom everything can be exaggerated to be even funnier!...

it would be just like the blog...so obviously it will be called confessions of a giggler...and it will have voice overs sharing my crazy thoughts during all the different boy troubles ive had...and it could have 2 different versions of the same scene...1 that really happened and one that i wishes happened...and i want to use everyones cool blog names in the show and not real names...but the mayor thinks i should do that...but i say that the cool blog names is part of what makes the blog awesome...haha!...no sitcom that im aware of has ever done such a thing...i think it would be great!...

so next i have to cast my sitcom...so i started asking my cast of characters who they would want to play them in my sitcom...little one said snookie (good choice)...haha!...and bubbles said angelina jolie (so i said i dont think she'll do it...haha)...and no one else really answered...but i understand cause for a while i had no idea who i would want to play me...but then i thought about it some more and said hey if im gonna be casting hot guys to play the parts of new guy and concert guy then i should just play myself!!!...ive never acted before but im pretty sure i can play myself...how hard can it be? right?!?...and then i can be part of one of those on screen couples (obvi im using the term couple VERY loosely) who fall in love for real off screen...that would be fabulous...=)

what do you think?...would a sitcom based on my blog be funny or just stupid?...would you watch it?...and if youre in my cast of characters who do you want to play you???...these are important questions...i need answers people!!!...haha!!!...