I'm Samantha and I love to skate. I also like to shake things up a bit

Big parties have to be planned in advance.. I pretty much have the band that i want, locked in to play my party... So now it's on to the venue and setting a date..

I'm going to go look at rooms at Afterlife Night Club(the whole club would be around 7k to rent out.. but you can rent the out one of it's four rooms, for not even a fraction of the cost)

The Aqua Room at Afterlife... It's light blue with a water theme.. and it's got these cool upper balconies to dance on... (it's a HUGE room.. i just couldn't find any pix of the whole thing)



The Rock Room at Afterlife... It's got a very hellish/goth type of theme... DieAnUh was at Afterlife for her homecoming, and she said apparently they have beds & cages in that room now.. haha.. I didn't believe her, until the guy who rents out the club was telling me this, as if it was some huge plus of a selling point, when I called him to enquire about prices.


Hi Lob at The Sanctuary... This is a private house.. which you might rec from US Weekly when Britney & KFed stayed there in '04... Tommy Lee and a slew of other people have stayed in it.. It's got two bedrooms, a huge guest house, a pool, and a really neat deck.. It's the highest house on the north side of Camelback Mountain.  The house is built into the mountain.. and srsly has one of the best views of Scottsdale.

The Gallery at The Sanctuary... another private house at the Sanctuary resort... this house has 4 bedrooms and a pool... it's also up in the mountain, though not nearly as high up as the other.. I'm not sure who has stayed here.. but i really like the mod theme.




Pros & Cons:
Night Club - Pros: it's a big space... the band can play as loud as they want. Cons: I'd only have it from 7 to Midnight..
Private Houses- Pros: Theres a 2 night minimum.. So my pAArty could last an entire weekend.  Pool party one night, rock show the next.. And I could put floating candles in the pool.. not to mention you get full usage of the hotel, room service, amazing city view, etc.   Cons: The band would have to play acoustic because there is a noise ordinance in Paradise Valley.

So where would you have it? 

My 20th birthday isn't until February, but i'm already planning my party.. I never had a super sweet 16, or a big 18th party... so I've decided I want a huge blow out party for 20.
I'm trying to narrow down a night club to throw the party at.  I'm wanting one with more of a punk or goth vibe, so I pretty much have it narrowed down to two night clubs in old town Scottsdale.
Then there's the entertainment.  I've always wanted a band to play at a party.. So I'm currently in talks with the booking agent of a band that i like, over prices and availability over them playing my party.
I was also thinking it would be fun to have like fortune tellers or something for all the party guest... and maybe like henna tattoos or something..
As far as food goes, I'm definitely wanting to have sushi...

any ideas or suggestions? 

my birthday isn't for 106 days.. but it's better to plan ahead... plus reserving night clubs and metalish bands, is best done several months in advance..

Hey BBz,

My skate comp over the weekend went great.. I had fun competing against and getting to skate with other girls for once.  There was so much girl power there.. haha.. And honestly the girls division totally pwned the 11-13, 6-10 male, and male masters divisions (i left after our division was over, because it was too hot out... 100º in october).

I kind of took a mellow day on Sunday, though I did check out the new Barney's NYC store that opened here last week (major let down) and ate at Fred's (the restaurant inside Barneys... which was very meh).. and then yesterday I went shopping(got tons of cute stuff).  Today I pretty much slept the whole day and then when skating for a bit tonight..

I've decided not to go to CKY's Halloween show in West Chester.  I'm hella bummed.. and now i've been hit with the dilemma of what to do for Halloween.  The only 18+ night club party, is a "pimp's and hoes" ball (um yeah so not my scene)... I might go to 944's Halloween Party at the Princess Hotel in NoSco, but 944 parties are kind of meh except for the fact they usually have good performers(like 50 Cent at the 944 Super Bowl thing); but i don't think they have anyone preforming for Halloween as the tickets are only like $200 & you get a hotel room w/ that. The hotel party I really want to go to is the Haunted Hotel at the Valley Ho, but it's a 21+ party. 

Aside from not knowing what to go to.. i'm not sure how i should do my makeup..  I was just googling Vampire Makeup.. here are some possibilities..

high fashion zombie style....

dark & dead

red lipped..

suggestions?!?!? i'm going makeup shopping on friday...


so tell me.. What are you all going as for Halloween? 

xoxo,

       Samantha..


 

I stole this survey from RavenJune.. haha.

It is currently 4am... And I thought I'd make a list of 5 songs that make me feel as if i can conquer anything.  Maybe you'll feel inspired too.

Finger Prints By Katy Perry

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"it's my life and i'm sitting on the sidelines watching it pass me by...."

"Most Girls "By Pink

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"But Im not every girl, And I dont need that world to validate me"
 

"Live Your Life" by Rihanna & T.I.

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"So keep on getting your paper, And keep on climbin,  Look In The Mirror, And Keep On Shining"
 

"The Taste Of Ink" by The Used (this song means so much to me as it and it's music video are so close to how my teens have been)

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"It's four o' clock in the fucking morning"

"Touch The Sky" By Kanye

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"Til the day I die, Imma touch the sky..."

Xoxo,

Rockstar Samantha

Good Evening (or whatever time it is by you... as it's actually midnight here) Everyone,

I'm laying here in bed feeling a bit stressed out.  I'm interviewing/photographing Lacuna Coil and QuietDrive tomorrow, at TWO DIFFERENT CONCERTS!! I'm going to be going back and forth... I'm hoping I'll have a chance to check out The Higher(i love them!) and All That Remains( not a fan but i do have one of their cd's.. but i only bought it because it's the one that Matt played on before he left atr for cky) as well tomorrow.. But probably not depending on what times Lacuna and QD play, plus the re-entry policies(usually a press pass gives you the right to come and go).
I still have to finish writing up questions.. So let me know if you want me to ask Lacuna Coil or QuietDrive anything!!! You can always AIM your questions to me at ICriedNLuvSaidNo ... 

Today I pretty much relaxed.  Though i've been hit with a dilemma, in the fact that Shawna can't go to WC with me, so I don't know what I'm going to do about my scheduled interview with CKY on the 30th.  I really don't want to have to cancel.  AHH.. I have so many interviews/photo passes scheduled, aside from tomorrow.. I've got Anarbor and Stray Light Run on the 24th, CKY on the 30th,  Drive A on Nov 9th, From First To Last on Nov 10th, and Gwar Nov 14th!  Send me questions!!!

I'm really bummed out.. I just saw Lady Gaga's tour date listing on FaceBook, she'd not playing phoenix! I might just have to go to her Los Angeles or NYC shows instead.   

OH BIG NEWS!!!!  RockstarBaby.net and WeDontBuyYourMerch.com are merging.  It will now be RockstarBaby.net: We Don't Buy Your Merch... Kayla (the owner of WDBYM) and I agreed RSB's URL should be kept as the main one, as it's been around longer.  It's going to be more of a Online Magazine format.  All of the videos in the Youtube Channel are being re-edited, and the web site's new layout is going to be amazing.   The full relaunch should be at the end of the month.

Moving on... I'm still really nervous for my skate competition on saturday.  I'll probably film my run and stuff for one of my little projects I'm working on.

If I have to cancel my one out of state interview.... I am srsly going on a huge spending spree at the brand new Barney's New York store thats opening here in Scottsdale this week.  I've really not bought much clothing this year.. It's time to splurge...

Hrrmm what else is going in my life right now...  My 20th birthday isn't until February, BUT I'm already planning the party.  I'm looking into local night clubs to rent, and I've already started looking into booking a band to play the party.. I'm thinking a "death(metal) to my teens" theme. haha.

XOXO,
you know you love me.. Rockstar Samantha

ps: pick me out a new temporary user name thingie to replace Viva La Sam(antha)

pps: my subject line means "good evening" in Finnish.

This week is jammed packed for RockstarBaby.net of interviews & photo passes... I'm interviewing & photographing Fall Of Troy (tuesday), Framing Hanley (wednesday), Quiet Drive (thursday) and Lacuna Coil (thursday).. yes thats right, i'm covering TWO concerts in one night(thankfully the venues are about 15 minutes from each other.. but still). It's going to be a crazy week.. not to mention I'm skating in a skateboard competition next saturday.
If you have any questions for me to ask any of the bands post them here! Be sure to state your name, age, location...

We also have been confirmed to interview Stray Light Run (oct 24th), CKY (oct 30th), Drive A (nov 9th), From First To Last (nov 10th), and Gwar (Nov 14th)...

Btw RSB is in talks to of doing a merger with another popular Arizona based band interview web site..