things I'm inspired by lately.

"Oh My Gawd, Like, You'll Never Guess What Timmy Wrote On The Bathroom Wall!," or, Tales From Junior High Resurrected

Some interesting stuff went on today. Apparently somebody really hates my guts in Sacramento, which is both childish and irritating. Art Luna was kind enough to let me know that someone graffitied something very spiteful on his venue's bathroom wall about me, which "made him very angry." It was nice of him to let me know he disagreed, and to hear such words of encouragement. Like Art told me, I've worked very, very hard, and come such a long way through years of dedication, hard work and practice, practice, practice. Apparently some people like to disagree, although they don't know a cent about me, so I'm not sure why. Maybe someone's panties are in a bunch for not being recognized in the Sammies this year? Well, I didn't vote for me. You can't argue with the people, and they have certainly spoken. Lucky for me, most people in Sacramento are my friends, and aren't crazy people who hold grudges against 20-year-old folk/pop artists that they have never spoken to.

This is folk, not rap, people. Let's get our genres straight. Music fueds are so 2001. I wish whoever it was would just step into the light, finally, and stop hiding behind anonymous wall posts and inane scribbles. Although I'm not going to say I don't suspect anyone...I'm a fair artist. I don't name names.

I'm singing in the rain

My bangs are all wet and sticking together. I don't know where he is looking. :)

So, I don't know if you all heard about the amazing thunder and lightning storm we had here last weekend, but let me tell you, it was amazingly beautiful. It reminded me of when I lived in Wisconsin. All summer long, we had more storms than we could count.

Fiance and I started the night off watching He's Just Not That Into You, which I thought was charming. I sobbed through it like a baby and Matt thought it was funny. Two thumbs up all around. I especially liked the part where the husband character gets together with his not-wfie, sexy Scarlett Johansen (sp?), and Matt turns to me and goes "I won't do that."

Aw. I knew that. But it was so nice of you to say, anyway.

Directly afterwards, I was craving fried chicken, so Matt went to pick us up some from KFC (I apologize, PETA. I am weak,) and we ate it outside in the rain. Well, until it started to rain too hard, and then we ate up on the outside front porch. It was lovely.

Seventeen days until I am your misses. I cannot wait.

i want to be forgotten, and i don't want to be reminded

So, I've been dancing to the Strokes a lot lately, and I think, for the third record, I'm going to go in an epic, pop-opera kind of direction. Like a folk-pop Elton John. I love Elton John. I would wear all his crazy outfits if I had the money...well, if they were the girl versions...

Sometimes I'm a real artist and I angst it out.

So, the last couple of days have been kind of touch and go with me. I got so stressed the other day, when I went to bed I just started crying and crying and didn't exactly know why. And then Matt woke up and asked why I was crying and I felt like such a doofus because everything and nothing was wrong, all at the same time. I'm just having trouble processing right now, and I'm really stressing out over the release/wedding/tour/booking process/day job/rent/groceries. And sometimes it'll just take one thing that makes me even just a little upset, and then the whole damn dam will break.

Ha. Damn dam. :D

All I know today is that

1. I need to clean the apartment
2. I need to get the mail
3. I am kicking some serious tush on my myspace today.

And I'm in the process of booking a show where I'll open for this guy who had a hit song in the nineties, who I actually LIKE and REMEMBER. Therefore, I am stoked beyond belief. I just really hope it all works out...

I've been touring San Francisco a lot more lately. If the purpose of "2008" was to "get known," I think I did a pretty okay job. Now the purpose for "2009" is "get signed," and I am not wasting my time. I add close to four hundred people to my site a day, I collect addresses of labels I'm interested in, I keep in close contact with EVERYONE that writes to me, and I'm on a super crazy show schedule right now. But there's a purpose behind the madness, and that's whats giving me the drive to go on. I don't chase my dream, I hunt it!

On the days when I'm not doing music-y stuff, Matt and I have been going on wedding planning adventures. This is picture is of us at the mall right before we went to register at Macy's.

We really heart Panda Express.

What else is new? Well...I'm kind of upset about being blown off by an old friend lately. We used to hang out all the time, write music and play shows together. But he stopped talking to me a few months ago, and now when I call him he doesn't even pick up. I'm really sad about the whole deal and I have no idea what happened. Pfft. Friend drama is the worst becuase it actually hurts your feelings...

20 things about me

1. My real name is Autumn Sky (well, my first and middle.)

2. I live in California with the most amazing boy ever, and we are getting married on June 27th of this year -- the soon-t0-be best day of my life.

3. I love to sing.

4. I play over fourteen instruments.

5. I wanted to be a writer when I grew up, then I found music.

6. I'm in love with design...home, fashion, graphics, and photography make me ridiculously happy.

7. I like to re-decorate every couple of months.

8. My hair is naturally dark blonde. It has not been this color in almost seven years.

9. I've had every color of hair that is in the natural spectrum, and some off of the natural spectrum -- blue streak in the hair during high school anyone?

10. I was a professional dancer for awhile in high school before I hurt my back.

11. Nowadays I'm a professional singer/songwriter. I'm not famous, but I've started getting paid for shows lately -- hey, it's a start! ;p

12. I like sunrises and sunsets, I can't decide between them. The sun is beautiful!

13. I love photoshoots, they're a lot of fun. I do them myself sometimes.

14. I always have Burts Bee chapstick, a tiny notebook, a pen and a camera.

15. I am the oldest of seven children. We are not Mormorn and we are not Catholic. We're non-denominational christians and my parents just really liked eachother.


16. Listen to my music here: http://www.myspace.com/autumnskymyspace.
17. Pushing Daisies was going to be my new favorite show, because I loved Chuck -- then they had to go and cancel it! Boo!
18. If I didn't sing I would be a chef. I love to cook. I'm going through a Spanish phase right now.
19. I love to knit, I'm working on a blue scarf as we speak.
20. I have never voluntarily worn pants to a show -- ever. Pants are weird and make me feel like a boy.

Thanks everybody! I'm off to clean my room, the boy got a drum set yesterday and I have to figure out where to fit the futon in our teeny tiny room!

Wanted Dead Or Alive

Look how cute we are! We took these in the mall the other week. Tomorrow is Saturday -- FARMERS MARKET MORNING :) I am so excited I could scream. More pictures of that tomorrow!

Somewhere Only We Know

We went walking in the fairy forest we discovered behind the park today, when (alas!) my darling library closed and we got there half an hour too late. Good thing the walk was worth it, look at all the spots we found for pictures along the trail! And the boy and I even got take out afterwards. So, naturally, it was the perfect day.

She and Him

Me looking less pale than usual! ...yeah, I know. I'm really pale.

Before the duel.

I think he won the duel.

Matt's Heroes picture.

The things that lurk...

I wish I was braver, but I'm not really. At least not when it comes to movies. When it comes to shows, music is my life. If I'm not brave, I don't get my dream. And so I'm brave, because music is all I know. If I lost my chance a peice of me would die.

But with movies, I don't know what it is. I think I'm just more sensitive to visual stuff than most people. Once, when I was twleve, I went to my friend Kayla's birthday party, and we played soccer all day until nighttime. Then we slipped Edward Scissorhands into the VCR, and everyone fell asleep but me, because I was absolutely terrified of what I was seeing. I spent the next three months afraid of going to the bathroom, convinced that Edward Scissorhands (a perfectly innocent character!) was lurking behind the curtains, waiting for me to sit down on the toilet so he could cleave me in two.

I know. I was a charming little child.

And even nowadays, watching horror films stick with me. Like humid air in the summer, it crawls under my skin and makes me feel distressed. Once, after watching Hannibal, I tried to go to sleep and instead I just broke into tears because it had unsettled me so much. It's not that I'm afraid of what's in the closet -- I'm old enough to know now that nothing is in my closet but dresses (cute dresses!) Instead, it's the things that lurk in the corners of my own mind that frighten me. It's terribly upsetting to know that there's no where you can hide where you can't find yourself.

So, in the meantime, I'm trying to get better at not eating sugar before bed while watching things that might scare me (I have nightmares when I eat sugar before bed.) At least my dentist will be pleased to know it's stopped me from eating candy! Grr.

So...what's going on with my nowadays? All good things, I assure you. I still have a job - check! I love both my jobs - check! I still have a home - check! And Matt and I have finalized our wedding date -- June 27th. :)

I'm thinking about a Big Fish-inspired motif, from the scene in the town with the canopy of lights, where everyone is wearing pastels, and also from the circus scene. I know circus's are huge hotbeds of animal abuse and crazy people, but honestly, it's always seemed a little romantic to me. When I was in high school and really into dance competitions, I once toyed with the idea of being in the circus. I still think it could be fun...but don't count me out of music yet, haha!

Recording on Sunday, final mixing on the 20th, and the release show on the 24th of April -- all this while I'm planning a tour for July!

Wish me luck, and I love you all.

Autumn Sky

Good afternoon!

The boy and I hosted our engagement party for close friends and familys, and it was a big success. However, now we have so much leftover pie and cake, we won't eat another vegetable until next week.

I aquired a violin from my aunt Serena yesterday, as well. I posted a little note on my myspace a couple days ago sighing that I really wanted to find a violin and a banjo. One down, one more to go!

Hopefully I'll be able to whip something up to play at the show on Thursday (Fox and Goose in Sacramento, 8:00pm, no cover, 21+.)

As far as other things that are going on, I've aquired two or three new interviews on the schedule, and I just had a sit-down with Andy from El Dorado Hills Village Life. He was really nice and very interesting and informed, and I really enjoyed our chat. He's definitely had a lot of experiance touring, and I need all the tips I can get to make the tour I'm planning a success.

Oh, yeah. Did I not tell you? I'm going on tour this summer with a San Francisco band called The Traditionalist. Northern California to Oregon to Washington -- so exciting! Especially because my music gets great reviews from people up north. They really love acoustic, stripped-down sounds there, and I love making music the old fashioned way more than I can tell.

I also got some pictures (un-finished) back from Jesse Vasquez for the album cover, here are a few I'm considering for the cover...

Which should I choose?

Love,

Lady

The first.

Here I am!