LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, WHILE YOU'RE BUSY MAKING OTHER PLANS.
so stop for a second, put everything down, relax, breathe, light a cigarette.. make a simple post..
cause this is going to be one helluvah month.
yo, my name's botch, life's getting pretty fucking busy.. but i'm still here. still reppin. still bloggin. we're on a good tip, no? let's not lose it at such a high moment. people are quoting me on their tumblr now, and that's a pretty ill feeling. good looking out.
THIS IS LUPE.. singing to ME.. all because bianca and i were more than likely the only girls who knew all the lyrics.. (we love lupe more than you, sorreh) so i rapped to lupe. oh.. and then lupe took off his shirt, and gave it to us. yep. juzz another friday night.. I LOVE YOU LUPE!!!!
he came out to genesis by justice.. it was wow.
honestly he killed it.. such a wicked performer, i did not expect him to be so energetic..
front row, where we should be son!!
his guitarist was a boss.
wasn't diggin the hair at first lupe, but you worked it.. swag for days
verse from the everybody nose remix was on POINT.
"security was a waste of money" hahahah
THE CAMERA'S HERE.. and the microphone..
i got bruises on my ribs from the barricade..
bruises on my legs and arms..
some dude accidentally punched me in the face..
i was dying for water, rock the bells style..
but it was ALL worth it.
cuz lupe is life.
exact same layout as rock the bells and everything.. so paaacked. you couldn't move for the life of you.
YO LUPE WHY YOU SHIRTLESS?!
because your shirt's hangin on my door?! ohh.. that's cool..
OVERALL IMPRESSION so the night started off with me being shit scared we wouldn't be able to get in.. we stood in line for about half an hour, luckily this shit was mad un-organized so i did get in.. and luckily i did an excellent camera hiding job, so they didn't take that shit away.. cuz the girl behind me totally got hers taken away.. so the place was packed, the beer garden was out of question.. once we saw how packed it was, it was gonna be a mission to get to the front. so bianca stepped her game up.. we maneuvered through like 500 people, to get to the front. luckily this girl and some dudes were kind of beefing, so the dude let us have a spot right in front. don't get it twisted, it took hella amounts of pushing and shoving. the people who don't really know lupe should not be at the front, bianca and i are not those people lol.. so bianca really got an elbow and a shove in, and we got there. enough people yelled and called us bitches, but it turned out alright. this girl next to me kept telling me she was in love with me, which made said standing position semi-awkward. the opening dj played like five seconds of a naughty by nature song, then he played 2 full out 50 cent songs, so that was kind of a drag.. THIS IS LUPE! grand analog came out and did their thing. garfield did a lot of chants to try and get the crowd hype but the crowd just kept dagging them and yelling for lupe. i respect grand analog, they're locals doing them, and they put on one helluvah show.. so shut up richard!! the singer totally slipped on some water, and took a hard fall.. which was pretty brutal. i felt bad for them yo, they were getting little love.. they deserve more than that, SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS. so before lupe came on, it was rock the bells de ja vu. we were in the fucking concentration camp again, dying for water. i don't know how many people passed out, but one girl a few people away from me, was one. we were all de-hydrated, and it was hot as fuck. i tried telling security i was going to pass out, but he was an asshole and wouldn't give me water. please, you didn't do shit that night, you could've at least given me a water. eventually once they started realizing how bad it was, water started getting handed out.. and bianca and i were able to grab one bottle, along with five other hands grabbing the same bottle. bianca was vicious tonight and was able to whip that shit down.. while some dude gave me a black eye for it. that's how thirsty these people were..! lol.. whatever, we got the water.. and i shared it with bianca and gave the remainder to the dudes behind us cuz they let us stand in front of them. then all of a sudden, justice's genesis comes on.. and lupe comes out. his set was dope.. he did A LOT off of the cool, which is better than food & liquor in my opinion anyways.. he also did shining down off of lasers, but that's all he performed off lasers, so it's looking like that album still remains a surprise.. go go gadget flow was on poooiiinttt.. matthew santos didn't turn out for superstar like i predicted, but it was still bomb.. i never liked high definition, until that concert. he was consistent the whole way through, and the beginning, middle and end of his performance was legit. he kept his energy high, and the jumping did not stop.. he almost fell once cuz of how intense he is..!! he's an amazing performer!! this was my second time seeing lupe, but i must say, it felt like my first. i have a ton more videos with more shitty sound quality, which i will post in my lupe fiasco part 2 post.. they include TWO times where some mother fucker was able to jump on stage.. security just stood there like "duh-- are these guys part of the show?!" and lupe kept on pointing to try and get them off stage.. it was pretty funny.. i was able to capture both moments on video, so look out for that in the part 2..
i was going to make this a video, but my camera's not co-operating with me.. so fuck it. you can't win em' all. when i first started my 25 series, i went into it knowing what my first one was going to be and what my last one was going to be.. it was completely spontaneous, and i hope i did okay with it. for this 25, i decided to shout out you, the reader. i got the top 25 cities that check my blog, and without you, i wouldn't continue to do this.. so thank you, for supporting me, for reading my shit, and so on and so forth. hopefully this blog will be here ten years from now.. yall are the bomb diggidy, and i appreciate readers more than you know. so here goes it.
25. SYDNEY! australia.. bomb.
24. LOS ANGELES
23. JACKSONVILLE adrian's a gay!! naba > pinba
22. PICKERING
21. BRAMPTON
20. OKLAHOMA CITY
19. CHICAGO! LA LA PAHHHH LOOOOZZAAAA.. ill be seein you next year, thats my word.
18. BALTIMORE if i remember correctly, ron's from baltimore, so what's up ron!
17. MILWAUKEE
16. LONDON
15. BURLINGTON
14. MISSISAUGA saauuuuggga!!
13. NEW YORK
12. CALGARY
11. OAKVILLE ryan sta mina, what up.
10. REXDALE
9. EMMEN
8. OTTAWA
7. EDMONTON JANET!!!!!! i see you.
6. WESTON
5. TORONTO YO TORONTO. i love you. george brown college students, yo, i see your server. tell your prof to read my blog too.
4. DON MILLS
3. VANCOUVER
2. SCARBOROUGH 499 from the boro! waddup bitches, i fucking love you.
1. WINNIPEG MY NUMBER ONE.. my fucking hometown, with 581, winnipeg mother fucking manitoba.. all day every day, easily the best city in the fucking world.
i'll be posting my pictures from lupe fiasco either some time tomorrow or tuesday.. maybe tonight if i feel like it.. i wanna say that alive last night was fucking CRAAAZZZYYYY!! FOUR kid cudi songs?! MIKE I LOVE YOU!!! thanks so much for last night it was soooo good. when embrace the martian came on i nearly died. nearly. best music at alive EVERRRRR!! i've been getting asked a lot lately for my twitter.. i still don't have twitter people! or facebook. just this blog. that's it. but if you really need my twitter updates here they go: "fuck it's fucking hot!!" "yo im awesome" "TEQUILA~!!" "mgd on the patio and too many mosquitoes" "life is grand" "on the hu$tle" there it is.. good reads right?! ahah.. i've been really jam packed in the schedule department, so that's my excuse for the lack of blogging. but that's it. my 25 series is FINALLY complete.. i couldn't be any more happy with the results.. and i couldn't be any more happy it's over. i really thought it would be a piece of cake, but 25's a big number.. it took a lot of work.. fucking bloggin's kind of hard yo. i don't blog for three days, and i lose like 30 hits a day because of that.. god damn. it's a hard knock life. i'll try and write an entry or more every day from here on in. i can't promise it cause the rest of september is going to be brutal. my moms wants to have a fucking phone conversation tomorrow, and i don't even have time for that.. like i cant call my mom tomorrow, cause i'll be so friggin busy. shit is wack.. i'm excited to get back to regular blogging for a bit. i still enjoy doing episodes though, so if you ever have any ideas, don't hesitate to come forward with them. yall did a fucking poor ass job on giving me dares.. so that projects totally out the window now hahahha.. but yo. once again, thank you, and you're welcome.
word life. the last 25 is coming.. but i have another intermission. it's only proper.. you get breaks at work, so can i have a break from blogging?! and by break, i mean i'll do whatever the fuck i want when i want. easy botch, easy. i have a few things to blog about.. lemme go refer to my random pieces of paper with random blog notes on it.. (my memory's a draggggg..) BETWEEN GOD AND A SHOT OF..
GIRLS WHO ROCK PLAYBOY MERCH okay.. so i done been noticing this a lot.. what is with this vast amount of girls rocking playboy?! playboy bags, playboy keychains, playboy sunglasses.. i'm starting to notice this everywhere.. and what i notice even more is that the girl with this shit is usually nast.having playboy boxers don't make you beautiful.. below the belt botch! below, the belt.
WHISKEY DIX okay. so apparently every tuesday at this place is poppin. lize, bianca and i have all never been we've tried, but the line up is redic, none of us had any connections there, so after waiting twenty minutes in line we say "fuck this shit" and move on. we made an attempt finally, and got in after about a 3 minute wait. COOL! we're in.. and we get in, and it's just fucking dead! we were pretty pissed. what the fuck?! it's school time so everyone just bounces?! okay.. cool. i get it.. but cmon god throw us some chill time.. it ended up filling up more but chyea, still kinda dead man. anyway, the night ended up being off the chain! & i was sober as a bird.. HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED.. oh how the tables have turned. & as for you mister "yo i read your blog, & i just have to say, nas may have won the battle but jay won the war." i don't remember your name, but that sentence is etched in my head. you came hard kid! nas is still the better emcee.. jay just has more money. we're gonna have to have a talk about that again some day.. mad chill of a dude though, mad chill, i dig your swag!
ED HAARDY am i the only person who doesn't understand this phenomenon. it's just not my steez yo.. i don't like it. if you like that shit, fine! do you. but i refuse to believe that so many people like that shit.. yall are juzz doin it cuz everyone else is.
HOT ASS WEATHER FACK! im sweatin as soon as i step out the door! bitches is lovinnn ittt.. my tan is back on and so is the ice cream! and beach! and hot dogs! and walks! and summer hip hop cruises.. bring it on babbyyy.. BRING. IT. ON.
BEER IN A CAN ugh. ew! i hate beer in a can! i don't know why it tastes bad out of a can but it just does..!! i can deal if it's the only possible way to drink beer, but in all honestly, i would rather not. i understand why certain places don't carry bottles, gotta prevent the fights and shit, yadda yadda yadda.. i get it. but yall should have beer on tap then.. if i was the mayor..
that's all i have to rant about for today, but i had to get it in./
AND i need to get my pics out of the way, so here.. enjoy. summer ain't over til the weatherman predicts snow. & right now the weather is bomb baby.. +34c this weekend baby..
that's christian and bianca. they homies.
yo yo blog, i'm really happy, i'm gonna finish this entry, but if you were there, you know this was possibly the best dance battle of all time.
OF ALL TIME!
i still want your niketalk shirt, juzzz sayin.
lol wow.. the things i do..
jason always comes correct. 11's my favorite number.
nom nom.
YES!!
grand analog = too legit
he performs like pharrell.. that's no joke yo.
see what i mean?! all the girls standing in the line? or..?
oh and ztrip was dooope.. im not pregos i swears.
rock on ztrip, rock on.
hi frans:)
cool_boys
ro and my cousin livin laaarge
heyyy miiike!
for the sake of candids..
i just finished listening to cudi, and it's great. fuck what everyone says, the album is BOMB. so please buy it. it's fucking 12.99 if you aint strapped, cop the deluxe for 19.99.. you're fucking gross. yeah. thats it. you're fucking gross and i dunno how the fuck he bangs you. mm yum.. goat faced lookin trick pussy. that's gotta be good. i got lupe tomorrow, and keys n krates soon, and yaaa.. life is hectic.. ill post my last 25 this weekend.. that's my word. & ryan i know i done been slacking on you too..!! i haven't forgotten, it's just a lot of work but ill do it.. some dayyy.. life is hectic as fuck right now! & not just for me, things are whyyyliiiinnn!! i hope i didn't get you fired last night.. i know it's not a funny situation, but can i type in a "hahah".. okay. seriously.. i hope i didn't get you fired..!! tell them how hard life is for us! i hope everything smooths over for ya:( this weekend is gonna be a fucking rager. i literally have ZERO free time. it's completely, fully, booked. i'm too tired to be excited, but i'm excited. i'm happy to be at home, and i'm even more happy to sleep in my bed. however, even with all of that, there is some business that's a little down this weekend. a lot of loss for the month of september. loss is hard, and there is no certified cure, pain doesn't leave.. but time helps.. & with loss that i've dealt with, i feel that speaking does too.. so, if any of you feel the need, you can call me. i love every single one of you.. i've been sending thoughts out to all of your families, and i hope that voice can be heard. keep your head up kids, it's the only way they'll see your face from way up there, get a smile in of the memories you had.. they'll dig it i promise you.
now get off my blog and go buy man on the moon.. SUPPORT CUDI.. BLAAAAZING album.. like cmon, for 12.99, it's worth having in your collection.
see you tomorrow people, i'll be rocking out stage side.. get at me.
IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT. & the city is going fucking crazy. fucking crazy.. and so is botch.. i refused to go out this weekend. nah not for me kid, i'm saving a penny.. i'm gonna be doing nothing but getting my grind on this month.. and i'm also gonna be blogging a fucking shit load.. waddup world, let's get to a 25..
25 COLORS TO A PURPLE CITY
25. BEARS ON BROADWAY cause even though it's lame, nothing beats joggin by the water side.. checking out some redic stencils, and sitting with someone special on the bench watching the sunset. the fountains make the air smell fresh, and it's all good til the mosquitoes hit. pack your bug spray.
24. BDI YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! hook it up right fucking now!! after a session, on a summer night where it's hot as fuck.. i mean we looking at like +35C, let's fucking hit up bdi son. bring your moms, your dogs, and your cousin too.. then you walk the bridge and look at the stars.. til the mosquitoes hit. pack your bug spray.
23. A LITTLE PIZZA HEAVEN okay.. i'm so gonna get hated for this. don't get me wrong, i LOVE gondola.. but pizza heaven is just.. perfect. that crust is too awesome! i was going to throw pizza hotline on here, but i didn't. pizza hotline is a winnipeg must because it's the pizza you ALWAYS order when you're at your buddy's place having some brew.. but the best tasting pizza?! that's a little pizza heaven.. nom nom!
22. GREEN HILL make outtt tiiiime. blaaazing time. dangiddy dangiddy time. toboggan time. green hill time!
21. PURPLE CITY if you're not from winnipeg, don't even ask bro. if you're from winnipeg, pack ur bug spray.
20. JEANNE'S if you haven't had a birthday cake from jeanne's, YOU HAVENT LIVED! my family is super big on jeanne's.. and we got a jeanne's cake for absolutely anything we could.. "happy birthday!! get the jeanne's cake..!!" "aww congrats on your award, we'll get a jeanne's cake!!" "yo it's a sunny wednesday, JEANNE's!!".. gosh i miss those days.
19. CARLOS AND MURPHY'S best nachos in winnipeg. for reals.. tyc holds a pretty close grip though.. and yeah i said tyc.. shut up, tyc nachos are ill na na!
18. SLURPS slurpee capital of the world, and it's one of the only things we got, so let us have it. we drink this shit when it's -50c outside.. we drink this shit in a blizzard. we put alcohol in our slurpees to pre-drink. we bring slurpees to the beach, to school, to work, to the library, in the car, on the bus, on our bikes. slurpees are our drink.. all day, every day, no matter what time, or the weather.. let's do a slurpee run.
17. GOODIES okay.. so winnipeg has more than food, believe me hahaha.. BUT GOODIES. wow. the first time i had goodies, it was better than most of my ex-boyfriends. ouch. below the belt botch, below the belt.
16. VJ'S winnipeg is big on burgers. they love their fat boys.. and if you're from winnipeg, you know what a fat boy is.. and vj's is DEFINITELY number one, next up is george's.. i've never been to mrs. mike's, but apparently, shit's bomb.. take me some day someone, take me!!
15. JOHNNY G'S wow where do i even begin with johnny g's?! how many drunken nights have we had here?! raging in the basement to killer hip hop.. spazzin cuz we wanted to.. throwin tables and chairs and shit.. being the loudest ones in the buildin.. and the eats.. OH THE EATS.
14. ASSINIBOINE LEO MOL GARDEN one day i am going to walk this entire thing (without quitting half way through like every time).. AND THEN! i will sit on a bench, i will eat some grapes.. and i will read a book.. anad then i'll bike home.. whoot.. sounds dreamy doesn't it.
13. CRUISE NIGHT sunday ! sunday ! sunday! every sunday. the dopest shit you'll see. people rep their shit, and they rep it harrrddd.. and you basically get a parade of that every sunday. all the burger spots are packed, the main drag is packed, but the eye candy is pretty!.. but pack ur bug spray.
12. FOLKLORAMA folklorama! celebrating diversity!! and good food!! performances. and pretty costumes..!! and education!! and beers from germany, brazil, austrailia, jamaica....uhhh can we go?! right now?! cool. thanks. it consists of 40 pavillions, housing the opportunity to travel to a different location. you get to experience almost any culture you could think of, in just one night.. then the next night, you travel across the world. it's a nice way to go on vacation on a budget haha
11. MUSIC TRADER into the music gets an honorable mention.. however music trader has provided most of my classic shit.. i always spend at least 15 minutes just in "aw" when i'm in there. i'm there at least once a week. it's basically my second home. dear music trader, i love you, please don't ever.. ever leave.
10. GELATI GEEEELAATIII!! who doesnt love ice cream?! WHO DOESNT, love sittin on the block with gelati (til the mosquitoes hit)?! WHO DOESNT LOVE GELATI?! i swear, summer nights aren't complete without gelati.. they just aren't.
9. URBAN BAKERY oh urban. i remember the first time i stepped into urban, i think i was like 14, and it smelled sooooo gooood. i will forever remember that smell.. and that staff. they didn't treat me like i was an idiot, or a youngin, it was wiCked. & to me, it'll always be "urban" not tub.. i love the bakery. it's always too chill in there, and if there's good hip hop playing, i almost just wanna lounge there and not even look at shit. urban has been my love, and my hate, but it will always hold a strong place in my heart, because honestly, some of my best clothing pieces have come from there. long live nice shit! check em out, cop a masses tee, cuz i didnt. haha sup j!
8. PATIO! little italy is lined with nothing but patios.. i'd say tavern is number one.. because when that roof top is bumpin, lawwddd it is BUMPIN.. earl's is definitely up there too though, just because the hip hop is a good listen during a beer and a cigarette.
7. GRAND BEACH "yo what you doing ?!" "nothing guy, it's tuesday./" "wanna go to the beach?" "ya man." every day.
6. BAR ITALIA i love you bar italia. the amount of times you've disappointed me in life has been very minimal! hahah. except when i got yelled at for doing absolutely NOTHING.. still my favorite lounge in winnipeg. ferrrsuuurrre..
5. LOGAN CORNER or logan's corner in winnipeg world.. yeahhh fuckk you guys man. this post makes me seem fat.. but if you've ever been out past 3am, and you're drunk outta your face, you know the party's still bumpin.. and it's taking place at LOGANS SON! fucka east ocean. LOGANS!!!!
4. JAZZ FEST LONG LIVE GOOD MUSIC.. long live old market square.. and long live good music at old market square.. sign me up! plus jazz fest brought me keys n krates!! ack.. love ettt.
3. THE FORKS / PLAZA sickest skate park in the world. quote me on that. when you have a skate park that brings you eric koston and steve berra, you just know it's the shit. blaze at the skate park, and trip out on that good vibe feeling.. the fireworks are bomb, and so are the markets. nothing beats a lively day/night at the forks.. just make sure there's something happenin.. otherwise.. bring some bug spray.
2. THE EXCHANGE DISTRICT okay so the exchange district is home to a few of my loves.. ragpickers, where we always have fun with vintage clothes.. and the parties above ragpickers are always off the chain.. republic, which i've grown to hate, then love, and hate, and then love again.. but hate. KINGS HEAD, my favorite pub in the city.. second is lo's! the LINE UP, where i would have lunch every day just because i like the patio and the atmosphere.. the fyxx, cuz nothing beats that vibe when you wanna read a book by yourself!! gotta love the exchange.
1. ALIVE yeah. so what?! alive is number one. it could have been something meaningful.. or historic.. or it could be the best place in winnipeg. sorry yo. alive is the best place in winnipeg. staff is friendly, security makes you feel safe and comfortable. bartenders are polite as fuck.. people are rowdy but friendly.. the bathrooms are always clean.. and it has ALWAYS, been a good night. ALIVE I LOVE YOU, BE MY WIFEYY!!
okay guys.. one more 25 to go.. i'd like to say good looking out to maribeth who helped me compile this list.. it fucking took me forever.. if you know me, i just like to eat, and.. listen to hip hop, and party and read.. so my list is made up of that.. it's not everybody's winnipeg list, but it's MY winnipeg list.. while composing the list maribeth and i had quite the adventure.. fuck i miss you biiiatch. so as i don't want the pictures to go to waste, here are the pictures that were taken for this post that i didn't use.. so you know winnipeg is more than good eats and parties lol.. esco let's go.
maribeth took this pic.. its bomb isnt it
tryna reach cudi ;) heheh
i wish my friends took me to watch baseball games.. that's why i'm going out with alex;)
lol, grain is king people. grain is king.
some how, we ended up at a concert.. where we met up with friends and good music.
he juggled a chainsaw, he is crazy.
i started working on this post like two weeks ago. i started writing it at 9:30 pm, it is now 1:30 in the morning. congrats. it's finally done.. I LOVE MY FUCKING CITY.
Consistently making a mess of things, she's either "funny" or "weird". Botcho usually finds herself awake for too long despite her love of sleep. She's busy exploring the world with a taste for fashion, concerts, breaking rules, hair dying and pizza. She only calls herself a writer in an attempt for her blog to make sense. For all business inquiries, you can contact her mom.
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