Ingredients for a lazy self indulgent picture by me-
a) a cutie
b) implied murder
c) robots
d) background ahahahaha what background
Do you ever get this rushing feeling inside your head with really strong pulse at the back of your brain and undergo this moment of distinct but calm conviction that you are going to die but then it goes away and you don’t tell anyone about it afterwards
Work hard, and follow your dreams, because they may just come true.
Highlights:
- Joel recognizing me in the audience after they were done taping (resulting in me turning into a turtle, and hiding in my shell… metaphorically speaking. That would have been embarrassing).
- Being so nervous about getting a picture with him that I made Annie nervous.
- Hug and greeting kiss (what is wrong with all you, weirdo Americans and Canadians that don’t kiss upon greeting!? You make me feel awkward when I lean in for a kiss!)
- “My wife loves the drawings.”
- “This girl is PSYCHOTIC for COMMUNITY.”
- “So your name is Julia?” - “Julieta (/who-lee-eh-tah/)” and Joel trying to pronounce it correctly (don’t worry, I’ve already come to terms the fact that no one can…).
- “Oh it’s because your twitter name is JuJujdhsfkjhsdf or whatever”
- Seeing them tape a short thing for the website. Believe me. You will die when you watch that.
- “Wanna see my dressing room?”
- Joel getting a COMMUNITY reference past 6 crazy-obsessed super fans.
- Him signing this for Kate
Seriously. He is as nice as he looks. Thanks to Kate for letting me sleep at her place and eat her food, and Annie for getting my ticket, taking my pictures, and keeping me from saying “I’m a 14-year-old and you are Justin Bieber / I like it when you’re naked on the show / I got my period today / etc… “
See this?
This is my super awesome buddy.
She draws Community fanart like a total badass
and guess what
they noticed
so yeah keep doing that shit people it’s good for you and just maybe one day the world will explode into rainbows and glittery unicorn farts.
This is the original version of “I am Not Alone”.
Some of you might own the “old” version of Steam Powered Giraffe’s Album One, and you might know how Erin “Upgrade” sang this song on the album…
I wrote the song for Upgrade.
She gave me one line of lyric that she wanted me to incorporate when I was creating the song, and I used it.
Believe it or not, Michael Reed and I recorded the entire song without Rabbit or The Jon. I played rhythm guitar, piano and sang the lead vocals. Mike did bass and drums. Mike then added harmonies and he had me add more harmonies on top of those. We then had Upgrade sing along to my vocal track and recorded her. My lead vocals were removed and that was that. When we kicked her out of the group, we re-did Album One, taking out all of her harmonies and putting in whatever “follow-along tracks” we had recorded for her to sing along to if any existed. We were actually going to keep I Am Not Alone in and just use the “original” recording that didn’t yet have Upgrade’s voice on it…
That didn’t happen obviously…and we went with “Ice Cream Parade” instead.
So here it is.
The original “I am Not Alone” before we replaced my lead vocals with Erin’s “Upgrades”. No one outside of the band has ever heard this before.
Enjoy.
Also, you’ll have to excuse the weird cutoffs on some parts…as it was a placeholder track.
P.S. - Just imagine The Spine and Michael Reed doing a duet together :3
Ahaha!But then. I felt. The spines hand.
Gone. Completely. I’ve just. Lost it.
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