Okay. To get myself back into Blogging...since I've been kind of out of it for a while, I am going to do a 30 day challenge thing.
Day One: Write some basic things about yourself
Basic things. My hair is blonde (naturally). My eyes are green, but can look blue in certain lights combined with certain colors. I live with my parents and I need to lose about 65lbs (which is better than the 165lbs I had to lose 4 years ago). I have a cat named Mab. She's 5 years old. I love reading, writing, playing ukulele and guitar. I work at the local hospital. I'm a scheduler there, and while the work is kind of monotonous and boring, I do like most of the people. I would love to work for a comic book company one day, and am keeping my eyes open for positions that could move me towards that (I am looking at you Marvel). I have never had a boyfriend. I am still a virgin. I don't currently have a favorite author (I used to, but I don't want to talk about it). I'm 5'6".
That's pretty much all the basics that I can think of. Good start thought I think. YAY!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Put your back in, baby, put you back into it
I found the set list online:
Situation Infatuation
Promise
Amphetamines
BFGF
Think Twice
Leech
Nightmare
Lost & Found
Here’s to the Night
At Least We’re Dreaming
Pick Up the Pieces
Victoria
Tongue Tied
On the Roof Again
Inside Out
Open Road Song
Anytime
Superhero Girl
Clearly there were a couple songs that I forgot or got mixed up (one that I called the wrong thing, oops)
B.F.G.F.
I've had this song stuck in my head for hours now...I honestly believe it's the reason I haven't gone to sleep yet.
To recap...I have had an awesome couple of weeks. I don't know how else to put it. I met my favorite band since I was 12, and the red-headed bass player that started my well-publicized obsession with red-heads. I went to Hawai'i (Maui to be specific). Though the plane ride home was a little horrific (red eye, with complementary crying one year old, that kid had some stamina, let me tell you). I've donated $100 to go to an Amanda Palmer house party happening sometime next year, where me and 49 people I have likely never met before will be treated to a private performance from Amanda and the GTO. I get to see the Avengers at midnight on Thursday. And there are so many other things that I am just massively looking forward to.
Quick recap of my Eve 6 concert so that I don't forget anything (I know, I'm horribly remiss in writing this up almost two weeks later, I have probably already forgotten some tiny detail that will bother me):
I got there almost late. I was supposed to get there at 5:15pm for the soundcheck and meet and greet with the band, but was late due to the insane traffic in Seattle. I was almost crying because it was 5:21pm when I finally pulled up in front of El Corazon. But luck was with me, and I hadn't missed much except for the merch guy talking a little bit. Phew, crisis averted. I got my pass and stood in the rain for a little bit before we all went inside. Eve 6 was up on the stage, they said hello to all of us VIP-ers. Probably between 20 and 25 in all. They played Rescue Me from Horrorscope and a new one from Speak in Code called Everything. They sounded awesome as usual for their awesome selves. Then we all got in a line and waited to go and meet them, have a little chat, get things signed and get a picture. I wish two things: that I had taken advantage of the merch table, and that I had brought a better camera. I was much too twitterpated to think of any of this at the time. I chatted with the people around me in line, and the member of the crew who was nice enough to be taking pictures. We talked about the 14 hour drive they had made from Salt Lake City that day. I got to meet them. Tony immediately stepped forward and introduced himself, and shook my hand, and then I shook Max (who shakes with his left hand, awkward) and Jon. Max asked if I wanted my VIP badge signed and I said yes. Tony asked if I had ever seen them before (I imagine that most people had said no, because it seemed like everyone there was younger than me and didn't know the old stuff to well) He was surprised when I told him I had, when they were in town with Goldfinger and Good Charlotte. Max had poofy hair at that point. Tony remembered and commented that they had worn daisy dukes on stage, I said that Max had a cold, we laughed. Tony promised they would be fully clothed and in full health this time around. Then we posed for a picture and I was on my way. I had about an hour before doors opened for the actual show. Nate called and we met up and found some dinner, though really I was way to nervous to eat hardly anything. I ate like 3 bites of a salad and a piece or two of cheesy bread.
The show itself had 3 opening bands before Eve 6 came on. Tony D'angelo was the first one, they were pretty good. Kind of rap and singing combo group. Girl drummer, that was really unique. The second band was called Namesake, they were kind of huge. Lots of cute guitar/bass players though. That was nice. The third band, and probably the most polished, was The Audition. The lead singer seemed like he definitely already had a few drinks in him. They were really high energy and got the crowd going. Then, Eve 6. They opened with Situation Infatuation which was really good. The people I was standing around were pretty awesome. On one side of me was a tiny red-head girl and two of her guy friends (there was another friend with them, but she kept going out to the car to smoke a bowl and never coming back), they were nice. On the other side of me was a woman who said she was old enough to be my mother, but did not look like it, her boyfriend/husband, her daughter and a couple of her friends. I couldn't say what order the other songs happened in, so I'm just going to make a list:
To recap...I have had an awesome couple of weeks. I don't know how else to put it. I met my favorite band since I was 12, and the red-headed bass player that started my well-publicized obsession with red-heads. I went to Hawai'i (Maui to be specific). Though the plane ride home was a little horrific (red eye, with complementary crying one year old, that kid had some stamina, let me tell you). I've donated $100 to go to an Amanda Palmer house party happening sometime next year, where me and 49 people I have likely never met before will be treated to a private performance from Amanda and the GTO. I get to see the Avengers at midnight on Thursday. And there are so many other things that I am just massively looking forward to.
Quick recap of my Eve 6 concert so that I don't forget anything (I know, I'm horribly remiss in writing this up almost two weeks later, I have probably already forgotten some tiny detail that will bother me):
I got there almost late. I was supposed to get there at 5:15pm for the soundcheck and meet and greet with the band, but was late due to the insane traffic in Seattle. I was almost crying because it was 5:21pm when I finally pulled up in front of El Corazon. But luck was with me, and I hadn't missed much except for the merch guy talking a little bit. Phew, crisis averted. I got my pass and stood in the rain for a little bit before we all went inside. Eve 6 was up on the stage, they said hello to all of us VIP-ers. Probably between 20 and 25 in all. They played Rescue Me from Horrorscope and a new one from Speak in Code called Everything. They sounded awesome as usual for their awesome selves. Then we all got in a line and waited to go and meet them, have a little chat, get things signed and get a picture. I wish two things: that I had taken advantage of the merch table, and that I had brought a better camera. I was much too twitterpated to think of any of this at the time. I chatted with the people around me in line, and the member of the crew who was nice enough to be taking pictures. We talked about the 14 hour drive they had made from Salt Lake City that day. I got to meet them. Tony immediately stepped forward and introduced himself, and shook my hand, and then I shook Max (who shakes with his left hand, awkward) and Jon. Max asked if I wanted my VIP badge signed and I said yes. Tony asked if I had ever seen them before (I imagine that most people had said no, because it seemed like everyone there was younger than me and didn't know the old stuff to well) He was surprised when I told him I had, when they were in town with Goldfinger and Good Charlotte. Max had poofy hair at that point. Tony remembered and commented that they had worn daisy dukes on stage, I said that Max had a cold, we laughed. Tony promised they would be fully clothed and in full health this time around. Then we posed for a picture and I was on my way. I had about an hour before doors opened for the actual show. Nate called and we met up and found some dinner, though really I was way to nervous to eat hardly anything. I ate like 3 bites of a salad and a piece or two of cheesy bread.
The show itself had 3 opening bands before Eve 6 came on. Tony D'angelo was the first one, they were pretty good. Kind of rap and singing combo group. Girl drummer, that was really unique. The second band was called Namesake, they were kind of huge. Lots of cute guitar/bass players though. That was nice. The third band, and probably the most polished, was The Audition. The lead singer seemed like he definitely already had a few drinks in him. They were really high energy and got the crowd going. Then, Eve 6. They opened with Situation Infatuation which was really good. The people I was standing around were pretty awesome. On one side of me was a tiny red-head girl and two of her guy friends (there was another friend with them, but she kept going out to the car to smoke a bowl and never coming back), they were nice. On the other side of me was a woman who said she was old enough to be my mother, but did not look like it, her boyfriend/husband, her daughter and a couple of her friends. I couldn't say what order the other songs happened in, so I'm just going to make a list:
- Situation Infatuation
- Victoria
- Here's to the Night
- On the Roof Again
- Promise
- Amphetamines
- Nightmare
- Inside Out
- Open Road Song
- 1000 Faces
- Leech
- At Least We're Dreaming
- Think Twice
- Pick up the Pieces
- B.F.G.F. (I am pretty sure they played this one)
- Lost & Found
I'm pretty sure that's it. It was great. Max and I had a moment during Pick up the Pieces because I was one of the few people in the audience who knew most of the words (because it had been a song he did on his own, but he changed a bit of it). The stage conversation was great as always. Just a few snippets.
Max: Sweetpea, Sweetpea, is this bass made of real gold? I want you to look me in the eye and tell me this bass is made of real gold!
Jon: I would look you in the eye, Max, but there's pole between us. However, I guarentee that bass is made of real gold.
Tony: Shut up.
Max: I thought this song (referring to Pick up the Pieces) was about someone else. Then I thought about it for while and it turns out that it was about me all along.
Max: We wrote this song while we were sitting in a room at the highschool after having to much soda and sugar, and Sweetpea thought it would be a good idea to have a song that everyone could bounce up and down to. And Tony and I, well, we thought that was a really good idea. But I don't just want you all to bounce up and down, I'll count it off, 1 2 3 4, and then you jump. You don't want to be the only one jumping up and down do you? So only jump when I count to 4.
That's all the really memorable conversation I can recall. The blonde chick in front of me stepped on my toe with her insanely giant shoes. That hurt like a son of a bitch. The mosh pit knocked me over, but the nice people next to me helped me back up, and then the woman who said she was old enough to be my mother sent her husband/boyfriend over to guard me (and the two little people next to me) from the mosh pit. That was very nice of her. I took a lot of pictures for them before and after the show.
I think that recounts pretty much the whole experience. At least enough to make me relive it through a blog post. :)
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