Wednesday, October 12, 2005

a day before the show. in woodbury were we checked out some stores, had sweet and sour chicken and pad thai.













views from our hotel room, the basilica looked so pretty at night.

that morning we walked to the excel energy center around 11am, soon after arriving we met a lady named janice who had literally just come from the airport. she is from the denver area, and bought a ticket at the last minute and flew out here on a wim. she was really cool and around my mom’s age. shortly after meeting her we met a few others, and where moved to the “spiral line” for the fan club members. six of us, i never got anyone else name (except janice) sadly, sat in line together and talked throughout the day. there was a young couple and a guy that grew up in new york who’s friend later come with stuff for all of us to drink and eat.
when four pm rolled around brandy, a cool lady who worked for nin, came and gave us our special tickets and spiral stamp. we waited for another 30 to 45 minutes until we had the word we were seeing the sound check. only about 50 of us where let in and told to line up against the barricade.





three songs where played: the frail/the wretched, starfuckers inc., and love is not enough; during the wretched i had to force myself not to cry. i can’t even tell you what it is like to see a band so close and with so few people around. after sound check we were told to get in a single file line against the barricade and have the stuff we wanted signed out. i don’t even think i was thinking b/c i can’t remember what was going through my head at this point.








i met all of them but alex carepetis, the new replacement drummer. trent asked how i was (which was amazing) and shook my hand. i don’t even remember looking at his face, i always do that, i never look at their face. not only did i meet trent i met jeordie white a.k.a twiggy; which was huge to me also. this was the second meet and greet of the us tour, and i feel so thankful they chose to do it here.





after the meet and greet we had to sit in seats furthest away from the stage and wait for the other bands to do their sound check. luckily, when the doors opened and people came rushing in i was able to get front row center. autolux was good, a bit of shoegaze in them, and the girl drummer did some serious ass kicking. guys all around me where going “holy shit that chick is tearing some shit up ” i was envious of her skills. during queens of the stone age, i couldn’t help but think of brenda the whole time. some guys shoe was thrown on stage and josh went in about how he was going to piss in it after the show. he also asked what dork wore air jordans. josh was funny and had an amazing presence about him. i will always remember him spitting in his hand so he could slide his hand up and down the guitar neck easily.
unfortunately, after qotsa i didn’t feel good and the security guy said i looked really pale, i tried my fucking hardest to be ok and not feel like i was going to pass out but i couldn’t do it. i had to be lifted out of there and taken back to the paramedics, they were all very nice. i nearly passed out but instead was super dizzy to the point where i need someone to help me walk. when my mom came back to see me, i got up and felt horrible. i am so angry at myself for leaving my spot right before nin came on.
we went back on the floor but it was hell, around us people were drunk or they were making out the whole time. my mom couldn’t see anything, and they were starting. finally we gave up and went to buy some stuff. i bought a zip up sweatshirt, qotsa shirt and limited edition poster. my mom bought a sweatshirt, beanie, and limited edition poster as well. we looked through one of the curtains they had up and noticed all these seats free that were on the side of the stage less then a 100 feet away. we walked down there and had our motherfucking socks rocked so fucking hard it was not to be believed. i was almost emotional during one part of it, i just kept thinking, this is real this is real.
it was real.
today i sit here writing this with a spiral stamp still on my hand and a weird red splotchy bruise on my hip bone that sticks out. i can’t bend over or i’m in so much pain at that spot i almost cry. i hit it this morning and i couldn’t breathe for a few seconds. battle wound. this morning i couldn’t walk, i actually couldn’t walk b/c my legs hurt so bad from standing up for so long. i have to walk with my knees slightly bent like an old person.

get jealous:

autolux







qotsa













nine inch motherfuckin nails














what you see is the silver curtain down with images being played on it.

i think bees are being played then. the video was really cool, insects, surgery (i think), president bush, and surban landscapes.

blurry soundboard, why i took this i don't know. whatever.













hurt.


i love it when everyone has their lighters out.




some pictures turned out good, others not so much. thought i would share all of them though.

WHY WASN'T I CLOSER TO JEORDIE? GAH! AHKJHSGKHDSFGKJHDFG. son of a bitch.

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