kill the drama.

today: school was complete and utter shit. the chem test can kiss my ass. fuck it. my throat is dead (it hurts so badly), voice is almost gone, water hurts to swallow, and i have huge bruises on:

-both knees
-parts of my thighs
-both upper arms/armpits
-left side of chest/boob.
-right side
-right shoulder
-right forearm

OWWWW! motherfucking barricades!!

yesterday: SOMETHING CORPORATE. YELLOWCARD. THE FORMAT. so. much. fun. ahh. afterschool, necla, aisha, and i hailed a cab and took it to the roseland ballroom on 52nd and 8th by 4:30. we were almost at the end of the block and second barricade checkpoint, but at least we werent around the block three times like for the ataris. aisha and i actually had this crazy idea of going to long island to see punchline in Long Island and then coming back for soco...but it never happened. sadly. so we sat around for a while and then i saw jackie from the punchline show. i forgot her name for a sec and yelled 'jaaaccckkkiieee!!' and she turned around and hung out with us for a bit. she and aisha went to haggle money from ppl to get a ticket (she got one), and then tima, haifa, maria, nora, tommy-david, and zooz came. hung out some more, and then jackie used her 'connections' to move us 2 by 2 up to the first barricade. hehe. we got mass amounts of free smaplers, pins, etc. saw steve (of course). lol one girl that i started talking to i couldve sworn i had seen before was one of luis's friends from his pictures. lol i was like 'heyy!' and she looked a little confused but was really nice. so they let us in, and we RAN to the very front of the venue, and we were right next to the barricade, thank you jackie and joanna!

the floor filled up really quickly, and we waited around for who were thought we the format to set up. turns it they were 'sleeping at last' or something (it greatly amuses me how were still debating their name), and were...decent. the lead singer reminded me of the lovechild of soco andrew and MBR andrew. that would be great if his name WAS andrew.

after they were done, this guy who i thought was clutch for a second came onstage and only after 2 songs did we find out that THEY were the format. i love the format. i love them so much. they kicked to much ass it was insane. and tima and i were in LOVE with the guitarist (who haifa met later) we dubbed the lovechild of TBS adam (appearance) and jesper from the sounds (keyboarding and dancing). i love lovechildren. u kno wat, i just liked all of them. and they were just so good. i dont think ive ever liked an opening band id never heard of so much. sean from yellowcard showed up along the side and everyone in our section noticed i was wearing the same acceptance shirt as him. *big smile* twas fate hehe.

then SOCO! ahh. ahh. ahh. im in love with andrew. like its sick how much i love him. [jackie the little bum went to imx earlier and got to meet everyone. either at imx or at the back of the roseland where they always are. lucky ass bugger. i wanted to meet andrew and co. and sean. poo.] when they came on...it was just a massive rush of blood to the head. lol clutch came out in a pirate costume. funniest thing in my life. the set list:

-I Woke Up In a Car
-21 and Invincible: got us all pumped up...thank god they played it second or first. first?
-Punk Rock Princess: jackie and i went insane.
-Konstantine: i loved it. it is so much better live, especially when u have everyone else singing along. andrew gave a little schpeel about how he ''doesnt give a shit if you download music'' and such.
-Space: "HEY!" crazy loud. it was fun.
-Only Ashes
-(cover of) Hey Ya: even better than the original. seriously. andrew is a crazy front man and was all over the place.
-iF U C Jordan
-Hurricane
-Fall
-Drunk Girl
-Ruthless
-If I Die (sean from YC came out for it)
-Down

andrew is possibly one of the best frontmen ever. when hes not playing the piano hes bouncing around, jumping off amps, and rocking the hell out. i love him. and nobody can wear flannel like him and pete. they wear it like nobodys business. and by the end it was completely soaked. the new soco guitarist (replacing will) is pretty good. i was bouncing around like a complete nutcase and yelling the words...and completely killing my side. agh but twas all worth it. i liked how andrew kept showing their gratitude for us, and it seemed really sincere. sighs.

after they finished, tima, tommy-david, zooz, and maria left for home, and aisha, necla, nora, and haifa decided they didnt want to stay in front for yellowcard, and opted for the back cuz they thought it would get too insane and they were too hot and stuff. i protested but they went anyway and i was stubborn as hell and stayed. made friends with people up front.

YC took forever to set up. gah damn your little tropical backdrops that took so long to get up...so they came on stage. ppl went crazy. they did

-believe
-miles apart
-october nights (i think that really just made my night)
-big apple heartbreak' (did they...?)
-ocean avenue
-avondale
-life of a salesman
-starstruck
(+ more but i didnt stay)

ryan sed onstage there were like 3000 ppl there...dunno. the ppl in my section...werent rowdy at all and that kinda made it..boring? sean was jumping around and coming over to our side and singing to our faces, the new pete bassist guy looked like he was 40, ryan looked really tired. they all looked a bit out of their element. they were def better at irving. they had really hardcore fans front and center, but otherwise it wasnt as crazy as for soco. maybe its just people were tired. i got kinda exasperated and frustrated that the show wasnt as good as i thought it would be, people around me werent as pumped as i was, and my friends were all out of the pit. so i got the big red head security guard to lift me out of there. he grabbed me around the waist and grabbed my legs and hoisted me over his head. kinda freaky. all the girls coming out of the front from crowdsurfing were half exposed skanks that looked like they had just been raped. i saw joe making fun of one to her face which made me smile. the roseland has really cool security guards. they really take care of you and arent arrogant assholes. they give u water and they chat with you between shows. and when necla almost passes out from dehydration the redhead security guard gave me a water bottle (which i drank from first) and then i passed it to necla. good man he was..:)

so i went around to that back, keeping an eye out for andrew and ppl, and necla/aisha/noura/haifa. i was singing along to all the songs but it mustve looked like i was talking to myself lol. i got my $20 soco shirt and cami's, and continued looking and calling. finally i got really fed up and left. outside i got lps stickers which made me happy. i had a random epiphany that i should go to the back of the roseland where jackie had met the guys before, so i did. i saw brian and called out his name. he was really nice and i got a picture and got him to sign my CD cover. he called me sweetie which made me swoon cuz im a freaking dork. im the ultimate dorkus. but i love myself for that. :P went home, found out that haifa and aisha had gone back into the pit and they had all left like 10 mins after me. i was hyperactive for an hour and a half, and then my energy died in a second and i passed out in bed. this morning i discovered four new bruises.

posted by Jennie @ 1:31 AM