So if you’ve kept up with my site, you’ll know that my laptop has been messed up for a while and I couldn’t really post until now. Well, I finally got my laptop back yesterday and I’m happy to present this delayed but stellar post to y’all. Lots of big happenings. I’ll try to do this chronologically.
Last week on Friday my homey Nikki came to Colorado to see her Uncle and to see the Civic Tour with me. She arrived, we chilled in my dorm for a lil while, and then it was time for the show. We drove to Red Rocks, aka “The Coolest Freaking Concert Venue In The History of The World”. And on the way we saw a dope Ferrari. What am I saying? All Ferraris are dope. Anyway, we got to Red Rocks and I got a couple shots of the girls and I taking the hike up to get in line. The line looks enormous, but it wasn’t that bad and moved quickly. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to see so many 14 year old girls – I personally don’t see Good Charlotte as hot, because, well… hmm… I like girls. Anyway, we found some good seats in the 19th row right center. There was no pit, just a few little bleachers (that’s a really weird word, because those metal risers you stand on don’t ‘bleach’ anything…. ah whatever) that were packed with people. It would have been sweet to be that close, but being that cramped and having to stand up for 5 straight hours would have sucked. Our seats were good enough. Stretch Armstrong came on, and I had never heard them before. They were ok… too much yelling, I couldn’t understand what the guy was saying. The great thing about their set was that it was their last date on the tour. The 3 other bands (MxPx, Good Charlotte and New Found Glory) came out and attacked them with Silly String… and then, get this, they all did a cover of “Melt With You” by New English! Everyone was totally surprised and cheering like crazy.
Next up was MxPx. I have their Live At The Show CD, and I like it, but I’m into them a lot more now that I saw them live. There are only 3 people in the band, but they rocked. The lead singer sort of looks like Phanton Phreak from Hackers. He was going crazy and jumping over the amps and stuff with his guitar. They certainly were having a lot of fun on stage.
Now it was time for Good Charlotte. I am a big fan of theirs because they have catchy songs and Joel and Benji have a lot of personality and really tight melody/harmony. Colin and I sing Motivation Proclamation in the car a lot….good times. For the first few songs, Benji was nowhere to be found, and Joel didn’t say anything about it for about 8 minutes into their set. Finally he said “I’m sure you’re all wondering where Benji is. Let’s see if we can get him out here. Everyone scream, “Where are you, Benji?!” And everyone did. He came out a minute later to the shrieks of the little girls… it was ear piercing. He took the mic and prefaced his mini-speech with “I don’t even know if you guys can understand me right now, my mouth is completely numb. I just came from the dentist, I had to get a tooth pulled during the show.” Everyone was impressed that he would come straight from the dentist after such a painful procedure and then rock the crap outta the place. Good commitment, Benj. Good Charlotte’s set rocked and they played my favorite song, Waldorfworldwide. Nikki and I had been jumping around and moshing and singing the whole nite, and we were starting to get tired near the end of their set.
Finally, New Found Glory exploded onto the stage and everyone went insane… I know I did. Despite being exhausted from moshing around for 4 hours, NFG energized the crowd and played their hearts out. Everyone sang along, everyone jumped around and waved their horns, it was like one big happy pop punk family. Colored, spiky hair everywhere, girls in wife beaters and glitter all over their faces, it was a great feeling. To be around so many pop punk kids felt great. NFG talked to the crowd a lot, made jokes, jumped off stage, skanked around, and even played a quick cover of “In Da Club” by 50 cent! Jordan said that 50 cent was nothing special and that he himself was 65 cent, then apologized in fear that 50 would show up at his door with a freshly loaded gun and a taste for revenge. NFG put on the best show by far, and I was glad to be there for the not as pop band, unlike the thousands of little girls only there to swoon over Joel and Benji of GC.
After the concert, Nikki and I were EXHAUSTED and really hungry, so we went to Perkins at around 1am. My boy Justin came in with his band and we talked to them for a few minutes. Justin is a good kid, and his band isn’t bad either. They’re called Auggie’s STD. Pretty good, huh? Anyway, Nikki and I couldn’t hear much so we were talking really loud and didn’t notice for a few minutes, which was hilarious. When we got back to my dorm, we have to leave for the airport 4 hours later, and it was really hot in my room, so we just laid in my bed and didn’t get a moment of sleep. At 6am when it was time to leave for the airport, we were both zombies but somehow made our way there. Nikki dropped my off and drove back to Boulder to hang out with her uncle and go hiking… Nikki is an iron woman. Hear her roar. Heheh.
So I flew to Providence, Rhode Island for my sister’s graduation. I did a handstand in the airplane bathroom mid-flight… don’t ask. I’ve been doing that just for fun for years, and I have no idea how I thought of it. I crouch on the toilet, put my hands on the floor, then kick up into a handstand so my feet touch the ceiling. I immediately start laughing when I think about how ridiculous it is, so I usually have to come down pretty quickly so I don’t fall on my face from cracking up. Anna’s graduation was ridiculous – it was POURING all day. They have this procession around the campus, all the teachers, alums, grads from past years, med students, everyone. And they all had umbrellas and were still soaked. Later, the president was speaking under a little canopy to the grads, and was trying to cheer everyone up from the rain during her speech to lighten the mood. Near the end of her speech, she said “Ok everyone, I’d like for you all to join me in singing the alma mater….::long pause, president looks around::…. Oh, I think the band left.” Everyone was cracking up. So Anna graduated from Brown with honors, nice job to my big sis!
On the airplane ride back to Denver, I did a handstand in the bathroom as always, but that certainly wasn’t the highlight of the flight. I was sitting in the terminal, waiting for my flight, and this cute chick with a cowboy hat walks past me, stops, turns around, and sits two seats away from me. It was a good sign, but I just kept rockin’ out to MxPx on my headphones in my seat. After all the special people get on the plane, I finally board and the girl is still sitting there. I sit down in my aisle seat, and it was only two on my side so the other one was the window seat. The whole plane was full except for that window seat. That girl gets on board and where does she sit? Right next to me. I was like ‘Sweeet! The one cute chick on the plane is next to me!’ After a little while, I started a conversation and we ended up talking for the whole flight. Kelly from Illinois, now lives in Colorado. She was a funny chick, and it was great to have someone to talk to for the whole flight. So, big shoutout to Kelly… I should email her today, heh.
Finals week was a little weird. Tests weren’t too bad, but I had to study and pack up all my stuff and store a lot in boxes and clean out my room. Googs left on Wednesday, and I was leaving on Friday, so I had some time to clean up and what not. In the midst of all this, Stephie(remember? That cute chick I saw Zebrahead with a few posts back?) and I did a mini photo shoot of her. She needed headshots for dance auditions and stuff, and I was happy to help her out with them. That was fun. I had to move my desk and bed back to their original positions, so my room was a ridiculous mess and it was quite a project to tackle, but I finally got out of there and I’m home. It’s great to be back; better food and bed, get to see my family, chill with Colin and Kent and other friends, it’s great. I hope to have some good new stuff to post about… maybe I’ll write a big post about where I work soon. Stay tuned.