I Taste of Blood....
Okay, for all of you that didn't know, I went to my first AFI concert tonight. And oh my god.... was it so awesome. I went with my friends Leah and Betty(I took Betty's concert virginity! w00t), and then after finding someone with an extra ticket, my friend Ryan got to come too. And as a forewarning, this is gonna be one hella long blog.
First I just wanna talk about what I wore... because I liked it. Starting from top to bottom! Yesterday, my friend Ellen came over and helped dye my hair. the sides and underneath are a light brown, and the top and some of the back are blonde. My face... I did my makeup, black mascara, black eyeliner, black eyeshadow..... and then my cute lil emo-square glasses. Around my neck was my necklace with my skull and crossbone charm and my necklace with my zodiac charm. I wore my sleeveless black v-neck shirt, and over it a black collared button down, 3/4 sleeve, ruffled at the bottom shirt. On that, I had my hot pink tie... kindly tied by a random kid with a mohawk before the concert. I wore black pants which I cut holes in and laces hot pink string through, and my pink seat-belt buckle belt. On my feet were my polka-spotted socks and my pink and black velour converses. I thought I looked cute ^^
Now about the opening bands. The first to play was Nightmare Of You, and they were awesome.... I'm so buying their CD. The lead singer was adorable, and he reminded me of Topher Grace. And the bassist, oh he was sexy.... he looked like a mix Norman Reedus and my friend Shawn. The other band to play was the Dillinger Escape Plan (sp?). I didn't like them too much because I couldn't understand anything the leader singer was singing. However Ryan and I did use that time to fix/apply our makeup.
After they played, the roadies came out and started changing the stage for AFI to play. I was bouncing up and down looking all over the stage for Smith. I'm not sure why... I just really love him. I think it has something to do with the fact that he's just so... out there... but in a good way. When I didn't see him I started getting upset, and Leah said "Maybe he's sick......" About five minutes later Smith walked out. People started cheering, me included, and Smith just grinned. He's such a goofball. Later on in the show, I tried to take a picture of him, but he was running around like a hyper squirrel on ectasy. I suppose that's part of his job.
So we continued watching the stage being set up, and discussing whether AFI would be wearing all white or all black. It was all white and, god, did they look awesome. Anyway, the worker-guys up on stage had on white jump suits that said AFI on the back... I wanted to jump one and steal it. After a little while of set up, the lights dim and Davey walks out on stage. He looked amazing. They began with Prelude 12/21 and it only got better from there. Not only did they play songs from Decemberunderground and Sing The Sorrow, they even played some from Art of Drowning and possibly Black Sails in the Sunset... I'm not sure... everything's all one big happy blur in my mind.
Did I mention that I was in the front, right up against the fence thingy, of the pit? Well I was... and I was on the side that Jade was on. Which made me oh so happy... because I got to stare at him... A LOT. Yes that's very groupie-ish but I don't care. I also got to stare at Hunter when he came over to that side, and Davey when he was there. Sadly... Adam didn't come over to my side, but I'll forgive him since he was behind the drums looking sexy.
Anyway, back to the concert. I was in the front, and Leah, Betty, Ryan and I had linked our arms so no one could push through between us. Now I know I'm not the best singer in the world, and when I try and get loud, it's even worse... but I sang and screamed along with every song.... (I was soo happy... I knew every single song) My throat is sore and I'll probably not have a voice tomorrow but it was sooo worth it.
According to Leah, when Davey was over in front of us, he looked at her and me. And I'm pretty sure Jade looked at me at least once out of all the times he was over there. And I can only hope Hunter did... but he was running around like mad... ya know, being Hunter.
It was fun watching Smith do what he does best and run around trying to be inconspicuous as he does his job. Several time in the show I saw Jade move a fan to blow more air at him, and eventually Smith moved that fan somewhere else, which greatly amused me.
Many a time during the show I would just stop and stare up in awe, mouth opened... eyes wide... Just amazed. I was there, watching my favorite band play, and I was no more than 10 feet away.... Not even. It was so great. I didn't even care when some guy landed on my head and back because he was crowd surfing. I was actually there, staring up at my idols.... the four guys who have influencedme, inspired me, and just made my life totally rad. It. Was. Awesome.
After the show ended, the four of us, Ryan, Leah, Betty, and myself, made our way out. I saw my friend's sister, and she asked if I had a good time and I nodded. Of course I had to stop and get some merch. first. Leah helped me skip most of the line... I apologize to all the people I skipped, but hey, they shouldn't have made it so easy to get in front ^^; I was looking at the shirts and I REALLLLLLLY wanted to buy one of each with the guy's faces on them, but that would've been 80 dollars and I only had 60 on me. I ended up buying Jade, since his said 'I Taste Of Blood' on the back, and well... I like that line ^^. So that was 20 bucks. I bought a hoodie for 30 dollars, a button set for 5, and a sticker for 1... So awesome.
After that we walked toward the exit and spotted the sexy bassist from Nightmare of You. Everyone got a picture with him, Leah and Ryan got autographs. It was funny when I took my picture with him, because Leah was like "Oh sure... take a picture with him while holding all your AFI merch...." The bassist laughed and said "I can look like Davey.." as he pulled his hair over his face and gave a sexy look. That was fun. As we were walking back to the car, I saw my friend Topher and went to say hi. After that we all went back to the car and just collapsed in. Dropping the other three off at their homes, I returned to my own... exhausted... aching... but so happy. And that brings us to now, where I sit typing this... energy drained, eyes drooping.... I have to clean my bed off before I can lay down and I think I'm gonna go wash myself up because I feel dirty and I probably stink.
All in all, today was probably the greatest day of my life and I have my favorite band AFI to thank for that.... so to Jade... Davey... Hunter... Adam... and even Smith(because I love that guy!) THANK YOU!
Exhausted, Aching, Dirty, But SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Happy, this is Cait ...The Hella Rad Ninja Grrrl.... signing off.
First I just wanna talk about what I wore... because I liked it. Starting from top to bottom! Yesterday, my friend Ellen came over and helped dye my hair. the sides and underneath are a light brown, and the top and some of the back are blonde. My face... I did my makeup, black mascara, black eyeliner, black eyeshadow..... and then my cute lil emo-square glasses. Around my neck was my necklace with my skull and crossbone charm and my necklace with my zodiac charm. I wore my sleeveless black v-neck shirt, and over it a black collared button down, 3/4 sleeve, ruffled at the bottom shirt. On that, I had my hot pink tie... kindly tied by a random kid with a mohawk before the concert. I wore black pants which I cut holes in and laces hot pink string through, and my pink seat-belt buckle belt. On my feet were my polka-spotted socks and my pink and black velour converses. I thought I looked cute ^^
Now about the opening bands. The first to play was Nightmare Of You, and they were awesome.... I'm so buying their CD. The lead singer was adorable, and he reminded me of Topher Grace. And the bassist, oh he was sexy.... he looked like a mix Norman Reedus and my friend Shawn. The other band to play was the Dillinger Escape Plan (sp?). I didn't like them too much because I couldn't understand anything the leader singer was singing. However Ryan and I did use that time to fix/apply our makeup.
After they played, the roadies came out and started changing the stage for AFI to play. I was bouncing up and down looking all over the stage for Smith. I'm not sure why... I just really love him. I think it has something to do with the fact that he's just so... out there... but in a good way. When I didn't see him I started getting upset, and Leah said "Maybe he's sick......" About five minutes later Smith walked out. People started cheering, me included, and Smith just grinned. He's such a goofball. Later on in the show, I tried to take a picture of him, but he was running around like a hyper squirrel on ectasy. I suppose that's part of his job.
So we continued watching the stage being set up, and discussing whether AFI would be wearing all white or all black. It was all white and, god, did they look awesome. Anyway, the worker-guys up on stage had on white jump suits that said AFI on the back... I wanted to jump one and steal it. After a little while of set up, the lights dim and Davey walks out on stage. He looked amazing. They began with Prelude 12/21 and it only got better from there. Not only did they play songs from Decemberunderground and Sing The Sorrow, they even played some from Art of Drowning and possibly Black Sails in the Sunset... I'm not sure... everything's all one big happy blur in my mind.
Did I mention that I was in the front, right up against the fence thingy, of the pit? Well I was... and I was on the side that Jade was on. Which made me oh so happy... because I got to stare at him... A LOT. Yes that's very groupie-ish but I don't care. I also got to stare at Hunter when he came over to that side, and Davey when he was there. Sadly... Adam didn't come over to my side, but I'll forgive him since he was behind the drums looking sexy.
Anyway, back to the concert. I was in the front, and Leah, Betty, Ryan and I had linked our arms so no one could push through between us. Now I know I'm not the best singer in the world, and when I try and get loud, it's even worse... but I sang and screamed along with every song.... (I was soo happy... I knew every single song) My throat is sore and I'll probably not have a voice tomorrow but it was sooo worth it.
According to Leah, when Davey was over in front of us, he looked at her and me. And I'm pretty sure Jade looked at me at least once out of all the times he was over there. And I can only hope Hunter did... but he was running around like mad... ya know, being Hunter.
It was fun watching Smith do what he does best and run around trying to be inconspicuous as he does his job. Several time in the show I saw Jade move a fan to blow more air at him, and eventually Smith moved that fan somewhere else, which greatly amused me.
Many a time during the show I would just stop and stare up in awe, mouth opened... eyes wide... Just amazed. I was there, watching my favorite band play, and I was no more than 10 feet away.... Not even. It was so great. I didn't even care when some guy landed on my head and back because he was crowd surfing. I was actually there, staring up at my idols.... the four guys who have influencedme, inspired me, and just made my life totally rad. It. Was. Awesome.
After the show ended, the four of us, Ryan, Leah, Betty, and myself, made our way out. I saw my friend's sister, and she asked if I had a good time and I nodded. Of course I had to stop and get some merch. first. Leah helped me skip most of the line... I apologize to all the people I skipped, but hey, they shouldn't have made it so easy to get in front ^^; I was looking at the shirts and I REALLLLLLLY wanted to buy one of each with the guy's faces on them, but that would've been 80 dollars and I only had 60 on me. I ended up buying Jade, since his said 'I Taste Of Blood' on the back, and well... I like that line ^^. So that was 20 bucks. I bought a hoodie for 30 dollars, a button set for 5, and a sticker for 1... So awesome.
After that we walked toward the exit and spotted the sexy bassist from Nightmare of You. Everyone got a picture with him, Leah and Ryan got autographs. It was funny when I took my picture with him, because Leah was like "Oh sure... take a picture with him while holding all your AFI merch...." The bassist laughed and said "I can look like Davey.." as he pulled his hair over his face and gave a sexy look. That was fun. As we were walking back to the car, I saw my friend Topher and went to say hi. After that we all went back to the car and just collapsed in. Dropping the other three off at their homes, I returned to my own... exhausted... aching... but so happy. And that brings us to now, where I sit typing this... energy drained, eyes drooping.... I have to clean my bed off before I can lay down and I think I'm gonna go wash myself up because I feel dirty and I probably stink.
All in all, today was probably the greatest day of my life and I have my favorite band AFI to thank for that.... so to Jade... Davey... Hunter... Adam... and even Smith(because I love that guy!) THANK YOU!
Exhausted, Aching, Dirty, But SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Happy, this is Cait ...The Hella Rad Ninja Grrrl.... signing off.
posted by AFI_Junkie at 9:32 PM
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