Good Thing
Last night was my Christmas present from Shaun, a Reel Big Fish / Streetlight Manifesto concert. It was complete madness!
But i've never had so much fun at a concert in my life. First was Tip the Van, they were neat because they had a girl trombone player and two girls that were just singers - and they harmonized beautifully for a live concert. I've never really seen girls in a ska so that was neat.
Next was Streetlight! They played my two favorite songs, so that was great. However, I honestly could not tell you what the members of Streetlight look like cause there were so many people. Unfortunately, people were moshing basically, and I was looking forward to the skanking. Like inbetween songs they'd clear out a circle and people would start skanking, but as soon as a song started it got mobbed. I definitely saw the biggest circle ever though. It was two, and I was in the center, but then we pushed it out for a few, it was great.
I also barely saw Shaun during this part of the concert (I didn’t mind, I don’t need to be glued to his side) but it was wicked funny when I turned around and he was right behind my right shoulder, because I was like HEY! and he looked down and was like, Hey! I didn’t even realize that was you! Ha. Silly boy. Then a half-empty water bottle hit him in the head and someone grabbed it and threw the water over everyone.. I was soaked but it felt SO good. I had bought a Streetlight sweatshirt and I didn’t want it to get stolen so I had to wear it at the concert. My shoulders are sore from being pushed and pushing other people away.
Reel Big Fish was definitely the highlight. They played my three favorite songs: Take on Me, Good Thing, and of course I'm not denying it: Sellout's such a swell song. There was a lot more skanking during this part, and I was so excited. The lead singer kept saying, Oh yeah, we're Reel Big Fish, remember? Ha, as if I could forget :] Ah skanking with Shaun was a blast, specially during Good Thing, cause that's one of our songs. During the third to last song, my toe got completely smashed upon, and as I'm writing this its still throbbing. its not broken.. but even if its still I cant get it comfortable. But then Sellout came on! And all night I had been saying, when Sellout comes on I’m going insane. Ha. So I fept skanking, and it only got stepped on one more time. Then we were trying to get out of the pits - I didn’t realize they were playing one more song. We got Shaun’s jacket, but then as soon as they started saying “1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4!” for Take on Me, Shaun threw his sweatshirt at me and jumped back in - he had said all night that was the song he was going crazy for. That was definitely the best skanking of the night, during that song.
Oh! It was all so amazing. I’ve never had so much fun at a concert in my life. Green Day will always be a teensy step above every other concert I will ever go to, just cause I lived for them when I saw them so many years ago. But that was a big concert .. I love the small little venues where everyone’s nice and you get to skank and not mosh. Plus I hate to be a typical teenage girl, but a concert with Shaun really did make it so much better. Specally Good Thing. He's a great person.. I'm very lucky to have him. Idk.
But now I have to go pick up Kimberly and we’re going shopping cause I desperately need some new jeans! And then its studying all day for midterms.
Peace&Love :]