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HOLY CRAP THE SHOW WAS INSANE. YES CAPS ARE NEEDED TO EXPRESS HOW INTENSE THE SHOW WAS LAST NIGHT.
The whole experience of the Honda Civic tour was just amazing. There are few words that can describe it, so there will be a repeat in the words used in this post. It's very lengthy, so you've been warned.
I love public transportation. Seriously, it's the only way I can travel nowadays. So I had to take two buses to get the show, one to get downtown and the other to the actually venue. While my friends were on the second bus, I over-heard some dudes talking about the other girls/fans that were on the same bus with us. And I striked up a conversation with them and it turned out that they were security for the show that night. It was funny, they had so many stories and advice from other shows they've worked at and one of them was guarding the barrier. When we got to the line up he had to check in and we said we'd try to see him later at eight. (This didn't happen for me unfortunately.)
Yesterday's weather was completely different from today. It was cloudy by the time we arrived there, just before five, and only moments later did it start to rain. Luckily, I was prepared and had an umbrella. However, wearing shorts and flip-flops was not such a good idea for any concert involving mass amounts of estrogen. After 10 minutes of rain, I realize that the people in front of us were completely umbrella-less so sharing is always caring. I asked if they would like to be partially covered from the rain with us. They were super nice. The girl was actually there with her friend's friend so he pretty much was dragged along. But he was cool about being surrounded by the bulk of girls. Once we got out of the rain we separated but the hour in the rain was better off spent with them.
The Sound Academy. It was a smaller venue than I excepted and the stage area is very narrow. As soon as we were in I saw the merch booth. I didn't really like anything in particular except the Hush Sound's hoodie. And it was awesome seeing Adam (the Hush Sound's merch man) and I it was nice that he remembered the venue last year because I was wearing the hoodie I bought last year from him.
We get the standing area and it's already packed but we got relatively close to the stage, about 5-7 metres away. It was good until the show actually started. Phantom Planet opened up with such an energetic set that after they played people were being ass-wipes and started a wave. Like the people-body type wave and it was literally scaring the shit out of one of my friends, so we parted with my other friend and I moved back with my friend. I felt so bad for making her come with me at that point that I really wanted to leave. But my friend V is such a trooper. Then The Hush Sound played which got me very excited again because they are honestly wonderful live. I wished I was a bit closer for pictures but that's okay. After them, Motion City Soundtrack played. Honestly, Justin is the cutest thing ever. They played a good set because I knew most of the songs and I didn't feel stupid.
Finally, it was Panic's turn to take the stage. It was sort of stupid when everyone was cheering "panic" because it didn't make things go any faster or slower. But hey that's just me and I'm probably a bit touchy after I've been deprived of water for so long. As soon as they came on stage, everyone lit up and again things went crazy. I never knew watching Brendon sing would be so entertaining and I'm not going to lie, his face is priceless. But it ended after their 40 so minute set and we had to leave.
The best thing about concerts is waiting to meet someone from the band or whoever. Unfortunately it was raining and I needed to be home as fast as possible, which meant catching the 11:40 bus. But I turn my head and all of a sudden I see Shane! Yes the one and only Shane Valdez. I said hey and introduced myself and couldn't help but ask for a picture. He's such a nice guy that he said of course. A few other people saw who he was and it was cool so they took pictures with him too. After, we start a mini conversation about touring the guys and that he's making his second film of the band. And then about of the blue, he sees my necklace. It's an inch tall robot made from polymers clay which I made. (I have a picture of it on my phone but don't know how to get it off my phone. Which makes me completely dense seeing as I've had the phone for over two years.) He seemed genuinely interested in my necklace so offered it to him. He couldn't take it without a fair trade so he went backstage to see if he could find me anything and came back with a clean, intact set list of Panic's performance and a hug. I snap back to reality long enough to realize that the bus was leaving in 20 minutes for me so I had to leave. We said goodbye and were gone. I thought it was really a nice way to end the night.
Okay, don't judge my face. I had just gotten contacts last Friday but on the morning of the concert I found that one of them had ripped. Yes, I broke a contact after having it no more than 5 days. So I had to wear my red glasses, which I was so afraid of losing/breaking at the concert.
Pictures and videos are on their way! I swear! I just a have other things to do so check back later and you'll be able to see! I have 10 - 15 videos and over 50 pictures. But the quality differed greatly.
The whole experience of the Honda Civic tour was just amazing. There are few words that can describe it, so there will be a repeat in the words used in this post. It's very lengthy, so you've been warned.
I love public transportation. Seriously, it's the only way I can travel nowadays. So I had to take two buses to get the show, one to get downtown and the other to the actually venue. While my friends were on the second bus, I over-heard some dudes talking about the other girls/fans that were on the same bus with us. And I striked up a conversation with them and it turned out that they were security for the show that night. It was funny, they had so many stories and advice from other shows they've worked at and one of them was guarding the barrier. When we got to the line up he had to check in and we said we'd try to see him later at eight. (This didn't happen for me unfortunately.)
Yesterday's weather was completely different from today. It was cloudy by the time we arrived there, just before five, and only moments later did it start to rain. Luckily, I was prepared and had an umbrella. However, wearing shorts and flip-flops was not such a good idea for any concert involving mass amounts of estrogen. After 10 minutes of rain, I realize that the people in front of us were completely umbrella-less so sharing is always caring. I asked if they would like to be partially covered from the rain with us. They were super nice. The girl was actually there with her friend's friend so he pretty much was dragged along. But he was cool about being surrounded by the bulk of girls. Once we got out of the rain we separated but the hour in the rain was better off spent with them.
The Sound Academy. It was a smaller venue than I excepted and the stage area is very narrow. As soon as we were in I saw the merch booth. I didn't really like anything in particular except the Hush Sound's hoodie. And it was awesome seeing Adam (the Hush Sound's merch man) and I it was nice that he remembered the venue last year because I was wearing the hoodie I bought last year from him.
We get the standing area and it's already packed but we got relatively close to the stage, about 5-7 metres away. It was good until the show actually started. Phantom Planet opened up with such an energetic set that after they played people were being ass-wipes and started a wave. Like the people-body type wave and it was literally scaring the shit out of one of my friends, so we parted with my other friend and I moved back with my friend. I felt so bad for making her come with me at that point that I really wanted to leave. But my friend V is such a trooper. Then The Hush Sound played which got me very excited again because they are honestly wonderful live. I wished I was a bit closer for pictures but that's okay. After them, Motion City Soundtrack played. Honestly, Justin is the cutest thing ever. They played a good set because I knew most of the songs and I didn't feel stupid.
Finally, it was Panic's turn to take the stage. It was sort of stupid when everyone was cheering "panic" because it didn't make things go any faster or slower. But hey that's just me and I'm probably a bit touchy after I've been deprived of water for so long. As soon as they came on stage, everyone lit up and again things went crazy. I never knew watching Brendon sing would be so entertaining and I'm not going to lie, his face is priceless. But it ended after their 40 so minute set and we had to leave.
The best thing about concerts is waiting to meet someone from the band or whoever. Unfortunately it was raining and I needed to be home as fast as possible, which meant catching the 11:40 bus. But I turn my head and all of a sudden I see Shane! Yes the one and only Shane Valdez. I said hey and introduced myself and couldn't help but ask for a picture. He's such a nice guy that he said of course. A few other people saw who he was and it was cool so they took pictures with him too. After, we start a mini conversation about touring the guys and that he's making his second film of the band. And then about of the blue, he sees my necklace. It's an inch tall robot made from polymers clay which I made. (I have a picture of it on my phone but don't know how to get it off my phone. Which makes me completely dense seeing as I've had the phone for over two years.) He seemed genuinely interested in my necklace so offered it to him. He couldn't take it without a fair trade so he went backstage to see if he could find me anything and came back with a clean, intact set list of Panic's performance and a hug. I snap back to reality long enough to realize that the bus was leaving in 20 minutes for me so I had to leave. We said goodbye and were gone. I thought it was really a nice way to end the night.
Okay, don't judge my face. I had just gotten contacts last Friday but on the morning of the concert I found that one of them had ripped. Yes, I broke a contact after having it no more than 5 days. So I had to wear my red glasses, which I was so afraid of losing/breaking at the concert.
Pictures and videos are on their way! I swear! I just a have other things to do so check back later and you'll be able to see! I have 10 - 15 videos and over 50 pictures. But the quality differed greatly.