i had the most fun that i have had in months last night/this morning.
i got to the music hall a little before 7:00, and went to stand in line. there were already about 25 people in line ahead of me. i stood there for about 20 minutes by myself, watching all the little pre-teen girlies with way too little clothing on, talk about what boys they liked. i have never been to an all ages show before. that was quite an experience.
then the group of people from the train list that met up around 6:00 showed up, and basically broke in front of me in line. thanks guys. lets see if i can remember who all was there. there was josh, lorna and kate, cathie, carrie, and chris. yep, i believe that was all. i made it my personal job to tell everyone that lorna was famous because she was the dr. pepper star student of the week. she wasnt real thrilled with that, but i thought it was funny. oh, and we all sang happy birthday to carrie.
we stood around and talked for a few minutes while waiting on the doors to open. shannon from blountsville, also came up and said hi to us. after a while, i decided to walk down the line to see if i could find wendy and krissy. got several compliments on my smurfs shirt along the way. actually got stopped by this one very outgoing girl who probably had obviously started her weekend partying early. i talked to her for about five minutes. her friends werent impressed with her actions. it was funny.
i continued on my trek down the line when i saw sabrina. no, not my ex sabrina, but the sabrina whom i had met through shannon at another concert. the sabrina who gave me some very high compliments on heavy, but that was when i updated it regularly.
i talked to her for a little while about concerts mostly. she was telling me all about how her and her friend had partied on new years eve with charlie and scott from train, and the bass player from vertical horizon. she told me that they went to the sheraton with them and out to some club. she even said that charlie gave her friend his leather pants just because she wanted them. amazingly though, all those pictures didnt turn out because she had loaded the camera wrong.
uh-huh, yeah. i was just sitting there listening to all of this, nodding my ahead, and wanting to leave.
finally, they opened the doors, and the line started moving. so i ran back up to get in line with the group.
i have 24 days until my 21st birthday, but i still had to get those stupid x's on my hands and pay the additional four dollars. but what can you do?
we grabbed a table on the floor and just sat around talking and listening to the terrible music that they were playing. i was just waiting for wendy and krissy to get there, and kept looking for them.
when they got there, krissy gave me a hug. and stoled my stool. thanks krissy.
she looked good, of course. but even better than on new years. we spent the night talking and flirting and tickling and cracking on each other. it was so incredibly awesome. i cant even describe it.
anyway, we all talked some more and waited for the show to start. the bad music that they were playing only got worse.
finally, the show started. i wasnt really impressed with peter searcy during the first couple of songs. the more i listened, though, the more i liked him. he doesnt have a cd out yet, but i bought his two song ep. i havent listened to it yet. it was only two dollars anyway.
oh, i almost forgot. there was a drunk guy walking around with a sign stuck to his butt that said, 'out of order'. cathie took a picture and swore to me that she would put it up on the onelist website if i would switch back to getting mail on the birmingham list. the things i do for people. sheesh.
after he was through, we all sat around and talked some more. lorna and ket met some guy that worked there or something. and when they introduced him to me, i pulled out the trusty old, 'did you know that she was on t.v.' routine. she didnt look happy with me at all about that one. then, she rather quickly took him a long way away from us. so funny.
of course, jump was incredible. i think this was my fourth time to see them, and probably the best show that i have seen by them so far. i was standing on the right of krissy, and there was this big open area in front of us. so lorna and kate decided to make good use of that area by dancing. and you know when there is dancing, that i just have to join in on the fun. we did all kinds of silly dancing. they taught me the sprinkler dance, a la bonniy. and krissy taught me the lawn mower dance and the flossing your teeth dance. i still dont get that one.
we had a lot of fun, and at one point i almost attempted to break dance, but decided against it.
after the show was over, we decided to go to waffle house. i was supposed to wait on lorna and kate in lorna's big white minivan, aka, the cool mobile, but there were people behind me and i remembered how to get there anyway. so i just drove on my own. somehow, krissy and wendy ended up behind me on the way over. josh was waiting on us when we got there. we went in and stood around for a little while until the waffle house policeman told us to find a place to sit. we somehow managed to squeeze six chairs into a place only big enough for four. about the same time that we sat down and ordered our drinks, lorna and kate got there. they said that they were worried about me, and had actually gotten out of the car looking for me. oops. anyway, we ate and told stupid jokes and passed notes and laughed and laughed and laughed. oh, and kate played pearl jam on the juke box.
then, somebody made fun of me about something. so, i jokingly got up and left. except that i didnt stop. they kept waiting on me to turn around, but i never did. i went all the way out to the truck and got my guitar magazine before i turned around and went back. i guess they all decided to leave then, because they were coming out of the restaurant when i got back. for some reason, we all decided to hop into lorna's cool mobile, probably because it was freezing cold outside. lucky me, i ended up getting to sit next to krissy. i dont know if it was the hour or the lack of oxygen, but we were way too silly in the cool mobile. way, way too silly. i havent laughed that hard in months. my stomach *and* my face hurt. so much fun. we finally did leave around 2:30. oh yeah, i almost forgot. krissy did something that really impressed me while in the cool mobile. we were talking about something or other, and everyone kept using a curse word to describe it. when krissy said it, she said butt instead of the other word. i was impressed. i didnt say anything at the time, but i was impressed.
i hugged krissy and wendy and told everyone else bye. then i left.
on the way home, i was stopped at a redlight, and i saw the cool mobile pulling up beside me in my rearview mirror. i tried to think of something funny to do, but the only thing that i could think of was to pick my nose....so i jammed my finger in my nose and started digging around.....then i nonchalantly looked over at them.....they were cracking up....then i acted like i got all embarrased....then kate told me to roll down the window....she was trying to tell me a story about how her mother was in the paper once and the picture looked like she was picking her nose....but the whole time i kept picking my nose....and lorna was just dying....then i acted like i ate it......so so funny....then the light changed and i left.
it was the most fun i have had in months. it was even better than NYE.
i am talking to krissy online as i type this out. we are talking about last night and how much fun we had. there was a *lot* of flirting going on. on both of our parts. i asked her to prove to me that i was flirting with her and these are a couple of things she said that i did. and i did do all of these things, and a lot more.
telling me that you had a guitar after you made the point that I have a thing for rockstars
picking on me in general
holding onto my stomach while you talked to me
i wasnt the only one flirting though. she did quite a lot of it herself. she would touch my arm when she was talking to me. and she kept playing with my hair. and i wont even mention the number of times that she touched my butt. ooops. i just did. ah, well.
anyway, the point is that i had a blast. and that krissy is awesome. and that it really sucks that she lives so far away. and that i already miss her. and i cant wait until i see her again.
the good thing is that she might be coming back on the 21st of this month to see mr. henry. lets all cross our fingers in hopes that her rehersals arent on that day.
well, im crossing mine anyway