cute is what we aim for, 25/11/08

If there's one person I actually hate, it's Shaant, but this unfortunately is also not true, no matter how angry I've gotten in the past. I still love him to death, and it's truly quite unfortunate.

None of us, and that includes my whole family, were in the mood to go to the Cute is What We Aim For show on Tuesday. Automatic Loveletter and A Rocket to the Moon, some of the bands I love the most, were playing, but there was some weird tension in the air - foreshadowing, if you will - that caused us all to be disinterested, even though there were actually good bands playing, despite Secondhand Serenade and Cute.

We didn't want to pay, either, honestly. $20 to see Shaant isn't exactly worth it, especially after he promised us that we wouldn't have to pay the last time. Because of that, we got there an hour before shows opened, which is frankly quite late for us, and decided to just wait outside the buses in hopes of seeing Shaant so we wouldn't have to pay. It wasn't exactly the best plan, obviously, but what else can you expect from a bunch of dumbasses? Exactly.

It's five minutes before door opening, and we're not really sure what to do. I finally decided that I actually DO want to go, so I buy a ticket and go in for myself. Everyone else planned on staying behind while I waited for Cute is What We Aim For to play, then inform them of his whereabouts. Sounds totally creepy, right? It was. It really was. But I didn't really give a shit.

Halfway during A Rocket to the Moon's set, Nora texts me asking where I am, which I think is weird because she's outside, not inside like me. Then suddenly she shows up besides me with a pass stickered to her pants! I'm totally lost, but she tells me that the merch guy had asked what they were waiting for, so Nora explained to him the dillema, and apparently, something clicked in his head. He went to talk to Shaant, who then - allegedly - told the merch guy to give them passes and they got in the show. It was as simple as that. Plus, I even got a free tote bag because of him, which was sweet, even though I wasn't even the one freezing my ass of outside in the cold. Still cool, though.

Well, A Rocket to the Moon played wonderfully, as did Automatic Loveletter. (I LOVE JULIET SIMMS!) Then, Cute is What We Aim For played, and they did surprisingly well also. We ditch the front to go find Juliet, whom I meet, and she truly is lovely, by the way. We go outside afterward, to pursure Shaant, park outside the bus, and sit and wait. Nora and I leave to wander around to the back every once in awhile, but come short of nothing (EXCEPT GINGER WHIBLEY - "Your turn!" No.)

Stalkerish enough, we stay out there for over an hour. One of Cute's new crew was a total asshole, too. Some girls come up to him and ask if Shaant is going to come out, and he tells them that they can wait, or be creepy like us waiting in our car in front of him. Throughout the entire night, he was being a complete asshole to us. I'm sorry that we don't know who he is, but he didn't know who we were either, thank you. AND SORRY THAT WE'RE BETTER FRIENDS WITH SHAANT THAN HE WAS. God. He was just really pissing me off, especially after the show when Nora asked the merch guy if she could get Shaant, and he says that it's probably not going to be possible because Shaant had been feeling really ill and was probably sleeping. The other butts in and says, yeah, I don't want to feel his wrath. I thought of saying, YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL MY WRATH, but I wasn't near him at the time. Douche.

Then, the merch guy offers for Nora to write something to him, but she says no. And the other guys says - nastily, I might add - oh you want to give him something? Nora just pretty much glares at him. Ha. Lovely for her, though. the merch guy defended her and told the other guys that no, these were the people that Shaant asked to get in for free, DUH! At that point, I'm pretty sure the other guy doesn't know what to say, but he's still a douchebag.

It's pretty pointless by this point. There's nothing we can do, and the merch guy did everything he could for us. He was really nice, so none of it was his fault at all. Plus, I got a free tote bag from him, so that was awesome. It was pretty good show, overall, even though we all left pretty pissed off. Next time, Nora's just gonna beat the crap out of Shaant. Sorry, ladies, but he's going down.

hellogoodbye, 18/11/08

There are a lot of other shows that I really wanted to write about, but I guess we'll start here.

My sister and I were undecided about going to see Hellogoodbye or not, but one day, while browsing on Purevolume, I came across nevershoutnever!, the opening band, and instantly fell in love! Christofer Drew is SO freaking cute, I couldn't pass the show up, and decided we would go so I could steal him! Har har har.

The line wasn't too bad when we got there, about an hour before the show, and miraculously, my sister's friend, Liz and her mom, Janine (sp?) are up front. They offer for us to stand with them, and we accept. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have been up front for nevershoutnever! My deepest gratitude goes toward them. That's where the real story begins.

As soon as he walks onto stage with his guitarist, Casey (sp?), the crowd pretty much swoons. And frankly, I do too. Kids sing his songs along with him, but even though I don't know shit, Christofer Drew still, for some reason, decides to point at me during one of his songs, which really kind of freaked me out. Then, he did it again during yet another song with an added wink. He only did that twice and BOTH TIMES WERE FOR ME!!! I totally went crazy inside; I won't lie. And unfortunately, his set came to a close, but he promised he would be out afterward. Heh.

Playradioplay! played some sweet tunes, then Ace Enders totally blew me away like they did last time. I love him/them so much. They encompass such a positive message in a non-preachy way. It's wonderful. The world really needs more people like Ace Enders. No joke.

So Nora and I leave after this, in search of little Christofer Drew so I can steal him meet him, BUT HE IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. We wait and wait and wait, meet Ace Enders, watch a couple Hellogoodbye songs, but he still does not appear anywhere.

The show, unfortunately comes to a close and we still can't find him. We were debating whether or not we should stay inside and wait or risk going outside in hopes of find him by his little band. We chose the latter. It was HUGE mistake.

About three minutes later, Christofer Drew shows up INSIDE the venue, but obviously, we can't go back in. A couple girls take pictures with him while everyone else is outside wailing for him, but he disapears to the back of the venue again. So I decided to go around the venue to the back to find him while Nora keeps an eye out for him up front. I went back and forth about four times, and I finally spot him inside, sitting on a stool doing nothing. I freak out and don't know what to do. I go back to Nora, then to the back of the venue. He walks by and spots me out of the corner of his eye, but God was his expression priceless. You've gotta be fucking kidding me, it almost seemed like he wanted to say.

According to his knowledge, he was bombarded by not only the front but the BACK now, too. he thinks there's no escape. If he had just taken the time to notice, he would have realized it was JUST ME. No one else, just one, poor, innocent girl his age that not going to do anything to him. I must have looked completely creepy and stalkerish to him, though.

I see him talking on his phone, and I run back to Nora to tell her this. At this point, neither one of us know what to do. We know that he won't be coming toward the front for fear of getting mobbed, but we don't want to look totally creepy by going to the back to meet him, but that really shouldn't have mattered because he had already spotted me and I had scared him shitless.

So then, all of a sudden, his van drives by the front and goes toward the back. All the girls think Christofer Drew is in there, but I know better. I run back to follow the van, but by the time I actually reach the back of the venue, a car door slams and the van takes off. I'm confused by what has just happened, especially as I see the van go back around the venue. And then I spot him: little Christofer Drew sitting in the passenger seat of the car as it drives away without any acknowledgement.

Rage seeps into every one of my limbs as I run back to Nora to tell her what's just happened. She's in as much bewilderment as I am. I could not believe that A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD could pull that kind of crap off! We'd always joked how band members might consider pulling off a stunt like that in order to get away from all the girls, but we NEVER thought it would actually happen. And we definitely didn't think that a little kid would do that, either.

I'm really mad, by this point, as we are forced to give up and go back to the car, but I can't get over the fact that Christofer Drew actually did that!! It was SO incredulous; I just could not get over that.

I'm STILL really fucking mad at him for doing that. He's not even that popular yet, and people like ALEX GASKARTH still come out to meet people. I mean, WHAT THE FUCK?! I am pissed out of my mind at him. But finally, the other day, I gained enough sense in myself to go and find the two lines in those songs that he sang to me. As soon as I found the first one, my heart pretty much ceased hating him.

Oh my God, I pray for another, chance to drive down back highways 'til I stumble upon your beautiful face.

I'm calling all the time, you know I interrupt, and it hurts when all I hear is you were hanging up.

Needless to say, I could never hate Christofer Drew....

BUT IF HE PLAYS ON THE FUCKING AP TOUR, AND I DON'T MEET HIM;
I REALLY WILL HATE HIM.

But not really.

Life is Looking Up

Obviously, I don't have any readers on here - go figure- but I decided that I wanted to document the shows that I got to somewhere, and this is the place that I have chosen to do that. If I do ever get any readers, I am not trying to brag; I'm just bored, and I don't want to forget. This blog serves as an area where I can let out everything I am feeling and everything that has happened. And it's going to be freaking awesome!

SO LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.