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.