front row center

another night, another concert, and the fun continues... it is, for the record, 6AM (Saturday) in RealTime™ but, as I've been known to do, I'll date stamp this entry for just before midnight because there was no time for an entry Friday... even though I left work early... I didn't go straight home though... backtracking to earlier in the day (dee-do-do-do-dee-do-do-do, you know, the Wayne's World dream sequence flashback segue)...

I woke and showered and forget if I came online before heading out to work... work was mostly training and taking a few calls in the morning, then lunch... it was around then I got a text from Precious who was having a rant moment... not a good day... so when I left work early, instead of going home, I texted her a few times and then and asked if she wanted Jeremiah's (that's like asking a fish if they want water)... so I drove over and her and Dreamer met me there and I gave her ice cream money and it seemed to help a bit and then I took Chinese food home and ate it and squeezed in a bit of reading (and was inspired to write a few comments) before heading out to the concert... I arrived later than usual and was more tired than usual so I didn't work my way up to the front until the middle of the second band, satisfied to watch the first from the side... and then it was home and Precious got home and explained her day until 3:30am and then I started typing and feel asleep and woke and here we are...

so back to the concert... with each concert (especially by myself) I'm remembering all the tricks of the trade for maneuvering through a crowd and negotiating a mosh pit to get to the front center of the floor crowd... and with eye contact with the bouncers I am catching the crowd surfers before they bang me in the head (or anybody else) and tossing them over the few people I let in front of me (smaller girls squirm up for a while, then ask to be boosted up and out of the crowd cuz it gets too hard to breath)...

Dave Melillo (local and one of Precious's favorites, mostly cuz he's cute and local and her age) opened and did his usual fun set... he was followed by Cute Is What We Aim For who was another I've seen a couple of times in the last few months and they were up to their usual version of cuteness... then came Reggie and the Full Effect and by then I was up front with people being passed overhead and no air between bodies and the bouncing got into high gear and Reggie was actually called out for an encore (rare for anyone but the headliner)... HelloGoodbye was subdued compared to Reggie, cleaner language between songs (Reggie likes to ramble) even encouraging the crowd to be careful and ease up on surfing, but they did well and the crowd loved them and they came out for a three song encore...

after the show, I bumped into Reggie at the bar and got him to sign a ticket for Precious which was received very well when she got home... and that was Friday... now it's time for some sleep because I did break down and buy the ticket for the Dashboard Confessional and Brand New concert tonight and I'd like to have more energy than I did tonight as the crowd will be much bigger at the arena...

brief and to the point?... I dunno, I think I fell asleep again J