Sunday, August 30, 2009

It won't be long til the summer's gone, Get your PARTY on...

Alright so I haven't written in a while and there's too much that has been missed...

Likeeeeee....

The big Family Vacation in Virginia Beach......Or Meeting David Henrie:
... But that was a while ago.

Now I'm older, wiser and OFFICIALLY EMPLOYED!

I went for a JCPenney interview and came out hired.

I've only been to training but so far, it's all good. =D

But have I fully given up my concert life? PSH.
PUH-LEASE.

After I was hired, I already felt like a jackass b/c I had to tell my interviewer that I was going to be out of town forrrrrr...
THE JONAS BROTHERS.

That's right, the time had finally come and gone, and it was an amazing trip.

It all kind of started with me begging for money to you know help pay for gas and have a place to sleep as well as silly things, like, ya know... food.

Tuesday night, I had Ashley at my house, and we went over to Caity's to stay over before the big LONG trip.

We ended up going to bed at 1 and woke up at like 5am.Niiiiiiice.

So tired as we were, we got ready and headed out about 6:30ish.

It was a pretty long ride but we tried to make it go by as fast as we possibly could.

And even through the stops, we made the time go by somehow.

Finally made it to the hotel, the Red Roof Inn.

Possibly the nicest Red Roof Inn in America.
Pretty sure.

Anyways, it was REALLY nice.

And we really kind of chilled, called the parents... And killed time by finding last names in the phone book, before getting ready to go.

The arena was only down the block or two making the drive a good long, like 3 minutes and that included parking. We stepped out amoung the teenies and the "Future Mrs. Jonas'", but also the furtre hookers of america, lookin madd fierce as usual.

We didn't have to wait long before the doors open and the screams began. And holy shit! The Nationwide Arena... NICE AS HELL!

I had to go around the thing to look for Janice [my favorite gal from Bamboozle and more], bc she had the table where you could pre-order Honor Society's "Fashionably Late" CD. And by pre-ordering that CD, you got to meet them after their set. =D

Couldn't find her, but in the midst of all my stress, I decided to take a look at the stage.

SWEET.
BABY.
JESUS.

It was HUGE and I couldn't believer that THIS stage was for the same band I saw a mall food court for the first time.

After the others took a trip to the merch table, we finally got to go down to our seats.

Now the thing about our tickets is that someone, who should not have any of the blame put on her b/c it honestly was a mistake [gee i wonder who... =P] got tickets for herself and her friend without making sure her other friend was going, and resulted in the seats being kind of apart.
...Whoops.

So when we get in, me and Caity found our seats:
Not too bad.
But then we got to see Ash's:
... Yeah hers was better.
=P

So we stayed for a bit, but then had to go back to our seats.
We saw Joe Jonas for a sec behind a curtain, and then that enabled us to inch a little closer to about where Ash was.

We couldn't make it up by the time Honor Society walked out and RIGHT buy Ash's aisle seat. Apparently she didn't really noticed that til she head butted Alex.
We eventually got to go up to where Ash was and squeezed in as Honor Society rocked on!

They were AMAZING and I was SOOOOO ready to meet them!
Right when they finished, they came back onto our side and their sweaty selves strutted down the aisle and I got high fives from all of them.

Including, my man.... Alexander Noyes. The sexy sweaty hands that play those drums like a fierce drumming god... *drool*

Anywaysssssssssssss...

After they went back in... The fierce betch band from South Korea, The Wonder Girls, came out so.... More high fives.

Then a helpful security guard pointed us in the direction of where to purchase the Honor Society CD.

We found some betches in a line where Janice's partner in crime, Kat as lining people up. We figured it was for Honor Society, and we could have totes snuck into what we found out was the PUBLIC meet and greet, where a wristband was needed.

Kat did her job and kicked us out, but was friendly and pointed us in the direction of Janice.

And there she was.

She greeted us and told us that we could pre-order the CD there...

BUT...
Unfortunately the boys were leaving early so there would be no meet and greet that night. =*/

I still ordered it, but actually ash owed me moolah so she got it, but I was really devestated.

Sorry Jonas Brothers, but most of the reason I couldn't wait for this concert, was b/c of HS.

I tried to be happy, bc I didn't wanna anyone to feel bad.
And the only way to do that, was go back and get ready for the rest of the show.

The Wonder Girls were on as we went back singing and doing their official dance to their like one and only hit at the moment... "Nobody".

It's fierce: youtube it.

Anyways... they were done in no time, and we still had to wait 45 minutes for JB [No Jordin Sparks that night.... ...~shame =P].

So we waited and then yelled at what could maybe possibly have been the box they bring Joseph Jonas out in.... yeah we yelled at a box.

So then the band came out and I got to high five them all, caress Garbo [naturally], and then get Jack Lawless not to miss me.
=P

We also noted a guy that I'd seen earlier and we all agreed that he had a striked quite the resemblance to Justin Timberlake.

We were kinda like "Why The Hell would Justin Timberlake be at a Jonas Brothers concert?", but then just when we thought he was just some random guy... People started to take pictures with him.
WTF?!

So Caity told Ash to go check it out, and I was asked to go with her.

And we were just gonna walk by when all of a sudden Ashley leaves me, goes right up to him [note: It wasn't Justin Timberlake, we knew at this point it wasn't] and says "Has anyone ever told you that you looked like Justin Timberlake?"

And as he started to laugh and talk to her a little bit more I recognized him to be Stevie Brock!!!

He ~GREW up. =P

Then I was just about to ask him, when a FIERCE security guard tapped me on the shoulder and told us that me and Ash couldn't stand there.

So I didn't get to but I'm SURE it was him. And I couldn't stop watchin that fool all night. =P

Before we knew it.

The Jonas Brothers were ready for their big entrance.

Rising from the middle centerpiece of the "Holy Shit" size stage.

And they were pretty fierce throughout the entire thing.

Highlights:
-Nick J still pimpin' and improvin that long over-done, yet new and improved speech during "A Little Bit Longer"
-Sharin' a giggle with Kevin during "Sweet Caroline"
-Joe Jonas changing some lyrics to something that mentioned daggers.... wtf?
-Nick not disappointing me with his little head...dance...thing...idk what during "Sweet Caroline".
-Then Nick J laughin as we imitated this.
-Garbo bein' so silly.
-When Kevin said in his Mickey Mouse voice [I love being on the floor] as he read signs, "There's a sign over here that just says 'Poop!"'
-My expensive arena soda spilling over me and Ash, making it sticky and slippery.
-Kevin making the most ridiculous faces.
-Caity flippin off Kevin when the bitch wouldn't stop moving.
-Caity gettin pissed when the screen changed Nick J's commercial for his dia-BEE-tus.
-The ~foam.
-But honestly I loved" Lovebug". With the rain havin the words to the song in it and a bunch of hearts...
Not like you can really see the hearts, but here's the pic of it:
FIERCE.

But all good things must come to and end, and they were done before we knew it.

Honor Society had already left too b/c they didn't even come out for the bows =/

So we headed out, kind of sad that the night to end, and really we just kind of wanted to get back to the hotel.

On our way out, teenies scattered and as we did, we were handed a little postcard size flyer, with a band called "WOW".
No Joke.

It's this band of american kids who are big in Japan and if they wore their blinding neon clothing in their high schools... Good chance they would have getten their asses kicked.

But we looked to them, b/c Ashley used to hang out with their illegal hottie, Jake, and she went up to him to say hello and also have the slight chance that he would remember her.

And practically before she got to him, he said whaddup, and they made small talk as she motioned for me and Caity to join her.

She was gonna get her pic with him [and me too... wait what...psh.], til a fierce manager yelled at us to go to the back of an extremely long line.

But we were pretty wiped so we left him to his unexpectedly long line of fans, and went back to find Pam. [Caity's Car for those confused to who the fuck Pam is... aka Kayla]

We waited for a while to get out, but we were right down the street so it didn't take too long to get back to the hotel and up to our room.

... And then back down and to the parking lot for Caity's phone.

But then once we got back up, we called families, and then shared our pictures before really kind of winding down, and I dreamt about being trapped in various places that only I could get out of...
In a maze...
It was wierd and I kept running into my friends that I haven't seen in years.
...
Anywaysssssssssss....

The next morning. I was apparently awake when our alarm went off, but that happened in between that alarm going off and then me actually getting up, and hour or so later.... was sleep.

We all got up late, but really I had to be the last one being greeted by Caity saying that I was ~finally up....
Whoopsie.

So I got up and pretty much went passed the make up and the curling iron, to pack up and get goin.

So we pretty much took our bags out to the car and took our continental breakfast with us on the road.

I had "shotgun" this time apparently which was both a blessing and a curse.

Good b/c shotgun effing rules, and I can finally understand Caity when she talked...
Bad b/c well no make up and curling iron and the ability to fall asleep easily looks really good in the windows you through.


Luckily Al kept me awake with the texting, and it was just long enough for me call HS' SayNow a couple of times, and apparently be oblivious.

Caity informed me at one point that she had to pee....

So she pulled off an exit near Cleveland, and as I pondered why she had to pass every single place that she could have pee'd in, she landed on a mall and asked me if I wanted to see Honr Society.

"Uhhhh... duh." *no pun intended*

Then Ash asked me where were were...

"Uhhh South... Park Mall?"

And then b/c I'm extremely slow, about "2 hours" went by before they told me that Honor Society had tweeted that they were going to be performing an acoustic set at THAT very mall in about... 5 seconds ago!!!

So I flipped out [I have witnesses]... and I had to hurry the limited amount of makeup I could put on and we headed into the mall... The butterflies in my stomach going crazy, b/c I couldn't believe that they did this for me.

I really didn't want them to feel bad that I missed them b/c TRUST me it would NOT have been the last time to see them... NO. FUCKING. WAY. But I couldn't believe I was actually going to see Honor Society =D

We found where they were gonna be, and started heading down a long hallway to the center, and saw some familiar guys coming from the opposite direction.

Mike, Jason & Andrew from HS just kind of looked, and we waved but they didn't wave back.

"Fine don't wave... That's cool". [-Me]

As soon as I said that Michael, pointed at me, smiled and waved. =D
So silly.

Then they just still kinda waved and said hi as we went out seperate ways.

We were pretty close to the stage, but didn't really feel like being "all up in their grills" once they did come out and perform.

Not like we had to fight to see them either b/c due to the lack of fans who were waiting at the House Of Blues for the "Full Moon Crazy" show, or the arena... there was only about 50-60 ppl there.

We watched them go in and out of an Indians sports merch store, taking pics and whatnot...

Then they finally made their way on stage and performed 3 songs:
"Over You"
"2 Rebels"
and "See U In The Dark"... and yes.... I honor rolled. =D

After they were done, they decided to not just rudely leave like they very well could have done, but they decided to hit the pause button on their busy day to talk to fans for a good solid 45 mins to an hour.

First one we got a hold of, was Michael Bruno.

A way to start the convo off right with this gentlemen was by showing him and getting him to sign a poster that I had drawn [again] for Ashley with lyrics and background to the Honor Society/Jonas Brothers song "Don't Close The Book".
So he showed it to him....

... and he told us it was amazing, asking if I was the artist of our "group", and letting me take this pic with him.
[Ewwww, I look gross in all of these just fyi.]

Anyways... we moved on to either Andrew or Jason idr....
.... it was Andrew Lee.

So he pretty much said the same thing, the greeting and the praise for my drawing... and asked if we were gonna see them at HOB after...
buuuuuuuuuuut we had to tell him where we were from, and why we made the insanely long trip and why we needed to get back. He must have been somewhat angry and he had to actually hit Ashley. Disappointment... But it was her man so she knew she liked it.

Then at that point I finally found a marker and my ticket from the night before and had him sign it
Next was Jason Rosen, and before the praise, he decided to sing the entire song. God I hope them lyrics were right =P.
He said they were and signed and also asked about the HOB.This was getting upsetting... lol.

Stupid Kelly Clarkson... And ya know... that lack of money.

Then Jason was taken over by others, and we made our way over towards...

ALEX.
NOYES.
*heavenly music*

The teenies took their time, and Caity impatiently told me "Kel get your man", as he was two inches from us. Niiiiiiiiice.

Then they left and he looked over at me, and I basically died just a little.
Ash stepped in with my drawing which he loved, no joke. And asked me how long it took to do it all.
He also asked about HOB I believe and we told him we had to get back bc we were from Syracuse, NY.
That turned into a conversation about the hefty 8 hour drive, to fall tour hopefully with Syracuse on that list, to hopefully close, before we kind of ended the convo and had make a second round with the boys for Michael's autograph, and then Caity to get her autographs as we [or at least I got hugs]...

I told Michael that I missed getting an autograph the first time around, and I asked for one.

He said "Yeah... what if I was just like no?"
Me: "That would be REAL rude"
*Michael laughs*

Then when Caity got her hug, it turned into a sweet convo on good smelling perfume. Then he wanted another hug so he could take a guess at what she was wearing. Apparently boyfriend had a nose for this kind of stuff, lol.

We talked to him for a while, and when I got my hug he said "Don't worry, I'm not trying to smell you.... It's kind of creepy...." HAHAHAHAHAAHAH

He absolutely fit right in with the sarcasticness we all share. Michael Bruno's amazing.

Then around this time we kind of had to rush b/c they were getting "pulled away", which wasn't really pulling them away when they just kept talking and wouldn't leave for a while.... lol.

But I got all my hugs, Caity got all her autographs... [Did NOT want to to let that Alex Noyes go]... And we still were asked if we were gonna come to the HOB. Only andrew remembered we had to go home... SO SAD =/

I even remember Andy the 2nd time around saying her remembered us from Bamboozle and Jason laughing when we told him actually returned Sharpies, unlike Nick J.... "Really?!"

Anywaysssss we actually left with Honor Society with Jason at our side and the other thre in front of us with security all around.

Felt madd important. Lol.

We had to split for them to go down a seperate hall, and they said Goodbye =/

I REALLY didn't want to leave, but it was time... and we made the LOOOOOOOOOONG trip back home.

We dropped Ash off Ash at an exit, and then I went to Caity's for a bit to get ready and go for Kelly Clarkson and Gavin DeGraw.

For the record, besides the idiots startin shit and dancing like mother effin idiots in front of us....

It was an AMAZING show. And my highlight was definitely when she belted out an amazing cover of Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight". Incredible.
But I'm not gonna lie...

After that, it was no secret that I was so tired out.

I got home and basically crashed.

The next day was my first day of training, and it was long, but necessary.

And I've been going ever since.

As of right now I start training on the floor tomorrow hopefully.

This weekend is also Drew Seeley and Drake Bell.

My last weekend before I go back to hell...
I mean...
...
school.

Hopefully I'll be all set and everything will go good.

I finally got my job, and I can't be happier with the set of friends that I have now.
I don't know what I did to deserve them.

For now I g2g.

But a summer blog will sum everything up hopefully soon.
If not... then it'll be back to normal.
Lol.

Peace out. and whatevs

-♥PoCa [Noyes... don't be jealous]