Concert!

I went!!

I did! I did!! Oh my God I went to my first concert last night!! It was completely thrilling!! I can’t believe!! I was riding this high from it all day!
My friends looked at me like I was some kind of moron this morning. First period was especially ridiculous, in that I seemed really disoriented and I laughed a lot.
I was really exhausted and a big part of me was still at that CONCERT!!
So my 1st period English friends threw out a lot of “hilarious” comments about my alleged possession of illegal substances, and wonderings of what I did this weekend, and what I smoked at that concert. I put up with being called a crack addict for a good part of the morning, and denied many times accusations of the existence of contraband in my brand new beautiful, Motion City Soundtrack “EVEN IF IT KILLS ME” (name of their newest record) bag, which I proudly toted around for most of the day.

Like this:
Okay, so I look a little tired. It’s late. I am sleep deprived. It is Monday. I came home to a chaotic night at home. Victor and Johnny at school thought it was funny today to shake their hands over the top of my head while singing that annoying Hawaiian Christmas song, about 70 times today.
It’s been something of a rough Monday.
BUT. I have this bag. Which you must admit it pretty damn COOL!! Especially because nobody at school knows who MCS is, so I get to proudly tell them, “Oh they’re my favorite band ever. I went to their concert last night, and it was fantastic because I’m basically in love with their lead singer. See, look,” I say as I show them my pins. Notice the pins on the handle of my bag.
What can I say. I just love this band.

When I get obsessive over something, I get emotional-obsessive. Angsty-obsessive. If-I-don’t-have-it-I-am-going-to-die-obsessive. Motion City is something like that for me.

So it was a great concert. Metro Station, Anberlin, and Mae were openers. The first two bands I’d never heard of. They were…as good as a band can be when you know nothing about them or their songs. They were nice, though. Mae was phenomenal. I went through a Mae phase one or two years ago, and I don’t really know any of their new stuff, but everything I heard from them was fantastic. They played a few songs from the album I do know, and when I heard their song “Suspension,” I was really psyched because I’ve always loved that song and hearing it live was AWESOME. They were very talented and beautiful. I really enjoyed Mae.

Then Motion City came on. Finally. This was a moment I’d seriously been waiting for months, years, even. I SAW JUSTIN PIERRE IN THE FLESH!!! Not to mention the talented Josh Cain, Tony Thaxton, Jesse Johnson, and Matt Taylor.
Phenomenal.
I’ve been obsessing over their songs, pictures, websites, blogs, interviews, videos, everything for 2 years, and I finally actually SAW them!! It was unreal. I saw my hero Justin Pierre, mere feet away from me, looking just like he does in all the pictures, singing just like I’ve always heard him. UNREAL!! I have the mental picture seared into my brain. His trademark hair. His glasses. Justin Pierre. I saw him. I saw him. I SAW HIM!!!!!

I’m like those girls who were crazy over the Beatles in the 60’s. Ha ha. I am so iiiinnnnn loooooveeee!! (Just let me act really immature for a couple seconds here, I’m really enjoying it!)

Motion City was just as good in concert as I always imagined they would be. Pierre was really animated and put on some good dialogue with the crowd. He joked around, he made fun of his own mistakes…the guy seems to have a great way with words, as well. I can’t tell you how much I admire that in people.
I’m pretty damn smitten!

So it was nice. Whew.
I just wish I could have met them!! Maybe someday I will be lucky enough to do so! I would absolutely love it!!

I felt pretty emotional when the concert was over. Almost like crying. Like I said, I’m emotional/angsty-obsessive. I was sooo so close to my Motion City, and then…they were gone.

Oh, but they were brilliant. It’s just stuck in my mind. The whole experience was kind of a blur, like, “Oh my God I’m in a sea of people and they’re all jumping and falling into me and oh damn someone’s stepping on my foot. Ah! I’m falling into the tall guy behind me, oh wow” and “AAHH!!!! JUSTIN PIERRE!!! LOOK LOOK LOOK JUSTIN PIERRE!!! HOW BRILLIANT IS THIS!?!?” It was all a haze. But looking back…wow. As I said, I have this image seared into my brain. And their sound…it was so much like their recordings! But of course LOUDER! And more real!

Phew. It was fantastic. Brilliant. I’ll be excited to do that again.