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(8:15 am - 08.24.2002 - olp concert - i feel  ) let's see now. as you all can tell, i'm still alive. yay, what a relief, huh? hey, don't laugh. i'm pretty much sure this entry will be all about the olp/vent/greenwheel concert. yes, i've made up my mind. nik found out our lady peace was putting on an acoustic show at the hard rock cafe, i thought we were going to go to that, but it started at 1pm and nik picked me up at 2pm. whoops. we got down there around 3 and looked for amira and shawn (shaun? sean? i dunno). they were still at the hard rock, thankfully. we just decided to go over and get in line for the concert. heck, what's more fun than waiting in a line with the sun beating down on you for 3 and a half hours? i can't think of one damn thing. we sat. we ran over to meet raine when we saw him. there were only about 10 people in line ahead of us, so everything was fine with me. the girl behind us got in early somehow to meet olp, so nik gave her my cd cover to get signed. yay. i wanted to meet vent, but no luck. while we were waiting in line, i met this 30ish year old woman from new york. she was really nice. i'm guessing she follows olp around, cause the whole band knows her, and takes care of her. she had a bunch of pictures to show me too. even though i'm not the most social person in the world, i love meeting new people at concerts. i'm pretty sure her name was gail though. amira and i got a picture with raine. i can't even believe i actually remembered to bring a camera! i still had around 15 pictures from the mountaineer trip, so i used those up! finally they started taking tickets, and then once we got past there, we still had to wait. two security guards were making everyone wait! i don't know what that was all about, but as soon as they let us go nik and i ran to the front of the stage while amira and shawn went to the second stage to watch still small voice. there was no way i was going to leave my spot! it was just about perfect, right in the middle, front. yayness. and lucky for me, gail was on the right of me, and nik was to the left. yay, no total strangers, or assholes! well, the assholes came later, but they were behind me. heh. greenwheel came on after awhile, and they were ok, but their drummer was fucking insane. played his little heart out. drum sticks breaking in two while he was playing. reminded me a lot of jason schwartzman, who is the kick ass drummer for phantom planet, and phantom planet rocks. then set change. snore. i was so excited to see vent i almost peed my pants. then, they came on. i can't even remember what they played and when. i know they got 3 songs out.... before the rain came. FUCKING HELL. the band that i've been waiting over a year to see, and this really nice electrical thunder storm just had to roll in. now, normally there's nothing better to me than a storm. but not right then damnit! fucking vent left the stage after the 3rd song. we must have waited 40 minutes for them to come back. they were supposed to play about 10 or 11 songs and they only ended up playing five. it was funny that their backdrop fell to the ground during their set though. and i got some kick ass (i hope!) pictures of jason! when they came back they hit if off with the energy and then ended up gravity. they also played back and forth... and 2 others. fuck! i was so pissed. how is it that greenwheel got to play a longer set than fucking vent did? that makes me so fucking mad! vent: done. another set change. needing water badly. gail had some water and offered up a bit, which was the nicest things anyone could have done for me at that point. the pit didn't get bad until then. jesus. i didn't think there would be so many fucking crowd surfers at an olp show. there were more there than at the last 311 show i went to. i'm confused. pretty intense chopped down set for olp too. they only cut out 2 songs. which i know for sure cause i got the set list. haha. they played (in order): all for you, do you like it, supermans dead, naveed, not enuff, bring back the sun, one man army, whatever, is anybody home, innocent, mafia, birdman, clusmy, are you sad, starseed, somewhere out there, neon and 4am. they cut story about a girl, theif leading into are you sad, and automatic. 4am was perfect. raine didn't sing at all, and it was beautiful the whole crowd sang. and i only came home with one bruise! go me! we met greenwheel in the crowd. nice guys. so thirsty! when we were walking out to the car, the vent van (just a regular van with all these pictures of vent painted on it - really neat) was parked close to the exit. since i brought a sharpie.... i decided to do some damage. evilness. i found a white spot and wrote "liz was here. i <3 vent". i destroyed the vent van. vandalism is fun for the whole family! maybe i started a trend and a bunch of people will start signing the vent van. or maybe they'll look at my writing, and frown in disgust. either way i'll be happy. so we drove shawn home, and then we went to a gas station. mmmm. my favorite! i got a huge slushie so i was a happy girl. then we dropped off amira. then nik got to my house and i took a motherfucking shower. the pit was pretty hot. showering was so great. i made some guy in the car next to us at a red light jealous. i intended to too. i said loudly "ohhhhh, look at this beautiful setlist..." he wanted it pretty badly. it was funny. he even offered to make out with me for it. hahahahaaaa! and then he told me that he loved me. but then we drove away laughing. hehe. so all in all, it was a good nite. with the exception of the shortened vent set because of the rain. over a whole year, and i only got 5 songs. at least i got some pictures. i dropped off the film last nite before work. maybe i'll scan some. blarg, but i'm pretty lazy. hehe. well, there you go, the epic tale of the olp/vent/greenwheel show. and shawn doesn't like 311, so i don't like him. but no, he was cool. yep, that's it! and what's this??? phantom planet is doing a pseudo tour.. and they're not coming to pittsburgh. and they're doing a nice list of opening shows for elvis costello. that kicks. no where close enough. damn. always the bridesmaid. and why did i find out that amira would have gone to the john mayer/guster tour a month too late? damn! mmm guster! and greenwheel is opening up the hoobastank show on the 25th. should i? maybe i'll just be a bandbitch and go down to meet them, since it's at the lovely metropol. yay! that is all. i crawled out from the pain of yesterday-i crawled to you and-i said all the things that you said to say-do you like it-i know how you love these dirty games-but they're killing me-i know how you love to watch me beg-so here i am-do you like it-i don't want to be a puppet for you-i don't want to bite the hand that's feeding-i don't want to be a sucker for you-yes you-i hate myself for begging-i hate myself for staying-i hate myself for listening to you-it's too little too late i can't escape-i'm begging you please-i changed all the things that you told me to change-i'm on my knees-do you like it-i just want to get out-stuck inside this-waiting for something else-waiting to exsist-can you offer me help-help for what i missed ~*~liz << - >> if you really loved me, you'd buy me presents |
