Every time I look in your eyes I see St. Peter wave
Our trip to Atlanta for Fall Out Boy’s Believers Never Die tour was pretty freakin’ sweet. The drive down was uneventful. Jamie and I talked and laughed most of the way. Dash was in the back so she slept most of the way. Jamie and I switched off driving duties halfway there and she fell asleep. I woke them both up when I burst out laughing when we passed a state prisoner transport van. I don’t know why I found it so amusing, I just did.
We found the hotel and checked in. It was a pretty nice place. I booked it through hotwire.com and I will start using that site more often. I only paid $60 for a room that runs for $120 a night. Rock. We started watching something on TV when we decided to go get something to eat before the concert so we didn’t end up paying $10 for a hot dog. We stopped at Subway because it was near the venue and before we left, this group of teens came in and they were singing the chorus to Fall Out Boy’s song Dance, Dance… they only knew the first two lines. Then one of them mentioned Thnks fr th Mmrs. None of them knew that song. How can you attend a concert for a band you know none of the songs for? We had a good chuckle.
We actually had an easy time going through line. They had already let everyone in by the time we got there. I handed them my ticket, they scanned me with a metal detector (I played it smart and only brought my license, ticket and $60 cash) and I was done. We stopped by the merch table to buy a tour shirt but they were ugly so we all got the same shirt. Dash and I sprang for the programs. They had a couple of hoodies I was debating on but I decided to wait until the concert was over.
We went down to the GA floor and found a decent spot. I also found out something I never truly realized about concerts… it’s not the music that hurts your ears but rather the shrill, banshee-like, incapacitating screams emitting from the mouth of rabid fangirls. Those damn fools screamed every time they raised the banner of the band who was performing. The band was nowhere to be seen. Just the banner. The lights went out and then the concert started:
Hey Monday - a surprisingly decent band. The lead singer had a good voice and she was very charismatic on stage. She liked to use her hands to sing though.
All Time Low - the worst of the bunch but they seemed to play more songs than the rest of the opening acts. They were a bunch of unoriginal, derivative posers. They loved the word ‘fuck’ though. Used it as a noun, adjective, adverb. It was ridiculous. They also kept making jokes about sleeping with the girls in the audience but a good 85-90% of the girls in the audience were underage so the jokes were creepy.
Cobra Starship - awesome-ness personified. They rocked. Gabe Saporta is such a freak. I love it.
Metro Station - meh. They were okay. They did play Shake It.
Fall Out Boy - words cannot describe how well of a show they perform. I fell in love with Pete all over again.
After the concert, we went back to the merch booth and Dash bought a bracelet for Audrey and she loaned me the money to get a hoodie since I brought a limited amount of funds so I wouldn’t overspend. Didn’t work. Went back to the hotel, watched part of this really weird movie and went to sleep.
Our shopping day was fun. We went to Oxford comics first and spent about an hour and a half looking at random comic/anime/manga related stuff. I bought a Kyle Rayner shirt, a Kyle Rayner poster, a Sailor Moon manga and a Ayano Yamane manga that I’m reselling on eBay.
We were about starving when we left and it’s then we discovered a huge conspiracy in the state of Georgia. Every nice restaurant closes at 2 and doesn’t open again until 5:30. What the Hell? We couldn’t go to our favorite restaurant, Umezono. We ended up stopping for dessert in Books Japan since we were right there. So delicious but it doesn’t feel heavy like western sweets do. I also bought this men’s hair magazine to give me some ideas of what I might want to do with my hair. We also went to Tomato to stock up on snacking goodness.
We tried another restaurant but same thing. We settled on this Chinese buffet (Jade Palace) because we were really wanting Asian and it was a huge mistake. The food was almost inedible. They had crayfish which Jamie said were out of season. Not that I would have gotten any anyway. They had a tray of fish… that still had fins, scales and probably bones. I’m surprised they didn’t have the heads in a tray right next to it. I stuck to the stuff I could recognize which wasn’t a lot. I got some chocolate soft serve ice cream because that’s all they had and even that was disgusting. I don’t know what they did but they fucked up that recipe. Way too sweet.
After that we got on the road and headed home. It was a fun-filled trip with much needed relaxation. I have my dad to thank too because I borrowed his GPS system and let me tell you those things are amazing… for the most part. Monica (that’s what we named her cause she was kind of bitchy) got us to where we needed to go but if we missed a turn, it took her a few minutes to recalculate the route. And you can't leave them in the heat because I left it in my car for 24 hours and it wouldn't turn on. My dad thought I broke it. It finally turned on when it cooled off. For the amount of money you pay for those things, I would think they'd be a little more heat resistant.
Unfortunately, I’m sick now. Have been for the past two days. I’ve blown more snot out of my nose in the past two days than I have in the past year.
We found the hotel and checked in. It was a pretty nice place. I booked it through hotwire.com and I will start using that site more often. I only paid $60 for a room that runs for $120 a night. Rock. We started watching something on TV when we decided to go get something to eat before the concert so we didn’t end up paying $10 for a hot dog. We stopped at Subway because it was near the venue and before we left, this group of teens came in and they were singing the chorus to Fall Out Boy’s song Dance, Dance… they only knew the first two lines. Then one of them mentioned Thnks fr th Mmrs. None of them knew that song. How can you attend a concert for a band you know none of the songs for? We had a good chuckle.
We actually had an easy time going through line. They had already let everyone in by the time we got there. I handed them my ticket, they scanned me with a metal detector (I played it smart and only brought my license, ticket and $60 cash) and I was done. We stopped by the merch table to buy a tour shirt but they were ugly so we all got the same shirt. Dash and I sprang for the programs. They had a couple of hoodies I was debating on but I decided to wait until the concert was over.
We went down to the GA floor and found a decent spot. I also found out something I never truly realized about concerts… it’s not the music that hurts your ears but rather the shrill, banshee-like, incapacitating screams emitting from the mouth of rabid fangirls. Those damn fools screamed every time they raised the banner of the band who was performing. The band was nowhere to be seen. Just the banner. The lights went out and then the concert started:
Hey Monday - a surprisingly decent band. The lead singer had a good voice and she was very charismatic on stage. She liked to use her hands to sing though.
All Time Low - the worst of the bunch but they seemed to play more songs than the rest of the opening acts. They were a bunch of unoriginal, derivative posers. They loved the word ‘fuck’ though. Used it as a noun, adjective, adverb. It was ridiculous. They also kept making jokes about sleeping with the girls in the audience but a good 85-90% of the girls in the audience were underage so the jokes were creepy.
Cobra Starship - awesome-ness personified. They rocked. Gabe Saporta is such a freak. I love it.
Metro Station - meh. They were okay. They did play Shake It.
Fall Out Boy - words cannot describe how well of a show they perform. I fell in love with Pete all over again.
After the concert, we went back to the merch booth and Dash bought a bracelet for Audrey and she loaned me the money to get a hoodie since I brought a limited amount of funds so I wouldn’t overspend. Didn’t work. Went back to the hotel, watched part of this really weird movie and went to sleep.
Our shopping day was fun. We went to Oxford comics first and spent about an hour and a half looking at random comic/anime/manga related stuff. I bought a Kyle Rayner shirt, a Kyle Rayner poster, a Sailor Moon manga and a Ayano Yamane manga that I’m reselling on eBay.
We were about starving when we left and it’s then we discovered a huge conspiracy in the state of Georgia. Every nice restaurant closes at 2 and doesn’t open again until 5:30. What the Hell? We couldn’t go to our favorite restaurant, Umezono. We ended up stopping for dessert in Books Japan since we were right there. So delicious but it doesn’t feel heavy like western sweets do. I also bought this men’s hair magazine to give me some ideas of what I might want to do with my hair. We also went to Tomato to stock up on snacking goodness.
We tried another restaurant but same thing. We settled on this Chinese buffet (Jade Palace) because we were really wanting Asian and it was a huge mistake. The food was almost inedible. They had crayfish which Jamie said were out of season. Not that I would have gotten any anyway. They had a tray of fish… that still had fins, scales and probably bones. I’m surprised they didn’t have the heads in a tray right next to it. I stuck to the stuff I could recognize which wasn’t a lot. I got some chocolate soft serve ice cream because that’s all they had and even that was disgusting. I don’t know what they did but they fucked up that recipe. Way too sweet.
After that we got on the road and headed home. It was a fun-filled trip with much needed relaxation. I have my dad to thank too because I borrowed his GPS system and let me tell you those things are amazing… for the most part. Monica (that’s what we named her cause she was kind of bitchy) got us to where we needed to go but if we missed a turn, it took her a few minutes to recalculate the route. And you can't leave them in the heat because I left it in my car for 24 hours and it wouldn't turn on. My dad thought I broke it. It finally turned on when it cooled off. For the amount of money you pay for those things, I would think they'd be a little more heat resistant.
Unfortunately, I’m sick now. Have been for the past two days. I’ve blown more snot out of my nose in the past two days than I have in the past year.