oh i don't know..lets start with..BONO
so i saw him.
in real living singing and dancing life.
and wow, i know you've already all heard this story a thousand times if you've been in my presence since thursday night, but it needs to be documented. (not that i'm planning on ever forgetting it)
SO.
they play THE most amazing concert ever. i mean ever. as far as i've seen. it was even comparable to the DVD which is of their concert in dublin. ANYWAYS, it was weird because i had this stomach ache that was pretty much the worst physical pain imaginable, and i was in the most blissful, overwhelmingly happy emotional/mental/whatever state of my entire life times a thousand. so they play the beautiful concert, go offstage, wait for everyone to cheer them back on for an encore (which of course is exactly what happens because it's boston, and no one even sat down in the entire sold-out beastly fleet center the whole time, "it's not just because its an irish city and an irish band..." oh bono... anyways..) so they come back and play some old songs of theirs that were lovely. and then they go off again. and then i wasn't sure if they were coming back. but they did. and at this point i was sitting on the top of my chair which was folded up, but i was kind of perched there because blah, my stomach was like fuck you christy, stop jumping around or i'll hurt even more, (in an angry devil voice of course) ANYWAYS so i'm perched there, and its crazy because as i said, NO ONE is sitting down. so i can look to the left and look to the right and see all the way down each side of the stadium, like this windy alley of empty chairs, SO thats the setting right, and then, then come back out. and this is what bono says. (i can't remember word for word unfortunately, but i'm sure that i'm extremely close). he says, "this song we're going to play is a track thats kind of hidden in the album, but now we realize, that its the best song we've ever written." and so i'm like eeeeh maybe its my favorite one...and then he says something about it being for all the pregnant woman or something. so i'm like damn, it's yaweh. which i also love. but that ones all about bringing a child into the world, and it said in the program that my favorite one is for teenagers who worry about self-image and stuff. (i'd never interpreted it that way. but it makes sense. ANYWAYS) THEN, the brilliant and oh so adorable bono goes, "It's called Original of the Species." and i died. i was so incredibly happy. and maybe i shed one little tiny weeny tear of joy. just one. or two. sigh.
other highlights: when bono was out at the tip of the stage playing the drums to love and peace or else, and then he just started to play the intro to sunday bloody sunday and then the rest of the band joined in and it was amazing. and when everyone was singing, which was all the time. and all of bono's political shpeels (thats how i want to spell it) that make you want to change the world and almost, almost make you want to return your 85 $ worth of U2 merchendise and send the money to africa to prevent aids. almost. and the harmonica. and the edge's little guitar walk and his hat (you know the one). and when they started where the streets have no name and me and kaitlin were the first ones to recognize it in our section and we just went crazy. and the people who shared their binoculars. and the how the lights chased eachother around the stage and the huge bead-like things that the flags and other cool light things like walking guys scrolled across.
i'm gonna be late for soccer.
and i wanted to write about how i'm going to orientation in arizona tomorrow. so yay. yayayayayaya. 4 days of school for this kid. and she is a happy happy happy camper today.
except for she's missing snickers.
which makes her cry.
and could i be any cooler with my third person rambling? i think not.
PEACE
in real living singing and dancing life.
and wow, i know you've already all heard this story a thousand times if you've been in my presence since thursday night, but it needs to be documented. (not that i'm planning on ever forgetting it)
SO.
they play THE most amazing concert ever. i mean ever. as far as i've seen. it was even comparable to the DVD which is of their concert in dublin. ANYWAYS, it was weird because i had this stomach ache that was pretty much the worst physical pain imaginable, and i was in the most blissful, overwhelmingly happy emotional/mental/whatever state of my entire life times a thousand. so they play the beautiful concert, go offstage, wait for everyone to cheer them back on for an encore (which of course is exactly what happens because it's boston, and no one even sat down in the entire sold-out beastly fleet center the whole time, "it's not just because its an irish city and an irish band..." oh bono... anyways..) so they come back and play some old songs of theirs that were lovely. and then they go off again. and then i wasn't sure if they were coming back. but they did. and at this point i was sitting on the top of my chair which was folded up, but i was kind of perched there because blah, my stomach was like fuck you christy, stop jumping around or i'll hurt even more, (in an angry devil voice of course) ANYWAYS so i'm perched there, and its crazy because as i said, NO ONE is sitting down. so i can look to the left and look to the right and see all the way down each side of the stadium, like this windy alley of empty chairs, SO thats the setting right, and then, then come back out. and this is what bono says. (i can't remember word for word unfortunately, but i'm sure that i'm extremely close). he says, "this song we're going to play is a track thats kind of hidden in the album, but now we realize, that its the best song we've ever written." and so i'm like eeeeh maybe its my favorite one...and then he says something about it being for all the pregnant woman or something. so i'm like damn, it's yaweh. which i also love. but that ones all about bringing a child into the world, and it said in the program that my favorite one is for teenagers who worry about self-image and stuff. (i'd never interpreted it that way. but it makes sense. ANYWAYS) THEN, the brilliant and oh so adorable bono goes, "It's called Original of the Species." and i died. i was so incredibly happy. and maybe i shed one little tiny weeny tear of joy. just one. or two. sigh.
other highlights: when bono was out at the tip of the stage playing the drums to love and peace or else, and then he just started to play the intro to sunday bloody sunday and then the rest of the band joined in and it was amazing. and when everyone was singing, which was all the time. and all of bono's political shpeels (thats how i want to spell it) that make you want to change the world and almost, almost make you want to return your 85 $ worth of U2 merchendise and send the money to africa to prevent aids. almost. and the harmonica. and the edge's little guitar walk and his hat (you know the one). and when they started where the streets have no name and me and kaitlin were the first ones to recognize it in our section and we just went crazy. and the people who shared their binoculars. and the how the lights chased eachother around the stage and the huge bead-like things that the flags and other cool light things like walking guys scrolled across.
i'm gonna be late for soccer.
and i wanted to write about how i'm going to orientation in arizona tomorrow. so yay. yayayayayaya. 4 days of school for this kid. and she is a happy happy happy camper today.
except for she's missing snickers.
which makes her cry.
and could i be any cooler with my third person rambling? i think not.
PEACE