couldn't wait for the summer and the warped tour...
I'm all alone in this hotel room the fear inside of me is uncontrolable I hear the cops see the sun the sky is blue and all I can think about is being with you yes I'm all alone again - Mest
I'm not sure where this update should begin. It's gonna be a long one. It was an interesting weekend.
Sunday: My dad dropped me off around 11:45 to meet Amanda at the Porter Square commuter rail stop. So we waited for the train to go meet Kristin to get to Northampton. Train rides suck they're long and boring, but we made the best of it. We got to Lemonstier and stopped at Wendys for lunch, then Market Basket for some soda and stuff for the hotel. We grabbed route 2 and headed out. The ride was long... very long. Route 2 wasn't too bad until we got to like Erving and it's this really long winding road to nowhere... not even kidding the townw as something out of a horror movie. I don't even think we saw people except for the other cars on the road. Once we got on 91 in Greenfield, it started to down pour like a mother fucker. We were stuck in 91 for like two hours in rain and traffic cause it was knocked down to one lane due to construction. We listened to Less Than Jake all the way there. Have I ever expressed my love for Less Than Jake? I love anything that isn't scene, but anyway, that's another entry for another day. So after spending time chilling in traffic for two hours we finally reach the hotel, check in. We went down to the pool for a while, but there were lame kids there so we left came back and changed. We chilled for a bit then headed into town to check out what small town America looks like. We found a candy store. I bought some pixie sticks, mini-reeses cups, and smarties... smarties own your mom for future referance. CVS closes at like 4 PM in Northampton. So we didn't stop there. We went back to the hotel, and had some drinks. Hung out with Christy for a bit. I love Christy and I missed her. She should come to more shows here. We walked around and met other people staying there and just kind of hung out and did a whole bunch of nothing. We crashed around 2:30 to get up at 6:30. Of course it was impossible to sleep.
Monday: Kristin's birthday. Warped Tour. The alarm went off around 6:30 we all got up and showered. Grabbed some caffine and headed out about 8:30. There were already tons of people there. I wonder what time you gotta be there to be the first person in line. We hung around in line. I picked up my ticket and my photopass. The girl was a cunt and she wouldn't give me the press pass cause Kristin had already gone in. So I just did pictures but they all came out fucking amazing. I watched some of MxPx. I watched Mest and took tons and tons and tons of pictures of them. I went a little photo crazy. It was like forever since I'd seen them. We walked around awhile. I got a free Reggie shirt from James cause he owns. He gave Kristin a free Reggie hoody for her birthday. So we walked around some more. I bought a Transplants shirt and a Mest shirt. I saw all my friends... Chrissy, Danielle, Rachel, Susannah, Kasey, Jen and so on... I love everyone. I took pics during Senses Fail and then Kristin took my pass and took pics during Fall Out Boy. The whole venue was mud because of the rain all day and night the day before. It was gross. My pants were soaked up to the knee in mud. My sneakers are so gross. The mud is like caked on. After Kristin took pics for Fall Out Boy she gave me my pass back and I ran over to do pics for Transplants. I was six inches from Tim Armstrong. My hands were shaking, like I have never been so starstruck in my life. My hands were shaking all my pictures came out kind of blurry cause of it, but he's been my idol since I was a kid you know? So I was kind of like OMG. It was cool though. We walked around more. Went to the Mest signing. After that we talked to the guys for a bit. Me and Nick got into a conversation about how no place around the venue had Newports so I told him I'd get him some and he doubted I'd come back so I said my friends wanna watch Mae and then I'm gonna go back to my hotel and shower then come back. So we watched Mae, lost Kristin. Me and Amanda left after Mae. We waited at the car for a few for Kristin and she never came and Amanda's bladder was gonna explode cause she had to piss so we left to walk to the hotel. I walked two miles in mud covered pants and sneakers with my back pack full of everyone and their mother's shit. We showered. Kristin came back and changed so we headed back to the venue. I gave Nick his cigarettes and we spent a ton of time just hanging out with everyone who was around. We were there for like two hours talking and taking pictures. We mostly hung out between the Mest and Senses Fail buses. We walked around a bit though. I saw Steve Looker and we ran into Pete Wentz and he gave me a hug I don't know why, but he did. He said he'd come back and hang out for a minute but their driver called for bus call and they had to leave. So we went back and kind of just hung out with Mest and stuff and it was a wicked awesome day. I hate mud. I hate dirt. I hate My Chemical Romance and their annoying fans. I hate $3 bottles of water. I hate when batteries die in cameras. I love pictures of Mest, Senses Fail, MxPx, Reggie and Transplants. I love James Dewees for being so unbelievably cool and giving me a free shirt. I love Kristin and Amanda and all the awesome kids at the hotel. I love hanging out and partying all fucking weekend. I love being six inches from Tim mother fucking Armstrong. I love Chrissy, Susannah, Rachel, Danielle, Jen and Kasey. I don't see any of them often enough. I love Dropkick Murphys, Reggie & The Full Effect, Mest, MxPx, The Offsrping, Mae, Motion City Soundtrack, Fall Out Boy, and Senses Fail. I hate Hawthorne Heights their songs annoy me. I hate everything being so close together. I hate set times being 5 minutes apart. I hate scene kids who whine when you push them out of your way cause their standing their like fucking idiots. I hate long lines. I hate long car rides. I hate rain. I love Jere's sunglasses he wore during the Mest set when there was no sun out. I love free beer. I love cigarettes. I love hanging out and doing nothing. I love seeing my friends. I love spending a weekend with two of the coolest people I know. I love coming home to my bed. I hate long train rides. I love my life. I hate back pain. I love Mest and their crew for being so fucking awesome and hanging out with us. I basically love everything about yesterday. Again, I love my life. I love my friends. I love bands especially those listed. I love pictures. I love satanic statues in Gill. Anyway on to Tuesday.
Tuesday: We got up and checked out around 8:30 - 9ish. We stopped at McDonalds in Greenfield for breakfast. Breakfast was yummy. I felt like I hadn't eaten in days. I was famish. We chowed down and got back on the road. No rain today. A little bit of drizzle, but nothing to back up traffic for my whole life. There was this 100 year old couple driving in front of us like the whole way they didn't go above 40 when the speed limit was 55 so it kind of took a while to get back. We listened to some demo someone gave us in the hotel, then changed it to New Found Glory cause we miss New Found Glory and can't wait until they come back. We were all tired. My back hurt from carrying the bag around all day. We drove through Erving again and this time we took pictures. They'll be posted soon. Kristin brought me and Amanda to the train. We came back to Boston. Amanda slept I listened to my iPod. My brother picked me up at the train station, then bought me pizza cause he thought I might be starving. I came online checked my myspace... thanks for not leaving me commnets while I was gone you dicks. I read everyone's Warped Tour updates. Sent out pictures. Then I slept for six hours, and now here I am. I've been trying to update this piece of shit forever. So now I will leave you kiddies with some pictures to drool over. Don't be jealous of my beauty! <3 Much love.