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MCR SHENANIGANS EAST COAST: Part IIII, Travel Day and DC.
mm sunburn
ughhh this day lolol. Jennifer didn't sleep unfortunatly and Marie and I peeled ourselves very unhappily out of bed. Marie wasn't feeling so great too :( Poor bb <3
First order of business was to drop Marie off at the Newark airport for her flight. Hours and hours early, lol, but at least she was there? It was so hard to say goodbye, I was missing her before we even dropped her off on the curb of the departure deck. I gave her a million hugs and got a little teary-eyed and waved until I couldn't see her from the car anymore :(
One last photo :( with me clinging like a leech ;;
Then it was time to head back to philly to drop off the car and head to the train station by 11:45. Oh boy. We were making good time, even with Turnpike traffic, but the moment we hit philly it was terrible and we were losing time fast. We were starting panic, but Jennifer's dad owns a taxi service and she used to drive for him so she reached inside herself and pulled out the cabby skills and when the traffic would open up for a bit, she would start weaving around cars going like 90 as we would sing 'MOVE BITCH, GET OUT THE WAY' and laugh hysterically because holy shit it was one of the craziest things I've ever been involved in XD
We ended up at the car rental place about 11:15 and were rushing like hell and the guys that checked us in and gave us a ride to the airport to grab a taxi were amazing and rushed the process so we could hurry the fuck up. The shuttle driver even waved us down a taxi! So we gave him a tip and then we told the cabby if he got us to the train station by 11:30 we'd give him a fat tip. he did, so we gave him his tip and ran inside lol.
I thought for a moment we would have to go stand in this long ass line to check in and almost died but there were ticket kiosks so all we had to do was swipe my card and they popped out! sob. We had to ask some people how the train station worked because we were confused but we were VICTORIOUS and when settled comfortably on the train BACK TO NEWARK to catch the bus to DC.
Luckily the train station was also the greyhound bus station(!) and we had some time between the train and the bus so we just sat down to relax. This one guy FLIPPED OUT and must have been on something or something because he just went off and was like, idk. His veins were popping and stuff. The police were called on him and he had to go off in an ambulance and stuff. I have no idea what was going on but it was definitely weird.
The bus was late of course and the kid in front of us was coughing and hacking but at least we were just going to NYC. So we get to NYC, buy some lunch, then get on the Express bus to DC. It was awesome! It had outlets and wifi! So it was a very relaxing ~4 hours for me. Of course we took the Jersey turnpike, driving the same exact route we'd taken hours earlier when driving from Newark to Philly. Sigh, lol.
So all in all, we left Jersey three times that day and came back twice! Haha. I love Jersey, but that day I was a little done with it. Now I want to go back though!!
We arrived in DC, got picked up by my friend Cassie and her awesome mom. There was a mix up with the room booking and we had to go to the store to get some bedding stuff because Cassie and I were gonna have to sleep on the floor.
So we got to the hotel room, Cassie showed me all the shit she brought for line sitting. Crayons and colouring books which we didnt use very much, but the sidewalk chalk she also had ended up being a huge hit.
This was in one of the colouring books. wtaf. WHAT IS THAT?!
Then Jennifer passed out for much needed sleep and Cassie and I dyed our hairs in the bathroom. Cassie makes a mess when she dyes hair hahaha.
lol
Then she made me colour for a bit but I was finally like, I had a long and stressful day on not enough sleep and i am going to bed haha. I took a benedryl to help me make sure I would sleep and put my earplugs in and was out like a light. She ended up forcibly using me like a teddy bear while i slept but i didnt really notice because I slept so hard haha. Mm. sleep.
So the next day we woke up and got ready pretty slowly but managed to schlep everything back out to the car because we were gonna get another hotel that night.
We stopped at a vegan place for cassie and then Jennifer and i walked over to Dunkin Donuts and got sammiches while Cassie and her mom went to Kinkos. Then it was time to make our way into DC and get to the venue and we had a Danger Days singalong at the same time. Whoo!
Cassie's mom went to find us a good hotel and get some work done and left us to our own devices. So I immediately dug out the sidewalk chalk and decided to draw the killjoys in my bobblehead style!
whoo! I even bled for them! lol. There was glass everywhere and I didn't watch where I was putting my hands so Jennifer walked to CVS for me and got me bandaids and alcohol wipes. And I was a little overprotective over the drawings for awhile and was like DONT WALK ON THEM!! but then i got over it and remembered it's a sidewalk and they're made of chalk. They got a lot of attention though and some people took pics, so that was cool.
Cassie took some pictures of me being an artiste, but most of them are really BAD pictures of me so here's two lol.
in this picture you can see it was hot and sunny and there was no shade.
I actually really like this photo of me! yay. Also that writing on my arm ended up leaving tanlines. hahaha
I was also forced to stop drawing to come take photos. Out of them, this is the only one i like because it doesnt look like i am vaguely in pain haha.
our hair looks cool in this :D
SO AT ONE POINT this guy from this band comes around and is giving out free CDs if we agree to be in his video. He just wants us to say BE LEGENDARY for him. He loves my drawings so we agree to it and Cassie and I stood up and said the phrase.
Well.
Not only are we IN the video, we're the fucking thumbnail for it. *facepalm*
wow.
Soon enough, philosiraptors and tuesdaysgone showed up and brought their friends, water, and sunscreen! Woohoo! i got hugs, B-Rex drew Moop on the sidewalk (which I wasn't smart enough to get pictures of, baww) and I met SO MANY PEOPLE. I can't even parse or remember who it all was. I am glad some of you guys remembered me and added me because I lost track of names ahhh. So bad with names.
B-Rex ended up drawing tattoos on people! I took some pictures of some!
A random Gay Starfish fan whose name I can't remember for the life of me with Moop (and the starfish whom I managed to cut off, awesome) and Lars with Korse, of course!
The beautiful artist with her work!!
When it was my turn, I couldn't decide what i wanted so B said she'd draw me so i went 'PUT MIKEY TOO AND IT WILL BE MIKEY SQUARED!' and she did and this is how it turned out! SO AWESOME!!! And MIKEY APPROVED but MORE ON THAT LATER!
Soon, themegs showed up and I let her jump into line with me :) it was so awesome to actually get some time with her and lots of awesome snuggly hugs ♥
like this one! (lol at B in the bg. OBVIOUSLY MAKING WITTY COMMENTARY!)
Then i was on the hunt for photos with people so first was B-Rex!
oh god this is a terrible picture of me, oh god, lol. BUT I STILL LOVE THIS ♥
This one is better ahaha. B said her cheeks were starting to hurt because of smiling in so many photos, so i decided the cure was to take a ~snarl~ photo. Awesome! :D
And Lars and I! Lars was awesome and let me COMICS TALK WITH ME at her like Sally did :D We had an awesome time together :D
and another picture with Cassie :D
Then when that was over it was time to go in! We all went up to the balcony! I got to have a nice, long, and awesome chat with Lars :) I prooomise I will get around to emailing youu ♥ *professional procrastination*
And we chatted and chatted until it was time for the show to start!
Architects! amazing as always! The crowd was so responsive in DC! It warmed my heart! They had moshpits and crowdsurfing and people starting clapping to the beat of songs BY THEMSELVES. I am so glad that DC was so good to them after the lukewarm Jersey reception :(
Thursday! They got a great reception too! And they were awesome again! Seriously, their live show has convinced me. Totally awesome! (also, MCR was watching them from a balcony separate from us. All we could see was Pedicone but apparently Frank was there and Gerard tried but was spotted and screamed at. Poor guy.)
MCRRRRR. Of course they were AMAZING as always. It was SO GREAT to be able to rock out again. And I did so with gusto! My hip kept bumping into the railing and i got a giant bruise on it haha, but I had SO MUCH FUN. I danced and jumped and had a damn awesome time.
It was also the same setlist as Jersey, so when they played Cancer before the encore I grabbed Lars in excitement and said THEYRE GONNA PLAY SORROWS!!!!!! hahaha. I tried to get people to pass it up the line to tell B-Rex but it didn't quite make it haha. But of course we all rocked the fuck out to that song. I can't believe I got to see it twice. Ahhhhh! :D (also, Lars was nice enough to give me a big hug after Helena because I cry over that song every time I see it live. It means so much to me that she did so, so thank you bb ♥)
Afterwards, we all fell out and hugged each other and flailed and I checked out the bruise I was already getting on my hip haha. It was intense and it was also super awesome to spend time and see this show with new and old friends ♥
I went outside to find my friends but I couldnt get a hold of anyone so I went and talked to the architect guys to once again tell them they did an amazing job. I also found Lars when I found Brandon so a few photos occurred!
what a goob XD
WHAT EVEN IS MY HAIR LOL.
Then it was time to get in line behind the barrier set up on the sidewalk because it was time to do a SIGNING!!!!! I ended up right next to the super super awesome Miz (b_dsaint) and in front of Lars. While we were waiting to see who was gonna come out, I sat there and wished SO HARD that it'd be Mikey because I wanted to show him the drawing on my arm. It could be taken as a little creepy but OH WELL. IT WORKED. He and Frank came out to do signings and I fskjodifjsodijfed. Lars rubbed me and Miz's back in fits of 'anxiety rubbing' XD hahaha.
So they started on the far end, so a little while later, Megs walks up and gives me a big hug! I also saw her directly after the show for BIG SWEATY HUGS! She had to hit the road with her friends, however, so there was just time for hugs before she had to gooo ♥
So finally Mikey gets down to where we are! The girl next to me says she's a DJ at a local station and asks Mikey what he'd get tattooed on his forehead. He looks surprised at first, then thoughtful, and tells her he'll get back to her on that.
THEN MY TURN. I gave him a high-five then got my ticket signed. I almost chickened out on showing him my drawing, but after sort of FORCING Lars to show him Korse, lol, I did so. And I am so glad i did. He smiled huge, giggled his stupid and obnoxious giggle, and said in a delighted tone 'That is so cool!' He said the art was really good too! sdkjfdfjsidof I am so glad I showed it to him because he was so happy about it, ahhh. Thinking of his stupid little giggle makes me smile no matter what i am doing or where i am haha.
Next was Frank! The girl next to me asked him the same question and he stared at her for a moment before answering '...nothing'. hahaha. He looked and sounded really tired and I just wanted to hug him. We werent allowed too, but!!!!
While he was signing my ticket, I started telling him about all the shows I've been too the last two months. He looked up in the middle of it and had SUCH AN EARNEST FACE. I AM SO WEAK TO EARNEST FACES. I sort of petered out while talking but went wide-eyes and spat out "AND JERSEY. I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU IN JERSEY! o____o' and he thanked me for coming to all the shows and supporting them and I am still dying and thanked him back. He also loved Lars's Korse tattoo! And before he moved onto Miz, he turned back to me and held his hand out and told me seriously and so earnestly that it was nice to meet me. DEATH. DEATH. I just shook his hand and told him it was nice to meet him too then DIED. OH GOD.
So that was amazing! Just getting to have actual moments to talk and connect with Mikey and Frank was amazing and the perfect way to end my East Coast Shenanigans.
We got out of the line then and I gave Lars and B-Rex hugs goodbye because they were all headed for food and home or where they were staying. Again, it was awesome to see a show with you folks! Thanks for hanging out with me!
It was time to find everyone and round them all up and gooo. We were sunburnt and sweaty and tired but ECSTATIC. We went to iHop in our PJs that night but after that we all just more or less flopped into bed for much deserved rest. Ahhhh.
Also this is from the next day and getting dropped off and saying goodbye but since I don't know if that's gonna be typed out...
Cassie and I matched :)
ALRIGHT I am so done typing for now, oh god. but if anyone wants any of these in fullsize, jsut let me know. I will email them to you :)
mm sunburn
ughhh this day lolol. Jennifer didn't sleep unfortunatly and Marie and I peeled ourselves very unhappily out of bed. Marie wasn't feeling so great too :( Poor bb <3
First order of business was to drop Marie off at the Newark airport for her flight. Hours and hours early, lol, but at least she was there? It was so hard to say goodbye, I was missing her before we even dropped her off on the curb of the departure deck. I gave her a million hugs and got a little teary-eyed and waved until I couldn't see her from the car anymore :(
One last photo :( with me clinging like a leech ;;
Then it was time to head back to philly to drop off the car and head to the train station by 11:45. Oh boy. We were making good time, even with Turnpike traffic, but the moment we hit philly it was terrible and we were losing time fast. We were starting panic, but Jennifer's dad owns a taxi service and she used to drive for him so she reached inside herself and pulled out the cabby skills and when the traffic would open up for a bit, she would start weaving around cars going like 90 as we would sing 'MOVE BITCH, GET OUT THE WAY' and laugh hysterically because holy shit it was one of the craziest things I've ever been involved in XD
We ended up at the car rental place about 11:15 and were rushing like hell and the guys that checked us in and gave us a ride to the airport to grab a taxi were amazing and rushed the process so we could hurry the fuck up. The shuttle driver even waved us down a taxi! So we gave him a tip and then we told the cabby if he got us to the train station by 11:30 we'd give him a fat tip. he did, so we gave him his tip and ran inside lol.
I thought for a moment we would have to go stand in this long ass line to check in and almost died but there were ticket kiosks so all we had to do was swipe my card and they popped out! sob. We had to ask some people how the train station worked because we were confused but we were VICTORIOUS and when settled comfortably on the train BACK TO NEWARK to catch the bus to DC.
Luckily the train station was also the greyhound bus station(!) and we had some time between the train and the bus so we just sat down to relax. This one guy FLIPPED OUT and must have been on something or something because he just went off and was like, idk. His veins were popping and stuff. The police were called on him and he had to go off in an ambulance and stuff. I have no idea what was going on but it was definitely weird.
The bus was late of course and the kid in front of us was coughing and hacking but at least we were just going to NYC. So we get to NYC, buy some lunch, then get on the Express bus to DC. It was awesome! It had outlets and wifi! So it was a very relaxing ~4 hours for me. Of course we took the Jersey turnpike, driving the same exact route we'd taken hours earlier when driving from Newark to Philly. Sigh, lol.
So all in all, we left Jersey three times that day and came back twice! Haha. I love Jersey, but that day I was a little done with it. Now I want to go back though!!
We arrived in DC, got picked up by my friend Cassie and her awesome mom. There was a mix up with the room booking and we had to go to the store to get some bedding stuff because Cassie and I were gonna have to sleep on the floor.
So we got to the hotel room, Cassie showed me all the shit she brought for line sitting. Crayons and colouring books which we didnt use very much, but the sidewalk chalk she also had ended up being a huge hit.
This was in one of the colouring books. wtaf. WHAT IS THAT?!
Then Jennifer passed out for much needed sleep and Cassie and I dyed our hairs in the bathroom. Cassie makes a mess when she dyes hair hahaha.
lol
Then she made me colour for a bit but I was finally like, I had a long and stressful day on not enough sleep and i am going to bed haha. I took a benedryl to help me make sure I would sleep and put my earplugs in and was out like a light. She ended up forcibly using me like a teddy bear while i slept but i didnt really notice because I slept so hard haha. Mm. sleep.
So the next day we woke up and got ready pretty slowly but managed to schlep everything back out to the car because we were gonna get another hotel that night.
We stopped at a vegan place for cassie and then Jennifer and i walked over to Dunkin Donuts and got sammiches while Cassie and her mom went to Kinkos. Then it was time to make our way into DC and get to the venue and we had a Danger Days singalong at the same time. Whoo!
Cassie's mom went to find us a good hotel and get some work done and left us to our own devices. So I immediately dug out the sidewalk chalk and decided to draw the killjoys in my bobblehead style!
whoo! I even bled for them! lol. There was glass everywhere and I didn't watch where I was putting my hands so Jennifer walked to CVS for me and got me bandaids and alcohol wipes. And I was a little overprotective over the drawings for awhile and was like DONT WALK ON THEM!! but then i got over it and remembered it's a sidewalk and they're made of chalk. They got a lot of attention though and some people took pics, so that was cool.
Cassie took some pictures of me being an artiste, but most of them are really BAD pictures of me so here's two lol.
in this picture you can see it was hot and sunny and there was no shade.
I actually really like this photo of me! yay. Also that writing on my arm ended up leaving tanlines. hahaha
I was also forced to stop drawing to come take photos. Out of them, this is the only one i like because it doesnt look like i am vaguely in pain haha.
our hair looks cool in this :D
SO AT ONE POINT this guy from this band comes around and is giving out free CDs if we agree to be in his video. He just wants us to say BE LEGENDARY for him. He loves my drawings so we agree to it and Cassie and I stood up and said the phrase.
Well.
Not only are we IN the video, we're the fucking thumbnail for it. *facepalm*
Click to viewwow.
Soon enough, philosiraptors and tuesdaysgone showed up and brought their friends, water, and sunscreen! Woohoo! i got hugs, B-Rex drew Moop on the sidewalk (which I wasn't smart enough to get pictures of, baww) and I met SO MANY PEOPLE. I can't even parse or remember who it all was. I am glad some of you guys remembered me and added me because I lost track of names ahhh. So bad with names.
B-Rex ended up drawing tattoos on people! I took some pictures of some!
A random Gay Starfish fan whose name I can't remember for the life of me with Moop (and the starfish whom I managed to cut off, awesome) and Lars with Korse, of course!
The beautiful artist with her work!!
When it was my turn, I couldn't decide what i wanted so B said she'd draw me so i went 'PUT MIKEY TOO AND IT WILL BE MIKEY SQUARED!' and she did and this is how it turned out! SO AWESOME!!! And MIKEY APPROVED but MORE ON THAT LATER!
Soon, themegs showed up and I let her jump into line with me :) it was so awesome to actually get some time with her and lots of awesome snuggly hugs ♥
like this one! (lol at B in the bg. OBVIOUSLY MAKING WITTY COMMENTARY!)
Then i was on the hunt for photos with people so first was B-Rex!
oh god this is a terrible picture of me, oh god, lol. BUT I STILL LOVE THIS ♥
This one is better ahaha. B said her cheeks were starting to hurt because of smiling in so many photos, so i decided the cure was to take a ~snarl~ photo. Awesome! :D
And Lars and I! Lars was awesome and let me COMICS TALK WITH ME at her like Sally did :D We had an awesome time together :D
and another picture with Cassie :D
Then when that was over it was time to go in! We all went up to the balcony! I got to have a nice, long, and awesome chat with Lars :) I prooomise I will get around to emailing youu ♥ *professional procrastination*
And we chatted and chatted until it was time for the show to start!
Architects! amazing as always! The crowd was so responsive in DC! It warmed my heart! They had moshpits and crowdsurfing and people starting clapping to the beat of songs BY THEMSELVES. I am so glad that DC was so good to them after the lukewarm Jersey reception :(
Thursday! They got a great reception too! And they were awesome again! Seriously, their live show has convinced me. Totally awesome! (also, MCR was watching them from a balcony separate from us. All we could see was Pedicone but apparently Frank was there and Gerard tried but was spotted and screamed at. Poor guy.)
MCRRRRR. Of course they were AMAZING as always. It was SO GREAT to be able to rock out again. And I did so with gusto! My hip kept bumping into the railing and i got a giant bruise on it haha, but I had SO MUCH FUN. I danced and jumped and had a damn awesome time.
It was also the same setlist as Jersey, so when they played Cancer before the encore I grabbed Lars in excitement and said THEYRE GONNA PLAY SORROWS!!!!!! hahaha. I tried to get people to pass it up the line to tell B-Rex but it didn't quite make it haha. But of course we all rocked the fuck out to that song. I can't believe I got to see it twice. Ahhhhh! :D (also, Lars was nice enough to give me a big hug after Helena because I cry over that song every time I see it live. It means so much to me that she did so, so thank you bb ♥)
Afterwards, we all fell out and hugged each other and flailed and I checked out the bruise I was already getting on my hip haha. It was intense and it was also super awesome to spend time and see this show with new and old friends ♥
I went outside to find my friends but I couldnt get a hold of anyone so I went and talked to the architect guys to once again tell them they did an amazing job. I also found Lars when I found Brandon so a few photos occurred!
what a goob XD
WHAT EVEN IS MY HAIR LOL.
Then it was time to get in line behind the barrier set up on the sidewalk because it was time to do a SIGNING!!!!! I ended up right next to the super super awesome Miz (b_dsaint) and in front of Lars. While we were waiting to see who was gonna come out, I sat there and wished SO HARD that it'd be Mikey because I wanted to show him the drawing on my arm. It could be taken as a little creepy but OH WELL. IT WORKED. He and Frank came out to do signings and I fskjodifjsodijfed. Lars rubbed me and Miz's back in fits of 'anxiety rubbing' XD hahaha.
So they started on the far end, so a little while later, Megs walks up and gives me a big hug! I also saw her directly after the show for BIG SWEATY HUGS! She had to hit the road with her friends, however, so there was just time for hugs before she had to gooo ♥
So finally Mikey gets down to where we are! The girl next to me says she's a DJ at a local station and asks Mikey what he'd get tattooed on his forehead. He looks surprised at first, then thoughtful, and tells her he'll get back to her on that.
THEN MY TURN. I gave him a high-five then got my ticket signed. I almost chickened out on showing him my drawing, but after sort of FORCING Lars to show him Korse, lol, I did so. And I am so glad i did. He smiled huge, giggled his stupid and obnoxious giggle, and said in a delighted tone 'That is so cool!' He said the art was really good too! sdkjfdfjsidof I am so glad I showed it to him because he was so happy about it, ahhh. Thinking of his stupid little giggle makes me smile no matter what i am doing or where i am haha.
Next was Frank! The girl next to me asked him the same question and he stared at her for a moment before answering '...nothing'. hahaha. He looked and sounded really tired and I just wanted to hug him. We werent allowed too, but!!!!
While he was signing my ticket, I started telling him about all the shows I've been too the last two months. He looked up in the middle of it and had SUCH AN EARNEST FACE. I AM SO WEAK TO EARNEST FACES. I sort of petered out while talking but went wide-eyes and spat out "AND JERSEY. I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU IN JERSEY! o____o' and he thanked me for coming to all the shows and supporting them and I am still dying and thanked him back. He also loved Lars's Korse tattoo! And before he moved onto Miz, he turned back to me and held his hand out and told me seriously and so earnestly that it was nice to meet me. DEATH. DEATH. I just shook his hand and told him it was nice to meet him too then DIED. OH GOD.
So that was amazing! Just getting to have actual moments to talk and connect with Mikey and Frank was amazing and the perfect way to end my East Coast Shenanigans.
We got out of the line then and I gave Lars and B-Rex hugs goodbye because they were all headed for food and home or where they were staying. Again, it was awesome to see a show with you folks! Thanks for hanging out with me!
It was time to find everyone and round them all up and gooo. We were sunburnt and sweaty and tired but ECSTATIC. We went to iHop in our PJs that night but after that we all just more or less flopped into bed for much deserved rest. Ahhhh.
Also this is from the next day and getting dropped off and saying goodbye but since I don't know if that's gonna be typed out...
Cassie and I matched :)
ALRIGHT I am so done typing for now, oh god. but if anyone wants any of these in fullsize, jsut let me know. I will email them to you :)