omgican'treallycalmdowni'mfreakingoutstill---it was an adventure!
Yes, my mind is just a rush of thoughts and I want to get everything out before I forget everything, because time kills details and we really had no time to take pictures or anything, so yes. I did get tickets. I GOT TICKETS. I couldn't even comprehend the day. Still can't. I'm going to outline it.
Downer's WHAT? WHERE?:
We found out it was in the suburbs of Chicago at six am! I'm standing in my underwear, after not having slept well and I was all but screaming at the television.
In a matter of an hour, we had a plan. The DDS members really worked together and we had a ride to the Downer's Grove Best Buy. We were driving like psychos. I was navagating (aka watching for cops as we drove on medians and sped down streets) and for ten frightening minutes, we got lost. We FINALLY made it there, parked and ran to the line, which was already wrapped around half the building. Kids were ditching school. Parents were taking their kids out of school. There were at least five hugely pregnant women in line as well as little babies with no protection from the sun.
We got our bracelets! djflsjflskjflksjflsajlksajflsj I was literally sick from the time I left Milwaukee to the time we got our bracelets. My stomach was in knots and my heart was beating in unhealthy ways. I was so overanxious.
Listening Party:
I say this every time I do these things, but I'm getting too old for this shit. The waiting in lines and being coralled like cows and the sun and the sweeting when you're trying to look cute. I'm not complaining. Make no mistakes.
After waiting in line, Justin FINALLY came on. It was surreal and sometimes I forget this man is actually human. He seems to robotic in the way his promo works and the way he attacks everything. He leaves no room for mistakes, which I admire. He was just his cute, Southern little self and it was great! Dylan, my friend, won a phone and got to go on stage. I was so happy for her! She's always missing him.
Justin looked great and he was funny. I loved watching him dance to his own music and pretend to be Jerry Springer. It was awesome.
It was short, which was fine with me. The songs were fabulous! I'm so much more excited.
Concert:
After an entire day of being keyed up and an entire month of feeling like I had to try to go, I was finally there. We almost got into fights trying to get close the stage, but people don't understand what GENERAL ADMISSION MEANS.
The show starts and OMG! I wasn't even comprehending it. I couldn't believe that I was there, even though I had been dreaming about it for months.
The suit, the FUCKING HAT. The strut. The cockiness. The EVERYTHING was too much. And he launched a full-on assault with CMAR. The band was so amazing! The drummer was an animal. He was flipping the drumsticks and doing ridiculous things with his drumstricks and his drumming. AMAZING.
Baby doesn't wear underwear. And his ASS JIGGLED. I know we joke how he has no ass, but he's working on something back there.
I loved the whole vibe of Love Stoned and Untile the End of Time....Justin was staring at Dylan and I during that song because we were groovin' with him when everyone else was just standing there. We all shared a moment. Lord that stare.
The crowd was so ridiculous pumped and Justin said. "Y'all must have put some extra smelly good on tonight because damn..." He's so fucking silly.
The. Dancing. I can't even begin to describe it. He was just flippin' out with his tribal-tap-Michael Jackson/James Brown footwork. He loved the to dance with his back to the crowd and his hands in his pockets and it was so fucking sexy.
The show was so good because it like the wall and distance that was there with Justified was gone, and it was just JUSTIN fucking with people and groovin' to what he felt. I love Justified, but he seemed so guarded when he performed, but he just let it all hang out. It was beautiful!
His voice is so much better! Stronger and he seems more confident in stepping away from the reheased choreography and just fucking around and groovin', which I love. I also loved the over 21 age limit. No shrieking teenies (except me) and room for more adult content. *puts up middle fingers*
I loved what the styling of Love Stoned. The smoke and the riffs at the end. Justin got really theatrical with it. He did this thing where he would sing and turn all the way around with his mouth still at the microphone. It was so fucking cool. The whole show illustrated how much of a seasoned performer he is. He looked so comfortable up there.
In hindsight, I have to say that I didn't miss his choreography one bit. It can all blend together and get kind of boring. I had so much more fun watching him just groove to his music and do what came naturally. The show was one of complete freedom for Justin and me. I loved it.
I'm forgetting like 85 things I wanted to say, but seriously this just made my SUMMER. I wished and prayed and I was determined to go and I did it. I'm proud and feel blessed and just so happy.
I'm beyond keyed up. I haven't slept more than five hours in the past three days. I'm STILL so fucking hyper after the eight hour sojourn over....ninety miles (delays delays delays) I'm pretty sure I screamed my throat bloody and I'm getting an ear infection, but I'm as happy as a pig in shit!
*beams*