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So I couldn't go the the Hotel Cafe shows in Hollywood (in April, I think) because that place is strictly 21+.
Then I found out on ICH that Patrick was doing a free concert in Huntington Beach on August 5, 2011!! Free and all ages!!
Patrick tweeted that it would just be him and an acoustic guitar.
deleted my whiny tl;dr essay.
I whoo!ed every time Patrick was mentioned. I saw a naotalba dancing with her daughter, but I'm not social enough to approach. Two girls on my left were also Patrick fans. I recognized one from OCK. When I wouldn't sing along to the songs the dj played, the other asked, "Are you here for Patrick?" After less than an hour of people screaming radio pop for free tshirts, a dance-off with two boys and...others, and being singled out by the host for not participating, they asked us if we were ready.
When Patrick finally came onstage, it was nerve-wracking. It was my second time ever seeing Patrick! I uploaded the videos I got to youtube, but I was holding my dad's ipod touch vertically, so there are two huge rectangles on the sides. I sang along to every song (the words I knew). I didn't recognize "Everybody Wants Somebody" at first, but now I know it's definitely more awesome with the band (see a future post about San Diego). A little nine-year-old girl on my right stared at me while I sang along. I'd like to think she decided to look up Patrick and Fall Out Boy after that.
I knew Patrick had to get to Chicago for Lollapalooza the next day. Black Cards was performing that day. Patrick said he had just gotten off a plane and needed to get back on one to Chicago. As soon as he finished "This City," he walked off to the side of the stage. People went around the fence to him, but I was in the front, behind the whole crowd. I darted through and so many people were around him taking pictures. I sort of creepily took a picture of him with someone else and signing something, then the OCK girl I recognized got her picture. When she was done, I turned to her and asked if she was the name I remembered, and she was! She recognized me from OCK too. When I turned back to Patrick, he had turned to leave!
He began walking down the street with two or three people I assumed were from the radio station. I followed. They stopped at a black car i'm guessing less than 100 feet from the stage. He was thanking the people he was walking with and shook their hands. I was standing next to them and nervously shook his hand too. A guy on my right asked Patrick if he and his girl friend could have a picture because they drove a long way. The generous person he is could not refuse, and they left. After hesitating for a moment, I asked him if I could have a picture too. He said yes, of course, and I handed the camera to a guy from the radio station. While I held on to Patrick (squee!!), my phone rang (I had abandoned my friends as they fixed their eye makeup) and "From Now On We Are Enemies" started playing. I laughed, but I'm not sure how he reacted. When the picture was taken, I thanked Patrick for coming (at the time, I was not planning to go to San Diego), and he thanked me for coming and got into the car. As the car pulled away, Patrick hid his head.
Almost everyone had dispersed when I returned to my friends. We hung around the beach for a bit until it got dark.
When I showed my lola my picture, she asked if Patrick was my boyfriend, and later she told my sister to look and see my handsome boyfriend hahahaha. I uploaded the videos I got to youtube. I was so excited that I had a real updating youtube channel.
If anyone is actually reading this, you can watch my videos from Huntington Beach 8/5/11 at my youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/user/rialoosebolt
If it works, my picture with Patrick is below. I don't know why I look so orange. It might be the camera, or the temperature. Patrick looks so cute, but that is to be expected.
Then I found out on ICH that Patrick was doing a free concert in Huntington Beach on August 5, 2011!! Free and all ages!!
Patrick tweeted that it would just be him and an acoustic guitar.
deleted my whiny tl;dr essay.
I whoo!ed every time Patrick was mentioned. I saw a naotalba dancing with her daughter, but I'm not social enough to approach. Two girls on my left were also Patrick fans. I recognized one from OCK. When I wouldn't sing along to the songs the dj played, the other asked, "Are you here for Patrick?" After less than an hour of people screaming radio pop for free tshirts, a dance-off with two boys and...others, and being singled out by the host for not participating, they asked us if we were ready.
When Patrick finally came onstage, it was nerve-wracking. It was my second time ever seeing Patrick! I uploaded the videos I got to youtube, but I was holding my dad's ipod touch vertically, so there are two huge rectangles on the sides. I sang along to every song (the words I knew). I didn't recognize "Everybody Wants Somebody" at first, but now I know it's definitely more awesome with the band (see a future post about San Diego). A little nine-year-old girl on my right stared at me while I sang along. I'd like to think she decided to look up Patrick and Fall Out Boy after that.
I knew Patrick had to get to Chicago for Lollapalooza the next day. Black Cards was performing that day. Patrick said he had just gotten off a plane and needed to get back on one to Chicago. As soon as he finished "This City," he walked off to the side of the stage. People went around the fence to him, but I was in the front, behind the whole crowd. I darted through and so many people were around him taking pictures. I sort of creepily took a picture of him with someone else and signing something, then the OCK girl I recognized got her picture. When she was done, I turned to her and asked if she was the name I remembered, and she was! She recognized me from OCK too. When I turned back to Patrick, he had turned to leave!
He began walking down the street with two or three people I assumed were from the radio station. I followed. They stopped at a black car i'm guessing less than 100 feet from the stage. He was thanking the people he was walking with and shook their hands. I was standing next to them and nervously shook his hand too. A guy on my right asked Patrick if he and his girl friend could have a picture because they drove a long way. The generous person he is could not refuse, and they left. After hesitating for a moment, I asked him if I could have a picture too. He said yes, of course, and I handed the camera to a guy from the radio station. While I held on to Patrick (squee!!), my phone rang (I had abandoned my friends as they fixed their eye makeup) and "From Now On We Are Enemies" started playing. I laughed, but I'm not sure how he reacted. When the picture was taken, I thanked Patrick for coming (at the time, I was not planning to go to San Diego), and he thanked me for coming and got into the car. As the car pulled away, Patrick hid his head.
Almost everyone had dispersed when I returned to my friends. We hung around the beach for a bit until it got dark.
When I showed my lola my picture, she asked if Patrick was my boyfriend, and later she told my sister to look and see my handsome boyfriend hahahaha. I uploaded the videos I got to youtube. I was so excited that I had a real updating youtube channel.
If anyone is actually reading this, you can watch my videos from Huntington Beach 8/5/11 at my youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/user/rialoosebolt
If it works, my picture with Patrick is below. I don't know why I look so orange. It might be the camera, or the temperature. Patrick looks so cute, but that is to be expected.