Nailing this coffin shut and sending it somewhere below. To fester with worms and like my corpse one day to be visited seldom and slowly forgotten over time.
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This one isn't all love and a flock of seagulls.
A word of caution to lovers of the Equality State of Wyoming you might want to shut your eyes at times.
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Same formula : copy/paste, insert snide remarks..yada yada
So I guess I will continue to talk about the trip. The final installment.
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So a 19 hour drive to Denver. I don't remember much. The first thing I remember was hitting Wyoming. That is where we ran in to a crazy snow storm it was very windy and blowing snow, Joe was freaking out and his friend was freaking out too.
[FUCK YEAH I WAS FREAKING OUT. I WISH I HAD TAKEN VIDEO OR PHOTOGRAPH THIS EVENT] Orlando kept saying "Don't go on Joe" I was like what a bunch of pussies. It really wasn't as bad as they were making it seem.
[THERE ARE VERY FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE I DISAGREE WITH MARIA BUT SERIOUSLY SHE DIDN'T SEEN TO GET A REAL GRASP ON THE SITUATION AT HAND. I figured maybe Joe just wanted to stop to sleep so we stopped up a mountain to a rest stop where the weather was 10 time worse!
[THERE WAS NO WHERE ELSE TO STOP I WAS IN TO DEEP. THIS WAS A SERIOUS MISTAKE. FUCK ELK MOUNTAIN. THE THING THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF IS THAT WE HAD MADE SUCH GOOD TIME IT WAS SERIOUSLY LIKE ONLY 1 IN THE MORNING AND I WASN'T TIRED AT ALL . THOSE 5HR ENERYGY DRINKS REALLY DO WORK] So we slept for a few hours. Which meant we would be late arriving to the Denver show. We had planned to be there around 5am but because of this we wouldn't arrive till 12pm.
So I was sad about that. I woke up hoping the weather would be better, but hell no it was still just as bad. So since I saw Joe had a good rest I was like you better get the fuck out of here. He still wanted to stay but I knew it wouldn't get any better so eventually I convinced him to leave.
[I HAVE THIS PHOPIA OF SNOW. I USED TO DRIVE IN BAD CONDITIONS ALL THE TIME. I REMEMBER DRIVING FOR AN HOUR ONCE ONLY TO GET SIX BLOCKS, SIX BLOCK! I'VE SLID INTO A ROCK WALL ONCE, LOST TRACTION GOING UP A SMALL INCLINE BUT NONE OF THIS MATTERED TO ME UNTIL I SAW A CAR SKIDDING OUT INTO TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF MY AND GET BRUTALY HIT BY THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. THE SAME TRUCK JUST A MINUTE BEFORE I LET PASS ME. THE TRUCK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY CAR. AFTER THAT I WAS LIKE FUCK YOU SNOW AND ALL YOU DO FOR THE WORLD, I WRITE THIS WITH FOUR INCHES OF HE WHITE STUFF IN MY BACKYARD. HOPEFULLY THE LAST EVENT FOR THE SEASON]All he had to do was go slow and we would be ok.
I swear after only 20 minutes of driving it was fucking sunny.
[THE CRAZY THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THAT IT WASN'T EVEN SNOWING. IT WAS THE BLOWING SNOW COMIGN OFF THE MOUNTAIN. YOU COULDN'T SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT WAS WORSE THATN THAT CALIFORNIAN FOG WE RAN INTO A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE. I'D RATHER OF HAD THAT ANYDAY. So we were on our way back on the road.
But then there was another snag. They closed the highway we are suppose to use to get to Denver.
and Joe just wanted to wait till they opened it again! I was like what the fuck they aren't going to open it. So I told him to get off and take some other road and we really had no idea where we where. Joe was really freaking out and driving real slow and all these people where passing him on this small 2 lane road. There were no signs on this road but eventually after consulting my trusty atlas I figured out we would run into the highway we needed to be on.
Ok so I was right and we made it to where we needed to be right at the colorado border. After all that drama we finally made it. We ended up arriving at 1 pm. Fucking late as fuck.
i was stressed and tired from all this and came to terms with the fact we would probably have to sit on the balcony.
[WE WERE ALL REALLY IN AGREMENT WITH THIS IDEA. I FOR ONE WAS EXHAUASTED AND WANTED TO SIT AND BE THE SILENT OBSERVER FROM AFAR. DONT GET ME WRONG I LIKE TO BE "FRONT AND CENTER FOR ANOTHER ASS WHOOPIN" JUST THAT THE CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE WOULD NOT HAD BEEN NECCESSARILY A BAD THING. So as soon as i sat down in line my mom calls me stress me out even more.
She told me "Your ferret died" and I was like "What, are you serious?' and she said " I wouldn't lie about this Maria".
So I freaked out and started crying and embarrassing myself in front of everyone and left the line
but as soon as I turned the corner my mom says, He still alive but he can't walk.
I was pissed I was like what the fuck! What a fucking bitch! So he wasn't really dead , but he was dying. My mom was just full of shit. She just likes to make people feel bad and cause drama. So after that I just waited in the car and Joe and Orlando held my spot in line.
So we saw Joe's sister
[THANKS FOR THE RIDE TO WENDY'S] for a few minutes then got back in line around 6pm i think. There was a lot of cutting but I didn't really care because I was thinking I was not going to be on the barricade anyways.
[OUT OF THE TWO TIMES TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER VENUES I'VE BEEN TO IN MY LIFE TIME THIS ONE OS THE GOTHIC HAS THE MOST DISORDERLY CROWD CONTROL. FOR AS MUCH DOUCHEBAGGERY GOING ON HERE , IT'S BEYOND ME WHY THEY'D HOLD THEIR FINAL SHOW LET ALONE FILM THE DAMN THING HERE. I DIGRESS...]So we got in and saw a spot at the very far left on the barricade. So we stood there. It was still a good view. Next to me were these two old drunk bitches. I don't know why they give drunks bottles at a concert. I wore a wrist band that said "Just death is true" ( which was a Dir en grey item ) and they were having a in depth conversation about how it doesn't make sense ( that was sarcastic). They annoyed the fuck out of me.
[OH LORD, HERE IT COMES...][THE LADY MARIA IS ABOUT TO REFER TO ASKED ME BEFORE THE LADY IN THE WHEELCHAIR CAME OUT IF I WAS GOINGTO RUSH TOWARDS THE CENTER ONCE THE BAND HITS THE STAGE AND I REPLIED, "NO, I'M NOT A DICK."]So at one point before the concert they made everyone stand back to let this girl in a wheel chair out and one of the drunk bitches, this big ass fat black bitch was like "come over baby" to her acting like she was going to help her but instead she jumped in front of me!
I pushed her big old ass out of my way and got my spot back & she was like "oh you trying to start a fight!"
and I was arguing with her about how I was there first right in front a guard who didn't do shit!
Eventually I realized I wasn't getting through to her and told her
"I am not arguing with a drunk"
She was all like "I just had one beer" and i was like
"I haven't had any" (I don't drink alcohol bitch! because it makes people stupid!)
I was pissed and thought that was funny I said that and I just ended it with
"What the fuck are you doing here? Do you even like this band!"
Fuck that drunk old bitch!
I think she was talking about hitting me with a bottle but she never did.
I heard those drunks talking to the kids behind me giving them tips on how to get in front.
but they never tried to.
Well that drama went down before the show. So then the show started. One of those drunks called the singer of the opening band a sexy bitch and he looked at her, I hope he didn't think it was me who said it. because I smelled him in Portland and it was not sexy!
Well Dir en grey came on I remember this crazy little girl behind me who kept saying "KAWAII KYOOO"
No lie i can't believe she said that! and her and her guy friend kept saying "blood" I think they wanted him to cut himself. what a bunch of dumb asses. I think they kept screaming it during asom unplugged and the girl next to me told them to shut up. and the guy snapped back "It's a fucking concert" but they shut up after that.
and she went crazy during the final. She was like "OH MY GOD THE FINAL AHHHHHH OH MY GOD!!"
As for Joe he was behind me and told me he was too tired to get into it, until Toshiya gave him the fist
[I ACTUALLY WASN'T BOTHERED BY THE GIRL NEXT TO ME, SHE WAS JUST LOST IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD....I HEAR ANOYING RANTINGS AT CONCERTS BUT SHE JUST HAD TAKEN IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. REFRESHING?] and Joe started getting into it. which I believe now because what happened later. Toshiya saves the day!
Here are some but I posted all the screen shots on my myspace.
Well I guess we were still in a good spot for being so late. I was kinda disappointed because for a tour finale I was hoping for something special to happen. There was also a shit load of professionals recording.
A few rude ass people threw water bottles on stage. but I must admit there was a cool part when everyone was head banging and right when they did water splashed across the stage from someones water bottle.
So after the show I was really hoping the whole band would sign this time and the wait was long so I was really hoping it would happen. But no it was just Toshiya and Shinya. So we waited and got our cd's signed When it was finally our turn the translator was being really anal and checking everyone's cd but she totally ignored me I thought it was weird maybe she doesn't like me. Well I got Shinya's autograph on Mark's cd I said thank you and he smiled and nodded and Toshiya smiled and nodded too he had a big smile and i saw his teeth (HEHE)
I left and Joe gets his shit signed and he runs to me and says "Did you see that?"
and I was like no, what happened.
He told me when he handed his cd to Toshiya, Toshiya wouldn't sign it and was like "hey , hey, hey" and he wanted to bump fist's with Joseph. So they bumped fist then Toshiya signed the cd! That was so cool that Toshiya recognized Joe. I assume he did because I don't see why else he would have done that.
So that made the finale very much worth it, just a little recognition.
[AND YES THIS SPECIAL GESTURE. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FIST. I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS. I WAS'T PLEASED WITH THERE BEING A HUGE CAMERA AT THE SIGNING, SUCH AN INVASION. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CAMERA WAS ON ME WHEN THIS WENT DOWN. THATS GOOD. HE WANTED TO BUMP FISTS AND I'D TOLD HIM TO ROCK ON. SOMEWHERE IN JAPAN HE IS DOING THAT VERY THING. MY MAN.]So right after that we had to zoom home to see my baby Mysterious to make sure he was still alive.
The drive was fucking boring, I slept.
[IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO KNOW I WASN'T GOING TO BE ON ANY SORT OF SCHELDULE AND THAT I COULD SLEEP ALL NIGHT ONLY IF I COULD HAVE FOUND A REST STOP. THERE WAS LIKE NO REST STOPS, I HONESTLY FOUND MY SELF DOZING OFF AT ONE POINT AND WOKE TO THE SIGHT OF THE CEILING OF THE CAR. I NEEDED TO PULL OVER. WE EVENTUALLY RAN INTO THIS TRUCK STOP WHERE I PURCHASED MY FIRST BAG OF WHAT WOULD BE MY NEW LOVE IN CHIPS. CHEETOS JALAPENO CHEDDAR. OH MY GOD THEY ARE GOOD. I DIDN'T FEEL COMFY AT THE TRUCK STOP SO I INSTEAD PARKED THE CAR FOR THE NIGHT IN AN EMPTY CLOSED MC DONALDS LOT. YEAH, MUCH MORE SAFER THERE.] After all this driving and when we were so close to home driving through Kansas we get pulled over! The first time in Joseph's life he has gotten pulled over. He got a speeding ticket. I had no idea it would be for $130 !!!!!!!! Oh my god I never want to drive again! No wonder people get there cars repoed for these high ass speeding tickets!
[YEAH TOTALLY MY FAULT. 85 IN A 70, COME ON. I WILL SAY ONE THING THOUGH I HAVE AN OLDER CAR WHERE YOU CAN FEEL IT ON THE HIGHWAY, THESE NEWER CARS JUST COAST AND YOU FEEL NOTHING. PLUS THE DAMN THING DIDN'T HAVE CRUISE CONTROL.]When we finally got back we dropped off the car and it was fucking cold! It was colder back home then it was in any other city! Joe's dad was like an hour late picking us up so we waited in the cold till he did.
When I finally got home Mysterious was still alive but in bad shape. I was so glad he was still alive and I got to spend a few more days with him before he died. R.I.P. KING! Another ferret gone because Dir en Grey comes around , it happens every fucking time. Wow, that is so sad. But that's how it ends.
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Yes what a ride. Literally. HAR HAR!
I've read Dir en grey is working on their next US tour. Oh Jesus these bitches can't be stopped. I have a new traveling companion when this comes to fruition. She invited me to Japan which she is going to do in April but at the time I was unsure it was possible to accomplish. FUCK! Three shows and I'd try to sneak in a Kaya show but it's too late for me to get on that boat.
Well Manson's hitting up some amphitheaters this summer with Slayer, so there's that. Nine Inch Nail's is going away for some time after there stint with Jane's Addiction this year. Not a lot of music I'm into to get all ramped up over.
"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." -James Dean
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