arienettelyn's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the ataris are yay:) oh man...this one will take awhile!!! if you're a whore and really don't care about me, i'll probably throw a quick summary at the bottom. or i could just put it here so you can be even more lazy...yeahhh i'll do that. here's the main points: 1. we had to stand in the pouring rain for an hour and 15 minutes 2. i was made fun of by some girl 3. i managed to not throw things at the juliana theory 4. the ataris are the most rockingest band ever 5. i touched kris' ass 6. i lost my camera ok...from the beginning!!! we took the 3:43 train...not much happened. it costs $25 for a round trip ticket now if you get it on the train! haha i didn't know there was any other way to get it from our station...apparently there's machines and we can get them online. whatever. so...we talked about stuff. i don't really remember what kinda stuff. oh i think penises were there. and PERIOD BLOOD!!! haha we definitely talked about that...we got to the city at 5:20, and then went to the bathroom. some woman was walking around going "i'm not done, i'm not done!" and it was pretty funny/scary. we took the shuttle to times square, and i was discombobulated for a second but ok! then we ate at this pizza hut under mtv and i think the pizza made me sick or something. then we walked to the roseland...maybe a 10 minute walk? and we see the line. so we walk...and walk...the line stretches so fucking long, i've never seen a line this long. and i'm a little troubled, because i didn't think the roseland was that big. so yeah...the line was about a block and a half long. it twisted all the way around the corner so for a lot of the time we were standing all the way at the back of the roseland. and one of the guys who worked there totally raped the guy standing in back of us...because he was standing too close to the door. he was all..."get away from the door!!! i can take you!" and the guy laughed, so then he got real pissed off. "don't think i can't!!" some girl practically orgasmed over my bright eyes shirt. oh did i mention it was pouring rain? like literally...for the whole hour and 15 minutes we were on line, we just got drenched. and of course we didn't have hats or umbrellas or jackets or anything that a remotely intelligent person would bring when they knew it was supposed to rain all night. the doors were supposed to open at 6:45, and maybe they did, we wouldn't know, we were on the other side of the fucking state, but we didn't get in until nearly 8:00. we kinda chilled near the back, but then i decided i wanted to move up, dammit...so we did. we shimmied our way up to about 12 rows back, off the left side. and....amazingly, we did it without pushing/being assholes about it. there was a space. and we went there. the first band came out, it was supposed to be damone but the lead singer was a guy, and i've seen damone before and their lead singer is definitely a chick. so i guessed it was further seems forever, and that damone would come out next. it WAS further seems forever, but damone had already played. good think i dislike them, otherwise i'd be pissed! so further seems forever was alright (i think kenny wants me to say that they changed my life with their amazingness or something, but i'll leave it at alright). we were all trying to stop people from pushing through to get to the front because, mainly, there was no room. also, its incredibly rude. my brother was just standing there, not letting anyone pass, and it was really funny, so i was laughing. kinda hard. and this little tiny girl in front of me who was all pissed cuz she was getting pushed around (what the fuck did you expect at an ataris show, honey?) started fucking mocking my laugh. i, at the time, found this absolutely hysterical and continued to laugh my (apparently) extremely annoying laugh. i was like..."i think i just got mocked!!! *rabid giggle*" so yeah...before the juliana theory even came out, that girl and her friend had left. too much for them to handle. they couldn't take the heat, so they had to get out of the kitchen. or the pit. whatever. the girl shot me this one last completely evil look as she was going. i'm so sorry i ruined her night with my laughter. some people like to have a good time at shows, sorry! so the juliana theory came out...i tried to be nice and positive. i even clapped for them. i realized that...the dude's a dick. i shouldn't be so pissed about it. so i just chilled out and laughed at him. because laughing is fun. and it annoys people:). so if you look at it from the vantage point that the lead singer of this band is the hugest asshole on the planet, but they still have some pretty rad songs, then it's all good. they sang a lot of stuff off their new album, which i haven't listened to since i saw them in february, and some shit from emotion is dead. and, yes, they did if i told you this was killing me would you stop? which is...my fave song of theirs. so yeah. OH SHIT and they also did you always say goodnight, goodnight. which is my second favorite song. and i've never heard them do it live. it rocked. but he couldn't pull off that one part in the song...when he's screaming you always, you always saaaaaaaaaay goodnight....haha that looked weird...anyway, on the cd, one of the times when he says that, it gives me the chills. it's one of my favorite moments on any cd i have. anyway...it still rocked. my brother took a lot of pics of him doing his stupid arrogant dance. so then it was done. somehow we got pushed closer to the stage. people were throwing condom balloons around, and the dude next to us kept popping them. he was COOL! and then randy got kinda detached from us, and he made a friend! aww! we talked some girls about poughkeepsie...and how ridiculous pushing to the front was...(there was NO room...literally. none). i swear i was touching about 13 people at the same time. the security guards and the ataris' roadie were throwing out water, and spraying us, and one guy was spraying it into our mouths. he had good aim! i think they were probably really worried about us getting dehydrated, it was sooo hot. people who caught the water bottles near us were passing them around, we had the nicest section of the crowd! kenny caught one, i took a biiig drink from that one. finally...the ataris came out. and of course, there was another huge push to the front. a bunch of lil kids left, frightened. they started with something off end is forever...2 songs off end is forever actually. or not. shit. i don't know. the second one they did was i won't spend another night alone. the first one was...i have such a terrible memory. maybe i'll update the set list later. OH!!!! i.o.u one galaxy. phew that was crazy. then....there was the 2nd track of so long astoria, i dunno what it's called...they did so long astoria, unopened letter to the world, song #13, your boyfriend sucks, 1-15-96, broken promise ring, make it last, boxcar, summer wind was always our song... ahh....during song #13, i think, kris didn't have a guitar, it was like the only time, he had just given it away, and he was swinging the mic around and hit himself in the face....then he took a drink of water and like....oh man, the blood just came pouring out of his mouth. i was kinda horrified by that one...then they left the stage, and he came back a few mins later and sang the saddest song by himself...then...something else, it may have been one of the songs i already mentioned...then they did in this diary, and i was all pissed about that one for some reason. like...they played it next to last....and it was supposed to be some big finale...like oh look at us, we have a hit single...but i got over that one, i can't exactly claim i've been an ataris fan for years, but i definitely didn't start liking them because of in this diary...i've known who they are, i downloaded a bunch of their shit a few years ago, and was completely unimpressed. but i was in my radiohead phase back then, i thought every band i listened to had to be amazing. i've gotten over that! oh and by the way...the second track from SLA is called takeoffs and landings. mmm...and the second encore thing they played was teenage riot. duh. and the finished it off with san dimas. and that's when kris came into the crowd. that's when all hell broke loose. now...somehow, when he came over to our side, i got pushed into the front row. the front row!!! it was crazy. so...he was right there. so i took a picture, and then...well, of course i wanted to touch him. i couldn't resist. he was right there. so i reached with the hand that wasn't holding the camera, and i did touch him. his ass *giggle* actually, it was probably more of a poke. but anyway, just at that moment, people pushed forward again (they ALL wanted to touch his ass!) and my camera fell to the ground. i figured, this was their last song, it cant go very far, i'll get it in a minute. then kris decides to crowd surf. then they leave the stage. they're done. there's confetti that flies out. i'm trying to find my camera on the floor, and i can't find it. i'm sad. i had really good pics on there. oh well... it wasn't raining anymore when we got outside, so the walk to the subway was nice. at the subway station, i actually gave someone directions to grand central! not that they're difficult directions, but i felt proud. then...we pottied! and got on the train. and were really hyper the entire way home. except for randy, who slept alot. kenny wrote a song about my sacrifice! it was...amazing. the people in front of us were makin fun of randy, cuz he kept slumping over on us. then...out of nowhere one of them started talking to me. he asked where i was from, and i said poughkeepsie, then he asked me if i enjoyed the show (i guess it was obvious that we were there) and i said yeah, i thought it was great. and he was like...oh i was at the show too. and i'm from poughkeepsie, too. so that's 2 things we have in common. and i was like...kinda confused cuz it definitely sounded like he was flirting with me.....which has never happened, and probably never will, so i didn't know what to do. i told him it was pretty eerie. then one of the girls with them was like...oh this is john,h he's not very good at small talk. so why did he start talking to me then?then randy wakes up and mumbles something about pennsylvania. and i was like...no randy, we're from POUGHKEEPSIE. it was funny. maybe you had to be there? we finally got to our station and got off...i ran to the car...we got in the car...we went to the diner! and...yeah. that was fun. we decided the guy must have been flirting with kenny, haha. then we got home, and mom was asking me questions about the bible or something and i was just totally lost since it was 3am and i just wanted to sleep. i slept till noon today! it was so nice! so in short...the show was amazing. i don't know if i've ever gotten into a show so much, i was dancing and jumping and generally acting like an idiot, singing the words at the top of my lungs to every song....one thing i was perplexed about was how kris kept chanting hey, hey, hey. it was weird. he also kept telling us to come to the warped tour. yeah, i don't have to be told twice! hmm...i think i have some bruises and stuff, nothing major, i was just pushed around and hit with crowd surfers. and i have confetti! it's pretty. uhhhh it's now 2:05...i started this at 12:42....CRAZY! 12:42 p.m. - 2003-05-03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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