(I don't really expect anyone to read this ridic novel. It's just for personal reference, and it contains sentimental value~ lol.)

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Warped Tour was SO SICKKKK! I went with my friend Najla, and this year was our first time going too. As much as it sucks to get bad tans, face & scalp sunburns, buy overpriced drinks, be a walking sweat machine, and be around gross people, IT WAS SO WORTH IT OMFG. I got to watch TAI, Cobra Starship, Paramore, Jack's Mannequin, Katy Perry, Say Anything, Angels & Airwaves, We The Kings, Gym Class Heroes, and The Concerta Circus. I didn't get to meet Andrew McMahon :'(, but I did meet Nate from Cobra, Jack and William (TAI) again, and Dan Lipski<3 omg :D

Najla's mom drove us to Sam Houston Race Park, and we got there around noon with cloudy skies. We bought tickets, and there was conveniently a guy that gave us the time schedule. I almost died when I found out FTSK already played. Thanks Kevin Lyman. They had an acoustic set to later on in the day, but I missed that too.. ok so I fail. :( Well, at least Cobra was on at 1:20, so we just checked out the tents and looked for where each stage was. I bought a Jack's Mannequin shirt and changed into it luls, and I bought my brother those Kanye West glasses haha. Najla has a button fetish, so she bought buttons at TWLOHA, FBR, & Paramore. I met up with my friend Tracy, whom was working at the FBR tent. Then, Najla & I checked out The Concerta Circus at the Kevin Says Stage. They were actually pretty good!


COBRA STARSHIP: It was like around 12:50 when we started waiting for Cobra. We got a pretty good spot (mid-front right side). Cobra came on and a dance massacre ensued. THEY WERE SO FUN OMG :D Sisky and the Butcher traded off playing bass since Alex was MIA. lol omg during "Smile for the Paparazzi", Butcher brought out maracas and started dancing. It's way much better than Gabe's version of dancing: crotch-grabbing. o and I spotted Lindsey (Sisky's gf) in the back watching. Even though the link to the photo is blurry (sry) she is BEYOND PRETTY IRL. She was watching Sisky most of the time with a admiring smile on her face. William and LOL PAUL WALL came onstage for Snakes on a Plane. The crowd went crazy for him b/c hello Houston represent. :D "Hollaback Boy" was definitely the highlight of the set. People were crazy pushing and the sun was beating, so Najla couldn't handle it anymore. I left with her mid-song of "Guilty Pleasure". 




RANDOM BANDS: Out of all the bands I saw today, Cobra was the most chaotic b/c the sun was at its highest and the fans were rabid animals pm. We were so drowned in sweat, so we bought water and pizza lol hungry~. But we ate only half of the slice b/c we were more dehydrated. We chilled on the grass and then went to the Family Force 5 signing. Najla was living it up with the cute blond one, Chap Stique~ lols. We caught a few songs of Angels & Airwaves, Say Anything, and We The Kings. WTK was so boring. A&A was incredible. Say Anything was really good, even though I only knew "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" haha. I caught "Cupid's Chokehold" of GCH's set, and Travis dedicated it to his gf Katy Perry.. so so cute. He was wearing a rice hat LOL and he stopped mid-song and said he felt like he was in Mortal Kombat. god what a bamf<3.  I saw my two friends Nicole & Mary while walking around. When they told me about Jack's Mannequin's acoustic set at the MySpace tent, I ran all the way to the tent and when I got there, I asked a girl who had just played and she said Jack's. FML :'[


KATY PERRY: SHE IS SO GORGEOUS. She was having the time of her life on stage and didn't even break a sweat. She was so feminine and SASSY. "Hot N Cold" was so catchy and fun. Hayley from Paramore was watching them and I took stalkerazzi shots luls. My cousins Elise and Angela just arrived at Warped and were texting and calling me NONSTOP and asking where I was. I told them like at least 20 times I was watching Katy Perry at the Hurley.com stage and to just go walk around or w/e and I'll meet up with them later. And they kept on and on asking, "WHERE'S THE STAGE OMG?" They were throwing off my Katy Perry groove~ ok. After her set, they called me another 50 times and I was yelling at them b/c hello pissing me off. And they said for ME to chill. um xcuse you, I'm not the one that called 100 times to know where I am after I've said it 50 times already. It was their first time at Warped too, and they thought it was like a regular show wot. Anyways talking about it gets me annoyed so I'll stop. o and then I spotted them at the right main stage. Things cooled down and all was forgotten w/e. Then we split up and Najla & I sat down on the grass away from the heatstroke sun. 






JACK'S MANNEQUIN: At 5, we went to the right main stage and waited for Jack's to perform. It was my first time ever seeing them. I cried during "Dark Blue" tbh. Andrew McMahon means more than world to me. Every time he played the harmonica, I died. They performed a new song called "American Love" off The Glass Passenger OMG :D. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH IT'S NOT NORMAL. He has such heartwarming stage presence. la la loo0ove him. :') (omg excuse the cheesiness) o William came out for "La La Lie". My two favorite people on the same stage. hello best day ever. UNFORTUNATELY, I had to skip Jack's last song and walk to the left main stage and wait for TAI.






THE ACADEMY IS...: I didn't get that great of a spot b/c this guy was smoking right next to me ugh and curly guy needed to gtfo. But thankfully, I was pushed to a better spot woo~. TAI didn't perform that great tbh, but I'd still go see them again in a heartbeat. Big Mess was a winner. My camera memory was full during my favorite AH song "Skeptics" ugh. Oh yeah, TAI won the extra 10 minutes. The new songs were pretty okay... it wasn't holy sh- amazing, but I'll try to keep being open-minded. He also mentioned that Andrew McMahon produced a song on their new album tg. Travis from WTK came onstage for "About A Girl" and Bill said they're touring with them in the fall. Their last song was "Checkmarks" and that's when William came into the crowd. HOT MOMENT: When William was on the barricade for "Checkmarks", everyone was paying attention to him while I was watching Mike. I was so into~ it and singing my heart out, so I pointed to Mike and he pointed back and gave me the biggest smile. So then I geeked out and made a heart sign with my hands haha. ~fin of TAI's set~










SIGNINGS/ENCOUNTERS: Najla and I ran to the Jacks signing, but the line was the longest I've seen that day. It could've extended across 10 tents. It started at 6:30, but they weren't there yet. Tracy, Angela, and Elise came over too, but then Tracy went to get something to drink and I was going to see if TAI was going to have a signing. There was a line at their tent, but it wasn't confirmed that anyone was coming. Ziggy (TAI's merch guy) told me that there wasn't going to be the SLH listening rendezvous~ b/c Jack's editing TAI TV. WAT R U SRS. So 5 min passed and Ziggy paged someone and he said "BILL BECKETT WILL BE IN THE HOUSE." Najla, Angela, and Elise came over to the TAI tent b/c I already knew the line for Jacks was going to be cut way before I got even close :'( so I thought at least if I can't meet Andrew, I can meet Bill again. I saw Nate from Cobra too lols. He was just chilling with these two merch guys. People weren't asking him for a photo or autograph till I came over tyvm lol and I asked him if I could have a photo. He's so awkward, but in an adorable sense.


There was also Travis from WTK, but Idrc enough to ask. There was a pretty long line when William and Jack came. I wanted to meet Bill, but I'd be indifferent if I didn't. Angela and Najla wanted to meet him pretty badly though. I was looking around for Tracy since she was working at the FBR tent and I saw her with none other than DAN LIPSKI. Oh my dear god, I creamed myself tbh. He was at the Cobra tent, and I wanted to take a picture with him. At first I was so nervous lol idk why. I kept making excuses like "oh nvm he just lit up a smoke. I dnw to bother him." But then my inner fangirl dominated. Since I'm an amateur at meeting band members/crew, I felt so awkward going to their tent. I didn't know what to say for the first 7 seconds and I saw Tracy in the FBR tent mouth "Call his name." Why didn't I do that in the first place? god so obvious. Convo:
Me: Dann! -waves- Hii! :]
Dan: Heyyy! :D (brb insides melting)
Me: Could I get a picture with you?
Dan: Yeah of course! :D
-I gave Najla the camera-
Me: I love your shirt! (I really did lol. It said "Keep A Breast is for Lovers.")
Dan: omg ty :) (His face was so close to mine omg unf~)
-takes picture-
Dan: o0o can I see it?
-looks-
Dan: :DDD SWEET!
Me: LOL tysm :)

And we say bye etc. lol not much variety, but idc. He was so genuine omfg lol so happy :* <3333333


William was still signing when I got back, and Jack was right next to me. so then I was like lol hay lets talk to Jack. lol convo:
Me: -in a jokingly scolding tone- omg Jack, how dare you call off the SLH listening thing for.. TAI TV? People can wait.
Jack: -laughs- lol omg sorry. I had to edit the new episode. :/ Wait, what time does Warped end today?
Me: I think probably a little earlier than 9. 
Jack: Aw man. I could've done it after the signing, but it'd be too late. I'm sorry.
Me: Oh no, it's ok. Totally fine. :]

Then some girls were all over William and then Jack was like "lol girlz step back pls." lol back to convo:

Jack: -has a :/ on his face-
Me: (so then I felt bad) Jackk :D I know how you can make it up to me.
Jack: Haha ok, what is it?
Me: (lol) Can I have a photo with you?
Jack: omg yeah.
-I hand the camera to Najla-
Jack: lol k I'm making a funny face. 
(I didn't do one b/c he said it right when the flash went off.)
Jack: Hey put it on buzznet! This one time, I spent like the entire night on Buzznet looking at photos with me and fans. 
Me: Ahahaha ok, I will.
Jack: I'm only popular b/c of association with these guys.
Me: -I put my hand on his shoulder lol deep~- You're already amazing on your own. (My mind was going blank and distracted. I wish I could've said something not so redundant~.)
Jack: Haha aw ty. (what a sweetheart really.)

Then Jack tells William it's time to go. They start walking and the girls form a circle around him. Angela didn't get to meet him :/ but Najla got an autograph at the last second. This girl was practically William's shadow and was like "WILLIAM OMG DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU TRIPPED ME AT WAREHOUSE LIVE LAST YEAR?" She asked that 10 times tbh. And Bill goes "yeah yeah." And she says, "I still have scars from it, so you owe me an autograph. haha" And then Bill goes "Heh we all have scars." lol he's so ridic<3 At least the girls didn't follow him all the way back to the bus lol. I didn't really feel the need say anything to him tbh. It just felt nice to be around him haha :))






PARAMORE: Angela and Elise went home after the signing. I was still bummed out about not getting to meet Andrew, but Paramore kinda made up for it LOL. I'm being serious. Since Kevin Lyman is the cleverest man ever, he put Paramore last at 8pm, so people can stay and buy more water lol and check out more bands. Paramore didn't come last year, and it's been a while since they've been in Houston and they're so big now. Paramore to Najla is TAI to me. We didn't get that far up. We were in the back, but not in the way ridic back. I couldn't see them much though. My camera battery ran out, so there was nothing to do except.. enjoy! lol and I most definitely did. I HAD SO MUCH FUN IT WAS RIDICULOUS. I subconsciously memorized the words ok. I didn't even know the song titles and I'm just singing the lyrics with ease~. I was having such a good time. Their music is so catchy and you cannot not have a good time with it. Najla and I were so so into it. Najla was diagonally behind me, and there was this guy that was next to me and saw how much we were so into~ it and he let her cut in front of him. lol so nice. I had the most fun at Paramore tbh, but my favorite set to watch was Jacks :]




I got to see some of my favorite bands for just the price of $37. Sweet deal imo haha.
Since I met TAI last October, I was now kinda used to seeing band members irl haha (dn laugh pls). b/c when I saw TAI at the SWG m&g, they looked so ridiculously 3-D and full of color. So tangible! And then at Warped, I wasn't as :o in that way but :o as in hello favorite band. 
Warped is probably the highlight of my summer. This was all worth the sunburn, nasty tans, sore throat, and sore limbs. definitely all worth it.
 
The rest of my photos are here on photobucket. For the videos I took, I'll edit in the youtube link when I upload them.