My friend and I bought some merch...toc shirts, saosin shirts, berts face with theflower in his mouth saying I love the used shirt, etc...WE originally got in the line for aiden, but we heard saosin was already on the upper level so we go...we cut the line a lot- no one caught us, too bad for them...saosin sign for us and I asked beau (harmony guitar and frontman) if they were taking pictures and he said right after the signing so we waited there and just listend to sense fail from the top level until saosin were son with there signing...There were these bleacher that you could just sit in so it was nice, because 3000 people were not meant to fit in that theater and that's how many went...people seriously I heard passed out and got trampled in the pit- It was hard no doubt, so watching sense fail from the bleachers on the upper level of the theater was fine with us...Senses fail- sounds good,so no issues there. So the Saosin pictures...well beau and alex(drummer) left, but chirs, justin and cove stayed, I took my picture with chris and told him "that we were there for them" he joked that "oh you came just ot see me, thanks so much", he was cool...then I booked it over to justin- what a beautiful man...maybe he was extra nice to me because I told him during the signing that he was my favorite guitarist in the world...and that's the truth, if you see him, he's so intense but amazing...so it was no lie that I told him that...I kept talking to him about the pit because he apologized for being sweaty, but he actually smelled really good so I was happy with that. I told him that there was no need to apologize because we were equally as hot with the intenseness in the pit...he was so sweet, but my friend took a picture when we were talking, so that didn't come out to well and we took another one that I love( I will post pics when I finish my memories hahaha). Then I go over to Cove and he rubbed my back throughout hte whole picture which was so great lol, and yes he was jsut a beautiful, but before the picture is snapped, justin walks over and says "h/o I want to take one more picture with you". It was so sweet of him because he knew how much I loved him as a musician I suppose (but we all know I love him for other reasons on top of that)...the cove justin pictures is now one of my faves...
Senses fail finish up and we decide no reason to go back into the pit to get nearly killed for 30 so we watch happily from teh bleachers...30 were great as usual and they answered my prayers when they played "buddha for mary" which is off their older self titled album- up until this show they were only playing things off A beautiful lie- the newest album, and I love the old matierial so much too, so it was a pleasant suprise...so we sing every song along with them and then they end with a new song that I was dying to hear...good thing the bassist was pretty good lol but I did miss matt
so at the end of their set, they run up the bleachers into where they do their signing on the top floor (where saosin had theirs)...we were up there so my friend got a video of jared cming up and giving the crowd one last wave before he sat down...
My friend went to get us wristbands for the 30 signing (they sign if you buy stuff lol) whil i waited for the used...but she called me and she had cut hte line so i walked right up and we wnet to sign for 30...I had designed the shirts were were wearing for my friends b-day last year and when 30 saw them- omg amazing...first off...we get there and shannon didn't have anything in front of him but the line was going slow so he looked back and said to me "hey cutie"- well that felt good, he probalby told hundreds at the show if not thousands but for that time I was very happy...then when I was in front of him when he was signing my wrist band, he said " wow I love your shirt". It says on it "yes this is a cult... echelon" and it has theri symbols on it and their mithra emblem on the back..so i turned around for him and he seriously loved it. I got to tomo and he looked kinda sick he smiled and I said hi then I moved to jared...who omg never seen him in a better mood...he reiterated that fact is saying "I lvoe your shirt, it's so nice to see" then he smiled- an actual smile, teeth showing and all, I have never ever seen jared smile liek that before. The feeling was tremednous. So he continues to talk to my friend and I after we had already left the line, still smiling telling us to come back, and he would want to see us two again...with our shirts lol, and how much he appreicated that we did make them and how much we care...I have never heard him say such nice things to a fan, and it truly reinstated why i love him in the first place (on top of the huge blue eyes staring at you omg...)
Lucky for us The Used hadn't started yet and we went to watch them fro mteh bleachers...well I have to say they were the best that night, I loved everyone, but wow...now I know why they are so big, because live, they just pull it off completely...dan the drummer could not be fast, bert's voice is clear and you can hear it perfectly, and Quinn and Jeph just hold the melody to perfection. I screamed every song with them and that is definetely why my throat that this moment is killing...I think box full of sharp objects did me in lol...for that song he called wiL from aiden out on stage and after a nice long kiss with him (so hot haha) they did another death wall that was awesome to see from above. Incredible...just everything pulled off...but the night wasn't nearly close to being over...