Friday, October 17, 2008

Relient K in Worcester




My head feels like a bowling ball. It's hard to support it and it's pounding.
Quad break started for me today after 2 exams yesterday and a midterm on Monday!
All of them went pretty well... but i'm very unsure about the env. sci.. midterm. That class is kickin my butt. Except I did find out what I got on my FIRST sci. exam and it was an 81% so that gives me some hope (Class avg. was 75 so i can't complain!). I felt like i had done awful on that test so it was a pleasant surprise. Maybe the same thing will happen again?

Anyway, back to why my head hurts. No I was not partying last night, although I had good reason to. I decided at the last minute to go with my friend Amanda to the Relient K concert in Worcester!! We left at 5, got there an hour and a half later, and then the bands didn't start playing til 7:30! The theatre was interesting. Pretty cool... it looked like they had converted it from an old opera house into a pretty chill rock concert place. The openers were House of Heroes, then a band called Providence played, then Ludo, and FINALLY around 10, Relient K got up there! THEY WERE AWESOME! And they played a LOT of songs I knew (since i haven't really kept up with them since their 4th cd came out, i was surprised).
Most definitely the funniest part of the night was the 3 people right in front of us.
We'd like to call them the "Mormon triplets." Let me explain why...
There was a guy around 15 (maybe 16 if we're being generous) and a girl attached to each of his shoulders. Now the little girls couldn't have been more that 15. That's bein VERY nice. I think they were around 12 or 13 though. And they wouldn't stop clinging to his shoulders, nuzzling into his neck.... and he would caress them back. it was SO WEIRD> I don't think I've ever seen anything like it! The blond one that got his left shoulder was a tiny bit prettier and seemed to be the favored one. The dude was just really happy to have 2 girls.....but you could see that he preferred blondie! It was funny for a while watching them, but then it just got irritating and annoying. What was wrong with them? What was wrong with the poor curly haired girl on the right that just kept clinging on? And was that her MOTHER to the far right dancing? There was some older lady who looked a little like the curly haired girl who left at the same time they did.... We weren't sure if there was any relation or just coincidence but if that was her mother, WHAT HAPPENED? What was wrong with that woman?? It was just so funny. One time in between bands the blond girl walked away with the guy but i thought i saw all 3 of them leaving, so i started clapping and getting really excited. I turned around and hear "You know they'll be back, right?!" .... the curly haired girl was there still. OOOPS! I turned around back to my group I was with and pretended that didn't happen. hahahhaa
At the beginning of the concert, Amanda and Eli (Junior who came with us) went to go get water and i stayed to save our spot. The kids turned around and started talking to me. It was the most awkward conversation of my life, i think. They told me that the city they were from invented the Spork (what do you say to that?) .... they told me the guy was from "Clownville" and Laura was from "Cow-ville" .... and they told me their names were Laura and Laura-Lei. Imagine that.
I was so happy when A & E came back!! And also the 3 kids left after their band Ludo played so they didn't stay for Relient K.... which was when the MOSHING started.
Yeah, not real moshing I guess but the closest thing I have come to real moshing!

Everyone sorta forms a circle, and in the empty space inside the circle everyone runs around pushing each other. I got pretty into it,.... got a little bruised up and suddenly was on the ground, I got pushed so hard! Once i was on the ground my life kinda flashed before me. There were SO many people around me jumping and I was preparing myself to be crushed. I felt 2 kicks in the face, and then someone helped me get up and everything sorta stopped for a split second to make sure i was ok. I was impressed that people were so nice! But then we started jumping again. And besides feeling a little ill and bruised i was fine.
Crowd-surfing wasn't allowed. One of Eli's friends tried (eli and a. lifted her up and passed her forward) but she got to the front and the bouncer grabbed her and carried her off. It was hilarious!!
Near the end of the concert (around 11:15) Relient K was closing with a slow-ish song and i felt like i was about to collapse! My whole body just ached (i was sore to begin with from the gym the other day) and my eyes wanted to close. I thought i was going to fall down... but the concert ended and I learned how to hear again and speak... and I was fine!
OH we met the lead singer of House of Heroes and my friend talked to him for a while. I kinda just stood to the side (after shaking his hand) because i hadn't heard much of their music so wasn't a true hard-core fan. But their music was good... and Tim, the lead was really nice.

The concert ended around 11:30, we went to wendy's cuz we were starving, then got home at about 1:45. I crashed right away. Well,. . . after a shower.

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