It's taken me a few days to get my rest back, every second was well worth it!
A few weeks back I found out Dir en grey was coming to New York and LA for live concerts. I FREAKED! I ran screaming through the house, litterally jumping over couches, in and out of rooms, yelling at the top of my lungs (btw, socks on the floor + running = slippery =D I had fun with that one). My parents have grown used to this behavior and simply asked what I was talking about. After a few more sprees I finally told them Diru was coming to America and was actually playing LA, only 2 hours away! I knew the chances of me going were 1 in probably a million but I was too excited to care. That's when my luck came into play. I begged them to let me go (since my dad actually kinda likes their music). In the end, Brandon volunteered to take me! THEY SAID YES! I flipped out!
When the day of ticket sales came out I was up an hour before staring at ticketmaster with my mouse ready to order asap. I got in the Mezz (which was where I wanted to be, that or loge but that was gone before they went on sale I think). I was originally supposed to pay for everything but because of my 4.33gpa, my parents covered tickets, gas, and food. I would pay for anything else. Agreed =3 they know how hard I've been working this year and it's paying off well! I think that's also one of the reasons I was allowed to go in the first place!
So on Thursday, I was WAY to excited. School seemed so meaningless, I couldn't concentrate on ANYTHING! When I got home I got ready and Brandon picked me up at 4:30 and we were off to LA. When we got there, the first thing I saw was the lights saying Dir en grey was playing. I flipped! I was screaming and bouncing up and down in the car so excited to know I was there and that there wasn't some mistake (which for some reason... I had some doubts that everything would turn out right). We parked and got in line to get in. Took a while I must admit, there were a LOT of people there! I spent my time talking to some people in front of me (you should have seen the expression on Brandon's face when one asked if he was a pedophile XD). We're all very alike: anime fans, Jrock fans, and even Gaia Online! One (the die hard Kyo lover <3) was wearing an adorable EGL costume, she looked a lot younger than she was but all of them were much younger than me.
When I got into the building, it was dark and loud. Just like I had expected. We watched some weird band, I don't even remember the name. I wasn't the most impressed but the lead singer really needed the belt that was hanging on his side to be used properly ^^;; Dir en grey FINALLY came on. It was torture waiting. As soon as G.D.S. started the crowd went crazy! I've never seen anything so fantastic or been so excited in my life! I was screaming at the top of my lungs with every song (even though I had a huge choir rating festival the next day...). Most of the songs they played were from Withering to Death. Makes sense really. There were 4 songs I had hoped they'd play: The Final, Jessica, Machiavellism, and Umbrella. They played The Final and Machiavellism. I kinda expected them but I was REALLY hoping Jessica would be played for some reason.
I've seen some better concerts of theirs from DVDs but I was still extremely happy just to see them live. I was looking back at something I had written at the beginning of the year, one of my goals was to see a Diru concert. I can finally cross that off my list! (though I'd REALLY like to see another :P;; ) Kyo was awesome ^_^ He really can put on a show when he wants to. I wish I could have seen better but it's hard to really see from that distance (seeing as my eyes are terrible...). But I saw all of them! I feel bad for Shinya... he gets no action T_T;; But maybe he likes it that way...? All in all, it was a gorgeous concert! I loved it with every fiber of my being and I'm dying to get more concerts and watch them over and over again!
After it ended, (it seemed to end so quickly T_T) I went and blew about $200 (my stash) in the blink of an eye. I managed to get The Code of Vulgarism Tour, Vulgar, Kisou, Withering to Death, a poster, and the Zombie shirt. Okay, the shirt is an XXL... I swear... that's all they had left!! I got it anyway XD It looks so funny to see me in something so large. I really needed a small but ended up with the largest size anyway. I wore it the next day to school. I looked kinda funny with a ponytail and cutesy bow (left over from the festival... I don't wear my hair anyway but down normally) and a huge zombiefied t-shirt tied in the middle so it wouldn't hang over like a dress. I'd had enough dresses for one day. Our choir dresses are rather... long XD;
Yes, I went to school the next day even though Brandon and I didn't get home till around 2 AM. But school was a festival at BHS so I was saved from doing homework on Thursday since I had litterally NO time to do it. I did, however, have to go to Calculus for an AP review session after school. I couldn't concentrate to save my life, and it wasn't just from lack of sleep either.
I think Brandon thinks I'm crazy now though XD He said I seemed to age 3 years in that night alone. I wonder if that's a good thing? I figured I went back in time... I was acting like a 6 year old... or just a crazy fangirl I guess :P;
I have a lot of make-up work now... IT WAS SO TOTALLY WORTH IT!! I wish I was rich... there were many albums and DVDs I wanted... and the singles!! ahh! I wanted Jessica and The Final (I didn't really see if that one was there... knew I couldn't afford it, but I KNOW I saw Jessica! kinda wish I hadn't...) I think I've left out a few details... but it's actually almost 3 AM now and... some things are best left unsaid :P On a journal anway ^_~;
Please come back to LA, Diru =3 I want to see you guys again! <3
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