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AFI---There I went :)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:53:47 GMT

So...here's the run down of the AFI concert I went to. I know not too many people will be interested, but I know Joey'll want to know. But I'll put it behind a cut so I don't ovewhelm anyone's Friend's page.

So...it was FUCKING cold...wind chill in the negatives...but I had floor and I wanted a good spot, so my best friend and I drive down to Magness Arena three hours early, prepared to freeze our asses off until doors. But, Magness did something awesome that I'd never had done at a concert before...the let us stand inside!!!!! I about kissed the floor for that one :)

I guess to begin with I should mention that this wasn't part of an AFI tour per say. It was one of our radio station's here in Denver's Christmas thing called "Not So Silent Night."

So, we stand in a fairly toasty (except when someone else walked in the door) front area of the arena. FYI...Magness Arena is in the sports complex for The University of Denver and they were having a swim meet in another area of the complex. So we're all roped in while all these little kids are running around for the swim meet. You should have seen some of the looks on parent's faces...entirely too amusing ;)

So time for doors comes and we all know what a clusterfuck that is. But my friends and I get down there and sit like the happy security guards tell us to. My sister walked in a little late, but because we all had to sit down she had a fairly easy time getting to us.

First two sets are pretty uneventful. The first band (I Fight Dragons) were pretty interesting because they played music with Nintendo sounds...it was so cool to watch. Say Anything had a pretty good set too...their really funny both when they're singing and when they're messing with the crowd.

SO...the intermission between Say Anything and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus happens. I turn a little ways to talk to my friend and when I go to turn around this chick and her boyfriend have somehow pushed their way into my spot. Now...I'm all of 4'10". I'd found this perfect spot between these two massive girls where I could see perfectly.

These two were so drunk you could smell it off of them. I stopped drinking 5 months ago, but holy hell, I'd been in BARS that smelled of less alcohol!! So, I was a little pissy. But, they were so drunk that all I had to do was walk sideways and it pushed them out of the way. So I was back to my happy spot and Red Jumpsuit came on. Good times....

Yeah right.

This chick thought that moshing means punching people around, yanking on hair and kicking. I don't know about you, but moshing to me means bumping each other around, moving as a whole group, etc. Yes, elbows sometimes end up places you don't want them to, a maybe the accidential fist. But this bitch kept hitting my sister, my friend and me, and her boyfriend was getting in on it to.

So, mostly because she was messing with my sister and friend, I grabbed the ends of her hair and let her bounce around and pull it herself. I know, bitch move, but she was fucking with my sister, and that won't fly.

Then, she full on punches my sister and I'd had enough. I grabbed a fistfull of her hair and yanked it back. She screams about way to pull her hair and I got up in her face looked in her eyes and told her 'If you touch my sister one more time, you're gonna wish I was just pulling your hair, got me?'

You have to understand how pissed off I have to be to resort to something like that. I have been in some serious pits before and I've gotten irritated but I have NEVER done something like that before! I'll talk big and bad, and I'll mean it, but I rarely if ever lose it enough that I actually follow through.

So now she's pissed and she gets her boyfriend and friend into it. So they start pummelling me with elbows and fists, so obviously I'm doing all I can to deflect them. This girl next to 'blonde bitch' as my friends and I referred to her, tells her that I hit her in the kidney. I'M FUCKING 4' 10" THE ONLY THING I WAS DOING WAS KEEPING MY ARMS UP SO I COULD STAND UP STRAIGHT!!!!!!! I didn't hit ANYONE in the kidney intentionally because I know that it hurts like a bitch!

So, I'm doing my best to keep their shots off of my face and the boyfriend has the balls to turn to me and tell me to back off and calm down!!! ARE YOU SHITTING ME! I look at him and tell him that if he hits me in the face one more time, I'd prevent him from having kids...how's that for calming down?

My friend and those massive girls that were in front of me had been complaining to the security guard about what was going on but he kept saying there was nothing he could do about it. EXCUSE ME?????? Anyone else out there ever heard of drunk and disorderly?????

So Red Jumpsuit keeps going and my jacket (my Decemberunderground Hoodie that I'd had since 2006 when the CD came out) had slipped off of me to the floor. I'd kept my foot on it but some jerk picked it up. I grabbed onto the sleeve and held on with everything I could until it was a choice between letting go or breaking my arm. I obviously let go.

The next intermission comes, and I'm completely seperated from my friends, I'd been pushed out of the way by the blonde bitch and her posse. So I'm back behind them and talking with another girl and she keeps saying she wants to move forward. I told her to watch out for those people cuz they'd intentionally hurt them. And then EVERYONE was getting in on them. It was funny really, because they were just pissing everyone off.

AFI comes on, and of course all hell breaks loose! But that stupid group only lasts 2 songs!!!! The little bitch can't handle it!!!

I couldn't tell you the set list (my memory sucks ass!) but I know they played Too Shy to Scream, Silver and Cold, He Who Laughs Last, and SO many songs I lost count.

About three or four songs in I feel these arms wrap around me. I'm scared shitless really, because yeah, I thought the ass hole had come back and was really gonna do some damage. So I whip my head around and the guy is smiling down at me and tells me he's just gonna try and lighten the load of people hitting me. I of course thank him profusely!

A few songs later I lose him but another guy and girl do the same thing and we move around to where we are able to see really well and it was AMAZING.

Jade and Davey didn't do much interacting...it was kind of sad, but they were awesome with the crowd...AND WE DIDN'T HEAR ONE THING OUT OF THEM ABOUT THE ALTITUDE!

Davey tripped himself on their ego riser, he kept going but after the song told us it hurt...I'm sure, it looked painful.

I was sad to see it end of course...they were so amazing I'm at a loss for words to describe how amazing they were.

But, I turned around and thanked the couple profusely for the 'protection' and went to see if maybe the guy had turned my jacket in to security...he hadn't. So, of course I was a little bit irritated because I was in a short sleeve shirt with a hole down the back and without a coat. It was SNOWING and even more freezing than it had been earlier!

We walk up out of the arena and my sister says bye, I turn around and there's the dude with MY jacket. I turn to my two friends and tell them that he has my jacket, but he says 'oh no, it's my girlfriend's' I told him, that was interesting seeing as he was around a bunch of guys. He kept saying it was his girlfriend's and there was no security around, and I didn't feel like starting a throwdown over my jacket so I didn't. Just continued walking outside without my coat.

Luckily my friend's boyfriend allowed me to use his sweatshirt on the way to the car and I had a sweater in Angie's car.

I know it doesn't sound like it here, but I really did have fun, despite the bruised ribs, sternum, arms and face :)

Say Anything

The Setup

Jade during the set

Cool pic of Davey

All pics were taken by my friend, and hopefully she'll put up more soon, she got a ton of them :)

Writer's Block: Play it again, Sam

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:18:42 GMT

If you could only listen to one CD for the rest of your life, what would you choose and why?

Submitted By lexxyloser

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry...that was my worst nightmare come true! I just couldn't do it! Especially since who knows what epically amazing CD's are gonna come out after I choose this one CD...that just makes me panicy and sad thinking about this question! That was not something very nice to wake up to!

Writer's Block: Would you talk to the dead?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:37:19 GMT

Have you ever participated in a seance? If not, would you consider it? What spirit would you summon and what question would you ask them? Do you believe we can get messages from the dead?

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No and no...I don't mess with the dead, let them be!

Fun Stuff To Do While Practicing Staying Awake All Night

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:47:32 GMT

You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends.

1.Moon Baby-Godsmack
2.Say It Isn't So-Bon Jovi
3.The Anthem-Good Charlotte
4.Devour-Shinedown
5.Jet Pilot-System of a Down
6.My Alien-Simple Plan
7.Fame < Infamy-Fall Out Boy
8.Dancing Dead-Avenged Sevenfold
9.Ohio-Bowling For Soup
10.Torch Song-AFI
11.Afterlife(Alternate Version)-Avenged Sevenfole
12.Silver Bullet-Hawthorne Heights
13.Nightmare-Mest
14.Cross Me Off Your List-Hawthorne Heights
15....To Be Loved-Papa Roach
16.Bad Tattoo-Warrant
17.Crash-Papa Roach
18.Dissolve and Decay-Hawthorne Heights
19.Desecrate Through Reverence-Avenged Sevenfold
20.S.O.S-Good Charlotte
21.Heroes are Hard To Find-Twisted Sister
22.The Sweetest Memory-Eighteen Visions
23.Let Me Put My Love Into You-AC/DC
24.Seize The Day-Avenged Sevenfold
25.We Sleep Forever-Aiden

Writer's Block: I'm sorry

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:09:11 GMT

If you only had one day left to live, and you had the chance to tell one person from your past "I love you," who would it be? How about "I'm sorry"?

Submitted By crazy_lil_loud1

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Since he'll never read this...I'd probably tell Andrew that I loved him. And I'd probably tell my mom sorry.

Writer's Block: Gone Too Far

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:55:30 GMT

What is the scariest incident with drugs or alcohol you’ve witnessed or personally experienced? How did it change you?

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It's not too extreme (for most people) but I saw someone hurt themselves and was so gone that I was more worried about making my train then helping them. And then I lost all my car payment and insurance money because I was to messed up to notice someone slipping their hands in my pants pocket. The result is I'm now 2 1/2 months into my straight edge life. I'm lovin' it!!

Writer's Block: Agree to disagree

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:38:28 GMT

Have you ever stopped being friends with someone over differences in political views? Are there any issues that are so important to you that you cannot be friends with someone who holds a contrary opinion?

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Good grief no...I mean chew on this. I'm a...let's say libertarian...not quite republican and not quite democrat, there are views from both sides of the aisle that I agree with. I have a friend who considers herself a socialist...yeah...may not agree with many of her political views but I still think she's an amazing person! I couldn't imagine cutting down my friends list just because we don't see eye to eye on politics! How sad!

Writer's Block: Most memorable concert

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:30:16 GMT

What was the most memorable concert you ever attended? What made it so magical?

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It's a tie between two of the Avenged Sevenfold concerts I've seen. One of them was at Magness Arena in Denver, they were playing with Coheed and Cambria. My sister and I somehow got stuck behind the HUGE guys...I swear some high school was missing their offensive line! The first note Coheed play, the guy in front of me's elbow got up close and personal with my eye...as it did for the rest of the time that my sister and I stayed in the pit. And Avengeds set...HOLY CRAP!!!! It was made of pure amazing awesomeness!! Not even joking!

The other one is the last one I saw with them, Rev Theory, Drowning Pool and Buckcherry! It was down in the Springs...and yeah, great bands, great friends, great times!!

Writer's Block: Clock Punching

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:22:21 GMT

What was your first job?

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My first job was at Coldstone Creamery. I never knew my wrists could. hurt so much!!! That, and because we were allowed to eat as much ice cream as we wanted I can hardly look at the store without wanting to get sick!

Writer's Block: Cute Meet

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:21:34 GMT

Behind every great couple, there's often a great story. What's the best (nonfiction) how-we-met story you've heard?

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My friend that I've known since 9 months before I was born was sitting in an airport and a guy started chatting her up. 7 years and three kids later they're still happy as peas in a pod!

Writer's Block: Bite Me

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:42:10 GMT

From Dr. Polidori's Lord Ruthven to Stephenie Meyer's Edward Cullen, the annals of vampire lore are filled with attractive, charming bloodsuckers. Which one would you most want to be bitten by?

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Awww, now I have to show my lameness. Forget Edward, I'd go for Emmett for one thing. And how about just going for Bram Stoker's Dracula (especially if we're talking the movie...yum!)

Writer's Block: Investigations of a Female Nature

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:42:58 GMT

Who is your favorite lady detective from movies, books, or TV?

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On TV, I love Olivia Benson...not only is she gorgeous, but she just (along with her other detectives) brings such a human element!

When I was younger I liked the Nancy Drew novels, mainly because it was my first taste of the 'anything you can do' between boys and girls...it made me proud :)

Writer's Block: Fashion Forward

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:49:42 GMT

What do you think we'll be wearing twenty years from now?

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Hopefully clothing...

Writer's Block: When I Was Young

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:03:57 GMT

What do you miss most about being a kid?

Submitted By daeinleyof

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No bills!! My coworker and I were actually talking about this the other day. We all couldn't wait to grow up when we were little and now most of us would give anything to go back to the days when our biggest responsiblity was getting back inside the house before the street lamps came on so we didn't get in trouble!

Writer's Block: In Memoriam

Mon, 25 May 2009 15:54:21 GMT

It's Memorial Day in the States, a time to remember those who have died while in military service. Who would you like to remember today?

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It's not just those who died, it's those who served. I'd like to remember my dad, who's over in Kuwait still, fighting the good fight of computer security for the Army.

And my friends who are over there, the ones who've come home and the ones who are gonna leave.

Of course, we must remember those who came before and gave us the rights and freedoms we enjoy today.

Writer's Block: Things You Don't Want to Know

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:18:27 GMT

If you knew that a friend's significant other was cheating on him or her, would you tell your friend the truth or keep it to yourself?

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I think it depends on whether or not I was absolutely, one hundred percent positive that it was happening, because otherwise I might say something wrong and destroy something perfect because I was mistaken. Now, if I positively knew, you bet your happy ass I'd say something!

Writer's Block: Really, Truly

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:43:59 GMT

Do you believe in true love? What about love at first sight?

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True love...I'd like to believe in it. Love at first sight...no, that's called LUST!

Writer's Block: Almost Famous

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:58:30 GMT

Have you ever met a celebrity in real life? Who was it and how did your paths cross?

Submitted By klutzy_girl

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I have always been told I look like Shirley Temple...or at least I used to when I was a little girl and had the curly ringlets and cheeks...I'll have to find a picture eventually. But I really did (and my curls were ALL real!)

Writer's Block: Desert Island Time

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:09:57 GMT

You're packing your bag for that magical desert island that happens to have electricity, a TV, and a DVD player—what five DVDs do you take with you?

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OOOH, good question. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas for sure. Maybe American Beauty for the drama, What Lies Beneath for when I want a good scare, Avenged Sevenfold's All Excess for some music, and Sleeping Beauty for the cartoons!

Writer's Block: If Animals Could Talk

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:27:51 GMT

If you could ask your pet any question (and they could answer you), what would it be?

Submitted By frisinator

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WHAT DO YOU WANT!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, my dogs have been whining and crying ALL night...kid you not I've had maybe 2 hours of sleep. They're like those inconsolable babies...you let them out, they bang on the doors to get back in, you give them water, they take one sip and walk away, you put them up on the couch with you and pet them, the get up and walk away...I even gave them bones and they just left them on the floor! ACK!!!!

Writer's Block: Dressed to Impress

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:28:16 GMT

Who had the best outfit at the Oscars this year? Who had the worst?

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I didn't watch, but I saw pictures, and I must say, contrary to what critics are saying, I loved Kate Winslet's outfit. I liked Mily Cyrus' as well.

As for pure hideious...Heidi Klum and Sarah Jessica Parker's dresses were just...ick.

Writer's Block: Words to Live By

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:54:07 GMT

What is your personal motto or favorite quotation?

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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain

The world would be such an amazing place if more people followed this advice!

Writer's Block: Challenges I’ve Faced

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:19:24 GMT

What challenges in life have you conquered and emerged from a better person?

Writer's Block: Left Behind

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:58:25 GMT

What do you want done with your body after you die?

Submitted By crunch_crunch

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I want to be cremated. Then, a little bit of my ashes go to each of my friends. But the can't keep me. They have to go to the place that they have their best memories of me and put me there. That way I'm always in the best places :)

Writer's Block: Spoilers Below the Cut

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:07:18 GMT

Have you ever ruined the ending or given away plot developments in a book, movie, or tv show by telling someone who hasn't seen or read it what happens? Has anyone ever done this to you?

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Yes, but only when asked...most of the time.I gave my sister a little more information than necessary in the Harry Potter and Twilight series, but she did ask for some of it.

And I've had people tell me the ending to a couple of movies, and I was mad because it completely gave away the surprise. Someone told me the end to The Village and to The Sixth Sense, not fun movies to know the ending of.