Friday, July 9, 2010

The best day of my life so far.

My Day 6 (?) letter will be up in a bit. ANYWAY, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY.
So, I woke up after two and a half hours of sleep, got ready, then Emily picked me up. We then went to Jared's, to get him and his friend Scott. Then, began the drive to Toronto. Emily and I didn't really know Scott, but it was surprisingly not too awkward, and he turned out to be a pretty cool person.

Also, I just realized I reak of weed. Awesome.
Anyway, eventually we go to FUCKING WARPED TOUR. It was raining, and the line up seemed endless. So, we waited in line to be allowed in. While we waited in line, I felt kind of anxious. Warped Tour is a breeding ground for scene kids, not even kidding. At least 3/4s of the people there were either reeaally brutal, or scene. Eventually, we got in, just a tad too damp, but who cares, right? We bought a schedule and went over to one of the five (?) stages. Parkway Drive was playing there last song which was good, but we weren't close to the stage at all. Then, Attack Attack! came out. They were incredible! And we were in the pit, so it was tons of fun, although pretty painful.

Also, think of Warped Tour as the Western Fair, except there's five stages and big spaces for crowds, and a crapload of booths. And it's fucking awesome. Bands are playing at almost all the stages at all times. Yes, there's A LOT of bands.

After Attack Attack!, Whitechapel came out. They're so fucking brutal. I kept a safe distance from the pit to avoid getting my bones shattered. Seriously, it's hardcore stuff. Scott was in the pit for every band. I don't know how he didn't die, though he did take a pretty bad blow to the face. After Whitechapel was Suicide Silence (also incredibly brutal), still at the same stage. After that, we weren't too interested in the other bands, so we walked around a bit, looking at booths and stuff. Actually, my memory is a bit hazy with the order, but I think I'm doing okay so far :P So, after that, we saw Enter Shikari at a different stage. They put on an INCREDIBLE live show. Jared and Scott were in the pit, so Emily and I lingered near, enjoying the show, went to the washroom, then came back for the last two songs. They were sooo good. After that, we kind of just sat for a bit, because they were dead from moshing. Then we went booth lurking some more. Scott went to see Bring Me The Horizon, while the three of us continued walking around. I went to the booth for Confide, a fabulous band, and bought a bracelet. It's black and says recover. I like it quite a bit. Anyway, right as we were heading away from the booth, Emily says

"OH MY GOD THE GUY FROM ATTACK ATTACK WAS RIGHT BESIDE ME AT THAT BOOTH"
So I look over, and he's still there! Emily and I LOVE Attack Attack, so we were pretty excited. We said hi and got pictures with him, the lead singer. It was fucking awesome, meeting someone who's such a big deal to us. After bands finish playing, they normally go to their own booth and sign and do meet and greets. However, the line ups for those can take hoourrs, and you miss a lot of bands, so we didn't do that. BUT WE MET HIM ANYWAY. It was sooo great. We continued to booth lurk, met the other singer in Attack Attack and got pictures with him, sat for a bit, and then met and got a picture with the lead singer of Breathe Carolina. Then, oh geez...

So, I told you about Suicide Silence, yes? Well, they're lead singer is A FUCKING BRUTAL FACEFUCK, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW! And he was just biking around the area we were sitting at, then was talking to some people. Some girls got pictures with him (it took many requests and he wasn't too enthused at all), so we waited to talk to him. We waited for 15 minutes, and it was completely obvious that we wanted to talk to him. He pretended we weren't even there! But finally, he kind of pointed and acknowledged me, so I said "Hey, can-" THEN HE BIKED AWAY, LICKITY SPLIT. It's possible he was acknowledging someone behind us. But still, it was kind of rude. He wouldn't take 30 seconds to say to some fans who payed 60 bucks to see him. Awesome. :/

But oh well, I got over it :P So then we went back to a booth and I bought a versaemerge shirt that is most likely too big. But that's okay. Oh, versaemerge. They're one of my favourite bands right now, but they're not very brutal. Emily doesn't like them too much, and I'm almost certain Jared and Scott would greatly dislike them, so I didn't have anyone to see them with ): I figured I'd miss them completely, but guess what, I didn't! We went over to see Nevershoutnever, and we got there early to be close to the stage, and at the stage right beside where he was supposed to play, Versaemerge was on! So I saw their last two (or was it three?) songs, and was quite pleased. I love them.

So then we saw Nevershoutnever. WHAT A CHARACTER! He's so talented, and has remarkable stage prescence (ICANTSPELL). Also, he's an bottomless well of love. His songs were all about loving each other, and how amazing people are, and he said a billion times how much he loves us, and he's the kind of guy that... well, when he says it, you believe it. He's sooo fabulous, I almost cried when he played What Is Love?. Anyway, after him, we were done. There weren't any other bands we cared to see too much, so we began to leave. While we were leaving, I saw versaemerge doing a meet and greet. The line didn't look too bad, but I didn't want to keep the other three sticking around to meet a band they don't care for. So, that was a bit saddening, but that's okay.

BECAUSE TODAY WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
This entry doesn't do it justice. And actually, I think I'll do the day 6 thing tomorrow. And day 7 as well. Bye now.

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