Blue Roses

I can't believe they're OVER! All this waiting, and it went so quickly. LOL

Anyway, second concert was far better than the first, IMO. They were more on. But that's getting ahead of myself. <.g> See, at this concert, they were far more stringent about cameras...people were being sent back to cars, cameras being confiscated, etc. We ended up deciding to bring E's back to the car, but getting mine in. Yeah. I so cannot lie, guys. I am so bad at it. Erin was cracking up at my expressions last night, because I kept trying to chicken out. But I had my camera around my neck under my shirt, and pushed to the side, where my purse was over it. The guy was wanding the front, back, and both sides. Girls directly ahead of us had theirs confiscated, and one girl was sent back to the car. I asked E one last time if it was worth it, she said yes, I whimpered. <.g> So she goes through, okay. I go through, it of course goes off. He opens my purse, looks inside, and I go, "I have keys!" E said I looked about ready to faint, and I was totally blushing. LOL! But he let me through, and I didn't stop shaking for a good 20 minutes. LOL I'm so naughty. <.g> Sad thing is, that's a big deal for me to try and be sneaky. LOL E kept squeaking at me, "I have KEYS!" Never living that one down. It's entered our lexicon, along with the classic from 4th grade, "Erin! It's still FLASHING!" <.g>

So we go wandering around, I buy one more thing for a very cool and sweet online friend who wasn't able to come to any concerts (three friends are either going to love me or hate me. <.g>), and then I head to buy myself a Lance picture. The girl in front of my stops short, and I bump into her, and then walk around her. "Rina?!" It's Aarti! LOL So we chatted for awhile, saw Tony Lucca and Not So Boyband signing stuff (E and I got there at 7, got in at 8, and were thrilled to miss the opening acts <.g>), walked around with her and saw Kate, and then headed to our seats. They were up high, yes, but in the center, towards Lance's side. WHEEEE! LOL

Concert was AWESOME. I got two rolls of pictures...I finished the first roll in the song right after Sailing (I think Celebrity? I was happy, because I don't like that song anyway and didn't want pictures then. <.g.) So E and I manually rewind it, and then we huddle over it. We slip the cover open just a bit and E feels around. "I don't feel any film...." Opens it more...."It's not there!" We squeal loudly and happily, E changes the film and we cheer. Screw the boys, the *camera worked! LOL!

The talky bit was so much better last night. Chris participated more instead of having his chin down, eyes downcast. (Busta died earlier on Thursday....that's so sad, because he couldn't have been more than 6 or so. He was a puppy on the IDMC video. : ( ) He was kinda a little mean, but funny, ragging on JC for telling crappy stories. "Is this a boring story? Are we gonna all want to get up and leave?" "NO, you will not all want to get up and leave, because this is the BEST STORY EVER." LOL And that went on for awhile. Finally, JC was laughing and told him to get the jelly out, because this was going to be SUCH a good story. E and I were cracking up, the moms were coughing hard, the kids were lost, and Justin laughed so hard he had to get off his stool and walk away before coming back. LOL! (side note....does Lance EVER talk alot during that bit? <.sigh> He was almost totally silent, just interjecting a few random comments that mostly got drowned out. I'd say he was like me and has a hard time joining in conversations with multiple people, but as a business man, he should really have that skill. LOL) So yeah, then Justin was like, "That was such a bad story. I think you should be punished for telling such a bad story. What do you think? Should we spank him?" And then Joey did. LOL First time, JC just was surprised, second time, he stumbled forward and glared. <.g> Do I have pictures of that? No, of course not. LOL Oh, well.

So, yes, it was a great deal of fun. My pictures are far, and I kinda forgot to have the zoom all the way on all of them, but I can still tell what they are. For the most part. <.g> Besides, I don't know, I just had so much fun with Erin, and I wouldn't have had as much fun with anyone else...her high pitched screams and her "Okay, now WHO is that?" just made it all so perfect, despite my answer of "The orange blob is Lance!" Plus, of course, how many of my friends would take the time in the concert and change my film for me? <.g> I said that I wanted the concerts to be memorable...believe me, they will be. Thank you, new camera, for taking my intentions of a memorable concert experience and twisting them for your own satisfaction. <.g>

Then after the concert we watched Alicia's puppy tape. OH MY GOD!!! We were in hysterics. She fell off my bed when JC said, "Learn me!" to Rosie. LOL She asked if he did decoupage, and he looked horrified and confused and obviously thinking the wrong thing and was like, "ExCUSE me?!" LOL She was cracking up, told him she would decoupage him after the show if he didn't know what it meant, and to just let his mind wander. LOL! Oh, but the best bit was at the start at the (I assume?) German concert where Chris, like, mounted Justin and started thrusting back. Lovely, lovely image if Justin wasn't jailbait. <.g> Oh, and when Chris splashed water at Lance and Lance jumped on him, and they both fell. <.g> Super cute.

So, that was my concert-going experience. I had SUCH a fun time, and I can only hope that this 8 month hiatus doesn't kill them, and they do another tour. Because I would so definitely do this again if I had the chance. LOL