J-J-J-J-JENNY!

This weekend I went to two concerts. ha, that's a usual these days.
The first one was friday, black friday! yes, as most people go shopping on black friday, I go to concerts..... haha, I'm normal. ;)
so me and alix get to static age like 4 minutes before they open the doors. and no ones was there. so we wait four minutes, and like 20 people show up... It was random. ha, so we get in, and the dude wouldn't let alix in at first cause she had a 20 and he didnt have change. hahaha. so i was first in the venue ;) sorry, im lame like that. uhm, so yea, me and alix just chilled for like 30ish minutes, then the first people started setting up. Kodiak Era. I had sorta listened to them before, I mean, they dont have anything recorded, but they have a few youtube videos on their page, so I heard those... but alix and I really came for our guys, So Let Go! ;). So, we saw Matt, and said hi, and he's random and randomly talked to us a few times... ha, and Kodiak Era started. They were pretty good. River came over, and I bought two tickets from him for the Sunday show, for my friend who wanted me to buy her tickets... Alix wanted to sit down, so we went to the stools. And we said hi's to Austin, Natalie, Reece, and Paul. yea. I still wanted to listen to Kodiak Era, they were good. haha. uhm, so for their last song we went back up. they were good. k, so then, I thought So Let Go! was going.. but then Quiet Coyote went. so then we listened to them. They were acoustic, and quiter, and sorta hard to hear, but they were alright. after them was So Let Go!. hahah, they something was wrong, and it took 'em like 45 minutes to set up, which was long.... hah. then they started. It was pretty good. They played their four songs. I recorded Spaceships and Airplanes, but it's on alix's camera.... i'll get it on youtube eventually, along with like 40 other videos we've taken at concerts. ;) mmmm. so after they played they left, and me and alix hung around somemore. we listened to the next band play, i dont exact remember their name... but they were decent. we got kinda bored and went across the street to the gas station. I was getting pretty flat, so i bought a vitamin water. it didnt help all that much. we went back inside the venue, and i was like extremely low on the blood sugar. :p then i called my mom to pick us up. we went outside, and there was this dude eating pizza. and i was like, "oh dude, you can't do that to me." and he was like "ohh, you want it?" and i was like "ah, i do, but it's yours." and he's like, "i think i can spare one piece." soooo i got pizza. that made me better. we started talking, and it happened to be Andrew from Kodiak Era. He was really cool. he was with his manger or something. and we just chatted. he remembered accepting me on myspace... weird. haha. and some other stuff, like how i'm a musician too, and about smoking and how it's bad for you, hahahaha. and then this other band member came over and gave me a sticker. yea. it was cool. then my mom showed up, and we got home at like. 11:52. :p

thennnnnn sunday.
ohkay, so after church shayna texts me and says becca cant go anymore, and i had already boughten their tickets, plus alix and mine. so i was starting to freak out cause i needed to get rid of it. so i told her to ask everyone she knew. no one wanted to go, so i asked my friend Ryan. he really wanted to go, he just had to ask him mom first, so i was consent with that. then shayna said that her mom didnt feel like driving out to Pontiac, because it started snowing pretty hardcore, and she didnt want to drive in that weather. and ryan texted me saying he couldn't get ahold of his mom, and if she didnt call back, he wouldnt be able to go. so i defff started to freak out and stress out. then ryans mom called him back and said he could go. thank you god. and so i asked shayna if maybe my dad could give her a ride, if she could get a ride to my house.. and her mom agreed. thank you jesus. alix came over at about... ehh 5? we just kinda hung out for a little took a bunch of random photos, that were deleted, hahah. justt had some fun. then my mom and dad came home from the store, and my dad came with a bunch of promos for my three concerts coming up at the Coffee Café, and gave alix a stack of 25, and told her to pass 'em out to everyone at the concert. funnn.... haha. we ate dinner, then shayna got dropped off and we headed out. soooo, we got to the venue at like 5:56... haha. we went in the air lock cause it was snowing, and NO ONE was outside the venue... and like we went into the concert area. and we saw bands sitting on the couches on either side. then Matt came over and talked to Alix, Shayna, and me. we said stuff, like about the show, about concerts in general, and then alix, the promoter, took out one of the cards of me and gave it to matt, so we started talking about me, awkward. he's gunna go to some shows maybe? i dunno... uhm, yea, then we.. went to the bathroom. then we went back upstairs. and decided we were gunna go outside? i dunno why. we walked like, a block. then we walked back to the venue. again, i dont remember why we did this, i dont honestly think we had a reason. so yea we went back into the air lock. people were finally there. two girls, who were big goot fans, cause they had a goot poster. :) mmm, yea. then we saw mandy and natalie and started talking to 'em. and then River came over to talk to us. and Alix, gave 'em all cards, so they're maybe coming to some shows too. coolness. :] and more people showed up. and we got let in at like 6:04? or something to that effect. yea. and ryan was still not there yet... ha. so let go did some soundcheckin. fun... we went to the right side of the room and met Goot! we talked about some stuff, and took pictures. then we saw Olivia so we started talking to her and hanging out and stuff. then Ryan FINALLLYYY showed up. and i gave him the other ticket. then so let go started around lke, 6:30 or so. they did they're amazing songs that i love so much and me and alix and ryan jokingly screamed like teenies. fun stuff. shayna and olivia are more layed back. ;) mmmhmmm. so when they were done, we left the front-ish area and just kinda chilled in the backish place. uhm, so then... i dont remeber. we did stuff. :] haha. uhm, ryan, alix, austin, matt, paul, josh, and me took 2 pictures. fun fun fun! :) thennnnn this other band played. i dont remember their name. haha, me and ryan had fun mosh pitting and head banging and screaming/screamoing like teenies. fun fun stuff. after they went on, goot was up next. i love goot, he's really good, and i've been a fan of him for like a year now, so it was cool to finally get to see him play. he did really good. he played my favorite song by him, Asleep at the Wheel, which i recorded on alix's camera. yea, it'll be up, wayyy later, sometime on youtube. ha. uhm. when he was done we went over and chatted with him about some stuff again. yay. then after him was Swimming With Dolphins. ah, love. <3 Adam Young/Owl City wasn't present, because he got signed? that's what i've been told... so Austin kept the show going and played solo. he was really good. i videoed taped two songs. i'm pretty sure during silohettues (i just murdered the spelling) i had like ADD and Ryan wouldn't stop playing around so i video taped Alix, Shayna, Olivia, me, Ryan, and probably Matt and Paul too cause they were standing next to me... :p haha. uh yea. after he was done we went over to his merch table, and i got the Swimming With Dolphins CD, which he signed, and then we took pictures. :) fun fun stuff. mmmhmmm, so then alix called her dad to give us a ride back home. it was only like, 8... pretty early. uhm, so then we watched like half of i think they're called Throwing Paper Airplanes set. they were alright, but like, everyone had left. ha, i felt bad, there was a band AFTER them playing. so then we said our goodbyes to Austin from SWD and left. yea, it was a great shows!. :]


whooo this weekend it's me on friday and joey page/a cursive memory/savvy&mandy saturday! :D

peace.
laura jean. <3

You are the one the one that lies close to me, whispers hello I miss you quite terribly...

SOOOOO yesterday, Alix and I went to the Hellogoodbye, Ace Enders, Play Radio Play!, Nevershoutnever! concert. it's a dandy story if you'd like to hear about it, continue reading...

so, on tuesday, I told my mom she needed to buy the tickets, and I had the window open, but I guess someone went on the computer between me and her, cause she never did, so on Thursday we went to ticketmaster to get tickets, and it was sold out. so my mom called the venue and asked if it was really sold out and they said they might add more rows, call back on friday morning. so she did and they said that if you get their early they MIGHT have some. and then we called right before we were going to leave to pick up Alix and they said they would NOT have any at the door. I called up Alix and told her there were NONE, and we wouldn't get it, but she had faith and confidence and finally convinced me to go. We get down there around 4:45PM/5PM - ish, and there's about 22 people in line in front of us. We ask them if they have tickets and for the most part, none of them did. We went inside the Magic Stick to ask if they were selling tickets and they said they only had a few left, first come first serve basis... So we went back in line. Alix, smart oh smart Alix, wore her moccasins to the concert, in the snowy/rainy weather and didn't wear socks so she pretty much almost got frostbite. She went inside a dozen or so times, and I kinda just stayed in line. Then this car showed up and people were like 'WHO IS THAT?!?!?!" and i was like, "oh, it's nevershoutnever!" totally joking of course, and then low and behold it really was christofer drew's car, and he walked past us, like 3 times... haha i said hi to him.. :p then i got really cold, so i went inside for a little bit, and just so happens to be Forest, the lead singer of Hellogoodbye standing there buying some pizza. ha, random. I talked to him for a little, then I talked to these two other people, with Alix. we got talking and then said "this is a stupid question but, are you in hellogoodbye?" and one of them said, "I'm not, but Ryan is." and I was like, "ohh, I like, love your music, but I never look at pictures of you guys." and he's like "oh, well that's a good thing, then you like us for the music, not for our looks." and i'm like "exactly." then he asked us if we had tickets, and me and alix are like, "no, we were gunna buy them at the door, but he says only like the first few people in line are getting 'em" and so Ryan was like, oh I can get you on the guest list, just write down your names on some paper. sooo, I just so happened to have one last promo card about myself in my pocket, and alix asked 'em if we could bring in two friends and they're like, just write your names plus 1, so i wrote "Laura Jean + 1 Alix H(her last name.) +1" And they read my promo card and were like, "aww to bad we won't be here for it." haha it was funny. and we called our friend, whom still said he wasn't going after that, so we took these two people my mom had been talking to for like three hours in line named Billy and Vericonia. sooo, we got our hands "x"ed and then we were told to go into the line that doesn't have tickets, and I was like, we're on the guest list, so this person had my card, and she's like ohkay, do you have ID and i'm like, uhh, flip it around, it's a promo card about me. and so we went in for free (yay guest lists. ;)). and we went right up to the stage. and Alix went straight to the merch line. so, I sat down on the stage, cause i was tired of standing in line forever, and i talked to this girl next to me and she was like, yea, it's my birthday today, and i was like, awww! i'll get nevershoutnever! to sing happy birthday to you. anddd, then these people said to me, "hey don't you know what happened in vegas?" and i was like, "yea" and they're like "ohhh they're right over there.." so i got up and i saw a hoodie that said "do you think your orginal" on the back, and i was like, "aaron?" and he turned around and was like "Laura!" and gave me a hug and he brought me over to Nick, Steve, and Dylan, and was like "Everytimee!!" and i gave them all hugs and we chatted for a bit and Aaron gave me a what happened in vegas card, so i gave him one of my promo cards, and he was like, "darn! it's the same day as the all time low, the maine concert, otherwise i'd be there, i'm gunna keep this though." and i told him about my big show in february coming up and he's like, maybe i'll go to that one. then i went back to my 'seat' on the stage. and alix came back and finally the concert started with nevershoutnever! he was amazing, i sat on the stage his entire set, haha it was pretty fun. ;) he did amazing, after his first song, i did get him to sing happy birthday, cause im just that good. <3. and he told some stories and stuff, he was just adorable. he did amazing too. he's the biggest hippie i know, i swear. when he was done alix wanted to walk around, so we got out and stuff. and then i went to the merch and got a nevershoutnever shirt and cd. Thennnn, play radio play! was next. they were really good. i had never listened to them prior, and they were good. haha. their lead singer reminded me of We The Kings's lead singer. after them, it was Ace Enders, and for them we went up closer to the mosh-pit area. about a song after we got there, Aaron Vegas and Nick (whiv) started a mosh pit, it was pretty funny. we got really close to the stage, like four or so rows away. and then i saw reece and river, two of the kids from slg that go to my school, so i said hey... haha. after ace enders was done, me and alix got back out. and we bought some water. then hellogoodbye was on, so we ventured back into the mosh pit. it was realllll fun. they did really good. untill, this girl next to me started punching me like a maniac, i'm like what the fuck? and she just punched me more. so i started to like leave, cause it was like 10:30ish and alix had said her mom was coming at like 10, hahah, and i got out, and gave aaron a hug bye, and then i lost her, and lost all service on my phone.. so i tried to find her again which was terribly insanely hard. and i finally got service and found her, but her mom wasn't coming untill 11, but we didn't want to try to get back into the mosh, so we stood by the meet and greet line for nevershoutnever!, and after a while we got bored of it, so we went to the pool table area. and then alix noticed austin waving to us, he's also in slg, and we went over and said hey. then we went back over to the meet and greet line. and we saw the lead singer of Ace Enders, and we talked to him for a little bit and got photos and he signed this promo card, i felt awkward getting his autograph, i dont get autographs these days... and the concert finally ended at like 11:20-ish, and alix's mom texted her and was like, im here come out RIGHT NOW! and we tried waiting a few more minutes, but her mom came in, and she made us leave, so we didn't get to 'meet' christofer drew. it was sad. i'm still sad. he's my favorite singer. i'll meet him at his next concert though. <3.

yea, it was really great show. (: if you weren't there you deffff missed out.

The harder I try the harder I fall, life's got me spinning in circles...

so. I got lazy, and never posted about the concert on the 1st of november.
it was amazing. So Let Go!, These guys from my school played first and they did really well. it was their first show, and it was incredible. then Kao Layor went on. I didn't really watch their set though. They sounded pretty ohkay. After was Lets Get It, which was amazing. I really really love their music, and after they finished I talked to their guitarist, Tyler for a good roughly hour, he was really cool, and I got their demo cd and it was great. Then The Arrival went on. I really enjoyed them. they have a lot of good songs. Afterwards, me and Alix went around and took pictures with peoples from the bands and stuff, while ASecondTooLate went on. They're pretty hardcore screamo, and I have their demo cd, but I've never listened to it... I dunno, I will sometime. ;) haha, I've been to two shows that they've played at. then we went home....
good show.


then this friday, Alix and I went to another So Let Go! show. They did really well, but River, Austin, Paul, Matt, and Reece were all saying they did pretty bad. Ehhh, I wasn't on stage, so I don't know what exactly they didn't do so hot, but it was pretty grand for their second concert. We stayed and talked to the guys for a while, while a few other bands performed, whom I don't remember their band names... like A Phiniox Architext and Red I Dead or something.. haha. they were good. Screamo, but good. ;)