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We went to the floor, which was outlined with many sofas and couches (hence the name of the place I guess) Melina wanted me to ask someone what time PTW would go on. I figured they would go on last. But there was really no one to ask. So I told her that I would ask Derek. So we went back outside and sat back down. Derek walked by and I stopped him to ask what time they'd be playing. He named off all the bands and told us that they'd be last. He told us to check out Codesven because they were really good. Then he walked away. We missed the first band but saw the second When Dreams Die who were actually pretty decent. Then we saw Love Lost Not Forgotten who were alright I guess. The singer had his back turned to the crowd for most of the set. He kept sticking his butt out. It was funny. They weren't very good though, so we left after like two songs. As we were leaving, Melina went to sit down, and found that she was sitting down next to Dru. I was on the grass with Cory when I saw who she was next to and I said, "It's Dru!" like really loud. I hope he didn't hear me. So Cory and I went down there and I said �Hi� to Dru. He came all alone, which is weird because I�ve never seen Dru at a show without his brother Jfold, and Rachael, Jfold's girlfriend. After awhile Dru, went inside to hear whichever band was playing. Cory went off to look for Josh and Melina and I just walked around outside. We saw the lead singer from No Comply and wondered if Luke and Bert were there. But we didn't see them. I went inside to see if I could buy a PTW shirt, but they didn�t have anymore which sucked ass. All they had, it seemed, was PTW sweatshirts, and with it being like 86 degrees everyday, I wasn't even thinking about that. Back outside, Chris was talking to a group mainly consisting of girls (surprise surprise), Ryan was talking to a bunch of guys near the side doors, Jeff was talking to someone by the van, and Derek and Mike were kinda just walking back and forth, going inside, coming out. I don't know if any of them went inside to see Codeseven. We didn�t. Just weren't interested really. Cory came back and sat down next to us and we decided that when everyone left after Codeseven played to get some air, we'd go inside so we could get up as close to the front as possible. So after Codeseven we went inside to get a spot up front. There were some people who had stayed there after Codeseven so they were pretty much already center front of the stage. Josh was sitting on a speaker ready to take pictures. While the guys were setting up to play, they had Outkast blasting on the stereo. Everyone was singing along to it, it was cool. As the guys were setting up their instruments, we saw how cute they all really were. We didn't see Mike at the last show because he wasn't playing on that tour. But now we got to see him close up, and he was really really cute. It's very strange for all the guys in a band to be that hot. But PTW has got it. But I digress. When it was time for PTW to start playing, the room was packed. People were already on the stage, on the side, ready to jump and go nuts. Melina told me to look out for people, in particular the 12 year old looking annoying hardcore kid we had seen at the PTW show in March. He was up on stage ready to take off. They opened with 12-23-93 and everyone went the fuck off. Screw getting any pictures, I could barely hold up the camera, I was getting pushed side to side, while trying not to fall and avoiding getting kicked in the head by people who were surfing. As the set went on, I had to give my camera to Josh, because I wasn't able to take any pictures. Dru ended up next to me, and he seemed annoyed at all of the kids on the stage, off to the side, because it made it hard for some of us to see. I could barely see Jeff because he was just surrounded by kids, trying to scream into the mic. At one point he said, "Guys, I don't wanna be a dick, but could you please get down off stage because I can't breathe." No wonder. There were so many people on stage with him, it was as if they were burying him with their bodies. After everyone had gotten off the stage, Jeff took a sip of water from a jug and passed it around the front of the crowd. Then he told people that they could get back on stage if they wanted. So they did. They played 2 new songs, one from the first record, and the rest were from Opposite of December, Slice Paper Wrists, Artists Rendering of Me, Wish for Wings that Work, and Nerdy. The first new song they played was really great but of course I don't know the name of it. It had the words, "I adore her" in it though. I now know this song to be Botchla. It was very pretty. Anyway, for their whole set, EVERYONE got pushed around. I kept getting pushed into Dru, and everyone else around me, which was gross because everyone was hot and sweaty. Melina had a hard time keeping her spot up front, but I just let myself get pushed packed with the crowd. I was not even trying to get hurt. At one point, everyone standing on the speakers, including Josh, got pushed down, and he almost lost his camera. A lot of the kids thought it was fun to push them off stage. Assholes. During Artists Rendering of Me, everyone had fun singing "I could/never/swallow your false ideals/of a/lifeless/happy ending." It sounded so amazing bouncing off the walls in that little room. Jeff made another comment about the heat and said that he was going to pass out, and told the crowd to get ready to catch him when he fell. But he didn�t pass out. The last song they play was Nerdy. One of the guys in the crowd decided to get naked for this last song. He got undressed on the right side, where we were, towards the back so no one could see him. While Nerdy was going off, I saw skin out of the corner of my eye. I thought maybe he had taken off his shirt and that his pants were really low down. But then I saw his white ass, and his tiny, tiny, tiny* little dick. (dick so showt! came quick! He got his, I ain't get mine...you got yourself a motherfuckin minute man.). I thought to myself, "Holy shit, that guy is naked!� Man, you've never seen so many people move so fast to get away from someone. Not only was he naked, but he was sweaty, and none of us wanted any part of him touching any part of us. He almost jumped on top of Melina but she quickly got out of the way. He went into the pit, where everyone just spread out to let him have his room to mosh. It was really gross but funny as hell. After their set though, he put his clothes back on. Thank God, because that was just disturbing. We wanted to take a picture of Chris, desperately, but Melina still didn't want to take a picture with them, especially with us being all sweaty and nasty looking. We were just gonna take a picture of him walking away, but didn't. Oh well. It was nice just to see him. He's beautiful. After the show, we all just left. We told Josh and Cory goodbye, and then we drove home. I had fun at the show, but I could've done without the heat inside the room, AND the over zealous hardcore kids |
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