October 17, 2003 @ UC Berkeley and The Warfield- San Francisco, CA
At the UCB show my friend and I rocked out during your own distaster.
Adam, Me,
Angela, and Danny rocked the harmonies- it was purdy. Ang said
someone told
her it was the purdiest thing. Made me feel special. That show was
awesome. Fred
did some Michael Jackson, forgot the chords, Adam sang the second
verse twice
on a song (my horrible memory is helping me to forget the song) and
we rocked
the hell out. He said something during one of the songs like "so you
can
write about this on your next record" pretty sure it was No I. Kinda
a little
inside humor there. So, before they went to play Danny and I went up
to say hello
to Adam. Danny said she was going to go to the Sunday show in
Sacramento but she would be going alone. With the
look of shock
he asks why i am not going... I sadly informed him I had no money. He said he would
guestlist me, I
told him if he could arrange that I would go. He did, and for angela
too. We
were so thankful...
So off to San Francisco for the show that night we got to the show during Moneens set. My
friend
Nichole was up in front, she called to tell me she had room next to
her so I could
be up front. Rock. I had the best spot too. I was off to the side,
almost right
in front of Fred, there was no barracade in front of me because it
ended to
my right. There was a security guy in front of me who didnt seem to
care I was
there. It was awesome! I didn`t even break a sweat. Adam saw me so
let me sing
a couple times, during no I and another song. It was rad. The girl
next to
me, nice but a total teeny bopper, was all "I feel so lucky standing
next to
you!" I told her to not be, I`m not cool. It was weird though...
When he came
over to sing to me and then let me sing all the hands went up toward
him, kind
enough though, he pushed them out of the way. It was weird to hear
people yell
"I LOVE YOU" hmmm. San Francisco that night was awesome... Not the
best but
awesome.
Sacramento:
Oh geez. Well I originally wasn`t going to go, then I was going to go
after
Adam told me he could get me in, then Danny told me I would have to
drive my
own car so I decided I might not go. Then i told myself "its probably
going to
be another 6 months, its a free show, Jen you`ll regret it: So I
drove myself. So
we get
there about three... Wait in line, meet some girls, Downtown
Sacramento is gross
and fly infested! All bad. So we see Adam who tells us he wants to go
buy some
chucks, and does. We make sure everything is ok for Angela and I to
get our
tickets and yeah. We go in and sit through Moneen.... I don`t like
them too
much. There was only about 10 feet of floor space so it wsa painful
being in the
middle. since I was right in front of Adam`s mic every time someone he
came
toward me people rushed and it hurt me so bad. At one point the
pressure was so
severe I thought I was goign to break something.
But I`m
not complaing too bad, I loved every minute of it. So they play I
think it was
three new songs. Adam said something like "so you can write about me
on the
internet" it was amusing again the little inside jokes he makes. . Fred was so full of
energy. Ed
was sportin the popped collar. Mark seems to be enjoying shows more.
Before the
split whenever I saw him it was always with a frown on his face, so
serious.
Now its more of a look of enjoyment. He alwyas bring out sticks and
such to
the crowd too. A pleasant change. Matt was rockin it out. One point in the set Adam came ot sing to me, for quite a
while. Just
kneeling there in front of me mumbling something (like how he does in
no i in
team.. when you dont really know what hes sayin... but its something)
so thats
what he was doing... i just probably had a dumb smirk smile of
happiness. He
did that twice. I was happy. I got to sing a couple times. They rocked so hard.
It was
amazing, I am truly sad to not be able to see them for such a long
time. But it
was greatly appreciated. So after they played angie and I got out... Hard to do because of
everyone
pushing but yeah we did.. She was in pain from her head, I felt bad
but there
was nothing we can do. We sat around for a little bit so my
adrenaline would
burn off so I could drive home. They rocked. The end.
Hearts,
October 19, 2003 @ The Crest- Sacramento, CA
Taking Back Sunday
xJenx