I was killer thirsty

So last Friday Cassie and I went to go see Fall Out Boy in concert. It was kick ass! We met up early at the Wildflower and ate some lunch. Then we kinda sat around a lot waiting for time to pass. We got ice cream and we went to the Walmart near Cricket Pavilion. I was going to buy some food or whatever while we were there to see if I could sneak it in, but I ended up not. Cassie made the good point that they look through all your stuff since the security has been raised everywhere. How disappointing. I love sneaking food into places. Kinda like that time I snuck an ice cream pie into the movie theater. Damn that was good pie....

Anyway, we got to the concert about 5:30. It was supposed to start at 6:00. There was some band playing at the entrance, but there were so many people around that we didn't bother to go see who. Probably just some local band. They had some Hondas that were painted all cool like the Fall Out Boy cd. They had clocks and stuff all over them. Apparently they were part of a drawing of sorts. There was this place that where you could sign up to win one, but I didn't bother. I probably should have. I love Hondas. But then again, it would just be more likely that someone would steal it since it was all customized and stuff.

People were freakin' everywhere. And Cass and I don't usually do well around so many people. They all get in your space and stuff. Or they get right in front of you and then stop to have a five minute conversation where there is no possible way to go around them. So you end up just standing there looking dumbly at them. At least that's what I do. The line for the shirts and stuff was waaayyyy tooo long for us to get into them, so, we went ahead and found our seats. Its really stupid how many people you have to show your ticket to just to go sit down. I must have taken it out like fifty times.

The seats weren't bad. We were right at the aisle so we didn't have to climb over anyone. I love that! Thanks Alice! Good choice. After awhile the first 'band' came out. It's weird but, it was a rapper. Why have a rapper at a rock concert?! His name was Paul Wall - I don't know if I spelled that right. I couldn't understand anything he was rapping about. Not that I cared. Apparently he is famous for selling grills. Not the kind you fry hamburgers on, the kind you put in your mouth. You could actually get one for like thirty bucks while you were there. Why anyone would want to, I don't know. Cassie and I spent most of the time laughing at this white guy who took off his shirt and was getting all into the music. Mean? Yes. But we couldn't help it.

Since we were so enthralled with Paul's performance, we got up in search of something to drink. Cassie was crazy hot since there is no AC and they didn't bother to turn on the fans yet. The heat didn't really bother me. Seeing as how I'm a desert rat and all. A 12 oz bottle of water was $4.00. Shit! Of course they don't let you bring in anything and the drinking fountains are all nasty looking so you really have no choice. We both got one and then went back to our seats.

The next band was Cobra Starship. Cassie said they sucked, but I was digging it. We got up again in search of food. Found pizza. $6.00. Whatever. Went back to our seats to eat. At this point the people who bought seats next to us had shown up. After I finished eating I got up and sat somewhere else. I couldn't stand being so close to so many people (our area had really filled up) in the heat. Cassie stayed there.

When the next band, The Academy Is..., came on I watched from the 300 section. By the time +44 came on, so many people had come that I couldn't see the stage anymore so I moved. I stood behind the 200 section seats. Man, that spot was prime. But then some bitch came up and started yelling at me that I had to go find my seat. Did I mention she was a bitch? I don't see what the big deal was. I wasn't in the way of anybody. Being the passive person I am when it comes to strangers, I just walked away and went back to my seat. Damn. I have no balls. At least it wasn't so hot there anymore since they turned the fans on so, it wasn't so bad.

Apparently Fall Out Boy was recording their first dvd concert that night. That's so cool that they chose Phoenix to do that. I would have thought that they would have picked somewhere else. You know, somewhere better. So, they had all kinds of pyrotechnics and fireworks. It was cool. At one point, two of the band members, Pete and Joe, we out into the crowd for one of the songs they played. They went right where I was standing earlier before I was told to move! That bitch! So, I missed out. :'(

After they finished playing Cass and I rushed over to buy some shirts. That's the best time to go since everyone either already bought their's or they are still standing around at there seats for some reason or another. I got mine really quick. I'm good at weaseling in between people. The thing that I discovered last concert is that there really are no lines at this point. Everyone just jumps in when they can. Cass got lost in the crowd of people since everyone sorta pushes everyone else around. I took her money and then went back in to get her her shirt. She doesn't like to push her way through.

So then we left. On your way out you had to throw away any leftover food or drink that you didn't finish. That sucks since you already spent so much for it. Luckily, we didn't have any leftover. Cass was hungry again by that time so we went to TGIF. I was so damn thirsty that I ordered two waters and a smoothie. I think I drank like five or six glasses. It's a little surprising how thirsty you get from being outside in the heat for that long. Overall, the concert was cool, but I think I will try to avoid going to Cricket Pavillion again. I didn't like it...