Friday, November 30, 2007
Tomorrow is another day
I spent the last three days following My Chemical Romance around the country. Two concerts in three days. Recount:
Wednesday 28th November 2007:
Woke up around five before getting ready. Bags were packed and my ride to the airport was at my house by around 6am. Drove to the airport was boring, it will still yet to sink in that I was to witness MyChem later that night for the first time in nearly a year.
Reached the airport, waited for my aunt and my cousins before we boarded and I went on a plane for the first time. The trip was fine, aside from the fact that the plane was pretty cramped. We reached Brisbane and then went straight too the Brisbane entertainment center. There were a fair few people their by the time we got there, and I spent majority of the day hanging out with Emily, Quinn and Sarah.
Quinn, Emily and I all got the barrier right in front of Gerard when we got in there, and the moment they came on I forgot how to breathe. I couldn't remember the last time I had cried so much when they came on. The Get Away Plan were great, Circa Survive were very interesting to watch perform even though I didn't enjoy their music too much.
I nearly died when I saw that Frank was playing; finally. I was then crushed again when I noticed BOB wasn't there. They all looked and playing amazingly, it made me realize how much I had missed them over the months. It took me a while to realize why I was crying through their entire show; their music brings me closer to the most important person in my life, even if he is dead.
Thursday 29th November 2007:
Woke up early and then caught a flight back home to Sydney, I swear I spent the whole time at the airport looking for MyChem to just walk past us haha. Caught a train for the airport to Central Station and walked down to the entertainment center. They're weren't many other people at that gate when we got there so I went and sat with Jayde and Indigo for hours just talking and shit. We went for a walk in the markets, did some shit, walked around and ate for the next few hours. I can't remember everything, but I do remember a lot of laughing and McDonalds. We just all sat outside gate F for hours on end, and some of us didn't sleep at all.
Friday 30th November 2007:
I was woken around 3am by the sound of all my friends screaming, laughing, and throwing shit at each other. A few of them wasted and were falling over each other. I went for a walk with Miki and a sit with Cal for about an hour before I then passed out once again and slept for hours. We sat around the side of the gate for hours waiting for MyChem to show up. The woman called my mum and told her Jayde and I had the m&g passes which was fucking amazing. It's amazing how many randoms will start to suck up to you the moment they realize you're meeting the band. Fucking stalkers who followed us everywhere just so they could try and get backstage too. I cried when we walked in because I was just so fucking happy for Jayde, and then I cried again because I wishes it had been more then it was. The guys were amazing, kind and polite as always. Pity we weren't allowed to take any photos and that it was so quick.
Mikey: asked him to sign my McDonalds pay slip because it was the only thing I had and he asked if it was my report card haha, he was in a really great mood. I gave him the t-shirt Alex made him and he loved it, Frank also said it was awesome.
Frank: I had never had a chance to meet Frank before and he was really amazing about everything. I shook his hand and looked at his tattoos; god he is so beautiful. He wrote me a small message on my pay slip which read "Alison, keep the faith. Frank" and before I moved on to Ray I pointed to Jayde who was right next to me and said "I just wanted to let you know that you mean everything to her" and he looked at Jayde and said thank you so much.
Ray: really nice about everything as usual. It was a real pity I didn't ask him how Bob was. Ray is pretty awesome, always really great with fans haha. He signed my pay slip, shook my hand and was really great about everything.
Gerard: he sat there chewing gum the entire time, and when I shook his hand I cracked up in my head due to his soft girlie hands. I handed him Cassidy's letter and he said he'd read it before he then signed my paper and was really amazingly nice to me. I think with Gerard, he can be amazing but only when he isn't disturbed within his own personal time.
After I had my stuff signed I stood back and watched Jayde get everything else signed. I started crying because I was so fucking happy for her. Frank saw her drawings of him and told her she was very talented and told her to keep drawing no matter what. Gerard flipped through he whole book and said it was amazing. All of them noticed the writing "6 years, 27 days" on her arm and asked her what it meant. It was how long it took her to meet them, and all of them told her that it was too long of a time that she had to wait.
The show was amazing. Jayde and I still managed to score barrier right in front of Frank. It was the best concert I had ever been too. They played amazingly and I have never seen anything better. I was so amazingly happy that I only cried in one or two songs which is fucking amazing for me in a MyChem show.
I can't believe we have to wait so long to see them again. Next time will be different, they will want to meet us. The RC will be big by then and they'll want to hang out with us. Things will be different, I promise.
7:49 PM