Mmmm, Concert

I'm going to try and *not* make this long and drawn out. You already know I can, hehe.

So Rich and I went to Gillette Stadium yesterday to see Green Day-- my third time seeing them, his first.The show was supposed to start at 7pm and we got there at 6pm, but I wasn't too worried. Both Against Me and Jimmy Eat World were opening, so it's not like we even *had* to be there that early. Besides, we had general admission tickets, but I assumed that seating would be handled as it was when I saw the band in a big arena in TN-- everyone went in and sat/stood wherever the hell they wanted to. That wasn't exactly the case this time; I had almost been hoping to get seats in the stands just cuz it was bound to be a long night, but general admission meant we *had* to stand out in the field. Oh, well. It *would* be closer. Even though we weren't that early, we got to stand close enough to the stage. There was a "special section" for the first 4,000 or so people who had arrived, but we were in the first row directly behind the gate to that section.

Against Me played first and they were really good. I had only heard of them from some punk boards I used to frequent but I liked what I heard. I guess they have a song or two out on the radio, but seeing as I hardly listen anymore. . . Jimmy Eat World came on next and also played for a half an hour. I only know their radio singles, all of which they played, but maybe I'll have to check out some more of their stuff. I think this is the first concert I've been to where both opening bands were good! (Unlike Ben Folds, who had freaking Duncan Sheik open that time. What was he thinking?!)

Like I said, no nauseating details! BUT, Green Day was really, really awesome. I don't know *how* Billie Joe doesn't pass out halfway through the show with the way he's constantly running and jumping all over the place. The only thing that could have made the show better would have been if they played some of their earlier, not as well known songs. But I digress. Here's what they *did* play (not in order):
-American Idiot
-Jesus of Suburbia
-Holiday
-Boulevard of Broken Dreams
-Are We the Waiting
-St. Jimmy
-Wake Me Up When September Ends
-Longview
-Basketcase
-She
-Hitchin' a Ride
-King For a Day
-Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
-Minority
-Brain Stew
-Jaded
-Maria
-Shout (cover, NOT the Depeche Mode song, the other one)
-We Are the Champions (dur, cover)
-Knowledge (kinda a cover)

Don't think I'm forgetting anything. They did the usual "Hey Oh"s with the crowd and pulled people on stage to play and stuff. Maybe they'll mix it up a bit more on their next tour. :p I enjoyed myself though. Concerts are my official "go crazy" time; I sing, I jump around, I get all into it, hehe. Being right against the gate kinda hampered my abilities, but I still managed to rock out. Most of the people around me generally were though, so it worked. Also, except for one instance of someone pushing forward, there was no moshing on our side of the fence. This one kid started to crowd surf and security was all over him *immediately.* I guess they were more lenient closer to the stage cuz people were getting tossed around for awhile. Well, I don't mind. I've been in my fair share of mosh pits and it's not always fun. x_x

As expected, leaving was a nightmare, but Rich and I sat in his car for awhile instead of trying to get out immediately. We still had to wait in some traffic, but by the time we joined the line, it wasn't too bad. We stopped at a gas station cuz we were both hungry/thirsty but other than that, we went straight back to the apartment since it *was* about 1am.

And that's about it. Many thanks to Rich for getting us tickets. . .it had been a surprise because when they first went on sale there was some reason why we didn't think we could afford them. But one day Rich was like "you know, I got us Green Day tickets" and at first I didn't believe him, but when the tickets showed up at the apartment I kinda had no choice, haha. He ended up buying them a few weeks (days?) after they went on sale, and apparently it worked out okay. So yes, I enjoyed the first installment of my birthday gift. ;)

Rich and I have a busy day tomorrow. He's coming with me to the barn and has agreed to much out the pasture while I work on the stalls. That's one of the "extra" things Sharon said she'd appreciate me doing, but unless I spent like five hours there some day, there's no way I'd have time. So I'm very glad that Rich is cool with taking up the task and hey, he's not even obligated to anymore! haha Afterwards we're possibly going to go out for breakfast, but I guess it will depend how tired/dirty we are. Then I'm finally going to be moving into the apartment, so we'll be trucking stuff over from my house and going to get a key made for me, etc. It's gonna seem weird not living at home, but I'll have to start getting used to it. My family's officially moving out of our NK house during the second weekend of October. Once *that* happens, then going home is REALLY going to be weird-- I don't even know how to *get* to the condo yet! O_o

All for now. Rich made some Mexican cornmeal cake things, so I'm gonna go have some and maybe play Katamari before bed.