Ah, Pony Boy :) That vid reminds me so much of the May '07 MCR show.
*whistful sigh*
Those were the days. And you know what's sad? Those days weren't that long ago. How much has changed since then.
I had a very pleasant visit to Saskatchewan, though my mother did drive me crazy a few times. Anyway, I have two more days to recover before I'm back at work for a bit. I will have some more time off in July.
The video reminds you so much of the May show because it was the May show! Haha. Good ol' Canuck.
Silly me! Did you make that vid?
I think I remember you saying a while back how you couldn't stay after the show to meet the guys. They didn't come out anyway so no worries (that's what I heard. I was too worn out and sweaty to see for myself :| :\) Did you wait in line outside for them to open the doors too?
I got to the venue about half way through the opening act's set, as I had to wait on my friends. Otherwise I would for sure have gotten there early and tried to meet them. I felt bad about not waiting around after the show (my friends wanted to get going, and I didn't want to hang around there by myself). I heard later on that they didn't come out anyway, so that made me feel better.
Huzzah for vacations!
I know! I can't believe mine's already over!
*wails*
But it looks like I'll get most of June off, so that's okay.
For the record, I still think Mayo wants us to believe he might be Gerard Way. He just recently added "pralines" as his interest. Pralines are a sweet that's popular in New Orleans. Out of curiously, I checked to see where MSI played last night. Yup, New Orleans. Coincidence? I think not.
I like that pic you took of Gerard! Geez, you must have been close to the stage! I was part way into the pit at one point when MCR first came out on stage, but as soon as everyone started jumping up and down I couldn't see anything anymore so I moved to the back.
I missed that MuchMusic interview. Was that the one just with Gerard? With "zoid" written on his neck? I think he was the only they interviewed that day, as the rest of the band was back at the venue, I believe (well, Frank was, anyway. While Gerard was off doing his interview, I saw Frank on the PR grounds walking Mama. She was wearing a little pink knit sweater. I was so distracted by her I didn't even see it was Frank walking her until somebody called his name!).
Do you remember when each of them said was the last time they cried?
I am taking the day off work today. I woke up in the middle of the night with a headache and wasn't able to get back into a deep sleep. I just tossed and turned for the rest of the night. I only had two hours sleep the night before due to my landlady's daughter being noisy (she has since apologized). So between the lack of sleep & the pounding head I'm just going to hibernate in my apartment today. Which is a shame, actually, as it's my former opera boss's going-away party today & I'm going to miss it :(
I was in the fourth row away from the stage! Pretty snazzy.
Cool! Did you have to get to the ACC really early to snaffle that spot? What's it like being in the pit? Did you get shoved around a lot? From S&V and Sdock's description of it at their concert, it sounded like a war zone! But maybe Canadian crowds are a little more subdued?
Were you also at PR? I can't remember if you've told me before. And... do you think the Madison Square Garden show was their last? I'm of mixed feelings over that. I've had the feeling for a few months now that some kind of end was coming. But maybe that's just because they've been talking about an extended break. Or maybe they'll come back, just not exactly as the MCR we know. I get the nagging feeling off and on that Frank might not be back. While it feels like an end for MCR, it feels like a new beginnig for him. But I could be totally off on all of that. I just wish I had the chance to see them at one of their shows this spring. I hate that the potentially last concert I'v ever seen them at was the one where MSI opened & Frank and Bob weren't there :/
Nah, that wasn't the one. I never want to reflect back on that interview. Seeing it live was shattering.
Were you outside the MuchMusic studios for that interview? I stayed at the PR venue. I've got to say, I find it near impossible to watch any interviews with Gerard during his "Sharpie" phase. I just can't bear it. I have a feeling in several year he's going to reflect back on that time and cringe.
You must have missed the MuchMusic I'm talking about, then. He was with Bob (ZOMGZ YHUS). Here it is for you:
Part 1 Part 2
Thank you! I love to see interviews with Bob :) I will wait til I'm feeling better to watch it so that I can properly savour it.
I'd like to believe they each have a nice little cry now and then, don't you? Years ago, my ass! If my engagement fell apart I know I'd cry even if I was the one to break it up.
Years ago? I doubt it. Hell, I cry all the time! It's a great stress-reliever. They probably just gave the latest time that they were comfortable admitting to. It was a pretty personal question after all & could have led to other question that they may have been even less comfortable answering.
I've never heard of Click, but from what I've heard about The Pursuit of Happyness it was a real tear-jerker. Last movie I cried watching was Brokeback Mountain. I bawled every time I saw it, and I saw it 9 times! I rarely cry in public, but that movie just tore my heart out.
I have such an easier time trying to picture Mikey as a crier though, you with me? Weird.
I hear you. Mikey usually looks to me like he's on the verge of tears.
Five hours in line at the MCR concert! What did you do to keep yourselves amused for that long? Did you chat to the other people there?
It was the strangest thing. The first 15 rows of people are girls gnawing and scratching their way to get close to Gerard (they are so bloody aggressive, I wanted to punch someone).
I often wonder what girls like that would do if they ever got within grabbing distance of him. In person I think it would be an entirely different matter and they probably wouldn't know what to do at all. But at a show... Common sense just seems to go out the window. No wonder they have so much security.
Behind them is the pit. Can you picture it? I think I remember telling you this some time ago, I was surrounded by girls carrying purses and wearing heels. What the hell were they thinking?
To a rock show?? What indeed!
Christ. I was in the fourth row to begin with, then was forced to get back away from all the craziness or I would have suffocated. Never again, Canuck!
So where did you end up? Somewhere in the middle of the scrum, or totally behind & away from all of it?
Remember their TML jerseys? That was so American of them, lolz.
That was so cheesy! My friend later told me that The Cure do the same thing.
I didn't go to PR. Can't say I feel too bad about that!
I quite liked PR. Though I didn't like that fact that you couldn't leave the grounds once you got inside. That could be really frustrating if you were there all day. My friend and I, however, didn't arrive until 4:30pm, so we missed a lot of the smaller-name bands (like MSI, thankfully). Actually, we only watched two bands: MRC and Placebo. And we met members of both bands at different times during the evening.
I wasn't outside MuchMusic's studio, I was watching it on television. I can't bring myself to watch any interviews either, out of fear of disappointment.
Same. I'll watch Frank interviews, but I can't bring myself to watch any interviews with Gerard since last summer. I used to really respect the things he said. Now I either cringe or roll my eyeballs, or both.
I have a feeling in several year he's going to reflect back on that time and cringe.
I really hope he will. He's better than this.
This is my feeling exactly. He's a better person than the one he's been showing the world lately.
I can't say I have a feeling he will, though. I've been let down too many times. I don't want this to be the only Gerard we see from now on.
I've also been wondering that. If this is the new permanent Gerard, I'd find it a lot easier to walk away from the band. But there's a part of me that believes that he will still bring it around. I'm hanging on for that. But it's beginning to look less and less that that will happen :/
You know, I found out about this band late. I've really only been a fan for about a year and a half. And I hate the fact that half that time has been spent watching Gerard make an utter ass out of himself, and have the spectacle of that totally overpower anything music or message related.
That last thing Gerard said? That terrified me, and I hate to say that. It's one thing t make a theory, but to actually hear him saying it is a completely different thing. I don't want to say I've come to depend on this band, but I don't know if I can handle them falling apart.
Trouble is, he was very ambiguous about it. What he said may mean that the band is ending, but it may not. Can't he just say something straight out for a change? It's not fair to fans to keep us hanging on like that. To be honest, I'm a bit worried about losing interest in this band while I'm waiting for a new album that may or may not come.
Frank worries me, too.
I think Frank's disappointed in what the band appears on the outside to be standing for these days (silly antics, Sharpie love). I think the fans really matter to him, maybe even more so than the others.
I hear you. Mikey usually looks to me like he's on the verge of tears.
I know! Or, like he's about to fall asleep any second. He had that exact look when I met him, too. I always thought it was weird :|.
Poor Mikey. I don't think he's cut out for rock stardom. It's more for crazy-ass people like Gerard.
How was Niagara Falls? You know, I've never been! I should do that some day.
I spend yesterday mostly lounging, I didn't even leave my apartment. Trouble is, because I slept in I was not tired when it came time to go to bed, so I only got about three hours sleep last night :/ I hope to do better tonight.
Just wanted you to know that I haven't forgotten about responding to your comment from yesterday :) But I'm feeling unwell today so I will have to wait on that til tomorrow/the weekend.
By the way, just emailed my hairdresser. I have asked her do do my hair a copper red like this one. She usually gives good consulting advise re: colour choice, so that may change a bit. But I do want a nice vibrant spicy red as o[pposed to the dark violet red I have been doing for the past few months. Time to lighten it up for the summer!
I'm all right, just headachy. I get air pressure migraines when there's a storm coming & medication only helps to take the edge off, not to make it go away :/
What are you thinking of getting done to your hair? Cut short? Funky style? I could give you the link to my hairdresser's site, if you like.
"I wonder if doctors will ever start to prescribe ambition, goals, creativity, paint brushes, pens, blank journals, lumps of soft clay. Anything, before resorting to the pills."
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Ah, Pony Boy :) That vid reminds me so much of the May '07 MCR show.
*whistful sigh*
Those were the days. And you know what's sad? Those days weren't that long ago. How much has changed since then.
I had a very pleasant visit to Saskatchewan, though my mother did drive me crazy a few times. Anyway, I have two more days to recover before I'm back at work for a bit. I will have some more time off in July.
Have a lovely week!
The video reminds you so much of the May show because it was the May show! Haha. Good ol' Canuck.
Silly me! Did you make that vid?
I think I remember you saying a while back how you couldn't stay after the show to meet the guys. They didn't come out anyway so no worries (that's what I heard. I was too worn out and sweaty to see for myself :| :\) Did you wait in line outside for them to open the doors too?
I got to the venue about half way through the opening act's set, as I had to wait on my friends. Otherwise I would for sure have gotten there early and tried to meet them. I felt bad about not waiting around after the show (my friends wanted to get going, and I didn't want to hang around there by myself). I heard later on that they didn't come out anyway, so that made me feel better.
Huzzah for vacations!
I know! I can't believe mine's already over!
*wails*
But it looks like I'll get most of June off, so that's okay.
Have you got holidays coming up soon?
For the record, I still think Mayo wants us to believe he might be Gerard Way. He just recently added "pralines" as his interest. Pralines are a sweet that's popular in New Orleans. Out of curiously, I checked to see where MSI played last night. Yup, New Orleans. Coincidence? I think not.
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I like that pic you took of Gerard! Geez, you must have been close to the stage! I was part way into the pit at one point when MCR first came out on stage, but as soon as everyone started jumping up and down I couldn't see anything anymore so I moved to the back.
I missed that MuchMusic interview. Was that the one just with Gerard? With "zoid" written on his neck? I think he was the only they interviewed that day, as the rest of the band was back at the venue, I believe (well, Frank was, anyway. While Gerard was off doing his interview, I saw Frank on the PR grounds walking Mama. She was wearing a little pink knit sweater. I was so distracted by her I didn't even see it was Frank walking her until somebody called his name!).
Do you remember when each of them said was the last time they cried?
Good luck in your up-coming exams! :)
I am taking the day off work today. I woke up in the middle of the night with a headache and wasn't able to get back into a deep sleep. I just tossed and turned for the rest of the night. I only had two hours sleep the night before due to my landlady's daughter being noisy (she has since apologized). So between the lack of sleep & the pounding head I'm just going to hibernate in my apartment today. Which is a shame, actually, as it's my former opera boss's going-away party today & I'm going to miss it :(
I was in the fourth row away from the stage! Pretty snazzy.
Cool! Did you have to get to the ACC really early to snaffle that spot? What's it like being in the pit? Did you get shoved around a lot? From S&V and Sdock's description of it at their concert, it sounded like a war zone! But maybe Canadian crowds are a little more subdued?
Were you also at PR? I can't remember if you've told me before. And... do you think the Madison Square Garden show was their last? I'm of mixed feelings over that. I've had the feeling for a few months now that some kind of end was coming. But maybe that's just because they've been talking about an extended break. Or maybe they'll come back, just not exactly as the MCR we know. I get the nagging feeling off and on that Frank might not be back. While it feels like an end for MCR, it feels like a new beginnig for him. But I could be totally off on all of that. I just wish I had the chance to see them at one of their shows this spring. I hate that the potentially last concert I'v ever seen them at was the one where MSI opened & Frank and Bob weren't there :/
Nah, that wasn't the one. I never want to reflect back on that interview. Seeing it live was shattering.
Were you outside the MuchMusic studios for that interview? I stayed at the PR venue. I've got to say, I find it near impossible to watch any interviews with Gerard during his "Sharpie" phase. I just can't bear it. I have a feeling in several year he's going to reflect back on that time and cringe.
You must have missed the MuchMusic I'm talking about, then. He was with Bob (ZOMGZ YHUS). Here it is for you:
Part 1
Part 2
Thank you! I love to see interviews with Bob :) I will wait til I'm feeling better to watch it so that I can properly savour it.
I'd like to believe they each have a nice little cry now and then, don't you? Years ago, my ass! If my engagement fell apart I know I'd cry even if I was the one to break it up.
Years ago? I doubt it. Hell, I cry all the time! It's a great stress-reliever. They probably just gave the latest time that they were comfortable admitting to. It was a pretty personal question after all & could have led to other question that they may have been even less comfortable answering.
I've never heard of Click, but from what I've heard about The Pursuit of Happyness it was a real tear-jerker. Last movie I cried watching was Brokeback Mountain. I bawled every time I saw it, and I saw it 9 times! I rarely cry in public, but that movie just tore my heart out.
I have such an easier time trying to picture Mikey as a crier though, you with me? Weird.
I hear you. Mikey usually looks to me like he's on the verge of tears.
Have a great day, eh :)
Hullo & happy long weekend! :D
Five hours in line at the MCR concert! What did you do to keep yourselves amused for that long? Did you chat to the other people there?
It was the strangest thing. The first 15 rows of people are girls gnawing and scratching their way to get close to Gerard (they are so bloody aggressive, I wanted to punch someone).
I often wonder what girls like that would do if they ever got within grabbing distance of him. In person I think it would be an entirely different matter and they probably wouldn't know what to do at all. But at a show... Common sense just seems to go out the window. No wonder they have so much security.
Behind them is the pit. Can you picture it? I think I remember telling you this some time ago, I was surrounded by girls carrying purses and wearing heels. What the hell were they thinking?
To a rock show?? What indeed!
Christ. I was in the fourth row to begin with, then was forced to get back away from all the craziness or I would have suffocated. Never again, Canuck!
So where did you end up? Somewhere in the middle of the scrum, or totally behind & away from all of it?
Remember their TML jerseys? That was so American of them, lolz.
That was so cheesy! My friend later told me that The Cure do the same thing.
I didn't go to PR. Can't say I feel too bad about that!
I quite liked PR. Though I didn't like that fact that you couldn't leave the grounds once you got inside. That could be really frustrating if you were there all day. My friend and I, however, didn't arrive until 4:30pm, so we missed a lot of the smaller-name bands (like MSI, thankfully). Actually, we only watched two bands: MRC and Placebo. And we met members of both bands at different times during the evening.
I wasn't outside MuchMusic's studio, I was watching it on television. I can't bring myself to watch any interviews either, out of fear of disappointment.
Same. I'll watch Frank interviews, but I can't bring myself to watch any interviews with Gerard since last summer. I used to really respect the things he said. Now I either cringe or roll my eyeballs, or both.
I have a feeling in several year he's going to reflect back on that time and cringe.
I really hope he will. He's better than this.
This is my feeling exactly. He's a better person than the one he's been showing the world lately.
I can't say I have a feeling he will, though. I've been let down too many times. I don't want this to be the only Gerard we see from now on.
I've also been wondering that. If this is the new permanent Gerard, I'd find it a lot easier to walk away from the band. But there's a part of me that believes that he will still bring it around. I'm hanging on for that. But it's beginning to look less and less that that will happen :/
You know, I found out about this band late. I've really only been a fan for about a year and a half. And I hate the fact that half that time has been spent watching Gerard make an utter ass out of himself, and have the spectacle of that totally overpower anything music or message related.
That last thing Gerard said? That terrified me, and I hate to say that. It's one thing t make a theory, but to actually hear him saying it is a completely different thing. I don't want to say I've come to depend on this band, but I don't know if I can handle them falling apart.
Trouble is, he was very ambiguous about it. What he said may mean that the band is ending, but it may not. Can't he just say something straight out for a change? It's not fair to fans to keep us hanging on like that. To be honest, I'm a bit worried about losing interest in this band while I'm waiting for a new album that may or may not come.
Frank worries me, too.
I think Frank's disappointed in what the band appears on the outside to be standing for these days (silly antics, Sharpie love). I think the fans really matter to him, maybe even more so than the others.
I hear you. Mikey usually looks to me like he's on the verge of tears.
I know! Or, like he's about to fall asleep any second. He had that exact look when I met him, too. I always thought it was weird :|.
Poor Mikey. I don't think he's cut out for rock stardom. It's more for crazy-ass people like Gerard.
So, any plans for this long weekend?
Hullo :)
How was Niagara Falls? You know, I've never been! I should do that some day.
I spend yesterday mostly lounging, I didn't even leave my apartment. Trouble is, because I slept in I was not tired when it came time to go to bed, so I only got about three hours sleep last night :/ I hope to do better tonight.
Have a great week, Pony Boy!
I wonder how long it'll take Canuck to figure out I've posted a comment here.
Two minutes :)
Haha! :D
You do not know my secret! You do not!
That recent interview has me thinking that their marriage is already beginning to crack.
I really really hope so.
As you, I just want all the foolishness to end,
Wherever that new interview with LynZ came from. I thought it was Kerrang.
I shall reply to your first/long message, but I am just about to heab to bed so I will have to do that tomorrow.
Have a lovely night & a great week! :)
Just wanted you to know that I haven't forgotten about responding to your comment from yesterday :) But I'm feeling unwell today so I will have to wait on that til tomorrow/the weekend.
By the way, just emailed my hairdresser. I have asked her do do my hair a copper red like this one. She usually gives good consulting advise re: colour choice, so that may change a bit. But I do want a nice vibrant spicy red as o[pposed to the dark violet red I have been doing for the past few months. Time to lighten it up for the summer!
Have a good night :)
Boo! :)
I'm all right, just headachy. I get air pressure migraines when there's a storm coming & medication only helps to take the edge off, not to make it go away :/
What are you thinking of getting done to your hair? Cut short? Funky style? I could give you the link to my hairdresser's site, if you like.
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