Weakness Turns My Ego Up: September 2007

The Academy Is...
Two Days
Two Nights
Four Boardies
One Meet & Greet
One Guitar Pick
One Deaf Ear
Two Barricades
WE'RE ALMOST HERE

SLEEPING WITH GIANTS: DAY ONE.
20 September 2007. The Wiltern, Los Angeles.

After an EXCRUCIATINGLY long car ride to The Wiltern, Raven Heather and I runnnnn to the line and meet up with Stephanie, another boardie. She'd been there since four and was saving our spots in line. Thankyouthankyouthank you Stephanie, or else we wouldn't have gotten in D:
Heather and I go to see whats going on for the meet and greet and we run into JACK THE CAMERA GUY. So were silently flipping out while he's standing 3 feet from us. We just decide to take pictures of him from afar and go stand back in line.
Well, Jack was the one passing out bracelets for the meet and greet, so we got to talk to him anyways :O He walked up to us in line and gave us our bracelets, and made a funny face at my shirt.
Jack: What's your shirt say? Hey Butcher... Tender my... loins?... !
ahahaha. i love jack so much. hes so excited about everything. when he smiles his whole face lights up and hes just so happy. hes so hilarious about everything. more of that later though, because i talk to him again.
So now Heather and I have meet and greet bracelets. Were standing in line waiting for about another hour to get in. So what do we do? TAKE SOME PICTURES*~

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So. We finally get in. We get straight into the pit. It was limited in area for who could go in the pit, and we got right up there. Heather and I had to leave for the Meet and Greet though, and some bitches in the pit pushed us out of our spots. |= Douchesssss.
We get out into the lobby, and Jack takes us down a hallway with the other Santi's Little Helpers. He's asking us things, and everyone is just being quiet, so i respond for the entire group
Jack: Do you guys want to line up, or hang out here?
SLHs: *crickets*
Me: Well I don't know Jack, I'd sure like to hang out here.
Jack: Well, the band is on their way right now. We're going to go to their room and hang out with them for 20, 30 minutes? Does that sound good?
SLJs: *mice squeaks*
Me: That sounds fantastic Jack, just excellent.
Jack: Well, allright then!
He walks away, and the girl standing next to him goes "omfg. he smells so good." Hahaha. So I get her to come with me to go take a picture with him. He's actually incredibly attractive in real life. The camera makes him look different. Tbh, I would probably include him in my Tai-orgy.

Jack: Is that a Cobra hoodie?! NICE!
Me: Jack, can we get a picture with you?!
Jack: Yes! Fuck yeah. That's awesome yo.
Hahaha. Loves himmm.

THE MEET AND GREET
They lined us up against the wall. We caught the first few songs of Sherwood, before lo and behold, we are ushered into an empty room. The anticipation. Deeeear god. Well, we see William coming down the stairs, and we all start freaking out. My initial reaction was to just drop dead when Michael Guy Chislette walked over to us. sFLJflkjds. HE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURE ON THE EARTH. Words and pictures can't even describe. Sorry Bill-teenies, but he is the most attractive man in the band. Tall, skinny but not to the point you're afraid to break him with a hug, sexy accent, perfectttttttt hair, a melting smile.

I look like shit, but he is just melting.
MGC: Well ello there.
Me: I need a hug and a picture ljflfjd.
MGC: Well awright.
Me: *HUGHUGHUGHUGHUG*
Heather: *CLICK*
And I told him my friend mallory wanted me to say hi, since her lifes ambition is to meet him.
MGC: *smiles* *starts waving* *realizes its not a video camera* *confused face* *SALUTE*

i reeeeally dont think you realize just how beautiful he is.

I make my way over to Sisky....
Sisky: Hi
Me: *big stupid grin* I need a hug and a picture.
Sisky: *hug*
Me: *big hug* I hope I don't break you.
Sisky: I know, I'm such a little man
Heather: *click*
Me: Do you think you'll ever get your hoodie back from Pete?
Sisky: I actually got it back tonight.
Me: *Gasp*
Sisky: I know. Well, it's not THE hoodie, but its the same one. Dejesus from Gym Class was here, and he left it in the dressing room for me. It's a little big. But I called Pete and was all "Yo, where's my hoodie." He said it was Ashlee's, so I call her up, and she says she got it from a friend. So I was all "Whatever." I have it back though.
Me: Everyone was devestated when you lost it.
Sisky: Well you can tell them I got it back now.

We're cute together. Im sorry, but that is just meant-to-be.
Me: Where's the Butcher?
Sisky: I think he's stuck in traffic.
*BUTCHER WALKS IN*
Sisky: Well hey, the Butcher!

So then I prance on over to the Butcher. A kid gave him light up drum sticks, which was really really cool. I was kind of dissapointed he didnt use them at the show. *Sigh*
Anyways.
Me: Hi.
Butcher: Hiiii.
Me: Can I get a hug and a picture?
Butcher: Yeah! *hug*
Me: *bigbigbig hug*
Butcher: Oh man. Big hugs.
Heather: *CLICKCLICK*

Me: Well, my friend Ashlyn misssed you guys this tour. And she said if she ever met you, she'd have to say one thing. So I put it on my shirt.

Butcher: "Hey Butcher... Tender My Loins... Hahaha. That's a good one."

Diiiied inside.

So I wander over to the side of the room, and William is taking a picture with this girl Irene.
Irene: Does the picture look good?
William: Do I look good?
Me: William, I don't think you have ever taken a bad picture.
William: *looks for who said that* *finally sees me* *smiles* No, I have.
Me: Well I've never seen one that didn't look great.
William: *wanders over*
Me: Can I get a picture and a hug?
William: Of course sweetheart.
Me: I'll try not to hug you too hard. I'm afraid of breaking you.
William: Awe, well thank you.
Heather: *click* *dies*

Some other random conversation follows. I was out of breath, you dont understand. Fflj. He is one of the sweetest men alive. Im still high on it. Wow. We talked about the show, going to disney land, filming a new TAI TV, what my name was [which i almost forgot lksfd] and his hair. Wiliam: I've been thinking about cutting my hair.
Room full of girls: NO!!!!!!
William: Why? I mean, the music is the same.
Me: But you have beautiful hair.
William: Thank you.
Me: I know, I tried to cut it like yours |=
William: *laughs*
Me: Believe me, everyone freaked out when you guys took the first pictures before Santi and your hair was gone.
William: Really?
Me: Yeah. And the bandana. Why don't you wear that any more, anyways?
William: Well, Sisky doesn't really like it...
Me: Fsldfjkflj.
We tell Will we're going to be at the show tomorow night, and he said he would look for us.

Jack announces that there's two minutes left, so I dash over to Mike. He's just sitting alone on the couch, so I say hi. He sticks out his hand and shakes mine.
Me: Hi. I'm Janaye. I haven't gotten to talk to you yet.
Mike: *Smile* Well Hi. It's nice to meet you.
He's even sweeter than William is. He's so genuine and just adorable.
I gave him a big hug, took a picture

Ignore my sheer excitement. |=
He was drinking beer, and he's the best hugger in all the world.
I can't even remember what we talked about. He is the deffinition of elation. He is so sweet and everything. I wish he really was my brother.

Time to leave. I run up to MGC, who was just standing by himself, and gave him one last big hug. Im sure they all thought I was crazy. I am almost crying right now remembering it. It was the happiest moment of my life. meeting them. 25 minutes of just bliss. Fjlfsdljkf.

We get back out there, get into the pit and meet up with Raven and Stephanie again. They ended up on the barricade, and i was 1 away from it. I had to push and yell at a few cunts who kept elbowing me in the chest until my boobs were [even more] non existant. But I made it up there. Fjl for those of you who haven't gone yet, I won't ruin the set for you. But I cried during Everything We Had. and 40 Steps was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard. They played Down & Out and I cried again. That's my song.
Then of course, william jumps in the pit and Raven molested him, and I grabbed his arm. fljlf.
We left the pit and met BRYCE from THE ROCKET SUMMER.

And then we went to McDonald's, drank a gallon of soda, and took a picture of a bike that had its handlebars, wheels, seat, and chains stolen.... rofl.

SLEEPING WITH GIANTS: DAY TWO.
21 September 2007. The House Of Blues, Anaheim.

That night it was just me and Heather. We slept the entire ride there, which was about 3 hours. We get lost, so we end up calling Chris who winds up getting us more lost. Rofl. We drove up and down Disneyland Drive probably 8 times. We finally find the place, and we find Chris in line. What a cayootie*~ He talked to me more than he had talked to his friends all week |= Haha. Just goes to show you how AWESOME boardies are. Youz all be totes jeals*~*~*
Jack starts going down the line and finding SLHs.
Jack: Are you guys in the fan club? Oh wait, HEY GUYS!
Yeahhh. He recognized us : D
So from afar, I see my PINK SPIDERS buddies Shawn and Jeana! FLjfsd. That was fun. Well, for us. hahaha. Everyone else was giving us looks, but thast probably becasue we started rolling on the ground screaming. Woops.
We get inside, and Chris leads us to like, 2 away from the barricade on the MGC/Sisky side. SO AWESOME. Sherwood was actually really good, and by the time Rocket Summer started playing, Chris was already on the barricade. Some dumb cunt kept elbowing me in the stomache, so I kicked her in the back. Yeah, and then SHE got mad. So I told her she's a dumb cunt, and I pushed in front of her onto the Barricade. TAKE THAT YOU 4'2'' HISPANIC HOE. God. I could have curb stomped her. She was so rude.
Before TAI came on, the curtains were down. So me and heather start yelling "OH JAMESSS. JAMESSS WE LOOOVE YOUUU." We see a hand poke out of the curtain and we all start yelling. He lifted it up some, and TONY pokes his head out and waves hello. : D They started sound checking, and you hear "Test. One two three." *Pause* "ELLO ELLO!" We all start freaking out because James' accent is the hottest thing ever. Fjsldj. Uhm. Yummy. Wow.
When I got on the barricade, it was in the middle of "Seed". That could be my new favorite song now. It was incredibleeee live. It also didnt help that William kept stroking himself. Jfc jlfjf *dies*.
Jack walked around in front of the barricade. I talked to him for a bit, and the girls next to me were all OMFG YOU KNOW JACK?! It was great. Bahah. We talked about the Troubador and where TAI was going next and all that jazz. He gave me a water bottle [:
When it got quiet, I yelled at Sisky. He looked over and smiled once or twice. God. I died, especially since I GOT HIS PICK! FJDflj. MGC threw a pick into the audience and heather caught it. Sisky threw a few but they all fell short of the barricade, so I got a security guard to grab it for me. I fucking adore this thing. Here's a picture of heathers:

But what was even better was AFTER the concert.
Chris, his brother, Heather, and I were of course, dying. So we run to WETZEL PRETZEL. Cinnamon pretzels and lemonade FTW. Were all sitting, eating, talking about the boards and whatnot, and it starts to POUR. This was no light drizzle, it was a torrential downpour. We start frolicking and skipping through like, the inch of water, yelling and whatnot. until we realize wer soaked. So we dive under the awning of a restraunt and shiver like hell. [Wait, is that an oxymoron?] We run back out into the rain and into the parking lot. Big big hugs goodbye. Boardies are the best, I'm not sure if any of you understand that. I don't care if were all bitches*~ and its just the interweb, but I would chose to go to a show with a boardie over hanging out with half of you tbh. yarly.

I know i'm forgetting a lot of things. its two nights later, and im tired and my ears are still ringing. They opened with "Same Blood" and ended with "Almost Here" like I had always said would be the best. Im still in elation. Im still smiling. I couldn't be happier, and I couldn't have had a better time.

SEE YOU ALL AT YOUNG WILD THINGS!