i need a new hobby other than music. i’ve never questioned my love for this until now, but i really am starting to.
after last night, i began to realize it only makes me happier than i’ve ever been before only 25% of the time. the other 75% of the time, everything about it just pisses me off.
25%—
• Those times your favorite band remembers you
• When you catch/get guitar picks/drum sticks/setlists
• When you meet your favorite bands
• When you get barricade/front row after waiting all day
• Making your favorite bands laugh
75%—
• Being stuck next to annoying fangirls in the pit
• Waiting 10+ hours in the cold to have 20+ girls cut you in line with the ONE group of girls that was ahead of you, ceasing you from getting barricade
• When band guys only converse with pretty girls/band sluts
• When band guys only look at pretty girls in the pit
• When you lose friendships over not getting someone into a m&g
• Sly digs against you on twitter
• Grades slipping
• Friends making false promises
• Show cancellations (esp. on your birthday, that’s always nice)
• Everything’s a competition
• Getting sick
• Not being involved enough in your own town
• Not having enough “friends” in school because you meet all your “”””friends”””” at concerts and they aren’t really even friends anyway
• Having a ride to a show, then having them bail
• Your mom not realizing how essential music is to your life
i’m just tired of being disappointed, in every way possible. i thought music was my escape, but it’s slowly becoming like everything else and i don’t know who i am anymore.
I know how much of a long shot it is, but please just hear me out. The Maine cancelled their show a town away from me on my 17th birthday for what was going to be my like, 10th time seeing them. A huge blizzard came out of nowhere, and the town had no power.
They couldn’t make up the show, or anything, and I was heartbroken. By the time they announced another Massachusetts date, for the 17th, I knew I had to go. By the time I actually had enough money to buy a ticket, they were sold out. (Just so everyone is aware, Boston was like the second show on the tour to sell out.)
I’ve been trying for months to find 2 extra tickets. I’ve been tweeting, looking on the internet all over the place, and making posts like this. Please. It would mean so much to me, and make up for that lousy infamous day back in October. Not to mention, the girl I’m going with, it’s her birthday weekend. Her birthday was the 13th, and this would absolutely make her life too to be able to get into this.
These guys mean so much to us, from their music, to on a personal level. How we became best friends is through their music. They’re like, everything to us. I couldn’t tell you how much it’d mean. We’d pay more than face value! Fastest way to get a hold of me is on twitter!
-@nicoleclaine
