Concert numero dos

Also incredible.

I swear, the amount of energy and passion that the members of these bands have is incredible.

At first I was a little worried; I got there late, due to stupidly deciding to walk from Penn Station on 34th and 8th Ave down to 14th and 3rdish and having missed the earlier train.  So I wasn't in my usual front spot.  In the beginning, anyway.

There were four pre-bands, including Eisley, who were amazing (and I also love seeing chick-dominated punk bands, because unfortunately the genre lacks those extremely) before Say Anything went on.  I was nervous because it didn't seem like anyone was getting super into anything.  Like at all.  And I know it is the pre-bands, but still!  Usually there's at least some action going on.

I did meet a girl there who was also by herself; she and I chatted and formed a wall between us that no one could get by after Eisley, because I kind of hate that shit.  Don't be that guy; your spot is going to get moved anyway once the band gets on and starts playing.  So why do you need to annoy everyone by pushing through to the front beforehand?  What was annoying is that after doing that and kind of making some guy feel guilty because I told him he was being "that guy" aha, is that some other dude called her and I "17 year old girls," meanwhile I am almost sure we were older.  Plus then they kept saying about how they should just shove us out of the way.  And we are the 17 year olds.  Because we weren't getting pushed around.  Yep.

So I was a little miffed about the crowd, or at least that section of it.

But then Say Anything came on, and the moshing began.  I was kind of really close to the center of it, so I got pushed around quite a bit.  But I don't mind the pushing and the shoving when the concert actually starts! I know that shit happens, and I actually like it, aha.  It means people are getting into it and everything.  And what was cool is that because I didn't resist this moshing, it pushed me all the way to the front.  I've gotten well enough that I can hold a spot when I'm in a spot I really like, but if I want to be moved, I can be moved very easily, and I'll usually only go forward.

The band was incredible.  Unfortunately, they did not play Admit It!, but they did play Alive With the Glory of Love, Baseball, and a few others that I was really really pleased with.  I kept waiting for Admit It and it just never came.  Sadness.

Also after I couldn't find that girl but I met a guy while waiting for the subway who was also taking the LIRR, and we together ran from the subway station to the train in four minutes, just making it in time.  Like if we started running five seconds later, we probably wouldn't have made it and would've had to wait until the next train an hour later.  And then we chilled until he had to get off at Mineola.  And then I was talking to this couple coming from a different concert the entire time.  It was really awesome, actually.

Going to concerts by myself really isn't so bad if I keep meeting cool people like the ones I met tonight!  I wish I had gotten their facebooks or something, actually.  They were quite awesome.

Some pics will probably be up tomorrow or something.  After Joanna's graduation ceremony, of course!