my moral standing is lying down

( the rave )

( the rant )

Went to the Nine Inch Nails concert tonight. Got home about 1/2 hour ago. It was actually really good, even though I wasn't all that familiar with most of the set list. But the staples were so worth it: Head Like a Hole, Closer, Hurt, there were others though I can't quite remember them right now. That new one that's being played on the radio now.

The opening band was actually really awesome -- The Dresden Dolls. Liz got a CD sample of their music signed by them. They're a two-person band. Girl on the keyboard, vocals. Guy on the drums, guitar. I need to go buy their album. =D

The floor was packed! Once NIN started, I decided not to stay in the very front as I wasn't quite up to not breathing tonight. I slowly worked my way back. I ended up staying toward the middle-right, on the outskirts of a mosh pit. It was actually lotsa fun; I enjoyed bouncing around back and forth. Even the one time I got pushed down on the floor didn't bother me so much; I got up with a grin. LOL. There were some people nice enough to help me up -- two people offered a hand, and one was trying to pull me up by the hoodie wrapped around my waist from the other side of me. (Not only pushed down, but drawn and quartered as well!) My left foot totally aches (I know it got twisted a bit when I went down), and I think I have a bruise forming on the left side of my left knee -- from what I don't know. And my shoulders hurt. That area where the pit kept forming was really crazy and fun.

Liz, Juliet, Alex (from Boston) and I got separated pretty quickly. But I bumped into Alex a couple of times in the middle of the floor, which was kinda fun(ny). I never saw Liz or Juliet, but after the show we eventually found each other. Liz was completely soaked! She'd actually stayed there in the front the whole time. x_x; Poor Juliet -- it was her first concert. She was kinda scared, but had fun too. Poor Alex -- he had to go to Port Authority to catch a bus home right after the concert since he didn't have a place to stay overnight this time. =(

Oh yeah, I got a NIN tour shirt. Go me.

Nicky's here! All the way from Sacramento. She took a red-eye flight and I picked her up from JFK yesterday at 9am! We went to have a bite to eat at a diner, then back to my house to catch up on some much-needed sleep. In the afternoon we met Angelica and Maryann at the mall and ate some more, did a bit of shopping, ate again. Poor Nicky, though; she was apparently coming down with some sort of cold from the day before her flight, and right now she's laying in bed with the possible beginnings of a sinus infection. We had planned to go into the city today and shop around the village, but we changed that to hanging around the house today -- she's hoping that a day of bed rest will stop the illness before it really catches on. So people are coming over later to watch anime and hang out. ^^

In other exciting news, NIN is going on tour this year and there are 2 dates in NYC at the Hammerstein Ballroom. K-rock is having a pre-sale, so I'm going to try desperately to get three tickets (me, Liz, Angelica) for the 16th, but since they limit you to two tickets, Alex from MA is also trying to get two tickets (one for him & one for me). He's so nice. In fact, I wouldn't have even known about the K-rock presale unless he'd called me about it. The presale starts in about 3 minutes, so I'll hopefully be back to update more and let you know whether I was successful or not.

[edit/3:07pm] First attempt was unsuccessful. Limited presale tickets sold out in 7 minutes.

[edit/5:07pm] Second attempt successful! Three tickets to see NIN in (virtual) hand!