This is a very special month for me, yes, it's my birthday on the 19th and my dad's on the 11th, but it also happens to be the month of my most beloved friends' birthdays.

November 5 *yes, today* -- Iris --- In the words of... ; ) "There are friends, there are best friends and then there's Iris". Loyal like few, patient, always open to psychic-trauma transference. Scorpio *yay!* but not as tempestuous as me, I've always felt like you take care of me, I don't know why. 

November 19 *yes, same as me* -- Ricky --- Oh my soul, how better to describe you? I think I won't, you'll hate me if I do it wrong. We've known each other for so long, years don't matter anymore, you've seen all sides of me. 
You are fire, I know you know, all I'll say is I'll never forget the honey.

November 19 *yes, also* -- Vero --- V for Venom! *she calls herself that* You've taught me so much, it's always fun to be around you, I haven't seen you in a while but you know I care for you. Loud in good and bad times, you define the way to be extrovert.

November 23 *yes, Sagittarius* -- Dani --- The one and only! Gig-freak and best friend to death. Great company for countless hours under a blistering sun or pouring rain. Great taste in men ; ) music, books, and all. We've shared ideas, geeky theories, conspiracies, mindfreak moments and a lot more. I hope we'll be able to keep doing so for a long time.

To all four of you, my heart beats hard for you, maybe because of you, thanks for everything you've given me, I hope I've given something back. I love you all.

So many concerts! I'm seriously thinking about developing a star-chart to grade the gigs, I want to put categories like: Live Show, Interaction, Duration, and last but not least, Fans, oh yes, and maybe Injuries would be an interesting category. 

October 7 -- My Chemical Romance : I'm Not OK because teenagers scare the living s**t out of me.
So, this wicked month started on a sunny Sunday. I remember how Dani and I found out about MCR in Mx, we were at another concert -Travis- and on the big screens they were announcing the coming concerts. Dani bought our tickets in presale so we were all set since August. I must say she's a bigger fan than I am :)
Then, the week before the concert we were counting the days when, on Wednesday a friend sent me a message about an autograph signing that would take place on Friday -sorry, Frarday-. I went all mad, called Dani and immediately decided we had to be there. Since she had to go to work, we agreed that we would meet there. I didn't have to go anywhere else, so I thought, OK, I'll be there at 10:00 and we'll see; unfortunately I had a couple of minor problems - an argument and traffic - and I arrived at 11:00 and I found a mob scene, I decided to stay in line until Dani arrived but when she did we saw that we had no hope and left. After that, we decided we'd better be really early on Sunday. We woke up at 5 am -yes, on Sunday- and arrived at the venue at 7:30... only to find 339 people before us. The line was mildly organized, thanks in part to parental units. Gosh, I felt so old there. We stood, or rather, sat under the blistering sun for nearly 10 hours, but when we finally got inside we were not so far behind. Of course the crowd started pushing, shoving and disobeying every direction given by Security long before the show started. Miraculously we were able to swim our way to the barrier, not at the front, at the side forming an aisle in the dance floor which allowed people to be pulled out, away from the angry mob if they couldn't stand it; we were really close to the stage, I could tell because 1) I could see the band's faces clearly and 2) I felt the heat from the flamethrowers on stage like I was right beside them.
Notes:
- Great show, Gerard is such a show-off! 
- On the other hand, no Ferard, and I only saw Frank for like a second because he was kneeling on the opposite side of the stage.
- Horrible fans, the worst we've met yet I think, right behind AFI's.

Anymore, that's totally true, at least on stage, this Saturday's show was shameful, wrong lights, wrong music *thank God for the live musicians we had* the lights went out at some point, and the organization? Nonexistent. Leaving aside how I danced - how we all danced - the mistakes, the outfits, how traumatized I am because let's face it, I don't look they way I'd like to, leaving all that aside, I don't feel this show was as good as the others had been. I felt dismal when it ended, I also heard a lot of people that were angry about the tickets and I totally understand them, why sell more tickets than there are seats? People come to watch the show, they pay and they have to sit on the floor? Not fair.
Maybe I'll never be a great dancer, because things like these don't let me enjoy my dance and of course everyone can tell, I can't work on my facial expression because I just don't like to smile, sometimes I concentrate too much and try very hard to keep focused and I know that's not the point. I'd like to, no, I'd love to be a good dancer one day but today it seems near impossible.
I won't say more, I will post pics but not just now, I don't think I can stand looking at them right now. Mh, I do wonder what my teacher will say to us on Friday.

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All October gigs will be reviewed in a single post, at the end of the month.

Really really really late entry!
On September 16 teh Dani and I went to... yes! another concert. It was Kaiser Chiefs and it was teh total and utmost awesomeness, so weird, the difference of fans was amazing, I mean, teh Dani and me have been in all kinds of gigs, from really violent ones where you almost beg for it to end to sweet, calm ones where everyone sings. But KC was so different! For starters, it was Sunday and we had agreed that this time we wouldn't arrive hours before to be in front, we just wanted to be there and enjoy, so we met early in the afternoon and went smoochin' cuz we hadn't seen each other for a while, then around 6 we made our way to the venue, and what did we find? The "line" of waiting fans was shorter than AFI's had been at 8 am! And these fans weren't rude at all, when we got inside the place, we were at the very front and managed to stay there because the people around us were not pushing, everyone was just enjoying themselves which is the whole point of a concert.
About the band... Oh my god, I can't believe... such amazing energy! Rick, the frontman, was injured, he actually entered the stage with crotches, which he then threw away and started jumping all over the place, literally. Ha ha, I do have to say that his clothes were not the highlight of the night. They played really well and there was a cool interaction with the crowd. Five stars.
About the opening act... Well, not everything could be perfect, I'd like to know how they choose the bands for the opening acts, this one was bad, the frontman could use some confidence lessons, i think the guitarist needs serious therapy and the bassist wasn't even a bassist, she just played a single note over and over and over again, I mean come on! Are you serious about your musical ambitions? Then effing show it!

I missed out on -yet- another job. I feel so beneath low... I suppose there's something wrong with me, or maybe it just is that other people do realize that I don't have what it takes to be a scientist -cause I'm so emotional and irrational and the things going on in my head have nothing to do with science- that could still be OK but the problem is that I don't much feel like I have what it takes to be anything else either.
The only good thing is that teh awesomeness that is teh Dani got the job and she's fab. I'm probably going to live off her ha ha
I wouldn't wallow in misery like this but all the muttering around me has made me lost my confidence and to round it all up I had -yet- another row with Aaron... I think I'd better go live in a cave or something as useful.