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GRIDLOCK NYE IN LA

Let me tell you the story about how I went to Los Angeles for 48 hours even though I live in New England, which makes this entire trip absurd to the max.

So I left CT at around 11am from Bradley International. From there I stayed in DC for a few hours and then went on my merry way to LAX. I was in the back of the plane by the window so I got to see the amazing sight of the lights of LA as we flew in. There is something so... idk... I love seeing cities all spread out and glowing like that. Got of the plane and was hit by California air. <3 It made me realize that, yes, I really do miss California. A lot.

Then I got on a taxi.. with a very rude taxi driver. Who took me to the wrong hotel. And then gave me part of my change back in the form of pennies. I did not like him very much. Oh yes, and the wrong hotel.... I ended up walking like 2 blocks to get to my real hotel cuz of him. *frowny face* And then I had an hour and a half to get ready for the ~PARTY!!!!! I should probably note here that I looked absolutely fabulous, except then I didn't take any pics of myself.

Ok, the rest is going behind a cut.

Pre-show
I'd been in contact with

kavasu about rides and such, so she came to get me at the hotel and then it was off to (

bubby_wubby's where a town car driven by a lovely man named Ron (this is important later) was waiting to take us to Paramount! I spent the whole ride gawking out the window like the tourist I am (omg palm trees!!). It was... really cool being there omg. We met up with the rest of the table (5 others) and waited in a poorly organized line to get our VIP wristbands/access as well as a guide to take us to the table. The whole set-up was so cool (stupid me got no pics), all like the streets of New York with stands and DJs and such.

Our table was towards the back of the VIP area, but still really freaking close and right in the center. And OMFG it was amazing. There was.. quite the collection of people at the various VIP tables (ie lots of feather boas... and just... oh dear), but we just ignored them all and settled in. Got some food, got some drinks poured for us.. and just waited.

I ended up wandering around with

cantinera and

laughincryin to the bar in the general VIP section and to check out the place. We ended up standing around chatting by the restrooms and saw Adam's "handler" back there. Also lots of girls wearing.. not a whole lot.

Around 11, we wandered back and were told that Adam was somewhere in the back-stage type area, so the three of us went to go check it out. Back there I spotted Monte.. and TOMMY. Before we left, I'd been joking about how if I had the chance to talk to one person, it would be Tommy.. and I was standing like... a meter and half away from him. There was shaking... there was near crying... He was surrounded by Glamberts but I managed to snag a few pics. And then... drink in hand.. I shoved my camera at some random lady, asked if she'd take a pic... and steeled myself to ask him for a picture. AND I GOT ONE AND I ALMOST CRIED AND GODDAMNIT I AM SUCH A FANGIRL IT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY AND I DONT CARE AND OMGGGGG.

Ok.. I'm done now.

Pics from the pre-show stuff:

See that girl second from the left. She was fucking EVERYWHERE.

(_A*90)(*&(*UJHJUOYOYUOI I look like shit and the lady clearly does not know how to use a camera. But omfg I almost died. HE IS SO GORGEOUS IN PERSON IT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY OMG.

OMFG THE SHOW
Then it was nearly midnight so we went back to the VIP area. We were all kinda spread out, I stayed towards the back at the middle. Some people went to the front of the barricades. And then Pamela Anderson came out to do the countdown.

Fireworks started right as the countdown finished, and then ADAM WAS ON STAGE. wheee~

Setlist:
Music Again
If I Had You
Whataya Want From Me
Strut
Sure Fire Winners
Soaked
For Your Entertainment
Sleepwalker
Fever
Down the Rabbit Hole

Encore: Whole Lotta Love

I'm just going to dump all my pictures. I need to watch youtube videos of the concert to re-live it over and over. It was totally insane, the band was ON FIRE (not like... literally). You could tell they were having SO MUCH FUN and it just made the energy levels explode into awesome. The interaction between them all was so fun. My camera got quite the workout so I won't be posting them all. Just.. a lot. lol.

(his stupid presh smile!)

(lol focus. but TOMMY)

(i hate.. stage lights)

(lol Adam where is your hand)

(i c u rocking out in the back tommy)

:')

(the number of pics I took of Tommy is frightening. Let's not talk about it)

(bawwwww fuzzy)

(lisa!!!!!!!!!!)

(~shaking and crying~)

(idek)

(lolololol)

(*limp wrist*)

(I LOVE LISA I WISH I HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET BETTER PICS OF HER)

(is my bias obvious yet?)

(Prance?)

(i love shots like this - this was the beginning of Soaked)

(most of my pics from this song have adam with really pained facial expressions.. it was a very ~dramatic performance)

(see?)

(i would like to know what was in his flask)

(by the way, his outfit?! amazing)

(omg his stupid faaaaaaace)

(yea idk)

(gosh I love this picture)

Following pic ais from the encore:

(I LOVE HIS BAND. SRSLY)

And... And then it was over. *woe*
All my pics are here: http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad3/starsparkle2/Gridlock%20NYE/?start=all
I only posted the best.. ish ones.

After
It was like 12:45. Neil had been ROCKING OUT near us the whole show, kavasu was talking with him. Then

cantinera slo-mo fell on him, and it was funny and she will never live it down. (ilu bb! and i hope your bruises and scrapes heal soon) He wandered away, we all had some champagne at our table and then I went to go find kavasu and bubby_wubby. They were near the door into the afterparty, chatting with Neil, Neil's gf and the security guard. We could not get IN to the afterparty sadly, but it was fun to watch the stream of twinky gay boys wander in and out. Lol @ Adam's harem, it makes me smile to be honest. He totally deserves a harem of cute gay boys! Mama Lambert walked past us at one point. Um... yes.

Then the stressful part of the trip began. Since we were in VIP and there was security everywhere, we had left our stuff at the table. Except while we were gone, the opened up the area. So when we got back, our jackets and purses... were gone. Cue freaking out. Without the purses.. none of us had ID. No one had house keys. And security was an absolute NIGHTMARE to work with. No one was communicating. The other 2 ladies got their jackets back. We ended up being sent around the place trying to find people to help us. Our phones were all dying. (Luckily, we all had our phones and I'd kept my camera on me).

Finally, we had to ask our lovely driver, Ron, to take us to the Hollywood branch station of LAPD to file police reports. I was trying hard to not let it dampen the epic of the night, but I was really freaked out b/c I needed my ID to get on a plane. And with no debit card, I had limited means to do anything. We finally decided to all stay in my hotel room (since we figured that would be easiest to get into at 5am) till bubby_wubby's brother could drive into the city with her apartment keys. Cue two hours of restless sleep.

The next morning, it turned out that cantinera had actually picked up kavasu's purse (meaning hers was missing), so the two of us headed off to cantinera's to get that and then have some lunch. I got to see the Hollywood sign in the distance and we drove past downtown. :D (lol I'm such a tourist) Got some awesome hungover lunch with kavasu, cantinera and

revid. In the meantime, they called cantinera from Paramount to say that they'd found her purse, which gave me some hope.

Finally got back to the hotel around 3pm where I called Paramount to check on status. They said they were still looking. Got a call about half an hour later. They found my purse. In the toilet of one of the port-a-potties. Luckily, ALL my IDs and my debit card were in there. Cantinera was nice enough to pick them up for me since I had no transportation.. They looked clean, but I dumped them all in the sink with near-boiling hot water running over them for like an hour. :| In the meantime, kavasu took me to In N Out so that I could get the full CA experience! So delicious!!!!!!

Then I went to my room, tried to get the wireless to work for uploading.. and passed out.

AND THEN I TRIED TO GET HOME AND LA JUST DIDNT WANT ME TO LEAVE.

Got to LAX. Flight was overbooked by like 30 people. They tried to bribe people to wait till the next day to open up seats. It wasn't enough. I almost cried b/c it was like 7am and I just wanted to go home. Freaked out on twitter a lot.

Then the guy at the desk put me on a later flight, upgraded me to first class, gave me $20 worth of food vouchers for LAX and gave me $650 credit towards a future US Air flight, valid for a year. Meaning.. I made out like a bandit.

Got home at 12:30am. Got home, started picture uploads and passed out till 4pm.

It was a rough trip, I lost my jacket, my purse and some makeup. But LA was epic and I am totally using my $650 for when Adam starts touring.. so I can go to a show in LA and hangout with all the awesome people who I met there.

Thanks go to

astolat for arranging everything for our table... and to all the lovely ladies AT the table who made the whole experience rock so hard.

THE END

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Oh my god, bb. NGL, I was flipping out for you on Twitter (for both the epic and the non epic :() I'm so glad you made it home in one piece and that you had fun! Eee!!! TOMMY.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us ♥

Haha I was freaking out pretty badly too. I'm glad I had twitter to vent to and get hugs from. <3

Gorgeous pictures!

I'm sorry for all the stress you went through, though. :(

I would do it all over again in a heartbeat though!

:D It was an amazing show. I still can't get over how tight they are as a band already.

The energy on-stage was amazing. And it's really obvious based on their interaction that they have a lot of fun up there and with each other. I can't wait to see that get even better on a tour!

ADSGDHDSGASFATOMMY

(And I would have freaked out and had an epic meltdown under the stress. D:)

Edited 2010-01-04 08:04 (UTC)

So sorry everything AFTER the show was such a pain but I'm glad the show was worth it and your pictures are AWESOME. Loving all the Lambliff, NEGL! Haha! Thanks, bb!

I may have a ~slight bias towards the Lambliff.

SLIGHT...

>.>;;;

<3

You forgot to mention how Neil RAN AWAY after cantinera fell on him. hahahaha.

And how MUCH all of Adam's harem loved him. It was cute.

<333

Ahahahaha. I could have gone on for sooo much longer and with so much more detail than I did. But the post already took me like 2 hours to make. D:

You forgot to mention how Neil RAN AWAY after cantinera fell on him. hahahaha.

Yeah, that makes me feel better. D:

AWESOME RECAP, BB! YOU TRULY HAD AN EPIC NIGHT, AND I'M GLAD ALL THE ~DRAMA DIDN'T DETRACT TOO MUCH FROM YOUR ADVENTURE. CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR DETAILS OF YOUR NEXT TRIP!

LOVE ALL YOUR TOMMY PICS, BTW. AND YOU LOOKED ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. NO WONDER HE WAS SMILING. <3

I'M PRETTY SURE THE FACT THAT I HAD GOTTEN PRETTY DRUNK HELPED ME NOT FREAK OUT AT THE BEGINNING. AND THEN AT LIKE 4:30AM IN THE POLICE STATION I WAS SOBERING UP, BUT CALM ENOUGH TO BE LIKE - I WILL FIGURE THIS OUT, DON'T FORGET THAT YOU STILL HAD A TOTALLY EPIC NIGHT.

<333

I'm glad you loved LA. I hate LA, haha. But In 'N Out is bomb :D

Haha well I was only there for 48 hours, so who knows how I would feel after a longer stay. West Coast cities just have such a different vibe than East Coast, and I like it.

And omg the In N Out was sooo good.

Wow so cool that you got to go to Gridlock. Your photos are so beautiful - esp of Adam during Soaked and all of Tommy's :D Thanx so much for sharing your experience and photos <3

<333

Thank you for sharing!! <3333
Sorry for nagging about this in the past few days, hahaha.

Glad you had so much fun, I'm so jealous!

Haha it's ok <3

That was my own fault for taking so long to get them up anyway!!

EPIC WRITEUP IS EPIC. And holy shit, your pics are out of this world. *stares*

Thank you so much for sharing, bb!!!!

Thanks for posting your pics, they are great and sorry about your purse, that must have been insane.

POIAEFLKDSJL;ADOFIJ TOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, you're adorable! :D
Thank you for the recap. And the pix ~~of Tommy~~

And OMG LISA!!! Yay :D _ JFC, she's pretty!!!!!

I'm glad you found your ID - I remember you freaking out on Twitter about that.

OUEROIJSFKDJLI;EAJFA;SLJLK;AJFOAEIJF TOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice Recap. I also liked the fact that you took pictures of Lisa who is quite a lovely girl and deserves recognition for being in the band. It's like she wasn't even there NYE because cameras were focused on Adam, Monte and Tommy. Thanks for the recap,

I love Lisa. She is gorgeous and awesome and it's sad that she doesn't get as much attention. Although at the same time, she's also more ~mysterious to people. xD I'm sure on the tour I will take a million more pics of her.

thanks for sharing those awesome pics and YOU ARE GORGEOUS! They only bump pretty people to first, so: proof!

*hides under the bed*

Waaait, so after I fall on Neil and laugh about it, I get given champagne? Who thought this was a good idea?

And damn, I had no idea I was separated from you that much as I thought we were together most of the night. I was near you when you met Tommy and do not remember that!

Edited 2010-01-04 18:50 (UTC)

teehee. Not I!

And with all that was going on, mere minutes away from each other was enough to make things totally different!

lfsjldfjsfj that is so amazing you got to go to Gridlock! I am ~~enormously~~ a teeny tiny bit jealous. XD Thanks for posting all your awesome pics, though, bb!

And I'm so glad you were able to get your ID etc back! Talk about stressful. *HUGS*

I still can't believe I actually did it. lol. It was worth every bit of money and stress.

*HUGGG*

OMG, there was so much to your story that I hadn't heard! I'm glad you made it home in one piece eventually and that you had a wonderful time, nonetheless!

It was wonderful to meet you, and if you make it out to San Francisco to see Adam someday, there's always room on my couch/futon/floor for you!

Haha. It was a crazy couple days. And yes, I had an AWESOME time regardless.

It was definitely great meeting you. :) *strokes chin* San Fran you say... it IS my favorite city. lol I will keep that in mind for sure. <3

Great recap :) It sounds like you had a great time (aside from all the stress at the end). I'm glad everything worked out in the end.
Oh and your pictures are amazing!

What an awesome experience you had. But what a shame your purse was stolen. A real downer.

The picture of you and Tommy is gorgeous! Tommy has never smiled so much. LOL. (How can one boy be so pretty???)

Your photos of Adam are wonderful. Thanks for sharing - I felt as I was right there next to you the whole time.

A downer, but not enough to dampen the amount of fun I had. :)

And let me tell you.. Tommy is even prettier in person, the pictures don't do him justice

your pics are freaking gorgeous. Seriously.

The post-concert sounds awful. :( I would have had a melt down!

Thank you for the recap! You look veryyyyyyyyy pretty.

I think the fact that I was surrounded by awesome people and that I will still riding the sleep-deprived high of the concert kept me from totally breaking down honestly.

Such a great review - thank you!!

I was there hanging out with cantinera that night but I don't think we met. After Adam's set ended, she took off (I guess to watch the after party or fall into Neil LOL) and I didn't know where she was. So I hung around for a little bit and had a cigarette with a Zodiac guy before heading home. I saw a security guard ask two women who were drinking at your table if a bunch of purses were there's. They said no, and the guy took them. I actually think the security guy stole your purses. I thought it was so strange for him to be "cleaning up" so quickly since the show was just over, but I thought you all had left and that he was being helpful because the new band was coming on and people were moving in and out. Anyway, it was strange, and I'm sorry that happened to you. It was such an amazing night to put a crappy ending on it.

Your pics take me right back, bb. Such an epic show. Thanks for sharing your review!

Oh wow, to watch the afterparty? I don't know. I think I went to the restrooms afterwards, but I forgot to introduce you to everyone--though I did with some since they mentioned you (or someone else?), but I have no clue where I went. Seriously, I remember Adam, remember you, but after that... it's all a blur.

You did introduce me to a couple of people but then I didn't see you leave so I didn't know what happened. At least you remember Adam. All that really matters. I found myself on someone's youtube video when they turned their camera from the stage to the audience. Maybe you should ninja the videos and find yourself and put the pieces together. The ~mystery of what happened to Amanda. :D

I remember hearing that you were there afterwards, but I think in the busy shuffle of the night, we never ended up being introduced.

However, that security guard story makes me :| because it's it's true.. that's FUCKED UP. Too bad we have no way of finding out now.

And the show was EPIC to the max

Yeah way fucked up, but if you think about the people in that area, who else would really want your purse? It was just Adam's family, friends, some Glamberts and us.

Anyway, hope to meet you next time bb!

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