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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
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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 withcantinera 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. Thencantinera 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 andrevid. 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 toastolat 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
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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