HA! i got this email today:

Hello, I believe I found a book of yours. I was at the NIN show the other day (I can only assume you were too) and I happen to walk through the parking lot after everything and everyone had cleared out. I found a photo book and some scattered pictures with this email address on them. I’m not sure why the book was left there (on purpose or accidentally?) but if you would like it back i’d be happy to return it to you. It appears to have been run over by something while in the parking lot, but it and it’s contents are still in great shape.

Anyway, if you email me back we can arrange to have the book returned.

LOL that is so fabulous. I figured the security guard would have chucked it after i made such a big noise with it. And the fact that it’s been runover makes my day!

working on going to philly. probably not both shows but…we’ll see haha

went to see tommy at his new place. he has no furniture, and we did nothing, but it was really nice

and i’m totally going to take pictures of my bruises.

 

haha one more thing i forgot to mention about tuesday….

in line we entertained ourselves by being big giant dorks and making sentences out of NIN song titles LOL. it was really entertaining. adr2 wrote one on the sidewalk with my sharpie cuz she thought it was funny (and turns out, very appropriate in explaining the experience of being in the crowd) “i gave up it was just too physical” LOL. *dorks*

and i really really need to go back to school to be an archivist…i got a bunch of slides of the terminal from my dad’s friend, taken around the same time as my dad took his. and it’s just so exciting to go through them while i’m scanning them and see the ones from the 70s. but not only did he have ones from the 70s he got reproductions of all the historical ones of the building that the Historical Society has in their library! woo we dont have to pay for them now hehehe but yeah. i could do this all day long. i’m in the wrong career.

 

(And because I’ve lost a chunk of archives from this part of 2005, I’m going to add in Adrienne2’s live journal posts about these shows too)

nin in Toronto was fucking amazing. Abridged version…….Went up with sara in separate cars b/c she had a ticket to the first show and I didn’t. I got a ticket at a discounted rate b/c the scalper wanted to grope me (very amusing until later that night when I got home and started to think about it and got pissed off). The show was amazing!!!!! I ended up in the pit and totally had a blast beating the crap out of everyone and everyone beating the crap out of me. Hehehe as I was in the pit, trent threw his tambourine and it fucking hit me in the head and started to slide down my back and some crazy guy ripped it out of my hair, taking some of my hair with it. Sara fucking touched trent…. Lucky bastard 😉 went home sore and somewhat bruised but happy… of course.

The second show, got our tix, waited in line with much cooler people, though not anywhere near as cool as reno. Saw trent get off the bus right behind us (HOT!!!!). ended up closer to the barrier and got beat the fuck up. I ended up in fisticuffs. It cracks me up that the pit was gentler than just standing slightly to the side of trent near the barrier. We ended up totally spent and ended up crashing to the floor when the show ended (and the floor was fucking sick). SOOOOOOO much more to say, but… ouch. My damages are as follows::

Bruised palms (from pushing on the barrier as to not get crushed. This is fun; I can’t hold anything with my whole hands, only my fingers)
Giant lumpy bruise on arm
Various bruises on upper arms, lower arms, top of hand (wtf??) and on my shoulders and upper back
Bruised heels (again wtf???)
Cuts and brusies on my knees from the barrier. although they are in a pretty pattern. lol
Sore ribs (although not as bad as sara’s I’m sure)
I absolutely cannot raise my arms (fighting is fun people. Hehe)
I cannot turn my head due to crowd surfer landing on my head and cracking my neck a little bit
And the biggie….. I have a fucking bruised kidney!!!! I am so glad I punched the guy who kept hitting me in my kidney. Let me tell you, peeing blood the morning after a show like that is a nightmare. I thought was going to die. My back fucking kills but I looooove pain killers.

The best thing is I cannot wait to do this again!!!!! Hehehe I have never felt so alive. Lol hey, I know… lets start a fight club!

hopefully going to philly to see them again next week. Although, I probably won’t be able to go in front due to said kidney and all, but what a way to go huh? Lol

Need to go get check now so I can pay sara and various bills. Only that actually involves moving. ::groans:: 😉

 

I gave up, it was just too physical.
I had to go deep into the downward spiral
to the great below,
which is right where you belong.