The Chariot

This is a song that came upon me one night.
When the news it had been telling me
about one more war and one more fight
And 'aeh' I sighed, but then
I thought about my friends,
then I wrote this declaration
just in case the world end

Our guns, we shot them in the things we said.
Ah we didn't need no bullets, cause we rely on some words instead.
Kill someone in argument,Outwit them with our brains;
and we'd kill ourselves laughing at the funny things we'd say.

And bombs, we had them saved for special times;
when the crew would call a shakedown, we break down a party landmine.
Women that are so sexy they explode us with their looks.
Ah we blowing up some speakers, jumping round till the ground shook.

And missiles, they were the road trips that we launched; t-t-tripping across this island.
Starting missions at the break of dawn,
Yawn and smile say, "What direction shall we take?'

"Somewhere where it warm and wet"
This be the route we'd always take and...

Our weapons were our instruments, made from timber and steel.
We never yielded to conformity but stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a record wheel

And our air force flying, when the frisbee in the sky.
Have a session while we're smoking now we're feeling extra high
And we'd sneak into a car park with the skaties on our back
And we're flying down the levels howling
"on the attack now on the attack"

And battles, they happened in these dance halls.
See we'd rather fight with music, choosing one the rhythm war.
Battle at these shakedowns and we battle at these gigs;
We do battle in our bedrooms, made some sweet love to the beat

Then our allies grew; wherever we would roam
See whenever we're together any stranger feels at home
In a way we are an army, but this army not destruct
No instead we're doing simple things;
Good loving find it run amuck

This be a declaration,written about my friends
It's engraved into this song, so they know I'm not forgetting them.
See maybe if the world contained more people like these,
then the news would not be telling me about all that warfare endlessly and...

Our weapons were our instruments, made from timber and steel.
We never yielded to conformity but stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a record wheel


---The Cat Empire

Days Like These

Oh...so when I said "tonight" you thought I meant last night?
Alright so I guess there's no real way out of this one. I'm just a douche. And I "bibled" and everything. Sorrrro:( I have to revise this research essay, because my now former teacher wants me to hand it in for an essay contest! Exciting right? Yeah, I'm trying to make you have at least some sympathy for me...Is it working? Great!

So back to the delightful Friday night I had.

After the concert was over Ashley and I decided to try and get autographs/pictures with the fellas. I thought "yeah right! they'll never be outside and if they are it will be next to impossible to actually be even near them!" So I forgot to tell you that when we got to the Starlite Room that their HUGE tour bus was parked out front...Back to present time...Ashley and I went outside, through the alley, and found the rest of the concert goers waiting for the same thing as us. And it didn't take long (literally like 2 minutes) until I heard Ashley say "Do you want to get a picture now?" And I thought she meant just a memento of the two of us...and I turn around and the lead singer was standing right by the bus talking to a few people! I couldn't believe that he was already out, because last time I went to Hellogoodbye it took almost an hour standing outside in the freezing cold to get one autograph...

We walked up to him and asked for a picture and sigh...he stood with his arms around us and we got the money shot. It's actually my picture on the popular social networking site, "Bookface", right now. LOL
And of course I had to get his autograph, on the only piece of paper I had, my ticket. And to make things better he wasn't pretencious, like when we met the guys from Boys Like Girls. He was so soft-spoken and ...oh that Aussie accent. Heart.
And then came the other half of the lead-singing duo, who is also the main trumpet player. AND we got a picture with him too, as well as the back-up trumpet player. Who by the way is a fox. :D:D

I totally feel like I should've gotten the other guys to sign something as well but I couldn't find anything short of my skin...and the temps were in the minuses that night (Can you believe that was our first real aka not melted yet, snow of the season? I have a feeling they brought it with them lol)

But Ashley and I hung around for 30-45 minutes after those amazzzing few moments, wondering if they could see us through their bus windows and making faces if they could. LOL. While we were sitting and people watching at about 2.30 in the morning, we noticed something...Ashley wanted a picture with the trombone player and was ready to ask him, but for the whole time we sat there he seemed "deeply engrosed" in a conversation with an "interesting" young lady. We were trying to judge whether she knew him or was just random. We decided that if he did in fact know him that they would talk inside the bus rather than standing outside...Plus I seem to remember her from inside. So eventually she follows him into the bus (where the other members are already remember) and doesn't close the door....This againn leads me to think that if she was with them that she would know enough of the routine to close the door behind her...So to sum it up...groupie. See you could've just read that instead of the long version, but by now you probably realized that....muahaha.

In the end I didn't get home till about 4 since Ashley and I went to her house for tea and grilled cheese. Best night ever in forreveerrr. Second best concert I've ever been to. It would be hard to ever top OkGo/SnowPatrol. Sorry CE. I still love you. Especially...you...know what i sayin? No? It's ok. I rarely ever do either.

Rhyme and Reason

Ok, you can bang my head against the wall if you like; I haven't written in what feels like fo-eva, but I have a good reason, I swear! See I've had finals all this last week. No lie. BS right!? Cause I'm done my program in 14 months everything is smushed together, aka everything is quick-timed. I had one on Monday, and Wednesday and then two on Thursday and Friday. AND to round house kick finals in the face, The Cat Empire just so happened to fall on the Friday (last night). Perfect way to end hell week :) I knew that they were coming since September but it just made the night taht much better to not have to think about homework/studying!

Sidenote: This was my first "real" concert in almost a year (Since Kanye/Rihanna) and my first general admission concert in TWO YEARS. Wtf right?

So it was at the Starlite Room, which I had never been to before. WAIT, rewiiiindd. Ashley picked me up and we got there around 8, to hopefully avoid the long-(expletive) line. Unfortunately we didnt. So, the SL-room entrance is in a half-arm span wide alley, which just adds to it's indie cool facter. And then it leads up to these stairs (all of this is outside still though). So, flashback a bit, to get into the Starlite Room at any time you need a membership, which is $5 and good for the yr. So all these people, while we were in line, kept "forgetting" to get their membership (and I don't see how since the girl stands at the entrance to the alley saying "MEMBERSHIPS!". Anyway these ignorant peeps would go get their membership, saying "excuse me, pardon me" all the while. AND then what was really rude and annoying, was that after getting the membership these same people would come BACK through the line to get to the front. AS if somehow their entitled to go back to the front of the line, because they are forgetful/don't pay attention. And there were these awesome people behind us in life who were so hilarious and well let's face it pure be-otches. Even though one was a guy, they were just funny.

SO we finally get it, go to coat check and then the bathroom (which was down a big set of stairs and pretty grungy). Then we went to sit down near the back of the place, which had all the booths and the bar. But no booths were available, so we sat on bar stools near coat check, and a pool table. We sat there for like a few hrs even through the opening act. But it was just so chill and awesome. And more and more people just kept piling in the place. It was an 18+ show, and it was nice to finally not have a bunch on pre-teen or 14 yr old girls ruining the mood. But I do think we were some of the youngest people there...We were the 14 yr olds to everyone's us...LOL

So once Cat Empire was about to start Ashley and I got off our high stools, and walked down to the main "music" area. It was like 10 steps down from the bar and whatnot. It was packed! The only good thing about being small is being able to get through tiny spaces between people haha. We eventually got down pretty far, about halfway between the back and front of the "pit", as I like to call it. But somehow no matter which side, or where we went, the tallest guys in the place always seemed to push their way ahead of us. Ugh. I hate that about being small! For for the first half of the show we were about 1/4 of a ways back from the stage, and it was pretty ok. Don't get me wrong, the band was amazing just as I thought but I just wasn't feelin "it". So as people started jumping up and down during a song we saw our chance! With Ashley leading the way we "jumped" our way to the front, about 3 people from the front. And let me tell you, it became *itch city! It seems like the chill indie peeps were back where we had been...and the arrogant, pompous, obnoxious ones were up at the front. There was the typical "girl-who's-boyfriend-has-to-step-in-and-give-her-'personal space'-even-though-she's-at-a-concert", and the token "girl-who's-super-tall-but-separated-from-her-friends-even-though-she-still-has-more-but-finds-the-need-to-shove-and-stare-down-Ashley-anyway". BUT very surprisingly there was also many of the "older" (30-50) generation there. And one lady actually allowed me to go in front of her which was so so nice. And two other ladies (mid-40's?) were totally rocking our and screaming the lead singer's name like they were teenagers! It was awesome!

Eventually we got the the very very front, and bliss. This is gonna sound so lame, and don't worry I so know it. But I swear the lead singer looked right at me at times <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Part 2: The most exciting part of the rendezvous

(that rhymed!!!)

I promise fo realsies that I will do it tonight too :0 Swear. Bible.