WRock fun in NY
Sep. 22nd, 2008 08:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalI'm back home from New York. Some rocky travel moments but generally the trip went infinitely better than expected. And the concert was FUCKING AWESOME! I've had 'Voldemort is Awesome' stuck in my head all night- damn it for being so catchy. Naturally there were parts that weren't so much fun and I wasn't a fan of some of the early acts, but nothing went terribly wrong and other things totally make up for everything and then some.
My highlights include:
*Meeting some people from other meetup groups (MD, NY) and podcasts
*Buying a Hufflepuff house tie for $8 cheaper than I was expecting it to be
*Getting an awesome brainstorm about what to do for a pumpkin if DADA does a pumpkin carving thingy for our Halloween party on the 18th (I'm not saying what it is but I'll hint that the idea is Marauder-related)
*Getting a total plot bunny during Remus singing his Valentine's Day song and pulling out my notebook to jot down the basics- and having someone offer me a light so I can see what I'm writing
*Giving a BookCrossing copy of Book 2 to someone who sat down at our table whose first few books were lost to a recent flood
*Being trapped in tight quarters in the Merch room right behind older Draco for, like, 2 minutes *heart stops beating from the excitement* (Though, to be honest, I'm more of a Justin fangirl if we're going on looks alone... but it's not a choice I'd want to/have to make! LOL)
*Getting to see Oliver Boyd live for the first time (hmm. Will probably have to get a CD of his now- two of his songs made me cry even though I've heard them before)
*Falling in love with some new bands (Nagini & Alistair- Nagini autographed the CD I bought and I stalked Alistair for ten minutes but chickened out approaching since I didn't have anything for him to autograph it with and Swish & Flick, which ROCKED the house)
*Whompy opening his act with Draco/Harry and Whompy totally stealing the concert thanks to backup by Justin & the Dracos even though he wasn't the closing act. He had an amazing set.
*One of the Myrtles and Remus singing the duet from Dr. Horrible together!!! (That alone made my day)
*Justin, Whompy, both Dracos, and Remus all singing the Beatles' 'A Little Help From My Friends' and messing up a half dozen times even though they were reading off cheatsheets but totally getting points for trying and looking so good hugging each other and ending a fantastic summer tour season together in a blaze of glory
*Keeping each other awake in the bus station until 2am by discussing all of our favorite HP fanfics (I'm sure the others in the cafe enjoyed the smutty plotlines LOL)
Totally worth every second of getting no sleep and stressing out/worrying. Fucking incredible.
My highlights include:
*Meeting some people from other meetup groups (MD, NY) and podcasts
*Buying a Hufflepuff house tie for $8 cheaper than I was expecting it to be
*Getting an awesome brainstorm about what to do for a pumpkin if DADA does a pumpkin carving thingy for our Halloween party on the 18th (I'm not saying what it is but I'll hint that the idea is Marauder-related)
*Getting a total plot bunny during Remus singing his Valentine's Day song and pulling out my notebook to jot down the basics- and having someone offer me a light so I can see what I'm writing
*Giving a BookCrossing copy of Book 2 to someone who sat down at our table whose first few books were lost to a recent flood
*Being trapped in tight quarters in the Merch room right behind older Draco for, like, 2 minutes *heart stops beating from the excitement* (Though, to be honest, I'm more of a Justin fangirl if we're going on looks alone... but it's not a choice I'd want to/have to make! LOL)
*Getting to see Oliver Boyd live for the first time (hmm. Will probably have to get a CD of his now- two of his songs made me cry even though I've heard them before)
*Falling in love with some new bands (Nagini & Alistair- Nagini autographed the CD I bought and I stalked Alistair for ten minutes but chickened out approaching since I didn't have anything for him to autograph it with and Swish & Flick, which ROCKED the house)
*Whompy opening his act with Draco/Harry and Whompy totally stealing the concert thanks to backup by Justin & the Dracos even though he wasn't the closing act. He had an amazing set.
*One of the Myrtles and Remus singing the duet from Dr. Horrible together!!! (That alone made my day)
*Justin, Whompy, both Dracos, and Remus all singing the Beatles' 'A Little Help From My Friends' and messing up a half dozen times even though they were reading off cheatsheets but totally getting points for trying and looking so good hugging each other and ending a fantastic summer tour season together in a blaze of glory
*Keeping each other awake in the bus station until 2am by discussing all of our favorite HP fanfics (I'm sure the others in the cafe enjoyed the smutty plotlines LOL)
Totally worth every second of getting no sleep and stressing out/worrying. Fucking incredible.
