Michelle's Warped Tour By the Numbers
7 - CDs I Got
5 - CDs I Bought
$100 - approx. how much I spent
$3 - cheapest item I bought (I haggled with a Hare Krishna monk. It was $5, but I got it down to $3. I don't know whether the late, great George Harrison would be proud or ashamed. Hey, he started out as the poorest Beatle, got into Hinduism, but still stayed financially pragmatic. Other prices: $3.50 for a strawberry slushie, $5 for two AA batteries, and a bottle of water for $4.25 [I should've faked passing out during Aiden's set and gotten some water for free.])
5 - houses owned by that mexican dude in NOFX ( I think Fat Mike's a little jealous. He said that like 8 times during their set.)
3 - offensive jokes told during NOFX's set (Jesus/Mexicans, Jewish pedophile, and Jewish dilemma)
1 - of those jokes that Jaime, my sister's boyfriend got
3 - Bands NOFX talked shit about during their set (Aiden, AFI, and Ric the Spic from the Casualties)
6 - Item lost or broken ( 2 Pretti Vacant pins ( the spade became a weird heart & I lost my skull & crossbones), my cellphone during Aiden's set [but it was worth it for the best circle pit I've been in since England - That's 3 years, duke!], my Aiden T-shirt [not lost during Aiden's set like most of the other items], lip gloss, and an earring)
4 - hours without my cellphone
15 - minutes without my earring (I looked on the ground after the set and found it)
$20 - approx. cost of lost items ( My cellphone turned up at the lost and found before the last set)
4 - Rules of mosh ( 1. Mouth closed [no bruised, busted, or cut lips; 2.Legs stay knee length apart [prevents getting knocked off balance]; 3.Elbows up [Ludacris and them crunk cats know the importance of throwing 'bows]; 4. Push back [or to the side, but keep momentum going. It's physics; it's easier than trying to absorb the impact.])
6 - people who asked to use my Sharpie after Gym Class Heroes' acoustic set
2 - entire bands I got to sign something (<>Gym Class Heroes and Ferus <>)
$15 - most expensive item ( either the GCH t-shirt which is gorgeous or my subscription to A.P. magazine)
11 - Acts I saw (GCH, NOFX, TAI.., Paramore, the Randies, Ferus, Aiden, the Pink Spiders [which I was totally underwhelmed by], Hellogoodbye, Black Britt, and the Bled [I was practically glued to the Hurley stage])
8.5 - Acts I wanted to see and missed (PWT's, MCS, Moneen, the Sunstreak, Riverboat Gamblers, Greeley Estates, the Scotch Greens, and Ferus's plugged in set)
2 - acts I NEEDED to see coming in (GCH and Aiden - everything else was icing.)
3 - Bands I now LOVE (GCH [duh], Ferus, and Hellogoodbye)
8 - People I saw reppin' Canada (It was July1st, Canada Day.)
3 - Members of GCH I saw elsewhere (Eric at the Aiden set, Matt watching bands from the GCH tent, and Travis getting artistic on some busts in the Girl Garage)
2 - T-shirts I bought ( I lost the Aiden t-shirt, but still have GCH's "You serve no purpose. You're purely decorative." t-shirt.)
3 - Bands I wanted to see who weren't in Dallas ( Joan Jett & the Black Hearts, Gogol Bordello, & Bedouin Soundclash. I don't care about AFI.)
11 - pictures I took of the schedule boards
3 - Baggies of food I bought
1 - Baggies I ate (the carrots)
20 - approx. how many carrots I ate ( I thought I was becoming one.)
1 - little person/dwarf/midget I saw. He was a concertgoer. WTF? Unless he was in the front row or on a friend's shoulders or came for the smaller (hehe) acts, WTF was he able to see?
3 -Covers (Hellogoodbye's "Welcome to Atlanta", GCH's "Under the Bridge", and NOFX did Hedwig's "Wig In A Box")
1 - Interesting fact I learned from Matt in Gym Class Heroes (The fact: During a thunderstorm if you have a coppery taste in your mouth, you have 5 seconds to run before you get struck by lightening.)
Also:
Wildest crowd - Aiden (NOFX came in second again.)
Wildest act - Hellogoodbye (They had Flaming Lips-esque surreality on a budget. It was so great.)
5 - CDs I Bought
$100 - approx. how much I spent
$3 - cheapest item I bought (I haggled with a Hare Krishna monk. It was $5, but I got it down to $3. I don't know whether the late, great George Harrison would be proud or ashamed. Hey, he started out as the poorest Beatle, got into Hinduism, but still stayed financially pragmatic. Other prices: $3.50 for a strawberry slushie, $5 for two AA batteries, and a bottle of water for $4.25 [I should've faked passing out during Aiden's set and gotten some water for free.])
5 - houses owned by that mexican dude in NOFX ( I think Fat Mike's a little jealous. He said that like 8 times during their set.)
3 - offensive jokes told during NOFX's set (Jesus/Mexicans, Jewish pedophile, and Jewish dilemma)
1 - of those jokes that Jaime, my sister's boyfriend got
3 - Bands NOFX talked shit about during their set (Aiden, AFI, and Ric the Spic from the Casualties)
6 - Item lost or broken ( 2 Pretti Vacant pins ( the spade became a weird heart & I lost my skull & crossbones), my cellphone during Aiden's set [but it was worth it for the best circle pit I've been in since England - That's 3 years, duke!], my Aiden T-shirt [not lost during Aiden's set like most of the other items], lip gloss, and an earring)
4 - hours without my cellphone
15 - minutes without my earring (I looked on the ground after the set and found it)
$20 - approx. cost of lost items ( My cellphone turned up at the lost and found before the last set)
4 - Rules of mosh ( 1. Mouth closed [no bruised, busted, or cut lips; 2.Legs stay knee length apart [prevents getting knocked off balance]; 3.Elbows up [Ludacris and them crunk cats know the importance of throwing 'bows]; 4. Push back [or to the side, but keep momentum going. It's physics; it's easier than trying to absorb the impact.])
6 - people who asked to use my Sharpie after Gym Class Heroes' acoustic set
2 - entire bands I got to sign something (<>Gym Class Heroes and Ferus <>)
$15 - most expensive item ( either the GCH t-shirt which is gorgeous or my subscription to A.P. magazine)
11 - Acts I saw (GCH, NOFX, TAI.., Paramore, the Randies, Ferus, Aiden, the Pink Spiders [which I was totally underwhelmed by], Hellogoodbye, Black Britt, and the Bled [I was practically glued to the Hurley stage])
8.5 - Acts I wanted to see and missed (PWT's, MCS, Moneen, the Sunstreak, Riverboat Gamblers, Greeley Estates, the Scotch Greens, and Ferus's plugged in set)
2 - acts I NEEDED to see coming in (GCH and Aiden - everything else was icing.)
3 - Bands I now LOVE (GCH [duh], Ferus, and Hellogoodbye)
8 - People I saw reppin' Canada (It was July1st, Canada Day.)
3 - Members of GCH I saw elsewhere (Eric at the Aiden set, Matt watching bands from the GCH tent, and Travis getting artistic on some busts in the Girl Garage)
2 - T-shirts I bought ( I lost the Aiden t-shirt, but still have GCH's "You serve no purpose. You're purely decorative." t-shirt.)
3 - Bands I wanted to see who weren't in Dallas ( Joan Jett & the Black Hearts, Gogol Bordello, & Bedouin Soundclash. I don't care about AFI.)
11 - pictures I took of the schedule boards
3 - Baggies of food I bought
1 - Baggies I ate (the carrots)
20 - approx. how many carrots I ate ( I thought I was becoming one.)
1 - little person/dwarf/midget I saw. He was a concertgoer. WTF? Unless he was in the front row or on a friend's shoulders or came for the smaller (hehe) acts, WTF was he able to see?
3 -Covers (Hellogoodbye's "Welcome to Atlanta", GCH's "Under the Bridge", and NOFX did Hedwig's "Wig In A Box")
1 - Interesting fact I learned from Matt in Gym Class Heroes (The fact: During a thunderstorm if you have a coppery taste in your mouth, you have 5 seconds to run before you get struck by lightening.)
Also:
Wildest crowd - Aiden (NOFX came in second again.)
Wildest act - Hellogoodbye (They had Flaming Lips-esque surreality on a budget. It was so great.)
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