my situation was rather...odd...i wanted to arrive at the venue early in order to secure a fair number, but the people i were coming with werent to keen on the all day thing. They were kind enough to compromise and get me there about 1:30, which i consider very late. It took us nearly an hour to find the meet and greet area. There werent that many people at all. I was given my bad number, 24 and we just sat around to wait. Dor jason and erin best showed up soon after [they made a 7-11 run] and i was just in heaven. i was having SO MUCH FUN. Portland was my first show this tour. I was in the element again. There is nothing i enjoy more than hanging out with fans [as much as i want to kill half of them], and i was excited to see most of the people i was in boulder with :]. About 3:30 the gaurds told us to go to the baracade..the number man tried to organize us into a line according to our numbers, the fair way, but the security guard [NOT steve or joel] told us to just get in the baracade...so yeah, i ran. It was my chance,and everyone was taking advantage of it. I got the last spot in the front row. YAY! all the way on the end. Yeehaw! since im 5 feet tall i need to be in front, or its pointless, so i was very happy! hah.
I met some very nice people [hi to all you guys!] and some not very nice people. I understand how upsetting it is not to be in front, but when you just try and complain about it, it makes my opinion of you shrink down. Trying to gain sympathy when youre in a sitaution like that just doesnt work. Yeah all the regulars were in the front, but...theres a reason theyre regulars. I dunno. I dont consider myself a regular in the least, but i am doing most of the west coast, so people NOT seeing more than a show or two might. but ANYHOW. Yeah. This was a nice meet n greet. it wasnt hot or anything. Compared to eugene conditions, it was a very nice day.
me and tori.
i had to lean across a lot to reach her.
down the line dor took a picture of this as well
and it looks like tori's pulling my hair. you can kinda tell here too. hee.
Tori arrived in a limo about 5ish i believe? Steve informed me i was 1st which freaked me out. I thought i'd be last. i was 1st, just like in boulder and LA :] weird how that works! ANYHOW. She walked over and just stood in front of me...and i didnt know what to do..because i didnt want to just shove something for her to sign...like i only WANTED something from her..so i handed her the silver box. She grabbed it and started to kind of waddle around and muttered 'puzzle puzzle puzzle puzzle' and looked around for someone to hold it for her. it was cute. I asked her to sign my Under the Pink Ad and she asked my name [Eri...?] and did. I wasnt planning on asking for a picture, but hell she was right there so i did. She was signing a flat so she told me to hold on and then she posed and asked everyone to stop passing stuff up so we could take it. I appreciated her kindness, i felt like i was being pushy. but i got nervous. eep. Anyhow, yay. A few people down she looked back at me and said 'honey can you help...' and it took me a moment to realize she wanted me to take a photo for someone, but michael got it instead :]. Many snaps [hee] to steve. He asked people to get their stuff out of the view of my camera because i was trying to take pictures. awww...i love that guy.
thumbnails.
We kinda snuck out of the meet n greet early. My side had totally thined out and no one was paying attention, and i had general admission seats..so we ran up to the top and sat down about tenth in line at our door. Soon everyone followed and i had a total blast meeting morgan, sibohan, and seeing jason dor and erin again. When it was time to go in dor fucking charged it! hahaha. I ran in and ended up RIGHT behind dor, who was on the rail right in front of the bosey logo. Wooha, kick ass spot. And this may have been an arena, but it was TINY. It was smaller than the greek most likely. We had some crowd problems but by the time it started everything was ok. The devlins rocked me, as always. It was nice to see them opening for tori this time.
Being that this was my frist show this tour, i was MAJORLY excited. I've never had as much fun at a tori show as i did tonight. I was in the best spirits and i was a little dancing machine. Standing by dor and all my friends was definitley fun. Tori wore black cargo pants with a black stretchy top off of her shoulders with a white croched thing over it [not an apron] and black shoes with bright neon red straps.
If the lighting guys on this tour every read this - dude. those are some fucking awesome lights. Esp. during swirl and little earthquakes.
Set list:
Precious Things
God
Black-Dove (January)
Space Dog
Crucify
Playboy Mommy
Mary (solo)
Cooling (solo)
Jackie's Strength
Little Earthquakes
Tear in Your Hand
The Waitress
1st Encore:
She's Your Cocaine
Raspberry Swirl
2nd Encore:
Me and a Gun (solo)
Horses
i was *very* happy to hear black dove. I had considered requesting it because it was so good at the club shows. So that really rocked my boat. I enjoyed seeing mary, and saw how it touched the girls that had requested it :] Coooling was very lack luster to me, but i was pleased to see it as well...little earthquakes isnt one of my favorites, but the lights made the song exceptional. The waitress was rather interesting - along with the 'i believe in the devil' was the lovely 'i believe she killed her husband' stuff. enough about clove! geesh. Hee, anyhow. Me and a Gun was a shocker. She seemed to be having a fucking blast up there...and then she pulls gun out. She looked like she thought about it a few moments before she started it...like she wasnt sure she was going to do it or not. It wasnt as *sad* as i'd seen it in the past. It was more sarcastic and cocky. Towards the end her eyes began to have a creepy glow and crossed....it was freaky. Then she went into horses, which i dont care for, but seemed appropriate. Her "to" at the end of the song, was exceptional i thought. I;d never heard her hit that note so well. She also told stories about the mtv movie awards and about oregon and its pot. But i guess the dent has all those details :]
So like i said, i had a TOTAL blast at this show, and she seemed to be having a blast as well..which was the only reason me and a gun was such a surprise. Up next, eugene :]
Tori arrived in a limo about 5ish i believe? Steve informed me i was 1st which freaked me out. I thought i'd be last. i was 1st, just like in boulder and LA :] weird how that works! ANYHOW. She walked over and just stood in front of me...and i didnt know what to do..because i didnt want to just shove something for her to sign...like i only WANTED something from her..so i handed her the silver box. She grabbed it and started to kind of waddle around and muttered 'puzzle puzzle puzzle puzzle' and looked around for someone to hold it for her. it was cute. I asked her to sign my Under the Pink Ad and she asked my name [Eri...?] and did. I wasnt planning on asking for a picture, but hell she was right there so i did. She was signing a flat so she told me to hold on and then she posed and asked everyone to stop passing stuff up so we could take it. I appreciated her kindness, i felt like i was being pushy. but i got nervous. eep. Anyhow, yay. A few people down she looked back at me and said 'honey can you help...' and it took me a moment to realize she wanted me to take a photo for someone, but michael got it instead :]. Many snaps [hee] to steve. He asked people to get their stuff out of the view of my camera because i was trying to take pictures. awww...i love that guy.
