Hey guys! Hows it going? I went to see Stained last night! HOLY CRAP what a good good good time I had!! I went with a girlfriend. We ended up three rows from the stage!! We were in the PIT.....If anyone knows anything about these shows, the Pit is a dangerous place to be! But we survived, we had an awesome time, and I got a little bloody......My own blood, no one elses. Some guy was body surfing, and I saw him coming, and he was going down. I raised my hands to help him back up, and in the middle of all this, he kicked me in the back of my head (accidently) and I gouged out my eye ball with my thumb nail! Just a little bit, nooooo big deal. The kick to the back of the head hurt more! But...all is good! I was protecting the hell out of my port, I was afraid of that. But I was getting huge men off of me when the pit was going nuts! Moshing into me and I was pushin them right back in....all the while, maintaining my spot and getting closer to the stage. I didn't accomplish my goal of getting Aaron to take me home with him, but I did manage some eye contact with him!! I love him. Then OMG..... He came out on stage with a different gutair....IT WAS DIMEBAGS GUTAIR!! Anyone know Dimebag? He was the lead qutairist for a band called Pantara...He was gunned down on stage a few months back. Young guy....34 I think??? Anyway he was an awesome musician and his death was big news. Heartbreaking!!! We payed tribute to Dimebag and then Aaron did a few songs with the gutair...It was soooooo amazing! I missed my son sooooo much.......but, I deserve to have a good time too. My son was with his father....His father was pissed that I was going to the show......but........these plans were made months ago, the tickets were bought months ago...and I am sooo happy that we went. I have set a new goal for myself too! I AM GOING TO BODY SURF at the next show I go to. I would have done it last night, but these kids were soooo little they were dropping everyone!! NEXT TIME!!!!! Okay...I really could go on and on an on about that show but I am going back to bed for a little while. I didn't drag it in till after 1am. Then I couldn't sleep cause I was sooo hyped up...then the ringing in my ears wouldn't stop....ohhh sooo worth it though

Okay guys

Thanks for listening..

TTYL

Body surfing at a rock concert... now there's an NSV that is NOT one of my goals!

That sounds like soooooo much fun. I always say if you aren't half deaf after a concert then you didn't get the full experience. Glad to hear you had such a good time - you deserve it!

If anyone knows anything about these shows, the Pit is a dangerous place to be! But we survived, we had an awesome time, and I got a little bloody

Oh goodness, fond memories, and now I feel old! My last 2 years in highschool and start of college were in a small town. Really not much to do (our motto was "Do the park (local skateboard hangout), do the movies, or do each other") so we used to go to every concert we could get our hands on. Our "crew" was me, by best friend, and 5 guys... my friend and I were dating two of the guys, and the rest were their bandmates.

Anyway... the guys would always go straight for the mosh, whether we had floor tickets or not. I was on the outskirts of the mosh once and not paying much attenion... next thing I know some guy grabbed my shoulders and pulled me in... and I'm not too far from 6' tall so that wouldn't have been an EASY task (though I was slender back then). About a minute & lots of bruises later I made my way back out.

Not fun! GLad to hear you're ok, I've seen some pretty serious injuries moshing.

The people we bought from here in LA own a film studio. They do lots of film and music video work. The owners were really sweet and invited us to come down and watch this group do their first music video.

YUP it was Staind! What an awesome group of kids. I love their music. I love how the bass player almost touches the ground when he plays. VERY COOL!!

Wheetsin...I really like your town motto! eheheheheheh Yea the pit is pretty rough, but I dunno. I think we lucked out cause the crowd was some what smaller than us....ehehehe younger. We were like two of the "oldest" people there. Dont get me wrong there were some huge boys there...scarey huge....but it could have been worse. Had it been say a Korn or Slip Knot show, we would have been HURTIN PUPPIES!!! I dunno...I think I have been bit. I think I will have to revisit the pit at the next show I go to. I got that new goal to work on....BODY SURFIN

Penni...how awesome was that you got to see them shoot their video!!!! I absolutely LOVE Aaron. He looks larger than life in person!!!! I managed some eye contact with him and I was in HEAVEN!!!!!! What a gorgious person!!! ugh......can't say enough about them! I was lucky to be there.