To begin, after Friday night, I got home and went to bed happy with the fact that Lee and I had seen Flogging Molly 2 nights in a row. Pretty damn awesome if you ask me.
Thats how I fell asleep.
I woke up, wondering if we were REALLY gonna let a 4hr drive stop us from seeing the entire 3 night FM tour. It ate away at my soul...what kind of pansy asses would we be if we didn't go? So, I called Lee. He was thinking the same thing. 30mins later, he picked me up, and we were on the road to Vegas.
We used Kim's connections to get tickets, but sadly, all that we could get were balcony seats. Balcony seats are just simply unacceptable at a FM concert. When we finally got to the show, I sweet talked the bouncer, Lee paid him $20 and we got on the floor!
Now to be honest, yes, FM was the reason the shows had all been epic! But, one of their opening groups was a Johnny Cash tribute band called With A Bible And A Gun and they are AMAZING! Their presence made the show go from "epic" to "f'ing epic!" Sadly though, soon after we arrived, we found out that they had gone on earlier than usual, and we missed them!! I wanted to cry, but kept it together, and got through The Aggrolites (their music is pretty cool, but I felt like they brought down the energy a bit and I just wanted more Johnny Cash). Then waited for FM to start.
They finally came out, and although it was my third time seeing them in as many days...it was still as exciting as when they walked out on NYE. I got into the pit early, this time I remembered my tennis shoes, and laced them TIGHT! No more lost shoes for me lol. The pit has some amazing energy at a FM concert, I LOVE it. Later on in the show, I got knocked in the jaw and it popped out of alignment a bit. I got out of the pit for a few mins, and then got back in, and it got knocked BACK into place. Moshing as a health plan, yea, it works lol.
By the time the show was over, I was exhausted, covered in about 150 different peoples sweat, and covered in bruises. But I couldn't have been happier :) Oh, and I got a guitar pick from the bassist!! Who (honestly) remembered me when I told him we had been there for all the shows! YAY!
As we're making our way out of the House of Blues, Lee points out that the guitarist from With A Bible And A Gun is walking through the crowd. I RUN over and just gush all over him, lol, and he was so sweet, and seemed genuinely surprised that anyone even knew who he was! I really hope we get to see them again soon. Ok, so California MIGHT be good for unknown acts :)
Then we drove out to the condo, showered, and drove back into town to hang out with Jim and John. We had a good time walking around the casino, and then Jim suggested we REALLY go drink. So we all drive there, and Jim and John ditch us after 5mins lol. Brats :)
We went back to the condo, I took the bed (cuz I'm pretty) and Lee took the couch (cuz he's fat and ugly) and fell asleep. Oh yea, this was at 4am! I was kept awake by Lee's f'ing snoring, and almost killed him, but ended up getting just enough sleep.
All in all, EPIC FUCKING WEEKEND!!!
I do need to remind myself to not let breakups be the only catalyst for epicness of the above level.
