Crowds are won and lost and won again

Show #11. The more I see them, the more I fall in love.

Driving to St. Petersburg is not fun. If you aren't from FL, then you don't understand how far every city is from each other here. The drive was a long, tiresome, ankle hurting, 4 hour drive. I basically drove on a southwest angle through the entire state. We got there early, in the first group of 150. Seeing as to how this show was free (THANK YOU MYSPACE) we got our wristbands and decided to hang out in a nearby Starbucks for a good 4 hours. From 5-8 we waited in line and I finally got to meet Mercedes! That only took like 2 years. From 8:30 - 10:00 DJ Dan Suh (KTC) entertained us, and we made our way up close. The music he was playing was fun, but when you're waiting for Fall Out Boy you are very very very impatient. By now we were really close up thanks to some crazy girl dancing, and it was time to get this show on the road. The set was good, yet I can't say it was my favorite, because it really wasn't. The show in December had a lot more variety than this one did. Most of the songs were singles, and they really didn't play that many new songs (3 if I remember correctly...). Anyway, this was by far one of my favorite crowds for FOB. Sometimes (OK...always) I forget how much fun not being up front can be. Yeah, it's more painful, you get a lot grosser, and all that jazz...but it's just a TON of fun. I did get kicked or headbutt or something in the back of the neck though, leaving me with a ton of pain and a nice scar. Anything is worth how great this show was though. The capacity of the State Theatre is roughly 700 people, and it's definitely the smallest place I've seen them in. The energy and intensity of the crowd was mind-blowing; It reminded me of Warped 2005 which was my first FOB show. Everyone sang to the top of their lungs, everyone jumped during the choruses, everyone was in love with Fall Out Boy for those amazing 90 minutes. I'm glad my mom loves this band as much as I do to let us rack up our car's miles seeing them all over this state.


Day 28: "Do not open before..."Can't wait to see them again tomorrow...!