Let's Make This Last Forever

Update on the Blink-182 concert, :

IT WAS AMAZING!

The trip to Montreal in the car was fun. J-D bought a 40 pack of timbits. We stopped at at least 10 Tim Hortons'. We had a bit of a hard time finding the subway when we finally got to Montreal but...we got there...couldn't find a washroom for the life of us. It took us about half an hour to decide to go look harder for one and another little while to get there...but maybe that's just because there's three different escalators you have to take before getting above ground...Anyhow. We finally found it, saw the most gigantic male and female door signs. J-D INSISTED on taking a picture...haha. Then we went and waited for our friend to meet us there...that took a while. And when she finally got there, we bolted for the Bell Centre. But guess what? We were about two hours early getting there because there is no line when you have seats. We waited from about 4 o'clock until 6:30pm to go in. In the meanwhile, we found a merch tent which we thought would be the only one, and bought a few t-shirts. There wasn't a ton of selection but we got what we wanted. Then finally, inside, there was SO MUCH MORE. And when we found our seats, we busted out and went to get more stuff. All-in-all, 145$ spent with 15$ to spare (it's all I brought cash-wise, they don't take debit at a merch tent haha). After buying all my stuff, we went back to our seats. J-D was still in there with our tickets. Security didn't seem to want to let us through but they did. Not very good security, honestly. Anyhow. Cutting the shit and getting to the concert...

It started off with a smaller band named Planet Smashers. They weren't terrible but I wasn't impressed or anything. Honestly, they sort of gave me a headache but maybe that's just me. It was like a bad version of NOFX, but everyone knows you can't be anything like NOFX without Fat Mike. But it wasn't a big deal, they didn't have a very long set. Maybe barely an hour...Then, the anticipation rose as Fall Out Boy's set was next and they happen to be J-D's favorite band. Well, they were pretty good. They opened with Sugar, We're Going Down, which was a good choice because it's a well-known, slightly older song. It was a good hit and everyone loved it. Then they played a few more older songs, like before From Under The Cork Tree, so that made me pretty happy. They played some new stuff too which isn't bad but I'm not a big fan of their new album. They also played a cover of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey which I thought was pretty rad but maybe I just like old music.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...

My hands were getting shaky, my head a bit sweaty, my heart was beating a thousand miles an hour for what was about to come...and then finally, curtains dropped and there they were. The Mark, Tom and Travis show, right in front of my eyes...well actually, a little off to the side based on where we were..but you know what I mean. It was AMAZING. They played a wide variety of their songs, their set almost lasted two hours....if not more. I'm not sure. It was long but it sure wasn't boring. I almost fell over some girls seat hopping and banging my head and trying to restrain myself from jumping down to try to reach the small mosh pit the people on the floor had been trying to create all night. I was very pleased, I never wanted it to end. When they played Stay Together For The Kids and said it was about them, I nearly cried. I had such a good night and such a good trip. Blink-182, welcome back. : D Hopefully, they'll be putting out a new album sometime after their tour. And I'm going to pre-order it the second I can. Man oh Man.