we went for chippies at bridlington, a walk on the beach and into the arcades also. then went home, and SLEPT, i was so tired.
for pretty much the rest of the week, nothing happened. then last tuesday, gabanti and I went to Birmingham for the day, to see Katy Perry. I've been a fan of Katy since summer '07, since before I Kissed A Girl, before she got famous, this however, is the first time i saw her live. I have to say, after the experience, i'm disappointed i didn't see her earlier. So yeah, the day went like this...
6:30 am; I wake up, start getting ready.
7:30 am; we set off for birmingham. listening to radio one is highly amusing at that time in the morning.
by 9:30/10am, we were in birmingham, we got a bit lost but managed to find our way to the venue. we parked up and set off to find gabanti, she was in starbucks but we saw her whilst walking into the town centre. we got her bags and took them to our car, then went back to starbucks for some much needed hot chocolate. gabanti took tons of creeper pictures throughout the day, she has a lot of me drinking the hot chocolate.
we took our drinks back to the queue outside the 02 academy, there was already quite a few people there, but not loads. i'd say about 15/20 max. so we sat down, and the wait began. a lot of people pushed in, i was so mad seriously. the time seemed to drag reaaally bad, but then this guy provided entertainment for us when he went all crazy on one of
the security people from the venue. the police turned up in the end to escort him away.we had a macdonalds, had several walks up and down the incredibly long queue, made friends with some of the KatyCats, Dani especially, she was nice. a lot of them made signs and stuff for Katy, the girls behind us in the queue had a strawberry sign and a cupcake sign, they were amazing! Jess, another girl, she was pretty much at the front of the queue, made a huge cherry chapstick, Dani made a t-shirt with a kitty drawn on the back! sooo many creative people. also a suprising amount of people had travelled from different countries to go to the show, there were people from germany, people from france, i met one of the french katycats after the show and she was lovely!
anyway, when it was finally time to go in, we managed to gain a bit further forward in the queue, and ended up on the right hand side barrier. sliimy came on stage about 8 ish i think, or 8:30. he was sooo cute! seriously, his outfit, his hair, his dancing, his voice! you should definately check him out. at around 9, katy came on stage. she looked amazing, she sounded amazing. i can quite honestly say that that was one of the best live shows i have been to. her voice, is incredible. she wore this red dress with black polka dots, and a union jack crop top over it. so cute.
the show seemed to fly past, it felt like it was over in minutes.
after the show we headed outside, met up with Dani, Clare and i think the other girls name was Lydia. three katycats. we sat around waiting for the meet and greet people to come out and tell us if Katy would be coming out.
They finally came out of the venue, and we stook around to hear their stories and wait a little longer for Katy. then the people crowding round the shutters starting screaming her name, and the shutters opened, a white car drove out and the fans sta
rted mobbing it basically. then the door flung open, i actually thought one of the fans had done it. but it was Katy, she had the hugest grin on her face, and she just started signing things and taking pictures. i managed to get two tickets signed and the CD booklet for Adie, i also got a picture with her.seriously, one of the nicest and prettiest people i've ever met, she's even prettier in person than in photo's. it feels almost unreal, like a dream just talking about it. never thought i'd get the chance to meet her.
after the show, gabanti came home with me, she stayed at mine for a two days, but then she got ill and had to go home early. which sucked majorly.
apart from the whole Katy fiasco, the new Paramore song got leaked, Brick By Boring Brick. It's amazing, seriously. I've never felt as proud of a band as i have with them. i feel like a "soccer-mom". So, so proud. the song itself is beautiful, the range in Hayley's voice, the guitars, the beat. gives me chills. i'm now waiting patiently for the rest of the album, Brand New Eyes couldn't come soon enough.
in a week, i'll be in london. fingers crossed, i'll have a wristband for the Paramore signing and i'll be able to meet another five of my idols.
i feel blessed right now, incredibly lucky. everything is coming together for me, it feels amazing.
anyway, it's 2:15, i'm going to add photo's to this blog, then hit the sack. i had a late one last night, stayed up to see the stream of Katy's show in Hollywood. which was amazing by the way. Hackensack is amazing, especially covered by Katy!
goodnight!
walways, rose.
