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Yes, I am calling it the ‘Dir en grey Concert’ because I didn’t go there to see any other band.

The drive to Bristow wasn’t so bad, even if Dumfries Rd is in the middle of nowhere and the 15 mile stretch of that (plus Wellington/Cellar Door) was boring as hell, we made it from here to there in about 2.5 hours. It was just a straight shot up to Bristow.

The crowd was insane. I thought I was going to be bowled over or eaten by fat, bald Korn fans who were either shirtless, in jerseys, or in t-shirts with crude misogynist sayings on them like, ‘I have the dick, I make the rules.’ You know those guys, they’re the “whooooooooo!” guys that drink one beer after another and sweat something that smells like rotten vinegar.

I ate a lot more than normal. Usually, I eat about 1 to 1.5 meals a day. I don’t have the time to eat, so I don’t eat much. But, today after being out in the heat walking around, it seemed like every time I turned around (not really– I didn’t spin in a circle to turn around and then realize I was hungry). I ate french fries and pizza… and water. Yes. Water. The people who know me really well know that I don’t drink water. Regardless of what parents and doctors tell you, water has a taste. And it has a taste that I don’t like. :yuck:

I bought two DVDs:

Those are Average Fury and Average Psycho. Two more added to my ever growing collection. I also bought a t-shirt, but I don’t have a picture of that to show. I decided not to buy any albums since I do essentially have every CD on burned copy. I do plan to slowly start buying the actual albums, though, sooner or later. I just opted for the DVDs for the visual aspect of them.

Let me tell you, though, the majority of the crowd was there to see Dir en grey. The screaming for them was intense, more than anything any other band got.

When they started their own portion of the show, they began with G.D.S., which was just what I was hoping for. I didn’t want them to come out playing any other song. It HAD to be G.D.S.. Some of the other songs they played? OBSCURE, 凌辱の雨, The Final, dead tree, and CLEVER SLEAZOID (I can’t recall the rest, I’m tired and it will come to me… I think they did Merciless Cult, too). Kyo scratched his chest up, bled from the mouth, and ended up putting the bucket of ice water for their water bottles over his head. It made me laugh. Toshiya was going crazy up there. His hair was crazy and wavy and sort of bleached blonde a bit below the roots. He even knocked Die’s mic down… which I suppose was okay because Die promptly began using Toshiya’s while Toshiya spazzed out on his side of the stage.

Die, by the way, was awesome beyond comparison. Then again, he always is.

Kaoru was also wonderfully hairy. His hair was long and the facial hair was there. He looked really good though because I think long hair and facial hair suits him.

Seriously, it was beyond words. When G.D.S. started with the bass and the noise and the “kill, kill, kill, kill” over and over again, I was happier than I’ve ever been in my life. Kyo screamed, tore up the red cage he’d sometimes stand on and threw it at Shinya’s drums, Toshiya jumped around, Shinya wore a shirt that said ‘I’m Ninja, (you can’t see me),’ Kaoru stood in place most of the time and just played down low, and Die was all over the place. You know how Die plays, though. He headbangs a lot, so he did that most of the time. Then again, so did Kaoru.

Dir en grey was by far the loudest and most insane band up there. The others can’t compare (granted, I left before Deftones or Korn… I just wanted to see Dir en grey and get out of there).

I got pictures. Maybe I can find a way to get some online. Hopefully. Before I go to class tomorrow (today, actually), I’ll drop the camera off and have the pictures developed to see if anything came out. The sun was being crazy during the show.

I also met these two:
  
Shinya and Kaoru. Shinya had really small, delicate, cold hands. I liked them. Kaoru was warm, but small, too. Don’t ask me why I noted the feeling of their hands. I suppose it was new to me to feel male hands that felt that way. I mean, they were really small. Nice, too. Shinya said hi to me and his voice was just so soft and pretty. Seriously, Shinya is gorgeously pretty up close.

I also want to add that I am hosting, Revolution. It’s Ryorei’s j-rock resource/information site. So far it’s great. I surfed what she has and it’s :yahoo5: for me.

Oh yeah. Happy 25th birthday to me. :bcake:

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