My body aches as if I am the victim of a horrible case of the flu but, alas, I am not. I ache with the joy and delight of the memories of last night. I saw the most amazing thing last night… The Matches! Oh yes… I said it, The Matches. They played at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco last night and were so incredible. OK, let’s be fair… INCREDIBLE doesn’t even begin to describe it. The club was fun and the crowd was killer… lol literally. Kelly really wasn’t lying when she said it would be the best live show I would ever see and they are! A lot of bands and groups have great albums and suck in person. Don’t get me wrong… their energy and performance may be great but their vocals and music lack. It is like they are over processed in the studio to make them sound good. Then there are the other groups who put on a great show but their records are weak. Neither is the case with The Matches. Their albums are flawless with amazing dynamics and they are just as great live. They keep up the same HIGH ENERGY level the whole show. Plus they really love their fans. That is another great thing about local bands is that they love their fans. If you ever get the chance to see one of their shows GO!!! You won’t regret it. I promise :)
The Status and Valencia played before them and were really good. I do have to admit that I did like The Status more… partially due to the fact that male bands where the lead singer only sings make me want to say “Hey you… Learn to do something useful with your hands!” lol just kidding… The singing and playing for Rock stars is just so much hotter. And my second partial reason is that the band was just overall more attractive. The Bottom of the Hill was pretty sweet as well. It was amazing to be right at the bands’ feet and to get to talk and mingle with them afterwards… and even to get pictures with them ;)
My ears are still ringing and my neck kills from jumping around in that mob of people. Haha Sooo much fun! Being under 21, I was subject to the mark of the drink less… a huge X on the back of both hands in black permanent ink. I kinda like it… haha It is proof that one can have fun on a school night. I almost don’t want it to come off but it is fading slowly to purple and will soon be gone.
I got home pretty early last night, around 11:30pm, cause we didn’t want to stay to see the actual headliner – Bayside but didn’t even head to bed 'til 1 am ‘cause I was putting up Analisa’s picture with Shawn Harris <3 I was still so wired that I barely slept. My ears were ringing and I had all of the songs running through my head. I set my stereo to wake me up to the CD I got that night and at 5:30am, when it began to play, I was still partially awake so I began to sing along. Little did I know, I was still pretty much def and was singing at the top of my lungs. Ah everyone was so happy to get woken up by me… not.
I guess the point I am trying to make is that I have been unusually happy about everything… even optimistic. I have been struggling with so many questions lately... What I should do? Where should I go? Am I making the right choices? Does he still want me? Will he still want me? Where is my life going? Thankfully I got most of my answers on Sunday. It reminded me of who I am and who I am becoming. I feel sure –calm and peaceful. The anxiety I had is almost gone. I can see the big picture and I love it. I know that I will get there if I do what is asked of my now. All I have to go to press forward and remain faithful. Everything will work out… maybe not the exact way I think it will but it all will. I feel like I’m at the bottom of the hill looking up. (Haha get it? Never mind)
So bring it on because I can handle it. I am amazing and beautiful and strong! I am not going to forget who I am again.
