雅 -MIYAVI- concerts

so...they were awesome. [warning: long post and lots of CAPS use]
i went to one in LA at Club Nokia with kelly and amanda on saturday. we were so laid-back about it. usually we wanna be near the front of the line and camp all day. but this time? eh. we showed up around 7:30 i think [bridgette was a little late] and even when we got there we didn't get in line. we just hung around talking to ppl and only got in line when the line started moving.
inside, we stood behind the tech area and had a pretty good view. amanda was absolutely hilarious towards the end with ramon's jacket. she looked like a retarded little child. me and kelly were literally on the floor laughing. and she had no idea why.
oh! haha also, i saw these two people i watch on youtube and pretty much spazzed. i'm pathetic. i finally got the courage to go up to them and say hi when we were inside. we basically stood right next to them by the tech area. yeahh...haha the girl was really pretty [and freakin tall in those shoes] but she was nice and asked for my youtube name since she's going to make a video for all those ppl she met at the concert.
anyways, the concert was cool. the words i keep using to describe it are 'chill' and 'jazzy'. he took some of his older songs and reworked them to sound different, adding some keyboard stuff. sounded really different and cool. "ame ni utaeba" has been in my head ever since i woke up today.
afterwards, we saw andrew and talked with him and a few other ppl outside the venue. we ended up going to kouraku on 2nd st. i was so tired. we finally left at 2am.

then the next day me and kelly went to another concert at the Grove of Anaheim. this place was so chill and quiet. it wasn't in the heart of downtown la. the parking was RIGHT there and the line of ppl looked incredibly small. we got there around 6:30 and talked with kayla and her group at the front of the line until it was time to go to the meet and greet. there were only about 10 ppl for the m&g. no cameras were allowed, even for the m&g. we were led inside and then miyavi came out to a table with postcards [for him to sign if you didn't have anything] and we went up to him one by one. i wore the white tour shirt amanda bought me the night before and had planned for him to sign it if he could. when it was my turn, i went up to him, shook his hand and said "konnichiwa." and he stopped and was like, "oh, you speak japanese?" [in japanese] then i asked if he could sign my shirt [in japn] and he replies with "sure i can" [in eng]. then when i turn around, he's like "right here okay?" [in eng]. it's like he wants to speak as much english as he can in america to fans xD he was nice. and seemed tired. kelly said as he was signing her postcard he said, "i'm so tired." aww. then when we were done, we were led back outside but right by the gates and were let back in a few minutes before everyone else. yes! me and kelly got SO lucky. thanks again, stephanie!
kelly was a few feet in front of me since when we started walking, this girl went passed me, brushing me a little. it wasn't a shove to the side since we had to walk, but it was obvious she wanted to get in front. REALLY?! kelly got to the stage and picked an AMAZING spot right under his main mic. i got comfortable next to her and then we realized that it was his main mic. haha. so before i rant, i'm going to finish the happy parts of this review.
oh yeah! also, at his request, miyavi asked that there be no barriers between the stage and the audience. so that means the ppl in front were up against the stage. resting our arms on it. WE WERE RIGHT THERE!
anyways, it was so cool seeing him perform right in front of us. the only thing that kinda sucked that because we were so close, the instrument sounds drowned out his voice from the mic. but after a few songs i kinda got used to it. me and kelly were probably part of the very few [if not the ONLY ones] that did not go crazy and flail our arms out to him. we cheered and clapped, but most of the time our arms were down.
then came the part when he talked about the past year: things being hard, getting married, having a daughter, and being busy. from that, he went into singing "kimi ni negai wo" and I DON'T KNOW WHY...but i just got totally emotional and had to try very hard to keep from crying. at the beginning of the song, a tear rolled down his face [i know it wasn't sweat, sweat doesn't travel that way] and i thought, "aww." usually i get teary eyed if i see someone cry, but i wasn't just teary eyed. i really wanted to cry! damn song. then it was "superhero" and i was still sniffly through that one too.
i was fine through after that, but i wasn't as enthusiastic. i just enjoyed myself.
now for the insane rant part of this ridiculously long entry. I DON'T GET CRAZY FANGIRLS. i really don't. PLEASE someone explain to me what goes on in their heads. WHY do they have to touch the performers?? they aren't god and you're not going to get super magical powers if you touch them. i'm all for cheering and hand waving and giving the performer energy. but trying to jump over and through ppl just so you can touch his pants? no. just, no.
the moniter [speaker that sends sound back to the stage] in front of us was farther away than the two on the ends of the stage. if he stepped on those, ppl could reach his leg. but ours were just far enough away where we couldn't reach him. PROBABLY because it was the main one and he couldn't have insane girls touching his leg the whole entire concert. so a couple of asian girls realized it was farther away towards the end and tried moving it closer to them. i put my hand out on the speaker to stop them. it was heavy so they didn't really move it but i figure my hand should be message enough for them not to. they tried again later and my hand went out again. during the break before the encore, they got a couple more ppl to try and move it and i put my hand out again. the crazy girl looks at me and i had had enough so i asked, "what are you gonna get by touching him??" and since she knows i just called her out on being crazy and can't come back with anything intelligent, she resorts to name calling, "why are you being such a frigid bitch?!" me: i'm not. you're not supposed to move things that are on stage. her: we're just scooting it. kelly: you're not supposed to touch things, it could screw up the sound.
she still couldn't think of anything witty so she says, "the figid line's that way." ok. i've heard the term "frigid bitch" before [from legally blonde] but "frigid line"?? i'd say that's a step down in severity if she was still trying to come out on top. it also makes no sense. so i figure she proceeded to tell everyone around her what happened. but i wanna know, how did she tell the story. did she change my line to "why do you want to move it?" or did she keep it at "why do you want to touch him?" because the first question would lead to the second question and prove her insanity either way. she can't come out sounding good from her story, i'm sure. kelly says she saw the crazy girl talking to ppl and motioning that she would squeeze her way in when miyavi comes back out. and she tried. oh did she try. but my hip and leg was glued to the stage wall and unless she got that up, she wasn't getting in. she got about halfway in, pushing me the entire time, but with her excitement, i knew she'd wanna jump around when he came back out which would mean she'd have to give up fighting me. and i won. she ended up somewhere behind me again.
and besides all that, god, SHE WAS ANNOYING. everytime miyavi went to the other side of the stage, she'd whine, "where's he going!? what's he doing!? why's he over there!? come here miyavi!!"...he's giving the other side of the audience some attention, now will you please just SHUT UP?!
that stupid girl kinda ruined the rest of the concert for me after she called me a bitch, but it was still a great concert. miyavi seems to really want to get closer to his fans and feels bad for cancelling part of his tour last year. we met up with kayla and ashley and after talking for a bit went back to the car. that's when i broke down. it was the first time i had been called a bitch in all seriousness [to my face, i don't know about anything else] and it does not feel good. sure, some ppl can handle it and brush it off. but the fact i was already emotional from earlier in the concert, plus her, did not help. i asked a legitimately logical question and since she had nothing else, she could only call me a bitch. which, in all honesty, i think was totally uncalled for. sure, if i did something bitchy so shove her out of the way, maybe. but I JUST ASKED A QUESTION. maybe it pointed out her insanity and the fact she wasn't being a normal human, but really? no need for name calling. i really wish i knew more synonyms for crazy and insane...because she was all of them.
SO. besides that little incident, i loved the concerts, second one especially. i really wish i could get a chance to sit and talk with him. or anyone really. you know, show them that not everyone is a crazy obsessed fan who can't keep their panties on. i really don't like being associated with that crowd -__-
okay. i'm done. byee!