{my last post was my 222 post. just thought i'd let you know.}
so anyhow. yesterday i went to hear collin's band play at salem days. they were really good. here's the long story.
lilly and i left the house, i was scared we'd be late and i'd miss one of their three numbers since they were going to be the first act. she dropped me off in the parking lot {which was full} and i walked toward the stage they had set up. i'm pretty sure he saw me just standing there for a while but i'm not sure. he never really acknowledged that i was there until after they were done. so i sat down, but then a bunch of other teenagers sat in front of me...the lamers...so i had to move in order to see the stage, which turned out to be a good thing because i could see the band even better than i could before. after a {very long} sound check and an {unusual} introduction of the band, they started playing "chasing cars" by snow patrol. yah, i know - i love that song too. collin pulled it off really well.
poor collin looked nervous {thumb awkwardly in pocket, other hand glued to mic were indicators}. but then oddly enough he's got a really good stage presence, like wyatt. their next two songs were originals, "resistance" and "i'm alright". i loved them both. there was a instrumental intermission during "resistance" and it was funny, collin went around the stage mimicking what his other band members were doing. like i said, good stage presence.
their third song, they went straight into it and it was like...whoa, that song is different. i'm not sure if it was trying to come across as more jazzy, but it was definitely a happy song and very well suited to collin's voice. i think that one was one of my favorites.
so then they were done, and i listened to the next group while the band packed up backstage on the grass {it was all outside}. i was kinda nervous because of what collin had asked me to do previously, the night before. aaand i just realized you don't know that story.
so the day before that {thursday} i was hanging out with nicole when i get a text from an unknown number asking for help. after finding out who it was, he asked me to help convince his band to change their name. it's pronounced "cure". i know...gothic alternative rock band. yuck. so i told him i would do it. what exactly? go to one of the band members {other than him...} and tell them that they need to change there name. i had brief flashbacks to watching the movie about the "wonders" who started out as the "one-ders". it was a great idea, but it just doesn't work. so i told him i would do it.
back to friday. the band was done playing and they were almost gone, i had to do it now or never. maybe i don't come across as such but people? they really intimidate me. i've learned to force it behind me through the years but i was pretty sure i was gonna be sick when i actually stood up to go tell one of them. and not only that, i feel bad for the bass player that i chose to talk it up to. but i did it, i walked across that green and told him my opinion that he should probably change it.
silly collin, either he was watching or the bass player let the whole band that a weird girl had told him that their band needed to change their name. collin came and thanked me, and we had a brief pleasant conversation. he told me he was nervous and sweaty but i didn't think he looked it. i also told him he owes me for saying that mean thing about the band name to his bass player. and then i practiced my awkward-hug skills {in my defense, i put my hand out for a high five but it was too weak so he went in for a hug. are there rules about this kind of thing? when someone isn't quite a close enough friend to give a hug, and not stranger enough just to walk away in farewell?}
lilly and i decided we'd stay and watch a few of the other performances because we really had nothing better to do, and wow. some were pretty entertaining although not for talent as much as random hilariousness. not to be rude but watching eight old ladies tap dance and be dead serious about it...was very...interesting.
sometime during KYUR's first song madison and i started texting, it was good to hear from that fella again. i hope when he's back in utah he will come visit me. i really miss having someone make me smile like that all the time. i'm afraid i looked like a retard smiling at a phone like that so much. it's good to have a friend once in a while who you know you can trust with most anything and even just have a good laugh. especially a good laugh that is mutually sarcastic sometimes.
there was a kid who sometimes was walking with collin who looked right at me. it's not like that's a weird thing, just usually when you look at someone who is staring at you, they look away. this kid didn't. i guessed that maybe he knew collin, maybe he'd said something about me. kids are curious like that i guess.
lilly and i decided to go and weird things of weird things, collin and his band of groupies decided to go too. as we were getting our car unlocked, he drove by, honked and waved at me. funny kid. at least he's not shy. even funnier, he feels like a little brother - close to my age but still younger. it's pretty easy to talk to him. not as easy to tease with as with chad {another guy in singer's choir} but a good person.
at home i talked to madison a longer while, and collin a little bit too, i walked jack, listened to music and went to bed.
{i had some strange dreams last night. filled with all of my old friends and a lot of my new friends. it's funny, some were portrayed at good, and some others as bad and not all of them were my usual perceptions of these people. just an interesting thought.}
Good job to KYUR! and i hope you change your name soon!
kaylla
PS - lilly took some pictures but since her camera isn't digital i'll have to wait to get them on here or facebook. sorry
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