YOU. ME. at 6. alrite?

people of the internet...

it is my duty here to update you all with the current event that just happened in my recent life.

last nite, oct 8th 09, a special yet fantastic event had occurred which called "AP Fall Ball tour". as you all might know, it is an around-the-USA tour with performers such as You Me At Six, The Secret Handshake, Set Your Goals, Mayday Parade and last but so not least, The Academy Is... unfortunately Set Your Goals couldnt make it last nite because something happened, so another local band from seattle called .... i don't know i forgot... lol came to the rescue. their type of music is nothing similar like YMA6 or TSH at all. it is more like a laid-back-chill-out-session type of music, which doesn't suit my personality at all. lol.

i didnt know that yma6 got to perform first. i thought theyre gonna perform the second or 3rd, but when i saw some familiar faces on the stage,i knew that was yma6. it's amazing the fact that ive just started listening to them a week ago n i know theyre music pretty well already. wow they must be inspired me a lot lol.

yma6 put on a great performance for us all n themselves. i enjoyed jumping and singing along. i went completely mad when they sang "save it for the bedroom", "kiss and tell", "finders keepers", n "poker face" lady gaga's cover. it was an amazing set after all n i couldnt wait to take some pics with them :D.

next performance was from the secret handshake. i never listened or knew them but some song that they played last nite were enjoyable. my fav part was when they sang one more song which happened to be the cover of miley cyrus' "party in the USA" hahahaha it was like cover nite or something? lol

another local indie band from seattle got to perform to cover for set your goals that supposed to be performing next. as i wrote before, their music was more laid-back than the other two previous bands. they have more 9 people in the band playing guitar, bass, keyboard, violin, two trumpets n drums. n of course a vocalist. wow. the stage looked full when they were on it. thank God they didnt play for long, after a half-hour i think? they wrapped themselves up n it was time for mayday to carry on.

mayday parade was wow, it looks like people were expecting them the most because they screamed and jumping n pushing the hardest i think during their set. honestly i didnt know any of their songs at all, i just knew one which is their single called jamie all over n they played it as the opener so after that i just stood still n tried to enjoy the show. of course boredom occurred so i spent it by taking pics with my friends with mayday n the crowd as the background hahaha.

so mayday was over n it was time for TAI to come out. i had to admit that william beckett looks better with short hair. i mean have u seen him with long hair? he looks like a girl cuz he's slim n slender too so it compliments each other lol. again, i didnt know any of TAI's songs except for their singles like "everything we had", " about a girl", n "summer hair = forever young". they didnt play everything we had but they did play about a girl n summer hair. we went crazy on on those 2 songs. the rest, we just again stood still waiting for another expectations. my fav part was when will spontaneously stage dived but he went back to the stage too quick so i couldnt reach myself to him shoot lol.

so the show was over but we wanted to buy some merchs n as my friends went to the atm to get some cash, i ran over to their merch stand n bought a you me at six tshirt with the tour dates on the back. i saw the lead singer from THS wass there n i asked for some pics with him after my friends came to the stand. we went outside n i saw many people were on the sidewalks cuz the band members were there for autograph signing or pictures stuff. i was looking for josh franceschi, lead singer of yma6 but i got pics with mayday parade n adam siska from TAI instead lol. it was a coincidence when i was looking for josh, one the tour bus opened n there he came from inside. i asked him straight away for some pics n autographs. he's so lovely. i asked for pics like 2-3 times n he still didnt get bored haha.

my next target would be max, the guitarist but i couldnt find him anywhere so i was looking for will beckett cuz it seems that he's the most targeted by everyone that was there i think. again, couldnt find him anywhere so i went back to where my other friends were n they told me that yma6 was on the other van which was located nearby the place that we were standing one. i ran to the van n YES i saw josh talking to some of the fans n MAX playing xbox!

i called him out for pics n he happily jumped from the van n took pics with me. he was so so nice and adorable cuz after i asked for autographs, he asked me questions like "did u enjoy the show?" n all n we ended up chatting with each other for quite some minutes (10-15 minutes i think :D). what melt me down was when he suddenly said "im max btw" n shook my hand. i was like "i know who u are" but he is so down to earth n acts like normal people. n of course i introduced myself n he said something about proper introduction lol.

we spent 10 minutes talking about his and the band's age, tour dates, n of course, FOOTBALL. i think the easiest topic to talk about with british people is about football. he used to play n was a striker but he enjoys music more. i like him a lot he is a fun guy to talk with n he often asked about how i enjoyed the show n all. n i told him that i saw them playing on warped but i didnt know they was before but when i heard that theyre coming to seattle n they sound familiar, i started to listen to their music n i love it so much n he was like "thats tight, "thats sick" with his lovely hand flipping gestures which idk how to describe it lol.

i love our conversation esp about football thing. i told him that at least he's not a man u supporter n he said so too. he dislikes man u so bad cuz they won all the time n the funny part was when he said that dan the drummer is a man u fans n he called him n he pointed at us saying "man u hater" ahahaha n dan was like whatever or something ;D

he was playing xbox at the time n when we chat he paused the game n keep on chatting with me n then he asked if i would still be here for a long time cuz he wanted to finish off the game first n continue chatting. awwwwww :) n yea i told him im going to be here for quite a bit so when he continued playing, i asked for a picture with josh haha n after that he asked where i came from n i said im from indonesia n he asked what im doing here n i ansered im here studying in a college. n then i asked him that hes from surrey n he said so n i said "like harry potter" n he was laughing n told other fans that were there "everytime anyone ask where im from n i said surrey, they will ask oh is it like in harry potter" n the fans laughed with him. hahaha

still waiting for max, i asked josh if he watch football or not n of course the answer is yes. but same as max, he supports arsenal n again we talked about football n he was surprised that told him chelsea beat liverpool on a 2-0 win :D.

unfortunately, my friend told me that our ride is here n so we need to stop this convo n josh hugged me goodbye n i said bye to max as well but before that i asked for one more pic n of course he agreed :D. we hugged goodbye n i told him "see u in spring?" n he replied "definitely!" n after than i shouted "CHELSEA" n he was like "ARSENAL" :DDD

that night, i couldnt stop smiling by myself. im so happy to can actually hang with them. esp max cuz he's so easygoing. i was in love with josh but cuz i chatted with max the most, he became my 1st priority now :D

i seriously cant wait for their spring tour n next year's warped. they're going to be there so im pretty sure im going to be at their booth all the time hahaa. wish all rockstars are just as friendly as him/them. i love british people :D



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