It's been a week, and I'm still riding the high from the bbno$ concert we attended in Boston. I haven't been to very many concerts in my life, and this was arguably not the best performance I've seen live, but the joy from this experience just hasn't run out yet.
Last week, my husband, my sibling, and my sibling-in-law roadtripped to Boston for this concert. We left early, so we had plenty of time to explore around Fenway before the show started. We went to a two-level dispensary in the middle of a workday, so it was totally dead. We visited a cool art store, and some smaller shops as well. We got Ben & Jerry's. We met up with one of my sibling's friends for hotpot, and then we went to the show. I was really proud of myself for not making any frivolous purchases, because normally on trips like these I am buying shit left and right.
At the show itself, Jungle Bobby was the opener. We'd heard a couple songs before the show to prepare, and I liked them, but I was not prepared for his onstage presence! He could not stand still. He wore a feathery jacket, which he stripped away to reveal rock-hard abs - all six of which you could see clearly from the back of the house. He wore these teeny-tiny little sunglasses. He hyped up the crowd so easily - even though I didn't know most of his songs, and I hadn't heard of the man himself until recently, he had all of us in the group screaming and throwing heart-hands back at him. He was really cute and I would absolutely lick him backstage if he asked.
bbno$ came out, and we'd seen on Facebook that he'd hurt his back the day before the show, so we weren't surprised to see him moving less than anticipated. At the time, he seemed to be doing OK, but in all of the pictures we took, you can see the pain in his eyes, sometimes with a quick grimace. He gave it his all though, and the energy in the room was incredible.
There is no solo image of a bbno$ fan, other than "terminally online". It's truly a diverse group - this show had children, fursuiters, drag kings, cosplayers, lesbians, fat white guys... and that was just the section we sat in! Dunkin Donuts Hatsune Miku was there. Many, many people dressed up as bbno$, including my husband. Lots of people wearing shirts with puns about being autistic, or asexual, or some combination of the two. It really does make sense for this to be the Internet Explorer tour.
The most magical moment to me, was when Jungle Bobby came back out to support bbno$ and hype the crowd up for another song. He led us in with, "Two, four, six, eight," and the crowd roared, Who do we appreciate? It's baby no money, he's always up to something! And then the song "two" started, and we continued to chant. It really did feel like he could feel the audience's appreciation for the moment, for the music, and for his presence.
At one point, bbno$ was really feeling his sciatica, and Jungle Bobby gave him a back rub, and encouraged the audience to put their hands out to help rub his back. We all rubbed his back together, until he felt well enough to perform his next song.
It was such a great concert, and even the days after it were great: spending the following day with my sibling and sibling-in-law at this awesome game place they recommended, where I got a cool Seven of Nine figure (she comes with the top half of her Borg alcove, and no way to stand it up so she can stand in it). I was really proud of this find because it was only $20.
Then on Friday, it was the 13th, which means tattoo flash events! I got a cute cluster of gems for $31 at the tattoo shop in the mall. And I am so excited to say that a big Clodsire plushie is waiting for me at the anime store at the mall!! I love Clodsire so much, I'm excited to go back to the mall for him on Sunday.
That's not even the best part of how things are going...my husband surprised me with Dethklok tickets!! We're going to be seeing them next month, and the hotel has already been booked! I am so freaking excited to meet Brendon Small again. I'm thinking of putting together some of my Metalocalypse art and giving it to him. Should I?
Another crazy thing going on, is a coworker friend of mine is selling her house. She asked us to look into our financials to see if we can afford to buy it from her, so we're scrambling to get everything together. We're dead broke right now, but if we can get our shit together and buy this house... imagine never renting ever again...!
Husband just got home from work, so I am closing this post out. I'm optimistic for the future, and right now I have lots to look forward to!