How we survive is what makes us who we are....

Subtitle: xThe.Birds.And.The.Beesx
((I wrote this Friday night and posted it in my LJ, but decided to copy and paste here now.))

So, I had a hard time picking a title for this Punchlinerific entry. There were far too many parts of the night that I could have quoted. Sluts and the birds and the bees were brought up an awful lot, though.

Today was one busy day. I got up around 6ish. I had prob. and stats. this morning at 8. I didn't do my homework the night before, so I did it during class. Then I had this horrid Anthropology test. I had to write a huge essay on this book I read in an hour after taking a 50 question test. That left about a half hour to write this essay that was supposed to be about 4 pages. I wanted to shoot myself. Truly. And it was bad because for the most part I kept checking the clock in the back of the room. My mind was thinking about seeing Punchline not some Native Tribe in Cananda, I'm not gonna lie.

Mom picks me up around 1030. She stops to get me something to eat. I ate a double whopper this morning at 1030 and you know what? It was amazing. They taste better that early, I think. lol We make it to Erie around 130.

I had to go up to the mall to get Jen's birthday present. My grandma had to go up there, so I went with her. And here's a funny little story.... I get in my grandma's car, she starts it up, the radio starts.... And you know what comes on? KoRn! KoRn is playing from my grandma's radio. I couldn't believe it. I'm like "What are you listening to?" and she's like "I don't know. This is the channel that plays my polka program on Sundays." She was listening to Gannon's radio station and they do play polka on Sundays. lol Oh, I love her.

Mall. Bought Jen's birthday present, finally. And it's killer. I did good.

I got up to Behrend around 430ish. I see Jess as soon as I get there. She had to clear up all the confusion I had over the show deal. Punchline had it listed as a part of their tour and I was excited because I thought Cute Is What We Aim For was going to play. Jess told me that it was actually a battle of the bands and not a part of the tour. She then told me that There's Always Tomorrow was going to play, but they didn't. So, I was dissapointed again. But I can't complain because you know who else played with Punchline. I Am The Avalanche. And they are amazing.

Okay, so I thought about going band through band and talking about them, but then I was like "Fuuuuck that. That's far too much work." So, here are some myspace links for some of the bands that I liked.

Phantasm
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=5670188

Sandlot Heros
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=34255833

Audio Imagery
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=30426244

While I putting up links... Here's Punchline's Purevolume. Check out the new stuff.... Or hell, just go to the FBR site and order the new cd. http://www.purevolume.com/punchline

While I Am The Avalanche set up... I moved up towards the front, so I could do the picture thing. Plus, I'm short. I need to be up front. I can't see over people. While the band was setting up, there was this kid behind me. I was standing facing him because he making a ruckus so I turned around to watch. And all of sudden he's like "You like Punchline?" There I am in my Win and Sin with Punchline shirt. My response was: "Nah, I just like to wear their shirts sometimes." And he was like "Oh, ha! How about that you doooo have their shirt on." And then he procedes to get super close to me and get all touchy and crap. And I'm just like "Hunny, you're drunk, aren't you?" And him and his friend go off about being drunk and how they are gonna get the band's attention and it was a good time to watch them. They made me laugh.

I Am The Avalanche were freakin' amazing. They totally rocked out. It was my first time seeing them. And I enjoyed them. Steve came out to play Wasted with them. Wasted is my favorite. They also played "Dead and Gone" "Took a Beating" "Dungeon Music" "Symphony" and a few covers. I serously thought that the singer was gonna beat up some kids who persistantly chanted "Movielife! Movielife!" through their set. He didn't look too happy with them. It was super annoying, though.

I'm waking to your knees shaking
The whole towns quaking from the love we've been making
I learn to forget
It's so hard to forget
Like when that hair was wet(it's so hard to forget)

Maybe I
Oh baby I lied
But I'm much bigger than that now

Now... Punchline.

I have stood by this band a lot. When they got signed to FBR, a whole bunch of my friends were like "Punchline got signed and now they suck." But I still loved them. And then Paul left and Greg joined the band... And a bunch more of my friends were like "Punchline sucks without Paul." I missed their last show at the Hangout due to being stuck down at IUP.... So, when the new stuff started coming out, I listened and... I loved it. I mean, yeah, it was weird hearing Greg's voice. It was my first time seeing them since Greg joined. But he's good. And it's still Punchline. They have never, never let me down.

Punchline was amazing tonight. Actually, amazing doesn't even come close to explaining it. They played a lot of the songs on the cd that's coming out tuesday. I was happy to hear the songs that I hadn't heard, yet. They opened with "Flashlight." I adore this song. They also played a lot off Action with a few old, old ones thrown in there. Behrend has this crazy no mosh pit rule that kids were trying so hard to break, but those security gaurds were all on top of that. I held my place in the front in the middle and I'm pretty sure the tallest security gaurd was holding the baracade in front of me. Go figure. But he was super nice because he would move out of my view and he would duck when I went to take pictures.... Plus, Jess was all up there being "staff like" and she took a couple pictures closer up for me. But anyway... So, Punchline played "The Fake, The Snake, and the Birthday Cake" "Don't Try This At Home" "Green Light" "Battle Scars" "Open Up" "HeartSlut Transplant" and whole crap load of others, but I really don't feel like listing them all. I can't pick a favorite. I really, really can't. "Battle Scars" and "Heart Transplant" do have their special spots in my heart, though. Steve and Chris are funny kids. Their talking in between songs is seriously the best. And Chris brought up the Hangout. And then he asked who were the kids who had seen them like five years ago at The Hangout. Made me smile. Me and Jess had a moment. Us Hangout kids are the best. The end. They ended with "Battle Scars." And as soon as they left the stage pretty much everyone started singing "You're beautiful, I love you." over and over. So, they encored with three songs. They ended offically with "The World."

Punchline makes my heart smile like no other.

The end.