Thursday, March 23rd.
It seemed as if everyone was waiting for the other
shoe to drop, but weirdly enough Trent never responded. In fact, all
posts from both parties seemed to disappear from the planet. Not
from their fan messageboards, but from their respective sites. It
was a relief because I really didn't want this drama to affect our show
or any show for that matter which in the end didn't. That day, I
learned about 'The Hole.' *sigh* The NIN motherfucking, time
consuming, piece of shit bitch webcast. So Rob launches this damn
webcast, that has us like monkeys repeatedly pressing play in hopes of
catching something, anything.
It was launched on Wednesday.
It showed Trent at a desk writing something. It was an hour of
practically nothing. There was no sound, nothing. He did
write in a piece of paper Aaron's hotel room number in Houston.
It was his birthday and Trent thought Aaron deserved some love from the
fans. It was room 913(?) in Hotel Icon. Aaron was under the
name Dr. Papa Boner
.
One of the shots in the webcasts was of Trent laughing at the
camera. Yes, he was laughing at us. He must think we are
all pathetic
. The next webcast
was of the Corpus Christi soundcheck. I missed both.
Everyone on the boards was going crazy though. Seriously once I found
out about the damn hole, I spent second after second pressing play
hoping for a glimpse of something, anything
. And I know many people were doing the same. lol. This went on until about midnight. How pathetic, I know.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24th!
Woke up at around 7:30ish, had breakfast, went to class
,
and finally arrived at the Frank Erwin Center at around 11. When
Carla and I got there, there was about 20 or so people in front of
us. People who came up from Corpus and other places camped out
right in front of the doors. It was quite a scene. There
really wasn't a line so people were scattered all around. The
people who were in front of us were originally just four people.
But that stupid motherfucker, dipshit Maynard wannabe just had to be a
friendly bastard! Ok, ok, he seemed like a nice friendly man. But
damnit, he let one asshole in and that dick brought in about 10
people! It was rather annoying.
The couple behind us, Trish
and Shawn, were pretty funny people but damn Trish fucking exploded
from all the cutting. It was quite...hmmm what's the word?
It just caught me completely off guard. She was a small lady, but
damn she had a set of lungs. You just heard "GO TO THE BACK OF
THE LINE!!!!!" It was quite funny when her husband just started
handing her the keys, his ticket, his money. We were like
huh? He's like the first person who says anything to you, I'm
gonna have to kick his ass. They were a little drunk when all
this commotion happened. But their anger was rightly
placed. I mean all these fuckers that were cutting got there
after we did. Shit some got there at around 4. We had been
freezing our asses off since 11 to just have a bunch of fucking idiots
who want Trent to play that 'Fuck you like an animal song', or that
'Johnny Cash song,' or that 'hand song'. Stupid fucking
idiots. All dressed like they were about to hit some fucking
fancy dancy club. Psh.
By this point we had no clue if we were gonna get a
soundcheck or not. There had not been 2 shows straight that had
gotten soundchecks. and well the previous show had (Corpus).
There had been, maybe 2 other shows since the beginning of the tour,
that had gotten meet and greets. I really wasn't expecting a meet
and greet at all. But there was still a chance for a soundcheck,
that is why we were so pissed off at the people cutting because they
usually only let in the first 30-40 people.
At around 3:30 or so, Brandy (Spiral Organizer)
started passing out tickets for the people who had will call
tickets. By this time there was 100+ people there. Before we got
our tickets, I saw you. Yes, you.
Then I got my tickets and I spoke to you. But yeah, anyways,
after everyone got there tickets we stood there till about 4:45.
That's when the line started moving. Suddenly everyone was
getting excited because that was a bit to early to just go into the
venue.
Once in the venue we heard, "You know what you
are." You could feel the excitement all around. We were
minutes away from being let in. All I kept thinking was, " I hope
they let him in....I hope they let him in..." And then we
realized that they had let EVERYONE in. That was about 150
people. They started leading us onto the floor in the middle of
"Piggy." It was fucking awesome. We stood right in front of
Jeordie and well that was funny. He seemed a bit out of it but it
was so good to see him once again. Trent looked fucking
sexy. I love his voice. After 'Piggy,' he said,"Ok, well we
are taking requests. So what do you all want to hear?"
People shouted, 'Just Like You Imagined', to which he responded, "We can't play that..."
.
Carla shouted 'And All That Could Have Been,' which would have been
awesome had he played that. In the end, 'Reptile' was played.
During Reptile, Rob motherfucking Sheridan came out to broadcast us on
the HOLE! The sound was fucking amazing! Just thinking
about it again gives me goosebumps. After the song, Trent
introduced the fans to the
new NIN drummer, Flash Peanut
. Josh is an AMAZING drummer. I never thought I'd get to meet him...*sigh* but I did
.
Anyways I'm getting ahead of myself. They ended soundcheck with
the track 'Home.' It sounded
fucking sweeet! It was cool that we got to hear an extra 2 songs that weren't on the setlist for the show.
After 'Home,' we were all kind of bummed cause we
were going to have to leave. The head of security started telling
us to get in a single file line. Then he says, "Please do not ask for
pictures and just get ONE thing signed.." Everybody was like
.
We had NO clue we were going to get a meet and greet. Very few
people actually took something to get autographed. Carla and I
weren't one of those few. The thought of actually taking
something crossed my mind maybe once, but there had only been ONE damn
meet and greet throughout the entire tour. I was suprised.
I think something that suprised me even more though was the fact that
they let in 100+ people in.
The first person that came our way was once again,
Mr. Trent Reznor! This
time I was determined not to act like some stupid little fan
girl. And suprisingly I was rather calm considering I was
standing right in front of one of the artists' I admire and appreciate
the most. I shook his hand and stared into his beautiful eyes... That
lasted a whole five seconds. Of course I had to open my mouth and talk
about the fucking weather. Seriously what is wrong with me?! The
weather?! THE WEATHER!
I said something
along the lines of, "I bet you didn't think it would be this cold in
the middle of March in Texas..." *facepalm!* He was like "Yeah,
but its much better than last night though... Corpus was shitty..." I
suppose it was an improvement from the last time though...*sigh* the
weather?!
Jeordie was
next and well I opted for a 'thank you' and that's it. While he
got closer and closer to us, I kept whispering to Carla, "Ask him for a
hug..." To which she replied, "Fuck No!" Then elbowed me.
Once he was standing right in front of me, I just handed him my ticket
and said "Thank you very much..." He then looked up and kind of
zoned out. It was rather weird. He got this weird
expression on his face. I really wanted to reach up and wipe at
my face. I thought, '
I must have something on my face...omg! a booger!' But
then he must have noticed the weird look I was giving in return and he
snapped out of it. He chuckles and replies, "Your welcome.." The
girls next to me were like, " Are you ok?" "Yeah, just
exhausted..." He's a funny man. I got elbowed again for
agreeing with Carla on his 'cute butt.'
Ally came
right after Jeordie. He is so pretty. I love his
lips. He can be my Italian Stallion anytime! <-- Just
KIDDING! He's so sweet...
. I love him!
Josh came
from the opposite direction. I was so fucking excited to meet
him...not that I was any less excited to meet the others...but this was
going to be the
first time I would meet Josh. I'll admit, I must have looked like a fan girl just staring adorlingly up at his face.
He's perfect. I gushed like an idiot, "
It's so good to meet you..." with Carla adding, "
Finally!" He was like, "Oh, you've been to a couple of shows before?" We were like, "
Well we have seen you with APC a couple of times..." "Really? I think we were here a couple of years ago..."
"Yeah we saw you that time..."
"I really like it here..." I couldn't believe we had spoken to
Josh about APC. He had just finished telling the girls before us
that he had nothing to do while APC was on hiatus because Maynard was
with Tool so that was why he was on tour with NIN. I guess you just had
to be there to know how exciting all this was for me...and well
everyone else there.
Aaron came
by last without his chicken suit. He's so short. I wished
him a "Happy Belated Birthday!" To which he responded with, "Aw,
thanks..." Then I asked him about all the phone calls he recieved when
TR gave out his hotel number. He laughs,"Well it was cool...like
the first five minutes..." I'm sure he got many many calls that
night. Dr. Papa Boner...
He has such pretty blue eyes and such a small mouth...lol...his hand was all banged up...
ooohhh Aaron!
That was by far the most exciting
unexpected surprise ever! I
still can't
believe we got a soundcheck and a meet and greet! The past three
shows have not gotten anything which sucks for them but oh well...
.
The show was incredible that night. Saul
Williams opened up. I didn't expect much from him because he is a
rapper (no offense) but damn was I wrong. He was
incredible. I'd like to think of him as more of a poet. He
has good music and a good message. Nine Inch Nails came on like
at aroun 8:45 and started with 'Pilgrimage.' We got to hear 'Mr.
Self Destruct!!!' Seriously it was the best show I have attended
of NIN thus far. The band had so much damn energy. Jeordie was
head banging like there was no tomorrow and well if you are a Jeordie
fan
you know that is not his usual self with NIN. Aaron fucking flew into the crowd during
I think
'March of the Pigs.' Trent went down into the crowd and got freaking
molested during 'Piggy.' Fans were given the mic and well I can't
really say that they sang the song awesomely because all I could hear
was screeching but it was still cool. Once Trent got onstage, he was all adjusting his pants and taking his belt off...
. Psycho molesting fans! hehe. One of my highlights was during 'Closer.' Trent was...
...well he was up on this podium dancing? grinding? oh I don't know what he was doing but it was damn sexy! *fans self*
He has a
nice ass.
'Wish' was probably my favorite that night. 'Hurt' was
beautiful. They ended with 'Head Like a Hole.' I was sad to
see the night end but it was an awesome ending to what started out as
an eehh day.
This is probably my longest entry in Xanga
history! I'm sure no one cares about it either. But eehh it's
O.K! I just wanted to share my happiness with those few that do!
I'm out.
-Yvonne
<--- yeah I know...obsessive. 
