Colchester times!

So, I should try and explain what Colchester was like... I'll start by saying it was ODD.

Dad dropped Kelly and I off at about midday. We checked out the venue, and then tried to follow a subway van to subway. We gave up and got a proper sit-down meal... and then found Subway.

We went for another walk to Sainsbury's and bought ourselves biscuits and fruit juice... and muffins for the bands :')

After we got back to the venue, we had a singalong to some stuff on my iPod - Bon Jovi, Pink, Simple Plan, Avenged Sevenfold, and Lostprophets. A bit later, some teenage girls called Emily and Bronte turned up, and after they found out we weren;t from Colchester we got dragged to a skatepark by Emily (who is possibly the most fucked up person I have ever met) at the other end of town. We introduced ourselves as Panda (as ever) and Koala (from Simon's quote last Monday, "she's like a koala!") Ilong walk to get to the skatepark. Then we were getting worried about the venue so we walked back, which talk about half an hour.

By the time we got back, the bands had all pulled up and parked on the curb. Bandmembers came and went - Gus came out and had a lovely chat to us, and we gave Jonny/Joe from The Casino Brawl some muffins. Hearing a high-pitched northern voice screaming "MUFFINS!!!" was actually hilarious.

Queues turned up, and then we were allowed inside. We made a beeline for the front and ended up either side of a pillar which was holding up the ceiling.

First band were called Oceans Upon Us, they were pretty good. Lead singer had "Fancy a shag? =)" written on the inside of his shoe, it cracked me up.

Next were Kelly's new favourite band, The Casino Brawl. The slightly pervy bassist was fighting with Jonny/Joe the whole time to stand in front of her... Still, they played a pretty awesome set ^^

And then... Young Guns. Gus was right in front of us and sang to both of us quite a bit. Stroking faces, as usual. Before they started playing, Simon told me not to faint again. Bless him. As ever, YG were amazing - heard a couple of new songs, had Gus hanging off a beam singing straight to me, and tried to get Gus to do the macerena (he failed).

After that we were off to chat to Young Guns and get everything signed. Apparently I followed Gus round like a puppy (okay... maybe I did. A little) getting permanent hugs off him. Kelly had a lovely long conversation about weddings with Jonny/Joe, and I just chatted to all of Young Guns and a few of The Casino Brawl... oh, and Deaf Havana's drummer, who remembered me ^^

A few notable highlights, in no particular order, were:
- Jonny/Joe offering me some of his Cookie Brown drink, which i declined and then stole. It tasted weird. Kelly had some too.
- Getting Simon of YG, Adam, Jonny/Joe and the drummer of TCB in my kitty hat
- Seeing Gus onstage with Deaf Havana. When he got off stage, he kissed someone on the cheek and i asked him what I had to do for a kiss. It turned out all I had to do was ask.
- Getting a drumstick from Deaf Havana's drummer
- Eternal Gus hugs
- Picking up Gus, Simon, Ben, John, Fraser, DH's drummer and a couple of techs, all of whom were a) impressed b) emasculated and c) shocked to learn I was 15.
- Fraser trying to persuade the drummer of TCB to wear my hat and succeeding
- Being picked up by Adam of TCB
- Being somewhat molested by both Simon and Adam
- Singing Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes to Gus... in Norweigan. He looked "confused, but I like this" according to Kelly.
- Seeing Simon crowdsurf
- Having a chat with the miserable techy and giving him a hug
- Kelly inviting pretty much all the band people to her wedding
- John from YG saying he wasn't drinking and would be doing the driving (I think I love that man. Bless him, he's so sweet)
- Smelling of Gus on the way home. My hoodie and my hat still smell of him. Love.

It makes me sad to think I won't see YG again until March, or January at the earliest. If we have money and depending on the date, we might try and go see TCB in London.

So, that was my day. Kelly and I just slept on the way home. Good day.

Plectrum status: around. Wish I could've worn it to the gig, YG especially would've appreciated the story behind it.

UPDATE - I was right. His name is Jonny.