and i'll breathe you in tonight, i'll find my own way home, you know i'll be fine

VALENCIA WERE THE ABSOLUTE BEST.
if i had only seen them at soundwave i would've been more than happy. I can't explain how amazing they were. It seems to me that the words: rad, brill, good, mad just don't cut it.

We waited heaps early. We watched the whole forty minutes of Inner Party System(i think thats the band) playing just to be right up the front in time to watch Valencia play. We were in the centre, right against the railing. Alicia first saw Brendan, then i saw Max. and we waved but they didn't wave back. Then Shane walked right past us. And i'm like woah. Its him. Its them. Its actually them. I've been singing to their songs in the shower, in front of the computer, everywhere.
It was like woah.
So we watched them set up. Like it wasn't even boring. Ahaha i took pictures of them doing that. I know sad right? but whatever. Brendan is very good looking. Everyone in the band is actually.
So when Brendan was in hearing range of us, and me and Alicia stopped arguing about who would ask, i said every so softly "brendaaaan" and he HEARD ME!!! he looked up, then i asked "can i please have a photo" and i pointed to my camera. ahahaha and he said "sure, later yeah?", but really politely ya know? and i was like "yeah SURE!" ahaha i was full smiling as well. He's so polite, i remember posting up comments from myspace from him.

So after setting up. They all got off the stage. And the we all need a reason to believe.... part of the song started playing. It was epic when they came on stage. It was like double woah.
So yeah THEY FREAKING PLAYED.
Holiday.
Where Did You Go?
Carry On
3000 Miles
Safe To Say!!!
The Space between--> last song they played.
It was mad. i knew all the lyrics, and i recorded it and took many many many pictures.
It lasted heaps longer than i expected. And for that i was glad. Shane was really positive, he was smiling at George, they didn't expect the crowd to be that big, nor did they expect that many people know the lyrics to their songs. Sigh, It was great.

Then they went off stage. I felt sad. Cos brendan didn't come back out. Then we waited for a while.


just in case?

you know?
just in case?







AND THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT.
because SHANE full went out.

then we went to shane.
we got a picture.
and i asked shane when they'd come back next. he said "american spring".
and i was like "so our autumn" stupid thing so obvious right?, then he was like "sorry what was that?" aahhaa and im like ahaha nothing and i just stared at my shoes.
woah right.
then we saw george!!!
we took a picture.
THEY ARE SO POLITE.
then alicia's uncle david was like "hey you haven't taken a picture with him"
i turned around and it was BRENDAN!!.
swoon! ahaha
then we took a picture.
Then we went back and we were like our AP magazines.!
so we got that signed.
then i saw brendan and he asked me where i came from, i said i was from sydney ahahaha. then i saw him holding a stack of their new albums.
then i asked him if they were selling it. and how much.
and he's like "ten dollars" it that very americanish accent, ahahaha.
So i was like in my head, that is the freaking cheapest album ever.
So i bought it.
and THEN WE GOT IT SIGNED ALL OVER AGAIN.
ahaha it was funny we just kept coming back.
then they signed it. even jd signed it, he came out. we didn't get a picture :(
everyone signed it except max.
then they had to go.
which was really sad.
then i found a guitar pick on the floor, it was a valencia one!!!
how mad.


i can't believe i actually met them.
they were so down to earth and casual, they spoke to everybody and they didn't have that air of superiority or anything. They were great. the best band ever.
and yes they are my favourite band ever. : )

i cannot believe how great they were.
pictures will be posted tomorrow :)
and maybe some videos tooo!