Beyond Redemption

I love Coheed & Cambria. For a long time, they were my favorite group ever (U-KISS has thus knocked them from that top spot, but they’re a very close second), however, I wasn’t that happy with this concert for several reasons.

1. VIP extras were disorganized.

We were told to get there by 5:30 for early admission. Some got there even before that. It was freezing, absolutely freezing to the point of snowing, and guess what? No early admission. We were told it was changed to 6pm via facebook at a time we were all out in the fucking street trying to get there. So, needless to say, we froze our fucking asses off, and as a result, I have a cold now.

Then, VIPs were supposed to get an autographed set list as an extra. That’s well and good, but by the time we finally got in, they were all out. Instead, there was a guy giving out some sort of sticker thing, telling people to come back in an hour to get one ’cause the band was signing more. Just.. ugh. And the best part is that VIPs used to be able to take someone with them. Now, you have to pay $15 extra or a pass for a guest. Being “nickeled and dimed” isn’t the issue, really. The issue is that they never even asked to see the fucking pass because there was no true VIP admission, so I wasted money on that for nothing. >.>

2. The opening bands were terrible.

I forget the name of the first band, but all their songs were sans vocals, and overall, they weren’t the worst. That title belongs to the second one, “Between the Buried and Me” (I think that was their name). They were fucking awful. I mean some real headache-inducing, loud, crap with no flow, rhythm or sense. I felt like someone was slamming my forehead with a hammer. Just… junk. Real junk.

3. The set list was less than awesome.

As expected, Coheed’s set list was heavily taken from the new Afterman double CD. I can understand that, but this is Radio City Music Hall, not Terminal 5. At least pull out all of the heavy hitters, the classics, and take the roof off that fucking place! Sigh.

There were a few golden ones, like No World for Tomorrow, In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3, and the ever-present, Welcome Home… But what about Delirium Trigger, Devil in New Jersey, or Everything Evil? And wtf, all they played from “Year of the Black Rainbow” was Juggernaut? Really? UNGH. So disappointing…

I dunno, but I just didn’t enjoy myself like I usually do. The venue was cold, the seats were deceptively crappy, and while it was nice to see a small band like Coheed make history for themselves, I just wish it had been more fun. This is the very first time that I didn’t buy any merch at a show; that’s how much I just wanted to leave. *sigh*

…And fuck yeah, I got my signed set list.

(Btw, they didn’t sing “Wake Up”)

In other news, it’s back to writing and such.

I’m going to see Coheed & Cambria on Saturday. Yay. \o/

That is all.

Coheed & Cambria’s new album, The Afterman: Decension, came out today! For those who bought the boxset (like me), we got this album as a free download last night. The boxset came with a blank CD (complete with album art) so that we can burn the new album onto it. Very cool extra for us, and of course, they gave us HQ downloads, plus all of the demos (with another blank CD for the those as well). Kyaaaa~

As some of you know (if you’ve been with me for years), CoCa is my favorite band, so it’s always a great treat to get new music from them. I was disappointed with part one of this boxset (The Afterman: Ascension), but thus far, part 2 is much better.  I was worried there for a minute…

Anyway, I’m doing some writing today and tomorrow and should have an update soon. It would be nice if I could squeeze out an update once a week… What do you guys think? Would you have time for an update very week? We’ll see… I’m too rusty to commit to that just yet, but you’re definitely getting more updates than I’ve done in a while.

Aight, I’m out!

What a fucking week. So work is kicking up a lot -happens every summer- and today I did a 24 hr all nighter. The plan was to have off, but then I got a begging call to fill in and I went. Only high point is that there was a comp for me to play with. By the time I reached home I was just dead on my feet. I woke up at 11pm and shit. Ungh. But my sleep patterns were already shitty (aren’t they always?), so there ya have it.

I think I made a few shit lists this month, too. But the way I feel right now? I don’t even care. I’m tired. Either love me, or leave me alone.

The anniversary of my Gram’s death is upon me, so I’m shittier, but fighting it. I did good with mom’s b-day this year and I’m determined to deal with this the same way. However, I do have a “so-fucking-what” attitude right now. *shrugs*

The writing is coming slowly. I’ve given up on The Neighbor for the moment because I’m viciously blocked and the more I work on it (and hate it), the more I start to hate the whole fic (Yeah. Temperamental writer.) So before it goes there, I’ll put it down and take a breather. There is a patch of good news with that fic, though. I commissioned art for it, so that oughta rock out loud. Maybe it will inspire another string of updates. I hate to disappoint, especially since people were actually reviewing for a change, but I can’t give what I don’t have. However, I did see my poll numbers. *dirty grin* I’ll take those results into serious account when I write the next few chapters, but remember, no crying when you asked for it! xD

I started working on the next chapter of The Knife of Romance. Someone reviewed it the other day and reminded me that it’s been a while (Thanks for that, if you read this journal. I need those taps on the shoulder or time will run away from me.). In fact, it’s been exactly one year and makes me wonder where the time went. It doesn’t feel like that long passed. I hate that I’m not more prompt with updates, but again, can’t give what I don’t have.

Another bright spot is that I ordered those vector chibis and Ayamegusa delivered like a day later (no lie). She’s da bomb. I did them based on existing commissioned fanart I have, so they’re extra kawaii.

This is Biker Boi Yasha

Isn’t he fucking cute? I squeed myself into a headache, but the one she did for Hikari Yasha is immaculate.

Yes, tiny images watermarked to the tenth for obvious reasons. I also put up Neo’s version of InuYasha Emmanuel at Absolution (Crimson Angel). It’s fucking awesome, I’ll say that. She also made cute headers for my chibi. One is on my gallery, the other will be on the gallery soon -maybe Abi as well because it’s so pretty. The mini version doesn’t do the angel one justice, honestly. The full size is 5000×4500 and it’s amazing. I plan on ordering more in the very near future. 😀

And Neo, words can’t describe her awesome. She made me some seriously gorgeous headers in the last few months and she just designed the new banner for ED’s Hall of Fame. Fucking wow. It’s so cute and original. I fucking love that girl! (^_^)b

In other news, the ED Deviant Art group is doing well. I didn’t expect many to join, so it’s surprising that it has nearly 70 members and has only been open a week. I never expect people to get involved with anything that has my name on it (If you’ve been with me a while, you already know why). But hey, it’s about time that people in this fandom start maturing and realize that a group, site, whatever isn’t about the owner, but the purpose. With the way the s/k crowd tries to force-feed us that shit on the daily, you’d think more people would support anything I/K just to drown that mess out. Then again, RT legitimizes our pairing, so yeah. Good luck with that. lol.

Same with Inu/Sango (can we say, ew?) I don’t know what that’s about, but ungh. One of my lovelies asked me to write one a long time ago. I intend to do it before I retire, but that isn’t my thing at all just like the s/k fic I did. I respect the former more than the latter, but still. I can do anything as a gift, but I’d never pen that for my own enjoyment. Not. Ever. And a Kik/Inu fic for anyone or any reason is a negative.

Pairing brat much?
Yes. Yes I am. Deal with it.

COHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!

My saving fucking grace! I’ve been overdosing on Year of the Black Rainbow (even more than when I got it a few weeks ago) and it’s cause the official release date is Tuesday. I’ll prolly buy it at midnight on Monday because I think you may need a purchase for Tuesday. My boys are doing a signing in Manhattan; I’ll try to be there since there’s to be an acoustic performance. SQUEEE. I look forward to hearing the crowd participation and getting my CD signed. I saw them for the “No World For Tomorrow” signing and it was awesome (I got free concert tix!). They’re all really nice, too. I just wish my Claudio plushie would be ready in time so I could show it to him. I already love that doll. xD

One of the demo songs you can only get on the Deluxe Edition is “The Lost Shepherd” and holy fucking cow, it’s so good. (Song 2 on the playlist). Coheed isn’t for everyone, so you may not like it, but I love it. Totally inspires me to write.

“Here’s my blood, ’cause you will accept no other.”

GAH. Awesome, awesome shit. Sometimes CoCa is the only thing that makes me smile on a given day.

My allergies and vertigo are back. I had to go buy a $26 bottle of zyrtec so the room would stop spinning. If you don’t remember from last summer, I have those “developed as an adult” allergies that fuck up my eyes and ears. When my ears get fucked up, I get vertigo (that’s a fancy name for “The fucking house is upside down. Make it stop!”). Example? I’ll be sitting at the computer and if I, say, start shaking my leg, the entire room starts shifting and moving like I’m on a boat. It’s much worse than “not fun”, but drugs do help.

I finally watched “Orphan”, and while I won’t do a full movie review, I’ll say that it was pretty good. The punchline is o_O but I didn’t expect it and they get kudos for that. And the one that plays the son plays Young Kirk in the new Star Trek, so that was cute. The mother was in this wild movie called “Running Scared” and worth seeing just for the insanity of it. There’s this one part with pedophiles that just FREAKS YOU OUT (one of them was Juliette from Lost). I dunno, may have to “goodie” that one up. 0.~

Anyway, I wanted to do an update since I had some time. I cleaned up my LJ and put a new layout up. I won’t be a fixture, but I’ll peek in every once in a while and I’ll be dealing with comm stuff through it. My arms are bugging me more, and I have a gang of shit coming up from the last week of May on (including a Coheed concert! Squee!) so it will be busy (and ache-y), but I’m going to make time to write and get some short updates going.

Have a ‘nut bustin’ weekend! ^_^

EDIT: I just made sugar cookies (at 5am >.>) and poured a glass of ice-milk.

*Overdoses*

EDIT II: I watched a movie called Dread last night (Clive Barker) and it was decent, as horror movies go. The ending, well, I won’t spoil it. But there’s this really annoying trend in movies now… Anyway, the point is they had some cool music in it. I did some research and there doesn’t seem to be a soundtrack. GRRR. So I’m running down songs. But one I found, “Ghouls” by We Are Scientists is pretty damn good. Different but so different that it’s actually really good. 😛 Anyway -G page! (Am, go check it out. I think you’ll like it!)

Okay, so I went to see Coheed & Cambria last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and I’m back with my report. 😀

First off, CLAUDIO CUT HIS HAIR!!!!! *wails* My boy cut all of that long, wild hair and now it looks like a large, wild afro. And Travis (the guitarist) cut his shit off completely -it’s VERY short. It was a shock to the system, I must say.

The MHOW is a VERY small venue, and to say that it was on the tight side was an understatement -and still, assholes wanted to mosh. *fucking eyeroll* I had one complete dick who was like, 5 feet tall with an equally short girl who was probably 4’11, throwing themselves everywhere and constantly slamming into me (he was) so I started shoving him back really hard, then those shoves turned into punches. And idiot that he is, he kept right on dancing and throwing himself. Fucking dick. Then, one guy, he was even shorter, like 4’10, decided to let the crowd carry him around. Well, that stupid fuck landed right on my fucking head. Needless to say, I was instrumental in causing him to hit the ground. >.>

The sound was extremely loud, and because of that, my ears are a little fucked up. I feel like I’m under water a bit. I hope this shit goes away. Argh. From now on, I’m carrying ear plugs. This shit has never happened to me before and I’m so freaking. But still, it was good times. I was amongst the single digits who knew the words to “World of Lines” from the new CD and I was glad Claudio didn’t ask us how we knew it. >.> He was thisclose to me, so needless to say, that was a fucking treat! That’s what I love about small venues; the guys are so accessible and it makes for a way more personal experience.

The set list, well, I don’t know the names of every song because they decided to ditch a lot of the tried and true hits and slam down some of the lesser known stuff from the earlier albums. Claudio said they wanted to kinda celebrate all the stuff up until the new CD, so yeah. Kinda sucks that we didn’t get to hear stuff like Ten Speed or The Suffering, but it was still pretty wicked.

This is what they played (some of it is out of order and some I don’t know the names >.<) The Broken A Favor House Atlantic Far World of Lines No World For Tomorrow Time Consumer Light & Glass (I think -don't quote me) The Velourium Camper III: Al The Killer Welcome Home Here We Are Juggernaut In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 And 2 or 3 more I'm unsure of. So, all in all, a good show except for a set list that could have been a little better and a few assholes that needed to get checked. <.< I'm WAAAAY behind on everything from updating to, well, everything. I also have e-mails to take care of, and blog responses to answer, so that's what I'll be doing for the next few days. 😛 Huzzah for Coheed!!! (And awesome kaus!)

I’m gonna get in here to reply to everyone later tonight -I gotta run to Kinko’s because my printer is being cunty, but WOO HOO! Kau got me ANOTHER ticket to see Coheed & Cambria.

HOT. FUCKING. DAMN.

Did I say that I loved Kau? Oh yes -the fuck- I do!!!!!!!!!!

This week is coming up fucking ROSES and it’s only Tuesday!

(Trust me, if you knew how shitty things have been for me lately you’d know why I’m besides myself.)
First I get my feudal kiss, and now I get to see CoCa at both shows.

OH. FUCKING. YEAH.