TODAYY i decided to hang out with Tamara, and we went shopping for a bit, or lets say,,
i went shopping.. Tamara only bough a nice belt : DD.. I'm such an idiot, i really spend too much money ~.~..
so i guess my.. bought list would be:
- Estée Lauder Translucent Loose Powder
- Clarins Everlasting Foundation
- Powder brush
- Foundation pads
- Jacket @ H&M
- 2 books: The Swan Thieves & The Angel's Game
AND i got a sort of, hmm tester with showergel of DKNY
And on top of all this Tamara also ordered me a pair of Creeper shoes : D, since i can't order anything yet, my parents blocker that untill i become 18 or something ~.~
14/07/10
Today would be the day of our leaving to Balingen,, i guess around 14.30 i was at Manons house and i think around 15.30 Richard came,, but i guess when we were there i found out that i had forgotten my ID xD
which was very important ¬3¬ so we had to wait for a bit untill my dad was home and i could enter the house.. but then finally around 17.00 we left :'D
We drove VERY long XD. We entered Germany pretty soon, but we still had to drive ALOT.. also i guess after driving 2~3 hours we got into a big storm,, we also almost hit a big branch on he road, but since it was raining very hard and it was windy we couldn't see it untill we were very close.. not very long after it got a bit better we went to the Burger King to get some dinner. after that we drove further, and then,, we got into a huge traffic jam, we were stuck for about 2 and a half hours xD. and then around 02.30 we finally arrived at Balingen. First we wanted to go to a hotel but all of them were full, so we had to kind of camp next to the location of the festival. i slept in the bus xD..
yeah i know, very charming face xD
15/07/10
Around 9 am we woke up from some mongol german merchandiser who was all shouting and stuff because he couldn't sign in yet., which we all had to do around 11.00.. so well we started doing makeup and getting dressed. and then around 11.00 we went to the festival terrain and we started building up the tent and unpacking.. somewhere around 15.00 we went to some other merchandisers and i bought an Arch Enemy tshirt.. i guess we were all done around 18.00 and then we went to the supermarket and got ourselves alot of drinks and some food.. when we went back we did some final touches and had dinner,, later at night there were 2 bands performing in a building, Blitzkrieg and Saxon, Manon and i went there and we only saw Blitzkrieg and then decided to go back,, when we did suddenly we had neighbours, they were from Belgium.. after Saxon we went back to the building with 2 of the belgium guys, they were about our age and Richard,, ROFL all the people left in the building were all drunk xD. i think around 01.00~02.00 i went to bed..
16/07/10
Today would be the day the visitors of the festival were allowed to go in,,
it was VERY warm, and this day we didn't sell that much, but it was ok,, also this day when i was sitting in front, there was a guy with a green beard and mustache suddenly comeing at me :'DD.. he said, at a scale of 1 to 10.. so i was like,, on a scale of what??.. so he said, on a scale of 1 to 10, how tired are you? so i answered, i guess around 5~6.. then he asked, are you Scandinavian? (omg people asked me this, or if i was Swedish so many times ~.~).. and i said, no, im dutch, and the guy started laughing,, wtf ¬3¬.. The day went pretty smoothly and after working we just went to bed. it did start raining and we closed the tent, and then we couldn't do much, so manon and i made some random vids xD.. they will be uploaded on youtube i guess :'DDD.. also after the rain got a bit better we went to see a bit of Hammerfall and bought some noodles XD
17/07/10
And this was the final day of the festival, the weather was nice, it was raining alot but we were in a tent anyway xD.. this day we sold ALOT. so that was pretty nice. this day went even faster then the other day, also today there was a weird person, some ugly fat german woman, first she came to me if we had a bigger size of a tshirt, so i told her, no, when its not there we dont have it, we did have more sizes of the tshirts with the same print, but then in dutch and she was all bashing about it. later she came to me with another object, this time to buy it. she asked, how much is it? (you could clearly see how much it was at the place those things were laying), sooo i told her,, and she was all: WASSS!!! yelling at me and stuff, but she still bought it XD.. Also on this day Manon and i walked around for a bit and again i bought another Arch Enemy shirt (lol they didn't have jrock bands xD).. so then around 23.00 we started packing, while Twisted Sister was playing, there were barely any ppl at the stand, because they were at the live show, since this was a main act.. We left around 01.30...
18/07/10
We drove, and drove, and we stopped a few times,, to get food or let Richard sleep for a bit.. luckily we didn't got in any traffic jams this time, and i think around 10.00 we were at Manons house..
we were tired the whole time, but when we were at Manons house we weren't tired anymore, Richard left after a cup of coffee, and Manon and i started checking mails etc. around 17.00 we started walking to the mc donalds and had our dinner there, but since we walked the whole way (around 3km, so 6km in total), we burned some fat xD i got myself a hamburger, milkshake and we both got a mc flurry lion afterwords. but i couldn't eat my whole burger and also just half of my mc flurry xD.. lol i think my stom ach really shrinked.. so after that we went walking back, and i think my mom came to pick me up at 22.00..
06/07/10
So there we were, waking up at 04.30,, getting ready for the concert we had been waiting for for half a year.. well longer, but it was then when we knew our beloved band would be coming.Around 07.00 we left to the train station because had to get the train of 07.24,,we brought our roses and some sushi to eat (which we threw away in the end) and of course some water,,
At half past 9 we arrived in the city of Amsterdam and i guess the weather was pretty nice,, we found the concert hall immediately thanks to my Google street view viewing xD. well it wasn't hard to find anyway. we thought we would be one of the first but i guess we were wrong, there were already about 30 people,,we didn't like that idea much, oh well we went sitting away from the people who were there already,i think half an hour later there was a group coming who actually thought the same as us, they sat next to us, in the beginning we didn't talk to each other, but after a while we talked and,, talked, and had fun. i think i really have a few friends more now ^^.. the sun was so bright, i was scared of getting burned so we went away for a bit and bought an umbrella xD.
I think around 12/13.00 the tour bus came driving into the street and i was happy to see it.it also made me happy to see the people staying calm and just didn't move from their places,i get the idea the band didn't really expect that. also i was surprised that i only saw 2 German people (and they were nice too, one of them was all in Terus style, she looked wonderful, in the line she drew top eyelashes for me, thank you ^^). anyway, my friend and i were waiting but we wondered if we could give the band the roses we bought when they would come out, and we asked the bus driver (using my magnificent German skills xD), or if that wasn't possible, that he could give them to the band. well, after a little bit (apparently talking to the band), he suddenly said we had to come in quickly and we could give the band the roses. so my friend went in first, already seeing the members, for me, i was in the door opening. but then out of nowhere the tour manager came rushing at us, probably thinking we were intruders, and pulled us out of the bus and yelling at us (later on he apologized). me and my friend felt kind of embarrassed though. so not very long after that happened the band came out of the bus (LOL i just stood there like,, ohh.. OH!). also then the fans just stayed in their place and didn't start rushing after the band, i thought that was very respectful of them : D.
So after a looong time waiting, we could finally go in (20.10), but we still had to wait an hour and a half before it would actually start but oh well. i was on the second row in the middle, next to Kae (a girl from the group we met in the morning). not very long after that the rest of that group came standing behind us, and i talked a bit to the people around me.. my best friend was 2 rows behind me O_O.. Around 21.30 the concert was finally starting (after seeing roadies going on and off stage 6 billion times, rofl), when the first song had started, the people were going CRAZY, after 2 songs i was already 3rd/4th row or something i wasn't very pleased with some of the people there, i guess people that were on the 5th row thought they could touch Hizaki if they would just sandwich all the people in front of them. i guess during the 3rd or 4th song it all went wrong,, i suddenly had a hyperventilation attack and i was so scared, i could barely breath (also around this time my best friend was on the same row as me, and 1 or 2 songs before me a girl who would drive with us also collapsed)... a friend of mine was behind me and noticed something was completely wrong, when he saw i was hyperventilating he dragged me out of the crowd, followed by my best friend,, i got a glass of water at the bar and we left the concert room,, at the entrance/merch i was sitting down, shaking like crazy,, still having a hard time to breath.. then we went outside, where the tour manager also was, he talked to my best friend, and gave her some money to buy me something fast to eat (snicker),, because i also ate or drank almost nothing.. i thought it was very nice of him. (he was almost a complete different person O_O), well i think at least half an hour after it all started we went back because I didn't want to miss even more, or let's say i also didn't want my friends to miss more.. We were standing pretty far in the back now, on a higher platform so we could still see the band pretty good.. I have to admit i got a bit jealous at the people in front though. I think it was half past 11 when the concert ended, i cried a bit i guess. I had to find some people i had also met in the row, one of them had my bag in her bag at the locker room,, and Kae had 10 euros of me because i couldn't keep that anywhere,, but I'm glad i found them : D..
i feel very guilty towards my sweet friends, who, because of me missed half of the concert. I'm so sorry.. thank you Versailles for coming to our country, i hope you have all enjoyed it, and we hope to see you again. maybe already in 2 days. 有難うございます。
08/07/10
On this day we already went to Hamburg to see a sort of concert on a boat by the band named Doping Panda and have a dinner, it was nice ^^,, But first we had a drink with our moms, Walter, Bertrand and Paul. It was next to the boat and after this our moms and Walter would go into the city.
It was very warm but i'm glad once we were having dinner the temperature dropped a lot. I guess we saw some nice stuff, Hamburg is such a nice city. I just can't find myself to like the warm weather, it makes me feel disgusting. I think we arrived back in Zeven around 1 am. When we were there our moms told us they saw 2 members of the band, at first we were like, yeah sure, but then they showed us a pic and you could see that it contained Hizaki and Kamijo (they said Kamijo noticed they were taking pics and constantly looked away). We knew our moms were pedo's already but,, what were Hizaki and Kamijo doing at the Reeperbahn õ.õ?
09/07/10
Today was the big day, i guess we would finally see the Versailles concert completely. .I think we arrived at Knust around 4~5 pm. Pretty late i guess but we first went to the.. Reeperbahn!! to shop lol, well they have stores there with Gothic stuff and corsets etc. it's really nice ;o Just don' t look at all the, how should i say this, attributes D: The seller of the store was also a really nice person ^^. When Manon and me wore our outfits for the concert people were even asking us, one guy said: 50 euro's for 10 minutes. Lol it was kind of gross >.>.
Ok, so back to Knust, I met a girl who also was to the concert in the Netherlands, I mentioned her before, and again also this time she looked like Teru, very nice. And now... we were finally allowed to have a view in the tourbus, ofcourse after all the members were out xD. The temperature in the bus was very nice O_O I think it was 20 degrees in there. When we went upstairs we saw the beds, lol as my friend said it: “They look like coffins.” I guess Kamijo is a vampire after all :'D, joke joke. But it was very small. When we were out we were talking a bit more with the tour manager and then suddenly I looked to the left and saw Masashis head quickly disappearing behind the tour bus :'D. the tour manager ran after them (Hizaki was there too) to calm them. Not very long after that they came back and went into the bus, lol they looked so nervous, it was almost as if Hizaki was scared we'd jump on him or something. (the thing he was wearing was cute xD)
Around 19.00 we were allowed to go into the venue through the back entrance, and we got these passes that all the people who work for the band have. When we were inside I saw the makeup artist, and first I wasn't sure, but she looked like she would be the person for it, so I asked her and she said yes. And so I complimented her on her nice work, I think she really appreciated it, well she was very happy when I said this. I also already bought lyrical sympathy because I wanted it. This is the first time I have spent this much on merch. at a concert. Together with what I bought in Amsterdam I have spent 100 euros xD. We also heard the band practice very clearly, it was so nice. We were next to the concert hall.
Then at 19.25 we got into the concert hall and of course I had already chosen the place I wanted to be, right in front of Teru xD. My friend wanted to be in front of Kamijo so there was little space between us, room for one person. On the other side of me there were 2 Russian people, they were also very kind, the girl also had Teru as her favorite. And then,, about 5~ 10 minutes later, the people came in. LOL I think some people really were surprised to see us standing there already :'D. One of the first people to come in was the girl who has attended almost all their concerts this tour (Vaila). She stood between me and my friend. And then it got busier, people who got in already stood all against us like they wanted to make us disappear by pushing us flat or something xD. When the whole room was full it was time to wait for the concert to start, it was VERY hot, I was already sweating before the show started (1 and a half hour or so after the doors opened). But I think the organization was great, they were aware of the possibility people would faint also during this show, and they were giving water the whole time. It's a shame that about 5 people still collapsed, but they also, were taken care of very nicely.
Around 21.00 the show started and all the band members were coming on the stage. Vaila told us we had to hold each other to prevent getting pulled back. And it worked : D. and then after everyone was on stage the real show started, my god I was so happy. The show was incredible and I kind of cried at serenade and princess, and of course I did my best to sing along with all the songs. I did notice they were less into the public as they were in the Netherlands, but nevertheless it was still great. I even spotted Kamijo looking at my viewing (pervert >.>), well I thought I was seeing it wrong, but then Vaila also said she saw it O_o. But oh well I was more concentrated on Teru anyway :'D. Because of the heat in the building everyone was sweating and unfortunately some people of course also smelled ~.~ I felt kind of disgusting, why did the band have to see me in this disgusting state, ok they were also sweating, lol Kamijo looked like a walking waterfall after a while, well let's say sweat dripped off of his clothes. The band went on their knees a few times, and Vaila told me they actually only do that when they can't stand anymore O_O. During the concert I touched Kamijo/held his hand for a bit. And then... near the end of the concert.. IT FINALLY HAPPENED, I held Terus hand : D (wtf i'm acting like such a fangirl right now ¬3¬). It was like 5 seconds or so. And, I actually was the one who let go O_O, i didn't want to end up having Teru pulling himself away from me xD, but now i think, why didn't i hold his hand longer … oh well, his smile made me so happy, he smiled the most out of everyone, it was wonderful. Lol Masashi looked so concentrated, when he would look at the area i was standing i felt like he looked at me all mad. And i thought, what did i do wrong D: .. also around that time i held Terus hand, the Vaila almost collapsed, i felt so bad and angry at the pushing people, i cried a bit, i didn't want her to miss the final part of the concert, so i yelled at the people behind us. But luckily she made it to the end.
AHH and then it was over. So stupid xD. We talked a bit to the tour manager again and to fans, and exchanged some email addresses. We stayed for about 1 or 2 hours at the building, first i walked with the Vaila to her hotel which was close by, because some people had their luggage in her room. And when we came back. I firstly couldn't find Manon but i found her after 10 mins or so. So ok we were waiting for the band to come out, (about 15 people thought the same, some left earlier but i think in the end there were still 10 people) and we talked some more also to the people who were working for the band. Also there was this crazy drunk mom, who thought she could get her daughter with the band if she flirted with everyone working for them. I felt sorry for her daughter. But in the end her slutty behavior didn't bring her anywhere :'D. The first 2 members that came out of the building were Hizaki and Masashi if I'm correct. They smiled and waved, it was very nice, it was a bit of a shame though they couldn't give autographs or so. And then 10 mins later the rest of the band came out. Of course i had to miss the most interesting thing >.> i looked away for like 2 secs and at that time Teru gave a blow kiss to us (me and Vaila). I asked her: are you sure it was for us, and not just to all the people standing here?. And she answered, well I'm pretty sure it was to us or one of us. And then we left. She went back to her hotel and Manon and i went to the car with our moms and Walter. Before going straight back to Zeven to get our stuff and go home we went to the mac first. And guess what happened. We were sitting next to the car eating our, dinner (i had a small salad and a bit of milkshake, i wasn't very hungry) and then suddenly we saw the tour bus going to the mac O_O. But unfortunately only some roadies and the tour manager came out of the bus to get food. Then we left the mac and it was around the same time as the bus started driving again, (they were going to the airport in Cologne). Lol it was very funny, we passed them, and saw some people sitting in the bus, and then we drove in front of them but we were going faster. So then suddenly when we were on the highway Walter drove OFF the highway and we made a turn not so long after that, and then we were behind the bus again xD. We again passed them, lol. And we did the same one more time.. LOL I think if they noticed they must've thought, who the fuck are those weirdos?
About one hour later we arrived in Zeven and our moms took a bit of coffee, Manon and I put out our lenses and our corsets. And then it was time for us to leave back to our homes. I slept in the car for a bit but for some reason i couldn't really. I think we arrived at my house around 06.00~07.00.. and once I was in my bed I fell asleep immediately.
Now i am typing this i feel so weird. I wish i could enjoy it all over again. Thank you Versailles, thank you tour manager to arrange all these things for us, thank you Minous, mom and Walter for bringing us to all the places we needed to be. It was amazing ^^
