Chiquita on the Fly Leaf, Breaking Benjamin, and Three Days Grace Concert

I'd just like to add in that as i type this i have a very annoying band-aid on my finger because i burned it while using a hot glue gun while doing another one of my government teacher's dumb project. It hurts.

Anyways, the concert. I wasn't even sure I was going until the last minute, but I was pumped that it worked out in the end and I was able to go. The group I went with was my boyfriend Cory, his friend Gary, Gary's girlfriend Beth, Beth friend Shelby, and another friend of Cory's, Jason. Jason works at Albert Auto right across the street from the US Cellular Center where the concert was being held, so we were able to park there and just walk across the street. We got there right at seven when the concert started, but we had to wait in a really long line. Fly Leaf was already on when we got there. I told Cory I wanted to go to the front, so we formed a line and he led the way, pushing us through the dense crowd. I was holding Cory's hand so I wouldn't get lost from him. We ended up losing the rest of the group, so Cory and I were the only one's that were able to push our way right through the crowd all the way to the third row. The crowd was easy to bully out of our way, no one even fought us, they just looked at us like we were jerks. Too bad! We'd paid our 45 dollars, we were going to be right where we wanted! It was a matter of minutes before we had squeezed our way into the front row. We had to fight to keep our spots the whole time. We were right up against the metal barracade too, so it was rough. If you pushed yourself back on the people behind you to try and make more room for yourself, the person behind you had to push on the person behind them, and it would go on like that all the way to the back of the crowd, who would push back. So then you have the weight and force of an entire rock concert crowd crushing you against a metal bar. I have bruises all over. My knee caps are unrecognizable, they're so torn up. My hips bones are bruised, and so are my ribs. I won't even talk about my arms. But it was all worth it. I was right in the center the whole time too, so I got to rock out to the lead singer right in front of me. It was beyond amazing. People were crowd surfing, and the security guys would catch them as the fell off the front. I took a coupled kicks to the face, but it's all good! I also got kicked by a high heel in the shoulder, that definitely left a mark!! Being up in front definitely has its advantages. Cory caught a drum stick and a guitar pick! He let me keep the guitar pick. Its cool. He also caught us two water bottles, which was awesome because it was so hot!! The security guards were also taking paper cups of water and pouring it in people's mouths. It was so awesome. Three Days Grace even had fire in their show. When the fire started going off, the first thing out of his mouth was "Best Concert Ever!! I love fire!" He's a volunteer firefighter in Hiawatha, haha. So yea, it was all just really amazing. I had a great time. I love rock concerts!!