walk of Fame / Citi Sound Vault review thing <3
Feb 10, 2019 6:44:38 GMT
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Post by heehawes on Feb 10, 2019 6:44:38 GMT
This week had been kind of a rough week for me, both physically wearing and emotionally exhausting...
I posted a little bit about my friend, Larry (who is also my coworker), being in the hospital...
My number one concern was that Larry get better, everything else can fuck off a little bit... Ya know?
So um yah. PRIOR to that. I had decided kinda foolishly that I should head to Hollywood for Pink's Citi Sound Vault thing at the Palladium.
I honestly couldn't really afford it - due to it being the beginning of the month (rents due) plus trying to manage savings for this summer.
After talking to Dani though, she convinced me that you YOLN.
Still despite knowing that I would be going to Citi event, I had pretty much 100% decided that I shouldn't/couldn't go to the Walk of Fame star ceremony. It just didn't make sense for me. For me to get to the Walk of Fame in time, I'd pretty much have do one of two things:
Either (A) leave Seattle on Monday (which would mean missing two extra shifts at work and paying $100 for that one way section of the flight.
or (B) working Monday, still taking off my Tuesday shift, taking the first flight out of Seattle and hoping the flights leave on time and get me to my destination. This flight option cost about $400 though, and I was just like "nawwww. looks like its not meant to be."
So I had pretty much decided NOT to do the star. There was no real way to make it work out.
I told myself for a moment "It probably won't be that great." "I can watch it online." "I'll probably end up far in the back anyway." "She wont be able to interact with the fans." blahblahblah.
All of that to make myself feel better about not going.
But I also kept thinking to myself "God, this IS a big deal. I know Pink's not one who makes a big deal about awards and all that, but this is still something to be proud of. And we are proud of her. And I do want to be there - even if its just to be in the back and cheer for her - she deserves it all."
So, and that point I kept TRYING to find a way to make it work. I looked at flights out if Portland and Canada and looked at flying in to other airports. I could fly in to Long Beach on Tuesday morning for cheap, $120ish, but that would be cutting it SO close on time. That drive from the airport is at least an hour and w/ traffic and stuffs there would be a chance I could do all that work and still miss it.
Again it looked like a sign that I shouldn't go.
I accepted that and started to just get into gear for flying out Wednesday night.
Still though,
even knowing that I wasn't going to go to the Walk of Fame, I hadn't booked my flights.
I was needing to wait until Jan 30th (Wednesday) to book my flights. Wednesday was payday and exactly a week before I'd be departing.
Wednesday rolled around, and I covered a day shift for my coworker Kip, finished that up at around 21:30. Left that shift and deposited my paycheck at the bank and decided to sit down at book my flight.
Before I could manage to get that completed, another coworker, Shawn asked me if I could cover his night shift. I said yes, even though I didn't want to do it. But I knew a few extra bucks would be good for the couple days I'd be spending in LA.
**Lemme get sidetracked and say, sorry for all the unnecessary chatter - most of this isn't important AT ALL. I'm just writing it anyway to try and explain it all. I hope its not super lame. 😬**
So um. Now I'm working the night shift - my wednesday - friday flights should already be purchased right now, but I'll wait one more day to get that done.
Something while I was working, even though everything was completely settled in my mind, kept coming back to the star ceremony though.
Even though I knew it wasn't gonna work.
Somehow midway through my shift I had the ah-ha moment and was like "Wait! what if I can find a cheap flight to somewhere else, further away that connects through LA - and then just get off in LA"
I had done similar things to this in years back but its always kind if risky. I used to do it going to Atlanta. Seattle to Atlanta direct is always expensive, but for whatever reason Seattle to Orlando with a layover in Atlanta is cheap.
So I used that trick a couple times back in my Atlanta days. And it always worked.
There is always the risk though that flights get rerouted and you end up getting to the final / wrong destination without ever going through the layover city.
I checked and sure enough I was able to find a 6am flight Tuesday morning (Star day) from Seattle going to San Antonio - that had a layover at LAX. If I booked this I could land in LA by 8:40 and rush right over to the walk of fame. This flight was only $110.
So I say "fuck it", book that weirdo flight and cross my fingers that it all goes smoothly.
No things get shitty.
Thursday morning after booking everything I'm all excited and like "Yes! Its gonna work!", go about my morning. And at around 17:00 get a text that Larry is in the hospital. I called him right away and he fills me in on everything thats going on.
It brought my happy feeling crashing down.
I wont get into all the details but with this - It meant the emotional wear and tear and fear and sadness and crying worrying about him.
It also meant being short staffed at work and me covering some of his stuffs.
I ended up just kinda a complete mess.
I kinda didn't even want to go anymore. I was scared to leave.
Larry did start getting better though, and he told me "Go! Have fun" and Tuesday morning I made my way to the airport. My flight scam thingy worked. And I landed in LAX at right around 8:30ish. Now it was time to rush to Hollywood Blvd. Traffic was fucked, and I'm sure Josefin can tell you how stressed out I was.
Hahaha. Sorry Josefin. But thanks for calming my nerves and helping out to make my experience the best one.
I pulled up in my uber just at the nick of time, to get a wristband and go in with the crowd.
Me Josefin and my friend Diane got a spot on the barrier right behind the reserved seating for the music peoples, RCA and what not (its also where Ellen and Kerri Kenney-Silver ended up sitting - the family; Jim, Judy, Carey, Willow, Jamesons and all them.
Seeing all the people showing up: the fans, the family, the media, the security, the committee people, and even the mass of random people appearing just to see what the commotion was started to get me so excited.
I'm so proud of her, and its so cute knowing how she is - and what she said on Ellen about dealing with compliments.
So we was on the barrier and still gots maybe 30min til things officially start and I'm chatting with Odai and Dani and letting them know whats happening and all thats. Thanks for always being around and keeping me company and just being fun peoples. All the sudden though I realized my phone is at about 12% so I puts it in airplane mode to try and save battery. I think it died so fast because of the brightness be wayyy up so i could see in the sun.
So ya'lls have watched the ceremony so you know what happened and how the speeches were. But some other things I wanna mention is how cute it is seeing Pink interact with her kids.
Jameson crying and wanting mama and Carey trying to calm him down. But ultimately he wasnt gonna be happy til mama had him. So Pink held him and he calmed down and he was cute and she wiped his nose (as Ellen mentioned) and wiped it on the carpet. hahaha.
But when it was getting more close to getting going Carey realized it was time to get Jameson so he tried grabbing him - but Jameson wasnt having it until Pink says "Jameson, baby, Daddy has food"
hahaha. He loves his foods.
Pink def made eye contact with us a few times.
She saw Josefins shreadnet banner and it was just really perfect. I felt like she talked to us directly at moments.
Ellen was funny, and Kerri was funny.
Loved it all.
I loved that Pink mentioned the "To Thine own self be true" quote. I had actually used that as a trivia question at work the night before. We always do a Shakespeare trivia question and I used that quote as what play does it come from, which was Hamlet.
So many things in life always seem to connect and make sense and I think the universe is weird and fun how things intertwine.
After the ceremony ended she came over to the crowd and came to us three right away. I gots a hug and tried to take a photo on my broken ass 1% battery phone - it didnt turn out the best but I still love it. Its the moment thats more important than the photo. And I love that she gives us these moments.
I told her "seriously. congrats. so much" and she gave me a real sincere "thank you" and that look on her face. I know she felt it.
WE ARE SO DUCKING PROUD OF HER
😫😬😭❤️😭❤️😭
So perfect.
They cleared us out of there shortly after and me and Diane went over to The Hard Rock w/ our friend Abby who also made it to the ceremony.
We waited about 30min to give them time to take everything down so we could take pics of/with the star.
great day
next day was off day, watched Ellen. Watched that other show she was on... Enterntainment Tonight or something 🤷🏻♀️ extra maybe?
it was just clips from the ceremony but still cool to watch.
Also swung by the venue and talked to security about where to queue. Glad we did because Inwould have lined up on be wrong side.
Always do your research.
My plan was to get to bed early and maybe start queueing like 6am for the Palladium. I was maybe even up for earlier, and to be honest, just woulda slept outside if it was necessary, but it was friggin cold AND after the bar Wednesday night we drove by the venue and nobody was there, so I told myself 6am would be fine - even if there was anybody there before 6:00 we would still be there early enough for front.
Woke up a little late. And got to the venue at 7am and were the first peoples there. next people showed up around 9ish, and then just kinda slowly turned up after that.
By 11:00 there was maybe 20 people.
I got a text message from my dad at that time, "Jeff, can you call me?".
I'm not usually the best at returning messages that fast, but I knew something was up - and I was pretty sure what the news would be.
Called him, and he told me my grandpa had died earlier that morning.
I held it together for most of the call, but I could tell my dad was crying on the phone. As I kinda started asking some questions I got choked up myself and started tearing up pretty good.
Thanks Dani and Odai for helping me with my thoughts after that. ❤️
Went for a little walk. collected myself and got back to the queue. The queueing was alright. I woulda liked if some more of yous had been there. I'm excited for the summer. But we had or little group here, and we had fun.
Saw some of the band when the came in and dancers. Just waved, didnt really do any talking with 'em.
More time goes by and eventually end up hearing a little bit of soundcheck faintly. At one point I'm listening and I'm like "what is that? it sounds like RAISE YOUR GLASS, but like.... a different version". I'll get back to that later.
In the queue same madness that always happens happened.
"What doors are the gonna open?" "why are those other people already going in?" blah blah blah. Also during this stress shit, some people with cameras wanted to talk to some of us.
Me and Josefin were talked to together. I hope they don't use anything I said. 🙈
Doors eventually open, and we get inside and we get where we like on the barrier. And theres a beer lady. And we're happy.
Kid Cutup opened, same songs as usual, but it was nice to know it'd be good songs
Eventually Cutup finishes and the lights go down, and the band walks out in stage and starts playing. And then there she is. And she just looks so happy and we are happy. and
GET THE PARTY STARTED, JUST LIKE A PILL, TROUBLE. somewhere in all that she came down into crowd. She was having a good time.
WHO KNEW was next, and without saying names, I knew who it was dedicated to that night. Some of you might know who as well, and her message was really well spoken. <3
(I'll pass it on to anybody who wants to know)
She really was on point with the vocals on that song (and all the rest actually - but she just seemed extra on point tonight).
After WHO KNEW, she commented how "I have a hard time singing right side up, so if I forget some words yall are gonna have to help".
FUNHOUSE starts and she messes up right at the very start. I think she started up with the second verse I dunno. She started laughing and Jenny and Stacy got it back on track. But right at that point she jumped down to us in the front and sees us singing and says "you know the words" and sticks the mic in our face so we gets to sing for a couple seconds (not very long) haha....
It's not that amazing. I'm just happy shes recognizes us and knows we sings along <3
It was the JUST A GIRL mash-up version which is always fun.
After that, FOR NOW which she did right in the front of us, So powerfully. Everybody seemed to be singing loud on this one.
Followed by TRY and WHAT ABOUT US.
TRY was done with Tracy and Loriel doing the dance routine, and WHAT ABOUT US had all the dancers - well mostly.... the new crew wasnt there.
Next came the Justin / Pink acoustic section, which she also did on the main stage rather than the end of the catwalk. So that worked out well for us. BARBIES, I AM HERE, and PERFECT.
Next song Pink mentioned was a song by a woman she loves, I thought it was maybe going to be a new cover, but it ended up being RIVER by Bishop Briggs, and it was so awesome to hear that live again
BLOW ME was next which is always fun, with the dancers and whatnot.. And then RAISE YOUR GLASS. It wasn't the new version I heard during soundcheck.
gots the walk off, and then back out for the encore which was WHATS UP, which was great. I mean obviously she always kills that live - and it had been awhile since I heard it live but at the same time, I was kinda wanting a new cover. But this made me happy anyway.
final song of the night was SO WHAT, no flying obviously since it was such a small club.
Josefin threw the Swedish flag up on stage at the end, and Pink wore it off the stage for her walk off....
Loved the whole night.
The crowd wasn't as action packed.
I don't think there were as many big time fans, but like lots of random LA peoples, who hopefully will become big time fans. :]
Everything really just got me excited for this summer. It was a nice break from some of the regular life stuffs.
Yesterday was a beach day which I needed.
And today was a random concert day w/ some friends. hahaha. kinda crazy but the show was one the Sunset Strip and our bus got stuck / broke down in the middle for the strip so we created a massive traffic jam.
like.
it created people waiting hours
oops.
love yalls.
talk soon.
<3
I posted a little bit about my friend, Larry (who is also my coworker), being in the hospital...
My number one concern was that Larry get better, everything else can fuck off a little bit... Ya know?
So um yah. PRIOR to that. I had decided kinda foolishly that I should head to Hollywood for Pink's Citi Sound Vault thing at the Palladium.
I honestly couldn't really afford it - due to it being the beginning of the month (rents due) plus trying to manage savings for this summer.
After talking to Dani though, she convinced me that you YOLN.
Still despite knowing that I would be going to Citi event, I had pretty much 100% decided that I shouldn't/couldn't go to the Walk of Fame star ceremony. It just didn't make sense for me. For me to get to the Walk of Fame in time, I'd pretty much have do one of two things:
Either (A) leave Seattle on Monday (which would mean missing two extra shifts at work and paying $100 for that one way section of the flight.
or (B) working Monday, still taking off my Tuesday shift, taking the first flight out of Seattle and hoping the flights leave on time and get me to my destination. This flight option cost about $400 though, and I was just like "nawwww. looks like its not meant to be."
So I had pretty much decided NOT to do the star. There was no real way to make it work out.
I told myself for a moment "It probably won't be that great." "I can watch it online." "I'll probably end up far in the back anyway." "She wont be able to interact with the fans." blahblahblah.
All of that to make myself feel better about not going.
But I also kept thinking to myself "God, this IS a big deal. I know Pink's not one who makes a big deal about awards and all that, but this is still something to be proud of. And we are proud of her. And I do want to be there - even if its just to be in the back and cheer for her - she deserves it all."
So, and that point I kept TRYING to find a way to make it work. I looked at flights out if Portland and Canada and looked at flying in to other airports. I could fly in to Long Beach on Tuesday morning for cheap, $120ish, but that would be cutting it SO close on time. That drive from the airport is at least an hour and w/ traffic and stuffs there would be a chance I could do all that work and still miss it.
Again it looked like a sign that I shouldn't go.
I accepted that and started to just get into gear for flying out Wednesday night.
Still though,
even knowing that I wasn't going to go to the Walk of Fame, I hadn't booked my flights.
I was needing to wait until Jan 30th (Wednesday) to book my flights. Wednesday was payday and exactly a week before I'd be departing.
Wednesday rolled around, and I covered a day shift for my coworker Kip, finished that up at around 21:30. Left that shift and deposited my paycheck at the bank and decided to sit down at book my flight.
Before I could manage to get that completed, another coworker, Shawn asked me if I could cover his night shift. I said yes, even though I didn't want to do it. But I knew a few extra bucks would be good for the couple days I'd be spending in LA.
**Lemme get sidetracked and say, sorry for all the unnecessary chatter - most of this isn't important AT ALL. I'm just writing it anyway to try and explain it all. I hope its not super lame. 😬**
So um. Now I'm working the night shift - my wednesday - friday flights should already be purchased right now, but I'll wait one more day to get that done.
Something while I was working, even though everything was completely settled in my mind, kept coming back to the star ceremony though.
Even though I knew it wasn't gonna work.
Somehow midway through my shift I had the ah-ha moment and was like "Wait! what if I can find a cheap flight to somewhere else, further away that connects through LA - and then just get off in LA"
I had done similar things to this in years back but its always kind if risky. I used to do it going to Atlanta. Seattle to Atlanta direct is always expensive, but for whatever reason Seattle to Orlando with a layover in Atlanta is cheap.
So I used that trick a couple times back in my Atlanta days. And it always worked.
There is always the risk though that flights get rerouted and you end up getting to the final / wrong destination without ever going through the layover city.
I checked and sure enough I was able to find a 6am flight Tuesday morning (Star day) from Seattle going to San Antonio - that had a layover at LAX. If I booked this I could land in LA by 8:40 and rush right over to the walk of fame. This flight was only $110.
So I say "fuck it", book that weirdo flight and cross my fingers that it all goes smoothly.
No things get shitty.
Thursday morning after booking everything I'm all excited and like "Yes! Its gonna work!", go about my morning. And at around 17:00 get a text that Larry is in the hospital. I called him right away and he fills me in on everything thats going on.
It brought my happy feeling crashing down.
I wont get into all the details but with this - It meant the emotional wear and tear and fear and sadness and crying worrying about him.
It also meant being short staffed at work and me covering some of his stuffs.
I ended up just kinda a complete mess.
I kinda didn't even want to go anymore. I was scared to leave.
Larry did start getting better though, and he told me "Go! Have fun" and Tuesday morning I made my way to the airport. My flight scam thingy worked. And I landed in LAX at right around 8:30ish. Now it was time to rush to Hollywood Blvd. Traffic was fucked, and I'm sure Josefin can tell you how stressed out I was.
Hahaha. Sorry Josefin. But thanks for calming my nerves and helping out to make my experience the best one.
I pulled up in my uber just at the nick of time, to get a wristband and go in with the crowd.
Me Josefin and my friend Diane got a spot on the barrier right behind the reserved seating for the music peoples, RCA and what not (its also where Ellen and Kerri Kenney-Silver ended up sitting - the family; Jim, Judy, Carey, Willow, Jamesons and all them.
Seeing all the people showing up: the fans, the family, the media, the security, the committee people, and even the mass of random people appearing just to see what the commotion was started to get me so excited.
I'm so proud of her, and its so cute knowing how she is - and what she said on Ellen about dealing with compliments.
So we was on the barrier and still gots maybe 30min til things officially start and I'm chatting with Odai and Dani and letting them know whats happening and all thats. Thanks for always being around and keeping me company and just being fun peoples. All the sudden though I realized my phone is at about 12% so I puts it in airplane mode to try and save battery. I think it died so fast because of the brightness be wayyy up so i could see in the sun.
So ya'lls have watched the ceremony so you know what happened and how the speeches were. But some other things I wanna mention is how cute it is seeing Pink interact with her kids.
Jameson crying and wanting mama and Carey trying to calm him down. But ultimately he wasnt gonna be happy til mama had him. So Pink held him and he calmed down and he was cute and she wiped his nose (as Ellen mentioned) and wiped it on the carpet. hahaha.
But when it was getting more close to getting going Carey realized it was time to get Jameson so he tried grabbing him - but Jameson wasnt having it until Pink says "Jameson, baby, Daddy has food"
hahaha. He loves his foods.
Pink def made eye contact with us a few times.
She saw Josefins shreadnet banner and it was just really perfect. I felt like she talked to us directly at moments.
Ellen was funny, and Kerri was funny.
Loved it all.
I loved that Pink mentioned the "To Thine own self be true" quote. I had actually used that as a trivia question at work the night before. We always do a Shakespeare trivia question and I used that quote as what play does it come from, which was Hamlet.
So many things in life always seem to connect and make sense and I think the universe is weird and fun how things intertwine.
After the ceremony ended she came over to the crowd and came to us three right away. I gots a hug and tried to take a photo on my broken ass 1% battery phone - it didnt turn out the best but I still love it. Its the moment thats more important than the photo. And I love that she gives us these moments.
I told her "seriously. congrats. so much" and she gave me a real sincere "thank you" and that look on her face. I know she felt it.
WE ARE SO DUCKING PROUD OF HER
😫😬😭❤️😭❤️😭
So perfect.
They cleared us out of there shortly after and me and Diane went over to The Hard Rock w/ our friend Abby who also made it to the ceremony.
We waited about 30min to give them time to take everything down so we could take pics of/with the star.
great day
next day was off day, watched Ellen. Watched that other show she was on... Enterntainment Tonight or something 🤷🏻♀️ extra maybe?
it was just clips from the ceremony but still cool to watch.
Also swung by the venue and talked to security about where to queue. Glad we did because Inwould have lined up on be wrong side.
Always do your research.
My plan was to get to bed early and maybe start queueing like 6am for the Palladium. I was maybe even up for earlier, and to be honest, just woulda slept outside if it was necessary, but it was friggin cold AND after the bar Wednesday night we drove by the venue and nobody was there, so I told myself 6am would be fine - even if there was anybody there before 6:00 we would still be there early enough for front.
Woke up a little late. And got to the venue at 7am and were the first peoples there. next people showed up around 9ish, and then just kinda slowly turned up after that.
By 11:00 there was maybe 20 people.
I got a text message from my dad at that time, "Jeff, can you call me?".
I'm not usually the best at returning messages that fast, but I knew something was up - and I was pretty sure what the news would be.
Called him, and he told me my grandpa had died earlier that morning.
I held it together for most of the call, but I could tell my dad was crying on the phone. As I kinda started asking some questions I got choked up myself and started tearing up pretty good.
Thanks Dani and Odai for helping me with my thoughts after that. ❤️
Went for a little walk. collected myself and got back to the queue. The queueing was alright. I woulda liked if some more of yous had been there. I'm excited for the summer. But we had or little group here, and we had fun.
Saw some of the band when the came in and dancers. Just waved, didnt really do any talking with 'em.
More time goes by and eventually end up hearing a little bit of soundcheck faintly. At one point I'm listening and I'm like "what is that? it sounds like RAISE YOUR GLASS, but like.... a different version". I'll get back to that later.
In the queue same madness that always happens happened.
"What doors are the gonna open?" "why are those other people already going in?" blah blah blah. Also during this stress shit, some people with cameras wanted to talk to some of us.
Me and Josefin were talked to together. I hope they don't use anything I said. 🙈
Doors eventually open, and we get inside and we get where we like on the barrier. And theres a beer lady. And we're happy.
Kid Cutup opened, same songs as usual, but it was nice to know it'd be good songs
Eventually Cutup finishes and the lights go down, and the band walks out in stage and starts playing. And then there she is. And she just looks so happy and we are happy. and
GET THE PARTY STARTED, JUST LIKE A PILL, TROUBLE. somewhere in all that she came down into crowd.
She was having a good time.WHO KNEW was next, and without saying names, I knew who it was dedicated to that night. Some of you might know who as well, and her message was really well spoken. <3
(I'll pass it on to anybody who wants to know)
She really was on point with the vocals on that song (and all the rest actually - but she just seemed extra on point tonight).
After WHO KNEW, she commented how "I have a hard time singing right side up, so if I forget some words yall are gonna have to help".
FUNHOUSE starts and she messes up right at the very start. I think she started up with the second verse I dunno. She started laughing and Jenny and Stacy got it back on track. But right at that point she jumped down to us in the front and sees us singing and says "you know the words" and sticks the mic in our face so we gets to sing for a couple seconds (not very long) haha....
It's not that amazing. I'm just happy shes recognizes us and knows we sings along <3
It was the JUST A GIRL mash-up version which is always fun.
After that, FOR NOW which she did right in the front of us, So powerfully. Everybody seemed to be singing loud on this one.
Followed by TRY and WHAT ABOUT US.
TRY was done with Tracy and Loriel doing the dance routine, and WHAT ABOUT US had all the dancers - well mostly.... the new crew wasnt there.
Next came the Justin / Pink acoustic section, which she also did on the main stage rather than the end of the catwalk. So that worked out well for us. BARBIES, I AM HERE, and PERFECT.
Next song Pink mentioned was a song by a woman she loves, I thought it was maybe going to be a new cover, but it ended up being RIVER by Bishop Briggs, and it was so awesome to hear that live again
BLOW ME was next which is always fun, with the dancers and whatnot.. And then RAISE YOUR GLASS. It wasn't the new version I heard during soundcheck.
gots the walk off, and then back out for the encore which was WHATS UP, which was great. I mean obviously she always kills that live - and it had been awhile since I heard it live but at the same time, I was kinda wanting a new cover. But this made me happy anyway.
final song of the night was SO WHAT, no flying obviously since it was such a small club.
Josefin threw the Swedish flag up on stage at the end, and Pink wore it off the stage for her walk off....
Loved the whole night.
The crowd wasn't as action packed.
I don't think there were as many big time fans, but like lots of random LA peoples, who hopefully will become big time fans. :]
Everything really just got me excited for this summer. It was a nice break from some of the regular life stuffs.
Yesterday was a beach day which I needed.
And today was a random concert day w/ some friends. hahaha. kinda crazy but the show was one the Sunset Strip and our bus got stuck / broke down in the middle for the strip so we created a massive traffic jam.
like.
it created people waiting hours
oops.
love yalls.
talk soon.
<3
