joy~!!
so yesterday was one of the highlight days of my life. First off, the paper I had due yesterday: I turned that baby IN~!! WHOO!! (hehehe I even worked in a page relating Diablo 2 to medieval lore/legend.. hahaha!!). Mick and I had to run our papers to the TAs, but it was all good. -whew!-
and AFTER I turned my paper in, I went to see U2 at the staples center!! and it turned out that deeps and his coworker friend silpesh (who had also gone to Area:One with us a few months ago) had waited in line since 7:30.. and they’d saved spots for me and silpesh’s friend krewpali (sp?): deeps was number 68… i was number 69 in line!!! HOW AWESOME WAS THAT??
and this time, instead of repeating our running the wrong direction in san diego and failing to get into the heart, we ran the RIGHT way. =) We staked out spots by the walkway a little bit to the right of the point in the heart, and we stayed there rapturously for most of the evening. it was a totally sublime experience. :) The heart was more crowded than it was in San Diego, but the vibe was still cool. I love U2 fans!! There’s so much love and community, man!! (yeah!!!) It was neat — we ran into a bunch of people we saw at other shows: “say, weren’t you in anaheim?” “yeah! we were next to each other in line!” “yeah, that SD show was great!” and so forth. =) another funny thing: people call deeps and me crazy for going to all these U2 shows (“what, you’re seeing them THREE times?? you’re crazy!!”), except at concerts — and especially among those inside the heart — it’s totally normal to see people who’ve gone ridiculous numbers of times. a woman named sonia did saw them 40 times, 20 of them for the elevation show. we met a woman who flew all the way to ireland for the slane show. we met a guy named patrick who’s also gone a ridiculous number of times. it’s amazing. see?? we’re not that bad!!!!
Elevation 2001, Los Angeles, 13th November 2001
What They Played:
Elevation
Beautiful Day
Until The End Of The World
New Years Day
I Will Follow
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
Kite
Wild Honey (Bono And Edge)
Please (Bono And Edge)
All I Want Is You
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Pride (In The Name Of Love)