i got questions for you; you've got answers untrue.

[semisweet]

item 1 is because it's an issue that comes up in my life every now and again, and while i have a definite answer that seems obvious to me, i've noticed that not everyone agrees. item 2 is because over my past couple of years on twop, between blake and carly and now david, i've seen what seems like a disproportionate number of people who are somewhat vehemently anti-tattoo. item 3 is the same general concept. i'm just curious, because i always find myself going "holy fuck, is everyone on this board, like, 60 years old?" and then i wonder if i'm just the weird one.

also, for question 1, since i phrased it stupidly - would you choose to wait outside somewhere where you have a pretty okay chance of meeting them OR would you choose to go see them perform in a place/situation where you are highly unlikely to meet them?

[Poll #1237963]

Comments

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

well, i hope expounding on my poll helped with the having to pee thing!

yeah, i'll ALWAYS choose to go to the show. i mean, it's nice to get a chance to meet someone you admire and have a good experience, but it's always SUCH a crapshoot. but musically, the people i love just generally don't let me down.

in any event, when i made the poll, i was thinking specifically about people i know who will make the choice to wait somewhere for a CHANCE to meet someone rather than taking the sure-thing opportunity to see them play, which i will never understand. there are clearly people i'd love to meet, but 30 seconds of anonymous interaction versus actually seeing a show? psh.

i always want more tattoos. i have four and at least two more i'm planning. my poor mother. but i'm getting an angel for my bff who passed away a few years ago, and i'm getting an anchor on the other side (sort of...not a chest piece exactly, but kind of the front of my shoulders?) for my father who died 6 months later. i also kind of want to get something for my mom (who is very much alive, thank god) just so she doesn't feel left out. and i kind of want "our lady of perpetual astonishment" on me somewhere, because it's a vonnegut quote (it's actually on my journal) and i love it.[/ramble]

the eyeliner question was actually in no way about david, lol. i'm just constantly amazed by the number of people who are still actively, like, weirded out by eyeliner on a dude. maybe i should have just asked "are you weirded out by eyeliner on a dude?" and saved everyone some confusion.

[reesestar.livejournal.com]

hahaha. i haven't noticed too many other guys wearing liner.. except at work (being that i work in make-up and one of the other male artists..wears liner). but then you posted some pics of dave with lineer and-ick. the boy has come a long way from what he used to be but i think the liner is a step back. which is why i voiced that opinion. i find myself more weirded out by men wearing dresses, which i am seeing far more of. maybe it's just on the trains and perhaps its even the same guy. regardless.

i honestly don't think i could respect anyone who chose to meet someone and wait for it during their performance. unless they were really, really more obsessed with the image of the person and could readily admit it, no bueno. i saw that a lot at hanson concerts and it was ridiculous. especially because meeting hanson after a show is probably the lamest of all celebrity encounters.

i never asked you, have you met butch walker?

I LOVE YOUR ICON. i am honored you chose if for my responce if you even put any slight thought into it!!! <3

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

hee, well i support pretty much any boy wearing eyeliner (it's a thing with me, idk) but nah, it was just a general wondering. i...have not really seen men in dresses lately, so i have nothing for you there. i don't think i would enjoy it as much as i enjoy men in eyeliner. or, y'know, at all.

i have not met butch walker. i've only ever even SEEN him once, about a year and a half ago at the HOB in orlando. i need more butch in my life, but he's never really anywhere i can get to, and i don't really have people to drag with me for the most part. at least not long distances. i have a friend who lives right outside atlanta who loves him, tho, so i'm hoping i can get down there and see him with her some time.

and yes, i gave you that icon on purpose. <3

[reesestar.livejournal.com]

girl, you are missing out!!

and let me tell you, you do not need to leave the show to meet him.

the first time i saw him, i did his merch. his manager asked me to wait around after the show. turns out butch met every last person inside, talked to them, took pictures, gave his full attention to every soul who wanted anything from him. at first i was bored, then i started paying attention and it was amazing just to watch him interact. i have never, ever seen that before, before or after seeing him. i still babble about it to this day (obviously). i don't know how long i had to wait and i didn't even know i was waiting for him. he apologized, i praised him, and he kissed me on the cheeks and thanked me again and again, gave me his email, invited me to the bar he was going to (rocket bar, now closed, and i was too young, but he still told me to come and i did and he hung out in the parking lot a little at the bar b/c i couldnt get in). the man is the most sincere, beautiful soul. i think i've met him everytime, sometimes he's drunker than others, sometimes i am. but he's always been the best.

see, i don't think i'd want to see him at a hometown show. i think the smaller the city and farther away from the music industry, the better his shows are. & i don't like seeing my fav bands places where they know half the crowd. i saw him in nashville & chicago a few times and there was always big bands there who worked with him, love him, etc and it's just a different atmosphere. more glossy & plastic. it's interesting to see these bands you know from mtv go fangirl over him, but he seems to have another persona. the pink spyders, sugarcult, kill hannah, i have a vague recollection of fallout boy (or at elast talk of pete in chicago, i was wasted, don't know), etc all at the shows i went to.

so come to st louis and see him. but really, i'd see him ANYWHERE. i'm ready for him to re-announce those dates. & all the reasons i'm hearing now are such BS for him to cancel.

(the first time i met dc he was getting in my car and butch was playing. i realized his love, we bonded, i made him drive. next time i saw him was after all this craziness happened with butch in chicago & i made him look at all the pics and boy has a jealous streak. haha. those few weeks were the best ever)