Owl City!

So, this may be almost a week late... but I've been busy.

Last Thursday, Matt and I went to Center Stage Theater (here in Atlanta) to see Owl City! It was a fantastic show! So great, that I would gladly go see the same show again, given the chance. Ever since I first heard his music a couple years ago, he has been one of my favorite artists.

We took the Marta train to the station closest to the venue (luckily it was probably less than half a mile away) to avoid downtown traffic and parking. As we were walking up to the line waiting to get in, I got my camera out to snap a picture--the camera that I haven't used in a very long time--and found out that the battery was dead. No worries! I had an extra! ... it was dead, too. Guess I should have checked that the night before... Luckily I had my phone with me! ... the battery had just gone from green to yellow. Geez, I was not having any luck! So what do I do? Put my phone on airplane mode, and hope that the battery lasts! (in case you're wondering, it did... I think I ended the night with 5-10% battery life. whew.)

So we went into the concert venue, and were strangely excited to see that there was standing room on the floor, and then stadium/theater seating (whatever it's called) behind that. The strange part is because we were excited about the seating. Typically, I'm a push-your-way-to-the-front-of-the-crowd kind of concert-goer, but this particular Thursday, I. was. tired. Yes, I realize this categorizes me as "an old fogie" but I had been up since 6:00 am, chased around 6 babies all day (harder than it sounds), drove home from work, made dinner, and then gone back out at 6:30 pm--the time I'm usually settling into the couch on a week day. So, to the seats we went! We found great seats straight back from center stage, about 6 or so rows up.

The concert started with an opening band, Action Item (who I saw open for Honor Society last summer at The Masquerade.) As they start playing, this is my view:

(And I was even leaning over on Matt at this point.)

They were the ONLY two people in the seats that were standing. 

And they were directly in front of me. 

Awesome.

I was pretty angry. I mean, seriously. Who chooses seats, and then stands up!? There was no reason, at all, for that. 

Moving on. 

Action Item finished, and those girls scurried on their way to wherever, and I could see the stage again (now that it was unoccupied). 

Finally Owl City started. He played every song from his new album, along with about ten songs from the previous two. We could just barely see the set list from our seats, and I tried to take a picture of it, but with my awesome cell phone camera, it turned out like this:

unreadable. 

(is that a word?)

Overall, the concert was a lot of fun! If you know anything about Adam Young, you know he describes himself as being introverted. I can definitely agree with him. You know how at most concerts, the artist will talk a lot between songs? Well, he didn't do that. Maybe a few words here and there. No cute personal stories or anything like that. He definitely came across as socially awkward. But let's be honest, all the cool people are. So, with that, I will share a few pictures from the concert. Sadly, they are all of poor quality, but they're better than nothing.

Before the concert started. Pretty small venue. I liked it.

Action Item.

Seats. Awesome.

Us, being, well, us. 

Far more people moved to the front after Action Item finished.

OWL CITY!!!

"'cause what you got is go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-old!" 

Crappy picture, but I was walking.

I love that building when it's all lit up.

Waiting for the train.

I'm pretty sure he was saying "stop taking pictures of me." 

Shoes.

I was bored. 

And it was only a 3 minute wait. 

Final thought: Wonder what the girls that stood up for the entire Action Item set did during the Owl City set? ... They sat down and played on their phones. Which I was COMPLETELY ok with! But seriously, who goes to a concert JUST to see the opening band!?

I'll never understand people...