Dream Haze

Sooo, I went to the U2 concert last night, and first things first, it was AWESOME. Music was incredible, the stage & screen setup was like nothing i’ve ever seen before, crowd atmosphere was.. infectious, and of course, Bono n co were stirring up politics all over the place. It was the first U2 concert I’ve ever been to, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, and I wasn’t too well informed on just how much they press the whole world unity thing, but amongst a crowd that HUGE, it was incredible to hear so many people screaming and cheering in reaction to every little word from Bono’s mouth. How much sway does a rockstar (insert any celebrity here) actually have on our opinions of the war, human rights, and so on.. quite curious, hadn’t really pondered that one before.

That said, there were a few oddities I must have my whinge about. All based around one main topic I suppose. When we got to the gates, we had to remove ALL bottle tops from drinking implements (apparantly to prevent the creation of heavy watery missiles). Ok, a bit weird and VERY inconvenient for a hot, squashed, impossible-to-get-to-food-venue-for-5hrs concert, but manageable. But if your going to take our basic rights of uncontaminated, unspillable water away, take the frickin CIGARETTE LIGHTERS AWAY TOO!!! You know who you are you ***&@&^% who have no basic respect! Its a non-smoking event for a reason, we’re packed in like sardines, we non-smokers who crave the tingle of fresh air cant choose to escape the second-hand smoke blown directly into your mouth-eyes-nose and ash flicked in your eyes! And it seemed a little more dangerous than the threat of water-missiles. ON that note: To the english guy (Ashes fan at the wrong event?) who lit a cigarette up every 15mins in my face, threw his cigarette packet, rubbish, his un-capped bottles and water-filled condoms(eww?) into the unsuspecting heads of the crowd - I would have loved to teach you a little bit about respect, perhaps before tearing you into many pieces and many other things I am too polite to think out loud.

*phew*
SO, back to the good things, considering how many people were there, the whole queueing thing was incredibly smooth for once, didn’t have to wait very long anywhere, even the buses home were okay. On the drive home into the northern beaches there was a train of 12 buses in a row up the hill.. an interesting site on MV road at 1am.. The music is still ringing in my ears, considering it was outside the acoustics were fine, n from my position, moshing under the sweaty armpits of 6ft males remained optional, yey!

SO, All balanced out, great night, THANKS Fradam!! You rock

Oh and as for the title.. had my first full day back at work (in a bossier position than normal), was a tiring sunday for poor footsies after U2. O=) *boo hoo*