Ahhhh... Friday was theSTART/Scarling show. Don, Josh, Chev, Brandon and I showed up at 12, and wandered around, handing out flyers for the show and for our band, and some random swag. We got food and shit, nuffin' exciting. We were the only people there for hours... we had put up flyers all over the venue and shit, and finally Josh and Don went to Rite Aid to get fluorescent poster board so people would FUCKING LOOK AND SHOW UP. Around 6:45, theSTART showed up and we talked with Aimee a while. She was amazed with the work we did with the flyers and the flags (I bought 2 american flags for $3 and wrote "The United States of theSTART" on one and "The United States of scarling." on the other) and our back patches. After Aimee saw one of the posters Josh had made with a drawing of her on it, she said something like "Wow... I look so cool! I look like Aeon-Flux!" Aimee took pics of us and Dan videotaped us to put on their site. Heeee! Anyway, after waiting around a while longer, scarling showed up, and Chev and I were freaking 'cause Jessicka was in that van. She hid until like 5 mins. before their set, though. Melanie was everywhere... she's so cute.

The first band came on. I think they were from Bellingham, and they were really good. Too bad I didn't catch their name. Breaking Pangaea was all right, they struck me as (even though I hate this word) very emo. After them I bought the Shakedown CD for Brandon, and a black theSTART babydoll for me. It's awesome, it has the Star Wars logo on it in yellow, and in front of "Star" it has the, and after it a 't', and Wars is crossed out. Don got a black and red theSTART tee. Shortly after, scarling is setting up. I overhear Christian telling one of the venue guys that if Jessicka's mic stand isn't high enough, and if she can't hear herself, she'll throw shit off the stage. So they come on finally, and the GODDESS comes out. She is fucking beautiful as ever. I start shaking. They start the first song, and she does her wonderful scream, and I nearly orgasm. She starts kicking Bobby, and is jumping all over the stage. A couple songs in, she calls to this preppy chick (half the girls there were preps and had gotten in free), "Hey dumb girl! Do you have any boy trouble?" She shakes her head no, and Jessicka kinda shoves her away. I think the chick ruined her dialogue. So they start the next song, and Jessicka turns from the stage, and starts cutting her forehead open. She points at fucking JOSH, who is standing right next to me, and summons him up to the stage. She puts her hand on his face, getting blood in his hair, and then grabs his hand out of his pocket, puts it on her bloody face, then on her boob, and shoves him away. Holy shit that was awesome. I wanted to take a pic, but I was in too much shock and it happened way too fast. Jessicka gets pissed because she can barely hear herself, and gets more violent with her bandmates. She talks about how she's gonna fire Christian, and in the middle of the next song, he exits the stage, and Melanie takes over lead guitar. Jessicka starts kicking the drum kit around, and Garey hurls his drumsticks at Don, and exits the stage. She falls on the ground, and everyone else leaves. It was intense... I dunno if this was a planned thing they did, but I was scared. Chev got half a drumstick and a whole bass string (Bobby destroyed his bass... the headstock fell off and I wanted to keep it so fucking bad).

15 mins or so later, theSTART goes on. I made sure to get like 4 feet from Aimee. They started with Nemesis, and I went nuts, as usual. They played a few more songs, some SPANKING new ones, called "Death Via Satellite" and "Los Angelos". Heee! Then they played MY SONG (Her song) and I freaked out, this song is so fucking beautiful, I almost cried. At the end of it Jeff fell down, I got a pic of it, and Aimee is all like "He's falling over... he's falling over...." hehehe. When they played "the1234" I couldn't help myself anymore and started dancing like madwoman. The venue owner grabbed Don and Josh, and started a respectful pit with them. Soon after, Chev and I join in. Then Jeff gets off the stage and starts playing in our pit (got a pic of that too). Their set ended, and I fell down on the ground, trying to breathe.

After that I chased down Aimee and asked her if I could have their setlist. She says "yeah, sure", so I go on the stage and grab it off the amp. Then she signed the list, Bran's CD, and I got a pic with her. I asked Brandon if he wanted one, but he's so shy he didn't say anything. Aimee jumps over the merch table and tackles Brandon. I got a pic of that, it was so cute. Brandon was blushing. I chase down Jamie, he signs my list and the CD, and he had Eno with him so I take a couple pics. That dog is too damn cute. I wanted to take him home with me. Soon after, Melanie shows up, and Chev and I get pics with her. I hunt down Jeff, and get him to sign my list and the CD. We all chat with him for a while, about our band (he was so happy that I'm a bassist... heee!), about the shirt I bought ("George Lucas is known for hunting down people who use his logo, so we're gonna get sued for that!"), Aimee tells us that chihuahuas are good pets for people with asthma, and mom shows up and has her eye on Jeff (she thinks he's a hottie) and we talk with Aimee some more. Then we had to leave! It was sad. Oh well, the show was fucking great, and oh my god this is a long entry.