My Game Face
Last Saturday I had the fantastic priveledge of driving my first load of people to Dallas in my new ride or hoop-tee as the kids say. The event was Green Day with Jimmy Eat World at the AAC. We had to of course stop for Chipotle first. Mmmm... Great. Now I have it on the brain which means it won't rest til I have it in the stomach. Ah-well. On to the show...
We got there and J.E.W. was already playing. I'm thinking it was just the first song of their set though. I emptied my pockets for the metal detectors knowing full well my belt would still set it off. Oh yeah, I've been here a few times. After the mildly intrusive wand passes over my personage I made the comment to my companions (Drew, Nate, and Nik) that I should just start taking off my pants and stuffing them in that little bucket they provide for your metal artifacts (yes, my belt sets it off that much to warrant the hyperbole). After saying this I hear, "I'd like to get a picture of that!" Fortunately, this is a female voice saying this. Unfortunately, I turn to see she has a camera. She's also wearing an XBOX tee. She's also not the only girl in the sea of people who have this same camera/XBOX tee thing going for em. She laughs and says, "Seriously though would you like a free picture courtesy of XBOX?" (Think the scene from Office Space where the waiter comes up in the middle of their conversation, does the machine gun noise then says, "Can I interest you in some of our Jalepeno Poppers?" and you get the surreality of the experience.) Not sure what to do I just say, "No thank you."
So we've made it about half way around the arena (to get to our boss seats) when Nate has to go to the little boys room. So those of us not feeling the call were standing in the area waiting. Again I hear, "Would you like a free picture courtesy of XBOX?" I turn to find the same girl. Again note that there were several of these photo-girls but I apparently had a bonafide paparazzo. (Is that the singular or the plural?) This time though she was asking all three of us and made a slightly more compelling argument: "They put the pictures up during the show." We all just looked at each other and shrugged an "I guess."
So the three of us are smiling for the photo. Just before she snaps it I hear her say, "Alright, show me your game face." (XBOX, get it?) At this point, I don't know if I should be smiling or looking stone cold or fierce or whatever fierce looks like on me... plus, I can't hide reactions to cheesy things well. It's a well known fact. So I'm also simultaneously having a facial reaction to the whole XBOXy twist on the classic "Say cheese" ie. "Show me your game face." I was kind of embarrassed for her for having to say that on top of everything else the gig (which I'm sure is a fine one) entails. So while all that's going on in my head and on my face...well, enough back story.
Oh, and nobody else heard the infamous "Show me your game face." So that's why they are much more photogenic.
Alas, we were not put up on the screen during the "show" (ie. intermission between bands) but that was actually very merciful of them since that whole production was laughable and not in the good way. Although my facial expression would have fit right in with the tone of the random pictures and captions.
Ok. So I'm going to cut this off into it's well deserved, self sustaining chunk and I'll be back later with an entry about, you know, the music. Because it was one of the best. shows. EVAH.
We got there and J.E.W. was already playing. I'm thinking it was just the first song of their set though. I emptied my pockets for the metal detectors knowing full well my belt would still set it off. Oh yeah, I've been here a few times. After the mildly intrusive wand passes over my personage I made the comment to my companions (Drew, Nate, and Nik) that I should just start taking off my pants and stuffing them in that little bucket they provide for your metal artifacts (yes, my belt sets it off that much to warrant the hyperbole). After saying this I hear, "I'd like to get a picture of that!" Fortunately, this is a female voice saying this. Unfortunately, I turn to see she has a camera. She's also wearing an XBOX tee. She's also not the only girl in the sea of people who have this same camera/XBOX tee thing going for em. She laughs and says, "Seriously though would you like a free picture courtesy of XBOX?" (Think the scene from Office Space where the waiter comes up in the middle of their conversation, does the machine gun noise then says, "Can I interest you in some of our Jalepeno Poppers?" and you get the surreality of the experience.) Not sure what to do I just say, "No thank you."
So we've made it about half way around the arena (to get to our boss seats) when Nate has to go to the little boys room. So those of us not feeling the call were standing in the area waiting. Again I hear, "Would you like a free picture courtesy of XBOX?" I turn to find the same girl. Again note that there were several of these photo-girls but I apparently had a bonafide paparazzo. (Is that the singular or the plural?) This time though she was asking all three of us and made a slightly more compelling argument: "They put the pictures up during the show." We all just looked at each other and shrugged an "I guess."
So the three of us are smiling for the photo. Just before she snaps it I hear her say, "Alright, show me your game face." (XBOX, get it?) At this point, I don't know if I should be smiling or looking stone cold or fierce or whatever fierce looks like on me... plus, I can't hide reactions to cheesy things well. It's a well known fact. So I'm also simultaneously having a facial reaction to the whole XBOXy twist on the classic "Say cheese" ie. "Show me your game face." I was kind of embarrassed for her for having to say that on top of everything else the gig (which I'm sure is a fine one) entails. So while all that's going on in my head and on my face...well, enough back story.
Oh, and nobody else heard the infamous "Show me your game face." So that's why they are much more photogenic.
Alas, we were not put up on the screen during the "show" (ie. intermission between bands) but that was actually very merciful of them since that whole production was laughable and not in the good way. Although my facial expression would have fit right in with the tone of the random pictures and captions.
Ok. So I'm going to cut this off into it's well deserved, self sustaining chunk and I'll be back later with an entry about, you know, the music. Because it was one of the best. shows. EVAH.
posted by PostHaste @ 6:48 PM
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