I must stop doing this...

[lonelybrit]

*falls over*

I have Franz tickets. So unless life manages to complicate things, I should be seeing Bob Hardy, Alex Kapranos, Nick, Andy and maybe Paul or Scott IN THE FLESH *bounce*

I would have squee-ed more fully on LJ but for three reasons.
(1) At the time of buying tickets the sun was up, and anything more tiring than breathing would have killed me.
(2) Once essential shopping was done, I returned to find both TV and internet were down. Not good, Telewest, not good.
(3) By the time the internet/TV were back online, I had been out with friends to visit the former housemate, who misses us. She plied me with Scrumpy whilst we rewatched Pirates of the Carribean. Yet again, the world spinneth in a manner most pleasing to the senses...

Comments

[allegraconbrio.livejournal.com]

Yay! I am happy for you LB! Franz! Yay!

what is scrumpy? Spinny, pleasing worlds are good. :)

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

OMG YAY! I'm so glad you're going! :D

[lonelybrit]

*does dance of joy* I am ridiculously happy, and also slightly drunk, LOL!

Scrumpy is basically a slightly rougher, more potent form of cider. YUM. This one wasn't too bad, but it was a higher percentage of alcohol than I'm used to, so by the end of the second can I was trying to curl up and doze off on the bean bag!

[lonelybrit]

I can't believe I'm going! *dances* I'm expecting to get trampled during the gig itself, but I honestly don't care. BOB! ALEX! NICK! PAULANDYSCOTT!! SQUEEEEE!!! =)

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

Just find a good spot by the barrier and you should be okay. And remember, BOB IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, OMGWTF. He is an eye contact slut, so make sure to get close! :D

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

Also-are you planning to stay after to chat with them? YOU SHOULD!

[modern-art.livejournal.com]

Yay! :)

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

*chuckles*

I also rewatched PotC last night :) Huzzah!

FRANZ. I would just like to point out that I shall not be going down to the barrier, but will be hanging out drinking beer about halfway back as usual. Am rather fond of my limbs.

[lonelybrit]

LOL, it depends on how brave I'm feeling as to whether or not I try and get close to the barrier. The downstairs standing tickets have already sold out, so it's going to be packed, and I am but small and easily squashed. Though Bob is quite tempting...

I would dearly love to stay afterwards, but again it'll depend on the indulgence of my companions as well as the co-operation of London's public transport, i.e. time of the last tube. How long after shows does it typically take for the lads to emerge?

Though you realise, if I do get to stay, and if I do meet them, there will be NO coherency to my LJ report whatsoever. Just general flailing and odd keyboard mashes, LOL!

[lonelybrit]

*gently pings off the walls* Yayness indeed! =)

[lonelybrit]

The standing downstairs tickets have all sold out. I am feeling uncharitably smug right now *cackles*

Johnny Depp rules, oh yes. Though to be fair, it was him and Barbossa that made that film, all their scenes together were things of beauty *nods*

LOL! Yes, I remember you saying your days of being crushed within an inch of your life were over. I think on the night it'll depend on how brave I'm feeling. Possibly I will be so overcome with fangirl insanity I will happyily scamper on down to get squashed beyond all recognition, but most likely I will chicken out and wind up clinging to the bar and squee-ing into my rum :)

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

Well, it depends. It usually doesn't take them that long to come out, but there are exceptions to that rule. In Philly and the first NYC show, we waited for less than an hour. But in DC, they kept us waiting two hours after DCFC ended and they took their sweet time coming out after the second NYC show as well. But usually Bob is among the first out, as the whole fan enteraction thing seems to make him a bit nervous. Ask for a hug, he gives squashy ones! And did you not read my reports after I met them? There was no coherency whatsoever! :P

[lonelybrit]

Fingers crossed it'll be possible to stake out the backstage door. And we frighten Bob? Awwww! If my brain doesn't turn to fluff on the spot, I shall try to screw up enough courage to ask for a hug, or at least a pic. Assuming of course they're in pleasant mood.

Heh, I think I saw your last report, yep. It was coherent up to seeing Bob come out the door and then oddly enough your memory seemed to fail... ;)

[chancecaught.livejournal.com]

Well, they're often around before the gigs as well. So you might get to see them then too. If not, then go straight out there as soon as the gig is finished so you can get a good spot. Some places have barricades, some places don't. If you get a shit spot and there's barricades, it'll be harder to get their attention.

LOL, the last time I saw him was at Coachella, when he was hovering around us in the VIP area. :P