Dir en Grey 2008

I have never met a real celebrity, let alone a rockstar. Dir en Grey were the last people on my mind that i would ever come as close as encountering. But as i've told "L" before, and i'll keep rubbing it to her face for as long as she lives "Anything is possible. Nothing is impossible" (one of those two, but they both have the similar meaning) I've lived in Chicago all my life, and i finally got to step in and actually be in the House of Blues. On the way over there we saw a really long line just waiting to see Dir en Grey. It went around the corner, so "L" decided to walk past them and go straight around the front. Faces turned as we passed them filled with confused and annoyed looks. I guess they were waiting for when we'll try to butt in. A security guard was outside the building, so we asked to go inside and he let us through. The building looked fantastic. Its so old-school and gorgeous, they still had some memorabilia and of course the gift shop. Security was extremely tight, and the closer the time came for the show to start, the more nervous "L" and I would get. We found the other winners as well. One guy came from Indiana and the other one was a girl who came from Kansas City. People actually came at 5AM from around the Midwest to stay in line. Security wouldn't let them though...lol. The time finally came when people were being let in. We climbed up the stairs and waited by the mixing booth.(as shown) It was pretty dark, so yeah...bad pics. We waited...and we waited...and waited...time passed by soo slowly. "L" was already getting annoyed by the Indiana guy. He seemed very conceided..at last a man called us over to meet them. We were bunching up, excited yet nervous at the same time. We walked inside what seemed a white supply room (they wouldn't let us go up to their dressing room unless all of us were 21..wonder why) and waited...IMPATIENTLY. At that point, nobody really talked, everyone focused at the door where THEY would come out. Then finally...like models, each one of the strolled out casually. First Kyoru, then Die, then Toshiya, and last was Shinya. The world froze for about 30 seconds, with everyone just staring across to one another. That was until people began to snap out of it and move to greet them. Their manager? instantly said that we could "get autographs, take pictures, and later we'll have a group picture". Everyone took it as "You have 30 seconds to get what you need, so hurry". People were scrambling to get to talk and get things signed from each of them. Die was the one who was laughing at my DeathNote since he right away recognized it. He showed it to Shinya who also smiled at my attempt to ki..i mean get their signatures. "L" took random pics of them without their notice, which pretty much made them keep their guard up. She took pics with them, and so did I. It was amazing..the experience was soo nerve wrecking, i felt like it was Black Friday where people would fight for what they wanted after the holidays. "L" was the only one who asked Die where the lead singer Kyo was located and unfortunately responded that he was still sleeping. After that, we gathered around to take one last group pic and off we went to see them perform live (more like got kicked out of the room..the owner was counting heads to check that nobody tried to sneak up or hide to go to their room with them). We found Brandon and his friend who were located almost in the middle of the crowd, and met up with them. Then the show began with the opening band called "The Human Abstract" (LOL!!!) They weren't that impressive...except for the guy with really long dreadlocks. When he headbanged, it looked so awesome in the light. So then Dir En Grey showed up, and hell broke loose. People were moshing, screaming, headbanging, jumping, and just plain out having fun. The night was endless...and there couldn't be a better day to celebrate it after my birthday.