  Hey...I think I figured it out! Well, not really...but I read a discussion on unkymoods.com about it and was able to follow the directions...yippee!!! So, yeah...one blaring realization...I'm old...now, mind you, I should have known going into a teeny-bopper concert. However, I really don't view myself as old, just a young spirit trapped in an old body. So, we get to the concert and I immediately have to go to the bathroom. Well, there is a poor soul whose job is to direct all the crazy women trying to use the bathroom. "You go here, I need four more ladies to come over here..." Basically, directing traffic. So, I'm next and she says, "Mom, you just go right over here..." CRAP! I mean, yeah, I'm a mom but not of someone old enough to come to this concert!!! She was probably assuming that someone of my age would not be coming unless they were with child.
So, there were two opening acts...bummer, the first guy was really good but I couldn't understand what he was saying his name was...he had kind of a caribbean feel but was alternative. Well, we missed the second opening, Skye Sweetnam...can't say I know who she is or cared, I was too busy hitting the souvenir stands with the girls...that was a trip. Of course, being the uber-dork, I bought a pink newsboy...will I ever wear it??? Doubtful. I don't foresee a situation where that would be perfectly appropriate. Well, R's daughter wanted same hat but in black. The first stand sold out by the time we got to the front...so we go to another. Last one is on display and I tell the guy that is what we want. He informs me he is not allowed to sell the display. So, I'm trying to convince him it is okay because they sold the display at the last stand...while we are having this discussion, another worker reaches behind him to take it and sold it! At that point, I was pissed! He couldn't tell me if they would get more and wanted me to go to yet another stand and wait in line for 20 MORE minutes.
I know it sounds stupid...but I felt bad, it is A's birthday and the poor girl just wanted a hat! (No need to worry, the first stand got some more and she got it...whew! LOL) Anyway...the concert starts...please, do not buy tickets to the balcony or upper tiers...mind you, we were at the front of the first balcony but we did not get the full effect of people dancing and going nuts. I had to sit there like a sane person...bummer. It was a good concert. Would I go see her again?
Probably not unless I got the tickets for free or I had awesome seats. I just didn't get to see the dancing like I wanted to because we were too high up. It surprised me that the pop princess was so sexual. Mind you, I was raised in an extremely conservative home but I have been hearing that many parents get up and take home their young children so as not to taint their impressionable minds. I'm talking whips, dry humping, threesomes, guys on guys, girls on girls...a little over the top.
At the same time, did these parents not see ANY coverage on the tour??? I had heard about this right after it opened...granted, you may have already bought your tickets but you can't tell me you couldn't have sold them! However, all this sexuality was only overpowering for 2-3 songs...it was kind of cool because she had a costume like the one in the toxic video where she is only wearing jewels...if I had a kicking body like that, I would be tempted to dance around in one of those too! She explained her voice was out of whack because she has been ill but really only the song "Everytime" suffered...of course, that is my favorite other than "Slave to you" but it was cool...I didn't realize she could play piano either...
I called L while I was there...I know she answered but I couldn't hear anything she was saying...I tried calling her again after we were out but she was probably out partying by then. I hope she heard some of the concert, I wish she would have been there too. All in all, a pretty cool time...it was fun to get back in touch with the teen inside...I'm just paying like an old lady today! 
