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Title: Sidewalk Scenes and Black Limousines
Fandom: Glam Family (Monte, Tommy, Isaac, Sasha, Terrance, Cam, and Brooke)
Rating: Teen
Words: 800
The Obvious: I do not know any of the people whose personas are mentioned here and neither believe nor mean to imply this actually happened or actually would.
Summary: There’s cuddling, and there’s flirting, and there’s getting a god damn hand job from your band mate on an airplane.

( It ain't no club, it's a family. )

I've done a pic/video spam here over at more_is_more.

I'm still kind of fluctuating wildly between elation and come-down; I can't remember the last time I had looked forward to anything so much, and now it's over, and it's hard not to think about how it's over. And also hard not to be sad that I wasn't at the show in DC where this happened:

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But I am over the moon I got to see him live at all, and I am kind of in love with re-living every show via fandom, and I so wish I could explain even to myself what this man means to my life. eeeef. :D

I am in love. I am enraptured. I am so fucking happy right now that my face hurts and I almost crashed the car twice in the less than a mile back to our hotel and I don't think I even would have cared if I actually had crashed it.

And the funny thing is that most of the things I pinpointed my sense of foreboding to, actually happened. Adam did not sing Whole Lot of Love. His voice was definitely scratchy. He actively ignored Tommy for the whole set. We didn't stay afterwards in the hopes of seeing Sasha or some of the other folks out and about in the hotel. We got lost multiple times driving over to the Borgata and driving back to our hotel, even though they are pretty much across the street from each other, because the roads here are SO EFFED UP.

But you know what? I COULD NOT CARE LESS. I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING I EVER SAW.

I don't even know what to say....

Okay, start at the beginning I guess. Or from where I left off. We got let into the "event center" (which was pretty much a ball room with a stage on one end) at 6:45. We ended up about 4 or 5 people back slightly to the left of center, which was my choice, as that's where Cam's keyboards are, and where Sasha does more than half of her dancing. runedgirl, who was seeing the show for the third time, left us to go have coffee and sit down, and balefully and I settled in for a whole lot of standing.

There was a lovely woman standing in front of us who clearly didn't think Lucy and I were crazy fangirls, because she talked and chatted with us, and we rolled our eyes at the really drunk people, and it was really lovely and flattering for some reason. Neither of us knew why, but we both thought so :D They played Wheel in the Sky while we were waiting; clearly they knew there were SPN fangirls in the house. I was totally torn between feeling sick with excitement and grinning my face off.

Allison came on at eight and BLEW US AWAY. Her voice is PHENOMENAL. Like... HOW THE HELL IS THAT GIRL 18??????? Also, omg, I am a dirty old lady but she is RIDICULOUSLY hot. Also I kind of slash her with her whole band. I am crazy in love with Liz, who is so cute on Twitter, and during Orianthi's set tweeted that her life was weird because half an hour before she'd been on stage in front of thousands of people (a definite exaggeration) and now she was watching an on-line lecture for school :) She is RIDICULOUSLY adorable also. Orianthi and Allison together were astounding.

Orianthi on her own, not so much. Her set was SO LOUD. Like body-vibrating in a bad way, ears ringing and sore, head thumping loud. She is unquestionably a talented guitar player--exceedingly so--but I wanted to be able to hear Adam when he came on. During her last song she asked us to scream "Shut Up" at her. We were more than happy to oblige. I really wish that a) I'd gone ahead and bought her album when I bought Allison's, so that I would know the songs, and b) that she hadn't been turned up to 11. I did have fun writing a fic in my head about how her hot-ass drummer jerked off on her rhythm guitar player's face one time when guitar boy was passed out stoned on the sofa (just to be a dick) but he found that he liked it, and couldn't stop doing it after that. I really will slash anyone apparently.

And then they set up for Adam. We were getting REALLY tired of standing by that point. But I knew once Adam came on my back would stop hurting and my feet would be okay, and all would be good with the world. It was even better than that.

I have not been a concert spoilerphobe, so I knew what was going to happen and what it was going to look like, but I didn't know. He is STUNNING. And electric. And just absolutely delighted and delightful and talented beyond belief. His voice was tremendously scratchy when he was speaking, but his singing voice was stellar. There were a few places where it had a slight burr, but it was gorgeous. I realized yesterday when I was sharing his album with Lucy on the way up here that I am actually a bit disappointed with his album now that I've heard the live versions so often. It seems clear to me that the album was put together quickly. His voice is so much better than they managed to showcase on some of the tracks. I cannot wait for his next album which hopefully will have more songs of his, and more time.

It felt like he was on stage for about three minutes, but it was the best three minutes of my life. He has so much energy and presence, and best of all, he has mastered that skill of looking at the audience like he's looking RIGHT AT YOU. Several times I felt like our eyes met and he was staring into my soul. It was kind of the most amazing thing ever.

All the places Adam has been flirting and kissing and licking with Tommy he barely looked at or touched him, and Tommy was totally pouting (with his very curly hair and lipsticked lips), and he was singing along with almost all the songs while giving Adam hearteyes.

Because Adam's voice is not happy we only got Mad World in the encore, which while disappointing on one level, wasn't disappointing at all on the level of THIS CONCERT WAS THE BEST THING EVER.

We cleared out, and then left the hotel pretty quick as Lucy's feet were killing her. It turned out that Tommy and Liz and Monte were cruising the hotel afterward, but even if I had happened to see them, I would not have dared speak to them, so I shall just live vicariously through tweets and pics as I always do :)

Now we're stuffed on room service and room-service booze, and it's finally getting to be bed time. I will post pictures and vids tomorrow.

♥__♥

So this happened...




gif by mindchanger from vid by Tuke18@youtube



hahaha, also this:

via adamlambertetc thanks to kellys_muse


yeah.




omg. I might die if this happens again in Atlantic City. or, yk, on-stage nudity or something, as they seem to be escalating as the tour goes on. If you never hear from me again after Saturday, you will know what happened.

I am still selling a spare ticket for Saturday night, if anyone wants it...

I was having internet issues last night and LJ was having LJ issues, and I didn't post my end-of-the-month fic roundup. But here it is on May Day instead. (speaking of May Day, omg SO CUTE. Yesterday a whole class of kindergartners showed up with a little paper cone of flowers for me for May Day! I remember doing that when I was in kindergarten. They were PRECIOUS.)

My Bubble Dreams Jensen/Jensen's right hand, featuring Jensen Ackles/Adam Lambert, Jensen/Adam/Jared. NC-17 2400 words. Brunch and masturbation. Or: Jensen hates his life. ... At least there's bacon.

Snake Eyes and Déjà Vu Jensen/Adam NC-17 5500 words. "Some of Sandy's friends have a gig at a dive in the Valley tomorrow night and she said we'd go. You've gotta come with."

Crack it Open Adam/Tommy Ratliff R 750 words. It looked like a giant white jello shot.

The Night I met Drew Barrymore Brad Bell/Johnny Weir/Adam Lambert, Adam/Brad R 1200 words. Except later Brad somehow ends up in a corner of Adam's dressing room straddling Johnny Weir's lap.

Now I'm going to go flail some more about the fact that I have tickets to see Adam in Atlantic City!

oh! and plus, there was that whole thing where I finished my thesis!!!! :D

I was in the freaking car when Adam's presale tickets opened at 10am, and though mom let me use her iPhone and I was on the website at 7:07 (my time, 10:07 local to the venue), they were all gone. I really freaking hope that there are lots of general sale tickets available.