Currently I am in a very nice hotel room with the love of
my life after driving for a good three and a half hours to Little Rock, AR. Oh
the adventures we have together but that is going to have to be a story for another
week, Sprinkles…
This week is all about One-Eyed Doll. Now May-May
met OED at Ikki-kon 2011. Thanks to our car wreck we actually missed the show.
However, when we got to the con we were able to meet Kimberly. We told her
about our wreck and missing the show and she hugged us both and autographed
some stickers for us. We asked her if she would promote our album, FVITD, and
she happily agreed. That video can be seen here. Well one night I was on
the computer and I got an email from the One-Eyed Doll mailing list saying that
OED would be coming to our hometown. Of course I booked our tickets and told
May, who then immediately got us VIP passes.
So on St. Patty’s Day we headed to one of the local bars
where the show was going to start. There we met Melinda, One-Eyed Doll’s Merch
Monkey. She was really sweet to both of us and later in the evening we found
out she was a Sprinkle! We had nice chat with her but then the show was
starting.
Now the first band that played I didn’t catch their name.
I knew they were from Italy but I, and the venue, had no idea why they were
playing in the first place. Not to say that they weren’t good but they weren’t
on the posters. But after they gave a wonderful show, Picture Me Broken began
and holy fucking fuck they were spectacular. I loved watching them and I was
really sad that I had already spent all of my money on OED merch but I made
sure to remember their name because I was definitely going to get some of their
music later.
And then the band
that we had been waiting for had arrived.
I had forgotten how cute this woman is. Seriously if you
have never seen a One-Eyed Doll show I implore you all to go to one. Expect
Kimberly to jump out into the audience, also except costume changes, and props
being thrown at you as well. Words cannot give Kimberly or Jr. justice. I loved
singing Plumes of Death (as heard on the Titanic soundtrack, My Little Pony,
and The Passion of the Christ 3-D) and having Kimberly step on my shoulder for
support as she sang to the crowd. I thoroughly enjoy yelling “Hail Satan!”
during Be My Friend. I really wish that they had been head-lining because they
give a good show every single time.
But after that was over we got in line for merch. We were
at the end of it and when got to Kimberly (after touching her finger and
getting hugged) she said that we looked familiar. We reminded her of our story
to Austin and she grabbed Jr. and said “Hey it’s the guy’s from Ikki-kon”.
“Yeah you guys were the most memorable part of that
trip.”
Then she noticed that we had VIP passes and started
freaking out as did we. Jr. went out for something and Kimberly kept signing
autographs. While that was going on May-May and I watched OTEP’s show. Wow.
That is all I will say on the matter. Wow. My face and everything was rocked so
hard.
Following that everyone started packing up their stuff
and May and I helped Melinda and Jr. load up the van. Afterwards we all loaded
up and cruised around town for a little bit.
We gave Kimberly her C.C. CD that we had promised two
years ago and she loved it. We have another video of her endorsing it so watch
out for that one. Besides that we just hung out and chilled and listened to
music in the van. It was really peaceful and nice. We talked about growing up
in small towns where people really don’t understand you and I feel like we all
really connected. We drove back to the bar and then we had cupcakes. Which I
would love to make it a rule that we should end every visit like this whether
it be with friends or VIPs or whatever. Cupcakes make everything better. And what made it even better was that our
cupcakes came with little bow rings. So now May-May, Kimberly, Melinda, and I
are all engaged. We haven’t set a date yet but I already know that the bridal
shower is going to be kick-ass.
P.S. Kimberly I went to the Arkansas Music Hall today and
I found the OED sticker on the wall. They said they can’t wait to see you guys
again.
Till next Thursday,
Love
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