dhyani

Hi, Hola, Oi, Salut, Привет, EVERYONE!!!

I had SO much fun at last night’s Rock show at the Knitting Factory here in Spokane, WA!!! I have a girlfriend from work who shares my tastes in music, and when I found out Hell’s Belles were coming to town, I bought two tickets and I suddenly had myself a date! She’s the same girl who went to Halestorm/In This Moment/New Year’s Day with me.

My day started with difficulty because of a new element of chaos introduced at my day job - if nothing else inspires me to push to get my novel published this year, this haphazard form of idiotic management will - but things immediately got better when I got off work: while impatiently waiting in line to pay for parking so I could get my car, I ran into my favorite fragrances specialist from Nordstrom, a high class U.S. department store. I figured I was just another customer to her - not so! I was so flattered (and a bit turned on) to learn that she not only remembered me, but was missing me and wanted me to come see her. She’s so GORGEOUS, and a lesbian like me, so my heart started beating just a little bit faster for the rest of the night!

I rushed home and fed my cat, put on my fave fishnet bodysuit and squeezed into my schoolgirl plaid dress, hastily added some evening makeup accents and rushed to get to the venue. I only live 1.25 miles away, but I didn’t have time to walk, and my date needed a ride home afterwards.

When I arrived, my girlfriend was waiting just inside the entrance for me, about 20 feet from the stage, and I got to see the opening band (who were not properly advertised), Elephant Gun Riot, finish a rousing cover of Iron Maiden’s “Run To The Hills.”

The place was packed, there were very limited assigned seats, and my girlfriend is a lot shorter than me, so I used my knowledge of my experience during the Nightwish show to find us a good spot on the upstairs balcony where we had a great view and the acoustics were perfect!

We got to see the girls perform “Hell’s Bells,” “Highway to Hell,” “Thunderstruck,” “Rock ‘n Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution,” and then my girlfriend let me know she had to leave early because she had to get home to take care of her little one - and she had to work the next day. Reluctantly, we both headed downstairs toward the exit when the band started to play “Dirty Deeds.” Well, my girlfriend couldn’t tear herself away, so we got to see and hear that awesome tune from the 20 foot vantage point where I heard the opening band! Sweet!