Personal Essay: rough draft

I woke up early in the morning to find that the weather was perfect, the sun was shining and the sky was crystal clear. I called up my friends and made sure they knew to meet up over my neighbors house at noon. We had bought the tickets months in advance and already had an outline of what we wanted to do. Our list includes: a table, portable gas grill, hamburgers and hot dogs, ping pong balls, chips, bread, cups, ice, and last but not least beer. We quickly began to pack everything into Kyles SUV and set out to Mansfield. My neighbor Doug, along with Doug's brother, Kyle, and Dan were all friends from high school, and had always talked about planning a trip for a long time. It was about a forty minute drive until we arrived at our destination: The Tweeter Center. We showed up a few hours early so we could have plenty of time to find a good parking spot (which doesn't really matter, because everyone gets stuck in traffic at the end of the night) but most importantly to pregame. This was our first concert where me and my friends were actually the legal drinking age, so the first thing we do is set up the beer pong table. We placed the grill on the ground next to the cooler, as Kyle played music with is windows down and trunk door open. As people started to show up and park around us, it was becoming more and more like a party. Beer costing close to $10 at the show, its definitely important to get a good buzz on (without going overboard) before the show starts. We party for about 2-3 hours and decide to skip the first couple of opening performances. As we leave the parking lot, it looked like a hurricane just hit; half eaten burgers, chips all over the place, flattened beer cans and broken plastic cups were scattered everywhere. We get to the gate and this is it: Family Values Tour 2007! We make it past security and make our way to our seats... Unfortunately somebody who drank too much found them first and covered them with vomit! Doug went and got a security officer to complain; the officer ends up bringing us to a VIP booth with a waitress about 100 feet closer to the stage than our original seats. This was like a dream come true! We jam out to Atreyu and Evanescence for about an hour or so until the headliner starts. As soon as Korn took stage the whole arena exploded! Me and my friend Dan took a walk up to the grass section and saw the biggest mosh pit either one of us had ever seen, with a 7 ft giant walking through it tossing people up, down, left, and right! Wanting no part of that, we went back to out seats and joined our friends for the rest of the show. Til this day after seeing about 20 shows; The Family Values Tour stands as my favorite concert of all time.

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