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Last night I saw Children of Bodom for the second time, and I can hardly believe that the experience was better than the first. Before the doors opened, I told Robbie that my two wishes for the evening were that Children of Bodom would play "Bed of Razors" and that I could somehow get my bra to Janne for his keyboard. Little did I know, all that would happen and more. Some of you may remember this post from my old journal, where I first hung out with Matt from High on Fire, Job for a Cowboy, Janne, and Henkka from C.O.B.

Here’s the shortened version of what went down last night:

Much to my dismay, Robbie found me right away because there were only a few other people waiting for the doors to open. However, this turned out to be in my favor since he saved me from falling in the pit. I also saw this weird kid I knew from high school.
They opened to doors half an hour late, and even though I was standing at the front, they opened the other side, but I still ran and made it to the second row and center stage.
After the show, we waited outside by the buses. I took Robbie's picture with two guys from Between the Buried and Me, but he had to leave before anyone from C.O.B appeared. First Henkka and Jaska came out, and I got my picture taken with them.
Then Alexi came out for only two minutes, and I didn't have time to get his autograph or a picture.
When almost everyone was gone, I called my mom to pick me up as the buses weren't running anymore. After I got off the phone, I realized Janne was standing in front of me. I went over to talk to him, and he said he recognized me in the crowd during the show. I ended up giving him my bra, which will be featured in the front of the collection on his keyboard stand at tonight's show in Columbus, Ohio. Then he invited me on the bus.
I was extremely freaked out, sitting next to Janne, across from Roope and his girlfriend, and one down from Alexi, nonetheless drinking their beer. It was very interesting that in addition to the roadies, Janne and Roope's girlfriend also speak German. We all sat around and talked, and Janne, Roope, and Alexi shared tour stories and some from their childhood in Finland.
At 1:30 AM, I had to leave because the tour buses were also leaving. Hopefully next time we'll have more time to hang out!

And here's everything anyone would want to know about the gig and what the guys from Children of Bodom are like offstage:

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Pictures of the show will be added once they appear on The Rave's site. Hopefully I'll also be able to find some pics featuring my bra from tonight's show as well.

ETA: Pictures have been added!

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I’ve outdone myself again! Not only was Wednesday night’s concert the best I’ve ever attended; it was also the best day of my life so far. My roommate Nicole and I went to Gigantour at The Rave, and she wanted to see Job for a Cowboy while I was dying to see Children of Bodom and also kind of wanted to see In Flames and Megadeth.

For those of you who don’t want to read all the minute details I need to document to preserve this wonderful memory, here’s the basic rundown of what happened:

- I met an awesome guy from Lake Geneva named Robbie who is potential boyfriend material, which is saying a lot because I’m kind of picky.
- Roope Latvala from C.O.B. and Stone walked behind me in the ballroom to get backstage, and Robbie chased after him and met him.
- The pit was really intense, but I stuck it out until after Bodom played. Robbie and I arranged to meet outside the doors after the show was over.
- We left after Children of Bodom played and stalked the buses in hopes of meeting some of the bands when they came out.
- Matt from High on Fire invited us on Job for a Cowboy’s bus, where we partied with him and all of JFAC for six hours. I only had a Jaegerbomb, but I was totally giddy and zoned out for half an hour before I could focus my eyes again. JFAC’s drummer was so nice and waited on me, mixing a drink and bringing me water while I sat on their couch. Nicole got totally wasted and reached groupie status with a certain member of JFAC.
- I met a guy from In Flames’ crew and another from C.O.B.’s crew because they are Germans and wanted to speak German with me.
- While I was talking to the Germans, Roope was behind me signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. I went on the bus to get my camera, and tried to chase Roope down, but he left and went back onto Bodom’s bus. There I met up with Robbie again.
- At midnight, JFAC’s manager got Janne Warman, the keyboardist from C.O.B. and Warmen, to come and hang out with me for an hour and a half. Nicole made me sit by him, and I was pretty much freaking out the entire time, but luckily I didn’t go into obsessive fan mode on him.
- Before they all had to leave for Omaha, Henkka and Jaska from C.O.B. came on the bus, and I got to meet them.
- Once we all got kicked off the bus, I finally met Roope in the parking lot.

There’s only one picture because I didn’t want to annoy any of the guys, so here’s Janne and I.

I’m not bummed out anymore that I didn’t buy a $275 meet and greet pass because I got so much more than that for free. I wish I would have been able to meet Alexi, but people from the other bands said that he doesn’t care too much about meeting his fans, which is really disappointing because he’s a huge musical inspiration for me.

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