Early week 6 Post! Stellastarr* show!

\\::Stellastarr* show :://

I arrived at the venue, the Highline Ballroom about 6:30. It's a great venue. Mid-sized, with bars on either side and space to sit down and eat dinner on the floor and balcony. Arthur, the drummer of Stella found me and showed me around the merch, then brought me upstairs to the greenroom. They had some great food so I munched on some pita bread and celery, but I always feel awkward eating in front of people like that (even though I was starving). A member of the other band asked if I would sell their merch and they'd "take care of me" at the end of the night. I originally wasn't going to, but assertive Emily was hiding, and pushover Emily couldn't say no when the guy was telling her how to sell their merch.


Eddie from ILG was there and I talked to him about their internship program. I may try working there in the Spring. I'd be an actually New Media or Graphics intern, which would be great!

Selling merch in my little corner was hot. and boring. And I actually felt sick for a lot of it because of the heat. Arthur was really nice though, and checked on me about 5 times before they played, asking if I needed anything. I met a lot of nice fans and it was cool having a tour pass and waving that around to get into the venue and the green room.

When Johnny got there I gave him his pass right away before he got to the guestlist woman and he said "wow I'm impressed!" Love hearing stuff like that...even if it was for something really easy :-P

At the end of the show the merch rush wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be. Their tour manager said everything added up so I was super excited about that. I met two people who came from Mexico City to see the band and they were SUPER nice so I told Lauren to get Arthur.. then he brought them upstairs to meet the rest of the band. HOW. COOL! I was really happy for them. I went to the greenroom after everything was cleaned up and hung out with everyone. Min, Lauren, and Johnny were there so we were all talking.. Min shared some of his interning experiences so that was funny hah. Everyone was really chill and it was definitely nice to hang out with everyone after working in that hot mess of a merch table all night. I got invited to the after party but I figured my 30 minutes or so of mingling was enough...still felt pretty crappy afteer being in the heat so I headed out after that.

What I've learned so far (especially after the concert):
I still don't know what I want to do for a living.

I really love doing graphic design, and being creative. I just don't know if I want to freelance my whole life. I think I really want a permanant job. Something my professor said to me once really stuck in my mind. He said it after we were talking about the Fine Arts show that I helped organize and run. He said, "You're an Ok designer, but you're a great organizer. I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years you were president of something or running something."

I actually took it as a compliment. I know I have a lot to learn as a designer. But I've always had a natural knack for running and organizing things. Some of my proudest moment's were running HAGA's career night and the Vagina Monologues and the Sex Toy Raffle. So who knows.. maybe I can get a job in the music industry. The fact that there are like no women involved in that industry makes me want to get into it to proove there is a girl that can do it. ME. hah. Who knows...

What I do know:
I want to be around music, and I want to be in New York.
This is me + music :)