Run-on sentences are the best way to express the vitality of a concert.

It was Kat's first real concert, and the opening band was The Like (dumb name, good band, kinda reminded me of Sleater-Kinney for a couple songs), and Muse was fantastic, and the lead singer is so pretty, and his voice makes me writhe in happiness, and I was the only chick moshing, and this dude who was crowdsurfing fell on my head, and it hurt a lot, and I got all the way up to the barrier at the front, and they threw down these huge balloons with confetti inside, and I was so sticky with sweat that a piece of confetti stuck to my cheek for about three minutes, and my hands were trapped in between people so I couldn't pull it off, and they pulled out a piano for "Apocalypse Please," and I emerged from the concert absolutely soaking wet with sweat all over, and the band didn't come out afterward, but that's okay because I had a great time anyway.

I think the thing I like most about concerts is the complete lack of personal space. I'm a physical person, and while I'm better at respecting boundaries than I used to be, it's awfully nice to throw it all out for a few hours and just crush against the bodies. There's a lot of the whole "go with the flow" thing there, too; I love the feeling I get when the crowd is moving back and forth all together. Sometimes I'm part of the group pushing and I feel the power of the whole crowd going with me, and sometimes I'm being pushed and there's nothing I can do about it except let go and allow myself to move. I love it.

I was IMing Karel (lord_karel, as of two minutes ago) about concerts and realized that I've been to quite a few of them, considering my age: They Might Be Giants, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (though I didn't actually get to stay for the headliners), Death Cab for Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, Ben Folds, MSI, and Harry and the Potters twice. Damn, does my life rock. Most of them were cheap, too, or at least I didn't have to pay for them.