Where’s Mars Girl?

This photo turned up on Twitter (and then later to my appreciation thread on the forum when a friend identified me). I remember there were some people in Moncton taking pictures from the stage and I just followed the lead to wave at the camera (and I was just so damned happy anyway). Can you [...]

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Moncton in 48 Hours

Every great adventure starts with one crazy idea. As I drove home from Pittsburgh, I thought: I should see about going to Moncton. U2′s final 360 show: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. In the Atlantic Time Zone. Above Maine. 20 hours drive from Ohio. This was not really a newly inspired thought; no, I’d actually entertained [...]

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The Steel City

Pittsburgh. Originally—like back in October 2010 when I bought the tickets using my online code from U2.com—it was to be my first GA experience ever. By now, you know how this story goes…. When July 26th finally rolled around, I was a seasoned GA veteran who knew the whole rigamarole. In fact, Pittsburgh was the [...]

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In New York…

…freedom looks like too many choices… – U2, “New York” Sometime after my plans for Philadelphia had been set, I decided that I wanted to go see Spider-man Turn Off The Dark since I would be so close–probably closer than I’ve ever been or will be for awhile–to New York City. At the time, the [...]

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In the City of Brotherly Love

After going through some disappointment following the Nashville show (because of the overwhelming thirst that knocked me out of the moment), I went into Philly with mixed feelings of trepidation. I was afraid my spot in E. Lansing had ruined all shows for me, I feared I’d lost the ability to get into the moment, [...]

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Running down a dream…

After Nashville, I decided to take a side trip to Chicago with my friends Shawn and Kristy who were going to be attending the Chicago show on July 5th. The plan was to stay at the hotel in Chicago at which U2 is notoriously known to stay when they are in town. It’s quite pricey, [...]

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If you can’t take the heat….

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Nashville held many surprises for us U2ers; it was hotter than hell and nearly impossible to not to think about how thirsty you were. The GA line was tense from the get-go as a group of line cutters ruined the whole mood of [...]

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Found My G-Spot

E. Lansing was the original U2 show I was supposed to see back in 2009 when I bought tickets in the seats for me and my ex-boyfriend as a Christmas present. I actually really didn’t even know about GA back then and I was pretty certain that whatever nosebleed tickets I had would be mighty [...]

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Once you’ve had GA….

It all began with a sermon I wrote for my church in October of last year. I’d always been a U2 fan, but somewhere amidst all that research to write the sermon as I took a deep look at the reasons why U2 music appealed to me, I fell in love with my favorite band [...]

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U2 Wish on atU2.com

The answer I submitted to atU2.com’s question of the month (click link) got posted!! I’m pretty happy, especially since I’ve been in a rather depressed mood lately and haven’t done much writing (thus all the sudden blog entries). I didn’t get the news position I was hoping for from them (and, honestly, the article I [...]

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