Adventures at a Jamily Gathering :: Personal Narrative Writing

Adventures at a Jamily GatheringThis is a little ridiculous, my br different sneers, shivering. Its tercet oclock in the afternoon, 30 degrees and dropping were near 40 people from the entrance gate, and the design doesnt start until 730 pm. At this point, Id have to agree with him. This concert is the last to be held this year at the Alpine Valley Amphitheater, and in truth soby the time Pearl Jam takes the stage, the temperatures dropped to 15 degrees, and the band walk out doused heavily with stocking caps and scarves, and Eddie Vedder, the bands frontman, welcomes the audition to The Ice Bowl. The crowd erupts in a roar that is part diddly-squat straight and part, Yeah, and your asses have been sitting cozy in the tour coach-and-four all afternoon Wait, maybe that last part was just meThis is my tercet time seeing Pearl Jam in concert since I discovered the band in 1994, and though I am suave dedicated rich to endure the cold in order to hold back a decent spot on the general admission hill, my rapture for the band and its music has waned a bit since my first show. As I wander up and down the line of fans waiting somewhat patiently to be admitted into the amphitheater, I see myself circa 1995 in several of the people I meet their fierce protectiveness of the band, suspicion of half-assed fans, and the competitive nature of their devotion arent foreign to me. The Jamily is strictly members only, and the fans that comprise Pearl Jam family will permit you know quickly if youre in or out.Thanks to my obsessive-pursuit-of-Pearl-Jam-related-information figure, I was able to get most of the hardcore fans to trust my credentials enough to talk to me about their fandombut it wasnt always easy. Some of the fans motion of me was much more thorough than mine of them. I was assaulted with a mannikin of questions covering everything from the distance Id traveled to see a Pearl Jam concert, how many shows Id been to, the duration of my fanhood, a nd intricate facts I was able to recognize about the band. Usually, I passed these credibility tests with agile colors I think I may have nonetheless made a few people nervous. This resulted in the initiation of phase two in which the fan asserts the superiority of his/her fandom over that of any other living being.