I'm going to K-Con 2013!
This morning, I overheard a lady on the bus talking to her friend about her sister. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I tweeted what she said:
LOL. It certainly felt like she was talking about me. My spending habits are like that. I don't shop (and actually buy something) all that often but when I do, they're usually big ticket items. And "$1000 on a concert"? Erm... ㅋㅋㅋ... and I went twice. ;-) So you see how that quote affected me so much? XD
I went through my day, thinking of other things... one of which is K-Pop. I remembered someone telling me that G-Dragon is coming to LA this November. I wanted to follow up on that so that I can prepare. A string of GD songs played in a row on my phone -- One of A Kind, Heartbreaker, 악몽, and an f(x) song, 좋아해도 되나요.
My good friend Catherine replied to my earlier tweet and this is one of my replies to her:
And it's true. I didn't even use them at The Package Tour. *shrugs* I mean, I even have a dedicated post about those glow sticks but I didn't use any of them. I never really got around to posting about the November 3 concert so there were no updates about them haha.
Anyway, it was rather interesting at work today. I didn't think much about anything else until a post on my FB wall reminded me that another artist will be introduced to the K-Con 2013 lineup today at 4PM. I was still playing around with the idea of going to K-Con. It's going to be in LA and the cheaper tickets weren't that bad. But out of the current lineup, I was only interested in f(x). I was waiting to see if there's any other reason to go.
Oh boy, was I in for a surprise.
G-DRAGON. 지드래곤.권지용.
I did NOT expect that. I may have said before that I will go to anything K-Pop of there's a YG representative attending. I skipped that Korean cultural thing at the Hollywood Bowl some months ago because frankly, I didn't know any of the performers. Literally, I would've gone if Lee Hi was there. The same with K-Con, although I still considered going for the possible freebies. I never expected that out of all the YG talents, G-Dragon will make the trip. He is more than enough reason to go.
The instant I found out that GD is going to be there, I went straight to Ticketmaster - using my work computer, no less - and snatched up the best ticket available. Like with the ALIVE Tour, I didn't care how much it cost just as long as I get a decent ticket. At first, I got Tier 4, the $130 ones. They're not bad but something told me to hit refresh and go at it again. And I did. I ended up with VIP2.
It's those areas colored in Cyan. Looks like my ticket is another one of those first come-first serve kind of thing, just like with VIP at the Alive Tour. Sigh. #flyingsolokpopfanproblems Want to remedy that? Who has the same tickets as me? I need someone to squee with! (Come to think of it, I might be better off with those seated VIP2 tickets. Hmm... idek. I survived the last time, I will survive this one!)
And to think I wanted to get the cheapest tickets back when they first released them. Oh man. My hands were cold and clammy those few minutes after my purchase. I always get that after a big purchase. Hehehe, my friend says it's buyer's adrenaline. But I attribute it to being able to see GD live again. Y'all know how much I fangirl'd over GD. Looks like I'm gonna have to bust out one of my light sticks.
I have one month to familiarize myself with the other artists in the lineup. I mean, I'm pretty familiar with them anyway. But I guess this is a good reason to further check out what they got.
I cannot believe the chain of events that led to my impulse buying. I started off the day thinking of GD, and then the playlist, and that quote. OMG. Does ESP run in the family? Because my mom always has good vibes... maybe I do too?
Looks like I may still use those glow sticks after all. ;-)
