Dear New Found Glory,

      Why are you so against me getting to actually see you in concert?  I am a very nice girl, and I shower pretty regularly (that's once a day in girl world).  I even do silly things like donate blood, give money to charity, and teach kids with severe special needs; a lot of people think things like I just listed are examples of good karma.

      And  yet... and yet, I still have not seen you in concert since I was about a freshman or sophomore in high school (age 15 max...I'm now 24).  I wasn't even a fan of yours back then; I knew a few songs, but I saw you guys play because you were opening for other bands (hell, I spent most of one of the shows just wishing Ian would put a friggin' shirt on!) I actually wanted to see.  I've only  really been listening to your music since about October of 2007.  I think I've made up for lost time in the fan department, because I've let you guys creep up into my top 5 these last 2  years, but I still haven't gotten to see you play your music.

      There was that botched show last September, where I had to leave at 10 to make the last train home at 12:30 (I FUCKING HATE NEW JERSEY STILL, BTW), and when I was still standing there at 10:15, my friend pissed at me because she swore we'd miss the train (we didn't), you still hadn't taken the stage.  Not even one damn note.  I got to see ISHC, and you picked great opening acts, but...too numerous.

      And you KICKED ASS at the Bamboozle, where you played Green Day proud, but of course, I couldn't go on Saturday when you were playing yourselves.

      And now, you're going on tour with Dashboard, DASHBOARD, another act I've been waiting to see since I was 14...and every damn show that in theory I could get to... I can't get to.  Why aren't any of the shows that I could conceivably drive to (or hell, I'd fly to Chicago or someplace else I wanna go anyway) on Saturday nights?  Or even shows more local to me on Friday nights?  I realize I'm probably gonna have to go alone because I don't know anyone here.  Fine.  I'll be that girl.

      ....but give me a chance to fucking GO.

      Incredibly Frustrated,
             Emily