sdrawroF
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Joined: 04/27/08
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Trent,
I would like to personally thank you for giving me the amazing experience that was LITS at Tulsa on 11.22.08
I have to say that it was my 1st NIN concert after following you guys for so long. That concert is very near and dear to me because it was the first really good bonding experience my [step]father and I have ever had. I never met my real "dad" and my father and i never really connect on much. We were so distant that I hardly even told him I loved him and vice versa. But he got me into NIN. And i've been listening since the Fragile era. My dad has followed you since the days that "Down In It" was being investigated by police.
So, for a birthday present I decided it would be fun to take him to see the show in Tulsa. Well, at first, he didn't want to go and I accepted that and walked on. Or so HE thought. For some odd reason, it really struck a chord with me and I went home and cried about it for a while. He eventually called me and said he would go and I was ecstatic.
Well, we got to the concert and I thought it was gonna be an awkward experience since we never really got too close. I paid over $100 on merch for me, him and a close friend of mine. I handed him what I bought him and he seemed pleasantly surprised. Well, we got to our seats and you guys took the stage and I went nuts and noticed he wasn't gettin into it... Until March Of The Pigs. He and I were thrashing about, singing the songs at the top of our lungs etc.
After it was all said and done we reflected on the amazing show all the way home (which is about a 2 hour drive mind you). Well, over the next few days, I grew to feel a great connection with dad and apparently he felt the same. So I asked him if it was the best concert he ever went to cause it was for me. He of course said that it was. ot only because of all the effects, but also because he had his son with him. I was so happy to hear this, I literally cried on the spot and told him I loved him.
He invited me to go eating, shooting, fishing, play pool, etc the following week. And that is very rare of him. But I noticed, any time we went somewhere public, he would wear his NIN that I bought him. He even wears it to bed almost every night now. But the best thing about it all is that the concert made me connect with him and grow up when it comes to him. So, I got the idea to make him a DVD of the concert. It took me 6 hours a day for a week to do it, but I finally got it done with the co-operation of fellow NIN fans that went to the show.
Just no that no matter what you do, my father and I will be behind you 100% for all you've done for both of us! THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2008 11:40PM by sdrawroF.
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