Hey guys, what's going on? My name is Amy Amore
and you're listening to Confessions of a Former
Call Girl. How's everybody been doing? I cannot
believe it's November already and I was in Walmart
maybe two weeks ago and it was before Halloween
so they were already putting up Christmas decorations.
I'm like it's it's not even Like, we haven't
had Halloween yet and Thanksgiving. You guys
are already putting up Christmas decor. What
the hell? And it seems like in America, it's
earlier and earlier they're putting decorations.
I'm like, do you have to do this? Who's making
you do this? Mariah Carey hasn't even been defrosted
yet to do the... Don't want no love. Yeah. Anyways,
you know which song I'm talking about. She sings
it every year and she made an inside joke. Yeah.
And I love it. She's making fun of it. But yeah.
Anyways, yeah. November. But yeah, I've been
I've been wanting to because it's getting closer
to Christmas. Like I started planning to do something
on Christmas. because at home we don't really
celebrate it anymore for some reason. I don't
know. I have to ask my mom about that. So I started
traveling for Christmas, even though it's expensive,
which is why I freak out when I'm like, ah, I
need to go somewhere and spend Christmas and
New Year's somewhere else where I'm at now. But
yeah, I hope you guys are not... I hope you guys
are excited for Christmas, even though I know
Christmas is not the same as it used to be back
in like the 90s and 80s and 2000s, like early
2000s. But, you know, because it's all about
consumers and capitalism and yada yada, smart
stuff, smart words that I can't think about,
but you guys get what I mean. But still, you
know, Christmas, I... I really want to feel Christmas
spirit and because I haven't felt it in quite
a while I feel like there's no Christmas spirit
if there isn't Christmas music going on family
is not together and if there is no snow I need
snow I want snow I want it now even if it's not
cold yet but I want it but um yeah so I was actually
going to talk about this festival I went to recently
it's it's called when we were young festival
it's a festival of alternative rock punk music
and i forgot no okay what happened was i reserved
tickets literally a year ago um after i think
it was first of november a year ago so first
on the first of november in 2024 and I was on
the wait list, and I paid for the tickets, I
paid for the VIP pass. Like, I have to get VIP,
because Panic! at the Disco were the main guy,
the main act. and i'm like oh my god it's 20
years of fever you can sweat out anniversary
it's a a fever if you a fever that you can't
sweat out it's a it's the name of their very
first album it's got cool cover and it's very
burlesque very rock and jazz and i i don't even
know how to explain it but it's you should listen
to it like you should listen to panic at the
disco but not recent hits because recent hits
are kind of like I don't know. I didn't really
like it. I did not really like Viva Las Vengeance,
their latest album. Not very me, but their earlier
albums are really good. So, yeah, if you're a
Pentecostal fan, we can be friends. I don't care
what your background is, like, we can be friends
because it's such a cool band. they changed me
their songs changed me like literally but um
yeah i love them they're great so anyways i got
the tickets a year ago and i don't know how i
mixed up this festival with warped tour which
is different name different bands on it but it's
still the same type of music so what happened
was i Because, like, you get wristbands. So,
because I pre -ordered it, the ticket, the VIP
ticket, and the wristbands came in the mail two
weeks prior to the festival. So, when it came
in, it stated 10 -19, which is October 10th.
And I'm like, wait a minute, that's five days
from now. Wait a minute, huh? What's happening?
And it was like, yeah. And I'm like, oh, my God.
Please tell me the festival is not in five days.
I don't have a plane ticket. I don't have hotel
booked. Like, I have, like, I am not prepared.
I forgot about it. I forgot that it was going
to be in October. And, I mean, of course, and
there's, like, I got emails and everything, but
for some reason just popped out of my head, you
know, with everything going on and my personal
life and professional, yada, yada. Yeah, so...
So basically what happened, I had to spend 80
,000 of my miles, which is a lot. Yeah, pretty
much most of my miles. I think I have like 22
,000 left, which is not a lot, but still. And
then 80 ,000 miles, I had to book a hotel. I
booked a hotel, but it looked like a motel, but
it was the cheapest one. I think it was like
$92 a night. It was kind of in the ghetto area.
But it was 30 minutes away from the festival.
And I ended up walking to the festival. Because
Uber apparently like... Okay, I guess I'll jump
to that later. So, yeah, pretty much a lot of
my money went into it. And, I mean, I guess...
Okay, the ticket technically was free. Because
I only paid with my miles. But still, that pissed
me off so much. I'm like... And they are so stupid.
Like, the stupid rules. I hate the rules. Generally,
I hate the rules. It's like they are there to
control you. But because it was almost $800 ticket,
they said no refunds. And I'm like, damn, do
I really want to miss Panic! at the Disco when
possibly all of them, all of the original members
are going to be there? Do I really want to miss
out all the fun because if I stay home And I
was supposed to stay home because it was housekeeping
or not housekeeping I mean I did some housekeeping,
but I was yeah anyways how sitting there we go
And I do I really want to miss all the fun, but
at the same time I wanted to stay home But if
I would have stayed home, I would have regretted
Going to the I would have regretted not going
to the festival so what happened was yeah like
about the ticket anyways And, yeah, I'm like,
okay, I guess I'm flying there. So, basically,
yeah, like, the same day I had to get a plane
ticket around the way. Like, I was literally
in Vegas for two days. That's it. Sorry, no,
it was okay. It was two evenings. I guess it
was almost two days, which is very short time
just for the festival. But I think I'm going
to make part two about this because I have so
much to tell you guys. Yeah, I ended up flying
there and Uber from the airport was $60. It was
a 30 -minute drive of $60. Thankfully, I had
some Uber points saved up. Somehow, I have no
idea how, but somehow I did. That saved me $15,
which is something. But when I... Vegas airport
was confusing to me because it was a long flight,
it was a long day. I arrived maybe like 7 o 'clock
in the evening and I started seeing more of my
people. You know, alternative girls, goths, punks.
emos uh i mean you can spot them easily it's
colored hair maybe piercings definitely tattoos
uh colorful clothes sometimes they're wearing
all black and most of it are band logos i'm like
okay i need to head where they are heading follow
the people follow the crowd uh so i did and uh
yeah like it okay so at the airport there's uber
waiting just for ubers lifts and taxis and you
go to the building you wait there and they have
those zones it's like zone a but everybody has
to wait in the waiting area until your zone is
called so that that was like a first one for
me so even though i do travel but that was like
first one so but yeah vegas airport was pretty
busy especially with this festival from what
i've heard all of the hotels were booked and
some of them were overbooked and i'm like ah
i booked just in time yay and and for for a good
price um because most of the hotels near the
festival were at least 130 dollars a night 130
dollars ridiculous i couldn't even use my choice
points choice hotel points um yeah because there
was a hotel but it was an hour away like darn
it um but yeah anyways i arrived at my hotel
um checked in kind of fast ish but but okay when
i arrived at the hotel they had they gave me
all these ridiculous fees not taxes but fees
it's like oh yeah there's a fee for wi -fi i'm
like but i paid for the room And they were saying,
yeah, you paid for the room, but Wi -Fi is extra,
even though it's free. I'm like, that does not
make any sense. What I did after I came back
home, I pretty much counted it as fraud. And
I'm pretty sure, I think I just got my money
back. So, yeah, yeah. Thunderbird Hotel is what
it's called in Vegas do not go there because
they will charge you ridiculous fees so yes ha
ha ha yeah okay so then yeah and I was so excited
I could barely sleep so I had to take melatonin
and I started taking melatonin very lately and
it knocks me out and I love it but it makes me
Sleep until 8 in the morning sometimes 9, which
is late for me I'm like, it's 9 in the afternoon
and my eyes are the size of the moon It's actually
one of the panic at the disco songs lyrics. So
yeah Easter egg Yeah So I woke up I started getting
ready. I'm like, okay 1 p .m Boys and boys and
girls band is performing. I'm like I have to
go see them I didn't get to see them because
I was late. Because of all the lines and photo
ops. And I met a girl. And she's cool. We're
friends now. I actually made a friend at my first
ever music festival. So that was awesome. And
I will talk more to you guys about this festival
in the next episode. Stay tuned. My name is Emi
Amore. And thank you for joining in today. I'll
talk to you guys next time