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Uk pots advice

I have recently been diagnosed with pots and I had to google everything because my “specialist” didn’t even want to offer me the tilt table test but I pushed for it (even though I knew it would be hell) and she finally diagnosed me with pots and all she said was “it’s probably most likely pots, use the POTS website for any help” and then basically shoved me out of the room. Obviously it’s a busy hospital but I’ve waited so long to figure out what’s wrong with me and then finally figured it out myself and then pushed for so many years for a diagnosis. Anyway.

I have finally got the diagnosis but what are some things that I can apply for or have as extra help?

I have briefly read about PIP but I am working full time (I had to google to see if you were allowed to claim pip if you worked and you can apparently) I know you can apply for an access card, I love music and concerts but sometimes have to pay for a standing ticket because I go alone and you can never get 1 singular ticket on its own. So having that would be good so I can buy a seated ticket. But what else is there that I’d be able to apply for? Can you guys let me know. And what are some reasonable accommodations I could ask for at work? I work in a supermarket and it’s pretty full on sometimes. Other days I’m sat on till for most of the shift. But other days I’m here there and everywhere.

And can you give me any other useful resources? I try to go on TikTok to see what people say about living with pots and some advice but for the most part I do all of it already: drink water, eat salt, go slow, pace yourself, plan your day, sleep early (I struggle so badly with sleep. It’s currently 4:20am writing this) compression (if anyone has any good middle compression, like stomach compression I’m all ears. I don’t know what would be best) electrolytes (so expensive 😭) salt tablets (still not sure what they are I, I need to do a dive into those. Because some say they’re chewy?idk 😂)

Any help, tips and tricks, advice would be awesome! Thank you!!

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u/H-kelly-2002 — 2 days ago

Photocard order

Hello everyone! I have a brain like a sieve and am trying to organise my photocards. I only have 1 of the photocard templates so I have no idea what else there is. I know there’s the heat and heat and the LOL racer photocards.

But what else is there and what is what? 😂

I had my photocards In the order (roughly)

Mgb, fancon, mesmerizing, guinzly photocards. LOL racer and then I have a bunch of other ones that I need to try and slot in. But I’m confusing myself 😂🙈 is there an updated photocard template that anyone knows of?

On the last slide I’ve circled the ones I need help with 😂🙈

I know that the mgb ones are on the left and the fan con ones are on the right but the ones mixed in I don’t get where they go 😂😭

Thank you in advance! 🙏

u/H-kelly-2002 — 3 days ago

All points east outfit help

Hi all! I am in need of some ideas for what to wear for all points east. I’ve only ever been to download as like a day festival type thing. And bst. But bst only had a few groups on.

I went to see twenty one pilots in Birmingham last year on the 6th May. I loved it so much it was such a great experience. I have loved them since blurryface so it was amazing to see them and when I saw that they were coming back to the Uk I thought I HAD to get a 🎟️ . So I am going alone, but I don’t know what the vibe is. Are we all dressing up? Is it a more casual thing? I’ve added some photos of what I wore last year

u/H-kelly-2002 — 12 days ago
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Just diagnosed

Hello everyone! I am freshly diagnosed with POTS after suffering for over half of my life not knowing what it is, from around age 11-12 and then for the past 5-6 years pushing that this is what I thought I had.

After waiting for over a year to be seen by a specialist, I was given breathing exercises, I was told to have a blood test to check my cortisol levels and was referred for a tilt table test.

I knew that the breathing exercises probably wouldn’t do much. And then I ended up having the blood test, passing out from that and it being a whole ordeal, only for that to come back as normal levels (I hate blood tests and needles in general. I always pass out every time I have an injection or blood test) and so I went for my tilt table test on Thursday, waited it out for the full 40 minutes and then they did the spray under the tongue and oh my god. I knew it was awful being stood up for that long, but the spray. Jesus Christ. Full on palpitations, it felt like I was gonna die. It was bad up to that point, to the point where I wanted to cry but I stuck it out because I thought if I stuck it out I’d be more symptomatic. I could have tapped out though.

In the end the lady said I had symptoms at the start and they sort of levelled out a little near the 30 minute mark and then I ended up having the spray and I fully reacted to that. So they diagnosed me with POTS.

I have been trying to help myself by giving myself grace with everything that I do for years now, but now that I have a diagnosis I don’t really know what’s out there for me. I do things like drink lots of water, try not to stand for too long, make sure I know my limits (even before I knew what POTS was, when I was at secondary school I knew what I could and couldn’t so. For years they fobbed it off as low iron)

But now that I know what it is, are there any tips and tricks that you have all found that help? I know that some say compressions socks but I was thinking about getting a stomach/ abdominal compression type thing.

Like I say, for the most part I know what’s what.

But I know you need compression.

Are there any things that I can apply for or have as help, like at work or for every day life? I am uk based. I know you can get badges for public transport, but are there any other helpful things that I can now have put in place for extra support? And also, as someone who suffers with headaches and migraines, are there things that have helped you? Because I can’t keep taking ibuprofen all the while.

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u/H-kelly-2002 — 19 days ago

Looking for a pattern that is similar to this please

I am looking for a pattern that is similar to this and free if possible. A friend has just sent it to me and has asked if I can make it for them.

I would know how to do this roughly if it was just 1 colour but because of the colour changes I don’t really know dimensions for it.

And also, does anyone know what this stitch is called???

If you know of anything similar to this please let me know. Thank you

u/H-kelly-2002 — 27 days ago

iPad update issues

I am trying to update my iPad because it’s still on ipadOS 15 and every time I try to update to IpadOS 18 it says “software update failed. An error occurred downloading iPadOS 18.7.8.

I have the IPad Air 5th generation. I got it a few years ago.

I have tried turning my iPad off and on again.

I have tried to do it while my iPad is charging. I have deleted pretty much everything because I thought it wouldn’t do it because of storage but that doesn’t seem to be the case, so I guess I’m just at a bit of a loss really? I don’t really know what it won’t update.

It pops up saying error regardless of what I do when I try to update to 18.

If anyone knows what could potentially help or what I’m doing wrong? Please let me know. I’m trying not to update to 26 because I’ve heard some people say it’s buggy but also I don’t really like the look of it 😳

u/H-kelly-2002 — 1 month ago
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BST Hyde park Taemin pictures

Hi all, I went to BST Hyde park and took some photos on my camcorder and I just uploaded them to my phone and they look pretty decent. So here’s the unfiltered unedited pictures. I added my @ feel free to use any pictures, just please give me credit. That’s my @ for all socials.

I have been a fan of both Ateez and Taemin for many years (Taemin since 2017 and Ateez since debut) I saw them both separately last year for the first time since finding them! And then I saw them both together again at music bank last September so to see them a third time together at the same event 😅 they’re fated to be together.

They were both brilliant, he’s such a great performer. I hope to be able to see him again soon 🥰

u/H-kelly-2002 — 1 month ago

Help with fixing projector

Hi all. I bought this camera before I went on holiday and now it’s my go to concert camera. It is the HandyCam HDR-PJ200.

It takes really good videos and pictures. It even comes with a projector which is the whole reason why I bought the camcorder in the first place.

I bought it and tested it before I went on my holiday and there were these little specks that appeared on the projector. So I’m guessing there’s stuff trapped inside. I didn’t think much of it. But now every time I try to show people my concert videos, it ruins the overall vibe of everything.

So I was wondering is there a way to fix this and can I send it to a camera shop/specialist? Because I really want to restore it. It’s such a good camera/camcorder.

I have added some pictures to show that it’s not the lense itself. I wipe it all the time and it gets slightly dusty. But this is definitely on one of the mirrors or the lense inside of it unfortunately.

I have also added some photos I’ve taken so you can see that it’s definitely not the camera lense itself.

If anyone has any ideas if I can fix it myself or if there’s some form of specialist I can send it to for it to be fixed please let me know (I know nothing about cameras or camcorders. Just like the simplicity of point and shoot)

u/H-kelly-2002 — 1 month ago

DIY recommendations

Hi all. I am going to see bts on Monday and I have a red jacket I want to DIY and I also want to decorate/make something for my army bomb.

I want to try and open my army bomb to put stuff inside but it’s sealed shut. If I do somehow manage to get it open in any way, what could I put inside it? I want it to be like version 3.

So I was going to maybe try and crochet something for it instead. Can you guys give me your favourite covers for inspiration.

And then for the jacket it’s red and scuffed up a little. I want to maybe do patches so I can have it go with other outfits further down the line.

I only really have tomorrow to get this finished 😳😳😳 I always leave things till last minute but that’s usually when all of my ideas come to me 😳😂 any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

u/H-kelly-2002 — 2 months ago

DIY

Hi all. I am going to see bts on Monday and I have a red jacket I want to DIY and I also want to decorate/make something for my army bomb.

I want to try and open my army bomb to put stuff inside but it’s sealed shut. If I do somehow manage to get it open in any way, what could I put inside it? I want it to be like version 3.

So I was going to maybe try and crochet something for it instead. Can you guys give me your favourite covers for inspiration.

And then for the jacket it’s red and scuffed up a little. I want to maybe do patches so I can have it go with other outfits further down the line.

I only really have tomorrow to get this finished 😳😳😳 I always leave things till last minute but that’s usually when all of my ideas come to me 😳😂 any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

u/H-kelly-2002 — 2 months ago

Sony HandyCam HDR-PJ200

I got this camcorder at the start of the year off eBay and it works fine. The only issue is with the built in projector.

I bought it solely for this reason.

I went to show my parents my trip to Thailand and the footage coming out of the projector has these speckles on them which are either dust caught inside the projector or minor degrading inside the projector. The pictures are perfect when I transfer them onto my laptop and when I put the pictures onto my phone. But through the projector it’s covered in the speckles.

Is there any way of getting this fixed? Is there anywhere in the uk that I could send this to get looked at? I really want to be able to come home from trips and concerts and be able to show people through the projector as intended.

I have added some photos of what I’m working with when it’s played through the projector. It’s dust or something trapped inside like I say. But how can I get it fixed!?! 😂😭

u/H-kelly-2002 — 2 months ago

First download

As the title states this will be my first download. In my head I’m super excited but I’m also kind of nervous. I’m going on my own, hence the nerves 😂🙈

I’ve never been to a festival, well not of this size. I would say the only thing close to this is British Summer Time In Hyde park back in 2017 but I don’t remember much of it 😅 I remember the acts that performed. Don’t really remember much of the actual day though.

Anyway. I know that on the day I’m going it gives dry and potentially even warm weather (Saturday) however, thinking about it, with all the rain forecast and that we have had, the ground is gonna be muddy isn’t it. Will it be bad enough that I’ll need to come in wellies?? Or do I do walking shoes/boots?? Will just a pair of trainers be okay?

Also what’s the run down of things? I want to try and get to as many stages as I can, but I don’t know how far away everything will be.

Is everything close by? How much roughly will the food be? Can you bring food and drinks in with you for the day? Or are they pretty strict? And for bags I know it’ll be limited but would I get away with a drawstring bag do you think? Or is a sling bag/cross body bag best??

Please let me know of any tips, tricks, good to know general information etc.

Thank you in advance.

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u/H-kelly-2002 — 2 months ago

Concert outfit help

So. I am going to see Harry on the 17th on my own and was gonna go for this vibe. Because I can guarantee it’s probably gonna be hot. So I was thinking shorts, shirt, maybe jazz up the tie a little bit like everyone else has but maybe add patches to the shorts.

Add some fun little bits to the shirt as well. Vest underneath for modesty but an extra layer as well? But my question is, what shoes are we wearing!?! I used to wear Dr martens, but I’ve noticed that if I wear them for the whole day, because there’s no real support in them, I get shin splints and my hips hurt a bit the next day.

I can’t really wear many other trainers because I have really wide feet, so the gazelles aren’t going to really work I don’t think?

I can wear vans but I only have the black and white original ones. I used to have loads of different ones but I’ve grown a shoe size over the past few years annoyingly 😂😂😂 the last couple of pictures are of what I wear a lot these days. It also shows my top 2 rotated shoes. (Again, the black Dr martens look cool and were my concert shoes all of last year. But then I bought new vans and they’re so much better for daily wear. I could wear either though for this concert)

The picture of me towards the end that’s outlined is basically what I would wear for Harry. I wore that to 5SOS in March. Also, I crocheted the hat that’s randomly in there, if I made a slightly better one would that fit the theme do you think? Because my idea is, Harry concerts are like a party. And who doesn’t love a good party hat right!?!

I think it would be quite cool, but would it go???

u/H-kelly-2002 — 3 months ago

Supernatural?

Okay. So I just finished season 3 episode 22 and the girl named Kara is actually Jess from Supernatural! 😱 crazy. And then now I’m on season 4 episode 1 and tell me WHY IS DEAN WINCHESTER ON MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW 😂😂😂

u/H-kelly-2002 — 3 months ago

Creature clothes

I was just on Instagram and I saw that the lady who owns the shop is in dire need of support.

She owns a lovely shop that has pet clothes, treats, toys etc and her little doggie always sits in the window of the shop. And every time I go down to Brighton I always say “that dog, in the window. It’s real. It’s a real dog. How cute is that” and then I smile and carry on.

She says that her dog has had to have surgery and she knows that times are tough for everyone but if anyone can donate or spread awareness, all is appreciated.

I don’t have anything to give as currently I have £7 to my name. But I thought If I shared it on here people would see and give her some kind words and maybe some donations.

It’s always hard to see your furry friend poorly.

I have posted the link and hopefully this allowed.

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u/H-kelly-2002 — 3 months ago

Same actress?

I’m watching Smallville (I watched the last couple of seasons as it aired on television. It came out just before I was born 😳😂) I end up watching it but I don’t pay too much attention at the same time because I usually watch it while I’m crocheting or making things.

I swear that this actress played the woman who tried to do the article on lex? How is she back in it? Was this not a (what’s the word) continuity is the word! Is this not a continuity error/issue?

Because I keep thinking of her as the lady who did the article (if it is her) just curious as to why they didn’t hire a new actress?

u/H-kelly-2002 — 3 months ago

What a show! Full disclosure (😂😂 learnt that from the singer) I didn’t really know a whole lot about these guys or the fandom before going to this show, but my little brother is obsessed with them. So I decided to take him to the Nottingham show. As the supportive older sister who has at least 50 concerts under her belt 😂

He had a blast! He has a milder version of autism and was loving it. I would check in after every other song just to make sure he was okay. He was living his best life.

We unfortunately missed Jazz emu but my brother did get a picture with him at the end.

I managed to get the set list for TWRP at the sound desk and then I tried to get the set list for NSP but someone else beat me to it but I said to them that it was my brothers birthday in a few days (which is true. It’s this Sunday) so I asked her super nicely if I could have it for him and he was so thankful. He’s only ever been to 1 other concert, so he was so happy.

And then when I was waiting for the sound guys to turn round someone next to me held up a tote bag and was going to hand it to me and I said “oh it’s not mine” and they went “no no for you” so I was shocked. I have had freebies from a lot of concerts, not a whole freaking tote bag though! So I was shocked and was thanking them so much and explained that I’m gonna give it to my brother because he’s the fan and I’m just the taxi 😂 (the driver) and they were so happy for me to do that.

He was shocked as well. His second concert, he’s got the set list and now a tote bag. Then the person said that it was the VIP gift 😮😱

I almost died because woah. You’re giving your vip gift to someone else?!? 😱 so so so kind!!!

So my brother didn’t really know how to react apart from saying thank you lots.

We then went to the stage to get some photos, he met someone and went to get water while I was talking to the lovely person that gave up their vip gift.

They spoke for a bit (the new friend of his) and then we left and went to get merch.

We made some new friends in the merch line and also got unofficial merch (the signs that said nsp and twrp merch this way 😂)

We got our merch and then my little brother got some photos with jazz emu and then we left.

Pictures:

Ninja dan with bread. Because we are all ducks now 😂

Vibes are unmatched with the crowd photo. Just people enjoying the show.

The guys from TWRP are legendary 😂

Me and my brother

Me and my brother again.

Jazz emu and my brother.

The setlist.

The free gift ❤️

TWRP setlist

Merch sign

And then my merch 😊

u/H-kelly-2002 — 4 months ago

What is everyone wearing for this tour??? I am going to be seeing them in London and want to try and plan my outfit in advance.

I want it to be something like what they wear on stage but I don’t think I’m brave enough to go in a dress and one with a gap in the front at that. So have people gone in something similar???

I want to go for sort of space searcher/intergalactic 60’s/70’s space explorer like what Aurora and amalie are wearing. But slightly altered so I’m comfortable. You know???

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u/H-kelly-2002 — 4 months ago

I will be going to the London show on the 6th July and I only have the version 3 of the army bomb. I got it the last time I saw them at the O2 in 2018. I tried to get the new army bomb but failed miserably 😂😂😂

I want to try and decorate or do something with my current army bomb because although they will be selling them at the venue, I don’t know how many they will have/if they will still have them when I get there.

So, my question is: how do I decorate it?

I know for some lightsticks you can twist the top off and add stuff and you can put gems/diamonds on them. You can get decals etc. but do I decorate it for the new tour? Do I pick a random theme? Please give me ideas 😂

I’ll put a few of the lightsticks I have kind of customised (txt lightstick I took it all apart, added stuff to it and then painted the +. For the Rose’s Rostar I painted on the decal things and then I crocheted a strap with mini granny squares. I don’t have a picture of that but it’s almost 5am and I’m not getting out of bed to take pictures of my lightsticks 😂. NeoBong I added a ribbon from a small sellers event in London that I bought a few days prior to sm town. And the aespa lightstick I added a mini crochet star inside the lightstick and then crocheted a little cover for it in line waiting for the ‘pink carpet’ event. For the Lightiny I added a little crochet lemon slice and I have since added confetti to it because I saved some from music bank. It also has the little hat)

So I don’t really do anything crazy in terms of decorating but I would love to know all the ways I could potentially diy it. If you have any UK based add ons that I can buy (that you have links to or can suggest) I would be incredibly grateful. Also any crochet ideas are welcomed as well 😂🥰

(Edit. I found a photo of the Rostar! 😂😂😂 not the best quality but it’ll do 😂also wasn’t sure what to set the flair to)

u/H-kelly-2002 — 4 months ago

Brighton/Liverpool

So, I will start this by saying I didn’t really know anything about mouth culture before seeing them. My friend had shown me the Sharkbait music video over discord but I didn’t get the name of the music video. And then I kind of forgot about it and then it was never really mentioned 😂

Anyway, I was going down to see her and she said she was gonna buy the tickets. So she booked the tickets, I listened to their songs the day before the gig because again, I didn’t really get told a whole lot about them until maybe a week before the concert 😂 (I have work and then on my days off I would try and listen to the playlist she made but would either have stuff to do or I would forget) anyway, great gig. Saw overgrown and they were brilliant, I bought one of their T-shirts and I stood talking to Elliot (bassist)

I was trying to hype them up and be like “you guys are great well done, like you’re killing it, I’ve been to a lot of gigs and you guys seem really passionate about your work, keep it up!”

We spoke after their set, then I went back to watch mouth culture and woah holy freaking airballs 😦 ah-mazing 😂

Honestly. I don’t know what they’re putting into the songs, and the stage presence from all of them? Crazy.

So watched them do their thing, mesmerised, waited at the end because my spidey senses were tingling and then Jack came round and just spawned in out of nowhere 😂 and me being the confident friend I went up to him and asked him to sign stuff for us and then he ended up being like “yeah sure no problem. Wait hang on what the f- is this? (I handed him my setlist from overgrown because that’s the only thing I had handy for him to sign 😂 so he looks at me all gone out 😂 and he goes) right wait here, what the- hang on”

And walks off. So I think I’ve offended him or something and that he’s stormed off 😅 (kind of panic) and then he comes back with a FRESH! Setlist. And me being the good friend that I am, I get him to sign it for my friend. So he goes “yeah yeah sure, is there any reason she can’t be here tonight?” (Bless him) and I go “she’s here she’s just stood there talking to the support 😂”

And he goes “oh right 🤷😂what’s her name”

Then he signs it and I hide it.

Then we get a picture with him and it’s all great. I got a picture with the other support and then thought I had one with overgrown. Got home and turns out no one actually got one with them (kind of sad Ngl)

I get my setlist signed by overgrown one by one and then when they got hold of the sharpie they did their signatures again bless them because they thought the other pen wasn’t good enough (bless them 🥹) and then I spoke to the rest of the guys and they still seemed pretty nervous and I was just trying to give them all of my confident energy and vibes.

I feel as though Elliot is the main guy, he’s got the most confidence just naturally. And then the others are so sweet. They’re still quite shy, but they’re getting there. It must be so daunting so I get it.

But I was like “I’ll see you guys again. I’ll make sure of it, I just don’t quite know when it’ll be but good luck for the future, you guys are gonna be huge!”

I gave the setlist to my friend and she was over the moon.

That was the end of the Brighton show.

I go home on the train from Brighton to the East Midlands and on the way back I’m listening to both groups on repeat! Their music is so good!!!!!

And then I get home and I’m like hmmmm just out of curiosity, when/where are they next playing.

I manage to figure out that if I can swap my shift, I can go to the Liverpool show even though it’s a treck!

Anyway, I go to Liverpool 😂 and AH! I got to the venue at 6:20pm and I’m 6th in line 💀💀💀 wut.

So I was so impressed with that. As I’m walking towards the venue overgrown walk past and I’m like 😱😱😱 “it’s them it’s them” in my head 😂

Secured my spot in line.

tried to talk to the girls behind me but I don’t think they were in an overly chatty mood 😅

We got let in and I got BARRICADE!!! 💀💀💀

Watched the whole show again, made 2 new friends with the loveliest girls. And so in return I was sort of like “right guys. At the end, we have to stay. Because once they’re done they’ll probably come out and say hi”

So we waited and they came out within like 5 minutes 😂

I tried to get set lists 😂 but the grumpy security guard said he couldn’t give them out.

Then Todd appeared and he scrunched one up and threw it into the crowd and my new friend caught it. Apparently it bounced off my back 😂 so that’s why she caught it.

And then I don’t know if he threw any others because I was too busy being happy for my new friend 😂 todd left and then the other security guard gave them out and he got some extras off the side where the spares were.

I managed to get one. I did offer it to my other new friend but she said I deserved it. So I kept it.

And then max came on stage and I was like ‘I see multiple drumsticks. One has to be mine 😂’ so he throws them, one to the left, one to me and one to the right. I immediately turn round and give my new friend the drumstick (one got a setlist, one got a drumstick. All is right in the universe 😂) and then I shouted and asked if I could have the broken one and he threw it to me 🥰😂🤭 so at this point my new friends are over the moon.

Then, I’m like right. Let’s go to the merch table. We’ll wait here and we might be able to see them all.

Todd comes out and comes over to speak to everyone and I’m start a conversation and I ask if he can sign all of our stuff and he says yes but there wasn’t a pen. So then a staff member pulls a sharpie out of thin air 😂 he signs a setlist, and then he signs a drumstick and then I think Jack comes over and starts saying hi? I’m not sure what happened but all I know is that I didn’t get my setlist signed right away which is fair 😂 oh I think we got a selfie with Todd and then we all got distracted.

Jack comes over and we start talking to him and It’s like talking to a mate with all of them. Like at Brighton I spoke to Jack briefly and got the picture and his signature. I only got a super fast selfie with max in Brighton as well and that’s it 😂😂😂 but for Liverpool I had only met everyone there on the night basically and it was just like talking with a bunch of friends to be honest 😂

So anyway. He signs the drumstick, then he goes to sign my friends setlist, the other friend didn’t have a setlist so I thought on my feet ‘there’s a merch list there and everyone is gone. We could use that’ so I say “Todd. Do you guys need this anymore? Are you done with this?” So he asks the staff and they say we can use it 😂

So now everyone has some form of paper and then 2 drumsticks.

So he signs the merch list for my friend and then I get him to sign my setlist 😂 and then we get a selfie with him.

I go over to buy another overgrown tshirt (I was wearing their white tshirt) and I was speaking to Sam (the photographer but he’s been helping them on the tour as well I think?) he was so lovely and I basically asked where they had all gone. “Have they all ran off?” I said.

So he basically said they had a time limit, they had to be all packed up by a certain time and then all out of the building by another time.

And I say it’s because I have a gift for them. I crocheted little star keyrings for all of them on the train up (overgrown and mouth culture)

So Sam said “if you want to find them they’ll probably be over there by the door. If not. Give them to me and I’ll let them know you gave them to me and if you message on Instagram I’ll let them know they’re from you”

So I thank him, go back to my friends and then mason has spawned in 😂 so I ask him to sign my setlist and drumstick (along with Jack and Todd)

Then we get a selfie with Todd and mason.

We have a bit of banter. Thank them. Said to mason that I hope he feels better. Then we walk away

Oh I forgot to say, when we were talking to Jack I gave him the keyrings I made them (Jack, Todd, mason and max) and he was like “look at how casual she just did that. She’s just whipped them out like nothing” I explained what they were and that I did them on the train and he’s like thank you so much. Hugs me 😳🙈😂 and then somewhere in all of this I see Elliot. So I go and speak to him. I say how well they did and how they handled everything so well, and that they were so good again. I walked up to him and was like “I told you I’d be back! It’s me from Brighton”

Then yeah, said all the nice things to try and make him forget about what had happened (they had issues with their in ears and the mic was cutting out a little bit for them) but they handled it really well and my new friends were hyping him up being like “you guys were great, well done, really good stuff”

Then I give him the gifts that I made and I said there’s bracelets in there (not sure if that’s rock n roll or not 😂) and there’s also crochet keyrings as well. And I said, it’s not a lot but you know, it shows people care about you guys and that we’re behind you all the way. And he seemed like he was almost gonna cry (so I felt bad) and he hugged me as well 😂😳 so much hugging 😂

Then I say congratulations on 1M monthly listeners on Spotify. He said “yeah it’s mad. I don’t know how we’ve done it” to which I replied “the 2000’s are so back at the minute (their vibe and brand) but also, you guys are good. Like half the music that comes out these days is copied, ai or vomit. Music isn’t like it used to be but you guys are brilliant!”

Then Sam comes over and says the other guys are all done. So we go over and speak to them. And they all seemed so much more confident! So I repeated what I said before: congranulations on 1, well done tonight, brilliant, all good stuff, crochet stars, good luck for tomorrow etc etc.

can we just grab a quick picture? Yeah sure. (How are we gonna get everyone in. Selfie) and then Sam was like “I’ll take it”

Take the picture, say all the good stuff again and then leave.

The girls wanted to go and find the spot that the guys had put on their story (mouth culture graffiti) so they went to find it and I stayed behind. I saw that max was at the entrance so I told them to come back.

They came back but were a little scared to go speak to him. So I went up and asked if he could sign my setlist with my ballpoint pen and the staff gives him a sharpie. And then he signs the set list and I ask him to sign his drumstick as well. He does. I say thank you and say great gig, good luck for the next one and then leave.

I was so happy after that. Not only did I get pictures with everyone (maybe not mad at Liverpool) but collectively, I got all my stuff signed by everyone but also, I got to actually speak to them/with them as actual humans. That is so nice and refreshing to see 🥰

And now I present you with: the pictures 😂

1-4: me and my friend Ruby (left) with Jack.

5: me Ruby and max.

6: the surprise set list I got for Ruby.

7: start of Liverpool picture

8: barricade

9: me at the graffiti spot.

10: selfie with Todd

11: selfie with Jack

12: selfie with Todd and Mason

13: picture with overgrown

14: overgrown set list from Brighton- all of overgrown signed it and then the corner I ripped off originally so Jack could sign it for my friend (but he got a new one)

15: my new setlist

16: Jack

17:mason

18: max

19: Todd

So, all in all I would say very successful both times.

Sorry for the yap session 😂

u/H-kelly-2002 — 4 months ago