We are happy here
Oh, in every way
Oh, and then we just let go..
-Mae, Just Let Go
So this past Wednesday, me and a couple of log'ers went to see Mae at Chain Reaction in Anaheim. I haven't been to a show since last year's Vans Warped Tour. I haven't seen Mae perform in well over a year. This show was long overdue. Just getting into the venue made me reminisce about the earlier years of my youth. I've been going to shows ever since the 8th grade, interestingly enough, the very first show I went to was in fact a Mae show, so this night brought back a lot of memories and emotions I had long forgotten about. Seeing them perform took me back to a place where everything was a lot more simpler and less stressful. When I watched them for my first time all the way back in 8th grade I didn't have any midterms, research papers, or responsiblities that I was constantly fretting about, all I probably had to do was work on what little homework I was assigned that probably wasn't that important anyways. But when I was watching them, the miraculous happened, somehow I didn't even bother to think about the essay I had due, the project I had to work on, or the midterm I really really should be studying for. While that may sound quite bad, it was a really good feeling that I haven't experienced in awhile. Getting enveloped by the the lyrics, being enraptured by the sounds, and being surrounded with people who were experiencing this same captivation as me, was an utter and complete escape from my hectic college life. It brought me back to those simpler times where I wasn't constantly worrying about everything and made me realize it's okay to get away sometimes. This whole thing of being a kid verging on the brink of adulthood every college student is in can be very overwhelming and scary at times, it's all the time for me. Going that night helped me tremendously; this show was probably neccessary for me to survive this last part of my first year at a university and for remembering that it's okay to cross the line and go back to that side of childhood from time to time. In the words of Mae, sometimes we all need to
just let go.
