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[amazing-aye]

Dec 05

I feed like complete shit. If it wasn't because I really want to see Jacob I wouldn't go to the event tonight. I've waited too long to not go. I owe so much to him and his music. Miles and miles apart yet he understands me so well. He's also one of the few artists I've been able to grow up with and get to know better. I'm not Good with words.

[raisetheroofkenya]

The Barut Youth Development and sports Centre- a vocational training centre- a life line in the form of a vocational training centre for teenagers who have never had such opportunity, A hub for a community to come together to receiver medical treatment, additional education, to meet new community members and to hold events. 

[ashlehdahling]

Rock the Red Kettle Concert at L.A. Live

Aw man, where do I begin?! To be honest here, to start things off; I really thought I/we weren't going to meet Nathan at all. BUT WE DID! My best friend actually spotted him on the side of the stage, he was looking at his phone and talking to people. When she told me, I checked to verify, and it was Nathan. I started freaking out and seriously caused a ruckus because all the other girls around me were like "OMG THATS NATHAN RIGHT?!" This is when all my adrenaline started pumping because I got too excited so early.  After Nathan came on stage and did this thing, he left and was coming towards the crowd. One of the moms next to us helped us meet Nathan! She lets us go past her and her daughters to get closer to the barricade to get closer to him. She even asked the people in front of her to let us through. Jenny had her poster the entire time, so it started becoming pretty crazy. We reached the barricade and got Nathan's attention. He saw the poster and asked us if he could take a photo with the poster, he was so excited. He's so cute haha. He took a photo of the three of us, but the lighting as horrible, so it didn't look great.

After braving the crowd near the stage, we decided to head to the back where it was less crowded. That worked because we got to meet Nathan again and more breathing room. While waiting for Nathan to be free of other fans, we also got to meet Shane Harper.  He was just standing there. He was so nice too!

Okay, now is the best part of the night. We technically "snuck backstage" to meet Nathan and Shane. We got Nathan's attention again, to sign the poster. At this point, I tried to photo bomb him for my pride. I believe one of Nathan's PR people was with him, she took a photo of Jenny and I with the poster. By now he took his time to write a short sweet message. Jenny has photos of me being creepy on Nathan as he was writing. I just knew he was thinking something like "What in the world is this girl doing?!"  We took our group photo and I asked for another. After the photo we were still holding on to each other because we weren't paying attention, then he looked down at me and I asked for a hug. He smiled and said "SURE!" so he put his other arm around me as I did the same. I couldn't wrap my arms around him, he gives great hugs.

After all of this, I completely lost focus of the rest of the concert since it was still going on. I ended sitting on the curb trying to process what just happened. My best friend and I got Starbucks then caught Hot Chelle Rae and Owl City to end an amazing night.

I'm sorry again to those who I didn't get to meet last night. Hopefully Nathan will do another event in SoCal that we can all go and meet each other there.

[herondork]

After all of that shit yesterday, concussion and retards with guns, I drove up to L.A, donated toys to Toys for Tots and went to Rock the Red Kettle. Hot Chelle Rae had everyone bow their heads in silence for the victims in the CT shooting. It was so cool. Then Owl City came on stage. I love Adam, Breanne, Jasper, Steve, and Daniel. I tried meeting them all after, and my mom kept trying to get security guards to let me inside the fenced in area. It was practically impossible to see into the fence area because they had a cloth covering the inside. I am on the outside of the fence and I see this guy (I don't who he is, but he is some kind of manager for owl city). I talk to him and he said he would let me talk to Owl City, but he didn't know where they all disappeared to. I wait by the fence all creeper like. Then Jasper walks by the fence. I could tell it was him because I could see his beanie and facial hair. He hears my brother and his girlfriend talking behind the fence. He looks extremely confused and weirded out, and slowly turns to the fence. He is on the phone. I'm like "Hi!" Then he holds his phone out to the fence and has me say hi to whoever he was talking to. I was cracking up laughing. He was busy and I didn't want to be disrespectful and bother him on the phone, I walk to a different part of the fence to see the other side of the bus. I see some guy bent next to the bus, putting suitcases in. I called out to him and said, "Excuse me, can I meet Owl City?" The guy is like, "I'm really sorry. We're leaving right now." And I'm like, "Awh..." And he apologizes again. For whatever reason, I wanted to know who it was. And I say, "I can't even tell who you are through this fence." He goes up to a hole in the fence and rips it open a little more and sticks his eye to it. This is so weird and funny. It was Daniel. He sticks his finger through the hole and meant to boop my nose. Then he's like, "I'm really sorry. Next time, we have to go right now and can't stick around. Next time." And he says bye and goes into my bus. Omg, Daniel.