(No spoilers for the SPACETour, donāt worry)
So, Iām pretty sure words cannot adequately describe how TOTALLY AWESOME yesterday was. I woke up at like, 6 AM and drove 4 hours to Dallas, where I was insanely early for the 8 PM show. (arrived at like, 11:30. However, a girl who was there for the 3PM show had a spare VIP ticket for the 8PM and sold it to me on the cheap. So I ended up as VIP. a;lksdjf; THEN we went inside and talked to the Merch people, Lisa and Ricky. I commented that after buying the VIP ticket I needed the money I had left to make sure I had the gas to get home and couldnāt really buy any merch. I asked if there was anything I could do to help them set up the merch table, and Ricky was like, āDo you have a car?ā āYeah.ā āā¦could you drive me to Home Depot? Iāll fill up your gas tank.ā āSure.ā So I go get my car, and we drive to Home Depot. Along the way, Ricky and I make friends and talk about superheroes, Starkid, and all sorts of other stuff. He fills up my gas tank, as promised, and also buys me a sprite. We get back to the venue and I start to head out to get back in line. He calls out for me to stop, I do, and he tosses me a pair of sunglasses and tells me to pick out a t-shirt. So I got free stuff from that. I also bought a slap bracelet, because I felt bad not spending ay money at the merch table after all that. (Also when I was buying the slap bracelet I heard Starkid playing the first song of their set through the doors and got even more excited than I was previously. Anyway, a bit later, Ricky came out and asked to go back to my car to check if something had fallen out in it (it hadnāt) and saw me eating Cheez-its and powerade as my sole foodsource for the day. So about an hour and a half later, he comes out. āHey, do you like lobster? Because they gave me this huge plate of lobster pasta and I ate like, 5 bites and am full if you want it.ā So I got real food (and it was really good too).
I made some friends in line, and soon it was time for the VIPS to go in and dear god I nearly passed out. I told them all how much I loved them and got their autographs, and then we waited for a while and then the show started. And It. Was. AMAZING. I cannot even. Words cannot even. I need to find videos of this (and the girl with the really really nice camera promised to email me pictures.) Anyway, after the show I went to the stage door, and after like, 45 minutes people started trickling over. Joe Walker came out but he was sick and had hurt his voice and left before I could get a picture with him, and I"m not sure Lauren ever came over. But Meredith and Jaime came over and I got pics with them and they were so sweet (I love Meredith to itty bitty bits, and Jaime is awesome too!) Then Joey and Brian came over at the same time, which was great because everyone flocked to Joey and there were just like, 5 of us who wanted a picture with Brian. (For those who donāt know I"m a ridiculously huge Brian Holden fan.) I was seriously spending half the concert trying to make eye contact with him (which I did, several times, including at one point duringāMINOR SPOILER--Ready To To, when he was singing as Flopsy and it was amazing, and again during Kick It Up A Notch (Reprise) which is even more badass and a little scary in person, just sayinā.) END SPOILER. But anyway, it comes my turn to get a pic with him and Iām just like, āUp since 6 AM, 4 hour drive, waiting for hours, this is the one pictureĀ I REALLY wanted.ā And heās just like, āOh wow, thank you so much. If it makes you feel any better, Iāve had a long day too.ā And then he squeezed my shoulders in a half hug thing and went back to the bus. And then I moseyed over and waited for like, 6 groups to get a picture with Joey, including like, 3 that came up after I did. And he finally gets to me and is like, āThank you for waiting so patiently!ā and took a pic with me and signed my VIP pass for a friend of mine who couldnāt make it. And then I went over and got a pic with Dylan, who was as sweet as he could be. And then I was like, āI love you guys and would love to chat more but its midnight, and I have a 4 hour drive back home.ā And Joey is like, āOh, wow, Be safe. Donāt fall asleep, please!ā and fist-bumped me and I gave him a hug and then I drove home and got home at like, 3. And then I kept dreaming about the concert and waking up and thinking it was just a dream and then looking at my Starkid shirt I wore to bed and remembering how amazing it was and having problem going back to sleep. So Iām writing this on like, 3 hours of sleep. Sorry.
But yeah. If youāre going to one of the upcoming shows, you will love it. So much.
Edit: Oh! Also, at one point before the show started, a guy with a nice video camera walked out in front of the stage (between the stage and the barriers keeping the fans back.) I knew from my conversations with Ricky that this was Liam White, of Liamās Got a Phone Call fame. So me and Maddy, a friend I made in line, started singing it. And he hears us and looks at us and laughs and gives me a high five. It was awesome. <3