Anyway...enough boring details on my last name. I just realized that most of my other girls have told their DUH-mazing concert tales, but I haven't posted mine yet. In order to have a good story you need 4 things: a girl, a guy, a quest/adventure, and a villain. Well my story has 5 girls, 4 guys, an AWESOME adventure oh...and annoying radio DJ. JK! love you Mikey B!!
It's Wednesday October 7. I got up early to finish packing for Sam's & then went to class. Have you ever been somewhere, doing something & you have something soooooooooo much more exciting that you would rather be doing and time just moves so dang SLOW?! yeah...that's how class felt all day. All I remember learning is that my art teacher spent 30 minutes talking about some picture from the Great Depression. She FINALLY dismissed class. Got in my waiting limo...errr...stepdad's truck & was off to find some food & then be on my way to CONWAY...well actually Searcy since that's where we were meeting Sam. Gas & Sonic and we're out of town. Somewhere between Walnut Ridge & Newport (northeast Arkansas, if you're not familiar you should be!! only the best part of the state EVER! lol) I put in Fashionably Late and explained everything Honor Society to my stepdad. I was beyond shocked when he turned up "Rock With You." People don't usually turn up my music, usually they're SCREAMING at me to turn it down. :P
So...blast to the past for a minute? You're probably wondering how a girl from the Northeast corner of Arkansas became friends with someone who lives in the middle of the state. Long story short...thanks to the Jonas Brothers and that wonderful site FFE (that I'm pretty sure was a giant FAIL!) I met a fellow college student on the small-ish University of Central Arkansas campus who shared my passion for all things Jonas or music in general. This girl immediately invited me into her group of Jonas loving friends, inviting me to 3D movie premiers & concerts. So Sam, thanks for everything! If it weren't for her, well, I wouldn't know this group of wonderful girls and be having all kinds of crazy adventures with them.
OK! back to the present..well present past?? idk...this is kinda getting confusing...BACK TO THE STORY! there we go!!
So, in the car with my stepdad, listening to Honor Society. get to Searcy. Met Sam & friend at IHOP. Drive with Sam & friend back to Conway. Hang out at Sam's uncle's house for a bit. Go pick up Tiffani (with an "I"...this is important later so pay attention now!) from the Wal-Mart parking lot. go back to Sam's for a bit. I think we played a bunch of random songs from Sam's itunes and got really pumped in general for Tulsa the next day. Around 11:30/12 that night, Sam's other friend (she's got A LOT of them! :D) calls & we go get the GPS, named Betty, from her. Since we're already in the Wal-Mart parking lot, we go ahead and pick up some car chalk. So at 12 in the morning Tiffani & I are outside chalking Sam's car while Sam is inside working on mid-terms or something like that. It looked pretty good by the time we got done.
After we get done chalking the car, we head back in the house. Sam's on Twitter & talking to one of her friends that I think runs the Oklahoma street team? I'm not 100% sure...it was late, and the details are kinda fuzzy. Anyway..this girl is trying to get everyone to call in to the radio station there in Tulsa and request "Over You." I decided to call in and see if I could actually get through because I've never been able to before. I call once...busy. I call twice...still busy. I think it was like the 3rd or 4th time I called that someone answered. I get really excited and ask if they can play Honor Society's "Over You." The DJ then tells me that I have the "hickest accent he has ever heard" and asked where I was from. I told him Arkansas & that me and some friends were driving all the way to Tulsa tomorrow for the show. He then asks me if we "do our cousins." I IMMEDIATELY told him no & Sam yells into the receiver that we "wear shoes & [she] has all her teeth" the DJ laughed at us, but played our song. A few minutes later I find out that I wasn't just talking to the DJ...that conversation went out to the ENTIRE K-HITS listening audience at 1 that morning....lovely.....
So....Thursday morning...after we've all been up like all night....Sam gets up early because she has to go take a test or just go to class in general..I don't remember...Tiffani & I get up and start getting ready to leave. Now...it's about a 4 hour drive from Conway, AR to Tulsa, OK...so we were in for a bit of a drive. Made a pretty BA mix CD for the ride. It had rained ALL NIGHT! so we had to go out and re chalk Sam's car. Get in, program Betty to the radio station and we're OFF!
We had been watching the weather all week & we knew that there was a good possibility that it would thunderstorm all afternoon in Tulsa, but as we were leaving Arkansas we had nothing but sunshine, which gave me hope that the weather man had been wrong. Sadly, he wasn't. I think we hit the first bit of rain just inside Oklahoma, but it didn't get too bad. Got to Tulsa, grabbed some Micky D's since we were STARVING! Found K-HITS after what seemed like forever. We were drove around the building, parked, and then walked around, trying to figure out which entrance the gentlemen would use. After asking this lady, who told us which floor the radio station was on, we figured we would just stand by the doors we found and if we needed to move we would. Sam decides to move the car to the front of the building. As we're all getting out of the car, this girl (here after known as Brittany) and her friend come over and just start talking to us. We stood there talking about Jonas, the world tour and of course HONOR SOCIETY!!
Met Mikey B..the DJ that was going to interview the guys once they got there. He asked everyone where they were from. Find out that he's the DJ that harassed me on the phone the night before!!! Sam shows him her shoes & smiles, proving the fact that she has all her teeth. I pretended to hate him, but how could ANYONE hate someone as awesome as Mikey B?! I can't wait to go back in December and harass him some more. lol
We got to talking about twitter & were getting each other's screen names, when (Blond) Tiffany & I realized that I had been following her for AGES and we had actually talked about the show a few times leading up to it. After deciding that I was a Twitter Whore, Brittany was "just a whore", too many "that's what she said" jokes to count, and mine & sam's luge contest the gentlemen FINALLY showed up. They're running a little late, but that doesn't stop them from giving a few hugs and signing CDs.
Tried showing Alex the shirt I made for him...
tried explaining the "stix"/drum stick thing...he didn't get it. As their walking in the building, Sam yanks open the door and screams "it's suppose to be dirty take it that way!" I totally missed the look on Alex's face, i was sooo embarrassed, but they all laughed so apparently it was priceless. dang my luck!
When they were done with the interview the guys took a few minutes to take pictures and talk with fans. got my CD signed by the rest of the guys and then took some pictures. I had to wait FOREVER to get one with Jay because apparently the girl he was talking to had some AMAZING sparkly fingernail polish. While waiting for that picture I missed some epic camera dropping & ninja skills with Alex & Sam. :( so...girl with sparkly fingernail polish, if we ever meet again, don't expect me to be your BFF because I missed awesomeness with my favorite gentleman because Jay was OBSESSED with your finger nails.
As we're all getting ready to leave the radio station it starts POURING rain! stop at QT before heading over to the venue so Sam & Tiffani can get Rooster Boosters...whatever those are...I got a frozen coke. Betty gets us lost in Downtown Tulsa in this flood...not cool. FINALLY get to The Marquee & find a parking space. It's like 5 & the show's not until 7:30...doors open at 7... In the mass of umbrellas we find (Blond) Tiffany & her brother who we gave the "Best Brother" award to for standing in the rain all day with her. met a few other girls who we made umbrella cities with. Sang Pearple Rain & a few other songs while beating on the doors to be let in out of the rain. Could hear the guys sound checking, sang along to that. Brittany showed up for a little bit then left for some school thing. Boo you whore! lol JK Love ya!
So...after 2 long hours in the cold, hard rain we FINALLY get inside. Sam & I are both FREEZING so we spend WAAAAAAY too much money on the hoodies at the merch table, but we still got our greet & meet passes. Tiffani goes back to the car to change into her Hannah Montana PJ pants...you think I'm kidding...
To make up for us having to stand in the rain, the gentlemen had gotten Starbucks hot chocolate, but it was gone by the time we even thought about going to get any. :(
We ended up pretty close to the stage. I was right in front of Jay's mic stand & would have been on the stage, but I value my life too much to have fought the girl who was waving her arms so much that I thought she was going to take off my head at times. Sam used the dry erase board I brought with me to write messages to Mike throughout the show. He laughed, smiled, & pointed at us for that more times than I can count. (FYI: if I see you at a show with a marker board, I might laugh uncontrollably...my girls start the best trends!) got a high 5 from alex as he was walking over for the "sermon" part of the show...Mike's speech right before "Don't Close the Book." At the end of the show, Jay throws his guitar pick off the stage and it hits me in the eye!! I dive to the ground and start looking for it with the light from my camera. Sam helps with her phone & I found it!!! :D
Chillin after the show, waiting for the greet & meet to start. searching the floor for more picks & found one of Andy's bass picks!! :D guys come out and said it didn't matter if you had a meet & greet pass they wanted to meet everyone. Here's the thing with the M&G...there were 2 different colored arm band...green & orange. green meant that you got a picture m&g while orange (which is what we all had) meant you just got some hugs, a few seconds to talk, and have them sign something. EVERYONE there that night got a M&G picture
I gave the guys all extra big hugs & told them how much I loved the show. Got my picture. As I was going back to get my stuff, I stopped in front of Mike....heart racing I told those 4 gentlemen that their music changed my life & helped me pick my college major. Mike looked kinda curious & asked what my major was. I told him Public Relations & music management...his and Andy's eyes got sooo big. they had like this shocked/amazed/awed look on their face. Mike said thank you in the most sincere way I think I've ever heard the phrase used.
Serious moment over...Sam & Tiffani got their pics....I talked to Brittany, hugged her & told her how awesome it was to meet her. walked by Alex on the way out the door. yelled "Alex! Hand Hug!"...maybe because a hand hug might as well be holding hands???? oops??? lol met Esmee Denters (the opening act) on the way out.
Car, gas station, ride home where I tried to sleep in the back seat, but was constantly woken up by Sam & Tiffani's loud rap that was trying to keep Sam awake. I would constantly wake up singing the most random songs and then fall back asleep. Dropped Tiffani off at her truck in the Wal-Mart parking lot. get back to Sam's at like 3...maybe it was 4 Friday morning...I don't think we fell asleep until like 6. laid in bed all day looking at pictures & texting (Blond) Tiffany.
went home & have been living on concert high ever since. I can't wait for December when we get to see Push Play & that adorable Justin Bieber.
So...this has reached major NOVEL length, and if you read that entire thing instead of just scrolling though & looking at the pictures (because that's what I would have done) CONGRATS!! You're awesome!! lol
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