Things I got from Roflcoptour:
1. An ALL CAPS poster signed by Kristina and Luke
2. The Armoured Bearcub Album
3. A Green button from the Parselmouths
4. My iPod signed by ALL CAPS
5. A red Whomping Willows shirt
6. A green The Parselmouths shirt
7. A picture with ALL CAPS
Me with ALL CAPS
So, yeah, best thing ever. Another list!
Random Things that I remember:
- Although I didn’t know any songs by JFF before the concert, I was singing along to at least three of them. This makes me very happy.
- I recorded one song from each band, except ALL CAPS, because I was too busy dancing to their set.
- I hugged Lauren twice. Once, when I gave her something, and the second time when everyone in the crowd had a group hug. Awesomeness.
- It was the funniest thing ever when random people in the library came across the concert. I realize that they must have been very confused.
- That library was the biggest public library I have ever seen.
Ah, I now feel prepared to describe my experience.
Once my mom and I found the library*, I was immediately struck by the size of this place. I have said this already but OMG THAT LIBRARY IS FREAKING HUGE.
For the first half an hour or so, it felt really weird being in the same room as Luke, Kristina, Lauren, Eia, Matt, etc… I mean, I obviously knew that they were real people, but they feel even more real to me now. My thought process was hilarious. It was basically, “OMG LUKE CONARD JUST WALKED PAST ME. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD.” I’m glad that my mom was there, because I was too embarrassed to squee when she was looking at me. So that was good.
Justin announced, about 15 minutes or so before the show was going to start, that the merch table was open. And no one left their seats. “Don’t get up all at one time,” he said. There was some awkward laughter. I was thinking about this, and honestly, that was a very logical response. We were basically a room full of nerdfighters. And, nerdfighters… Well, we aren’t typically social butterflies.
So yeah. Eventually we all gathered up our Gryffindor courage and walked over to the merch table. And that was it. Seriously. No one had the guts to go and buy anything. Okay, so a few people did. But the majority of us didn’t. For me, it wasn’t that everyone wasn’t approachable, because they were. It was just… really strange to talk to them, much less see them in person. So, I broke the ice by buying a Parselmouths button from Eia. After that, a few more people started to buy things :)
Next thing I did was go over to Lauren and Matt. I took out this paper chain that I made with all of their tour dates on it, and gave it to Lauren. She and Matt really liked it. And she hugged me. Again, my thought process, “ZOMG I’M HUGGING LAUREN FAIRWEATHER! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD.”
Then I dug through my bag again and found the bracelets that I made for Kristina, Lauren, and Eia. I first went over to Eia and gave her a bracelet. It was really awesome.** I mean, she said it was “so cool” in that Eia voice of hers. I don’t know why I expected them to talk differently in their vlogs than they do in real life. But yeah.
I gave the other two bracelets to Lauren and Kristina... blah blah blah... Now my poor memory comes in to play. I actually don't remember if I got the ALL CAPS poster or the picture with them first, but I think it was the poster so that's how I'm going to tell you it.
I bought a poster, and Luke asked if I wanted them to sign it. Stupid question. OF COURSE I WANT YOU TO SIGN IT. I wonder if anyone has actually said, "Nah. I mean, I really don't want your signature getting all over the poster." Ha.
Just remembered! I DID get the poster before the picture. Moving on.
I had to get my mom from her seat so that I could get the picture with Luke and Kristina. When we were waiting in line I quickly taught her how my camera worked. I'm glad that I did, because it would've been really embarrassing to be the person with the mom that didn't know how to use a digital camera. Anyway. When it was finally my turn, Kristina was talking to some people about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Luke was kind of just standing there awkwardly, but then he noticed my shirt and said, "Ravenclaw. Y'know, I consider myself a Ravenclaw."
I had a casual conversation with Luke Conard about being a Ravenclaw. And it was epic.
So, we took the picture, and then I had them sign my iPod. Kaydence has already had an ALL CAPS theme going on for a few months, so this just made her better.
After that, my mom and I went back to our seats. The library was filling up really quickly, so someone (I don't remember who) asked us all to stack our chairs to the sides - This was a wizard rock concert afterall. And at wizard rock concerts, you don't sit, you jump up and down like a crazy person.
My post about the actual musical portion of the concert will be up tomorrow!
"No, it’s Draco and Harry sitting in a tree S-N-O-G-G-I-N-G. It’s Draco and Harry sitting in a tree F-A-L-L-I-N-G in love," In Which Draco and Harry Secretly Want To Make Out, The Whomping Willows
-Jess
*Which took a while. Darn Mapquest and its need to confuse us.
**It made me REALLY happy when she knew right away that they were in Gryffindor colors.
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