Oh Relient K, why must you be SLEEPING?!?

The concert yesterday was amazing for the most part. We had to take some people there and they couldn't get to the Alfonso's house until 5 so we had to wait for them. When they got there mr. Alfonso was still in the shower but he got to the car at about 5 after. But then, he realized he had to get all the tools and stuff out of his car so we left the Alfonso's house around 5:10. He then had to go to bi-lo and get some cash and a 3 musketeers bar (?) so we ended up getting to the bi-lo center at 5:40. 20 minutes before the show was supposed to start. So we got there and I went a bought a switchfoot t-shirt and a Relient K t-shirt. I didn't get any buttons because they were 5 dollars and I only had 4 dollars left. So we found our seats and then Mr. Alfonso saw Scott walking by so he went to go talk to him. When he came back he said that Scott was gonna get the word to Relient K to look our way when they pick someone to play Sadie Hawkins Dance.

So the concert started and Ruth was pretty awesome. I really like them but I always feel sorta bad for the opening band because everyone's sitting down and they don't get like thundorous applause like the headlining bands do. They were awesome anyway. Then Relient K started playing and they were awesome, as always. When they did sleigh ride they had fake snow blowing out of these machines so whenever the song goes "outside the snow is falling" Matt changed it to "inside" :) Right before Sadie Hawkins dance Matt asked who could play the song so I stood up on my chair and got everyone around me to scream like crazy...but Matt didn't even look over where we were. I think John Warne saw me but Matt had already said some other girl on the other side could do it. The girl he picked was the ONLY other person who knew how to play it. I'm pretty sure that Scott told them to look over on our side, but Matt didn't AT ALL. I wasn't too dissapointed because I wasn't really expecting to get picked in the first place, but I really would have liked too. He also got these two other people to play the tamborine and something else...and they were on the same side of the building as the girl that got to play the guitar. Relient K's show was still amazing. They played alot of songs and alot of songs I really like. They did the Tears for Fears song and the Office song and then Matt said that if you don't watch the office or have never heard of it then *music* we just wasted one minute and 59 seconds of the show.

When Relient K was done and they were getting ready for Switchfoot's show me and Cecelia went to go look for Mr. Alfonso to see what he was doing. We wanted him to go talk to Scott and see if we could somehow get my stuff to the guys before we had to leave but we couldn't find Mr. Alfonso anywhere. After walking around the building, which is just a giant oval, for a long time we decided to go back to our seats and see if he was there, but he wasn't. He came back after switchfoot's show had already started but he didn't talk to Scott. I really don't know what he was doing lol.

So Switchfoot's show was INCREDIBLE. They are sooo awesome live. Sometimes Jon would scream into his guitar and it makes it sound really cool. At one point in the show, I can't remember what song it was, but Jon was crowdsurfing and the microphone cord was really really long and it was lit up. It was really cool. He went all the way to the stands in the back and got up there where some people were and was singing the song up there. It was really cool. He had to get back to the stage now so he ran faster than I've ever seen anyone run back up to the stage to finish the song. I had never seen anything that cool before. During On Fire he told everyone to get out "something shiny" (cell phones, what else) and that was the most cell phone waving I've ever seen during a show. It was amazing. So they were done, and everyone was still cheering and then the people in the stands were stomping on the floor really loud and fast so they would come back out and do another song. So Jon came back out and started playing Dare You To Move and everyone went CRAZY. It was soo awesome. Switchfoot has the coolest live show I've EVER seen in my life. If you can make it out to a show on this tour, you definately should. It's incredible.

So then it was over, and Ruth was out there signing but I saw some of my friends so I didn't go over there. Then we realized that we had to leave in like 10 minutes so we went over to Relient K's merch table and asked the if any of them traveled with Relient K so we asked that guy what would be the best way to give them my stuff and he said we should go wait out by the tour buses, but we really needed to leave so he said that we could give it to him if we needed to. Obviously, I didn't want to do that, so me and Cecelia reminded Mr. Alfonso that daylight savings time ended today so we had an extra hour of sleep so he said that he would call Savannah and Gerry's mom and ask if we could stay an hour later.

We went over by the tour buses and after only about 15 minutes of waiting, Jon Foreman came out there. I got him to sign my shirt, and I got a picture with him, and I got a video of him saying happy birthday to Mrs. Carie because she really wanted to go to the show for her birthday, but her husband took her out to dinner instead (haha). Then the lead singer of Ruth came out there and we talked to him. Then another guy from Ruth came over there and I got a picture with him and he was said that we should be tigers so I got a picture with him looking like a tiger lol. Then they were walking away and we all shouted bye and stuff, but then they came back and the singer guy was like "Hey, if we bring our trailer over here will you guys write in the dirt on the back of it?" So of course we said we would so they backed their trailer up to the gate and we wrote all over it. Then another guy from Ruth came out there (Jon Foreman was still there, he stayed out there for like 30 minutes) and I got all of them to sign my shoe because I didn't have anything else for them to sign. They were really cool. They stayed out there for a really long time too. The singer said that Relient k wasn't going to come out tonight so we really hoped that he was wrong.

So after they left and Jon Foreman left, this other guy starts walking out and we all yelled at him to come over here. I think he was either a stage guy for Ruth, or Ruth's manager. I'm not sure. But we asked him if he could go tell Relient K to come out here and he said that they weren't coming out tonight. We asked him why and he said they were "sleeping" because they were really tired. I don't really believe him because I don't think they would be sleeping already at 11 O'Clock. Maybe they were, but idk. Cecelia was actually pretty mad at them, but I told her not to be. We knew that we would have to leave pretty soon so we asked him if we could give him my stuff and he could give it to Relient K. This guy had a really stern look on his face the whole time we were talking to him. He asked me what I had for them and I showed him all of it, and then I made the penguin sing and go crazy like it does and it made him smile haha. Cecelia asked him if he would promise not to eat the candy we got and he was like, I don't know, sour patch kids are my favorite. We really wanted him to give my stuff to Relient K so Cecelia was like "look man, she spent all her money on them and she really wants them to get her stuff" He said, "you spent all your money on that??" So I told him that I did and I don't have a job so I don't have alot of money and that's all I could afford. So he said that he would give it to them. I asked him if he could take it and then let us watch him take it into their bus and he said that he would do that, but he just stood there with his arms crossed. Cecelia was like "well, are you gonna take it or what?" And he said he would, but he still had his arms crossed. So she finally had to pretty much shove it at him haha but he finally took it and we saw him take it into their bus.

A few minutes later Mr. Alfonso came over there and said that we needed to leave, but we wanted to see if that guy could get Relient K to come out. Mr. Alfonso said we could wait 10 minutes and that's it. So we were waiting, and then 2 trucks pulled out in front of Relient K's bus so we couldn't see if anyone was going out or into it, so we didn't know what was going on. 10 minutes passed, and no Relient K. So just as we were about to leave Chad and Jerome from switchfoot came out there so We got to wait 5 more minutes so we could get our pictures with them and stuff. When Gerry got her picture with Chad she was like "Dude! we gotta hurry! I'm so grounded right now!! We were supposed to leave an hour ago but you're worth it" And Chad said "You were supposed to leave an hour ago??? Whoa! then you better hurry up! I wouldn't want you to get grounded" So her and Cecelia and me got our pictures with him (I totally forgot to ask him to sign my shirt) So then Jerome came over there and Cecelia said we needed to hurry before Savannah and Gerry got grounded and Jerome said "Oh no!!! don't get grounded!!! Let's make this quick hurry hurry!!" So we all got our pictures with Jerome and Chad and I got Jerome to sign my shirt.

So then we had to leave without meeting Relient K, but at least I KNOW that my things got to them lol. Cecelia was really ticked off about it. She was so mad at them. She's was talking about how Switchfoot and Ruth came over there, and they didn't look tired at all, why couldn't Relient K just come over there for a few minutes!! I told her not to be too mad, because they probably have a good reason for not coming out, but she still is pretty mad at them. I'm a little dissapointed, but I'm not gonna let it bother me too much. Anyway, after we dropped off Savannah and Gerry at their house, and we were heading back to the Alfonso's house, I realized that I didn't have my Relient K shirt that I spend $20 on!!! That made me really mad. I looked in my bag and all in the car and I couldn't find it, so it was either left on the road by their tour buses, or the Touchet's have it. I'm gonna call them here in a minute and see if they do. I really hope they do. I really don't think I would just leave it out there, Unless it fell out of my bag or something, so I'm really hoping that Savannah and Gerry have it.

So over all, we had a pretty amazing time last night, except the fact that Relient K was "SLEEPING" Hopefully I'll get to go to a show on their next tour and we'll be able to stay late and meet them.

I got 17 videos (6 switchfoot, 2 ruth, 9 Relient K) and 282 pictures. Alot of the pictures are blurry because we were pretty far away. I'm gonna upload them tomorrow when I get to my house. I'm gonna upload all the videos, and I'm probably gonna do 2 albums on facebook which is 120 pictures, and maybe 40-50 on myspace, so if you really LOVE pictures, then add me on facebook :)