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So the Eleventyseven show last night was pretty much AWESOME! I'll start at the beginning of the day, which was very crappy, and then go on to the end of the day, which was awesome. :)
Well, originally I thought we would be going at around 3 o'clock or so...just because that would be awesome...but Cecelia called me and said that they wouldn't be going until around 4:30. I was okay with that...but waiting all day was hard. In case you don't know, I get very stressed out before concerts. It FINALLY was 4:20 and Cecelia called and said they had left so that means that I would leave in about 15 minutes in order to get to the church at the same time they did. Well, I got there and I didn't see the Alfonso's car so I figured they must not have been there yet. So me and my mom waited about 5 minutes and then I decided to call Cecelia but she didn't answer so I also called Celeste and she didn't answer. We waited a few more minutes and then Jonathan walked out the door and my mom said, "who is that and why does he have yellow and blue hair and a mohawk? Who has a mohawk?" Knowing that she didn't like it, I didn't tell her that I knew who he was so I just said "I don't know." Then a couple minutes later Amy, my 5-year-old little sister, said, "Christi I saw Jonathan come outside! Why does he have blue hair?" I thought to myself "oh crap." After Amy said that my mom said, "Who was that??" and I told her it was Jonathan and she said something like, "These people are weird and you guys are acting like a bunch of groupies." I could tell she was not happy. After a few more minutes of waiting my mom said she couldn't wait anymore and she had to go to the post office which is 7 minutes away from the church. I was really mad now..because I knew that it would take us so long to get there and chances are we'd get stopped at every single red light along the way, and as soon as we left the Alfonso's would probably get there. We left for the post office and, you guessed it, we got stopped at almost every single red light. We finally got back to the church at 5:30 (we got there at 5 originally.) I still didn't see the Alfonso's car so I called Cecelia to ask her where she was. She was already inside. Crap. I asked her to come outside, which she did, and I found out that they got to the church a few minutes before I did THE FIRST TIME and I didn't know they were there because I didn't see their car because I didn't know they were being dropped off and also I called them and they didn't answer. Since I already get stressed enough as it is before concerts, as you can imagine, I almost broke down and cried right there in the parking lot. I went back to the car and told my mom, almost in tears, "Mom! They've been here the whole time!" to which she replied, "I'm sorry. Don't have an attitude or you'll get right back in the car and go home. Do you want to do that?" I of course said no and then went inside.

When we went in there Matt was about to show Cecelia and Celeste everything about the merch and stuff so I listened while I was about to hyperventilate (sp?). When he was done I explained to Cecelia the whole situation and she gave me a big hug. I still wasn't feeling any better so she said, "You need a Caleb hug". She walked me over to the table where Caleb and Ryne were sitting. I'm sure I looked like I jerk when I saw Ryne the first time because I was definitely in no mood for socializing. Cecelia told Caleb that I needed a hug and after that followed the most awkward moment of the night. Who wants to be interrupted in the middle of the conversation only for some random girl to sit down and give you a hug...while sitting down. Sitting down hugs are weird. Especially when there's 2 people sitting on the other side of the table staring at you. After the awkward hug I still didn't feel any better because I'd never experienced the infamous "Caleb hug" and that one was just lame. After several minutes of just sitting there trying to calm myself down, Jonathan finally came in to tell me, Cecelia, and Celeste how to handle the money and all that jazz so we could work the merch table correctly. After that I finally started feeling better but by then it was 6 o'clock, the time the doors were supposed to open. So I basically got there and didn't get to talk to any of the guys except to listen to Matt explaining what shirt sizes were what, receive an awkward hug from Caleb, and listen to Jonathan talk about tallying and credit card machines and boring stuff like that.

Now that the doors were open, me, Celeste, and Cecelia could start doing our job at the merch table. I am so glad that the first person to use the credit card machine was Mrs. Costa because I screwed up haha. She was buying a shirt and a CD which is supposed to cost 20 dollars but I only counted for the shirt so I swiped her card and put in $8 and she had to sign that receipt and then she told me they also wanted the CD. I forgot that a shirt and a CD was 20 dollars and not 15 dollars so I only charged her card 7 dollars (8+7=15) and she had to sign another receipt. Then I finally realized my mistake so I had to charge her ANOTHER 5 dollars and make her sign yet another receipt. I felt really dumb after that. After several minutes a bunch of my friends from co-op started showing up so they'd come by to say hello and I'd practice my awesome salesperson skills on them. After doing merch for a little bit Caleb came over there and Cecelia said something to him and he looked over at me and said to come over there. I didn't know what was going on but then he gave me a big hug and said he loved me. YES! I finally got a Caleb hug!

It was finally 7 o'clock and time for the show to start. I was feeling a lot better now that I'd gotten over all the crap that happened earlier so I went to watch Days Off Screen. They were really awesome. It was my second time seeing them and I enjoyed them more than I did the first time. After them was The Switch. If I didn't know the lead singer wasn't a Christian, I'd bet a lot of money that he was gay. haha. They were okay I guess, but I liked Days Off Screen a lot better. After them it was finally time for Eleventyseven!! Their show was AMAZING, as always, and I definitely got several cramps in my side from jumping up and down so much because I don't exercise except for in the summer. I definitely burned a lot of calories. After a couple songs it was time for the hoe down. Caleb called me and Cecelia on stage to do the hoe down. I have a video :).


(You can't see us very well. We're to the left of the robot and that other girl. I'm wearing shorts and a blue save the unicorns shirt)

The rest of their show was amazing. Matt told a lovely story about his nose.

When life gives you cliff hangers, you say..."LOOK! A MUTANT FALCON!"
I'm sure Connor and Keone thought I was a freak because they've never seen me at an Eleventyseven concert. Haha, awesome. I loved watching Caleb and Celeste make jokes throughout the show. Their last song was Anti-Adieu. Matt picked Cecelia, Erica, and some other people to come on stage and dance, since it was their last song, and Caleb picked me and Celeste (I don't have a video of that). It was crazy fun. My side was hurting (cramps because I never exercise) but did that stop me? Heck no.


After that me and Cecelia rushed back to the merch table because we knew a lot of people would want to buy stuff after the show. I needed water really bad. Thankfully there were a few bottles under the table. Eleanor drew an amazing picture of a unicorn for me and I asked her to get it signed by the guys for me. She took it home to scan it but she's gonna give it back to me when I see her on Monday. Virgina and Eleanor also made the guys some really cool key chains and I helped them decide which one to give to which guy. After that, Caleb drew a very awesome picture on the back of the shirt that I made for the last Eleventy concert I went to. It said I heart ducks :D. While we were helping the guys load up all their stuff my mom called. She wanted to know what was going on so I told her that we would be leaving soon and we were going to go out to eat and I'd call her when we got there. The guys were packing up stuff and I noticed Caleb wasn't busy at the moment so I went over there and asked him if I could get a picture with him real fast since he wasn't doing anything right then. He said no and then walked off. Then he came back and gave me another big hug and went on to do something else. When everyone left I got pictures with the guys and got them to sign my poster. I definitely dropped my bag in front of Matt and a whole bunch of other people and a ton of stuff fell out of my bag. All I said was, "crap". This guy (don't know who he was) helped me pick up my stuff and Mr. Alfonso and Matt were joking about if I had done that at school while a bully was walking by. Mr. Alfonso said something else that was funny but I forgot what it was.

We helped the guys load up all their stuff into the van and then we decided to go to Denny's. Me, Celeste, and Cecelia rode in the van with Caleb. I decided that it would be best to call my mom back after I ordered so that she couldn't get mad and come get me right when we got there because we did get there a little later than I expected. Before we ordered, my dad called. I am SO glad that it was my dad who called and not my mom because he tends to be more gracious about things. I could tell he was a little upset that it was after 11 and we hadn't ordered yet, when Mom called around 10 and I told her we'd be leaving soon. He was nice though and told me to call him once our food got there so that he could pick me up later. Denny's was awesome. Me, most of the Alfonso's, Sara, and this other girl sat at a table with Jonathan and Caleb. Matt was in a booth with his girlfriend, Kyle (the robot), and some other person...(I think he was one of The Switch guys), and the rest of the Alfonso's were at a table with some other guys from The Switch. While we were waiting for our food we were talking about random stuff with Caleb and then he randomly looks at me and says, "You're a really fun person, man" (even though I'm not a man). I awkwardly replied, "Thanks...you're a really fun person too". I called my dad when our food finally got there and he'd said he would be over there soon and he also said not to rush because he'd give me enough time to eat. I love my daddy :). I noticed that Jon and Caleb still had their key chains that Virginia and Eleanor made. I'm sure they'd be happy of that. I told Jon that my friends made those and one of them drew a really awesome picture of a unicorn. He said something like, "Oh yeah. I remember signing that." Sitting across from Caleb was really awesome since I didn't get to hang out with any of the guys before the show. My dad got there, and I left.

Overall, the night was really fun. I didn't really talk to Matt at all except to make sure that he got the receipts that were on the floor by the cash box thing. He said that was really thoughtful of me to come over there and check haha. I talked to Jon a little bit at the show and at Denny's but I talked to Caleb the most. He's my favorite (don't tell the other guys).

Oh, Eleventygirls, here's your video from Matt :D

First one from Caleb:

Caleb take 2:

From Jon:

When I was leaving Denny's, I had to come back to the table because I forgot to leave a tip and Caleb was like, "miss me already?" I kinda shrugged my shoulders and said yeah then said bye again and Caleb laughed so then I left. Cecelia just told me that after that Caleb turned around and looked at Jonathan and said, "Dude man, you gotta hear that chick play the piano." Then Jonathan said, "Really?" Then Caleb said, "Yeah dude, it's amazing. She plays like these classical pieces, like, by memory. It's one of the most incredible things I've ever seen."
:D That makes me happy :D I find it funny that he's so amazed by that...
Haha, I ought to take him to the MTA recital that I play at sometimes. The people who play there are INSANE. That'd be a mind boggling experience for him.

Last night was awesome. Now I'm gonna go back to bed because I didn't get a lot of sleep last night.

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