Ok, so I did it. I met david, and had the best day of my life.

Last Friday, December 9th, I saw David at Irving Plaza in NYC. It was a long day, I'm not gonna lie. I lined up outside the venue at 3PM, and the line was already pretty massive. Andrew came out and walked across the street. Why? I don't really know. But I screamed "hi" to him on his way back ;) You guys probably already know how much I love that dude, lol. Anyway, after listening to Andrew tell us what to do and what not to do, we moved inside for the VIP's.

The line was pretty long. It went all the way up the stairs and down a hallway and even farther behind me. I was already shaking at that point, even though I was an hour away from meeting him. Not much went through my head at that moment, cause I figured no matter what I thought about, I wouldn't remember. I didn't know what I was going to say to David, so I was gonna wing it.

Andrew came around and handed us all signed pictures and guitar pics. Gotta love him. Lol anyway, so there I was, slowly moving closer. And closer. And closer. And then I could see him. My heart stopped a little. And I was still at least 10 people away. There was a little girl with her mom a few people behind me. She must've been no older than 1 or 1 & 1/2. She walked to the side and waved to David, and then he waved back. Most. Adorable. Thing. Ever. You had to be there :)

There I was, only a few people ahead of me. My heart was racing. It pounded so hard, my chest kinda hurt. I've honestly never been as nervous as I was at that moment.
And then, BAM. My turn.

I walked up to him, shaking like an idiot. We said hi, and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "I love you." I think he said something like "awww, thank you very much." and then I asked for a hug. A hug I've been waiting for. You know, for 4 years. His arms were around me, and mine around him; the greatest moment of my life. Here's this guy that's changed my life in the best ways possible, and he probably has no idea. He doesn't know how he's made me feel like I belong somewhere. Nobody pays much attention to me. I'm not really good at anything. But then there's music. Music is where I feel alive. Music is who I am. Where would I be without David? I don't know.

I gave him my monkey hat, and he seemed to love it. I didn't even have to ask him to put it on. You know, I made sure to buy a hat with a big enough space for a massive head. It was pretty big, and fit his head perfectly ;) He noticed that the nose of the monkey had padding, so he started hitting Devin with it, while it was still on his head, lmao.

We took a picture, and then it was time to say goodbye. Unfortunately. So I gave him another hug. Let's be honest, if you've ever hugged David, you know he's like a friggin teddy bear ;) I don't really know how to describe it, but he's just so soft...anyway, as I let go, (which killed me a little) he said it. He called me "darling." I don't know how many people he calls darling, but it made me the happiest girl in the world. He obviously saw how much of a mess I was.

I literally almost fell down the stairs. It didn't help that the railing was so flimsy... It still didn't hit me what had just happened. I think it's just starting to.

At soundcheck, I was front row. The band played "circadian" and "Stockholm syndrome." both songs were pretty amazing, if you ask me. Andrew was right right in front of me on the stage ;)

I'd already been standing for 3 hours. But I didn't care. I was ready to stand for a whole week if I had to. When 7pm came, everybody literally ran up the stairs. That was hilarious;) I ended up being in the third-ish row. I shifted around throughout the concert, so kinda made it to the second-ish row.

Some weird films were being played on a projected for a whole hour. Then Zander B. came on. He played 7 too many songs. Unfortunately, "live a sexy life" has been stuck in my head.. Bleh. Anyway...9pm came, and the lights dimmed.

They started with "circadian." The crowd was going crazy. There was some guy behind me who kept screaming random things, but I loved it, lol. That guy was one of the highlights of the night ;)

I really liked the set list David came up with. Some of my favs were "mr sensitive" and "barbasol." the crowd never stopped going crazy. The lighting was friggin amazing, by the way.

David had sang a cover of "dogman," but the covers didn't stop there. When David wore his top hat, I knew things were about to get crazy. He brought out Ryan Star and Steven Van Zandt. What was his surprise? (well, you probably know this by now...) They sang the Beatles' "eight days a week." and uhh...omg. I can't even describe how amazing that was. Pure epicness. And then...THEN they sang "rock and roll ." I didnt think it could get any better. I thought wrong. You never know with David ;)

The crowd was still wild. I'd lost my voice within the first five minutes, but could still scream for them. David came back out, by himself, with his hummingbird. You know what that means, Fade Into Me.

The crowd was singing all the words back to David. You could tell how he must've felt. Best moment of the concert. Even better than Goodbye to the Girl. "fade into me, fade into you." that's exactly what happened. Words can't describe the moment.

And it ended with REM. David was practically in the audience. Perfection.

Craziest day of my life. Oh, and he called us sexy. bahaha. After all, it was "the best show of the night!" ;) No more tequila for you, David, lmao.It ended at about 11pm. But that's what I love about New York City. If you've never been here, it's hard to understand the energy in the air...

If you've made it this far, congratulations. :) just thought I'd share it all.

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