I Never Thought Tonight Could Ever Be This Close to Me...

For my sister's birthday (on Easter), I got her tickets to see Owl City in concert.  She'd been telling me that I could get her tickets to them for her birthday if I wanted to for awhile, so Spencer (the director of the student film I was just in recently who is also Emily's friend) and I plotted to surprise her.  I would say things like, are you sure you want me to get you tickets for Owl City, or do you want me to take you to see Plain White T's (her favorite band ever)?  And I told Spencer I would just get all three tickets and he could pay me back for his later, and he said he would stop talking about it with Emily.  He he he.  Then I slyly asked her if she was bummed she wouldn't get to go see Owl City when I saw her when Michele was here.  She said, "Oh, I'm sure I'll go.  My friends and I were talking about it.  But they haven't really said anything for awhile."  Perfect!  So on her birthday, she was way excited when she opened up her card and two tickets fell out.  I told her she could take anybody she wants, and she chose me!  Yay!
Last night, was the big day.  Emily's friend Joel came with us, too.  I was worried I would feel like a chaperone, but they treated me like one of the gang, so it was all good.  Going to a concert with Emily is an experience, though.  She likes to try to get as close to the stage as possible.  I am not a big fan of being tossed around by weird strangers, so I usually end up in the back not really being able to see very well because I am so short.  "Hold your ground!"  Emily would yell at me once in awhile.  "We have to box them out!"  It was hillarious. 
Joel and Emily are concert vetrans.  Spencer and I, not so much.  When we got in with the crowd, Spencer started to freak out a little.  He wanted more personal space.  To wich Emily and Joel said.  "You are at a concert.  Get used to it!"  I hugged him twice to help him get over the I need personal space issues too.  He said it helped.  Then, I told Emily it was her turn.  She hugged him twice too.  Mine were more like the "pin your arms down while I am hugging you" kind so he would get know the claustriphobic feelings that were about to come over him, and be ready.  I probably could have picked him up too.  He is skinnier than me.  But I did not do that.  Thinking back, it would have been funny.  Oh, well.  Next time!  That Cure song kept going through my head.  You know the one.  It's called "Close to Me".
Then the concert started, and we heard the melodical sounds of Paper Route.  I rather liked them.  I hadn't ever heard of them before.  Have a taste:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7dNzIRqBPQ  They played this song during their set.
After Paper Route, Lights came on.  Emily loves her.  She did a really great job, and I ended up buying her cd at the concert.  Apparently she plays World of Warcraft.  Her song "Lions" is about it.  She has a night elf character, which means I would never play with her.  FOR THE HORDE!  But any ways.  Most of you have no idea what I am talking about so, I will move on.  Here's a link to her video, too:  http://www.youtube.com/user/lights#g/c/909083C68EDC606E  click on "February Air".  It's a song I particularly like. :)
Then after more being jostled around, Owl City performed!  He sang my favortie song "Vanilla Twilight", and also we got to listen to Ronald Regan's words about the Challenger space shuttle exploding during the intro to "Meteor Shower".  Very moving.  I remember when it exploded.  I was just a little girl.  Emily and Spencer were debating about this song being about Jesus.  Spencer said, "No, it isn't!" and Emily said, "Yes. It. Is!"  Listening to that just made Spencer more convinced he was right.  I don't really care who is right.  It's just a great song!  I texted my brother, Ben when they played Dental Care.  That's his favorite.  I called him so he could hear it, but the song ended as he answered his phone, and I couldn't hear him, so I said bye and hung up.  I loved it when he played with the flowers some people gave him.  It was pretty cute.  He really liked them.
After the concert, we went to IHOP and had dinner.  It was raining when we left the concert, but turned to snow as I drove home.  I got home around two in the morning because I slowed down due to road conditions.  It really only put about fifteen extra minutes to my drive, so it wasn't so bad.  Until I my alarm woke me up at seven this morning.  Going to bed at three was a bad idea.  But I didn't really have a choice.  I came home and Kurtis and I had to talk about everything that they did while I was gone.  He put a fence around our garden so the dogs won't be able to get to it when we put our starters in.  He said it was too wet to cultivate that day.  He didn't want to in the rain.  That's understandable.  The dogs do not seem to really like the fence.  They are digging up the grass now. Yay!  In about fifteen years, I will have a nice yard.  Maybe twenty.

Paper Route!  See how close we got!  That was totally wicked!

Lights.  These pictures were taken on my phone.  I was not about to bring my big, bulky camera to the concert.  Although, Saltaire does allow them.

Owl City!!!  Spencer is pretty tall, so he took this one for me.  Awesome!

He was singing Hot Air Balloon (I think).

Emily.  Everyone thought she was a little boy.  Can you blame them?

Joel.  He's so excited!

Really blurry picture of me and Spencer.  He looks like my brother Jeremy in it.  I blame Emily.  She took it. :p