McElphaba from katharinefans recap |
Woo, so I may as well add my side of the story now....
Haha-1st of all-the hampers. I put them together in the back seat of the car on the way to Nashville, because we had to stop by first thing that morning and get a second one since we'd officially outgrown the first one. So, anyway, they were both filled to the brim when I first put them together, but then when L and I went to retreive them a few hours later, all the stuff had like bloated down to the bottom...hahaha So they were more rounded than rectangular at that point...Haha But no worries.
So, as L said, we saw the "AUNTY EM, AUNTY EM" looking sky and headed out quickly. It seemed like the line would never move, and the wind was really picking up. You have NO idea how close we came to death with that tent. It seriously caught the overhang by a couple of inches, or else we woulda been toast. When it started to sprinkle, we just pushed through up closer to the front and got about 5 feet from the door. Luckilly, people thought it was cute that we were bringing things for all the girls, and they didn't seem to mind that we broke in line. So, finally we had literally JUST pushed through the door when it starts to pour. whew. Then I sit the duck down in water. Ugh. I see it quickly, and wipe it before it does damage. Now comes the guard. When we get to the front, I plop the duck on the table, explain our plight, and tell him "It's mesh so that you can see everything in it". He spots the candy and DVDs and goes "No, we'll have to keep those here." and when he sees the look of horror on my face he goes "I'm kidding, go ahead through.". Then, we get to the ticket turnstiles, and I get the same thing in the form of "You're gonna have a hard time with those. Please step over here." I thought they were gonna search them, but actually he was just being sweet and letting me bypass the turnstile with the heavy hampers. So, we were officially in. Of course, we walked the opposite direction to our seats, and thus ended up carrying the hampers plum around the arena. But they made it.
The show-of course-was McPhabulous. Much better crowd than B'Ham. They really enjoyed Kat. Person with the multiple orange glowsticks on, whose username escapes me at the moment-we totally saw you right away...LOL Good job representing!
So, on to the after party. Ok, the differences in my account are as follows:
When we first saw Kat, and she goes "Hey!" it totally threw us off. Our script had not included a cue line from Kat, so we just tossed it out the window...Haha So, I plopped down the duck, I think, and go "We come bearing gifts. Do NOT try to move these yourself." haha Then L sat down the elephant. As was stated, we were both overtalking, so Kat was just all big eyed and excited and was paying more attention to the baskets themselves than what we were saying, and it was soooo cute when she looks at us and squeals "Is it alll for meeeeee?" Hahaha And L put up a stop hand and goes "No, it's for all 5 of the girls." and I added " for the girls tour bus". and she's all "Okay! and gives me a hug, and says "I'm so glad to see faces. I never get to put faces with names." Cue the fan book. Whilst L showed her the fan photo book, I pulled out the letters, which were stuck on my glowsticks and I almost knocked everything out of my bag. LOL so anyway, see above post for letter chat. After that, she's all "I have the GREATEST fans! I wish I had more time to spend with you guys." So then, I'm all "Will you sign my bag?" and she's all "SURE!" so I plop it in front of her. The side I had her sign was a double exposed SOTR collage I did, and she said twice how beautiful it was, and I had an embarrassing little chattering moment where I wondered if I should A) thank her for the compliment, or B) thank her for being photogenic, which I kind of discussed with myself outloud under my breath as she signed. I think she didn't hear cause she was still staring it down when she finished signing. BTW, my auto sa
id "To Laura: You're the sweetest! Heart Katharine McPhee." Hahaha when she started to sign it, she goes "To? To? To?" Cause I don't think I'd introduced myself yet...haha And I finally blurted "OH, Laur-uh" hahaha I inunciated that last syllable so she'd get that Laurie and I had different names...hahaha Anyway, back to her, as she finished signing, and said something again about how neat the graphic was. She goes "This is YOUR bag", in that I'd designed it, and made it and all. And I said "Yeah, and I like the other side even better." And she goes "really, what's that?" So I flipped it, and it had my avatar, and she did the forearm grab again, as though she was telling me a secret, and goes "Actually-I already saw that, and I think it's REALLY cool." Hehehe she so totally lurks here. Anyway, L had her auto moments, and cd dropping moment, and then I came back with my sister's shirt from the BHam show, which she'd reserved the front just for Kat's auto. I told her that when she got off the bus in BHam, she'd evidentally waved or glanced in my sister's direction and she started crying cause she was so excited. And Kat said all giddilly, "I DID? OOOKAY!" LOL It was funny. So then the photo moment. The end of which, L and I got more Kat hugs. Mine was funny, cause as she went to hug L, she didn't move her arm from the photo pose, and I started to move away, and she turned quickly and hugged me...haha She's too cute.
We headed to Paris next, cause she was right there. And we told her about the baskets, so she'd know to look for them on the bus. And she goes "I heard about you guys (the Kat Pack) in Birmingham. A girl told me we'd be getting goodies! Hahaha It was sooo me. And how funny is it that she remembered. I wonder if they'd said anything about it to Kat.
I then proceeded to act as the Katarazzi, because I could not, in good faith, go see other people while Kat was still there in the same room. So, I did a sideways (don't ask) video, which is dark and kinda far away. Then I snapped some random shots of her with other people.
When Gustapo, the evil Kat handler, took her away, I decided to venture over to other people. First Tay Tay...uhm yeah.....The Ace, whom I just adore. He is the sweetest. (No wait, I'm the sweetest-according to Kat...hehe) But I had him sign a pic of he and my sis from Bham and I also delivered a fan letter from my pal who's a fan. And when I finished with him, he rubbed my forearm and goes "Thank you". Ugh. I could have melted (no pun intended). And I go "No, thank YOU." hahaha Then, Bucky, who was also just so cute and so sweet. I walked up, and he was with a couple of Buckaneers so I just kind of looked off and whistled so as not to interrupt. But he wanted to acknowledge that he saw me, so he goes "Hi. How are you?" Then, he finished with the other two, and I had him sign my sis's pic of she and him. Total sweetheart.
Can I give Kat some mad props for signing her full name! And legibly. Most of them sign initials, though the girls are all better at signing full names. I didn't meet "Pickles" as she was being restrained in the hallway. We did heckle her in an attempt to get her to come in, but to no avail. [Sad] So no McRoomie auto yet. But it was an amazing evening, and we accomplished all that we set out to, and it rocked!!!!
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Hey...these are just a few of my pics i took in Nashville...I'm at a friends house right now, and they just have a scanner, so i'm doing it all by hand and it takes so long, so i just put my best pics on here now, but i do have plenty more...i was on the 1st row, so i have lots more!