This was my my phone's wall paper for about 4 months:
Well I signed up for tickets to American Idol LAST year about mid-March. If you don't know how the tickets work, you sign up on the American Idol website, and wait until your the list gets down to your name. The tickets are free but it takes over a year. Well, last Saturday I got the email that my time had come. We had the choice of the Tuesday dress rehearsal, the Tuesday live show, or the Wednesday results show. My mom really wanted to do the rehearsal becuase she wanted to sit down (the tickets say standing room only), but I wasn't so sure. We decided to do the rehearsal and it was the most fun I have ever had! There was much more intimacy and everything was much less serious. On Tuesday I missed school and we drove up to LA. We got some lunch at the Farmer's Market and waited in line. We had a little visit from some very flambouyant drag queens who didn't have tickets but wanted to join the fun. They talked and took pictures for about 20 min. then they got bored and left. We waited about 3 hours before they let us in and then we walked through a little walk way and it opened into a tiny little auditorium! I really didn't expect it to be so small. It was no bigger then my school auditorium. We got put in the left mosh pit and even though we were both a little reluctant about standing for 2 hours we both agreed that being 5 feet away from the performers was much better then sitting in the back. The tech crew was very nice and told us what to do and make sure you're always smiling and have high energy and clap OVER your head because they use clips for the real show. I also found out that when you watch the end of the show on tv and it shows the numbers to vote and a little clip of the singing, all that is from the dress rehearsal. At about t-10 min the tech people were aranging everyone and moving people (My mom and I were standing in the middle of the mosh pit) and the lady told me to follow her and she moved me to the very front middle. I was a little sad about being seperated from my mom but I was sooooooo close! I was so close I was touching the stage the whole show. Since it was a rehearsal the judges weren't there so they had doubles that stood in. It was hilarious! They have to be the same height and have the same hair as the judges for lighting and sound purposes so if you don't have good eyes (like me) they looked exactly alike! Ryan was so funny and he talked to our "pit" a lot. During a break he was on his phone and someone asked if he was twittering and he laughed and said "no, do you want me to?" and then he had a turn towards him and then he took a picture of us and twittered about it! This is the site: http://twitpic.com/1iyjqy The performers were awsome ( Lee and Casey melted my heart :-) ) As I was watching Ryan talk to big Mike, my mom tapped my shoulder and pointed to the stairs that I was standing right next to and Casey was sitting on them! He was so close I could have reached out and touched him! I was a little shell-shocked to say the least. It was such a fun experience and I will never forget it! After, we had a fun night shopping and having dinner at The Grove. They don't allow phones or cameras so I don't have any pictures but it was amazing! I love LA and I wish we could go up more. For now I guess we'll have to settle with good ole' Laguna Beach.
