and it's funny how you find you enjoy your life...

when you're happy to be alive.

As I was last night times 716! I know that having two Relient K lyric-titles in a row might be overkill. But I don't care. I will pick another band to exploit once my post-concert euphoria wears a little.

So! hehe. I get to tell you (emilea, anna, whoever else) this story because Heather is probably still asleeping:

We pull into the House Of Blues (after, you know, danielle's mom gets lost) about an hour and a half early, into the side parking lot (a brilliant suggestion on Heather's part), and, across the almost deserted lot, standing in the middle of a grassy area, in all of his adorable awkward tufty haired beauty... IS MATTHEW THIESSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we, of course, are freaking out and screaming. So at first when we park we were kind of shell-shocked and didn't really do anything but tell Danielle to turn the music up. and then we screamed, "MATT!!" but the doors were closed and he didn't hear us so then we had gained enough sense of logic to get out of the car and we opened all of the doors and Devestation and Reform was on and we turned it up reallly, really, really loud...
and then, Thiessen LOOKED RIGHT AT US...

AND STARTED AIR-GUITARING THE SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ahaahhahahahahhahahahahahaa
aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaahhhhhahahah!!!!

and the concert was so good. the opening bands were awesome. (the first one, House of Heroes, was from our non-island, which was exciting to hear). And I'm definitely going to be buying some stuff from This Providence. And Ludo, but I had decided that before the concert.

and relient k... they were indescribly awesome. God, it was so fun. I was bursting with pure joy the entire time they were playing. ah.

Also, I bought a Relient K tee shirt that was covered in... exploding pens. I kid you not.

Gaah.
*happiness*

I love you all.
Caroline