One very Warped Tour...

It far exceeded anything I thought it could be
It was first and hopefully nowhere near my last

Monday August 4th
We stayed at the Seven Oaks in Regina and visited with family, Alissa and I went watersliding with Shane and Isaac and Frankie! That pretty much sums up what happened on day one...

Tuesday August 5th (!!!!)
My phone failed to set off its alarm so we woke up at 650, everyone got ready and we went for breakfast with Wendy, we ended up not leaving Regina until 820, Saskatoon is 2.5 hours away so we were aiming to get there right at 11 when gates opened...

We hit Saskatoon at like 1055, and stopped quickly at a walmart to get water and a backpack for my mom to carry around, then we ended up heading on our way to the place at like 1110, this is when my dad decided to get an idea that the mapquest directions were wrong, and refused to follow them, so we're driving and only somewhat sure of where we're going, then Caleigh text me saying All Time Low was playing in 10 minutes... So I told dad and he said there was no way we would be there in 10 minutes, so I started freaking out (on the inside) a little bit, and then it was 1130.. then 1135.. then 1140... and we ended up getting lost and taking wrong turns etc, then Caleigh phoned me and they were playing Coffee Shop and I started bawling in the car which just made my dad mad at me, then I saw the Credit Union Center and we ended up getting there at 1150, I was still crying and mom and I went in and went to the Hurley stage where they were playing and I heard Jasey & Dear Maria and then felt almost completely defeated since I drove the 7 hours looking forward to seeing them and then missed them, there wasn't much to do at that point about the situation, so we went to the blowup schedule and wrote down everyone I wanted to see

Mom and I then decided to just walk around and get a feel of where everything was since there was no one I was dying to see play at the moment, so we watched some crazy breakdancers, like america's best dance crew going on... and we watched a pair of guys beat the crap out of garbage cans and other things, it sounded beyond awesome, then we just sort of circled the place and eventually my mom said she was going to go inside and look around and then look for the reverse daycare.. so I was walking around and saw Caleb from ftsk standing with Jac I believe but the skank scattered off and he was just standing there by himself.. and no one was talking to him, which suprised me... I was nervous to go over to him but said screw it and went over anyways, I waved and he said YOU KNOW WHO I AM! and gave me a highfive, and I said yes of course! And told him that I couldn't wait to see them play at 445, and he gave me another highfive and told me I was awesome for knowing who they were, he told me that the count was only at 4000 people and usually at other warpeds there is more like 20000 people and that it was a nice break to not have people swarming everywhere, then he said GUESS WHAT!! we're playing an acoustic set in this trailer behind you and I here! and I asked if it was invitation only and he said yes :( but.. hmm, yes it is i guess.. dammit, well COME TO OUR SIGNING THEN! and I said I was planning on it! during our conversation no one ever recognized who he was or came up to talk to him or anything... and while we were talking he would touch my shoulder or back or waist... it was sort of weird but I am not complaining! Then he said WEEELLL I think we should get a picture! So I gave him my camera and he took the picture, then gave me a highfive and held my hand after for some reason.. and then said he told me I better keep going cause he didnt want me to miss anything.. he gave me a huge hug and said thank you! bye sweetheart! and waved when I left :)

I went to ATL's merch because their signing was starting soon.. plus I wanted a shirt! And thankfully when I went there was no other girls there buying stuff, so I went to the tent and Delish was like HI! HOW ARE YOU? So I said I was good and that I wanted a shirt but wasn't sure which one! He told me I'd be a small and showed me every single type of small shirt they had left haha, so I picked one and paid for it.. Then he gave me $5 back so I gave it back to him as a tip, and he was like OH MY GOD! And reached across the table to give me a hug, and he said thank you so much you have no idea how much it means, you are so awesome, here you have to take one of these right now! And gave me an atl poster and he told me to go to their signing at 2 and I said I was on my way! I thanked him for the shirt and he said no, thank you!

It was like 120 at this point, so I went to the myspace tent and there was a couple girls sitting in there.. so I asked if there were around for All Time Low and they said yes! So I asked if I could sit with them and they said of course! So I met Alannah and Stacey who had seriously.. a creepily amount of things in common with me, everything I said they said us too! Or vice versa, so then the lady asked us to get in a line and we were like 5th in line, I talked to them from 130 until 2 when All Time Low showed up and it turned out that they wanted to see everyone I wanted to see so we made a plan to hang out the rest of the day together! ATL finally showed up and the lady had spent so much time making the table for them all nice and putting drinks for each of them and sharpies and everything, then Alex came running across and flipped over the table and seriously it almost broke and all the drinks and sharpies fell on the ground and Zack was like WTF hahaha, but the signing started... Zack didnt say anything, Jack said hi and giggled because he's on crack, Alex said hello and thanks for coming, and Rian smiled which is good enough :) then Matt was standing behind them so I asked him if he could sign it too, and he said of course! and he was with some guy that was helping out with the myspace tent and he was like she asked YOU to sign it?! aaaahhh nooooooo! (it was weird) then I told Matt that it meant a lot that they came all the way out here, and he said thank you, and I said no really, it means SO much, and then he just gave me a hug so it was all good :)

Stacey and Alannah were then going to see Katy Perry and the FTSK signing was going to start so we made a plan to meet up at Mayday Parade! I ran to ftsk's merch to get a poster to be signed, and then I gave their merch guy a $5 tip as well and he screamed like a little girl and told me I was awesome :) so I ran back to the modlife trailer and got a wristband so I could go to ftsk's signing, my mom and I stood in line and there was a smaller band playing at the stage beside it and there was honestly at the most 10 people there... I felt bad :( eventually the signing began and jonathan was first and said HI DEBBIE!! and I said ....close enough, hahaha then when I came to Caleb he said ITS MY SWEETHEART! and rubbed my arm and then waved when I moved on, then austin & kyle were at the very end and kyle said HI IM AUSTIN and shook my hand, then austin said NO IM AUSTIN and shook my hand, then kyle said ACTUALLY IM KYLE and shook my hand again then said THIS IS MY BUDDY AUSTIN, HE'S AN ASSHOLE
hahaha then he told the girl after me that his buddy austin was a really great guy, haha

so then when all that was over ATL's signing had just ended and Alex & Matt went into the rockband tent, so I went in there and Alex saw me looking at him and he waved so I went over and he hugged me without me even saying anything, then he said hello! how are you? so I said I was good but I didn't get to see them play, and he said I know I'm sorry it was so fucking early! And I said I live 7 hours from here and we were in the city and then got lost right as soon as gates opened and I missed your set and I was so so upset, and he said seriously? i am so, so sorry, really, and gave me another hug, and then I said but I caught the last two songs and went to your signing and now I am talking to you so it is all good! and he gave me another hug and then said that he was so sorry again, he had his hands on my shoulders and was talking down to me like a very understanding parent.. hahah then he said i think your mom wants a picture! so we were just about to get one but I had my glasses on so i said no stop! and i took them off and alex told me i was crazy haha, so I said I said I would be on my way, but I told Alex that I was so grateful they came, and he gave me ANOTHER hug, and I said thank you! have a good day! and he said no thank you! I hope your day is amazing! we left the rockband tent and rian was right there, so I said hi to him! and he asked how I was and I said good, and he said he was too.. then my mom took a picture and he said he had to go and was sorry and he scooted off.. it was rushed but he was so sweet about it anyway

so then I ended up getting confused about which stage Mayday was on and figured it out after they had started :( but I still got to hear Jersey, Black Cat, I'd Hate To Be You etcetc, and 3 CHEERS FOR 5 YEARS! so glad they played it :) Their crazy haired guitarist pointed at me and smiled because I was singing all the words, so they finished up and I found my friends again and we just stayed barricade because Automatic Loveletter played next, then Jack walked by behind us and Alannah & Stacey told me to ask him to come watch automatic loveletter with us, so I called his name but he didn't hear and we didn't want to lose our spot at the front so we just stayed, ALL started and Juliet Simms is so tiny and beautiful, I'm so jealous! her voice is perfect too, about half way through their set it started to spit a little, and then it turned into quite heavy rain and at least 80% of the people outside went into the credit union center, and if you listen to the songs 'hush' and 'parker' by automatic loveletter you can only imagine how absolutely perfect it was to be seeing them live/singing along with them in the pouring rain, it was probably the most perfect moment of the day for me, it felt so amazing, when they finished juliet thanked everyone for sticking it out and said they'd be at their merch tent after and we should all come say hi, so we headed on over there and like.. honestly there was no one left except the fans that stayed to watch bands play, everywhere else was empty, it was raining pretty damn hard and then we started to realize it was actually pretty cold...

we went to automatic loveletter's tent and juliet was running there also and she said you guys are so awesome! seriously thank you so much, you guys look freaking cold! so she signed our stuff and wrote warm up!! =) on all of it hehe :)

so then we decided we should go inside and go to the washroom since the rain was dying down and all the wimps that had gone inside before were now coming back out, so we went in and then Alannah got really pale and didnt feel well and had to take aspirin, but she said she was ok, and we met up with my mom and told her we were going to see FTSK and then we headed over there and there was already a lot of people at the ernie ball stage! we squished through and got fairly close and then Stacey and Alannah said that actually they were going to the Mayday signing and that I could just meet them there after, so I said ok! and danced my ass off to ftsk all by my lonesome and it was perfectly fine haha, so much fun! except they were like 10 minutes late so they only played four songs :( when they were finished I walked past the side of their stage and caleb came down and waved at me so I went over and said I told you people knew who you were! and he was like man I know I was so suprised! and sort of hugged me then he goes HOLY SHIT DID YOU SEE THE PLANE CRASH?! and i was like what?! no! where?! and hes like RIGHT OVER THERE! and i was like did you see it?! and he's like YEAH OMG IT WAS SO SCARY IT LIKE BLEW UP AND OMG HOLY SHIT and then some other guy popped up and was like dude in Canada plane crashes like that happen all the time, and Caleb was like what? and he's like yeah crop planes? they go down constantly like crash here and there all the time, we had to move out of my old house because whenever we fixed it up another plane would fall from the sky and just destroy it! and caleb had the most stunned look on his face ever hahah and then he goes YOURE KIDDING ME! and the guy laughed and he was like oh my god i thought you were serious! hahahaha, so then the other guy left... and I said thank you to Caleb for coming all the way to Canada and he said thank you too and gave me a huge hug then jac showed up and he left with her

so we were walking around and I actually almost ran into kyle from ftsk, he said hello there how are you! and i said good and he said me too! and then he just put his arm around me and like pulled me really close to him and i was very confused as to what he was doing... then i looked over and my mom was standing there with the camera and then it made a little bit more sense... hahaha except since i'm a midget and kyle is the bleach blonde giant my mom had to back up a fair ways to actually get us both in the picture, and while she was doing so she ran right into a HUGE scary hardcore guy that was rocking out to norma jean and he was very unimpressed... so both kyle and i were laughing when the picture was taken, and he said ENJOY YOURSELF! and i said you too! thank you and we continued on, we found our friends just on the way to we the kings! so I went with them and we were just waiting for norma jean to end and they did and everyone left so we got up to the barricade and waited for WTK, and to be honest I had never listened to their music before so I felt so bad being up there and not knowing any of their songs, especially when the band members would come out and look directly at me and I wasn't singing the words :( but they are so hilarious and kept on going on about how they were so happy to be playing in their hometown saskatoon... hahaha and then halfway through Alannah Stacey and I noticed Jack was sidestage watching so we were detirmined to find him afterwards, and then WTK finished and we went over to their merch a few minutes after and Travis was there and he said HI YOURE SMILING! and i said yes! and he said are you happy?! and i said yes! and he said just happy to be alive?! and i said very much so! and he said what can i do for you? so i explained to him that i had never actually listened to them before and after watching them live i definitely wanted their cd, and he was like THATS PERFECT! i can do that for you! and told the merch guy to sit down because he could 'handle this one' so he gave me the cd and i asked him if it would be alright if he could sign it, and he said yes and noticed i was having trouble getting the plastic off haha, he said I AM SO RUDE IM SORRY, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT TOO! so he took off the plastic and opened it and signed it and thanked me so much for caring enough to listen to them, he told us how theyre coming back to canada but not during the winter because all the bands say not to come to canada in the winter because you'll slide off the roads and die, its sad but.. somewhat true

then Travie from GCH walked by behind us and Travis from WTK (two at once!) said that we all needed to go talk to him because he was a crazy cool guy, so we went to talk to him and he just walked away... so I ran up to him and asked him if he could sign the shirt I got B, and he mumbled something and signed the shirt with the same hand he had his smoke in.. then Alannah & Stacey asked him for a picture and he hunched over like an animal and walked away, he was so crazy stoned I cant even imagine what was going through his head

So then we went and found our parents who had become friends by this point! haha, and we watched MCS from the very back and they are so very good live! Then we saw Rian walking around and Alannah and Stacey had never met him so they wanted to meet him so we followed him around but realized he was on his phone and he caught on to the fact we were stalking him 8) and tried running away.. hahahah and succeeded because we lost him, then we decided to take a walk all over in an attempt to find jack, and just at the very end of our loop I spied him and Vinny behind some closed off area, so we felt defeated haha except they came out and walked right towards us! I asked how they both were and Vinny didnt answer because.. he's Vinny but Jack was like SUPER!! because he's such a weirdo, then he was like OOOH BOY ALL 3 OF YOU HAVE CAMERAS! VINNY TAKE OUR PICTURES! so Vinny took pictures with Alannah & Stacey's cameras and then I gave him mine and Jack said ooooooh girl you better give him a good tip! hahaha Jack's crazy, I said thanks and he was like no problemo! GOODNIGHT! and then him & Vinny walked away and Jack took Vinny's hand and was skipping with him and rubbing his hair, I don't think I could get sick of Jack.... ever

So we felt very accomplished at that point and it was 830ish and we went and found our parents again, and Stacey's mom said that she could give me and my mom a ride back to the hotel so we were heading out when we saw Rian again watching MCS, so I went and asked him if he'd mind taking a picture with Alannah and Stacey, so I took the picture and then said thank you and he gave his perfect smile and went back to watching MCS, we then left the building and it felt SO good to sit down haahah, we arrived at the hotel and I said goodbye and we had exchanged phone #s earlier so I would be talking to them again, we went up to our room and I pretty much collapsed..

Here is some things that I remember happening just not exactly when they played out throughout the day:
Charlotte Sometimes merch guy pointed me out of the crowd and told me to come over so I did and he said if I told him a joke he'd give me a prize.. I told him I only knew one joke and it was crazy cheesy but he told me to tell it anyways, so I told him my classical 'how'd tigger get stuck in the toilet?' joke and he laughed at how terribly corny it was and gave me a free balloon 8)
We signed up for some free trip and while my mom was doing it the guy asked me if my school offers grad trips, I ended up telling him all about how we're going to the 2010 olympics in Vancouver and he thought it was so so awesome but way too expensive, and all about the tickets and whatnot, it turned into quite the conversation actually... but we didn't win a trip :(
Right before we left some big crazy weedman came up to Alannah Stacey and I and asked DO YA'LL HAVE ANY ZIGZAGS?! we replied with a ........no because I don't think the 3 of us really put off the image that we would have any... he should've asked travie :)

Here's a rundown of how my spendings went:
I started out with $500
I had to pay for one of the hotel rooms - $150
Massive brownie for myself alissa & shane - $7
Breakfast the morning before we left Regina - $10
Vans Warped Tour Shirt - $20
Thiscityisburning Records Shirt - $20
FTSK Shirt - $20
ATL Shirt - $25
Shirt I got for B! - $20
Tips to merch guys :) - $10
FTSK Poster - $5
We The Kings CD - $10
Hopeless Sampler - $2
LuluLemon Sweater I bought in Saskatoon the day after - $120 (Ouch!)
So my grand total spent comes to $419 leaving me with 81$ (ish)
Even though some of that is in my wallet and some of it is in my bank account,
I am using it to buy myself a ticket for Ciwwaf & Metro Station :)

Oh and to make it even more perfect I finished it all off with giving a homeless man money right outside the Lulu store in Saskatoon, something I've always always always wanted to do, he said bless your soul and it made me feel amazing :)

Life is so good my friends
I couldn't have asked for anything more