American Idol

I had a fun evening at the American Idol show in Worcester tonight. Due to a last minute cancellation, I ended up going with my coworker Kim and had a surprisingly good time with her!

We got in free because my dad knows a guy - we ended up on cushy folding chairs in the handicapped section between a 3-toed girl in a wheelchair and a walrus of a man in a wheelchair. We didn't mind because the view was pretty sweet. I now wish I had brought my Nikon, because there was no bag checking of any kind and people had a variety of cameras there. Oh well - so I didn't get any decent pics inside the venue (Kim did - maybe I'll post some of those later). BUT - I did get some decent pics, and a couple of autographs!! at the meet & greet after the show. Would have been so awesome with the Nikon, but the Canon PowerShot did an admirable job anyway. :)

I had a little piece of yellow paper in my purse that I pulled out in case I had a chance for David Archuleta's autograph...there were work notes on one side so I folded it in half and when Jason Castro came out, I figured I'd have him sign one side and save the other for Archie.




Here is the autograph paper:

The squiggle on the top is Jason Castro's, the one below, which is an upside down SM with some weird squiggle is Syesha Mercado's. She came out next and I figured I'd let her sign he same side and still save the other for David Archuleta!

She was really pretty...as was the next one out, Kristy Lee Cook:

I didn't get her autograph because now I was trying to save room for Archuleta so I held on to my paper and didn't wave it in her face for her to sign. Same thing happened when Carly Smithson came out...I like her but I didn't have room on my paper bcause it belonged to Archie!

aaaand same when Brooke White came out:

Now, when Michael Johns came around, I did try to get him to sign but there were so many things waving in his face he only signed like 3 of them and then got pulled back in the doors.

So now all I am waiting for is David Archuleta and he's only about 10 feet behind Michael Johns and since I'm standing against the wall right in front of the door I figure he'll definitely finish autographing the last 10 feet...I can see his dad standing right behind him..

Next thing we know, he waves to the crowd and they pull him in the doors too!

So here is my David Archuleta autograph:

Overall, I had a great night. I've never hung around to meet performers before...it was fun even though I was surrounded by screaming teenage girls.

Oh yeah - when we went to leave the parking garage and pay our $20 - the green light was on & the booth was empty so we parked for free! I didn't drop a dime all night!