Lying. Cheating. Stealing. All for David Cook.

so yesterday was the American Idol concert and I went with Raven, Nicole, and Becca.


first my mom had to go to the podiatrist (Dr. Thong) in Oroville so we all went in and took pictures with the lamisil fungus guy.


and when my mom was getting her cortizone shots all we heard was "Oooooh!!! Ahhhh!!! Mmmmmmm! Ahhhhh! This is different than I thought it would be!"
none of us could control our laughter and I fell on the floor a couple of times I was laughing so hard.

then we headed off for Sacto and about 5 minutes down Highway 70 the air conditioning decided to give out so we roasted for a solid hour in that hot box of a car. it was miserable.

we went to Jamba Juice before we went to Arco. it was yummy :).
and along the way we held up signs in the car windows that said "Honk if you love David Cook" and "Honk if you're going to American Idol live" and we got a grand total of 3 honks, all from guys lol.

so we went over to the Arena and waited in line for maybe 10 minutes tops when the let us in. we went to our section and the security guard showed us to our seats, which were quite high, but we had a good view of the stage. Becca went to sit down when she noticed a black widow behind her seat. we freaked out, naturally, and told the security lady and she had the other security lady go down to the service desk and tell them, but we went down as well and they were like "okay, we'll take care of it." so we went back up after the spider was gone and when Raven went to put her hand down behind her she felt cobwebs and stuff so we freaked out again and went back down to the service desk and told them again. when we went back the security lady was like, "You can just sit down here. They didn't do their job, so just sit down here." so we sat down in the box-type seats in the front of the section and waited for like 40 minutes for it to start. we pretty much died in anticipation, but it finally started at 7:01 w/ a poptart. hahaah.


and at 7:12 Chikezie started his performance. he did 3 songs and then it was Ramielle. (she's cute but I really can't stand her voice.) after Rami it was Michael Johns (he's quite entertaining). then Kristy Lee Cook (mostly country) and then Carly Smithson opened with Evanescences "Bring Me To Life" which wasn't half bad actually :). then she introduced Brook White. she was really good. she ended with Coldplay's 'Yellow' on the piano and it was AMAZING! it was sooooo good :). then the 6 of them did a group song to U2's "In The Name Of Love" for Africa. then it was intermission.

we decided we would try to get down to the floor so we could be in the 'pit'. and we got down pretty easily actually :). the host guy was like "clap your hands" so Raven and I were like "yeahhh!" and he was like "These girls are ready to party!" it was great. then Jason Castro came out with his ukelele and played "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". supa good! and there was a girl next to us w/ a little sign that said "Kayle loves Jason" or something like that. at some point he smiled at me and Raven so we pointed to the girl next to us so he looked and smiled at her too :).


but thennnnn, the crowd control/security guys were like "you have to go back to your seats" so we were like "fuck! what are we gonna do?" so we went to the bathroom and tried to figure out a new plan to get back down. oh, and I bought a little picture of David Cook and a button set of the Davids and the group during this little break of ours. so then we tried to get back down but they wouldn't let us down b/c we didn't have tickets. so were trying to find a security guard that we could bribe. (I was fully prepared to shell out $90 to get down there.) unfortunately we couldn't find one :(. at some point during Syesha's set there was a lady in a "Dreadheads" shirt (for Jason) that we talked to for a bit. she told us where the buses were and told us to go out there afterwards to see if they would do a signing. she was quite nice. then during David Archuleta's set Raven broke down and started crying HYSTERICALLY, mostly b/c we couldn't see him b/c we were still trying to find a way down to the floor. and a lady came out from one of the sections and was like "Stop crying! You need to enjoy this!" and we told her how we were trying to get down there and it was really funny. then she and I had a little fight over David Cook, it was really funny. so then we decided just to try and watch through some curtains, but a security guard totally shut them in our faces so were like "Let's just go back to our seats." so we went back up and sat down and watched Archie sing Josh Groban's "When You Say You Love Me" which is one of my all-time favorite songs. he did a GREAT job. NOTE: Raven was STILL crying.
then David Cook came out. and I started screaming and jumping up and down and screaming some more. after he did "Hello" (which was sooooooo fucking incredible!) Raven and I decided we NEEDED to get down to the floor for him. (oh, and some girl threw a note on stage and he read it out loud, something along the lines of "I love you David! Call me and let's hang out! Love, Catherine (and her friend's name) ###-####". after he read it he was like "I'm gonna get in so much trouble for doing that" and laughed.) so we went to the security guard in the section below us and I was like "This is my graduation present, is there any way we could get down to the floor?" and he said 'no' so I asked if we could just stand there and watch and he said, "Well you can't stand in the aisle, but you can stand to the side if you want." he was AMAZING. so we stood there and Raven was still freaking crying, and then all of a sudden I started crying. I full on bawling my eyes out and screaming "I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOUUUUU!!!!" and the people next to us and in front of us kept looking at us. I could've cared less, but I felt like the Sanjaya girl from last season lmao.



then we saw a mother, her daughter, and her daughter's friend leaving so I went up to the mother and asked if they were leaving and the mother was like "Yeah, we're going out by the buses to try and meet them" so I said, "I have something really bad to ask you, do you think we could have your tickets?" and she said, "We keep them, sorry" so I quickly replied "We'll give them back! We're going out by the buses afterwards too. We swear on our lives, please?" so the mother gave me her ticket but we needed 2 to get down there so I begged and bribed the daughter's friend for her ticket. I gave her $20 in collateral and she gave me her ticket. and the awesome security guard let us down :D. so then we were 2 rows up from the floor and we were looking for people leaving from the floor so we could ask for their tickets. one couple passed us and I was like "Excuse me, are you leaving?" and the women said they were so I asked if we could possibly have their tickets and her response was "I'm sorry, I can't hear you" and just walked off so I was like CRAP. but then, surprisingly, her husband turned around and handed us their tickets. I was like "THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!" so we went down to the security guard at the bottom of the stairs and handed her the tickets and she was like "These aren't your tickets, but I'll let you go." YAY! so then we took off to get to front, but another security guard threw out her arm to stop us and she yelled at us "TICKETS!" so we showed them to her and took off. we freaking FLEW up the aisle and squeezed our way over to the baricade thing.








so we were basically 5 feet away from David fucking Cook. Raven was like "I'm so happy I could kiss you right now!" so I was like "DO IT!!!" hahaha. at some point he looked directly at us! :D it was AMAZING. so were down there for a couple of songs and then he left and it was time for a group song blah blah blah. after that we got out of there as fast as we could. when we passed the amazing security guard on the way out Raven was like "If you don't have superpowers, I'm going to sue God." freaking hilarious. so then ran outside, down the sidewalk, all the way around the entire freaking building (we exited on the left and the tour buses were on the right. go us!), and found Becca and Nicole. we went to give the girls back their tickets and to get my $20 bucks back. that took all of 2 minutes.



and then we waited.

and waited.



and waited.

occasionally one of them would come out and we'd all scream, but none stayed to sign autographs for like a freaking hour. I think Syesha was the first one to start signing; either her or Chikezie, I'm not sure. so they started signing.


when David Cook came out I started jumping up and down screaming my little head off hahaha. but unfortunately, he started on the freaking opposite side from us :(. so we waited. but we got pictures and autographs from the rest of them :). when David Cook was a few people down from us I switched places with Becca b/c she was against the baricade. when he was like 3 feet away I pretty much squeeled, and then, AND THEN, he turned to me and raised his right eyebrow. it was the greatest 10 seconds of my entire life :D.

the look he gave me was similar to this one :)


(isn't his tummy cute???)
so he got to us and I asked if he would sign my shirt and of course he would. while he was doing that I was like "My friends and I all made shirts and mine says 'Hi I'm Candace and I'm a Cookaholic' and the back says 'Cookanut'," and the entire time I was babbling on he was like "Uh-huh, uh-huh, okay, uh-huh" ahahahah.


unfortunately we couldn't take pictures w/ him b/c they were running out of time but he said he'd come back if he had time. then Raven asked if she could have a high-five and so he gave her one and I was like ME TOO! so I got a high-five from David freaking Cook. and then I was like "I would so hop this fence thing. (then to David) I would get arrested for you!!!" and he was like "Please don't do that." hahahaha. it was amazing. and later I asked the security guard if I would get arrested for hopping the fence and he was like "No, I would just tell you to get back." (oh, and a few people down from us, David held up a big sign over his head that said "The Future Mrs. Archuleta" it was ridiculously funny :D.) at some point Michael Johns and Chikezie came over and we got pictures w/ them.





later when David was walking back to the bus I was seriously a centimeter away from hopping the fence, sooooo fucking close, but then I was like "Hmm, what would I do if I did hop the fence? Run over and freak him out probably," plus, I didn't have the camera. hahahaha. but yeah, I felt like a bumbling idiot when I was talking to him, but whatever, it was still amazing. then they left and it was like midnight by that time. so we went over to find my mom and left.
we went to a freaking walk-up window at Chevron and got drinks b/c we were so freaking dehydrated, especially me and Raven. then we got hungry so we broke out the Bucket-O-Chips that Nicole had bought from La Comida earlier that day and ate those.
we finally got home around 2-something in the morning.



and then this morning I was having this AMAZING dream about spam casserole when Elnora came in and woke me up and scared the shit out of me lol. then she climbed into bed w/ me and Becca and then Nicole came in and we all watched 27 Dresses.
oh, and Elnora asked me the worst question ever: Stephen Christian smiling at me or David Cook raising his eyebrow. it was difficult for me to choose, but I had to pick Stephen lol.