tuesday afternoon i was working in my dad's office, filing (which i've become a total beast at i must say), when i got a tweet that said 'acoustic show at white marsh mall today'. i thought 'man, i wish i could go to that. but there's no way in hell my parents would let me.' until a few minutes later when i realized the last time these guys came around and my parents wouldn't let me go THEN, that my mom promised me i could go the next time they came here. i was so excited to get out of work and ask my parents if i could go. when my parents came to the concensus, i just about flipped a shit. i was going to meet set it off.
anyone who knows me (actually that's a lie, only really molly) knows just how badly i've wanted to meet set it off. i've watched all the videos, read the bio's, listened to the music, fallen in love. i knew they would be totally chill, but i ALWAYS wanted to find out for myself.
i was freaking out on the way to the mall, and pretty much died when we got close (megan can testify to this). i thought my heart was gonna literally explode when molly texted me and said that cody had just talked to her. megan and i ran out of my car and ran through the mall. when we got to the hot topic, i found molly, asked her where cody was, and we all left in search for him. we went to the food court looking. molly, molly's little brother zach, and i were standing around waiting for megan to finish up in the bathroom when zach pointed and said 'there!' i turned and, sure enough, there was cody carson and zach something walking straight toward us. i gasped, ran a few feet, and threw my arms around cody. i couldn't for the life of me believe that cody carson was here in the flesh. he was taken a bit off-guard, but took it very well. 'oh! hey! how are you! i assume you're coming to the show?' he said. i just nodded and stared. this was the real deal.
we ran back to hot topic while the band before set it off, retro ignite (they're rad, check em out), was finishing up their set. then the time came. danny clermont, cody, and zach sat down and got ready for their 6 song set. i was thrilled out of my mind. after 2 songs, danny invited me, molly, megan, and zach to come sit up in front. as a joke, i asked danny if i could sit on his lap. well, being the kind of guy he is, he said yes. so during 'introduction to outselling a salesman', i sat on danny clermont's lap. i couldn't ever put into words how utterly excited i was. nervous out of my mind, but excited. during the song, one of the dudes from retro came up and put a tiara on my head. it made me happy.
the last song they played was 'oh marjorie'. this was the first song i ever heard by them. the minute i started listening to it, i fell in love. it made me the happiest person in the world to hear it live, right in front of them.
after the set, we got to hang out with all of them. i can't describe my feelings. we went over to chik-fil-a with molly's mom after. i saw cody walking around and got molly and megan to get him to talk to my mom on the phone to convince her to let me go to their show the next night. he had done it with megan's mom and a few other people's after. sad to say, the call didn't convince her, but it was still so awesome that he actually called her.
i can very honestly say that tuesday night WAS the best night of my life. i met my idols. if you haven't had the chance to be able to do that, and you get an opportunity, do it. it's the best feeling in the world. i've never been so happy. ever. that night will keep me going for a very long time.
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