Seriously, Best Day of My Life!

photo courtesy of Amylynn


On June 23rd, 2009 I had the Hand Me Down Kids come to my hometown and they played a set in my Nana's backyard. This is their summer tour. Fans were able to book the band for an LRC (living room concert) in their hometown. They also brought their marketing manger & friend Amylynn.

My day began at 9am. I had set my alarm for 8am, but I could not wake up that early. So I got up & about 20 minutes later, my dad, sister & I went to my Nana's. My first task, raking the backyard. Oh how fun to rake all the mowed up wet grass. While I was doing so, I got a text from Amylynn. She was letting me know that they were gonna be 10 minutes late. Once I got that lovely task done, it was time to set up the new canopy. Just incased it rained since it has been raining for over 2 weeks. Around 1145, my mom brought Mickey Ds. Starving by this point. A little after 1, the first guest arrived, my 4-year old cousin.

Almost all the guests arrived before the band except for my friend Krissi. Oh yeah, that was fun when the band arrived. All the girls ran to the doorway & started their "ooo he's hot!" HAHAHA! =) Then they started performing, and everyone started whispering "he's (Lamoni) has a really good voice!" In the middle of the first song, Lamoni told us about his ice tea he brought with him. That was so funny, he really thought he could drink the whole gallon (I think) before he finishes all the songs. He did that the night before & he thought he was going to die. Butters found himself a new best friend, my Nana's dog Daisy. Well I should say girlfriend. After every song, we clapped, so they got the idea they should have someone with a sign that read "CLAP!" and "LAUGH!" Amylynn got the idea to write it for them on a piece of cardboard. Krissi told them "well you should back here then, this is where you're getting your ideas".

Then the guys took a little bit of a break & got food. Except Lamoni. Dude, do you eat? I would of thought you would have been hungry. Or were you too full of ice tea? This is when some went swimming. Yeah, I know, cold right? Everybody but Krissi thought it was but they still jumped in. Even my 4-year old cousin. I didn't tho. Then we gathered for cover songs. This was shorta hard. We knew other bands but to find ones the Hand Me Down Kids knew (well Lamoni knew because half of the band was MIA). Then it was picture time. Fletcher let me hold David the teddy bear in the picture. After, we bought tees & posters & got them autographed. I'm thinking I should frame mine. =) It was so sad saying goodbye. Everyone hugged, me, my friends, sister, sister's friends, mom, dad, my nana, they hugged everyone. They even tried taking Daisy, but my cousin wouldn't let them. Of course, the guys tried selling Paul. My sister jumped on that one. Why wouldn't we buy Paul, he's so badass! We all had sad faces. =(

So mine & my sister's friends left, well except for Krissi. We ate some more of the food my mom made. Then Krissi got to thinking. They said they were going to see Tranformers: Revenge of the Falling at the Hooksett Cinemagic/Imax theater, why not go stalk them and go see the movie. HAHAHA. So Krissi & I go take off for Dunkin's in my hometown because that was the closest place with WiFi. But when we looked for tickets, it was sold out. Well the Imax version was. But we didn't know that until we got to Krissi's house. We started thinking, why not see another movie. But no other movie was being played at midnight. Then I thought, wait there were two Transformers at that theater. So I went to check if there were tickets available to see it in regular. BINGO! JACKPOT! I found tickets! So we took off for Manchester, I changed my clothes & headed to Hooksett. We got our tickets & waited for the guys & Amylynn to show. 2 1/2 hours later, movie finished. All 8 of us were gonna go get a bite to eat at the Red Arrow Dinner since that was the only place opened at 3am but the guys were tired and just wanted to head off for their next destination. So hugs were exchanged again & Krissi & I headed out. All & all, it was one of the best fucking day of my life. Best concert of my life. Sorry Jonas Brothers. You never gave me two hugs in one day. You never came to my town and played a concert for us.