LA's BEST Recap (cont.)

So, if you haven't figured out what MK-O stands for, well, shame on you. Plus, that will affect how the remainder of my recap flows. If you can't stand the obvious Kanemura bias, please proceed to the next blog entry for your own sanity. (It's gonna get a little fan-girly up in here... but I'll try to tone it down a bit for YOUR consideration. Maybe.) You have been warned.

Anyway, Thursday before the concert rolls around and we still have very little word on who is performing, especially from the dance side of things. We know that Michael Johns of S7 American Idol is supposed to be there; and we know that Katee and Joshua and Twitch will also represent the Dance S4 roster. Not really thrilled about more Katua dancing, but whatever. It's for the kids, right? And meeting people I've been communicating via the interwebz with for the last 4 months. Good times.

However, our group gets word from multiple sources that, yes, in addition to Katua and Twitch, we're also going to see Mark and Chelsie. (And possibly Beyonce or Rhianna...) Mass hysteria ensues on MK-O and I'm bluggeoned by requests for "hellos," shout outs, videos, photos, etc, etc, etc.

It's a little bit of a surreal experience and I'll explain why: my tour stop for the Dance tour was one of the first ones on the schedule. Needless to say, it didn't go well AT ALL. And then to watch/read/see all of the proceeding recaps of tour stops, I felt... well... a little jealous. Silly, I know... to be so wrapped up in a celebrity. But it's a very strange conundrum as you don't get that celebrity vibe from Mark when you are talking to him. (More on that later.) So now, it was my turn for a redo... in a totally different setting. Granted, I had no idea if we were going to be able to meet ANYONE after the show. But I was cautiously optomistic. (Probably a little spacey too. It happens.) And I felt like it was my turn to bring back all sorts of goodies back to MK-O since I didn't really bring much from my original tour stop.

And of course, after this news of the Mark appearance, I failed to get anything done at work for the next two days. It was rediculous how side-tracked this news got me. I am a fan-girl; a 27-year-old fan girl. *facepalm*

I also had to figure out how I was going to get all of my typical weekend chores and shopping done on a Saturday, since Sunday would pretty much be a wash.

Saturday rolls around and I get a text message from one of the gals in SoCal about a "secret Marker" joining us from out of state. Of course, my mind automatically goes to Nora... Mark's mom. Yeah, I guessed incorrectly, but the answer to the mystery was still just as awesome. One of the Markers from Minnosota has decided to escape the winter cold and join us for a day in LA. Hooray!

I finalize my meet up plans, lay out my new outfit and scarf for the day, pack my day bag with Christmas cards that need to be addressed while on the plane, charge my camera battery, DELETE all the original copies of our Europe trip photos (oops... yay for backups!... what? I needed more space for video!), and try (and I mean... I tried) to sleep before my extremely long Sunday.