Yes, I was drunk.

3:27 - 3:31 is him smiling at me omg. That’s when I got this photo

PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO SOB AND RELIVE MY PERFECT MONTH WITH TWIN ATLANTIC. 

Kaitlyn and I’s day with Twin Atlantic in San Fransisco. (WARNING THIS IS SUPER LONG)

I know I should have posted this story forever ago but there is just so much to type!!  So anyways here we go!! And i’ll probably you give you details on shows before the San Fransisco date because it all just adds up to it really. So this post might be entirely too long, sorry for those of you that will actually read it!!

3.8.2012

Kaitlyn and I had been to Twin Atlantics shows with You Me At Six at Chain Reaction (Anaheim, CA), Atticus (acoustic show, Hollywood CA) and the Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA). We didn’t get to really talk to the bands at the those shows but I did manage to get a quick photo with Sam at the Troubadour. 

When we got back home Kate looked at their website to see if they might have any other shows around us. And there were three! One in Visalia, one in Walnut Creek and one in San Fransisco!! Now mind you, Kate and I live in Bakersfield,CA. So we did a lot of traveling. And Kate bless her soul is an absolute saint, I didn’t have a job so I saved as much money as possible and she paid for the rest.

Anyways, we went to their show at Club 210 (Visalia, CA) and it was a really small venue and I was actually a little upset because I didn’t bring my camera, thinking that there was no way I was going to get decent photos. But I ended up right at the front of the stage to the left of Sams microphone stand and Katie was next to Ross. Sam introduced himself and the band and then looked down at me and Kate asking if he pronounced Visalia correctly and we gave him a little nod. They were amazing as per usual and I felt really bad because Kate and I were the only people that knew their songs and were rocking out. Craig smiled at us several times and later mentioned us in his blog post as being the only 5% of the crowd knowing who they were. Kate made funny faces at Barry while he was on stage and it made him laugh. Sam kept spitting on me while he was singing. It was sort of funny. He almost kicked Kate in the face and almost knocked me out several times with his guitar. After their set I saw Travis from PK and asked if he could sign my poster and get a hug. He gave me a back popping hug which felt great for my bad back. So I asked him if I could just keep him so I could get hugs like that everyday and he said “Sure for 5 bucks a month”. Then me and Kate noticed how Andy (TA’S Merch/Band manager always looked upset so I asked him to sign my poster to try and make him laugh and he refused but I did get him to smile. Later I saw Sam at the back of the room so I asked I walked over to him and he looked at me and said “Hey don’t I know you from somewhere?” and I smiled and said “My name is KC, i’ve been to your last 4 shows. It’s probably the red hair and the plaid shirt and the big ass camera that helped you remember.” and he chuckled and tugged my sleeve and said “Oh yeah!! You’ve worn plaid to every show haven’t you?”, “All except for Chain Reaction.”. He mussed his hair and said “Ah! Well thank you for coming to the shows, I really appreciate it! Is that our poster?” he said pulling it out of my hand and I said “Yeah! Could you sign it for me?” and handed him a sharpie. “Of course! Wow that’s a fancy sharpie.. *signs poster* here you are sweetheart.” And then I sort of held my arms out for a hug and he chuckles and goes “I don’t know miss, i’m really sweaty and smelly” and he hugged me anyway. After PK was done with their set we hung out outside for a bit and Barry walked out and I said “Hey Barry i’ve been looking for you!!” and he stops and looks at Kate. “Oh really?” and I said yeah if you have a sharpie could you sign my poster?” (I had given the sharpie back to the owner of the club who had taken a strange liking to me and kate. He gave us the poster even though they weren’t supposed to be given out and told the guy at the bar to give whatever we wanted to drink for free) So Barry searched through his bag for a full ten minutes before going all the way to their tour van and coming back with a sharpie. Which I think he did that strictly because of Kate because he couldn’t seem to take his eyes off her. When he found out we drove four hours to see them he about had a heart attack. He stood there talking to us for over an hour then they had to go. Then we hung out with PK for two hours. They all signed my poster. Nick drew me a unicorn so Travis took my poster and drew a Turtle which Nick claimed was his spirit animal. Then we drove all the way back home!!

Then we went to their show at The Red House (Walnut Creek, CA) and you can read the story about that night and how I gave Sam my necklace HERE. Also, it was really funny Andy gave Kate an empty box and told her she had to keep it and bring it back to the next show. Which she did.

And now the biggie!! The best day EVER. The day before their show at The Rickshaw Stop (San Fransisco, CA) we drove seven hours from Bakersfield to San Fran and checked into a little Hostel hotel. SUPER. CREEPY. 

The next day we got all dressed up and walked 2 and a half miles UPHILL to a Denny’s down the street from Fishermans Warf Peir 39. We ate breakfast and hung out for a bit then walked around Fishermans Warf for a couple of hours before we got bored and went back to the Denny’s (which was built into a Holiday Inn) and we sat outside for a while. I’m taking pictures of Kaitlyn just sitting there smoking when a shuttle van pulls up. I didn’t pay attention.. until Kate sucked in a huge breath. “KC..  turn around.” So I turned around and there was a skinny guy with a familiar slouch and beenie on facing the inside of the van pulling out luggage. I was just like NO.WAY. Then he turned his face to the side and rubbed his stubble and low and behold Sam McTrusty turns around with his luggage and starts walking in our general direction. He looks up so I decide to say “Hey waht’s up Sam?” and I start laughing and he walks over to us with a smile and sets his stuff down in front of us.. “Hey girls, i’m so fuckin’ tired.” And i’m not going to lie the fact that he felt comfortable enough in front us to speak however he wanted made me happier than it should have. “You really look it. Didn’t sleep well or..?” He rubbed his neck “No I just got in from Toronto. I had to finish up some stuff there.” “You should probably go take a nap dear haha” and he chuckled “Nah I’ll be alright. Are you guys here for our show?” Me and Kate nodded (Kate has this really bad habit of being painfully shy so I usually end up doing most of the talking). “Well thank you guys for coming all this way to see us!!  But i’m gonna go ahead and go see the rest of the guys. *He says sorta patting my shoulder then picking up his luggage* See you guys at the show!” So he walks into the Holiday Inn. A few minutes later he walks back out to go get the van and the entire band comes of the hotel and starts setting their stuff next to us. I got to chat with Ross and even sat next to him on the ground and he told me to look through his tweets on his phone because he couldn’t find any of the tweets me and Kaitlyn had tweeted him the night before invting them to dinner. (I was going to buy the band and Kate dinner especially because Kate paid for mostly everything. She deserved it.) When we finally found the tweet he laughed and said if he had seen that he definitely would have met up with us. Then as they were loading everything into the van Barry stopped and talked to us which was really funny because he kept giving us suggestions on what to do while we were waiting to head out to the show. “Don’t just sit her gals, go do stuff! There’s so much here!” It was really cute.

After they drove away, we decided to walk around Fishermans Warf again. And we kept running into the boys. And they made a point to wave or smile at us everytime. When we ran into Sam and Ross next to chipotle for the millionth time I laughed looked at them and said “Are you Stalking us??” and Sam chuckled and said “I really don’t know!” and we went our seperate ways. Then we went into Cold Stone and while we were in line I thought I saw Craig walk by so I rushed out there to see if it was him and it was so I said hi and gave him a hug… he actually looked a little lost. “So I have to tell you, that I love your blog and you write really well and your hilarious and I was wondering.. can I just like adopt you as my big brother?” He got a huge smile on his face and said “Yeah sure, of course *he gave me one last hug* i’m gonna go and try to find the rest of the guys, though see you at the show!” So yeah, ran into them a billion more times. blah blah blah. 

THE SHOW!!! We get to the venue and it’s super cold and we are the first ones in line waiting outside. Sam walks out and is on his phone and walks down the sidewalk a bit then comes back over to us “Hey KC!” “Hey you, I have a question for you!” He stands next to me “Shoot!”, “It’s about tattoos..”, “Alright”, “Okay so, I really want to get a tattoo that would represent Twin Atlantic, and I was wondering, if you could draw something that represented the song ‘Yes, I Was Drunk’ what would you draw? I mean all your songs are amazing but that one really gets me. And I dont want to just tattoo ‘Yes, I Was Drunk’ on me because people would be like ‘Oh you were drunk when you got that??’ Ya know?” And he got this really shocked face then chuckled “Oh wow, first of all, i’m really flattered that you want to do that. *he rubs his stubble for a bit* I really don’t know you’ve stumped me on that one i’ll have to think about it!”, “Haha well if you drew something that resembles Twin Atlantic in general?” He smacked his hands against his legs and said “You know what? Just get your entire back tattooed with our lyrics.” Then Sam, Kate and I just started laughing. He gripped my shoulder and told us he was going to go get food, so him Barry, Ross and Andy left. Then Craig came out and asked how we were and mentioned he was about to go get food, walked halfway down the sidewalk and came back. “That was quick!” he smiled and said “Nah I forgot my wallet!” Then he came back out and asked us which way the others went so I told him.. and he still ended up going the wrong way haha. We got into the venue and I was dancing around to the dj’s music while waiting for the bands to start playing. Sam walked past and laughed at me jumping around so I said “You wanna dance?” and he goes “Absolutely not!! Way too tired!! Thanks though!” 

blah blah blah They played amazingly obviously. After the show we talked to Sam and Barry for a bit. Got them to sign another poster and we got pictures with Sam and Ross. Barry didn’t feel like taking pictures and craig dissapeared! Poor Sam was getting smothered by guys (turns out the venue is generally a gay dance club). And it was really funny because they were really funny and they were all so cool and the boys didn’t get freaked out by being hit on by a bunch of guys which made me love the band even more. Then I went to their merch table to see if they had any hoodies left… Now.. Andy the merch guy… acts like he hates Kate and I at every show.. He saw us and went “Oh no..” then I realized he had already put up the merch but he insisted on finding a shirt my size and went through three tubs before finding one. He even made a big show of violently throwing his keys on the table before going through the tubs. “We won’t have hoodies until our L.A. show. So you get a shirt. Large?” “No I wear a medium…” And he just sort of looked at me. “ARE YOU SAYING IM FAT.” He looked me and down and with a straight face said “Yeah.” He then winked at me and smiled and tossed a medium shirt at me. “Thank you so much!!” I said as I tried to hand him money for the shirt. He started packing the stuff back up and said “Nope. I don’t want your money.” I just stared at him and went to throw the money in the bin and he smacked my hand and said “If you put that in there I will just throw it back at you.” “CAN I HUG YOU?” He laughed and said “No.” “Can I shake your hand?” “Nope but you can help me put all this in the van though.” So I carried a big heavy tub out to the van and helped him pack it in. Kate helped bring in the display board and he smiled and said thanks. (SO I’M ASSUMING HIS WHOLE I HATE YOU TWO ATTITUDE IS JUST A COVER UP FOR HOW MUCH HE SECRETLY LOVES US.) The next morning we left to go home and ended up driving behind them next to them and in front of them all the way home. So yeah. BEST DAY EVER. <3

Did you know that ‘sick Josh Franceschi hugs’ (as I affectionately call them) are probably the best hugs ever?

When I saw YMAS at Chain Reaction (Anaheim, CA 2.12.2012), Josh came out in his gray hoodie (hoodie up) and stood on the side of the bus to sign stuff for fans and say hi. You could tell he wasn’t feeling well -he almost had an episdode on stage poor thing- and I didn’t get to take a picture with him because he asked us to stop taking pictures because the flash was making him feel worse.

I managed to get this picture before he asked to stop though. When I walked up to  him I completely forgot I wanted him to sign my ticket, he just looked so miserable I felt bad for even bothering him so I just held my arms out to him. He smirked and said “I’m really sick I don’t think you want to hug me.” So I hugged him around the waist and said “Nonsense. Hugs will make you feel better.” And he laughed and hugged me over my shoulders with his chin on my right shoulder. I gave him a tight squeeze and kind of turned to walk away but Josh like tilted his head so that it was laying on my shoulder instead of just his chin before I could fully let go of him and walk away. It was so cute. He just put the full weight of his head on my shoulder and rubbed my back a little. 

Poor Josh. Still though BEST.HUG.EVER.

This isn’t the best picture but this is Twin Atlantic’s tour van. Me and Kate drove behind, next to and in front of them basically the entire way home from San Fransisco to Bakersfield. That’s like almost a six hour drive. But because Paul has a lead foot and we were behind them for the most part it turned into a four hour drive. YEAH. 

My moments with Sam McTrusty at the Walnut Creek show.

So I went to Twin Atlantics show in Walnut Creek last night. Well two nights before at their show in Visalia I had noticed that Sam had seemed a little off. Like sad or upset. Rumors are flying all over the internet about several things but the biggest one is his break up with his girlfriend. Now at the time I didn’t know if any of that was true so the night before their concert in Walnut Creek I wrote Sam a letter. Nothing too special, just that whatever was bothering him, everything would be ok. 

Well me and Kate (k-skye.tumblr.com) got there four hours early and hung out in the lobby of the venue the entire time. It was cool because all the band members of PK and Twin Atlantic recognized us and came and talked to us while we were waiting. Sam was one of the last members to actually walk out into the lobby while Kate and I were just waiting there. When he walked into the lobby he looked at us and said “Hey what’s up guys?” and walked over to us. I said “Hey Sam, how are you?” and he stood in front of me (i’m sitting in this little black swivel chair) and said “I’m alright, it’s nice to see you ladies again, how are you?” 

Now i’m sorta shaky and I start fiddling with the envelope his letter is in and I say “I actually have something for you.” He looked at me and he goes, “Do you now?”. I stood up and said “Yeah, I wrote you a letter.” and handed him his envelope. 

He said “Yes you DID.” he said as I pulled the long necklace you see in the picture above over my head. He looked at me and asked “Do you mind if I read this on my own?” and this is where I started to stutter a little bit. I said “O-oh yeah of course. This is for you too.. may I?” I held the necklace up like I wanted to put it over his head. The smile he got on his face was SO great. like he just LIT. UP. and he goes “Oh wow yeah sure!!” So I put it over his head and he chuckled when it got stuck on his ear and I fixed it. He picked up the little round pendant on it looked at it smiled all huge then looked up at me. I said “Yeah, it says HOPE. I noticed in Visalia you seemed kinda sad about something.” and I sat down because I felt really awkward and Sam still fiddling/staring at the pendant says “Yeah, that was a bad day for me.” Then he realized I sat down and he held his arms out to me and he goes “Get up here!! Can I have a hug?!” So I stood up and hugged him and laughed. When he let go he was all smiley and said “I’m going to go ahead and go up to our room and digest all this, but i’ll come back down or come say hi after the show.”

So BLAH BLAH BLAH Kate and I ended up getting to stay in the lobby once they started clearing everything out to let people in to buy tickets and I was front stage so I could take picture’s and at first I didn’t think he was going to really wear the necklace. But once he took off his jacket I saw the chain!!

I have to admit, I internally SQUEALED. I’M PRETTY SURE I WAS PUKING MILLIONS OF RAINBOWS INTERNALLY.

So at the end of the show (after most of the peoplehad left) Ross told Kate and I to wait by the corner of the stage where the stairs led down and outside to the back and he was going to go get Sam. So i’m talking to Kate and two minutes later Sam walks up the stairs and leans on the wall next to me so I said “How you doin’ buddy?” he gave me a crooked little smile and said “I’m alright thanks! You?” I said “I’m good! You guys did really good tonight!! Saw you smile a bit more this time!” and he shoved his hands in his pockets and he looked down at the ground and said “Yeah… I read you’re letter,” he said and he looked up at me (AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE OH.MY.GOD. it was so like GRATEFUL like it was a face that you could tell something had been bothering him but reading my letter helped) and he says “I really, REALLY appreciate it. It was really sweet. I’m not really sad… I’m just.. spoiled, so I was sort of throwing a fit. But thank you. That was really thoughtful and means a lot to me.” So I kinda nudged his shoulder with mine and said “No problem.” (This is about when some other fans realized he was in the room and started making their way over) He put his thumb under the chain of my necklace and pulled it out from under his shirt a little and said “Yeah i’ve got your necklace here. I didn’t want it to snag on anything. Thank you so much.” I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY SO I JUST SMILED AT HIM. 

Thats when the other fans kinda lined up behind us which made me feel bad because he was trying to avoid being swarmed but because he wanted to thank me it was gonna happen anyway. So I said “I was going to ask you if you’d take a picture with me but I know you have to go and it looks like you’re about to get swarmed by girls.” He put his hand on my shoulder and said “No. That is completely fine, I’ll take a picture with you, of course.” and I said “are you sure?” and he gave me a big toothy grin and said “Of course!” So Kate took a picture of us and I hugged him and kissed his cheek and told him to stay happy and he gave me one last squeeze. So then I kinda moved to a doorway to just sort of make sure he was really ok. Kate kinda got pushed out of the way by the girls so she didn’t get to talk to him much. He talked to the other girls for a minute or two and when his tour manager came in and told him they had to go he turned and wave goodbye at me and Kate with a cute little crooked smile.

So.. I’m pretty sure that, that will forever be the highlight of my life. So if anyone takes pictures of him and they notice the chain under his shirt or see the necklace tag my tumblr URL or message me or something so I can see it or hear about it. :)