AMERICAN IDOL/ CALI TRIP

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 15TH, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY DEAR, SWEET, FRIEND JETTA. SHE CALLED TO TELL ME SHE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM AMERICAN IDOL AND SHE HAD VOUCHER TICKETS TO AMERICAN IDOL. AT THIS POINT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FRAUD OR A JOKE...AT ANY RATE...I THOUGHT IT WASNT TRUE. COME TO FIND OUT...IT WAS REAL!

WE QUICKLY MADE PLANS TO ROAD TRIP OUT TO LA TO SEE AMERICAN IDOL LIVE...TO WATCH THE TWO DAVIDS BATTLE IT OUT!! JETTA RECEIVED FOUR VOUCHERS...SO WE NEEDED TO FIND TWO MORE PEOPLE...SAD TO SAY, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD GET WORK OFF...THIS NUMBER IS A HIGH AND SAD NUMBER...COME ON PEOPLE- WE ONLY LIVE ONCE! IT CAME TO SUNDAY NIGHT AND WE STILL HAD ONE VOUCHER TO GIVE AWAY. LUCKILY WE FOUND SOMEONE...AND WE WERE READY FOR OUR TRIP.

SINCE I AM IN SUMMER SCHOOL, WE COULDNT LEAVE UNTIL AFTER 10AM. I TOLD ME ENTIRE CLASS I WAS GOING TO AMERICAN IDOL...AND TO SAY THE LEAST...MOST WERE JEALOUS!

WE GOT TO LA AROUND 9ISH THAT NIGHT. WE WENT TO BED KINDA EARLY...THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LONG DAY AHEAD OF US.

WE WOKE UP AND WERE OUT OF THE HOTEL BY 7AM. WE DROVE INTO LA, PARKED THE CAR, AND WENT OUT FOR BREAKFAST. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE SAFE SINCE YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LINE UP IN CALIFORNIA UNTIL AFTER 10AM. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO LINE UP AFTER BREAKFAST, WE WERE A GOOD 200 PEOPLE BEIND THE FIRST PERSON...AND THIS WAS AROUND 9AM. SO IT IS A GOOD THING WE ARRIVED EARLY.

SO JUST TO EXPLAIN THE VOUCHER TICKET- JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VOUCHER DIDNT MEAN WE AUTOMATICALLY HAD TICKETS...HENCE STANDING IN LINE.

WE FINALLY GOT OUT TICKETS AROUND 11ISH. I SAT IN ROW FF SEAT 305!!! RIGHT ON! IT WAS SO COOL TO HOLD THE TICKET...AS CHEESY AS THAT SOUNDS. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO WATCH AMERICAN IDOL LIVE. WHILE WE WERE IN LINE, WE MET SOME REALLY COOL AS WELL AS INTERESTING PEOPLE. THE TWO PEOPLE RIGHT BEHIND US WERE A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FROM SLC. WEIRD! THE PEOPLE WERE BEHIND THEM WERE... NUTS! ONE CHICK TOLD THE 12 YEAR OLD GIRL SHE THOUGHT ARCHULETA WAS GAY... SO WHY ARE YOU TELLING A 12 YEAR OLD THIS. TO SAY THE LEAST, SHE HATED ARCHIE :( SAD!!

WE MADE SOME PRETTY COOL SIGNS IN LINE. ON ONE OF THEM- WE RIPPED OUT THE UPPER CORNER-- IT LOOKED LIKE UTAH...AND WROTE "WE DROVE 12 HOURS TO SEE DAVID A." THE OTHER POSTER SAID "UTAH HEARTS ARCHULETA." WE ALSO PLAYED CATCH PHRASE. THERE WERE DEF. SOME GOOD TIMES THERE... IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE DIDNT KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE SOME EASY WORDS...YARN BALLS...HAHAHA...NO ONE WILL GET THAT.

WE GOT IN THE THEATRE AND STILL HAD TO WAIT...BUT AT LEAST WE WERE IN AC!! WE GOT TO GOT TO THE DRESS REHEARSEL. THAT IS COOL! WE REALLY SAW THW SHOW TWICE. WHEN THE DAVIDS PERFORM IN THE REHEARSAL- THAT IS WHAT IS PLAYED BACK AT THE END OF THE SHOW. INTERSTING!!!

DURING THE LIVE SHOW- THEY HAD, WILL SAY, A DJ. THE DJ KEPT US PUMPED AND ENERGIZED CONTINUALLY. THE SHOW SEEMED TO BE SHORTER THAN WHAT IT IS ON TV. IT WAS SO FREAKIN LOUD! THE CROWD CONSTANTLY FOR ARCHIE! HE REALLY DID SO FREAKIN AWESOME!!! I WISH HE WOULD HAVE WON! I AM AWAITING HIS CD...OH YEAH, I AM GONNA BUY IT FOR SURE.

WE ALSO WENT TO THE BEACH, THE LA TEMPLE, AND DROVE BY THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN. THE TEMPLE IS A MUST SEE. I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE...BUT IT IS ALWAYS COOL TO SEE SOMETHING SO PURE IN THE CITY!

WELL...THAT WAS OUR TRIP! I HOPE YOU ARE ALL JEALOUS! NEXT TIME YOU SHOULD LIVE THE LIFE- BECAUSE YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE...SO IT MIGHT AS WELL BE WORTH IT!