Hamilton Place Mall, Chattanooga, TN
August 16, 2003
By Kyana

Justinfan and Cherie were right. It does get worse. I didn't think that was possible, but it does. I may die of lust. I'll try and finish this post first though.

My day started at 4:30 am. This is an ugly time of day, I try to avoid it at all costs, but yesterday I was cool with it. Met Janie and Hoosier! They are great, I love them. We drove to the mall and got there around 1ish. There was already a line to get tickets to meet Justin after he sang. Cin and Rosemadder were first in line. (Rosemadder, Stepen King rules. Cin, thanks for letting the three of us pass out the stickers and cards, that was fun!) We met lots of Chattanooga moms there with their children. Most of them didn't even know Justin's cd was out. I wanted to slap them, but I held back. I just said, "It's really great, you should buy it today." They invariably wanted the stickers and cards too, even though they all said, "I'm just here for my kids." Riiiiight. Me too. Except mine were in Louisville. We met Occupant and Tess! So cool! They are great ladies, Tess is a hoot.

They said at first only the first 30 people would get tickets. We made the cutoff, but we needed 2 more. After awhile, they decided to give the first hundred people tickets. Whirly and Karate still weren't there. Hmm, what to do? We tried talking the security guy into just giving us two extra tickets, but he wouldn't. (Bast@rd!) We decided to go over his head. Janie and I talked to the mall guy. He was nice and said, "They still have lots of time. I'm sure they will make it." Meanwhile we call Whirly she was 10 minutes away. She makes the cutoff and gets her ticket. Whirly is so cool! I love her! She is such a cutie!

Still no Karate. Time to start bugging the mall guy again. He gives in and tells us he will get her a ticket. We were so happy! Where was she? None of us knew what she looked like.

The DJs come on stage, blah, blah, blah. Whatever. At one point they have Joseph sing part of Sorry. That was really cute.

We hear a voice say, "Janie?" We turn around and it's Karate! She is so pretty! Now we were really psyched! Where was the mall guy? We found him, I asked him about the extra ticket. He kept saying "5 minutes, I'll do it in 5 minutes." If he had been my husband, I would have grabbed his head and said, "You'll do it now!" He wasn't so I said, "Okay."

The DJs come back on and give out VIP meet and greet passes. Whirly and Cin get those. (Lucky!) I knew that would be wasted on me anyway. (More on that later) Whirly and Here! used the two passes after the show. I get the extra ticket for Karate. The mall guy acted like it was a drug deal or something. He was so sneaky passing it to me. Not that I've even done that kind of thing.

Justin got there and then few minutes later came back out to do a sound check. Short sleeves ladies! I've been reading for a year that he looks better in person. I've always thought, "Yeah right." But he does. I didn't know you could make this face in real life: :-o  But you can. Mine was stuck that way. It may still be.

Finally he comes out to sing. Amazing. I was having a hard time deciding where to look, his hair, his eyes, his mouth, his neck, his arms (short sleeves!), his chest, his hips, his thighs, his..you know. I check it all out. No flaws. None.

He sings OHTM first. He sounded perfect! He was doing these sexy salsa moves, running his hand from his hip to his thigh! mmmmmmmm at one point he grabs his hair and is shaking his head, I just about died. Really.

Next UM. He hit every note. Just beautiful.

Then Sorry. Again a great performance. I was completely in awe. Just blown away. He gave Karate the eye boink from hell at one point. I think he read that post. You know the one.

The crowd loved him! It was so great!

We wait in line to meet Justin. He was really taking his time with everyone. We get up to the door and there he was. The mall guy was there and he said, "This next group has come from all over to see you." Justin was sitting on a table. Just as laid back and comfortable as you please. Janie goes first. She talked to Justin. I have no idea what she said. My brain had malfunctioned. Really. She sits on the table next to Justin, and he puts his arm around her, and she puts hers around him. Hoosier takes their picture.

Then it is my turn. Justin says, "So where are you from?" I manage to croak, "Louisville." Somehow I walk over to the table, I couldn't feel my legs. Really. I could barely look at him. He says, "What's your name." I say, "Kyana." He signs my poster thing, then I sit on the table next to him. I was numb. Really, numb. Hoosier takes our picture. Am I looking at the camera? I have no idea. Do I look like I'm about to pee my pants? Probably. Then I say "Thank you." That's it, I'm sure he was blown away by my wit and charm.

Louisville,

Kyana,

Thank you.

It's offical. I'm Queen Geek of Dofus Mountain.

Then it's Karate's turn, she talks to Justin, she sits next to him and has her picture taken. HE KISSES HER CHEEK! I touched her cheek at dinner. It felt hot. LOL

I didn't get to see Hoosier meet Justin, but she talked to him. Everyone is so much cooler than I am.

I have no idea how it went for Whirly and Here! We couldn't get a hold of them after they met Justin. I'm excited to hear about it. Anyway, my brain is fried. I'm sure I'll have more to say later.

I'm not sure but, I think Justin made my ovaries explode.