.bemyclementine.: This actually happened.

It happens occasionally that I get overly excited about something and commit whole-heartedly and early on; and so it was when buying tickets to see Sufjan Stevens. They went on sale at 12:00 and I bought them by 12:07 (and that was only because the website was giving me trouble...). Come to find out, seats were assigned on a first come first serve basis depending on when the ticket was purchased, so,oh yes, we got front row seats.

I beamed the whole day when I found out.
So excited.
That would have been enough...

Come concert day my friend Leslie and I were walking up to the venue when we passed a group of friends standing around and chatting on the sidewalk.

One of them looks familiar...
Me: "Leslie, THAT. WAS. SUFJAN. STEVENS."
Leslie: "Oh my gosh."
Me: "Get out your sharpie and cd"

Opportunity of a lifetime.
We were brainstorming what to say or do...so starstruck we could hardly form simple sentences. And all of a sudden, their conversation ends and they come walking our direction on the sidewalk. He just passed us and I put my hand on his back (his back!) and said, "Hey man,"--I didn't want to mispronounce his name--"Do you mind signing this CD for my friend?"

Me: *keep it together!* "Sorry, we're trying to keep this low key."
Sufjan: *pausing before turning around* "Sure! Oh you came prepared!"
[Leslie is a good Girl Scout]
Leslie: "We're sitting on the front row!"
Sufjan: "Hope you brought your earplugs"
Me: "Oh man, left them at home...."
Sufjan: "Well, I hope you brought your Dramamine."
[Not sure exactly what he meant by that.]
Us: "Good luck with the show, we're excited!"
And suddenly I'm a 12-year-old.

By then his friends had scattered. I think it was a tactic to avert drawing attention to him. Good friends.

It was great. I like it when musicians talk alot at shows--it gives you more insight into their music and who they are as a person (of course!). His new tunes are way different, but they're growing on me.