Hello Hurricane

This morning when I woke up it seemed like any other day. I went through my morning routine, part of which is checking various sites on my computer. Since the Switchfoot concert was swiftly approaching, I was keeping tabs on their latest Twitter updates. The one this morning read: "Tulsa! Come to a free show at Qdoba- accoustic suprise on 71st and memorial." I read this Tweet, which was immediately followed by: "Almost forgot, the show it at noon. See you at Qdoba, Tulsa! The cat is officially out of the bag.." This was great news.

I'll pause here to mention that I may have a slight man-crush on Jon Foreman. I can't get enough of his music, and meeting him is on the top of my list of things to do.

After reading these updates I left to meet Anna at Cafe Plaid. She called me because she was running late and I told her that Jon Foreman would be in Tulsa and I was sad that we couldn't see him, especially since Tulsa is 2 hours away and the time is currently 10:01a. She immediately responded, "Let's go!" So we did.

After several quick stops, we sped to T-town where stood the great JF in all his splendor. He played a few ditties, which were awesome, and said he'd stick around to chat. He did, and it was great. I won't say we had a great conversation, because we didn't. He was, however, very warm and friendly. He seemed very down to earth. I can now take "meet Jon Foreman" off my list.

Once we got our autographs and such we said hello to my parents and got back on the road; just in time to see Jon Foreman. We made it back to Norman to get tickets, then headed back out to OKC for the show.

Once we were inside, Anna and I were close to the back of the crowd. About 15 minutes before the concert began, a chain of people pushed there way through the crowd telling people they needed to get to the front. This seemed like a lame thing for them to do since we all needed to get to the front. I opted to capitalize on this moment by following them. We just attached to their chain and before we knew it we were 4 or 5 rows from the front. As the concert went on people would leave or shift around until we finally had front row seats!

The show was phenomenal. Seriously, it was great. I'm wondering how it was on an objective scale, but for me, it was everything I wanted. The band played flawlessly through their new CD, Hello Hurricane. JF sang with passion and enthusiasm. He even came down and walked through the crowd. At different times he would stand on the railing about 5 feet from where I was standing. I couldn't ask for much more.

All in all I was thoroughly entertained. Job well done.