WARNING: THIS WILL BE OUT OF ORDER AND REALLY CONFUSING.

I MET DAVID COOK AFTER WAITING FOR 2 DAYS (16 HOURS) THANKS TO DAVID HIMSELF!
DAVID ASKED ALL OF THE IDOLS TO GET OFF THE BUS TO COME MEET US! HE SKIPPED DOWN THE STREET! LITERALLY SKIPPED TO MEET US!
HE WAS SOOOO SWEET!!
I TOLD HIM ANALOG HEART IS THE GREATEST CD I'VE EVER HEARD AND HE BOWED!
IT WAS AMAZIIIIING!!
AND HE TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY FOR WAITING FOR SO LONG!!!!!!
REHEARSALS GOT DONE AND DAVID CAME TO TALK TO US! WE WERE ON GROUND LEVEL AND THEY WERE DOWN UNDERGROUND BOARDING THE BUSES!!! AND DAVID WAS LIKE "HANG ON! WE'RE GONNA COME MEET YOU UP THERE!" AND WE ALL STARTED TO SCREAM AND HE WENT AND GOT EVERYONE OFF THE BUS!!!!
AND HE SERIOUSLY NO JOKE SKIPPED DOWN THE ROAD!!! AND SECURITY TOLD US TO GET IN LINE AND DAVID SAID NO!
AND HE SAID "YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO DAYS WE COULDN'T JUST LEAVE WITHOUT MEETING YOU!"
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE LOVES ALL OF YOU!!!
AND HE SAID FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS COPIES OF ANALOG HEART TO MAKE MORE COPIES AND GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE! HE WANTS US TO HAVE IT AND HE DOESN'T CARE HOW WE GOT IT! GIVE THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS! DAVID ASKED ME TO DO IT!!!! SO I AM!
HE TOLD US WE WERE AMAZING FANS!!!!
HE HUGGED ME AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA STOP AND HE HUGGED ME TIGHTER! HE SIGNED MY SHIRT TWICE!
WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE WHEN HE SAID HE WANTED TO MEET US!

HIS EYES ARE GREEN! THEY ARE EMERALD FREAKIN GREEN!

I WORE HIS FEDORA! I ASKED AND HE LET ME!! HE PUT IT ON MY HEAD!! HE HAS A BIG HEAD! MORE TO LOOK AT!! YAY!!!! I MET ALL THE IDOLS (except Brooke; she was still rehearsing) AND I GOT EIGHT AUTOGRAPHS! HE SIGNED MY SHIRT TWICE! HE HUGGED ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER! AND WE TALKED ABOUT KIM!!!!!
HE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT KIM!
HE HAS PERFECT SKIN!! AND HIS MOLE IS ADORABLE!!!
HE GOT HERE IN ARIZONA AT THE SAME TIME AS ME (YESTERDAY)!!!
I GAVE HIM MY BRACELET! AND HE HELD MY NECKLACE AND SAID HE LOVED IT AND HE LOVES MY HAIR!!!!!
HE SAID HE HAD COON TAILS TOOO!!! AND HE GAVE ME TIPS ON HOW TO DYE MY HAIR!
HIS HAIR HAS BEEN RED, BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, BLONDE, BLACK AND BROWN! HE TOLD ME!!
AND CARLY TOLD US ABOUT HOW SHE DIED HER HAIR BLUE AND IT MADE HER MOM MAD BECAUSE SHE RUINED THE BATHTUB!HE SMELLS SOOOOO AMAZING!!!
AND HE'S PROUD OF US FOR SUPPORTING HIM AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY!!!
ANDREW WASN'T THERE BUT THAT'S OKAY!
AND I WAS FIRST TO HUG HIM!!!!!!!
ARCHIE WAS SO SWEET! HE HUGGED ME TWICE AND SAID HE WAS SORRY THAT HE SMELLED!
MICHAEL JOHNS WAS UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING THOUGH. BUT HE WAS STILL REALLY NICE!
RAMIELLE IS BEAUTIFUL!
CARLY IS GORGEOUS!
KRISTY IS HOT!!!
CHICKEZIE IS CUTE!
SYESHA IS SOOOO PRETTY!
DAVID IS STUNNING!
JEFF ARCHULETA GAVE ME THE STINK EYE!
JASON RECOGNIZED ME FROM LAST NIGHT AND REMEMBERED MY NAME!
HE KISSED MY MOM'S CAMERA!!!!!! I SAID "OMG! YOU'RE HOLDING MY MOM'S CAMERA!" AND HE KISSED IT AND SAID "LOOK! NOW I'VE KISSED IT TOO!"
AND THEY KEPT CALLING MY NAME TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION!! THEY KNEW MY NAME!

EVERYONE SAID THAT DAVID COOK IS THEIR LEADER AND KEEPS THEIR SPIRITS UP AND THAT WHEN HE SAW US HE COULDN'T SAY NO!
EARLIER HE CAME OUTSIDE TO TALK TO US!!! AND HE TOOK PICTURES WITH ME OVER AND OVER! AND HE SMELLS AMAZING!
AND HIS EYES ARE GREEN! AND I TOLD HIM MY BOYFRIEND HATES HIM AND HE SAID "I MADE A BOYFRIEND JEALOUS!? THAT'S AWESOME!" AND HE SIGNED MY SHIRT AGAIN AND SAID "I WANT TO WRITE YOUR BOYFRIEND A NOTE, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'D LIKE YOU TOO MUCH IF I DID."
AND HE TALKED ABOUT KIM FOR A LOOONG TIME!!!! AND DAVID SAID SHE'S GREAT!
AND I SAID I THINK SHE'S GREAT AND HE SAID THANK YOU! AND I SMELL LIKE HIM RIGHT NOW!
AND CARLY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID "I KEPT TRYING TO SAY HI TO YOU LAST NIGHT BUT YOU WERE SO EXCITED THAT YOU DIDN'T NOTICE!"
AND I APOLOGIZED AND TOLD HER THAT I WAS ALL MAD AT MYSELF AND SHE SAID IT WAS OKAY!
AND RAMIELLE IS MY BROTHER'S SIZE AND SHE'S GORGEOUS!
THEY'RE ALL GORGEOUS!
THEY'RE ALL WAYWAYWAYWAYWAY BETTER LOOKING IN PERSON! EVEN WITHOUT MAKEUP!!!
AND RAMI THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT SHE AND MY BROHTER ARE THE SAME SIZE! AND THEY'ER ALL WONDERFUL! THEY'RE ALL SOOO SWEET!
THEY'RE ALL JUST LIKE THEY ARE ON TV ONLY MORE BEAUTIFUL! I NEVER THOUGHT ARCHIE WAS ATTRACTIVE AND WHEN I MET HIM I THOUGHT HE WAS SOOOOO CUTE!
DAVID WAS AMAZING! HE LOVED MY SIGN AND I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE HIM AND HE LAUGHED! AND HE SAID HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO WRITE DURING AMERICAN IDOL AND NOW HE'S WRITTEN OUT ALL OF HIS SONG IDEAS!!
I SMELL LIKE HIM! AND I KEEP SNIFFING MY SHIRT!
AND HE GAVE US WATER!!!
AND HE'S A BIG STRONG MAN!!!
AND HE'S SOOOOOOO AMAZING! AND HE GIVES THE BEST HUGS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND CARLY IS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!! THEY'RE ALL THE GREATEST!
AND THEY KEPT IGNORING SECURITY! AND JEFF ARCHULETA WAS THERE! HAHA AND MICHAEL'S WIFE IS SOOO NICE!!!! AND CHICKEZIE IS REALLY QUIET BUT HE’S LIKE A TEDDY BEAR! HE’S SOOOO SWEET!
THEY’RE ALL THE NICEST PEOPLE I’VE EVER MET! THEY KNEW MY NAME! AND MY BROTHER’S NAME!
DAVID WAS TALKING TO MY BROTHER AND WAS LIKE “EVERYONE SIGN THIS PAPER FOR COLLIN!”
AND I STOPPED AND SAID “YOU KNOW MY BROTHER’S NAME?!?!”
AND HE SAID “YES. COLLIN WITH 2 L’s AND I DIED!!!!!!
AND HE HUGGEGD ME AGAIN!!!!!!
HE’S WAYYWAYWAYYWAYAYAWYW BETTER LOOKING UP CLOSE! AND I TOLD ALL OF THE IDOLS ABOUT OUR COMPETITION AND THEY WERE REALLY PROUD OF US!!!
SO THEY ALL KNOW!
OMG!!!!!!
DAVID CAME TO ME!!! I WAS THE FIRSTT PERSON TO MEET HIM!!
AND HE SAID WE WERE THE FIRST FANS OF THE TOUR!! AND I WORE THE FEDORA!! FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES!!!!!!! AND I WAS SHAKING SO HARD AND HE LAUGHED!
HE SAID THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!!! AND HE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU TOO!!!!
HE CAME OUT ONCE BEFORE IT GOT DARK JUST TO GIVE US WATER!!!!!
AND HE SAID “YOU GUYS MAKE MY DAY. IT MEANS A LOT!”
AND I SAID “WELL YOU MAKE MY WHOLE LIFE!”
AND HE SAID “I’M SURE YOU’RE BOYFRIEND LOVES THAT! WHAT’S HIS NAME?”
AND I SAID “ANDREW!”
AND HE SAID “RAD! JUST LIKE MY BROTHER!”
AND I SAID “AND GUESS WHAT HIS FRIEND’S NAME IS? DANNY DAVID COOK!”
AND HE WAS SOOO EXCITED!! BUT I TOLD HIIM HE WAS BETTER THAN MY BF’s FRIEND!!!
AND HE WAS THE GREATEST!
AND THEY’RE ALL THE GREATEST!
DAVID'S FINGERS TOUCHED MY NECK!
AND THEY’RE ALL SO REAL! THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET! AND I FEEL LIKE I’VE KNOWN THEM FOR YEARS!!
AND WE MADE NEW FRIENDS FROM WAITING FOR SEVEN HOURS! AND WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE AND HE TOLD US NOT TO! DAVID TOLD US TO STAY AND MEET HIM!
MICHAEL TALKED TO MY MOM BEFORE HE TALKED TO ANYONE! AND THE ARCHIE FANS WERE SOO HAPPY!
AND JASON WAS SOOO FUNNY! HE WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH MY CAMERA TAKING PICTURES! IT WAS ADORABLE!
I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE DAVID! I HUGGED HIM SOOO MANY TIMES! SO MANY!!!! AND HIS TEETH AND SMILE AND MOLE AND EVERYTHING *IS DEAD*
THEY’RE SO NICE!
HERE ARE PICTURES!
I’M DEAD NOW.

*SEISMIC THUD*



DAVID TRYING TO THROW WATER TO US


THE GROUP!!!


ME AND DAVID


ME WEARING FEDORA!


ME, RAMI, CARLY AND OUR HERO: DAVID


ME AND MJ (jason took this one)


ME AND ARCHIE


COLLIN AND SYESHA


COLLIN AND JASON (taken by jason)




Tons of me and David were taken!!! I CAN STILL SMELL HIM! I have too many to upload!!


Pirate David! (taken by my mom)

PS- WE LOVE BROOKE TOO! WISH WE COULD HAVE SEEN HER!

And it's taken me almost 2 hours to upload all of this!

OMG!!! how fing amazingly awesomely fantastic!!! I'm soo happy for you thats really terrific. I absolutely love your account of the whole thing and the pics!! Thanx for all the info. So happy to hear he smells amazing Gahh I'd love to smell him lol!!! We can finally all stop wondering what his eye color is. Thanx for telling him about all of us thats really awesome of you!! I'm so excited for you lol. I can't wait to meet him I just know it will happen eventually!! It so awesome how he was the one that was like we have to meet the fans!! Just proves what a amazingly humble, genuine, and fantastic person he us. I say it all the time, every time I think I couldn't possibly love him more, something like this happens and I do lol

Again, SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU and your mom, brother, and everyone who was there!!!!! AND THANX BUNCHES FOR GETTING US THE INFO AND PICS

WOW! Aww look at you with David hugging! *green eyes of envy* lol. That is awesome.
What an experience for you. Thanks for sharing.

Holy crappers!!! That is SO FREAKING AWESOME! Thank you for sharing your story and pics! You're SO LUCKY!

Lindz...
That is just awesome.
Third time definitely was the charm for you, wasn't it??
I love how you wrote it all out so crazy and randomly!
It made your excitement that much more apparent.
I think it is great how they all went out of their way and spent so much time with you guys.
Your story is great, and the pics are fantastic.
Thanks for sharing, and may I say CONGRATS!
Let us know when, if ever, you come down from cloud nine, lol.
I hope this bodes well for opportunities for the entire tour...

~Amy

I can't believe how teary-eyed and nauseously excited I am from reading this! and it's 4:15am here!!!!! That is the best story and news EVER! I am so happy from it, I can't possibly sleep now!

That noise you hear is the giant THUD! of everyone here that is just loving your description of David! The pix are fabulous!! I only wish that I was young enough to not feel stupid doing what you got to do tonight! I'd be camped out to meet him too. Just to be close enough to really look at him ! Let alone SMELL him! Was he wearing cologne, or was he au natural? You forgot to tell us about your mom's shirt! I can see we are going to have to wait a few more days to get a thoroughly coherent commentary That's OK, the way your excitement shines through, make all of us even more excited. I am truly happy for you, Lindz!

HERE'S THE SCOOP ON MY MOM'S SHIRT!
lol
She brought her david cook shirt with her for him to sign! We threw it down to him and he wore it around his neck and held it up in front of him!

That is so cool! So chuffed for you that you got to meet them all

Thanks for clearing up the bit about the shirt! We were all wondering about that from your earlier posts!
And can I say that Carly is GORGEOUS without makeup, Jason is a doll and Michael looks unhappy. (so sad:()
How tall is David would you guess? We're going to be bugging you for all the little tidbits for days you know! We are getting to live this vicariously through you...thanks so much for sharing, Lindz!

Wow!

Big thanks for sharing because it means so much to fans like me who are not in USA to meet DC and the other idols personally!

I think they seem like the greatest bunch and you must be going to be sleepless for many nights now

I wouldn’t wash my shirt I think, if it smells like DC!

Once again, great pics and way to go girl!

Lol. I dunno. He's about 5'11". hahaha

i'm nonstop smelling my shirt.

It's 4:46 am here. I got up to go to the bathroom and I couldn't get back to sleep! I just had to check to see how you did tonight! You did awesome! I'm so happy for you! What great pictures! What great hugs! I wish he'd hug me like that! Wow! Woo hoo!

And what exactly does "awesome" smell like? Clean? Cologne? Soap?

It's safe to assume that he's just perfect? that's my opinion at the moment. He is perfect!!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing that. Makes me really happy for all of you.
And those photos are adorable, we can see how excited he was too.

Your brother is adorable. lol

Aww I'm so happy for you that David got everyone to go up and meet you guys! What a sweetheart he is! It sure must have been an unforgettable, awesome experience! You totally deserve it from all the hours you've invested! And thank you for sharing it with us!

he smells like
100% man
But seriously. He was wearing Axe. I could tell.
My boyfriend has the same stuff.

WOW!!!!! YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!!!

I'M ACTUALLY JEALOUS!!!!

GOD, i WISH HE'LL COME TO MY COUNTRY, THE PHILIPPINES!!

You are so excited/cute in this picture! I love it


I was just thinking the same thing


Lindz, thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. Even if I don't get to meet the Idols, I feel like I did through your post.
I'm so glad that you got to meet them, and that they were exactly as you pictured them to be!
I hope that you get a chance to meet them again before they leave for the next stop on the tour

I'm really looking forward to your recap and photos of the FIRST AI Tour show.
Thanks again for sharing this with us

PS. I love your Audrey Hepburn quote

so cool!! and you got not only one, but many hugs from him! and there is MJ too.! gahhd. i am really jealouss.....

OMFG Linds! You mentioned it on SM's thread, but I just got around to reading this! Girl, I AM SO FRACKING HAPPY FOR YOU! David (and the rest of the Idols) are amazing! I can;t believe this, this is so awesome!!!!!!

*hugsdances* I'm really really happy for you. Keep sniffing that shirt! He's so amazing.

Btw, what did your sign say? ETA: After my initial excitement, I went back to read it properly. AWESOME SIGNAGE!

Poor MJ. They're all beautiful and amazing and awesome and wow! Thanks for sharing!

ANDAND What did he say about your cuffed necklace?