Seattle - April 7th 2004 by Rachel - Mall Tour

[Sharifa]

April 7th - Westfield Shoppingtown Center
Reviewer : Rachel

Okay, full recap here... wow..just wow. I got there about 7:00 am and was first there. Right after, 2 more people came. The line grew verrrry slowly and didn't pick up until after noon. Around 11 was the avril phone call incident (see victoria's thread, its clearly marked) Then around..i dunno..maybe 1? somewhere around there they let us go over to the stage. Some dude came and escorted the line over to the stage, and the best part is he said to stay in order! and made us walk so there was no stressful stampede. Which meant I was guarunteed front center! Before it started there were loads of news people. When one reporter asked why we liked her, lots of people said stuff like, she wears clothes, and then she says, "what do you mean by that?" and people were like, "she covers herself, not like britney" and i said, (with camera/mic away from me) "she sells talent, not sex" and she turned the camera and mic over to me so fast and says "say that again". mom taped it! I'll try and uhh..learn how to get vhs onto the computer..haha. I took 8 pics with my phone, and emailed them to myself but every time i try to get to my email (i'm not at home) the window closes. mass annoying. so i don't have them yet. I also recorded nobody's home! the quality is...hmm..aceptable. you can hear it fine, but its far from perfect. Then the show of course rocked, you all know how it goes! I got evan's pick. And there was a guy during like..the first or second song with a camera that he kept in my face for freakin half the song! it was like, 12 inches from my face, i swear. And I'm all trying to ignore it. Then he finally asks for my name and goes, "you know all the words?" then writes down my name and "knows all words" on this scrap of paper. After the show I bolted (somewhat rudely through the crowd, ha) over to get out, and i wasn't sure exactly where to go to try and meet her, so i stood wherever by a barricade blocking off the bus. While I was standing there, the reporter that was in my face the whole time comes over and interviews me, i told him i was going to phoenix also, that iot was my 4th show..and he was scribbling like mad. I have the feeling that I'm gonna be the focal point of his article. So then this security guard comes over like, "if you want to meet her, your best chance is over there" and points at back inside the barricaded off section that the stage is in! Like to the side of the stage. So I go back over there and wait for not very long, and had avril sign a picture that my brother took of her and i last tour and evan signed the back. When avril was signing i pointed at the picture and was like, "thanks soo much for that! That was SO fun!" and she looked up and smiled real big. I couldn't have asked for a better day! That OWNED!