Tyler Hilton
February 9, 2005 - Meriden Mall
Meriden, CT

Ash and I got to the mall a little after 3.  We headed over to where the concert would be, and like 5 girls were there (well 2 were moms)  So we walked around the mall, and saw that 10 girls were there when we got back.. So we decided to sit there.  This was at like 4 or so I'd say.  So people kept coming and coming.  A lot of the girls in the front skipped school to go.  Which I think is a little bit extreme, but whatever.  I was front row and DIDNT skip school.

So at like 6, everyone stands up and gets their spot.  I turn around and theres like a LOT of people behind us! I was like holy crap.  When did all these people show up?  And the whole upper level had at least 1 row of people around it.  So I told the girls next to me I was trying to film, and asked them to move their things so I could move up closer (because technically I was 2nd row but their purses were first!)

So Tyler comes walking by at 7, and jumps on stage and OMG everyone goes nuts, and there's WAY more people behind us and the baricade is those stupid little poles with the strips of fabric coming out of them.  Hardly something I can put my weight on, but I think I did pretty well for myself considering the circumstances.  Tyler started with Pink and Black, then did When It Comes (that's when it got crazy and I got pushed REALLY hard and you can totally tell in the video because it films the ground, and then I get back up and im zooming in and out trying to find Tyler LOL) and then Glad which was a rough one as well.  Then he did my favorite, The Letter song, and finished up with Kiss On.

He said he'd be signing stuff over to the side so we could get stuff signed.  But there was 800 million people.  They should have only told the girls that got there early he'd be signing, and let the place clear out a little.  So then we got stuck in this huge mob of people trying to get over to meet him.  There were guards and telling you to wait and then let 3 people at a time through the line.  I got to the stop point and was told to wait *3* times.  I was freaking right in front, and they kept letting people from the sides of me go through.  So I get through and theyre like "No more pictures with him!"  I was SO PISSED.  I lost Ash, if I went through with her I would have been all set.  Of course, Tyler is nice and can't say no, but I didn't want to get in trouble asking him for a pic... So later he was taking more pics!  WE didn't bother hanging around until he was leaving to try and get a picture because there was still a TON of people to get autographs and it would have been really late and Ash and I both had work to do for homework.

I'm splitting all the clips now trying to record them song by song.  Let's see if it works.  Then I can't find my DVD recording software so I'm going to have to go through all my CDs this weekend to figure it out.  I will be so happy if I can sucessfully make a DVD! LOL  I'm debating editing out the parts where I'm knocked over or not (Sticking in stills as he's still singing) but we'll see.  I can include a disclaimer that says "Dont push, you never know when a handicapped girl trying to film a video for you is going to get knocked over making you miss 2 seconds of Tyler!" It can be like a PSA of sorts. ;