Monkey Backup Singers - wasn't really feelin' them! Sorry, girls! :(
On the morning of the Eclipse premiere, I saw a tweet from 100 Monkeys saying that they're having a midnight show that night. WOO HOO!!! At least I could rest easy knowing Megan's day wouldn't be a TOTAL waste. God Bless Twitter!
J. Action n' Skeleton Man Ben G.
The crowd at the Roxy was super chill too. I think it was a mix of girls that came straight from the premiere like us, and other fans that got the news on Twitter. It wasn't super packed, but the Roxy isn't huge either. The guys came out and put on a great show as always. Jackson was still in his suit from the premiere, so he was looking adorable right off the bat!
Fast forward to the post show scene. As always, the girls all huddle around a doorway inside hoping to catch Jackson on his way out. Leave it to Meg to think ahead and figure that they've gotta be loading their equipment out back somewhere. So while the fans waited inside, we slipped out the back door and came around the side and low and behold -- there's Jackson unloading his equipment into the car. Giggling our way over, we catch Jackson coming out and ask if we could get a picture with him. He says "sure, just give me a sec to finish up here..."
HOLY COW! MUSIC TO OUR EARS. After all this time, could this finally be the day we actually get to take a picture with our object of affection?!!!!!
Well that 'sec' turned into an eternity and by then, everyone else from inside had filtered out into the parking lot too. DARN. But have no fear -- for what ensued was more than we could've asked for -- the parking lot of The Roxy turned into an impromptu meet n' greet for all who was fortunate to be there.
Let it be said that the 100 Monkeys are the nicest, most humble group of guys on the planet. They were all so laid back and enjoying all the interaction with their fans. Had it not been for the The Roxy security telling us we all had to go home, we could've easily stayed there all night!
CUT TO THE PICTORIAL (courtesy of Meg, as always! :-0):
Jackson announces that everyone gets lei'd at their shows...... SCORRREEEE!!!!! He personally went around and gave us each a lei. Here we are proudly displaying ours. I tried ever so hard to capture a picture of Jackson lei-ing the fans, but he was too quick and I was too excited. Kudos to Meg for asking Jackson if he's familiar with the hawaiian tradition of kissing someone after giving them a lei! haha So close, but no go on the smooch. Good try, Meg! :-0
*CRUSH ALERT* We LOVE Ben J! Could he be any more adorable & cute? He was UNBELIEVABLY nice n' mellow.... *SIGH* Until now, Ben J. was the only Monkey we've never interacted with and we assumed he just the private type. Boy, were we wrong -- he took time out to chat with us and allowed us to question his choice of performing with bare feet, how he's able to sing & drum at the same time, and is he worried that walking the streets of Hollywood could be unsanitary for his bare feet? haha Think Meg was secretly batting for Team Ben J. that night! :)
Always fun chatting it up with Ben G., probably because he's definitely the goofiest out of the group. And extremely cool. Meg inquired about whether they'd be returning to (our hometown) Stockton, and he said they'd love to but was asking if she could suggest venues. We were then entertained by Ben's funny recount of his experience in Stockton, how someone punched their manager and how ghetto it was. We gleefully agreed! haha
Meg n' J. Rad -- So photogenic & cute together -- They always take the best pics! :)
F.I.N.A.L.L.Y!!!! After how countless shows, Twi events, etc, etc., Megan finally connects with her Twilight True Love! :)
Look who comes slithering in after taking Meg's pic.... only I go in straight for the kill.... and go in for the biggest hug! His hand got cut off in the pic, but he was pointing at me like "who IS this chick feeling me up?!" hahaha When I hugged him, I said "oh my god.... I'm in heaven!" and Jackson's all "more like sweaty heaven!" haha After the pic, I told him "trust me, it was HEAVENLY!" *SIGH* I didn't wanna let go 'til Jackson said "now, now.... let's make sure everyone gets a turn". Yes, I was shunned by Jackson Rathbone. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!!!!!!!!!!
Meg calls this one "THE GREEDY PIC" 'cause I was being greedy w/ Jackson! haha I just wanted to take another pic 'cause I wasn't feeling the first one, so when Jackson freed up again, I asked for a "do over". He was all "A DO OVERRR????" haha Still being picky about how this pic came out, but hey -- we were on our feet all day and night and it's going on 3:00 a.m. at this point-- and I could look a lot WORSE! :-0
Overall, we had no room for complaint. We ended up experiencing a night that most fans dream about. Nothing but love for the 100 Monkeys..... BEST. NIGHT. EVER! :)
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