lilmot

Thanks, Jessika. Those are great pics. Brings back the memories!

You said that so perfectly.....it sent shivers down my spine. It felt exactly like that to me too. Thank you....can't wait to hear more of your reports!

DaMango....this is such a great review. I was right there with you....and yet it is so great to hear about it from your point of view. DaMango really made my night more special. I might not even of stayed and met Mika if it hadn't been for DaMango. She was a great concert companion and I had so much fun with her.

That would be me.

<sigh> today I am re-living my Seattle Mika memories. I read through the thread again and I just want to say how much it means to me that the MFC is such a supportive WONDERFUL group of people. It really makes a world of difference to have all of you to relate to......thanks again. I would soooooooooooo love to come to London and meet all of you MFCers. Wow, that would be a dream come true. We WOULD have a queue party then!!!! Thanks, Suzy. It really means a lot to me.....you are so supportive of everyone here. The MFC is lucky to have you! Hope I can meet you one day. Thanks! Starrats....the badges were such a big hit. I passed them out to the first 30 people in line or so. They LOVED them and it made them all feel so special to have a Seattle Mika souvenir badge. It was great telling Mika about you...and your are right about his confused face. I really didn't give him time to process things....because I was trying to hurry up. He really looked impressed with them and amazed that someone in the Netherlands designed badges for Seattle. And I was so PROUD to wear my pink monkey shoelaces from PinkUnicorn123. They made me giggle too. And I got to share the Seattle concert with Deb via my phone. That was fun for me. Poor her though, having to hear my severly untrained voice yelling out the lyrics. I really did enjoy the queue at this one. Not sure I would ever do it again, but it was a fun one! You are sooooo welcome. It is a great pic. Awwww....Seattle was such a mob of people and my first Mika concert. I will never forget it.....so many memories of the whole night!

You actually are very observant....because you did see the photographer in the window....and the photographer didn't even see herself in this photo until you pointed it out. You just didn't name the right person!

:naughty: I'm trying, I'm trying. It is really hard after seeing Mika live. Actually, it really made me want to thank him. So, I think I got it together now. Hilary - I just sent my in. Let me know if you get it. Thanks for doing this!

Thanks, Wildsong....those are great pics. Mine did not turn out at all. I'm glad that you are sharing some.

Here's some more early fans to the Seattle concert who also had fun with us.

I agree.....they rocked. They were very fun to hang out with before the concert, during the concert and after the concert. Here is a pic....or two.

Yay! My feet have been sore for two days. I am so glad that you guys were at the front where you should be after waiting so long!!! Here is the picture I promised.... First Fans at the Seattle Mika Valentine's Concert 2008:

I do have more...but not sure if I will get to it this morning. I need to check out of the hotel pretty soon and then will go shopping with DaMango before heading back to Seattle and beyond. I am so glad that Mana is posting in the Vancouver thread. Later I will have a bit to say over there...but for now I am just hanging on her beautiful posts and lovely thoughts. I want to post a pic of the first people in the queue....they were very nice. I think one of them posted in this thread.....can't find it now. I have a pic, but it is not on my computer yet. ARGHHH so much to do, so little time.

Sorry that I have my work laptop with me and I can't edit photos. However I will try to tell you who is who below.

Yes, we do and thank you. It is great that I have DaMango along for the road trip. She has been great with helping us get to the right place and all. She is an extraordinary person, and I feel so lucky to have finally met her in person.

As many of you know I went to my first Mika gig on Valentine's Day. My plan was to come back and do my first post in this thread. BUT, I lost my mind somewhere at the concert and forgot. Now I am in Vancouver, completely Mika devirginized (well, maybe not completely ) and I just want everyone to know what my shoe looked like at the concert. These were a special gift from Pink Unicorn to me.....sent in my first Mika Mail Package...which I will never forget. I LOVED being able to wear them to my first Mika gigs.....almost felt like I had Pink with me too. Thank you for completing my concert ensemble, Pink. (the rest of it wasn't really picture-worthy) You are one of a kind and a very special kind, in my book. I will stop writing my book now and let you get back to your thread.

Yes, it was me. She told me about you, but wasn't sure of your forum name. She asked for a badge (I think) for you....or a flashing heart? I can't remember but I did give her one. She must be a good friend to do all that AND get the sweet, sweet autograph from Mika for you! I do love the MFC. LOL I am neither....I am just the photographer of those pics. I am old enough to be all those lovely girls' mother!! It was so fun to talk to all the people at the beginning of the queue. Very special people with a deep love for Mika's music. Thanks to everyone who gave me the okay to take and post pictures. I have more....but I am still on the road so I might wait until I get home. My concert photos are crap....but I do have some good queue photos.

He did it on stage because Greg was standing there going WTF??? so Mika gave him the washboard and showed him how to do it. It was really funny. They had a good time together. At the end of the LT solo, Greg didn't know it was the end so he kept playing a bit. Then he threw his drum sticks up in the air and just shrugged. Mika laughed at him and chased him away. HMDYLM was the song in which I really really missed Cherisse. Maybe Greg wasn't really familiar with it, like most of the others? It was fine, but not the same...it was a bit different with Greg on the drums. Where is Mana? I need to get some sleep. I am sooooooooooo glad that I came to the Vancouver concert. :wub2: Good-night everyone.

Jessika...that is so sweet. Thanks for reporting....it was so great to meet you. When I spoke with Mika I only told him that his "official" valentines were coming to him later. I wasn't very clear and probably confusing. That is so sweet that he wanted to talk to you more. It was great being at the concert, meeting the people, meeting the MFC, and meeting Mika afterwards.

Then DaMango had a serious after party....

Mika had to teach Greg how to play the washboard. :roftl:

lollipop_monkey :wub2: It was so wonderful to meet everyone! Yay. And right now Mana is typing out one of her beautiful reports....and so, I can just wait. It was wonderful...so completely different from yesterday. And yesterday was wonderful too. <sigh> Greg did the LT drum solo with Mika....it was hilarious. He was very good, but I missed Cherisse.

I don't have much time because they are going to kick me out of this hotel soon and I need to go pick up DaMango for a road trip...YAY:thumb_yello: But I had a couple of queue pics that I think I will be able to post now. More later. oops, lets not forget this valentine.....

Ok, one more quick one and then to bed. I'm not sure I will be able to get on tomorrow. We waited outside and talked to some more interesting people. I was very very tired but waited with DaMango, who is a very wonderful sweet person. Mika's mom came and served us doughnuts while we were waiting. She is so sweet and very beautiful. DaMango spoke with Yasmine. Then they took us to a line. Mika wasn't out yet and DaMango was talking to Andy. I told him that I had a text message for him to read, and since I hadn't met him yet he was a bit surprised. I showed him the message from RAK1 via Deb (thanks for that). He laughed at first when he realized that it was from Rose and he made a comment about "you people" you are everywhere and you know everything. But then he read the post and he got this really sweet look on his face. And then he asked if I would do him a favor. Of course I would, and then he said, "Would you please ask Rose to be my valentine?" And he said it sooooooooo sweet that it melted my heart. He had a huge smile on his face and was waiting for an answer from me. So, I told him, that yes, I would pass that message on to Rose (ha ha and to the other 1000 people who might read this). We talked to him somemore. There were 20-25 people waiting for autographs etc and we were the only ones there who knew Andy. Then John came and told us again what security said. Mika was NOT allowed to speak and we must only talk to him but not ask him questions. NO posed photos and please be quick. I quickly tried to compose my thoughts to fit into these categories. DaMango went before me and I tried to take photos with her camera (not posed) They are the worst photos in the world....Mika's shoulder, DaMango's back. I felt really bad. John told DaMango to hurry on, I think. So, when it was my turn, I was trying to be quick, and say things that Mika didn't have to talk back to. HOWEVER, he did. For example, I gave him some buttons (badges) and explained how Starrats, from the Netherlands had designed these badges specifically for Seattle. He said, "the Netherlands?" and I wanted to tell him to stop talking. I didn't give him time to look at them and he wanted to look at them (he is so sweet). Then I gave him the message about the official valentines coming tomorrow in Vancouver. And he shook his head yes but got this wide eyed look on his face like he wanted to ask more questions. I was ready to be done with it all. So, I thanked him again for coming to Seattle and walked away. He stopped me by telling me "thanks" and then saying "bye" and I turned and said "bye" and then he said it again. It made me laugh....the look on his face was like, "don't go away, I want to talk more" but that is exactly what we weren't supposed to do right? Anyway, there are quite a few things that I will take away from this concert that I don't think I will ever forget. Certain lines sung by Mika and they way he sang them. Any Other World was especially beautiful tonight. He seemed to really go inside of himself and be feeling something with this song. The people I met, both the MFC and other people, and how gratifying it can be to connect with people, even if it is only for a short period of time. And the look on Mika's face as I walked away from him. I will never forget that look. I wanted to go back and give him a hug, but didn't. But it makes me happy. Thanks to everyone who made this experience for me so great. Thanks to Deb for taking my texts and calls. Thanks to everyone for their support and the PMs. I really appreciate it all.

And he did. They started playing 9 to 5 and I called Deb. She had texted me to see what was going on....I thought that was the easiest way to explain. I think we had a long "conversation" because I forgot the phone was even on for a long time. Hope the connection was okay. And you are right. The excitement from the opening bars of relax just washed over me like a little bit of heaven, and I think I rose out of my body for a bit. I seriously didn't even remember that I had feet at this time. It was so wonderful to see Mika in person. There he was on the stage, so real, so human, and it was like realizing that he does really exist. (oh, I must be tired). The stage wasn't really big...but it wasn't really small either. I wish I had been at the front, because it was hard to see everything, the stage wasn't that high....it was a bit shorter than normal. But everyone looked so good. Cherisse's hair was beautiful and I loved watching her play the drums. Mikey was right there in front of me and I could see Martin too. I couldn't see Luke or Saranayde very much. I didn't notice until the third song that his voice was a bit off or something. He apologized and said he had a sore throat. I don't really think he is sick, I think he just needs to rest his voice a bit more. Later, on HMDYLM and SITM, I would not have said it was sore at all. Sometimes his voice was so beautiful to listen to live that it made me cry. They seemed to have a lot of fun tonight. A few things went wrong and Martin's guitar became unplugged or something twice. Mika and Martin were really being playful with each other. It was fun to see them having a good time. I loved Missionary Man, and also Love Today was great fun. It did seem to go on forever. I loved it during the Cherisse/Mika drum competition how Mika would just go hit the trash bin one time and then come out to see if the audience would applaude him for that. Of course, we did. Sometimes it seemed like it was lasting forever, but when it was over it all seemed so quick. It was hard to leave, and then I noticed that my feet were really sore again.