amygimpel

Hi guys! My name is Amy. I'm new to the fan club, but have been a MIKA fan since I first discovered Life in Cartoon Motion in 2008! I'm a 22 year old senior in college on Staten Island, NY. (I'm originally from Philadelphia, PA though). I was at Webster Hall last night and I was at the Brooklyn show the night before! (When he didn't encore the first night we just couldn't bare the thought that our MIKA experience was over until a few years down the road whenever he next returns to the U.S... So my friend and I impulsively bought last minute tickets off Stubhub to Webster Hall and thank GOODNESS we did.) These were the second and third times we've seen MIKA live. We also saw him the last time he was at Webster Hall in 2012 promoting Origin. After that first concert we waited outside to meet him and thank goodness we stuck around the 2 hours to do so. He was short, but very sweet and took a photo with us! Last night we had an amazing view from the balcony. We were as close as you could get to the stage on the non VIP side. The entire performance was magical. I have not stopped listening to the videos of Good Wife since then. It is without a doubt my favorite of the new songs we've heard thusfar. It's so tragic when you really get to delve into the lyrics and realize this poor man had to withold his feelings for a dear friend as he fell a part in front of him. Makes you wanna give him a big tight hug. But the night just kept getting better. We waited around on the balcony to take pictures of the set and watch them break down the stage. Then we decided to use the restroom before heading out and while we were in line we saw MIKA come out in the VIP section on the other side of the balcony! After using the restroom we went over there and there wasn't a bouncer so we walked in just to sort of poke around. We certainly didn't mean to take away any of MIKA's time with family and friends. (It seems like there were other fan club members there too? But I'm new so I apologize, I don't know any of you gusy yet!). We didn't want to step on any toes by being there or bother anyone, so we just sort of stayed to the side and out of the way as best we could. We were content to just observe, haha! But at one point MIKA made eye contact with me and and so I smiled back at him. And he smiled and commenced a conversation! (I think he could sense that we were fans that weren't technically supposed to be there, but he seemed to appreciate that we weren't crowding him or fighting for a chance to talk.) So he turned to me and I just instinctively reached my hand out to shake it and congratulate him on an amazing show. He was SO SO very sweet. He ended up talking to us for 5 minutes! I told him that I was at the Brooklyn show the night before and he was eager to compare the two shows. He said "Ugh, tonight was much better." I just said that I loved how different they were and I felt so lucky to have seen both. I then complimented him on Good Wife and told him how much I adored it and he seemed very touched by that! He was excited to talk about the new album. We didn't want to take up too much of his time so we wrapped it up quickly, but I was just so touched that he took the time to talk to us. It was a magical moment for us. I'm so glad I've found this community. I can't wait to get to know you all better! I'm ready to start exploring some of these threads! Nice to meet you all!