Coldplay & one dedicated fan

well it's about time we get a-postin on this thing again...thought i'd share a super big highlight of my year...it's taken from a mass email i sent out on wednesday:

so i wish i had made this a much more hilarious email, and intended too, but ran out of time. my apologies to you all...

coldplay was in town this week, finally announcing their ONLY show date in southern california (tix go on sale this saturday and i'm freaking out b/c there aren't many tickets avail).....SO, after their radio interview they were set to perform on jimmy kimmel monday night (airing wednesday - 12:06am EDT/PDT - ABC) and i couldn't handle the fact that they were in town and i wouldn't be there so (like a nut), i drove to hollywood after work on a fanatical whim. my friend cara used to work for capital records and her friend still does and was on the list...so, knowing i wasn't on the list, i figured i could catch some of it from across the street (on the other side of the fence). luckily, i knew the concert was happening in Kimmel's back parking lot which is small. as i drove up, i noticed a civilized line of street rats outside the back fence, waiting to get into the concert area...drat! must think of another plan. so i parked, frantically changed clothes in my car, crossed over hollywood blvd, and walked through kimmel's back alley where i ran square into a black SUV. there were a few people surrounding it, but i didn't care, i had to get to the man with the clip board 50 feet ahead. well, suddenly magic johnson unfolds himself from the vehicle...UGH, YOU ARE NOT CHRIS MARTIN...but i did marvel at his hugeness, as i was only as tall as his rib cage.

luckily jimmy kimmel's security is pretty much at the pre-9/11 standards so i walked right up to the guy with the list (past magic johnson who was IN MY WAY), put on a really pretty smile and gushed how i was sorry i was late, but that i was my friend's plus one and she was already inside etc etc....the guys made small talk with me and couldn't even find cara's friend on the list but just handed me back my ID and said, "OK just go to the other side of the stage." it's times like these when i thank God that he made me a pretty girl b/c that's the ONLY reason i got in.

i ran/walked right into coldplay rehearsing and there were only about 25 people there at that point. IT WAS F**CKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i felt so bad though b/c cara was supposed to be there and couldn't get out of work....so i basically took her spot. i found her friend and we stood around for 2.5 hours b/c kimmel was taping two shows worth of bits, but it was so worth it...coldplay ended up playing six songs (four new ones) and i was so close, chris martin was sweating on us...gross, but so cool. the jokes/banter in between the songs were probably the best part...at one point kimmel made a comment about f**ing ben affleck and chris martin retorted with something along the lines of, "as someone's who's wife used to f**k ben affleck, i take there very personally jimmy." ha!

i PRAAAY i'm not on camera at all b/c i was a total lunatic and was in the second row, stage right. i'm serious, at one point i waved at the camera like it was my first day of kindergarten and my mom showed up with cupcakes. sooo embarrassing. i was wearing a short sleeve button down with a blue vesty thing, no make up and psycho eyes. watch for me! (UPDATE: half of my face was on screen for about four seconds during the original broadcast, hooray! i'm still trying to find the rest of the performance on the website.)

it definitely improved my week...actually the only highlight of the week...ugh i'm tired.

reporting live-ish, not really, actually "previously recorded",
Missy