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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 0:29:59 GMT -5
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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 0:39:07 GMT -5
Can't wait for the flying thongs recaps/pics/vids.. lmao
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Post by itskaye on Aug 23, 2009 1:14:58 GMT -5
Yoko, those recaps are phenomenal! And, I have to say you really did look like you were turned into a pile of mush when you saw Anoop. You didn't talk that much. I bet I would not be able to say a single word if Lord Gorgeousness were right in front of me! OMG!!! Anjana, way to go for pimping Noopy D! OMG! What an experience for you guys! I'm sooo happy for you.
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Post by dawnie248 on Aug 23, 2009 2:12:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the AWESOME recap Yoko, makes me feel like I was there too. I would give anything to hear him sing live! I have never loved a voice this much before, and I don't think I will ever love another. His voice is just sooooo.....you know what I mean. And not to mention the fact that he is soooo incredibly GORGEOUS!!!
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Post by sj1 on Aug 23, 2009 2:52:00 GMT -5
Can anyone please fill me in on why the 'Location, Exalt / Smite sub heading & tabs dont show for me. Thanks in advance!
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Post by feng on Aug 23, 2009 3:50:42 GMT -5
I flove your recap yoko. It ws so detailed that i can really figure it out what ws happening & also feels the excitement too.
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Post by hicee5 on Aug 23, 2009 4:24:20 GMT -5
DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING RECAP IS ALL TRUFAX! I CAME. I SAW. I CHRIS MELLY’D.
Philadelphia, Aug 20
First off I have to say that I knew this would be an EPIC day, but it was EPICER than I ever expected. We laughed. We cried. We squeed. I love you Philly Barricade Benches forever. I had SO much fun. Anoop has no idea what he has done for all of us. Corny warning: You all have a piece of my heart. I still can’t believe that you guys flew from all over the country & Canada to be here to support Anoop. It really warms my heart that Anoop has fans that love him so much!! I love you all in a Godly way. I want to CM all of you.
The Anoop Stans section of the barricade was covered in Anoop signs, buttons, flags, gifts, basically a sea of Carolina Blue. We even had Anoop music playing on a stereo. All eyes were definitely on us at the barricades because we were full of energy & Anoop spirit, even though it was hot as hell….95 degrees. Don’t try this at home kids, we all felt sick after standing in the intense sun for hours. We spread ourselves around the barricades with our Anoop love. One girl, who was about 10 years old asked me how all of us Anoop fans met. I did not want to teach a little girl to meet strangers on the internet, so I just made up some excuse…
Anoop Pimp Extraordinaire, Kary, was so organized and put in a lot of effort to ensure that we all had a good time. Among all my groups of RL friends I’m always the one that has to do all the logistics, so I def LIVE Kary forever for putting so much effort into making sure we had a good time. She made a game show for us to play called “Anoopardy”. We brought kids from other fandoms to play “Anoopardy” with us. The kids were adorable. They had fun playing, and had big smiles on their faces.
You guys, I don’t know how you imagine Yoko to be, but she is so sweet. She is so cute. She was dancing up a storm at the barricades, and she looked absolutely adorable. All of the Phillytailgate benches definitely have a crush on her.
A girl walked up to us and told us that her teacher was Anoop’s best friend’s mom. She said her teacher got the entire school into Anoop, and would hold rallies for him!
The heat really got to everyone. At one point Yoko and nene got into a lovers’ quarrel. They were arguing over who got to be on top. My money’s on nene, that bench is FIERCE!!
The first idol we saw was Kris Allen. I totes got into a “fight” with Kris Allen. It was awesome!! Yea we totally threw down!! Don’t worry, I pwnd Kris Allen!! Hehe jk This is what happened: Kris Allen saw that we were obviously Anoop fans, and so he said,”I’m a Desaiple.” To which I jokingly replied,”I’m a Kristian.” He did not get the joke & said,”I’m joking. Don’t take me so literally!!” I said, “I know you are joking. That’s why I said Kristian. Get it Kristian?? Like Kris??” Pocket Idol finally got it….LOL! I told him he was so nice. He spent a good amount of time with us, and I did not feel like he was rushing at all with us. Kris told us that Anoop was doing press. That made my heart sink because I did not know if he would have time to come out and talk to us. During the concert we could see Kris on the jumbotron, and he was wearing an Anoop wristband!! Squee!! How nice of him!! I knew Kris was small, but he was A LOT SMALLER than I was expecting him to be. He really lives up to his name, Pocket Idol. He was so adorable. I want to put him in a cradle and rock him like a cute baby should be rocked.
Then we saw Matt. He thought Anjana was Dazz(who he had seen a couple days earlier in Boston.) Not all brown people look alike, Matty LOL!! I told Matty that I loved his Louis’. Then I basically spent the entire time pimping Dazz to Matty. I can’t even remember everything I said about her. I remember saying,”Thank you for being so nice to my friend, Dazzle. You dm’d her.” And he said,”Wait, what’s her name? Dazz?” I said,”Dazzle” He said. “Yeah. She’s a sweetheart. I told Anoop, be careful I will take her.” To which the entire group of girls replied in a collective,”AWWWWW.”” Matty G. is such a flirt!! I told him we were all HUGE Manoop fans. All the Philly Benches signed a Manoop card for Matty. In my mind I always pronounce it “Muh-noop.” But Matty kept pronouncing it “MAN-oop”, which totes cracked me up. I asked him if we could get a picture of Manoop hugging. He laughed & said,”I’ll try.” I asked if we could get a picture of Manoop spooning. He laughed again.
Next up was Sarver. Sarver looks good in person. Anjana told him “he picked up a lot more fans along the way for being so nice.” To which he replied, “I hope so. I have an album coming out next year.” That Michael is a smart cookie. I talked to Michael for quite awhile. I told him that my friend, Tawneej, was a big fan of his. I handed him a letter that Tawneej wrote for him. He said, “But you are an Anoop fan.” I said, “No, that’s not true. I love all the Idols. I tweet you all the time.” I can’t remember everything I said to him. But I spoke to him honestly about how great he was with the fans. I remember saying,”You are so kind to the fans. You treat them with respect. You keep them updated on your m&g status. Trust me, it does not go unnoticed.” He then told the lady who was selling water to tell him how much it would cost to buy the rest of the water that she had because he was going to buy water for ALL OF US!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!!?? (Water bottles were $4 each!!) I told Michael that Ricky from Security had fans too!! I asked him if he could pass a collection of notes to Ricky Security that people had made for him. This made him laugh!! I said,”I tried to pass the notes to Ricky Security myself, but he scorned me.” I purposely used the word ‘scorn’ as a joke because I know Sarver does not approve of that word. Ricky Security is not used to having fans, so he really did totes scorn me when I called his name. He probably thought I was asking him when the Idols were coming out. Jeez Ricky Security, I was just trying to pass you YOUR fan letters!! LOL Yes, I realize how retarded this sounds. Just when Michael was about to buy us water, ANOOP freakin DESAI CAME OUT!!! All of the Phillytailgate benches started scrambling to get their cameras and pictures for autographs!! I guess it worked out for Michael because he would have had to pay a hell of a lot of money to buy water for all us benches. When Anoop saw that we all started scrambling because of his arrival, he had a HUGE smile on his face LOL! We all started saying,”gun show”, and he laughed that precious freaking laugh of his. He is tall & thin & has HUGE GUNS that protected us from the scorching sun. He was rockin’ the scruff. Yoko was visibly shaken, and could not speak at all. So we all started pointing Yoko out to Anoop. I shook his hand, got a picture with His Royal Scruffiness and got an autograph for a friend. Even my sister caught the Anoop fever, and said to me,"Take a picture of me with your future brother-in-law." LOL
We showed him a drink that we were drinking called “Fanbasetini”(it’s a play on the drink martini). Because Anoop is so used to being spoiled with gifts, he mistakenly thought that we were gifting the drink to him. He said, “Guys, they won’t let us bring food inside.” NOOO Diva bb Anoop, everything is not for you!! We told him that the drink is for the Phillytailgate Benches only. Someone asked him to take a picture with the Fanbasetini. He easily balanced the jar of Fanbasetini in one of his large manly hands. If Helen of Troy had “the face that launched a thousand ships”, Anoop has the voice that launched a thousand squees.
He spent a lot of time with us. He could not have been any more gracious. I did not feel rushed at all. I felt like we had his undivided attention. Words can not express how thankful I am to him for spending so much time with us. Anoop is really sweet. Needless to say we were all preggers. We are all going to meet in 9 months for a group baby shower!! Danny briefly came out.
Fox News interviewed some of the Phillytailgate Anoop Stans. A bunch of the Anoop Stans did a great job pimping Anoop! I was very proud and impressed by Anoop for mentioning Donovan McNabb in his interview because it is smart to mention a local celebrity in an interview with the local news.
We then went back to the hotel, showered, ate, imbibed, talked shop AKA discussed strategies to help Anoop.
Thanks to all our Tweeple we were able to meet up with Chris Melly and his friend. We were having so much fun at Benny the Bum’s that we did not realize Chris was tweeting to meet up with us! A combination of some serious spazzing, confusion and a lot of running around took place before we met Chris. Amidst the confusion, we could not find Chris’ gift. =( We just stood near his car whilst he and a friend drank beer. Yeah, I had beers with Chris Melly. You know, just a normal day in the life of an Anoop fan. I was so impressed with Chris. He was so laid back. He made us all feel so comfortable. It really felt like he was speaking to us as if we were his old friends. He was so chill. You guys, Chris Melly is beautiful. Chris Melly has huge gunz. Chris Melly is love. That is all. LOL!! Chris has no idea what madness he has inspired LOL! Sara and nene definitely love Chris Melly hehe. They are jumping off the Anoop bandwagon, and onto the Chris Melly Fangurl Express! Just kidding, Anoop! Originally I was planning to take the 8 babies that I had from watching Anoop’s set, and being the OctoMom for Halloween. But now I want to be Chris Melly for Halloween.
At the concert:
I liked Danny’s dancing during his set. I was impressed by Lil. She came across A LOT better than she did during AI. Her voice sounded better, her dancing was great and she definitely displayed a lot of charisma.
They say witnessing an Anoop Desai gyration will instantly impregnate you, I would not know because I spent the entire time during “My Prerogative” running around the stadium trying to throw things on stage LOL! I was a #stagethrowfail because 3 security guards stopped me LOL!! Don’t worry bbs, we planned the “stage throw” thing out with military precision. We were DETERMINED to get something on stage for our bb. We planned to come from different directions of the stage so that at least one of us would be successful. My sister distracted one of the security guards by asking him where the bathroom was. I took the left flank. Diana took the center etc… Mission Accomplished!!! Diana was successful in getting 2 Carolina Blue undies on stage!!(I hate the word ‘panty’.) Bow down benches!! Bow down to Diana!! She is my hero for life!!! Diana also showed me video of the epic underwear throw, I’m not sure if it has been posted yet.
Anoop’s voice was so smooth. His moves were HOT!! I heard a woman in my row say,”He is soooo handsome.” A couple of teenage girls started squeeing and laughing in excitement when he came on stage! It was so cute! During “Beggin’” Anoop is practically grinding on Lil!! He better watch out for Mr. Lil! At the end of his set the entire audience was chanting, “ANOOOOOOOOP!” The entire audience was preggers, even the men. I FLOVE how they chant that at every AI concert!!
Adam’s Set: First of all, Adam comes on with a SONIC BOOM, and all kinds of lights projected around the entire Wachovia Center!! All my boy, Anoop, gets are some puffy cartoon clouds?!!? I was legit butthurt about that disparity. I have to say, I never really got the appeal of Adam before. But 10 seconds into his set, my sister and I were screaming for Adam like wild banshees and throwing our “rock star devil horns hand gestures” into the air. We were seriously LOLing so hard right there in the middle of Wachovia Center. After seeing him live, I understand his sex appeal. Even though we were seated 30 feet back from him, we felt um…”violated.” He was very racy. I honestly don’t know how he got away with that performance. I covered my sister’s eyes during certain parts of the performance because I did not want to corrupt her LOL. I remember the MUSIC and SINGING from every other Idol’s set. However, from Adam’s set all I remember are his suggestive gestures.
I hope I did not forget any important details in my recap. I tried to think of all the good stuff for you bbs.
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 6:13:58 GMT -5
I laughed and cried so hard. That was the best recap ever!
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Post by hicee5 on Aug 23, 2009 6:31:50 GMT -5
I laughed and cried so hard. That was the best recap ever! So, in other words, you want to CM that recap so hard.
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Post by sj1 on Aug 23, 2009 7:36:08 GMT -5
Wow, Hicee5, your recap is really good! Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 9:05:48 GMT -5
I laughed and cried so hard. That was the best recap ever! So, in other words, you want to CM that recap so hard. I wanna cm the eff out of the recap until it hurts.
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Post by daisykary on Aug 23, 2009 9:06:07 GMT -5
OMG! I want to CM you so bad right now! Those recaps are excellent! I want to re-live that whole day!! And add me to the Chris Melly bandwagon. I am starting a fan club for him!
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Post by aigirl09 on Aug 23, 2009 9:08:48 GMT -5
O WOW. thanks so much for the recaps ladies. HAHAH. so much fun!!!! I loved the military precision & commentaries Hicee & the adorableness & details Yoko. So fun.. thanks ladies!!!!
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Post by mutiimutii on Aug 23, 2009 9:34:49 GMT -5
Kary love u for the pics... u got perfect angles!
OMG,,i add more pics of Anoop 2 my library, thx 2 u Kary!
mmm yoko,,u are very quite out there. thx God u didnt faint,,u have a cute smile.
-Mutia-
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Post by Anita on Aug 23, 2009 10:11:10 GMT -5
OMG that recap was so awesome and funny! I wanna CM you
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Post by Anita on Aug 23, 2009 10:28:46 GMT -5
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Post by Anita on Aug 23, 2009 10:37:50 GMT -5
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Post by pinkylotta on Aug 23, 2009 11:49:32 GMT -5
OMG OMG OMG.... fainted bc of those pictures... squuuueeeeeeeeeeee...... Kary you took amazing pictures, thank youuu... love you!!! hicee5 and Yoko, you guys wrote really great amazing awesome recaps.. oh i love the recaps!! though i wasn't there, but i feel like i was there, bc of ur recaps ladies....
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Post by daisykary on Aug 23, 2009 12:02:37 GMT -5
OMG! *faints* He's holding the baggie of stuff I gave him in those pics by AlexaPaige! In that first pic he's saying to me "Thanks for all those buttons!" THANKS for the pics!
And look at the water lady pointing us out. As if he couldn't see us! LOL!
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Post by Anita on Aug 23, 2009 12:26:40 GMT -5
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Post by daisykary on Aug 23, 2009 12:47:04 GMT -5
Sara's pics!!! OMG all over again!! I had my arm around Anoop AND Chris Melly!! Watch out Anoop, Chris Melly might steal me away! I FLOVE you Philly benches so much!!!
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 13:12:12 GMT -5
This pic cracks me up!
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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 13:14:39 GMT -5
Nene's recap are great too!!! I love Yoko! I would love to meet y'all and Anoop in the future.. hopefully soon! *sigh* Thank you! =)
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 13:15:23 GMT -5
And CHRISMELLY!!! I just noticed he is wearing Kary's Fan4Life button also! He really IS a sweetheart!
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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 13:20:00 GMT -5
So that's the water girl.. haha!
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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 13:24:09 GMT -5
I LOVE all these benches even that girl at Melly's right... haha!
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 13:32:49 GMT -5
Chapter 8. Anoop’s voice is both sophisticated and primordialAs Nene has said, Anoop’s voice should always come with birth control. There was a lot of talks of potential octo-mom situations throughout the day, but Anoop’s performance of Mad was when that really became the reality. vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=62269893Joking aside, Anoop’s voice is absolutely mesmerizing live. It embraces you and then takes you to places where all things are possible. His voice resonates at all levels. It satisfies your human intellectual need to be soothed by something sophisticated and cool, while it hits your primordial single-cell organismic needs to be cradled with warm fuzzies.
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Post by Andiee :) on Aug 23, 2009 13:38:45 GMT -5
Wow, you girls are gorgeous. Drop dead. One of Anjana's pics made my jaw drop. Uh-oh! Seems like someone's got a girl crush! ;D[/b]
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Post by brooklyn on Aug 23, 2009 13:41:10 GMT -5
This pic cracks me up! haha! Maybe I know why.. hmm.. aww.. =)
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Post by yoko71 on Aug 23, 2009 13:43:07 GMT -5
HE DRESSED UP TO MEET US PHILLY BARRICADE BENCHES. THAT'S THE STORY I AM STICKING BY. Can you imagine how floored and even more frozen if he was wearing the blue hoodie? For so many different reasons? Anoop, if you are reading this, thank you and I love you for not wearing the blue hoodie.
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