NERDFIGHTERS

ok, so a nano post later because monday night was the most amazing thing ever:


carrie and i got there early (sorry for basically shoving you out the door, carrie) and got there and followed a nerdfighter to where we were supposed to be. and then we ran in and i nabbed the best seats there were. we met our nerdfighter twins! and then carrie and beth had to go to the bathroom, but they came squealing back in after about ten seconds, screaming that hank and john were out there. so katherine and i went out, and this is basically how it went:

*edge out, see them, feel incredibly stupid, turn bright red*

john: hi!

me: ......hi...... can i take a pre-picture?

john: sure!

*hank comes out of nowhere*

me: hi hank! *take picture, run away*

end scene.

i was so happy! when they came in, i'm sure that i looked like an idiot, smiling like crazy. but john asked for paper towns, and i leapt up and almost threw my copy at him. i thought, at the time, that i was being quite calm and cool, but now my memory tells me that the book was a dart and john was a bullseye. but anyway. they were amazing. john had deep rambles about deep things that made me explode with happiness! and hank sang and bounced up and down the whole time. it was the best thing ever. i can't even describe how happy i was. i would videotape it for a few minutes, and it was so normal to me to see them in a little screen that i didn't really think about it. then i would look up, and the screen was gone but they were not. that was when i would freak out again.
when they signed my books, i about had a heart attack. john told carrie that she was a great american by having about 20 million copies of his books, and he told me that his books didn't reach their full potential until readers like me read them! (and i saw a video in which he was actually being a bit passive towards a group of girls- admittably, they were being pretty creepy, but still that made me feel cool)
when i got my picture taken with them, i felt like this moment that i had been waiting for for so long (although not as long as hope!) was finally there, and then i hugged them (feeling a bit bad that i had to stand on my very tippy toes and they still had to lean down so far) and just... IFHOERW!!!!
i can't describe it with words. (besides, all those have been used up by nanowrimo).


update: with the color of this text and the color of the header, this post is nick bonner.