May 20, 2000. Mandy, myself, my boyfriend Brett, my sister Haley and my cousin Katie were riding the metro train into Washington D.C. where hours later we would be expierencing the wonder that is Matchbox Twenty. It was about 2:30pm and we were stepping off the train and begining to walk to the 9:30 club, where I had been MANY times before. We knew it was really early, seeing as the doors didnt open untill 9:00, but Mandy and I are such MB20 Freaks, we HAD to get there early, just in case... To our surprise, we were not the first ones there, infact we were about the 3rd or 4th group of people there. I had my trusty sign that read "I LOVE THOSE MAD PHAT RHYMES"and the other side said "HEY HASHBROWN! CAN I HAVE A PICK?" because I knew exactly where to be so my favorite 5 would see it during the concert. The girls infront of us were cool, one had a sign that read "HONK IF YOU LOVE MATCHBOX TWENTY" and another girl had a sign that read "POOKIE GOT DA BOOTY!" It was about 7:00 when the tourbusses rolled in, they were particularly late that evening. Mandy and I ran to the busses, hoping to get a glimpse, however by this time there was a mini mob doing the same thing. Mandy began sobbing uncontrollably and sat on the curb for a few minutes to regain her sanity ((LOL I LOVE YOU MANDY! :^P)) At 8:30 or so, Mandy and I were insearch of a pal of ours, Elizabeth who, we DID Happen to find. We took a few pictures and chatted awhile, we had left the other three inline and since we had probably annoyed them so far with our insanity, we decided to go back hehe. By now I should mention that it was rainy and cold and none of us had a jacket. By 9:00 we were VERY Cold and the doors were not opening...9:15, the doors still werent open...9:30 the doors FINALLY opened and All 5 of us were like "Thank you, thank you." We rushed to the balcony, which is literally almost over the stage, as close you can be without being in the front row of the pit. Across from where we were, was a balcony...and on this balcony sat 2 people smoking cigarettes...I should tell you that this is the "celebrity" balcony...so we later discovered that it was Kyle and Paul smoking :) During the opening act, Angie Aparo ((ITS ALRIGHT!! NO ITS NOT!)) who rocked hardcore, we saw Paul with Moon, Brian, and Kyle on the side of the stage so Mandy and I were like "EEEEEEEEEK!" Katie thought we were silly. My sister was doing the same thing we were and Brett was laughing. Well Angie Aparo ended and Mandy and I were freaking out because soon, our favorite band of all time would be gracing the stage after a two year break. ((a well deserved break I might add)) Soon, the lights went out and Mandy and I started crying ((some of you understand why I'm sure, others don't)) and they started playing Bent, my favorite song at this point in time LOL. I hung my sign over the balcony. Right as I did it, ROb looked up at me LOL I was like MANDY MANDY DID YOU SEE?! and She was like yeah and we both were freaking ((we freak out a lot I warn you now)) Next I was checking each guy out to see if anyone else saw it and As I looked at Adam, he looked right back at me and gave me a look like "What a silly sign" and he smiled. So Where do you think I kept my eyes most of the time? At Adam. LOL Adam rocks my world. When Adam was looking, I flipped my sign around to the Hashbrown side. He saw it and shook his head yes! ((remember, I asked for a pick)) so he was trying to figure out how to get it to me and he tried to throw it but it didnt work. I didnt get my pick this night, but since Mandy, Brett and I were driving to Philly the next morning to see them the next night, I vowed to get my pick! The concert continued and I swear they get better every time I see them. We had so many Adam expierences, and the guys sounded AWESOME! My night was awesome too. Actually one of the best in my life so far haha, I told you Im obsessive.