I went to FVT in Charlotte on the 30th, two nights ago, and it was the best night of my life! I met Mike, Brad and Mr. Hahn! Here's a detailed report of my encounter... I was wearing this shirt that I made myself, it was a black t that I cut up and on the front I had "LINKIN PARK 06" on it, like a sports jersey. It took forever to make and I was so proud of it. So anyway, I had gotten to the arena at 2 PM that day. Long story short, we're standing in line and suddenly I see an Asian guy with a camcorder come out of the entrance, along with this huge guy. I think, "That looks like Mr. Hahn--wait, that IS Mr. Hahn!" A second later I saw Mike come out and lost it. There was dead silence and all of a sudden I shout, "OH, MY GOD!" and Mike sees me and my shirt and says, "Linkin Park" and walks over to us, gesturing toward me in order to get the shirt on camera. (I hope that OH MY GOD got on the tape, you could hear it so clearly. It RANG out amonst the silence. =) Meanwhile I'm freaking out because Mike is less than one foot away from me, and he asks us a question. "What do you guys think of when you hear this?" Then he says something along the lines of...something something "pancake house", and we all look at each other like, "WTF?" He's like, "Is it stupid?" We say, "No" even though we still don't know what the hell it is, and he says "You can tell me if you think it's stupid." So whatever, and then he says, "You guys want to sing?" We say yes, of course, and after a brief discussion we all decide on In the End. Brad wanted us to start from the verse, and Mike looked at him and said, "No, I'm not gonna do that." We all laughed and he said, "Start from the chorus. Ready, one, two three" and we did so. Then we all cheered, and he says, "does anyone have anything to sign?" I had already whipped out my pen and paper and forced them on him, he signed them and slapped hands with everyone and while he was away I was explaining to someone how I knew it was them: "...I saw a guy and thought, That looks like Mr. Hahn" and Mr. Hahn heard me, looked up and smiled. I was so happy. So then they tell us that this tape may end up on the DVD, and the big guy passes out waivers for us to sign. While I was signing mine he said, "Stop shaking" and winked at me. I laughed; my name is probably not legible. Then as Hahn was signing people's stuff, I got my paper out again and he signed it too and it just looks like a squiggle. Anyway, Mike and everyone were so incredibly nice and acted like they wanted to be there and were grateful for the fans. I am dead center with no one in front of me on that tape, so hopefully they will watch it later and see me. =) I'm so happy that the ten years I spent making that shirt weren't spent for nothing--I hope they realize from that how much I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM! Sometime at the end of LP I lost my place in the front row. I think it was when the guys behind me tried to get the guitar picks they threw out, but I ended up with one because the security felt bad for me and saw how pissed I was. He reached in and passed the pick to me, saying, "She lost her spot!" It was a good surprise because I didn't even know he had one left. Later I looked at it and saw that it said Linkin Park on it and I was so happy, I thought it was just a plain one. He also knew I was a HUGE LP fan, I mean, I was in the front row wearing the original LP shirt and screaming every lyric to every song. (I think he also felt bad because he kept having to stand in front of me to catch the next crowd surfer, and he also saw numerous people land on top of me. ;) So I got a frame on the way home, and put the pick, my ticket, and the autographs in it. Sadly I got no photos but that was still the best night of my life. (Even though I am incredibly bruised and still sore today. =) If I could have, I would have told Mike and the boys how much I love them and how much their music helps me, how big of a fan I am. I guess it's too hard to put into words, especially when you're as speechless as I was at the time. =)