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First of all, thank you God. This is all a blessing from You. Sadly, I don't think I have prayed so much in my life. Second, thank you Dreadheads. Without your plan of action the day would've only been half as awesome.

I get to my uncle's house Thursday evening. He lives in South County STL. My cousin is working close to STL. She's going with me Friday. Friday morning, my uncle drives us to the Metrolink station. Thank goodness, driving in STL sucks. We take the Metro to Union Station where we are supposed to meet the Jason fans from daydreamingboy.com aka Dreadheads. We're late so as I'm walking toward US the DHs are walking out. Thank goodness for those balloons! Up until them I was nervous about the whole meet up/stalk the buses thing. There was no backing out now. This is 12:45. I have to pee. Bad. We start walking over the parking garage. There are people there already. I think I heard someone say they had been there since 8am. Craziness. They moved us around so much I wonder if she benefited from that. The DHs decide to stand in the parking garage on a ledge/fence thing. Turns out, not a good idea. The booth lady told us to move because cars couldn't get out. Being crazy stalker fans, we don't. Then she threatens to call the cops on us. We move. At least I do. Later, people were back there. More than before. The cops never came. It's 1:45. I still have to pee. I'm giving them until 2:00 and I'm leaving. It was hot and I was still thinking they might not come since they had those days off. Then we see the first tour bus. Screams. The third bus was the guy's. I could see David Cook standing inside. I said out loud, OMG I just saw David Cook! It was a weird feeling to see someone you had only seen in pictures. It was that moment, I realized that I could still function in their presence. I had really wondered.

Ok, so I haven't read this before. No one tells you this. I have always thought this whole thing was a sweet, calm, how ya doin, fun time. It's not. Fans are vicious. They push. They are selfish. They want theirs and they are gonna get it. At least that's how StLouis folks acted. I think that attitude really annoyed Jason. I felt kind of ashamed of myself...but not enough to behave.

Once all of the buses were in the garage, security puts up the bike racks (as they called them). We wait about 15 minutes. Security tries to tell us 'how its gonna be'. Whatever. First one out is David Cook. Screams. Then Ramiele and Brooke. Then Kristy. Then Jason. I think I have that order right. I'm shaking. It's nuts. I noticed everyone else was shaking too. I could see it when they held their cameras up. My feet were numb from standing on my tippy-toes. I still have to pee. I'm nervous but I manage to move and breathe and speak. Somehow.

David Cook. I brought a picture of the top 10 for them to sign. I hand it to him. He signs it. I think I asked for a picture with him. I must have because I have one. Ahhhh!!!! I mentioned fans are pushy and ruthless right? Security kept yelling at us to stop squishing each other and well, they just aren't convincing enough. Sooooo, David asks us to step back and he will make sure he gets to us all. I said thank you David. And he said you're welcome. Ahhh!!!! I just had a mini-convo with David Cook!!! STL fans are something else. Even DC can't get us to straighten up. So he and Jason step back until we do. Now THAT worked.

I wrote posted this on Sucks. Just kinda wanna save it.

He is entertaining. He is charismatic. He is very take charge yet not intimidating. In fact, he's the opposite. He seems like he's one of those who would be really easy to talk to. I actually talked to him. It was 3 words but they were words that I said to David Cook. At the tour bus stalking session, the fans were pushing and basically being pains in the ass. Security had told us to back up and stop squishing each other but like we listened. So David asked us very nicely to step back and he would make sure he got to us all. He was right in front of me when he said it and I said thank you David. And he said you're welcome. I was like whoa, did that really happen? But yeah, he's got an awesome personality. He was no different at that time then he was on the show or at anytime you've seen him. He's a genuinely great guy :)

Jason Castro. I have a bit of panic/disappointment moment because Jason was about to sign my pic when he stepped back with David Cook because we were being bad. He came back though. He said 'where was I?' I gave him my pic and said 'right here' and he repeated me, 'right here'. Ahhh!!! Mini-convo!!! Then I had my picture taken with him. Again, I must've asked for it because I have one. At the moment, I didn't know what part of me touched what part of him. I just remembered thinking 'OMG touching!!!' Later I saw the pic where my left hand is touching his arm. That sounds right. And I smelled him. It's hard to remember a smell. It's hard to describe a smell. It's hard to imagine a smell. But I will try to remember it and describe it so you can try to imagine it. He smelled clean. Like he just got out of the shower. Not a manly smell. Not like cologne. Like soap. But not like any soap I have ever smelled before. Intriguing huh? And for the record, he did not smell like Patchouli. At all. The dreads. I will tell you that pictures do not capture them well no matter their quality or distance. I think they were kinda ugly. They are covered in split ends which make them look rather odd and probably give them the lighter color you see. I love the dreads, don't get me wrong. They are Jason. If it weren't for them I wouldn't know who Jason Castro was. I wrote what DC was like so I will try to do the same for Jason. He is reserved. He's polite. He's giving. He appreciates what he has been given and he is giving back to his fans. He's a little methodic. Like this is what I'm doing and this is how I'm doing it. Over and over. He looked a little bored. But not like I wish I wasn't here bored, more like I wish yall were more fun. And why are you ogling over me? I'm not all that. Humility I guess you would call it. Jason is down to earth and modest.

After Jason I was done. It was TMTH. As I shoved my way through, I had asked to get to the front for Jason and then I would move back. I guess I'm just too nice. Doing what I say I'm gonna do and all. The whole let-me-at-em vibe was getting to me anyway. I felt like I was being selfish. There were people in the back who were never gonna get theirs. My biggest regret is that I didn't stay longer. I wanted to meet David Archuleta and I saw in one of my picture that he was out when I left. I didn't even know it. There had to have been an uproar. I guess I was in Jasonland at the time. Besides, I still had to pee.

Its 3:00. Back at Union Station. I finally find a potty. Adam Sandler's Longest Pee I swear. Then we eat and drink. I had the best MtDew I have ever had. Ever. I talked to a David Archuleta fan that was a guy. Surprisingly he was really cool. He reminded me of DA actually. They have the same smile/laugh. He was the one who brought the poptarts box for them to sign. Hilarious. A girl he was with had Jason's autograph on her hand. I took a picture of it. I was jealous.

I took a picture with my phone of the picture I took on my camera of me and Jason and sent it to people. Did that make sense? Its still my wallpaper and every time I go to make a call I forget who I'm calling and get lost in a daydream. Haha.

Killing time at Union Station. I got a Henna tattoo that says Jason Castro and has a guitar. I have always wanted a Henna tattoo and what better excuse to get one so ridiculous than it being the day of a concert. There was a guy working the booth who was especially cool, kinda cute and maybe a tad lit. He asked me what kind of music Jason sang and I told him. He was like 'elevator music?' No. He said he was into skater/ska music. Go figure. Anyways, he was fun to talk to. And incase you don't know what a Henna tattoo is, its temporary. I'm not that psycho. It is a paste that is made of a plant, which stains your skin. You leave it on until it dries and flakes off and you are left with the stain for 2-4 weeks. Mine was a bronze color the day after and then turned a darker brown. Anyways, I get some crazy looks. Its fun. I made a necklace at some kiddy store with beads that spelled JASON. I wore it as a bracelet and I plan on hanging it on my rearview mirror when I find it. Unpacking sucks.

At 5:30 we start walking to the ScottTrade Center. I thought it was too early but it was the perfect time really. In line at the gate, I talked to someone who said he had seen a freecreditreport.com commercial and the guy in it reminded him of Jason. I need to youtube that. Gates open. We buy stuff. Outrageous prices. OMG. I'm a sucker. $35 t-shirt, $10 poster, $5 keychain. Food was worse. $5.75 for a bottle of water. WTF? I'll get a drink out of the water fountain thank you.

We sit. There is a curtain up on the side of the stage blocking out view. Staff tells me she can't believe the sold the seats I had. I wig out. I'm ready to snap. I want to talk to someone important NOW. Later, she tells us the curtain comes down. Eventually, the curtain is covering the whole stage so I feel better. Also, there are lots of empty seats...closer. The guy tells me the show didn't sell out so we could sit wherever we wanted. The seats stay empty. We move. Not far, just a little over and a little down. Turns out this area is AWESOME because it's right by the walkway that goes out to the left of the stage. More on the awesomeness of it later. We get some hot dogs and a soda. Worst hot dog I have ever had. Some people may like their hot dogs to snap when you bite them. Not me. Oh well, I ate in like 10 seconds anyway. I just wanted fuel.

JASON CASTRO, the fourth-place finisher:

On recording Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":

"Tomorrow I'm starting it. It's going to be in a Mexican film called Tierra de Tigres. That means Land of Tigers."

On how surprised he was that his performance of "Hallelujah" on the American Idol stage had so much impact:

"All I knew is it was one of my favorite songs. I was always trying to find a song I already knew. That just makes everything so much more believable, because you don't have to think so much, memorizing so much. And I don't know a lot of songs. It's one of the best songs of all time. It's just awesome. But I didn't know how it was going to go."

On anticipating a recording contract:

"I've talked to a few people. We're going to have a few meetings, see what we can do. One way or another. I have been writing and recording. I'm doing a lot of co-writing. I'm very new to the writing. I want to learn as much as I can."

On what he's writing:

"Personal experiences. Most of the content so far is kinda of lovey stuff - kind of all I got right now."