Sooo, we picked Del up at her hotel, and went out for dinner. Then we went to Uncommon Ground, where Matt and Joshua were playing. At 11. And we got there at like, 7:30. But it was all good. There were a ton of Rentheads there. And we talked. And the first band that played, Secondhand Poets, sounded like Garth Brooks trying to do folk. Oh, and I should point out that Katie left her game of Taboo at my house, so I had it with me to give back to her... and like, after a few songs by the Secondhand Poets, Del took out her notebook and wrote "I have an uncontrollable urge to buzz them with the Taboo buzzer!" and we both started laughing hysterically, and we were sitting like, 3 feet away from the band... and then guitarist stared at us. So then we moved back to sit by Katie, Katie and Kelly. Yeah. And we got free Secondhand Poets stickers and temporary tattoos! They're really cool. The stickers, that is... the band was okay though ^_^;;

And then the next band that played was called Martha's Trouble, and it was like, this married couple, and they were sooooo cute. The guy played guitar, and the woman, who looked exactly like a pixie, she was soooo cute, she sang and played a drum, and assorted other neat percussiony things, like an empty water bottle filled with rice. Anyway. They were really good. Kinda like 10,000 Maniacs.

Then there was like, a gap where we just talked. And a ton of other people from the Rentheads boards were there... Misty, Mary, Lexie, Emily, Amy... some other people I can't remember... yeah, hi all you guys! I think the people who worked at Uncommon Ground were really confused as to why so the hell many people were there to see Matt and Joshua, they didn't even have posters or anything up. Anyway. They had another gig earlier that night, so they were a little late, and the people at Uncommon Ground were like, "You muuuust stop playing at exactly midnight!" So Matt was playing all his songs like, doubletime. Which amused me. Let's see, he played... "Virginia," "Divide and Conquer"... "Sideways"... "Seven Seas" (my favorite!)... some other song. At one point in time he randomly was like "What are you guys writing?! I feel so left out!!" And Del and I laughed merrily. And then, Joshua broke his guitar. Sooo he just used Matt's. And Matt was crawling all around the floor looking for the peg that fell off Joshua's guitar, and I was amused. Yeah. And Joshua played... "Drought," "Rhyme," "I'm Sorry," "Swimming"... and another song that he wrote, like, as Roger... during Rent... and it was really cool. But I forget the name. It's just like.. one more reason Joshua is my faaaaavorite Roger ever! Woot! I was really amused that when he played "Swimming," he grabbed a copy of his cd, Above and Beneath, and was like "Yeah, this is my new cd... called Above and Beneath... and the title is from this song, I like it a lot." Then he just threw the cd over his shoulder... and we all started laughing... and at first I don't think he realized why, and then he was like "Yeah, I really like it... that's why I just throooow it to the ground!" And it was just... really amusing at the time. I dunno if it will be to anyone else. Yeah. Aaand... um.. yeah. Katie and Katie and Kelly and Del and I all had our saaaad partings... but we're all going to see the Joannes in Peoria. Oh! and Justin Johnston was randomly at the gig. I meant to take a picture for you, Chelle, but... yeah, I got distracted and then he left. So whatever. Oh, and Katie gave me this adorable cow-duck. It's the cutest thing ever. I love you Katie!! Anyway... yeah, my first and probably last Matt & Joshua gig (I know, I know, I suck) kicked ass! Yay!