Did I hook up with that tall bartender? (Sadly, no.)

Did we go through the meet and greet line. (Duh.)

Did we end up regretting anything about that night? (Um…YES.)

Want to know about our regrets? And possibly what could be Amber’s most creepy revelation yet?? READ ON.

We left off last time discussing Marcus and his playing the shit out of his set…

Finally a Drunk LiLi, Regretting the Dancing and General Merch Table Shenanigans with Marcus

Amber: even at the merch table, i mean, he was on fire moving stuff

i was like, no way, not the same guy

it actually made me a little nervous

i was like, i have no idea how to handle this

LiLi: lol

the eight beers helped

at least for me

at that moment

everything was beautiful

and nothing hurt

Amber: hahahahahahahaha

LiLi: sorry

sometimes i like to quote pretentious authors

Amber: thank goodness all the cakeballs were gone at that point

LiLi: lol

Retro-Lee

came up to me at one point

to ascertain my drunk-ness

and i guess she didn’t like what she saw

because she told me to stay away from the cake balls

LMFAO

Amber: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

that.is.awesome.

alright, since we are talking about the meet & greet line

i think i need to bring up the dancing

LiLi: the dancing

yeah

i will go ahead and say

i regret the dancing

i always do

Amber: okay

i regret the dancing too

LiLi: i don’t know what the fuck my body was doing

i know it *thinks* it was dancing

but in reality?

i’m sure people where like

uh

should we call 911

that girl might be having a seizure

Amber: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

um, my dancing

not much better

i def think i look amazing in my head

in reality

that is doubtful

LiLi:http://gf4hm.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/party-hard-pic.jpg

Amber: EXACTLY!!!

a picture has never represented me so well as that one

thank goodness none of the guys saw us

or did they

i’m gonna pretend they didn’t

it’ll make me feel much better about that night

LiLi: lol

i’m going to pretend that i never did that part

screw anyone seeing me

i just didn’t do it

deny, deny, deny

now

can i talk about the meet and greet?

cause this time

we had chatty marcus

and i have to say

I APPROVE OF THIS

Amber: YES

LiLi: he bumped us up in line

he was all, NO

just come up here

DON’T WAIT

with his outside voice

it was kinda awesome

and then you bought him out of merch

and we all had to go home empty handed

Amber: he did not complain

at all

he was like really

one of everything

i was like, duh YES

LiLi: well, well, well money bags

actually

i spent mine at the bar

whoopsie

i kept trying to talk to that tall bartender

and he kept bringing me beers

so i paid for them

Amber: i just remember i had a bunch of ones

and some how i brought up that it looked like i was going to a strip club

LiLi: OH YES

LOL

you did

or that you were about to do laundry

maybe both

Amber: and he seemed very excited about the strip club

he was like where?

are we going now?

LiLi: BWAHAHAHAHAHA

DAMMIT

i missed that part

Amber: do they have strip clubs on yelp?

LiLi: my dumbass asked about his shoes

Amber: i missed that opportunity

LiLi: HIS SHOES

why do i say stupid shit to strangers?

Amber: LMAO

those $300 shoes looked like they had already been through hell and back

LiLi: i mean

i had him right there

willing to discuss strip clubs

and i failed

i failed to ask him the most important question

“would he do a live reading of some marcus fan fiction”

i shall never forgive myself

Amber: DAMMIT LILI

 LiLi: so maybe this ISN’T a night of no regrets

Amber: i have the best (only) Marcus ff ready to go

on pdf

on my phone

FAIL

LiLi: whoa there creeper

let’s not advertise that

hey marcus

i keep a pdf of a story where you bang a chick

LMFAO

oh

i’m sorry

make love to her

Amber: no

the damn author pulled it before they got there

it was a lot of talking and possibly some 2nd base action

LiLi: i LOVE that you know that

Amber: i was sad

LiLi: pfft

on top of the clothes stuff can be hot

Amber: hells yes

LiLi: lol

hi

i’m in eighth grade

Amber: what kind of girls does marcus think we are?

first

the porn site

then

i suggest a strip club

now we are talking about fanfic and over the clothes action

LiLi: uh

what kind of girls does he think we are?

uh

awesome ones

duh

Amber: of course

what am i thinking??

lol

LiLi: well

i would like it noted

on record

that i could have made not one but TWO dreams happen last thursday (LiLi edit: yeah…TWO Thursdays ago)

and i failed at both

1) have marcus read marcus ff

and 2) finally touch the holy grail

aka sam’s hair

i FAIL AT LIFE

Amber: gah

LiLi

i am crying all the tears for you right now

LiLi: me too amber

me too

The Great Poster Debate Continues and Our Hopes for How this Chat is Read in the Van

Amber: i need to ask you this

LiLi: uh oh

Amber: what did he write on your poster

LiLi: BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

which time?

he tried 3 different times

Amber: lmao

LiLi: and kept throwing the drafts on the floor

Amber: oh yeah

LiLi: the final one i got said

Amber: BWAHAHAHAHA!

LiLi: ”lili, youre screwed dude”

exhibit A

Amber: OMG

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

i was looking at mine

LiLi: and there were ink blobs ALL OVER

so now

the poster is one giant ink blob

yeah

Amber: i had that ink all over my arms the next morning

LiLi: it was the best.poster.ever

what did yours say?

let me guess

Amber: well, after i had sam translate

LiLi: ”love, sam”

Amber: cause i am pretty sure a 5 year old could have written it better

it said

dear amber, i love you, sam, xx

fuck

asshole

exhibit B

LiLi: see

Amber: then also tons of ink blobs

LiLi: you always get the love

i get “see ya”

or “youre screwed”

Amber: but then he called me an asshole

so i don’t know…

LiLi: meh

i love a lot of assholes

like you

for getting love on your poster

hahahaha

i’m kidding

kinda

Amber: well, the asshole thing was my fault

cause i was giving him shit for his crappy handwriting

and asking why he wrote fuck on it

i shouldn’t question sam

lesson learned

LiLi: hahahaha

see

so he didn’t call you an asshole

::sigh::

one day

one day i will get “hi lili. here’s my signature. now STFU”

Amber: i love how the posters are like our thing now

we can’t go without our little message from sam

LiLi: i can’t NOT get one

Amber: via poster

me neither!!

LiLi: i have them all hung up

and it’s funny to see the messages progress

Amber: YES

it’s like really, what is coming on the poster next?!

message is coming

LiLi: whoa

EWWWWWW

Amber: that sentence read all kinds of dirty

LiLi: i know

again

we are 12

ok

i have to go soon

BOOOO

Amber: i think we have enoough

LiLi: LOL

MORE than enough

Amber: lol

whatevs

i will post it all

LiLi: YES

Amber: so sam and marcus can take turns reading it out loud in our voices while riding in the van

like a script

LiLi: LMFAO

please put that in there somewhere

Amber: duh

LiLi: since marcus doesn’t drive

Amber: which is HILARIOUS

LiLi: he can read aloud

it will give him practice

for fanfic reading

Amber: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

LiLi: i should write a fake paragraph

of a fic

and we can attach it at the bottom

for practice purposes

Amber: LMAO

omg

please do

LiLi: hahahahaha

Amber: but really just send it to me

And that’s it folks, it’s over. No more chats to share. Sad, no? Thank you for reading our nonsense over these last few days. Anyone who has been to a Sam or Marcus show knows that you go through major show withdrawls after. These blog posts have helped to lessen our woes. Well, that and the livestream from PJs, which despite Amber’s tweets I did watch…some.

i give you exhibit C- dueling laptops.

After the Blackhawks lost my poor little heart couldn’t take it. I had to go to bed and cry myself to sleep. But from reading Amber’s tweets the next morning I missed a hell of a show. And by that I mean  a Drunk Marcus. DAMMIT. I blame Raffi Torres. And Jason Segal.

I know what you are thinking. Will these girls EVER talk about the show?? We finally got there. And we get serious. Well, as serious as we can get which is really not all that serious. We talk our favorite songs, our favorite moments (which just so happens to include our good friend Kristy busting down the backstage door to get to Marcus like the police), and much we missed Marcus over the past two and a half years.

LiLi: serious question time

Amber: uh oh

phew

okay

bring it

LiLi: other than woman you crazy, what was your fave song?

Sam. Sigh.

Amber: i really, really like the new song (amber edit: Not Your Kind, obvs)

i know it’s not quite so upbeat

LiLi: oh yeah?

Amber: but i like it bunches

LiLi: well, i really, really, REALLY like the new song

so there

i’m kidding

i like it

but i have to say

that my fave was an oldie

yeah

i will be that person

but soho whores (amber edit: sorry for the wooing. yes. some of those woos are mine) was the first song of sam’s that i heard

and i remember tweeting who sang it

and you and jbell virtually rolled your eyes at me

hahahaha

Amber: LMAO

we were like, duh, sam bradley

DUH

LiLi: and then when we were in LA someone had that song on before the show at the hotel cafe

and i was like awww..memories

so to hear it once more

was like AWWWWW

MEMORIES

Amber: that was such a better answer then the new song because i like it that i gave

i guess i have just really been digging everything new sam has done

not to sound all cheesy

LiLi: too late

Amber: but it’s just getting better

LOL

gah

i know

LiLi: please

like i didn’t get all feely yesterday

ugh

let’s not talk about that

Amber: oh no

moving on….

LiLi: so

the part where Kristy

busted in on Marcus backstage

Amber: oh my gah

she banged on his door like the police

LiLi: um…what do you think sam was trying to prove to marcus?

he was all “go get marcus. MARCUS!!”

i was teetering the sobriety ledge about then

Amber: that was an odd moment

LiLi: none of it really made sense in my fuzzy brain

do you think it was a bet?

Amber: to see if someone would bust down the door?

LiLi: like marcus said, there’s no way people will rememeber that song

much less sing to it

lol

yes!

Amber: cause if so, i should’ve put my money on kristy

LiLi: uh

NEVER bet against kristy

she makes shit happen

Amber: hahahahahahaha

LiLi: she’s kinda like a mob boss

what do you need?

done

i’ll take care of it

Amber: oh she did take care of it

thank goodness marcus wasn’t changing or anything

can we talk about one of my fave moments of the show?

LiLi: hahahahaha

no

lol

Amber: damn

LiLi: duh

of course

Amber: kiss is a knife

that was LEGIT probably the best part of the show

LiLi: YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Amber: for me

LiLi: and for anyone that likes sunshine

and puppies

and awesome things

Amber: i don’t think everyone gets how that went down

Jack and Marcus. Double sigh.

i don’t think it was planned

LiLi: i don’t think so either

Amber: sam was just bobbing his head and singing along near us and then

BAM

he jumps on the stage

LiLi: and we all died

Amber: and steals the mic from jack

(which i will forgive him for, but only this once)

kiss is a knife is one of those songs that translates so much better live then recorded

and the 2 of them were so

IN TO IT

i was a puddle my friend

a puddle

LiLi: SERIOUSLY

i can’t handle that song live normally

but with sam

AND JACK

jeebus crisp

Amber: GAH!!!!!!

LiLi: i had a moment

Amber: i’m glad we were able to hold each other

LiLi: fo reals

Amber: i may not have made it otherwise

LiLi: lol

Amber: on marcus’ performance in general

can i just say

that i forgot how amazing he was live

i thought i remembered

but i didn’t

LiLi: ditto

it was like i thought i was prepared

since we’ve seen him what?

twice before?

but nope

i was blown away

Amber: 2 and a half years between shows though

LiLi: it’s like it was him

only fresher, more fine tuned

Amber: YES

LiLi: like i was rememebering AM

and we heard him in digital

Amber: that is the best comparison ever

LiLi: oh

Amber: he was so shy on stage before

and now

LiLi: well

thank you

Amber: he owns it

our wee little marcus has grown up

LiLi: gah!

Amber: with his $300 shoes

and all

marcus being all growed up

LiLi: seriously

i remember his very first show here

he kept saying how nervous he was

which i thought, dood, you don’t have to tell us

we can see

but last week?

yeah

Amber: no nervousness

none

LiLi: completely different

he’s still charming and kinda awk

but he’s not without confidence

Gah. This whole four part thing is kinda fun. I’m going through major withdrawals and this is helping so much. Now, tomorrow is the last one and you gotta read how it all ends (which is actually with a couple of regrets, regardless of the title of this post.).

Here’s what you need to know…

HUGS FROM JACK. The end.

But seriously– other stuff DID happen after that. And that stuff would be a rando local guy played some music, we got Sam hugs, Amber got the bitchbrow by some tweens and became a “Whoo-Girl”.

Please join us in reliving the fun:

When We Declare Sam the BEST Hugger, Amber Becomes a WOO Girl, and the Night of No Regrets

Amber: should we talk about sam and marcus

LiLi: confession

this was the first show where i didn’t listen to the opening act

at all

Amber: omg

me too

LiLi: gah

here's the moment when we started paying attention to the stage. clearly.

Amber: i felt kind of bad

LiLi: i feel guilty

but not that guilty

cause our neglect led to jack hugs

Amber: i mean, i wasn’t back there being obnoxiously loud

at least i don’t think i was

EXACTLY

we were scouting out that merch table, just waiting to jump in

LiLi: but i like that sam popped up right before he was to go on stage

at the merch table

i was like, oh

hey

i know you

i was so disoriented

Amber: enter first sam hugs of the evening

LiLi: yes!

Amber: that boy, he is a good hugger

LiLi: he really is

which is unfair to others

Amber: it really is

LiLi: i’m like hey all other people, please

please don’t hug me

Amber: i just never want the hugs to end

LiLi: lol

uh, that’s not a hug after a few minutes

ewwwwww

Amber: it’s out there

i can’t take it back

LiLi: lol

so

the actual sam set

do you remember YEAH-ing??

a lot?

Amber: YES

LiLi: and whoo-ing?

Amber: omg

what the hell is wrong with me

LiLi: you became a whoo-girl

Amber: i did

i can’t help it

the music

the alcohol

the hugs

bad combo

LiLi: srsly

and i kept yeah-ing after you

Amber: my whooing led to that entire verse of woman you crazy being sang to me though

and for that

i have no regrets

(please love my running theme during our chat of no regrets)

LiLi: this shall be henceforth known as

The Night of No Regrets

Amber: exactly

LiLi: cause i know you don’t regret those daggers being thrown your way

during that song

Amber: that.was.amazing.

this one girl

we locked eyes

and then i waved at her

and she smiled that smile that says

come at me bitch

seriously

LiLi: YES

Amber: amazing

LiLi: you totally regina georged her

Amber: hahahahahahha

#PLASTICSFTW

LiLi: awwww

the DallasPlastics

HOLLA

::tipping one out::

Want more?? Duh. I’m kidding. But if you want to read about where we actually discuss the show itself, please tune in tomorrow for Part 3. It may or may not include a moment where someone from our group banged on the greenroom door Police Style and scared Marcus.

Spoiler alert…it does.

Well, you know us. We are far from it (except when we get all Serious Sam on y’all. but we give you fair warning of that.). LiLi and I decided rather then writing a concert review of the Sam/Marcus/Jack show we  went to last week, that we’d go up in the trust tree and chat it out. And chat it out we did. So much so, that when it was all said and done, I had 13 pages of dialogue. All of it… GOLD! I couldn’t cut anything if I wanted to.

So, after some discussion, we decided to divide it all up. A four part series…. like a miniseries or  Lifetime movie. But with less of Jennifer Love-Hewitt’s boobs and more of LiLi’s (i hear there is a pic floating around).

And now introducing part one….

Our First Time with Jack

we could be sister wives, no?? #normal

I think that title is appropriate. It says it all. Although you really want to read on for not only our first meeting, but also where we discuss naked LiLi, full frontal hugs and my affinity for white v-neck tees. Now, up in the trust tree we all go…

LiLi: where should we start??

Amber: we will start from the beginning

where i waved at sam like some sort of maniac when we got to the venue

LiLi: uh yeah

start there

with your creepy ability to sense when english people are around

Amber: it’s a gift

LiLi: which is better than where i would start

with that kick ass bean burger i ate

anyhoo

yes

we waved

and i saw my first glimpse of jack

Amber: gah

LiLi: i was like OMG

THERE HE IS

HE IS REAL

Amber: we won’t say that after we got in the venue and went and creepily peered out the window

nope

no

it all happened at once

LiLi: lol

Amber: we saw sam, and then hair, and then jack attached to the hair

LiLi: uh, you all did

i went to the bar

and eyed up that tall bartendar

he was nice

Amber: i kept trying to get tall bartender, and then creepy bearded bartender kept coming over

i wanted to tell him no

you cannot help me

LiLi: oooo

Amber: but that guy can

LiLi: i liked the bearded guy

cause he had sleeves

Amber: you and your tats

which had a massive unveiling that night

LiLi: ugh

i know

i felt naked

NO ONE sees those

Amber: it was awesome

your first meeting with jack and you felt naked

amazing

i love how nervous we were in approaching him

will he think we are crazy twitter stalkers?

i mean, we are, but we don’t want anyone to THINK that

LiLi: i know

i was like DON’T TELL HIM WHO WE ARE

and then i told him

Amber: i was like TELL HIM

TELL HIM

and then we got hugs

LiLi: i saw a quick flash of fear

like he didn’t know which way this meeting could go

Amber: so i regret nothing

LiLi: yes

i regret NOTHING

we got hugs amber

HUGS

from JACK

Amber: any meeting that ends in hugs is a good meeting

LiLi: full frontal hugs

Amber: GAH

we didn’t even have to creepily ask for them

LiLi: i know!

Amber: not that i was above doing that

LiLi: WIN

Amber: this is soooooo going on our facebook timeline

the first time we full frontal hugged jack

i like saying first, cause it puts it out there that we expect more

LiLi: YES

that’s not creepy at all

That's right Jack. Tune that guitar. Tune it like there is no tomorrow!

we expect MORE body contact with you jack

in the future

so prepare yourself

Amber: duh

also, i don’t know if you noticed this

but after the show, he had on a white vneck

LiLi: are you serious?

Amber: YES

LiLi: i mean

that i didn’t notice?

it was hard NOT to with you hot whispering into my ear

WHITE V NECK LILI

WHITE V NECK

Amber: well, you know what those shirts do for me

LiLi: yes

i do

and now so do my ears

Amber: lol

Now, for those of you who are all “what is with all the Jack love?” (Sam), I want to say first of all, we can’t know you if you if you don’t love Jack. There. We said it. We love him like whoa and you should too. Secondly, the other 3 parts of this series are pretty much all Sam and Marcus shenanigans. So there. We just couldn’t NOT have a Jack post. Not after all of our love was pretty much confirmed through full frontal hugs.

Can you get your butt to Dallas? Did you hear the code word? Then enter now and see Sam on us!

Already bought your tickets for Dallas? Why not enter and take some friends or family who have not yet experienced the “eff me” eyes.

Even if you don’t win the tickets, EVERYONE in Dallas is still a WINNER!

You all win special time with Drunk LiLi and hopefully ::fingers crossed:: Sober Amber. Okay, probs Buzzed Amber. And, that’s not all…. we will also throw in…. hugs. That’s RIGHT! You ALL win hugs from both myself and LiLi!! There are no losers in this game. Oh no.

Will you be in Dallas? We want to hear so we can prep our hugging arms! Seeing Sam somewhere else? Let us know where and we will virtually hug you.

Comments are right over there. ————————————————–>

Oh and I guess it might be helpful to have an end date on this bad boy, sooooo….

All entries MUST be received by May 19 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. The winner will be notified on May 20 by email as well as a super awesome post on  so everyone can congratulate you!

I know what you are thinking…

“What? A shirt? What’s this business?”

Our original idea for Day 2 was to joke about our favorite outfit we’ve seen Sam in. (Yes, we are very aware these posts sound like high school yearbooks. That’s why we love them.) So while in the trust tree, we discovered something. Something that we BOTH agree on. Wholeheartedly. Without reservation. And in fact, we both thought of it separately, and then we both kind of said it at the same time and were like YES…

Our favorite outfit is the exact same…THE shirt.

OG Sam fans (like early 2009) know of the shirt. The shirt is magical. It has powers which we do not comprehend, nor do we try. The shirt… well.. you just need to see it. In action.

(On a separate note, we also determined that it is really hot when musicians talk or gesture to the sound guys. Yep. LiLi edit: it’s up there with a guy smoking while playing pool. Don’t ask me why…it just is.)

Beware of the awesomeness radiating from the stripes.

LiLi and I experienced the full on power of the shirt in person the Summer of 2009, in Dallas, at the Marcus & Bobby show. Sam, like us, was just there to watch, so he was sans blazer. AND wearing the shirt.

I didn’t get any pictures with the shirt since I wasn’t quite besties with Sam yet. But I did get to hug it. And it was soft. And smelled like sunshine.

And I had this realization… I think we like Casual Sam the best. Kinda like the way Ken has multiple outfits for multiple moods & events– Sam has his dressed up concert look and then his casual v-neck-tee-with-slip-on-vans-rugged-jeans-type thing going on.

Which, don’t get us wrong here people. We love Fancy Sam. A LOT. But in the end, we are beer drinking, sports watching, chicks who dig a man in a tee shirt and jeans tearing it up on stage. Especially if that tee is striped. With a hoodie. And smells like rainbows.

What about you all? Do you have a preferred look or outfit? Don’t be shy….lay it on us. 

And of course, be sure to check in tomorrow for Day 3 of our OMG-The-Sam-Bradley-Band-Starts-The-Minor-Tour-This-Week-Post-A-Polooza…where we actually, I dunno, talk about the music? Crazy notion, huh?

Today, our topic of choice….

Facepalm Moments

I think what makes all these moments all the more awkward, embarrassing and downright hilarious is the fact that Sam forgets nothing. NOTHING. It threw me for a loop when I finally realized that. I mean, hell, he recognized me from Facebook and Twitter before we ever met. Scary, right?

Because of this, every time we see Sam from here to eternity, we’ll always wonder which of our facepalm moments will be floating through his mind at that particular moment. If we are lucky, it will NEVER be these ones…

Amber’s #1 Facepalm Moment

Choosing my favorite face palm moment at a Sam concert is like asking me to choose my favorite cake. It’s damn near impossible. There are so many. I don’t know what comes over me while I am there because before EVERY show I decide I’m just going to have one beer and I will only go through the meet and greet line one time, you know, like a normal person. But clearly, I do not maintain my normality once I walk through the door. I blame the eff me eyes. They throw me off my guard.

But I think my favorite (which is weird to say, cause really, how do I have a favorite embarrassing moment) was this past show in Dallas. I mainly blame the school for which LiLi is employed for this moment, cause surely if she was there, she would have saved me, right? RIGHT?

It started as they all do, I’m gonna have just one beer. And when I find out the beer is $9, I think “oh yes, this one drink thing will be easy.” However, that $9 packed a punch and before I knew it, I was up for #2 and feeling pretty good about it.

So, when the meet and greet line started, I jumped right in, cause I knew I could go through again once LiLi arrived. That’s when you now I am buzzed. I start planning out how many times I’ll go through the line.

I made a statement all right.

Earlier in the day, long before the concert, (yes, a flashback) I was getting dressed alone and the shirt I was wearing was one with a button that you can never decide on. You feel a little trampy leaving it open, too conservative buttoning it up. So I made the decision for the open button cause hey, you only live once. And don’t act like you don’t have a shirt like that. All women do. It’s the go to shirt when you need to make a statement… with your boobs.

These babies need to be contained!

Of course, when I get to the front of the line, I want my picture with Sam cause obviously the 2,386 couple other ones I have are not enough. These are memories in time people! (10 fan pts for correctly naming the movie that quote comes from.) And, then the beer kicked in and I dropped my camera. No worries though. My mad reflexes saved the day and I managed to do this arm crushing the camera into my chest thing to save it. And at the same time, managed to push the button and take a picture. Of my boobs.

Now, normally that wouldn’t be a big deal. I have so many pictures of my boobs, what’s one more? (Kidding. Sort of.) But oh no. It did not end there. While trying to recover from my minor mishap, Sam leans over and whispers, “I think you just took a picture of your cleavage.” Yep, he saw it. All of it. I think I sobered up immediately at that moment. I’m pretty sure if it wasn’t dark, my face would have been an amazingly awkward shade of red.

::FACEPALM::

LiLi’s #1 Facepalm Moment

Unlike Amber, it didn’t take me long to recall my most embarrassing moment. There is only one that I clearly remember. One that still makes me cringe to this day.  I try not to think about it, but something will occur that let’s the horrid memory  penetrate the steel cage I keep my awkward moments locked safely away in. Although, let’s be honest here….that cage is quickly filling up ever since we started this here little blog, so it’s not quite as easy to push it all away. And, the beers I have been drinking lately, for my May Training, certainly aren’t helping. But I digress….

It all went down during our little jaunt to LA last June to see Sam play at the Hotel Cafe. There was a group of us there and at one point someone, who shall remain nameless (although it’s easy to find out-duh) showed us a pic of one Otto Bauer, claiming it was Sam Bradley’s doppelganger. I looked. I laughed. Hard.

And then I couldn’t help myself. I blame the pre-game Pacificos that we drank before the show. And Jason Segal. But it was just right there. My laptop. And a pic of a p0rn star who looked extremely similar to a certain singer/songwriter we were where there to see. So I emailed it to our group. And I think there was even a dare thrown out to see if anyone would print it out and show Sam that night at the show. A joke, right? No one had a printer in their suitcase. And no one would actually take the time to walk down to the hotel’s business center to print out a pic of a p0rn star advertising his new ::ahem:: marital toy, right??

WRONG. I WAS SO WRONG.

I now blame technology. That evil bastard. It hadn’t even occured to me that beer+iPhones would result in this– ps check out my completely EMBARRASSED FACE at the end, when the camera is pointed to me asking how I felt about it all:

::FACEPALM::

Oh the horror of it all unfolding right before my very eyes. In that moment on the vid, I am chanting in my head, “please don’t tell him how you got the pic, please don’t tell him how you got the pic.”

I don’t remember much after that. Some pics were taken. A convo between Amber and Sam of why he looked so serious in his posters nowadays. But it was all a blur. I was just waiting for the pic to pop out again.

So, what better way to exorcise facepalm demons than to publish them on the world wide web for all to see, no? There it is internets– my most embarrassing Sam Moment. I hope you enjoyed!

Stay tuned tomorrow for Day 2 of our OMG-The-Sam-Bradley-Band-Starts-The-Minor-Tour-This-Week-Post-A-Polooza….

Hey! Don’t leave LiLi and I as the only embarrassed ones today. You know you all have a moment where you feel the need to facepalm. It’s cool. It happens to all of us… well at least to LiLi and me.  Please PLEASE share in the comments so we can laugh, cry and console. ————————>

Well, you can stop refreshing….we have a NEW post people. Believe it. I mean, you are reading it right now.

Anyhoo– member a while back when we got all mad sadpanda that Sam’s show in Dallas got sold out and blamed that one chick, Brooke Fraser?  And then after some further investigations we decided not to blame Brooke any longer cause it turned out she was amazeballs?

Well, guess what? She is still amazeballs. And to prove it, check out her latest single, Betty, off her 3rd album Flags. LOVES!!

Are you more of a visual person? Well, no worries– here’s the official video for Betty:

If you are wondering whether she is that adorb in real life, well, yes. Yes, she is. And pretty damn hilar too. I wasn’t expecting that from her, when Amber and I saw her live, but there she was cracking jokes in her equally adorb Aussie accent. I pretty much crushed hard on her that night.

PS– isn’t her dress in the vid to die for? I mean, srsly. If I were 10 years younger and er, uh, less tattooed, I would totes find that dress and any reason to wear it. But I digress…

So what did you think? Do you love too? And more importantly, what do you think about the dress. I kid. Kinda.

PPS– want another reason why Brooke is amazeballs? She gives back in a big way. Just recently Brooke, along with the help of friends, family and fans, raised $50,000 for Charity Water. This means a minimum of 2500 people in developing nations will get sustainable and long term clean water in 2011! Whoa. I mean, srsly amazing, right? You can visit her campaign page at mycharitywater.org/brookefraser to learn more.  If you are into that sort of thing that is. You know, helping people and all that jazz.

So after much researching through our old blog posts and the forum (duh, join it. now.), I present you with…hold on to your short pants and ball cap… our top 5 awesomely awesome moments from the past year.

1. Stalking Seeing Sam. Twice. In One Year.

For us, it’s really a rarity that we get to see concerts in general. And to see Sam, well that can be even more difficult. But through major luck and amazingly generous people, we got to see Sam in concert TWICE this year!

LiLi and I just so happened to be going to L.A. already for our Esplice Accountability Group our book club meeting, so when we heard Sam would be there as well, it was like fate. And srsly, Sam should thank us cause we brought ourselves and 30 of our closest friends to revel in the eye-effing. Add in my pre-gaming with Jason Segal, drunken shenanigans and the fact that I thought Two Shoes and John Notto were the same person, and you have one epicly amazing time!

Then disaster struck. Sam was coming to Dallas. LiLi and I waited just a little too long to buy tickets and then BAM! We got sold out. The gchat after that was probs the saddest one on record. But we didn’t give up. We thought that if we wanted it bad enough, we could make it happen. And it did, thanks to Mary at Sideways Media! But it was still hell. LiLi missed the entire show, I drunk tweeted cause she wasn’t there to save me, went through the meet and greet line too many times and then found out Sam listens to our audio boos (we need to do another one and SOON!). But still, it was a good night!

2. Camp Foster Tweet Fest!

We love Marcus. I mean bunches. I can’t even explain the love. But when Jack Standen started tweeting these pictures and vids and such where we got to see Marcus while recording and all the crazy shenanigans, well, we about blew up. How can our love increase anymore then it already has? Well, it did. And Camp Foster was born…

I mean, how can you not fall in love with a boy spooning with a dog?

Or when Marcus takes the stairs?

Clicky to view the awesomeness!

It’s a banjo people! And is it weird I knew this was Marcus immediately by the way he is sitting? Or does that sound slightly stalkerish?

And some guitar playing! Or guitarisation as Jack put it…

Srsly, how cool is all this?

I mean, LiLi and I literally felt like we were in the studio. So we made a creepy manip to memoralize the feeling, cause that’s what we do.

3. Birth of the SoS Forum

I say birth because I think putting this thing together was pretty freakin’ close to the same amount of sweat and tears that birthing a child is. Minus the drugs, of course.

See, we’ve had this on our list of “to dos” for awhile. But we couldn’t seem to make it work cause either 1) it wasn’t what we wanted, or 2) it cost money, and we are both broke as a joke.

But then, with a little bit of luck and some Marcus magic, LiLi found a site that gave us all the capabilities we wanted and was…. FREE!! And now, we have this…

Click on it to GO!!

I think we both cried with joy, then we forgot for like a week that we had it, remembered, then cried again! See, LiLi and I do most of our fangirling in gchats, but we wanted to share some of that with you all without having to always write big ol’ blog posts (what do ya think we are? bloggers? HA!). And now we can, in the forum. And if you haven’t joined yet, well, you need to. And we can tell if you don’t so DO IT! NOW! GO!

4. The Discovery of Otto Bauer aka Sam’s Doppelganger

Does life get anymore amazing once you discover your doppelganger? Yes, it does. When you discover someone else’s doppleganger and realize said doppelganger is a porn star. And this happened when we discovered Sam’s doppelganger. It. Was. Amazing!

So, we can’t take too much cred. It was SassySmart that found this awesomeness. (We won’t ask how.) BUT, we were the only ones first to report it, so we win! And, you remember that time we went to LA and saw Sam at the meet & greet in the alley behind a dumpster… yeah, one of the lovely ladies in our group showed him. And one of our other very smart and beautiful ladies was in her right mind to film it. What happened next? You’ll see…

Oh, in case you don’t believe us, here is a link to see Otto! Um, this is def NSFW, so click at your own risk.

5. Everything from Songs from a Room Cause it Got Us Through

Who knew that musicians playing music in people’s living rooms would be the source of so much happiness for me? Well, when Marcus became one of the main entertainers for this, I was sold. Seriously, I want to run away to London, buy a house with a big ass living room and spend the rest of my days hosting these. These videos from Songs from a Room literally got me through a year that had no Marcus in the US, which was a tough year considering we both got to see him perform 3 different times in 2009.

If you all aren’t following these guys on Twitter, you could be missing out. They just randomly post Marcus stuff, so get on it! But srsly, they have made my year so much better!

Honorable Mention: The Hangover Picture Heard Round the World

TECHNICALLY this didn’t “happen” to us, but it is still awesome and needed to be included somehow, some way in our wrap up for the year. It’s like Sam was taking this picture just for us…

It was my understanding that Marcus was the hungover one, but I kind of disagreed completely with that statement. You can’t fool me Sam! Shenanigans I say!

Plus this picture has officially become our template for all creepy manips, so how could we NOT include it.

Wow. It’s been one hell of a ride this year! I’m hoping for a year of more epicness and perfection next year.

LiLi here– just had to add a couple of things so bear with me, yeah? Another year has gone by and while I am sad to see 2010 end, I am way excited for all that 2011 will be bringing to us. A new Marcus album (and hopefully a US tour ::fingers crossed::), new features for this here blog, and mostly getting to know you all more. That is probs the best part of having this here little slice of the interwebs world– when we go out and get to meet you all and fangirl together in real life. So thanks to you all. And to my internet luvah wife, Amber. I heart you like WHOA. Oh, and my personal fave moment was….seeing Sam in a hat. DUH.

So, this past week, I have felt off. Not just because I was sick, but because I was ::gasp:: offline for most of the week. Can you believe it? Yeah, me neither. I was THAT sick that even the computer was making it worse.

Anyhoo, last night as I was getting ready for night night times, I realized that the “off-ness” I was feeling was that I hadn’t checked or really been on twitter in what seemed like years, save the half hour that I listened to the Fearless interview with Mr. Bradley.  I started sweating at the realization. What had I missed? What important tweet did I miss RTing? GAH!

With shaking hands I grabbed my cellie and quickly scrolled through both my accounts saving the SoS one for last. And. Then. I. Saw. It. My worst fears came true. I MISSED a GENIUS TWEET.

http://twitter.com/samueltwitt1/status/9074693944385537

With THIS pic linked:

anddddd....i DIE.

You’re probs thinking uh, what’s so special about that? Erm. That’s where I have a confession to make. HATS. Hats are my kryptonite. A guy in a hat is like a girl in a school girl uniform for guys. Like WHOA.

And it’s NOT the first time people. Did you all see this (where he apparently got that hat in the pic)? GAH. I mean, sometimes, even THIS is goo, although, I could do without the beibs hair. and that huge watch. But whatevs.

Naturally, I got on gchat with Amber and I might have virtually squeed all over her (heh) about the hats. Which of course led us to thinking about hats that we could give Sam during the next meet and greet. I mean, don’t be surprised if we show up with one of these to give to him the next time he rolls through Dallas, although, this post might just make him skip Dallas on the next tour. So maybe I will just send him this for Christmas, yeah?

a blog divided

All the good hats are college ones, right? And since Amber and I are from dueling nations, she being a ::ahem:: Sooners fan, where I am a die hard Longhorn gal, we couldn’t decide on which school to give so there.

Although, I guess this one would be goo too, don’t you think?

cafepress rules

What hat would you like to send Sam? Let us know. And in the meantime, please to be NOT stopping with the hats, mmmkay Sam? Preesh.