Im a fan bc the music that these guys play is amazing.

The first time I saw them live they blew me away. It was Dec. 12th of '06, and I was attending the How the Edge Stole Xmas show in Glendale, Arizona.

I had moved there the day after graduating high school all by myself and was now desperately home sick for California. I went to the show to cheer myself up a little, but ended up going alone bc I still did not have many friends there.

I got there and heard from Shiny Toy Guns, Ok Go, Plain White T's, Taking Back Sunday, and AFI. While I did enjoy the show and met some amazing new friends, no one at that show made me feel like these guys did. They brought me a piece of home back to me in a strangely melodic way that made me want to get up on stage and sing alongside Max.

Before the show I liked them, I thought Alive with the Glory of Love was a great song, but I never expected all of their songs to be so amazing. Each one of them spoke to me in its own weird and sometimes slightly erotic way with the cleverness that was used to put it together. I had never heard all but 2 of the songs they played that night, but it felt like they had been the soundtrack to the past year of my life, if not longer.

I was hooked form that night on, and when the chance to see them again came up I spent the last of the money I had to see them.

This time it was in Tempe, Az and I went with 2 girls I had met at the How the Edge Stole Xmas show and one of their friends from school. We had been planning that show for 2 months and I felt like I was a little school girl who just found out her crush likes her too.

That night there was 2 local bands as the opening act, followed by The Almost and Saves the Day. The whole night was just one build up after the next for me bc with the passing of each song and band the time that Say Anything would take the stage drew closer. I could hardly contain my joy that night. The culmination of seeing my new friends and Say Anything made me have an epiphany that I was running away from the one place in the world my heart ached for- California. It made me realize that I ran away for a fresh start at life when I needed a fresh look at life. I moved back less then a week later.

Since I have been back I have been dying to see them again in hopes of somehow radiating the thanks I feel in my energy as that kid in the audience and helping them have the best show of their lives. I love these guys not just bc their music made me feel like i was home again but bc they felt like they were inside my head and my heart in every way they deliver it, bc they are so open and closely connected with us as fans. All they want is that connection with us, and thats what makes them so different and amazing to me.

I cant wait to see them again, with any luck I'll be able to see them at the Grove here in Anaheim next month, at their San Diego show or even both. Hopefully by then I'll have the money to be able to bring all of my friends along with me so that I can share the amazing gem I found in this band with them.