Something very exciting happened to me :D It wasn't today, it was actually a few days ago.. but it was really neat and I just got back home and I think I should post it! [hide=WARNING - LONG STORY THAT RELATES TO CIRQUE DU SOLEIL!]So last wednesday me and my family were in central florida, and we decided to stop by the gift shop for la nouba (it's a cirque du soleil show in downtown disney). We were going to see the show, but we forgot how expensive the tickets were so we just bought some stuff in the gift shop. While I was in the gift shop I asked a couple guys who were working there if I could meet the musicians of the show. They said no. That made me kind of upset, since it's my dream to be a musician in the show. Anyways we were leaving but my dad had to go to the restroom, and while waiting for him I noticed a door that said 'cast members only'. A few minutes later a lady walked out and started talking to this family, and I overheard her mentioning meeting a member of the show, so while she was heading back in the cast members only door I asked her if it would be possible for me to meet the musicians of the show. She said "hold on, I'll go check with the stage manager." So about fifteen minutes later she came back out and said "sorry but the musicians are busy preparing for the next show, but here's my business card. Send me and e-mail and I'll see if we can work something out." So later that night I typed her an e-mail. The next day I got an e-mail from the band leader of the show :shock: It said something like "hey (myname), here's my cell phone number: (hiscell#), give me a call and I'll see if we can set up a time." So I promptly called him and we agreed that we would meet the next day and that I would call him between shows and he would let me in. Keep in mind this is a show that's made millions of dollars, and is either getting close to or has already arrived at the billion dollar mark! The next day we arrived about 30 minutes before the first show ended and when we saw people leaving I called him and he let us (me and my family) in. He led us up to the musician's towers on stage, which was about five floors up. It was really cool! Up there we saw the violinist of the show and talked about music stuff and getting into the cirque for about an hour. He mentioned it would be wise to be very diverse in both the instruments I play and the genres I play. I learned some pretty interesting stuff. I also learned the guitarist is a tone freak and changes pickups sometimes twice a week :XD: Then he mentioned having to eat before the next show and led us out of the building. It was a very very inspirational experience. It was also neat watching the dvd of the show and pointing out "I met that guy! And him! And stood right there! I have his cell phone number! :D " Anyways, yeah, I had an awesome week last week. :P[/hide] Also, today was my first day driving in a car alone. I drove to subway and picked up dinner for the family, all by myself! It was so cool :D