His name is Tyler Oakley and he is one of the biggest names on the Internet today..
My friends Katy, Rachel and I decided to embark on this very stressful journey.
The planning started the very beginning of the week so NOTHING and i mean NOTHING went wrong because trust me Katy and I have had our fair share of messups when it comes to meeting our favorite youtubers. But those stories are for a different time and place, they just stress me out.
Anyway, we began planning early. I was communicating with Rachel the whole week and told her our plan was to leave around 5:30 am to get there around 6 am because the bookstore opened at 8.
This is what happened:
The night before katy came over with snacks ready and an outfit set to go. She slept over so it was easy to get up early and leave as soon as possible. We went to bed and snoozed our little hearts away dreaming of tyler oakley and butterflies. HOWEVER, WE DID NOT WAKE UP TO OUR ALARMS AND WE WOKE UP AT 5:19 AM AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AT 5:30. Sorry ill stop yelling but it was stressing me out hardcore. So Katy ran out of bed and plugged in her straighter and i laid there still not having a damn idea what i was going to wear to this thing.
Finally, i got up and put on a new shirt i bought, some jeans, winter boots, and my cute new brown jacket, I was set with a bag of blankets, snacks, things to entertain myself, and some ways to charge my phone. Eventually, we left the house around 6 am and luckily rachel was already there to save us spots. (thanks rachel :])
Anyway, when we got there, there were a ton of people in line but thank God rachel was in the front! It looked like we were in the first 100 people out of 500! Rachel was by herself until we got there, or at least we thought because 3 people showed up and apparently rachel made friends. There names were Nikki, Ben, and Tals. THEY WERE 8TH GRADERS BUT LOOKED OUR AGE! ANYWHO that doesnt matter they were sweet and loved tyler oakley too so we all became a squad.
After the book store finally opened everything was so orderly. I have never seen a meet and greet so orderly ill tell ya that. We walked in a line to the registers to purchase a signed copy of the book we got later that day. Purchasing the book acquired you a wristband with a number on it, indicting when you got to meet him. I got number 68. I was 68th in line to meet him, 68 guys.
By the time we got wristband and found a spot to sit until the meetup it was only like 8:30am. The meetup started at 1 pm. We were about to sit in barnes and noble for 4 hours doing nothing but having major anxiety. Basically, all we did within the hours were going on twitter, snapchat, and talk to each other or at least try because all our friends were in school. Eventually, I succumbed to downloading solitaire on my phone to pass time and i only one once because i suck. Since rachel is in college she had a class at like 9:30 so she left in the middle of the waiting so eventually she texted me and asked if we needed anything for us when she came back. She so kindly agreed to buy us food and bring it to us as the time crept closer and closer to the meetup starting.
Around 12:40 rachel arrived with our food and we headed up stairs because the meet and greet started in 5 minutes. Then finally it started and the first group to go were the first 50 according to the wristband number, so us 3 were in group #2.
Group 1 must have been lightening speed because all of a sudden we three were in line to meet him. Not trying to panic the line crept closer and closer to the enclosure we met him in. Katy was first, I was second and rachel went last. When katy walked in i got to stand and watch her go and i bent over and went "OH MY GOD" and i stayed like this even after katy left. I stayed like this for about a good 10 seconds when she left.
This is how the convo went:
Tyler: *arms in hugging form* come in here!
me: *squeals and runs up and hugs him* HI OMG YOURE AWESOME
Tyler: aww whats your name?
me: haley
tyler: haley, nice to meet you! *turns to take a smiling pic*
me; wait! *holds out my hands* can we do a different pose?
Tyler: you wanna do this? *mimics my hand movement*
me: no no you pick the pose!
Tyler: oh umm lets do model pose *flashes his pose and i follow*
me: omg thank you
*hug again and i run away crying*
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Once you meet tyler there is a table where you pick up your signed copy of the book and pick up candy because of his book cover and what not. I did that and then we all three walked down stairs not containing our excitement and not really believing what just happened to us. We saw a group of others freaking out and joined them for about 10 minutes fangirling over our photos. Then rachel had to leave for work and i had to get home. So we all split up and drove home with our bodies tingling.
When i arrived home i took photos and just admired the signed copy i now had, Now i have two copies of his book but oh well :) Later that night i feel asleep for a good 2 hours and woke up feeling good. I just met my idol and it was a good day!
If you wanna see me react to getting his book click here: CLICK HERE
If you wanna see the meetup experience live in action click here: CLICK HERE
Have a great day guys and i hope one day you get to meet one of your idols. xoxo -idontknow
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