【STORY TIME】tumblr上歌迷分享的与Joel见面时的故事

1.
at warped in phoenix on june 30th, i was working at the white tie affair’s merch tent, which was right next to this century’s. when it was kinda late and people were starting to leave, i was holding up a marker board with the white tie affair’s poster taped on it and i wrote “come buy stuff” on the marker board. joel was standing right next to me in front of his tent holding up a poster that said “buy a cd.” he came over and started standing in front of me with sign like messing around. he’s really tall and was covering my sign. hahaa.
joel: my sign’s better than your sign.
me: haha. definitely not.
joel: yeah it is. and my sign’s taller. *smiles*
i got on my tippy toes and held my sign as high as i could, but of course, his was still taller.
me: that’s not fair. you have long monkey arms.
joel: *laughs* ouch.
me: well, your pretty tall… they’re long… but they’re proportional for you.
joel: hahaa. yeah, you would look pretty funny with my long arms.
i laughed. then i went back and got one of the dry-erase markers and wrote “this century sucks” with an arrow drawn toward joel.
he saw it and started laughing and fought me to erase it with his hand. he was also surprised because he didn’t know that i knew his band’s name.
i’m pretty sure we were flirting the whole time and it was freaking amazing (:

2.
my friend and i were vendors at our warped tour date so we were allowed into the warped BBQ after and when we got there we had no idea where to go so we were just wandering and we passed joel and ryan (who remembered me from the interview i had with them earlier) and they invited us to go with them and ended up hanging out with us all night until their bus call. they are so sweet 

4.
when i met joel he was about to go do an interview, so he took a picture with me really quick, making him late for the interview, which i felt bad about, he was like. “no, it’s okay! if you come back, i’ll talk to you later!” and smiled, then left. then later that day i went back to get their cd and a shirt, i got it then joel high-fived me a lot haha, and hugged me a lot, and drew a heart on my hand. he’s the sweetest person, ever.
yes, yes he is the sweetest person, ever. he drew a smiley face on my foot, and it’s fading away :/ and he high-fived me a lot too haha :)


5.
At San Francisco Warped Tour Sean, Ryan, and Joel were all chilling at their somewhat combined tent with The Maine, trying to get kids to listen to their music as they did so on other dates. When I saw them sort of early on in the day I instantly just knew I had to talk to them! So I started making small talk, and bought some merch. I was then instantly aprubted by these girls talking loudly/screaming about The Maine I would say a good 10 feet from where the tent was, then the girls, interrupting my conversation with Sean, approached TC with so much energy and excitement (thinking they were The Maine I guess??). This one particular girl amongst the other excited girls, took off her shoe right away and asked Joel to sign it thinking he was JohnO. Joel then politely said, “Hmm, I think you’ve got the wrong band, but if you like The Maine, you will like our music too!”, with a cute smile to them and tried to get them to listen to the music. The girls became confused, and from what I recall i’m not sure if the girl with the shoe got her shoe signed from Joel, or if they listened to TC or not; but from that point I didn’t mind getting cut-off mid conversation at all. I’m just glad Joel handled this so well and did not even for a split second mind about the girls mistaking TC for The Maine or him as JohnO. Such a genuine person Joel is! [=


6.
i’ve never met joel but my friend had him talk to me on the phone and he was so nice. he told me that he hadn’t taken a shower in a few days and i said “ew” haha and then i felt really bad for saying that. but he was such a sweetheart.
i can’t wait until i get to actually meet him :]

7. Joel好可爱啊
he’s so adorable. i went to 2 warpeds and the 2nd date i went to i walked past him and he handed me a flyer and told me to buy their ep and i was like i did yesterday and then he was like oh well give me my flyer back and i was like..uh no. and he was like omg noo give it back and yeah it went on for a little. it was cute. i’m glad he’s so chill :]

8.
i met joel on maryland’s warped date, and he was about to leave when i asked for a picture so he was like, “OKAY, BUT IT’S GOTTA BE QUICK.” then they had to leave. then i went up to their table later that day and i bought an ep for my sister, and i was trying to get my money out of my pocket, and he had his hand up for a high-five, so ryan high-fived him haha, then i high-fived him, and he smiled. then he signed the poster and drew a strawberry.. i don’t know why though. but i got another hug :) he’s so so so sweet.

9.
I went to Vans Warped Tour last week with every intention on finally getting to meet Joel, i had only started listening to This Century recently but fell in love with them pretty quickly. I was walking and looking at all the merch tables not really paying attention to where i was going, but when i finally stopped and looked up i saw Joel standing right in front of me..i didn’t make much of a big deal about noticing him, but inside i was screaming. I walked past his merch table casually but didn’t get far before he screamed “hey” and held out his hand. I ran up to him and Sean and gave them both high fives and they asked me if i ever heard of them before, of course i replied with a yes. I stayed and talked to him for about 5 minutes, but then my friends were getting impatient so i told Joel i had to go and he held out his arms to give me a hug, and i promised him i was going to be back later to see his acoustic set. After his set i walked back to his table and asked him if he knew when The Maine were going to be back for the signing because their table was right next to theirs and he replied “you know, i really dont like all these ‘The Maine’ questions, its making me think you were not good enough for you”. Joel was one of the sweetest boys i have met and i was so happy that he made my first impression of him a good one..i love him and all of This Century and i dont think they realize how famous they will be one day : )

JO-EL is sure a shweeetheart =]
so are Alex,Sean n Ryan~
cant wait 4 the new albummmm!They will get the recognition they deserve

definitely.. can't wait to see them all this summer!!
btw do you like The Maine?

回复：12楼
yea,They r gr8!so i guess ur a big TM fan?
talkin abt similar music,I also <3 bands like AVP,The cab,There for tomorrow.....(too manyyy)
TC's tourin w/ TM dis summer,u must b stooooked xD
wish i could goT_T..say hi for me when u c em? 

回复：13楼
没问题啦~我来翻译一下

回复：14楼
i'm not sure if i'm able to. but i'm convincing my parents. i'll definitely say hi for you if i see them. :)
absolutely.. i'm a huge fan of TM & TC. who is AVP? TFT is my favorite too. Chris is such a sexy drummer. lmao